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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 5A Breaking news at: Temps Make Corn Sweeter County Fare RED BLUFF Swim Results SPORTS 1B Sunny 101/64 Weather forecast 8B DAILYNEWS TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Social showcase New collection a highlight of museum event By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The 47th annual Kelly- Griggs House Museum Ice Cream Social has been set for 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, at the museum, 311 Washington St., in Red Bluff. "We are fundraising for the continuation of our building project, which is focused on the south wall, windows and foundation," Board President Sharon Wilson said. "There's a tremendous need to replace the south side sec- tion of the original foun- dation. The mortar is crumbling and the build- ing is still in jeopardy due to its age. "This museum is really a part of the county and we're trying to protect the outstanding collection of local history inside it," Wilson said. The house was built in the 1880s by Sidney Allen Griggs and then sold to the Kelly family, who occupied it until 1965. In 1965, Anne Kelly sold the house to a newly formed non-profit corpo- ration of local community members who wanted to While this has stabi- lized the building overall, there is still a need to fin- ish the rest of the founda- tion. working for a few years on rebuilding the founda- tion, a project the group split into 14 parts to make it easier to do, and was able to get the central part of the foundation done, Wilson said. The board has been Woman bites needle in store- bought cookie By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer A 55-year-old Rancho Tehama woman got more than chocolate chips in a batch of fresh cookies she pur- chased from the Red Bluff FoodMaxx. Wanda Baeta says a sewing needle was inside one of the cookies she purchased. She reported finding the needle to the Red Bluff Police Department and brought it back to the grocery store. Baeta had purchased a dozen chocolate chip cookies See COOKIE, page 7A Wolf returns to Tehama County By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer OR-7, the gray wolf that made a recent appear- ance in Tehama County, is back and willing to give the county a second chance for love. The wolf that left Ore- gon and became the first wolf to have been sighted in California since 1924, first visited for a few days on July 21 before heading back to Butte County. On Monday, the 3- Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb The Kelly-Griggs House Museum will have several items from the Bone-Heckle Collection, pictured here, which comes from the house of a Red Bluff family who lived in the green Victorian on the corner of Elm and Washington streets next to Red Bluff Fire Department. preserve the Victorian house, Wilson said. If the entire side is redone at once, estimates for the project are at $75,000, however, group has been unable to get grant money for even the foundation, which the Calif. report will guide climate-change decisions FRESNO (AP) — As California grows warmer, nowhere will the increased temperatures be starker than its arid Central Valley, where farmers will have to consider whether the crops grown today will survive in a harsher environment. Rising sea levels will also flood coastal airports and municipal sewage sys- tems, while earlier springs will hasten snow melt and reduce the state's capacity to generate hydroelectric power in the summer months when it's needed most. happening across the state. This report is designed to tell citizens what that change might mean to them, said Susanne C. Moser, one of 120 scien- tists who contributed. ''If we assume a particu- lar scenario of greenhouse gas emissions, how likely will a certain amount of sea level rise occur? How like- ly is it that we will still see freezing temperatures in the future?'' Moser said, explaining the report's objectives. A report released Tues- day by the state is an attempt to study where Cal- ifornia is most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change so future planning decisions can take the con- clusions into consideration. ''We accept that ciga- rette smoking causes can- cer and that HIV causes AIDS, and as a state we make decisions based on those scientific considera- tions,'' said Ken Alex, senior policy adviser to Gov. Jerry Brown, ''We are not in the same place with climate change.'' It's a follow-up to a 2009 report that said cli- mate change already is The report says that temperatures statewide are up 1.7 degrees since 1895. By 2050 California is expected to be 2.7-degrees warmer than it was in 2000. A warmer climate would be about $15,000, she said. That cost could be more depending upon what contractors find when re-doing the foun- dation and wall, Wilson said. In 2010, the museum was working on repairing one of five main sections of the foundation and dis- covered much of the sand and gravel base in the sec- tion was missing. nia. year-old wolf returned to eastern Tehama County and has stayed in the area, according to the Califor- nia Department of Fish and Game blog: http://cal- iforniagraywolf.word- press.com/. Since leaving his pack, The museum is proud See SOCIAL, page 7A the native Oregonian has traveled back and forth across the California-Ore- gon border at least four times, going about 2,500 air miles since leaving his Oregonian pack with 1,500 of those in Califor- A tracker on the wolf uses the Global Position- ing System (GPS) to send out a signal once a day, however, sometimes the signal is unable to get out because of steep terrain or if the wolf is under heavy cover, said Karen Kovacs, a California Department of Fish and Game wildlife program manager out of the Redding office. Leaving his pack is not unusual, but the number of miles is. The typical gray wolf travels about 50-60 miles, she said. While he has wandered close to pockets of humans, including mak- ing a loop around Lake Almanor, the wolf seems to be trying to stay away from people and there have been very few signs of his presence, Kovacs said. The DFG recommends on its website that people not approach, try to feed See WOLF, page 7A Free feline festival forthcoming By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Tehama County resi- dents seeking a furry feline companion can do so for free if they don't mind an older one. "We are having a big cat adoption event Aug. 4 and are hopeful it is a big day for our cats and kittens," Tehama County Care Cen- ter Manager Mark Storrey said means fewer nights below freezing, which farmers in the San Joaquin Valley would want to consider when planting or replacing fruit trees that depend on chill hours, the report said. Planners also must con- sider that more of the state's precipitation will fall as rain rather than snow in a state where water delivery and storage counts on snow melt to steadily supply it through the summer dry season. ''Central and southern parts of the state can be expected to be drier from the warming effects alone 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See CLIMATE, page 7A with Providing Essentials for Tehama Shelter (PETS) to move even more cats into forever homes. "We have around 60 cats that will be available for adoption with more kittens than cats," Storrey said. "We are at capacity, which is normal for this time of year, but we have taken in a significant increase in cats this year because we have been more successful in getting our cats adopted or rescued this year. We aim to get even more saved and this event gives them a greater chance of finding a loving forever home that they all deserve." The center is teaming up From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 4, the care center and P.E.T.S. are hosting a cat/kitten adop- tion event. event adult cats will be free to adopt and kittens will be $10 with the spay/neuter fee being sponsored by During the six-hour having a record year with lives saved and finding for- ever homes for our ani- mals," Storrey said. "I don't think a week has gone by that a PETS member has not come to me with anoth- er innovative idea of how to save more animals." Hours of operation are 8 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday with adoption hours 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. To view adoptable pets, visit www.co.tehama.ca.us and find animal services under the list of depart- ments. For more information, questions about the adop- tion event, animals, adop- tion fees, volunteering, fos- tering or any other matter, Courtesy photos The Tehama County Animal Care Center and PETS are hosting a special adoption day Satur- day, Aug. 4 to find homes for 60 cats including Alex, Leah and several kittens pictured here. PETS and the center, Stor- rey said. ages anyone interested in adopting to come in as early as Friday, Aug. 3, to com- plete an adoption applica- tion and put a hold on a cat or kitten for the Saturday event. The center staff encour- call the center at 527-3439. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.c om. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. PHYSICIAN REFERRAL A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 1-800-990-9971 "The PETS organization is absolutely amazing and through their efforts we are