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FRIDAY AUGUST 3, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com Reader photos See 4B Breaking news at: Sunny 104/65 Weather forecast 8A By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Tehama County drop to 40th in the state for unemployment, June saw a rise in the jobless rate, putting the county at 42nd out of 58 counties ranked, While May numbers saw DAILYNEWS Sports 1B RED BLUFF 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 Jobless rate up in June, down from 2011 according to an Employment Development Department report. Year-round market I-5 opens, ment, Tehama County is only lower than Glenn County, which ranks 46th at 14.8 per- cent, in local counties. Butte is the lowest locally, At 14.4 percent unemploy- unemployment at 28.2 percent followed by Colusa, 18.1 per- cent; Sutter, 18 percent; Merced, 17.8 percent and Yuba, coming in 34th at 12.9 percent unemployment, followed by Shasta which ranks 36th with 13.1 percent unemployment. Imperial has the highest difference in the top five, with Marin County lowest at 6.6 per- cent followed by San Mateo, 7.1 percent; Napa and San Fran- cisco tied for third at 7.8 per- cent and Orange and Santa Bar- bara tied for fifth at 7.9 percent. 17.5 percent. There is just over a 1 percent overall with both state and nationwide numbers up from May, but still lower than 2011. State unemployment is at 10.7 percent, up 0.3 percent from May to June, but down Unemployment has risen See RATE, page 7A fire burns on Oh, snap! More gold for USA Courtesy photo Interstate 5 was reopened Thursday, but an evacua- tion order was still in effect through the night as the 500-acre Salt Creek fire still threatened around 100 structures north of Redding. The fire along I-5 in the Salt Creek and Gilman Road area sprung up Wednesday a little after 1:30 p.m., shut- ting down the interstate in both directions through Thursday morning, when one lane was opened in either direction. Caltrans is advising drivers that smoke is limiting visibility as firecrews were on both sides of the inter- See FIRE, page 7A Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Mindy Nickler, Sandy Burkett and Kathy Moore show off a coming soon sign for the new Frontier Village Farmers Market sponsored by SlowFood Shasta Cascade, set to open Oct. 6 at Frontier Village shopping center, 645 Antelope Blvd., across from the Tehama District Fairground. By JULIE ZEEB way to Red Bluff with an opening date set for Oct. 6 at the Frontier Village shopping center, across from the Tehama District Fair- ground on Antelope Boulevard. "When the farmers market opens for the season you hear people say 'finally' and when it's closing you start to hear 'why are you closing it already?,'" said farmer Mindy Nickler of Nickler Acres in Gerber. "We hear this repeatedly and many of us are convinced there's a real need and strong support for a year- round market." Sandy Burkett, who manages the Red Bluff Chamber of Commerce certified farmers markets that run DN Staff Writer A new farmers market is on its both Wednesdays and Saturdays, will also manage the Frontier Vil- lage Farmers Market. The Frontier Village venture is not competition to the chamber's market, but a chance to extend the availability of a farmers market beyond the existing season, Burkett said. "I was approached by Ken Robi- son about a year-round market," Burkett said. "Ken and Malina Robison of Remax Realty have gen- erously offered us the use of this property and are working with us to make this a successful venture for the community at large." The plan is to get enough finan- cial support to build a permanent structure that will protect vendors and customers from the weather so there can be shopping there that is School start dates Antelope Elementary School — Aug. 15 Centennial High School — Aug. 22 Corning Elementary School District — Aug. 23 Aug. 20 Evergreen Union School District — Aug. 20 mentary West Street Elemen- Olive View Elementary Rancho Tehama Ele- tary School Woodson Elementary Maywood Middle Corning Union High School — Aug. 23 Elkins Elementary School — Aug. 22 eScholar Academy — School Evergreen Middle Evergreen Elementary School Bend School Flournoy Elementary School — Aug. 22 15 Gerber School — Aug. Kirkwood Elementary School — Aug. 20 Lassen View Elemen- tary School — Aug. 15 Lincoln Street Inde- pendent School — Aug. 15 truly all year, Burkett said. "Tehama County has great prod- ucts all year round," Robison said. "We are happy to accommodate the farmers market." The market will be sponsored by Transit staff earns awards nonprofit transportation services company operat- ing TRAX and Para- TRAX, recently honored six employees who have worked for the local sys- tem for 10 years. SlowFood Shasta Cascade, which has been in Tehama County since 2005 and discussing the option for several years, Nickler said. "SlowFood has been talking about the desire of the community (for year-round) and mulling the feasibility and this might be the per- fect opportunity to try," Nickler said. Tehama County has a lot of pro- duce that can be grown and harvest- ed outside of the traditional farmers market window, Nickler said. See MARKET, page 7A Gifford, also an award recipient, presented "10 Years of Service" pins to the following members of her staff in Red Bluff, during last month's safety meeting: Daryl Baker, operations manager and regional maintenance manager; Cindy Purcell, safety trainer; Gene Jones, mechanic and dri- vers Charlie Cowan and Russell Winchester. In addition to the pins, award recipients received General Manager Joy Special to the DN Paratransit Services, a a pen set, a gift card and an acknowledgement card signed by Paratransit Ser- vices' executive team. "What a privilege to hand out these awards," Gifford said. "My crew loved it and it also inspired the rest to keep doing the great job they are doing. These people here make me so proud and thank you all for your generous help and inspira- tion." Paratransit Services has managed Tehama County's public transit system since 2002. It also coordinates Medical Transportation Service (METS) and administers the ADA certification process to determine See TRANSIT, page 7A Jefferson fire contained to Los Molinos Unified School District — Aug. 15 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See SCHOOL, page 7A Red Bluff Fire Department and CalFire were dispatched at 6:22 p.m. to a structure fire at 841 Jefferson St. in Red Bluff.The first arriving unit reported smoke showing from the structure. The fire was reportedly contained to one room. No further information was available. one room Courtesy photo by Ross Palubeski