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FRIDAY AUGUST 24, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 3A Breaking news at: RED BLUFF LM Man Fetches Horse from Fire Bulldogs Preview SPORTS 1B Weather forecast 10A Sunny 98/60 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 Town clean up day set Saturday By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer If you notice 200 people wearing matching shirts around Red Bluff Saturday morning, fear not — it's only an army of do-gooders. The Greener Cleaner Red Bluff project is set to hold receive a T-shirt and wristband for a catered lunch. The group has received such tremendous feedback its first Red Bluff Helping Hands clean-up Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The first 200 volunteers to register at River Park will for the event that on Tuesday members went before the City Council and asked for authorization to expand the scope of the project. Local businesses and organizations have donated everything volunteers will need for the clean-up, from trash bags and gloves to trash bins and weed trimmers. The one hold-up the group has run into is getting approval to clean-up vacated buildings. Organizer Sean Rix told the council his group has See TOWN, page 9A Corning contest to name park By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — The children of Corning will truly be instrumental in the development of the Corning Community Park — they will be naming it. On Tuesday, the City Council voted to put together a contest among public schools within the boundaries of the high school district. looking forward to it," Councilwoman Toni Parkins said. "I've been hearing about it from them." Photo courtesy of Jamie Raglin All participating schools will get a plaque for being involved and the winner will receive slightly bigger plaque denoting that its name was chosen. Using the high school district boundaries in favor of the city limits allows the contest to include all schools in the Corning area, Mayor Gary Strack said. "It's a really neat idea," said John Brewer, city manager and public works director. "I recommend we choose one name for the entire park. There will be access from either Toomes or Houghton avenues, but there should be a single name because it's a contiguous park." Each school will sub- mit a name chosen by its students for the council's consideration, Bewer said. "The kids are already a When the park's name is chosen, if the child who picked the name can be identified, that child will receive a plaque as well. Former councilman Ross Turner, representing the Clark family, which was involved in the land exchange that gave the city part of the parcel for the park, made a request on the name. Turner said he wanted MINERAL (AP) — Twisted sheets of metal, the hulks of pick- up trucks and brick walls were all that was left of dozens of homes once sheltered by green pine and cedar trees in several Tehama and Shasta counties communities that were the latest to feel the wrath of massive western wildfires. Thousands of residents were allowed to return home after being forced to flee soon after the blaze was ignited by lightning Saturday. They surveyed the damaged Thurs- day as others in the Mineral area prepared to leave. The Ponderosa Fire was 57 per- cent contained, with full contain- ment expected early next week. But the blaze threatened 900 other homes Thursday as it burned a new front to the south. "All our efforts are focused on to make sure a request made by and promised to the Clark family during negotiations — that any- thing east of the creek would be named for the Lennox-Harper family — was documented in coun- cil minutes. Strack clarified the promise and said it was in See PARK, page 9A keeping the fire out of the park,'' state fire spokesman Don Camp said Thursday. buildings have been destroyed, mostly in the Manton area, Camp said. Sixty-four homes and 20 other More than 2,500 firefighters were battling the wildfire, which grew to 44 square miles and began to threaten Mineral as firefighters kept a close eye on weather with higher winds predicted for Thurs- day night. The fire continued to burn in the Battle Creek and Panther Creek areas with some burning in the Blue Ridge area Thursday. The fire is approximately 2.25 miles west of A line road. Due to the concern that the fire Highway 36 from Oasis Springs Road to and including Mineral, Lassen Lodge and Ponderosa Sky Ranch. An evacuation warning alerts the residents of the potential for evacuation orders. may burn out of the Panther Creek area to the northeast, the contin- gency line to the east of the fire continued to be strengthened. Most of the utilities in the fire area have been restored for the res- idents returning home. While evacuation orders had been lifted in the Manton and Shasta area, new evacuation warn- ings were issued for residents adja- cent to Highway 36 from Oasis Springs Road to and including Mineral, Lassen Lodge and Pon- derosa Sky Ranch. The warning alerted residents of the potential for future evacuation orders. Evacuation orders remained in effect for Canyon View Loop, For- ward Road between Cedar Ridge and C Line, Forward Mill Road from Rock Creek to Forward Camp Road, Rock Creek Road from Manton to Long Hay Flat Road; Long Hay Flat Road; Canyon Creek Ranch and Wood- cutter Way. An Evacuation Warning was issued to the residents adjacent to County has new representatives few new representatives who were appointed over the summer. The newest is Kayla By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Tehama County has a Troxell, the first alternate at Miss Tehama County in September 2011, who will take on the roll of Miss Tehama County for Megan Mandolfo who was promoted up the ranks. Troxell is the daughter of Paula Layson of Red Bluff and Rick Troxell of Oakdale. On July 27, Mandolfo, the daughter of Steve and Sarah Mandolfo of Red Bluff, won her new title of Golden State Youth Ambassadress, a title for- merly held by Kerry DeFonte who is also a previous Miss Tehama County. A reception was held Rehabilitation started on some roads used during the fire but clo- sures remained for roads leading South off Highway 44 from Air- port Way to Viola, Forward Road east of Cedar Ridge., Grace Resort-Manton Ponderosa east of Wilson Hill Road and Rock Creek east of Wilson Hill Road off Man- ton Road. Residents return Mineral School was closed until further notice. As he monitored helicopters dropping retardant on the rim of the Battle Creek Canyon in nearby Mineral, CalFire Division Chief Scott Lindgren said Thursday the rugged, densely forested land has been challenging for his crews. ''The further east we go, the harder it is to stop this fire,'' Lind- gren said. ''The problem is, we catch up to it on the top of the canyon at night, but we can't catch up to it at the bottom because of the cliff.'' Bob Folsom, who works at an area hydroelectric facility, tended the gasoline generator that was keeping his refrigerator running See RETURN, page 9A Troxell 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Miss Tehama County, for ages 13-15, and Missette Tehama County, for ages 9-11, programs were held in Corning with two Red Bluff sisters, the daugh- ters of Morgan and Reece Rainwater, crowned. Karli Rainwater, who on Aug. 9 at the Tehama District Fairground to cel- ebrate Mandolfo's new title, welcome Troxell as Miss Tehama County 2011 and to welcome the two newest Tehama County titles, Miss Tehama County Coordi- nator, Sonja Akers said. On June 30, the Teen Mandolfo was crowned Little Miss Tehama County at the age of 6 in 2008, was selected for the newest Youth Focus title of Mis- sette Tehama County and her older sister Mallory Rainwater was chosen as Teen Miss Tehama Coun- ty. 2011 Teen Miss Morgan James of Red Bluff. On Tuesday, three new candidates for the Tehama County competitions to be held in September at the Tehama District Fair came to introduce them- selves to the Fairboard. Mallory takes over for Karli and Mallory Rainwater Miles Leyva. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews .com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. Young Woman of Merit and Miss Congeniality, is tossing her hat in the ring again, running against seven girls. Kayla McCoshum is also run- ning. For the Tehama Coun- ty Ambassador, the sole contestant so far is Red Bluff High School student Lacie James, 2011 — Legislative leaders said Thursday they have dropped plans to overhaul California's environmen- tal regulations in a way that would have made it easier for developers and local governments to build new projects. California's business community made a highly visible push this month to loosen the state's land- mark law, known as the California Environmental Quality Act. On Thursday Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg told a group of reporters that the effort would not go forward this year, despite legislative language introduced a day earlier. ''This law, for all of its strengths and its fault, is far too important to re- write in the last days of session,'' said Steinberg, D-Sacramento. A proposal that would reform the law to reduce frivolous lawsuits and redundant oversight has been circulating in the reforms quashed for year SACRAMENTO (AP) Calif. environmental Capitol for several weeks. Critics found an unlikely ally in Gov. Jerry Brown, who this week called streamlining the law's many requirements ''the Lord's work.'' On Wednesday, a bill by Sen. Michael Rubio was amended to include the four-point reform pro- posal. But on Thursday, Rubio was sanguine about the apparent change in plans. '''The Lord's work' is not done overnight, nor is it done in two weeks,'' the Shafter democrat said. Rubio and Steinberg See REFORMS, page 9A TEHAMA COUNTY GLASS MOULE'S SIDEVIEW for all makes & models MIRRORS Installed 515 Sycamore St. 529-0260

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