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FIRE was expected to be 100 percent contained Tues- day. Continued from page 1A The 27,676-acre fire CalFire reported no further structures were threatened after 52 resi- dences and 90 outbuild- ings had already been destroyed since the fire started Aug. 18 by a lightning strike two miles east of Manton. More than 170 agen- cies have worked on controlling the fire. CalFire Incident Management teams told WALL Continued from page 1A The group is working to get a photo of every name on the wall to be put on an education center it hopes to have open within two years, Dobek said. Visitors who know someone on the wall are encouraged to bring the photo to the site to be scanned or submit the photo online at www.vvmf.org. Pattie and Dan Little have been traveling with the wall for about two years, but 26 years ago, DOG Continued from page 1A identified Sara Bella as Howard's dog out of Auro- ra, Colo., Mohr said. "If it weren't for the chip, the dog would never go home," she said. Howard had taken the dog to his father's home in ALERT Continued from page 1A the Tehama County Board of Supervisors they expected to hand over control to local agencies around 1 p.m. Thursday. expected efforts to begin winding down sometime after Labor Day. They said they "I've never seen (an operation) go so smooth," said Supervi- sor Ron Warner, a for- mer firefighter. "You guys did a bang-up job." Smoke lingering over Red Bluff Tuesday was from the Bagley Fire northeast of Red Bluff. the wall was the place where he found healing, Dan said. "Twenty-six years ago, it healed me and I saw that I was killing myself," said Little, who was with the Army's 101st Airborne for most of his tour in Viet- nam from 1965-1966. "My wife and I are hon- ored to be a part of it. It's amazing what this has become. It's a virtual hang out for Vietnam veterans." on Veterans Day in 1996 by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, has visit- ed more than 300 cities across the nation and once unloaded the trailer Kansas, where she escaped, Mohr said. The transient found her at a nearby truck stop and took the friendly dog on his trip west. The dog owner said his children, ages 2 and 5, were "bummed." with," he said. "It was like we lost one of our family "It was just hard to deal ing blaze. ''The fire will continue The replica, unveiled TAX Continued from page 1A increase passed. Supervisor George Russell took a different political view. "People need to realize that the greatest strength any nation has is its educa- tional system," he said. Russell compared the current educational cli- mate to that of the pre-G.I. Bill era. "Now we are so wor- ried about paying a little more in taxes we're will- ing to let everything go down the tubes," he said. Russell said he didn't becomes a museum of items left behind at other stops along with an infor- mational booth about the Vietnam War. The site will have grief counselors available, said American Legion Post 167 Commander Kevin Ben- son. The wall's visit, which cost about $6,000, was a joint effort of the Ameri- can Legion and Tehama County Veterans, he said. "We're absolutely thrilled we got it," Benson said. "We hope the com- munity and communities surrounding us make every effort possible to take a look at history. The members." After a few days, they thought their young dog was dead. Then they got the call from Mohr. relief," Howard said. "It was just a good thing to hear she was alive and someone actually found her." "Talk about a great ''Again, this could be another test.'' to burn actively, but we're not expecting any more growth,'' Daugherty said. in effect through Wednes- day. The warnings could be Southern Oregon University will take full control of Jefferson Public Radio's broadcasting operations as part of a peace accord reached in the battle for its 22 stations. In the deal announced Monday, the university also will create a new fundraising arm for the entity that broadcasts in Southern Oregon and Northern California, The Mail Tri- bune (http://bit.ly/PLYltH) report- ed. At the height of the battle in June, the university fired Ron Kramer as executive director of JPR, and he quit as head of the JPR Foundation, which did fundraising and controlled some of the radio stations. Oregon University System Chan- cellor's Office, threatened to sue members of the foundation board over the issue. Gov. John Kitzhaber intervened and appointed a mediator. The agreement gives the univer- sity more oversight over the stations and creates Jefferson Live! LLC, a fundraising arm that will be a sub- sidiary of the JPR Foundation. Jefferson Live! could eventually He led the operation since 1974 and had embarked on an ambitious fundraising campaign to restore an old movie theater and build a new headquarters in Medford. take over ownership of the Holly Theatre, the Cascade Theatre in Redding, Calif., and Jefferson Square in Medford, the planned site of a new headquarters for the radio stations. The foundation will raise money solely for radio station oper- ations. An audit questioned his dual roles, and it warned that fundraising for the restoration of the Holly The- atre put the university at financial risk. The university, backed by the In addition, the university would sell the Cascade Theatre to the JPR Foundation for the remaining debt plus costs to transfer the property. University President Mary Culli- nan said she saw no conflict in the fundraising activities of Jefferson Live! and the university. Sen. Alan Bates, D-Medford, and Rep. Peter Buckley, D-Ashland, said the agreement would foster a strong Reagan Capitol statue SACRAMENTO (AP) — State senators of both political parties are supporting a bill that would allow a statue of Ronald Reagan to be placed inside the Cali- fornia Capitol. Calif Senate approves Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff, a Republican from Diamond Bar, says the actor-turned-politician deserves a special place inside the Capitol because he is the only California governor to become president. It would be the first statue of a former governor. Lawmakers took turns praising Reagan on Tuesday for actions that reflect their own political philosophies. Republicans recalled the mark he made on the nation and world affairs. ing taxes and signing environmental protection laws as governor and backing immigrant rights as president. AB2358 passed the Senate 31-0. It returns to the Assembly for a final vote. could rise under bill SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown will con- sider a bill that would raise the fine for illegally using a cell- phone while driving in California from $20 to $30. But the real cost for a first offense under the bill approved Tuesday by the state Senate would climb from California cellphone fines Democrats lauded the Republican president for rais- Wednesday, August 29, 2012 – Daily News 7A agree with all of the state's spending, including the high speed rail project, but that he was willing to pay more to fund the educa- tional system. taxes, but the people with the firefighters this week weren't griping," he said. "Everyone gripes about Avila said he was going to support Proposition 30, but asked Sheriff Dave Hencratt for his perspec- tive. Supervisor George Sheriff's Association is supporting the proposi- tion. The California State Hencratt said the sher- iffs were supporting true price of freedom is written on the wall." The wall will be put up at the Tehama District Fairground starting this morning and will be open following an opening cer- emony at 10 a.m. Thurs- day around the clock through Sept. 3. For more information on the wall, visit www.vvfm.org/twth. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. Owner Justin Howard and his family will undoubtedly be waiting to welcome the heralded hound and take her back to their Aurora, Colo. home. "This is the first time we've had a dog with such an unusual story," Mohr said. Chico E-R photographer Bill Husa contributed to this story. The fires were among eight major blazes actively burning across the state, Hutchinson said. University to take over public radio stations MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — radio station and continue efforts to remodel the Holly Theatre, part of an urban renewal project. Proceeds from the sale of any radio station licenses must go to support JPR, which broadcasts from Mendocino County in Northern California to Eugene. But the foun- dation would have to submit plans for selling off assets, borrowing money or buying property to the university for approval. university and JPR Foundation to drop legal claims against Kramer if he agrees not to sue them. Steve Nelson, president of the The agreement also calls for the JPR Foundation board, said there will be no further discussion about separating the radio stations from the university now that the agree- ment has been reached. He added that radio station licenses could be sold if that would serve the overall needs of the sta- tion, but no particular license sales have been identified. No university or JPR employee STATE BRIEFING about $160 to about $200, when court fees are included. Repeat offenders would pay about $370, up from about $280. Repeat violations would also add points to drivers' records, potentially increasing their insurance costs. Senators sent SB1310 to the Democratic governor's desk on a 28-9 vote. Sen. Joe Simitian, a Palo Alto Democrat, says his bill will reduce deaths and collisions by discouraging using hand-held cellphones. The additional $10 fine would go to educate motorists. Several Republicans said the fines are punitively high. Bill would protect Calif. not want to perform gay weddings will not have to worry about jeopardizing their nonprofit status if a bill approved by the state Assembly becomes California law. clergy from gay weddings SACRAMENTO (AP) — Religious officials who do SB1140 seeks to allay concerns from clergy that if gay marriage is legalized, they could be forced to per- form gay weddings that contradict their religious beliefs. many Republicans voting no. It now returns to the state Senate. The bill passed the Assembly 48-24 Tuesday with Democratic Sen. Mark Leno, of San Francisco, says the bill is intended to reassure clergy that their right to freedom of religion includes the freedom not to per- form same-sex marriages. because it was the only guarantee they had that AB 109 funding would be spared by Brown. Hencratt said he per- sonally did not know what he was going to do with his own support and only for selfish reasons would he vote for it. He said he was not a fan of AB 109, but through it the bill did provide some great tools. He said with the local ideas in place about how to implement it he wanted to see the project through to see if it proved success- ful. With Supervisor Den- nis Garton absent from the meeting, the decision of SOLAR Continued from page 1A convert marginally produc- tive or physically impaired for agriculture production land into a solar power facility. The facilities in question are the type that put energy back into the grid, not the kind used for on-property ancillary use. One developer estimat- ed for the board that 10 acres of land could pro- duce about 1 megawatt of power or about $18,000 a year for a farmer. Conservation makes the final determination of eli- gibility although counties may add in their own stip- ulations over final approval. The Department of Supervisors Dennis Garton and Ron Warner both agreed the county would need to examine each application on a case- by-case basis. what to do fell on Supervi- sor Ron Warner. Warner said he was leaning towards the board either taking no position or towards not supporting it as he was not in favor of raising taxes. voted unanimously to take no position on Proposition 30. In the end the board Williams and Russell agreed to continue their respectful debate another time. everything, but we respect each other's opinions and don't act like babies when we don't get our way," Russell said. "We may not agree on reclamation requirements into easement applications. The land essentially returns to Williamson Act contract once an easement expires and bonds must be in place to make sure the removal of equipment is completed. Before the passage of SB618, landowners only had three ways to get out of their Williamson Act contract to build a solar power facility. was not renewing their contract, but in some cases could take up to 20 years. The least controversial Other methods used in the state have including canceling a contract with a finding from the Board of Supervisors that the project is consistent with the Williamson Act or finding the landuse is compatible with the act. One aspect of SB618 the supervisors discussed is how property tax assess- ments would work with land switching from Williamson Act to ease- ment status. The Board of Supervi- sors directed staff to tell future applicants they should proceed with the SB618 method rather attempting to cancel a con- tract or get a compatibility permit. Assessor Dale Stroud said those judgments could be difficult to estimate, because of existing tax breaks on the books for renewable energy facili- ties. SB618 has measures that build mitigation and Conservation has not released its final guidelines for solar easement approvals. The Department of Although one developer told the board the depart- ment was moving remark- ably fast and was in disbe- lief it was the same depart- ment he had dealt with pre- viously over the years. THE PASSING PARADE can work as an executive or manag- er for the foundation or its sub- sidiary, Nelson said. (From Dave Minch's diary of December 1937) "The night of December 10, 1937 saw the worst disaster to hit this part of California in a very long time. It rained in a regular cloud burst in all the eastern mountains and instead of snow it rained clear to the top of the mountains and then it ran off immediately causing an almost unimaginable flood. The river jumped from 10 feet to 32 feet high at the bridge and spread out over everything from here in Red Bluff to the Cone Ranch buildings. Starting at Montgomery Creek it took out bridges and highways and washed the entire town of Ingot away. One man in his car was washed away and drowned. In the Mineral area it washed away a half mile of the loop highway near the Supan Sulphur Works. Took out several bridges and parts of the highway. Washed Dales Service Station clear across the highway and moved their house several feet. Took out several hundred yards at Mill Creek and closed all highways to Chico for several days and all highways out of Red Bluff for a day and half. The town of Gerber was entirely under water to the tops of the houses. Al the residents were removed to Red Bluff and taken care of by the Red Cross. The loss of livestock has been enormous. Besides the small amounts that everyone in the vicinity of the flood lost, there were larger loses as well. Holmes and Wing lost 2710 ewes at Vina. Kirkwood Ranch lost 350 Angus heifers. Parrot Grant lost 300 hogs and many cattle. Dr. Frey lost 127 ewes; Frank Morgan lost two horses, 550 laying hens, 30 hogs, 2 cows and all his fences. One man saw 30 acres of his farm washed away. We were very fortunate and lost nothing. Saturday we tried to take a load of fresh meat to Chico but could not get though and had to bring it back to the plant. Monday we reloaded and started out at 5 a.m. with a big load. I went with the Bowe brothers in the truck. We went to the Hamilton City Bridge but there was only water as far as we could see. A line of cars were waiting but nobody was willing to try it. I started out walking at daylight and walked for a mile in water from my knees to my thighs and stayed on the highway by walking on the edge of it .Even the fence posts all the way were under water while the current was very strong. My boots were not high enough so they were full of cold water from then on. Then I walked back the returning mile during which my legs got really tired. When we weren't allowed to drive over the submerged road, I spotted a mail delivery truck and told the postal man that he could throw his bag on our truck and we would deliver it. This convinced the officials that the mail must get through. This time I walked it again for the 3rd time to keep the truck on the highway. Herb and Harold Bowe steered by my walking on the edge. We went about 2 miles an hour. When we got to the other side we found it worse yet. Water was roaring over it and great holes were created in the highway. Then we came to a bridge where the approach was washed out. We could go no further so I walked back 2 miles towards Chico bare footed, got a car and rode into Chico where the Highway Dept. refused to help us. So I went to the Diamond Match lumber yard and they took some 3 x 12 planks out to the bridge for us where we put down the planks, drove over them, picked them up and laid them down again ahead of us. We did this until we finally got over. We were the first to get into Chico since Friday night. It took us 4.5 hours to go the 8 miles, and me with wet feet all this time. The Highway Dept was very angry with me and immediately closed the highway so no one else could get through." Dave Minch 1900-1964 The Passing Parade is brought to you by by Minch Property Management, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527 5514