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6B Daily News – Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Baskets travel to area banks, raffle to benefit Mentoring Program The Paws For A Cause Top Cowdog Competition has great potential to benefit the region in a variety of ways — social, educational and economical — when it comes to the Tehama District Fairground Oct. 27. Admission will be free and levels of sponsorships Paws For ACause are offered, as all participants are volunteering their time and resources to success of this event. Merle and Sandi Newton of Crystal Rose Cowdog College are partnering with the local Back to School Project to benefit the children of Tehama County. The Newtons have recruited 10 handlers to compete in timed trials to sort and maneuver cattle through obsta- cles. "It will showcase the brilliance of the cowdog, the cattlemen's compassion for his horse, his dog and the livestock they handle," Merle Newton said. Children and adults alike will witness action from the old west — the use of a cowdog to sort cattle. Cow- boys once drove cattle thousands of miles. The chal- lenge was to handle the herd in an easy fashion in order to maintain the health and weight of each cow. "It will bring the agriculture and urban communities together for a common cause," said Bill Dale of the California Beef Council. "The event is sure to grow, as it will be a benefit, more than a competition." Opening ceremonies for the event will include the Tehama County Young Marines color guard and singing of the National Anthem by the Sweet Adelines, A special pre-event Meet, Pet & Greet will be hosted by Bud's Jolly Cone on Antelope Boulevard on Saturday Oct. 20. This will be an opportunity to see the cowdogs and handlers up close and person- al. Event sponsor forms for Paws For A Cause are avail- able at www.backtoschoolproject.com invited to Like the event on Facebook at Cowdog Com- petition-Pause For A Cause. For more information, call 529-4074. The public is Courtesy photo Lisa Matheson, Kerry Fizgerald, Carol Backus and Genessee Gardner of Tehama County Department of Social Services join Jerrylynn Kirk and Ellen Michael of Rabo Bank in supporting the Tehama County Mentoring Program with opportunity baskets designed by volunteer staff at Social Services. Basket themes are BBQ Grillin', Gardening, Backyard Chillin', Fire Pit Fun and Corning Pit Stop. Baskets will be on display and available for ticket purchase at RaboBank until Monday, Sept. 17, when they will move to Umpqua Bank for two weeks. They will then reside at PremierWest Bank until Oct. 15 when the winning tickets will be drawn. All proceeds support youth mentoring in Tehama County. Oh Snap! The Daily News wants your photos: Cute kids, Adorable pets, Inspirational sights, Any shot you think readers would enjoy You might just see it in the Daily News Send pictures to editor@redbluffdailynews.com or drop off at 545 Diamond Ave. in Red Bluff. Include a caption. Grant to go for erosion work The Tehama County Resource Conservation District (TCRCD) received a $41,663 grant from the Sierra Nevada Conservancy that will fund the work needed to design a repair solution to head-cutting that has developed Childs Meadow, a high- elevation meadow near the southern entrance of Lassen Volcanic Nation- al Park and that is cur- rently managed by The Nature Conservancy. Head-cutting, a type of erosion, is affecting the stability and water quality of Gurnsey Creek, a small tributary to Deer Creek which contains anadromous fish habitat for the State and Federally listed Spring Run Chinook Salmon, and which has been found to also con- tain colonies of the endangered Cascade within Frog. The grant will sup- port head cut repair design work by a wild- land engineering firm and which will include construction drawings and develop cost esti- mates for a structure that would stop head cutting. The TCRCD will develop a request for proposals, a wild- land engineering firm will be selected, and a professional services contract for engineering design and construction cost estimates will be prepared. The grant will also support Tehama County RCD staff labor hours needed to develop and prepare necessary CEQA analysis and to apply for required envi- ronmental permits. The goal of this pro- ject is to develop a shovel ready engineer- ing solution that will stop head cutting within Childs Meadow and eliminate a major source of sediment into Deer Creek. With the comple- tion of this project, con- struction work on the head cut repair could begin immediately once additional funding for project implementation is obtained. Work on this project is scheduled to begin this month. DONATE YOUR VACATION newspaper dollars to the Newspaper In Education Program Support our classrooms, keep kids reading. 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