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Library plans Fall Festival book sale Wednesday, October 24, 2012 – Daily News 1C Hotties' party for economic development Those wanting to do a little celebrating and Christmas shopping while supporting local economic development won't want to miss the upcoming Hottie Holiday Party 2-7 p.m. on Dec. 1 at 22495 Via Pasado in Red Bluff's Bend District. "This will be one of the year's hottest events...friends, fun, food, holiday beverages and shopping," said Kristin Behrens, former Chamber of Commerce president and event organizer. In addition to a wide selection of gift items from local boutiques, the event features an appetizer cook off with prizes given to the "Most Original Hottie Appetizer," best "Hottie Appetizer Presentation" and "Best Hottie Holiday Harvest Theme." Amateur chefs can sign up for the contest by calling (530) 526-1974. Featured boutiques include M&M Bits and Pieces (home décor), Miche (custom purses), Cupcake Couture, Wink (fashions and accessories), Sole Love, (Alegria shoes and scarves), Bianchi Orchards (gift baskets and custom candy), Sugar Plum Cottage (children's gifts), Penny Wrapped, (custom jewelry), St. Elizabeth Auxiliary, (Christmas ornaments, See's Candy and gift items) and 3 Generations, (art and gift items). The event is partially underwritten by Shelby Lehor, field sales manager of Con- stellation Brands. Daily News photo by Rich Greene David Bagby checks out the available books at the Read and Reap Fall Festival and book sale as Tehama County Library Clerk Mags Lucero looks on. An autumn harvest will be com- ing to the Tehama County Library Saturday when the Red Bluff branch hosts the Read and Reap Fall Festival and book sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The library will host harvest stories, snow cones, unportraits, bookmark making, letter writing to the troops, harvest Scrabble, cookie frosting and harvest recipes. The festival will also be the last stop of the Tehama reads program as participants can bring in their bookmarks to complete their Read- ing Challenge and receive a free pumpkin. Central Valley Project water contracts review SACRAMENTO — The Bureau of Reclamation and the Sacramento County Water Agency have completed negotiations for renewal of their existing water service con- tract that provides for the delivery of up to 30,000 acre-feet of Central Valley Project water for municipal and industrial uses. The existing contract will expire on Dec. 31. Negotiation of long-term and interim renewal contracts are authorized consistent with Section 3404(c) of the Cen- tral Valley Project Improvement Act. Reclamation intends to execute an interim renewal contract to be effective Jan. 1, 2013, to provide for continued water service to the Agency. This contracting action will comply with requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act. Both the long-term and the interim renewal contracts have been negotiated, and Reclamation is releas- ing both contracts to the public for a 60-day review and comment period. Reads program. Anyone who brings in a book will earn a raffle ticket for gift baskets. The library will also be collect- ing donated books for the Tehama be available for 10, 25 and 50 cents. There will be plenty of children's books available at the sale, which benefits the library's summer read- ing program. —Rich Greene As for the book sale, books will The Hottie Holiday party is a fundraiser for the Tehama County Branding Project and is made possible by the ded- ication of Hottie Holiday Committee members Behrens, Liz Forsberg, Liz Kremer and Tonya Redamonti. Tickets are $20 per person, which includes appetizers, door prize raffle and one holiday libation. The event will be held at the residence of Scott and Liz Kremer overlooking the Sacramento River in the Bend District. Tickets are limited and available at Wink, Red Bluff- Tehama County Chamber of Commerce and M&M Bits and Pieces. Credit card ticket purchases may be made at the chamber office only. All other locations can receive cash or checks made out to the Tehama County Branding Project. For more information, visit the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/hottieholidayparty. The Tehama County Economic Prosperity Branding Project is a movement in response to an opportunity and desire to improve the economic prosperity of Tehama County and it's anchor communities of Red Bluff, Manton and Corning. Youth compete in judging contest The initial interim renewal contract will have a term of 26 months and is undertaken under the authority of the CVPIA to provide for continued operation between the expiration of the original water service contract and long- term renewal of that contract. This interim renewal contract will expire on Feb. 28, 2015. Visit http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvpia/3404c/lt_contracts/ to review the draft contracts. To review the draft interim renewal contract, please click on "2013 Interim Renewal Contracts;" to review the draft long-term contract, please click on "2012 Long-Term Contracts." If you encounter problems accessing the documents, please call 916-978- 5100 or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov. received by close of business Monday, Dec. 17, and should be mailed to Karen Hall, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, MP-440, Sacramento, CA 95825-1898, or faxed to 916-978-5290 or emailed to khall@usbr.gov. For additional information or to request a copy of the draft con- tracts, please contact Hall at 916-978-5254 (TTY 800-735- 2929). Written comments on the draft contracts must be Courtesy photo Three Tehama County 4-H youth will be traveling to Missouri for the national 4-H/FFA Livestock Judging Contest. Pictured are Rebah Heino, Elora Brunelle and Karl Parks. The Draft Environmental Assessment supporting this contracting action is available for public review at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Pro- ject_ID=11251. Written comments on the Draft EA must be received by close of business Monday, Nov. 19, and should be mailed to Beth Dyer, Bureau of Reclamation, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, CC-411, Folsom, CA 95630 or emailed to elizabethdyer@usbr.gov. For additional informa- tion or to request a copy of the Draft EA, please contact Dyer at 916-989-7256 (TTY 916-989-7285). Toys for Tots Red Bluff Walmart kicks off Tehama County's program Courtesy photo Saturday, Oct. 20, was the opening day for Marine Corps League detachment 1140's Toys for Tots Toy Drive where Los Molinos resident Shirlyn Robley gave so graciously. Pictured from left: Ray Valenzuela, Bill Cotter, Shirlyn Robley and Harold Morriera. Three Tehama Coun- ty 4-H Members and one Santa Clara 4-H Member are heading to the national 4-H/FFA Livestock Judging Con- test at the American Royal in Kansas City, Missouri. The team was created based on their individual scores at the state qualifier held at UC Davis in March. Rebah Heino of Man- ton 4-H, Karl Parks of Westside 4-H and Elora Brunelle of Corning 4-H join Amanda Sura of Santa Clara County to comprise the team. The team has practiced all year for this event. They have attended team practices, regional competitions, planned and hosted the 2012 Tehama County 4-H Livestock Judging Day in April. The team will be holding fundraisers to help offset their travel. On Sunday, October 21 and 28 from 11am – 2pm at Tractor Supply Company in Red Bluff they will be selling hot dog lunches, monetary donations will also be accepted. For more information on the judging team or about 4-H in Tehama County, please contact the Tehama County 4-H Office at 530-527-3101 or visit http://cete- hama.ucdavis.edu/. Review of Reading fire, procedures The meeting will be held in room 126 at the State Capitol and last from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Although the Park Service intended to manage the convene a panel of experts Wednesday to review the decision by the National Park Service to let burn, instead of fight, the Reading fire that started in Lassen Volcanic National Park on July 23. U.S. Rep. Wally Herger and Tom McClintock will fire for ecosystem benefits, the Reading fire exploded into an uncontrolled wildfire on Aug. 6 and eventually burned more than 28,000 acres of forestland, destroyed private property, depressed local air quality, stretched firefighting resources and harmed the region's signifi- cant forest product and tourism industries. Suppression costs exceeded $15 million. Representatives from the Park Service, Forest Ser- vice, CalFire, local elected officials, forestry specialists and fire experts will review a wide range of issues that include: whether the initial decision to allow the fire to grow was consistent with national policy, whether the decision properly considered the conditions that existed at the time, impacts on state and local firefighting resources, impacts on the local economy, impacts to natural resources, options to reduce forest fuel loads, and how to best reintroduce fire back into the landscape while also protecting public health and safety. Although the review is not a formal hearing, panelist comments and a summary of the information gathered during the review will be provided to the House Com- mittee on Natural Resources.