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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A Breaking news at: Pastimes Delta Blues & Hillbilly furor RED BLUFF LosMo Tops Mercy showers Few 69/46 Weather forecast 8B DAILYNEWS SPORTS 1B 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 Senate showdown Pair eludes cops in orchard chase A pair of suspects eluded Tehama County Sheriff's deputies Tuesday when they suddenly appeared and took off running while a burglary investigation was underway. Deputies had been called to the 4000 block of Houghton Avenue in Corning to investigate a burglary. At the address was a semi-trailer, several older mobile homes and wood sheds that were all being used See PAIR, page 7A PATH shelter opens tonight at St. Peter's By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The rotating PATH shelter opens tonight at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 510 Jefferson St., thanks to the generosity of the community. Daily News photos by Rich Greene State Senate candidates, from left, graduate student Dan Levine, Assemblyman Jim Nielsen and school board member Jann Reed, speak to the Tehama County Tea Party Patriots in Red Bluff Tues- day evening. vals for each individual candidate, who gave an intro- duction and then took questions and sometimes state- ments from the audience. Numerous times throughout the evening the audience participation overshadowed the candidates themselves. Levine and school board member Jann Reed each spoke to the group. Fellow candidates Michael "Mickey" Harrington, a Labor Council president and Benjamin "Ben" Emery, a ranch manager, did not attend. Assemblyman Jim Nielsen, graduate student Dan A sixth candidate, Assemblyman Dan Logue, has formally dropped out of the race, although his name will still appear on the ballot. The special election is for the remaining two years of a term vacated by Doug LaMalfa, who is running for Congress. Nielsen spent a majority of his time fielding ques- tions in regards to AB 109, which allowed him to trum- pet his experience as chairman of the Board of Parole and Prison Terms and successes in the Legislature. Levine spoke at length about the corporate influence on politics and the need to break up big business. He suggested Hurricane Sandy could have been the result of weather-manipulation to keep President Barack Obama in office because it would be more cost effec- tive than electing a new president. He cited New Jersey Rodger's phase II goes out to bid By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Councilwoman and Corn- ing Community Founda- tion member Darlene Dickison announced Oct. 23 that phase II of the Rodger's Theatre restora- tion project has gone out to bid. CORNING — City One of the new fea- tures of the loge area is the addition of storage areas above the restroom and underneath the loge, which make the auditori- um floor level to allow it to be a multipurpose area, he said. Bids for the project, which focuses on refur- bishing the men's and women's restrooms on the main floor and recon- structing the loge seating, will close Nov. 15, City Manager and Public Works Director John Brewer said. "We're refurbishing them with previously pur- chased fixtures," Brewer said. "We already removed asbestos and lead-containing paint and tiles and are ready for the installation (of the fix- tures)." Phase two will exhaust funds already raised, Mayor Gary Strack said. The first phase of the project, which used park bond money and an Ener- gy Efficiency Grant, took care of getting rid of asbestos, reinforcing the roof structure, new roof- ing and installing a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit and putting in insulation, he said. ed votes Tuesday evening at the Tehama County Tea Party Patriots weekly meeting. The free-flowing format featured blocked off inter- By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer Three vastly different State Senate candidates court- Gov. Chris Christie's positive words about the presi- dent's handling of the disaster as evidence. Reed made an appeal that a moderate who could work on both sides of the aisle was needed in Sacra- mento. She said voters could use the shortened term at stake in the election as an experiment to see whether Sacramento could be changed by electing someone without a party preference. Nielsen tions regarding incarceration issues, especially in regards to AB 109, the state's prison realignment stat- ue. The long serving legislator fielded a series of ques- "There's never been, in the history of California, a stupider law passed," Nielsen said. would cut AB 109 funding and force local counties to pay for its costs, saying that was the end game plan all along. Nielsen said he predicted within three years the state He said the court-ordered reform of the prison's health care system should have been handled by build- ing more detention facilities across the state. On concerns about diminishing gun rights, Nielsen said "I am the No. 1 guy stopping that." Nielsen was asked about his stance on the proposi- tions. He said the Tea Party could be helpful in sending a message to Sacramento by defeating the various tax proposals. and overturning the death penalty and 3 Strikes would be mistakes. Nielsen was asked at one point what should be done He said it wasn't the time to go easy on criminals didn't get any FEMA funds," PATH Vice Presi- dent Allene Dering said. "We normally get about $1,000 to $2,500 and this year we didn't get zip." Several local groups heard about the dire straits PATH was in and have donated, including the Sacred Heart Women's Guild, which gave $500, the Order of the Eastern Star gave $200 and a few individuals have given $100 donations, Dering said. "The main issue is we but not fully fund the sea- son, which runs through April 30, she said. The is enough to begin, "Last year we had $1,000 and we barely scraped by," Dering said. "The churches supply the building, but there's still the breakfast, paper goods, cleaning supplies and we go through lots of decaf coffee." The shelter averages about 250 people a year with about 30 people stay- ing each night it is open, Dering said. The trend over the last See SENATE, page 7A a newer one, geared toward helping low income and homeless people of the community, are combining to create LIFT Tehama, an all-day event, Friday at the Tehama District Fair- ground. "Recycle the Warmth By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A long-time event and Donations to the Corn- ing Community Founda- tion, a non-profit group spearheading efforts to restore the theater, are always welcome, Dicki- son said. "We need to start more fundraising because we've got a long way to go, but any little bit 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See BID, page 7A LIFT stands for Live Inspired For Tomorrow and is geared toward empowering and connect- ing people in need, said Owensby, who started Recycle the Warmth with her husband Wayne 26 years ago. With the new event, has offered free blankets, warm clothes, good food and resources for anyone in need for the past 25 years," Senia Owensby said. "This year, in order to expand our ability to reach out to Tehama County, we are teaming up with Project Homeless Connect along with sever- al other great services and agencies to create LIFT Tehama." increase in single women, she said. "We are still looking for a place somewhere in the county, but there just aren't any grants out there," Dering said. "We lost the $1 million grant we had because we could- n't find an M2 zone, which is mostly medium industrial, in the city. There are a few sites we're looking for in the county, but nothing solid yet." One of the few require- ments they've had so far in searching the county for land is that a perma- nent shelter not be in the Antelope area because of water and sewer prob- lems, she said. few years has seen very few children with most residents being single men and women with an In addition to the rotat- ing shelter, PATH oper- ates transitional housing for men and women. In June, the group opened the store Main Street Treasures, 632 Main St., in Red Bluff to help with the operational costs of their programs, Dering said. Since it opened, the store has raised about $6,000, she said. It is open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Donations are accepted by appointment. The non-profit organi- zation is looking into other venues to fund, but community donations are always welcome, Dering said. PATH is looking into a See PATH, page 7A LIFT Tehama set for Friday at fairgrounds Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb LIFT Tehama Co-Organizer Senia Owensby, second from left, accepts a donation from the St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Mission Awareness Committee. Pictured from left are: Wayne Owensby, Senia, Sr. Pat Manoli, Patty Bourne, Pam Guttierrez and Shauna Tenney. Lift Tehama will incorpo- rate more of the principals from Project Homeless Connect, a Tehama Coun- ty Continuum of Care event started a few years ago, including not having to wait in line to get items. "It's not just a day for people to gather informa- tion or get referrals, but a chance for them to make changes and get connect- ed to essential services working toward self-suffi- ciency," Owensby said. The event offers every- thing from state IDs, birth certificates and Social Security help to housing and social services, legal services, immunizations, medical and dental care, pet services, haircuts and other necessary services, Owensby said. "As Tehama County Continuum of Care, our goal is to end homeless- See LIFT, page 7A Help, Goods & Services TRAX will be providing free transportai on for event.