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NOVEMBER 3-4 2012 WEEKEND Page 3B Country Life Light Up Fall Landscapes Weather forecast 10A Mostly sunny 76/52 DAILYNEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY $1.00 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 A little lift By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Lift Tehama, an event to connect low-income and homeless people to the most needed services in one day, was a huge success with about 200 people served by noon Friday at the Tehama District Fairground. While it is the first year for the event, it is a project that has years of experience. It is a com- bination of the Recycle the Warmth, which is in its 26th year, and Project Homeless Connect, which is in its fourth, organizer Senia Owens- by said. "We've partnered the events to help connect the population from both of them and to help them connect to the services," said Gail Locke, a mem- ber of the Tehama County Continuum of Care and event organiz- er. The event boasted about 70-80 booths of various state and local agencies, businesses and non-profits along with about 60 volunteers, including the Tehama County Sheriff's Department STARS pro- gram, which provided security, Locke said. The event, which went from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., was broken into Project Homeless Con- nect in the morning and Recycle the Warmth in the afternoon. The event served two meals, pro- Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Lunch was served to about 200 people who attended the first Lift Tehama event for homeless and low-income in Tehama County held Friday at the Tehama District Fairground. vided by Snack Box Catering. Among those helped were an 85-year-old man who expected to be homeless Saturday to a young man who was homeless for the first time in his life due to the economy, Locke said. "That's what the event is all about — con- Calif. supermarket contract talks resume TO (AP) — A major Northern California supermarket chain and its workers have resumed contract talks — this time with the help of a federal mediator — as the possi- bility of a strike looms. West Sacramento- based Raley's had threat- ened to impose a contract WEST SACRAMEN- this week that includes a wage freeze and elimina- tion of premium pay for Sunday shifts. But it now says it will hold off until midnight Saturday. If a deal isn't struck by then, the workers could go on strike. It would be the first strike in Raley's 77- year history. ''We'll either be at the necting people," Locke said. "He was in con- struction and laid off so he walked from Sacra- mento to Chico and ended up here today. The soles of his shoe are so bad that when he lifts his foot you can see the sock. We were able to connect him with the Salvation Army Thrift Store to get some shoes." Among those present Friday were a lot more families with children this year, Locke said. The most popular booths at the event were the health services, housing, birth certificate See LIFT, page 9A City sees revenue boost By RICH GREENE last fiscal year due to higher than anticipated taxes and fees. the revised 2011-2012 fiscal year final budget numbers at its 7 p.m. Tuesday meeting. According to a staff report, sales tax revenue came in $20,000 higher than estimated, due to audits of busi- nesses that were not reporting sales tax correctly. Motor vehicle license fees came in $28,000 higher than estimated. An additional $17,000 came in from increases in the traffic safety vehicle code and public safety tax revenue. Occupancy tax came in $13,000 more than estimat- The City Council is scheduled to hear an update on See CITY, page 9A Debut novel no 'hollow' effort By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer w oman debuted her first book, a murder mys- tery titled "Hollow," on Amazon.com and kindle just in time for Halloween. Jonna Turek, who writes under her maiden name as J.B. Hawker, has written several articles over the years in national Christian women's maga- zines, but this is her first novel, she said. It debuted on Ama- zon.com during the mid- A Red Bluff Turek dle of Septem- ber and on Tuesday a few of her co- workers sur- prised her with a small book signing event at her office, she said. "I' v e ters and in journals as therapy," Turek said. "It's really interesting to see the way different people interpret the writing. It's been gratifying the way it was received and if noth- ing else comes of it I'll be happy. A couple of the always been a words person and wrote let- See NOVEL, page 9A Program give old products new life By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Tehama County Sanitary Landfill Agency has taken a mobile program and added a more permanent feature. On Tuesday, the land- finish line or on the picket line,'' Mike Henneberry, communications director for the United Food Com- mercial Workers, Local 5, headquartered in San Jose, told the San Jose Mercury News (http://bit.ly/WgcKU2 ). Local 5 and Local 8 in Roseville are leading union talks, the newspa- per reported on Thursday. John Segale, a spokesman for Raley's, told The Associated Press on Friday that talks were continuing, but he had no update. Raley's operates about 130 stores in Northern California and Nevada, including Bel Air Markets See TALKS, page 9A fill held a ribbon cutting for the permanent Reuse of Available Products (REAP) closet, which will be housed on site at 19995 Plymire Road in Red Bluff. The facility is a per- manent expansion of the REAP mobile trailer program at local com- munity events and farm- ers markets over the summer, Manager Kristina Miller said. "It was a result of a Hazardous Waste Dis- cretionary Grant we received and one of the focuses of the grant was reuse," Miller said. "It is a way for us to provide free products that are still good for reuse to the public." It's a win-win for everyone since the pub- lic gets items for free and the landfill saves on the cost of disposing of opened the permanent facility where it will be in a locked closet acces- sible through landfill staff from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, Miller said. The program has been quite the success with 1,984 pounds of items given out through farm- ers markets and the total going up to one ton of hazardous waste items following the Tehama District Fair. "We've been giving out items faster than we're getting them in so we did get some prod- ucts from Butte County," Miller said. "This has been a multi-jurisdic- See LIFE, page 9A Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Recycling Coordinator Brin Greer explains the permanent REAP program cabinet at the the Tehama County Sanitary Landfill Agency Reuse of Available Products (REAP) program ribbon cutting on Tuesday. items deemed as House- hold Hazardous Waste as well as having benefits to the environment, she said. Rather than hold a REAP trailer event twice a month, the landfill has AT THE RED BLUFF HAMPTON INN & SUITES 520 ADOBE ROAD 6:00PM UNTIL WINNERS ARE DECLARED ELECTION NIGHT TV RETURNS PARTY NOV. 6TH WE WILL PROVIDE REFRESHMENTS REPUBLICANS FOR AN JOIN THE TEHAMA DN Staff Writer Red Bluff's general fund revenue increased $43,000 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com