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MONDAY APRIL 19, 2010 Breaking news at: Playground Safety Vitality www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF Giants Dodgers SPORTS 1B Increasing clouds 72/48 Weather forecast 8B By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer The Tehama County Plan- ning Commission Thursday morning unanimously approved what may be the largest array of DAILYNEWS 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 Red Bluff could see state’s largest solar field solar panels in the state. Producing between 15 and 20 megawatts, the project would be larger than any com- pleted project in California, officials said. Larger projects have been planned elsewhere in the state, but none have reached development. In the case of the Solar Panel, Inc. project, work could begin as early as this year or 2011, Senior Project Manager Frances Knight told the com- 89th in the books mission. At its peak, the project could employ as many as 150 people, but the finished station would be mostly unmanned. The panels, standing about 10 feet high, would continually rotate to pick up the sun’s rays. Operating with about 17 per- cent efficiency, they would route their energy through a nearby transformer and to Pacific Gas and Electric. The electricity is not cheap See SOLAR, page 7A No charge for body storage By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers owners say they have no intention of charging the county for body stor- age, but Tehama County officials stand by a vote to build a morgue for the sheriff’s department. “Right now, we have an owner who has offered to be very, very generous with the county,” Chief Adminis- trator Bill Goodwin said Wednesday. See STORAGE, page 7A County to mull fee for pot gardens By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer Tehama County Super- visors will consider Tues- day taking the first steps toward a $40 registration fee for medical marijuana gardens. On April 6, supervisors Daily News photo by Chip Thompson The 89th Annual Red Bluff Round-Up wrapped Sunday. For coverage of the weekend’s action and results, see Sports 1B. Serving up camp memories for kids approved 4-1 a sweeping medical marijuana policy prohibiting growth within 1,000 feet of schools, churches or bus stops, tying the number of plants that can be grown to par- cel size and requiring medical marijuana grow- ers to register their gar- dens with the county Health Services Agency. The Tuesday vote would not set the fee, but could establish a May 4 public hearing where the board would consider the fee. Sample registration papers indicate growers would be required to dis- close the number of their plants, the names of everyone on the lease, all qualified cannabis patients receiving the marijuana, their medical See POT, page 7A Parade offers something for everyone Daily News photo by Geoff Johnson Dave Hagen prepares pancakes Saturday morning at the Elks Lodge during the Red Bluff Kiwanis Community Pancake Breakfast, the group’s biggest annual fundraiser. By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer The recipe goes back well over half a century. Take 225 pounds of pancake batter, 20 gallons of syrup, 15 gallons of milk, 50 gallons of orange juice, 60 pounds of butter and 8 pounds of coffee. Mix with 32 student volunteers and another 40 Red Bluff Kiwanis mem- bers. you have 100 swimming, shooting, floating, fish- ing, jumping children. Every year, on the Sat- urday of the Red Bluff Round-Up, Kiwanis members serve up a mas- sive pancake breakfast fit to serve 1,200. Every year, those pro- ceeds sponsor 100 fourth- , fifth- and sixth-graders at Camp Tehama for the Kiwanis-sponsored five- day summer camp. Local children enjoy a free week of summer camp — much of the week thanks to 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See CAMP, page 7A Daily News photo by Chip Thompson The Budweiser Clydesdales were a highlight of Saturday’s Red Bluff Round-Up Parade in downtown. The team walked back to the Tehama District Fairground following the parade before performing during the rodeo. Wait a few months, and By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer No time warp, no tor- nado accounted for Sat- urday’s mix of Civil War reenactors, miniature ponies, go-carts or clas- sic cars. The eclectic mix milling about Saturday on Main Street was the Red Bluff Round-Up Parade, one of the great hurrahs in the three-day rodeo that has become an 11-day festival. Around 140 entries dressed up, climbed up or revved up as the parade began on Sycamore Street near Main Street, heading right on Jefferson Street all the way to Walnut Street and back to Main. Entries ranged from the Budweiser Clydes- dales to the Red Bluff City Council, shooting silly string at the judges, to lawn mowers and Shriners. For Betty Tedrick, an on-and-off Red Bluff resident since 1942, a recent addition was the most impressive. “The Mexican horses were the best,” Tedrick said. “Aren’t they just gorgeous?” Local mother of three and a nine-year resident of Red Bluff, Afton Crane, seconded Tedrick’s sentiment. Sue Clark of Los Molinos, accompanied by her son Justin Clark, thought the prize should go to a Presbyterian Church float designed to look like a large steam- boat — the type that used to ply the Sacra- mento River as far as Red Bluff. The festival ended with a bang as the Asphalt Cowboys, armed up to their straw hats, fired six-shooters and shotguns into the air for a showing as loud to the nearby audience as a far- away fireworks display. Behind them, Red Bluff Police Lt. Kyle Sanders tailed in his cruiser, siren wailing on and off. Parade results will be published when received. ——— Geoff Johnson can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or gjohnson@redbluffdaily news.com.