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FRIDAY Turkey Trot NOVEMBER 30, 2012 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Block LM Tourney Education See Page 8A Sports 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Showers likely 57/48 Weather forecast 10A TEHAMA COUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U NTY S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Captain Learning Evening commute sees pair of crashes A pair of crashes took place late Thursday afternoon on Interstate 5. A single-vehicle rollover took place at 3:58 p.m. at the Cottonwood Scales. The vehicle, a small red sportscar, rolled into a ditch about 40-50 feet down an embankment, landing on its wheels in the center divider. The solo occupant was not transported to a hospital, according to the CHP website. Nothing further was available. A second crash took place at 4:40 p.m. on southbound I-5 at the Red Bluff rest area involving a blue Honda two-door sedan that landed in the center divider about 45 feet off the road, according to the website. Nothing further was available. — Julie Zeeb Fairground barns to receive sprucing By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer we're small enough we can." When the group first began to promote education, they were very quiet and afraid of back lash from the community, she said. "Now, there's a cultural shift and we're more confident." At the 2012 summit, there were several visitors from nearby counties such as Trinity and Lassen, who had heard about the educational movement and came to see what it was all about. "It's enlightening to us," Lassen County Superintendent of Schools Rich DuVarney said. "There is great energy and a great pattern for us to follow in Lassen County. We came here to learn and we're learning on Tehama County's lead." The Tehama District Fairground has received an $18,000 grant from the McConnell Fund of the Shasta Regional Community Foundation to spruce up its barns. "A lot of it's for drainage issues and to paint and dress up the barn," Fair CEO Mark Eidman said. In addition, the grant will go toward beautification of that area, which includes landscaping work, Eidman said. All work will be done on the D, E and F barns, which are north of the Pauline Davis Pavilion, he said. Work on the buildings will be completed through convict labor provided in the community service program, from which the fairground has had plenty of help lately thanks in part to AB 109 realignment, Eidman said. The fairground is awaiting word on a second grant, applied for by the Tehama Fairgrounds Community Alliance, that it would use toward electrical upgrades for the main grandstands, Eidman said. A grant application was submitted by Mary Jayne Eidman and Kate Grissom to the USDA in the amount of $400,000 to be used to help make the fairgrounds into a hub for the agritourism business. At the Nov. 20 meeting when the grant was announced, the fairboard continued its discussion of moving the dates for the 2015 fair. The fairboard will discuss in December whether to leave the September date as is or move to a summer See CAPT, page 9A See BARNS, page 9A Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Sophia Liang draws and writes to illustrate the concepts being discussed at Wednesday's Superhero themed 2012 Expect More Tehama Summit. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — Educators and community members gathered Wednesday at Rolling Hills Casino, packing the room at Carlino's, for the 2012 Expect More Tehama Summit. Participants discussed what they believe is missing in Tehama County, how to get parents more involved and the California common core standards voted approved by voters in 2010 that are just getting ready to go into effect. Kate Grissom and Kathy Garcia of the Expect More Tehama Leadership steering team started off the event with a look at what has been done since the first summit in 2009. The pair talked about where the educational movement, which is geared toward college and career readiness, is today. "It's like the quote 'Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me'," Garcia said, referring to a quote by Mr. Fred Rogers. "We firmly believe that." Those who value learning know many times the learning comes outside of school from grandparents or a really good sports coach or any number of community educators who help children learn a skill, she said. "It's about education and the power of community," Garcia said. "It's not a program or a board or a nonprofit. It's a spirit of hope and wanting more in your community. It's all within leveraging the resources and connections and Christmas craft show returns By JULIE ZEEB Farmers Market receives grant DN Staff Writer Some new vendors will be appearing at the 37th annual Christmas at the Old Mansion being held today and Saturday at JoAnn and Darwin Kremer's house at 25076 Sycamore Ave., in Los Molinos. "We have a few new vendors including some from Red Bluff and some old ones that aren't coming so it'll be a whole different feel," JoAnn Kremer said. Crafters include newcomers Judy Paul and Debbie Marshall of Red Bluff who create things with old china and long-time vendor Clio Muir with her scarves and Megan Miller, both of Red Bluff, with her fleece hats. For those seeking the unusual, Darlene Counts makes jewelry and other things using buttons and Rita Twiford and Carla Perry of Red Bluff will be back with their breads, which have become quite popular, Kremer said. Newcomer Lisa Hamsen of Orland will have jewelry and Julie Feser of Red Bluff and Kremer will have decorative painted items while Nelva Lea Denbo of Red Bluff will have hand turned pens By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb JoAnn Kremer and her grandson Joshua Colwell, 3, of Chico admired the tree they decorated with help from the rest of the family for the 37th annual Christmas at the Old Mansion craft boutique being held 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at 25076 Sycamore Ave. made of a various types of wood. The event, which will be 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, is held in the historic Craftsman style house, with an Inglenook fireplace, that was built in 1906 and first owned by Mary Cone Runyan Wheeler. The home was original- ly called "The Sycamores" for the trees around it, but later became known as "The Mansion" by locals, she said. Wheeler, the daughter of Joseph Cone of the famous Cone and Kimball clocktower in Red Bluff, who was living in San Francisco at the time of the great earthquake, built the foundation with 11-inch thick concrete walls that house an old railroad tanker used as a 500-gallon water tank attached to the fire hose. It hangs today on the second floor. It also houses four fire mains in different corners of the house to make it as fireproof as possible, Kremer said. Free sandbags are available in Red Bluff at the Tehama County Health Center, 1850 Walnut St. and at 2058 Kimball Rd. across from South Point Drive. They are available in Gerber at Tehama County Public Works at 9380 San Benito Ave. and in Corning across from the fire department at 814 5th Street. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 The Frontier Village Farmers Market has received an $8,000 grant from St. Elizabeth Community Hospital through Dignity Health in order to collaborate with other agencies. "We received a very specific grant that lines up with our mission goal of education and promoting healthier living choices while collaborating with other agencies," market manager Sandra Burkett said. Working with others is something the market, which opened on Saturdays this fall, has already been doing, she said. The group has partnered with Transitional Living Center, a non-profit program providing transitional housing to women, that helps provide children's activities and games and the Tehama County Department of Social Services, which helps print flyers, Burkett said. Unemployed due to Closure or Layoff? Start your training in January 2013 Informational Session Ag/Industry/Transportation Careers It also works with Tehama Together and is in the process of serving as a food drive collection site with donations going to local agencies. The current donation is for Food for the Hungry, which serves southern Tehama County in the areas of Los Molinos and Dairyville. The food drive will continue through the end of the market for this season — 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays through Dec. 15. It will resume March 2 with the goal of becoming yearround, Burkett said. "The beauty of collaboration is that we may not be aware of all the resources available, however, one person will have knowledge of something we don't and it gets more of us together to collaborate," Burkett said. "It allows for a greater impact on the community and we are a community See GRANT, page 9A Rain or Shine Hot Time HOTTIE HOLIDAY Saturday, 12/1 2-7 pm Financial aid available to help you. $25 at the door Tuesday, December 4th @ 3pm Shasta College/Tehama Campus 22495 Via Pasado 770 Diamond Ave., Red Bluff To register call 529.7000 in the Bend District Valet available from Bend School