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April 26, 2010

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MONDAY APRIL 26, 2010 Breaking news at: Spearheading Nutrition Vitality www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 6A RED BLUFF Giants look to sweep Cards SPORTS 1B Partly cloudy 74/52 Weather forecast 6B DAILYNEWS A leg up 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 Corning finalizes deal for park land By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — The city has entered an agreement for a potential land swap that would sell a piece of city- owned land at 1558 Houghton Ave. for the right to pur- chase land at 1485 Toomes Ave. The City Council approved the swap of the 1.72 acre portion with an existing residence and two outbuild- ings, but will retain the western 2.13 acres with the right of way easement, said Planning Director John Stoufer. In exchange, the city has the right to buy a 7.15 acre parcel owned by Paul and Patricia Seligman that bor- ders the western property line for $200,000 until Oct. 1, 2011. The agreement would give the city the chance to purchase the acreage with Prop. 84 grant funds or to use park development impact fees to develop a park with a skateboard and bike park in it. Proceeds from the $125,000 received from selling the parcel to the Seligmans would offset the purchase price of the entire parcel. The 3.85 acres of land on Houghton Avenue was purchased by the city in December 2009. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Tractors get fired up Daily News photo by Geoff Johnson Wyatt Herren, 13, of Clearlake, is lowered onto a caged bull Saturday at the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Championship Rodeo Camp at the Tehama District Fairground. Camp teaches safety and skills to rodeo hopefuls By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer Rodeo is not to be taken lightly. Just ask former Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association ath- lete Clint Corey. Retired at 42 after qualifying for the nationals 18 times, Corey came to Red Bluff Saturday, along with fellow former rider Justin Andrade and Jesse Segorn, who is still active on the circuit. The three have signed onto the camp to give free rodeo lessons in bull-riding, bareback riding and saddle-bronc riding. One lesson that applies to all areas is safety. “It’s easy to get injured,” Corey said. “If you do it haphazardly, you’re going to get hurt.” In a sport pitting man against animals weighing between 1,000 and 3,500 pounds, that means train- ing, and lots of it. A rider needs not only to be mentally prepared, but physically prepared. Most people will need at least a month just to reach the muscle needed to hold on, Corey said. “It’s tough on your body,” he said. “It’s dangerous.” Which is one of the reasons pro- moters say the youth camp is key. For the 38 students in the Pauline Davis Pavilion at the Tehama Dis- trict Fairground, the class was an introduction to or reminder of the dangers of rodeo. Most of the day’s bull riders had never sat on a bull, said Julie Jutten, the event’s coordinator and promot- er. Some, like Orange County resi- dent Wendy Rigel, 25, had been practicing for a year, but still found the advice useful. In attendance was 8-year-old Hudson Spalti, better known as the Cottonwood Kid, a local rodeo clown for whom the rodeo is already a way of life, and award- winning Bobby Humiston, 17, of Newcastle. For 13-year-old Wyatt Herrer out of Clearlake, the training was preparation for next year. Soon to be a freshman in high school, Herrer hopes to compete in his high school rodeo — just like his 15-year-old sister, who com- petes in barrel racing. ——— Geoff Johnson can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or gjohnson@redbluffdailynews.com. Daily News photo by Geoff Johnson Lloyd Spencer takes his turn at the tractor pull with his International Harvester Farm-All Super M tractor Saturday at Ridgeway Park. By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer Most of us would expect not to be up and running full speed at 70, let alone 100. But at the Nor-Cal Antique Tractor and Engine Club’s Spring Gas Up Saturday in Ridgeway Park, machines from the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s were on display and chug- ging, coughing and belch- ing with power beneath the April sun. Bob Hunt, a member of Branch 114 of the See FIRED, page 3A Re-enactors clash at Dog Island Park battlefield Tax volunteers honored Daily News photo by Chip Thompson A Union soldier is hit during the Civil War re-enactment at Dog Island Park Saturday. For more pictures, visit redbluffdailynews.com. Daily News photo by Geoff Johnson Rosemary Anker- Kelly, 6, of Red Bluff, plays a snail-themed board game with classroom aide Jane Shea Saturday at the Tehama County Department of Education booth at the Children’s Fair at the Tehama District Fairgrounds. Children’s Fair Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program volunteers pose for a picture with Tehama County Community Action Agency Executive Director Charlene Reid. From left: Mayra Madrigal, Reid, VISTA volunteers Tabetha DeVries and Laura Rodriguez, Helena Winters, Job Placement Specialist Nancy Overall and Fran Crosby. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Volunteer Income 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Tax Assistance Program (VITA) just finished its sec- ond year bringing about $125,000 for 2009 tax returns into the pockets of Tehama County residents. On Thursday, Charlene Reid, Tehama County Community Action Agency executive director, honored the volunteers of the pro- gram, which is a part of the agency, by fixing them lunch and giving them cer- tificates. “I just wanted to do a lit- tle something to thank you for being involved in VITA,” Reid said. “This program is extremely important because it’s a nationwide program that reduces poverty. A lot of people find deductions (using the program) they didn’t know they had.” The program is a success because people are getting money they hadn’t counted on and spending it, which helps the economy, Reid said. “In 2008, about $1.5 mil- lion of the Earned Income Tax Credit went unclaimed in Tehama County,” Reid said. Those honored included volunteer tax preparers Mayra Madrigal, Helena Winters, Fran Crosby, Angie Dickinson, Vista Vol- unteers Laura Rodriguez and Tabetha DeVries, Com- munity Action Agency Supervisor Stacy Burgess and Social Services Job Placement Specialist Nancy See TAX, page 3A

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