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FRIDAY School Mural Created APRIL 5, 2013 Equine Champ Education Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 6A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Few showers 68/48 Weather forecast 10B TEHAMA COUNTY DAILY 50ยข 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 Celebration of horses City votes to keep meetings at 7 p.m. By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer Red Bluff City Council meetings will remain at 7 p.m. Mayor Wayne Brown and councilmembers Robert Sheppard, Jr. and Rob Schmid voted against a proposed ordinance that would have moved up the regular meeting time an hour to 6 p.m. Councilmembers Clay Parker and Daniele Jackson were in favor of the move. Parker had introduced the proposal, saying he believed it would increase community participation if residents could come directly from work to a council meeting. Brown and Sheppard said they believed otherwise. Brown said from his experience 6 p.m. meetings would have been hard for him to attend after working. He said he did not want an earlier meeting time preSee CITY, page 9A Passenger grabs wheel, eludes CHP By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer DN File Photo A rider backs her horse up during a trail obstacle course contest at a Back Country Horsemen of California educational outreach event. This year the group is holding Equine and Trails Celebration Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Tehama District Fairground. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The local Back Country Horsemen of California are hosting an annual event under a new name today, Saturday and Sunday at the Tehama District Fairground. For the past few years, the group hosted its state Rendezvous, however, with that moving elsewhere the four Northern California Units are hosting the Equine and Trails Celebration in its place. "If everything goes well, we'd like to make it an annual event," Event Chairman Larry Shuman said. "It's a three-day educational outreach event for the public." The non-profit group provides services to organizations that build and maintain trails and the event is a chance to educate the public on what they do, he said. "We have 44 vendors coming and we've doubled and tripled the amount of kids stuff we have on Saturday and Sunday," Shuman said. Activities include everything from leather and bead working stations for children to classes on what to do if a parent is injured while out in the wilderness and another called Making do to teach what to do if something happens to your food, he said. There will also be classes for parents that teach what to do when taking children on a trip. Part of the group's mission is to educate the public on not only trails maintenance and development, but also equine care and the principal of leaving no trace behind, Shuman said. "We hope that we've put a program together that is both educational and fun," Shuman said. "We also have some great contests and LaMalfa praises bill to increase timber cutting in national forests By LARRY MITCHELL MediaNews Group A bill to increase timber cutting on national forests has the strong support of Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Richvale. "I'm excited that the bill is moving forward," he said, speaking by phone Wednesday from his Oroville office. "It's something I look forward to helping on in committee." The bill, called the Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, was introduced by Rep. Doc Hastings, RWash. He chairs the House Natural Resources Committee. The legislation will have a hearing April 11 before the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulations. LaMalfa, who serves on the Natural Resources Committee, also serves on that subcommittee. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Hastings' bill would require the cutting of at least half of what's considered the "sustainable yield" of timber on areas of national forests designated "commercial timber lands," said Jill Strait, a spokeswoman for the committee. The measure also requires the U.S. Forest Service to give 25 percent of the money from this logging to nearby counties. Because of lawsuits and federal regulations, logging on national forests has declined by 80 percent over the last 30 years, Strait said. A goal of Hastings' bill is to address the pending expiration of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act, which was passed in 2000. It expires at the end of June. Beginning in 1908, the Forest Service gave 25 percent of timber revenue to counties that had national forest land within their boundaries. This compensated the counties for not being able to collect property taxes on fedSee LAMALFA, page 9A demonstrations. Feel free to jump in and try your hand. We have many people with years of experience to provide you guidance." Classes include wilderness skills, gentle use, the kids corral, mule and horse keeping, miniature donkey demonstrations, Dutch oven cooking and leather working for kids and adults. Things kick off Friday with Packing 101 Iron Mules at 1 p.m. in the Bull Sale Arena and continues through 5:30 p.m. with a social hour at 6 p.m. and a dinner with cowboy poetry, tall tales such as big foot and an open mic night from 710 p.m. in the auditorium/cafeteria. Classes resume at 9 a.m. Saturday following breakfast from 7-9 a.m. with classes held throughout the day until 3:30 p.m. Folks who like tall tales will note See HORSES, page 9A A passenger became a driver in a traffic stopturned-vehicle pursuit ending in a crash at 4:25 p.m. Wednesday on the southbound Interstate 5 off-ramp to Corning Road. A California Highway Patrol officer attempted to make a traffic stop on a blue GMC Yukon that had been reported as a suspected DUI on southbound I-5, south of Red Bluff, a CHP spokesman said. The officer made contacted with the driver, identified as Salvador Rabago, 33, of Anderson who had gotten out to undergo a DUI evaluation when the passenger jumped into the driver's seat and took off, the spokesman said. A pursuit ensued and as CHP approached the vehicle the driver suddenly got off I-5 at the Corn- ing Road exit, taking the exit too fast and losing control, he said. The Yukon went off the west road edge where it collided with several trees before the driver, who was uninjured, fled the scene on foot. The driver, described as a Hispanic man about 5'10" and 190 pounds, was still unknown as of Thursday afternoon, the spokesman said. Corning Police assisted in the incident. The Yukon sustained major damage to the front and right side. There were open containers of alcohol in the Yukon, however, Rabago was determined not to have been driving under the influence, the spokesman said. While not arrested on suspicion of DUI, Rabago was arrested and booked into Tehama County Jail on the charge of giving false identification to a peace officer, he said. Club gears up for Spring Run Courtesy photo Runners take off at the 2012 Soroptimist Spring Run. The 13th annual event will start with registration at 7:30 a.m. on April 13 at the Sacramento River Diversion Dam on Sale Lane. The Soroptimist International of Red Bluff (SIRB) will be kicking off Red Bluff Round-Up's week with the club's 13th annual Spring Run on Saturday, April 13. Cost for the event, at the Sacramento River Diversion Dam on Sale Lane, is $20 with a T-shirt or $15 without a T-shirt. Registration is at 7:30 a.m. and the race begins at 8 a.m. Choices include a one- mile fun run/walk, a 5-K run/walk or 10K run/walk. Come enjoy a beautiful morning by the river while helping to support a fun event. All proceeds go toward scholarships for local students. For more information, call Donna Johnson at 3473087 or Jan Miller at 5276806. Registration forms can be found at http://SIRedBluffClub@wo rdpress.com. A TEHAMA COUNTY ECONOMIC FORECAST EVENT Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Carlino's Event Center / Rolling Hills Casino 2655 Barham Road / Corning 7:30am to noon (breakfast provided) $25 per person Register Today Call 530-529-7000 or visit www.jobtrainingcenter.org