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Courtesy photo Justin and emy Davis and their daughter, shyla, pose outside the Denver Coliseum prior to his roping there in January. Justin will rope at the red Bluff round-up April 18-20. About 500 cowboys and cowgirls will stream in from across the nation to Red Bluff April 18-20 for the 93rd annual Round-Up Ro - deo, but a handful of them won't have far to travel. The Round-Up always boasts some hometown fa - vorite cowboys and cow- girls, and Justin Davis, who grew up in Anderson and Cottonwood, is one of them. A team roper by trade, Davis is the son of Jeff and Terri Davis of Four Star Rodeo in Cottonwood. Even though his father rode bulls, Justin was destined to rope. "My mom's brother, my mom's brother-in-law, my whole family ropes," he said. "I didn't have a choice. And my mom wouldn't let me get on bulls." Most importantly, his grandfather ropes. "My mom's dad is 79 and still ropes every single day," Davis said. "He lives and dies for it, and that's how I became a team roper." As a kid, the family lived next to his grandfather in Anderson and they roped every day. When Davis was 11, they moved to Cotton - wood, so he couldn't walk across the yard to rope with Grandpa, but still went to Anderson often. Davis was homeschooled, which gave him the time and flexibility to rope. When he was 18, he headed to Texas and the big winter rodeos. "I got my butt kicked," Davis said, "but it was a good learning experience." Roping is the way Da - vis has made his living. He qualified for the Wran- gler National Finals Ro- deo in 2009, but since then has chosen to stay closer to home and not rope as hard. He's also had issues with keeping horses healthy, which has kept him from re - turning to the finals. He and Cottonwood Round-Up roper carries on family tradition By Andre Byik sports@redbluffdailynews.com @TehamaSports on Twitter Red Bluff » A Tehama County Superior Court judge Monday sentenced a Contra Costa County man convicted of molesting children to 45 years to life in state prison, the Tehama County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday. Leslie Gordon Smith, 68, of El Sobrante was con - victed by a Tehama County jury in February to five felony counts of child molestation, and had previ- ously been convicted of molesting minors in 1992 and 2007, according to information released by the District Attorney's Office. Smith testified at his jury trial that he knew the then-5-year-old girls he was convicted of molest - ing but denied accusations engaging sexually with them, according a Daily News article in February. PuBliC SAfety Child molester gets 45 to life By Andre Byik sports@redbluffdailynews.com @TehamaSports on Twitter CoRning » A 20-year-old Corning man was un- injured Sunday night after a shooter opened fire on him near his home on the 1900 block of Solano Street, Corning police said Tuesday. The shooter, who has not been located, is believed to have fired shots from a moving vehicle described as possibly a BMW or Honda that is older, "boxy," and white, Sgt. Jeremiah Fears said. The intended victim, Cesar Macedo, took cover behind his SUV in an alleyway behind his home south of Solano Street. Macedo's vehicle was struck four times by bul - lets, police said, and four to six spent .40 caliber shell casings were recovered at the scene. Officers responded to a call of shots fired about 9:30 p.m., and witnesses provided a description of the shooter's vehicle, police said. The vehicle was last seen eastbound from the scene, but a search of the area yielded nothing. Police are investigating the shooting as an at - tempted murder but so far have little to release regarding any suspects. Fears said he had no information regarding the sex, race, or gender of the alleged shooter, and it's unknown how many people, if any, were in the ve - hicle with the shooter at the time. PuBliC SAfety Corning police search for shooting suspect Intended victim, 20, uninjured in Sunday night shooting By Rich greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter Red Bluff » Tehama County District Attorney Gregg Co- hen will be seeking a fifth term when voters go to the polls June 3. However unlike his previ - ous two re-election bids Co- hen isn't being challenged by Public Defender Kenneth Miller this time around. In- stead he faces an in-house challenge from his office's Deputy District Attorney Larry Olsen. Cohen and Olsen are competing for a 4-year term to begin Jan. 5, 2014. The District Attorney posi - tion receives a yearly salary of $117,230. Both men grew up out- side of Tehama County and have spent decades in the law profession. Both have also pointed to the state's prison realign- ment program, AB-109, as a key issue in the race. Cohen Cohen was first elected as Tehama County District At- torney in 1998 and has served in the county's top prosecu- tor role ever since. During his time as DA Co- hen has established Opera- June 3 eleCtion Cohen challenged by deputy Olsen for DA sports.............. B1 Community ..... A3 Classifieds ......B6 opinion ............ A6 Food.................B4 Life................... A5 Index ............... ## indeX the san Francisco Giants rolled past the visiting Diamondbacks, 7-3, in their home opener tuesday. PAGE B1 SPoRtS Giants' Morse, Hudson delight in home debuts the Cowboy Coffee gather- ing is set for 7:45 a.m. at red Bluff Dodge. It kicks off the 11 Days of round-up. BusinEss A4 Round-uP Cowboy Coffee kicks off Thursday morning ukrainian authorities moved to quell pro-Moscow uprisings along the russian border with mixed results. PAGE B6 ukRAine Forces, pro-Moscow supporters clash A bill to end killer whale shows at seaWorld and phase out orcas' captivity is put on hold tuesday. PAGE B8 StAte legiSlAtuRe Orca legislation falls flat in Capitol RoPeR » PAge 7 Shooting » PAge 7 MoleSteR » PAge 7 eleCtion » PAge 7 Cohen Olsen N EWS D AILY RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY www.redbluffdailynews.com Ideal for Phone Books, Magazines, Newspapers & more! Pick yours up today at the Daily News office! 545 Diamond Ave., Red Bluff FREE with your subscription to the Red Bluff Daily News Interested in becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant? Friday, April 18 • 10-11am Tuesday, Aprill 22 • 2-3pm Job Training Center Register by calling 529-7000 or email cbarnett@ncen.org Class Begins in June Must pass a DOJ background check. 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