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RED BLUFF California State Parks is re-opening the grounds in the historic section of the William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park to the public. A large valley oak tree that was an icon of the park lost its limbs July 13 causing significant damage to the adobe and several other buildings. Since then, the historic section of the park had remained closed for safety reasons. For safety reasons the historic Adobe is fenced off and is not accessible. As soon as the structural damage report is completed State Parks will be working on a plan to get the Adobe re- opened as quickly as possible. The park staff hopes to get the wood shop re-opened within the next month. The community worked closely with State Parks staff to get the historic grounds re-opened as quickly as possible. CalFire Ishi Camp helped park staff cut and remove all the brush and debris left on the ground after the limbs fell. The Tehama County Probation Department helped load and haul wood to Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area for storage. The Ide Adobe Interpretive Association helped facilitate a meeting for public input on what to do with the wood from the tree and several volunteers have helped park staff with the inventorying and safe storage of artifacts that had to be temporarily removed from the Adobe. Superintendent Aaron Wright said he was very appreciative of all the community support that Ide Adobe Park has received. "It is evident that the community really cares about this park," he said. The public is invited to come out and stroll through the historic area. Although it looks significantly different without the shade from the large limbs of the old oak, it is still a beautiful area to overlook the Sacramento River and reminisce about days gone by. The visitor center is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. The park grounds are open sunrise until sunset daily. IDE ADOBE Historic side of state park re-opens By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF The Tehama District Fair board of directors on Mon- day welcomed its new part-time CEO, Kelley Ferreira. Ferreira, whose employment was unanimously approved by the board at its Monday meeting, brings decades of fair manage- ment experience to the position, which has been held by interim CEO Steve Kimbrough since Feb- ruary. Ferreira managed the San Benito County Fair for 25 years, recently managed the Salinas Val- ley Fair on an interim basis and currently has a two-day commit- ment per week at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Ferreira, 60, of Hollister is set to work at the fairgrounds Wednesdays through Fridays at a rate of $333.33 per day, or about $1,000 per week. "I've been saying now for a cou- ple of months to the board that I'm an operations person and I like to build things, and budget- ing is something that comes easy to me," said Kimbrough, who was credited with shedding light on the fair's money problems since he came aboard. "But we've iden- tified what it is about our fair that we need to change. We need to build relations with potential us- ers and book more." Kimbrough said he doesn't expect Ferreira to immediately bring in new events to the fair- grounds or attract events that have been lost. "But Kelley is well- prepared to do that." Over the past few months the Fairboard has tackled its money woes, saying years of overspend- ing has threatened the viability of the Tehama District Fairground. Board President Linda Durrer FAIRGROUND FairboardpicksnewCEO KelleyFerreirachosentoreplaceinterimCEOSteveKimbrough By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF A man who allegedly holed up with a shotgun Monday at a residence in the 1100 block of Pine Street here surrendered to police without incident. Red Bluff police responded about 1:20 p.m. Monday to a report of a suicidal man armed with a shotgun, Red Bluff police Chief Paul Nanfito said. The man took refuge in the Pine Street residence, and a woman who was with the man later left the residence. Police cordoned off an area around the residence off Potter Street and made contact with the man, whose name was not immediately released, by telephone, Nanfito said. "Our corporal spent some time communicating with him on the phone and got him to come out," Nanfito said. About 1:50 p.m. the man walked out of the Pine Street home and was detained by police without any issues, Nanfito said. No shots were fired and no injuries were reported, Nanfito said. The home and weapon were secured. "At this point we feel we had a suicidal subject, and that was all," Nanfito said, adding that the investigation was ongoing. Nothing fur ther was immediately available. RED BLUFF MAN SURRENDERS TO POLICE AFTER STAND OFF Reportedly suicidal man detained outside Pine Street residence without incident ANDREBYIK—DAILYNEWS A man on Monday a ernoon who allegedly holed up in a Pine Street residence with a shotgun and threatened to commit suicide surrendered to Red Bluff police without incident. Community.....A3 Health..............A4 Life...................A5 Sports.............. B1 Classified........B7 Weather ..........B8 Index............... ## INDEX The Kelly-Griggs House Museum will be holding its 48th annual Ice Cream Social fundraiser Sept. 14. PAGEA3 KELLY-GRIGGS Museumplansfor48th annual Ice Cream Social Dignity Health Medical Group North State recognized for exceptional patient care by Avatar Solutions. PAGE A5 AWARD Hospital group lauded for its patient care Afflicted medical missionary set for Atlanta for further care a er undergoing experimental treatment. PAGE B5 DISEASE US aid worker with Ebola is improving Humid conditions give crews hope in battle against two NorCal fires that have burned 100+ square miles. PAGE A8 WILDFIRES Blazes menace homes in 3 Western states By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter REDBLUFF The Tehama County board of supervisors Tues- day will consider approving a $15,000 grant award that the District Attorney's Office says will fund a gang and serious of- fender suppression program. The Edward Byrne Memo- rial Justice Assistance Grant is fully funded through the United States Department of Justice, and would be used for Tehama County District Attorney's Bu- reau of Investigations overtime and equipment costs, accord- ing to a staff report. The money would partially go toward re- placing 1980s era Kevlar helmets with modern ballistic helmets as well as "entry tools, all of which will be used during the execu- tion of high risk search warrants and other operations associated with the Gang and Serious Of- fender Suppression Program." Tehama District Fairground Supervisors also will consider authorizing a letter addressed to the state Department of Food and Agriculture that affirms their interest in forming a joint powers authority with the 30th District Agricultural Associa- tion, but with some added mod- ifications. Supervisors in May of last year approved a JPA between Te- hama County and the 30th Dis- trict Agricultural Association to change the governance at the fairgrounds. That agreement has yet to be approved by the state, but in light of the money prob- lems plaguing the fairgrounds, TEHAMA COUNTY Board of supervisors to ponder on fair JPA, gang grant CEO PAGE 7 GRANT PAGE 7 » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, August 5, 2014 50CENTS AN EDITION OF THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD 7 58551 69001 9 Volume129,issue183 Today's web bonus WWI centennial. redbluffdailynews.com FIRES Coffee Fire burns in Trinity Alps Lifestyles A5 MLB Giants power past Mets in the 9th Sports B1 FORECAST High: 86 Low: 66 B8 Checkoutourcontinuous news feed, short Tout videos, photo galleries and more. VISITREDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM EVENMORE ONTHEWEB