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ByJulieZeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com on Twitter RED BLUFF Withelectionsloom- ing in the near future, the Tehama County Elections Department is working to get acquainted with a set of new machines that arrived at the beginning of March. "It's the only new, updated vot- ing system in California," Clerk and Recorder Jennifer Vise said at the Feb. 2 meeting, when the sys- tem was approved by the Board of Supervisors. "The old one was in place since 2003. There will be one at each voting place and it will still use a paper ballot, but the machine will read it at the end of voting. The screen blows it up on the machine so that the voter can review it." The addition of an audio sys- tem with headphones and a spe- ELECTIONS Countygets new election machines for June primaries By Scott Smith The Associated Press FRESNO, CALIFORNIA Many Cal- ifornia farmers expect to receive full deliveries of irrigation wa- ter this year from a vast system of canals and reservoirs run by the federal government, while some in the nation's most produc- tive farming region will receive a fraction as the state recovers from several years of drought, officials said Friday. Farms and water customers in the state's northern Sacramento Valley will get their full water supplies from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. It's a big improve- ment over last year, when those farmers received no water and neighboring cities got one-quar- ter of their contracted amounts. Many farms to the south in the San Joaquin Valley, however, will receive five percent of requested deliveries. They got no federal surface water for the last two years, and say this modest im- DROUGHT Some farms are getting full water supplies By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter SACRAMENTO The trial of Quen- tin Bealer is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Monday in department 27 of the Sacramento Superior Courthouse in the 2013 murder of a Red Bluff teen. According to the Sacramento Court Public Case Access, two motions will be presented at the trial: a motion to compel and a motion to squash the case. Bealer, 42, of Gerber was ar- rested and charged with the murder of 14-year-old Marysa Nichols, who had been reported missing on Feb. 26, 2013 when she never returned home from school. Officers located Nich- ols' body two days later about a half a mile behind the school's campus. Bealer was identified as a person of interest March 1, 2013 because of footage re- leased by Red Bluff Police De- partment of video surveillance from the campus. Beeler then went to speak to the police and was charged after being inter- viewed. A motion to dismiss the case by Bealer's defense team March 4 was presented to the court be- cause of new discovery in the case that had been received by the defense at a Feb. 8 hearing. The motion was denied. "The trial that was previ- ously scheduled for Feb. 8 was vacated because the District At- torney turned over nearly 1,000 pages of reports that were three years old," said Bealer's Defense Attorney Shon Northam. "There is no way the defense could read, analyze and investi- gate the information contained within these reports and be ad- equately prepared for trial," Northam said after that hear- ing. Bealer maintained that these reports were withheld inten- tionally because the reports contain exculpatory informa- tion, Northam said. Bealer remains in custody at the Sacramento County Main Jail and is ineligible for bail, according to the Sacramento Sheriff's inmate information. COURT BealertrialsettobeginMonday The Red Bluff Round-Up stampedes into town April 15- 17, bringing cowboys and cow- girls, bucking broncs and bulls, and a whole bunch of new and exciting features. For the 95th edition of the Round-Up fans can expect new features to enhance their expe- rience and make the entertain- ment even more fun-filled. New this year is mutton busting, to be held on Friday, April 15 prior to that evening's performance. Twelve mutton busters, ages 4 through 7, will ride sheep. Mutton busters may register through March 15 at Cornerstone Community Bank in Red Bluff. The partici- pants will be randomly drawn and notified on the day of the event. Also new this year will be the wild pony rides during each rodeo performance. Teams of three youth will attempt to ride a wild pony for two jumps in the fastest time possible. "It's wild and western, and we think our Round-Up Fans will love it," said James Miller, Round-Up general manager. Another new event for fans this year is the After-Party on Friday, April 15. Chad Bushnell will be in concert following the rodeo Friday at the Tyler Jelly Building on the Tehama District Fairground. Tickets are $10 and a cash bar will be available. The Budweiser Clydesdales return to wow fans during the rodeo, and the Wells Fargo stagecoach will be in the pa- rade on Saturday, April 16 and at the rodeo the same day. The country music group Exile will be in concert on Saturday eve- ning. Tickets are not yet avail- able for the concert. Round-Up merchandise has expanded this year and can be purchased online and at the ro- deo. For the safety of fans, all bags will be checked at the gate as fans enter; no alcohol, vid- eotaping or big cameras will be allowed. "We want to keep things safe for our fans," Miller said. Rodeo tickets are on sale on- line at RedBluffRoundup.com, and Miller said tickets have been sold to people as far east as Maryland, and to visitors from Sweden and Switzerland. The performances are sched- uled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 15; 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16; and 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 17. Tickets range from $14 to $26. Tickets can be purchased at the Red Bluff Round-Up office at the Tehama District Fairground. For more information, call 527- 1000, visit RedBluffRoundup. com or find the event on Face- book and Twitter. ROUND-UP NEW EVENTS TO JOIN WEEKEND ACTIVITIES LARRYSMITH—CONTRIBUTED Bareback rider Kaycee Feild rides at the 2014Red Bluff Round-Up. Have a great day, Gilbert Winter. GOOD MORNING U DowJonesIndustrial 17,792.75 (+107.66) U Standard & Poor's 2072.78 (+13.04) U Nasdaq 4914.54 (+44.69) BUSINESS A er victories in California and soon in New York, activists target several other states for similar wage boosts. 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