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» redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, October 4, 2016 50CENTS ANEDITIONOFTHECHICOENTERPRISE-RECORD Online Find more news on our website. redbluffdailynews.com Football Spartans get first win at homecoming Sports B1 Red Bluff Kiwanis Martinis on the River fundraiser set Thursday Community A3 Checkoutourcontinuous news feed, short Tout videos, photo galleries and more. VISITREDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM EVENMORE ONTHEWEB By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter REDBLUFF At16,RedBluff'sEllieFletcherswam the Alcatraz Invitational and now at 17 she's tak- ing the singing world by storm in a contest for the chance to sing the national anthem at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas in December. Fletcher, the daughter of Greg Fletcher and Linda O'Sullivan, competed against hundreds for the opportunity and was chosen Sept. 27 as one of six finalists for the open category. The youth category has three finalists. "I sang at the Red Bluff Round-Up in April, which is where the video entered was filmed, and Ken Standard called me to tell me he had signed me up," Fletcher said. "There's only been one other person from Red Bluff who has made it to the top six. I'm both excited and nervous." WRANGLER NATIONAL FINALS Localearns finalistspot inanthem contest Staff report RED BLUFF The Tehama County Sheriff's Office, California Highway Patrol and the Red Bluff Po- lice Department are hosting a Coffee with a Cop event 8:30-10 a.m. Friday in the banquet room at the M & M Ranch House, 645 Antelope Blvd., to meet with local law enforcement officers. The US Department of Justice Office of Com- munity Policing Services has invited law en- forcement agencies across the country to par- ticipate in the inaugural National Coffee with a Cop day Friday, said Red Bluff Police Chief Kyle Sanders. "Our local Coffee with a Cop event will be in- formal, allowing citizens of Red Bluff and Te- hama County to freely interact and talk with law enforcement personnel," Sanders said. "Represen- tatives from the California Highway Patrol, Red Bluff Office, Tehama County Sheriff's Office and Red Bluff Police Department will be in atten- dance and available for questions or discussion during the event." Coffee and light snacks with be provided for those who attend the event. LAW ENFORCEMENT Co ff ee w it h a Co p event set for Friday Community.....A3 Business .........A4 Opinion............A6 Life...................A5 Sports.............. B1 Classifieds......B7 Weather ..........B8 INDEX Have a great day, Rhonda Frisbie GOOD MORNING Russia responds by halting cooperation on joint plutonium disposal as diplomatic rela- tions deteriorate. PAGEB6 MIDDLE EAST US suspends contact with Russia on Syria Video evidence cited in call for murder charges against 2Sac- ramento officers in July killing of black man. PAGE A8 SACRAMENTO Family of man shot 14 times wants charges By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Gypsy horses and their owners along with horse enthusiasts gathered Friday through Sunday at the Tehama Dis- trict Fairground for the second annual Festival of the Gypsies. "We held it in Corning last year, but Red Bluff has been way more open and very welcoming," said Jeni Short, founder and coordinator and owner of Fantasy Feather Gypsy Horses in Anderson. "It's more than just the Gyp- sies. We have the opening ceremony (Saturday) night with the flag ceremony and that's followed by the Mu- sical Freestyle Champi- onships, which is basi- cally like a talent show for horses and riders, but we also have vendors and an authentic Gypsy Vardo." The turquoise wagon is one of seven authentic Gypsy Vardo wagons in the United States as like the horses it came from Europe. The breed is rel- atively new to the United States, having come across the ocean from the United Kingdom, particularly Ire- land and England, Short said. EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL Gypsy horses come to Red Bluff JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Celeste Sevilla, 3, of Redding sits on Showlee, a gypsy horse Saturday at the Second Annual Festival of the Gypsies at the Tehama District Fairground. By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter MANTON A tradition for many, the Manton Apple Festival turned 25 Saturday with sunny weather draw- ing thousands to the event held at the Manton Elemen- tary School track. Tammie Delfs of Red Bluff was at the very first Apple Festival, having been raised in Manton, and now brings her family including daugh- ter Alycia. "My dad was involved and the first year I parked cars," Delfs said. "We had about 20 booths and it was real low key. It's just grown and grown. I've never missed one." Among the offerings of the 104 booths present, there was a wide variety from so- lar powered dragon flies and caramel apple pie burritos to candles and honey brought by the Monastery of St. John of Shanghai and San Fran- cisco, and even a booth for Manton School selling baked goods to raise funds for a trip. Kathy Hudson and her daughter-in-law Lacey Hud- son were selling 400 fried apple pies made by Lacey and jams made by Kathy's son Jeff, who learned how to make them from his grandmother at their booth, Vasquez-Hudson Manton Family Apples. They had apples, but sold out in the first 15 minutes of the event, in part due to not having as many apples, Kathy said. Unfortunately, the crop this year started falling off in August before it had the right sugar content and of the 60 trees just down the road from the school that her son inherited from his grandfather 14 years ago there were only 13 boxes of apples for Saturday's event, she said. It's a problem that other apple growers had in the area as well. Vince Varela of Redding who had metal signs and garden stakes in a variety of shapes from cowboy boots and horses to lighthouses and even a bear similar to the California flag said he has been coming off and on since 2004. "It's the best show around," Varela said. "I've had people still trying to buy things when I'm trying to break down. It still amazes me how many people come to Manton." Organizers were expect- ing between 4,000 and 5,000 people to attend, said festival President Kay Zim- merman. There were 23 en- tries for the adult pie con- test division and nine for the youth division. Jade Deter took first in the youth com- petition, Jack Smith took second and Emma Dickman placed third. FESTIVAL MANTON APPLE FESTIVAL TURNS 25 SATURDAY Volunteers Bob Cords and John Povey hang a sign announcing it is the 25th annual event on Saturday at the annual Manton Apple Festival. PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Kathy Hudson and her daughter-in-law and Lacey Hudson sell deep fried apple pie at their booth Vasquez-Hudson Manton Family Apples Saturday at the 25th annual Manton Apple Festival. JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Ellie Fletcher, pictured here at Miss Tehama County where she received second alternate, was selected Tuesday, Sept. 27, as one of six finalists in a national anthem contest to sing at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas in December. ANTHEM PAGE 7 APPLES PAGE 7 COPS PAGE 7 HORSES PAGE 7 Check out what's going on in your neighborhood and the community. 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