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ByJulieZeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF TheSaturdayFarm- ers Market, which is held weekly in the parking lot of The Home Depot, celebrated Earth Day Saturday with fun, educational information on honey and bees. "We put up some educational facts about bees and are giving away honey sticks at the booths as well as offering tastings of the different kinds of honey," said Mindy Nickler of Nick- ler Acres, which organized the event. The group thought of the idea of bringing awareness to bees for Earth Day last year, but it was too close to the day so the members decided to put it off until this year, Nickler said. "It's something that is on the top of the minds of most farmers," said Nickler, a prune farmer. "You don't see nearly the bees you used to and we thought ENVIRONMENT Saturdayfarmers market celebrates Earth Day Staff report @redbluffnews on Twitter CORNING Three people were injured, including a 63-year-old Paradise man who was flown to Enloe Medical Center in Chico with major injuries, following a crash at 9:50 a.m. Saturday on South Avenue. Jimmy Dale Ellison Sr. was driving west on South Avenue, west of Woodson Avenue when he allowed the vehicle to drift off the road. Ellison over-corrected, went across both lanes of traffic and overturned onto the south shoulder, according to a Califor- nia Highway Patrol press release issued Saturday evening. The vehicle hit a mailbox and wire stock fence, causing it to overturn at least once more be- fore coming to rest on its wheels in a yard in the 22800 block of South Avenue. Ellison's two passengers, Chel- sie Kristine Ellison, 20, of Par- adise and a 13-year-old Eureka girl, were taken by ambulance to St. Elizabeth Community Hospi- tal with minor injuries. Traffic on South Avenue was restricted to one lane for about CRASH Major injury in South Avenue vehicle crash Special to the DN RED BLUFF Westyn Hughes knows where he belongs, and it's in the winner's circle. The Caldwell, Texas cowboy se- cured the tie-down roping title at the 96th annual Red Bluff Round- Up on April 23 with the average win, the fastest times combined on four runs. His time of 40.9 sec- onds on four head was nearly two seconds faster than the number two man, Cimarron Boardman, of Stephenville, Texas. Tie-down ropers Luke Landry, Leesville, La. and Ryle Smith, Oakdale, who trailed Hughes go- ing into the average by a second or less, opened the door for Hughes when they didn't rope their calves today. "Today I just had to go in there and make a solid run, just get out clean at the barrier, and not have any penalties." Hughes didn't have to rope as aggressively, with Landry and Smith out of the lead. "At that point, I didn't have to take as much of a gamble." Hughes, who is nineteen years old, is in his second year of PRCA rodeo competition, having won the Resistol Rookie Tie-Down Roper in 2016, and it's going well. "This year has started off a lot bet- ter than it did last year," he said. He chalks it up to more experi- ence. "I think I've roped smarter RED BLUFF Round-Upcrownschampions HardyBraden, the 2017Red Bluff Round- Up saddle bronc riding champion, rides at the Round-Up. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY HUBBELL PHOTOGRAPHY By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF The rains of early Saturday morning gave way to sun in time for the 63rd annual Red Bluff Round-Up Parade to make its way through down- town. "We have over 80 entries this year which is a real strong show- ing for the parade," said Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce CEO Dave Gowan. "Nearly 1,000 participants and 10,000spectatorswillbeonhand and we have an extremely large number of horses in this year's parade which is exciting. Thank you to all the participants and a special thanks to all of our vol- unteers. It was an amazing year for the parade." Red Bluff resident Carol Heils- berg was completely blown away by the parade the first year she saw it when out visiting her fi- ance from Portland, Maine. "I just came out for a weeks vacation and I came out at the right time with the rodeo and Civil War Days," Heilsberg said. "I watched the best parade I'd ever seen. I was astounded at what a little town can do." Twin sisters Jane Rocha Orr and Jean Rocha Miller grabbed their seats by 8 a.m. and the two were excited to see the parade af- ter being gone for several years. "All our family live here," Orr said. "We came down from Ore- gon. We're both 70 years old and today we're going to our first rodeo. It's been 12 years since (Jean's) been here." Robert Bird of the Tehama County Arts Council was hang- ing out at the Main Event Cen- ter where the group participates in the gallery that is open from 1-7 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays in addition to gallery showings on the second Friday of the month. He was excited to have the gallery in the new loca- tion and take advantage of being on the parade route to hopefully let people know about the Main Event Gallery, Bird said. The parade kicked off with the Red Bluff detachment of the Marine Corps League presenting the colors with Retired Tehama County Sherriff Clay Parker, who serves as a Red Bluff City Coun- cilman, and his wife Lilly, both of whom serve in the Red Bluff Po- lice Volunteers In Police Service, leading the way as Grand Mar- shals of the event. Lilly was born and raised in Tehama County, first becoming acquainted with the Red Bluff Round-Up through her father Charles DeFrates who was an an- nouncer at the rodeo. She served as a Tehama County Sheriff's dis- patcher for 17 years and worked for the Department of Social Ser- vices for 14 years before retiring. Results from the parade are as follows: Special Awards Band Sweep- stakes - Red Bluff High School Marching Band, Equestrian Sweepstakes - Caitlin White, Committee'sChoice-MainStreet Band, Best Depiction of Theme - Green Waste of Tehama County, Pooper Scoopers - Supervisor Candy Carlson ROUND-UP RAIN CLEARS FOR DOWNTOWN PARADE ON SATURDAY PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Red Bluff Firefighters Uriah Harris and Justin Kingsley represent old-time firefighting along with Capt. Dom Catona who drives the department's engine Putty Putt Saturday at the Red Bluff Round-Up Parade in downtown Red Bluff. Have a great day, Merle White GOOD MORNING ROUND-UP PAGE 7 ACCIDENT PAGE 7 EARTH DAY PAGE 7 PARADE PAGE 7 Representatives of Tehama County Youth Focus make their way down Main Street. Community.....A3 Lifestyles........A4 Business .........A5 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 Daily Break......B3 INDEX Check out what's going on in your neighborhood and the community. PAGEA2 LOCAL CALENDAR U Dow Jones 20,763.89 (+216.13) U S&P 500 2374.15 (+25.46) U Nasdaq 5983.82 (+73.30) BUSINESS ISS station commander Peggy Whitson has spent the most amount of time in space, ac- cording to officials. PAGE B4 NASA Americanastronaut breaks space record Trump's administration issued sanctions to the Syrian agency responsible for producing ir- regular weapons. 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