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WEDNESDAY APRIL 14, 2010 Breaking news at: Your guide to Round-Up Events, Bios, Info www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF Spartans Soccer SPORTS 1B Partly cloudy 65/46 Weather forecast 8B DAILYNEWS TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Police pursuit ends in crash, K-9 search A 41-year-old man from Hercules led California High- way Patrol Officers on a chase that resulted in a crash into a big rig about 4 p.m. Friday on Highway 36W, west of Can- non Road. CHP officers contacted Adam Woods and his vehicle, which appeared to be disabled about 4:03 p.m. on Cannon Road. While officers were talking with Woods they smelled marijuana and asked for Woods’ drivers license. Woods became combative and a brief struggle ensued before Woods got into his vehicle and sped away with officers in pursuit. While driving west on Highway 36W, Woods lost control of his vehicle in an s- turn and collided with a big rig driving directly in front of him, said Officer Phil Mackin- tosh. After running into the back of the big rig, Woods contin- ued a short distance before running off the road and through a fence on the south side of the road. Woods then exited his vehi- cle and ran into the brush. He was located and taken into Kicking cancer custody by a second unit using a dog. Woods was taken by patrol car for minor injuries to Mercy Medical Center in Redding for medical aid and clearance before he was arrested and See CRASH, page 7A County considers large solar project By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer The Tehama County Planning Commission is sched- uled to vote around 9 a.m. Thursday on what could be the biggest solar energy project in the state. Roseville-based Solar Power Inc. has applied for a Use Permit to build a 15-to 20-megawatt solar facility on Sierra Pacific land near the Sierra Pacific Millworks at the end of Reading Road, near Tehama Avenue and Tipton Lane. Larger solar projects have been planned, but most have been delayed and none will be built anytime soon, Planner II Bob Halpin said. The land belongs to Sierra Pacific and is vacant, according to a staff report. Solar Power Vice President of Marketing Mike Anderson said the project was too early to comment on specifics, including size. See SOLAR, page 7A Music festival brings together many schools By JULIE ZEEB Daily News photo by Chip Thompson A colt is trained to buck at Growney Ranch south of Red Bluff Tuesday following a luncheon to kick off the Tough Enough to Wear Pink campaign in conjunction with the Red Bluff Round-Up. About 250 communi- ty leaders and service club members turned out Tuesday to kick off the Tough Enough to Wear Pink campaign to raise money for breast cancer research and prevention with a luncheon at Growney Ranch south of Red Bluff. The noon event included members of Rotary, Kiwanis, Exchange, Emblem and Lions clubs and local business and community leaders who paid $10 each for a barbecue lunch prepared and served up by members of Red Bluff’s Sunrise Rotary Club. The lunch tal. Pink fundraiser returns Mercy Foundation North announced Tuesday the 2010 Red Bluff Round-Up will sponsor a Tough Enough to Wear Pink rodeo performance at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 18, to benefit breast cancer and imaging services at St. Elizabeth Community Hos- pital. As a participant in the national campaign, the Round-Up has committed a portion of the proceeds from ticket, hat and t-shirt sales to benefit the local See PINK, page 7A was donated by John Growney and Linda Durrer, meaning all pro- ceeds went to the cam- paign. Red Bluff Rotary President Bob Douglas emceed the event and thanked the many indi- viduals and organiza- tions that made it a suc- cess, including Linda Bullock and St. Eliza- beth Community Hospi- Rotarian Bill Cor- nelius auctioned off a set of four tickets to Fri- day’s Red Bluff Round- Up with bidding starting at $100. The tickets went to attorney and Kiwanian Todd Bottke, who won with a bid of $1,000. Host John Growney, a well-known rodeo stock contractor, thanked those in attendance and said, while the Round- Up directors organize the annual event, it is the community that makes the Round-Up a success. Following lunch, Growney presented a See CANCER, page 7A DN Staff Writer The Red Bluff Union High School Performing Arts Center will be full of music on Thursday as the 31st Warren Barker Pub- lic Schools Music Festi- val gets under way at 7 p.m. “It gives kids a chance to see what others are doing and that’s what it’s all about,” said John Gon- salves a Tehama County Masonic Lodge member. The free event, which is sponsored by The Masonic Lodges of Tehama County, was founded by Barker during his time as master of the Vesper Lodge in Red Bluff in 1978, Gonsalves said. The festival coincides with Public Schools Month, which was started by the Grand Master in 1920 and focuses on sup- porting education, Gon- salves said. Thursday’s event will feature three bands, one choir and one dance group from Antelope, Berrendos, Vista and Red Bluff Union High schools. There will be no inter- mission at the event since it is a weeknight, but the program should not last more than an hour-and-a- half, Gonsalves said. Barker was an avid musician having been appointed the chief arranger for “The Rail- road Hour,” the prime musical program of NBC, at the age of 24. He was associated with 20th Century Fox, Columbia and Metro- Goldwyn Mayer studios as a composer, conductor and arranger for motion pictures and television, composing music for more than 30 series including seven years as a composer for “Bewitched.” Barker was an arranger for the Oscar-winning film “Hello Dolly” and had compositions per- formed and recorded by many artists, including Frank Sinatra and Cincin- nati Pops Orchestra. Barker received com- missions from organiza- See MUSIC, page 7A Chase lands sherif Rec Commission looks into disc golff car in the drink The first steps to CORNING — A police chase landed a sheriff’s car in a creek Monday afternoon near Toomes Camp Road. A deputy chasing Timothy Richard Fogle, 28, Paskenta, cut open a chain link fence and, in trying to cross the creek in a sheriff’s vehicle, got water in the engine, Sheriff Clay Parker said. Altogether the dam- age was estimated to be about $4,500. Fogle was ultimately caught and arrested on suspicion of attacking a police animal, two counts of willfully resisting arrest, violat- ing probation and sever- al outstanding warrants. Bail was set at $28,500. —Geoff Johnson 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power approving the installa- tion of a disc golf course could be decided tonight at the Red Bluff Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission meeting. Commissioners will hear a presentation and vote on the proposal of a disc golf course at Dog Island Park. The proposal comes from local residents Brandon Grissom and Shane Emde, though the hope is that a non-profit or similar organization will eventually be creat- ed to help fundraise and promote the course, according to the propos- al. The goal is to have an existing disc golf club or a coalition of local disc golfers raise money and install the course, which would mean no Intermediate EXCEL class Thurs, April 22ND 8:30 am to 12:30 pm Job Training Center 718 Main St., Red Bluff Cost: $65.00 per person Space is limited! Call 529-7000 to register cost for the city. The parks department would maintain the course once installed. If approved by the commission, Parks Director Debbie Carlisi will take the item to the PHYSICIAN REFERRAL A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 1-800-990-9971 CHW North State Region City Council for final approval. The commission meets at 7 p.m. today at the Red Bluff Commu- nity and Senior Center. Staff Report