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FRIDAY Students Hold Toy Drive DECEMBER 28, 2012 Military Bowl Education Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 5A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Few showers 48/34 Weather forecast 10A TEHAMA COUNTY DAILY 50�� T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U NTY S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Shots fired in Corning over weekend By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer It turns out those who thought they heard gunshots early Saturday on McKinley Avenue in Corning weren���t just hearing things. A call of shots fired was received, with reports of six shots fired, at 12:04 a.m. Saturday and officers were dispatched to the 1900 block of McKinley after receiving reports of shots fired in the area of Scott and Houghton and the 1800 block of McKinley, according to Corning Police logs. Officers contacted neighbors, who said they heard mul- tiple gun shots and saw a silver hatchback vehicle leaving the area, Corning Police Chief Don Atkins said. An area check was made but no evidence of a shooting was found. On Sunday, Corning Police Talent search received a call from La Khamorn, 58, who report finding bullet holes on the outside of her residence. Khamorn told officers about See SHOTS, page 7A Smith to head St. Elizabeth Dignity Health formally announced Thursday that Todd Smith has accepted the position as president of St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff. Smith will assume his expanded role and responsibilities Monday. Smith excelled in his interview process, further reinforcing the confidence in his leadership abilities with board members, physicians and members of the North State leadership team. Smith will officially report to Mark Korth as Korth See SMITH, page 7A Bobcat gets lessons on living wild By PETER HECHT The Sacramento Bee (MCT) Courtesy photo The 2012 Search For Talent winners, Chrissy Stevens, Ashtin Lopeman and Jennifer Gentry. Special to the DN The Exchange Club of Red Bluff is announcing the 7th Annual Search for Talent for young people between the ages of 6 and 18. This event to showcase the talents of the youth of Tehama County has been getting better each year. Last year, 22 of Tehama County���s finest competed. Jennifer Louise Gentry won in the Senior division and Junior winner Ashtin Lopeman and Primary winner Chrissy Stevens went on to win their respective divisions in the competition at the Sierra District Convention at Oroville. Flyers and entrance forms were sent to all of the schools in the county to promote the event. The deadline for entering this year���s competition is Tuesday, Jan. 15. Entry forms may be obtained from your student���s school, the Tehama County Department of Education on Lincoln Street, Zelma���s Trophy Shop (206 Walnut St.), or at the Sierra Central Credit Union. Auditions will be held on Saturday, Jan. 19, and 20 to 22 acts will be invited to participate in the Gala Show and Competition, which take place on the evening of Saturday, Feb. 16, at Red Bluff���s historic State Theater. So, talented young person of Tehama County, brush up your act and join the 7th Annual Exchange Club Search for Talent. Since last summer, when she emerged as an orphaned kitten who affectionately introduced herself to crews battling a major wildfire in Plumas County, Chips the bobcat has been diagnosed with an attitude problem. She's too nice for a bobcat. And so, in her second of two rehabilitation assignments, volunteers for a Placerville animal rescue group are working to "wild her up" for her return to nature. She is getting some tough love in a private pen from retired postal worker Jill Tripoli, 56, a longtime volunteer wildlife trainer for Sierra Wildlife Rescue. She's been introduced to some male rescue mates, Tuffy and Sier- ra, who have no trouble hissing at humans and revealing their fangs and claws in anger. "If you have a friendly bobcat in the wild, that's not going to work," said Tripoli, who will give Chips a squirt from a water bottle if she even thinks of buddying up to a human. But Chips is here, successfully on the mend, for doing just that. The orphaned bobcat, then a kitten barely three or four weeks old, emerged from smoldering brush Aug. 25 during the month-long 75,000-acre Chips fire in the Plumas National Forest. Fire crews found her lethargic, wandering in circles near a road eight miles from the town of Chester. She warmed to them. Chips followed the See WILD, page 7A Fortuna bust Poll shows surge in support for gun control finds marijuana, ecstasy and cash By MATT PEARCE Los Angeles Times (MCT) MediaNews Group The Humboldt County Drug Task Force served a search warrant around 8:30 a.m. Thursday at a residence located in the 1100 block of Angel Heights Drive, Fortuna. The Task Force was assisted by the Fortuna Police Department and the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office in the service of the search warrant. Officers detained a subject, who lived at the residence and was identified as Zachary Michael Anaya age 24. When officers searched the residence they located 5 individual, one-pound bags of processed marijuana bud. Officers located evidence of an indoor marijuana growing operation in the attached garage that had been recently harvested. Officers located infor- 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 mation in the residence that Anaya was on the PG&E care program for his electrical bill. Officers during the search found ecstasy and steroids and a loaded handgun in the residence and $4,600 dollars in cash that was seized for possible asset forfeiture. Anaya was arrested for possession of marijuana for sales, being armed in commission of a felony, possession of ecstasy and steroids and for maintaining a residence for the distribution of a controlled substance. Anaya was transported to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility in Eureka. Bail was set at $125,000. While at the residence officers noticed a possible electrical fire hazard associated with the indoor marijuana growing operation in the garage. Officers then contacted the Building and Planning See BUST, page 7A LOS ANGELES ��� Public support for stricter gun laws has leaped to its highest point in eight years with 58 percent now in favor, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll released Thursday. That's a 14-point jump from last year. Of those surveyed, 92 percent of Americans want background checks for buyers at gun shows and 62 percent want to ban magazines that carry more than 10 rounds, which have played a frequent role in mass shootings. But Americans still oppose a full ban on semiautomatic assault rifles 51 percent to 44 percent, and opposition to a full handgun ban is higher than it has ever been, at 74 percent. The poll was conducted with 1,038 respondents by phone over Dec. 1922, with a 4 percent margin of error. Overall, some experts say mass shootings aren't happening more often than usual, though 2012 has been a particularly bloody year for such attacks ��� some of which have involved illegally obtained assault rifles. Such killings have long played a role in shaping the nation's gun policy. In a 1989 attack reminiscent of the massacre at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School, a drifter named Patrick Purdy opened fire on a schoolyard full of children in Stockton, Calif., with an AK-47, killing five students and wounding 29 more. Outrage resulted in an assaultweapons ban in California that prefigured the 10year nationwide ban that arrived in 1994. A 1990 Gallup poll showed 78 percent public support for tighter gun rules. Some experts say that high-profile massacres in Newtown, Conn., Aurora, Colo., Oak Creek, Wis., and Tucson, Ariz., have left a similarly indelible impression on the public mindset, with the recent Sandy Hook shooting exerting the most pull. That contention is supported by the sudden weakening of support among respondents who want gun laws to stay the same, according to the USA Today/Gallup poll. For the first time in more than a decade, more poll respondents favor enacting new laws to control guns rather than just enforcing existing laws more rigorously. See POLL, page 7A The Daily News office will be closed for the Christmas Holiday, Monday, Dec. 24, Tuesday Dec. 25 & for New Years Holiday Monday, Dec. 31, Tuesday, Jan. 1 Advertising deadline for Tuesday editions is noon the previous Friday. Classified line ads will be accepted by telephone on Christmas Eve and New Year���s Eve until 3 PM. Call 527-2151 and press 2 for Classifieds DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY 527-2151 ��� FAX 527-3719 545 DIAMOND AVE., RED BLUFF