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DECEMBER 29-30 2012 WEEKEND Bird���s Food Includes Unwanted Guests Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Community Page 2A Pets Page 8A DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Partly cloudy 53/30 Weather forecast 10A TEHAMA COUNTY $1.00 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 Man stabbed behind RB shopping center Police are seeking two white men who reportedly stabbed a 39-year-old man behind Riverside Shopping Center in Red Bluff around 7:20 p.m. Thursday. Officers responded to Taco Bell on Main Street and found the victim with multiple stab wounds to his abdomen and hand, according to a release issued Thursday night. The victim said he was walking behind the shopping center when he was approached by two men in ski masks. During the confrontation, one of the men stabbed the victim in the abdomen while the victim tried to protect himself with his hands. Afterwards both men ran from the area and the victim walked to Taco Bell and sought medical treatment. The victim was taken to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, where he was being treated for Bullish on New Year���s By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Those looking for some excitement New Year���s Eve need look no further than the Tehama District Fairground and the Diamond W Productions National Bullriding Championship New Year���s Eve Bullride. The annual event is set to open the doors at 6 p.m. in the Pauline Davis Pavilion. Cost is $25 grandstand or $30 ringside in advance. The 2011 winner was Keith Roquemore of Cottonwood, a former Professional Bull Riders finalist, who won with a score of 85. Roquemore also won the 2010 New Year���s Eve Ride with an 84 after securing an 82 in the first go on a reride. This year���s competition will see 24 bullriders and six saddle bronc riders competing for the championship custom made belt buckle and a cash prize. The saddle bronc riders will be competing in the pre-rodeo events that begin with Mutton Bustin��� for ages four to seven, at 7:30 p.m. Other pre-rodeo events include the Calf Chase competition for ages seven to 12, Cowboy Poker and the opening ceremonies, which begin at 8 p.m. Clint Selvester will be the specialty act. A full bar and concessions will be available. Following the action, there will be the Bullriders Dance, a New Year���s non life-threatening injuries, the release said. The case is under investigation and the suspects are being sought for questioning. No further information was provided. Corning cops seek two in shooting report By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Corning Police are looking for two men wanted in connection with a burglary at 5:04 p.m. on Dec. 12 in the 1900 block of North Street. Officers were dispatched to North Street in regards to a burglary, in which two suspects dressed in black clothing were seen running eastbound from the resiSee COPS, page 9A Chico State president says action is needed to combat alcohol abuse By LARRY MITCHELL MediaNews Group Photo courtesy of Gary R. Beem Keith Roquemore of Cottonwood, center, won the 2011 New Year���s Eve Bullride. He is pictured with Megan Wilkinson and David Halimi of Diamond W Productions. countdown and the Midnight Cash Giveaway in which one lucky person will win $300. Tickets are available at Diamond W Western Wear in Chico, The Loft, Crossroads Feed and Red Bluff Round-Up Museum in Red Bluff and Boot Barn in Anderson. For more information or to order tickets by phone, call 891-1650. Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews .com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. CHICO ��� There's no question that Chico State University has a drinking problem, campus president Paul Zingg said Thursday. That can be seen in the five alcohol-related student deaths that occurred in the last five months, he said in a phone interview. Not all five were Chico State students. Next week, campus and community leaders will issue a ���call to action,��� he said. It will be a written statement that will be circulated, probably at least in part through newspaper ads, he said. It will kick off a campaign to find solutions to the problem of excessive, dangerous drinking. Next semester, he said, a summit meeting will be held on campus, involving educators, community lead- ers, students, parents and others. ���The first step is understanding the problem,��� he said. From there, strategies will need to be developed. At this point, there's not much that can be said about possible solutions, although they could involve ���creating higher academic expectations,��� he said. ���This is not a campaign to ban alcohol ��� it's not a temperance movement,��� the president said. ���It's a responsibility movement. If we succeed, it's in the good interest of the community. We will reduce the ugliness and the tragic, too.��� Alcohol abuse in Chico is nothing new, Zingg noted. It came to the forefront when President Robin Wilson ended a week of revelry known as Pioneer Days and again when action was taken to greatly tone down See ABUSE, page 9A Calif. man posts suicide note on Facebook HUGHSON (AP) ��� A Central California man died after posting a suicide note on Facebook and then driving his car onto railroad tracks about an hour later, as friends and family frantically tried to get in touch with him. Antjuan Miguel Colvin, 21, was struck by a train going about 75 mph in Hughson on Christmas night and pronounced dead at the scene, Stanislaus County sheriff���s Sgt. Anthony Bejaran told the Modesto Bee (http://bit.ly/Vbowd4 ). His death has shocked family and friends, who responded with concern when they saw the posting on Colvin���s Facebook page. In it, the Waterford resident thanked family and friends for the impact they had on his life, but said he could no longer take living. ������I called his phone like 100 times,������ said Olivia Johnson, 22, who has known Colvin since she was a little girl. ������I called his sister, messaged his girlfriend, called them to (find out) if they knew what was going on. I don���t understand why he would do this.������ Some people who saw the post wondered whether Colvin was joking. ������It���s horrible for the conductor and horrible for the family, who will always have to remember Christmas Day as a day they lost a family member,������ Bejaran said. ������I can���t imagine that.������ Colvin���s car was parked in a lighted rail- road crossing when it was hit by a train headed from Bakersfield to Sacramento, Amtrak spokeswoman Christina Leeds said. Three of the 98 passengers on board suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene, according to the sheriff���s department. Colvin, who had worked for the past few months at a sporting goods store, was always smiling and knew how to make people laugh, Johnson said. But Savanna Callahan, 24, his former girlfriend, said his smile could hide doubt and depression, something Colvin himself referred to in a picture with a quote that he posted on his Facebook page in November. ������I hide all of my problems behind my smile,������ the quote read. ������Behind my smile is a world of pain. You think you know me, but you have no idea.������ ��������� Information from: The Modesto Bee, http://www.modbee.co m 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