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FRIDAY MAY 7, 2010 Breaking news at: Modern Mom Select TV www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF Spartans Softball SPORTS 1B Weather forecast 10A Mostly sunny 76/47 By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — A 24-year-old Sacramento man was arrested following an incident in which a shot was fired at 9:15 p.m. Wednesday at an apartment in the 650 block of Toomes Avenue in Corning. Police were sent to the apart- ment and contacted the victim, Christopher Winkelhausen, 31, of Corning, who was uninjured, a release said. 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 Suspect arrested in pot theft shooting Winkelhausen told officers a man he knew only as “Mikey” had tried to shoot him and he was able to hit the man’s arm, which caused a round to be fired into the ceiling. The bullet did not pass through the ceiling and no injuries were reported. While fleeing the apartment the man, identified as Michael Patrick Lee, left behind his cell phone and the weapon, a semi- automatic pistol, which was recovered by officers. Upon questioning Winkel- hausen, officers learned that Lee had robbed him of two pounds of processed medical marijuana. Police Chief Tony Cardenas said Winkelhausen knew Lee as a friend and had initially invited him over. Further investiga- tion revealed Lee was possibly in a blue two-door Mercury and Lee To your health through a search officers found him at the Corning Rest Area, where he was arrested at gunpoint. A bullet-proof vest was found in his possession. Lee refused to provide officers with a statement. He was booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of attempted murder, armed rob- bery, felon in possession of a bullet-proof vest, assault with a deadly weapon with great bodi- ly injury likely. Lee was also booked on pos- session of a firearm by a person convicted of a violent crime, felon in possession of a firearm and gross negligent discharge of a firearm. Bail was set at $1.825 million. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Woman charged in fatal DUI By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING— A 30-year- old Orland woman was arrest- ed on the charge of gross vehicular manslaughter after a wrong way driving crash Wednesday night that killed her passenger. Olivia Tapia, who was unin- jured in the incident, was dri- ving north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 coming from Rolling Hills Casino at the time of the crash, Tapia See DUI, page 9A Man gets 11 years in minor sex charge By GEOFF JOHNSON Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Rolling Hills Marketing Director Kate Grissom, left, talks with Diane McDonald, office manager for Fennel and Asato Eye Care in Red Bluff, while St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Marketing and Community Relations Manager Kris Behrens talks with receptionist Lori Mueller Thursday at the Fashionably Healthy Affaire Thursday at the casino. Women’s health fair still growing By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — St. Elizabeth Community Hospital partnered with Rolling Hills Casino to put on A Fashionably Healthy Affaire Thursday at the casino — a health fair designed for women. “It’s an opportunity to reach a large segment of the population, especially women,” said Sister Pat Manoli, St. Elizabeth’s senior direc- tor of Mission Integration. “It is our Dozens of cows killed as rig flips on freeway REDLANDS (AP) — A big rig carrying scores of cattle turned over on Interstate 10 in inland Southern California on Thursday, killing at least 40 cows and forcing the closure of freeway lanes for several hours. California Highway Patrol Officer Hope Max- son said the big rig was carrying about 160 young cows. None were on the roadway, but many were injured by the impact. Crews cut off the top of the trailer to pull out the remaining live animals trapped inside, she said. Several hours after the crash, some lanes were reopened but the herd was still making a racket. ‘‘There’s a lot of noise coming from in there. I’m not sure how much of it is hurt cows or mad cows,’’ she said. ‘‘The cow patties in the truck fell out so it smells, too.’’ San Bernardino Coun- ty Animal Control Chief Brian Cronin said veteri- narians are examining the surviving animals and removing the dead. Maxson said the driver of the cattle truck swerved, overcorrected and tipped the trailer over onto a pickup truck, nar- rowly missing the driver. The truck was coming from Visalia in the south- ern Central Valley and going to Brawley in the Imperial Valley near the border with Mexico, she said. No humans were hurt in the incident. 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Court records show some 16 charges were See MINOR, page 9A Hospital thanks staff for honors By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer St. Elizabeth Commu- nity Hospital celebrated Nurses Week and Hospital Week with a barbecue Wednesday. “During Nurses Week and Hospital Week, which overlap, the administra- tion and management serves staff in recognition of their work and as a way of saying thanks,” said Kristin Behrens, the hos- pital’s marketing and community relations man- ager. “It’s always a tradi- tional Red Bluff Barbe- cue — tri-tip, potatoes and bread. We serve it during the day, but make See STAFF, page 9A COUNTRYSIDE CAFE CORP. Now Open Sundays Lunch & Dinner 638 Washington St., Red Bluff Mother’s Day Specials gave police officers a false name and said he was from Henderson, Nev., police Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Gary Brockman, St. Elizabeth Engineering Manager, hands a plate to Nurse Bobbie Clarke who has been a nurse for 15 years. 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