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TUESDAY Back to Basics Exercises JANUARY 8, 2013 Tourney Wrap Up Vitality Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Sunny 65/41 Weather forecast 8B 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 Winter dinner raises more than $23,000 Pickup flies through fence, hits Jeep A 27-year-old San Francisco man was injured after a vehicle came flying through a fence collided into his 1999 Jeep on southbound Interstate 5 near Liberal Avenue in the Corning area. Alex Kellog was taken to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital for minor injuries following a collision with a Dodge Ram pickup driven by Richard Rezendes, 20, of Corning. See PICKUP, page 7A Calif. bill would regulate ammunition sales Courtesy photos Left: Tehama County CowBelle of the Year Cathy Tobin with Tehama County Cattleman President Steve Zane at the TCCA-TCCW Winter Dinner Saturday. Tobin was chairwoman of the successful TCCA-TCCW Scholarship Auction that raised $23,360 during the annual winter dinner. Right: Cattleman past President Wally Roney was presented with the Man of the Year plaque by Dick O'Sullivan, and a silver money clip from TCCW President Danielle Zane at the dinner. Special to the DN The 61th Annual Winter Dinner of Tehama County Cattlemen and CattleWomen was a great success with approximately 400 people, when the community joined with the ranchers for a Vic Woolery prime rib dinner last Saturday night at the fairgrounds. Checkbooks, credit cards and cash combined for $23,360 raised in the TCCA/TCCW Scholarship auctions. Cathy Tobin and Andy Cox were the co-chairmen for the auction part of the evening and TCCA president Steve Zane was chairman of the dinner. Cathy Tobin was recognized as CowBelle of the Year, and received a silver cowbell necklace from the cattlemen. The CattleWomen recognized her at the annual fashion show in November and at the state convention. She has been chairwoman of the successful Beef 'N Brew and the TCCA – TCCW Winter Dinner Scholarship Auction. Wally Roney, of Roney Land and Cattle is the 41st recipient of the Tehama County Cattlemen's Man of the Year award. Past TCCA president Dick O'Sullivan made the announcement and mentioned Roney was a 5th generation cattle rancher. "Over the years he has made significant contributions to the cattle industry in Tehama Co. His focus has been primarily on property rights and 20 years ago he correctly identified the attack on these rights by the government. "In 1994, when Bruce Babbit came forward with his version of rangeland reform, Roney said "once the government is successful reforming the public lands, they will be after private property." "He along with other ranchers, fought this reform through the Cal- ifornia Cattlemen's Association, the Public Lands Council, the Farm Bureau and he personally went to Washington, DC to meet the UnderSecretary of Agriculture and present our case. "When the great conservation movement started and the government began focusing on private land, Wally Roney stood firm in his opposition to the governments negative policies. "He opposed the unsolicited introduction of a Safe Harbor program for endangered species in Tehama, Shasta, Glenn and Butte counties. He worked on a resolution, that was passed by the CCA to prevent this type of thing happening in the future. "Roney worked hard on the Open Range committee for over two years. He is a man who truly understands that our freedoms begin and end with property rights." OAKLAND (AP) — A California assemblywoman introduced a bill on Monday that aims to regulate ammunition sales. The measure, AB48, would establish restrictions similar to those covering gun sales, including requiring sellers to be licensed and buyers to have and show valid identification. ''When we have so many safeguards in place around the purchase of guns, why is it so much easier to buy bullets, the things that make guns deadly?'' Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner asked as she unveiled the measure during a news conference outside her office in Oakland. ''Today, it is easier in California to buy bullets than it is to buy alcohol, cigarettes or Sudafed cold medicine. We've had enough,'' she said. Joined by a coalition of lawmakers, law enforcement officials and community leaders, Skinner, D-Berkeley, said the bill she introduced late last month and co-authored with Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda, would also ban clip kits that can convert guns into assault weapons. Saying more than 2,000 Californians were killed by gunfire last year, Skinner said the bill would ''bulletproof our communities.'' It would also require ammunition sellers to report all sales to the Department of Justice, which would create a registry of purchases to be available for use by law enforcement. In addition, the Justice Department would also notify local authorities of any large ammunition purchases made in a short period of time. Bonta said rampant gun violence has to end, noting that 131 people were killed in Oakland last year. He specifically mentioned the seven people who were shot and killed at tiny Oikos University in April, when authorities said a disgruntled former nursing student opened fire on students and staff. See AMMO, page 7A Polls open today County officials sworn in Monday for special election By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer It shouldn't take that long to fill out, but exactly how many voters bother to cast a ballot in today's special election to fill the California Senate's 4th District could go a long way in determining the winner. Republican Jim Nielsen and Democrat Mickey Harrington are the only names appearing on the ballot in an election where turning out the vote will be the key to victory. At stake is the remaining two years of Doug LaMalfa's departed term. The runoff was required when Nielsen fell 0.2 percentage points shy of capturing a majority of votes when the special election was consolidated with the November General Election following LaMalfa's resignation from the Senate. Nielsen received 49.8 percent of the vote. Har- 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 rington finished second with 27.7 percent. LaMalfa resigned from the position early to focus on his U.S. Congressional run as well and to save the taxpayers money by avoiding a special election. When no candidate achieved a majority of the vote, it forced today's special election at a cost of millions to the 12 counties represented by the 4th District. As of Monday afternoon, 24 percent of the ballots for Tehama County had been turned in, Tehama County Elections Assistant Registrar of Voters Jennifer Vise said. Another 5 percent are expected to be returned at the polls today. All polls will be open throughout Tehama County and the rest of the 4th District from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Vote-by-mail ballots must be turned in by 8 p.m. either at the County Election's Office at 444 Oak St. Room C in Red Bluff at the Vote-By-Mail Drop Box in front of the Tehama County Library at 645 Madison St. or at any polling location. Seven months after being elected, incoming Tehama County Superior Court Judge Matthew McGlynn and County Supervisors Steven Chamblin and Burt Bundy were formally sworn into office Monday afternoon. Their oaths of office were administered by Tehama County Presiding Judge John Garaventa, who having won re-election in the June Primary took the oath himself to begin the ceremony. Garaventa's oath was administered by Superior Court Judge Todd Bottke. Garaventa said he has known Bottke since he was in the county district attorney's office and found him to be a man with an amazing love of the law and said it was a privilege to have him administer the oath. All four men thanked their families and the voters of Tehama County. Gov. Pete Wilson appointed Garaventa to the Tehama County Municipal Court in 1998. He was later elevated to a See SWORN, page 7A Daily News photos by Rich Greene Tehama County Superior Court Judge John Garaventa administers the Oath of Office for incoming Superior Court Judge Matthew McGlynn Monday. QuickBooks 2013 Classes 6 Wednesday Evening Classes 5:15pm-7:15pm January 9th through February 13th $99.00 per person Job Training Center 718 Main St., Red Bluff Call 529-7000