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MONDAY MAY 17, 2010 Breaking news at: Staying Fit After Forty Vitality www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A RED BLUFF Playoff Preview SPORTS 1B Cloudy Rain likely 68/49 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 Relay Big Show Men accused of trying to force bad check deal A pair of Southern California men were arrested Fri- day afternoon, accused of trying to force another man to cash a $20,000 check for them. Kyle Anthony McCollum, 20, of Riverside and 28- year-old Lewone Dewaynn Holland of nearby Moreno Valley were arrested on suspicion of forging a check, conspiracy to commit a crime and burglary, Sgt. Kevin Busekist said Saturday. The men were in possession of a stolen check from Beverly Hills, Busekist said. Police logs indicate the man trying to cash the check contacted police because he was being forced to cash a check against his will. No further information was available Saturday. Fowl time had by all at fairground Daily News photo by Geoff Johnson Relay For Life Chairwoman Debbie O’Connor dressed festively Saturday for the American Cancer Society fundraiser. By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer Every year, it gets a little more fes- tive. For 13 years, Relay For Life in Red Bluff has joined the fight against can- cer. This year it broke a record in the process. By Saturday morning, 69 teams were already on track to beat last year’s total. As pink-haired partici- pants circled the track at Vista Middle School, children dragged pink toilets bearing the words “flush out cancer.” Fight Back Man drove a golf cart with boxing-gloved hands, contestants hurled playing cards into watermelons and random passersby were “jailed” in one-man cages. Strange events were scheduled hour after hour of the 24-hour relay, up through 7 a.m. Sunday. One of the biggest events was the frozen T-shirt contest, now in its sec- ond year, said event Chairwoman Debbie O’Connor. Nearly 90 contes- tants raced to unwind and don T-shirts wrapped in water and frozen overnight. Hours later, many of the contest’s losers were still wearing their consola- tion prizes. O’Connor marched on the track in a “Happy Birthday” hat, a pink cape with the Superman logo and what she described as “pineapple sunglasses,” plastic leaves stretching off to both the left and right. “A world with less cancer is a world with more birthdays,” she said. The lighthearted, comic events shared space with respectful gestures. Dozens of white, paper lunch bag luminaria’s lined the edge of the track, commemorating both the deceased Bill would block Texas text tampering SACRAMENTO (AP) — California may soon take a stand against pro- posed changes to social studies textbooks ordered by the Texas school board, as a way to prevent them from being incorpo- rated in California texts. Legislation by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Fran- cisco, seeks to protect the nation’s largest public school population from the revised social studies curriculum approved in March by the Texas Board of Education. Critics say if the changes are incor- porated into textbooks, they will be historically inaccurate and dismissive of the contributions of minorities. The Texas recommen- dations, which face a final vote by the Republican- dominated board on May 21, include adding lan- guage saying the coun- try’s Founding Fathers were guided by Christian principles and a new sec- tion on ‘‘the conservative resurgence of the 1980s and 1990s.’’ That would include positive refer- ences to the Moral Major- ity, the National Rifle Association and the Con- tract with America, the congressional GOP mani- festo from the 1990s. The amendments to the state’s curriculum stan- dards also minimize Thomas Jefferson’s role in world and U.S. history because he advocated the separation of church and state, and require that stu- dents learn about ‘‘the 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See BILL, page 7A and cancer survivors. At one booth, April Stanley, of Red Bluff, continued the tradition her childhood friend Rose Castorena start- ed when she was diagnosed with brain cancer at 17. Castorena spent another 10 years at Relay For Life before passing away in 2009. “I wanted to make sure she was still present,” Stanley said. If the celebratory atmosphere both- ered Dolores Ingraham, she was not showing it Saturday. “I love it,” she said. A mammogram revealed breast cancer in her right breast. Ingrham underwent chemotherapy, and, as a diabetic already taking insulin injec- tions, took chemo injections directly into her heart. See RELAY, page 7A Courtesy photo Makayla Wilson, from Humboldt County, took Best of Show Saturday at the 4-H Most Fowl Event, with Los Molinos’ Zack Doyle taking Reserve Best of Show. Members of 4-H from as far away as Humboldt County came to the Tehama District Fair- ground Saturday to partic- ipate in the Most Fowl Event. The poultry show had more than 40 birds entered this year. But only two received the highest honors. Makayla Wilson, from Carlotta in Humboldt County, won Best of Show with her Rhode See FOWL, page 7A The sky’s the limit in Corning By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer CORNING — It was love at first flight Satur- day, when the Corning Municipal Airport held its rededication ceremony — roughly 13 years to the day from when Amy Woodson got her first taste of the sky at the air- port thanks to Barbara Boot, who took Woodson up for a free spin. An olive farmer with a mechanical inclination, Woodson took to aeronau- tics as easily as she took to harvesting. “It’s kind of like dri- ving a tractor,” she said. Woodson has since become a licensed com- mercial pilot and works with the Civil Air Patrol. Woodson came back to the airport Saturday to help with International Fly Day, which Boot See SKY, page 7A Daily News photo by Geoff Johnson Kyle Stewart, 13, of Rancho Tehama, boards a Cessna 172 Saturday at the Corning Municipal Airport Rededication. Free flights were offered to youth as part of International Learn to Fly Day.