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TUESDAY Round-Up Round Up APRIL 23, 2013 Parade Results Sports Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 1B SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Sunny 83/52 Weather forecast 6A 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 Belle Mill bomb scare Fire claims family's home, no injuries By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Both occupants of a double-wide mobile home that caught fire just before 10 a.m. Monday morning in the 11000 block of Highway 99E were able to escape without injury. The grandmother of the family occupying the home was washing dishes when she smelled the smoke, according to a woman who identified herself as the property owner. The woman and her grandchild, who is about 3, were able to get out without injury, the owner said. The home was fully engulfed when the first unit arrived on scene, CalFire Public Information Officer See FIRE, page 5A County to weigh solar projects By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Red Bluff Fire arrives on scene Monday at a suspicious device call for a pressure cooker found in front of Food Maxx about 10:45 a.m. Pressure cooker left at store shuts shopping center By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Red Bluff Police reopened the Belle Mill Shopping Center about 3 p.m. Monday after a pressure cooker called in as suspicious just before 11 a.m. turned out to be empty. Police received a call about 10:45 a.m. from a Food Maxx employee regarding a suspicious item in front of the store, Red Bluff Police Capt. Kyle Sanders said. The item was placed into a cart and wheeled by an employee into a more isolated section of the parking lot toward the front, near the sign for the center, Sanders said. A woman, whom police believe left the pressure cooker in front of the store, was identified through surveillance and about 11:30 a.m. law enforcement was working to make contact with her, Chief Paul Nanfito said. "Because of the recent events in Boston we are treating it as suspicious," Nanfito said. Shasta County Bomb Squad was called at 12:15 p.m., arriving about 1 p.m., Sanders said. The woman who left the pressure cooker was contacted and questioned by police, but the item was still considered suspicious until proven otherwise as a precaution, Sanders said. The woman's name was not released and she has not been charged with a crime. Law enforcement did not evacuate the shopping center, but did block off the entrance to it at the intersection of Belle Mill Road and Center Avenue, asking businesses to close and people in the center, including employees, to leave the area for their safety, Sanders said. Just before 3 p.m., the item was assessed and X-rayed before a member of the bomb squad wearing a bomb suit opened the pressure cooker, Sanders said. The outer two perimeters were reopened within a few minutes of opening the pot and Red Bluff Fire and St. Elizabeth Community Hospital personnel were cleared to leave. California Highway Patrol and the Red Bluff Police Department's Volunteers in Police Services (VIPS) program assisted in the incident. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. The Tehama County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to hold a series of public meetings around 10:30 a.m. today to decide the fate of proposed solar generator projects. Pristine Sun is seeking use permits to establish three 20-year leases for wholesale photovoltaic solar array generators. But the locations have garnered ire from nearby residents, who say the equipment will harm aesthetics in the area. A 500-kilowatt generator is planned for about 2.5 miles east of Flournoy, on the south side of Paskenta Road, about 3,200 feet east of the Boggs and Champlin and Paskenta roads intersection. Two smaller 250-kilowatt projects are also being planned. One would be near the 500-kilowatt generator, about 3,000 feet north of the Boggs and Champlin and Paskenta roads intersection The second would be south of Red Bluff on the southwest corner of the Hatfield Road and Percell Lane intersection., about 3,000 feet east of the Hatfield and Rawson roads intersection. All of the land in question is classified as non-prime land and under Williamson Act contracts. The Paskenta site is presently utilized to graze sheep on naturally occurring grasses. Pristine Sun has said sheep grazing would continue on the site. In previous Planning Commission meetings and through letters residents have shared concerns over noise, Williamson Act compatibility and aesthetic concerns. In a report, county staff said the county does not believe the equipment's movement will create significant noise impacts. Decisions over its Williamson Act compatibility and aesthetic conSee SOLAR, page 5A Sutter supe joins Round-Up Parade winners announced Assembly race all his life A second and firmly candidate has believe he tossed his possesses the name into the values, moral 2014 3rd Discourage and trict Assembly dedication to race. make a S u t t e r tremendous County Superrepresentative visor James for the 3rd Gallagher Assembly a n n o u n c e d Gallagher D i s t r i c t ," Monday his Herger said in intention to run for the seat, which the press release. "The represents portions of north state is fortunate Tehama, Butte, Colusa, that James has stepped Glenn, Sutter, Tehama forward and offered to advance his service." and Yuba counties. Gallagher is an agriEarlier this month farmer and former Butte cultural attorney. He said County Farm Bureau he has championed propPresident Ryan Schohr erty rights, protection of announced his own can- an ag-based economy and limited government didacy. Assemblyman Dan through his work. "Our State governLogue will be termed out of the position at the end ment is a broken mess, dominated by out-ofof next year. In his announcement, touch politicians who Gallagher said he was left unchecked will steal being endorsed by for- our water, shut down our mer U.S. Representative farms and businesses, and bankrupt our treaWally Herger. "I have known James sury." Gallagher said. "Frankly I think people are fed up with it and are looking for effective, conservative leadership that will solve problems 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See RACE, page 5A The Red Bluff RoundUp Parade hosted by the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce on Saturday saw downtown streets lined with spectators as entries such as the Red Bluff and Corning high schools' marching bands along with the Chad Bushnell Band entertained before the second rodeo performance took place at the Tehama District Fairground. The 2013 parade winners were: Floats Civic-Fraternal Junior, 18-and-under: 1, Tehama County Youth Focus; 2, Sacred Heart Parish School. Civic-Fraternal, Senior, 19-and-over: 1, Cattlewomen of Tehama County; 2, Cuttlefish Base Commercial and Industrial: 1, Cozy Diner; 2, Tehama County Health Services Agency Marching Units Drill Teams: 1, Red Bluff Derby Girls; 2, Tehama County Young Marines Color Guard Junior High Bands: 1, Vista Middle School Concert Band Senior High Bands: 1, Corning Cardinal Band; 2, Red Bluff High School Marching band Majorettes Junior, 18-and-under: 1, North Star Twirlers; 2, Buckeye Cuties Single Mounted Fancy Western: 1, Kaylee Loewen Working Western, Junior, 18-and-under: 1, Michaela Decker; 1, Stonyford Rodeo Queen; 2, Paetyn Martin Mounted Pairs Junior, 18-and-under: 1, Alexis and Sierra Senior, 19-and-over: 1, Julie Renfro and David Coulter; 2, SolarCowboys.net Mounted Groups Junior, 18-and-under: 1, Red Bluff Jr RoundUp; 2, Redding Jr Rodeo Association Senior, 19-and-over: 1, Capay Mule Club; 2, Greenville Rancheria Horse Drawn 2 Or More HorseSee PARADE, page 5A Remembrance Dinner for Juanita Cumpston April 27th @ 12pm at the Aldrich's 18890 Live Oak Rd., Red Bluff Daily News photo by Andre Byik Chad Bushnell performs Saturday during the Red Bluff Round-Up Parade in downtown. All friends & family invited