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TUESDAY Couples Work It Out APRIL 30, 2013 Pro-Am Results Vitality Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 6A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Sunny, Windy 85/56 Weather forecast 6B 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 Relay big show Girls injured in ATV crash Two Corning girls were injured in an ATV crash at 8:26 a.m. Friday on Aitken Avenue, east of Mary Avenue. Gabriella Hernandez, 18, was driving the vehicle west on Aitken at about 25 mph when for unknown reasons she lost control of the 2004 Honda four-wheeler ATV. According to Corning Police logs, Corning Volunteer Fire Department and CalFire personnel responded about 8:45 p.m. to the area for an unconscious girl. See ATV, page 5A Bringing bipolar disorder into focus By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer Daily News photo by Andre Byik Anthony Evans, left, who participated in his first Relay for Life event Saturday at Cardinal Stadium, joins event co-chair and cancer survivor DeeDee Pendergraft, center, and event chairwoman Sonja Akers. By ANDRE BYIK DN Sports Editor Anthony Evans started Corning's second annual Relay for Life on Saturday with a goal. He wanted to walk around Cardinal Stadium for 24 hours straight in support of a cure for cancer. Five hours and 13 miles later, he took a break on the hot and clear day. The goal, he said, may have been ambitious, but compared to what those afflicted with cancer live with, it was nothing. "When you really think about what those cancer patients go through ... the patients are the ones that have the resistance and the willpower to go to the doctors and say, 'You know what, I have this problem. I'm dying from this and I need the help,'" said Evans, who was participating in his first Relay for Life event, which benefits the American Cancer Society. "It's hard for human beings to ask for help. I don't care who you are. It's build in our DNA that we have to do everything for ourselves. That's one of the reasons I wanted to walk the 24 hours." The day long event started at 9 a.m. Saturday and concluded at 9 a.m. Sunday. Some pitched tents on the stadium's infield to prepare for the night ahead. "Most of my family has had cancer," Evans said. "I have about 47 members that have either died from cancer or been affected with it." Early Saturday morning cancer survivors took to the track to walk a lap, known as a survivors lap, where more than 30 participated. "Cancer is not something that is in whispers anymore," said Evans, who also works alongside two cancer survivors at Safeway. "Everybody either knows somebody who has it, or has it themselves." Event chair Sonja Akers, who has been involved in relay events since the mid-'90s, said the survivors lap is "huge." "For survivors to be able to make that lap — some of them have just come through chemo so ... some of them can't walk very well," Akers said. "I've seen survivor laps where people actually finish in wheel chairs. It's very important to them because that's them saying, 'I can do this. I can get through this.'" See RELAY, page 5A May A 2-hour educational program featuring the film "Living with Bipolar Disorder" will be held at First Church of God in Red B l u f f Wednesday, the first day of Mental Health Awareness Month. The program begins at noon at the church at 1005 S. Jackson St. in Red Bluff. The 43-minute film focuses on bipolar disorder, also known as manicdepressive illness the brain disorder causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. According to the National Institute of Mental Health about 2.6 percent of adult Americans suffer from bipolar disorder. Fewer than half of those with the disorder are receiving treatment. W h i l e bipolar disorder has no cure, it can be effectively treated over the longt e r m , according to the Institute. In one study a little more than half of the people treated recovered over a year's time. Recovery was based on having two or fewer symptoms of the disorder over an 8week period. A person suffering from bipolar disorder may have mode changes from long periods of feeling overly happy to periods of being extremely irritable. Behavioral changes including talking very fast, being easily distracted, increasing goal-directed activities, being restless, sleeping little, having unrealistic belief in one's own abilities and 2013 Mental Health Awareness See BIPOLAR, page 5A Reed moves to RB, Circle of Champions honorees named Tehama County enters Assembly race dinating CouncilCoorfor By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer A former U.S. Congressional candidate who r e c e n t l y moved to Red Bluff has Reed become the first Democrat to announce his intentions to run for the Assembly. Jim Reed, an attorney who previously resided in Shasta County, said in a news release he will run for the 3rd District Assembly seat, which be vacated when Dan Logue terms out at the end of 2014. Reed joins the race with Republicans Sutter County Supervisor James Gallagher and former Butte County Farm Bureau President Ryan Schohr. On Monday, Gallagher picked up his third endorsement from a prominent Republican when State Senator Jim Nielsen endorsed him. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 "James is our friend, our neighbor and he has the wisdom and vision to stand up for us in Sacram e n t o ," Nielsen said in a press r e l e a s e . "James and his family have long been leaders in agriculture and local government in the North State. He will be a trusted and hard fighting assemblyman for all of us." Nielsen joined Rep. Doug LaMalfa and former Congressman Wally Herger in endorsing Gallagher. Reed lost to LaMalfa in the November election to replace the retiring Herger, to whom Reed previously lost. Reed said his campaign "will advocate breaking California into two or more separate states." He said he is selling his home in Fall River Mills and has been living in Red Bluff for the past few months. The 3rd District covers portions of Tehama, Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter and Yuba counties. Developmental Disabilities is pleased to announce the honorees for the Ninth Annual Circle of Champions Lunch. Receiving awards this year are teacher and Special Olympics volunteer Sherry Drake, residential care providers Darlene Martin and Paulette Minges, North Valley Services staff members Judy Ferrell and Linda Joiner, consumer Marna Murr and Cornerstone Community Bank. The honorees are volunteers and professionals who have gone above the norm to provide services and enhance the lives of the handicapped. Luncheon Chairwoman Anne Read said that there was a large increase in the number of nominations for awards this year so the committee is giving out more awards than usual. For the first time this year an award will be given to a consumer. She was nominated by a peer for helping teach needle point at a day program. There were numerous nominations submitted by consumers as well as parents, staff members and members of the community. The lunch will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 11 at the Red Bluff Elks Courtesy photo Circle of Champions awards recipients for 2012 pose after receiving plaques for their outstanding work with the developmentally disabled. Pictured, from back left, are Tehama County Special Olympics coordinators Ken and Debbie Hess and Chris Dotson representing Umpqua Bank. In front are teacher Judy Martin and Mary Gates from Puckett Residential Services. The 2013 Circle of Champions lunch will be May 11 at the Elks Lodge, where awards will be presented to seven new honorees. Lodge. The public is invited to attend the lunch and honor these individuals. Guest speaker will be Kristen Gray, who will talk about North Valley See CIRCLE, page 5A