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FRIDAY Art contest winners MAY 17, 2013 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See 5A Hot Shots sizzle Sports 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Mostly sunny 76/53 Weather forecast 8A TEHAMA COUNTY 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 One final sip Blues for the Pool to hold final wine tasting event By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The upcoming 2013 annual Wine Tasting By The Pool, to be held Saturday, June 8, will be the last. The event is put on by the non-profit Blues for the Pool to raise money for operational costs of the McGlynn Pool, located on Sycamore Street in Red Bluff. "It is the last year because we don't have the support that we need to continue," said event Co-Chairwomen and Councilwoman Daniele Jackson. "The Committee is dwindling and we need to restructure and reevaluate where we are at and we cannot do that while trying to run such large events." The tasting by the pool has been around for 10 years and has averaged about $2,500 a year, Jackson said. With this event and other fundraising functions, the Blues for the Pool committee has donated $120,000 to the city of Red Bluff over the last four years for operational expenses," Jackson said. "This is primarily the cost of chlorine and staff." In 2012, the group donated $31,700 and the committee was able to donate $46,500 for 2011, she said. While this year was also the last for the Kay Webb Memorial Softball tournament, other events will continue. The next up is the Fall Craft Faire, scheduled for Sept. 14 at the Red Bluff Community and Senior Center and the Fall Scramble Golf Tournament scheduled for Oct. 12 at Oak Creek Golf Course. The committee is working to create a new event, but DAILY 50¢ Study: No spike in parolee arrests SACRAMENTO (AP) — Corrections department researchers have found no spike in arrests of parolees since responsibility for many ex-convicts shifted to local authorities under the state's prison realignment law, according to a study released Thursday. Ex-felons released in the six months since the law took effect in October 2011 were arrested at a slightly lower rate than parolees released from prison before that. They were convicted of new crimes at about the same rate as offenders released under the old criminal justice system. The report adds to an ongoing debate over whether the realignment law, which was enacted to reduce prison crowding, is leading to higher crime. Under the law, thousands of lower-level offenders are sentenced to county jails instead of state prisons. The group paroled in the law's first six months was more likely to be re-arrested for felonies, instead of misdemeanors, although most of the arrests for both groups were for drug and property crimes. See STUDY, page 7A Girls: Man exposed himself on Madison Two Red Bluff girls told the police department Wednesday evening that a man exposed himself to them as they were talking on the 300 block of Madison Street. The girls said as they were walking past a house around 5:20 p.m. a Hispanic man exposed himself, according to a Red Bluff Police Department press release. The girls went to a nearby residence where they notified an adult. Officers checked the area, but were unable to locate the suspect. He was described as being about 5 feet, 6 inches tall, round 20 to 30 years-old and with black hair. Anyone with information is asked to call the Red Bluff Police Department at 5273131. Air district seeks grant for logging trucks Daily News archive photo Blues for the Pool will hold its final Wine Tasting By The Pool fundraiser June 8. it is still in the developmental stage, Jackson said. The tasting event is set for 7-10 p.m. on Saturday, June 8, and will include a tritip dinner with a vegetarian option offered, along with four Tehama County wineries, live music, a silent auction and raffle prizes. Wineries include Burnsini Winery and Vineyard, Cedar Crest Vineyards and Winery, Ringtail Vineyards and Winery and Tehama Oaks Vineyard and Winery. For those interested in supporting the pool but do not drink, there will be sparkling cider and other non-alcoholic drinks. Tickets are $25 and are available presale at the Red Bluff Community and Senior Center or by calling 529-0556. Tickets can be purchased at the gate the night of the event For those unable to attend, donations are always welcome and can be sent in care of Blues for the Pool, 1500 S. Jackson St., Red Bluff, 96080. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.c om. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer The Tehama County Board of Supervisors authorized the Air Pollution Control District Tuesday to seek $441,000 in grant funding as part of a program to replace logging trucks. The grant would provide funding for the replacement of seven on-road, heavy-duty logging trucks within the county as well as administrative costs as part of a Carl Moyer pilot program. The Truck Improvement-Modernization Benefiting Emissions Reductions (TIMBER) program has around $3 million in funding available in the fiscal year. The TIMBER program will provide vouchers up to $60,000 to assist logging companies to modernize their fleets toward 2010 standards. The vouchers amount to See AIR, page 7A Fallen peace officers memorialized at annual vigil By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Tehama County District Attorney Gregg Cohen opened the 2013 Tehama County Peace Officers Association Memorial Service Wednesday with a moment of silence for Red Bluff's fallen hero, Officer David Mobilio. A prayer of invocation was offered by the Christian Peace Officers Association and Sheriff's Deputy Bobby McMichael read proclamations from local cities and the county. California Highway Patrol Officer and Pastor Pat Hurton read a scripture from Zechariah 1:7-11 that spoke to a God-ordained patrol within a vision of the prophet. Hurton said he chose the selection in part because similar to the vision there are those ordained by God to patrol the earth, striving to keep the peace, hence the name Peace Officer. "Sadly in pursuit of 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 peace, some give their lives," Hurton said. Tehama County Superior Court Judge Todd Bottke served as the keynote speaker speaking about the meaning of memorials and the history of Peace Officers Memorial Day dating back to the 1960s. "We all have experiences with memorials, whether they be a memorial service, like tonight, a shrine or a grave, or a marker or monument with names, such as the Vietnam Memorial or the California Peace Officer's Memorial in Sacramento, and now the recently dedicated memorial on Interstate 5 in Red Bluff in tribute to fallen Red Bluff Police Officer David Mobilio," Bottke said. As long as a person has memories of their loved one, family, friend or colleague, they cannot be lost as they live on in the person's heart, he said. Wednesday was the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy proclaiming Peace Officers Memorial Day. "With that, on this occasion tonight of a Memorial and Anniversary, we come Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb CHP Red Bluff Area Commander Lt. Todd Garr, right, rings the bell while a CHP officer and Tehama County Sheriff's deputy light candles for California's two fallen officers at Wednesday's Tehama County Peace Officer Memorial Service. together, full circle with the remembrance, tears, laughter, sorrow, fellowship, memories, and most of the all, the hope that it is kept alive on the 50th Anniversary of this Peace Officer's Memorial Day," Bottke said. Bottke ended by quot- ing Japanese author Kazuo Ishiguro: "Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don't go along with that. The memories I value most, I don't ever see them fading." A roll call of fallen offi- cers was led by Corning Police Sgt. Jeremiah Fears during which CHP Lt. Todd Garr rang the bell while a Tehama County Sheriff's Deputy and CHP officer lit candles for California's two fallen officers, Stanislaus County Sheriff's Deputy Robert Paris and CHP Officer Kenyon Marc Youngstrom. Fears also held a brief moment of silence for Jean Wagoner, who died Dec. 14, 2012, who was involved in the first memorial service, a candlelight vigil at the Tehama County Superior Courthouse steps.