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TUESDAY New Meat Labeling Rules MAY 28, 2013 Track & Field Vitality Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Mostly sunny 78/58 Weather forecast 8B 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 Not forgotten Despite rain forcing ceremonies indoors, more than 100 people turned out Monday morning to commemorate those killed in service to the nation during the annual Memorial Day celebration in Red Bluff. The event got underway around 10 a.m. at the Red Bluff Veterans Memorial Hall with the Red Bluff Community Band performing a selection of patriotic and military music. The ceremony, led by Master of Ceremonies Jessie Neff, started at 11 a.m. with presentation of the colors by American Legion Post 167, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1932 and Marine Corps League 1140. Linda Davis sang the National Anthem and "America the Beautiful" was sung by the Community Baptist Church Choir. Ray Edwards of VFW Post 1932 delivered the invocation followed by a salute to the Armed Forces by the choir, with veterans in the audience standing for the playing of the song representing their branch of the military. Retired Col. Pete Stiglich delivered the message of the day. Other events included a memorial prayer, laying wreaths, a gun salute and the playing of "Taps." The event is normally held at the Oak Creek Cemetery on Walnut Street, but due to inclement weather was moved to the Veterans Memorial Hall. At the cemetery Monday morning, several gravestones were decorated by friends and family 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Violence marks holiday weekend in Red Bluff DN Staff report A fatal drug overdose, stabbing and accidental shooting late Saturday and early Sunday in Red Bluff followed a shooting death earlier Saturday to get the holiday weekend off to a violent start. Police were dispatched around 7 p.m. Saturday to a home on Homestead Drive for reports of a man down. There they found a 29-year-old man unconscious and unresponsive in the garage. CPR was initiated and first responders were able to gain a heartbeat in the man, but he was later pronounced dead at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital from an apparent drug overdose. Police responded around 10:40 p.m. to St. Elizabeth to speak with a gunshot victim who was initially reluctant under questioning. He later admitted he accidentally shot himself in his left foot with a friend's 22 caliber firearm in the 1100 block of Franzel Road. See VIOLENCE, page 7A Corning council approves contract for park project Daily News photo by Chip Thompson The colors are presented Monday morning during Memorial Day ceremonies at the Red Bluff Veterans Memorial Hall on Oak Street. Presenting the colors are American Legion Post 167, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1932 and Marine Corps League 1140. members with American flags and flowers. Trinity woman pleads guilty to stealing mail SACRAMENTO — Veronica Marie Gray, 43, of Lewiston, pleaded guilty today to a charge of stealing U.S. mail and a charge of possession of stolen U.S. mail, United States Attorney Benjamin Wagner announced. Inspector in Charge Rafael Nunez of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, San Francisco Division stated, "We work closely with the U.S. Attorney's Office and our partners in law enforcement to arrest and prosecute those who steal mail for criminal gain. A primary goal of the Postal Inspection Service is to protect postal customer's mail and ensure that their mail is safe from theft." This case is the product of an investigation by the United States Postal Inspection Service, with the assistance of the Trinity County Sheriff's Department and the California Highway Patrol. DAILY 50¢ Assistant United States Attorney Michelle Rodriguez is prosecuting the case. According to court documents, on three occasions in March, Gray stole U.S. Mail from the post office boxes of other postal customers at the Lewiston Post Office. According to court documents, among the items targeted by Gray for theft were parcels containing prescription medications. On April 2, agents executed a search warrant at Gray's Lewiston residence and found stolen U.S. Mail and prescription medications. Gray is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Garland Burrell Jr, on Aug. 9 at 9 a.m. She faces up to five years in prison for each count. The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory sentencing factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables. Following the ceremonies, a luncheon was held at the Veterans Hall. The Corning City Council approved a contract, pending final review by City Attorney Mike Fitzpatrick, at its May 14 meeting for Stantec Planning and Architecture approving a $108,000 payment regarding phase one work on the new city park. Fitzpatrick's concerns related to the section on limit of liability and he wanting to review it one last time, Brewer said. Stantec helped design the skate and bike park and because that involves intricately shaped concrete and metal features, staff advised retaining the company through contract on an as-needed basis, Brewer said. Councilmember Tony Cardenas asked whether the pay for each visit included the time it took the company to get from its office to Corning. City Engineer Ed Anderson said it probably did. "We want to limit the number of times we bring them up here," Cardenas said. While not likely that the company would need to hold the city's hand, there is the chance the company would be needed and it's important to keep it on board in case of a problem with the design, Brewer said. "Note that the contract has no specific value," Brewer said. "Instead it's a time and materials type contract based on our needs." — Julie Zeeb Americans gather to honor fallen By The Associated Press Americans gathered at memorials, museums and monuments and the president laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery to honor fallen service members on Memorial Day, as combat in Afghanistan approaches 12 years and the ranks of World War II veterans dwindle. ''Let us not forget as we gather here today that our nation is still at war,'' President Barack Obama said after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns. ''When they give their lives, they are still being laid to rest in cemeteries in quiet corners across our country, including here in Arlington,'' he said. He told the stories of three soldiers who had died. Each had been devoted to their mission and were praised by others for saving lives. Earlier in the morning, he and first lady Michelle Obama hosted a breakfast at the White House with ''Gold Star'' families of service members who have been killed. Another wreath-laying ceremony was at Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on the southern tip of Roosevelt Island in New York City. The AP photo Eight-year-old Jackson Turman of Woodstock, Ga., gives WWII Navy Veteran and Vietnam Veteran Frank Coleman, 85, Roswell, a salute during the "Roswell Remembers" Memorial Day military ceremony at city hall on Monday, in Roswell, Ga. Coleman returns the salute. He also gave the young man a hug. Turman was attending the Memorial Day service with his grandfather Russ Johnson, of Roswell, who is a Marine Vietnam veteran. park is a tribute to President Roosevelt's famous speech calling for all people to enjoy freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined military leaders and others at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Manhattan. He said celebrate the day and the good weather but also ''remember the sacrifice that was made so that we could be here.'' At the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, about 20 bicyclists clustered around veteran and museum volunteer Tom Blakey. The paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division jumped at Normandy on D-Day — June 6, 1944 — and in May 1945 helped liberate the work camp at Wobbelin in northwest Germany. ''Most of us wondered why we were there, killing people and being killed,'' he said. ''We didSee HONOR, page 7A