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WEDNESDAY Pan-Seared Athletes of the Week Rib Eye MAY 29, 2013 County Fare Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 5A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Mostly sunny 81/57 Weather forecast 8B 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 Junior Rodeo time Graduations kick off tonight By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer It's time for tassels, balloons and sheet cakes as commencement exercises for the Class of 2013 get underway tonight with Salisbury High School's graduation and continue for the next two weeks across Tehama County. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. at the Red Bluff Union High School Performing Arts Center with the Salisbury senior class graduating at 7 p.m. On Thursday it's Red Bluff High School Independent Study's turn at the same time and location. At the State Theatre, Mercy High School students will begin gathering around 6:30 p.m. with their ceremony scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday. The Performing Arts Center will host the Red Bluff See GRADS, page 7A Teen killed in motorcycle crash By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Courtesy photo Kaylee Loewen, of Gerber, who won 2012 Corning Junior Rodeo Queen, poses with 2013 contestants Codi Baer of Cottonwood, Kelsey Kruse of Red Bluff and Michell Woolbert of Los Molinos. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Three girls will be competing Thursday for the title of Corning Junior Rodeo Queen, won in 2012 by Corning Union High School student Kaylee Loewen of Gerber. Codi Baer, 13, of Cottonwood, Kelsey Kruse, 18, of Red Bluff and Michell Woolbert, 15, of Los Molinos will compete at the pre-rodeo Mixer, which starts at 6 p.m. at Estil C. Clark Park. Codi, the daughter of Pam and Michael Baer, is a seventh grade student at Cottonwood Creek Charter School. She will be riding a quarter horse named Bippy. Her favorite horse events are jumping, because it's exciting, and reining because of the speed and agility required. Codi has a passion for writing and hopes one day to get one of her books published, she said. Her goal is to go to college and get a scholarship. She would love to represent rodeo because of what it means to her and her family and would some day like to own her own equestrian center and train horses full time, Codi said. Kelsey, the daughter of Kass Kruse, is a junior at Red Bluff Union High School. She rides a mustang named Modoc also known as Doc. Her interest include her horse and training it, being with her friends and teaching others how to ride. Future plans include going to Butte College or Cal Poly. Kelsey would like to be a Fish and Game warden, she said. She wants to be queen because she would like to be a role model for others, Kelsey said. Michell, the daughter of Hope and Berry Woolbert, is a freshman at Red Bluff High School. She will be riding a quarter horse named Wilde Josey Flow. Michell loves pole bending because of the challenge in becoming one with the horse and in staying clear of the poles. She loves to ride bulls and enjoys the thrill of the gate opening and the first jump of the bull, Michell said. She also enjoys basketball and track and her family and friends. Michell plans to attend a four-year college and would like to participate on a college rodeo team before transferring to a veterinary school to become a licensed vet. She would like to be rodeo queen to be a good role model for younger See RODEO, page 7A The name of a 19-yearold Red Bluff man who died as a result of a motorcycle crash on Plymire Road, east of Mendenhall Road, has been released by the Shasta County Coroner's office as Skylar Garcia. While the crash took place in Tehama County, the death occurred at a hospital in Redding, a Tehama County Coroner's spokeswoman said. Garcia was discovered sometime Saturday evening and he was taken to Mercy Medical Center in Redding where he died of his injuries, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said. Garcia had been riding west on Plymire Road at a high rate of speed when he entered and failed to negotiate a right curve, losing control of the 2009 Honda motorcycle. The motorcycle landed on its side before running off the road. Garcia was thrown from the motorcycle, the spokesman said. The motorcycle hit a road sign before hitting an embankment and overturning. The incident is still under investigation and alcohol is being investigated as a possible cause, the spokesman said. The crash was one of three fatal incidents to take place over the weekend. Police were sent about 7 p.m. Saturday to a home on Homestead Drive for reports of a man down and found a 29-year-old man unconscious and unresponsive in the garage. CPR was initiated and first responders were able to gain a heartbeat, but the man was later pronounced dead at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. See TEEN, page 7A Burglary reports Corning holds Memorial Day ceremonies come in from throughout county A 38-year-old Corning man was arrested for burglary Monday afternoon after he was reportedly caught taking items from a Samson Avenue residence in foreclosure. Tehama County Sheriff's deputies were alerted to a person going through property at a vacant residence in the Corning area, according to a department press release. Responding deputies observed a vehicle belonging to Lukeus Nathan Coleman parked behind the residence and concealed by some large bushes. Deputies found Coleman coming out of a barn at the rear of the property. When questioned, Coleman said he was looking in the barn for items to remove, the release said. Coleman said he did not have permission to be on the property and did not have permission to remove any items. He was arrested for burglary and booked into Tehama County Jail on $50,000 bail. • A California Almond Packers' fuel trailer was reported stolen after it was found in a nearby orchard. An employee reported the theft of $4,250 in items Thursday from property at 21275 Simpson Road in Corning. A 350-gallon diesel fuel trailer with fuel, propane tank and oxygen tank with 100 feet of hose, 28-gallon fuel caddy, 110cc motorcycle, two golf cart batteries and an aluminum motorcycle ramp were reported taken. On May 17 Tehama County Sheriff's deputies responded to a suspicious circumstance in an orchard at 21490 Simpson Road. Employees from the orchard said they found a 350-gallon fuel trailer near the fuel storage tank in the orchard. Employees said the trailer did not belong to the orchard. Deputies took the trailer as found property and stored it. Courtesy photo by Ross Palubeski Memorial Day ceremonies were moved from Corning Cemetery to the Veterans Memorial Hall Monday due to rain.The event started with the Corning High School Band performing, a welcome by VFW Commander Ron Sanders and an invocation by VFW Chaplain Jim Darrow. Valanne Cardenas, executive director of the Corning Chamber of Commerce performed the National Anthem, followed by the laying of the wreaths, a rifle squad salute and the playing of "Taps." Smog Inspection $ 2595 +$825 certificate (MOST CARS & PICK-UPS) • Member Discount 530 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See BURGLARY, page 7A 527-9841 195 S. Main St., Red Bluff GROWNEY MOTORS We Buy Used Cars paid for or not 1160 Main St. 527-1034 PHYSICIAN REFERRAL A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 1-888-628-1948