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THURSDAY JULY 15, 2010 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Art, wine and food See 4A Pastimes RED BLUFF Sunny 104/74 Weather forecast 8B DAILYNEWS T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Drowning victim was 19-year-old father By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer A 19-year-old Red Bluff man drowned Tuesday evening swimming with friends in Ante- lope Creek at Cone Grove Park. Sean Siders is survived by a daughter, Bella, who will have her first birthday on July 26. Autopsy results are pending for Siders, but with no signs of trauma, his death has been ruled a drowning, according to a press statement issued by the Tehama County Sheriff’s Department Wednesday morning. Neither alcohol, nor drugs, appear to be a factor in the death, the release said. Siders and friends were swimming in Antelope Creek, near Cone Grove Park, when Siders reportedly told friends he was headed upstream. After about 10 minutes of silence from Siders, his friends searched and found him floating face down, between 20 and 25 yards further upstream. His friends called 911 and performed CPR as deputies, CalFire firefighters and St. Eliz- abeth Community Hospital EMTs arrived. None were able to revive Siders, who was pro- nounced dead at the scene. “He was a good man,” Siders’ former girlfriend and Bella’s mother, Miranda Steiger of Red Bluff, said. “He was funny, he was outgoing. He died way too soon.” “As hard as it was when I found out I was pregnant, he was still there,” Steiger said. “He was there for Bella. And even after everything, I feel he’s still going to be there for her.” Before his death, Siders was trying to decide whether he wanted to become a firefighter or join the Navy, Steiger said. Harriet Steiger, Bella’s great- grandmother, said the two fami- lies had been close, close enough that losing Siders was like losing her own grandson. Her grandchildren and Siders See VICTIM, page 7A Open preview Sports 1B TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50¢ Courtesy photo Sean Siders plays with his daughter Bella. Siders died Tuesday evening swimming in Antelope Creek at Cone Grove Park. Bigger than business Drunken man hiding in closet arrested DN Staff Report A Red Bluff man, hid- ing in a closet on Center Street, was arrested early Wednesday morning after stabbing another man in what police believe was a drunken argument. Randall Stroble, 48, was arguing with Robert Morini, 55, also of Red Bluff, when the Stroble grabbed a knife and threat- ened Morini, according to a press release from the Tehama County Sheriff’s Department. Police believe both men to have been drunk at the time of the fight. In the ensuing struggle, Stroble held the knife to Morini’s throat but Morini kept the man’s arm at bay, keeping him from attacking, the release said. Stroble, however, broke free and then stabbed Morini in his big toe on the right foot, after which Stroble ran out the back door before police could arrive. While Morini was being treated at St. Elizabeth Commu- nity Hospital, he told police it was the second time Stroble had attacked him in as many days. On Tuesday afternoon, the men were in a separate argu- ment in which Stroble reportedly threatened to kill Morini and attacked him with a bat, but Morini blocked the attack, suffering an injury to his right forearm in the process, deputies said. See CLOSET, page 7A Migrant camp meeting Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Rolling Hills Casino Director of Marketing Kate Grissom sits at her desk By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Only one winner from each country was chosen for the Bigger Than Business Campaign and Rolling Hills Casino Director of Market- ing Kate Grissom was cho- sen to represent the United States. “While it was difficult to choose just one story from the US and one story from Canada as the most com- pelling, we selected Amy Gonczeruk’s ( story about Grissom) submission from the US ...” the Bigger Than Business Campaign blog said. Stories from the cam- paign were submitted from across Canada and the Unit- ed States with more than $15,000 raised for Feeding America and Food Bank Canada. The campaign, which was put on by linen and POWER PRODUCTS DOLMAR 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 RED HAVEN PEACHES Containers SALE ORCHARDS 22125 Gilmore Ranch Rd. (South end of Williams Ave.) 527-3504 or 200-1123 Custom Comfort Sandals Many New Styles Dr. John Swaim, DPM 2530 Sr Mary Columba Dr Red Bluff You-Pick Bring Red Bluff Outdoor Power apparel company AmeriPride Services as a way of giving back to local communities they serve, donated $25 for every story submitted. A release said the stories were to be about people in the person’s community that the person could count on. “I didn’t even know that I had been nominated, so to find out that I won was quite a surprise,” Grissom said. “I’m humbled that my dear friends would think of me for such an award and hon- ored that I was selected.” The winning story was written by Gonczeruk, the accounting manager at Dean Cofer for Corning Mayor Help Revive Corning Paid for by Dean Cofer Campaign Committee (530) Sevillano Links golf course. “It’s not often you come across someone that makes such a profound difference in everything they touch,” Gonczeruk wrote. “For over ten years Kate Grissom has worked as a community leader doing just that. She has succeeded time after time taking a diverse com- munity and giving them a purpose to work together and create something bene- ficial.” Gonczeruk went on to list the variety of activities in which Grissom has had a hand, including being a See BIGGER, page 7A • “Main Street or Wall Street” banking, which do you want As Local As.... CALL TODAY 529-1222 237 South Main Street • Still offering better than free checking • Now offering Health Savings Accounts • Local decision making • Community Support scheduled for today Today’s Tehama County Planning Commission meeting is scheduled to center around a controversial migrant camp planned near the Woodson Bridge in Corning. If approved, the camp could house 140 workers for 60 days during the harvest season. Project proponents have argued the project could reduce traffic by housing the same migrant workers who would be driving to and from the olive orchard daily during harvest season. Corning council member and olive grower Ross Turner and representatives of olive giant Bell Carter have both testified in favor of the project, but the over- whelming testimony has been against the project, with complaints ranging from garbage to increased traffic to noise levels. The Planning Commission is scheduled to meet at 9 a.m. in the Tehama County Board Chambers on 727 Oak St. More information is available by calling 527-2200. —Geoff Johnson Randall Stroble