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FRIDAY Clashes AUGUST 23, 2013 prompt US Breaking news at: to react www.redbluffdailynews.com Newest Niner See 5A Sports 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Sunny 93/65 Weather forecast 10A 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 Mural attraction Olive Festival starts today The annual Corning Olive Festival starts today with a parade down Solano Street at 6 p.m. Following the parade are the bed races at Solano and 6th streets. On Saturday the festival shifts to Woodson City Park at South and Peach streets. Festivities begin with a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m.. There will be hot air balloon rides from 8 to 10 a.m. At 9 a.m. is the yearly Fun Run-Walk. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. the park will be filled with arts, crafts and food booths. Children's activities and live music begin at the park at 11 a.m. Olive tours are scheduled at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. 9 am – 4 pm Arts, Crafts, Food Booths The firemen's hose down is set to take place at 11 a.m. The cook-off judging will take place at 1 p.m. and the new Olive Pit Spitting Contest set for 2 p.m. The raffle drawing and Olive Drop are scheduled for 3 p.m. Arrest in Tehama leads to federal cocaine trafficking charges Daily News file photo Pictured, from left, are Debby Sipes, Sue Holmes and Roxie Willett. Red Bluff Art Association is working toward completion of a 108-foot mural on the Senior Arts and Crafts building at the Tehama District Fairground in Red Bluff. Fairgoers will see the mural coming to life Sept. 26-29 depicting familiar scenes and activities of the county. Red Bluff artists Sue Holmes and Roxy Willett completed a section depicting a cattle drive. Judy Walker and Debby Sipes are working on a painting of a barrel racer. Holmes says the original photo of the cattle drive was taken by her son, Chris, during a fall roundup in the Cottonwood area. Her husband, Loren, wanted a painting of the photo, but wanted it on a sandstone rock he brought to her from Elder Creek, which runs through their property. After a year of trial and error, sanding, sealing and painting, she finally completed the art rock to give to her husband. She has painted rocks ever since. Holmes entered the art rock in the Western Art Show during the 2012 Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale. Association member Connie Graham saw the rock and submitted the idea of depicting a cattle drive to Sipes, coordinator of the mural committee, for approval. Holmes was then asked to paint the scene for the mural. "I felt excited and honored, but I had never painted a mural before and I didn't want to undertake the project by myself," Holmes said. "So I enlisted "This is what the mural is all about — real people and happenings in the community." — Debby Sipes my sister, Roxie Willett, to help." Together they worked over a space of 18 days and a total time of 52 hours before completing this section of the mural. "It was a fun experience and I learned a lot," Willett said. They both agree that they feel differently now painting in smaller formats. The featured barrel racer is Judy Walker's granddaughter, Emily HillAshe, daughter of local residents, Steve and Laurie Hill, twin sister of Neel Hill. Now 23 years old, Emily has her own business, A Mane Attraction, a beauty salon on Main Street in Red Bluff. Emily, a noted barrel racer, competed in a number of State Finals Rodeos. She is shown riding Pete, a horse that belonged to Joe and Melanie Baumgartener. Joe is a local, well-known bull fighter who went on to PBR and recently inducted in the Rodeo Hall of Fame. Walker, who also barrel raced in her younger years, says that painting her granddaughter's involvement in a sport, which is so representative of life in Tehama County, is a great honor and an emotional experience, recognizing that the mural will be there for years to come and likely beyond her own lifetime. "This is what the mural is all about — real people and happenings in the community," Sipes said. "As we were painting on the mural, we had a gentleman drive by and comment that we need to have a Red Bluff cowboy on horseback. We asked him to get us a photo and we'd see what we could do. That's exactly what we'd like to do. We are now painting areas that will need faces in the crowd and we'd like to make them local faces." The association is able to proceed because of grants made possible through funding received from the California Arts Council Arts License Plate Program with matching funds from the Tehama County Arts Council for the last three years. Pop artist Wayne Thiebaud designed the Arts License Plate, titled "Coastline." The proceeds from the fees for this specialty license plate benefit CAC programs for children and art organizations throughout California. Association are working with the Tehama Fairgrounds Community Alliance, which raises funds for the upkeep and improvement of the fairSee MURAL, page 9A SACRAMENTO — A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today, charging Andres Guzman, 27, of Southern California, with possessing cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court documents, on Aug. 1 a CHP patrol officer stopped Guzman near the Glenn and Tehama county lines after his vehicle was observed speeding on northbound Interstate 5. During the course of the traffic stop, a certified police canine handler walked his narcotics detection canine around the exterior of Guzman's vehicle. The narcotics detection dog alerted on Guzman's vehicle, indicating that narcotics were present inside the vehicle. A subsequent search of Guzman's vehicle revealed two hidden compartments in the back passenger area. CHP officers removed 30 See ARREST, page 9A Vista Academy to get school resource officer, anti-gang program By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer The Tehama County Board of Supervisors agreed to fund 50 percent of the salary for a new school resource police officer to be assigned to Vista Preparatory Academy. The officer will work for the Red Bluff Police Department, but half of his salary is coming from funds the county receives for AB 109 realignment. The remaining $40,000 will come through the city's Prop. 30 funding. At the school the officer will begin a Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) program. The Tehama County Board of Education has also leant support to the GREAT program, which will attempt to reach chilSee VISTA, page 9A Twin tunnel project and alternative proposals get airing By KATRINA CAMERON MediaNews Group CHICO — Concerned Californians from near and far filled the Masonic Family Center in Chico to gain a better understanding of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan and its twin tunnels. The BDCP is a proposal for habitat restoration and water delivery in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta over the next 50 years and a more natural flow of water, according to the plan's website. It also includes construction of water conveyance under the delta, from which two-thirds of the state currently receives water. The delta is vital to the state's economy and impacts the environment, said Jerry Meral, deputy secretary of 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 the California Resources Agency. "The Bay Delta Conservation Plan is an attempt to make our water supply more reliable," Meral said. Alternative solutions to solve the Delta dilemma were proposed by a panel of representatives, including Ara Azhderian, water policy administrator for the San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority; Jonas Minton, water policy adviser for the Planning and Conservation League; and Congressman Rep. John Garmendi, D-Fairfield. The general public was given an hour to add comments, ask questions that were answered by the panelists. A common concern is that the new pipes will suck the Delta dry, said Azhderian. There are rules in place, enforced by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, that won't allow that.. "We are public agen- cies," Azhederian said. "We're not going to operate in a way that's going to pump the river dry." Azherian's presentation focused on the expectations of water supply contractors, which suggested the BCDP can alleviate concerns about changing water rights. "The water is allocated and the water rights are associated to what the federal government holds," he said. Minton's proposal came from a packet he calls the portfolio approach, which focuses on the water supply liability in California and doesn't limit options for the MediaNewsgroup photo Rep. John Garamendi was among the panelists at the Understanding the Bay Delta Conservation Plan and Alternative Proposals on Wednesday at the Chico Family Masonic Center. Delta. "It was projected to cost $3 billion and provide the water exporters 1 million acre-feet more water," Minton said. "Now it's $25 billion with no guarantee or assurance that there will be any more water." He also discussed that because the BDCP project will cover 50 years, it's unsure who will make water decisions when it's all completed. "This is a 50-year permit," Minton said. "In fact, some of those decisions will be made by people who aren't even born yet." Garamendi, who lives in the delta, believes the BCDP is an extraordinary dangerous project and proposed a water plan that focuses on recycling water. "This is bigger than the Hoover Dam, or any damn dam," Garamendi said.