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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2010 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Below RED BLUFF Cottonwood Ranch Rodeo Hockey Preview SPORTS 1B Mostly Cloudy 74/52 Weather forecast 6A By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer CORNING — Police and drug agents raided Tehama County’s sole remaining store- front-style marijuana collective Tuesday, along with the home of its owner and a second property DAILYNEWS TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50¢ 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 Agents shut down pot collective in Rancho Tehama belonging to him. As of about 4 p.m. Tuesday, all the marijuana in Tehama Herbal Collective in Corning had been seized Agents also took paperwork, computers and more than $12,400 from the collective. Agents seized another 100 plants from a property on Elder Creek Circle in Rancho Tehama belonging to THC owner and Corning City Council Candidate Ken Prather, another $1,200 and records from his Walnut Street residence in Corning. “I’m pretty sure they have access to additional marijuana,” Tehama County Inter-agency Drug Enforcement team Acting Special Agent Supervisor Eric Maher said. served from a TIDE investiga- tion going back to 2009. Under- cover TIDE agents were report- edly able to purchase marijuana Maher said the warrants were Jubilee set for Saturday By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Tehama County Museum Foundation is adding a few things to the 29th annual Tehama County Jubilee, Saturday, Sept. 11, including the chance to see all six class- es of Corvettes. “We can’t wait,” said Museum Executive Direc- tor Pam Britting, who said it is rare to have a collec- tion like the one that has been scheduled for the Jubilee. The Serendipity Corvettes club will be bringing the cars for the show, which will be orga- nized by club members Bonnie and Joe Landing- ham of Red Bluff. A display will be set up from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. near the former Tehama County Jail at the west end of the museum in Habert Park. Everyone is encour- aged to come by to look at the Corvettes, visit with the owners or just relive warm memories from bygone days, Britting said. Opening ceremonies for the day will take place at 10 a.m. with the Tehama County Young Marines raising the flag and observing a moment of remembrance for 9/11. Another new event is the ‘Oink n’ Cluck’ bar- becue dinner, 4-6 p.m. with a cost of $12 for adults and $6 for children. “Everybody does tri- trip so we said we’ll try something different,” Britting said. “It’s going to be really good.” The Jubilee will con- tinue its pancake breakfast and hot dog and hamburg- er lunch with proceeds from all three meals going See JUBILEE, page 3A Tehama County fire grows to 150 acres MediaNews Group BUTTE MEADOWS — Five hundred fire- fighters have been assigned to the Windy Fire, which broke out at about noon Monday, six miles northwest of Butte Meadows in Tehama County. The fire has charred about 150 acres, accord- ing to the most recent report from Cal Fire. The blaze is north of Highway 32, at Windy Point, northwest of Windy Cut Lookout. Cal Fire information officer MaryAnn Aldrich said the fire is 25 percent contained, and there are no homes or cabins threatened. There have been two injures reported. Cal Fire expects the fire to be contained on Thursday. Traffic on Highway 32 has not been interrupted. U.S. Forest Service lookout Ken Jordan at Colby Mountain report- ed at about 9 a.m. today that smoke could be vis- ible to valley residents, but the fire is not threat- ening Highway 32. He said the fire is deep in the canyon, on the northwest side of Deer Creek, near Dead- horse Creek. As of this morning, he did not believe the fire had crossed the creek. On Monday, Jordan saw parachute smoke- jumpers deployed to the fire, air tankers were in See FIRE, page 3A 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power “starter” plants that year from THC employees, even though the agents had no medical mari- juana recommendations. Agents reportedly purchased marijuana from THC on another six occasions without recom- See POT, page 3A DUI campaign nets 27 arrests By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Tehama County Avoid the Five Summer/Labor Day DUI campaign netted 27 arrests with seven arrest- ed over the holiday weekend. The campaign, which started Aug. 20, concluded at midnight Monday. Saturday’s Avoid the Five release showed the arrest of Maria Valdez, 30, of Yakima, Wash., Stephen G. Kennan, 49, of Los Molinos and Darliene Maffett, 45, of Red Bluff. Of the three arrested by California High- way Patrol, Valdez was the only one involved in a col- lision. A release on Sunday showed Aaron Welch, 24, of Red Bluff who had been arrested by Red Bluff Police had been involved in a collision. A total of seven people were arrested after being in a collision during the time See DUI, page 3A Violence mars Labor Day weekend By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer Courtesy photos Above: Virginia Mossman, a Tehama County Museum volunteer, organizes the delights and delectables offered for sale in Judy's Country Store at the 29th annual Tehama Jubilee. Below: Several Corvettes, such as the one pictured here, will be on display. The beginning and end of Labor Day weekend saw a pair of violent but unrelat- ed incidents, according to police reports. • Police are investigating the attempted murder of a 50-year-old Red Bluff man. Charles Joseph Bronzi, 50, was reportedly sleeping in a tent Tuesday morning on the East Sand Slough north of Antelope Boule- vard. Someone reportedly approached his tent around 3 a.m. and fired off four gun shots, according to a press release issued by Sgt. Dan Flowerdew. By Bronzi’s account, only one bullet penetrated the tent but it almost struck him, Flowerdew said. Bronzi’s report matches multiple callers who report- ed hearing three gun shots at the same time in the larger Antelope Boulevard and Sale Lane area. At that time, police were unable to find evidence of gunfire. Anyone with informa- tion regarding the incident is asked to call the Red Bluff Police Department at 527- 3131. • An 82-year-old man was reportedly threatened with a shotgun and knives Friday evening on Richfield Road. Manuel Pulido called the Sheriff’s Department just before 7 p.m. to report someone tried to kill him, according to department logs. After the suspect drove away from the residence and back, deputies reached the suspect by phone and he told deputies he was suici- dal and armed. Police later learned he had taken a handful of pills. Logs show a five-hour stand-off ensued, lasting past midnight, when a med- ical team entered the build- ing and transported the sus- pect to St. Elizabeth Com- See LABOR, page 3A Ranch Rodeo benefit in Cottonwood Cottonwood Ranch Rodeo benefit for Curt Casey is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 9, at the Bob Jones Arena in Cot- tonwood. This will be the last chance to get into the WSRRA Finals in November. You do not need to be a member of the WSRRA to compete. Cost is $500 per team with buckles for top four- man team competing in team branding, sorting and roping, big loop cow roping and ranch doctor- ing. Cost is $100 for saddle bronc riders with a buck- le to the winner. Enter early, as the competition is limited to first 30 paid riders. Women and Junior steer stopping jackpotted cost is $25. Team entries, limited to 25 teams, close Oct. 1. For more information on entries or rules, call Sandy Miller at 775 273- 7359. 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