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TUESDAY OCTOBER 26, 2010 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Creepy Critters See Inside American Profile RED BLUFF NAL tennis championship See Sports Mostly Sunny 64/40 Weather forecast 8B 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 Return of the zombies SUVs float down Thomes Creek Two Corning women were cold, but not injured after being rescued early Monday morning after their vehicles floated down stream at Thomes Creek. The Tehama County Sheriff’s Department received a cell phone call from Deidre Pendergraft, 49, at 6:14 a.m. who reported that she was stuck after trying to drive her white Nissan SUV through Thomes Creek at Hall Road. Pendergraft was driving north on a dirt portion of Hall Road that had become flooded after the past two days of rain when she became stuck, a Tehama County Sheriff’s Depart- ment release said. As CalFire and a Tehama County Sheriff’s Deputy were arriving on scene, a second vehicle, a red Nissan SUV dri- ven by Angelica Rodriguez, 28, was just beginning to float down stream, the release said. The second vehicle floated about 100 feet before it became stuck on a gravel bar. The Tehama County Sheriff’s Department boating unit were assisted by CalFire in rescuing the women. Tehama County Public Works sent out a release just before 7 a.m. that Hall Road is closed at the Thomes Creek Crossing due to flooding. —Julie Zeeb Lucero Olive Oil to open store and tasting room By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Lucero Olive Oil will be making company history on Nov. 6 and 7 when it opens a store and a tasting room at the same location as its mill, located 2120 Loleta Avenue. “It’s a dream come true to have anyone come in and taste our products and educate them,” said Dewey Lucero the founder of the company. “This is what I wanted to do and it’s a passion of mine too. We’d like to invite the public to come and meet the family at the grand opening.” Lucero is a third generation olive grower, but has ties to Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Zombies from the BareStage Theatre Haunted House attack a victim Monday during a practice run through.The Haunted House, located at 225 Walnut St., is open 6 to 9 p.m. tonight through Halloween. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer If you saw people who were torn- up, bloodied and looked like they might be dead crawling through Wal- mart and Food Maxx Monday evening there was really no reason to be alarmed. It was just members of the BareStage Theatre practicing for tonight’s opening performance of the group’s haunted house It is the only haunted house this year in Tehama County and an inex- pensive way for kids and families to have a safe and fun and very spooky season, said Artistic Director Bryon Burruss. “It’ll be a good time,” Burruss said. “We did a haunted house two years ago at Heartfelt Designs that was enor- mously successful. This is scarier and a lot more realistic so we hope those who came two years ago will return.” The premise is that a clinic has opened in Red Bluff to help those who may have been infected with the H5N6 virus that turns the victims in brain-craving zombies. And, of course, during audiences’ visits, some- thing goes terribly wrong. As participants are led from the waiting room to other locations in the clinic there are hidden dangers includ- ing four zombies in one location and at least three in another section, Burruss said. The cast, which has 16 people, is made up of a variety of ages and while most are first timers there are at least three returning from the previous haunted house, he said. The haunted house begins tonight and runs from 6 to 9 p.m. nightly through Halloween at 225 Walnut St., between Main and Rio streets, across from the All State office on Walnut and two doors down from Minch Property Management on Main Street. Since the haunted house is indoors the show will go on rain or shine and there is even an awning outdoors so guests will be protected even while they are purchasing tickets, he said. Hot dogs, popcorn and sodas will be available before, during and after people visit the haunted house, which cost $5 for children 12 and under, $6 for 13-17 year-olds and $7 for those 18 and older. The event should take between 20 and 25 minutes for groups of about a dozen to make their way through. More information is available at www.barestage.com. olives on both sides of the family. Many of the local olives in Tehama County come from nursery owned by Lucero’s maternal grandfather and his paternal grandfather was a part of bringing the first mechan- ical mill to California. The Lucero family has cultivated olives since 1964 and until opening the olive oil company sold most of them for canning, pressing only a few of the olives for their own use, a press release said. In 2005, Lucero, who was previously employed as a mechanical engineer and had been laid off, came up with the idea to start the company. Many of its bottles of olive oil were stored down the street at his parents home in the beginning, but expansion led to the products being stored in the building that had originally housed its mill. “We hit the market at the right time,” Lucero said. “When I first started five years ago I had no idea it would happen this quickly This has been beyond my wildest dream.” A huge part of the success can be attributed to his part- ners and the employees. “We’re luck to have the employee, consultants and every- one who has helped us put it together,” Lucero said. The ribbon cutting for the grand opening is set for 9:55 a.m. Saturday and Sunday (Nov. 6-7) and when the doors open at 10 a.m. customers will be able to meet Lucero, his dad, Bob, and grandfather, Anthony, for whom Anthony’s Blend is named for. See OLIVE, page 7A Gerber students have fun fighting peer pressure By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Students are learning a valuable lesson this week about staying drug free as they celebrate Red Rib- bon Week. At Gerber Elementary School students partici- pated in fun activities Monday to kick off the week-long anti-drug edu- cation campaign. Inside an inflatable jousting ring students knocked out tobacco, and they ran away from drugs in a bounce house obsta- cle course. These activities show students how to have fun by doing other things instead of things that are bad for them, said student council media representa- tive Jenny McCluskey. “(Students) need to know drugs aren’t good for you, and even if your friend or other people pressure you into doing it, you shouldn’t do it,” McCluskey said. Among the fun activi- ties was an educational booth by the public health division of the Tehama County Health Services Agency providing infor- mation on the bad effects of drugs and tobacco. Teachers, staff and par- ents helped coordinate the fun day. Parent Anja Eklund, who was wearing pink slippers and oversee- ing the “A Minute to Win It” game said it only takes a minute to make a good decision. In the game, stu- dents had to pick up six penne pasta pieces using a spaghetti noodle held between their teeth in one minute. Monday’s theme was giving drugs the slip, and everyone was encouraged to wear slippers to school, said the school’s tobacco educator Christy Ulloa. Other themes include crazy socks day for sock- ing away drugs. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.c om. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Daily News photo by Tang Lor Travis Fite and Eric Spencer in the jousting ring show how they would say no to drugs by knocking out tobacco. COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR Smog Inspection $ 2595 + cert. (MOST CARS & PICK-UPS) Pass or FREE retest 195 S. 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