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THURSDAY Kingston Trio at Perfection State Theatre OCTOBER 24, 2013 Pastimes Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Sunny 84/47 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 Former mayor sentenced for drug trafficking By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer A former mayor of Red Bluff and his wife were sentenced Oct. 16 to 45 days in jail each for drug trafficking charges in Minnesota. The Farmers Independent in Bagley, Minn. reports Jeff Martin Moyer, 57 and Maureen Marie Moyer, 59 were sentenced to serve the jail time in Clearwater County Jail and pay fines of $2,500, plus various fees. Moyer served as Red Bluff's mayor from December 2009 until December 2010, a month after he was defeated in a City Council election. He was appointed to the council in 2006, following the council's decision not to hold an located on a couch in Shevlin, election because only next to Maureen Minn. three qualified candiMoyer. Trackdates had applied for "I've been advised ing devices the three open posinot to comment on w e r e tions. anything based on attached to The Moyers pled pending litigation," telephones guilty to one count of Moyer told the Daily belonging transporting marijuaNews Wednesday to Jeff na and selling it on afternoon. Moyer and Sept. 18. The Moyers have l a w The couple were been on conditional e n f o r c e - Maureen Moyer charged on April 18 Jeff Moyer release since April 18. m e n t for transporting and Those conditions b e g a n selling around 20 pounds of marijuana to a cooper- tracking their travel from Califor- included not entering bars or liquor stores, no alcohol use and nia to Minnesota. ating defendant. The Moyers were arrested after no possession of alcohol or drugs. According to the complaints, Over the summer Jeff Moyer the cooperating defendant provid- a search warrant was executed at ed information regarding their their Shevlin residence. Confiden- spearheaded the inaugural Tap source of supply and identified the tial funds given to the cooperating into Tehama microbrew festival in Moyers, who also owned property defendant to pay the Moyers were Red Bluff. Cowdog Rodear Competition For full story on hearing, see page 7A The festival was a fundraiser in conjunction with the Round-Up Saloon to restore the historic Odd Fellows Building in downtown Red Bluff, where Moyer serves as Grand Noble. More than 625 people attended the event, which sold tickets for $35 and $40, according to organizers. Moyer emailed the Daily News See MAYOR, page 7A Meet Saturday on RB dog park By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer For the second time in a decade Rich and Nancy Henley are leading an effort to bring a dog park to Red Bluff. The couple is looking for others who would like to see the park become a reality and are hosting a Red Bluff Dog Park kickoff meeting at 2 p.m. Saturday between the Vista Preparatory Academy playground and Frey Field. That area was weeded out as the potential site for a dog park when the Henleys approached the Red Bluff Parks and Recreation Commission earlier this year. "The obvious reason we chose this park is because it's excess land," Commissioner Bob Martin said. See DOG, page 7A Library auction, social Courtesy photo Special to the Daily News The California Heat Chorus will be sing the National Anthem, as the Tehama County Young Marines Color Guard stands proud, at the opening ceremony of the Paws For A Cause Top Cowdog Rodear Competition at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Tehama District Fairground. Admission will be free, with donations received for the Back to School Project. There will be a Calcutta Auction, where spectators can place bids for bragging rights, to cast votes for the contestants they think will win. The Sweet Adeline singers will travel to the event from the Oregon border, Mount Shasta and the Redding area as well as from Chico, Durham and Paradise. Rodear is a Spanish word, meaning to circle or surround. Like cutting, and many other rodeo events, rodear was born out of real ranch work activities. It reflects the temperament, skill, and the cow savvy of high desert cowboys of Nevada and California, who once drove cattle herds hundreds of miles. There is an emphasis on low stress handling of cattle. "It is a showcase of the brilliance of the cow dog, the cattlemen's compassion for his horse, his dog and the livestock they handle," says dog trainer and rancher Merle Newton of Red Bluff. At the annual Red Bluff Bull Sale, the working of the cowdogs is a popular feature. The solo skills of the dogs are on display, as they respond to given commands. The sport of rodear differs, as it requires the active cooperation of the handler, the horse and the cowdog to complete a set of determined tasks. In a rodear competition, num- bered cattle are sorted, then brought into the arena, where they are maneuvered through a series of obstacles designed to test the stockman skills of handler and dog, while keeping the cattle under control. The public is invited to enjoy the rodear competition, the roller derby and go cart races, as well as the annual fiddle competition festival at the fairgrounds throughout the day. The Paws For A Cause Rodear Cowdog Competition will be presented by Rodear America, and the Back to School Project. A barbecue lunch will be available for purchase on site, prepared by the Junior Class of Mercy High School, raising funds for the school prom. Information can be found at www.rodearamerica.com or at 530529-4074. The Rodear America Cow Dog Association is also on Facebook. Courtesy photo The Friends of the Library will hold an Ice Cream Social and Silent Auction 1-4 p.m. Sunday at the Red Bluff Branch of the Tehama County Library. Please come out and support the fundraising efforts for your new library. Don't miss the wonderful silent auction items as the holidays are fast approaching. California prisons to change pepper spray rules SACRAMENTO (AP) — California prison officials said Wednesday that they will change the rules for using pepper spray on mentally ill inmates, as a federal judge considers whether current practices violate inmates' civil rights. The corrections department will limit how much pepper spray can be used and how quickly, said spokeswoman Deborah Hoffman. The rules are still 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 being written and would not apply to emergency situations. The state's announcement comes as U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton ordered corrections officials to publicly release videos that show prison guards pumping pepper spray into the cells of mentally disturbed inmates, some of whom begin shrieking or yelling for help. The videos were shown during a hearing over the use of force against mentally ill inmates. The state's own expert said in court doc- uments that guards routinely use canisters of pepper spray the size of a fire extinguisher on unarmed inmates when a much smaller quantity could be used. ''Obviously, it's our goal to use a minimal amount of force. Having it spelled out may help these situations stay more in control,'' Hoffman said. Michael Bien, one of the attorneys representing mentally ill inmates, praised the move but said it doesn't go far enough. ''It's a big step, and I think that it's a significant admission that the department needed to reform,'' he said. However, the department is ''kind of finetuning how they use pepper spray'' instead of asking, ''is this the type of weapon they ought to be using or are there other ways to avoid use of force?'' The weekslong hearing grew out of Karlton's decision in April to reject Gov. Jerry Brown's effort to end court oversight of prison mental health treatment. In the course of contesting that move, Bien said attorneys representing mentally ill inmates discovered new problems. A separate ongoing federal lawsuit challenges the state's medical treatment of inmates. Both cases prompted federal judges to rule that overcrowding is the main source of inadequate care, forcing the state to greatly reduce its prison population. The department also recently announced that it will seek to give more privileges to inmates who are held in disciplinary isolation units but have done nothing wrong. The change applies to inmates who sometimes are held in administra- tive segregation units because, for instance, they could be attacked by other inmates or are related to a prison employee. The rule change was proposed after inmates engaged in a lengthy hunger strike this summer over conditions for gang leaders and others held in segregation. A new designation, known as Non-Disciplinary Segregation, will let those inmates buy more items from the prison canteen, keep more personal property and have more telephone contact with those outside prison.