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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2010 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Below RED BLUFF RBUHS Show Opens Tonight League Champs SPORTS 1B Isolated Rain 62/45 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 Child succumbs to Hwy 99 injuries Drivers in both allegedly caused by a drunken driver. crashes had prior DUIs By KATY SWEENY MediaNews Group BUTTE COUNTY — A 7- year-old died Wednesday from injuries suffered in a Sunday night crash north of Chico The crash had already claimed the life of the boy’s mother and her fiancé. His 6- year-old brother remains in the hospital. Robert Barnes, 25, of Corn- ing was arraigned in the case Wednesday in Butte County Superior Court on three charges of murder, three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated with two prior con- ‘Hodge, his last drunken driving occurred one year ago to the day of this one’ Butte County DAMike Ramsey victions, and one count of dri- ving under the influence caus- ing injury. Barnes was driving a full- size Dodge pickup shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday on High- way 99 near Broyles Road, when it collided head-on with a GMC Sonoma pickup. Rogelio Herrera, 29, and Ice rink planned Sarai Alvarez, 31, were trapped in the GMC and found dead by emergency personnel. Alvarez’s children, Cristian Zaizar, 7, and Emanuel Zaizar Alvarez, 6, were in the back seat and were taken to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento with major injuries. Cristian died at the hospital and Emanuel is still in critical condition. A medical center spokes- See CHILD, page 7A 4 arrested in attack of boy CORNING — Police are still looking for one of five boys involved in attacking a 15-year-old Corning boy at 4:48 p.m. Tuesday in the area of Columbia Avenue, south of Fig Lane. An officer on routine patrol saw a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed that passed the officer going north on Columbia near Fig. As the officer turned to follow the vehicle it ran a See BOY, page 7A Fairground mulls security system By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Tehama District Courtesy photo The former Red Bluff Ford dealership in north Red Bluff may one day house a year-round ice rink, if local businessman Don Williams’ plans come to fruition. By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer If everything goes as planned, the former Red Bluff Ford building that has been vacant for more than a year could open with new opportu- nities. Local businessman Don Williams is proposing to turn the vacant building into a year-round ice rink and special events center. Though he has not purchased the property or figured out the exact cost of the entire project, Williams said he is taking the necessary small steps toward making the plan hap- pen. Williams is in the process of drawing up a contract with Wells Fargo Bank, which owns the prop- erty, and is hopeful he can close the deal soon. As for creating the ice rink, Williams has already surveyed the building with engineers and said he would have to extend the south and west walls of the building to make it more square shaped. Though he intends to operate the Fresno State student body president an illegal immigrant FRESNO (AP) — The popular student body president at California State University, Fresno has publicly revealed a personal detail he long sought to keep secret: He is an illegal immigrant. Pedro Ramirez, 22, previously told campus administrators in confi- dence that he was con- cerned about going public with his immigration sta- tus after winning the top post in student govern- ment. But that changed Tues- day when The Collegian, the newspaper at the largest university in Cali- fornia’s prolific farming region, disclosed his sta- tus after receiving an anonymous e-mail. ‘‘I don’t want this issue to be about me,’’ Ramirez told The Associated Press Wednesday. ‘‘This is a big, big issue that should have been addressed a long time ago. My goal is to bring awareness to that.’’ Ramirez was expected to appear Friday at a cam- pus rally in support of the federal ‘‘DREAM Act,’’ which would create a path to citizenship for young people living in the coun- try illegally who attend college or join the mili- tary. Meanwhile, student leaders were preparing for impromptu immigration debates Wednesday at an Associated Students Inc. meeting that Ramirez was expected to attend. Ramirez, who has a dual major in political sci- ence and agricultural eco- nomics, came to the U.S. with his family from a See FRESNO, page 7A 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power ice rink year round, a special floor- ing can be laid over the ice, trans- forming the space into a multi-func- tion special events venue, including a concert hall. The venue would be able to seat about 24,000 people, Williams said. But Williams has to do all this before someone else comes sweep- ing in. The City Council Tuesday for- mally adopted a rezone of freeway commercial areas, which includes See RINK, page 7A Fairboard spent part of Tuesday’s meeting dis- cussing the Oct. 27 break- in and what the board would do regarding secu- rity at the fairgrounds. “This is the second time there’s been trouble there,” Eidman said. “I’m thinking it’s time we did something.” Several of the five board members present agreed, including Gerald Sanders who suggested putting up a camera some- where in the area around the shop. Pete Dagorret said, while cameras may cap- ture images, the fair- ground should get some kind of security system. Dagorret, who owns a Napa Auto Parts store in Corning, said his business has an alarm system and, while there have been attempts to break in, none have been successful. The only thing ever to be stolen was a camera mounted outside the building, he said. During the Oct. 27 break-in, someone cut the locks, which was discov- ered by the first mainte- nance man coming to work about 6:45 a.m., Eidman said. Locks were missing at the front gate, shop gate and front and back of the shop, but the most notice- able thing missing was a white 1993 Dodge pickup truck, which still has not been located, Eidman said. The pickup, license E905567, had a black rack on the back with a white toolbox and a bro- See FAIR, page 7A Students present holiday show By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The cast of Red Bluff Union High School will be open its fall play, “Sea- son’s Greetings,” in the Performing Arts Center tonight. “It’s been a lot of fun putting it together and the kids have been working really hard,” said Director Cleo Gambetta. “I just hope that the community will come out and support them.” The play, written by Alan Ayckbourn, tells the story of Neville and Belinda as half-a-dozen friends and relatives and a young writer named Clive gather together to cele- brate Christmas. Set between Christmas Eve and Dec. 27 the play is full of petty and not so petty squabbles, the rifling of Christmas pre- sents and an incident in which a trigger-happy uncle named Harvey shoots Clive, thinking Clive is a looter. According to the pro- gram, the highlights of the show include a “chaoti- cally incompetent puppet Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Red Bluff Union High School cast members of the production Season’s Greetings practice a scene in which Neville and Belinda, played by Tiyo Rowe and Madison Shea, family and friends watch television. show and a midnight love scene.” Actress Ashiah Scharaga, a senior who plays Neville’s sister Phyllis, said she enjoys being a part of the show, especially the part where her character tries to get another to sing with a dancing, squawking par- rot puppet. Scharaga first per- formed as a singer in a school production during her sophomore year, but took on roles in the school’s dramas during her junior year. “I’m sad that this is my last year, but I look for- ward to being involved in drama in college,” Scharaga said. “What I really like about acting is when you get to the point See SHOW, page 7A