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TUESDAY Fox Treatment Common One NOVEMBER 5, 2013 Masters Championship Vitality Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Mostly sunny 71/47 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 Meeting set to discuss secession issues By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer The Tehama County Board of Supervisors is hosting a special meeting to discuss issues related to the secession or withdrawal from the State of California. County Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin said the meeting will be informational only, with no action taken. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13 at the Board Chambers, 727 Oak St. in Red Bluff. The meeting will be a special joint meeting with the Red Bluff, Corning and Tehama city councils. Tom Knorr, a spokesman for the withdrawal movement, is scheduled to give a presentation. In September the Sikiyou County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 in favor of a resolution to break a group of Northern California counties away from the state to form the new State of Jefferson. The resolution lists an illegal fire tax, property rights violations, assaults on Second Amendment rights, the removal of Klamath River dams and aggressive regulations as reasons for the separation. Modoc County Supervisors passed a similar resolution a Students to go Chrome few weeks later. The State of Jefferson concept isn't new and in some proposals includes counties from southern Oregon. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailynews.co m. Pair arrested in armed robbery A 25-year-old Red Bluff man flashed a firearm, later determined to be a pellet gun, at a Walmart employee Friday morning before fleeing to a getaway vehicle driven by a 24-year-old Red Bluff woman. Around 8:48 a.m. Red Bluff Police officers were called to Walmart for a reported theft in progress, according to a department press release. Upon arrival officers located the suspect's vehicle leaving the area behind Big 5 Sporting Goods. Officers conducted a high risk stop of the vehicle with the assistance of K-9 unit Many and detained Aaron William Ashby and Ana Renee Spangle. The investigation revealed that Ashby had stolen See PAIR, page 7A RB trio faces charges in Chico robbery MediaNews Group Courtesy photo Special to the DN A year after a test pilot program, Jackson Heights and other schools in the Red Bluff Elementary School District are rolling out new technology with the use of Google Chromebooks in the classroom. "We are implementing the chromebooks district-wide," Red Bluff Elementary Superintendent William McCoy said. "We will have nearly 1,000 by Jan. 1 and by June 2014 hope to have one for every student at Vista Preparatory Academy." The Chromebooks come in handy in helping students participate, he said. "I am seeing a much higher level of engagement from our students in the classrooms where technology is available versus what I saw even two years ago," McCoy said. " The use of technology is important as it will help students to be better prepared for high school, college, careers and as students since the world they live in today is a very digital world, he said. "With all of the knowledge at their fingertips, it would be negligent on our part to deny access to technology," McCoy said. "By providing technology and access to our students, we are not only providing them with a better foundation for learning, but an equal chance at success." Alethea Vazquez is a fourth/fifth combination class teacher and Tech Liaison at Jackson Heights and she enjoys using Chromebooks in the classroom, she said. "Having the chromebooks is a total blessing," Vazquez said. "We don't have a one-to-one ratio yet, but we do have a one-to-one feel See CHROME, page 7A CHICO — Two Red Bluff men have been identified among three suspects who allegedly robbed two women at gunpoint Friday night at the Holiday Inn, 685 Manzanita Court. Dylan Hoffman-Neff, 21, Matthew Servian, 18, and an unidentified juvenile were arrested soon after allegedly knocking on the door of a room at the hotel, forcing their way inside and demanding money and cellphones from the occupants at about 6:20 p.m., according to the Chico Police Department. One man reportedly brandished a handgun. The women gave up their cellphones and the males allegedly fled. Hoffman-Neff, Servian and the juvenile were detained without incident near the Best Western parking lot, 25 Heritage Lane, across the Highway 99 Freeway from the Holiday Inn, according to police. An officer on his way to the incident spotted three people who matched the description of the suspects. Servian was reportedly found with a handgun in his possession, according to the Chico Police Department. Hoffman-Neff and Servian, who were booked into Butte County Jail in Oroville, face robbery and weapons charges. The juvenile, who was not identified because of his age, was taken to Butte County Juvenile Hall in Oroville. Photo fundraiser Feds slash sardine harvest along West Coast for local shelter Courtesy photo Santa Paws came to town Saturday. PETS, the local group that raises funds to support the Tehama County Animal Care Center, partnered with The Daily News to take and email photos of pets at Rotary of Red Bluff's Cone & Kimball Plaza. More than 40 pet owners showed up with dogs and cats to have their photos taken with Santa by local photographer Mandi Selvester. The $5 charge per pet photo went to support the missions of PETS. News tip? Call 527-2151 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Federal fisheries managers slashed upcoming West Coast sardine harvests by two-thirds while scientists try to get a better handle on indications the population is significantly dwindling. The Pacific Fishery Management Council voted 7-6 Sunday in Costa Mesa, Calif., to set the commercial harvest level for California, Oregon and Washington at 5,446 metric tons for the first six months of 2014, down from 18,073 metric tons for the same period in 2013. The issue will be taken up again after a new and more complete population assessment is issued in April. Council member Marci Yaremko of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife says the council decided to take an even more precautionary approach than management guidelines call for because the current assessment was lacking some information, such as surveys showing too few sardines are being born to replace the ones that are caught or eaten by other fish. ''Nothing is suggesting In this Aug. 22, 2007 AP file photo, freshly caught sardines await sorting at West Bay Marketing in Astoria, Ore. Federal fisheries managers have cut the upcoming West Coastsardine harvest by two-thirds out of concern the fish are entering a periodic population decline related to climatic conditions. the biomass is stable,'' said Yaremko, who made the motion to cut the harvest. ''Everything suggests a decline.'' Harvests are valued at $9 million to $15 million a year. Most of the fish are exported to Asia, where some are canned and others are used as tuna bait. It's unclear how the move will affect about 60 boats that target sardines and related species, said David Crabbe, who represents the California fishing industry on the council. It depends on whether fishermen can catch enough anchovies, mackerel and squid to make up the difference. Crabbe had offered an amendment calling for a higher harvest level based strictly on the stock assessment and management guidelines, but it was voted down. ''I think everybody, including myself, wanted See FEDS, page 7A