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MONDAY JANUARY 24, 2011 Breaking news at: New Treatments for Depression Vitality www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 6A RED BLUFF Rodgers to Super Bowl SPORTS 1B Mostly sunny 69/44 Weather forecast 6B By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Tehama County Supervisors are preparing for an anticipated lawsuit from a woman who was seriously injured by a county TRAX bus near Red Bluff in 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 Woman hit by bus files claim against county November. Marci May Grell, 31, of Cot- tonwood, filed a $7.1 million claim with the county that was rejected during a regular supervi- sors meeting, Jan. 11, and later discussed in closed session. County Counsel William Mur- phy announced during a special Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday that the board has autho- rized him to represent the county in defense for the anticipated law- suit. Grell was struck by a regional transit bus while she was helping two accident victims Nov. 9, 2010, on Highway 99E near Dairyville. The claim states that Carol Lasora, 68, of Los Molinos, driver of the county-owned bus that struck Grell, was negligent. In the incident, Grell was “dragged under the bus and essen- Rodeo honors Owens tially scalped,” states the claim filed in December by Grell’s attor- ney at Altemus & Wagner of Red- ding. Damages listed include $3 mil- lion for pain, suffering, anxiety See BUS, page 5A City to mull homeless zone By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Discussion of rezoning a vacant lot on Breckenridge Street that could become the site of a homeless shelter will come before the Red Bluff Planning Commission Tuesday. The commission will consider a rezone of the area at 320 Breckenridge St., which, if approved, would allow the Poor and the Homeless, or PATH, to build a year round shelter on site. See ZONE, page 5A Men arrested after medical call By ANDREA WAGNER Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Casey Moore grips the state flag during opening ceremonies for the final short-go program of the JP Ranch Rodeo Saturday. Moore is one of several grandchildren of the late Jim Owens, the man for whom the Jim Owens Memorial Ranch Rodeo was named. By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Fans, family and supporters frat- ernized and cheered as the finale of the 16th annual Jim Owens Memo- rial Ranch Rodeo was underway Saturday evening at the Tehama District Fairground’s Pauline Davis Pavilion. The event, which ran Friday through Saturday, was created in honor of Jim Owens, a longtime Tehama County cattle rancher who died in 1996. JP was the brand he used for his cattle, and the event is often called the JP Ranch Rodeo. Competitors from several West- ern states form the 26 teams of three that take part in herd counting, calf branding, ranch sorting, ranch horse class, dally calf roping, ranch doctoring and ranch bronc riding. This year a team from ENG It’s lights out for the incandescent bulb in Calif LOS ANGELES (AP) — The brightest bulb in most homes for more than a century is fading toward darkness this year as Cali- fornia turns out the light on the century-old incandes- cent. Beginning Jan. 1, the state began phasing out cer- tain energy-sucking bulbs, federal standards the rest of the country will enact next year. Manufacturers will no longer make the traditional 100-watt bulb and stores will eventually sell out of current supplies. Con- sumers will have to choose from more efficient bulbs that use no more than 72 watts, including halogen incandescents, compact flu- orescents and light-emitting diode, or LED, bulbs. ‘‘These standards will help cut our nation’s electric bill by over $10 billion a year and will save the equiv- alent electricity as 30 large power plants,’’ said Noah Horowitz a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council. ‘‘That translates into a whole lot less global warming pollu- tion being emitted.’’ The change is part of the federal Energy Indepen- dence and Security Act that President George Bush signed in 2007, to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. California was allowed to adopt the national standard one year earlier. The act requires new bulbs to use 25 to 30 percent less energy beginning in 2012 nationally — starting with the 100-watt bulb. By 2014, other incandescent bulbs, including the 75-, 60- and 40-watt, will also be phased out across the coun- try. Some specialty bulbs, however, will continue to be available. Consumers will still be able to get smaller lights such as yellow bug lights and aquarium bulbs. Light bulb manufactur- ers said they haven’t gotten 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See BULB, page 5A Ranches of San Miguel took the top spot overall, edging out Red Bluff’s own Antelope Creek Cattle Co. team, which placed second. Third place went to Cross Five Ranch of Walnut Grove. Lee Whitney, 25, of King City, a member of the team from Rice/Sparrowk Ranches in Clements, was awarded the 2011 See RODEO, page 5A DN Staff Writer Police arrested two men Saturday — an injured man who punched his arm through an ambulance win- dow and a man who fought police officers as they helped the injured man. Red Bluff Police offi- cers found David Russo, 42, of Huntington Beach, with a head injury at 2:13 a.m. lying on the east side of the 900 block of Wash- ington Street, a police press release said. As they attended to Russo, Robert Rineer, 55, of Red Bluff rushed toward the officers and told them to leave Russo alone. Rineer ignored multiple commands to leave the area, police said. As he charged toward officers, they ordered him to get on the ground, but Rineer refused and became com- bative. Officers got control of him and arrested him for resisting, obstructing and delaying a peace officer in the performance of his duties. Meanwhile, Russo had been put into an ambu- lance. Before he was taken to St. Elizabeth Communi- ty Hospital, he became agi- tated and punched his arm through a laminate glass rear window of the ambu- lance, a police press release said. Russo was treated at the hospital for his original head injury and injuries incurred from breaking the ambulance window. Then he was arrested and charged with public intoxi- cation and vandalism. Rineer and Russo were booked into the Tehama County Jail. Bail was set at $5,000 for Rineer and $10,250 for Russo. Community concert features joy of sax The Tehama County Community Concert Association presents Saxophobia, a Saxo- phone showcase, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the First Church of God, 1005 S. Jackson St., in Red Bluff. Saxophobia offers audiences a rare glimpse at some of the most unusual saxophones ever made and plays tribute to some of the great jazz legends who contributed to the development of jazz and popularity of the sax. Robert Verdi will be on sax, accompanied by piano, bass and drums, in an exploration of more than a half century of classic jazz melodies. More than 10 different instruments will be fea- tured including a tiny curved sopranino, slide sax, connosax, plastic alto, straight tenor and even a 6.5-foot-tall con- trabass saxophone. Verdi will be joined by some of his friends in the Side Street Strutters Jazz Band. Tickets for the Tehama County Community Con- cert Association are sold on a membership basis and single concert tickets are only available through special arrange- Courtesy photo ment. The association has about 475 members this season. Membership drives are done in late March for the following season, which is September through April. For more information call 727-8727 or visit tehamacommunitycon- certs.org. • Everyday Cheapskate • Coupon Queen • Gleaners The Daily News - On your side when times are tough QuickBooks Class Six Wednesdays (1-26-11 to 3-2-11) Time: 5:15 pm to 7:15 pm Cost: $99.00 per person Job Training Center, 718 Main St., Red Bluff Call 529-7000