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TUESDAY The Skinny on Sugar JANUARY 21, 2014 Niners Hurting Vitality Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Sunny 73/38 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 Crowded house Cops chase truck through downtown A 27-year-old Red Bluff man was arrested after leading police officers on a pursuit Sunday morning. Samuel R. Ranberg was arrested and charged with felony evading a police officer around 11:30 a.m. after starting a pursuit near Aloha and Jackson streets. Red Bluff Police officers attempted to stop a 1989 GMC truck he was driving regarding a disturbance he was reportedly involved in, according to a department press release. See CHASE, page 7A Legislative deadline nears for hundreds of bills Daily News photo by Andre Byik Filmmaker John Beck, left, takes questions after a screening of his documentary film "The Monks of Vina" on Saturday at the State Theatre for the Arts in Red Bluff. Also pictured are Abbot Father Paul Mark Schwan and winemaker Aimee Sunseri. Movie about Vina monks packs theater By ANDRE BYIK DN Staff Writer When Bay Area filmmaker and journalist John Beck was filming his documentary on winemaking by monks in the dusty town of Vina, as the film's narrator says, he wondered whether anyone would actually see it. After successful showings at the Napa Valley Film Festival last year, the State Theatre for the Arts in Red Bluff presented "The Monks of Vina" to about 500 moviegoers Saturday night. Beck could be seen taking photos of the audience before the theater's lights dimmed. "This is my third documentary and this is the largest audience of humans," Beck said during a Qand-A session after the show. "I did … a film on an ugly dog contest and it was an outdoor screening. We had 600 tickets sold, but half of them were dogs." The documentary follows the brotherhood of Trappist monks at the Abbey of New Clairvaux, located about 20 miles south of Red Bluff, through the harvesting of their vineyard and production of their wine. As harvest looms, and then hits, it's learned that Leland Stanford's efforts in the late 1800s to produce world-class wine in the Vina area were a bust. But here are the monks, picking grapes in the sweltering heat of the upper Sacramento Valley, and packing box after box of bottles with the New Clairvaux label. The wine, the monks say, is viewed as freedom. It also sustains the monastery. Beck previously directed the 2012 film "Harvest," which documented an all-female grape picking crew in Sonoma County. His interest in Vina, he said, was piqued when he was sent an article about New Clairvaux. "I thought, Wow, with the previous film with 'Harvest' I used harvest as a backdrop and explored social issues, immigration issues, class issues," Beck said. "So I thought, What if I could use harvest as a backdrop and explore kind of the spiritual side of winemaking?" The film quickly dispels the pop- ular conception of monks being "half dead," as one put it. Beck interviews a monk who was a semipro ballplayer, another who connects with his brothers at the monastery through photography, and one who found a longtime hobby in art. Before winemaking, those at the monastery milked cows to support themselves. After that, they moved to walnuts and prunes. They are, it's said, "farmers who happen to pray." Central to the film are Abbot Father Paul Mark Schwan and fifthgeneration winemaker Aimee Sunseri. Both of whom joined Beck on stage Saturday to take questions. "When we first started here at 800 cases — we had first release in 2005 — we're now up to 7,000 cases," said Sunseri, who has worked with the monks for about 10 years. "And I don't say that to sound boastful by any means. I work for a brotherhood that is very humble, but they depend on this money to go to help support them." Sunseri added that Tehama See MONKS, page 7A SACRAMENTO (AP) — Hundreds of bills that failed to pass the Legislature last year face an endof-the-month deadline to gain initial support, including measures affecting gun owners, the oil industry and farm laborers. It's the first significant bill deadline of 2014, the second half of the Legislature's two-year session. The bills are dead if they don't pass the house where they originated by Jan. 31, and dozens of the holdover bills already have died in committees. Some of the bills left over from last year have been stripped of their original language and entirely rewritten, a practice known as a gut-andamend. One such bill, SB477 by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, DSacramento, began life last year as a measure to require grassroots financial support for ballot initiatives. But it was gutted and amended to require contractors who recruit farm laborers in other nations to register with California's labor commissioner and meet certain standards. The reincarnation came after Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed Steinberg's original farm labor bill last year. If the revised legislation clears the Senate, it will head to the Assembly. Sen. Noreen Evans' SB241 would impose a tax on companies that extract oil in California, a concept that is supported by Steinberg but has not been embraced by the governor. Evans' bill is stalled in committee, but the Democrat from Santa Rosa plans to propose new legislation that would put the oil tax before voters on the 2016 ballot, an avenue that does not require Brown's approval. Evans also is teaming with Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, to pass SB199 out of the Senate by month's end. The Imitation Firearm Safety Act would require that toy guns, BB guns, pellet guns, airsoft guns and the like be made to look clearly different from guns that fire bullets. The legislation follows the fatal shooting in October of 13-year-old Andy See BILLS, page 7A Speeches, marches Ranch Rodeo set to start Friday honor MLK Jr. ATLANTA (AP) — As the nation remembered and reflected Monday on the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., leaders and everyday Americans talked about how far the country has come in the past 50 years and how much more is to be done. At Ebenezer Baptist Church in King's hometown of Atlanta, civil rights leaders and members of King's own family spoke about poverty, violence, health care and voting rights, all themes from the civil rights struggle that still resonate to this day. ''There is much work that we must do,'' King's daughter Bernice King said. ''Are we afraid, or are we truly committed to the work that must be done?'' The event in Atlanta featured music, songs and choirs and was one of 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 many celebrations, marches, parades and community service projects held Monday across the nation to honor the slain civil rights leader. It was about 50 years ago today that King had just appeared on the cover of Time magazine as its Man of the Year, and the nation was on the cusp of passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964. King would win the Nobel Peace Prize later that year. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said not many states could boast a native son that merited a national holiday. ''But we Georgians can,'' he told the audience. Deal said this year he would work with state legislators to find a way to honor King at the Georgia Capitol, which drew a standing ovation. He did not give any specifics, but civil rights leaders have suggested a statue. The only current tribute to King at the state Capitol is a portrait inside the Statehouse. See MLK, page 7A The 19th annual Jim Owens Memorial Ranch Rodeo will be at 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24 and 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25 with the finals starting at 5 p.m. on Saturday in Pauline Davis Pavilion. Tickets are $10 for each performance and $20 for the finals, or a full pass for $30. There are 26 teams entered, and from Red Bluff is the team of Triple D Ranch with Cole Burton bronc riding, Lacy Hook showing stock horse and Missy Boozenny as calf roper. KO Ranch has Clayton Bacon bronc riding, Cole Hook showing stock horse and Brian Humphry calf roping. Antelope Creek Cattle Co. has Walt Brown showing stock horse, his son Danny bronc riding and son Wyatt calf roping. UI Ranches has Roy Owens calf roping, Cole Green bronc riding, and Brian Darst showing stock horse. TX Bar Ranch has Jeremy Pinheiro bronc riding, J C Niesen show- Courtesy photo A contestant was sorting the cattle with yellow neckbands in the 2013 Jim Owens Memorial Ranch Rodeo. ing stock horse, and Wes Vansickle calf roping. From Cottonwood is the Harman Ranch with Dean Miller bronc riding, Justin Niesen showing stock horse and Robert Staley calf roping. Other teams are entered by Elk Creek , M&T, Hill, Double Bar X, JH, N Arrow Livestock, Nonella Livestock, Rice/Sparrowk, TNT Cattle Co; ENG, Buck Horn, Sprague River, Spring, Wine Glass, York, Cross Fire, Johnson, Lee Stockhorses, Whittle Livestock and Great Basin Ranches.