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WEEKEND JUNE 11-12, 2011 Breaking news at: Josh Duhamel's healthy lifestyle USA Weekend www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF Streak snapped SPORTS 1B Weather forecast 10A Mostly sunny 84/57 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 Festival kicks off By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Vendors set up shop, the big bounce house was pumped with air, skate- board ramps were put to use and musicians started blasting songs for Christ from a large outdoor stage set up on the lawn Friday at the Tehama District Fairground. More than 40 bands, some big names in the Christian genre, will play throughout the weekend on four stages during the first-ever Illumination Festival in Red Bluff. County Administrator Bill Goodwin and Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce CEO Dave Gowan intro- duced the first band to play the festival. Gowan encouraged the guests to have a “great encounter with Jesus” over the weekend. Good- win gave the invocation prayer and suggested visi- tors go downtown and sample county agricultur- al products. Guests trickled in among the dozens of staff in yellow T-shirts with everyone trying to find shade in the heat in front of the stage Friday after- noon. The first acts on the main stage were Cathy Dennis and Kyra Gold- man. The evening lineup included Josiah James, comedian Brad Stine, Lybecker and The Over- flow. Headliner Jars of Clay, a popular band since the 1990s, has won Grammy and GMA Dove awards and inspired countless other Christian and secu- lar bands. They were scheduled to close out the show Friday evening. Red Bluff teens Rene- sha Rodriguez, 16, and Caleb Peterson, 15, joined friends to hear the bands play. “There are a few of the Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Helen Roland of Dairyville joins her band Face Down performing on the Kerstiens Entertainment Center stage at the Tehama District Fair- ground Friday. The all-preteen band performed in the afternoon as part of the Illumination Festival. bands that I just love,” Rodriguez said. She is most looking forward to seeing Lybeck- er and Josiah James, she said. Although she has been to other festivals and con- certs, this one was better because it was so close to home, she said. Peterson was just excited to see something new. “I like to hear artists and independent artists I haven’t heard before to see if I like them,” he said. In addition to the main stage, guests had three other stages to choose from. Taking the Ker- stiens Entertainment Cen- ter stage at 3 p.m., local group Face Down pulled in a considerable crowd with an all pre-teen band. The lead singer, 12- year-old Helen Roland of Dairyville, has sung at other local events and was the 1st place winner of the junior division of the Red Bluff Exchange Club Search For Talent earlier this year. Nearby, Embassador Skateboards, a company from Vacaville, set up several skating ramps and obstacles for guests to use. Professionals from Sacramento, Vallejo, Tracy and other areas came as volunteers to par- See FEST, page 9A Man injured in hit and run Staff report A man suffered lacerations after being intentionally run over, according to the Corning Police Department. Colby Dwayne Pfeiffer, 22, of Corning, was in the Bartels Giant Burger parking lot around 2:35 a.m., Fri- day, when he was hit and run over by a car. The car was westbound on Corning Road with it turned into the Bartels parking lot and struck Pfeiffer. He was able to get up after being run over and made his way to his nearby residence where he contacted police. Pfeiffer was taken to the hospital via ambulance. He See HIT, page 9A Conservation easements likely to spawn debate By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer A plan that aims to provide ranchers with a land management tool through conservation easements will be present- ed to the community Tuesday for a chance to offer input. The Foothills Legacy Area project identifies four focal areas as poten- tial places to establish conservation easements, with the Tehama Foothills being one of the areas. The meeting will be 6- 8 p.m., Tuesday at the Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 S. Jackson St. While the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be hosting the public meetings and collecting public comments, the pro- ject is being developed in cooperation with the Cali- fornia Rangeland Conser- vation Coalition, said Mark Pelz, the service’s chief of refuge planning. The presentation will be a general overview of what the project is, but nothing too specific about the Tehama Foothills is avail- able at this point. The maps and areas of inclusion are all prelimi- nary and could change. Whether areas in the Tehama Foothills will actually become eligible for easement will depend on the public comments received. The Tehama County Planning Department will be offering input on the proposal, as some of the proposed area conflicts with the county’s general plan, said interim Plan- ning Director John Stoufer. “We do have some concerns because some of that area is where we’ve identified in our general plan as our growth corri- dor,” Stoufer said. While many things are still being worked out, one thing is certain. The easement program will be voluntary. “The landowner can take it or leave it,” Pelz said. “It’s up to them. They don’t have to partic- ipate.” The Tehama Foothills run along Interstate 5 on the county’s north border, with some of the area See DEBATE, page 9A Red Bluff graduates 340 seniors in Class of 2011 By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Red Bluff High School graduated a class of 340 seniors Thursday at its cer- emony held on the school’s football field. Several of the seniors waiting in the wings said the fact that they were done with high school had not hit them yet. “Graduation practice felt like a routine,” Senior Haley DiDio said. “I was a cheerleader all four years and spent time as rodeo queen, so I’ve been in front of crowds, but know- ing everyone is watching me for a different reason feels pretty surreal.” DiDio, who works at both sites of Rolling Hills Clinic as an office assis- tant and will be helping with accounting, said she plans to go to Shasta Col- lege for now and will eventually be majoring in business management and minoring in accounting. Student Ashiah Schara- ga said she was excited, but nervous about the cer- emony and what’s ahead. leaving everyone behind.” Graves will be going to Rogue Community Col- lege in Grants Pass, Ore. before transferring to the University of Oregon to study music. Seniors A.J. Jacobs and Mali Flores-Olascuaga gave the welcome speech, talking about how with graduation the seniors were starting their lives as adults and how their lives are about to go in different directions with some stay- ing while others leave. Fellow graduate Victo- ria Denial gave the first keynote address, talking about choices. “We finally made it,” Denial said. “Believe it or not this day has come. As the years pass, you will realize that the choices of Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Senior Ashiah Scharaga fixes the tassel on Kyle Daugherty’s cap Thursday at Red Bluff High School’s grad- uation ceremony. “I’ll be going to Chico State to take general edu- cation classes,” Scharaga said. “I’m thinking about a career in medicine and possibly a double major with one being music or musical theater.” Senior Michael Ryant plans to join the Navy after 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 graduation and will be leaving sometime between late September and early next year, he said. “It hasn’t hit me yet,” said senior Kyle Daugher- ty. “I plan to go to Shasta College for a year and then transfer to Southern Ore- gon University to major in performing arts. I love per- forming so much I just have to do it. I finally found something I like so I figured why give it up.” Senior Brandon Sousa said he plans to move to San Ramon to join a union for bridge builders because it will make for an interesting job and he has heard it was a good career. Senior Philip Graves was another who said high school being over had not fully hit him yet. “I’m moving away in a month to a month and a half for college,” Graves said. “It’s sad knowing I’m ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2011/2012 SCHOOL YEAR FREE Public school with small classes (under 25 students per class) SAFE, CARING learning community for GRADES 6-12 1660 Monroe St., Red Bluff CA. or Call: 530-529-1650 for an application or visit us on the web at: www.discoverycharterschool.org Established August, 2002, WASC accredited Visit us at See 2011, page 9A