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ByRichGreene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter COTTONWOOD Two men, who owned a cache of 300 firearms, despite being prohibited from doing so because of prior con- victions, were arrested Thursday following a high risk search war- rant. Law enforcement served the warrant at the Laurel Way resi- dence of Thaddeus Ivan Steven- son and Zackary William Steven- son, both 23. The search warrant was the culmination of an investigation that revealed both of the Ste- vensons have "anti-government thoughts and ideals," according to a Tehama County Sheriff's De- partment press release issued Fri- day afternoon. SEARCH WARRANT Cottonwood duo arrested with 300 firearms By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter CORNING The third suspect in a July 9 shooting homicide was taken into custody following a short standoff with law enforce- ment Friday. Gabino Madera was arrested at a Woodson Avenue residence in Corning. He was booked and into the Tehama County Jail for murder and conspiracy to com- mit murder. His bail was set at $1,000,000. Poly Duenas Sanchez and Lu- cio Nenecio Madera have al- ready been arrested and charged with the murder of 24-year-old Red Bluff resident Walter De- wayne Dani. All three arrested suspects are 19 years old and from Corn- ing. Deputies responded to a re- port of a man down outside the Crossroads Market off State SHOOTING Third suspect arrested in Corning Whenatreelimbfallsand it hits, it's a miss and other takes from the past week in Tehama County. PAGEA4 OPINION DailyNews'hitsand misses for the week By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter ANDERSON Firefighter fami- lies across the North State re- ceived a sneak peek Thursday of Disney's "Planes: Fire & Res- cue," the second entry in the animated "Planes" franchise that was created with the help of a Redding-based smoke- jumper. Firefighters and their fami- lies from such agencies as the Red Bluff Fire Department, California Department of For- estry and Fire Protection, U.S. Forest Service and Redding Fire Department were invited to a private showing of the film, which opened in wide re- lease Friday, at Valley 11 Cine- mas in Anderson. "We wanted to do something special for the families because wildland firefighter families spend a lot of time away from their loved ones during fire season — weeks, months almost," said Christina Stanley, a Red Bluff resident who organized the event and whose husband and four children are with the U.S. Forest Service. "So we thought it'd be fun to do something where they can gather, have a good time and just relieve some of the stress of the season and know that they're important, too." Children had the opportunity to snap photos with Smokey Bear and U.S. Forest Service of- ficials before the showing. The film follows "Dusty," a personified air-racer whose engine is damaged, resulting in him joining the world or aerial firefighting, according to the movie's website. Four years ago, Disney contacted U.S. Forest Service officials with questions about fighting wildfires, according to a press release. "Accuracy was really important to them," said Joshua Mathiesen, manager at the Smokejumper Base in Redding, in the release. He added: "They were really curious about the terminology. They wanted to know what a jumper would say in different situations. We basically provided them real world fireline lingo." Stanton Florea, a U.S. For- est Service Region 5 official who attended the showing Thursday, said he was skep- tical at first of how firefight- ing would be portrayed be- cause some movies often stray from the details. He said, however, the film's creators were interested in the sounds and look of a fire, and the short bursts of radio chatter that include codes and acronyms when in the field. In five or 10 years from now, Florea said, "The kids that see this movie may realize they can go into a career of wild- land firefighting." THE BIG SCREEN FIREFIGHTERS SCORE HOT SEATS Firefighter families:getsneakpeekatDisney's'Planes:Fire&Rescue' Creators: consulted Redding-based smokejumper for newest film Weather ........B10 Farm ................A5 Community.....A3 Lifestyles........A6 Faith ................A8 Sports.............. B1 INDEX James Wilson explores the topic of sex and what the Bible says about it in this week's column. PAGE A8 GOD TALK Sex and sin — not necessary connection US Sentencing Commission recommends applying lower- sentence protocol to those currently behind bars. PAGE B4 JUSTICE Panel OKs early release for 46K drug felons Speedy access to data for in- ternational investigators also demanded as crews fan site of the downed jet. PAGE B3 MALAYSIAN PLANE World calls for Ukraine cease-fire a er crash By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF The biological fa- ther of Marysa Nichols has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Red Bluff Joint Union High School District. The complaint was filed in Te- hama County Superior Court March 18. A case management confer- ence is scheduled for Aug. 25 — two days before Quentin Bealer, charged with murdering the 14-year-old Nichols, will have a motion for change of venue hear- ing held. The complaint filed by Ricky Nichols' attorneys alleges that the school district had a duty to supervise its students on the way to and from school and during re- cess periods. The complaint says on the day Marysa Nichols was killed she left school for a lunch break and en- tered the Brickyard Creek area, known to be frequented by drug addicts and transients. It further argues school staff knew students used this route. "Red Bluff Joint Union High School District and its employees failed to implement reasonable safety and security measures to prevent adults from entering the school's premises without school authorization, by failing to super- vise and intervene when decedent Marysa Nichols was engaged with an adult male later identified to be Quentin Ray Bealer while in Brickyard Creek, and by failing to implement reasonable safety and security measures to protect stu- dents from foreseeable dangers when entering Brickyard Creek," the complaint says. The school district filed an an- swer to the complaint June 5, written by the Ayres Law Office. In its defense the school dis- trict says that Marysa Nichols acted careless and was negligent and it was her own actions in con- junction with the conduct of oth- ers that led to the alleged dam- ages. "(Nichols) acted in willful and reckless disregard for her own safety and the safety of oth- ers, and such action proximately causes and contributed to the in- juries and damages complain of," RED BLUFF HIGH Father of slain student suing district Complaint says district has responsibility to monitor students to and from school SUIT PAGE 9 ARREST PAGE 9 WARRANT PAGE 9 ANDRE BYIK — DAILY NEWS Firefighter families across the North State got a sneak peek at Disney's "Planes: Fire & Rescue,"Thursday evening at Valley 11Cinemas in Anderson. U.S. Forest Service officials, including a Redding-based smokejumper, consulted the animated film's creators. 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