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FRIDAY JULY 15, 2011 Breaking news at: Magic Beyond Words Select TV www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside RED BLUFF Eureka Bound SPORTS 1B Weather forecast 10A Mostly sunny 87/60 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 Re-animator RB man pleads innocent in brother’s killing A man accused of killing his brother during a fight has pleaded not guilty. Troy Collins Matheson, 31, of Anderson, reportedly stabbed his older brother with a knife as the two were arguing. It was reported the fight was over dirty dishes. He faces a murder charge that includes a special alle- gation of using a deadly weapon. Tehama County Sheriff’s deputies found Ronnie Matheson unconscious and bleeding inside his resi- dence on Live Oak Road when they responded to a domestic disturbance report, according to the sheriff’s office. He later died at St. Elizabeth Community Hos- See MAN, page 9A Fed cuts may hurt local poor Special to the DN Programs that fund ser- vices for low-income resi- dents of Tehama County could be slated for dramatic reductions as Congress debates the federal budget. Proposed cuts to Com- munity Services Block Grants, a critical source of funding for services provid- ed to the low-income com- munity, will have a direct and negative impact on thousands of families served by the Tehama County Community Action Agency, said agency Direc- tor Charlene Reid. Courtesy Photo Disney animator Russ Edmonds of Red Bluff is one of 18 animators that worked on the new film Winnie The Pooh, released in theaters today. Edmonds relocated to Red Bluff in 2003 but has been commuting to Burbank to work. Local artist recreates Pooh By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Red Bluff resident Russ Edmonds was one of 18 animators who worked on Disney’s “Winnie the Pooh,” a new animated film which opens in theaters today. Watching Winnie the Pooh movies during the “Magical World of Disney” as a child, Edmonds fell in love with animation, he said. He rekindled his first love resur- recting the classic characters of the Hundred Acre Wood from A.A. Milne’s classic stories for Disney. Edmonds worked specifically doing rough animation for Pooh and Tigger. Growing up in Reading, Pa., Edmonds moved to California to attend animation school, he said. He’s been here ever since working for 25 years in animation, including 18 years at Disney. He started in the business about when the films “Little Mermaid” and “Oliver” were made, he said. Edmonds’ work for “Winnie the Pooh” began in the spring of 2010 and finished up before Christmas, he said. “It was just a really great film to work on,” Edmonds said. One of the more difficult parts of working on the film was trying to duplicate or live up to the work of PBR returns to Red Bluff By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Professional Bull Riders are bucking into Red Bluff Saturday for a night filled with rank bulls, high scores and big wrecks. “The weather looks to be perfect for a great evening of bullriding,” said Angie Gurrola of Mesa Produc- tions. “We are pleased to continue to bring the event to Red Bluff, as this year has all the makings of a Built Ford Tough Series Event, except that it is our town.” Mesa Productions has teamed up with Rolling Hills Casino to present the seventh annual Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Bull Bash Touring Pro Series Saturday at the Tehama Dis- trict Fairgrounds. Tickets are on sale now for the return of this event, which starts at 8 p.m. with gates opening at 6 p.m. The Red Bluff event has already received commit- ments from top riders Sean Willingham, Skeeter King- solver and Cord McCoy. Other top riders slated are Rocky McDonald, Tony Mendes, Cody Ford, Elliot Jacoby and Kasey Hayes and Chico’s AJ Hamre. Cottonwood’s Keith Roquemore, who won the 2011 New Year’s Eve National Bullriding Cham- pionship at the Tehama Dis- trict Fairground, will also be attending. The bullfighting duo of Red Bluff’s own Joe Baum- gartner and Eric Layton will 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See PBR, page 9A the original Disney animations, he said. “It was really hard to do,” he said. Some of the original creators were the inventors of animation, he said. The new film adapts some of Milne’s stories that had never been used before, Edmonds said. Most of the animated characters in the new film are nearly identical to the original Disney versions, except for Christopher Robin. The original Christopher Robin was younger and sported more British-looking clothes, Edmonds said. His shoes would be considered more feminine looking today. See POOH, page 9A CSBG funding is the “glue” that pulls communi- ty services together into one viable, cohesive program, enabling the agency to run its food-share, weatheriza- tion, housing, elder ser- vices, asset development, grants to local nonprofits and other supportive ser- vices for those in need. Important initiatives that help low-wage workers, their families and retirees receive transportation to medical appointments or to get food or housing, train for a new job, eat a healthy, nutritious home-delivered meal and receive referrals, education and support for partners in the foster care system are at risk due to the proposed CSBG cuts announced in President Barack Obama’s budget proposal. If the CSBG funding is slashed as proposed, many of the agency’s programs and services will be reduced or eliminated. “Congress needs to hear why these services are important to our communi- ty, and what will happen to people in the current eco- nomic crisis if assistance to become self-sufficient is eliminated,” Reid said. “CSBG creates opportuni- ties for all members of our community. CSBG helps people find jobs, get edu- cated and become secure. However, a cut of this mag- nitude will mean severe losses to those in need in our community at a time when the need for our ser- vices has never been greater.” During the last two years, the agency has seen a greater number of cus- tomers who have never needed services before. These include growing numbers of taxpaying citi- zens who have lost jobs, veterans, foster youth and retirees who are struggling on fixed incomes. Tehama County Com- munity Action Agency’s many partners include Northern Valley Catholic Social Services, Alterna- tives to Violence, Poor and the Homeless, Corning Christian Assistance, Head Start, Hands of Hope, See POOR, page 9A Tour of job possibilities Saturday WEED – Those look- ing for a new job or career can earn a 6-unit certifi- cate or two-year Associ- ate of Science Degree as a power plant operator in the all new online Power Generation Technology program beginning this fall, at College of the Siskiyous (COS). To see what jobs are like in this field, Whee- labrator Shasta Energy Company is offering a free "Tour of Job Possibil- ities" 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 16, at 20811 Industry Road in Anderson. All interested are welcome. Meet at the plant at 10 a.m. Wheelabrator is one of Northern California’s most modern, indepen- dent wood-fired power plants with a generating capacity of 58 MW. The tour will demonstrate, step by step, how biomass is converted into energy and walk through the pos- sible entry-level jobs and future promotions avail- able in the field. “Trained employees are needed for the grow- ing number of jobs at bio- mass cogeneration facili- ties in Northern Califor- nia, Oregon, and even Washington,” says Bill Carlson of Carlson Small Power Consultants, and a COS Power Generation Technology Advisory Committee member. “I think there is a tremen- dous potential for cogen- eration facilities because of the combination of electric renewable portfo- lio standards, the avail- able government incen- tives, along with reliable and available sustainable fuels.” Unique to COS, the See TOUR, page 9A TEHAMA COUNTY GLASS MOULE’S SUNSCREENS Qualify for energy rebates. Call us for details. 515 Sycamore St. 529-0260