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MONDAY JULY 25, 2011 Breaking news at: 77 and Still Hoofing It. Vitality www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 6A RED BLUFF All Stars Advance SPORTS 1B Sunny 95/63 Weather forecast 6B 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 Weekend sees three instances of violence Violence marred the weekend with three incidents reported between Friday night and early Sunday morning. Police were called to the 1100 block of Jackson Street in Red Bluff around 9:30 p.m. Friday for reports of a subject brandishing a knife. Witnesses told officers Richard Daniel Garnica had been involved in a disturbance with his live-in girlfriend, according to a Red Bluff Police report. Several neighbors attempted to protect the woman and Garnica, armed with a knife, tried to stab two of the men, the release said. During the attack, Garnica cut the victim’s face with the knife and then fled. The victim was treated and released for her injuries and released from the hos- pital, the report said. Deputies from the Tehama County Sheriff’s Office found Garnica in Corning and the inves- tigating officer arrested him. Gar- Abbey and Emmys nica was booked into the Tehama County Jail on charges of felony domestic violence and felony assault with a deadly weapon. Early Saturday morning a fight See VIOLENCE, page 5A June jobless rate up more than half-percent The June unemployment rate in Tehama County increased from the prior month, according to prelimi- nary numbers released Friday by the Employment Development Department. The June employment rate rose to 15.7 percent, up from 15.1 percent in May. State government jobs had the greatest increase with about 14.3 percent more jobs than previously reported. Farm jobs had the second highest increase at 12 per- See RATE, page 5A Six counties team to pull weed from forest Agents from six county Courtesy photo A film crew shoots footage for the PBS documentary “Building the Great Cathedrals” in the Chapter House under reconstruction at the Abbey of New Clairvaux in Vina. Special to the DN The Academy of Tele- vision Arts and Sciences nominated the PBS docu- mentary “Building the Great Cathedrals” for two Emmy Awards. The documentary includes the architectural beauty and craftsmanship of the Sacred Stones pro- ject being constructed at the Abbey of New Clair- vaux in Vina. The documentary was nominated for Outstand- ing Science and Technol- ogy Program and Out- standing Cinematography. The awards ceremony is Sept. 26 at the Time Warner Center in New York City. “It’s a very engaging documentary,” said Abbot Paul Mark Schwan of Abbey of New Clairvaux. “It’s an honor to be a focal DMV now requires organ donor answer LOS ANGELES (AP) — There are about 100,000 people in the U.S. who would tell you the hours you spend waiting in line at the DMV are not a waste of your life — unless you fail to become an organ donor while you’re there. As of this month, California requires all license and identifica- tion card applicants to answer ‘‘yes’’ or ‘‘no’’ on whether they want their license to bear the pink dot identifying them as a donor. The number of Amer- icans who chose to donate is approaching 100 million, but because so few deaths leave organs in transplantable condition, less than 1 percent end up donating. Transplant and donor networks — and more than 100,000 people waiting for organs — hope putting the ques- tion more directly to drivers in the nation’s most populous state will boost the rate of Cali- fornians willing to donate. Previously, applicants could simply ignore the question and still have their paper- work processed. In California, 28 per- cent of drivers chose to give up vital organs and tissues after death in 2010, well below the national average of 40 percent. Transplant donor groups began pushing for the change to the DMV application after noticing that drivers are far less likely to decide to donate their organs if they apply for a license in person at the DMV office. Online, about 41 per- cent of renewal appli- 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See DMV, page 5A point of such an esteemed broadcast.” The Sacred Stones pro- ject is a stone-by-stone reconstruction of a medieval monastery Chapter House that William Randolph Hearst imported from Spain in 1931. The original monastery, the Santa Maria de Ovila, was built in the 12th century. Master Stonemason Frank Helmholz and his crew are working on the Chapter House. The public is invited free of charge to visit and learn more about the Sacred Stones project at the Abbey of New Clair- vaux. For more information, call (530) 839-9936 or send an email to jolenyn@newclairvaux.or g. sheriff’s departments, including Tehama Coun- ty, are working on eradi- cating large-scale mari- juana growing on public lands in and near the Mendocino National For- est. Tehama County law enforcement is working on an ongoing operation with others from Mendo- cino, Lake, Colusa, Glenn and Trinity counties, according to a Depart- ment of Justice press release. The multi-agency operation includes feder- al, state and local law enforcement agencies and is focused on eradicating illegal cultivation sites and reclaiming the envi- ronmentally affected areas, the release said. Some arrests have already been reported in Tehama County, north- west of Paskenta recently. It is unclear if the arrests are related to the ongoing operation. “Large scale illegal marijuana cultivation leads to deforestation, damages wildlife habitats, and induces hazardous chemical pollution,” the release said. “The use of herbicides, pesticides and rodenticides can cause extensive and long term damage to ecosystems and impact public drink- ing water for hundreds of miles. Reclaiming the devastated areas is a key component to the current See WEED, page 5A Market raises money for Alzheimer’s walk By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Raising money for an annual Alzheimer’s Mem- ory Walk, Lassen House Assisted Living and Memory Care hosted a flea market Saturday for the first time. With a goal of raising $2,000 throughout the year, the group tried a flea market as one way to raise the funds. Coordinators of the event rented out space in the facility’s parking lot, where people sold anything from bunches of lavender to dozens of tamales. Some of the residents and their families joined in, selling items or donat- ing money. Plum Crazy Hair Design and Boutique donated all of the money its booth raised during the event. Other businesses that participated donated a portion of the proceeds, such as Dave’s Photogra- phy, which gave 90 per- cent of the money earned Saturday to the fundrais- ing effort. Eric and Mayra Vote of Red Bluff sold burritos, said Eric Vote. “We were solid busy for three hours. We just about sold out of everything.” The cause is something close to his heart, he said. His grandfather has Alzheimer’s. Mayra Vote has worked at Lassen House for six years, she said. She has seen what the disease can do. “You see the good and bad and see when people decline,” she said. In addition to the food, the couple had a donation box at their booth. It was posted with a goal of rais- ing $1,000. Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Guests browse jewelry at a booth by Plum Crazy Hair Design and Boutique. All proceeds benefit- ted a fundraising effort toward a cure for Alzheimer’s disease at a Lassen House Assisted Living and Memory Care flea market Saturday. tacos and nachos to flea market guests for Lassen House. “It was outstanding,” See WALK, page 5A Lassen House has paper feet that it sells ongoing for a $1 dona- tion. The donor can write a name on it to put on the wall. The facility hopes to offer $5 bracelets soon. Pat Ashby, Lassen House community rela- tions director, works every year on raising money because she is pas- sionate and hopeful that there will be a cure found for Alzheimer’s, she said.