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RED BLUFF The Job Training Center in Red Bluff is celebrating great customer service this month throughout Tehama County with a workshop aimed at the needs of customers. The workshop, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, will be led by Christy Lar- RED BLUFF JobTrainingCenter recognizes customer service, holds workshop By Paul Elias TheAssociatedPress SAN FRANCISCO A California timber company accused of start- ing a 102-square-mile wildfire is seeking to undo a $47 million le- gal settlement because of alleged misdeeds by investigators and prosecutors. Sierra Pacific Industries filed hundreds of pages of court docu- ments Thursday in federal court seeking to re-open a case settled in 2012. The settlement also in- cluded Sierra Pacific transferring 22,500 acres of land to the state of California. State and federal prosecutors and investigators concluded that the state's largest timber com- pany was responsible for a 2007 wildfire that consumed 40,000 acres of national forest in North- ern California, as well as another 25,000 acres. A state court judge in February found that California officials lied and hid evidence, and the judge ordered the state to pay the com- pany $30 million. The company is citing the same evidence to re- open the federal case. WILDFIRE Ti mb er company criticizes probe By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF An eclectic mix of photography, hand-made jew- elry, paintings and more were on display Friday at the Wilder- ness Art Fair at the Tehama Dis- trict Fairground. The fair, a part of the Wil- derness Treasures Rendez- vous that kicked off Friday at the fairgrounds, showcases re- gional artists from through- out the North State, said Susan Emerson, special projects man- ager for the Shasta County Arts Council and coordinator of the art fair. Showings included spoons, forks and butter knives that have been turned into rings, necklaces and bracelets. Water- color portraits of animals, pho- tographs of nature and hand- branded wooden signs also shared space in the Gem Build- ing at the fairgrounds. "Basically it's looking at the wilderness through the eyes of an artist," Emerson said. She added, "It's finding beauty, and some of it's atypical." Emerson's own work includes pieces made from items that may be thrown away, including junk mail, coffee jackets and tubes of paint, fitting into one of the event's themes of conservation. About 13 artists are showing their works at the art fair, where event-goers can browse and buy. The art fair continues today, Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the fairgrounds. The Wilderness Treasures Rendezvous, celebrating 50 Golden Years of the Wilderness Act, focuses on the federally- designated wilderness areas in Northern California, from Sacramento to Oregon, accord- ing to organizers. Areas being celebrated through live mu- sic, food, art and workshops, among other events, include national forests such as Las- sen, Klamath and Mendocino, national parks and the Bureau of Land Management. The event continues Satur- day and Sunday at the fair- grounds. For more information, visit the event's Facebook page at facebook.com/NorCalWilder- ness50thCelebration. FAIRGROUND WILD INSPIRATION WildernessTreasuresRendezvouskicksoff,celebrates50thanniversaryof1964WildernessAct ANDREBYIK—DAILYNEWS Wilderness Art Fair attendees browse the photography of Frank Smith of Chico on Friday at the Tehama District Fairground during the Wilderness Treasures Rendezvous. Online: For more informa- tion, visit the event's Face- book page at FACEBOOK.COM/NOR- CALWILDERNESS50THCELEBRATION. By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF The testimony stage of Quentin Ray Bealer's change of venue hearing wrapped up Friday in Tehama County Superior Court. Judge John Garaventa directed both sides to have their written closing arguments filed by 2 p.m. Oct. 17. Bealer, is charged with kill- ing 14-year-old Marysa Nichols in February 2013. He has pled not guilty. His attorney Shon Northam requested a change of venue, arguing Bealer would not get a fair and impartial jury in Te- hama County. The defense called two wit- nesses including expert witness Dr. Bryan Edelman, a trial con- sultant. Edelman testified over two days that he believed there was a reasonable likelihood Bealer could not get a fair trial in Te- hama County. Edelman studied every men- tion, direct or indirect, of the case in the Daily News and an- alyzed some of the reporting in other outlets. He also did a survey of potential jury eligible residents in the county to determine their case recognition and presumptive beliefs of guilt or innocence. Much of the questioning was in reference to what degree any mention of the case had on taint- ing the jury pool. The survey found 87 percent of jury eligible respondents rec- ognized the case and of those 40.9 percent believed Bealer probably or was guilty. The prosecution called its own expert witness, also a trial consul- tant, Richard Matthews. Matthews said not throwing out those in the jury pool with no case recognition, the number of people in Tehama County with a belief Bealer was guilty was 35 out of 100. Matthews, who said he had spent his entire career on de- fense teams, said he would take those odds. "They could defiantly pick a good jury in this county," Mat- thews testified. 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