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ANDREBYIK—DAILYNEWS About five thousand people were expected at the annual Dairyville Orchard Festival on Saturday at Lassen View Elementary School. ANDRE BYIK — DAILY NEWS A cornucopia highlighted agriculture in Tehama County at the Dairyville Orchard Festival on Saturday at Lassen View Elementary School. ByAndreByik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter DAIRYVILLE » As walnut orchards here were shim- mied and shaken, the an- nual Dairyville Orchard Festival on Saturday gath- ered thousands to cele- brate the harvest season. More than 60 vendors, which ranged in offer- ings including informa- tional, crafts and food, sur- rounded the Orchard Festi- val Marketplace at Lassen View Elementary School. Almonds, walnuts, pis- tachios and other locally grown and prepared prod- ucts offered at the market were raided and sold out by 1 p.m. by festival-goers, who organizers estimated topped 5,000 on the warm and sunny day. Attendees walked the field at the elementary school, where live music was played, cooking dem- onstrations were hosted and giant, 350-pound pumpkins were used as backgrounds for photo- graphs. "Beautiful day. Won- derful turnout, wonderful crowd," said Mary Chris- tensen, treasurer of the Dairyville Community Club, which puts on the festival. The festival serves as a showcase of Tehama Coun- ty's agriculture products, Christensen said, adding that the event highlights the local harvest season. "Right now we are in harvest," said Christensen, who farms prunes, al- monds and walnuts. She added, "We just finished prune harvest ... So, right now in Dairyville we're in the middle of the walnut season." In 2013, walnut produc- DAIRYVILLE ORCHARDFESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS HARVEST "Beautiful day. Wonderful turnout, wonderful crowd." — Mary Christenser, treasurer of Dairyville Community Club RED BLUFF » A man seri- ously injured in an Oct. 15 fight in the 700 block of South Jackson Street here was taken off life support Saturday and subsequently died due to his injuries, according to a Red Bluff Police De- partment release issued Monday. Police responded around 5 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a fight between two men and found Rogelio McDarment, 33, un- responsive on the ground. He stopped breath- ing after police arrived and emergency medical personnel performed life-saving procedures be- fore he was airlifted to Mercy Medical Center in Redding. A suspect, Joseph Michael Cadotte, 26, was taken into custody around 4:45 p.m. Thursday at the Tehama County Landfill on Plymire Road. He is being held in the Tehama County Jail in lieu of $1,000,000 bail. Cadotte was initially booked for battery with great bodily injury, a felony. On Monday the Tehama County District At- torney's Office filed an additional charge of vol- untary manslaughter and special allegations of having a prior prison conviction on both the bat- tery and manslaughter charges. McDarment was taken off life support Satur- day and died at Mercy Medical Center as a re- sult of the injuries he sustained during the fight. Cadotte is scheduled to be back in Tehama County Superior Court 8 a.m. Tuesday. ASSAULT Man injured infight dies RED BLUFF » A minivan crashed through the side of a medical building around 11 a.m. Monday on the cam- pus of St. Elizabeth Commu- nity Hospital superficially in- juring two people inside the building. The van, driven by 32-year- old Michaelah O'Reiley of Red Bluff, was traveling northeast on Sister Mary Columba Drive and contin- ued straight when the road curved to the left, flattening a no parking sign and cross- ing about 120 feet of land- scaping before crashing into and through the south wall of 2528 Sister Mary Columna Drive. O'Reiley was taken to the hospital for treatment of a medical condition that is be- lieved to be the cause of the crash, according to Red Bluff Police Sgt. Kevin Hale. She was not injured in the crash. Inside the medical offices a doctor and patient suffered superficial injuries and were taken to the hospital, Hale said. The patient's husband was also in the room but was not injured. Police did not re- lease the names of the doctor and the couple. The building houses the offices of doctors Dahlia Al- spaugh, Bradley Smith and Herbert Lee, according to the sign in front of the build- ing. Alcohol and drugs were ruled out as a factor in the crash, Hale said. CRASH Van crashes into medical building, two hurt CHIP THOMPSON -- DAILY NEWS A van came to rest partly inside a medical building on the campus of St. Elizabeth Community Hospital late Monday morning. RED BLUFF » Three Fresno men were arrested early Sunday after a report of gunshots in the 1100 block of Main Street. Red Bluff police received reports around 2:10 a.m. Sunday of several shots being fired on Main Street, according to a department press release. When officers arrived, bystanders pointed out three men running south on Main Street as those involved in the shooting, the release said. When officers tried to contact the three men, later identified as Christian Ramirez, 18, Fran- cisco Ramirez, 21, and Oscar Orozco, 26, all three fled on foot. As officers pursued the men on foot, Christian Ramirez discarded a handgun into the bushes near a business on Main Street, the release said. This handgun had been concealed in his clothes upon initial contact. All three men were subsequently apprehended a short distance away. The discarded handgun was located with all spent rounds inside. ARRESTS Three arrested in downtown gunshot incident Noinjuriesreported,gang involvement suspected Community.....A3 Health..............A4 Lifestyles........A5 Obituaries....... A7 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 INDEX Local Indian wars in the 1850s and 1860s will be discussed at a luncheon scheduled in Chico Nov. 1. PAGEA5 LOCAL HISTORY Indianwarstopicof upcoming discussion Visiting Lassen pulled away from Corning in the fourth quarter Friday night to win a NAL clash. PAGE B1 SPORTS Lassen outlasts Corning football in Week 7 Governor lays out strategy for shoring up state's fragile water system, pushes project- laden ballot initiative. 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