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WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2011 Breaking news at: New Shop Opens Commerce www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A RED BLUFF Athletes of the Week SPORTS 1B Sunny 72/40 Weather forecast 8B By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A Red Bluff man arrested Friday evening in connection with a carjacking on Baker 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 Carjacking suspect posed at tattoo artist Road was reportedly posing as a tattoo artist. Three Redding residents drove to Red Bluff to meet a tat- too artist, to discuss the possi- bilities of getting a tattoo, said Lt. Dave Greer. Richard Endres, 52, Daniel Endres, 27, and Christina Orte- ga, 31, were following a couple who were known to Ortega to the location. When they arrived in Red Bluff, they saw a red sedan parked on Minch Road and the tattoo artist, later identified as Joseph Victor Davis, 28, Greer said. Tail waggin' fun on tap As soon as the trio arrived at the location, Davis produced a handgun and ordered them to move away from the white 1985 See TATTOO, page 7A Nearly 1,000 without power during night Several Tehama County residents were without power late Monday evening with the majority residing in Red Bluff. A failed cross arm on a utility pole at the corner of Adobe Road and Wintu Lane caused an outage about 11:30 p.m. Monday that affected about 970 people in the Red Bluff area, said PG&E spokesman Paul See POWER, page 7A Courthouse hits another bump By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Just when county offi- cials thought the contract about land for a new cour- thouse was about to be approved, things hit another snag. Photo courtesy of Cynthia Culp Allen Lyn Murray, owner of RiverDog Agility, and three of her agility dogs are shown helping out Cynthia Allen, and her cowdog Coy, whom she got from last year's K9 event. By CYNTHIA CULP ALLEN Special to DN Love dogs? Saturday, talented canines from around Tehama and Shasta counties are descending on Growney Ranch to impress and amaze their human friends. Called K-9s for Cops, the second annual event organized by Red Bluff's Sunrise Rotary group, will benefit the Red Bluff Police Depart- ment's fund for a K9 unit. The fundraiser will feature com- peting cowdogs, a team of dogs from RiverDog Agility performing, raffle prizes and a trained dog val- ued at $4,000 donated by Vigilant Canine Services International (VCSI) to be auctioned off to a new owner and good home. The family-friendly event runs 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. And, to eat? Hot dogs, of course. The edible dogs served up week- days by Danny Tannehill, of the Danny Dogs hot dog cart just west of the Red Bluff Post Office, will be available for purchase along with customer favorites like Polish dogs, chili, chips, sodas and bottled water. Sunrise Rotary will sell chips, soda and hot dogs, with local offi- cers doing the grilling. Cottonwood pot bust details emerge By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Details were released Tuesday about a Cotton- wood marijuana bust that led to the arrest of five men Thursday. Task force agents con- fiscated more than 330 pounds of processed mar- ijuana from two homes on a property in the 18200 block of Luce Griswold Road in the Bowman area, said Lt. Dave Greer. Tehama County Sher- iff's deputies, assisted by investigators from the dis- trict attorney's office and agents from the Tehama Interagency Drug Enforcement task force, executed a search warrant on the property that morn- ing. Those arrested were Frank Stephen Sanders, 29, Carl William Bisbee, 62, Stanley David Smith Sr., 51, Stanley David Smith Jr., 19, and Noah Douglas Facio, 22. When deputies arrived, Sanders was seen driving out of the driveway, Greer said. He was arrested first without incident. Bisbee was arrested at the first residence on the property, and the father and son, and Facio, were arrested at the second res- idence. Agents found more than 300 pounds of mari- juana in various stages of processing at the second address, Greer said. About 50 yards away was a cultivation site that was 99 percent harvested. Sanders said he owned the marijuana for personal medical reasons under Proposition 215 and had hired the Smiths and Facio to process it, Greer said. Deputies also found 30 pounds of processed mar- ijuana, including 18 pounds packaged in gal- lon size, vacuum-sealed See POT, page 7A 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power Other businesses in Tehama County have contributed to the fundraiser including VCSI, Apex DJ Services, Big Valley Sanitation, The Gold Exchange and The Growney Ranch. Many local residents are excited to see the cowdogs show their stuff again. Trained by Merle and Sandi Newton, the owners of Crystal Rose Cowdog College west of Red Bluff, who have more than 50 years of experience between them, the dogs will work cattle in herding trials, See TAIL, page 7A Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin announced during public comment Tuesday that the county- approved contract may again be held up by yet another branch of the state: the Department of Finance. The contract, approved by the Board of Supervi- sors Oct. 18, included plans to sell 4.43 acres at 1740, 1750 and 1760 Wal- nut St. to the state for $1.23 million as a site for a new courthouse. The state public works department was scheduled to review the latest docu- ment Nov. 10, Goodwin said. As of Tuesday morn- ing, things changed. The Department of Finance, a participant unheard from in the process until now, expressed concerns with the contract, Goodwin said. This may push approval to a December public works meeting instead. Goodwin is waiting to find out, he said. "We'll have to wait and see what happens," Good- win said. The board isn't willing to change the contract once again, he said. Disputes arose with the state over parking arrangements that delayed final approval of the con- tract for weeks. Supervi- sors were satisfied with the latest draft that had reportedly worked out the parking problem, but now, the discussion has been resurrected. Goodwin should find out by Friday whether or not the Tehama County contract will be heard this See BUMP, page 7A Survivor strides for stroke awareness 'It's the end of the world as you know it, but not the end of the world' — Mycle Brandy By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Tehama County resi- dents may have seen a man traveling down High- way 99W with a white RV following him on Mon- day, Oct. 24, and won- dered about it. The man was Mycle Brandy, a four-time stroke survivor, passing through Red Bluff on his journey from San Diego to Seattle to raise awareness for the National Stroke Associa- tion. The RV is his back-up vehicle, driven by Darrell Brieto who has been Brandy's best friend for more than 30 years, he said. "I'm walking for the National Stroke Associa- tion and I'm hoping to raise $10,000 or more for research in order to accomplish having fewer people pass away," Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Mycle Brandy and his friend Darrell Brieto stopped at Walmart in Red Bluff on Oct. 24. Brandy is walking from San Diego to Seattle to raise money and awareness for the National Stroke Association. Brandy said. "Even if I don't raise a dime, hope- fully some guy will see me walking down the street and then see an arti- cle about it and it will raise awareness and res- cue people." In 2010, Brandy made an eight-month journey from San Diego to Wash- ington D.C., ending on See STROKE, page 7A PHYSICIAN REFERRAL A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 1-800-990-9971 CHW North State Region