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MONDAY NOVEMBER 7, 2011 Breaking news at: Should Blood Type Guide Diet Vitality www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A RED BLUFF 'Niners Win Again SPORTS 1B Mostly Sunny 61/35 Weather forecast 8B DAILYNEWS TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50ยข 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 Flory named Cowbelle By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Tehama County Cattle- Women gathered Satur- day at Rolling Hills Casi- no for the annual lun- cheon, during which Ruth Flory was named 2011 Tehama County Cowbelle of the Year. "I'm very excited," Flory said. "I was stunned when they told me. It's the last thing I expected and it's just the greatest honor." Flory, who moved to Tehama County in 1942 from Medford, Wis. and graduated from Red Bluff High School in 1943, joined the Tehama County CattleWomen 14 years ago after the death of her husband, Les Flory. "I've made so many friends and met so many people through the Cattle- Women's Association," Flory said. "It's been a wonderful outlet for me." Flory was raised on a small farm in Wisconsin where she was the oldest of four children. Every morning she pumped water for the cows and milked the family milk cow all before walking two miles to school, said Joan Hemsted who announced Cowbelle of the Year. Flory also learned how to cut hay with a scythe and put it up in the barn while growing up. Her parents, Elwood and Estelle Varney, were married in China where her father made the first pasteurized bottle of milk and her mother taught English in a high school in Singapore, Hemsted said. In 1943, Flory went to Vista School to get officer By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Vista Middle School expects to get another positive role model as the Red Bluff Elementary School District has agreed to, in a way, hire a school resource officer. The school district has given the Police Department $25,000 to fully fund the position. School officials hope the officer will play a vital role in helping the staff actively provide a safe environment for students, Superintendent William McCoy said. "Anytime you can get another positive role model onto a school campus, students are going to benefit," McCoy said. In the past, police officer presence at elementary schools has included the Drug Abuse Resistance Edu- cation program, or DARE, but this is the first time an elementary school will have its own school resource officer. The police department will be working closely with See VISTA, page 7A Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Newly named Tehama County Cowbelle of the Year Ruth Flory receives flowers from Tehama County CattleWomen President Danielle Zane. Flory was named Cowbelle Saturday at the annual Fashion Show and Luncheon at Rolling Hills. work for Farm Advisor Don Smith of the Tehama County Farm Extension Office. She later worked for Floyd Hicks in the Tehama County Clerk's Office in the old court- house before working for the California Department of Water Resources in personnel prior to her retirement in 1988. Flory has served as Tehama County Cattle- Women Treasurer and been involved with a number of events includ- ing being a model at the annual Fashion Show and Luncheon and the Red Bluff Bull Sale Cattle- Women's Beef Luncheon Cops, firefighters shoot hoops for students where she has been ticket- taker for the last few years. Flory loves the out- doors and enjoys going RVing with her family, which includes seven grandchildren. She is actively involved as a Red Hat Society member, belongs to Beta Sigma Phi Sorori- ty, plays Bunco and attends TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meet- ings in addition to Cattle- Women meetings. Flory occasionally rides a horse while help- ing her son on his cattle ranch in Cottonwood. The CattleWomen's Fashion Show and Lun- cheon is a fundraiser that goes right back to the community in scholar- ships and education, said Fashion Show Chair- woman Joyce Bundy. In 2011, Tehama County CattleWomen gave a $1,000 scholarship to Corey Carpenter, Meghan Cumpston, Lind- sey Henderson and Cheyenne Humphrey. Jamie Carter and Margo Dawley received a $2,000 scholarship. Educational programs included sponsoring the Tehama County Beef Ambassador Program, Education Day Beef Edu- See FLORY, page 7A Veterans Cemetery receives grant The Northern Califor- nia Veterans Cemetery in Igo is getting a $900,000 check from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in a presentation at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8. The California Depart- ment of Veterans Affairs, or CalVet, applied for the grant from the U.S. department to build 10 columbaria walls, or free- standing walls housing sealed cremated remains. The walls will give the cemetery 2,000 more niches, or memorial plots. This will be the first expansion of the cemetery since it opened in 2005, and the addition will allow space for approxi- mately the next 10 years. "We are grateful to the U.S. Department of Veter- ans Affairs for approving this grant to expand the number of burial niches at the Northern California Veterans Cemetery," said Peter J. Gravett, CalVet secretary. "This expansion in the number of colum- baria will allow us to pro- vide veterans and their families with a place of honor for the memory of loved ones who gave so much to preserve our Nation's freedoms and way of life." The public is invited to attend the grant ceremony. The cemetery is located at 11800 Gas Point Road in Igo. For more information, contact Jaime Arteaga at 916-657-9329 or Jaime.Arteaga@calvet.ca. gov. Event raises $6,000 for police K-9 By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Event organizers are calling Saturday's K-9 for Cops at the Growney Ranch a success, with two dogs auctioned off instead of just one for $1,600 each. About 100 people were in attendance despite cold weather. Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb A member of the CalFire team puts up a shot Friday in the championship Guns and Hoses game at Berrendos Middle School. CalFire beat California Highway Patrol 55-32. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CalFire took top hon- ors at the Guns and Hoses basketball tournament held Friday at Berrendos Middle School, winning 55-32 over the California Highway Patrol. While the tournament was quite successful in raising money for local students taking a trip to Washington, D.C., this may be its last year. Organizer Lisa Somavia started the tour- nament three years ago when the trip was sched- uled to be cut due to the economy, so that her two children could make the trip. Somavia may be step- ping down next year and is hopeful that someone will step up and take over so that not only will the tournament keep going, but the students will get the opportunity to take the trip. "This is a great event and the trip is a wonderful opportunity," Somavia said. "I appreciate all the officials who volunteered their time, the community for coming out and all the police and fire depart- ments for supporting our 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See HOOPS, page 7A "I'm so proud of this community and their sup- port," said event Chair- woman Loretta Heisler. "It makes me even proud- er to live in Red Bluff." The event, which raised about $6,000 toward the $30,000 need- ed by the Red Bluff Police Department to get a K-9 unit up and running, was put on by Red Bluff Sun- rise Rotary Club. The audience enjoyed a demonstration by River Agility Dogs, which ran dogs through an obstacle course of panels as well as rounding up cattle. Originally, the event was set to auction off Flame, a trained dog donated by VCSI. There was a slight mix up in who won the auction and in the end VCSI offered to donate a second dog, to be picked out by the other person, who thought she had won the auction. Flame was bought by Steven and Laurie Hill of Hill Enterprises Towing for $1,600. Joyce Pandora Courtesy photo Laurie and Steve Hill of Hill Enterprises Tow- ing pose for a picture with Flame, a trained dog donated by Vigilant Canine Services International (VCSI) that was auctioned off Saturday at K-9 for Cops held at the Growney Ranch. of Cottonwood was the other person to put forth $1,600 toward a dog she will pick out at a later date. Tickets sold for the event raised about $500 and the Red Bluff Round- Up Association came by to donate $2,000. "We've had a tremen- dous amount of outpour- ing support from the com- munity," said Police Chief Paul Nanfito. "It's very refreshing. We'll have about $16,000 after today so we're about halfway. There are enough funds to start the program." Beverly and Alan Abbs organized another event, Dog Gone Run and Ride, held Oct. 29 in the Bend area to help raise funds for the K-9 unit. The $30,000 will fund the dog, training for the handler, equipment acqui- sition, modifying a car to be used for a K-9 unit and maintenance for the first year or two, Nanfito said. Officer Michael Brown has been selected to be the handler and the depart- ment is expecting to have the program up and run- ning within four to six months, Nanfito said. "The amount of sup- port from Red Bluff and Tehama County really says something," Nanfito said. "We couldn't do it See K-9, page 7A Learn Basic EXCEL Thurs., Nov. 10TH 8:30 am to 12:30 pm Job Training Center 718 Main St., Red Bluff Call 529-7000 to register Cost: $65.00 per person