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WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2011 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4B RED BLUFF Reader Photos Mercy Volleyball SPORTS 1B Mostly sunny 66/43 Weather forecast 8B By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Fairboard directors voted Tuesday to research moving the Tehama District Fair back to July. "We would need input from the community before we 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 Fairboard mulls bumping fair back to July decide whether to move it," said Fairboard President Bob Ker- stiens, Jr. The board has made several attempts to get the community to be more involved in what is going on with the Tehama Dis- trict Fairground, especially in light of budget woes, including setting three of the meetings in the evening rather than the 'As far as I'm concerned it needs to go back to July' — Director Pete Dagorret Fire claims one By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A fire about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 16500 block of Rancho Tehama Road has claimed the life of at least one person and injured another. Authorities were unable to release the identity of either person at this time. The person who died is an elderly man who was bedridden, said Rancho Tehama Old Time Firefighters pho- tographer Jeri Ward, who was at the scene. "There was a mother, her father and her son who lived at the resi- dence," Ward said. "The father was bedridden and unable to get out and the fire spread so fast the other person was unable to get in to help get him out." Of the three resi- dents, only two were home at the time, Cal- Fire Public Information Officer Kevin Colburn said. The person injured received minor injuries and was treated at the scene. The fire was reported at 12:37 a.m. and did about $150,000 in dam- ages to the structure and contents before it was contained at 2:16 a.m., Colburn said. "The structure and contents were totally destroyed, however, the fire was contained to the structure and there was no spread to anything else," Colburn said. Photo courtesy of Jeri Ward An early morning fire Tuesday in Rancho Tehama claimed the life of one person and injured another. Several animals including a horse and some puppies were at the scene, but did not appear to have been injured, Ward said. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Gunman wounded by police in UC Berkeley shooting BERKELEY (AP) — A man with a gun was shot by police Tuesday inside the business school at the University of California, Berkeley, after hundreds of stu- dents and anti-Wall Street activists descend- ed on the campus for a day of protests. The shooting occurred at the Haas School of Business on the east side of campus about a half- mile away from the protest site. Ute Frey, a spokes- woman for the university, said officials did not yet know whether the sus- pect was part of the Occupy Cal movement. ''I just hope it wasn't from the protest or the movement, because that's not what the move- ment is about,'' said Sadia Saif, a 19-year-old sophomore at UC Berke- ley. University officials said a man carrying a gun was seen by a female staff member in an eleva- tor at the business school after 2 p.m. The staff member called police at 2:17 p.m., saying she saw the man remove the gun from a backpack. Police said they arrived at 2:19 p.m., and had to locate the suspect in the building. Officers found the suspect in a third-floor computer room where there were at least four students, uni- versity officials said. The suspect raised the gun and was shot by an officer, according to the school. At the time, the four students were between the officer and See UC, page 7A 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power CalFire and Tehama County Fire, including Corning, Rancho Tehama and El Camino, units responded to the fire. The Tehama County Sheriff's Department and PG&E assisted. Nothing further was available Tuesday. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews .com. usual 1 p.m., Kerstiens said. The state is eliminating all fair funding, which is 25 per- cent of the Tehama District Fair's income, or about $200,000. In response, the Tehama See FAIR, page 7A Man gets prison for DUI fatality was sentenced to state prison during a hearing in Tehama County Superior Court Monday. Earl Ray Hughes, 38, of Gold Beach, Ore., last month pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs causing injury with an enhancement of causing great bodily injury, according to court documents. He was sentenced to 5 years and 8 months in state prison. In May, Hughes was driving Staff report A drunken driver whose passenger died in a crash Hughes See DUI, page 7A One to hospital after SUV rolled By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer An alleged drunken driver fleeing law enforcement Monday landed an SUV upside down in a ditch in a rollover crash leading to his arrest and injuring a passenger. Raymond Dale McManus Jr., 27, of Red Bluff was arrested at about 10 p.m. Monday on felony charges of drunk- en driving after he flipped an SUV down a small hill near Sacred Heart Elementary School. Red Bluff Police offi- cers approached several people just after 9 p.m. in a field at the end of Derby Lane near the school, after Tehama County Sheriff's deputies called for assistance on a disturbance call. A woman reported hearing a loud argument going on in the area with a woman yelling, logs said. As officers approached, several peo- ple got into a green 1994 Toyota 4Runner and drove away while at least one more person fled on foot, logs said. The driver of the Toy- ota, later identified as McManus, headed north along a dirt path in the field toward the back of the school, the release said. When he saw a sec- ond officer waiting there, McManus tried to swerve left, but didn't see a large See SUV, page 7A Teen adds color to animal shelter Special to the DN The Tehama County Animal Care Center had an Open House this spring hosted by the 4-H All-stars. The event was highlight- ed with an art contest for Tehama County high school students and first place went to 2011 Red Bluff High School graduate Katie Parks. "We had so many won- derful entries and I was very glad I was not a judge for the contest," said center manager Mark Storrey. "I think they all did fantastic and feel like Katie's win- ning work really was what we were looking for." As the winner Katie was asked to paint her mural in the Cattery Room at the care center. "It looks amazing and I invite everyone to come by and see just how wonderful it turned out and how happy the kittens in our new and improved colorful cattery are," Storrey said. Parks is not new to being active in her community. She was a 4-H All-star in 2009-2010 and a member of the Westside 4-H club. She has raised market sheep for See TEEN, page 7A Courtesy photo Katie Parks poses for a picture with a Care Center kitten in the Cattery Room where she has painted a mural. CHAMPION OF OUR OWN! Tyler Troberg Fundraiser Tehama County District Fairgrounds 15.00 – Adults Sat., Nov. 19th at 1PM Presale Tickets $ Children under 12 - $ Presale tickets at Children under 12 - $ 20.00 – Adults Tickets at door $ 5.00 10.00 The Loft, Crossroads Feed, Fairgrounds Office and Jill's Market PHYSICIAN REFERRAL A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 1-800-990-9971 CHW North State Region