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MONDAY NOVEMBER 21, 2011 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 5B RED BLUFF 10 Years of Holiday Fare Cards come up Short SPORTS 1B Partly Cloudy 55/40 Weather forecast 8B 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 Champ of our own Grant to pay for police officers By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Months ago the Red Bluff Police Department was unsure if it would get any funding from a state grant that the department has come to rely on to fund person- nel and capital outlay. Now the department will get $100,000 in funding through the Citizens Options for Public Safety pro- gram. Police Chief Paul Nanfito plans to spend the COPS funding on salaries and invest in ongoing or future department changes. About $75,000 will go toward the salaries and par- tial benefits of two community service officers. Anoth- er $4,196 will be budgeted for overtime. While the largest chunk of the grant will be spent on community service officers, Nanfito said he continues to be concerned about using the funding for such a pur- pose. The department has traditionally used the funding for capital outlay, but with the recent budgetary woes it has become dependent on that funding to pay for com- munity service officers. See GRANT, page 7A Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner A "Champion of Our Own," aspiring bull rider Tyler Troberg, 17, of Red Bluff talks to a fan, Allan Anderson, 5, of Tehama, who approached Troberg during a fundraising event Saturday. The event was to help Troberg with expenses on his upcoming attempts to make it as a profes- sional bull rider. By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer As part of a Shasta College class project, student helpers organized an event to help aspiring bull rider Tyler Troberg of Red Bluff on his way to becoming a professional rider. The event "A Champion of Our Own" showcased area talent and a tri-tip lunch Saturday at the Tehama District Fairground. The students began working on the fund raiser event in September, said student Betty Lourence of Red Bluff. It took some time to decide what the class wanted to do, but after some deliberation they decid- ed helping out Troberg was a posi- tive thing to do. Lourence helped at the door sell- ing tickets with classmates Sharan Singh and Erica Brown. The three helped with designing the flyers, programs and tickets, Lourence said. Troberg, 17, a somewhat shy boy in a baseball cap was honored by the attention. It was a good turnout, he said. "It felt like a big family," Troberg said. Among the performances was one group he'd never heard – his family from Sacramento. "I'd never met them," he said. "I didn't know they could play." It made the fundraiser even more like a family reunion, he said. Troberg's rodeo and travel part- ner, 17-year-old Amir Beardsley, was nearby for support. Beardsley and Troberg met Courts put huge Calif. water pact in limbo SAN DIEGO (AP) — A landmark accord that ended decades of acrimony over how Southern California gets its water is in jeopardy. A California appeals court is considering whether to overturn a 2003 pact that created the nation's largest farm-to-city water transfer and set new rules for divid- ing the state's share of the Colorado River. If a lower court ruling stands, conse- quences could ripple to six other Western states and Mexico, which also rely on the 1,450-mile river that flows from the Rocky Mountains to the Sea of Cortez. Farmers and environ- mentalists involved in the lawsuit argue the pact is deeply flawed, while water agencies say it is critical to keeping an uneasy peace on the river. A three-judge panel of the 3rd Appellate District in Sacramento will hear arguments Monday and is expected to rule with- in three months. California long used more of the Colorado River than it was granted under agreements with Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and Mexico. Its overindul- gence was never a big prob- lem until Sunbelt cities like Phoenix witnessed explo- sive growth and other states clamored for their full share. Drought only exacerbated tensions. Eight years of negotia- tions between California's warring water agencies cul- minated in the 2003 accord that reined the state to its limit established 80 years earlier of 4.4 million acre- feet of water a year — enough to supply about 9 million homes. The center- piece called for California's Imperial Valley — a farm- ing region that gets nearly 20 percent of the entire river — to sell water to San Diego. The prospect of the pact unraveling has left some of California's neighbors wor- 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See WATER, page 7A through Facebook when Troberg was moving to Red Bluff from Par- adise, Beardsley said. He intro- duced Troberg around town and worked with him at a summer job on Growney Ranch. Now, they are best friends, he said. Though the two are different in many ways, they think alike, Beard- sley said. The two have been travelling together to rodeos all over the west. Beardsley is also working to go pro- fessional as a bull rider. "We're doing the right things to get to the right places," he said. Drawn in by the independence and fun the rodeo gives him, Beard- sley will never forget the memories they are making, he said. Partnering See CHAMP, page 7A Group to eliminate lead ammo at Dye Creek Preserve Special to the DN This fall and winter will mark the last time that hunters will be per- mitted to use lead ammu- nition while hunting at The Nature Conservancy managed 37,000-acre Dye Creek Preserve, located in the foothills below Lassen Peak in Tehama County. Beginning in February 2012 all hunters will be required to use non-lead ammunition on the Pre- serve, consistent with the same requirements applied at National Wildlife Refuges. "Eliminating the use of leaded ammunition will help to reduce the amount of lead in our environ- ment, and it will as a result improve the health of the entire food-chain— including us—who har- vest from Dye Creek Pre- serve," said Andrea Craig, The Nature Conservan- cy's Preserve Manager. "Getting rid of lead ammunition will safe- guard the long-term envi- ronmental health of the Preserve and both the people and wildlife who depend on its resources." For over 20 years, the Nature Conservancy has continued the tradition of hunting at Dye Creek Pre- serve and is working with partner Multiple Use Managers—the local hunt club at Dye Creek Pre- serve—to help ensure that hunting will remain a sus- tainable practice there. "Wildlife biologists See AMMO, page 7A Store aims to offer healthy choices By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Celebrating a grand opening Saturday, Whole- some Goods is the newest and perhaps the most unique grocer in town. What began as a plan for a store for selling only products for Women, Infants and Children nutrition program partici- pants grew into a bigger concept when Jessica Sylvia decided to offer women and children a more fulfilling and healthy shopping experi- ence. Fueled in part by the belief that families in Red Bluff should have more access to fresh, organic and local healthy food products, Sylvia stacked the shelves with many products that otherwise would be hard to buy in Red Bluff. Women coming in to buy the things on their WIC shopping list can now have access at the same time to other healthy food products that they wouldn't find easily at larger grocery stores. Farm fresh, cage free eggs from Nicker Acres in Gerber, Lundberg rice chips and Maisie Jane's candied nuts from Chico are just some of the prod- Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Jessica Sylvia gives red carpet treatment to guests during the grand opening celebration of her Wholesome Goods grocery store Saturday. ucts available at the store. "I don't think there is any store like this any- where," Sylvia said. WIC-only stores don't teach mothers how to shop for healthy foods and big grocery stores offer many products that are simply not healthy choices, she said. 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