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THURSDAY DECEMBER 8, 2011 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4B RED BLUFF Reader Photos Corning Hoops Preview SPORTS 1B Sunny 64/36 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 Final stone Thieves posing as cops invade home By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A Cottonwood couple and two small children were held at gunpoint early Wednesday morning during a robbery in the 18000 block of Bowman road where the suspects reportedly posed as law enforcement. The motivation for the incident was the cash that was taken, said Tehama County Sheriff Dave Hencratt. Deputies were sent just after 6 a.m. Wednesday to the home of Kyle Johnson, 26, and his girlfriend in response to report of a home invasion robbery, a Tehama County Sheriff's release said. Johnson told deputies that five or six people wearing hockey masks and black shirts marked "Police," kicked See COPS, page 7A Antelope area hit by string of thefts By ANDREA WAGNER Courtesy photo Stonemasons work on putting the last medieval stone into place on the chapter house at the Abbey of New Clairvaux. Last medieval piece installed at abbey's chapter house By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer VINA – The recreation of a medieval Spanish chap- ter house at the Abbey of New Clairvaux is almost complete. The final medieval stone was put in place Wednes- day when the nearly 40-pound keystone was lifted on the scaffolding and put placed inside the trans-vaulted ceiling. "To see the last of the stones being placed today is a very emotional moment for those of us who have watched and been involved in the reconstruction of the chapter house," said Father Paul Mark Schwan, the abbot at New Clairvaux. Work on the medieval Spanish monastery chapter house began in the 2003 after the stones were rescued from Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. They had lan- guished in the park for six decades after being brought to California by William Randolph Hearst, who had Measure to curb union, corporate clout qualifies SACRAMENTO. (AP) — California Republican interests have qualified a ballot measure that would severely curb the political influence of public and private employee unions while depriving Democra- tic political candidates of a major source of cam- paign cash. The measure, which bans political contribu- tions through payroll deductions, qualified Tuesday for the Novem- ber 2012 statewide ballot. With labor's primary funding source under attack, the measure sets up an expensive campaign season ahead for both sides. Funded in part by wealthy GOP donor and Stanford University physicist Charles Munger Jr. and backed by former Secretary of State George Shultz, the measure bans corporation and union contributions from col- lecting political funds from employees and union members through payroll deduction. Opponents say the ini- tiative has no practical impact on corporations because businesses don't often collect political funds from employees. But it would ban labor unions from its common practice of using payroll deductions to collect political funds from mem- bers — a move that would hamper Democrat-friend- ly unions from funneling money to political causes. Labor leaders are already gearing up for a multi-million dollar battle to prevent what they say is a corporate attempt to limit the free speech of working- and middle- class people. He noted that taxpayers have already bailed out banks and financial institutions under the Troubled Asset Relief Program to deal with the subprime mort- gage crisis. ''It's not enough for them to have taken our houses and it's not enough for them to make millions off the TARP funding and federal government sup- port for the banks, now they want even more. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See CLOUT, page 7A planned to use the stones to rebuild a vacation villa near Mount Shasta, but never completed the project. The stones were originally carved out of the Guadalajara countryside during the construction of the Santa Maria de Ovila monastery during the 12th centu- ry. A close examination of the stones show delicate, hand-carved signs that are believed to be the signatures of the original stone carvers. Some of the stones that are not being used in the chapter house will be used in the church or other build- ings at the abbey. The chapter house and the abbey itself is becoming a significant tourism spot in the North State, said Jerry Olenyn, director of development for the abbey and Sacred Stone project. While the chapter house has been under construction a number of visitors have been and continue to stop by and marvel at the rare opportunity of seeing such a significant reconstruction. "This is one of three medieval building sites in all of North America, so just by that very fact it is a very unique building site," Schwan said. "And here it is in Tehama See STONE, page 7A DN Staff Writer Unknown thieves decided to do their Christ- mas shopping in stranger's vehicles and homes Monday night. At least nine residents reported Tuesday they were robbed during the night in the Antelope area. The Tehama County Sheriff's Department believes the incidents are connected, said Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston. Thieves, possibly in a white vehicle with pas- sengers getting in and out to steal items, entered at least eight vehicles, a garage and one home, he said. Seven residents in the Rio Vista Mobile Estates reported Tuesday morn- ing that their vehicles were burglarized during the night. Calls began coming in at 7:24 a.m. when a 67- year-old man reported $5 in quarters and a $4 flash- light were missing from his 2010 Chevrolet, logs said. The second victim called in at 8:45 a.m. to report his $200 guitar and a check book were taken from his white 1998 Pon- tiac, logs said. Another guitar and other items were taken from a 1996 Chevrolet nearby. One victim, a 57-year- old man, reported that a set of car keys was stolen from his residence, logs said. Between 8:45 and 10 a.m., deputies logged seven total theft reports in the mobile home park, most of which involved items taken from vehicles. Other items stolen include tools and a charger. Many of the vehicles were unlocked. Later Tuesday, reports came in about three more burglaries in the area, logs said. Items were reported stolen from a woman's garage in the 100 block of Kaer Avenue, logs said. See THEFTS, page 7A Looking ahead to college, careers By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer While hundreds of Tehama County eighth- graders are exposed to careers at the annual Career Day at the Tehama District Fairground, May- wood Middle School gave its students some extra exposure Wednesday. Maywood's seventh- and eight-graders, about 415 students, participated in the third annual Col- lege and Career Fair while sixth-graders had a pre- sentation by high school students, said teacher Steve Dillion. "We want them to not just go to high school, but learn what to do in high school to get into col- lege," Dillon said. "The sixth-graders heard from high school students about preparing for high school. Basically, what programs are available and what clubs and activi- ties as well. They also learned why they should take certain courses and to take them well, which will prepare them for col- lege." The hope is that in high school and college stu- dents from Maywood will be well prepared and have no surprises along the way, he said. Students started off with a kick-off address before heading into three Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb A Maywood student dips a cookie into chocolate under the supervision of Diane Hoag during a presentation on culinary arts Wednesday at Maywood Middle School's College and Career Fair. sessions of speakers. Speakers included local representatives in agriculture, banking, cos- metology, culinary arts, electronics, financial investments, firefighting, journalism, law, military, police, psychology, sports medicine, teaching, vet- erinarian and video game design. New this year was Danny Salado who gave a presentation on being a pilot. Students were given the chance to ask speakers what their career entailed, the type of training neces- sary and how much they earned. They also got to ask why the speaker chose their career, what the most difficult aspect of it was and what the most inter- esting part of the job was. Students were asked to consider which of six career pathways, includ- ing arts and communica- tion; business manage- ment, marketing and tech- nology; Engineering, manufacturing and indus- trial technology; Health sciences; human services and natural resources and agriscience, they might want to go into as a career. See CAREERS, page 7A