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"With record-setting drought conditions we must take every step pos- sible to prevent new wild- fires from starting," said Chief Ken Pimlott, Cal Fire director. Similar to last year, Cal Fire has already re- sponded to significantly more wildfires than in an average year. Cal Fire is asking residents to ensure that they are prepared for wildfires including main- taining a minimum of 100 feet of Defensible Space around every home. Here are some tips to help prepare your home and property: Clear all dead or dying vegetation 100 feet around all structures. Landscape with fire re- sistant and drought toler- ant plants. Find alternative ways to dispose of landscape de- bris like chipping or haul- ing it to a biomass energy facility. The department may is- sue restricted temporary burning permits if there is an essential reason due to public health and safety. Agriculture, land management, fire train- ing, and other industrial- type burning may pro- ceed if a Cal Fire official inspects the burn site and issues a special permit. Campfires within orga- nized campgrounds or on private property that are otherwise permitted will be allowed if the camp- fire is maintained in such a manner as to prevent its spread to the wildland. For additional informa- tion on preparing for and preventing wildfires visit www.ReadyForWildfire. org. Ban FROMPAGE1 Brewer said it would be preferable for the city to promote from within, and that officials are re- viewing the position's job description. "We have some time," Brewer said, adding that, ideally, the city would hire a replacement and have that person shadow Atkins for some period of time. "Even if it's a brief pe- riod of on-the-job train- ing," he said. Chief FROM PAGE 1 "We have people from all over including our judge Chris Rowley of Goose Meadows Farms out of Mississippi," Krieg said. "There have also been peo- ple from North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois." Holly Parks of Bakers- field was one of the 75 showing for the Cham- pion Challenge. A mem- ber of 4-H in Kern County, she travels all over with her goats, but Red Bluff is the farthest north she has come, she said. "I've always had a love for them," Parks said as she sat with her four- month old goat Selene calmly resting in her lap during a break. "They def- initely know their human and claim us." There was one goat who would not even let Park's sister touch it, while she could have it lay in her lap. "I love goats because they're hilarious and all have different personali- ties," Parks said. "One goat will come up and say 'love on me' while another will say 'come to me and then I'll let you scratch me.'" Friday was the first time for nationals for the pygmy goat show, which rotates annually and comes to the Sierra Pacific region once every eight years, but many shows over the last 20 years have been held at the fairgrounds, Krieg said. The open show portion runs 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat- urday and Sunday with a banquet to follow the show Saturday. For more information, visit the Sierra Pacific web- site at www.spgga.com or nationals at www.npga- pygmy.com. Goats FROM PAGE 1 By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF The National Miniature Donkey Associ- ation Nationals opened Fri- day with the fun expected to continue through Sun- day at the Tehama Dis- trict Fairground. The show, which is free for spectators, will run 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. "This is a huge show," said Dot Lanham, who runs the show with her hus- band, Ray, and friend Re- nee Smith. "We have peo- ple from Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee, Canada, Ore- gon, Washington, Califor- nia and Idaho." Throughout the week- end people will be com- peting. Friday's event were showmanship and Satur- day and Sunday events in- clude team driving, sin- gle carting, barrel racing with a cart and in-hand obstacle course and snig- ging, Lanham said. Snig- ging is a donkey pulling a log that is not more than 60 pounds in a serpentine style through cones with- out the donkey or the log touching the cones. The event also will be hosting former show exhib- itor Dolores Durando who, at 94-years-young, is hold- ing a book signing for her newest fictional book "And Yesterday Is Gone." While Durando no longer com- petes, her family will have four generations, some of whom are competing, pres- ent at the event including her daughter, Marilane Jo- renson, a National Minia- ture Donkey Association Board Member. Carole Breton of San Miguel Miniatures brought her 11-year-old donkey Bravo to the event for her third time attending at Red Bluff. She got started with miniature donkeys because she found a cheap rental that used to be a ranch of donkeys and the only re- quirement for cheap rent was that she help care for the donkeys, she said. That was 15 years ago and now Breton has her own small group of don- keys that she acquired af- ter moving off the ranch, she said. Dennis Robertson of Cot- tonwood got his start with miniature donkeys in 1978 when he traded miniature cattle for miniature don- key as a means to keep the weeds down at his place, he said. "Most of the people at the show got their start from me because I was one of the first to have them in the area," Robertson said. While Robertson is not showing this weekend, he came to see Susie Gem- mell, of Suzy Q's Petting Zoo and Mini G Farm, show his 9-month-old donkey Op- timus Prime, he said. "My mom's been raising them for 31 years so that's how I got my start," Gem- mell said. "First my sister showed and now I do." She loves miniature don- keys because of their nature and they generally don't bite or kick, Gemmell said. "They make a wonderful pet," Gemmell said. "Their nickname is dog in an equine body because they're just like a dog in the way they're affectionate." In addition to classes, there is a dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday, which will fea- ture a slideshow memo- rial for long-time members Richard Austin and Rich- ard Smith, who ran the show for years with their wives Cheryl Austin and Renee Smith. Proceeds from an auc- tioned donkey at a dinner Friday was being collected to give to Cheryl Austin, said Diane Calderon, one of the event coordinators. A pack saddle auctioned off and money from the raffle, which goes through Sun- day, will go to the cost of the show. Winners need not be present. For more information on the organization or to view the full schedule visit www. wrmds.com. TEHAMA DISTRICT FAIRGROUND Mi ni at ur e Do nk ey Nationals today, Sunday JULIEZEEB-DAILYNEWS Susie Gemmell of Lake Elsinore, le , and her friend Dennis Robertson of Cottonwood, right, lead their 9-month-old donkey Optimus Prime Friday at the National Miniature Donkey Association show at the Tehama District Fairground. The following informa- tion is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Red Bluff Fire, Tehama County Sheriff's Depart- ment, Corning Police De- partment, Corning Fire, Cal Fire and California High- way Patrol logs. Battery St.ElizabethCommu- nity Hospital: A man was reportedly in the Emergency Room just before 8p.m. Thursday being treated for injuries received while breaking up a fight. Nothing further was available. Harassment Solano Street: A woman in black and tan with brown hair was reported at 3:52 p.m. Thursday to be harass- ing customers and asking for money. An employee had asked her to leave, but she refused. Officers responded and arrested Bianka Rosan- na Gutierrez, 25, of Corning for outstanding warrants, Bail was $10,000. Suspicious Solano Street: Someone at Edward Jones Investments reported their terra cotta planters had been moved to the edge of the street Wednesday night. McKinley Avenue: Someone at Porter Recy- cling reported Thursday that sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday someone had damaged their fence. Extra patrol was requested. The s Second Street: Between 11p.m. Thursday and 12:35 a.m. Friday a tan 2007 Honda Civic 2-door sedan was stolen from Second Street near Park Avenue. The license plate on the vehicle is California ERKA97. South Avenue: Three incidents involving possible shopli ing took place at truck stops between 4a.m. and 7:30a.m. Thursday in the area of South Avenue and State Route 99W in Corning. 21800block of River- side Avenue: A motor was reported Thursday as having been stolen from a residence within the past few days. 18200block Quail Ridge Road: A man reported seeing three men remov- ing a pump from a well. The suspects were in a white truck pulling at trailer that was seen leaving the area around 7:17p.m. on Thurs- day. An extensive area check was made, but no one was found. Vandalism 21900block Klamath River Place: A woman noticed Wednesday that her garage door was ajar and reported to law enforcement that she believes someone was trying to get into her garage between 4p.m. and 8p.m. The suspects caused $200-300in damage. Police Logs By Sue Manning The Associated Press LOS ANGELES For the first time, a Los Angeles shelter's Hero Dog award has gone to a cat. In May 2014, Tara the cat fought off a dog that attacked her 6-year-old owner as he rode his bi- cycle in the driveway of the family's Bakersfield home. Tara body-slammed Scrappy, a chow-mix that lived next door, when the dog got out of his yard, ran for Jeremy Triantaf- ilo, grabbed his leg and started shaking from side-to-side. Tara chased the dog toward its home. It was later euthanized. Jeremy, who is autis- tic and had to have eight stitches, calls Scrappy a "bad dog," said his dad, Roger Triantafilo. About Tara, Jeremy said, "She is my hero." "We were so impressed by Tara's bravery and fast action that the selection committee decided that a cat this spectacular should be the National Hero Dog," said Made- line Bernstein, president of the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Ani- mals Los Angeles. The shelter's 33rd an- nual award was pre- sented to the family in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. You will usually find Tara close to Jeremy, his father said. ANIMALS Cat wins shelter's Hero Dog award for saving child from canine The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Google plans to censor unauthor- ized nude photos from its influential Internet search engine in a policy change aimed at cracking down on a malicious practice known as "revenge porn." The new rules announced Friday will allow people whose naked pictures have been posted on a website without their permission to ask Google to prevent links to the image from appear- ing in its search results. A form for submitting the cen- sorship requests to Google should be available within the next few weeks, accord- ing to the Mountain View, California, company. Google traditionally has resisted efforts to erase on- line content from its Inter- net search engine, main- taining that its judgments about information and im- ages should be limited to how relevant the material is to each person's query. That libertarian approach helped establish Google as the world's most dominant search engine, processing roughly two-thirds of all online requests for infor- mation. The company decided to make an exception with the unauthorized sharing of nude photos because those images are often posted by ex-spouses and jilted ro- mantic partners or extor- tionists demanding ran- soms to take down the pic- tures. "Revenge porn images are intensely personal and emotionally damaging, and serve only to degrade the victims — predominantly women," Amit Singhal, Google's senior vice presi- dent of search, wrote in a Friday blog post. Google's stand against revenge porn won't neces- sarily purge it from the In- ternet because it has no au- thority to order other sites to remove offensive or even illegal content. But Google is hoping revenge porn will prove less mortifying to its intended victims by making it more difficult to find. Other heavily trafficked sites, including the social fo- rum Reddit, have embraced policies banning nude pho- tos from being posted without the subject's per- mission. Earlier this year, Google tried to prohibit sex- ually explicit material from the publicly accessible sites in its Blogger service only to reverse itself within a few days amid cries of unwar- ranted censorship among Blogger's users. This isn't the first time Google has excised sensitive content from its search in- dex. In most instances, the company has been forced to do so under laws im- posed in various countries where it operates. While its search engine operated in mainland China from 2006 through 2010, Google blocked information that the country's Communist government deemed to be inappropriate and the com- pany has been scrubbing humiliating information from people's pasts in Eu- rope for the past year. NUDITY Go og le c ra ck s do wn o n 'r ev en ge p or n' JOHNR.LOPEMAN John R. Lopeman, 88, of Red Bluff, CA passed away on Saturday 6/13/15. His death was preceded by his wife Mable. John was born in Kansas but spent the majority of his life in the Bay Area until retiring to Red Bluff. John was a Marine and upon being discharged became a professional baseball player with the Philadelphia Philly's organization. Later he worked for the U S Postal Service and retired as a postal supervisor. John loved to travel and had a passion for golf. John is survived by his son Michael and step-children Toni Cramer and Robbie Blue. He is also survived by nu- merous nieces and nephews, grandchildren, great grand- children and great, great grandchildren. Services will be held on Wednesday June 24 at the Oak Hill Cemetery at 10 am. Obituaries R ed Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service FD1931 527-1732 Burials - Monuments - Preneed 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 11 A