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ByJulieZeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter REDBLUFF TheRedBluffRound- Up's Tough Enough To Wear Pink campaign resulted in a $31,000 donation to St. Elizabeth Commu- nity Hospital that was presented to the Mercy North Foundation on Wednesday, June 10. "The purpose of the donation was to benefit the services asso- ciated with breast cancer detec- tion and treatment provided by St. Elizabeth Community Hospi- tal's Imaging Center," said Mar- keting Manager Amy Gonczeruk. The donation went to the Mercy North Foundation, which is the philanthropic arm of St. Eliz- abeth and Mercy Medical Center as well as the work of the sisters of Mercy, said Mercy North Foun- dation President Maggie Redmon. The money will be staying at RED BLUFF ToughEnough to Wear Pink Ca mp ai gn donates $31,000 By Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter RED BLUFF The City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday night to take wording referring to Transient Occupancy Tax revenue out of its contract with the Red Bluff-Te- hama County Chamber of Com- merce. The contract, set to expire June 30, provides for a previously ap- proved $70,000 from the city's general fund to support the cham- ber, in addition to a $1 per year lease for the chamber office at 100 Main St. At issue was wording in the contract that referenced cham- ber funding being connected to TOT revenue. Some on the coun- cil wanted the language removed because it often leads to conten- tion during negotiations between the city and the chamber. Representatives of the cham- ber argued that TOT revenue is meant, at least in part, to pro- mote tourism — a function of the chamber. An increase in the TOT was passed by voters in the RED BLUFF Council votes to split chamber, TOT revenue Staff Report CORNING A homicide victim found nearly a quarter century ago in the area of Hall Road, north of Loleta Road, has been officially identified as 45-year-old Rosemma Mendenhall, according to a Tehama County Sheriff's Of- fice release issued Wednesday. The case stems from Oct. 27, 1990 when Tehama County Sher- iff's detectives were called out for female remains located near a culvert in the area. An autopsy revealed apparent stab wounds on the front and back of the body. The clothed woman had no identification or any means of finding out who she was aside from surgical plates found in her arm. Attempts were made to identify her through the serial numbers on the plate, according to the release, but the efforts were unsuccessful and the case was listed as a Jane Doe cold homicide. At the time, castings of the fin- gers were taken in hopes of iden- tifying Mendenhall through fin- gerprints. In 2013, an Oregon Police de- tective contacted the department with information of a convicted serial killer that was due to be re- leased after serving 20 years. The investigator advised the depart- ment to look into any unsolved homicides involving females in the 1990s and the case was pulled out for review. In addition to reviewing infor- mation, the victim's jaw was sub- mitted to the California Depart- ment of Justice Missing Persons DNA Program with hopes of mak- ing a match due to advancements made in police forensic science and technology. In April, detectives were noti- fied a DNA match had been made to Mendenhall who had been re- ported as missing from Eureka in 1998. A fingerprint card from June 2, 1990 taken by the Eu- reka Police Department and the finger castings from the autopsy were sent to the California De- partment of Justice, Bureau of Fo- rensic Services lab for compari- son. It was determined the cast- ings matched the fingerprint card from Mendenhall. Mendenhall was believed to have last been seen alive in June 1990 hitchhiking on Hall Road near Loleta Avenue. Next of kin has been notified. CORNING HomicidevictimID'da er25years By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF The Red Bluff Com- munity Band is trying yet again to launch a 1940s style swing band using members of its exist- ing group and drawing on sev- eral out of area musicians who come to perform for the summer concerts. On Monday, the band was able, with about 15 minutes practice before the concert, to pull off the number "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing," but the group would love to take it to the next level and be able to have an entire concert utilizing the swing band, said Conductor Jay Thiel. "We need four trumpets for the swing band to fill all of the spots," Thiel said. "For this sum- mer I might have them covered. I have all of these out of town summer folks who play with us in the summer, and if I am lucky, I might cover the bases for this summer." Thiel made an attempt in 2009 to create a swing band, but due to a lack of trumpet players it was unsuccessful. "Trumpets are hard to come by as they are what is called a 'high maintenance' instrument," Thiel said. "We see them in the schools because in school they play every day, which keeps up the maintenance. When the trumpet players get out of school, unless they play in a band in college or otherwise, they quickly lose their ability and have to start at the begin- ning if they decide to play later. It takes quite a bit of effort to build up stamina and endur- ance." At present, the swing band has one Red Bluff trumpet player and another that comes down, even in the winter, from Redding to play with the group. "Last December I sensed an opportunity to try the swing band again, so after our Christ- mas programs were over I called for a rehearsal for a new group," Thiel said "Several of our mem- bers play in the Shasta College Symphonic Community Band and word got out about the new band. I had to turn musicians away for the basses as were cov- ered with our regular musicians, but the trumpet slots were still not filled." From there, after only hav- ing had one rehearsal, Thiel accepted an invitation to play at a Tehama Estates St. Valen- tine's Day party and after it went well he decided to try playing a piece at the summer Concert in the Park series, which runs 8-9 p.m. Mondays at River Park. "Now that we are playing in a public place, hopefully word will get out and some obscure musi- cian or two will want to be part of the effort and then maybe it will really go," Thiel said. "I have been thinking about maybe having a swing band concert or program right after the regu- lar season concludes, but I will have to wait and see how they do through the summer. The Red Bluff Community Band was formed in Red Bluff in 1947 and is continuing today although it too is struggling to exist. I am devoting my retirement to keep the band alive. As times change so does the music, and our band music is all but becoming ex- tinct." The group will be playing its patriotic concert next week during its regular program. The Swing Band will not be playing patriotic music but it will con- clude the program by being nos- talgic in nature. The band is ten- tatively scheduled to play Glenn Miller's "Moonlight Serenade." The swing band roster in- cludes Alto sax: Earl Kinney, Randy Zumalt, Darcy Frank- Redding, Ken Reed-Redding, Fred Schweizer and Richard Baumann; Tenor sax: Jim Dil- lon-Redding, Mary Jo Fier- monte, Douglas City-Weaver- ville and Joy Stander; Bari sax: Kim Frank-Redding; Trumpet: MUSIC COMMUNITY BAND TRIES TO FORM A SWING GROUP JULIEZEEB-DAILYNEWS Members of the new swing band the Red Bluff Community Band is trying to form play "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" on Monday during the concert in the park series. Community.....A3 Opinion............A4 Weather ..........A6 Sports.............. B1 Seniors.............C1 A&E..................B4 Index............... ## INDEX An online assessment and workshop will be offered to help young adults better focus on career options. 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