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Goodmorning,thanksforsubscribing Jay Pionsett READER PHOTO Reflectionsat the Discovery Center Lifestyles A5 EDUCATION School takes field trip to Sacramento Community A3 DON'TBE SCAMMED Scamalerts Readour online scam alert section to learn how to avoid being scammed. VISIT REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM/ SCAMALERT By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF The 2015 Tehama District Fair is off and running with the first ever kickoff dinner held Saturday by the Fair Kick- off Committee to help raise funds for the fairgrounds and stir up an- ticipation for the Sept. 24-27 fair. "A lot of fairs hold a kickoff din- ner and we wanted to get the ex- citement going for fair and raise funds," said CEO Kelley Ferreira. "This is a fabulous community." The hope is after fair that the kickoff committee will form a non-profit foundation, Ferreira said. Organizers estimated the eve- ning raised more than $10,000. There were about 150 people in attendance. Fairboard President Linda Dur- rer and Matt Wolter, who served FAIR Te ha ma District Fair hol ds fi rs t kickoff dinner Staff report RED BLUFF A Domino's Pizza de- livery employee, Karl Swentnika, reported being robbed late Sun- day evening on the 500 block of Elm Street, while out delivering a pizza. Swentnika, 22, reported hear- ing a man running toward him in the dark after he exited his car to make the delivery shortly after 11 p.m., said Sgt. Scott Curtis in the press release issued Monday by the Red Bluff Police. Swentnika reported a man wearing a ski mask came up to him with a large fixed blade knife and a stun gun, the release said. The man reportedly demanded Swentnika's wallet, money bag and the pizza he was delivering. Swetnika described the man as being about 6 feet 2 inches tall, with a thin build. At the time of the incident, the suspect was wearing a dark brown long sleeve shirt and jeans. The suspect was last seen running northbound to- ward Oak Street. The suspect has not been found and the case is under investiga- tion. Anyone with information is asked to call the Red Bluff Police Department at 527-3131. ROBBERY Pi zz a dr iv er robbed while on delivery Staff report RED BLUFF A 17-year-old boy at- tacked a police officer Sunday afternoon when the officer at- tempted to detain him in con- nection with a fight reported at River Park. Two officer responded around 5:50 p.m. Sunday to the park, where they found victims Kevin Talley, 48, and Ashley Olyear, 27, both of Red Bluff. One officer spoke with the victims while the other officer looked for the sus- pect, according to a press release issued Sunday evening by the Red Bluff Police Department. The suspect was spotted near Sycamore and Rio streets, the re- port said, and the officer yelled through his open driver's side window for the suspect, who was about 40 feet away, to stop. As the officer parked his car the suspect made a threatening state- ment toward him and charged the car, throwing several punches at the officer through the open win- dow. The officer was struck at least twice before he was able to drive forward away from the suspect, who then attempted to flee, the release said. The officer pursued the teen in his patrol vehicle and, with the help of another officer, was able to detain the suspect without fur- ther incident. The boy was identified as Tal- ley's son and booked into the Te- hama County Juvenile Justice Center for battery on a peace offi- cer and violently resisting arrest. The victims refused to pros- ecute but it was learned during the investigation the boy report- edly intentionally kicked and stepped on a small puppy during the incident. He was subsequently charged with animal cruelty. The officer did not sustain any injuries as a result of being struck in face and chest. ARREST Teenpunchesofficer,triestoflee By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter CORNING An entire week of ac- tivities celebrating olives culmi- nated in the 26th annual Corn- ing of Chamber Olive Festival held Saturday at Woodson City Park, where hundreds gathered for the day-long festivities. "The festival's been going on for about 60 years back when the Catholic church held it at the Veterans Memorial Hall, but this is our 26th year," said Corn- ing Chamber of Commerce Man- ager Valanne Cardenas. "The weather's just perfect today." One of the newer events, cel- ebrating its third year, was the olive pit spitting contest, which Chamber President Christina Meeds came up with when the group of organizers was brain- storming what olive-related events they could add, Carde- nas said. "It's been a pretty big hit," Meeds said. "People really seem to like it. We usually get be- tween 20 and 40 people." Cardenas and Meeds said they were happy to have good weather and a good crowd at the event unlike about two years prior when someone told people the parade had been cancelled due to smoke from fires and a good number of entries didn't show up. "We have about 70 vendors this year," Meeds said. "It's an excellent turnout with a wide variety of vendors and a great kids area. My favorite part of it is olive (sic) it, but I really enjoy the festival." Even Miss Corning, Chey- enne Boles, joined in the olive pit spitting contest, from which the winner of the 18 and older division, John Bolles, received a basket full of goodies from Bell Carter for hitting the 22- foot mark. Hunter Guinn, 9, of Corning won the 17 and younger division for which he received a gift card for a free personal pizza from Round Table Pizza. Also celebrating its third year at the Olive Festival were free 50-minute historical tours given by Mayor Gary Strack wearing his other hat as the Corning Mu- seum Association president. "I talk about (Warren) Wood- son who started the town through land promotions," Strack said. "He sold 10 acre parcels out on the east coast, mainly at churches. Some of them couldn't come out right away so he organized planting and maintaining trees for them so they'd be started when the people got here. Not all of them could come out here right away. As it progressed, they started needing housing and not all of these easterners liked living in the country so they started building in town." CORNING 26 YEARS OF OLIVE FEST Assummerwindsdown,law enforcement is ramping up a national crackdown on drunk and drugged driving. PAGEA5 LIFESTYLES Don't end your summer with a DUI arrest High sensitivity actually drives people away and creates a sense of fragility that can annoy others. PAGE A3 COMMUNITY Faydra Rector: Becoming anti-fragile The cheating website's hack has led to two unconfirmed reports of suicides, Canadian police said Monday. PAGE B5 ASHLEY MADISON Police: Hack might have led to suicides Three Americans and a Briton were awarded France's highest award, the Legion d'Honneur, on Monday. PAGE A8 TRAIN SHOOTING Americans, Briton honored by French Community.....A3 Health..............A4 LIfestyles........A5 Obituaries....... A7 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 INDEX JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Hu nt er G ui nn , 9 , o f C or ni ng , s pi ts a n o li ve pi t d ur in g t he o li ve s pi tt in g c on te st o n S at ur day a t t he O li ve Festival in Corning. Hunter won the 17and under contest by hitting the 8-foot mark. OLIVES PAGE 7 FAIR PAGE 7 M/sunny High: Low: 95 63 » PAGE B8 » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, August 25, 2015 50CENTS AN EDITION OF THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD Volume130,issue198 7 58551 69001 9