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On each of the trucks was a purple ribbon to promote Domestic Vio- lence Awareness Month. Attached to the ribbon was the awareness month activities for the month of October. The nationals will con- tinue today at the Tehama District Fairground, 650 Antelope Blvd., with gates opening at 6 p.m. and the show at 8 p.m. On Sunday the gates open at noon and the show will begin at 2 p.m. Tickets can be pur- chased online at rbmon- sters.com or at the doors. Monster FROMPAGE1 There will also be smaller opportunities, such as $50-100 dona- tions for tiles on the floor. A Sacramento River de- sign on the floor will cel- ebrate the importance of the river in the town's history. Constr uction for the remodeling of the 17,000-square-foot facil- ity, which now houses the Daily News, should be- gin in Spring 2016 with expected completion by May 2017 and occupancy by June 2017, Goodwin said. Super v isor Steve Chamblin urged resi- dents to follow the ex- ample of "the good neigh- bors to the north," speak- ing of the McConnel Foundation. "It can be $1 at a time or like the kid with the lemonade stand, but if ever there was a time to invest it is now," Cham- blin said. "You can't ex- pand quite as well once it is built." Chamblin applauded the volunteers. What the library accomplishes for the community in books provided, access to the Internet, children's pro- grams and book clubs would not be possible without them, he said. Following his speech, Chamblin and his wife announced a $1,000 do- nation to the library fund. Following the meeting, the group took a tour of the Daily News building with Publisher Greg Ste- vens greeting them. "What a great next chapter for a newspaper building to have the love of literacy continue," Ste- vens said. "I couldn't be happier." The newspaper is in the process of selecting a new site and will relo- cate sometime prior to the deadline of the con- tract, which is the end of February. Library FROM PAGE 1 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 Highway Patrol logs. Animal 1700blockAlohaStreet: Policeandfirefighters responded to a report of a cat stuck in the engine compartment of a vehicle. The cat was removed, but bit and scratched a member of the police department and someone from the fire department. They were treated on scene. The cat was taken to Valley Veterinary Clinic for quarantine and medical evaluation. Scam State Route 99W: Heritage RV Park reported receiving a call advising the employee won money and needed to send money to claim his winnings. The man was advised it was a scam. Corning: A woman re- ported receiving a possible scam call from a man stat- ing he was in Willits and seeking donations for a law enforcement fund. Suspicious Dolla Court, Corning: A woman reported that about 2:20p.m. Thursday her neighbor told her a female with pink hair and two men were in her back- yard. The woman did not notice anything missing, but requested extra patrol. Dora Avenue, cross of Orchard Avenue: A man requested extra patrol in the evenings due to an unknown woman attempt- ing to sell alcohol out of her trunk periodically. Vandalism 13000block Lisa Way: A woman reported her daughter's 2005Volkswa- gen Bug had been vandal- ized over the weekend. It appeared someone had tried to separate the back window from the so top of the convertible. Police logs Utt: Roy Franklin Utt, 90, of Red Bluff died Friday, Oct. 2at Brentwood Nurs- ing Center. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Crema- tions & Burial Service. Published Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Deathnoticesmustbe provided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Death notices HEATHER HOELSCHER - DAILY NEWS The monster truck named Big Foot, with driver Larry Swim, coming down Main Street in the parade Thursday. By Sean Murphy The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY Oklaho- ma's highest criminal court unanimously agreed Fri- day to halt all of the state's scheduled executions after its prison system received the wrong drug for a lethal injection this week. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals granted the state's request and is- sued indefinite stays of ex- ecution for Richard Glos- sip, Benjamin Cole and John Grant. Oklahoma At- torney General Scott Pruitt requested the stays to give his office time to investigate why the state's Department of Corrections received the wrong drug just hours be- fore Glossip was to be exe- cuted Wednesday. Prison officials who opened a box of lethal drugs two hours ahead of Glossip's scheduled execu- tion realized they received potassium acetate instead of potassium chloride, the third drug utilized in Okla- homa's lethal injection for- mula. After prison officials notified Oklahoma's gover- nor and attorney general, Gov. Mary Fallin issued a 37-day stay of execution for Glossip to give the state more time "to determine whether potassium acetate is compliant with the execu- tion protocol and/or to ob- tain potassium chloride." The court ordered the state to provide status re- ports every 30 days, "in- cluding any proposed ad- justments to the execution protocol." Oklahoma's execution protocols were overhauled after last year's botched ex- ecution of Clayton Lockett, who writhed on a gurney and struggled against his restraints before being de- clared dead more than 40 minutes after the procedure began. On Thursday, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Robert Patton in- sisted that those new proto- cols were properly followed. But the attorney general expressed concerns about the department's ability to properly carry out an exe- cution. "Until my office knows more about these circum- stances and gains confi- dence that DOC can carry out executions in accor- dance with the execution protocol, I am asking the Oklahoma Court of Crimi- nal Appeals to issue an in- definite stay of all scheduled executions," Pruitt said in a statement after requesting the stays on Thursday. In a separate ruling Fri- day, the court denied Cole's request to halt his execu- tion over claims that he is insane. Cole's attorneys also made a separate chal- lenge to the state's three- drug formula part of their arguments. They said mid- azolam, the first drug in the lethal injection formula, is a benzodiazepine rather than an ultra-short acting bar- biturate called for in state law. Cole was set to be exe- cuted Oct. 7 for the 2002 killing of his 9-month-old daughter, and Grant was scheduled to die on Oct. 28 for the 1998 stabbing death of a prison worker at the Dick Connor Correctional Center in Hominy. Glossip, whose execution had been rescheduled for Nov. 6, was sentenced to die for ordering the 1997 beat- ing death of his boss, Barry Van Treese, the owner of the Oklahoma City motel where Glossip worked. Glos- sip has maintained his in- nocence. Follow Sean Murphy at www.twitter.com/ apseanmurphy WRONG DRUGS Ok la ho ma c ou rt s to ps t hr ee pending executions a er glitch SUE OGROCKI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Robert Patton gives a statement to reporters at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla. By Josh Lederman and Kathleen Hennessey The Associated Press WASHINGTON Arne Dun- can, who followed President Barack Obama to Washing- ton to serve as his education secretary, announced Friday he will step down following a seven-year tenure marked by a willingness to plunge head-on into the heated de- bate about the government's role in education. Sidestepping a confir- mation fight in Congress, Obama tapped a senior bu- reaucrat to run the depart- ment while leaving the role of secretary vacant for the remainder of his presidency. One of the longest-serv- ing Cabinet members, Dun- can is among the few who have formed close personal relationships with the pres- ident. After his departure in December, Agriculture Sec- retary Tom Vilsack will be the sole member of Obama's Cabinet still in his original role. Duncan said he planned to return to Chicago, where his family is living, with his future plans uncertain. "Being apart from my family has become too much of a strain, and it is time for me to step aside and give a new leader a chance," Dun- can said in an email to staff obtained by The Associ- ated Press. He planned to join Obama for a formal an- nounced Friday at the White House. In an unconventional move, Obama asked John King Jr., a senior Educa- tion Department official, to oversee the Education De- partment, but declined to nominate him to be secre- tary, which would require confirmation by the Repub- lican-run Senate. Elevating King in an acting capacity spares Obama a potential clash with Senate Republi- cans over his education pol- icies as his term draws to a close. "We do not intend to nominate another candi- date," said a White House official who wasn't autho- rized to comment by name and spoke on condition of anonymity. Republicans pointed out that Obama has previously complained that acting secretaries can- not fulfill all the duties of Senate-confirmed agency heads. Duncan's tenure coin- cided with a roiling de- bate about perceived fed- eral overreach into schools that remains a potent issue as he leaves office. Navigat- ing a delicate divide, Dun- can sought to use the fed- eral government's leverage to entice states to follow Washington's preferred ap- proach to higher standards, prompting resistance from all sides. On the right, Republicans and state leaders accused Duncan of a heavy-handed federal approach that side- stepped lawmakers and en- forced top-down policies on local schools. Critics blasted the department for linking federal dollars to state adop- tion of standards such as the Common Core, a controver- sial set of curriculum guide- lines. His signature initia- tive was Race to the Top, in which states competed for federal grants, with strings attached. On the left, Dun- can clashed over policy with teachers' unions, in- cluding the largest, the 275,000-member National Education Association, which once called on Dun- can to resign. Traditionally reliable Democratic allies, labor leaders bristled at his strong support for charter schools and the use of stu- dent test scores to evaluate teachers. Throughout his tenure, Duncan stood firmly be- hind federal standardized testing requirements, even as he readily handed out waivers exempting states from George W. Bush-era re- quirements under No Child Left Behind. Duncan cast the federal testing as a civil rights issue, critical to mak- ing school ensure that stu- dents of all races and back- grounds succeed. The Edu- cation Department pointed to statistics showing the high school graduation rate under Duncan hit a new high of 81 percent. Occasionally flashing impatience with criticism, Duncan raised eyebrows in 2014 when he cast op- ponents as "white subur- ban moms who — all of a sudden — their child isn't as brilliant as they thought they were." He later said he regretted the "clumsy phras- ing." Part of the Chicago co- hort that converged on Washington after Obama's election, Duncan previously ran the Chicago public school system, although he never worked as a teacher. A basketball player who played professionally in Australia, Duncan was once a regular in Obama's week- end games. US CABINET Education secretary steps down a er 7 years ANDREW HARNIK — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS President Barack Obama listens as Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Friday. 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