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ByHeatherHoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter REDBLUFF TheSacramento River Preservation Trust hosted the Paddle California adventure, a 100-mile paddle trip, Oct. 1-4 from Redding to Chico. The 40 paddlers stopped in Red Bluff Friday, the sec- ond day of the trip, to camp at Camp Discovery of the Sacramento River Discover Center. Their next stop was Woodson Bridge RV Park in Corning. The paddlers' last stop of the trip was Scotty's Landing in Chico. "I love the fact that be- cause the paddlers are stop- ping to camp for three nights they will all have the memo- ries at the four major local landmarks on the river," said Lucas RossMerz, executive director of the Sacramento River Preservation Trust. The trip to Red Bluff took about six and a half hours and was about 33 miles, he said. Chris Davidson, trust board member, was a part of the road crew that took all the paddlers' camping gear SACRAMENTO RIVER Paddletripcomesthroughtown HEATHERHOELSCHER-DAILYNEWS Participants in the Paddle California paddle down the Sacramento River dock at Camp Discovery at the Sacramento River Discovery Center. By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com on Twitter REDBLUFF Three local sur- vivors and a representative of the new nurse navigator program spoke Tuesday at the St. Elizabeth Commu- nity Hospital Breast Cancer Awareness Month celebra- tion Breast Assured. "I'm happy to be here," Davonne Wehunt said. "When I was diagnosed at the end of 2011, I had just recovered from whopping cough, lost my job and was stressing myself out." At her first check-up with a new doctor who was al- most out of the room, We- hunt stopped him to ask about a weird skin inflam- mation. She is very glad she did because that abnormal- ity was the beginning of her cancer, she said. "I wasn't scheduled to come back and see him again for a few months," We- hunt said. "Any change with your boobs, get it checked out. It's good to get a mam- mogram, but also to be aware of your boobs." Anything from the thick- ening of skin to a misshapen spot or leaking is something worth asking your doctor about, she said. Michele Madrigal was pregnant with her young- est of two sons when she found out she had cancer. It was not her first brush with a lump, but the other one was benign. This time, however, she lost part of her major support system and she is grateful for her par- ents and children who give her a reason to fight cancer, Madrigal said. "Shortly after my diagno- sis and entering treatment, my husband died," Madri- gal said. "The biggest rea- son I'm here today was all the love and support. What I found from cancer was a strong connection with my boys, my parents and my- self. I would have preferred a different way to be woken up, but I was given a whole new chance to start my life again. I don't welcome the cancer, but I welcome the gifts given. The connec- tion with family, commu- nity and meeting my survi- vor sisters." Having a positive attitude and a reason to fight is ev- erything in the battle with cancer, Madrigal said. Norma Mallari dreaded telling her husband, who had lost his mother to breast cancer, and her four boys that she had the disease, she said. Mallari spoke about the necessity of getting ad- equate sleep and eating healthfully. St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Nurse Navigator Jaci Franseth spoke about the hospital's program that pairs cancer patients with a nurse, with a focus on breast and lung cancer. The pair- ing takes place from the mo- ment the patient suspects cancer through the uncer- tainties that often crop up between end of treatment ST. ELIZABETH Ho sp it al c el eb ra te s Br ea st Cancer Awareness Month JULIE ZEEB - DAILY NEWS Breast Cancer Survivor Michele Madrigal talks about her two boys being her reason to fight cancer Tuesday at the St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Breast Cancer Awareness Month Celebration. By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Following a lengthy discussion at the Tehama County Board of Supervisors meet- ing Tuesday afternoon, alternatives to closing Madison Street to accommodate jail expansion were presented at the City Council meeting in the evening. The $15.8 million Tehama County Jail expan- sion, which includes a new facility where the li- brary is housed, originally included the closure of Madison Street, which runs between the jail and the library, to provide a secure campus. Objections from the city sent the matter back to the drawing board to see what other options were available and county staff sought direction Tuesday on alternatives. The presentation was informational and no action was taken, but plans were made to hold a joint study session with representatives from the city and county. Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin said he was hopeful the city would reconsider the clo- sure since plans to include the Day Reporting Center at the site were scrapped due to funding. "It's the cleanest way for the county," Goodwin said. "We could force the closure, but I'm not sure that's politically the wisest move." In lieu of the closure, staff came up with a plan to reroute Madison Street. Traffic would go through the county-owned portion of Pine Street that is not in use. That could cost about $460,000. At the supervisors meeting, objections to the re-route plan included the route being too diffi- cult for bigger trucks making deliveries. The third alternative is to build some form JAIL EXPANSION County, citylook atother options ANDERSON The 24th Annual Return of the Salmon Festival, sponsored by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will be held 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Coleman National Fish Hatchery Complex, 24411 Coleman Fish Hatch- ery Road in Anderson. This is a free family oriented event. Adults and kids alike will be able to view salmon, spawning operations, the salmon aquarium, wildlife and natural resource information booths. Coleman prepared for the festival by opening the fish ladder in late September. It is expected that as many as 50,000 salmon might return to Battle Creek this fall. One of the largest draws of the event is the opportunity to see adult salmon up close in the holding ponds and being spawned. In recent years, the hatchery finished improve- ments on the barrier weir and fish ladder, as well as reconstructing the water supply and intake to integrate with the Battle Creek salmon and steel- head Restoration Project. The ambitious resto- ration project is expected to open up about 42 miles of creek above the hatchery to spawning. COLEMAN HATCHERY 24th annual Return of the Salmon Festival Bidwell School will hold its annual Harvest Carnival 5-9 p.m. Friday at 1256Walnut St. in Red Bluff. PAGEA3 COMMUNITY HarvestCarnival planned for Friday The Tehama County Animal Care Center is holding the final Free Cat Friday adoption event of this year Friday. PAGE A7 LIFESTYLES Free Cat Friday at care center tomorrow Three people have been ar- rested in the killing of a Cali- fornia yoga teacher who was shot on a hiking trail. PAGE A5 HIKING TRAIL 3 arrested in killing of California yoga teacher Gov. Jerry Brown dramatically increases California's climate- change goals to take place in just 15years. PAGE A9 RENEWABLE ENERGY Brown commits state to climate goals by 2030 SomeSun High: Low: 92 57 PAGE B10 Community.....A3 Lifestyles........ A7 Opinion............A8 Sports.............. 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