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A brief in Tuesday's edition about the Com- munity Action Agency's Anti-Poverty Week dona- tion drive for LIFT Te- hama contained an er- ror. The Department of Social Services is not a drop off location for do- nations. However, a van will be parked between the department and Gro- cery Outlet 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16 for people to drop their donations. The Daily News regrets the error. ••• An article in Wednes- day's edition regarding the Red Ribbon Week fes- tivities contained an incor- rect time for the Tehama County Department of Ed- ucation event, which will be 3-5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, at 1135 Lincoln St. in Red Bluff. The Daily News regrets the error. Itisthepolicyofthe Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you believe a factual error has been made in a news story, call 737-5042. CORRECTIONS Vangriethuysen:Ricky Ted Vangriethuysen, 60, of Red Bluff died Mon- day, Oct. 12at his home. Arrangements are under the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Death notices must be 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 of the proceeds from the boot drive held the third Friday of April during the Red Bluff Round-Up week to the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. "Hopefully this is some- thing we can do for many years to come," Moyer said of the pink T-shirt cam- paign. Pink FROM PAGE 1 firefighters called for a full investigation. Callison blamed the mis- statements on differing definitions of what consti- tutes a violent background. Although the penal code includes hundreds of of- fenses considered to be vi- olent, prison officials have long considered inmates to be nonviolent if they have a minimum-security clas- sification for good behav- ior and a significant length of time in prison without committing a violent act. Arsonists, kidnappers, sex offenders, gang affili- ates and those serving life sentences for murder and other crimes have always been excluded. Callison said a state- ment on the department's website that participating inmates must have no his- tory of violent crimes un- der California's penal code "was a thoroughly mislead- ing statement." "That was part of the rea- son I always thought there were no inmates with vi- olent records in the fire camps," he said. "It was in- accurate." The disclosure shocked officials with the state's firefighting agency and the union that represents pro- fessional firefighters who oversee inmates on the fire lines. Mike Lopez, presi- dent of the union represent- ing state firefighters, called for a full investigation af- ter learning of the reversal from the AP Wednesday. "I'm very concerned this has been going on without our knowledge and inmates with violent backgrounds have been coming in with- out our notice," Lopez said. Janet Upton, a spokes- woman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said she also was unaware that unarmed firefighters were supervising inmates with violent histories for years. "I just don't understand. If that occurred, at some point there had to be some discussion and agreement way back" between the two cooperating agencies, she said. AP's initial story on the nation's oldest and largest inmate firefighting unit drew nationwide attention this week as California en- dures a deadly fire season amid four years of drought. Corrections officials on Tuesday announced that they were dropping any at- tempt to add to the number of violent inmates permit- ted to become firefighters. Butsomeofthoseinmates have already been serv- ing in the program for de- cades, Callison said Wednes- day. For instance, someone convicted of robbery might be allowed to participate if no one was hurt and the in- mate had years of good be- havior behind bars, while someone convicted of stalk- ing might be excluded even though stalking is not de- fined as a violent crime un- der state law. "If the risk of violence is low, then they are mini- mum custody inmates and they are eligible to serve in the fire camps. As prison of- ficials go, they are consid- ered non-violent inmates," Callison said. AsofSept.30,hesaid1,441 of the 3,732 inmate firefight- ers had committed a crime deemed violent under the state'spenalcode,thoughall have been classified as min- imum-security inmates. He said he is unsure why the de- partment decided to include inmates with violent histo- ries years ago. The department is con- sidering how to expand the pool of available firefighters as lower-level offenders are being sent to county jails in- stead of state prison. Inmates FROM PAGE 1 PHOTOS BY RICH PEDRONCELLI — AP PHOTO, FILE A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation inmate work crew builds a containment line ahead of flames from a fire near Sheep Ranch. California officials are considering allowing inmates with violent backgrounds to work outside prison walls fighting wildfires. Currently only minimum-security inmates with no history of violent crimes can participate. PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Red Bluff Fire and Cal Fire personnel rock their new pink t-shirts to raise awareness for breast cancer at a recent Rio Street fire. Pictured from le : Division Chief Matthew Shobash, Engineer Scott Spangler and Chief Ray Barber. Capt. John Campbell, Capt. Dom Catona and Reserve Engineer Jonathan Sanchez are at the Rio Street fire. Pictured from le : Capt. John Campbell, Chief Ray Baber and Capt. Mark Moyer. The Associated Press SANTAROSA California sci- entists say two recent fish die-offs in Clear Lake might not have a natural cause. The Press Democrat re- ported that environmental scientists working for area tribes think a chemical spill might have killed hundreds of fish on the south end of the lake in early October. Big Valley Rancheria en- vironmental director Sarah Ryan says witnesses re- ported a chemical odor and oil sheen on the water. She also noticed that many dif- ferentspeciesandagesoffish died, which is unusual. She expects results from water sample tests later this week and says state Fish and Wildlife officials are conducting their own anal- ysis on fish carcasses. Fish and Wildlife spokes- man Steve Gonzalez would only tell the Press Democrat that the incidents are under investigation. Information from: The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, http:// www.pressdemocrat.com CHEMICAL SPILL SUSPECTED Scientists look for cause of fish deaths in California lake The Associated Press MANHATTAN BEACH A woman who was blinded in one eye by a flying golf disc at a Southern Califor- nia park has settled a law- suit for $3 million. The Daily Breeze of Tor- rance(http://bit.ly/1ZDVqGq ) says the settlement in- volves Noreen Goodbody. She was struck by a fast- moving disc three years ago at Polliwog Park in Manhat- tan Beach, which has a disc golf course. Her attorney says Good- body suffered a detached retina and a cataract. Four surgeries failed to save the vision in one eye. City Attorney Quinn Bar- row says officials were sad- dened by the accident but pleased to have settled the suit. The city will pay about $500,000, with its insurer covering the rest. The city indefinitely closed the disc golf course last year. Information from: Daily Breeze, http://www. dailybreeze.com $3 MILLION Wo ma n bl in de d in 1 e ye b y fly in g di sc s et tl es su it R ed Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service FD1931 527-1732 Burials - Monuments - Preneed 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff Combining Quality and Low Cost is what we do. www.affordablemortuary.net•529-3655 FD1538 LocatedinChico,CA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A