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SomeSun High: Low: 82 52 PAGEA10 Staffreports OROVILLE Butte County Sher- iff's detectives have arrested a Tehama County woman on suspi- cion of stealing hundreds of valu- able coins from an elderly couple in the Chico area. An 89-year-old man whose wife had recently died reported in June that numerous gold and silver coins of his had gone miss- ing, according to a Butte County Sheriff's Office news release. The value of the coins was estimated to be $170,000. During the course of an investi- gation, sheriff's deputy Josh Brazzi discovered Rebecca Partsch, 56, of Red Bluff, had provided care to the man's ailing wife, according to the release. Partsch was said to have suddenly stopped caring for the man'swifeshortlybeforeherdeath. Detectives served a search war- rantThursdayatPartsch'sresidence in the 13700 block of St. Marys Av- enue near Red Bluff and report- edly foundhundreds ofthe missing coins, according to the release. THEFT Woman charged with stealing valuable coins By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Antelope Ele- mentary School Safe Educa- tion and Recreation for Rural Families — SERRF — joined to- gether with the other 23 sites in Tehama County to celebrate Lights On!, a nationwide cel- ebration of after school pro- grams. The annual nationwide event celebrates schools providing a safe, engaging place for inno- vative after school programs, said SERRF Recreation Spe- cialist Beth Birk at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting, where she invited supervisors and the public alike to check out what the schools in their neighborhoods were doing. All of the sites, which serve about 1,800 students combined, held an open house. Antelope is one of the larg- est schools and serves 150 stu- dents, SERRF Facilitator Deb- bie Highley said. "Lights On! celebrates the schools providing a safe en- vironment for kids to go af- ter school so that no child has to go home to a dark home," Highley said. "At Antelope, we are a healthy behavior site so we promote healthy living. We also promote teaching the chil- dren kindness." At Thursday's event, parents and students rotated through stations starting with the Ap- ple Crunch Challenge led by Di- ane Ellis, an activity in which schools around the nation were participating in honor of Na- tional Food Day, Highley said. They then rotated to a sta- tion focused on careers and taking a look at what activi- ties they enjoy and what kinds of careers correlate to those things. "They can be anything from a teacher or a firefighter to a police officer," Highley said. "They can even be a president." Other careers listed on the job board included ag scien- tist, forest ranger, veterinar- ian, fashion designer, doctor, stock broker, engineer, mil- itary officer, judge or lawyer, real estate agent or broker and computer scientist. Part of promoting kindness was on display in the Rachel's Challenge banner signed by all the SERRF students as a pledge to be kind and accept people, she said. "We teach that people who show kindness start a chain re- action," Highley said. In honor of that belief, there is a kindness chain in the gym that is restarted every year and when a student performs a kind act for another they can put up a new link on the chain, she said. SERRF AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM CELEBRATES LIGHTS ON! DAY JULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS SERRF Project Liaison Diane Ellis, far le , asked SERRF students at Antelope Elementary School to join her in the Apple Crunch Challenge in honor of National Food Day Thursday during the nationwide Lights On celebration of a er school programs. By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF An ordinance re- garding the number of chickens allowed in unincorporated areas of Tehama County without a per- mit was passed Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors. The limit for those not need- ing a permit would 100 chickens or fewer, which are permitted by right in an agricultural zone, Planning Director Sean Moore said. Those in an R-1 residential zone are already limited to 12. An administrative permit would be required for 101 to 2,999. The permit would cost $20 and include a few conditions such as a notice to owners of adjoining properties. The cost for notifying property owners could eventually become an additional fee, Moore said at a Sept. 17 Planning Com- mission meeting. The largest facility, which is for 3,000 or more, would be re- quired to have a permit and to go through the planning com- mission, which would assess op- erations on a case by case basis. Theordinancewasdriveninpart bylargepoultryoperationsmoving into Tehama County, Moore said. "Last year we had a large poul- try operation of at least 20,000 chickens, maybe more," Moore said. "Proposition 2 is driving it all to California. That's what's driv- ing these guys from the Midwest." Proposition 2 was on the ballot in 2008 and went into effect Jan. 1, 2015. It deals with setting rules for raising farm animals such as chickens in an area that will con- fine them, but allow them to have adequate room to stand and turn around. The number of chickens al- lowed was not chosen at ran- dom, but after looking at what standards were set in other places that dealt with the industry, such as the USDA, with input from the Tehama County Farm Bureau, which initially had concerns over numbers in general, Moore said. SUPERVISORS Countysetschickenlimits Community.....A3 Farm ................A5 Opinion............A4 Weather ........ A10 Sports.............. B1 Faith ................A8 Index............... ## INDEX Spay/neuter, breeding, animal agriculture, zoos, animal vaccination, euthanasia are hot topics. PAGE A3 COMMUNITY Passionsrundeepwhen discussing animals When talking about poverty, most of us agree that it is a problem that exists in our communities. PAGE A6 LIFESTYLES Poverty, food insecurity in Tehama County Federal authorities take lethal-injection chemical im- ports en route to Arizona and Texas amid shortage. PAGE B5 FEDERAL CASE Illegal shipments of execution drugs seized Category 5storm makes land- fall in Mexico; forecasters say it could cause "catastrophic" damage. PAGE A10 STORM Hurricane Patricia slams Mexico, Pacific By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter REDBLUFF TheCityCouncilvoted Tuesday to approve the Tehama County Welding Shop's request to place a creative sculpture art piece within the city's River Park. The structure will be 12 to 14 feet high and 8 to 10 feet wide, according to the project proposal in the staff report by Public Works Director Bruce Henz. RIVER PARK City approves park sculpture installation CHICKENS PAGE 9 COINS PAGE 9 ART PAGE 9 LIGHTS PAGE 9 If there's a "photo op," have someone take digital photos with their phone or camera. Folks doing something make the most interesting photos. Make note of the names of the individual people in the photo, unless it's a big crowd. Then send photos with an email describing "WHO, WHAT, WHY WHERE and WHEN" to editor@redbluffdailynews.com, and include a phone number where staff can reach you for more information, if needed! We'd like to see more of YOU in The Daily News! 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