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"We have done a num- ber of things (in the city)," said Richard Muench, chief probation officer for the county. "You may have noticed in front of Enjoy the Store there is a drag- onfly that is in the flower- pot and at the Job Training Center there is a ladybug. What we are proposing for the River Park is a piece of art structure that has cat- tails and includes another dragonfly." According to the report, thesculpturewillbecreated by the shop andAB109 pro- gramparticipantsunderthe supervision of Mike Shaffer andMuench,supervisorsfor the welding program. "It is a community spon- sored project and it is envi- sioned that it will be com- pleted at no cost to the city," Henz said. CouncilmanRobSchmid asked about the mainte- nance of the sculpture and if that would become the city's responsibility. "I can see someone run- ning into it and bending it or breaking it," Schmid said. "If vandals come and spray paint it, will that be the city's thing to get it fixed?" Muench said the city and county would be part- ners in maintaining the sculpture. "If it's a structural thing and we still have the weld- ing capability, we would assist you," Muench said. The structure will re- main the color of the metal with a clear coat on top, the proposal said. The metal will be smoothed out so that none of the edges will be a safety issue and there will be a cement founda- tion that will be bolted to the ground with the struc- ture attached. The project was pre- sented to the Parks and Recreation Commission at its meeting Oct. 14. The commission was enthusi- astic about the project and voted unanimously to rec- ommend support and ap- proval of the project, ac- cording to the report. "It's always nice to en- hance our parks," Schmid said. No start date for the project was given. Art FROMPAGE1 The ordinance is one that has been in the works for about a year, said Farm Bureau Manager Kari Dodd at the Planning Com- mission meeting. Dodd, who as a part of the Farm Bureau Poultry Committee was on the citizens com- mittee of those weighing in on the ordinance. "Whether you have 250 or 20,000 birds there will always be people who have a different opinion on the number that is right, whethertoidentifyifrooster or hen and other things for the ordinance," Dodd said. "Overall, I feel it is a good working ordinance." Vickie Dawley of the Re- source Conservation Dis- trict of Tehama County, who raises chickens at home, said it was unfortu- nate that more regulations were needed. "I understand that you have to protect the resi- dents and resources, but this was a compromise and the farmers gave up some concessions," Dawley said. Supervisor Burt Bundy, who has a long-standing working relationship with the Farm Bureau, said the ordinance was "a good happy medium." Resident Tom Moller joked about being a big chicken farmer with eight of them and having raised chickens since he had them as a 4-H project, he said. "It's just another ordi- nance that's not neces- sary," Moller said. Larry Lalaguna works in real estate and wanted some clarification on por- tions of the ordinance, he said. One of his concerns was over the part that said the chicken coop had to have a 500-foot set back from any building that was occupied by people. He wanted to know if that was just for parcels not belonging to the landowner or if it in- cluded those owned by the landowner as well, Lala- guna said. The wording says any building, which means it could be both, but any- thing above 100 chickens would require a use per- mit and the use permit has flexibility, Moore said. Lalaguna asked how much of the ordinance was new. The part about the 3,000 chickens was not new, but the portion per- taining to the 101 to 2,999 chickens was, Moore said. Those in operation prior to Jan. 7 will be grandfa- thered in unless they ex- pand operation in a man- ner that would require a permit or otherwise vio- late the ordinance. The ability to be grandfathered in would continue even if the property were sold to a new owner, Moore said. Chickens FROM PAGE 1 Detectives recovered 15 1-ounce gold maple coins and 857 1-ounce silver coins whose approximate value totaled $31,131. Partsch was arrested on suspicion of theft from an elder by a care- taker and was booked into Butte County Jail in Oroville. Bail was set at $50,000. "The Sheriff's Office would encourage elderly citizens to be cautious of who they allow into their homes and assist with their care," the release said. "We would also en- courage family members to help safeguard your elderly relatives from those individuals who prey upon their vulnera- bilities." Coins FROM PAGE 1 At an outside station, Monica Smith led a group in various Yoga poses while in another part of the lawn Travis Lyons su- pervised a game of dragon tails, which is a version of tag. Rather than tag oppo- nents, students grabbed the flag called a dragon tail. To get a new tail and get back into the game, students had to give Ly- ons the name of a fruit or vegetable depending on which he was asking for. Parent Azalea Arel- lano was attending the event with her son who is in kindergarten. She loves how much fun her son has at the events such as a recent fake campfire with storytelling in which the kindergartners were not scared of the ghost stories presented by the staff, Arellano said. "I love it and how it is a safe place for him to go after school," Arellano said. For information on SERRF, visit http://www. tehamaschools.org/de- partment/serrf or call 527-5811. Lights FROM PAGE 1 PHOTOSBYJULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS Kindergarten and first grade Antelope Elementary School SERRF students play dragon tails, a variation of tag, at Antelope Elementary School Thursday during the annual Lights On event that is a nationwide celebration of a er school programs. SERRF Project Liaison Monica Smith leads Antelope Elementary School SERRF students in the airplane pose of Yoga during the annual Lights On celebration held Thursday that honored a er school programs nationwide. 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 High- way Patrol logs. Patrol ShastaBoulevardat Eighth Avenue: A woman requested extra patrol for an on-going issue with people dumping trash on her property. Stanmar Drive, Corning: Extra patrol was requested due to a man hanging around, acting suspiciously. The per- son reported finding things on their property that didn't belong to them and had been told by neighbors the man had been seen snooping around their residence when they weren't home. Toomes Avenue, Corning: Someone at the Tehama Vil- lage Apartments requested extra patrol in the evening hours due to a prowler going along the fence line and act- ing suspiciously in the area. Suspicious Yolo Street, Corning: A woman reported about 11 a.m. Thursday that a man, she believed was a transient, had just tried to steal her clothes from the laundromat. He was last seen walking to- ward Lincoln Street wearing a sweater and jeans. 100block Pine Street: Someone reported a suspi- cious person in their neigh- bor's backyard. Lydia Lillian Tupper, 29, of Red Bluff was arrested and booked into Tehama County Jail on the felony charge of receiving known stolen property. Bail was $15,000. Lakeside Drive: A man in a dark sweatshirt and hat was reportedly looking into vehicles with a flashlight about 2a.m. Thursday. He was seen leaving the area on a bicycle headed toward Center Street. The s 20000block Minch Road: A woman reported the the of a package from her mail- box along with other mail items. Third Street, Corning: Someone reported to Corn- ing Police that her daugh- ter's laptop had been stolen from the parking lot of the Spring Mountain Apart- ments on Edith Avenue about 8a.m. Thursday. McKinley Avenue, Corn- ing: A woman reported that she had prescription medi- cation, Norco, taken from her residence while a person known to her was visiting. Threats South Main Street: A woman at the Main Street Apartments reported about 2:50a.m. Thursday that an ex was threatening to damage her car if she didn't respond and speak to him. Givens Road: A man report- ed receiving a threatening prank call from an anony- mous number with the caller stating they would continue to call. Trespassing Walnut Street: Someone at the Brickyard Creek Apart- ments reported there were people living in the creek near the back of the com- plex and that the fence had been broken for the people to gain access to the area. An area check was made, but no one was found. Vandalism Walnut Street: Someone reported about noon Thurs- day that their vehicle had been vandalized. Warning Washington and Ash streets: An 80-year-old man was given a warning about 2:15p.m. Thursday for failure to yield to an emer- gency vehicle. Police logs GUE RUELAS — USC Paintings at the University of Southern California exhibit "Windows on Death Row: Art From Inside and Outside the Prison Walls," are seen as the exhibition prepares for its opening at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism in Los Angeles on Thursday. By John Rogers TheAssociatedPress LOS ANGELES Ndume Olatushani jokes that he "couldn't even draw a crooked line straight" when he arrived on death row al- most 30 years ago. He had plenty of time to learn, though, being locked in a cell up to 22 hours a day for 28 years. Now, one of the paint- ings by Olatushani, who was freed in 2012 after a judge overturned his murder con- viction, is the centerpiece of a Los Angeles exhibition ti- tled "Windows on Death Row: Art From Inside and Outside the Prison Walls." Featuring dozens of pieces from more than 20 artists in styles ranging from oil on canvas to pen- cil on paper, the show seeks to depict the lives, thoughts and emotions of those pre- paring to be executed. The exhibition's organiz- ers, political cartoonist Pat- rick Chappatte and his wife, Swiss broadcast journalist Anne-Frederique Widmann, hope it will help advance in- ternational discussion about the death penalty. The show opened Thurs- day at the University of Southern California and will remain on the second-floor mezzanine of the Annen- berg School for Communica- tion and Journalism build- ing until Dec. 18. After that, it will travel next year to Switzerland's International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights and then to Ohio State University. Olatushani, whose dark, emotionally riveting oil on canvas depicts African women and their children searching for food, hopes the show also will help change the perception of death row inmates. Not all are innocent as he was, he says, but not all are mon- sters either. "The truth is they're re- ally not," he said as he sur- veyed the works earlier this week. "Most people sitting on death row now are there because, in an instant, they murdered somebody in the heat of passion." Or in the case of Kenneth Reams, for taking part in a robbery that ended with his partner shooting the victim. Confident he wouldn't be sentenced to even life in prison because he didn't kill anybody, Reams said he rejected a plea bargain 22 years ago and took his chances at trial. At age 18, he ended up the youngest person on Arkansas' death row. It was there he began to draw and paint, and he uses those skills to educate oth- ers about death row and its consequences, Reams said in a brief phone interview from prison. "I think my art already has had an effect on young people to not make the same mistakes," said Reams, whose pencil-and-paper work "The Last Mile" de- picts the path to his pris- on's death chamber. Chappatte and Widmann say the show doesn't try to take a side in the debate over capital punishment, al- though it's clear they don't believe it is fairly adminis- tered. "A lot of inmates have been telling us you can find black, yellow and white peo- ple on death row," Widmann says, "but you can't find any rich people." Still, the organizers don't shy away from describing what each artist did to reach death row. The often brutal crimes are listed in the bi- ographical notes placed alongside their artworks. The show also includes dozens of drawings ex- pressing opinions on capi- tal punishment from Pulit- zer Prize-winning political cartoonists such as David Horsey, Pat Oliphant and Signe Wilkinson. But the most powerful pieces come from those con- demned to die. One of the darkest is a pencil-on-paper draw- ing by Karl Roberts, who was convicted of raping and killing his 12-year-old niece. It shows the artist on his knees in solitary con- finement as the ghostly im- age of a young girl hovers over him. "It portrays the shame, remorse and guilt of hav- ing done wrong," he says in notes written for the show. Peek behind bars: Inmate art show depicts life on death row PRISONS R ed Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service FD1931 527-1732 Burials - Monuments - Preneed 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 9 A