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ByHeatherHoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter CORNING Thecityhasanewcity manager, introducedTuesday,who is schedule to begin working with the City Council in December. Kristina Miller, soon to be the former agency manager for the Tehama County Solid Waste Man- agement Agency, was chosen for the position. Miller looks forward to becom- ing more involved with the Corn- ing community, she said. As city manager, Miller will first discuss the goals of the city with the City Council, she said. "I expect the first goals to be re- solving the budget deficit and get- ting to better know the commu- nity and businesses," Miller said. CORNING Ne w ci ty manager to start in D ec em be r GERBER For the first time Ger- ber will roll out the red carpet Saturday bringing The Gerber Change Awards 2015 Gala to the small town. The event, at 414 San Benito Ave., will begin with a red carpet entrance 6-7 p.m. followed by din- ner at 7:30 p.m. The Gerber Change Awards, presented by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of North- ern California and Master En- tertainment, will recognize five community leaders. The event will be hosted by recording art- ist and Northern California na- tive Danny Muñoz, who since he was a little boy envisioned a red carpet event in Gerber. The list of recipients for the Ger- berChangeAwardsareJessieLynn Woods, Philanthropist Award; Jo- sephineDelgadoMartin,Volunteer Award; Espinosa Rock Inc., Imag- inate Award; Jeanie Richardson, Peace Award; and Gerber Union Elementary, Deborah Ann Hum- phreys Memorial Award. Dinner will be prepared by Chef Juan Muñoz and the awards cer- emony will feature musical per- formances and music by guest DJ Omar G. from Los Angeles hit ra- dio station Radio Centro 93.9 FM. GERBER CHANGE GALA Event to honor local community members By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF Tensions were high at the Tehama District Fair Ju- nior Livestock Auction Commit- tee meeting Wednesday, as par- ents of goat exhibitors felt the judging during the fair wasn't conducted to the normal stan- dards. The concern of the parents in attendance was that the judge in charge of the of the goat com- petition was asked to pick from memory two champions without the goats coming back to the ring to be together for the judging. Mike Collins, president of the committee, said there must have been miscommunication, among other problems, to cause the change in protocol. One parent asked for the rea- soning behind the interference with the market goat show. "The judging of all the ani- mals was supposed to be done out there," Collins said. "I can't help that it wasn't." Collins told the parent and the audience that this is not the committee's show it's the Tehama District Fair's show. "We want those animals picked because on Friday night of the fair is the parade of cham- pions," Collins said. "We need to increase the goat show, but they were supposed to be chosen in the ring, not Friday night, be- cause there would be no cham- pions." Collins said he did not demand anything of the judge other than saying the animals will be picked in the ring. Carrie Rohr, livestock exhibitor supervisor, said she told the judge she needed his top two goats that were coming back that night, but didn't say anything about the champions. She asked the judge numerous times that Friday and said that if he wanted to bring all six of the goats back she would go get them back into the ring. He never told her to do that. After all the back in forth be- tween the committee and the par- ents of livestock exhibitors, Col- lins said there was nothing that could be done at this time and he sympathized with the parents and their concern. Collins said he hopes he will be able to make procedures more clear next year to not only the judge but the exhibitors and their families so that there is no con- fusion. He suggested the com- mittee possibly add these regu- lations and rules to next year's premium book. JUNIOR LIVESTOCK AUCTION Committeeaccusedofinterference By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Red Bluff native Ashtin Lopeman has qualified to be one of four finalists in the National Cattlemen's Beef Asso- ciation National Anthem Con- test, for which voting ends Nov. 30. The 15-year-old daughter of Chuck and RaeC Lopeman is a sophomore at Red Bluff High School and is no stranger to singing in front of crowds, as her video entered for the con- test shows. It was shot at a Pro- fessional Bull Riders event in Sacramento in front of about 13,000 people, Chuck Lope- man said. Ashtin, who is a part of the Red Bluff High School cho- ral program and studies mu- sic under Judi Richins at Red Bluff School of the Music Arts, has been singing the national anthem at events since she was eight and performing since seven, she said. "The first place I ever per- formed was at the Reno Ro- deo when I was eight with my friend Jennifer Peyton," Ashtin said. "It was in front of several thousand people and it was a televised event." Ashtin has performed at the Cheyenne Frontier days and is excited about being in the com- petition. Participating in the contest is a great way of prepar- ing to take her singing career to the next level as she plans to en- ter a contest next year to sing for the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas in December. "It's awesome to be a final- ist," Lopeman said. "I've never been in a national competition before. I kind of entered it on a whim and didn't even think it was that great of a recording." The family heard about the contest through a friend on Facebook that tagged her in a post saying she thought Ashtin should compete, RaeC Lope- man said. "I'm jazzed that she's in the finals," RaeC Lopeman said. "It's a good opportunity for her. She doesn't get too ner- vous, but to get the opportu- nity to enter such a contest and win against so many others is huge. She's done local con- tests like the Exchange Club's Search for Talent, but nothing this grand." Voting ends Nov. 30 and can be done once a day by visiting www.beefusa.org and clicking on the Singing USA National Anthem Contest. If she wins, Ashtin would perform the national anthem at the USS Midway and open- ing ceremonies for the 2016 Cat- tle Industry Convention. The winner will be an- nounced on Dec. 4. If Ashtin wins, she would re- ceive two round-trip tickets to San Diego, a hotel room for four nights, free registration for two to the convention and a pair of boots, pair of jeans and shirt from Roper or Stetson. FINALIST SINGING HER PRAISES RedBluffgirlfinalistinnationwideNationalAnthemcontest JULIEZEEB-DAILYNEWS Red Bluff's own Ashtin Lopeman, 15, is in the top four as a finalist for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association National Anthem Contest. Community.....A3 Lifestyles........A5 Education........A8 Obituaries.......A9 Opinion............A4 Sports.............. B1 INDEX Corning and Mercy both have road playoff football games tonight, while area volleyball teams play next week. PAGEB1 SPORTS Playoffschedulesfor football, volleyball Red Bluff High will stage "The Glass Menagerie" at 7tonight and again on Nov. 20at the Performing Arts Center, $3. THEATER High school to stage 'The Glass Menagerie' Funds earmarked for 15coun- ties would pay for new class- rooms, mental health facilities and other projects. PAGE A7 CALIFORNIA State awards $500M for jail rehab programs Aided by U.S. airstrikes, Kurd- ish forces seize strategic highway in offensive to retake militant-held town. PAGE B5 MIDDLE EAST Iraqi Kurds cut Islamic State supply lines "It's a good opportunity for her. She doesn't get too nervous, but to get the opportunity to enter such a contest and win against so many others is huge." — RaeC Lopeman Sunny High: Low: 67 39 PAGE A10 GALA PAGE 9 MANAGER PAGE 9 530-366-3166 www.redbluffdodge.com 545 Adobe Rd., Red Bluff » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, November 13, 2015 50CENTS AN EDITION OF THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD Good morning, thanks for subscribing Mike Hennessey TRAVELOGUE Berlin: Dynamic, rebuilt, youthful Feature A6 TEHAMA COUNTY Library has had many homes over the years Lifestyles A5 Volume130,issue256 7 58551 69001 9