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The Cowboy Pancake Breakfast will be held during the Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale on Friday, Jan. 29. Members of Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority will begin serving breakfast at 6 a.m. and the breakfast is over at 10 a.m. Coordinator Teresa Christensen Colgate says breakfast items include sausage with biscuits and gravy or pancakes, or a breakfast burrito. Price of the meal is $5 or $6 and beverage is included. Muffins, doughnuts and a variety of beverages are also available separately. Epsilon Sigma Alpha has been serving break- fast at the Bull Sale since 1961 and donates all proceeds to charity. Past recipients have included the Easter Seal Society, Special Olympics, Relay For Life and scholarships for Tehama County stu- dents. This year's recipients will be The Salvation Army, Relay For Life and Special Olympics. The 15th Annual Jim Owens Memorial Ranch Rodeo will be held at Pauline Davis Pavilion starting at 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22 with herd count- ing for all 26 teams. Admission is $10 Fri- day with two bands play- ing in the foyer. Saturday morning action will get under way at 10. A beef barbecue is scheduled for 5 p.m. and the junior dummy roping finals at 5:30 p.m., with finals for the top 6 teams followed by the two bands, blue grass and a country band. Admission for the morning is $10 and for the finals, $20. Seven of the teams are local: UI Ranches with Roy Owens, Casey Awbrey, Clint Hen- dricks; Antelope Creek Cattle Co. with Lance Root, Randy Brooks, Walt Brown; TX Bar Ranch with Lachie Willoughby, J C Niesen, Chance Caudle; Lazy Spade Cattle Co. with George Barton, Clint Brewer, Luke Lancaster; Loverin Livestock with Jarrod Terra, Blaine Ragan, Casey Loverin. From Cottonwood: Fer- guson Livestock with Nick Hay, Dave Fergu- son, Jared Ferguson; Holiday Ranches with Ronnye Garcia, Jerry O‚Conner and Don Jones. Red Bluff Outdoor Power Weather forecast 6 Cloudy Rain likely 47/38 N EWS D AILY DAILY 50¢ THURSDAY JANUARY 21, 2010 Birds of Whiskeytown Freshman Fantastic Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com N EWS D AILY RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 See Page 5 SPORTS 7 Pastimes 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Jack the Ribber 1150 Monroe St. 527-6108 Mon.-Fri 11am-8pm Sat. 4-9pm FRIDAY NIGHT 5-8pm Prime Rib dinner While they last SPECIAL $ 14 00 Flooding, downed lines close roads By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Wet weather continued to hit the county Wednes- day, bringing total rainfall for the latest storm to 3.34 inches as of Wednesday evening. The storm is expected to continue today with more rain and high winds. Flooding No serious flooding has been reported, said Red Bluff Police Chief Paul Nanfito. Most of the rain is being absorbed into the soil because of previous dry weather conditions. The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory, and the sheriff's department is monitoring creek and water levels, Sheriff Clay Parker said. Sandbags and sand are available at: • Red Bluff Public Works Corporation Yard on Kimball Road • Wetter Hall on Walnut Street •Tehama County Public Works Department in Ger- ber • County's facility yard in Corning on Gallagher Avenue • County's facility yard in Los Molinos on Taft Street Road conditions The county's public works staff has been busy monitor road conditions and flood stages. Several roads are closed because of flood- ing or downed power lines and trees. All road closure signs Rising water Daily News photo by Geoff Johnson Briana Aroyan and Michael Cicero watch flood waters from the porch of their Kauffman Avenue home Wednesday. By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer DAIRYVILLE — When Briana Aroyan came home from an appointment in Redding Wednes- day morning, she parked, got out of the car and waded through about 25 yards of ice-cold water. "It was like a lake," she said. "A complete lake in my front yard, all over the property." Aroyan's house on Kauffman Avenue is prone to flooding, with a yard below road-level that rests at the end of a series of creeks. But this year, as she and her family started the process of mov- ing out, the water became so strong it picked up her son's Kawasaki Power Wheels from the garage and took it to the other side of the yard. Aroyan and husband Michael Cicero can still get in and out of the house, but there's less incentive to as the water level rises higher and higher, beyond levels either of them have seen before. "I've seen it flood, but never this high," Cicerco said. "I wouldn't be surprised if it takes down our fence." The rising tide stops on the north side of the road. Across the street, Kim Heard and her son, Shane, have no need of sandbags and don't worry about stocking up supplies. Some neighbors have taken more drastic measures. Jennifer Pritchard's yard has started to flood — but it would be much worse if she didn't have a 6- foot deep ditch that runs parallel to the gravel road that leaves her garage. On Wednesday afternoon, the water had risen so high that only spots of gravel gave away where one yard began and the other ended. ——— Geoff Johnson can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or gjohnson@redbluffdailynews.com. Reeds Creek at mid-day Wednesday Shasta students back to class By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Shasta College held its first day of classes for the spring semester Wednesday. Students were busy getting registered for classes and getting their schedules set. Kayla Townsend of Red Bluff registered for classes later than usual and was hoping all the classes she wanted still had openings. "One of the best things about being in college is that you get to pick what you want and you don't have to take the classes you don't want to," she said. This is Rockey Martin's first semester of college and he is looking forward to the full college experience, he said. "This is a new experience for me, but college is a good way to get your life under way, and it's always Nielsen named to GOP leadership Selecting the first members of his leadership team, Assem- bly Republican L e a d e r - E l e c t Martin Garrick, R - C a r l s b a d , W e d n e s d a y named Assem- blyman Jim Nielsen, R- Gerber, assis- tant Republican leader. A s s i s t a n t R e p u b l i c a n leaders have many different functions in the Assembly Republi- can leadership team. They work closely with the leader to focus and frame the policies, issues and debate, mobilizing a uni- fied Republican Caucus' agenda. Nielsen will con- tinue to serve as vice- chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee. "Few lawmakers have compiled the record of b i p a r t i s a n l e a d e r s h i p and legislative a c c o m p l i s h - ment that Jim Nielsen has, e s p e c i a l l y when it comes to public safe- ty," Garrick said in a release from N i e l s e n ' s office. "In these troubled times, I look forward to being able to call upon Jim's wise counsel as a former legislative leader himself. His expert advice will be invaluable to me in the coming months as we look for ways to solve the serious Nielsen Ranch Rodeo starts Friday Courtesy photo Jeff Sparrowk was counting on far side and Rich Rice was in foreground in ranch counting at 2009 JP Ranch Rodeo. They will be competing this week at the 2010 ranch rodeo. Cowboy Pancake Breakfast gears up for Bull Sale See ROADS, page 3 See SHASTA, page 3 See GOP, page 3