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SomeSun High: Low: 51 33 PAGEB8 REDBLUFF TheRedBluffRound- Up Association has selected new directors and has chosen long- time member John Trede to serve as president. By no means a stranger to the Round-Up, Trede has been serv- ing as ticket manager since 1975. Selected as a director in 1984, Trede has an extensive connection to the association, with his great- grandfather Claus Trede being one of the original stock holders dat- ing back to the event's inception in 1921, according to a press release issued Dec. 22. There has been a member of the Trede family on the board of directors ever since Claus Trede, with John Trede's grandfa- ther and father having served on the board. During elections, held the week prior to Christmas, two other long-time Red Bluff Round-Up families were selected to take leadership roles with Mike Dud- ley, a director since 2001, chosen as first vice president. He is the second-generation in his family to be on the board. ROUND-UP Trede to serve as rodeo president By Felicia Fonseca TheAssociatedPress FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. Many of the country's most prominent na- tional parks, including Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Zion, set visitation records in 2015 and are bracing for what could be an even busier new year. The National Park Service cel- ebrates its 100th birthday in 2016 and has been urging Americans to rediscover the country's scenic wonders or find new parks to visit through marketing campaigns that include giving free passes to every fourth-grader and their families. So the attendance records could be short-lived, with even bigger crowds expected next year. "Everybody's getting psyched and ready for it," Yellowstone spokeswoman Sandra Snell-Dob- ert said. "We want people to have a good experience when it comes to our national parks. We're try- RECREATION National parks hit visitation records By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF A status confer- ence is schedule for the Tehama County man accused of deleting two of the Tehama County Supe- rior Court's hard drives on July 3. The trial dates will be de- cided for the defendant, Mark Montalvo, at the conference hearing at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 11, 2016 in department one of the courthouse. The court website has not been fully restored as some informa- tion, like the case index, is still not available. The court systems that are unavailable are down until further notice and stem from the issues Montalvo alleg- edly caused. In July and August of 2015 most of the court's online sys- tems were down due to the court's former Information Tech- nology Director, Montalvo, alleg- edly logging into the adminis- trator account and deleted two hard drives. The hard drives con- tained all of the court's computer and telephone system infrastruc- ture. Earlier in June, the court was made aware of suspicious activ- ity within the computer systems, according to a Daily News article from August. After investigating the issue with AT&T's Security Incident Response and Forensic Practice, Montalvo was asked to give the court those passwords. According to a press release from July 23, Montalvo was asked to provide the adminis- trative passwords for the com- puters and telephone systems in the court, but failed to do so. As of June 26 he was no longer a court employee, according to the article. "This affirmative action ren- dered the court's case manage- ment system, telephones, e-mail service, jury summons system and website non-operational," according to the release. "Ever since that date, the court has been working diligently with ex- perts to restore services." Montalvo is not in custody and no bail has been set, according to the Tehama County Superior Court. SUPERIOR COURT Conference set for suspect accused of deleting court hard drives By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter REDBLUFF The local California Highway Patrol office broke the 2014 record for toys collected through the Red Bluff CHIPs for Kids Toy Drive, bringing in just fewer than 1,100 toys by Friday, Dec. 18. The Red Bluff giveaway event was the kickoff to the private parties for families that were pre-selected to be recipients. There were about 250 toys given out at the first event, Pub- lic Information Officer Troy So- mavia said. "This even beats what we got last year, which was about 600 toys, and it's all through the generosity of this commu- nity that we've been able to col- lect that much," Red Bluff Area Commander Lt. Lou Aviles said. "We had individuals and busi- nesses donate. We're very lucky to have people who are so gen- erous. It's what allows us to do this. We'd like to express out thanks and appreciation for those who allow us to have this positive interaction with the community." Somavia said he too was sur- prised with the number of do- nations received and figured it was closer to 1,200 once the last group of presents was wrapped. "It's just amazing," Somavia said. "The toys, which are col- lected right up through Christ- mas, go back to local children. We were able to partner with Tehama Together to get the toys to those who truly need them. We also had companies who do- nated things like wrapping pa- per, which is really expensive." The Hospice Second Hand Store on South Main Street, a thrift store connected to Dig- nity Health's St. Elizabeth Com- munity Hospital, donated sev- eral rolls of wrapping paper. Red Bluff Union High School jumped in to help, with Lisa Somavia's student government class coming to the office to wrap the majority of the pres- ents. "They came between peri- ods, at lunch and after school," Somavia said. "They wrapped probably between 800 and 900 presents." Assistance was given in wrapping presents by students from Mercy High School and Antelope 4-H. Umpqua Bank delivered its presents already wrapped. Several groups served as col- lection sites and in particular North Valley Services and Lar- iat Bowl held special collection events. North Valley Services collected about 200 toys in a week-long collection effort. Lar- iat Bowl held a two-week pro- motion to help get people to bring in toys. The toys collected during the campaign were distrib- uted in a different manner than previous years. Rather than distributing toys at just one big event, the committee selected certain communities, particularly those in the out- skirts of the county. One big party was held with families bused in from Corning and Manton. Other toys were taken to peo- ple's door steps as there are a lot of people in the areas cho- sen who don't have vehicles to transport their families to the various Christmas giveaways that take place in the county, Somavia said. TOY DRIVE CHP SPREADS JOY TO FAMILIES IN NEED JULIEZEEB-DAILYNEWS California Highway Patrol Red Bluff Area Commander Lt. Lou Aviles and Public Information Officer Troy Somavia count up and organize toy donations at the Red Bluff office on Friday, Dec. 18prior to the first of multiple giveaways. Community.....A3 Business .........A4 Lifestyles........A5 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 Weather ..........B8 INDEX Have a great day, Lonnie Scott. GOOD MORNING Torrential rains raise water levels to dangerous heights in Missouri, Illinois; hundreds of homes at risk. PAGE B6 WEATHER Winterflooding threatens the Midwest Investigations continue, lawsuit filed as charged case of officer-involved shooting of black boy far from over. PAGE A8 CLEVELAND Officers still in jeopardy in Tamir Rice case "It's just amazing. The toys, which are collected right up through Christmas, go back to local children. We were able to partner with Tehama Together to get the toys to those who truly need them. We also had companies who donated things like wrapping paper, which is really expensive." — Public Information Officer Troy Somavia U Dow Jones Industrial 17,720.98 (+192.71) U Standard & Poor's 2078.36 (+21.86) U Nasdaq 5107.94 (+66.95) BUSINESS ROUND-UP PAGE 7 PARKS PAGE 7 Check out what's going on in your neighborhood and the community. PAGE A2 CALENDAR » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, December 30, 2015 50CENTS AN EDITION OF THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD Donation American Legion gives blankets to veterans Lifestyles A5 Chambers Business mixer and expo set for February Business A4 Grow?Ranchorride? Readaboutlocalandnational Ag, rural, ranch and rodeo news and commentary. VISIT REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM/ RODEO DOYOU RODEO? 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