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barns for the week. Other items discussed over the years were that students miss school in the beginning of the year to participate in 4-H and FFA showing and football schedules prevent- ing players from showing their animals. The two-year window be- tween the move was to al- low those raising animals to adjust the breeding sched- ule to make sure their ani- mals were on target for re- quirements for the fair. It also helped with contracts for vendors. Another development at the fairgrounds was a changeinthemovetowarda Joint Powers Authority with Tehama County. Following the loss of $200,000 in state funds, the board had dis- cussed forming a JPA made upofthecountyandthe30th District Agricultural Associ- ation, which represents the fair. In February, the Board of Supervisors voted to re- voke support for the JPA in light of no signs of approval after several years of talks. Policechiefretires amidinvestigation RedBluffPoliceChiefPaul Nanfito was placed on ad- ministrative leave in March after the Red Bluff Peace Of- ficers Association requested a probe into his leadership and issued a vote of no con- fidence. In April, a representative from the Tehama County Peace Officers Association attended a Red Bluff City Council meeting and shared that the association also had takenavoteofnoconfidence in Nanfito's leadership. Nanfito retired in May with Kyle Sanders selected in June as his replacement. Nanfito's departure caused the city to dip into the gen- eral fund due to more than $80,000inaccruedpaidtime off. The department has undergone several other changes in leadership with promotions to fill vacancies thatsawQuintanOrtegapro- moted to captain, Matt Han- sen has been selected to fill thelieutenantpositionleftby the retirement of Dan Flow- erdew and Aaron Murray willbepromotedtosergeant. WalmartSupercenter breakingground Twelve years since it was first proposed in 2003, the new Walmart Supercenter is becoming a reality. Stalled by litigation, the project's journey included facing a suit from a group called Citizens for a Healthy Communitystartingin2006, which challenged the envi- ronmentalimpactreport,cit- ingdeficienciessuchasnoise concerns. Off-siteworkrelatedtothe construction began in Sep- tember2014withtheground breaking taking place in early March. Improvements have been made to roadways in the area including the installa- tion of several new lights. Locations include the inter- section of Luther Road and SouthJacksonStreet,theen- trancetotheWalmarttojoin the one at Mill Street and at MontgomeryRoadandMain Street.ThenewSupercenter, which will generate about 80 new jobs, is scheduled to opensometimeinthespring. Lasseneruption centennial The 100th anniversary of the eruption that led to the creation of Lassen Volca- nic National Park was cele- brated at 4:30 p.m. on May 22withabout50peoplegath- ering for a talk by US Geo- logical Survey scientist Mike Clynne, with Corning High School teacher and local ex- pert David Schlom co-host- ing the event. The occasion, a pre-cursor to the celebra- tion of the creation of the park in 1916, was marked with a toast using a bottle of Volcanic Double IPA beer brewed by Lassen Ale Works ofSusanville.Thecentennial of the park's creation will be celebrated on Aug. 9. According to the park's visitor guide, the senti- ment that Lassen Peak and the Cinder Cone needed to be protected first arose in the early 1900s, but inter- est in the park began much earlier than that with the work of USGS scientist Jo- seph Silas Diller, who rec- ognized the significance of volcanic history. In 1906, Lassen and Plumas coun- ties petitioned then Presi- dent Theodore Roosevelt to make Lassen Peak and Cin- der Cone a national mon- ument, which took place May 6, 1906. The eruption drew na- tional attention and helped stimulate local efforts to expand the monument that turned into the 150-square- mile national park it is to- day. Theeruptionitselfstarted withsteameruptionsinMay 1914 and continued for the year prior to the initial erup- tion on May 19, 1915, and the major eruption May 22, 1915, Clynne said. In addition to slow mov- ing mudslides, there was an avalanche, as that year was the first recorded El Nino withabout30feetofsnowon the mountain, Schlom said. SacramentoRiver drownings Three bodies were found intheSacramentoRiverover theyearasaresultofdrown- ing. On April, 29 the Tehama County Sheriff's deputies re- sponded to the river when witnesses reported a man was swimming near the An- telope Boulevard bridge and had been seen struggling. He was not found as of May 2 but deputies resumed their search for the missing person near the bridge. The body was later found and the man was identified as37-year-oldJasonFreisner, who had been listed as be- ing a transient living in Red Bluff. A teenaged boy was be- lieved to have drowned in the river near Woodson Bridge on June 17 after wit- nesses reported he tried to swim across the river. Witnesses reported the boy was about halfway across the river, swimming from the west side to the east side, whenheshoutedforhelpand then went under. The body was found June 22 by the Sheriff's Boating Unit and Dive Team and the Shasta Dive Team. Another victim had drowned on Aug. 11 after re- portedly jumping into the river underneath the Ara- mayo Way bridge to avoid being apprehended by a Te- hama County Sheriff's Dep- uty. The victim, Billy Daugh- erty, 38, of Los Molinos had been wanted for an active warrant for a parole viola- tion. He was recognized at thescenebythedeputywhen he jumped in. Deputies maintained vi- sual contact with Daugherty andrequestedaboatingunit prior to losing sight of him. The California Highway Patrol helicopter located the body an hour and half after Daugherty entered the river. Courtsystemsdown TheTehamaCountySupe- riorCourtsystemswerecom- promisedonJuly3whenfor- merInformationTechnology Director Mark Montalvo al- legedly deleted two of the court's hard drives. Montalvo is awaiting trial on the matter and is sched- uled to have a status confer- ence July 11. The hard drives con- tained the court's computer and telephone system infra- structure causing an entire system outage for nearly a month. Some information, like the case index online, is still not available. On June 26, the court ter- minated Montalvo's employ- ment following an investiga- tionbyAT&T'ssecuritycom- pany into suspicious activity on the computer and phone systems that had started a month prior. The court repeatedly asked Montalvo for the ad- ministrative passwords for the computer and telephone systems,butwereunsuccess- fulinallattempts,according to a press release issued by the court. At the time of the outage, thecourt'scasemanagement system, telephones, email service, jury summons sys- tem and website were ren- dered non-operational. ThenewTehamaSuperior Court building on Walnut Street broke ground June 9. CorningCommunity Parkdedicated, Rodgersreopens Corning completed the second part of the Corning Community Park on May 30 with the dedication of Len- nox Fields. A Lennox family history and the unveiling of a Len- nox family plaque was pre- sented by Allan and Stanley Clark, grandsons of the Len- noxfamilyfor whom thesec- tion is named, at the dedica- tion. The second phase of the park sits on property pre- viously owned by James A. Lennox and Addie Lennox, whose family purchased a 10-acre parcel from the May- wood Colony at the corner of Houghton Avenue and Fig Lane in 1915. The historic downtown RodgersTheatrewasthestar of its own show the evening of March 24. On a night billed as a type of open house, community members were invited to a night of live music and re- freshments at the theater for the first time since it last closed in 2006. Elected officials, business owners, city staff and oth- ers queued on Solano Street to get a glimpse at the the- ater's restoration progress, a process undertaken in re- cent years. About $360,000 had been spent on the theater's res- toration to date, according to city officials. The money has come from a variety of sources, including city con- tributions, grants, donations and a state park bond. Improvements have in- cluded a new roof, heating and air conditioning system, ceiling insulation, men's and women's restrooms, a multi- level floor and a refurbished marquee. Honorablementions IdeAdobereadyforrebuild: TheepictreefailureofJuly 13, 2014, was no match for the indomitable pioneer spirit that spearheaded efforts to see the reconstruction of the 1852adobe at William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park. The adobe roof was damaged along with other buildings on park grounds when a limb from the 350- to 400-year-old valley oak landed on it. Efforts by park staff and volunteers toward getting the repairs done landed the building on the Tier III funding list. The list means the project is shovel- ready for when funding be- comes available. Park staff members have said the project should be fundedinthe2017-2018fiscal year if it is not funded in the 2016-2017fiscalyear.Without theuseoftheadobe,thepark has continued to provide liv- ing history events. Docents from Salisbury High School have taken on the challenge with park staff in implementing the popu- lar Life in the 1850s school program with a few revi- sions. Cooking, which was once done in the adobe, was moved outdoors and other stations were adjusted as necessary. The Ide Adobe Interpre- tive Association moved the Adobe Day celebration to thesecondSaturdayinOcto- ber and the Ide Ferry Horse- shoe Tournament to Novem- ber. The Pioneer Christmas Party was kept as the third Saturday in December. The park remains open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. IronCanyonkiller: May 16 marked the one-year anni- versary of the shooting death of Massachusetts man and injury of a 76-year-old Manton man, who was seriously wounded near State Route 36E at Iron Canyon Trail. The Tehama County Sheriff's Office re-released a sketch of the suspected gun- man in an attempt to gener- ate new leads. The Tehama County Secret Witness pro- gramofferedarewardforthe arrest, prosecution and con- viction of suspects involved in the incident. About 10 a.m. May 16, 2014, Francis "Pat" Gregory of Massachusetts and his friend, whose name has not been released, were walking on the Iron Canyon Trail off 36E northeast of Red Bluff. Sometime between 11:30 a.m. and noon, the two en- countered a man who de- mandedmoneyandpersonal items from them. After the robbery was completed, the man shot both hikers and left them in the remote area about 100 yards from the trail head. It wasn't until about three hours later that an unin- volved hiker found the two victims and notified emer- gency personnel. Gregory succumbed to his injuries at the scene. The Manton man suffered criti- cal injuries and was airlifted to an area hospital for treat- ment. He was later released from the hospital to con- tinue recovery from his in- juries. The shooter is described as a white man, about 35 to 40 years old, 6 feet tall and thin with short black hair and black stubble with pos- sibly a week's worth of facial hair. Anyone who may have information is asked to call Det. Jeff Garrett at 530 529- 7920, ext. 3032, or Tehama County Sheriff's dispatchers at 530 529-7900. ShastaCollegebachelor's pilot: The California Com- munity College's Board of Governors announced in January 2015that Shasta College was chosen as one of 15community colleges out of 34applicants to participate in a pilot program offering bachelor's degrees in specific programs. Shasta College's proposed bachelor's degree will be in Health Information Man- agement. This preliminary selection process will be fol- lowed by additional review from the Chancellor's Of- fice as well as further con- sultation with the California State University and Univer- sity of California before fi- nal approval is considered by the Board of Governors. Localwomancompeteson AmericanIdol: A packed house filled the State The- atre in July for a concert featuring Kalynne Michelle Schoelen, a 2012 Red Bluff High School graduate, in her first hometown concert since taking Season 14 of American Idol by storm, landing in the top 48 out of 200,000 who auditioned. Schoelen auditioned in San Francisco with the song "OverYou"byMirandaLam- bert before moving on to Hollywood Week where she sang Carrie Underwood's "Something in the Wa- ter." Schoelen performed her first single, "Dear Mr. Heart Breaker," an origi- nal song, at the concert the day her song debuted on iTunes. The video on her You Tube at www.youtube. com/user/7kay17, which fea- tures fellow Red Bluff High School grad Jonah McInnis and was shot in Red Bluff. A few weeks prior to her first hometown concert, Schoelen received her sec- ond degree, Vocal Perfor- mance, from Musicians In- stituteinLosAngeles,where she moved in spring 2013 andmetherbandmates.Her first degree was in Contem- porary Music. A group celebrates the 100th anniversary of the eruption that lead to the 1916creation of Lassen Volcanic National Park a year later. PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS The Tehama County Courthouse breaks ground June 9at the new Walnut Street location. 2015 FROMPAGE1 The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO The larg- est container ship to visit the U.S. passed under the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco before arriving at the Port of Oakland. The nearly quarter-mile- long megaship named the Benjamin Franklin set sail from China earlier this month with a stop in Los Angeles after Christmas. It cleared the famous bridge Thursday with about 20 feet of space to spare. The megaship can hold up to 18,000 20-foot ship- ping containers. The larg- est ships serving the U.S. can carry 14,000 contain- ers. The Franklin's visit to Oakland is considered a trial run. Officials want to ensure that the vessel can be berthed and cargo dis- charged efficiently. The megaship is ex- pected to set sail for China on Sunday. MEGASHIP Biggest container ship to visit US enters San Francisco Bay MaryLynRadford August 7, 1937 ~ December 17, 2015 Mary Lyn Radford passed away at her home in Dairy- ville. She is survived by, sons, Fred Logue and Bob Hays, mother, Mary Turner, brother, Rod Turner and sister, Ruthie (Bill) Salinas, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren and nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by husband, Rod Radford, and children, Dave Logue, Scott Hays, and Cindy Beatty. She will forever be remembered for love of family and friends, and a wonderful sense of humor. 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