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APRIL 28, 29 2012 WEEKEND Midcentury Modest Page 3B Weather forecast 10B Sunny 81/57 DAILYNEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY $1.00 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 Buck screening Real-life horse whisperer to be on hand at documentary By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Helping horses with people problems, teacher Buck Brannaman brings his life story to Red Bluff this weekend. Brannaman, often hailed as the real-life "horse whisperer," hosts clinics worldwide to teach people to communicate sensitively with their horses without punish- ment. His techniques of "nat- ural horsemanship" helped inspire the charac- ter Tom Booker in Nicholas Evans' novel "The Horse Whisperer." Brannaman was further catapulted into fame as the subject of the award- winning documentary, "Buck." Red Bluff clinic that start- ed Friday and runs through Monday at the Tehama District Fair- ground, Brannaman will be available to the public Saturday during "An Evening With Buck Bran- naman." A showing of "Buck" at 7 p.m. Saturday will be followed by autographs and a question and answer session with Brannaman inside the State Theatre, 333 Oak St. The film was acclaimed as a winner of the U.S. Documentary Audience Award at the While hosting his first Woman arrested, child injured in DUI crash woman was arrested on suspi- cion of DUI and child endanger- ment following a crash at 7:10 p.m. Thursday on Reeds Creek Road, west of Wilder Road. Both Rachelle Guttridge and her 6-year-old stepdaughter were taken to St. Elizabeth Communi- ty Hospital for treatment. The girl had moderate injuries and Guttridge had minor injuries, according to a California High- way Patrol release. Guttridge was driving west on Reeds Creek at esti- mated speeds of 40-45 mph when for unknown reasons she veered into the eastbound lane and overcorrected, Staff report A 20-year-old Red Bluff Guttridge See CRASH, page 9A Paskenta Day to celebrate heritage The annual Paskenta Pioneer Day celebration will be held in the small foothill town of Paskenta Sunday. The day will kick off with a hearty breakfast prepared by the Park Committee beginning at 7 a.m. at Simpson Finnell Park. Cowboy Church begins at 8 a.m. and the parade at 10 a.m. Courtesy photo Real-life horse whisperer, Buck Brannaman, is the subject of a documentary, "Buck," showing at 7 p.m. Saturday at the State Theatre. He will be on hand after the screening for autographs and questions. Sundance Film Festival in 2011, the Best Interna- tional Documentary Film at the Zurich Film Festi- Civil War lessons val in 2011, the Audience Choice Prize at Cinema Eye Honors, and one of the Top Five Documen- taries of the National Board of Review. See BUCK, page 9A Minors must have a lia- bility release signed by a parent or guardian. Tro- phies will be awarded to Best Dressed Working Cowboy and Cowgirl, Most Unique, Best Float, Riding Group and for youngsters 6-12 and for 5 and younger. A snack bar including barbecue hamburgers and steak sandwiches will operate throughout the day. Proceeds from the snack bar help to support the Park Committee. Parade sign-ups are from 8:30-9:30 a.m. There will be a $1 charge per entry for the parade this year. In the interest of safety, no stud horses are permit- ted in the parade and any other Pioneer Day events or on the grounds. Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com The parade will go through town and cross the Thomes Creek Bridge, ending at Simpson Finnell Park where the trophies will be awarded. The Neva Luce Trophy will be awarded towards the end See DAY, page 9A NASA lecture set Tuesday at RBUHS Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner The annual Civil War Days return to Red Bluff this weekend at Samuel Ayer/Dog Island Park. Local students got a preview Friday when reinactors gave lessons on lifestyles of the war days. The 8th annual two-day event, staged by the 72nd New York State Volunteer Infantry reenactor group, will be open to the public 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Battles will occur at noon and 3 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday. Cost is $5 per person and $1 for children 10 and younger. Parking will be avail- able at a designated area at The Home Depot, with handicap parking available only at the park. News tip? Call 527-2151, Ext. 112 Lassen Astrobiology Intern program, a part- nership between Red Bluff High School, Lassen Volcanic Nation- al Park and NASA Ames Research Center, will hold its recognition night and public lecture 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, May 1 at the Red Bluff Union High School Library Conference Room. The lecture "Mars Exploration Lassen and Life" will be presented by Dave Des Marais, Ph.D, the principal investigator of the NASA Astrobiology Institute's Ames Research Center team. Des Marais has inves- tigated the biogeochem- istry of microbial ecosystems and Earth's early biosphere, and he has participated in Mars exploration. He is a member of the science teams of NASA's 2003 Mars Exploration Rover mission, the 2004 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission and the Photo courtesy of Sandra Dueck/NASA NASA Astrobiology Student Interns from Red Bluff High School collect and filter a sample of water from a hot spring at Lassen Volcanic National Park. 2012 Mars Science Lab- oratory Mission. The evening will include an overview of the intern program, a presentation by the interns and student recognition and certifi- cates.