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ByJaneyGibson SpecialtotheDailyNews REDBLUFF Floyd Hicks was both a hero and a gentleman. Floyd was the first man to join the Red Bluff Business and Pro- fessional Women's luncheon club. We greeted him as an equal. He was a shrewd politician, a gentle- man, and was always ready when there were local, area and state meetings. A very active member, along with Floyd, was local treasurer, tax collector Doris Forward. We, as members of our small town, had great fun while conducting business over the years. The first year I moved into my home, as a neighbor to Floyd, on one very windy day I received a MEMORIAL Alifetime of service to country, community By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF Tehama County ele- mentary schools will commem- orate National Arbor Day with more than three weeks worth of educational presentations by lo- cal professional foresters begin- ning Monday. This year more than 6,800 Te- hama County students between kindergarten and eighth grade will receive seedlings to plant trees and hear Arbor Day presen- tations, according to a press re- lease by the Tehama County Ar- bor Day Committee. Presenters will visit 24 schools in the county between March 7 and 31. This year's theme will be "Fire, Forest and You." Each child attending one of the assemblies will receive a conifer seedling donated by Sierra Pa- cific Industries, according to the ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Arbor Day to be celebrated all month By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF The Tehama County Superior Court denied added mo- tions Friday to dismiss the case against Quentin Bealer, charged with the 2013 murder of a Red Bluff teen. The trial date for Bealer, 42, re- mains at 9 a.m. April 4 in depart- ment 27 of the Sacramento Supe- rior Courthouse. Despite the efforts of Defense Attorney Shon Northam, all mo- tions including the motion to re- cuse the Tehama District Attor- ney's Office was denied. The victim, Marysa Nichols, 14, wentmissingonFeb.26,2013from Red Bluff Union High School fol- lowing a class. She was reported missing when she didn't return home from school. Bealerwasidentifiedasaperson of interest March 1, 2013 based on footagereleasedbyRedBluffPolice Department of video surveillance from the campus. Bealer heeded a department request to speak the officers as a person of interest and was arrested and charged with the murder. Thetrialdatewaspreviouslyva- catedduetotheDistrict Attorney's Office turning over nearly 1,000 pages of reports from three years ago, Northam said. "There is no way the defence couldread,analyzeandinvestigate the information contained within these reports and be adequately prepared for trial," Northam said. Judge Matthew McGlynn said he agreed with Northam that re- ceiving late discovery was a prob- lem, he denied the motions to re- cuse the prosecutors and dis- miss the case. McGlynn said there weren'tanyfactsortheappearance of conflict concerning the late dis- covery. Northam argued that this infor- mation was withheld from the de- fense team purposefully. McGlynn said that assertion had no merit as Prosecutor Donna Daily turned the information right over to the defense. PreviousmotionspresentedFeb. 26 to the Sacramento courts also were denied, according to the Sac- ramento Superior Court public case access. COURT MotionsdeniedinBealercase By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF A variety of top- ics were brought up Friday morning at a community cof- fee event with Assemblyman James Gallagher and State Sen. Jim Nielsen at the State Theatre with most centering around rights — from water and mining rights to the Sec- ond Ammendment right to bear arms. Prior to answering ques- tions for about two hours from people from as far away as Plumas County, Gallagher and Nielsen presented a Cal- ifornia State Flag flown over the capitol in Sacramento to State Theatre Board President Bob Douglas, who introduced the representatives. Nielsen and Gallagher gave an update on a number of is- sues they tackled during the year and said community meetings, such as Friday's, were vital to knowing what issues are important to those they serve. Nielsen addressed Proposi- tion 47 regarding criminal sen- tencing and the crime it un- leashed on communities. Gallagher addressed the right to bear arms, particu- larly the fight to allow con- cealed carry weapons permit holders to carry their weapons onto school campuses. Both Nielsen and Gallagher supported taking funding that had been diverted, such as $8 billion in bond funding for the FORUM STATE REPRESENTATIVES VISIT CITY OF RED BLUFF PHOTOSBYJULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS Assemblyman James Gallagher, center, talks with Red Bluff City Councilman Suren Patel, le , and Red Bluff Fire Chief Ray Barber, right, Friday during a community coffee event held at the State Theatre. Assemblyman James Gallagher poses for a picture at the Tehama County Veterans Service Office where he stopped for a visit and to present a resolution Friday following a community coffee event held at the State Theatre. Pictured, from le , are Dean Cofer, Supervisor Steve Chamblin, Buddy Male, John Minton, Bucky Bowen, Joel Johnson, Gallagher, Veterans Service Officer Kelly Osborne, Rick Ortega of the Employment Development Department and Greg Blanco. Community.....A3 Lifestyles........A4 Opinion............A6 Farm ................ A7 Faith .............. A10 Sports.............. B1 INDEX Have a great day, Mary Lamson. GOOD MORNING Tourists drawn in as a "super- bloom" of wildflowers covers Death Valley's parched land in carpet of gold. PAGEA5 DEATH VALLEY 'Superbloom'carpets the desert in color Some changes seen two years a er Malaysia Airlines Flight 370disaster; experts say they must change faster. PAGE B10 MH370 Airlines slow to adopt new safety technologies MEETING PAGE 11 HICKS PAGE 11 TREES PAGE 11 Check out what's going on in your neighborhood and the community. PAGE A2 WHAT'S HAPPENING » redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, March 5, 2016 $1.00 AN EDITION OF THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD Jean Barton Rounding up strays in steep terrain Farm A7 Red Bluff High School 12 to compete for Mr. Spartan title March 12 Lifestyles A4 Checkoutourcontinuous news feed, short Tout videos, photo galleries and more. 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