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FRIDAY MAY 18, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com Breaking news at: Project winners Sunny 83/54 Weather forecast 8A DAILYNEWS Education Page See 4A RED BLUFF Sports 1B TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50¢ 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 Remember Ide Adobe Park receives grant By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Ide Adobe Interpretive Association received word Friday it has received a $20,000 grant for the William B. Ide Adobe State Historical Park. "We're really excited about it, but we're getting down to the wire," association president Judy Fessenden said. "At this point, the state is still planning a closure, but we are hopeful the funds will come in." The grant comes from the California State Parks Foun- dation, a non-profit that has formed to come alongside and help the various parks facing closure, she said. The park, located on Adobe Road in Red Bluff, is one of 70 parks slated for closure June 1. The association has raised about $3,000 and has the first draft of a donor agreement and there is a chance that the state will take care of some aspects of the park that it would have had to maintain anyway such as having water tested or lawn maintenance, Fessenden said. everything, which includes the association's main goals of keeping the school programs going, the three big events and the visitors center open. The three big events are the Adobe Days in August, the Pioneer Christmas Party in December and the annual horse shoe tournament. The estimated cost for Ide Adobe is about $97,000 for The estimated cost would include paying for employees including someone to manage the school program and a park aide. final estimates soon, Fessenden said. Ways to help the park include memberships, which include Individual, $10; Family, $25; Business/Group, $50; Life, $100; Donor, $250 and Sponsor, $500. The group also has information on the parks and items such as Save Ide Adobe State Park t-shirts and baseball caps for sale. Plans are underway for several informational and fundraising events to be held sometime in June including the showing of California Forever, a KIXE film on state parks and The First 70, a film looking at the 70 parks orig- The association hopes to know about the agreement and Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Storey County Sheriff's Department Sgt.Kenneth Quirk lights a candle Wednesday for his father, Red Bluff area CHP Officer Robert James Quirk who died of a heart attack on Sunday, April 11, 1971 fol- lowing a April 10 foot pursuit. His death was finally recognized as a line of duty death after Kenneth Quirk sent a letter to CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow in 2011 requesting it be reviewed. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Tehama County Law Enforce- ment and community members gathered Wednesday to honor fallen peace officers, past and present, at a ceremony at Bethel Assembly of God Church. "We are honoring 11 who made the ultimate sacrifice," CHP Area Commander Lt. Todd Garr said in his welcome address. "One from 1971 who now 41 years later is rec- ognized as one of more than 1,400 line of duty deaths since California received statehood in 1852. Among those are three Tehama County peo- ple who span four decades." Those honored from Tehama County included CHP officer Robert James Quirk who died April 11, 1971, of a heart attack following a April 10 foot pursuit in which he single-handedly caught three sus- pects. tion," asked Sgt. Rodney Vanbebber of the Yuba-Sutter area CHP. The answer is last year, Quirk's youngest son, Storey County Sher- iff's Department Sgt. Kenneth Quirk, who was eight when his father died wrote a letter to CHP commissioner Joe Farrow. In that letter, he asked his father's death be reviewed. Vanbebber was the one asked to "Why so long is the big ques- A purple-heart recipient from a shrapnel incident in the Philippines, Quirk, who joined the Navy in Jan- uary 1942, graduated from the CHP academy in 1955. He was assigned to Red Bluff in 1963. "I vividly recall the death of offi- cer Quirk," Bob Wills said. "I was assigned by captain Ruel Blohm to be officer in charge of the burial investigate Quirk's death, he said. "I got to know officer Quirk — his life, his family and his friends," Vanbebber said. "Not one of them had a negative thing to say. His son thought he was larger than life and, Ken, you were right." See REMEMBER, page 7A Corning jr. rodeo results tonwood received Best Dressed, Brook Myhre of Cottonwood received most original and Raegan Parisio of Willows was named Working Cowgirl. Corning Jr. Rodeo results are as follows: ing was named the 2012 Corning Jr. Rodeo Queen with Kelsey Kruse of Red Bluff coming in as runner-up and Hadlie Hewitt of Corn- ing winning Little Miss. Rylie Reniham of Cot- Special to the DN Kaylee Loewen of Corn- to 3 Hunter Dobbins of Anderson under Stick horse race- Ages 1 to 5 Jase Martin of Orland Dummy roping 6 and first Bryce Stick horse race-Ages 4 VanStavem of Lincoln, sec- ond Blake VanStavem of Lincoln Dummy roping 7 to 10 See RODEO, page 7A See GRANT, page 7A Woman loses home on Mother's Day By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer LOS MOLINOS — Instead of getting a gift for Mother's Day, one Los Molinos woman received a nightmare — her Shasta Boulevard residence burned down in a fire. another cat were missing. Both cats have been found, but one of them had non- life-threatening burns and had to seek veterinary treat- ment. The cause of the fire, which started in an apart- ment behind the mobile home, is under investigation, CalFire Public Information Officer Kevin Colburn said. The fire, which spread to nearby vegetation, was reported to CalFire at 3:08 p.m. Sunday, causing $215,000 in damage to the structure and contents, Col- burn said. her mother, Carol McDon- ald, said Los Molinos resi- dent Betty Morales who for several years served as the Los Molinos Chamber of Commerce President. "She does not have any The house belonged to Community support has been trickling in in the form of calls and cards, but any kind of donation would be welcome, Morales said. "I don't know what any- one can do, but they both have nothing and anything you can provide will help," Morales said. "Once the property has been cleared and cleaned, my mom will be needing some kind of trailer to put on the property to live in until we can figure out what else to do." District champs fire insurance, not because she just did not want to pay for it, but because we could not get any insurance com- pany to insure it, and believe me, we tried several compa- nies," Morales said. "Not only my mom lost every- thing, but my brother also. He was living in the back apartment and everything is gone." Morales' mother is stay- ing with her, but her brother really has no where to go and slept in his truck the first night and on a friends couch the second night, she said. "All they have is the clothes on their backs and their vehicles," Morales said. "My mom lost her green truck in the fire, but she saved her car. My brother was at work when it hap- pened." 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Itsy, made it out alright, but at first her cat, Toes, and McDonald and her dog, Items needed include clothes for which McDon- ald wears size 10-12 in pants and dress, size large in shirts and size 6 shoes. Her broth- er, Eric, wears size 38 waist 34 length in pants, size 10 1/2 - 11 in shoes and extra large in shirts. Itsy, a little dog, wears cute little doggie clothes, she said. "We appreciate anything and everything and all the best wishes," Morales said. A bank account was set up at Umpqua Bank under the name of Carol McDon- ald Fire Fund. Donations can be made at any Umpqua branch. Any questions, call Morales at 384-1706 or 567- 5143 or send an email to bet- tyjmorales@digitalpath.net. TEHAMA COUNTY GLASS MOULE'S GOT GLASS! OPEN Saturdays 9:00-3:30 515 Sycamore St. 529-0260