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NORTHMAIN Vanhitstrucka er mechanical problem "ThewayAmylivesher life and her acts of kind- ness makes people around her happier and calmer," said the nomination. "She exemplifies human kind- ness every day. She is hum- ble, thoughtful and makes me want to be more like her." Those who make the nominations remain anon- ymous throughout the pro- cess. Gonczeruk said she is humbled to be nominated and after attending the award ceremony in Las Ve- gas Monday, she was hon- ored to be among her fel- low winners. The stories shared about each nominee are inspir- ing and a true testament to the caring and compas- sionate nature of the com- pany's employees, Harter said. The week included three scheduled award ceremo- nies and parties at the three locations. The Red- ding hospital will honor its winners Wednesday and Mt. Shasta on Thursday. The company plans to make this an annual event and will continue honor- ing daily acts of kindness throughout the workplace every day, Gonczeruk said. Awards FROM PAGE 1 "One female victim has life-threatening injuries to her upper torso," he said. Four male suspects wearing dark hoodies and jeans were seen running away from the area, Man- fredi said. The shooters seemed to have targeted the female student, said Karwin Sui, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Unified School District. Shooting FROM PAGE 1 and Santa Rosa Police De- partment with a two years in the military in between following Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. He had been a member of the US Air Force 1993-1996 and became a reserve member, but was called back to ac- tive duty. Williams continues to serve in the Air Force Re- serve in the rank of Chief Master Sgt. He started his interest in law enforce- ment as a Tehama County Sheriff's Explorer, hav- ing been raised in Cotton- wood. Hobbies include mo- torcycle riding, hunting, chicken farming and offi- ciating weddings and his goal is to obtain a mas- ter's degree. Murgia, whose daugh- ter pinned his badge, is a Pleasant Valley High School graduate who has been with the department since 2012. He graduated from the 102nd Class of Butte Police Academy in 2008 before working at Feather River Casino. He worked for two and a half years in Tule Lake as an officer before coming to Red Bluff Police. He and his wife Shawntay have two children, Eden, 5, and Abram, 2, with one more on the way. He obtained a bachelor's degree in 2014 and enjoys going to the gym in his free time. He will be participating in a bench press and dead lift competition in a few weeks. Tehama County Clerk and Recorder Jennifer Vise swore in District At- torney's Investigator Scott Curtis and Deputy District Attorney Welland Chiang on Tuesday. Curtis, most recently a sergeant at Red Bluff Po- lice Department, was born and raised in Red Bluff and worked for Red Bluff Police 2000-2004, return- ing in 2011 with a promo- tion to sergeant in 2012. He also worked as a Te- hama County Juvenile Hall Counselor 1994-2000. He and his wife Jaye have three children, Ryan, 24, Taylor, 21 and Ethan, 13. Chiang was born and raised in San Francisco, where his parents still live, and attended law school at the University of Cal- ifornia Hastings School of Law. He obtained a de- gree in criminology and law in society from UC Ir- vine and has worked with the Santa Clara, San Fran- cisco, Alameda and Solano counties district attorney's offices. He plans to make his home in Chico and has a goal of making a differ- ence while being a voice for victims and protecting the public. Ceremonies FROM PAGE 1 also is the kick-off to farm week festivities, which run through the Nov. 7 Farm- City night and include the Oct. 27 Farm-City Bus Tour." Activities included youth presenters such as Ashley and Kayla Arrow- smith of Arrowsmith and Sons Apiaries in Red Bluff, who talked about bees. Ashley is a seventh grade student at Berrendos Mid- dle School and Kayla is a freshman at West Valley High School. Ashley kicked off the talk speaking about the three types of bees and the equipment used, from the bee suit that protects bee keepers to the box with the hive, and how bees are shipped. Types of bees in- clude drones, which are male, worker bees, which are female, and the queen, who is responsible for lay- ing all the eggs. Mike Brewer of Brew- er's Arena in Los Molinos worked alongside volun- teer high school students to talk with students about how to rope cattle and a lit- tle about his experience as a competition roper. Tehama County Beef Ambassadors Emma Pe- terson, Danielle Mueller, Emyli Palmer and Kayla McGiffin talked about the beef industry, dur- ing which McGiffin talked about her cow, a Swedish red, and Mueller talked about cattle brands. Muel- ler's parents have the brand CL, for Charlie and Lori, with what is called a lazy style L in it. Students were encouraged to draw and create a brand of their own at the booth. Kimberlee McLaugh- lin presented on dairy cat- tle using the mobile dairy classroom provided by the Dairy Council of Califor- nia. There are about 1.7 million dairy cows milked in the state and dairy is No. 1 in agriculture pro- duction in the state. During the break, stu- dents got to take a picture with the Nor Cal Antique Tractor and Engine Club and learn about tractors of all shapes, colors and sizes. Other presenters in- cluded Kristine Raimer and TC Drury with meat goats, Caitlin Mackey and Lee Pettey with sheep, Ju- lie Kelley of Sierra Pacific with timber, Tyler Chris- tensen with tree crops and Stacy Miller, Bailey Miller and Megan de Braga with stock dogs. Farm FROM PAGE 1 JULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS Ryan, Ethan and Jaye Curtis watch as Tehama County District Attorney Investigator Scott Curtis and Deputy District Attorney Welland Chiang are sworn in Tuesday at the Tehama County Superior Courthouse by clerk and recorder Jennifer Vise. PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Kimberlee McLaughlin teaches fourth grade students about dairy cows using the Mobile Dairy Classroom on Tuesday at the 21st annual Tehama County Farm Day at the Tehama District Fairground. Berrendos Middle School seventh grader Ashley Arrowsmith teaches fourth-grade students about bees. CHIP THOMPSON — DAILY NEWS RedBlufffirefightersworktostabilizeandremovethedriverofaFordminivan that crashed shortly a er 2 p.m. Tuesday on North Main Street near Adobe Plaza. A Red Bluff Police officer at the scene said witnesses reported the van was travel- ing north when it attempted to make a U-turn and the throttle stuck open, causing the van to broadside a parked Chevrolet truck. The minivan's driver, a man, was conscious and taken by ambulance to an area hospital. Another man was treated at the scene. The truck was not occupied. By Kevin Freking and Kathleen Hennessey TheAssociatedPress WASHINGTON President Barack Obama on Tuesday tore into Donald Trump for sowing suspicion about the integrity of the U.S. election, telling the Republican pres- idential nominee to "stop whining" and focus on win- ning votes. Obama called Trump's intensifying, pre-emptive warnings about voter fraud "unprecedented" in mod- ern politics. The rhetoric is not based on any evidence, Obama said, but is simply aimed at discrediting the electionbeforethefirstvotes are counted. "You start whining be- fore the game's even over?" Obama said at a press con- ference. "Then you don't have what it takes to be in this job." Obama delivered his bit- ing rebuke at White House, wherehehostedItaly'sPrime Minister Matteo Renzi for a state visit. The president ini- tially said he would pull his punches when it comes to politics, respecting the offi- cialsetting.Butwhenhewas asked about Trump's rheto- ric, he did not hold back. The president also ac- cused Trump of shower- ing praise and modeling his policies on Russian Presi- dent Vladimir Putin to a de- gree that is "unprecedented in American politics." He said is "surprised and troubled" by Republi- can lawmakers who he said are echoing their presiden- tial nominee's positions on Russia. Trump has praised Putin as a strong leader and criticized Obama and the Democratic presiden- tial nominee, Hillary Clin- ton, for Washington's dete- riorating relationship with Moscow. POLITICS 'Stop whining,' Obama tells Trump By Adam Beam The Associated Press Facing unprecedented warnings of a "rigged" elec- tion from Donald Trump, state officials around the country are rushing to re- assure the public, and some are taking subtle steps to boost security at polling places because of the pas- sions whipped up by the race. "This election the envi- ronment is unlike any be- fore," South Carolina Elec- tion Commission spokes- man Chris Whitmire said. Some states are trying to coordinate with local law enforcement to tighten security without making a heavy-handed — and po- tentially illegal — show of force. And some schools that double as polling places have canceled classes on Election Day for fear of agitated voters and demon- strators in school hallways. Over the weekend, a fire- bombing heavily damaged a local Republican Party of- fice in North Carolina. No injuries were reported. And after a bomb threat at the Arizona GOP headquarters on Monday, the state party said it will probably hire se- curity guards. As Trump's poll numbers have dropped amid accusa- tions from multiple women that he groped them with- out consent, the Republi- can nominee has warned that the election is about to be stolen from him on Nov. 8 by backers of Democrat Hillary Clinton. POLLS States seek to reassure voters on security Patrick's Pumping SepticPumpingServices Red Bluff, CA Garet Patrick Owner/Operator 530-366-6899 4patricks@att.net Available 24/7 ThePassingParadeisbroughttoyoubyMinchPropertyManagement, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527-5514 THEPASSINGPARADE (FrommyISaycolumnofJune1969) I am envious of the Professional men and wom- en because they can be closed-mouthed and get away with it. The Doctors (also Lawyers, for that matter) are smug about withholding valuable information. They operate (no pun intended) under the guise of an obscure oath laid down by some old Greek, possibly Hippocrates… but unlikely Onassis. Anyhow they refuse to tell me what I want to know about some of their patients who also happen to be our employees. If an employee of ours is sick and absent from work, I ex- pect the doctor to break away from his golf game at Wilcox Oaks long enough to speculate how long such and such employee will be absent from work. The more serious the illness (or accident) the more unlikely I will get a straight answer. The doctor's stock answer is "it is just something that is going around…and he should be on his feet in no time". However, sometimes when I pry too much I get the curt reply, "Why don't you ask the employee?" But if the worker does not care to speculate, then the only way to get my answer is to pick up the same illness, for example, and then hope that my doctor went to the same medical school as his doctor. Of course if our employee has gone to a chiropractor for an "adjustment", then I can speculate on the duration of his absence based on the number of play- ing cards placed in one of his shoes, or some such remedy. I hope the day comes when I can return the non-favor from a doctor who calls me to order a half of beef cut and wrapped. The conversation might go like this: "Thank you for your order, sir, but you ask what the grade will be and I am not at liberty to discuss that with you. You see, that information is confidential between the suppli- er, in this case Loren Miller, Sr. and me. Why? Well, Mr. Miller originally sold us this animal as a feeder which we promptly put in our feedlot at Gerber. For how long and on what ration you ask? Sorry, confidential. How old was the critter? Ha! You know we can't ask a person…or a person's animal its age. As to the breed of the animal in question, we have our ethics and accept all breeds regardless of creed or color…although the black Aberdeen Angus seems to be very much in vogue this year. The price per pound? I can only give you the extended total, doctor. You see, the individual price per pound might reflect the price paid to Mr. Miller as a feeder, and that…Doctor? Doctor? Are you still there?" At this point he might have hung up on me. If so, I would have expected a little more professional courtesy. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2016 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 5 A