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TUESDAY JULY 24, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 7A Breaking news at: Vitality Diabetes Grows Among Seniors RED BLUFF 1 Win Away SPORTS 1B Sunny 100/63 Weather forecast 10B DAILYNEWS 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 Cowboy champ Wayward wolf strays into Tehama County By JULIE ZEEB a gray wolf who first traveled into California Dec. 28, 2011. The wolf, who has bounced back and forth across the California-Oregon border at least four times since his arrival, has traveled about 2,500 air miles since leaving his Oregon pack with 1,500 of those miles in California, said Karen Kovacs, a California Department of Fish and Game wildlife program manager out of the Redding office. A tracker on the wolf uses Global Positioning System (GPS) that sends out a signal once a day, however, sometimes the signal is unable to get out. "It sends out a signal, but our ability to gather the information is sometimes hindered in very steep DN Staff Writer Tehama County has finally been visited by OR-7, See WOLF, page 9A Workers protest move to Redding By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer The Tehama County Board of Supervisors meeting started July 17 with about 10 In-Home Supportive employees from Tehama and surrounding counties asking the board to raise their pay and grant them medical insurance. Services workers and family mem- bers sat in the audience with signs and matching shirts. About a dozen more Red Bluff cowboy Casey Meroshnekoff poses with his championship saddle from the 2012 National High School Finals Rodeo. Red Bluff's Casey Meroshnekoff did it again. The 18-year-old cowboy won his second national championship in bareback riding Saturday at the 2012 National High School Finals Rodeo. Meroshnekoff had previously won the title in 2010. Meroshnekoff entered the final round of the finals in Rock Springs, Wyo. with 151 points. A 73-point ride in the short round secured his title with a total of 224 points. His challengers in second place Parolee problems over weekend The Red Bluff Police Department dealt with a pair of incidents Sunday involving men on parole holds. • Shortly before 8 Stevens to Rio Street near Sycamore Street. Stevens continued to run, until he was tackled by an officer and taken to the ground. Stevens was taken to St. Elizabeth Communi- ty Hospital to be med- ically cleared before being booked into Tehama County Jail. He was charged with his parole hold, domes- tic battery and resisting p.m. officers responded to Liquor and Food on Antelope Boulevard regarding a physical dis- turbance between a man and woman. When officers arrived the man, Adam Stevens, 24, Red Bluff, fled on foot, according to a department press release. Officers chased a peace officer. Stevens was convict- ed on a guilty plea of vandalism in February and sentenced to one year of probation. • Shortly before mid- night officers responded to the Crystal Motel on a report that a possible stolen vehicle was in the parking lot. Officers learned the person believed to be responsible for the theft was Brian Walcher, 33, Red Bluff, according to a department press release. Walcher, a parolee at large, was staying in one of the motel rooms. Officers found a 1995 Toyota truck, which had been reported stolen July 11. Courtesy photo The board had previ- ously met with the union's negotiator during closed session. tied with 210 points each. He has won the California bare- back title four years running and graduated from Red Bluff Union High School in the spring. Meroshnekoff plans to attend medical services to people who would otherwise have to be institutional- ized in some capacity. They receive no med- ical benefits, which is at the heart of the bargain- ing. One speaker said he found it appalling county employees who pick up dog feces at the animal shelter receive better ben- efits than those who take care of the elderly and disabled. West Hills Community College in Coalinga in the fall to study fitness. IHSS workers make $8.40 an hour to offer Red Bluff resident Gary Smith said in a phone interview with the Daily News Thursday that he is on call 24 hours a day taking care of his blind 32-year-old son with cerebral palsy. "I'm getting old enough now where my body is breaking down," he said. "I need health benefits to keep me healthy, so I can take care of him and it's really hard to do that when you're sick and can barely take care of yourself." Smith said the hours the county pays him for his work were drastically cut in the past year. He is See MOVE, page 9A Hospital lauded for distinction By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer On Monday St. Elizabeth Commu- nity Hospital had a special visitor Monday, Senior Vice President of Truven Health Analytics Jean Chenoweth, who talked to employees about the hos- pital's accomplishment: winning a Top 100 Hospi- tal award for its sixth con- secutive year. known as Thomson- Reuters, picks 20 hospi- tals in each of the five cat- egories annually, using two years of statistics, to name its top 100, Chenoweth said. The group, formerly After officers secured the truck they attempted to contact Walcher in one of the rooms. A res- ident of the motel room gave officers permission to enter the room. Walcher was located in the bathroom and taken into custody on a Cali- fornia Department of Corrections warrant 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See PAROLEE, page 9A Each hospital is looked at for its quality, extended outcomes, efficiency, financial stability and patient perception of care, she said. "You can't improve everything at once," Chenoweth said. "You have to focus on a task and start building a cul- ture of improvement." St. Elizabeth, one of the 20 hospitals used to measure the 918 hospitals in the small community category, is better than the benchmark in just about everything except its 30- day measures, Chenoweth Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Senior Vice President of Truven Health Analytics Jean Chenoweth addresses St. Elizabeth Community Hospital staff about its accom- plishment in achieving the top 100 hospital award for the sixth year. said. "Not only are you one of the highest performing (hospitals) in California, but you are one of the highest performing in the country," Chenoweth said. "You are not just in the top 20 percent of the nation. You are in the top 3 percent of the nation. You are well prepared and See HOSPITAL, page 9A HAVOC WITH YOUR SOCKS? toenails WREAKING Are your PODIATRY CENTER AEROFEET Painless Topical Treatment THAT REALLY WORKS. 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