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staffroomwithalarge pole hitting items about 7 p.m. Thursday. The man was wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, dark shorts and tennis shoes. MusickAvenue: A possible break-in was reported at a residence about 8:45p.m. Thursday a er a front door was found broken. Washington Street: Two people were reportedly seen running on the top of the From the Hearth building a few minutes a er midnight Friday. 99W and Christian Av- enue: A man in a dark jacket and gray sweatpants was reportedly riding a bicycle north about 10:15p.m. Thursday opening mailboxes as he went. Vestal Avenue, cross of Mariposa: A person was concerned a foreclosed Ger- ber residence with a broken window in it was possibly occupied by squatters. The s 99W: An employee was reportedly stealing from Travel Centers of America with a second employee possibly involved. Curtis Anthony Greenway, 19, of Corning was cited and released on the charge of embezzlement Thursday. DaisyRay Sueann Smith, 19, of Corning was arrested Thursday on the charge of embezzlement. Lisa Way: Items were missing from an outdoor shed. Root Avenue: Items were stolen from a house. Monroe Avenue: A wallet was stolen at Forward Park. Luther Road: A purse was taken from a vehicle at Red Bluff Healthcare. Yolo Street: Two people associated with a gray Toyota Tacoma jumped a fence about noon Thursday and took recycling from a Corning business. Trespassing Rio Vista Avenue: Two people at River Ranch Mobile Home Park were reportedly hostile when contacted by the park as they attempted to launch a canoe. Vandalism Main Street: Windows at Preferred Agents Real Estate were vandalized. Police FROMPAGE3 "AVisitFromSt.Nicho- las", also known as "'Twas the Night Before Christ- mas", attributed to both Clement Clarke Moore and Henry Livingston. In the original poem there were only eight reindeer, with Donner and Blitzen known as Dunder and Blixem. It wasn't until 1939, when the Montgomery Ward department store asked one of their writers, Rob- ert May, to come up with a character for a coloring book to hand out to chil- dren who came to visit Santa, that Rudolph was born. The Finnish leg- end of Santa Claus (Joulu- pukki) does not name his reindeer the same way we do, so the beginning of the "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" song in the Finnish version translates roughly to, "You remember Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, Lit- tle Red Riding hood, and the grey wolf, but this reindeer is often forgot- ten". With Christmas oc- curring in summer in Aus- tralia, Santa exchanges his reindeer for 'six white boomers' (kangaroos), but even so, he still gets the job done! This is but a small ex- ample of animals play- ing a part in holiday cele- brations, symbolizing age- old norms and traditions throughout the world. RonnieCaseyisvice president of PETS — Providing Essentials for Tehama Shelter. She can be reached at rmcredbluff@ gmail.com. For more information about PETS, visit petstehama.org. Casey FROM PAGE 3 position total $90,000 per year. The total cost for the position for the remain- der of the 2016-2017 fiscal year would be $45,000. As of Dec. 6 the revenue from the quarter cent sales tax increase showed unallo- cated funds in the amount of $130,814. The additional cost to the city beyond the tax increase funds, which are split with parks and police, would be $11,642 this year. The fire department has three shifts that each work a 48-hour stretch, Barber said. Two of those shifts were afforded an additional full-time firefighter making the two shifts each four per- son shifts. This additional fire- fighter has proven to be beneficial on many levels. There has been a reduction in overtime costs and a re- duction in vehicle usage, which reduces fuel costs. The additional firefighter allows for more hands to help on critical medical calls and to complete sta- tion projects in a more timely manner, Barber said. The increase in staffing will help the department meet the Occupational Safety and Health Act re- quirements of an initial four-person fire response team. Fire FROM PAGE 1 ture of the note prompted the investigation. Red Bluff Police offi- cers obtained eight search warrants from the court, including a warrant to search four residences, three in Tehama County and one in Butte County, and a search warrant for AT&T, Sprint and Verizon cellular phones, cameras and Facebook accounts. Numerous items were seized as evidence during the search. There wasn't a list of confiscated items that ac- companied the warrant for Flowerdew. It was further reported that Flowerdew began texting the victim af- ter meeting each other through an online adult hook-up application called Grinder, according to the sentencing memoran- dum received by the Te- hama County Office of the District Attorney. On Oct. 3, 2015, while at a lo- cal sporting event at Red Bluff High School, Flow- erdew and the victim en- gaged in sexual activity. According to the sen- tencing information re- leased Thursday Flow- erdew and the victim en- gaged in sexual activity on multiple occasions. Flow- erdew reportedly knew the victim was 14 years old during the course of their relationship. Morrison engaged in a sexual relationship with the victim after meeting on an online website for casual relationships. Morrison and the teen began texting, eventually meeting in person and en- gaging in sexual activity, according to the sentenc- ing information. Morrison reportedly also knew the victim was a minor. Sentence FROM PAGE 1 as 2,000 feet Friday night and early Saturday, the Na- tional Weather Service said. Snow levels in the moun- tains from Santa Barbara County south to San Diego County were forecast to drop as low as 3,000 feet, bringing potential trouble to highways in high-eleva- tion passes such as the In- terstate 5 corridor between Los Angeles and the San Joaquin Valley. After five years of drought, California has seen improvement lately as storms have moved through the state. Now, 15 percent of the state — the north coast and part of the far northern in- terior — are free of drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. About 60 percent of the state remains in the three worst levels of drought — severe, extreme and excep- tional. As recently as Septem- ber 100 percent of the state was at some level of drought. Many areas scarred by wildfires from the Central Coast south to Los Angeles County were under flash flood watches on Friday. "Rainfall rates may be intense enough to create mud and debris flows in and around the burn ar- eas," the National Weather Service said. In Southern California, many of those burn ar- eas were already soaked by midweek rains from a system that drew tropical moisture into the region and a storm last week. In the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains east of Los Angeles, the city of Duarte was on "yellow alert" — the second-high- est level in its safety system — and advised residents that mud and debris flows could be similar to what occurred on Dec. 16, when a torrent gushed from a fire scar above town. K- rail barriers already posi- tioned in the neighborhood protected homes. Storm FROM PAGE 1 The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO The beer brewingprogramattheUni- versity of California, Davis has received some holiday cheerinthe formofa$2mil- lion gift from the Sierra Ne- vada Brewing Co. Sierra Nevada's founder Ken Grossman and his wife, KatieGosner,announcedthe giftThursdayforthecampus' brewing science program. UC Davis said in a state- ment that the gift estab- lishes an endowment for a full-time brewing position for the program, which is part of the school's Depart- ment of Food Science and Technology. The UC Davis program offers courses in the science and engineering of brewing beer and running a brewery operation. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. was founded in 1980 and produces some of America's best-known craft beers. It has breweries in Chico, Cali- forniaandMillsRiver,North Carolina. GIFT Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. gives $2M to UC Davis The Associated Press BURNEY Northern Cal- ifornia authorities have found rain gear they be- lieve belongs to the sus- pect who fatally set a gas station attendant on fire. The Record Searchlight reports Friday that Shasta County sheriff's deputies found the yellow rain suit stashed in a trash can on Thursday. David Wicks was burned alive at a Shell sta- tion Wednesday evening by an assailant seen on se- curity video entering the business near Burney, a logging community at the northern end of the state. The 54-year-old atten- dant was described as someone who always had a smile on his face. Secret Witness of Shasta County posted a $10,000 reward seeking tips that lead to an arrest and con- viction. Friends have set up a GoFundMe account for the family. Authorities also found a bike outside the gas sta- tion. BURNEY Authorities find rain gear in gas station murder investigation PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Michael Lamberts Farmers Insurance Agency was one of the entries in the first Los Molinos Chamber of Commerce Christmas Lights Contest judged on Friday. Los Molinos resident Terry Owen, Tehama County Supervisor Dennis Garton and Red Bluff City Councilman Clay Parker judge one of the entries in the first Los Molinos Chamber of Commerce Christmas Lights Contest on Friday. gher's Heating and Air, Michael Lambert's Farm- ers Insurance Agency, Roxie Deli and BBQ, Burger Shack, Robin's Nest, Los Molinos Ace Hardware, Los Molinos Feed, Cost-U-Less, Lane's Tractor Sales, Mike's Bar 99, Sy's Auto Parts, To- ny's Take and Bake and Crosslands. At least one man stopped the judges to tell them he enjoyed the light contest and had noticed it looked nice as he came into town. The man said he hoped the event would continue to grow. Lights FROM PAGE 1 Los Molinos resident Terry Owen, Tehama County Supervisor Dennis Garton and Red Bluff City Councilman Clay Parker judge one of the entries in the first Los Molinos Chamber of Commerce Christmas Lights Contest on Friday. JeanneRae(Brown)Cunningham October 12, 1940 ~ December 15, 2016 Jeanne Rae (Brown) Cunningham crossed over to the other side on December 15, 2016. She passed away at home in her sleep; finally freed from the pain she had enduredfor so long. Jeanne was born on October 12, 1940 in Chico CA to Jean M. Clark and Clifford A. Brown. She spent her early childhood in Chester and McCloud, raised by her mother and Grandma & Grandpa Clark. Ev- eryone knew her mother would die young, so had to learn everything her mother thought important, that in- cluded everything from ballet, to manners to school work. By age nine she had lost her mother and both Clark grandparents and had moved to Vina to live with her fa- ther's family. She completed school in Vina and Los Molinos sur- rounded by her Grandmother Cindy Brown, Grandfather James Brown, Aunt Romayne, Uncle Archie and Cousins Gary and Sue Brown. Stepmother Jean, Stepbrother Den- nis Weston, half sister Mary Lynn Brown and half brother Terry Brown. In 1959 she married Hector Cunningham after he would- n't take no for an answer; they were together for 57 years through all of life's ups and downs. They resided in Red Bluff and had 3 children; Sarah, Christine and Thelma. Jeanne devoted her time to her children. She started vol- unteering at Jackson Heights which then evolved to be- coming one of Red Bluff's first teachers aides. For over 30 years she was Mrs. C to hundreds of chil- dren. The last 20+ years in kindergarten with Maylon Fri- day. Here she shared the joy of chasing gingerbread men, creating stick horses and dressing up as Mother Goose characters. She loved her job and was devastated when her health forced her to retirement. Jeanne was a lifelong reader and would read up to 5 books a day; stubbornly refusing to try an e-reader. Said they didn't feel right. She is survived by her husband, Hector Cunningham, Daughters; Sarah (Mark) Belletti, Thelma Cunningham, grandsons; Jr. Watson III and Cody Cox, great- granddaughters; Khloe S. Watson and Tallalah JE Watson. Half sister Mary Lynn (Clay) Henderson and stepbrother Dennis Weston. MICHAEL STANLEY STOVICH, SR. October 16, 1926 ~ December 18, 2016 Michael Stanley Stovich, Sr. passed away on December 18, 2016 at Mercy Hospital in Redding, CA. Two months ago he celebrated his 90th birthday. He was born the youngest of four children to Mary Baca and Matthew Szczechowicz on October 16, 1926 in Lakewood, OH. Af- ter high school he joined the Navy, serving in the final year of World War II. He completed his study at William- sport Technical Institute to become a patternmaker in 1949. Receiving his first patternmaker job at the Latrobe Pattern Shop in Latrobe, PA, he then went on to work for Swissvale Pattern Shop for several years. In 1969, Mi- chael relocated to work for General Motors in Swartz Creek, MI where he and his wife raised their two chil- dren. Throughout his life he made donations to schools, churches, hospitals, and organizations and he was a life member of Knights of Columbus and the Veterans of For- eign Wars. He enjoyed coaching baseball, hosting dinner parties with his wife, dancing, gardening, calisthenics, playing cards, watching football, traveling, and spending time with his family. After working at General Motors for 23 years, he retired in 1992. Fifteen years ago he and his wife moved from Flint, MI to Redding, CA to be closer to his grandchildren. Michael and his wife, Louise, were married for 57 years until her passing four years ago. Michael is survived by his son, Michael S. Stovich, Jr.; daughter, Lisa L. Gentry (and husband William H. Gentry, MD) and his two grandchildren, Jennifer and William Gentry, Jr. On Wednesday, December 28, 2016, at 10:00 am a rosa- ry will be held at Sacred Heart Church in Red Bluff, CA. The funeral mass begins at 11:00 am with a reception to follow at Dr. Gentry's office, 430 Rio St., Red Bluff, CA. At 12:30 pm on January 3, 2017 the graveside services will be held at the Northern California Veterans Cemetery in Igo, CA. Flower arrangements may be sent to Hoyt-Cole at 816 Walnut St. Red Bluff, CA 96080. Obituaries R ed Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service FD1931 527-1732 Now open longer hours 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2016 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 9 A