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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 8, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 5A Breaking news at: Build A Better Burger County Fare RED BLUFF SOAR Results SPORTS 1B Sunny 102/66 Weather forecast 8B 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 By RICH GREENE Market improvement knife point found Car taken at lows and greens and every color in between. It's the fragrance of freshness and spice. It's a community meeting point. It's your Wednesday DN Staff Writer It's vibrant reds, yel- night farmers market and we haven't even gotten to the tastes yet. Typically Red Bluff isn't on the rising wave of cultural fads, but then again fads aren't typi- cally based in agricul- ture the way the move- ment toward fresh foods is. County's geography and identity makes it the perfect location to push forward and plant the seeds for us all to reap and eat. In this case Tehama Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Detective Kevin Hale takes a report Tuesday on a vehicle that was stolen Monday. It was found just before 11 a.m.Tuesday at the Red Bluff Apartments, 111 Sale Lane. By JULIE ZEEB Last week, U.S. Agri- culture Deputy Secre- tary Kathleen Merrigan announced there was a 9.6 percent increase in farmers market listings in the past year. markets across the Unit- ed States, including Red Bluff's own Wednesday and Saturday markets, have helped reinvent the way Americans look at their dinner plates. "These outlets pro- vide benefits not only to the farmers looking for important income opportunities, but also to the communities looking for fresh, healthy foods," Merrig- an said to kick off National Farmers Mar- ket Week, which runs through Saturday. Red Bluff's own love The more than 7,800 affair with locally- grown, fresh food reached a new pinnacle this week as the demand for a year-round market prompted the announce- ment of the Frontier Vil- lage Farmers Market, set to open Oct. 6. Plans for the Slow- Food Shasta-Cascade- sponsored market include permanent structures to protect vendors and customers from inclement weather. Permanent struc- tures? Maybe this move- ment of America from a fast food nation back to nature isn't a fad at all. Of course fresh food and our love for it never DN Staff Writer Red Bluff Police put up a perimeter just before 11 a.m. Tuesday around the Red Bluff Apartments complex on Sale Lane, after locating a vehicle stolen Monday during a car jacking. A detective saw a pos- sible match for the stolen vehicle about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, but was unable to catch up to it due to traffic. Daily News photo by Rich Greene Shoppers survey the fare at the Wednesday Night Farmers Market in down- town Red Bluff Aug. 1. Bushnell to set up, get down Tonight's Downtown Red Bluff Business Asso- ciation Summer Concert Series act has a strong tie to the hosting the farmers market — he's the assistant manager. Red Bluff's own Chad Bushnell and his band will be performing tonight. Right after Bushnell gets done helping set up the market. Bushnell A senior at California State University, Chico, Bushnell took on an internship at the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Com- merce as part of his studies in business mar- keting. "It's totally different, it's always pretty busy," Bushnell said of his internship. Bushnell said he hopes to use his degree to help with his other passion — music. "After college, I'm kind of just going for it," he said. Bushnell is considering a move to See BUSHNELL, page 7A Strack, Leach to run for re-election CORNING — Mayor Gary Strack announced at a Corning City Council meeting that he will be running again for his seat, which will be on the November ballot. does not intend to run. The city has received two other seats with four- year terms attached up for grabs on the council along- side the position of mayor, which is a two-year term. Councilman John Leach has said he will run again and has turned in an application, while Coun- cilwoman Toni Parkins has previously said she In Corning, there are two other applications as of Tuesday for the open council seats, City Clerk Lisa Linnet said. Willette "Willie" Smith is an active member and director with the Corning Chamber of Commerce who is involved with Corning Christian Assistance. Smith is running against Leach and former Corning Police Chief and active Rotarian Tony Car- denas. Other positions up for election are City Treasur- er and City Clerk, both of which are four-year terms, Linnet said. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 — Julie Zeeb disappeared, but some- how in the past few years it does feel as though this epicurean movement has started to ripen like a Corning olive. market shows why. It's not just the vivid imagery or the aromat- ics. You expect that when you visit a market. It's not the extra A personal visit to a The white 1998 Honda Prelude, which had been taken at knife-point, was located a short time later, abandoned in the parking lot of the Red Bluff Apart- ments complex, Det. Kevin Hale said. Red Bluff Police, assisted by the Tehama County Sheriff's Depart- ment and Tehama County District Attorney's Office, made a search of the area, but were unable to locate See CAR, page 7A Man sentenced for RT fight, fire By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A 21-year-old Corning man was sentenced Monday to 210 days in Tehama County Jail for his involvement in a disturbance resulting in a fire in Rancho Tehama in May. degree of choices, and are they ever abundant. Armenian cucum- bers, yellow crooked- neck squash, box choi, sweet Walla Walla red onion, Chinese long bean — what vegetable should I pair with my chicken tonight? It's not even about the organic movement. It has to do with the energy. town hustle and bustle. The belief you'll bump into a friendly face. It's the mall scene of foregone teenage years, That feeling of small See MARKET, page 7A after fighting with Kimberly Salazar, the mother of his teenage girlfriend, who came to get her daughter, according to a Tehama County Sheriff's Department press release. Darin Anthony Madden was arrested on May 10 dow of Salazar's PT Cruiser, causing $1,000 damage, before following her to her Leisure Landing residence near the airstrip. While driving to Salazar's residence, Madden drove recklessly through tall grass, resulting in a vegetation fire. He then tried to flee the area and resist arrest. Madden was charged with vandalism, criminal threats, recklessly causing a fire: structure or forest and resisting, obstructing or delaying a peace officer or EMT with bail set at $83,000. Court records show Madden initially pled not guilty, Madden reportedly used rocks to break out two win- but changed his plea to guilty at a July 2 trial readiness conference. Madden's attorney, Kenneth Miller, said he agreed with the probation report, except for the length of incar- ceration, and asked for 180 days. Miller said Madden had taken steps to put his life in order including obtaining employment in Red Bluff and See FIGHT, page 7A Fire closes road through Lassen Park Lisa Wilkolak says the Reading fire was sparked by a lightning strike on July 23 in the park about 50 miles east of Redding. The blaze was fairly small until Monday, when strong winds caused it to grow more than 1,000 acres. For some in the south- ern portion of Tehama County it appeared as if Mount Lassen had erupted again. Officials say about 300 growing wildfire has prompted officials to close a 10-mile stretch of the main road through Lassen Volcanic National Park. Park spokeswoman MINERAL (AP) — A Courtesy photo from National Parks Service Wildfire closes main road in Lassen National Park. Officials say the Main Park Road is closed from Summit Lake to Devastat- ed Area. Some trails were closed, but campgrounds and visitor centers remain open. firefighters are battling the blaze, which had burned about 1,400 acres and was 10 percent contained Tues- day. a wildfire in the Plumas National Park has con- sumed 24 square miles and was 10 percent contained Tuesday. About 100 miles south, PHYSICIAN REFERRAL A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 1-800-990-9971