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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 1B Breaking news at: Pastimes Writer's Workshop RED BLUFF Shootout Preview SPORTS 1C-6C Sunny 98/63 Weather forecast 6A 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 Building expectations Froomes face tax charges DN Staff Report New charges were filed Tuesday against Joseph Daily Froome and his wife Kellie Mae Froome. Each was charged with filing false tax returns and perjury. They both pled not guilty and were booked into Tehama County Jail and released on their own recog- nizance. Joseph Froome was originally arrested along with his son-in-law, Daniel Miguel Ludwig, in October 2009 after TIDE agents found more than 400 marijuana plants and 30 pounds of processed marijuana in a ware- house off of Baker Road. They were charged with cultivating marijuana, pos- session of marijuana for sale and eight counts of money laundering. The pair have maintained they were running a legal medical marijuana patient collective. A pretrial conference is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tues- day, Sept. 18. CHPshooter's home Gun equipment, targets found in Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb A group from Lassen View Elementary participates in College Jeopardy, testing their knowledge on A-G requirements for getting into college, during an Expect More Tehama Leadership Conference for eighth grade students Wednesday at Rolling Hills Casino. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer An Expect More Tehama leader- ship conference was held Tuesday and Wednesday and continues today at Rolling Hills Casino, where about 225 eighth grade stu- dents learned about going to col- lege. Schools were split into groups of about 70-80, each group attending one day split into smaller groups for each of the three sessions. "We wanted to make sure this program keeps growing," Garcia said. "It's really important to us to get all the schools involved." Expect More started out of an educational summit and has grown over the years, she said. The group now focuses on school readiness and reading profi- ciency for those ages 0-9 with Tehama Reads, launched this sum- mer, and works on goal setting and what classes one should take as well ference," said Expect More Leader- ship Team Member Kathy Garcia. "The first year, Berrendos Middle School approached us about doing it. They're the pace setters for this and they're the ones who have kept the momentum going." The first year, only Berrendos attended as a pilot program. The next year, two schools were invited to join the program and this year both those schools invited two more. "This is the third year of the con- as college visits for those 10-14, Garcia said. For those ages 15-18, the goal is to get students to look at College Options and career exploration as well as to work on mentoring stu- dents, she said. Those 19 and older, the goal is to help them get their GED and find employment. The group is considering a pro- gram for fourth- through sixth- graders focused on teaching stu- dents study skills, Garcia said. "This is really great," said sessions. "This is fantastic," Burch said. "This will help them so that when they get to high school they have ideas and goals of what they want to do with a much broader awareness of what's available." By MALAIKA FRALEY and MATTHIAS GAFNI MediaNews Group Tehama County Superintendent of Schools Larry Champion. "For some of our students, it's a new experience. What an awesome opportunity that this community in Tehama County is providing to the students here today, allowing them to begin planning for a future, which includes college and career." On Wednesday, Lassen View and Richfield elementary schools took the opportunity to attend. come," Principal/Superintendent Rich Gifford said. "We need to pre- pare all our students for higher edu- cation. Our goal, county wide, is to prepare 100 percent of our students for post-high school education to prepare them for the next step." Corning Union High School Superintendent John Burch was in attendance along with students from Corning High School, who joined the Red Bluff High School Leadership Team to help lead the "This is an idea whose time has returns for 3rd year Beef 'N Brew Bluff Business Associa- tion (DRBBA) and the Tehama County Cattle- Women have The Downtown Red forces to bring the 3rd Annual Beef 'N Brew event to downtown Red Bluff on Saturday. The event will feature craft beers, beef appetiz- ers, street vendors, music venues and a dance at the Cone & Kimball Plaza. Chad Bushnell and joined Stacy Stone will entertain on the plaza 6-7 p.m., where a beef wrap and beverage will be served. Music for dancing by the Rough Cut Band starts at 7 p.m. underway at 2 p.m. with street vendors displaying everything from feathers for your hair to custom jewelry and leather crafts. Vendors will be set up on downtown Red Bluff's Main, Oak and Walnut Streets. The event will get Eighth grade is the perfect time to reach the students and teach them about things like A-G requirements for getting into college and setting goals for their future, Garcia said. "This is the age where they're ready to get it, but they don't know all of it yet," Garcia said. "You've got to keep building on it." Expect More Leadership Mem- ber Kate Grissom stopped in to check out what was happening and said what she enjoyed was seeing the energy in the room and watch- ing the students come alive when they start to get it. Lassen View student Henry Bar- tolomei enjoyed Wednesday's event and learned quite a bit, he said. "I learned that to get a high school diploma you need to have classes through every type," Bar- tolomei said. "I thought what you had to do was do the types you were interested in pursuing, but it's all the types of classes." wants to go to a mechanical school and eventually get a Masters in Mechanical Engineering, he said. "I've known since about sixth grade," Bartolomei said. "I like to Bartolomei already knows he See BUILDING, page 5A MARTINEZ -- A handgun safety certifi- cate, ammunition, a gun- carrying case and three shooting targets are among the items that detectives seized from the home of a Rancho Tehama man suspected of fatally shooting California Highway Patrol officer Kenyon Youngstrom dur- ing a Sept. 4 traffic stop on Interstate 680, accord- ing to court documents. Christopher Lacy — a After long working from home on short soft- ware engineering contract jobs, Lacy's neighbors said he recently started working in the Bay Area. Detectives determined that he was employed by the Mountain View com- pany based on an email from a Mindsource recruiter that they found in Lacy's Jeep, according to court documents. The commute from 36-year-old software engineer who had recently starting working for Mindsource Inc. in Moun- tain View — was shot to death by Youngstrom's partner, Officer Tyler Carlton, moments after Lacy shot Youngstrom in the neck, according to search warrant documents filed Monday in Contra Costa Superior Court. Youngstrom, 37, of Cordelia, was taken off life support the next evening, and his organs were donated, saving the lives of four people. His memorial service is scheduled for Thursday morning at a Vacaville church. Carlton is on paid administrative leave, as is protocol after officer- involved shootings. Lacy's home near Corning to Mindsource headquar- ters is about 430 miles round trip, around four hours each way, and would include a long stretch of Interstate 680. Neighbors told investiga- tors that Lacy left his res- idence at about 5 a.m. on the morning of the shoot- ings, which would align with him being pulled over at about 8:20 a.m. on southbound 680 near Livorna Road in Alamo for an obstructed license plate. Jeep, investigators also found "a backpack con- taining (mail) belonging The Mindsource recruiter contacted Tues- day referred calls to his company's human resources department, which did not respond to a voice mail and email. While searching the See CHP, page 5A Hundreds fed at buyer appreciation dinner Special to the DN The Tehama District Junior Livestock Auction (JLA) Committee fed about 200 people Tuesday at the Buyer's Apprecia- tion Dinner held at the Tehama District Fair- ground. Past and prospective Thirty participating merchants, home cooks and beef producers will have beef appetizers available for tasting. Celebrity judges will award trophies in six dif- ferent categories for beef appetizers. By purchasing a ticket you are entitled to taste beef and brew. Tickets are exchanged for wristbands and guests then stroll the 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See BEEF, page 5A buyers were treated to a steak dinner and given a ticket for a raffle of items to be given out as a thank you from the various clubs who will be at the Junior Livestock Auction with their animals on Sat- urday, Sept. 29. The sale itself begins at 10 a.m. so buyers are encouraged to get there at 9 a.m., JLA President Mike Collins said. The sale of champions will be at 1 p.m. and lunch will be served free to those bid- See BUYER, page 5A Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Brian Birt and Doug Rohr barbecue steaks for the Tehama District Junior Livestock Auction Buyer's Appreciation Dinner Tuesday at the Tehama District Fairground.

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