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OCTOBER 6-7 2012 WEEKEND Fall Gardening Means Hearty Crops Country Life Page 3B Weather forecast 12A Sunny 77/48 DAILYNEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY $1.00 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 Man stabbed, robbed at Dog Island Park ing two men in connection with a stabbing following an attempted robbery early Fri- day morning at Dog Island Park. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Red Bluff Police are seek- Miss Tehama County A call was received from the manager at the Classic Inn, 1142 Main St., who informed police he had a man in his office with blood on him who said he had been stabbed in the stomach by two men, according to Red Bluff Police logs. When officers arrived, they contacted Jeremy O'Neil, 39, of Red Bluff who said he had been camping at Dog Island and was walking to the water fountain for a drink when he came across the two men, Sgt. Michael Graham said. As O'Neil was walking toward the fountain, he said two unknown men approached him and demand- ed his money, attacking him when he refused, Graham said. While fighting the men, O'Neil, who was bleeding from his stomach, both arms and his right leg, received minor injuries for which he was taken to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, he said. Suspects are unknown and the case is still under investi- gation. Anyone with informa- tion is asked to call Red Bluff Police at 527-3131. Educators gather to do the math By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Mathematics educators from around Tehama Coun- ty gathered Thursday at Rolling Hills Casino, where David Foster of Silicon Valley Mathematics Initiative was the speaker. Foster talked with the group about state standards for math, both in the past and the upcoming Common Core Standards soon to go into effect in California. "The theme tonight is optimism," Foster said. "Opti- See MATH, page 11A gets county support By RICH GREENE Rail line to coast DN Staff Writer The Tehama County Board of Supervisors con- tinued with its verbal, yet not monetary, support of a feasibility study to create an alternate rail route con- necting Humboldt Bay with the national rail sys- tem and Tehama County with an international port. In April Tehama Coun- ty was one of several agencies that provided support to the plan being studied by the city of Eureka. Courtesy photo During the Tehama District Fair, Monica Day of Red Bluff was crowned Miss Tehama County on Thursday, Sept. 27, and Jordyn Makayla Armstrong was crowned Little Miss Tehama County on Saturday, Sept. 29. Pictured top row, from left: Miss Tehama County Second Alternate Kayla McCoshum; Ambassador of Tehama County Miles Leyva; Miss Tehama County Monica Day; Miss Tehama County First Alternate Krista Lucier; and Miss Congeniality Tina Acosta. Bottom row, from left: Little Miss Second runner up Savannah Grace Hopping; Little Miss Tehama County Jordyn Makayla Armstrong and Little Miss First runner up Kaley Jeanette Schorovsky. arrested in wife's murder Cottonwood man An arrest warrant was issued Friday for Cotton- wood resident Mark Due- nas, 52, in connection with the murder of his wife, Karen Kay Duenas, 51. Mark Duenas was arrested at his home and booked into Shasta Coun- ty Jail on the charge of murder. Sheriff's Department was sent to the couple's resi- dence in the 20400 block of Robinson Glen Drive in Cottonwood at 12:57 a.m. on May 5 for a report of a The Shasta County woman with major injuries. Upon arrival deputies found Karen Duenas, who was pronounced dead at the scene, inside the resi- dence, according to a Shasta County Sheriff's press release. ment with Eureka, Trinity County and Humboldt County to become a mem- ber of the UpState Rail- Connect Committee. The committee will seek funding for and man- age the process of the fea- sibility study. Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin said the agreement did not require any financial support at this point. Eureka received a $25,000 Community Development Block Grant to assist in the cost of seeking funding for the study. At Tuesday's meeting the board agreed to a res- olution supporting the study and approved a Memorandum of Agree- would look at the possi- bility of rekindling a cen- tury-old idea to develop an east-west rail line from Humboldt Bay to Gerber. The original idea was dropped shortly after the 1906 San Francisco earth- quake in favor of north- south routes to rebuild the Bay Area. Tehama County would be the eastern connection The feasibility study See RAIL, page 11A tives responded and took over the investigation with Mark Duenas named a person of interest during the initial investigation. He was interviewed by Major Crimes Detec- detectives but soon cut off all ties with the office, according to the release. The investigation con- tinued for months as there were numerous amounts of evidence located at the scene needing to be processed, including See MURDER, page 11A H Week, and Tehama County is celebrating the 4-H youth who have made an impact on the commu- nity, and are stepping up to the challenges of a complex and changing world. Tehama County 4-H youth will connect with the community by holding the second annual 4-H Open House from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13 at the Tehama District Fairground. This event is a great way for the community to see what the Tehama County 4-H program has to offer. All 4-H clubs in Tehama County will be showcasing projects avail- able in their clubs. There will be many See 4-H, page 11A Tehama County 4-H members enjoy the 2011 Open House. Local youth to celebrate National 4-H Week Oct. 7-13 is National 4- Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Courtesy photo