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THURSDAY OCTOBER 18, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A Breaking news at: Oil Pastel Demonstration Pastimes RED BLUFF Playoff Mindset SPORTS 1B Sunny 91/53 Weather forecast 8B By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Corning Candidates Night, which hosted 10 state and local candidates on Tues- day, ran a little differently than other local formats. Instead of a question and answer session, the Corning Chamber of Commerce and VFW sponsored event held a introductory period in which 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 Corning candidates meet with voters at forum candidates stated why they were running. From there, people were free to mingle in a reception style affair with booths scat- tered around the Veterans Memorial Hall. "We wanted to try some- 'We wanted to try something new to give candidates the opportunity to talk, but also give them a chance to interact thing new to give candidates the opportunity to talk, but also give them a chance to interact with the public, too," Chamber Manager Valanne Cardenas said. "We wanted a more informal event." with the public, too' — Valanne Cardenas Sort for Survival Corning Elementary School Board spoke on behalf of Corning Ele- mentary School Board Candi- date Jesus Rosas who was coaching a game, went first. Rosas is a 17-year resident of Corning who has been coaching for 10 years and is running to bring diversity to the school Raymond Rodriguez, who See FORUM, page 7A Molestation suspect caught By JULIE ZEEB was arrested by US Marshals on Monday in Orland, almost two years after a warrant was issued. Pascual Reyes DeJesus was booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of continued sexual abuse of a child, incest and lewd and lascivious acts: child younger than 14. Bail was set at $235,000. The Tehama County Sheriff's Department was DN Staff Writer A 44-year-old Red Bluff man wanted on sex charges investigating sex allegations against DeJesus, however, before he could be questioned, DeJesus fled the area around January 2011, according to a US Marshals press release. A warrant was issued for his arrest on Feb. 4. The Tehama County Sheriff's Department contacted the US Marshals office, since DeJesus was believed to be in Mexico, to ask for help locating DeJesus, the release said. On Monday, members of the Sacramento Division of See SUSPECT, page 7A Seven arrested in major drug bust Courtesy photo A ranch sorting benefit is being held Saturday, Oct. 20, at El Rancho Capay Arena in Orland for Gaby Rector Peek who is fighting brain cancer.The event starts with signups at 8 a.m. and competition starting at 9 a.m. Special to the DN A ranch sorting benefit is being held Saturday, Oct. 20, at El Ran- cho Capay Arena in Orland for Gaby Rector Peek who is fighting brain cancer. The event starts with signups at 8 a.m. and competition starting at 9 a.m. been donated with 4 large auction items, a hat box signed by the San Diego Padres, a 12 x 12 stall, cus- tom engraved stirrups, a custom patience horse post. Glenn County Sheriff's Posse will be providing barbecue lunch throughout the day and Corning FFA will be selling water and soda. Over 40 great raffle prizes have A Caluctta bidding of 10 teams out of the top 40 teams will take place at 3 p.m. Glenn County Sher- iff's Posse will have tri tip sand- wiches and other goodies available as well as jewelry, tack and décor vendors for your enjoyment. All proceeds will go directly to Millionaire's gift surprises Nielsen By LARRY MITCHELL MediaNews Group GERBER — The story of Assemblyman Jim Nielsen's $250,000 dona- tion from a millionaire sounds like one of those tales about an amazing gift from an unknown rich uncle. Donor Charles Munger Jr. is no long-lost Nielsen relative. He is someone the Republican assemblyman from Ger- ber barely knows. Nielsen said he didn't know about the gift until he had gotten it. Monday, Nielsen said he met Munger once — at the Republican state con- vention. He said he talked to him for five or 10 minutes and doesn't even recall what they dis- In a phone interview cussed. in two installments, gave $250,000 as an "indepen- dent expenditure" to ben- efit Nielsen's campaign for state Senate. Giving the money in that way enabled Munger to exceed the donation limit that would have applied had he given the funds directly to Nielsen's cam- paign. Last month, Munger, Nielsen said he had no idea why Munger decid- ed help him. Asked if he'd feel beholden to Munger, the assemblyman said absolutely not. Munger is a son of Charles Munger, the bil- lionaire vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Corp., the investment company chaired by War- ren Buffett. Brain cancer affects over 21,000 people a year in varying degrees, there is no known cure for brain cancer and treatments vary with each case. helping the family with non insured expenses. Seven people were arrested and marijuana with $325,000 in street- value were seized Wednesday morning by the Tehama Interagency Drug Enforcement task force Around 7 a.m. TIDE agents served a search warrant on a rural proper- ty on Highway 36W, west of Dibble Creek. fastest growing family horse sports, featuring two riders, 10 head of cat- tle, two pens and a 60 second clock. Ranch Sorting is one of the See SORT, page 7A By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The public is invited to come out to the 13th annual Safe Education and Recreation for Rural Families (SERRF) after school program Lights On After School event tonight. In recent elections, the younger Munger, an experimental physicist, 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See GIFT, page 7A awareness for afterschool programs across the coun- try, is from 4-6 p.m. at all SERRF sites in Tehama County, Recreation Supervisor Beth Birk said. "All 1,600 students in our program will be par- ticipating in the event," Birk said. "Our theme this year is 'Heroes For High- er Education.' We want our kids to identify their inner superpower whether that be helping clean house or washing the car." There are about 25 pro- grams in Tehama County, she said. "We want our kids to The event, to raise During a search of the property agents located evidence of drug sales, 561 growing marijuana plants and 130 pounds of processed marijuana Agents arrested seven people and charged them with possession of mari- juana for sale and cultiva- tion of marijuana. Two of the suspects, Aquileo Baraths, 48, Mexico and Luis Arel- lano, 46, Yakima, Wash. were arrested for resisting arrest when they fled on foot from agents. Both were caught after a short foot pursuit and taken into custody without further incident. The other five arrested were Jesus Murillo, 45, Corning; Rodolfo Cas- taneda, 43, San Pablo; Rafael Velasquez, 47, San Diego; Martin Oceguera, 42, San Pablo and Claudia Lopez, 41, Mexico. SERRF celebrates Lights On After School local children are pre- pared to make choices involving college, she said. Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb SERRF Recreation Supervisor Beth Birk gives Mayor Gary Strack a Heroes for Higher Education T-shirt at the Oct. 9 Corning City Council meeting. know at an early age that they can be super and bring great things to the table," Birk said. "Stop by and see your local pro- gram and tell them how proud of them you are." The program includes a college theme alongside the superhero theme to help with the county-wide movement to make sure Counts/You Matter week. You Matter was the 2011-2012 theme, which the program has contin- ued to promote during the new school year, teaching weekly lessons about pos- itive self-esteem and expressing thanks through deeds and actions, Birk said. For more information on SERRF or Lights After School call Birk at 528- 7333. "Our county has one of the best programs in the state," Corning Mayor Gary Strack said at the Oct. 9 meeting City Council meeting. Corning gave SERRF a proclamation celebrating Lights On After School Day and making Oct. 22- 26 the Character ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews .com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb.