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TUESDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 6A Breaking news at: Vitality Music Wakes Residents RED BLUFF Double Coverage SPORTS 10A Weather forecast 10B Sunny 81/51 DAILYNEWS Strike 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 Man dies in police custody Red Bluff police officers early Monday morning. The man's name is being withheld pending notifica- tion of next of kin. A 42-year-old man died after being handcuffed by According to a Red Bluff Police Department press release, officers responded to a 911 call around 12:21 a.m. Monday to the 500 block of Linn Avenue. The caller said a man was inside the residence with a knife and acting irrationally. Upon arriving officers were directed inside the home by two residents who were already outside. Officers found the man and attempted to detain him. "During the contact the male resisted the officers' attempts to gain compliance by handcuffing him and a struggle ensued. The male continuously resisted, but officers were eventually able to handcuff him," the press release said. After being handcuffed the man showed signs of See POLICE, page 9A Drug sweep nets 29 arrests Daily News photo by Rich Greene United Food and Commercial Workers strike for the second day outside Raley's supermarket at 725 S. Main St. in Red Bluff. The two sides are at odds over a proposed wage freeze and elimination of premium pay for Sunday shifts and health care benefits. The store has remained open throughout the strike. picket lines (AP) — A strike at Northern California-based Raley's supermar- kets has entered its second day Monday including the store at 725 S. Main St. in Red Bluff. The Red Bluff location, along with the more than 100 other stores in Northern California and Nevada, remains open. Red Bluff grocery store remains open despite A banner proclaiming the store's opening hung outside Raley's as striking workers picketed at a dozen different locations throughout the plaza's parking lot. Reports Monday afternoon indi- cate the corporation had hired armed guards to be posted at the store. The two sides are at odds over a proposed wage freeze, elimination of premium pay for Sunday shifts and health care benefits. Raley's says it needs to cut costs first against Raley's in its 77-year- history, came after all-day talks Sat- urday. A midnight deadline was extended at the request of a federal mediator, but talks broke down around 2 a.m. Sunday, said Mike Henneberry, a United Food and Commercial Workers Union spokesman. The strike, which marked the in the face of a weak economy and competition from non unionized companies that also sell groceries, such as Walmart Stores Inc. Union officials say the chain has not agreed to a full audit of its finances, and has been bargaining in bad faith since contract negotiations began. "The company's position is fairly breathtaking. They really haven't changed much of any of their posi- tions in the 15 months that we've been in talks," Henneberry said. Union workers were staffing picket lines outside most of the chain's stores by 6 a.m. Sunday, he See STRIKE, page 9A The Tehama Interagency Drug Enforcement Task Force eradicated 2,877 mar- ijuana plants and collected 1,100 pounds of process marijuana during a series of compliance checks during the past 10 weeks. The agency released a press release Monday stat- ing the drugs had been found during the execution of 10 search warrants from Aug. 30 to Oct. 17 that also led to the arrest of 29 people. Agents recovered 14 firearms, a stolen All-Ter- rain Vehicle and seized $36,191 in U.S. currency during the process. TIDE investigators deter- mined the marijuana grows were commercial and not consistent with state law. Another 40-plus marijua- na compliance checks were made on cultivations in Bend, Corning, Cotton- wood, Gerber, Rancho Tehama and Red Bluff. TIDE found 22 marijuana cultivation locations were out of compliance with the Tehama County ordinance. Abatement notices were issued to each of the 22 loca- tions. The following arrests were made during the time period: • Somphone Bouaphakeo, 51, Paradise was arrested on the 11400 block of Paskenta Road in Red Bluff. • Alvaro "Pablo" Oseguera, 45 Los Molinos and Porfirio Gonzales, 44, San Pablo were arrested on the 11500 block of Paskenta Road in Red Bluff. •Valentin Meza, 20 and Luis Moreno, 26, both of Gerber were arrested on the See DRUG, page 9A Career Day set Tobin named 2012 Cowbelle By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Day, sponsored by the Tehama County Depart- ment of Education and the Tehama County Educa- tion Foundation, is set for 9 a.m. to noon Thursday at the Tehama District Fairground "We have close to 85 presenters, but there is still time to sign up to be a presenter," said Tehama County Education Foun- dation Past President and Board Member J.B. Stacy. "If anyone is interested, we would like them to give us a call." Stacy has been The annual Career involved as a board mem- ber for about 15 or 16 years, he said. "Historically, this event has been going on close to 30 years or more," Stacy said. "It started out as just a hand full of presenters at local church with one or two eight grade classes and now take over the fair- grounds with close to 100 from the medical field to mechanical engineering. You name it, there's a whole gauntlet of people from banker to publicists." An invitation is given to all eighth-graders in Tehama County, with about 1,200 expected to participate, including the smaller schools like Plum Valley and Manton. It used to be that when students got to high school, the schools would start looking at career paths around the student's sophomore or junior year, but they founds it was almost too late for stu- dents to get on track as to what classes they needed to take, he said. "We try to do it early enough that eighth graders have an idea what direction want to go when they meet with counselors to pick out classes," Stacy said. "Many will change direction, but at least it gives them a jumpstart." In addition, the county has begun to see Next Tehama and College Out- reach looking at elemen- tary schools as a good place to start exposing children to all the different careers available, he said. "We wanted to expose kids to opportunities," Stacy said. "This is where all of Tehama County eighth graders get a firsthand look into a variety of careers ranging from Industrial Sciences, to Public and Health Ser- vices, to private indus- try." 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Those interested in presenting during the event are encouraged to call the Department of Education at 527-5811. Cathy Tobin was named 2012 Cowbelle of the Year Saturday at the Tehama County CattleWomen's annual fashion show and luncheon. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Flournoy resident "Thank you very much for the honor," Tobin said. "This unit is the best in the state. They're the most aggressive in promoting their product and their men." Year dates back to 1963. "Cowbelles are women we recognize for their out- standing leadership within the unit," President Danielle Zane said. "They're the ones that make everything go round." The Cowbelle of the Ruth Flory, 2011 Cow- belle, announced Tobin as 2012 Cowbelle. "It is with a great deal of pride that I tell you about the 2012 Cowbelle of the Year," Flory said. "She's one of the first women to preside over a men's unit." Born in Sebastopol in 1948, her family moved to Santa Rosa in 1949 where her father owned and oper- ated Carter's Rincon Val- ley Feeds. Tobin began her love of Herford cattle at a young age and at 9 showed her first steer and started a small herd of Herefords. In 1968, Tobin married Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Tehama County CattleWoman Cathy Tobin, left, receives flowers from President Danielle Zane after being named 2012 Cowbelle of the Year Sat- urday at the annual fashion show and luncheon at Rolling Hills Casino. Jim Bjornestad with whom she had gone to elemen- tary school and the couple had one daughter, Tracy. In 1971, the couple started Oak Knoll Here- fords in Santa Rosa, sell- ing some of the steers at the Red Bluff Bull Sale. In 1980, a week after the sale, Tobin's husband died of a brain tumor. See TOBIN, page 9A