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NOVEMBER 17-18 2012 WEEKEND Championship Saturday LosMo, Mercy in volleyball finals likely Weather forecast 10B Rain Standoff at Corning church Scanner reports about 3:30 p.m. Friday indicated a standoff at a church in the Corning area. Reports were received that it was a Presbyterian Church in the area of Marguerite Avenue with law enforce- ment staging at Colusa Street and Marguerite. At 4:15 p.m., scanner reports were heard that the sus- pect had come out and was in police custody. Nothing further was avail- able. — Julie Zeeb Corning puts park out to bid By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — The City Council approved Tuesday putting phase one of the Corning Community Park out to bid. 61/47 DAILYNEWS Still in our hearts 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 No body found during search Red Bluff Police were dispatched just before 1 p.m. Friday to search the area under the Sacramento River Bridge on Antelope Boule- vard, near the intersection with Main and Oak streets. An anonymous tip was received of a body being seen floating down the river on the west side of the Ante- lope, Red Bluff Police Sgt. Kevin Busekist said. Offi- cers from Red Bluff Police, Tehama County Sheriff's Department and the Califor- nia Highway Patrol respond- ed to check the area and the CHP helicopter was flown in, however, no body was located. —Julie Zeeb Large amounts of railroad Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Bids for the park, which will sit on an 18.42-acre parcel between Toomes and Houghton avenues, will tentatively be opened on Feb. 5, City Manager John Brewer said. "We are going out to bid and everything is ready," Mayor Gary Strack said. "Everyone who has worked on this park has gone over and over it. We hope to start soon after we close, weather permitting, and finish it over the sum- mer." divided for development by Jewett Creek, is being funded by a $4.2 million Prop. 84 grant. The park, naturally A skateboard park, which has been created to integrate bicycles and has an area designed for spec- tators, will be about 1,800 square feet of the total park. remembered by colleagues Mobilio still fondly The rest of phase one includes a gazebo, a bas- ketball court and a play- ground while phase two includes a soccer park with one regulation size field and room for four youth regulation size lots, Plan- ning Consultant John Stoufer said. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer On Monday, it will have been 10 years since Red Bluff lost one of its own, police officer David Frank Mobilio, who was ambushed while fueling his patrol vehicle. A wooden plaque carved in his honor by Police Chief received yet another report of thousands of dollars of stolen No. 8 solid copper wire from railroad tracks. The latest reported inci- copper stolen Local law enforcement dent involved nearly 13,000 feet of California Northern Railroad copper wire along the tracks between Gal- lagher Road and Gyle Road north of Corning. The esti- mated worth of the wire is $12,900. A similar report in the Capay area south of Corning was made a week ago. There have been similar thefts in Glenn County. Daily News courtesy photos (Top) David Mobilio's funeral Nov. 26, 2002. (Bottom left) The David Mobilio memorial at Jackson Heights School. (Bottom right) Red Bluff Police Officer David Mobilio was murdered on Nov. 19, 2002. Convicted murderer still waits on death row By RICH GREENE Paul Nanfito sits in the lobby of Red Bluff Police Depart- ment and another plaque was placed at a rock at Jackson Heights School. The council approved in August having a naming contest open to Corning schools with each school putting forth one name and the recommendations coming back to the coun- cil, Brewer said. All participating schools will get a plaque for being involved and the winner will receive a big- ger plaque denoting that the school's name was chosen. While he may be gone, his memory lives on in his com- munity both at the police department and at the schools where he served as a DARE officer. "The murder of Officer Mobilio was classified by South- ern Poverty Law as an act of domestic terrorism," Nanfito said. "We try to do something different every year ranging from a moment of silence to sharing memories (at the department). While memories may have faded in the public, this was very personal for the Red Bluff Police Department and we try to recognize the sacrifice that Dave and his fam- ily made. There's no sacrifice bigger than a human life and Dave Mobilio and his family did that." While there will not be a public ceremony, the department does intend to take flowers down to his grave and his staff will be wearing the black band over their badge to recognize the loss, Nanfito said. "It's important that this community never forget that sac- If there is a particular child identified as having selected the name, that child will receive a plaque as well. rifice and we hope that this is the last of that," Nanfito said. For those who want to do something in memory of Mobilio, the department asks them to put a blue light in their porch light, he said. Nanfito saw him working out in a gym and told him he should come work for the department and from there the rest was history, he said. See DAVE, page 9A See Page 9A for a timeline of events in David Mobilio's murder. DN Staff Writer Ten years after he mur- dered a police officer, Andrew Hampton Mickel, now 33, is still waiting for his final punishment. Mickel was sentenced to the death penalty on April 27, 2005 for the mur- der of Red Bluff police officer Dave Mobilio three years earlier. A day after his sentencing, Mickel was transported to San Quentin State Prison. He has sat on death row ever since, a fate he shares with 725 others in California's correctional system. Since the state Legisla- ture in 1977 reinstated the death penalty, which was reaffirmed by voters in 1978, the state has had 14 Unemployed due to Closure or Layoff? Start your training in January 2013 Informational Session Business Careers Financial aid available to help you. Tuesday, November 20th @ 3pm Shasta College/Tehama Campus 770 Diamond Ave., Red Bluff To register call 529.7000 inmates executed. Those 14 inmates wait- ed an average of 17.5 years from the time of their sen- tencing to their death. California hasn't exe- cuted an inmate since Jan. 17, 2006 as court orders required the Department of Corrections to rewrite its lethal injection regulations. The new requirements became effective Aug. 29, 2010. voters again backed capital punishment when they turned down a ballot initia- tive that would have ended the death penalty. Red Bluff police Chief This month, California Paul Nanfito said he is thankful that voters reject- ed the proposition to repeal See DEATH, page 9A over farmers SACRAMENTO (AP) — A judge denied a request Friday from Central Valley farmers who sought to halt work on California's ambi- tious high-speed rail project. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Timo- thy Frawley denied a request for a preliminary injunction. Judge backs high-speed rail Groups representing Central Valley farmers claim that the California High-Speed Rail Authority should have to halt all plan- ning and engineering work on the $68 billion project because the state violated environmental laws. The judge ruled that ''the authority acted reasonably and in good faith'' in con- sidering the project's impact. The rail authority's chair- man, Dan Richard, applaud- ed the decision. ''Both the voters and the Legislature have spoken on high-speed rail,'' he said in a statement. The Daily News office will be CLOSED Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 22 & Friday, Nov. 23 Retail advertising deadlines EDITION DEADLINE Thur. 11/22: Tues. 11/ 20, 10am Fri. 11/23: Tues. 11/ 20, 3pm Sat. 11/24: Wed. 11/ 21, 10am Tues. 11/27 Wed. 11/21, 3pm DAILYNEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY Classified deadlines: EDITION DEADLINE Thur. 11/22: Wed. 11/ 21, noon Fri. 11/23: Wed. 11/21, noon Sat. 11/24: Wed. 11/ 21, noon Tues. 11/27 SEE BELOW Friday, November 23 for placement of classified ads to start Tuesday, 11/27 dial 1-855-667-2255 527-2151 • FAX 527-3719 545 DIAMOND AVE., RED BLUFF