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WEDNESDAY Acts of Athletes of the Week Kindness DECEMBER 19, 2012 American Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Inside Profile SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Partly cloudy 48/35 Weather forecast 8B TEHAMA COUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U NTY S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Claim filed against county for July 4 fire By RICH GREENE fire that destroyed the Child Support Services office on Diamond Avenue. The claim for damages exceeds $25,000 and alleges the county failed to maintain DN Staff Writer An insurance company has filed a claim against Tehama County regarding the July 4 the property in a safe condition to prevent harm from to the public and the structure itself. The county had leased the Diamond Avenue building from Gen III, LLC, who's insurance company California Capital Insurance Company filed the claim Nov. 28. "The County of Tehama also demolished the structure immediately after the fire preventing California Capital Insurance Company from minimizes (sic) losses and See CLAIM, page 7A Video camera nabs burglars Farsighte d By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Two Red Bluff men were arrested Monday evening in connection with a stolen KTM 50 CC dirt bike. A Red Bluff man reported the theft, which was believed to have occurred between 11 and 11:30 a.m. Monday, along with the theft of a carpet power stretcher, total loss $1,400. The man reported seeing two men on his surveillance video who had entered a shed and taken the items, according to Tehama County Sheriff's logs. Deputies watched the video and recognized the men See VIDEO, page 7A Breast cancer campaign hits $14.5M mark Courtesy photo Dr. Bud Tysinger sees a patient at the International Vision Volunteers clinic in Africa. than 20 years, Leslie, have 11 grandchildren, six of whom reside in Orange County, near where the couple will reside in Ladera Ranch. A member of the Red Bluff Rotary Club, Tysinger spent 24 years at a practice in Antioch before retiring in 2002 and moving to Texas, but after two years found himself moving back to California, he said. Tysinger moved to Red Bluff almost nine years ago after hearing about a job opportunity from a friend and worked with Dr. Alexander for four years prior to moving into an office of his own five years ago, he said. While he will not have his own practice, Tysinger said he plans to Eye doctor retires after decades in Africa, Red Bluff By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Dr. James "Bud" Tysinger is retiring again, this time from his Red Bluff practice, to spend more time with his grandchildren and a ministry he helped found. "I've enjoyed Red Bluff and it's been good to me, but I turned 70 in November so I'm ready to retire again," Tysinger said. Tysinger and his wife of more Man arrested for breaking restraining order By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A 24-year-old Red Bluff man led law enforcement on a foot pursuit Monday after breaking a restraining order and entering an exgirlfriend's residence. Red Bluff Police issued an alert at 2:28 p.m. Monday in the area of Franklin and Cedar streets for Adam James Stevens. The alert came following a report from Stevens' ex-girlfriend, who is the protected party in a restraining order, that Stevens had entered her garage and was calling her repeatedly. The ex-girlfriend told officers Stevens was last seen going south through the alley with a friend. The Tehama County Sheriff's Department assisted police in the foot pursuit, which went eastbound on Franklin before ending at a residence in the 1100 block, according to sheriff's logs. Entry was made into the residence about 5 p.m. and Stevens was detained. Stevens was booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of second degree robbery, inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, two charges of obstructing a peace officer, two charges of failure to appear: written and vandalism. Bail was set at $115,500. Nothing further was available. COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR Smog Inspection $ 95 25 +$825 certificate (MOST CARS & PICK-UPS) 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 195 S. Main St. Red Bluff 530 527-9841 remain busy with International Vision Volunteers, a non-profit he co-founded with two other Rotary eye doctors. "I'll still be going on trips with International Vision Volunteers and doing 15-20 hours of work a week, but on the administrative side of things," Tysinger said. "I also want to do more golfing." Tysinger has spent quite a bit of time working in Africa, starting as a medical missionary to Sierra Leone in October 1970. "I did everything from delivering babies and major bowel surgeries to orthopedic procedures and other routine things," Tysinger said. "I See AFRICA, page 7A Wrangler Tough Enough To Wear Pink, the grassroots cowboy campaign fighting breast cancer since 2004, celebrated its eighth anniversary this year by surpassing the $14.5 million mark in funds raised since its inception. Hundreds of volunteers and regional rodeos across the U.S. and Canada, including th Red Bluff Round-Up each April, made this achievement possible. The top 2012 fundraising rodeo events included Red Bluff Round-Up, Cattleman's Day in Gunnison, Colo., Missoula Stampede, Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo, Minot Y's Men's Rodeo and the bell ringer event, Cowboys for Cancer, Las Cruces, NM. "We were thrilled to announce we surpassed the $14.5 million mark at the WranglerNational Final Rodeo in Las Vegas on Wrangler Tough Enough To Wear Pink Night," said Terry Wheatley, who founded the campaign alongside former Wrangler Director of Special Events and Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Commissioner Karl Stressman. "All money raised benefits local breast cancer charities and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, which funds groundbreakSee CANCER, page 7A Downtown eatery helps recruit elves By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Santa is seeking some super stealthy elves to help him give Christmas to local children at the Transitional Living Center — or TLC. Red Bluff residents may know his head elf best as Terry Blake, owner and operator of Sugar Shack, 607 Main St. Blake put up a Christmas tree and ornaments bear the name and gender of some of TLC's younger residents. He received help from Jaki Dietz, TLC's program coordinator, who supplied the names. There are 12 children in the program, 10 of whom live on site full time, ranging from six months to 11 years, Dietz said. "Some of my regular customers have already See ELVES, page 7A Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Transitional Living Center Program Coordinator Jaki Dietz and Sugar Shack Owner Terry Blake put ornaments on the tree with names of the youngest TLC residents. The Daily News office will be closed for the Christmas Holiday, Monday, Dec. 24, Tuesday Dec. 25 & for New Years Holiday Monday, Dec. 31, Tuesday, Jan. 1 Advertising deadline for Tuesday editions is noon the previous Friday. Classified line ads will be accepted by telephone on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve until 3 PM. 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