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ByHeatherHoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter CORNING Mayor Gary Strack proclaimed April as National Al- cohol Awareness Month in Corn- ing Tuesday at the City Council meeting. The Tehama County Drug and Alcohol Advisory Board and Te- hama County Health Services Agency are asking residents of Corning to join the National Council of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Inc. in recognizing April as an alcohol awareness month. John Gehrung, of the Tehama County Health Services Agency, has reached out to schools in the county and created preven- tion programs, he said. Corning and Centennial high schools and Maywood Middle School have al- CORNING AprilNational Alcohol Awareness Month By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF The Tehama County Board of Supervisors is looking for a few good men and women to fill an unusual number of va- cancies for various committees and commissions. Some vacancies have been open as long as two to three years, such as the Medical Professional Mem- ber position on the Air Pollution Control District Hearing Board, said Assistant Clerk of the Board Angela Ford. In such a case the re- quirement for the post to be filled by a doctor can be loosened to al- low a nurse or other member of the medical community with ap- proval to take the seat. The board has appointing power for about 100 different commissions, Ford said. Formerly, the positions were put as agenda items as they be- came available, but in more re- cent years there has been a high enough volume of openings that they are added once every six VACANCIES Members needed for commissions, committees By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF The Professional Ro- deo Cowboys Association along with the Red Bluff Round-Up are set to host the 7th annual Rough- stock Rodeo Camp beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Growney Ranch, 12011 99W, for those inter- ested in learning how to become a rodeo athlete. The camp is free to the reg- istrants and will include an in- troductory lesson on bull riding, bareback riding, saddle bronc rid- ing and steer wrestling. Lessons will be done on mechanical an- imals. The camp curriculum includes an emphasis on safety, fundamen- tals, chute procedures, livestock safety, injury prevention and management and fitness and nu- trition, said James Miller, general manager of the Red Bluff Round- Up. A motivational session and pre- sentation on how to keep the body healthy while doing rodeo activ- ities will be at noon, Miller said. The camp is still accepting ap- plications for registration online and spaces may be available the day of the event. Those interested in participating are encouraged to register online at prorodeo. com/prorodeo/rodeo/youth-ro- deo before the event due to lim- ited space available. As of Wednesday, 38 aspiring rodeo athletes out of 50 available positions were registered, rang- ing in age from 7 to 23. To partic- ipate you must be age 7 or older, Miller said. The camp provides a safe way for the younger generation to learn all about rodeo events, Miller said. Instructors who will be working with the youth and other participants are profes- sional rodeo athletes from all over the country. The professional cowboys who will be mentoring at the camp this year are Paul Applegarth, teaching bareback riding, Justin Andrade, teaching bull riding and Jim Banister, teaching steer wres- tling. For more information and to register, visit prorodeo.com/pro- PRCA RodeocampsetforSaturday By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF After a successful introduction in February, there will be another opportunity for North State educators to col- laborate in bringing the Maker Space educational opportuni- ties to students. A Northstate Maker Educa- tion Meetup (MEM) will take place 6-8 p.m. Thursday, April 7 at the Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding, said Michelle Carlson, CEO of Future Devel- opment Group, who is one of the event organizers. The Maker Space education movement started locally with the opening of the Tehama County Department of Educa- tion Maker Space and launched county-wide over the summer of 2015 with activities available to encourage students to con- tinue learning in fun ways even with school out. "Our first Northstate Maker Educator Meetup went off with- out a hitch and it could not have gone better so we're ex- cited for this next one," Carl- son said. "We had a great turn- out and I'd like to thank every- one who came together to make this happen for rural teachers." The initial event brought about 30 educators from as far north as Dunsmuir and as far south as Corning. Thanks to technology, attendees were able to hear from guest speakers from Creativity Charter School in Oakland and San Francis- co's Exploratorium, through the Bay Area Maker Educator Meetups, to discuss the maker movement. "It was really amazing to see the collaboration, and the be- ginning of this very supportive community of educators begin to take shape," Carlson said. The North State meet-ups came out of a year's worth of a local group attending the Bay Area events and offer an excel- lent chance to introduce the maker movement to those in- terested in utilizing it for in- corporating hands-on learning activities in their classrooms, Carlson said. Each class will fo- cus on a particular type of ac- tivity. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/fu- turedevgroup/. MAKER SPACE EDUCATORS INVITED TO JOIN NORTH STATE MEET-UP COURTESYPHOTOS Albert Estrada, a teacher with the Evergreen Elementary School, works on a project in February at the initial Northstate Maker Educator Meetup held at Turtle Bay Exploration Park. A group of teachers collaborate on a project in February at the initial Northstate Maker Educator Meetup held at Turtle Bay Exploration Park. 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