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Staffreport @redbluffnewsonTwitter TEHAMA A 26-year-old Chico man received major injuries dur- ingacollisionabout9:10p.m.Tues- dayonsouthboundInterstate5fol- lowing a pursuit after officers at- tempted to make a traffic stop. Joseph Erin Wauseka Forrest was driving a Honda CBR motor- cyclesouthonI-5atspeedsofabout 120-140mphwhenCaliforniaHigh- way Patrol officers tried to initiate the stop and he failed to yield, ac- cording to a CHP press release is- sued Wednesday. A pursuit ensued and Forrest collided with a 2001 GMC driven by Jeffrey White, 36, of Corning. Whitehadbeendrivingsouthin the right lane ahead of Forrest at a speed slower than the motorcycle as thetwoapproachedtheTehama Avenue over-crossing. Following the collision, Forrest was thrown from the motorcycle, coming to rest on the line between the two INTERSTATE 5 DUIarrest made a er major injury collision By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF Four Tehama County students, grades three through eight, have been named regional winners of the 2016 Imagine This... writing contest for their creativity and writing skills. The contest is part of a pro- gram of the California Founda- tion for Agriculture in the Class- room and is open to all third through eighth grade students. The four students were all from Flournoy Elementary School. Dottie Davis, third grade, won for her creative story "First Time Haying;" Kay- cee Murphy, fourth grade, won with her piece "Branding;" Nat- alie Cisneros, sixth grade, won with "Hummingbirds" and Libby Merkley, seventh grade, won with her work titled "The Big Branding." All four of the local winners were guided by their teacher, Rachel Davis of Flournoy Ele- mentary School. "The staff and students of Flournoy Elementary were very honored and proud to have four of our students selected as re- gional winners for the Imag- ine This... writing contest," Davis said. "Our four winners were very excited to hear that they had won a writing contest. Writing is challenging for many students, so it is very rewarding to see students apply what they have been taught, and then be recognized for their writing ac- complishments. I would just like to congratulate our writing win- ners at Flournoy Elementary, and to encourage all students keep on writing." The contest helps students en- hance their research and writ- ing skills, while they learn about various agricultural topics and the important role agriculture plays in their lives, said Judy Culbertson, the foundation's ex- ecutive director. CONTEST LOCAL STUDENTS RECOGNIZED FOR AGRICULTURAL WRITING CONTRIBUTED Pictured, from le , are Dottie Davis, Kaycee Murphy, Natalie Cisneros and Libby Merkley. "Writing is challenging for many students, so it is very re- warding to see students apply what they have been taught, and then be recognized for their writing accomplish- ments." — Rachel Davis of Flournoy Elementary School By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN on Twitter CORNING It was reported at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday that a wa- ter main broke in the Marguerite Avenue area of Corning, shutting water off to nearby residents for five hours during the assessment and repair of the pipe. The water was shut off at 9 a.m. Wednesday for residents in the area of North Street to Solano Street an Marguerite Avenue to East Street and was turned on at 2 p.m. after the repairs were made. A Corning Fire Department spokesman reported seeing 5 inches of water coming down the street due to the pipe breaking. The Corning Public Works De- partment responded to the inci- dent and concluded that the dam- aged line is believed to have been caused by ground movement and the fact that the pipes in the area are older, said Lisa Linnet, city clerk. The specific number of resi- dents affected by the loss of ser- vice and the total cost of the re- pairs was unknown as of late Wednesday afternoon. "Our Public Works Department did an excellent job of quickly re- sponding to the incident, assess- ing the damage and making the repairs," Linnet said. "Because the city owns the water system, it is responsible for all costs associ- ated with the repair of the 12-foot breakage to the 8-inch water line, as well as repairing any damaged street, sidewalk and curb and gut- ter repairs associated with this in- cident." 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