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BySteveMartarano SpecialtotheDailyNews The rains came, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service got to work to release more than a half- million steelhead, making sure rotary screw collection traps on the upper Sacramento River were preserved or monitoring for Delta smelt — a little inclement weather wasn't stopping the crucial daily activities. The very welcome wet open- ing to 2017 didn't slow down the Coleman National Fish Hatch- ery's scheduled week-long ef- forts to release 600,000 year- old steelhead into a Sacramento River location near Red Bluff. Steelhead raised at Coleman help provide fish to the Sacramento- San Joaquin Bay-Delta sport fish- ery as well as to provide adults who return up river to the hatch- ery. The yearly releases are cru- cial to keeping the steelhead fish- US FISH AND WILDLIFE Fishreleased at Coleman Hatchery Staff report GERBER A 25-year-old man was arrested Wednesday night after reportedly assaulting another man with a fixed blade knife. The incident took place just be- fore 9 p.m. Wednesday at a Ram- say Avenue residence when Cory Shayne Hamilton assaulted his acquaintance, a 59-year-old Ger- ber man, according to a press re- lease issued Friday afternoon by the Tehama County Sheriff's Of- fice. No one was injured during the altercation because a witness at the scene stepped between the two men when Hamilton at- tempted to make a slashing mo- tion toward the victim, the re- lease said. When officers responded they found Hamilton walking away from the residence and both the victim and witness identified him CRIME Ma n arrested in G er be r assault By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter CORNING The City Council au- thorized Corning staff Tuesday to hold a public information meet- ing to gather business and com- munity input regarding the cre- ation of a Corning Business Im- provement District to revitalize the downtown corridor and look at creating a minimum standard for buildings. A informational public meet- ing is the first step in developing a Business Improvement District that leads to the maintenance and revitalization of the down- town corridor, while meeting the needs of the local business com- munity, said Kristina Miller, city manager. A date for the meeting has not yet been set, Miller said, but res- idents and businesses will be no- tified via a notice in water and sewer billing. An online and hard copy survey will be created and dispersed to gather community input. The city has received numer- ous complaints from residents and business owners regarding the condition of buildings in the downtown corridor along Solano Street, Miller said. Corning staff internally dis- cussed possibilities to maintain and revitalize the Solano Street corridor between Third and West streets. Some of the possibilities in- clude the creation of a Corn- ing Business Improvement Dis- trict, whereby properties are re- quired to be maintained to a certain threshold, Miller said. This threshold has yet to be de- fined, but could include require- ments to maintain storefronts, awnings, signage, paint, etc. re- gardless of whether the building is vacant or occupied. The city also could take steps to encourage revitalization of the corridor. An example would be to allow, under certain condi- tions, outdoor seating and music, Miller said. Outdoor seating could create a sense of energy and vi- brancy that would bring people back downtown. This project goes along with the new Economic Development Action Committee, which will work to improve recreation, tour- ism and economic growth within the city and surrounding commu- CORNING Meetingwilldiscusscityprojects By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews. com @DN_Heather on Twitter TEHAMA COUNTY Local schools throughout Tehama County participated in the Na- tional Drug & Alcohol Facts Week this week with various activities and games planned and informational booths giv- ing students the opportunity to ask questions and learn scien- tific facts about drugs and al- cohol. The week-long health ob- servance is designed to coun- teract myths about drugs and drug abuse that teens receive from the Internet, movies, so- cial media, music, friends and family, said Ulanda Hinkston, project coordinator with the Tehama County Drug-Free Communities Coalition. Students from Vista Pre- paratory Academy, Red Bluff Joint Union High School and Corning Union High School participated in Lunch and Learn events when informa- tional material was given out. Tehama eLearning Academy heard from John Gehrung, a drug and alcohol counselor at the Tehama County Health Services Agency. Gehrung spoke to freshmen and sophomores about mar- ijuana from several perspec- tives, including botanical or horticultural, legal and chem- ical, Hinkston said. The marijuana grown to- day is much more potent than marijuana grown in prior de- cades due to special breeding, with THC concentration levels increasing from 2-3 percent in the 1960s to 30-35 percent in the 1990s, Gehrung said. THC is the chemical found in marijuana that causes the feeling of being "high," Geh- rung said. Distinguishing be- tween a prescription and a rec- ommendation, Gehrung said under Proposition 215 a doctor DRUG FACTS WEEK STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN AWARENESS PROGRAM CONTRIBUTEDPHOTOS Students from Vista Preparatory Academy's Club Live chapter helping at an information table where students could select from a variety of free materials about drugs and addiction. Students from Vista Preparatory Academy participate in the online National Drug & Alcohol IQ Challenge. Have a great day, Gail Nixon GOOD MORNING Prediction says area now occupied by Dakota Access Pipeline protesters could flood during springtime. PAGEA10 PIPELINE Protesters'campmay be in danger of flooding Pro-life organizations have large gathering in capital, say Obama administration ignored their views. PAGE A8 DEMONSTRATION Anti-abortion groups hold triumphant rally STUDENTS PAGE 9 FISH PAGE 9 ASSAULT PAGE 9 MEETING PAGE 9 Community.....A3 Opinion............A5 Lifestyles........B3 Sports.............. 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