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ByHeatherHoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF TheTehamaDistrict Fair board of directors chose "Back to Summertime Fun" as 97th annual fair theme, after receiving more than 40 entries during the fair theme contest on Facebook. The fair board chose a com- bination of two themes, one by Amanda Anderson, who came up with "Back to the Summertime," and Abbey Hoffman, who sug- gested "Back to Summer Fun at the Fair." Both are winners of the con- test and will receive three carni- val ride wristbands, four general admission tickets and one free parking pass, good for any one day at the fair. The board chose this theme be- cause they said it's a great way to promote the new dates of the fair, scheduled for July 13-16. The fair has been held in September since 2000, but the fair board two years ago decided to move the fair to July starting in 2017. Fair CEO Mandy Staley said this year the fair and the theme contest has received much more support. There were only four FAIR 'Backto Summertime Fun' theme for upcoming fair JULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS Hank and Haley Christiansen read the proclamation for National Ag Day Tuesday at the Tehama County Board of Supervisors meeting. By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF The Tehama County Farm Bureau hosted a week's worth of educational outreach in honor of the Na- tional Ag Day proclamation passed by the Tehama County Board of Supervisors on Tues- day. The week kicked off with youth representatives and Dairyville residents Hank and Haley Christiansen read- ing the proclamation at the board meeting. The pair, who are first- and second-place fin- ishers in the farm bureau's an- nual Great Pumpkin Contest that seeks to see county resi- dents grow the biggest pump- kin they can, are no strangers to agriculture. The pair, who are the son and daughter of Tyler and Mary Christiansen, is follow- ing their parents in being yet another generation of their family to go into agriculture and even has their own com- pany, College Fund Nut Com- pany. Throughout the week, the Tehama County Farm Bureau continued the celebration of agriculture that is a vital part of the county's economy with a visit to local Safe Education and Recreation for Rural Fam- ilies (SERRF) after-school pro- grams. "Ag is so important to our AGRICULTURE Tehama County supervisors declare National Ag Day Staff Report GERBER The Sheriff's Depart- ment confirmed Thursday that a two-day operation was conducted this week by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Te- hama County. The operation apparently took place Tuesday and Wednesday. "They notified us they would be conductingtheoperationonMarch 18th," Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said in an email. "This was an ICE operation and the Tehama County Sheriff's Office was not involved nor were we requested. ICE did not request wehouseanydetainees inourjail." A call was made to the San Francisco ICE public affairs office as well as an email sent to a pub- lic affairs officer listed on the ICE website at the San Francisco field office. Neither phone call or email was returned by Thursday eve- ning. It's unknown if anyone was detained. A report was received that ICE agents had been seen in Gerber on Wednesday. One Gerber resident reported seeing them on the east side of town near the levee as well asseeingahelicopterbelievedtobe connected to the incident that was flying close to buildings in town. President Donald Trump's ad- ministration has conducted raids in many states. Trump and others have maintained that the raids are targeting illegal immigrants who are criminals. LAW ENFORCEMENT ICE conduct Tehama operation Calendar..........A2 Community.....A3 Education........A4 Opinion............A6 Weather ..........A8 Sports.............. B1 Index............... ## INDEX Lack of support for Obam- acare replacement seen as large setback for the Trump administration. PAGEA5 POLITICS Voteonhealthcare bill delayed by GOP New research sheds light on causes of cancer, indicates mere random chance may play a role. PAGE A7 MEDICAL SCIENCE Unavoidable DNA typos cause cancer? By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF The Pacific Gas and Electric Company's cleanup project near the Sacramento River was delayed slightly due to the wet winter, but the proj- ect has started back up with crews removing the contami- nated soil left behind by the for- mer manufactured gas plant in the early 1900s. The cleanup at 600 Rio St. is expected to continue through the fall, said Paul Moreno, PG&E media representative. Work at the site is progress- ing, Moreno said. Crews have excavated a portion of the prop- erty, primarily along the north side of the lot, and have taken out some trees and shrubs in the area. Cleanup of the site, which is owned by PG&E, will provide long-term protection of pub- lic health and the environment as some byproducts of the gas- making process were left bur- ied at the site. PG&E's Bill White, who pre- sented the project during a Sac- ramento River Discovery Cen- ter program in November, said the property does not present a health risk in its condition. However, the removal of con- taminated soil is an important step in future property redevel- opment. The intent is to get the site back into productive use for the city and sell it after cleanup is complete, White said. The project consists of the removal and off-site disposal of roughly 11,800 cubic yards or about 800 truckloads of shal- low soil impacted by the histori- cal gas-making process. The soil will then be transported to a li- censed disposal site. Roughly 11,400 cubic yards of deeper soil will be treated by mixing concrete to stabilize the plant's impacts. Following that process will be the compacting of clean soil in excavation areas and restoring the site to a clean toxin-free soil area for future businesses and structures. The project's estimated cost is $6 million. PG&E has a California Public Utilities Commission-approved funding mechanism that applies to the site called the Hazardous Substance Mechanism, said Kat Walenter, community relations specialist on the project. This account provides mechanisms to recover and allocate histor- ical hazardous waste costs be- tween ratepayers and share- holders with the recognition that these facilities operated at a time when there weren't the same environmental standards people live by today. The California Department of Toxic Substances Control will oversee the project and work is being coordinated with the Bu- reau of Reclamation, Caltrans, Red Bluff and Tehama County. Gas manufacturing at the site began in 1874 using a gas ma- chine, according to the Depart- ment of Toxic Substances Con- trol. A gas using pitch pine and shale was manufactured start- ing in 1878. The plant provided a constant FORMER GAS PLANT PG&ECONTINUES CLEANUPPROJECT CONTRIBUTED PHOTO The former manufactured gas plant in the early 1900s, with the old bridge over the Sacramento River visible in the background. HEATHER HOELSCHER — DAILY NEWS PG&E crews continue work on the former manufactured gas plant at 600Rio Street, next to the Sacramento River. 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