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ByJulieZeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter DAIRYVILLE Eggs were falling from the sky, and some even sur- vived, assisted on their way by staff and the Los Molinos Fire De- partment Friday at Lassen View Elementary School where the an- nual Egg Drop Challenge took place. Kassidy Fox, a combination third and fourth grade teacher, has been doing the challenge for several years, but this year got the whole school involved. "We had 60 entries in kinder- garten through eighth grade," Fox said. "My third-graders have been participating in the Egg Drop Challenge before Easter Break for the past 10-plus years. A few years back, I invited other third grade classes to join us and this year LASSEN VIEW Takingthe plunge at the egg drop challenge By Sudhin Thanawala The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO President Don- ald Trump's executive order with- holding funding from communi- ties that limit cooperation with immigration authorities applies to a small pot of grant money, not the billions of dollars that San Francisco and a California county say is at stake for them, a lawyer with the Department of Justice said Friday. Acting Assistant Attorney Gen- eral Chad Readler made the com- ments during a court hearing on lawsuits filed by the city of San Francisco and the Silicon Val- ley county of Santa Clara against Trump's order targeting so-called sanctuary cities. Readler said the city and county were interpreting the or- der too broadly. The funding cutoff applies to DOJ and Department of Home- land Security grants contingent on compliance with a federal law that prohibits local governments from refusing to provide people's immigration status to federal au- IMMIGRATION Little money involved in Trump sanctuary order By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter CORNING The General Federa- tion of Women's Clubs will be cel- ebrating Federation Day on April 24, commemorating more than a century of volunteer service to communities and the Maywood Woman's Club in Corning will cel- ebrate 115 years. Mayor Douglas Hatley Jr. pro- claimed April 24 as General Fed- eration of Women's Clubs "Federa- tion Day" in the city Tuesday. "I congratulate the Maywood Woman's Club on their 115th an- niversary of their April 2, 1902 Charter with the California Fed- eration of Women's Clubs," Hatley said. "I thank members, both past and present, for their numerous contributions to our community." Maywood President Emma Rivas was present to accept the proclamation and said she is proud to represent Corning. Her club tries to do all it can to sup- port the community. "We are a proud bunch of la- dies and we are always happy to hear from the council," Rivas said. The General Federation of Women's Clubs was organized on April 24, 1890, and duly chartered by President William McKinley and Congress on March 2, 1901, according to the proclamation. The Women's Club is one of the world's largest and oldest non-de- nominational women's volunteer service organizations, with mem- bers in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and 20 countries, according to the proc- lamation. The clubs provides opportuni- ties to develop personal leader- ship skills, study issues and ed- ucate the public, commemorate women's history and participate in constructive public service, thus continuing the commitment to community improvement. Maywood, the oldest in the Shasta District of the California Federation of Women's Clubs, continues to be an excellent ex- ample of the contributions made by women's clubs. Since the club's founding it has actively participated in such events as the women's suffrage movement, planning and fun- draising to build and furnish Woodson Park with trees, tables and swing sets, founding of the Maywood Colony Library and by 1908 forming the Corning Li- brary Association to help bring the Carnegie Library to the com- munity. In 1903 the club tackled the MAYWOOD Women'sclubtocelebrate115years By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF The Astrobiol- ogy Student Intern Program in partnership with Red Bluff High School, Lassen Volcanic National Park and NASA Ames Research Center held its annual student intern recognition night Thursday at the Red Bluff High School Library Media Center. The program was created more than nine years ago to en- gage high school students in the collection of scientific data for NASA astrobiologists and the National Park Service. This year there were 19 in- terns who presented their find- ings from the year-long research project they conducted at War- ner Valley at Lassen Park. Two interns were unable to attend. The students learned that ob- servations on Earth can teach them about other planets. They learned there are four necessi- ties for life — water, energy, key nutrients and favorable weather conditions, according to the pre- sentation by the interns. Each site studied during a field trip to Warner Valley pro- vided different habitable con- ditions that result in different forms of life, according to the presentation. Astrobiology studies life in the universe and the students used their findings from the field to identify similarities be- tween Lassen Volcanic National Park and Mars. In the students' presentation they found that Lassen serves as an analog for Mars and gives direction to teams researching Mars. The Warner Valley sites show what Mars may have looked like in the past, a student said. Las- sen and Mars exemplified ade- quate microbial conditions. During three field trips the students used visual observa- tions, temperature and pH acid- ity levels, conductivity, or total dissolved solids, water samples, biology and geology samples to collect data from the sites. The group conducted a wa- ter-rock experiment during the Alkaline Downstream field site trip, west of the Warner Valley Campground and directly below the Alkaline Upstream, and con- cluded the interaction between rocks and water increase the pH of the solutions in the lab- oratory dissolution experiment and caused a steady rise in pH. The night began with an in- troduction by Robert Cromwell, National Parks Service ranger and education specialist, on the Lassen Astrobiology Student In- tern Program. Cromwell, a first time pro- gram mentor, said he and the park staff believe in the program and he is proud of the students for their commitment to the pro- gram and of their hard work. The students spent nearly 1,400 hours volunteering in the field work conducting research, Cromwell said. Keynote speaker and Senior Space Scientist at NASA Ames Research Center Dr. Dave Des Marais presented some of the topics the students had been learning throughout the pro- gram and presented, "Mars Ex- ploration, Lassen and Life." NASA ST UD EN TS R ECO GN IZ ED FOR SCIENTIFIC INTERN WORK PHOTOSBYHEATHERHOELSCHER—DAILYNEWS First year Lassen Astrobiology Interns present their findings at Thursday's recognition and program graduation at the Red Bluff High School's Library Media Center. Red Bluff High School and Lassen Astrobiology interns and NASA Ames Research Center Senior Scientist Dr. David Des Marais and Scientist Michael Kubo pose for a picture a er the recognition celebration Thursday. Calendar..........A2 Community.....A3 Lifestyles........A4 News................A5 Opinion............A6 Weather ..........A8 Index............... ## INDEX Rule designed to protect legal rights of farmers has been delayed by the Trump admin- istration, sources say. PAGEB2 IOWA Farmersdismayedover fair practice rule delay Faith columnist makes the ar- gument that loving God is the most important command- ment to follow. PAGE B3 RELIGION What is the greatest commandment? 'Maximum pressure and engagement' will dictate U.S. policy toward hostile, develop- ing nation. PAGE A5 POLITICS Trump administration has new N. Korea policy STUDENTS PAGE 7 ORDER PAGE 7 CHALLENGE PAGE 7 CLUB PAGE 7 Have a great day, Bartel's Giant Burger. 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