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ByHeatherHoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter CORNING TheCorningUnionHigh SchoolDistrictTuesdaypurposeda long-term lease of city-owned land onBlackburnAvenuetoconsolidate an area for student and staff park- ing and expansion for the school's growing population. The City Council voted unan- imously in favor of authorizing City Manager Kristina Miller and City Attorney Jody Burgess to negotiate a land lease agree- ment with the district. Due to the large number of parked cars and students walking across Blackburn Avenue during CORNING HIGH School looks to consolidate parking lot By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter CORNING Members of Rural County Representatives of Cal- ifornia took a tour of southern Tehama County on Wednesday to explore the area prior to the organization's meeting Thurs- day at Carlino's Event Center in Rolling Hills Casino. The group is a service orga- nization made up of 35 county members that champions pol- icies on behalf of California's rural counties, said Vice Presi- dent of External Affairs Justin Caporusso. "RCRC is dedicated to repre- senting the collective unique in- terests of its membership, pro- viding legislative and regulatory representation at the State and Federal levels and providing re- sponsible services for its mem- bers to enhance and protect the quality of life in rural California counties," Caporusso said. For the first day of the two- day event, hosted by Tehama County Supervisor Bob Wil- liams, who is also the chair- man, the group took a three- stop tour that included Sierra Pacific's Richfield mill, Lucero Olive Oil and Abbey of New Clairvaux. The tour ended with dinner at the Lassen Steak House in Vina. "Every year, the chair hosts a meeting in his county," Capo- russo said. "It gives the rest of the board a chance to see a dif- ferent part of the state. The first day there's a tour and the second there is a meeting where we talk about state legislation, give up- dates on bills we sponsor and an update on resource issues we're working on such as the water and forestry issues. We exist to give a voice to rural communi- ties in Sacramento." Holding the meetings in an- other location gives the chance for members to learn more about the county they are visit- ing and to get ideas to take back to their areas, Caporusso said. "I am honored to welcome rural elected officials and other county representatives from across the state to Tehama County," Williams said. "While serving as chair of RCRC fre- quently takes me to Sacramento, TOUR COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES HOST CORNING MEETING JULIEZEEB-DAILYNEWS Members of Rural County Representatives of California taste olive oil and olives while others browse the gi shop Wednesday at Lucero Olive Oil, which was one of the stops the group took on a south county tour. By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Tehama County Su- pervisor Steve Chamblin, a mem- ber of the Tembo Preserve ad hoc committee, announced at Tues- day's regular meeting that plans to bring elephants to Tehama County are on hold. "Staff and the county super- visors are waiting for the proj- ect originators to come for- ward with any new plans with the Tembo," Chamblin said. "County staff, the county coun- sel's office and the board of su- pervisors have done all we can to help them with the process. They have chosen not to move forward at the moment. We're hoping they will come forward within the near future." Tehama County Chief Admin- istrator Bill Goodwin referred questions to a representative of Tembo Preserve, which pro- posed to create an African ele- phant preserve west of Cotton- wood in Tehama County. Multi- ple calls and an e-mail sent to Tembo were not returned. An announcement on the preserve's website reads: "The Tembo Preserve Foundation is no longer pursuing plans to cre- ate an African elephant preserve in Tehama County and has with- drawn its application with the Tehama County Planning De- partment. The Tembo Preserve Foundation has made this dif- ficult decision after determin- ing that we could not secure the permitting required to cre- ate a suitable habitat for the ele- phants. We thank all of our sup- porters in Tehama County who mobilized on behalf of African elephants and gave the Tembo Preserve their backing." The preserve, which was con- nected to the Oakland Zoo, was a result of a philanthropic gift by Roger and Ann McNamee, who donated enough funding to sustain the program that would have brought about 30 elephants to the site for the first 30 years, according to Daily News ar- chives. The proposal was pitched in December 2013 and the former Diamond Ranch was purchased to turn into a 4,900 acre pre- serve. As of June 2014, expecta- tions were to have the preserve begin operations in about three years. TEMBO Plansforelephantpreservescrapped Calendar..........A2 Community.....A3 Education........A4 Lifestyles........A5 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 Index............... ## INDEX Have a great day, Gilbert Zoppi GOOD MORNING New climate-change findings mean the Pacific Ocean off California may rise higher than previously thought. PAGEB3 HIGH TIDES Statesaysoceanscould rise higher than thought The passenger who was dragged off a United flight settled with the airline for an undisclosed sum. PAGE B4 UNITED Physician dragged off flight settles suit Check out what's going on in your neighborhood and the community. 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