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WEEKEND JUNE 5-6, 2010 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Carrie Underwood See Inside USAWeekend RED BLUFF Mercy football is back See Sports 1B cloudy Weather forecast 10B Mostly 83/62 DAILYNEWS TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Corning celebrates Class of 2010 Hemp fest plans for future events By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer With little crime connected to the World Hemp Expo Extravaganja 2010, and big attendance, local marijuana advocates are looking to build on their success. “It looks like we’re going to start having quite a few events there,” said Jerry Doran, who hosted the festival on his property south of Red Bluff. By all accounts, WHEE 2010, the first festival to be licensed through a new permit process, did not comply with all 17 of the permit conditions issued by Planning Director George Robson. For one, the festival’s organizers did not use a profes- sional team of security guards as they originally promised, opting instead to use volunteers; neighbors were not notified of the 17 conditions the organizers were supposed to comply with and a traffic plan was never given to the Public Works Department. Daily News photo by Geoff Johnson Valedictorian Kevin Landavazo addresses the 228 graduating students at Corning Union High School on Friday. By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer CORNING — Clad in high- tops and high heels the Olive City’s next generation stepped out of high school and into adult- hood Friday night at Corning Union High School. Soon to be women and men, 228 girls and boys dressed in black and red, marched out of the gym to cries of “Spring break!” and “goodbye gym!” and into Cardinal Stadium, where their peers and teachers stood up to give them a final round of advice as they learn to stand on their own. Class President Mattie Mal- oney told her fellow students “to dust yourself off and try again is life.” Valedictorian Kevin Landava- zo reminded students of where they have been, thanking his par- ents, and pointed to the road ahead. “Our lives have only just begun and now we must make decisions about living,” he said. Together, the class of 2010 raised some $500,000 in scholar- ships between them, Vice Princi- pal Lloyd Menefee said. Last to speak before the diplo- mas were shared, District Super- intendent Bruce Cole gave stu- dents the most aggressive advice of all. “Forever resist those who stand between you and your dreams,” he said. For 17-year-old Gavin Munoz, a California Scholarship Federa- tion Lifetime Member, those dreams will take him first to the Air Force and eventually, he hopes, through the ranks of the CIA to become an intelligence analyst. “I’ve always wanted a life See 2010, page 9A Fourth graders live out history By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Scenes from history books came alive when fourth graders at Bidwell Elementary School partic- ipated in a history day on Friday. Students wrote stories about friendship, hunts and celebrations using pictographs similar to how American Indians did. A grouped panned for gold while others played chess, marbles and other games children their age would have played years ago. Just reading about it in a history book is not as fun as getting to relive it, Caden Moniz said. He realized there are a lot of cool things that the Amer- ican Indians and the explorers did that people nowadays have forgotten about. “I didn’t know that it could be this much fun,” he said. “I was just very sucked in and interested in all the different things we got to do.” One of Caden’s favorite activities was a timed task where each stu- dent had to complete a mock hunt for their own meal, starting with build- ing a fire to catching their Daily News photo by Geoff Johnson Rebekah and Djiin Aquarian, of Mt. Shasta take a break May 29 at the World Hemp Expo Extravaganja 2010. Back to School Project seeking applications The Back to School Project, is an outreach to local under- privileged school-age children that provides a shopping day for qualifying children to purchase new shoes, clothing and backpacks. Daily News photo by Tang Lor Justin Nichols picks up his gear and gets ready to go on a hunt for food like how people in the past had to do. own food and cooking it. “I’m 50-50 on if I would want to do this all the time,” he said. “If I was really hungry I wouldn’t want to go hunt for my food, but if not, then this can be fun.” Fourth graders usually 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 take a trip to Sacramento where they get to visit his- torical places such as Sut- ter’s Fort, the California State Railroad Museum and the State Capitol, but because of budget con- straints the students could not take the field trip, fourth grade teacher Deb- orah Miller said. The innovative fourth grade teachers decided to let students explore histo- ry firsthand. Other activi- ties the students partici- pated in included making Kachina dolls and butter and learning to square dance. The historical period the students learned about covered California’s past from American Indians and explorers to the gold rush and missions. Getting to do things the way people did it back then was fun because it made him appreciate their lifestyle, Colton Young- blood said. As for living the lifestyle every day, Colton said he could pull it off. “This could be a nor- mal day for me,” he said. “I would definitely like to live like that.” The project also provides free haircuts for any school-age child in preparation for the new school year. Haircuts will be given 2-6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 15, at Red Bluff River Park. The day will include live music, games and a hot dog lunch from Cornerstone Community Bank. The shopping day is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 14. Applications will be accepted noon to 7 p.m. June 14-18 at Lariat Bowl, 365 S. Main St. in Red Bluff. It is the only time applications will be accepted. For income requirements and information about applica- tions, visit www.backtoschoolproject.com or call 529-4074. Donations are being accepted during the month of June at store and service counters throughout the community through the “Stuff our Backpacks” donation recepticals. Each $100 in donations sponsors a local child on the shop- ping trip. Tax deductible donations can be mailed to Back to School Project, c/o Tehama County Education Foundation, PO Box 292, Red Bluff, 96080 A pancake breakfast fundraiser will be held 8-11 a.m. Saturday, June 26, at Bethel Family Center, 625 Luther Road in Red Bluff. A breakfast of pancakes, eggs, fruit, juice and coffee will be served for $5 and raffle baskets will be offered. Doran said this was because of the last-minute timing of the permit. After months of back-and-forth dialogue between Tehama County officials and the event’s chief orga- nizer Donna Will, the final permit and conditions were only issued days before the festival. In the week leading up to the permit being issued, Rob- son and Planning Department employees stated that they had been waiting on documents from Will. But everyone involved agreed that the festival’s lack of compliance was forgivable. Sheriff Clay Parker even cited a point Doran brought up, pointing out that Will’s application was delayed when the county rewrote its entire festival poli- See HEMP, page 9A