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MONDAY JULY 19, 2010 Breaking news at: Back to the Cave with Paleo-Diet Vitality www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A RED BLUFF A’s roll in KC SPORTS 1B Sunny & hot 101/67 Weather forecast 8B 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 Festival to make late move to Fairground By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer A 2,500 person, five-day fes- tival scheduled for the outskirts of Corning is moving to Red Bluff’s Tehama County Fair- ground. “It’s basically 99 percent certain,” said Jason Gallagher, organizer of the Fourth Annual Mystic Garden Party, on Satur- day. “The timelines aren’t real- ly allowing for any other option.” The Mystic Garden Party bills itself as a touring mix of music, camping and workshops normally held in Ashland, Ore., Santa Cruz and at the Burning Man festival in Nevada. The festival includes work- shops on sustainable gardening and agriculture and has been organized in conjunction with local farmers and producers, ‘I keep thinking, if Tehama County’s going to host these festivals, they should do these things in a place that can handle them’ Fairground CEO Mark Eidman Gallagher said. “It’s not just a party to have a Pool fills up party,” Gallagher said. The event website advertises classes on the role of mush- rooms in Christian art, a “kiss- ing playshop” and “sound heal- ing.” The event was long sched- uled for July 21-26 on a private, 100-acre property in the rural community of Flournoy in southwest Tehama County. But Planning Director George Rob- son turned down an event per- See MOVE, page 7A Boy rescued after near drowning A 7-year-old Red Bluff boy was reportedly rescued by a lifeguard Friday afternoon after entering the adult pool area at McGlynn Pool. “Apparently, he was supposed to be in the wading pool only and somehow got into the larger pool,” Red Bluff Police Sgt. Kevin Busekist said. The boy was attending a Fun Zone camp held by the See BOY, page 7A Olive oil study questions claims of virginity SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Many of the olive oils lining supermarket shelves in the United States are not the top- grade extra-virgin oils their labels proclaim, according to a report from the University of Califor- nia, Davis. Researchers analyzed popular brands and found 69 percent of imported oils and 10 percent of domestic oils sampled did not meet the international standards that define the pure, cold-pressed, olive oils that deserve the extra- virgin title. ‘‘Consumers, retailers Daily News photo by Geoff Johnson Diners and wine tasters rest their feet in the McGlynn Pool Saturday evening at the Eighth Annual Wine Tasting by the Pool fundraiser. By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer Oil and water do not mix, but wine and chlorine? For eight years, Wine Tasting by the Pool has been a critical ingredi- ent in the McGlynn Pool’s fundrais- ing campaign — Blues for the Pool. The event, featuring local wine and food, is the biggest fundraiser for the pool, which needs $35,000 a year to stay open since the city cut its funding. On Saturday evening, the event looked to break records in ticket sales, co-director Daniele Jackson said. The view was different five years ago. Out-of-town sponsors were not enough to keep the festival going, and it looked to be on its last legs when Jackson stepped in, she said. These days, Jackson and her brother Adam host an event featur- ing five wineries, two of which, California Dems neutral on Prop 19 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Executive Board members of the California Democratic Party on Sunday took a neutral stance on a bal- lot measure that would legalize and tax mari- juana in the state. Proposition 19, if approved by California voters in November, would allow adults to cultivate marijuana and enable local govern- ments to regulate and tax sales of the plant to raise revenue. Proponents have said the proposal could gen- erate $200 million per year, but others have argued the amount would be lower. California already allows marijuana use for medicinal purposes. The California Board of Equalization studied the financial impacts of pot while evaluating a bill introduced in the Legislature last year that would have taxed and regulated marijuana like alcohol. Sales taxes and a $50 per ounce excise tax on commercial pot sales would generate $1.4 bil- lion for the state, according to the board’s study. During their meeting in San Jose, California Democrats also voted unanimously to endorse Tom Torlakson for Superintendent of Pub- lic Instruction. ‘‘Our members are 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 fired up and ready to get to work,’’ said John Burton, chairman of the party. Indian Peak Vineyards and New Clairvaux Vineyard, are native to Tehama County. Along with Red Bluff’s own Jack the Ribber, which offered discounted meals, all donate their dining and drinking necessi- ties to keep the pool blue. “We have to have this pool,” Jackson said. The alternative, she said is the Sacramento River just over the pool See POOL, page 7A and regulators should really start asking ques- tions,’’ said Dan Flynn, executive director of UC Davis’ Olive Oil Center, which conducted the study in partnership with the Australian Oils Research Laboratory, in South Wales. Funding for the study came in part from Califor- nia olive oil producers and the California Olive Oil Council, a trade group that works to promote locally produced oils. Although the survey’s sample size was relatively small and selected at ran- dom — 19 widely distrib- uted brands purchased from retailers in San Fran- cisco Bay Area, Sacra- mento and Los Angeles — the study held the claims on their labels to a scientifically verifiable standard, said Flynn. The results came as the U.S. Department of Agri- culture prepares to adopt- ed scientifically verifiable standards for nomencla- ture such as ‘‘virgin’’ or ‘‘extra virgin,’’ in an effort to clear up concerns about labeling accuracy. The standards will be implemented in October, and are similar to those upheld by the Internation- al Olive Council. The ‘‘extra-virgin’’ designation indicates that the oil was extracted with- out the use of heat or chemicals, is pure, satis- fies a taste test and falls within chemical parame- ters established by the IOC. The United States is the world’s third-largest consumer of olive oil, 99 See OIL, page 7A Peak trail opens for season By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer LASSEN PEAK — Every year hundreds gather at the opening day for the Lassen Peak Trail. From Seattle, Los Angeles, Yuba City and El Cerrito, they come in t- shirts, sandals, ball caps and shorts, some shirt- less, gleefully hiking through 64-degree tem- peratures and snow four feet deep, up to a view where some say you can see for 100 miles. Some, like Ryan Vaughn of Central Point, Ore., set to tackle the trail in clogs and cargo shorts, having packed only his slip-on shoes. The ritual may be unchanged five years from now, but the trail is another story. This year marks the beginning of Reach the Peak, an elaborate effort by Lassen Volcanic National Park staff and numerous non-profits and Daily News photo by Geoff Johnson California Conservation Corps members Drew Smerser and Shane Howell were among the hundreds to hike the Lassen Peak Trail Saturday.The two are part of an ongoing effort to widen the trail and create sturdier walls. volunteers to widen the trail, reinforce rock walls and eventually add a new stretch of trail around the northern crater. The project is expected to cost $2.4 million. The changes coincide with new safety measures brought on by the death of 9-year-old Tommy Botell See PEAK, page 7A