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WEDNESDAY Grilled Peach Flynn Poised to Start Cobbler JULY 31, 2013 County Fare Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 5A SPORTS 1B DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Sunny 93/59 Weather forecast 8B TEHAMA COUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U NTY S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Pot pact passed Pilot identified in Monday crash A light-sport aircraft crashed and caught fire at Red Bluff Municipal Airport shortly after takeoff Monday morning, killing the pilot and sole occupant, who has been identified. Pilot James C. Carter, 65, of Durham was identified Tuesday morning by the Tehama County Coroner's Office. National Transportation Safety Board Public Affairs Officer Peter Knudson said the crash occurred at 9:51 a.m. Knudson said the aircraft was taking off and reached an altitude of around 50 to 75 feet before plunging to the ground. The NTSB's investigation was expected to be completed Tuesday, but no cause for the crash has been announced. The aircraft was an Airborne Windsports Edge XXTSee PILOT, page 7A Daily News photo by Rich Greene A group of Rancho Tehama Reserve Advisory Committee members show off a banner promoting a safer community to the Tehama County Board of Supervisors during a meeting Tuesday discussing proposed amendments to the Marijuana Cultivation Ordinance. Tougher 'If it's a health marijuana law and safety issue, moves forward then all of the By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer The Tehama County Board of Supervisors tightened the county's Marijuana Cultivation Ordinance Tuesday restricting all grows to no more than 12 plants and creating a process of monetary fines that could range as high as $1,000 per day for non-compliance. After the board unanimously adopted the first reading of the amended ordinance a group of Rancho Tehama Reserve Advisory Committee members let out an applause. Sheriff Dave Hencratt said it would still take about three years before the county saw the benefit of marijuana in Tehama County should be eradicated' — Tom Mohler a stricter ordinance, but his department could make some great headway in the future as a result. He said an infrastructure of code enforcement needed to be put into place. Chairman Dennis Garton said after the second and final adoption vote is taken and the 30-day wait Leno, other celebs oppose Calif. prison practice SACRAMENTO (AP) — Celebrities including Jay Leno and Gloria Steinem have condemned the isolation of inmates to control gang violence at California prisons — a practice that sparked a hunger strike by hundreds of inmates. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Bonnie Raitt, Peter Coyote and Noam Chomsky also signed a letter sent Monday to Gov. Jerry Brown that calls isolation units ''extensions of the same inhumanity practiced at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay,'' the Los Angeles Times reported. Raitt performed once at San Quentin and it ''made a profound impact on her,'' spokeswoman Annie Heller-Gutwillig told the paper. Families of some of the inmates being held in isolation also held a demonstration outside the state Capitol on Tuesday, where they said they delivered a petition to 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Brown bearing 41,000 signatures calling for an end to solitary confinement. Meanwhile, prisoners continued a three-weekold hunger strike. Prison officials on Monday said 385 inmates have refused to eat since July 8, while 176 more are on shorter protests. More than 50 prisoners have needed medical care. This is the third hunger strike launched since 2011 to protest living conditions in the prison's security housing units, where 4,500 gang members, gang associates and serious offenders are held in extreme isolation, many of them for indeterminate terms of more than 10 years. The protesters are demanding an end to indeterminate sentences and for alternative ways to leave the units other than ''debriefing,'' which the prisoners say is an agreement to inform on gang members and a risk to their safety from reprisals for ''snitching.'' The security housing units at Pelican Bay See PRISON, page 7A period for an ordinance to take effect is passed it will be likely be too late in the grow season for the new rules to be enforceable this year. Boardmembers frequently referenced the need to balance nonusers' rights with those who are growing medicinal marijuana as well as the county's appellate court victory in Brown v. Tehama County, which backed the county's right to apply zoning laws to medicinal users. The court ruled medicinal marijuana users don't have an unfettered right to marijuana cultivation. The amended ordinance expands the list of county employees who can issue code enforcements for grows, while simplifying what is allowed. Regardless of lot size, no more than 12 plants can be grown at any one site and all grows must have a 100-foot setback. Previously the See POT, page 7A Community pride brewing into a festival What began as a desire to promote the local community promises to be one of the signature events of the year for Tehama County. The Tap Into Tehama Microbrew Festival will showcase local craft breweries, wines, food products, art and entertainment 2-6 p.m. Aug. 17 at River Park in Red Bluff. The festival is the brainchild of Stephen Ferguson, Red Bluff Round Up Saloon manager, and Tiffany Gunsauls, a local event planner. Both are community minded and inspired by the movement to promote tourism and local business in the region. "We wanted an event that would bring the community together and promote local serving local," Gunsauls said. Ferguson is an amazing person who is also passionate about Red Bluff and Tehama County, and I knew that with him spearheading the event it would be a huge success." Proceeds from the festival will help restore the Odd Fellows Building on Oak Street across from the State Theatre. Built between 1882 and 1883, the Italianate Victorian building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but is in dire need of outside restoration. "Since this event is all about showcasing our local culture, we wanted the funds to be used to help preserve a part of our local heritage," Ferguson said. "Events such as Tap Into Tehama are important to our local economy because they attract See PRIDE, page 7A Raising expectations at Vista mThe Red Bluff Union Elementary School District team has been working alongside a team of architects and construction crews to complete the renovation of Vista Middle School to reconfigure it into Vista Preparatory Academy. In addition to many facility upgrades, including a Student Commons, new signage, fresh paint and a new classroom, the school has overhauled its instructional program. The school will now serve grades sixth- through eighth-graders and students will be taught in traditional self-contained classrooms. "We are incredibly pleased and proud of the responses that we have received in support of our efforts at Vista," said Superintendent William McCoy. "This school will be better for kids, and will support learning at a much higher level. We are totally committed to the students of Red Bluff, and want to continue to provide a great education for our students." The purpose of the reconfiguration is to provide students with a positive climate and solid connections with the campus and staff. Students will receive enhanced learning oppor- Courtesy photo Workers from the Red Bluff Union Elementary School District team work to raise the new arch entry at Vista Preparatory Academy. tunities through technology, as it is the goal of the school to provide a new laptop device for each student to use. 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