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2B Daily News – Friday, October 25, 2013 Education in Tehama County KEEP ON LEARNING Red Ribbon week launch The Red Ribbon balloon launch will take place at noon Monday, Oct. 28, in Red Bluff from the Post Office at 447 Walnut St. down to Main Street and south along Main Street to the corner of Main Street and Antelope Boulevard. In Corning, the launch will be at 275 Solano St. Red Ribbon Week is one of the oldest and largest drug prevention campaigns in the country. It was started to commemorate DEA Special Agent Enriqe "Kiki" Camarena. In 1985, Kiki died at the hands of drug traffickers in Mexico while fighting the battle against illegal drugs. His goal was to keep our country and children safe. The first national Red Ribbon Week was proclaimed by the US Congress in 1988 and is celebrated nationwide during the last week of October. This national event has come to be a reminder of Kiki and so many others who have given their lives fighting illegal drug trades. It has also become a symbol of support for the DEA's efforts to reduce demand for drugs through prevention and education programs. By wearing a red ribbon during the last week of October, Americans demonstrate their ardent opposition to illegal drugs. So, help show your support by remembering to wear red ribbons all week. Tehama County Drug and Alcohol Advisory Board, in partnership with Tehama County Health Services Agency, Tehama County Department of Education, Sunrise Rotary, Red Bluff Elks Lodge, Red Bluff and Corning schools and local businesses, will be releasing 2013 red balloons in honor of Red Ribbon Week. LMES celebrates STAR success Courtesy photo Eagle Scout candidate presents project The Sacramento River Discovery Center's Board of Directors, visitors and members of Boy Scout Troop #417 were privileged to have Gabe Sartori, Eagle Scout candidate, present the results of three years of his research on the Yellow Billed Magpie's that live in the Mendocino National Forest's Red Bluff Recreation Area. Gabe has spent over 115 hours documenting locations of 46 nests and monitoring the numbers of birds and the movement of the species from one area of the RBRA to other locations within the RBRA. Gabe became interested in the Magpie's in 2004 when West Nile Virus killed many of the Magpies in the area. The Yellow-billed Magpie is unique to California's Central Valley and is a great consumer of insects and thus very beneficial to the environment. This is a very unique project for an Eagle Scout candidate to undertake. Working with Ben Hughes, chairman of the SRDC Board of Directors, procedures were developed to document all nest locations and the populations increase or decrease. Courtesy photo Gabe Sartori Eagle Scout Candidate from Troop 417 presented his Eagle, Yellow-billed Magpie, project at recent SRDC meeting. Gabe shared how he developed an "I Spy Game" as a way of teaching younger members of his troop to look for the nests and then to document their location using GPS coordinates. Gabe suggested that people interested in Geo-Caching might try doing a search for all 46 nests. Gabe has developed a website to provide information for local and visiting bird watchers. The website is found at www.redbluffmagpie.com. To contact Gabe, for more information, you can e-mail him at gabe@redbluffmagpie.com. With this presentation to the public, Gabe has completed another step on his journey to become an Eagle Scout. The display, shown in the background, will ultimately be donated to the SRDC and will become part of the environmental education programs of the center. Information about other programs at the SRDC is available at srdc.tehama.k12.ca.us, or e-mail Bobie Hughes at bhughe1@tehamaed.org. You can visit the Center at 1000 Sale Lane within the Mendocino National Forest's Red Bluff Recreation Area Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. or by appointment. Los Molinos FFA landscape success Los Molinos Nursery Landscape Teams swept Shasta College FFA Field Day. Hundreds of blue corduroy jackets filled the Shasta College campus Oct. 10 to compete in its annual Shasta College FFA Field Day. High School students from around the north state, and southern Oregon traveled to Shasta College to compete in various agricultural Career Development Events, ranging from diesel technology to livestock judging and evaluation. Los Molinos FFA arrived by bus, representing the small high school, with nearly 40 competitors. The LMHS Nursery Landscape Teams swept the Horticulture Contests, taking 1st Place in both Novice and Advanced divisions. The Advanced Team was lead by competitors Destiny Boer - 1st Place, Cynthia Barajas - 2nd Courtesy photo Place and Jamie Carter 3rd Place. The Novice Team was lead by first time competitors Lizzy Freemyers - 1st Place, Matthew Mekech - 2nd Place and Justine Yarbrough - 3rd Place. Other Field Day highlights include 3rd Place Best Informed Greenhand Team, Hannah Mubarak, Kenneth Hartman and Heather Rodriguez and 1st Place Advanced Horse Judging competitor, Jesse Dodero. Los Molinos FFA finished the day earning the highest point total of all contests participated in, and was named Small School Sweepstakes winner. Drawing to support mentoring program Los Molinos Elementary School celebrated its achievement Oct. 18 on last year's STAR testing. Students started the festivities by duct taping Mr. Sutter to the cafeteria wall. Later in the afternoon, there were arts and crafts, a basketball tournament, board games, cooking and dunking Mr. Walker. "More than anything, I wanted the students to understand what an amazing accomplishment an API of 872 really is," said Principal Jerry Walker. "I could not be more proud of our students and staff." Halloween Carnival at LM Elementary The Los Molinos Elementary School Booster Club will be hosting a Halloween Carnival 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at CattleWomen's Luncheon & Fashion Show Harvest Moon Saturday, November 9, 2013 Rolling Hills Casino Tickets $28.00 Reservations only by October 28th 529-9679 Los Molinos Elementary School 7700 Stanford Ave. Wrist bands for will be sold for $5 for unlimited play at the more than 15 game booths available for children 0-8th grade. There will also be concessions benefiting the seventh grade class. The ever popular bingo will be held in cafeteria, Costume contest at 12:30 p.m. with prizes. The Booster Club works year round raising funds to provide felid trips for each grade level, honor roll and merit roll rewards for students and school improvements, by hosting family friendly events that include Breakfast with Santa on Dec. 7 and family movie nights. Courtesy photo Cornerstone Community Bank has joined Rabobank and Umpqua Bank to support the Tehama County Mentoring Program through promotion of opportunity baskets created by volunteer staff members of Tehama County Department of Social Services. Baskets are themed from backyard fun to baking essentials and include gift cards and homemade creations. All money supports local children. Pictured are Tanner Johnson, Alissa Bell, Lesa Harris, Yuri Tapia, Vicki Sroud and JB Stacy of Cornerstone. The public is welcome to support the project through Oct. 31 at each bank.