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Photos by ANDRE byIK — DAILy NEWs Rojelio Viramontez, an instructor with Royal King Dance Academy, leads students through a dance routine at the safe Education and Recreation for Rural Families student highlights show on thursday at the tehama District Fairground. Children rally with tennis rackets and foot bags at the safe Education and Recreation for Rural Families student highlights show on thursday. By Andre Byik sports@redbluffdailynews.com @TehamaSports on Twitter RED BLUFF » SERRF's up, dude. Students and parents gathered Thursday for the Safe Education and Rec - reation for Rural Families Student Highlights Show at the Tehama District Fair- ground, where more than 10 schools showcased their year of accomplishments with the after-school pro - gram in celebratory fash- ion. The theme for the an- nual SERRF event: Ride the Wave to Higher Education. SERRF provides after- school activities and edu - cation to about 2,000 kin- dergarten through eighth grade students in 25 schools in Tehama County. At the event, which featured danc- ing, arts and crafts and a whole lot of smiling, schools put their year in the pro- gram in perspective. Schools set up booths, displaying photos of the year's activities, student art, and more. Gerber School handed out leis and also featured a display of facts about ocean waves. Bracelets could be made at the Lassen View School booth, where pass - ersby could also match California universities with their mascots on a map dis- play. People could check out the Monsters University at Reeds Creek School, or put their soccer skills to the test at Los Molinos' SERRF booth. SERRF KIDS CELEBRATE WAVE OF LEARNING SERRF provides after-school activities and education to about 2,000 kindergarten through eighth grade students in 25 schools in Tehama County. Staff report CoRning » A 31-year-old Red Bluff man was ar- rested Thursday after four girls reported he ex- posed himself to them during two incidents. Officers were dispatched around 7:30 a.m. Thursday to the area of Woodson Park after a re- port of a man exposing himself to two girls and their mother while they walked to school, accord- ing to a Corning Police release issued Friday morn- ing. A similar report was received the morning of March 6 in the area of Fig Lane and Woodson Av- enue. The victims in that incident, also girls, said the suspect lowered his pants and exposed himself to them and that he was driving a gray Scion with tinted windows and black wheels, the release said. He was described as being about 5 feet, 10 inches with a medium build. While conducting an area check Thursday, po - lice found a gray Scion with tinted windows and black rims traveling westbound on Solano Street and stopped the vehicle to investigate. The driver was identified as Dustin Lane Hill of Red Bluff. He was identified at the scene by the first two girls as the suspect in the March 6 inci - dent, the release said. Officers later obtained an arrest warrant and ar- rested Hill without incident at his Red Bluff home. Hill was booked into Tehama County Jail on charges of annoy-molest a child and indecent ex- posure. Bail was set at $50,000. ARREST Girls say man, 31, exposed himself By Rich greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @redbluffdailynews.com on Twit- ter RED BLUFF » Tehama Coun- ty's jobless rate didn't see much change from January to February rising from a re- vised 11.4 percent at the start of the year to an estimated 11.5 percent last month. While up from a 5-year low set in December at 10.1 per- cent, February's unemploy- ment rate is still down 1.9 percentage points from the 13.4 percent that was posted in February 2013. Numbers released by the Employment Development Department Friday reported a net loss of 170 jobs in Te - hama County from the pre- vious month. The farm industry alone reported a loss of 200 jobs. Trade, transportation and utilities reported an addi - tional 40 jobs lost. G over n ment job s i n - creased by 60 positions. Tehama County's civil- ian labor force was pegged at 25,080. Of those 2,880 are reportedly unemployed. A+ Educational Center, Dignity Health, the National Park Service, St. Elizabeth Community Hospital and Walmart were the five em - ployers with the most job ad- vertisements in February. Tehama County's unem- ployment rate was the 36th out of California's 58 coun- ties. In neighboring counties Butte reported 10 percent un- employment, Glenn 12.8 per- cent, Mendocino 7.9 percent, Plumas 14.3 percent, Shasta 11 percent and Trinity 12.8 percent. The highest unemploy - ment in the state can be found in Colusa County, which re- ported 24.2 percent of it EConomy County jobless rate holds steady Down 1.9% points from a year ago By Rich greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF » The City Council lent its support Tues- day to the Tehama County Board of Supervisors' decision to build its new main branch library next to the Community and Senior Center. The land is owned by the city of Red Bluff. "I am fully in favor of this location," Council - man Wayne Brown said. "I think it will be a ben- efit to all." Tehama County Chief Administrator Bill Good- win, Supervisor Sandy Bruce and acting Librar- ian Sally Ainsworth presented their vision for the library at Tuesday's City Council meeting. "We are coming to you asking for support for this project," Goodwin said. Goodwin would later explain the level of sup - port the county was seeking from the city would come from the donation of the land. He said can- didly the county would need to spend the $4 million it was planning on financing on construction of the library itself and not on land acquisition. Goodwin said the county plans to operate the library on its own and would not be seeking com - bined operational costs, unlike the agreement with the Community Center. nEw mAin BRAnCh City Council backs library site choice Staff directed to cooperate with county for potential land donation Community ..... A3 opinion ............A4 Farm ................ A5 Life................... A6 Faith ................A8 Weather ........ A10 Index ............... ## inDEX A rezone of 36 acres near baker and Plymire roads will be heard 1:30 p.m. tuesday at 727 oak st. in Red bluff. PUBLiC mEETing Supervisors to discuss Baker Road rezone the tehama County Ultimate spelling bee Challenge is scheduled for 5 p.m. saturday at the RbUhs field house. 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