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ANDREBYIK—DAILYNEWS David Vixie, le , an eight-grade teacher at Paradise Adventist Academy, explained the role freighter wagons played in the American Civil War at Samuel Ayer-Dog Island Park in Red Bluff on Friday. ANDRE BYIK — DAILY NEWS Ron David, front le , demonstrates a shave and lice check for Bangor Elementary School students during the 10th annual Civil War Days at Samuel Ayer-Dog Island Park in Red Bluff on Friday. ByAndreByik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter Red Bluff The smell of leather, the sounds of gun- fire and the scenes from a war that shaped the United States proved to be a learn- ing experience that brought alive the pages of a textbook at Samuel Ayer-Dog Island Park on Friday. About 100 students strolled through the camp - ground members of the Reenactors of the Amer- ican Civil War set up for the 10th annual Civil War Days, which culminates in two days of scheduled bat - tles Saturday and Sunday at the park in addition to touring the encampments. The students, mainly from schools in the Butte County area with Tehama students on spring break, received history lessons from members of the reen - actment crew, who travel from southern Oregon, Sac- ramento, Nevada and much of the North State to keep an integral era of this coun- try alive. David Vixie, an eighth- grade teacher at Paradise Adventist Academy who has been a Civil War reen - actor for about eight years, sat on a freighter wagon at- tached to two mules, Pete and Paulie, and was sur- rounded by a group of his students who spent the pre- vious stormy night at the campground. "As a reenactor I was able to bring them and have them be a part of the encampment and experi - ence what it's like to be in a camp with some of the busy work," said Vixie, educAtion REDBLUFFSEES CIVIL WARS DAYS "i love, love, love military history and u.S. history and so i asked to try it out and after that i got hooked." — Giancarlo Nandino, Mercy High School student and Union soldier re-enactor Staff Reports A one-page preliminary report has been re- leased by the National Transportation Safety Board on the April 10 crash on Interstate 5 near Orland between a FedEx truck and tour bus full of high school students from the Los Angeles area. The preliminary report (http://goo.gl/gtdi5R) recounts the steps that led up to the crash, which resulted in the death of 10 people. The FedEx Corp. truck had left Sacramento at about 10 a.m., driven to Weed, where the driver de - livered two trailers. At 3:30 p.m., the driver picked up two other 28-foot trailers and was headed back to Sacramento when the crash occurred. Filled with high school students and chaper - ones, the tour bus operated by Silverado Stages was part of a chartered trip originating from Los Angeles and heading to Arcata for a visit to Hum- boldt State University. A replacement driver had boarded in Sacramento. The report indicated the FedEx truck was trav- eling south in the right lane of Interstate 5. "In the vicinity of milepost 26.02, the FedEx combination vehicle moved to the left, departing the southbound traffic lanes and entering the 58- foot wide center median," the report said. "The vehicle drove through a line of oleander bushes in the center of the median and entered the northbound traffic lanes of I-5. It collided with the left rear portion of a white 2013 Nissan Altima four-door passenger car, occupied by a driver and one passenger, which had just passed the Sentra motorcoach and moved back into the right lane of northbound I-5. The Nissan rotated counter - clockwise and departed the highway on the east side. Following the impact with the passenger car, the combination vehicle collided with the motor- coach, and both vehicles departed the highway to the east." The one-page report notes "The information inteRStAte 5 cRASh First report released NTSBpaperdoesn'tinclude much new information Red Bluff Northern Cal- ifornia will be hosting the premier wilderness celebra- tion in the country this fall in Red Bluff to commemo- rate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Wilderness Treasures – Celebrating 50 Golden Years will be at the Tehama District Fairground in Oct. 10-12. This world-class event will feature the wide range of recreational opportuni - ties, ecological diversity, conservation, perspectives, views and values associated with these unique public landscapes. It's being orga- nized by federal agencies that manage land from the Bay Area and Sacramento north to the Oregon bor - der and east to the Nevada border, and numerous rec- reation, nonprofit and land ethic organizations. The celebration is free and open to the public and will include displays, dem - onstrations, workshops, speakers, live music and camping. This once-in-a-lifetime to do Event to celebrate wilderness treasures Concert to feature western performer Dave Stamey DAILY NEWS FILE Summit Lake at Lassen Volcanic National Park. The Wilderness Treasures event will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act which protects federal land and national parks such as Lassen. By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter Red Bluff A public hearing is scheduled Tues- day to discuss raising the county's marijuana cul- tivation registration fee from a one-time $40 to $109.80 annually. The hearing is scheduled for no earlier than 10:30 a.m. at the Tehama County Board of Super - visors meeting. County staff says the increase would ensure no other county dollars are used to support the reg- istration program. The fee was originally set at $40 in 2010 when the county first adopted its marijuana cultivation ordinance. The fee has not been raised since then, and county staff says the $40 figure was, at the time, an estimate of what it expected to cost to implement MARijuAnA Fe e ra is e to be discussed Tu es da y Proposal wold increase fee from $40 to $109.80 annually Faith ................B3 Sports.............. B1 Farm ................A5 Opinion............A4 Life...................A6 Classifieds......B6 indeX The free event of activities, and information runs 10a.m. to 3p.m. Saturday at the Tehama District Fairgrounds. to do TehamaCounty Children's Fair Red Bluff made it eight straight wins by knocking off Mariposa County at the Hilmar Tournament. PAGEB1 SpoRtS Spartans baseball continues to win President in South Korea to talk trade and regional strat- egy with allies amid anxiety over potential threats. PAGE B4 ASiA Obama seeks to strengthen military ties Tribe receives permission for test releases in assessment of whether coastal area can sup- port endangered bird. 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