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SACRAMENTO A federal grand jury returned a two-count in- dictment Wednesday against a pair of foreign nationals who are charged with growing 5,287 mar- ijuana plants in Tehama County. US Attorney Benjamin Wag- ner announced Wednesday Eric Gilberto Perez, 23, of Guatemala and Daniel Gomez-Gonzalez, 32, of Mexico had been charged with conspiracy to manufacture mar- ijuana and manufacture of mar- ijuana. According to court documents on July 11, US Forest Service agents and Tehama County Sher- iff's deputies raided a marijuana cultivation site near the North Fork Antelope Creek in the Las- sen National Forest. Both defendants were arrested after attempting to flee from the cultivation site. Law enforcement counted and eradicated a total of 5,287 mar- ijuana plants from the cultiva- tion site. MARIJUANA 2foreign nationals charged in pot grow By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF There will be a race for the Red Bluff City Council af- ter all. Two more candidates used the extended five-day filing period after incumbent Wayne Brown didn't pull papers, leaving a four person race for three seats. Incumbents Daniele Jackson and Rob Schmid are running for re-election. Joining the candidate pool is former councilman Larry Stevens and Orville Knox, a re- tired employee of the Bureau of Reclamation. The Tehama County Election's Department released the final candidate list Wednesday evening for the consolidated general elec- tion Nov. 4. A period for statement of write- in candidacy and nomination pa- pers will be open from Sept. 8 - Oct. 21. The Nov. 4 ballot includes the runoff for the final two years re- maining of the 2nd District Te- hama County Supervisor seat. Appointed incumbent Sandy Bruce fell 12 votes shy in the June primary of obtaining a majority of the electorate and avoiding the runoff. Bruce will face Candy Carlson, who finished with 25.42 percent of the vote and 15 votes ahead of Mitchell Drury, who is not part of the runoff. In Corning, longtime mayor Gary Strack will not face a chal- lenge in this two-year cycle. Strack has served as mayor since 1996. He also served from 1972- 1986. For two city council seats in- cumbent Darlene Dickison and appointed incumbent Dave Lin- net are being challenged by John Leach. In the city of Tehama all three incumbents, Robert Mitchell, NOV. 4 ELECTION Candidatelistisfinalized TwomorejoinRedBluffCityCouncilrace By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter CORNING As construction con- tinues on phase two of the Corn- ing Community Park here, the City Council decided Tuesday that the portion of the park will be named Lennox Fields. Construction of phase two of the park along Houghton Ave- nue, which will include two soc- cer fields, picnic and playground areas and a pedestrian bridge linking both sides of the 19-acre park, is being handled by Trent Construction out of Gerber and is estimated to cost about $1.05 million, according to city doc- uments. In 2010, the city of Corning acquired a 10-acre property from the family of Dorothy Len- nox Harper, who had lived at the Houghton Avenue residence for years until her death in 2007, according to city documents. At the time of the acquisition, the city agreed to use the Harper name in some way when phase two of the park was developed. Harper was "often referred to as the best friend Corning ever had," according to a Daily News article published in 2007. The article continued: "A tire- less supporter of the community, Harper was one of the founders of the Corning Museum. She was three times past president of Maywood Women's Club and was the chairman of the club's centennial committee in 1998, a member of the Corning Library Commission and founder of the Corning Friends of the library." At the City Council's meet- ing Tuesday, Ross Turner, who spoke on behalf of members of the family, said the Lennox name recognizes the original family that owned the Hough- ton Avenue property. Members of the Lennox fam- ily tree, Turner said, emphasized their appreciation for the dedi- cation by the City Council. He added that members of the family were strong advocates of youth activities in the commu- nity. Councilwoman Darlene Dicki- son said she worked closely with Harper and her sister, Barbara Clark, through the Library Com- mission and the museum. "I'm sure that both women would be proud to have it just Lennox Fields." Family members originally proposed that phase two of the park be named Lennox-Clark- Harper Fields, but city staff noted that the name could lead to confusion because of Corn- ing's Estil C. Clark Park. A dedication ceremony for Lennox Fields could take place in October. CORNING COMMUNITY PARK PART OF NEW PARK IS 'LENNOX FIELDS' ANDREBYIK—DAILYNEWS The Corning City Council on Tuesday decided to name a phase two of the Corning Community Park, currently under construction, as Lennox Fields. The second phase of the park along Houghton Avenue will include two soccer fields. Comics ............B3 Community.....A3 Lifestyles........A4 Arts..................A5 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 INDEX Mary Chapin Carpenter, with special guest Ti Merritt, will perform at 7:30p.m. Oct. 16at Laxson Auditorium. PAGEA5 CONCERT MaryChapinCarpenter coming to Chico Local educators created a camp to teach students Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. PAGE A3 EDUCATION Students attend STEM Camp at RBUHS Light rain and cooler tempera- tures helped dampen wildfires in Northern California and southwestern Oregon. PAGE B8 FIRES Rain helps fight some Northwest wildfires Israel and Hamas agree to extend a temporary truce for a few days, Egyptian officials said. PAGE B4 MIDEAST CONFLICT Israel, Hamas to extend cease-fire Name recognizes family with long Corning history Dorothy Lennox Harper was "often referred to as the best friend Corning ever had." — From a Daily News article published in 2007 CANDIDATE PAGE 7 NATIONALS PAGE 7 By Fenit Nirappil The Associated Press SACRAMENTO Driven to action by the state's historic drought, California lawmakers on Wednes- day voted to place a $7.5 billion water plan before voters in No- vember. The measure marks the larg- est investment in decades in the state's water infrastructure and is designed to build reservoirs, clean up contaminated ground- water and promote water-saving technologies. It replaces an existing water bond that was approved by a pre- vious Legislature but was widely considered too costly and too bloated with pork-barrel projects to win favor with voters. After weeks of difficult negoti- ations, the ballot measure sailed through both houses of the Leg- islature: 77-1 in the Assembly and LEGISLATURE Lawmakers pass $7.5B water plan ASSEMBLY PAGE 7 » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, August 14, 2014 50CENTS AN EDITION OF THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD 7 58551 69001 9 Volume129,issue190 Web bonus Celine Dion cancels all shows. redbluffdailynews.com PRESENTATION Reagan diaries given to auxiliary by Nielsen Community A3 STUDY Need to cut back on salt questioned News B6 FORECAST High: 91 Low: 62 B8 Checkoutourcontinuous news feed, short Tout videos, photo galleries and more. VISITREDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM EVENMORE ONTHEWEB