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DAILYNEWSFILE The Corning Olive Festival Parade, which includes the Corning does it Bedder bed races, pictured, is scheduled for 6p.m. Friday at Solano Street. The 25th annual Corning Olive Festival will take place from 9a.m. to 3p.m. Aug. 23at Woodson City Park. ByAndreByik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter CORNING Activities leading to the 25th annual Corning Olive Festival begin Monday when the first clues for the Missing Olive Hunt are released. The festival is scheduled to take place among the olive trees at Wood- son City Park on Aug. 23, and it will in- clude some festival favorites from last year, according to the Corning Cham- ber of Commerce, which sponsors the event. Returning will be olive tours led by Mayor Gary Strack, the second annual Olive Pit Spitting Contest, food booths and live music. Mayor Strack on Tuesday pro- claimed Aug. 18 to Aug. 23 as Olive Festival Week in the city of Corning, recognizing that the event has been a longtime tradition that draws thou- sands of visitors and that "olives are an integral part of the economic well being of the city of Corning and very much a part of the cultural identity of the Olive City." Events leading up to the festival on Aug. 23 will take place throughout the week. Wednesday: Water festival from 6to 8 p.m. at Northside Park. Thursday: The Olive Festival Mixer will be held from 5:30to 7:30p.m. at Bell- Carter Foods break room, and a farmers market will be held from 5to 7:30p.m. at Northside Park. Friday: The Olive Festival Parade is scheduled to take place at 6p.m. on Solano Street, which will be followed by the Corning does it Bedder bed races. Chamber manager Valanne Cardenas said the Corning Senior League baseball team, which reached the Western Re- gional Tournament semifinals in Ontario earlier this month, also will be honored at the end of the parade. Members of the boys baseball team are scheduled to be on hand to sign photographs that will be available. Aug. 23: A fun run and walk is sched- uled at 9a.m. at Woodson City Park, which will host arts, cra s and food booths throughout the day, as well as live entertainment and other activities leading to the Olive Drop at 3p.m. Olive tours led by the mayor are scheduled to leave the park at 10a.m., noon and 2 p.m., and the Olive Spitting Contest is scheduled to start at noon at the park. Additionally, hot air balloon rides are scheduled from 7to 9a.m. at the New Life Assembly parking lot. CO RNI NG An nu al O li ve F es ti va l ac ti vi ti es b eg in M on da y Co rn in g S en io r L ea gu e b as eb al l t ea m t o be h onor ed at O li ve F es ti va l P ar ad e By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF After the California water board adopted mandatory conservation measures, the City Council here is poised to adopt its own man- datory conservation measures. City staff is recommending that council mem- bers on Tuesday adopt mandatory conservation measures that would ban hosing driveways, side- walks and other surfaces, limit landscape wa- tering hours, and cause restaurant operators to serve water only when requested, among other rules. Red Bluff's city code, according to a staff docu- ment, has four stages of water conservation and rationing plans. "Staff believes that the adoption of the City's Stage II Mandatory Conservation Measures will comply with the new regulations adopted by the state," according to the staff document. The measures would be communicated to water customers through news media and wa- ter bills and would run through April 24, 2015. OldRedBlufflandfill The City Council also will take on a recommen- dation to hire an environmental consulting firm to aid the effort to bring the city's closed land fill in compliance with state regulations. According to city staff, The California Natu- ral Resources Agency, Department of Resources Recycling, or CalRecycle, "is currently evaluating the Old Red Bluff Landfill property in an effort to provide State funding that would assist with the necessary design and construction activities re- quired to bring the abandoned landfill into reg- DROUGHT Council considers newrigid options Mandatory water saving measures, funding discussed By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews. com @andrebyik on Twitter VINA The Vina post of- fice could have its hours of operation cut, accord- ing to a notice issued by the United States Postal Service. Vina residents received surveys over the last month from the postal service to gather input on proposed changes, and a public meeting to share survey results and gather more community input is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Vina gram- mar school. The postal service is considering several op- tions for the Vina post office, including reduc- ing operation hours from eight hours per day to four "based on actual work- load," and conducting "discontinuance" stud- ies that could move retail operations to a local busi- ness, a rural carrier or re- locate P.O. Box services to VINA Po st o ffic e ma y ha ve o pe ra ti on h ou rs cu t Public meeting to gather input set for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Vina grammar school ANDRE BYIK — DAILY NEWS The Vina post office could have its hours of operation cut. United States Postal Service officials will hold a meeting By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter REDBLUFF Tehama County's single-digit unem- ployment rate turned out to be short-lived. After falling into the single-digit range for the first time in five years in May and June, Tehama County's unemployment rate rose to 10.3 percent in July, according to numbers released Friday by the Employment Development Department. Although that figure may be skewed due to the time the employment survey was taken. A net loss of 400 jobs in the local government sector was the main attributor to the jump. EDD Labor Mark Consultant Sheila Stock said that change may have been the result of season government cut backs for school, where employ- ees may not have been working in July as they were in June, but did not necessarily mean they lost their jobs. Tehama County's jobless rate was 12 percent a year ago. The farm industry reported a loss of 180 jobs ECONOMY Unemployment rate rises to 10.3 percent in Tehama County Surveys offer conflicting reports Community.....A3 Opinion............A4 Lifestyles........A5 Farm ................A8 Weather ..........A9 Sports.............. B1 INDEX The Tap into Tehama micro- brew festival takes place 2-6 p.m. today at Red Bluff River Park. Tickets are $35. TO DO Tap into Tehama today at River Park The California Native Plant Society will hold a symposium Sept. 14in Chico on low-water planting. PAGE A5 LIFESTYLES Symposium focuses on low-water planting State's high court reinstates conviction in manslaughter case a er suspect failed to talk about victims. PAGE A10 CALIFORNIA Court: Silence can be used against suspects Grand jury's abuse-of-power allegations involving public corruption probe a blow to governor's 2016plans. 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