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ChicoEnterprise-Record DURHAM TheDurhambranchof Tri Counties Bank was robbed at gunpoint Thursday morning and the Butte County Sheriff's Of- fice is still trying to find the rob- ber, whose description is similar to that of the man who robbed Umpqua Bank in Los Molinos in September. At 10:24 a.m. a man armed with a handgun walked into the bank south of Chico on the Mid- way and demanded money, Butte County Sheriff's Office Lt. John Kuhn said. One customer in the bank and employees were ordered to the ground, and the man told another employee to give him the money. After being given an undis- closed amount of money, he was last seen running across the Mid- way and past the railroad tracks. Deputies and detectives have searched the area along Jones Avenue, with the use of a canine. The white man was wearing a San Francisco Giants hat and had BUTTE COUNTY Manrobs Durham bank By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter CORNING The city of Corning will install a four-way stop sign at Houghton Avenue and Fig Lane after observing motorists speed- ing in the area near Corning Com- munity Park. The City Council unanimously adopted a resolution creating a four-way stop at the intersection at its meeting Tuesday, accepting a city staff recommendation that says the stop signs will encour- age drivers to slow down on the road adjacent to the park's soc- cer fields and improve safety for pedestrians. "As construction continues at the site of the Phase 2 potions of Corning Community Park, traffic heading southbound/northbound has been scrutinized more than normal," according to city staff. "City staff, construction workers and local observers have noticed the continual occurrences of ve- CORNING Council OKs 4-way stop at Houghton, Fig Speedingmotorists threaten pedestrian safety near park, city staff says By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF The Tehama County Elections Department Thursday completed the vote count from the Nov. 4 Election. The results are still pending a hand-tally check and need to be certified by the Board of Super- visors, and there were no major changes since the update released last week. Tehama County had a turnout of 52.33 percent. Vote-by-mail bal- lots accounted for 71.3 percent of the vote. Candy Carlson defeated ap- pointed incumbent Sandy Bruce for the final two years of the late George Russell's term as the 2nd District representative on the Board of Supervisors. Carlson received 1,443 votes, 53.37 percent, to Bruce's 1,261. In June Bruce fell 12 votes short of a majority that would have seen her avoid a runoff and Carl- son edged third place candidate Mitchell Drury by 15 votes for the right to oppose Bruce. Carlson will take over for Bruce in January. In the city of Red Bluff, where the dais changes will take place in December, Daniele Jackson and Robert Schmid will both re- tain their seats. However Orville Knox was the overall top final vote count re- ceiver, earning 1,468 votes. Jackson received 1,458 votes and Schmid 1,353. Knox will essentially replace Wayne Brown, who is retiring. Larry Stevens was fourth, and did not earn one of the three open spots. He received 1,141 votes. Following the resignation of Ray Eliggi, the Red Bluff City Council will still have one open seat. The city of Red Bluff's Mea- sure D, to raise the sales tax by a quarter-cent finished with 1,500 yes votes, 58.46 percent, to 1,066 no votes to pass. The non-binding, Measure E, directing 85 percent of that revenue to be spent on public safety, passed with 60.68 per- cent approval. NOV. 4 ELECTION Finalelectionballotscounted Carlson holds off incumbent Bruce for supervisor By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews. com @richgreenenews on Twitter CORNING T hu r s - day's Peak of the Val- ley Northern California Food & Education Expo at Rolling Hills Casino offered products that varied well beyond the usual fare of olive oil and almonds. Energy drinks, pop- corn, tortilla chips, cheese, jams and choco- late were among a mul- titude of products that may have varied by na- ture, but had one thing in common — passion. In its inaugural year Peak of the Valley of- fered two days of work- shops for food produc- ers, representing nine northern California counties, and a Thurs- day afternoon open trade show. For up-and-coming businesses both are im- portant, as is meeting and exchanging ideas with others. Daniel Bixler, owner of Humboldt Hotsauce, said in Humboldt County he dubs the col- laboration between sim- ilar but competing busi- nesses as "coope-tition." "Anyone you meet here is a good person. It's a community," said Kim Pedley, who runs Township Valley Farm with her husband, Mar- tin. The couple sells home made pesto sauces out of Browns Valley. While Kim manned the expo booth, Martin was attending one of the seven workshops being offered to the vendors. The workshops of- fered insight on how to grow a specialty food business into a large- scale success. Brannen Gourmet, which makes origi- nal pepper and barbe- cue sauces out of Butte County, was in the same boat as the Pedleys. Owner Karol Bran- nen was attending the workshops, while hus- band Vince answered questions and gave out samples of the product. "It's just fun to see people's faces light up when they taste some- thing that they're not used to," Vince said. Peak of the Valley was a collaboration between Shasta College and Cal- ifornia Community Col- leges along with Upstate California and cospon- sored by PG&E. "Whether they are growers, or entrepre- neurs, or foodies, they're passionate about food or some kind of food," said Kathy Garcia of the Job Training Cen- ter, who helped organize the event. "It might be they're passionate about organics, or gluten-free or the best barbecue sauce, but they are su- per passionate about it and that really comes through. It makes it a very exciting industry." That passion is mov- ing from beyond the producers to the con- sumers. "I don't think five years ago this would fly," Kim Pedley said. "But people care now. Where is this from? How did this get here? What are the ingredients? You see people in the grocery stores, they're reading the box or the jar." Pedley said she's on board to attend again next year if a second Peak of the Valley is held. Bixler, who has at- tended several similar expos said he would like to see the event expand an additional day. "I think it would be great to get more of the local public involved. I think they did a su- per job, way above ex- pectations for their first time," he said. PEAK OF THE VALLEY FARM TO EXPO DAILYNEWS—RICHGREENE Tehama County's BeastUp energy drink was one of dozens of vendors at the Peak of the Valley Northern California Food & Education Expo. Life...................A5 Opinion............A4 Sports.............. B1 Education........A8 Lifestyles........A5 Community.....A3 Index............... ## INDEX The Li Tehama event will be held at the Tehama District Fairground from 9a.m. to 3 p.m. today. RECYCLE THE WARMTH LIFTTehamaeventat fairgrounds today CalVet has released a toolkit to help the state's women veterans in the workplace. 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