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ByDavidPitt TheAssociatedPress DES MOINES, IOWA Acoalitionof environmental, animal rights and citizen action groups filed two law- suits Wednesday alleging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is failing to address air pollution problemsfromlarge-scalelivestock farms. The lawsuits, filed in federal court in the District of Columbia, say the EPA has not responded to petitions filed in 2009 and 2011 by the Environmental Integrity Proj- ect and the Humane Society of the United States. Thosepetitionsaskedtheagency to categorize large-scale livestock farms as sources of pollution un- der the Clean Air Act, set air qual- ity standards for new and existing facilities and set health-based stan- dards for ammonia. The lawsuits say the EPA failed to take action and ask it to respond to the petitions within 90 days, En- vironmental Integrity Project at- LIVESTOCK Groupssue EPA seeking air quality standards By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF A formal ribbon cut- ting ceremony will be held 1:30 p.m. Tuesday to open the new Te- hama County Agricultural Center at 1834 Walnut St. The project cost $1.96 million to complete. The building will house the Ag- riculture Department and the Air Pollution Control District Offices. The new center was designed by Nichols, Melburg & Rosetto and was constructed by Donald F. Gallino, Inc. Construction be- gan March 31, 2014. The Tehama County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to ap- prove the notice of completion at its meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The Agricultural Department and Air Pollution Control District will move into the new building later in the week. It was funded through a 2014 Certificate of Participation county bond financing issuance. The building came about as a result of the Administrative Of- fice of the Courts purchasing 4.43 TEHAMA COUNTY Ribbon cutting scheduled for new Ag Center By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter REDBLUFF The City Council here on Tuesday will take on its op- tions regarding the resignation of Councilman Orville Knox, consid- ering whether to advertise for ap- plicants for appointment or call a special election. Knox, who was elected in No- vember 2014, submitted his writ- ten resignation Monday, saying he couldn't continue to perform his duties because of health reasons. The City Council has a few op- tions on how to proceed, accord- ing to city staff. It has 60 days from the day Knox resigned to ei- ther appoint an applicant or call a special election to fill the vacant seat's term, which expires in No- vember 2018. If a special election is called be- fore Feb. 8, according to city staff, the election would be held June 2. If it's called after Feb. 8, the elec- tion would be held Nov. 3. Tehama County officials esti- mate election costs to total be- tween $15,000 and $20,000, ac- cording to city staff. In addition, if the City Coun- cil decides to call a special elec- tion, it could choose between an "ordinary" election or an all-mail ballot election, according to city staff. The all-mail ballot election option would be held Aug. 25 and also cost between $15,000 and $20,000 because of higher post- age costs. The City Council could instead appoint an applicant to the dais. An appointment would have to be made by March 25 for a spe- cial election to not be called au- tomatically. Over the last 19 months, three council members have resigned from the City Council, including Knox. The City Council previously opted to appoint people to the va- cant seats. Most recently, the City Council on Dec. 16 appointed Suren Pa- tel to fill the seat left vacant by RED BLUFF CITY COUNCIL Vacantseatoptionsonagenda County:Specialelection would cost between $15,000 and $20,000 Special to the Daily News REDBLUFF More than 800 base- ball fans queued Friday at the Red Bluff Community and Se- nior Center for a chance to pose with World Series trophies from the San Francisco Giants' 2010, 2012 and 2014 championships. The Giants, continuing their trend of winning the World se- ries in even-numbered years, most recently defeated the Kan- sas City Royals in seven games. Decked out in Giants apparel, Janet Clark of Paradise was first in line at the community center. A diehard fan since 1975, Clark and her husband plan to see the trophies in 14 locations as the "triplets" continue their tour. She said Red Bluff was her third stop. Clark has stories of each piece of her commemorative gear, in- cluding an orange sun hat poked with dozens of buttons and pins. On Opening Day in 2011, just after the Giants won their 2010 championship in San Francisco, she said she caught a fly ball and gave it to a nearby child. Giants reliever Sergio Romo saw her act of kindness and brought her a new ball. He also saw her sun hat, complimented her on it, and then wore it. Matt McGrew of Woodland and Gary Huff of Gridley were queued behind Clark. Longtime friends and Giants fans since the team moved to San Francisco from New York, McGrew said, "We missed the trophies in both 2010 and 2012 and decided we couldn't wait any longer." The seniors at the center also enjoyed a weekly puzzle that featured AT&T Park, the Giants' home. Jinnie Andersen said that her love for the Giants stems back to her childhood, when she met Willie Mays and Willie Mc- Covey at Candlestick Park. "I still have Mays' poster hang- ing up to this day," Andersen said. While admission was free, do- nations gathered will benefit the local Junior Giants program. The World Series trophies will next visit Arron Ray Clark Me- morial Field in Chico 2-4 p.m. to- day, Jan. 31. From there, the tour will visit San Mateo on Monday and San Jose on Tuesday. For more in- formation, visit sanfrancisco.gi- ants.mlb.com/sf/fan_forum/tro- phy_tour.jsp. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS WORLD SERIES TROPHIES VISIT RED BLUFF FANS COURTESYPHOTO Janet Clark of Paradise shows off her sun hat with dozens of commemorative San Francisco Giants pins and buttons Friday as she waited to see the team's recent World Series trophies at the Red Bluff Community and Senior Center. DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY CHIP THOMPSON The line snaked around the parking lot of the Red Bluff Community and Senior Center Friday a ernoon to view the three Giants' World Series trophies on display inside. Sports.............. B1 Community.....A3 Farm ................ A7 Opinion............A6 Life...................B4 Weather .........A12 Index............... ## INDEX The Tehama County Museum held an event prizing precision over power through a series of tractor games. PAGEA3 COMMUNITY Museumholds tractor games The Corning Cardinals boys soccer team was firing on all cylinders Thursday, thumping Central Valley 11-0. PAGE B1 SPORTS Corning boys soccer pounds CV 11-0 Witnesses and authorities say an argument between two men escalated into Knight ramming the pair. PAGE A12 STATE 'Suge' Knight arrested in deadly hit-and-run Romney's exit comes a er several major donors defected to support former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. 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