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ByEllenKnickmeyer TheAssociatedPress SONOMA California is taking desperate steps to save the last endangered salmon in Wine Country creeks that are going dry because of over-pumping and the drought, officials said Thursday. Water has run so low in the four tributaries of the Russian River in Sonoma County that state workers have been dis- patched with nets and buckets to rescue the last surviving coho salmon. Threatened steelhead trout are also being pulled from dry- ing stretches of the waterways. In addition, the state Water Resources Control Board next week will consider ordering world-class wineries and thou- sands of other landowners along those creeks to stop all watering of lawns and to start monitoring how much water they are using. "Fish rescue is an emergency- room action. It's not a solution," said Andrew Hughan, spokes- man for the California Depart- ment of Fish and Wildlife. "The solution is water in the creek." The state is not asking the wineries to cut back on water- ing of gravevines. The state says pumping from wells near the creeks is helping draw down the levels in the waterways. Landowners and vineyard managers are trading blame for draining the streams. "It's more than just" drought, said Jim Doerksen, a ranch owner along Mark West Creek, one of the four tributaries. "Vineyard wells are pretty substantial wells." Sonoma County's billion-dol- lar wine industry contends it's cutting water use as much as it can. "Cohos are in a pretty dire sit- uation here in these watersheds," said Doug McIlroy of the Sonoma County Winegrape Commission. "A lot of us are aware of that and a lot of us are doing everything we can to help on that." California is caught in its dri- est-four year period on record. Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered 25 percent mandatory conservation starting this month in cities and towns. Many agricultural areas, mostly in Central and Southern California, also have been told to cut water use. DROUGHT Statetries to save salmon in creeks CORNING The Rolling Hills Ca- sino Community Development Foundation committee this week announced grants totaling more than $19,400. While most of the funding went to educational programs focused on raising literacy, public safety programs also benefited. Several of the grants funded technol- ogy improvements to enhance instruction capabilities in local schools. Antelope Elementary School re- ceived $2,500 to purchase large screen televisions and projection devices that enable teachers to clearly display lessons in an in- teractive environment. Internet access and DVD options allow teachers to show educational vid- eos, display research and encour- age student participation. Maywood Middle School re- ceived $500 to purchase tablets to help with testing and reading programs; Lincoln Street School received $600 for iPads to teach core curriculum and other edu- cation instruction; and Jackson Heights Elementary School re- ceived two smart boards for spe- cial education classes. "It's important that we give students every advantage possi- ble to succeed, and our technol- ogy grants help to do that," said Ambrosia Rico, treasurer of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indi- ans, administrators of the foun- dation. "We are proud to fund technology that will increase the enthusiasm of students about learning, resulting in improved literacy and test scores, and re- duced absenteeism." Literacy was also the focus of a grant to Red Bluff Union High School for $5,000 to establish a Book in Common program for students, parents and staff. The school plans to purchase 600 cop- ies of a book relevant to issues of Tehama County to create a com- munity of readers and create di- alogue that promotes a healthy community culture. The program includes a range of activities such as a family film night and com- munity book discussions. Recognizing the importance of outside factors in school read- iness, which affects literacy, the foundation awarded $2,500 to the Back to School project. The grant provides local low-income school children with $100 gift cards to purchase new clothing, shoes and backpacks with the help of volun- teer shoppers. DONATION Foundation supports literacy, public safety By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter CORNING The City Council here has adopted mandatory water conservation rules, including a limit on landscape watering to no more than two days per week. The measures were adopted in a 5-0 vote at the council's regular meeting Tuesday and are aimed at following state rules calling on non-urban water suppliers, which include the city of Corning, to tar- get a 25 percent reduction in water use compared to 2013 use. Formally, the City Coun- cil adopted an ordinance that amended the city's water con- servation program to better fol- low the state mandate and im- plemented "Stage II" of the city's water conservation rules. The mandatory water-saving rules call on the city's water cus- tomers to limit outdoor watering of ornamental landscapes to no more than two days per week be- tween the hours of 8 p.m. and 8 a.m., according to the ordinance. City Attorney Jody Burgess said during the City Council meeting that the rule only applies to orna- mental landscapes, not vegetable gardens or orchards. Other measures include restric- tions on new water service con- nections such as an 11,000-gal- lon-per-month limit and condi- tions on outdoor watering. Water service for construction projects, according to the ordi- nance, will be handled on a case- by-case basis. While customers found in vio- lation of the newly-adopted wa- ter rules can face warnings and fines, Mayor Gary Strack said the measures will be difficult for the city to actually enforce "without hiring a bunch of people to go out and spy" on residents. "We're going to try to do the best we can with this," Strack said, adding that the city is ask- ing its residents to "give it their best shot." While the city of Corning also must also follow the water-sav- ing rules, the ordinance includes an exception for Lennox Fields at the Corning Community Park. CORNING Counciladoptswater-savingrules Limitsonlawnwateringamongmeasures Comics............B4 Community.....A3 Lifestyles........A5 Education........A8 Opinion............A4 Sports..............B1 INDEX Gleaners will distribute food in Corning, Red Bluff, Los Molinos and Rancho Tehama next week. PAGEA5 LIFESTYLES Gleanersfood distribution schedule A full list of students placed on the Red Bluff Union High School Honor Roll for the spring semester. PAGE A8 EDUCATION Red Bluff High School honor roll announced Union-backed Democrats op- posed to Obama's Trans-Pa- cific Partnership agenda pull out stops before vote. PAGE B5 CONGRESS Democrats make final push to kill trade bill Dempsey: US military's reach in Iraq could extend much further, perhaps including air- strikes, to counter IS. PAGE B8 PENTAGON General: New US hub in Iraq could be a model JULIE ZEEB - DAILY NEWS Children play with hula hoops Thursday during the Greenville Rancheria Health Fair. By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF The Green- ville Rancheria hosted 15 vendor booths for its first ever health fair Thursday in the back parking lot of the clinic. "We only invited a few vendors for this first event, but we hope to continue every year and hopefully grow," said Maria Gamez, a Greenville Rancheria com- munity health representa- tive and Certified Medical Assistant. "We're excited we got to do this. It's a chance to come together and bring ideas and services to the people. We wanted to pro- mote health and wellness to the community and see what the community wants to see offered." In addition to visiting the various agencies at their booths, participants had the chance to fill out a patient needs survey to get input from the community, Gamez said. The need for a community garden was a common response. Gamez, who co-orga- nized the event with fellow Community Health Repre- sentative Jennifer Gagliano, was excited to see the vari- ety of prizes different ven- dors brought — from Blue- tooth speakers and My Blend cups to expensive sunglasses brought by the Rolling Hills Clinic Oph- thalmology Department. The prizes were raffled off to those who filled out the survey. Greenville's booth of- fered information on a new program, Healing Our Own People (HOOP), which fo- cuses on suicide preven- tion for those ages 10-24, Gamez said. The idea is to hold workshops where chil- dren are shown their tradi- tions and at the same time work toward figuring out what is causing a rise in sui- cide in youths. "Sometimes people are shut down (from talking about traumatic or stressful things in life)," Gamez said. "This is a way they can be taught it is OK to talk about things." For information on the program call Gamez or Stormy King at 528-8600. Ashley Ellis, a volunteer parent, was on hand to give people information on the Oct. 17 Color Dash 5K fun run and walk to benefit Mercy High School and Sa- cred Heart School, she said. The race is open to all ages. "It's a great way to help both schools and to get ev- eryone out and moving," El- lis said. Ellis was also talking to participants about a new program available at Sacred Heart in which kindergar- ten students are given in- struction in both English and Spanish. At the Northern Califor- nia Child Development Inc. booth, Family and Com- munity Outreach Director Tina Robertson and Happy Trails cook Hayley Ward worked to make people aware of healthy options. Ward used her corn av- ocado salsa, which she let participants try, and a jar of Pace Salsa to talk about sodium levels. Referring to the jar, Ward said: "It's probably about 12 times the sodium level of my salsa." While Thursday's rec- ipe had corn in it, Ward oc- casionally replaces it with whatever vegetables are seasonally available, she said. Greenville Rancheria holds health fair HEALTH SALMON PAGE 9 FAIR PAGE 9 GRANTS PAGE 9 COUNCIL PAGE 9 » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, June 12, 2015 50CENTS AN EDITION OF THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD 7 58551 69001 9 Volume130,issue146 Good morning, thanks for subscribing Teri Gallegos PEACE OFFICERS Scout plans to build memorial at fairgrounds Lifestyles A5 4-H Youth summer camp set for July Community A3 FORECAST High: 108 Low: 70 A10 Checkoutourcontinuous news feed, short Tout videos, photo galleries and more. VISITREDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM EVENMORE ONTHEWEB