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SunShine High: Low: 100 68 PAGEB6 ByJulieZeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF The Tehama County Coroner's Of- fice has identified the deceased in Tuesday's early morning fatal collision on State Route 99W as 82-year-old Los Molinos resident Lawrence Pritchard. Pritchard was driving his 2000 Buick about 55 mph going north on 99W, north of Sunbright Avenue, near the Walmart Distribution Center about 5:05 a.m. Tuesday when he came upon a disabled 2015 semi truck facing west across 99W. Pritchard did not see the road was blocked and collided with the big rig, going under it, a Cali- fornia Highway Patrol spokeswoman said. The driver of the disabled semi had exited his vehicle prior to the collision and was standing on west shoulder of the road. He was not injured, the spokeswoman said. The incident is under investigation, however, alcohol and drugs are not suspected to be in- volved, a CHP spokesman said Wednesday. The vehicle was disabled due to being stuck, not from mechanical issues, the spokesman said. The driver had made a U-turn, gotten stuck on the shoulder of the road and couldn't move any farther. STATE ROUTE 99W Victimis 82-year-old LosMolinos resident By Janie Har Associated Press LAKEPORT The firefighters come from near and far, working 24-hour shifts to snuff out an unpre- dictable blaze that has burned more than 69,000 acres in Northern California near Clear Lake. They bunk in tight sleepers and eat in a big mess hall. They depart in the mornings with enormous high-calorie sack lunches of sand- wiches and cookies as others come back tired, footsore and hungry to their makeshift base at the Lake County fairgrounds. The National Interagency Fire Center in Idaho has listed the Rocky Fire as the nation's highest priority for crews and equipment. It is the largest of 23 fires statewide and takes up nearly a third of the 10,000 firefighters dispatched in Califor- nia, which has become tinder box amid years of drought. The fire has burned an area almost 3 times as large as the city of Chico. The good news is state fire officials prepared for a drought-fueled fire season and staffed up early with several hundred more firefighters than previous years, Cal Fire spokesman Daniel Ber- lant said. "We're definitely at a medium to high level of activity but we're not at extreme, where we are low on resources by any means," he said. "That helps us out if there are new fires." Across the U.S., 118 fires are burning on 2,757 square-miles, according to the Idaho fire center. About 17,200 people are fighting those fires, but resources are not tapped out yet, center spokes- woman Robyn Broyles said. If civilian crews run low, officials can call on national guard and mil- itary crews. In California, the Department of Fire and For- estry Protection has responded to 4,200 fires this year — 1,500 more than average, Berlant said. The biggest is in rugged terrain in Lake, Yolo FIRE UPDATE Californiameets drought-fueled fire season with extra crews Community.....A3 Opinion............A4 Lifestyles........A6 Sports..............B1 A+E..................B3 Weather..........B6 INDEX The Corning Veterans Hall will come alive 11a.m. to 3p.m. Saturday with a large number of veterans services. PAGE A6 LIFESTYLES VeteransExposetfor Corning Saturday Ground covers are o en used in borders, beds or in place of lawns to suppress weeds and create color. PAGE A3 COMMUNITY Garden Club lists some favorite ground covers Man unleashes volley of pep- per spray on movie theater audience before being shot dead by police officer. PAGE B4 NASHVILLE Suspect wielding gun, hatchet dies at theater A piece of a wing found on is- land confirmed as first physi- cal evidence from plane that disappeared last year. PAGE B6 MISSING PLANE Malaysian leader: Debris is from MH170 By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Lassen Volca- nic National Park Superin- tendent Steve Gibbons at- tended the Tehama County Board of Supervisors meet- ing Tuesday to introduce himself and give an up- date on the park. The park had a record number of visitors in 2014 with 432,977 people bring- ing about $25.1 million to the local economy, which Gibbons defines as those areas within about a 60- mile radius of the park, he said. The 2014 numbers show an increase of about 25,500 new visitors to the park. The money brought in to the park supports about 375 jobs in local commu- nities, Gibbons said. The park is anticipating the visitor numbers for 2015 will continue the up- ward trend, particularly as the gas prices make it con- ducive for people to get out to the national parks, Gib- bons said. Increased revenue is an- ticipated in part because of the June 1 fee increase im- plemented. The entry fee per vehi- cle was raised to $20 from $10, per person was raised LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK $25.1 million boost for local economy JULIE ZEEB - DAILY NEWS Lassen Volcanic National Park Superintendent Steve Gibbons gives a presentation on the park and its visitors and economic impact Tuesday at Tehama County Board of Supervisors meeting. By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews. com DN_Heather on Twitter REDBLUFF An inspiring lo- cal woman, Michelle Carlson thrives on re-imagining edu- cation and providing young people support and the op- portunity to do what they enjoy doing. Carlson, of Red Bluff, is now the CEO of Future De- velopment Group, work- ing with schools in Tehama County. The company does con- sulting and project manage- ment that includes creating Maker Spaces and imple- menting new student-cen- tered learning programs to help institutions in trans- forming from traditional models and modes of learn- ing to cutting-edge learning models. Since Carlson was young she knew there was go- ing to be something in the world on which she was go- ing to make an impact to make things better. So the business just naturally hap- pened, she said. Although she has been ap- proached by people outside Tehama County, Carlson said she has no intention of leaving her hometown. "I care very deeply about this community," Carlson said. "It's one of those things that if every talented person has a big dream has to leave to make that stuff happen, what happens to our home- town? What happens to our own community? At some point we need to encourage people, encourage people by going first yourself, and say- ing 'Well I did it and so other people can do it too.'" Carlson became very ac- tive in the Makers idea and has since been recognized for her work. "I was asked to speak at the Maker Educator Con- vening on a panel," Carlson said. "It was at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco in May. We got to speak on a panel about equity and di- versity in maker education. It was a really amazing ex- perience. The message is re- ally important." Maker Education is a movement that started 10 years ago and is a world- wide movement. The maker movement is for educating children in a completely dif- ferent way. "It's very student cen- tered. It's based on intrinsic motivation so kids choose things that are of interest to them and then they kind of dive deeply into those things," Carlson said. "It's about providing them with the opportunities and sup- port for them to pursue their own passions. And find their passions to pursue them. It's an entirely different take on learning." The invitation to join the panel came about be- cause about a year ago Carl- son created the very first Maker Space project in Te- hama County. It will be fea- tured at the Tehama District Fair in September as well as other venues. "I quickly realized the power of approaching learn- ing in this other way, that was less structured, less di- rect and less expectations RE-IMAGINING EDUCATION ENTREPRENEUR INSPIRES STUDENTS HEATHER HOELSCHER — DAILY NEWS Michelle Carlson with the car her husband, father and she restored. "I care very deeply about this community. It's one of those things that if every talented person has a big dream has to leave to make that stuff happen, what happens to our hometown? 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