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Staffreport REDBLUFF Abombthreatthatturnedouttobe a hoax was made at Vista Preparatory Academy Thursday. School Resource Officer Sean Baxter received information around 1:50 p.m. from the school that an 11-year-old boy, a student at the school, said he had placed an explosive device somewhere on campus, according to a news release issued by Red Bluff Police Department on Thursday. The student presented a letter to his teacher around 11:30 a.m. stating that he had placed the bomb. Officers from Red Bluff Police Department, Te- hama County Sheriff's Office, Tehama County Dis- trict Attorney's Bureau of Investigations, Red Bluff Fire Department and Cal School officials activated the schools evacuation protocol about 1:55 p.m., the release said. All stu- dents and staff evacuated to designated safe lo- cations. Officers and fire personnel searched the campus; however, no suspicious items or explo- sives were located. Baxter contacted and arrested the boy for false report of planting a bomb and transported him to Tehama County Juvenile Hall. At this time, there is no evidence to suggest there was ever an explosive device on the campus and no injuries were reported during this incident. VISTA School bomb threat ahoax Studentincustodyoverthreat By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF A solo motorcycle crash about 3:15 p.m. Thursday on State Route 36W initially re- ported as a major injury incident turned into a fa- tal, said California Highway Patrol Public Infor- mation Officer Troy Somavia. The rider was flown to Mercy Medical Center in Redding and died due to injuries, Somavia said. The crash took place near the R Wild Horse Ranch and was reported by a passerby who came uponthecrashafterithadhappened,Somaviasaid. A Cal Fire truck responding to the incident was involved in a collision while responding to the in- cident, Somavia said. Cal Fire was contacted, but no information was available yet on that incident, a spokesman said. Traffic on 36W was blocked for about an hour with the westbound lane reopening about 4:15 p.m., according to the CHP website. FATAL Fatalmotorcycle crashes on Route 36W Community.....A4 Lifestyles........A5 Classifieds......B9 Opinion............A8 Sports..............B1 Weather........A10 INDEX St. Elizabeth Auxiliary awarded an educational scholarship recently to William "Dan" Bennett. PAGEA4 COMMUNITY Nursingstudentgets Auxiliary scholarship Caltrans will suspend road work on State Route 299's Buckhorn Grade for Labor Day weekend. PAGE A5 LIFESTYLES Caltrans to suspend SR 299 work for weekend Defiant Kentucky county clerk sent to jail for invoking beliefs to deny licenses to same-sex couples. PAGE A6 KENTUCKY Deputy clerks step in to issue marriage licenses Emergency plans, public safety training reflect new reality: Crude shipments see a fi yfold increase. PAGE B8 TRANSPORTATION Big cities prep for oil train disaster By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF The final cur- tain call for the majority of still exhibit entry forms is at 5 p.m. today for the Te- hama District Fair. Entries for Livestock Exhibits closed Aug. 28. The deadlines were ex- tended about a week as there were some issues with try- ing to change the format for accepting entries, said office manager Joyce Bundy. "We were trying to estab- lish an online entry process, but that didn't materialize as quickly as we wanted so we extended the still exhibit deadline," Bundy said. The one exception is that some of the floriculture ex- hibits aren't due until Sept. 18. Entrants should check the fair's premium book to see if their category is one of the exceptions. While forms are due to- day, items themselves are not due until 5 p.m. on Sun- day, Sept. 20. There were two new cat- egories added to the list of exhibits including one that is a part of the Maker Sum- mer project. Maker Summer involves activities meant to get children out and to be creative with their families during the summer through the efforts and activities of the Tehama County Depart- ment of Education, Expect More Tehama, the Green Room Community Art Stu- dio, Safe Education and Rec- reation For Rural Families and other groups. REGISTER Tehama District Fair deadline for still exhibits today JULIE ZEEB- DAILY NEWS Tehama District Fair Office Assistant Danielle Williamsen, le , helps Christi Szychulda of Little Scholars Preschool, right, fill out entry forms for her students Thursday. The deadline for most still exhibits is today, Friday, Sept. 4. By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews. com DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF Berrendos Mid- dle School has added new programs to the curriculum to enrich and assist the stu- dents' educational goals and to get children engaged in classes to prepare for high school. "We have added a new class period," said Princi- ple Jim Weber. "After a year here and working with the staff we decided we were not serving all of our stu- dents to the best of our abil- ity and we looked for another option to help in educational pathways for those who need additional support in lan- guage arts and mathemat- ics. We had the opportunity to provide some enrichment. It provides about half of our students some extra help and half some enrichment areas." Added to the curriculum is a drama and preforming arts class with a goal to pro- duce three to four musicals in the year. "We have also developed an introductory conversa- tional Spanish period," We- ber said. "We offer a little bit of Spanish during the day but we wanted to have an- other option for kids. This class' goal is to give the kids some background so if they decide to take Spanish in high school, they will have some background and have a good experience and also be on that college pathway." The goal is to give stu- dents an interest and a head start, said Antelope School District Superintendent Rich Hassay. A digital publishing class will incorporate a lot of technology and electronic devices. The school uses Google programs and students are already set up with an e- mail account, something third-, fourth- and fifth- graders are now learning before they get to the mid- dle school level. "They are doing a Na- tional Park project right now," Weber said. "They are going to present things about a dozen or so Na- tional Parks. The students will learn information about our country and will have a couple other presentations. Mainly they will learn skills like public speaking and graphic design." The class should give students the opportunity to obtain those skills they will most likely use in high school, college and in the work force. The last two classes in the new class periods are more science-based and mathe- matical. "We are calling it our STEM based advisory," We- ber said. "The teacher is fo- cusing this year, because it is a timely and contempo- rary idea, on water resource management. The students are expected to work in groups to build bridges, dams and they are hoping to build a water filtration system as well." Through the participation with Project Lead the Way, Berrendos has introduced a computer science class that focuses on computer coding. Here the students have op- portunities to learn how to build apps. "The main goal of using this Project Lead the Way curriculum is if our stu- dents complete that curric- ulum and want to go to into a pathway in computer sci- ence, they will be able to have the first course, which is the prerequisite for that pathway, completed by the time they go to Red Bluff High School," Hassay said. "If not they've got a great advantage with having expe- rience," Weber said. "There are kids that are going in during lunch and working on that stuff." The students seem to be actively involved in and passionate about the new classes and excited to learn this new material. The future is looking bright as the school is look- ing for and brainstorming ideas for new enrichment classes. EDUCATION FORWARD THINKING Berrendos Middle School adds new programs to enrich current curriculum HEATHER HOELSCHER — DAILY NEWS Seventh- and eighth-graders at Berrendos Middle School learn computer coding and app building through new class opportunities. SACRAMENTO A 40-year-old Cottonwood man was sentenced Thursday to 6 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for receipt of child pornography. According to court documents, law enforce- ment identified a computer at Larry Steven Oc- chipinti's Shasta County residence offering files of child pornography, according to a press release from the Office of the U.S. Attorney, Eastern Dis- trict of California. PRISON Man gets 6 1/2 years for child porn EXHIBITS PAGE 9 PORN PAGE 9 » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, September 4, 2015 50CENTS AN EDITION OF THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD Good morning, thanks for subscribing Laura Dolling VOLLEYBALL Corning, Los Molinos take wins Sports B1 EDUCATION Folk school to offer classes for all ages Lifestyles A5 LiketheDailyNews on Facebook and stay in the loop on local news, sports and more. VISITFACEBOOK.COM/ RBDAILYNEWS LIKEUSON FACEBOOK Volume130,issue206 7 58551 69001 9 T‑shower High: Low: 82 55 PAGE A10