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BUSINESS D DowJonesIndustrial 16,153.54(-295.64) D Standard & Poor's 1903.03 (-36.35) D Nasdaq 4516.95 (-103.42) Have a great day, Barbara Thompson. GOOD MORNING! Check out what's going on in your neighborhood and the community. PAGE A2 CALENDAR "We are excited about this opportunity to accept this donation from the Paskenta Band of the Nomlaki." —CalFireChiefChristineThompson Staff Reports @redbluffnews on Twitter RED BLUFF ARedBluffElementarySchoolDis- trict campus was temporarily closed Friday due to a construction error in the surrounding area. Vista Preparatory Academy, which was closed as a precaution, was the only school affected in the incident that involved potential contamina- tion of the school's water supply. "The construction happening adjacent to Vista caused a break in the water lines," Red Bluff Ele- mentary School District Superintendent William McCoy said in an email. "This did not occur on Vista Prep's property, but like others in the area, we were impacted." School was closed at Vista on Friday to provide time for the water to be sent to a lab and tested, McCoy said. The water tests came back clear and school was able to resume on Monday. "As always, we would like to thank our part- ners at the city of Red Bluff for working with us during this challenge to ensure the safety of our students," McCoy said. SCHOOL Construction errorcloses areacampus The Tehama County Public Health Advisory Board's Dental Subcommittee in partnership the Rolling Hills Clinic will be sponsoring Tehama County's annual Give Kids a Smile event Satur- day, Feb. 6 at the Rolling Hills Clinic, 2540 Sis- ter Mary Columba Drive in Red Bluff, to provide an estimated 100 underserved children with free dental services. Registration is required and runs 7:30-9 a.m. Nearly one in four children aged 2 to 11 years old has untreated cavities in their baby teeth, ac- cording to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Give Kids a Smile is held annually to provide free, easily accessible dental services to individ- uals who do not qualify for dental insurance and raise awareness of the epidemic of untreated den- tal disease occurring locally and nationally and create local public and private partnerships to increase access to oral health care to solve this crisis. Public Health's Dental Subcommittee, volun- teer local dental professionals, community mem- bers, agencies and organizations have been sup- porting the local Give Kids a Smile event for 11 years. The American Dental Association launched the Give Kids a Smile program nationally in 2003. Each year about 350,000 to 400,000 children benefit from more than 1,500 events, thanks to the efforts of 40,000 or more volunteers nation- wide. The Medicaid system that provides for chil- dren in need is underfunded. Even with suffi- cient support from outside resources, many indi- viduals must go without preventative care, which often leads to a need for more costly emergency treatment. In addition to underfunded programs, many children in the community do not qualify for dental insurance — these are the children who are served at this event. "Preventive care is critical to maintaining good dental health and overall wellbeing, and we will continue to participate in efforts to help those who need it," said event coordinator Mary Jacob- son. "But we can't do it alone. We need the our community to support future legislative and state ballot measures in support of increased scope of dental services covered by insurance for all ages." For more information, call Jacobson at 527- 6824. CHILDREN'S HEALTH Gi ve K id s A Smile provides fr ee d en ta l car e for children Community.....A3 Business .........A4 Lifestyles........A5 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 Food.................B4 INDEX The order will improve federal buildings making them safer and lowering the costs for re- covering from a quake. PAGE B6 GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS Obamaordersmore earthquake resilience High-tech identity-disguising tools are being used to anony- mously threaten schools and trigger police response. PAGE B5 SWATTING Hoaxers going online to threaten schools By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF The 10th an- nual Red Bluff Exchange Club's Search for Talent competition kicked off Sat- urday with an afternoon of auditions at the Red Bluff Veterans Memorial Hall, which was filled with par- ticipants and their sup- porters. In all, there were 22 who auditioned, which included three groups of duets, or- ganizers said. While the majority had signed up in advance, there were a number of walk-ins, said Ben Hughes, one of the event organizers. Auditions included a pair on recorders, another pair playing This Land Is My Land on the piano and a few danced, including Irish jig and ballet style dances. The majority of those who auditioned were singers. Winners of the 2015 contest were Jordyn Arm- strong for the primary di- vision, ages 6-10; Mark Co- hen for the junior division, ages 10-14; and the duo of Ellie Fletcher and Mitch- ell Sauve in the senior di- vision, ages 13-18. The competition will be held Saturday, Feb. 27 at AUDITIONS Search For Talent holds auditions Mitchell Sauve, le , and Ashtin Lopeman, right, both of Red Bluff audition for Red Bluff's Search For Talent on Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Hall. By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF The first do- nations to be approved for sponsorship recognition, according to the rules set in the first phase of the Tehama County Market- ing plan passed in 2015, went before the Board of Supervisors for approval Tuesday. The board had previ- ously discussed the mar- keting plan, which was sent out for state certifi- cation in August, and the idea presented by Tehama County Jobs Development Coordinator Caylyn Brown that having a way to rec- ognize sponsors might bring more funding to the county. Cal Fire and Tehama County Fire stepped for- ward to seek two oppor- tunities that brought two new vehicles, a water ten- der and a rescue squad, to the list of available re- sources. The first order of busi- ness was to approve the donation of $125,000 from the Paskenta Band of Nom- laki Indians, represented by Andy Freeman and Andrew Alejandre of the Tribal Council, for a res- cue squad to be stationed at the Corning Rural Fire Department. "We're excited about this opportunity to accept this donation from the Paskenta Band of the Nom- laki," Cal Fire Chief Chris- tine Thompson said. "Not only will it benefit Tehama County Fire, but the citi- zens of Corning and the en- tire south county. It's going to be responding to traffic collisions, rescue type in- cidents, medical aides and structure fires throughout DONATION COUNTY OKS SPONSOR RECOGNITION PLAN Corning Rural Fire Chief Jim Allen, le , accepts a donation to Tehama County Fire from Andrew Alejandre and Andy Freeman of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians. PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB - DAILY NEWS Cal Fire Battalion Chief Brian DeSmet and Chief Christine Thompson pose for a picture by a water tender stationed in Mineral that was procured thanks to a donation by PG&E. Brokenwatermaincouldhave contaminated Vista's water supply JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS TALENT PAGE 7 SPONSOR PAGE 7 VOTING STARTS TODAY! 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