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Deathnoticesmustbe provided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Deathnotices Hunt. "We have a wide vari- ety of brands and a wide variety of conditions," Hunt said. "Some people swapped for theirs, some found them at a yard sale and some their family has had it since the dawn of time. They're caretakers of the machine because it will last longer than them. Some of the participants do this for entertainment and some of them run it more at home than they do at a show. Everyone's got a story from the old school to the new comer here to learn." Some members come to learn and seek advice or find parts while oth- ers see it as a social event, Hunt said. "It's a lot of fun," Hunt said. "Very high-quality, salt of the earth people." Hunt and his brother Bill partner in organizing the show, inherited the reins from a friend. "When we lose people, it's not just the loss of a friend, but a loss of knowl- edge," Hunt said. Knowledge can be any- thing from the skills to fix things, how things work to a wide variety of things such as the lesser known fact that Ford, Porsche, Volvo and Lamborghini all have made tractor en- gines. It can also be a story of where an engine or trac- tor has been in its lifetime. "That rusty engine over there we brought is one we inherited from a friend," Hunt said. "He could ac- count for every hour of its life. It was used to run a ventilation shaft at a silver mine in Igo. He rescued it in the early 1970s, dragged it home and did a mechani- cal restoration. He came to the shows and one day he gave it to me and passed away 30 days later." For more informa- tion, call 549-4702 or visit http://edgeta.com/ branch114.htm. Tractors FROM PAGE 1 "It's a way to educate the public and make it real for people," Barram said. "They can check out the two camps, Federal and Confed- erate, attend demos sprin- kled throughout the day and engage the re-enactors about a particular aspect of the war, be it a battle, poli- tics, what it's like to fight on horseback or to be a civilian surviving after their town is over-run by the armies." A survey using raised hands following the battle showed that a large number of attendees were first-tim- ers, but there are many who come year after year, Bar- ram said. "It's one of the most piv- otal points of history," Bar- ram said. "We had the rev- olution and then the con- stitution. This was the first real test of the con- stitution and whether it was the states or feds who would have the last word of the law in the land. It also put slavery in place and got the process and framework started. Prior to that, there was nothing set in stone. It set the country on the cor- rect path." The battle is a chance to bring history to life and let visitors experience the smells, sights and sounds of the battlefield, Barram said. It's also the begin- ning of their club's season, which runs through Sep- tember, and the event al- lows the group to recruit new members. Amy Watson of Orland brought her children Ma- son, Christopher and Lau- ren last year to see the event and tagged along with her friend Tricia Smith. This year she joined the event as an official member of the civilian group. She said she loves that it is educa- tional for her children and that even she gets to learn by listening in on the pre- sentations. "It's total immersion into the time period and history of it," said Michelle Weigel of Corning, another mem- ber of the civilian group who brought her children. "It's learning by being there." Volunteers are always welcome and can even do a trial-run of an event by connecting with the group through its Civil War Days of Red Bluff Facebook page or by visiting racw.org. War FROM PAGE 1 10 years. Renee Davis will be stepping into that role for 2017. "It's a really nice event," said Zach Whitten of Whit- tenberg Country School. "It brings a lot of families in where we can give them in- formation of the resources in the Tehama County area as well as promote our school and upcoming events like the Old Time Country Faire at Ridgeway Park in June or the summer camps we host such as the Space Camp one and the Shakespeare one." Whitten wears another hat as teacher for the Sac- ramento River Discovery Center summer camps, a six-week series. Several booths were pro- moting literacy, such as the Tehama Reads booth that gave away a book to each child and the Tehama County Library, which pro- moted its summer pro- grams as well as the crafts such as the lady bug one being done Saturday. "It's a great event to get books and see what Red Bluff has to offer as well as to share our programs," Librarian Sally Ainsworth said. "We always have a good time here and it's a good intro into summer when kids are out of school for literacy based pro- grams that help with the gap (that happens when children don't keep their minds active) over sum- mer." Outside, the Tehama County Health Serivces Agency had several booths around the Bike Rodeo, which the Public Health Division put on in collab- oration with the California Highway Patrol and Red Bluff Police Department through an Office of Traffic Safety grant, said Commu- nity Health Education Su- pervisor Denise Norwood. Officers along with Pub- lic Health staff, CHP, Te- hama County Sheriff's Ex- plorers and Chico State nursing students staffed the hand-designed course that was largely created by Pub- lic Health Bilingual Health Educator Vanessa Contre- ras and put together with assistance from all of the agencies, Norwood said. "This is the third year of the grant to provide infor- mation on pedestrian safety and riding bikes, wearing a helmet and knowing your signals," Norwood said. "We also teach about and help make sure helmets fit prop- erly and for those who don't have one and are income- eligible we have provided a helmet." Fred Avila of Tehama County Probation volun- teered to fix up bicycles ac- quired through a partner- ship with Corning Police and at the end of the event they were raffled off. "We're helping teach them the rules of the road," said CHP Public Informa- tion Officer Troy Soma- via. "It's good to instill it in their minds at an early age the rules of road safety, whether as pedestrians or bicyclists, and how to keep themselves and others safe. We also get to pass on in- formation to the parents on the rules as well as an- swer questions about bicy- cle myths. There's a lot of misconceptions and misin- formation out there and we get to answer their ques- tions on it." Fair FROM PAGE 1 PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Chico State University Nursing Student Haley Van Sickle talks with a child about traffic safety while California Highway Patrol Officer Dave Madrigal directs traffic with a stop sign Saturday at the 30th annual Tehama County Children's Fair. CHP Officer Troy Somavia, center right, talks with an attendee. A girl tosses bean bags at the Tehama County Department of Social Services booth on Saturday at the Tehama County Children's Fair. PHOTOS BY JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS A child lies dead on the battlefield in a re-enactment battle during Civil War Days Saturday at Dog Island Park. Lauren Watson of Orland plays graces, a game of tossing hoops with a stick, Saturday during the annual Civil War Days event at Dog Island Park. JULIE ZEEB - DAILY NEWS Club President Steve Zane of Paynes Creek works to balance his Case tractor on a trailer Saturday at the Nor Cal Antique Tractor and Engine Show at the Tehama District Fairground. Mitchell's bill would have repealed a 1985 law creating so-called sen- tence enhancements for prior drug crimes. People convicted of a number of drug-related offenses can get an additional three years added to their sen- tence for each prior drug conviction. The bill would continue to allow enhancements for people convicted of deal- ing large volumes of drugs. Mitchell said it's unfair to extend a prison sentence based on a prior crime for which the defendant has already served time. The bill would benefit, in par- ticular, low-income drug users and small-scale sell- ers, not cartel bosses or large-volume dealers, she said. Mitchell can bring her bill back at a later date. "We have members who are just really stuck," Mitchell told The Associ- ated Press after the vote. "Stuck in this antiquated, perhaps racist attitude about who's worthy of in- vestment and redemption and who's not." Bill FROM PAGE 1 By Joseph Pisani The Associated Press NEW YORK Newspaper publisher Gannett wants to buy Tribune Publish- ing for more than $388 million, a deal that would give the owner of USA To- day control of the Los An- geles Times, Chicago Tri- bune and several other newspapers. But Gannett said Mon- day that Tribune has re- fused to start "construc- tive discussions" since it first offered to buy its ri- val earlier this month. Tri- bune confirmed Monday that it received the un- solicited offer and said it "will respond to Gannett as quickly as feasible." Gannett wants Tribune so that it can expand its USA Today Network, an effort it launched late last year to unite USA Today with its more than 100 lo- cal daily newspapers . The network helps the com- pany share stories more easily between USA To- day and its smaller papers, such as the Detroit Free Press and The Des Moines Register. Earlier this year, the company remade the logos on all its local news- paper front pages and web- sites to say that they are "a part of the USA Today Net- work." Buying Tribune would give Gannett 11 more ma- jor daily newspapers, in- cluding the Orlando Sen- tinel, The Baltimore Sun and the Hartford Courant. $388 MILLION US A To da y' s Ga nn et t bi ds for LA Times publisher We Don'tThink Cr emation Should Cost So much. www.affordablemortuary.net•529-3655 FD1538 LocatedinChico,CA R ed Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service FD1931 527-1732 Now open longer hours 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2016 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A