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ByJulieZeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Several Metteer El- ementary School students were dressed up Wednesday after- noon for a preview performance of a fundraiser scheduled for Friday. The school is holding a to- stada dinner Friday beginning at 5:30 p.m. to help with the cost of costumes for the Met- teer Baile Folklorico, said Prin- cipal Barbara Gaskin-Houghton. "The Metteer Booster Club advanced the Ballet Folklorico approximately $1,300 to pur- chase beautiful dancing dresses from Mexico," Gaskin-Houghton said. "We've also had generous and resourceful parents, such as Bethany Wakeman, make ef- forts to secure donations for the boys' costumes. We're looking to offset that donation amount with the dinner and raffle. Any support would certainly be wel- come." BAILE FOLKLORICO Folkdancersto hold fundraiser By Lisa Leff The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Backers of a marijuana legalization initiative said Wednesday they have col- lected enough signatures for the measure to qualify for the Novem- ber ballot in California. The coalition that includes former Facebook president Sean Parker and is backed by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and marijuana advocacy groups said it has col- lected 600,000 signatures from registered voters — far more than the 365,000 needed — ahead of the July 5 deadline. Stressing what promises to be a dominant message of their cam- paign, Newsom and other sup- porters said the initiative will make it harder for people under 21 to obtain pot. "You do not need to be pro- marijuana to be pro-legalization," Newson said. "We are not promot- ing something that is not already INITIATIVE 600K sign petition to legalize pot in state By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF The City Council ad- opted the fiscal year 2016/2017 budget Tuesday with a 4-1 vote, with two changes: the proposed Red Bluff-Tehama County Cham- ber of Commerce funding will re- main at $70,000 instead of the recommendation to decreased it and the addition of $10,000 to be set aside to aid the homeless. The city budget is presented to the council annually for adop- tion as the spending plan for the coming fiscal year is pre- sented. Included in the budget are the recommendations of the budget committee, which con- sist of council members Robert Schmid and Suren Patel, and the city staff. Those in the audience were concerned with the proposed recommendation, which was to decrease the chamber's funding to $35,000 from $70,000. Dur- ing public comment on the mat- ter one person said the cham- ber has done much for the city and his business with the hike in tourism they've created over the past few years. Chamber President and CEO Dave Gowan said one of the chamber's roles in the commu- nity is tourism. "It's a part of who we are," Gowan said. "When we're talk- ing about tourism, we're talk- ing about quality of life for Red Bluff. We're talking about what do we have to offer our residents and those that come to our com- munity." The more people the chamber can get to visit the community the better it is, Gowan said. With the partnerships the chamber has with multiple organizations within the city, including receiv- ing the funding from the city, the chamber is able to do everything it has been doing. Mayor Clay Parker proposed that the funding remain the same as last year for the chamber and that $10,000 be set aside for the homeless, a topic he believes the city has not addressed enough. With the two changes the an- nual budget was approved. Plans for the $10,000 will be discussed at a later meeting. The council approved changes regarding billing and reporting tracking to quarterly reports RED BLUFF Cityleaveschamberfundingasis By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter PAYNES CREEK While there has been a good deal of rain this year compared to the past four years, fire danger is still present and there is still the need to train as 47 fire crews from nine con- servation camps did at the 31st annual Ishi Conservation Camp Preparedness Exercises over a four-day period. "There's a lot of dead trees out there from the past four years, which is a hazard," said Cal Fire Northern Region Public Infor- mation Officer Scott McLean. "There's also areas where it has been brown until this last rain. The grass and other vegetation had fallen over and with the rain another grass crop has started up, which will become brown and fall over as it dies. This makes a thicker matted area that takes more effort to control when a fire goes through that area." The hand crews all went through several tests such as pro- ficiency in deploying fire shelters, a timed hike four-mile hike, cut- ting a 300 foot, six-foot wide fire line and tooling up, which is get- ting out of the truck and show- ing off their knowledge of how to use, carry and quickly drop to the ground to prepare for a wa- ter drop in the area with their as- signed tool should the need arise. "We do this exercise to make sure the crews are ready to go," said Tehama-Glenn Unit Public Information Officer Kevin Col- burn. "It also keeps them up to date on safety and training. We want to make sure they're pro- ficient in what they are doing before they get into the heat of things." At the exercise, crews were asked to show proficiency on a pass or fail basis where if they fail they will not be put into TRAINING ISHI CAMP HOSTS 31ST FIRE CREW EXERCISES PHOTOSBYJULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS The Devil's Garden fire crew hikes out on a trail where they will be told at some point there is a need to deploy a fire shelter at the 2016Ishi Conservation Camp Preparedness Exercises on Wednesday in the Paynes Creek area. The Devil's Garden fire crew is told there is a need to move a er they have deployed fire shelters at the 2016Ishi Conservation Camp Preparedness Exercises on Wednesday in the Paynes Creek area. GOOD MORNING Have a great day, Reta Wright Robotic arm performs well in small tests; doctors defend use of more machinery in medicine. PAGEB6 MEDICINE Robotstitches tissue by itself Some within embattled Republican Party at odds with presidential presumptive nominee. PAGE B5 ELECTION 2016 Trump's rise in GOP causes some agony "We do this exercise to make sure the crews are ready to go." — Kevin Colburn, Tehama-Glenn Unit Public Information Officer CHAMBER PAGE 7 POT PAGE 7 BAILE PAGE 7 FIRE PAGE 7 Community.....A3 Lifestyles........A4 A&E..................A5 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 Weather ..........B8 INDEX Check out what's going on in your neighborhood and the community. 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