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By allowing more time and resources to be fo- cused on the hospice pro- gram itself, its care stan- dards and offerings are expected to improve, the release said. Along with hospice care, the program offers bereavement support to the community. To donate time or money to the hospice program, call Kristin Hoskins at 528-4207. Store FROMPAGE1 director. "Residents must ensure they have defen- sible space by removing dead trees and overgrown vegetation from around their homes, but do so safely." Since Jan. 1, Cal Fire and firefighters across the state have already re- sponded to 2017 wildfires that have burned 16,821 acres. In the Cal Fire Te- hama Glenn Unit, firefight- ers have responded to 58 wildfires. While outdoor burn- ing of landscape debris by homeowners is no longer allowed, Cal Fire is ask- ing residents to ensure that they are prepared for wildfires by maintaining a minimum of 100 feet of Defensible Space around every home. Here are some tips to help prepare homes and property: Clear all dead and or dying vegetation 100 feet from around all structures; landscape with fire resistant and drought tolerant plants and find al- ternative ways to dispose of landscape debris like chipping or hauling it to a biomass energy facility. The department may is- sue restricted temporary burning permits if there is an essential reason due to public health and safety. Agriculture, land manage- ment, fire training and other industrial-type burn- ing may proceed if a Cal Fire official inspects the burn site and issues a spe- cial permit. The suspension of burn permits for residential landscape debris does not apply to campfires within organized campgrounds or on private property. Campfires may be per- mitted if the campfire is maintained in such a manner as to prevent its spread to the wildland. A campfire permit can be obtained at local fire sta- tions and online at Pre- ventWildfireCA.org. For additional informa- tion on how to create de- fensible space, as well as tips to prevent wildfires, visit www.ReadyForWild- fire.org. Burn FROM PAGE 1 PHOTOSBYJULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS SERRF Program Administrator Karla Stroman talks about her program during a VIP site tour for community leaders to observe students Thursday during the SERRF Expanded Learning Program at Jackson Heights Elementary School. SERRF Expanded Learn- ing Program is to expand opportunities available to students and leverage re- sources and connect them to the real world by teach- ing leadership and citizen- ship, McCoy said. Program Administrator Karla Stroman and her col- league Lisa Hardwick, a fa- cilitator lead, talked about the program. "Our goal is to meet and exceed people's expecta- tions with the program," Stroman said. "We want to be the program that oth- ers learn from and want to replicate." It's important to lever- age resources and form partnerships to ensure the quality of the program re- mains high, Stroman said. The summer program serves about 870 students in kindergarten through those exiting eighth grade from 25 school sites at six locations — two in Red Bluff, two in Corning, one in Manton and one in Los Molinos. The focus of SERRF is on homework support, en- richment of character and recreation education. "We want to keep the kids engaged and hope we make lifelong learners of them," Hardwick said. For more information on the program, call 528-7381. Education FROM PAGE 1 Members of the community observe students. Red Bluff Police Chief Kyle Sanders talks with students about their Lego-building project. Staffreport RED BLUFF As part of an ongoing drug investiga- tion, officers from the Red Bluff Police Department and agents from the Tehama County District Attorney's Bureau of Investigation served a search warrant Thursday at an apartment on the 650 block of David Avenue. Officers located illegal narcotics and other eviden- tiary items, according to the press release issued Thurs- day afternoon by the Red Bluff Police Department. Inside the home was Mark Jones, 52, Betty Jones, 50, and a 6-year-old child. The child was found un- harmed and placed into protective custody with the Child Protection Services, according to the release. The Joneses were ar- rested and booked into the Tehama County Jail on the felony charges of child en- dangerment, maintaining a place for drug sales or use, transportation of narcot- ics, marijuana sales, pos- session of cocaine base for sales, possession of a con- trolled substance, posses- sion of drug parapherna- lia and possession of a con- trolled substance without a prescription. They are both being held on $169,000 bail. CRIME Two arrested in drug investigation Th e summer program serves about 870 students in kindergarten through those exiting eighth grade from 25 school sites at six locations — two in Red Bluff, two in Corning, one in Manton and one in Los Molinos. By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK Farmers, lum- berjacks and fishermen kill themselves most often among workers in the U.S., according to a large new study that shows enormous differences of suicide rates across jobs. Researchers found the highestsuicideratesinman- uallaborerswhoworkiniso- lationandfaceunsteadyem- ployment. High rates were alsoseenincarpenters,min- ers, electricians and people who work in construction. Mechanics were close be- hind. Dentists, doctors and other health careprofession- als had an 80 percent lower suicideratethanthefarmers, fishermen and lumberjacks. The lowest rate was in teachers, educators and li- brarians. Thursday's report from the Centers for Disease Con- trol and Prevention is per- haps the largest U.S. study to compare suicide rates among occupations. But it is not comprehensive. It only covers 17 states, looking at about 12,300 of the more than 40,000 suicide deaths reported in the entire na- tion in 2012. Because of the limited data, they could only calcu- late suicide rates for broad occupation categories, but not for specific jobs. The cat- egories, which sometimes seem to group professions that have little to do with each other, like athletes and artists, are based on federal classifications used for col- lecting jobs-related data. So it's not clear what the suicide rate is just for farm- ers. Or for mathematicians. Or journalists. Suicideisthenation's10th leading cause of death. Pub- lic attention often focuses on teens and college stu- dents, but the highest num- bers and rates are in mid- dle-aged adults. Suicide is far more common in males, and the rankings largely re- flect the male suicide rates for each group. Thehighestfemalesuicide ratewasseeninthecategory thatincludespolice,firefight- ers and corrections officers. The second highest rate for women was in the legal pro- fession. It's not the first time a sui- cide problem has been noted for some of the jobs. In the 1980s, media reports de- tailed high suicide rates in Midwestern farmers. That was attributed to a tough economy and farmers use of pesticides that scientists have theorized may cause symptoms of depression. The CDC's occupational suicide list: 1. Farmworkers, fisher- men, lumberjacks, others in forestry or agriculture; 85 per 100,000. 2. Carpenters, miners, electricians, construction trades; 53. 3. Mechanics and those who do installation, mainte- nance, repair; 48. 4. Factory and production workers; 35. 5. Architects, engineers; 32 6. Police, firefighters, cor- rections workers, others in protective services; 31. 7.Artists,designers,enter- tainers, athletes, media; 24. 8. Computer program- mers, mathematicians, stat- isticians; 23. 9. Transportation work- ers; 22 10. Corporate executives and managers, advertising and public relations; 20 11.Lawyersandworkersin legal system; 19 12. Doctors, dentists, and other health care profession- als; 19 13.Scientistsandlab tech- nicians; 17 14. Accountants, others in business, financial oper- ations; 16 15.Nursing,medicalassis- tants,healthcaresupport;15 16. Clergy, social workers, other social service work- ers; 14 17.Realestateagents,tele- marketers, sales; 13 18. Building and ground, cleaning, maintenance; 13 19. Cooks, food service workers; 13 STUDY Suicides by job: Farmers, fisherman, lumberjacks, others in forestry top list NASA — JPL-CALTECH This artist's rendering shows the Juno spacecra above the planet Jupiter. By Alicia Chang The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Jupiter takes center stage with the arrivalnextweekofaNASA spacecraft built to peek through its thick, swirling clouds and map the planet from the inside out. The solar-powered Juno spacecraft is on the final leg of a five-year, 1.8 bil- lion-mile (2.8 billion-kilo- meter) voyage to the big- gest planet in the solar system. Juno promises to send back the best close-up views as it circles the planet for a year. Jupiter is a gas giant made up mostly of hydrogen and helium unlike rocky Earth and its neighbor Mars. The fifth planet from the sun likely formed first and it could hold clues to how the solar system developed. A look at the $1.1 billion mission: Thearrival As Juno approaches Ju- piter late Monday, it will fire its main rocket en- gine to slow down and slip into orbit around the planet. This carefully or- chestrated move, all pre- programmed, is critical because Juno will zip past Jupiter if it fails to brake. The engine burn — last- ing about a half hour — is designed to put Juno on a path that loops over Jupi- ter's poles. Since it takes 48 min- utes for radio signals from Jupiter to reach Earth, mission controllers at NA- SA's Jet Propulsion Labo- ratory in Southern Cali- fornia won't be able to in- tervene if something goes awry. They'll watch for beeps from Juno that'll signal whether the engine burn is going as planned. "Everything's riding on it," Juno chief scientist Scott Bolton said Thurs- day during a press briefing. The mission Spacecraft have visited Jupiter since the 1970s, but there are still plenty of questions left unan- swered. How much water does the planet have? Is there a dense core? Why is its signature Great Red Spot — a hurricane-like storm that has been rag- ing for centuries — shrink- ing? During the mission, Juno will peer through Ju- piter's dense clouds, flying within 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers), closer than any other spacecraft. The goal "is learning about the recipe for how solar systems are made," said Bolton, who's from the Southwest Research Institute in Texas. NASA Jupiter journey: Spacecra nears planet rendezvous Staff report RED BLUFF A fire that broke out around 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Col- year Springs Road area southwest of Red Bluff had burned 464 acres, ac- cording to a press release issued Thursday night by Cal Fire. The fire was 35 percent contained, the release said, and 230 firefighters were fighting it in the re- mote part of the county off Lowry Road northwest of Rancho Tehama Reserve. Good progress was made Thursday with a hand line, dozer line and hose lays, the release said. No evacuations had been called for and there were no injuries or struc- ture damage reported as of 7 p.m. Thursday. Resources deployed included 18 engines, 12 crews, 6 bulldozers, 5 air tankers, 2 helicopters and 10 water tenders. No information regard- ing the cause of the blaze was released. Mendocino National Forest personnel were as- sisting. WILDFIRE More than 450 acres burn southwest of Red Bluff FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2016 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 9 A