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CHICOSTATE COURTESYPHOTO A teacher engages in science and environmental training at California State University, Chico. How would you survive a drought? Can you make a simple machine? How about a lesson on calorim- etry? Fifty-six teachers from all over the North State spent the past week at Cal- ifornia State University, Chico at the Science and Environmental Engineer- ing for Secondary Teacher Institute answering these types of questions on en- ergy and matter. The institute is a partner- ship between the Tehama County Department of Ed- ucation and CSU Chico that gives teachers training and resources on the new Next Generation Science Stan- dards. The professional devel- opment provided teachers with both practical skills and technical knowledge to bring back to the class- room. The week offered both variety and depth — teachers received informa- tion from leading industry professionals as well as CSU professors. At CSU Chico's Solar Lab, teachers learned about the necessity of photovoltaic technologies; the Depart- ment of Fish and Wildlife took teachers outdoors for a look at real world appli- cations of wildlife map- ping and Jon Stallman from PG&E spoke to teachers about the importance of de- veloping students who can think and solve problems by applying scientific prin- ciples to the solar power in- dustry. Teachers were challenged to incorporate STEM skills of spatial ability, propor- tional reasoning and pitch pattern perception into their lessons and to design 3 dimensional assessments. The week wrapped up with teachers competing in a so- lar boat race at 1 Mile Creek in Chico. Teams designed, built, tested and re-built a solar powered boat. Teachersattendweekof sc ie nc e, e nv ir on me nt al t ra in in g SUSANVILLE Forest offi- cials have announced that fire restrictions will go into effect on the Lassen National Forest beginning Monday, Aug. 1 and con- tinuing through the de- clared end of the 2016 fire season. The restrictions address campfire use, off-road driv- ing, smoking, woodcutting, and other activities on the forest. Such restrictions are ordered every year when temperatures rise and cause the forest to dry out and become much more susceptible to wildfires. "Seasonal drying com- bined with cumulative drought effects make a new fire start very likely to ex- hibit extreme fire behav- ior," said Forest Supervi- sor Dave Hays. "We expect hot and dry weather condi- tions to continue through the summer months and into fall." Highlights of the restric- tions in effect include the following. Open fires are prohib- ited outside of designated, developed campgrounds and camp sites, even with a valid California campfire permit. Designated Recre- ation Sites are exempted from fire restrictions be- cause fuel management within these areas de- creases the likelihood of fire start and subsequent transfer to wildland. Smoking is prohibited except within an enclosed vehicle, building or desig- nated recreation site. Operating an internal combustion engine, except a motor vehicle, is prohib- ited outside designated rec- reation sites. Motor vehicles are al- lowed only on established Forest System roads and trails or within designated recreation sites. Welding and operating acetylene or other torches with an open flame is pro- hibited. Possessing, discharging or using any kind of fire- work or other explosive is prohibited on national for- est land. The use of chainsaws for woodcutting by individu- als is permitted only from dawn until 1 p.m., a provi- sion known as "hoot owl." Operators must have valid Forest Service fuel wood permits and chainsaws must have spark arresters. LASSEN FOREST Fire restrictions set to start Monday The Tehama County Sheriff's Department is urging residents to use ex- tra caution when on the wa- ter this weekend. This year the river is running higher and colder than it has in recent his- tory. Plenty of water in the river along with seasonal hot temperatures has led to a marked increase in the number of recreational us- ers on the water. The department is see- ing many more people uti- lizing canoes, kayaks and rafts to drift down the river through the county. Coast Guard approved personal flotation devices are required to be present on board every vessel for each person on board. This law applies to all vessels, in- cluding boats, canoes, kay- aks, rafts, inner tubes and "floaties." Anapprovedflotationde- vicemustbereadilyaccessi- ble to each person. In many instances a group of people willtieseveralraftsorinner tubestogetherandputallof the flotation devices in one raft or tie them to one in- ner tube, which is not legal. Any children younger than 13 must wear their properly sized Coast Guard approved flotation device when under way on any type of vessel. Swim floats commonly worn by young children while playing in a pool are not legal flotation devices. Adults are encouraged to wear flotation devices due to strong currents, ed- dies and undertows, espe- cially in and around China Rapids. There are many types of recreationalusersofthewa- terways. Exercise common courtesy and obey naviga- tional rules while traveling on the water. A copy of "ABCs of Cali- fornia Boating" is available at the front counter of the Tehama County Sheriff's Office on the corner of An- telope Boulevard and State Route 36E. WATER SAFETY Sheriff urges extra caution on river, lakes Advocacy American Legion, Las- sen Post 0167 Red Bluff, 528-1026 American Legion, Rais- ner Post 45 Corning, 518-3152 Am Vets, Post 2002 Corning, 526-2883 VFW Los Molinos, 384-1301 Red Bluff, 528-1026 Corning Post 4218 Dis- trict 15 Auxiliary 4218, District 15 824-5957 DAV 529-4579 Marine Corps League, Detachment 1140 (888) MCL-1140 Military Family Support Group 529-1852 or 529-2416 Services Tehama County Veter- ans Service Office 529-3664 Tehama County Veter- ans Collaborative Tehama Together, 527- 2223 Veteran Resource Center Chico (530) 809-2831 Redding (530) 223-3211 VA Crisis Hotline (800) 273-8255 VA Homeless Outreach (530) 247-7917 Redding VA Outpatient Clinic (530) 226-7555 Chico VA Outpatient Clinic (530) 879-5000 Veterans Home, Red- ding (530) 224-3800 Faith Based Advocacy PATH — Poor And The Homeless 736-3959 Pastor Dave Lambers, VCF 736-3400 Serving veterans? If your local organiza- tion or government entity offers service specific to veterans, send contact in- formation to editor@red- bluffdailynews.com, fax to 527-9251 or drop it off at 545 Diamond Ave. in Red Bluff during business hours to be added to this listing. RESOURCES Veterans services, advocacy groups Tehama County Health Services Agency Public Health Women, Infants and Children — WIC — Program is committed to ensuring the long term health of the county's youth. One of the best ways to do this is to promote the benefits of breastfeeding. Breastfeeding exclu- sively for the first six months of a baby's life pro- vides all of the nutrients a baby needs to grow strong and develop a healthy im- mune system. This year's theme "Sus- taining Good Health" highlights how breast- feeding is a building block for good health that offers benefits that last a life- time. The agency is recog- nizing World Breastfeed- ing Week by hosting a lo- cal breastfeeding support walk to celebrate moms and individuals who rec- ognize the benefits of breastfeeding. The walk will be held in downtown Red Bluff beginning at the farmers market at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3. A free tote bag, T-shirt or sippy cup will be given to each participant while supplies last. Check in by 5:15 p.m. For more information on the walk contact Te- hama County WIC Pro- gram at 527-8791. FAMILIES World Breastfeeding Week starts Monday In addition to back-to- school shopping and fill- ing backpacks, Tehama County Public Health would like to remind all parents and caregivers that it is time to catch up on immunizations. Kindergarteners will need their shot records up to date in order to start school, and all 7th- graders will need proof of their Whooping Cough — Tdap — immunization before classes begin. Stu- dents may be turned away from school if they don't meet immunization re- quirements. Public Health will be providing back-to-school walk-in clinic hours in Red Bluff and Corning to ac- commodate parents who need to get their children vaccinated for school. Fees are based on a slid- ing fee scale and deter- mined by household in- come. Call for further in- formation. Clinics are scheduled as follows. From 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Aug. 2, 9 and 16 and Wednesdays, Aug. 3, 10 and 17 at 1860 Walnut St., Building C in Red Bluff. Call 527-6824 for information. From 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m. Mondays, Aug. 8, 15 and 22 and 8:30 a.m. to noon only on Fri- days, Aug. 12 and 19 at 275 Solano St. in Corning. Call 824-4890 for information. Children who are eli- gible for the clinics are those with Medi-Cal, no insurance or are Amer- ican Indian or Alaskan Native. PUBLIC HEALTH Back-to-school immunization clinics it'snot 'sfault byTheShelterPetProject.org TheAssociatedPress MEETEETSE, WYO. A noc- turnal species of weasel with a robber-mask-like marking across its eyes has returned to the remote ranchlands of western Wy- oming where the critter al- most went extinct more than 30 years ago. Wildlife officials on Tues- dayreleased35black-footed ferrets on two ranches near Meeteetse, a tiny cattle ranching community 50 miles east of Yellowstone National Park. Black-footed ferrets, generally solitary animals, were let loose in- dividually over a wide area. Groups of ferret releasers fanned out over prairie dog colonies covering several thousand acres of the Lazy BV and Pitchfork ranches. Black-footed ferrets co-ex- ist with prairie dogs, living in their burrows and prey- ing on them. In the weeks leading up to the release, biologists made extra sure the ferrets will have plenty of prairie dogs to eat by treating the local prairie dog population with insec- ticide and plague vaccine. Plague, which is spread by fleas, can kill off prairie dogsbythethousand.Scien- tists recently found plague hadkilledsomeprairiedogs in the area but not nearly enoughtointerferewiththe release. In fact, the pattern of prairie dogs killed by the disease suggests the plague vaccine works, said Zack Walker, a Wyoming Game and Fish Department biol- ogist. More plague control will be needed as wildlife officials plan more black- footed ferret releases next year and the year after. "Intheearlyyears,it'sgo- ing to be important to keep it up," Walker said. The release completed the circle of a story that be- gan in 1981, when a ranch dog named Shep brought home a dead black-footed ferretintheMeeteetsearea. 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