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SACRAMENTO (AP) — California's chinook salmon fishery is likely to be opened this year after two straight closed fishing seasons — but with restrictions, according to r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s released Thursday by a federal panel. Fishermen in Oregon and Washing- ton are poised to have an even better season because fish are more abundant there. The Pacific Fishery Management Council approved three options outlining where West Coast fishermen might be allowed to cast their lines and nets beginning this spring. A final decision is expected next month and it's unlikely California's salmon fishery will be closed altogether, said council chairman David Ortmann. ''Compared to the last two years, there's going to be more fishermen back on the water,'' he said. If fishing is allowed off California, it would be limited for both commer- cial and recreational boats. Restrictions on when and where fisher- men could travel are pro- Corning is one of 26 Cal- ifornia communities fea- tured in a new book by Richard S. Calhoun, Cali- fornia's Melting Pot, A Cel- ebration of Ethnic Cuisine. The book looks at Cali- fornia's history, the immi- grants that settled each community, historical attractions, current attrac- tions, restaurants and ethnic cookery with more than 200 recipes. Corning started out as the Maywood Colony bringing in farmers, who planted a variety of fruit trees but found that olive trees did the best. Corning became The Olive City. The book looks at Corning's his- tory, the celebrations, Bell- Carter Foods, the Olive pit, along with four recipes using olives as a key ingre- dient. Ethnic communities include the Swedish in Kingsburg, the Danish in Solvang, the Basques in Bakersfield and the Ger- mans in Anaheim. Mixed ethnic communi- ties include Los Angeles with the Chinese, Italians and Mexicans; Santa Bar- bara with the Spanish, French and Greeks; and Sacramento with the Swiss, Italians, Greeks, and Croat- ians. California produce is featured — wild rice from Fall River Mills, garlic from Gilroy, cheese from Hilmar and raisins from Selma. Not only is California a true ethnic melting pot, it is the nation's breadbasket with dates from Indio, sweet potatoes from Liv- ingston, citrus from Orange Cove, rice from Richvale and wine from Temecula. There is much more within the 222 pages, along with more than 200 ethnic and early day recipes and about 100 historic pho- tographs. California's Melting Pot is available from www.lulu.com. Weather forecast 8A Breezy with rain 54/39 N EWS D AILY DAILY 50¢ FRIDAY MARCH 12, 2010 Hell in the Pacific series Track Results Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com N EWS D AILY RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 See Inside SPORTS 1B Select TV 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 MOULE'S TEHAMA COUNTY GLASS 515 Sycamore St. 529-0260 IT'S SCREEN SEASON Enjoy the Fresh air without Bugs New Window & Door Screen Re-screen your existing screens By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — The city bud- get was brought up for discus- sion at Tuesday's City Council meeting, however, nothing was done beyond hearing what staff had to say and asking residents for input. "Everything has to be dis- cussed," said Mayor Gary Strack. "If you have ideas, cor- ner one of the council people and let us know what services can be modified." City Manager Steve Kim- brough said staff members will go over all of the ideas for cuts to determine the impacts. Kim- brough will then bring reports back to the council. With city revenues, includ- ing sales tax, not expected to recover over the next year and the $823,000 shortfall expected for next year's budget, the staff has already begun looking at ways to cut costs. A schedule of meetings with the employee union has been initiated and talks are set to begin sometime this, Kim- brough said. The staff will review the cost of the summer pool program, service fees charged to swim- mers and the cost of providing lights for games at parks. Reducing building and safe- ty personnel to half time with no benefits and the prices of building permit fees and plan- ning department service charges will be looked at, as will he safety impact to police officers if the council chooses to reduce the number of officers and the effects it would have on residents. Councilman Ross Turner's suggestion to eliminate the Fire Dispatch Program and turn it over to CalFire was on the list Corning seeks input on budget gap 'Everything has to be discussed. If you have ideas, corner one of the council people and let us know what services can be modified.' Mayor Gary Strack After the bell Daily News photo by Geoff Johnson Daniel Rodriguez, 9, uses time Wednesday at Jackson Heights' Safe Education and Recreation for Rural Families program to study a history lesson about the first pilgrims to come to America. Fellow third-grader Richard Zarate, 10, looks on. After school programs pay dividends By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer California is spending more than three times what all 49 other states spend on after school programs combined, but advocates, including Sheriff Clay Parker, are calling for more. Parker serves on the executive committee of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids California, a group that holds after-school programs as a way to decrease crime and increase acade- mic performance. On Wednesday, the group released a report praising California for its investment in after-school programs that serve an estimated 400,000 students across 4,200 schools. It also calls an increase in what the state spends per student and an expansion of after school programs to another 2,000 state schools at a Students look at summer options By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Student government representatives at Red Bluff Union High School spoke out this week about summer school and the effects of eliminating it. Losing summer school will be a setback for many students who had been looking forward to attending, they said. Quite a number of stu- dents do attend summer school, Brianna Ross said. For core classes such as world civilizations, there are usually more students wanting to attend than seats available. Class sizes during the summer are just as full as during the school year with 30-35 students in each class, which means there are people who do want to go to summer school. Ross attends summer school so she can keep her mind active and stay ahead. "It's nice keeping your brain on during the summer because a lot of kids don't think during the summer, at least not academically," Ross said. She said she wonders what she and other students who want to go to summer school will have to do this summer to fill the void. Ross and the other student leaders — Omar Men- doza, Colin Roth, Zakk Glaziner, Priya Khinda and AJ Jacobs — say they chose to attend summer school so they could get ahead. By taking core classes during the summer they were able take electives, such as the lead- ership class, during the regular school year. But other students have to take summer school for credit recovery. Eliminating summer school will be especially tough for students who have not done well and need summer school for credit recovery, Roth said. Upperclassmen who slacked off at the beginning of high school think- ing they could make up for it later on by going to sum- mer school no longer have that option. "It's a little scary for the people who suddenly real- ize that there is no fallback plan," Roth said. The students said they would like to see some options offered for students who need credit recovery. Corning featured in new book Stage set for better salmon season 'It's a little scary for the people who suddenly realize that there is no fallback plan' Student Colin Roth See GAP, page 7A See SUMMER, page 7A See AFTER, page 7A See SALMON, page 7A