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Ross said the values of V-Day Tehama-Shasta and Girls Inc. align, especially with respect to "keeping girls safe and telling them to not stand for abuse." The cast Saturday eve - n i n g i nclud e d S a r a l y- sette Ballard, Ovie Bartel, Amanda Davidson, Mau- reen Greer, Faydra Koe- nig, Liz Link, Beth Maxey, Nata lie Peterson, T ina Robertson, Talia Shirer, Amy Schutter and Shanese Young. Play From Page 1 orchard, forcing them out of the cab of the tractor. Anderson then decided that he could not escape ar - rest by driving a tractor and exited the cab of the tractor and approached the oncom- ing deputy. Anderson was prepar- ing to fight the deputy, when he was tased and taken into custody. Anderson was booked at Tehama County Jail for re - sisting arrest, a probation violation, robbery and ve- hicle theft. His bail was $200,000. Man From Page 1 looked back. He gives much of the credit for skills and successes as a bullfighter to others. He said that Ted Groene, NFR livestock su - perintendent, was his initial inspiration and mentor. He said the late Dan Russell of Western Rodeo gave him the opportunity to fight bulls at the pro level. 1n 1991 he joined Growney Brothers Rodeo Co. of Red Bluff and has been an inte - gral part of Growney Broth- ers ever since. A s a b u l l f i g h t e r, Baumgartner took his job of protecting cowboys very se - riously. He was in the arena before, during and after the ride, for as long as it took, to get the rider to safety. He prided himself on protec - tive bull fighting rather than competitive bull fighting. Baumgartner has trav- eled throughout the United Sates fighting bulls at some of the nation's most presti - gious rodeo and bull riding events. He has suffered his share of injuries but he said it was just part of his job. In addition to being a nat - ural athlete Baumgartner has a sixth sense, according to Harvey Camacho. "Joe had the unique abil - ity to predict what a bull was going to do before he left the gate," Camacho said. "He always seemed to be at the right spot in the arena." Longtime friend John Growney said, "Joe is the best of the best. The bull rid - ers knew that he would put his own life on the line to pro- tect theirs. Joe is all guts, de- termination and tenacity, it is doubtful that we will ever see another bullfighter with his record." Joe has retired to his ranch in Red Bluff, where he lives with his wife Mela - nie and their two sons, Joey and Robert. He works as a ranch manager and when not working he is hunting or fishing. Marshal From Page 1 Courtesy photo Bullfighter Joe Baumgartner in action. reD BLUFF » A 32-year-old man was assaulted with a hammer Saturday eve- ning somewhere on Monroe Street in Red Bluff. Red Bluff police re - sponded to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital after a report of a man being struck with a hammer, according to a press release issued Sun - day morning by the Red Bluff Police Department. The victim was unable to provide details about the attack before being trans - ported to Mercy Medical Center in Redding. The gen- eral statement was that he had been assaulted on Mon- roe. The victim's injuries were reported as serious but not life threatening, the release said. This investigation is on - going and anyone with infor- mation about the identity of the suspect or the location of this incident is urged to call the Red Bluff Police Depart - ment at (530) 527-3131. 32-year-old RB man assaulted with hammer By rich greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter reD BLUFF » A Red Bluff couple was arrested early Saturday after they invited Tehama County Sheriff's deputies into their motel room, which had drug par - aphernalia in plain view. Deputies had responded to the America's Best Value Inn on South Main Street shortly after midnight, ac - cording to a press release. Deputies contacted Ja- son William Colston, 32 and Kassandra Christin Zumalt, 25. While speaking with the couple, the deputies were invited into the motel room where they saw drug para - phernalia. Colston and Zumalt ad- mitted to having metham- phetamine inside the room and showed the deputies where it was located, ac- cording to the press release. The deputies located about 6.2 grams of meth- amphetamine and a usable quantity of heroin. Colston and Zumalt were arrested on two possession of controlled substance charges each and booked at Tehama County Jail. Bail for each was $30,000. K9 alert Corning » Around 8:15 p.m. Saturday deputies conducted a traffic stop on a motor home for expired registration at the Corning rest area off of northbound Interstate 5, according to a department press release. Booker, a K9 unit, alerted to the presence of one or more controlled substances inside the motor home, which was being driven by Michael Leroy Black, a 51-year-old Los Molinos res - ident. During a search of the motor home deputies lo- cated a .22-caliber rifle, am- munition, hypodermic nee- dles and suspected meth- amphetamine. Black is prohibited from being in possession of a fire- arm or ammunition. He was arrested for fel- ony charges of posses- sion of a controlled sub- stance, transportation of a controlled substance, con- victed felon in possession of a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm while com- mitting a felony, possession of a loaded firearm in pub- lic, convicted felon in pos- session of ammunition and misdemeanor possession of controlled substance para- phernalia. His bail was $103,000. Counterfeit Corning » A San Jose cou- ple was arrested Monday morning after attempting to pass a counterfeit $100 bill at the Corning Denny's. Corning police officers responded to the restaurant for a report of a counterfeit bill, according to a depart - ment press release. Officers located Michelle Renee Sargent, 32 and Teri Ann Debreau, 37 next to a black BMW in front of Love's truck stop. A search of the vehicle revealed additional coun - terfeit currency. A K9 was then used to search for contraband and alerted to several bags within the vehicle. A search of those bags re - vealed 5.1 grams of metham- phetamine and three glass smoking pipes. Debreau was booked at Tehama County Jail on charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug para - phernalia. Bail was $18,000. Sargent was booked at Tehama County Jail on a charge of counterfeit cur - rency. Bail was $15,000. meth Couple invites cops into room with drugs Every 13 Weeks Automatic charge of $ 33 68 to your Debit or Credit Card! Convert back anytime! - No billings by mail - No checks to write - No postage to pay - No home delivery surcharges - Include carrier tip if desired To convert or start an EZ-Pay Home Delivery Subscription Just Call Unhassle your Daily News Carrier-Delivered Subscription! N EWS D AILY RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY Circulation Home Delivery Customer Service 527-2151 Convert to EZ-Pay By Jon gerberg The Associated Press JerUSaLem » Israeli author- ities on Monday unveiled 11 ancient burial boxes dating to around the time of Jesus, recovered by police during a midnight raid on antiquities dealers suspected of steal - ing the artifacts. The boxes include a pair of ossuaries believed to con- tain the remains of two no- blemen who lived in Jerusa- lem some 2,000 years ago. Some are engraved with designs and even names, giving clues to their origin and contents. The boxes contain bone fragments and remnants of what ex - perts say is pottery buried with the deceased. Israel's Antiquities Au- thority said the boxes were recovered last Fri- day, shortly after midnight, when police observed two cars parked suspiciously at a military checkpoint on the outskirts of Jerusalem. When they investigated, they found four people in - volved in an exchange of the boxes. Once police recov- ered the items, they alerted the authority. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the boxes were "stolen from a cave" near Jerusalem with the in - tent of being sold to collec- tors. He said authorities had been tracking the suspects for some time but would not elaborate. The exchange in - volved an Israeli and a Pal- estinian seller attempting to make the sale to an Israeli customer, he said. According to Israeli an - tiquities law, all antiqui- ties that are discovered are considered property of the state. Two of the suspects re - mained in custody on Mon- day, and the others were un- der house arrest, according to the authority. The boxes, known as os- suaries, are believed to date back to the Second Temple Period, a time stretching from roughly 515 B.C. to 70 A.D. that included the reign of King Herod, who built some of the most famous sites in Jerusalem and the Holy Land, and the time of Jesus. Not unlike today, the Je - rusalem of the time was a place of strong religious di- visions, multiple languages and a diverse economy. Visi- tors made pilgrimages from far and wide, bringing with them commerce and traffic on religious holidays. According to common Jewish burial practices of the time, the deceased were not buried but laid out in a cave for one year. After - ward, the bones were gath- ered and stored in the spe- cial boxes. "It's kind of like where the deceased go to retire," said Stephen Pfann, pres - ident of the University of the Holy Land. Pfann noted that the use of these burial boxes developed at the time partly to condense the space needed once the corpse had turned to bones and partly because of the difficulty of finding space for a tomb in Jerusalem's hard bedrock. Some of the newly recov - ered boxes feature elabo- rate engravings, indicating wealth and a high social sta- tus of the deceased. "It was an expense to cut a tomb at all," said Pfann. "It definitely took a certain amount of wealth." The boxes are not espe - cially rare. The Antiquities Authority already has in its possession over 1,000 of these ancient boxes. But the authority's deputy director, Eitan Klein, said that each box was significant. "We can learn from each ossuary about a different aspect of language, art and burial practice," he said. "And we can learn about the soul of the person." Two were inscribed in Hebrew with names — "Yoezer" and "Ralphine." Klein said that he hoped to learn more about the iden - tity of the deceased through future research. According to Klein, the boxes held the remains pri - marily of rabbis, business- men and aristocrats of the time. The use of ossuar- ies became popular during the 2nd century B.C., influ- enced by the individualism of Greek and Roman soci- eties. They fell out of fash- ion, Klein said, after Roman domination of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. Klein estimated the value of the boxes to be in the thousands of dollars. In the past, allegations of forgery have been made over certain ossuaries and their inscriptions. In one of the most fa - mous cases, doubts still lin- ger over a 10-year forgery investigation into the ori- gins of an ossuary claimed to be inscribed with a ref- erence to Jesus Christ. The case was closed in 2012 with no one convicted of forgery. Klein said he had no ques - tions about the authentic- ity of the latest discovery, given their engravings and contents. artiFaCtS 11 ancient burial boxes recovered in Israel Jon GerBerG — the AssoCiAted press A 2,000-year-old Jewish burial box is on display in Jerusalem on Monday. the israeli Antiquities Authority said the boxes were recovered last Friday in Jerusalem when police observed a suspicious nighttime transaction involving two cars, four individuals and the 11 boxes. it is unclear how the suspects got hold of the boxes. By Susan montoya Bryan The Associated Press aLBUQUerQUe, n.m. » A day after hundreds of peo- ple clashed with Albuquer- que riot officers over po- lice shootings, Gov. Susana Martinez said Monday that she understands the pub- lic's frustration but called on protesters to remain calm while federal officials investigate. At least one officer was injured and six people ar - rested as the protesters marched back and forth between downtown and the University of New Mexico for 10 hours Sunday, block - ing traffic, trying to topple street signs and calling for the police chief and other city officials to resign. It's unclear if any protesters were hurt. Ga s ca n ist er s were thrown outside police head - quarters, and Mayor Rich- ard Berry said Sunday that at one point protest- ers trapped police in a ve- hicle and tried to break its windows. M a r t i n e z s a i d s h e watched the protests on television Sunday. "Albuquerque is going through a tough time, and they'll figure it out through the investigation," the gov - ernor said. "We want that to be thorough. We want con- fidence in the investigation, but I just don't want to see anyone harmed." This protest and another last week were in response to the 37 shootings Albu - querque police have been involved in since 2010, 23 of them fatal. The outrage bubbled over recently with the release of a video showing officers fa - tally shooting 38-year-old James Boyd, a homeless camper. aLBUQUerQUe New Mexico governor calls for calm aer protest VENITA "NITA" CELIA PITKIN April 3, 1923 ~ March 15, 2014 A member of an early-day Paskenta-Flournoy Pioneer family, Venita "Nita" Celia Pitkin died on March 15, 2014 in Chico. She was 90 years old. Nita was the oldest daughter born on April 3, 1923 in Corning, CA to Hugh and Neva Luce. She was raised with her four sisters; Arabelle, Ardell, Charlotte and Bar- bara in Flournoy. She attended local schools and gradu- ated from Corning Union High School in 1941. She married Gayle Pitkin of Red Bluff on October 6, 1941. Nita and Gayle made their home in Flournoy, where Gayle worked for Crane Mills and ranched in Flournoy. Nita was a homemaker. They had 8 children; Sheralea, Carolyn, Robert, Kathleen, Toni, Marsha, Brent and Maureen. She loved family get togethers and visiting. Survivors include; Sherry Vance of Flournoy, Connie Walker (Ted) of Red Bluff, Robert Pitkin (Deb) of Flournoy, Toni Ross of Klamath Falls, OR, Marsha Pitkin (Don) of Grenada, CA, Brent Pitkin (Helen) of Corning and Maureen McGehee of Corning. 26 Grandchildren, 31 Great Grandchildren and 5 Great Great Grandchildren, and a large extended family. Nita was preceded in death by her husband Gayle, a daughter Kathleen Hansen and her sisters; Arabelle Maitia, Ardell Pitkin, Charlotte Humphrey, and Barbara Humphrey. There will be a celebration of Nita's life at the Paskenta Community Hall on April 5th at 2:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Obituaries Memorial Service for Leland Greenly Sat., April 5 th 2pm Vineyard Christian Fellowship R ed Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service Now Offering Eco-Friendly urns at economy friendly prices. 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 527-1732 tuesdAy, April 1, 2014 redBluFFdAilyneWs.CoM | NEWS | 7 a