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Quinn'slawyershavesaid he awoke to a bright light in his face, and two kidnappers bound and drugged him. The email alleges the kid- nappers put Huskins, 29, in the trunk of Quinn's car and drove off. The car was later found abandoned. Huskins turned up safe two days later in her home- town of Huntington Beach, where she says she was dropped off. She showed up just hours before the alleged ransom was due. Later that day, Vallejo po- lice saidat a newsconference the alleged kidnapping was a hoax. Police have since de- clined to comment other than to say they continue to investigate. Attorneys for Quinn and Huskins maintain the kid- napping was real. The emails say the crew chose $8,500 for the ran- som because it's less than $10,000, the amount at which cash withdrawals much be reported to the fed- eral government. The Los Angeles Times also reported it received an anonymous email about the case. The sender wrote: "The Mare Island kidnap- ping was a training mission to test means and methods that would be used on higher net worth targets." The FBI has declined to comment on the emails, but a spokeswoman said the agency is aware of them. None of the letters are signed, and they appear to comefromdummyaccounts, with names like huskinskid- napping@hotmail.com. An email sent to that address by The Associated Press was not returned. The emails to the Chron- icle refer to car thefts and home burglaries that the sender says his group com- mitted. In one, the writer says the group turned to kid- napping-for-ransom because they "did not want to stay thieves or criminals forever." "What we really wanted was to complete one or two big jobs and then to do whatever we felt like for the rest of our lives," the sender wrote. Huskins' attorney, Doug- las Rappaport, said the emails contain details "that only Denise, Aaron and kid- nappers would know." Vallejo FROMPAGE1 The specific plan could cover such things as the fence height at the site of the proposed elephant sanctuary, development criteria for buildings on the site, standards for conserving, developing and using natural re- sources at the site and other land uses. "It's almost like a mini general plan or master plan of the area," said Sean Moore, the county's planning director, during the Board of Supervisors meeting. He added, "It's a great planning tool for a long-term project like the Tembo Preserve." The specific plan comes at a cost of about $25,000, which Moore said is being paid for by the applicant for the Tembo Preserve project. The project is a pro- posed 4,900-acre ele- phant preserve at the lo- cation of the former Di- amond Ranch about 17 miles west of Interstate 5 and north of State Route 36W. The preserve would house about 40 African elephants at its peak and has been endowed by ven- ture capitalist Roger Mc- Namee and his wife, Ann. During a public com- ment period at the start of the Board of Supervi- sors meeting, one resi- dent voiced his support for the plan, saying fu- ture generations will look back and recognize that the right decision was made to facilitate an el- ephant preserve in Te- hama County. Another resident, how- ever, voiced concerns about water use at the site of the proposed pre- serve, saying he doesn't think the project is com- patible with the county's general plan. Study FROM PAGE 1 A supermajority vote was necessary because the funds would have been only available for a specific purpose, including the hir- ing additional police offi- cers. Tax FROM PAGE 1 CHRISRILEY—VALLEJOTIMES-HERALD A news crew reports on the abduction of Denise Huskins in front of the home she was taken from in Vallejo. Emails sent to two California newspapers are demanding an apology from police for calling the kidnapping a hoax. Acutt: Ernest George Acutt, Jr., 53, of Red Bluff died Monday, March 30 at his home. 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DEATH NOTICES By John Rogers The Associated Press LOSALAMITOS Seven-year- old Faith Lennox never thought much about put- ting a prosthetic limb where her missing left hand had once been. Not until the little girl learned she could design her own, strap it on easily and then jump on her bike and pedal away at speeds previously only imagined. With family members occasionally shouting "Be careful" and "Watch out for that car," Faith firmly placed her new hand's bright blue and pink fingers on her bike's left handlebar and took off for a seemingly endless sojourn around the Build It Workspace on Tues- day morning. Inside, just a short time before, that hand had rolled off a 3D printer that built it overnight. "I don't think we'll ever get her off it," said her mother, Nicole, smiling with resignation as she watched her daughter con- tinue to circle the parking lot in this Orange County suburb. The prosthetic that had just made such a task im- mediately easy represents a breakthrough in small, lightweight hands that are economical and easy for children to use. It weighs only a pound and costs just $50 to construct out of the same materials used to make drones and automo- bile parts. When Faith outgrows it in six months or a year, a re- placement can be made just as cheaply and easily, said Mark Muller, a prosthetics professor at California State University, Dominguez Hills, who helped with the design. He said a heavier adult model with sensors attached to a person's mus- cles would run $15,000 to $20,000. Faith manipulates her hand without sensors. In- stead, as she happily dem- onstrated over and over af- ter the bike ride, she moves her upper arm back and forth. That in turn opens and closes its blue and pink fin- gers — "my favorite colors," she noted with a smile — that she uses to grasp ob- jects like the favored plush toy she brought with her. The oldest of three chil- dren, Faith had compart- ment syndrome when her position during childbirth cut off the flow of blood to her left forearm, irrepara- bly damaging tissue, mus- cle and bone. After nine months of trying to save the limb, doctors determined they had to amputate just below the elbow. She had tried a couple more traditional — and more expensive — prosthet- ics over the years but found them bulky, heavy and hard to use. Her parents were work- ing with the nonprofit group E-Nable to get her a 3-D-printed hand, but the technology is so new there's a waiting list, her mother said. Then she learned of what Build It Workspace could do from a friend whose son visited with his Scout troop. The small stu- dio teaches people to use high-tech printers, provides access to them for projects and does its own commer- cial printing. Although the company, founded less than a year ago by mechanical engineer Mark Lengsfeld, has printed out everything from pumps for oil and gas companies to parts for unmanned aerial vehicles, this was the first hand Lengsfeld and his em- ployees had built. PROSTHETIC LIMB 3D print technology provides 'robohand' to 7-year-old girl DAMIAN DOVARGANES — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Faith Lennox, 7, right, smiles as she holds an extra plastic prosthetics part with her newly 3-D printed hand at the Build it Workspace in Los Alamitos on Tuesday. At le , her aunt, Grace Stedman. ROBERTR.EMERSON March 10, 1921 ~ March 8, 2015 Shortly before his 94th birthday, Robert R. Emerson was called home on March 8, 2015. Born in Charles City, Iowa on March 10, 1921 to Clifford & Marjorie Emerson. The eldest of four children. Bob and his family came to Cali- fornia in 1932 where they homesteaded in Twenty-Nine Palms. In 1936 the family moved to Northern California and settled on a small farm just north of Los Molinos. Bob graduated from Los Molinos High School in 1940. Shortly thereafter began working for Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, CA. From there Bob joined the Army Air Corps. He was stationed in Columbia, SC and served as Crew Chief with a Sergeant's Rank. Bob was in the first crew that took over the first B-29's to Okinawa, Japan to be used in WWII. After four years of service, he attended night school and received his Journeyman Card and worked throughout California as a Journeyman Car- penter. In 1946, he married Elaine Hudson; they had three chil- dren. When Bob and Elaine divorced, Bob raised his chil- dren with the help of his sister and brother-in-law, Ted & Phyllis Fox. In 1966, he married Ruth Davidson and they would be married for 32 years until her death in 1998. Bob was hired by the NPS in 1967 and began working at Lassen National Park. In August, 1976, Bob & Ruth moved to Klamath, CA where Bob worked for the Redwood National Park. He retired from the park service in March, 1983. Living next to the Kla- math River allowed Bob to enjoy one of his greatest past times; fishing. A bad day fishing is better than a good day at work! In June, 1998 he married his soul mate and love, Wahneeta VerValen and they spent 8 wonderful years to- gether until her death in 2006. They enjoyed camping, playing on their sailboat and dancing every chance they got. Bob loved making floats for the Klamath Salmon Fes- tival and was proud of the awards he won. In April, 2008 he married Chris Daylong and they spent 5 years together with both of them very active in the Kla- math Senior Center. Bob is survived by his three children: Carolyn Eraser, Cliff Emerson & Leanna (Paul) McWhorter, 7 grandchil- dren and 6 great grandchildren; Step-Children include Patricia Harding, Johnette Jarrell, Maudine (Emil) Slionys, Wanda (Jim) DeGroft, Gina (Dave) May, Jeri Canada, LeRay (Stella) VerValen and many step grandchildren; brother Dale Emerson, sister Phyllis Fox and sister-in-law Myrna Emerson; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Clifford & Marjorie Emerson, brother William Emerson, sister-in-law Florence Sherman Emerson and grandson Calvin Jarrell. The family would like to invite Bob's friends to a cele- bration of his life with a BBQ and potluck on Sunday, April 12th at Cone Grove Park at 1:00 p.m. Please bring a side dish, lawn chair & your fishing stories! In the event of rain, we will gather at the Los Molinos Senior Center on the same day and time. GENEVA PEARL (McCALLMAN) CULP November 22, 1935 ~ March 27, 2015 GENEVA PEARL (McCALLMAN) CULP: On March 27, 2015, Geneva Pearl (McCallman) Culp went to be with her Lord and Savior quietly in her home surrounded by loved ones. Geneva was born November 22, 1935 in Jack- sonville, Florida to parents James Archibald McCallman and Geneva Kennedy. She was raised in Jacksonville, Florida before moving to Savannah and Brunswick, Geor- gia and then, eventually, as an early teen, to Whittier, Cal- ifornia with her mother, sister (Martha), and stepfather, Ray Phillipy. In her late teens, Geneva met the love of her life and was married to Richard Lavern Culp on March 29, 1953. She was preceded in Eternity by her husband of 60 years. Geneva and Richard are survived by their eight children and their spouses: Cynthia Anne Allen, Sandra Kaye Cooprider, Pamela Joy Wolfenbarger, Elzie Lynn Culp, Jenny Louise Burch, Orlyn Lavern Culp II, Jill Elaine Whitehair, and James Lewis Culp. Geneva had one younger sister, Martha McCallman, who preceded her in death. At the time of her death, Grandma Neva, as she was affectionately known, had 29 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. Geneva was a woman deeply com- mitted to living her Faith in Jesus Christ, her love for Fam- ily, and her deep desire to share "everything Disney" with her numerous grandchildren, including children from her church families and those she encountered who she reached out to. She was deeply committed to Operation Christmas Child (Samaritan's Purse) and was one of the program's earliest supporters in the northern California re- gion. Geneva, also known affectionately by her southern Georgian family members as "Ninny", loved to share with her children and grandchildren in her southern stories and heritage. Geneva was an inspirational speaker in the Christian Women's Club organizations of northern Califor- nia, most specifically the Chico and Corning areas. True to the depth of her Spiritual commitment to sharing Jesus Christ's Gospel, she reached out to her neighbors and community up to the day before her passing. Geneva Pearl (McCallman) Culp was a true "prayer Warrior" and a woman who sought Christ's heart every day of her life. Geneva (Grandma Neva) will be dearly missed, but her Legacy of Faith and a life fully committed to her "mother- ing" will carry on through those she loved, mentored, en- couraged, and inspired generationally and for Eternity. Services will be held to honor the life and spiritual legacy of Geneva Pearl (McCallman) Culp on Thursday, April 2 at 1:00pm at the First Baptist Church of Corning, CA. A private graveside service will precede the memorial. In lieu of flowers, donations in Geneva's honor can be made to Operation Christmas Child at http://www.samaritanspu rse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/ . Obituaries ThePassingParadeisbroughttoyoubyMinchPropertyManagement, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527 5514 THE PASSING PARADE (ContinuedfromDaveMinch'sISaycolumnofJanuary1961) Aformer problem drinker, native of Red Bluff, asked me if I had read the story in the Reader's Digest "Trials of the Non-DrinkingAlcoholic"? He told me it was a very true story. He himself had reached the point where he had waited every morning for a bar on Main Street to open so that he could purchase his two fifths of whiskey. Some days it was three fifths. He only purchased one day's supply at a time because no matter how much he bought he drank it all before going to sleep. One day, five years ago, his doctor told him that if he did not want to die very shortly, he must stop drinking. From that day, he has not touched a drop, but there were many battles with himself in between. His worse trials were his former friends who kept telling him that it wouldn't hurt to take one drink…especially of wine. One night he nearly had all of his victories taken from him when he entered a local bar and requested a straight coke. The bartender thought it would be a joke to spike his drink. He noticed it just in time, because if he had tasted the whiskey he would have had to start all over again. … Here is a story by my son, Robert Minch: "We were putting up a fifty thousand pound order for a Navy Commissary in Hawaii and were very busy. Patty Hassay was in the office. She opened the door into the loading dock and asked for a dressed lamb leg. No one could stop to get it, so I went into the office and told the customer that we were quite busy, but I could get it for him…however we only sold them as a pair. The customer replied, "Well..yeah, that'll be o.k." I did a double take and it was Phil Harris, the band leader on the Jack Benny radio show! I looked behind him and saw Bing Crosby! It was then a change came over me and I could no longer think of them as customers but as celebrities. I did everything but bow from the waist. I hustled about and got their $40.00 order for them… and asked where their car was parked. Bing said, "C'mon, I'll show you." He led the way with a youthful step and began humming a tune…for free! When I got back in the office, Phil Harris was counting his change from a hundred dollar bill, and when he looked up and smiled, I pounced: "I saw your routine on the last Jackie Gleason show, and thought it quite good!" "Well, thanks," he said. "Jackie puts on a good show and is quite a nice guy." I fumbled a few more remarks and then the pair was gone. Funny how one can get star- struck by such encounters." Dave Minch 1900-1964 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A