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as Cedar from Monroe Street to Jackson Street, Busekist said. The bomb squad was ex- pected to arrive sometime between 6 and 6:30 p.m. Nothing further was available as of 5:45 p.m. Tuesday. Bomb FROMPAGE1 closed in the county due to flooding conditions and other factors includ- ing First Avenue south of Capay Road, Shasta Bou- levard between 8th and 62nd at wet crossing, Gilm- ore Ranch Road between Williams Avenue and Hoy Road and Kaer Avenue be- tween Belle Mill Road and Royal Lane. It was confirmed Tues- day by Yvette Borden of the Tehama County Sheriff's Office the Red Bluff Rec- reation Area near the Di- version Dam will be closed until it is reevaluated Tues- day. The Sacramento River Discovery Center is tempo- rarily closed until further notice due to the possibility of high winds and flooding. Flood FROM PAGE 1 CONTRIBUTEDPHOTOBYJENNIFERCAROTHERS A flood warning continues for The Tehama Vina Bridge on the Sacramento River as water levels continue to rise. JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Lily Parker, a member of the Red Bluff Police volunteer program, directs traffic Tuesday evening at the corner of Cedar and Monroe streets during an incident involving a suspicious device. lake has dropped nearly 18 feet since it reached its peak at 1 a.m. Sunday morning, to just under 885 feet. Bill Croyle, acting direc- tor of the state Department of Water Resources, said the goal is to lower the lake level to 850 feet. Officials expect to reach that mark late Sat- urday or Sunday. Croyle said the coming storms are expected to be significantly smaller than the systems the hit Butte County over the past week- end. While a small increase in water elevation is ex- pected later this week, he said officials are confident that continued releases will lower the level of the reser- voir in anticipation for the remainder ofthe wetseason. Croyle said the damaged main spillway has been sta- ble for four days. And Honea said there has not been sig- nificant erosion on the east side of that spillway. Officials said continued releasesdownthemainspill- way will reduce the possibil- ity that the emergency spill- way will be needed in the fu- ture. Further, Croyle said mul- tiple agencies are monitor- ing the dam, and officials will continue to take mea- sures to further increase the emergency spillway's ability tohandleaneventthatcould require its use. "Our goal is to remove as much water from the reser- voir so we don't have to use (theemergencyspillway),"he said. "But, as we've learned here this last week, is we need to prepare for all con- tingencies." On Sunday afternoon, as water flowed out of the lake and down a ravine that serves as the never-used emergency spillway, the ero- sion started working its way uptowarda20-footwallthat is the lip of the emergency spillway north of the dam. If that wall had collapsed, a quarter-million acre-feet of water could have been dumpedoverthehillsideand into the river below. The fear of such a failure prompted the evacuation order. Hundreds of people were staying at official evacua- tion centers, like the Silver Dollar and Glenn County fairgrounds, and at places like churches, Elks lodges, a martial arts center and oth- ers that opened their doors to evacuees. State Sen. Jim Nielsen, R- Gerber, said Tuesday that there will be a long period of inquiry into what went wrongatthedam.Hesaidhe would be involved in those discussions. Asked about a request in 2005 for federal officials to require that the emergency spillway be lined with con- crete, Nielsen said that is one of many "what ifs" asso- ciated with the dam. He said he expected that significant issues will be raised regard- ing what could have been done and were not, during the inquiry. "One of the opportunities from this challenge is, in do- ing the repair work and se- curing that will be perma- nent,therecanbesomestate- of-the-art engineering done here," he said. "And I hope that will be the case that will help other dams throughout America improve their cir- cumstancessosimilarthings do not happen." ContactreporterAndre Byik at 896-7760. Dam FROM PAGE 1 PHOTOS BY BILL HUSA — MERCURY-REGISTER A sign in Oroville on Tuesday morning tells people the evacuation order remains in effect. Roughly 100,000cubic-feet of water per second pour down the damaged Oroville Dam main spillway Tuesday in Oroville. Bedrock Park is flooded by water from the swollen Feather River CHARLESADAMS March 8, 1921 ~ February 5, 2017 Charles Frasier Adams died peacefully at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, surrounded by members of his nat- ural and church families. Charles was born in Sacramento, CA, the oldest child of Frank Edmond Adams and Johanna Marie Jensen. His ear- ly years were lived in a lumber camp located east of An- derson, where both parents were employed. Later they moved to Gerber, where he attended Gerber Christian Grammar School. The family moved to Vallejo where he completed junior high and high school. Family history records that his job was to go fishing, to supply the family with food. He said that at age 19, he knew he was going down the wrong path, but was pow- erless to stop, so he asked the Lord Jesus to save him, "and it worked!" After that he became a "fisher of men". In 1942, Charles married Imogene Melvin Clausnitzer, and was drafted into the US Amy Air Corp. He served the duration of the war in Burma, as a machinist for ground crews, which maintained aircraft that flew sup- plies over the Himalayan Mountains. His life was characterized by perseverance in service to his Lord, as an evangelist, teacher, church planter, and mentor to many. He worked with his hands, usually with wry humor, and was known to be able to build just about anything with materials at hand. His business card read "Custom Artificer". Gone before him are his parents, his wife of 64 years, a sister Bertha Dorine Parsons, and a brother, Richard Adams. His survivors include his daughter Marilyn, a nu- merous group that call him "Uncle", and an extensive church family. A brief memorial service at the Gerber Bible Hall is planned for Saturday, February 18 at 11:00. The address is the corner of Samson and Ventura streets in Gerber. In place of flowers, the family requests consideration of a donation to: Gospel Tract Distributors PO Box 17406 Portland, OR 97217 PATRICIA "PAT" BURNS 1931 ~ 2017 Patricia (Pat) Burns passed away peacefully on January 29th, 2017 in Redding, California. She was 84. She was born in Stockton, CA in 1931 to Stewart and Leoda Hocking, and grew up in Calaveras County. She met the love of her life, Del Burns, in high school and they were married in 1952. They moved to Red Bluff in 1957, where they owned several businesses and raised their two children. They moved to Burnt Ranch, CA in 1980, where they owned Trinity Disposal for ten years, then finally retiring. They moved to Redding, in 2004. Pat is preceded in death by Del Burns, her beloved hus- band of 53 years, her oldest son, Dan Burns, and her two brothers, Harold and Howard Hocking. She is survived by her sister, Sally Olsen, of Sacramento, son, Russ Burns (Carol) and family of North Carolina, granddaughter, Malissa Pulido (Tony), great- granddaughter, Malyha Pulido, of New Mexico, grand- sons, Seth Burns and Lucas Burns of Red Bluff, daughter- in-law, Gigi Swisher of Red Bluff, and many nieces and nephews. She loved to crochet, cook, and play Scrabble and card games. She loved to tell jokes and was known for her fun-loving ways and straight-forward personality. She will be thoroughly missed by all those who knew her. Private family services will be held in Murphys, CA. A special thank-you to Lizette Ybarra and staff from Se- renity Senior Care Services of Redding, for their loving care of this amazing lady. Obituaries 734MainStreet 530-690-2477 11am-9pm Mon.-Thur. 11am - 10pm Fri. & Sat. 11am-8pm Sun. 9 CRAFT BEERS ON TAP Pizza Restaurant RUNNINGS ROOFING and CONSTRUCTION SheetMetalRoofing ResidentialCommercial • Composition • Shingle • Single Ply Membrane ServingTehamaCounty 530-527-5789 530-209-5367 NoMoney Down! "NoJobTooSteep" " No Job Too Flat" FREE ESTIMATES CA.Lic#829089B&C39 ThePassingParadeisbroughttoyoubyMinchPropertyManagement, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527-5514 THEPASSINGPARADE Mystoryinlastweek'sPassingParadewas unfair to the memory of Russ Frey for I had not mentioned an important reconciliation between Russ and his absentee mother, Elspeth. Although she had left him, his father and Red Bluff in the early 30's and lived high atop a penthouse in Mexico City for most of her life, the two began corre- spondence much later, resulting in Russ's visit to her in Mexico City. At such meetings she would often give him a wristwatch as a token of her affection. He reported that he had 10 of them in his collection at last count. As a result of his many visits, he convinced her to return to Red Bluff. She did and bought the Ellenwood house on the corner of Rio and Pine, which was just across the street from my mother's house...and she and mother quickly renewed their friendship after all the many years since her exodus. Elspeth, while in Mexico, had married a man named George Troop, a handsome tour guide... and she went by the name of Elspeth Troop for the remainder of her life. As I recall, they had separated or he had died some years previously. Eventually, at an advanced age, it was apparent Elspeth needed help taking care of herself and Russ en- rolled her in the assisted living facility on David where she lived for a number of years thereafter. It was rather ironic that he too would need their facility a few years after her demise. As a footnote to Elspeth's home on Rio, she and my mother formed a pact that if, �irst thing each morning, one could not see the raised curtain in the front room of either house, they were to call designated people and report that something was amiss. This was the case when Elspeth noticed mymother'sdrapeswerestill drawn at mid-morning and called the authorities and who discovered that mother had been killed by intruders in the night. It was a dark day for all of us, of course, and may have speeded Elspeth's departure to assisted living. I previously failed to mention that Virginia Frey, Russ's daughter, was also a great help to him in his lat- ter years in addition to his son and her brother, Russ Jr. Recently Russ Jr. sent me a CD of a 16mm �ilm taken back in l929 or the early 30's. It shows a beautiful young woman dancing alone in the Cone Ranch garden east of town. She had earlier a brief stay in Hollywood where she had modeled and studied dancing in hopes of a career in �ilms. It was rumored she was a stand-in for star Dolores Del Rio The �ilm in the Cone garden is a sight to behold as she solo danced with gay abandon. This early introduction to Red Bluff pre dated her even- tual short lived marriage to Doctor R.G. Frey...and this free spirit's �light to far off lands. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2017 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 5 A