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ByJulieZeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter CORNING The Corning Ex- change Club will honor Tehama County law enforcement and public safety workers on Satur- day at the annual Police and Fire Recognition Awards Dinner held at the Corning Veterans Memo- rial Hall, 1620 Solano St. "Proceeds raised from this event will continue funding Corning Exchange Club's spon- sorship of our community's youth programs and our national com- mitment to fight child abuse," said President Ross Turner. "The exchange club will be honoring the outstanding law enforcement personnel from 2016 from 12 sep- arate public agencies, who will be presented plaques at the dinner." The event will begin at 6 p.m. with tickets costing $17.50 each. Tickets are available ahead of time from Corning Exchange members and at Olive City Tax Professionals, 1610 Solano St., or by calling 824-1040. They can be purchased at the door if avail- able. Linda Watkins-Bennett, from channels 12 and 24 in Chico, will emcee ceremony. Raffle prizes, including gift baskets donated by various Corning and Red Bluff merchants, will be drawn throughout the evening. Honorees from the 2016 event included Corning Volun- teer Fire Department First As- sistant Chief Bob Hall and Dis- patcher Troy Mura; Corning Ru- ral Fire Department Station 12 Chief Jim Allen; Cal Fire Bat- talion Chief Erick Puckett; Te- hama County Fire Company 21 Chief Steve Zane; Red Bluff Fire TEHAMA COUNTY Public safety workers to be honored Staff report RED BLUFF The body of the man who was presumed to have drowned Friday evening near Jelly's Ferry Road was found around 5:30 p.m. Sunday and identified as Michael Keaohou Lujan, 35, of Red Bluff. Deputies responded to the area at 11:39 p.m. Friday after voices were heard yelling for help. It was reported that two men and a woman were in a canoe that overturned, according to a press release issued Saturday by the Tehama County Sheriff's Office. The three were attempt- ing to return to their residence, which was surrounded by water but not flooded, using the canoe. A man and a woman were rescued by the Tehama County Search and Rescue Swift Water Team at 3:30 a.m. Saturday, but the third man, Lujan, was not found and was presumed to have drowned. Lujan's body was found Sun- day in the water amongst trees. The Sheriff's Boating Unit and the rescue team returned to the area and conduced a ground search after a backpack was found belonging to Lujan, ac- cording to the release. Lujan's family was contacted and he was positively identified. On Tuesday it was confirmed that the cause of death was drowning, after an autopsy was conducted. On Saturday and Sunday the California Highway Patrol's Air Operations Unit as well as the Boating Unit returned to the area and an extensive search was conducted for Lujan. The two rescued individuals were transported to area hos- pitals for treatment due to the length of time they were in the elements. They were released from the hospital that same day. WATER RESCUE Bodyidentifiedindrowning TEHAMA COUNTY As of 10:30 Tuesday there are nine evacu- ees remaining at the Los Moli- nos High School shelter, which remains open, as most are from the Woodson area and have been without power due to the recent storm activity throughout the county and North State. "As of now, it looks like about 100 citizens were adversely af- fected with this storm and if this neweststorm becomes aproblem we may have significantly more," said Tehama County Sheriff's Of- ficePublicInformationOfficerLt. Yvette Borden. BordensaidtheSheriff'sOffice is prepared and ready to move forward if flooding resumes or people are impacted again. She suggestsstayinghomeifyouhave nowhere urgent to go and said this is not the time to sightsee. Borden encouraged residents to have water and food supplies to be able to shelter in place for a couple of days. Flores Avenue, between In- terstate 5 and 99W had been re- opened as of Tuesday morning. The roads throughout the county that are closed including First Avenue in the Kirkwood area of Corning and Gilmore Ranch Road, between Williams Avenue and Hoy Road, Kaer Av- enue, between Belle Mill Road and Royal Lane, in Red Bluff. In- ghram Road in Corning is closed one mile south of Capay and Shasta Boulevard in Los Moli- nos between Eighth and 62nd av- enues and Christian Road in Or- land remain closed, Borden said. For road closure information, visit tehamacountypublicworks. ca.gov. The National Weather Ser- vice issued a flood warning at 9:12 a.m. Tuesday in Tehama County and other urban areas and small streams north of Sac- ramento,remainingineffectuntil 4 p.m. Thursday. Those areas in- clude Colusa, Yolo, Sutter, Solano, Plums,Alpine,Placer,Shasta,Las- sen, Amador, Tuolumne, Sacra- mento, Lake, Stanislaus, San Joa- quin,ElDorado,Calaveras,Butte, Glenn, Sierra, Yuba and Nevada counties. As an extra precaution theweatherserviceadvisestonot cross flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. The Tehama Bridge over the Sacramento River remained in a flood warning stage as of 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, with water levels just above the flood line at 213.07 feet. ElevatedflowscontinuedTues- day with minor receding ex- pected in most areas Wednesday. Levels will remain high on the Sacramento River through the week as Keswick Dam releases are expected to increase, accord- ing to the weather service. There have been continued scheduled releases from the Kes- wick Reservoir an Dam with 30,000 cubic feet of water per second released at noon Tuesday, 36,000 cfs at 1 p.m. and 42,000 cfs at 2 p.m., with four more re- leases scheduled for Wednesday ending with 70,000 cfs at noon, according to the California De- partment Water Resources. Theweatherserviceforecastsa 40 percent change of showers for Wednesday with little or no snow accumulationexpected.Somefog is expected for late Wednesday. There is a slight chance of rain Thursday. Otherwise, the day is expected to be mostly sunny. STORM UPDATE FLOOD WARNINGS, WATER RELEASES CONTINUE CONTRIBUTEDBYANNETTENULL Pictured here is the boat ramp at the Bend Bridge. Community.....A3 Lifestyles........A4 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 Comics ............B6 Weather ..........A8 INDEX Have a great day, Ann Messmer GOOD MORNING U DowJones 20,743.00 +118.95 U S&P 500 2365.38 +14.22 U Nasdaq 5865.95 +27.37 BUSINESS Man who used hostage as human shield during deadly shootout with police will die in prison. PAGE B3 STATE Bankrobberreceives life sentence Controversial right-wing com- mentator leaves tech editor position following explosive comments. PAGE B3 YIANNOPOULOS Speaker steps down from Breitbart Lujan's body was found Sunday in the water amongst trees. Levels will remain high on the Sacramento River through the week as Keswick Dam releases are expected to increase, according to the weather service. Check out what's going on in your neighborhood and the community. PAGE A2 LOCAL CALENDAR DN FILE PHOTO Heidi Thomas is congratulated by Assemblyman James Gallagher at the 2016Corning Exchange Police and Fire Awards Dinner for her selection as Red Bluff Police Officer of the Year. 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