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Harris:SableReneHarris, 17, of Red Bluff died Thurs- day, Feb. 23in Carmichael. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Hart: Alta Mae Hart, 91, of Red Bluff died Monday, Feb. 13at Red Bluff Healthcare Center. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt- Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Holbrook: Harve Patrick Holbrook, 63, of Red Bluff died Wednesday, Feb. 15 at his home. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Robinson: Richard Rob- inson, 40, of Cottonwood died Friday, Feb. 24at Mercy Medical Center in Redding. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Cremation & Burial. Published Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Smith: Troy Smith, 49, of Red Bluff died Friday, Feb. 24at Brentwood Skilled Nursing. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt- Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Deathnoticesmustbe provided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Deathnotices identified by the owner, who observed the vehicle at the apartment complex. According to the re- lease, during the course of the investigation another man, Jon Paul Lareau, 45, was identified as being in- volved, which led to his ar- rest. Rodger's part in the theft was expounded through evidentiary leads left at the crime scene that linked Lareau to the theft, according to the re- lease. Lareau was arrested and booked Saturday on the charges of burglary, conspiracy to commit a felony and vehicle theft. Rodgers and Lareau are both being held on a $158,000 bail. Burglary FROM PAGE 1 we have experienced you are out there running to these situations when ev- eryone is running out and for that we thank you," Wat- kins-Bennett said. "You also train constantly to be the best that you can be. This is what makes you heroes in our hearts. That you risk your lives for us." Corning Volunteer Fire Department Chief Martin Spannaus presented a spe- cial plaque to Rusty Wil- liams on behalf of the Has- say family in honor of the late Greg Hassay. Hassay joined the de- partment in 1974 and spent many hours dedicated to the department in not just the role of a firefighter, but as head chef for a number of events, the role of Santa for the organization's yearly food basket giveaway and one of the first to volun- teer for strike teams, Span- naus said. Always ready to go on a strike team whether it was day or night, Has- say suffered a major med- ical issue while on a fire in the summer of 2016 and an- other one after he arrived home. "He was a very special man," Williams said. Hassay's son Rich Has- say said many of his earli- est memories of growing up in Corning involved the fire department. "Family picnics, summer bed races and going on calls are still things that I vividly remember," Hassay said. "He gave many years of his life to the department and community he loved. My dad always lived life the way he wanted and ended it doing what he loved." Sgt. Craig Bassett in- troduced Officer Matthew Hewitt as Corning Police Department's Officer of the Year as someone who was not only number one in ar- rests and citations, but also someone who is honest, a person of integrity, caring and a believer in commu- nity policing. This was ev- idenced by his dancing in full gear at a Halloween function last year, Bassett said. Corning Rural Fire De- partment Chief Jim Allen introduced Debbie May as Company 12's Firefighter of the Year. May has been a volunteer for more than 12 years and is not only a top responder, but someone who is always asking what else she can do, Allen said. Richfield Volunteer Fire Chief Roy Geer introduced Company 11's Firefighter of the Year Tom Flanagan by first talking about the department, which saw a drop in numbers over the years and still only has seven members, but still runs 150 calls a year. Fla- nagan helped fill in a gap when Geer was out for a while with a knee surgery and most recently tiled the floors in the bathrooms all on top of his full-time job working for the US Forest Service. Red Bluff Police Chief Kyle Sanders introduced Cpl. Kevin Bowen who joined the department in July 2012 as someone who is trustworthy, a person of integrity, solid and above all someone who has a great at- titude. He is "every supervi- sor's dream and does every- thing asked with a smile," Sanders said. Cal Fire Battalion Chief Gerry Magana introduced Captain Bill Stirton as the one who when many at the department give 100 per- cent he always gives 115 per- cent. Stirton, who has been with Cal Fire for 22 years, took on extra assignments last year, but is also receiv- ing the award because he is someone who always gives his best and his energy and drive inspire others in the department, Magana said. California Highway Pa- trol Red Bluff Commander Lt. Lou Aviles introduced Officer Ken Baldwin as someone who maintains his poise even in the worst circumstances, is thor- ough and detailed as well as someone who possesses a great deal of knowledge. Tehama County Assis- tant District Attorney Matt Rogers introduced Investi- gator Kevin Hale as some- one who shouldered a heavy load in the case of the death of Marysa Nichols that led to the conviction of Quen- tin Ray Bealer. He was cho- sen for his driven determi- nation, ethics and willing- ness to go above and beyond. Sunday marks the four-year anniversary of when Nichols went missing and was found two-dayslaternearRedBluff High School, Hale said. "It was an emotional case, especially the last two months," Hale said. "Bealer was convicted to 25 years to life, which wouldn't have happened without the hard work of every one of us who put our hearts into the case. It was important to us that Marysa's voice was heard." Tehama County Fire De- partment Deputy Chief in- troduced Company 2 Chief Chris Wikeen as someone who has not only re-kin- dled the volunteers with the company, which has long had an active group of volunteers, but had been dwindling in recent years, but also cut the response time. He is also someone who gives back to the com- munity in other ways in- cluding getting a defibrilla- tor for Lake California, but also in bell ringing for the Salvation Army. Red Bluff Fire Depart- ment Chief Ray Barber in- troduced Firefighter Justin Kingsley who joined the department as a member of the Red Bluff Fire Acad- emy in 2014 after working for both the US Forest Ser- vice and Cal Fire. "I thought he was a full- time firefighter for the first two weeks I worked at the department," Barber said. "He was always doing above and beyond and he was there every day. He's the first to raise his hand and volunteer, the first to be up in the morning and the last one to bed at night. He's also the one who was up until 11 p.m. painting white stripes in the engine bay. He's the firefighter all chiefs wish their whole de- partment was." Tehama County Sher- iff Dave Hencratt intro- duced the final recipient of the night, Michael Enyart, who graduated from West Valley High School in Cot- tonwood and then attended college on a baseball schol- arship, first at Butte Col- lege and later at New Mex- ico Highlands University in Las Vegas. He joined the Tehama County Sher- iff's Department in March 2012 and is someone who is high energy, self-moti- vated and able to turn an enforcement encounter into a positive encounter, Hen- cratt said. Enyart was awarded the Deputy Sheriff's Associa- tion Officer of the Year in 2014 and 2015 and earned the department's Boat Plug Award given to those who have situations that don't go as planned. Dinner FROM PAGE 1 Attendee Denise Snider said she absolutely loves the event. "I try and come every year," Snider said. "It's one of the best activities going around and I love support- ing the Corning commu- nity. It's a great place to make new friends and see old ones you haven't see in a while." For artist Suzanne Bears of Gerber, she enjoys coming every year because she enjoys getting to talk with all the people who come. It's a great event to showcase your work in, she said. In addition to buying art from artists there was also a raffle going on at the Corning Tuesday Art Group in which member Sylvia Meents donated a picture of the Woodson Bridge in Corning. Pro- ceeds from the raffle were being donated by the group to the Corning Ro- tary. Veronica Carrel of Red Bluff brought her pot- tery to the show, which is something she got in- volved in because of a class in high school that even- tually led to taking more classes in college, she said. She learned of the event through a friend. "It's a great event," Car- rel said. "I'm happy they asked me to be here and very honored to show here." Festival FROM PAGE 1 JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS A woman takes a look at the Barrels & Beyond booth on Saturday at the Corning Rotary Wine Art and Food Festival. JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS Red Bluff Police Cpl. Kevin Bowen is congratulated by Jerry Crow, a filed representative for state Sen. Jim Nielsen, Saturday at the annual Corning Exchange Club Police and Fire Awards Dinner. Also pictured is Red Bluff Police Chief Kyle Sanders and Brenda Haynes, field representative for Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Richvale. By Risa Johnson Chico Enterprise-Record OROVILLE The state De- partment of Water Re- sources halted flows down Lake Oroville's spillway Monday afternoon in an ef- fort to get the Hyatt Power- plant up and running and to assess damage. In order to use the pow- erplant under the dam, the department needs to re- move debris in the Diver- sion Pool at the base of the spillway that started crum- bling Feb. 7. DWR needs to remove the debris, which has in ef- fect created a dam across the river below, and lower the water level in the Diver- sion Pool to a point at which it is deemed safe to operate the plant. The debris build-up be- gan when a major break opened in the concrete chute this month. With no other way to get enough water out of the lake, the department had to let the spillway flow with the real- ization the bottom part of the ramp would be torn up. With the absence of flows, the department is able to survey the extensive damage to the spillway. The flow down the broken spill- way carved a new path and a huge ravine south of the spillway, toward the dam. That debris, rocks, trees and dirt, mostly ended up in the Diversion Pool. DWR spokesperson Lau- ren Bisnett said the depart- ment estimated at 3 p.m. Monday that there was 500,000 to 1 million cubic yards of debris in the Diver- sion Pool. The higher figure is the equivalent of a foot- ball field stacked 470 feet high with debris, she said. Figuring that mass in terms of dump truck loads that must be hauled away, the average commercial dump truck can carry up to 18 cubic yards of material. That's 55,556 truck loads that will be hauled away and dumped near the dam. Bisnett said erosion mea- surements in and around the spillway were still be- ing taken. "We knew there was go- ing to be significant dam- age," she said. At a press conference Monday morning, DWR acting Director Bill Croyle said he hoped to have the plant operating this week but couldn't give an exact date. Use of the spillway is anticipated again in March, he said. "This is a big day. There's going to be a lot of changes," Croyle said. He said the department may not go "full blast," or 15,000 cubic-feet per sec- ond, right away through the powerplant. Previously a department spokesper- son said the maximum flow from the plant was 13,000 cfs. When asked how many turbines were operational, he said one of the six was not. To compensate for the stopped spillway flows into the river, the department is ramping up releases from the Thermalito Afterbay, Croyle said. Flows began decreasing starting at 6:45 a.m. Mon- day morning, down from 55,000 cfs. As of 2 p.m., in- flows to Lake Oroville were coming in at 24,089 cfs, a department spokesperson said. The lake's surface was at 838 feet of elevation. That's 63 feet below its 901-foot capacity, which when ex- ceeded causes flows to go down the problematic emer- gency spillway as happened a week and a half ago, trig- gering evacuation orders for more than 180,000 peo- ple. With the spillway turned off, there's still enough space in the lake to handle more than 40 days at the current rate of inflow with- out filling, the DWR said. Lowering flows will al- low the department to see if it's possible to operate the spillway with flows lower than 50,000 cfs with- out causing further dam- age to the structure, Cro- yle said. "Our goal is to better un- derstand the dynamics of that spillway," he said. Though the department expects to have to use the spillway again soon, Croyle said it doesn't want to get into a pattern of turning the spillway on and off. He mentioned that inflows for June were expected to go down to 12,000 cfs, which the powerplant could han- dle on its own, without add- ing to storage levels. Inflow levels in February were 570 percent above average, Cro- yle said. "We don't want to get into this yo-yo thing, where were loading up, ramping down," he said. Bisnett said crews were monitoring pools in the river from above and would rescue any trapped fish on Tuesday. Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said an evac- uation plan for residents downstream of the dam is now complete and he was meeting with entities on Monday to finalize it. He said later in the week, he would meet with local me- dia to discuss those plans. Preparing a social media campaign and community meetings in areas affected are also in the works, Ho- nea said. "Everybody (will have) an opportunity to look at the plan and understand the key early warning trig- gers," he said. OROVILLE DAM DWR shuts off spillway BILL HUSA — ENTERPRISE-RECORD A helicopter flies in for a closer look a er Lake Oroville operators stopped the flow on the damaged spillway Monday a ernoon. ALTAMAETAYLORHART December 28, 1925 ~ February 13, 2017 Alta Mae Taylor Hart born in Red Bluff December 28, 1925 and died in Red Bluff February 13, 2017 She leaves 4 children, Jennifer (& Dan) McMillen of Salem, Oregon, Alden (& Tara) Hart of Cody, Wyoming, Richard Hart and Andrew Hart of Red Bluff. 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