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WEDNESDAY MARCH 23, 2011 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 8A RED BLUFF Reader Photos Spartans’ Home Opener SPORTS 1B Showers likely 51/43 Weather forecast 8B By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Two children who had been abducted in two unrelated inci- dents from outside Tehama County were each found in the Red Bluff area early Tuesday. One of the children, a 12- DAILYNEWS TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Missing kids turn up in Tehama County year-old abducted by his grand- mother a year ago in Anchor- age, Alaska, was found at 2:42 a.m. Tuesday in the Walmart parking lot in Red Bluff, police said. The Red Bluff Police Department followed up on a report from the Butte County Sheriff’s Office that the boy and his grandmother, Elizabeth Flo- res-Jennings, 56, of Cameron Park, had recently been spotted in Oroville and were sleeping inside a Dodge truck at an undetermined Walmart parking lot north of Oroville, police said. Officer Joe Rossi, on patrol at Walmart, found a truck matching the description, police said. Rossi and other officers found Flores-Jennings and the boy asleep in the bed of the truck under a camper shell, police said. Flores-Jennings was arrested Back to Butte on a felony warrant. She was taken to the Tehama County Jail and is awaiting extradition to Alaska, police said. Bail was set at $10,000. The boy, who appeared to be in good health, was taken into protective custody and released See KIDS, page 7A LM bank robber still at large Sheriff’s deputies and FBI agents are trying to iden- tify a man wanted for the Oct. 7, 2010 robbery of Umpqua Bank in Los Molinos. The suspect is described as a white male, around 40 to 50 years old, 5-foot-4 to 5-foot-5 and weighing between 130 and 140 pounds, accord- ing to a press release issued Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Jus- tice. He is possibly bald and has small spaces between his top front teeth. The robbery took place at about 12:30 p.m. when the suspect entered the lobby of the bank. Upon reaching the teller counter Artist’s rendition he displayed a small chrome-colored semi-automatic handgun and made a verbal demand for money. See BANK, page 7A SWAT Team to drill Thursday Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Brandon Drew, organizer and promoter of the Black Butte Triathlon, center, checks out the additions to the boat launch at Buckhorn Campground at Black Butte Reservoir, where the event will take place in April. Pictured with Drew are Bill Miller, senior park ranger, and Seth Jantzen, both of the Army Corps of Engineers. Triathlon returns for 2nd year By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer More than 100 athletes are geared up to bike, swim and run in south Tehama County during an April triathlon. The Black Butte Triathlon, in its second year, has already surpassed last year’s enrollment, said organizer Brandon Drew. Hoping to create a venue to bring people to the area who will return again, Drew and his crew have put together a three-day event at Buckhorn Campground at the Black Butte Reservoir. Aiming to draw people and tourism dollars from outside the area, 80 percent of competitors are from See BUTTE, page 7A Special to the DN The Tehama Inter- Agency SWAT Team, con- sisting of members from the Tehama County Sher- iff’s, Red Bluff Police and Corning Police depart- ments, will be conducting training exercises Thursday in Red Bluff. Exercises will be con- ducted from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the former Cin- derella Motel, 600 Rio St., which is owned by Pacific Gas and Electric. During this time, there may be occasional loud noises due to windows being broken or other train- ing activities. Smoke might also be used to add realism to the training. “The Swat team is grateful for PG&E’s will- ingness to allow training at this site as it affords the team the ability to conduct realistic training in a real world environment,” said Red Bluff Police Lt. Kyle Sanders in a press release. See SWAT, page 7A Calif. clerks say Scouts, Legion retire flags at ceremony time is running out for tax vote SACRAMENTO (AP) — County elections offi- cials on Tuesday warned that time is running short and the Legislature should act by the end of the week if it wants a June 21 special election asking voters to extend temporary tax hikes. Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic lawmakers have indicated they would like to hold the election in June before families take summer vacations and before the temporary tax increases enacted two years ago expire. So far, the Democratic governor has been unable to persuade any Republican lawmakers to sign on to his election proposal, which is part of his plan to close Califor- nia’s $26.6 billion budget deficit. By law, an election must be set a minimum of 88 days in advance to give counties enough time to prepare. While the Legisla- ture has the authority to bypass the election code, the state’s 58 counties administer elections and have varying demands and needs. Not all may be able to accommodate a signifi- cantly compressed time- frame. Ideally, counties would need to know by Friday to comfortably organize poll workers and order ballots and envelopes for a June 21 election, said Gail Pellerin, the Santa Cruz County clerk and president of the association representing county elections officials. She said the longer the state waits, the less likely it is that counties can put on a successful election or get ballots mailed in time. “Certainly, we will do everything in our power to make things happen, but 88 days is what we need to do a good job,” Pellerin said. See VOTE, page 7A 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power The Boy Scouts of America Venturing Crew 905 with the supervision of the American Legion Mt. Lassen Post 167 hosted a flag retirement ceremony Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Hall in Red Bluff.The Crew is a program for boys and girls ages 14 to 20. The flags would normally be burned after the ceremony, but weather stopped the flag disposal. Flags are given to the groups when they have become too old and tattered for dignified use. Bill Weingart wants to thank all the wonderful people for their: The family of prays visits cards calls flowers gifts The many acts of kindness and love have been a great source of encouragement for him. Our grateful thanks to all. Bill requires one more surgery and then will begin his journey to recovery. St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Auxiliary A member of CHW Used Book Sale 50¢ & $1 each SECH Auxiliary Warde / McAuley Room March 22 & 23 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 530.529.8002 redbluff.mercy.org 2550 Sister Mary Columba Dr., Red Bluff PHYSICIAN REFERRAL A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 1-800-990-9971 CHW North State Region DN photo by Andrea Wagner