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ANDRE BYIK — DAILY NEWS Red Bluff police Capt. Kyle Sanders, le, competed on the law enforcement team at the inaugural Ultimate Spelling Bee Challenge to benefit the Tehama County Back to School Project on Saturday at Red Bluff High School. ANDRE BYIK — DAILY NEWS Red Bluff High School students Karlee Garcia, le, and K.J. Hinkston compete at the Ultimate Spelling Bee Challenge to benefit the Tehama County Back to School Project on Saturday at Red Bluff High School. By Andre Byik sports@redbluffdailynews.com @TehamaSports on Twitter RED BLUFF » The words were delivered in rapid-fire succession Saturday at the inaugural Ultimate Spell - ing Bee Challenge held at Red Bluff High School, where teams of elected offi- cials, law enforcement per- sonnel, area students and more competed to benefit the Tehama County Back to School Project. The Back to School Proj - ect, founded in 2004, pro- vides new clothes, shoes, backpacks and haircuts to students in need. Sat- urday's spelling bee drew some of the who's who in Te- hama County, including city officials, county candidates and school administrators, and was expected to raise more than $10,000 for the program. The rules took the tra - ditional spelling bee for- mat for a spin. Spellmas- ter Jennifer Scarborough, news director and anchor at KRCR News, fired off such words as "gallows," "slaughter," and "flimflam," to a duo of team members at a time. Teammates, such as Red Bluff Mayor Daniele Jackson and council mem - ber Clay Parker, would have one minute to spell as many words correctly as they could. Laughs, passes, and self-deprecating hu - mor replaced the bell indi- cating a misspelled word. After three rounds, team totals would be added, and the spelling champions crowned. The event was borne out of need for a new fundraiser, said Kim Berry, founder of the Back to School Project. "I didn't want to do an - EDUCATION EvEnt spElls succEss Inaugural spelling bee expected to raise more than $10,000 "I just think spelling is so much fun. And this event, I hope, is going to bring the fun back into spelling." — Kim Berry, founder of the Back to School Project By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF » The retirement of Bev Ross left an incum- bent-free race for the po- sition of Tehama County Clerk and Recorder set to be decided June 3. The position, a 4-year term to commence Jan. 5, 2015, pays an annual salary of $85,432. Ross served two terms as the Clerk and Recorder; pre - viously she was the county's Assistant Registrar of Vot- ers. That position is held by Jennifer Vise, who now hopes to follow in Ross' foot - steps as the County Clerk. She faces a challenge from Tim Morehouse, no stranger to elections. He serves as president of the Tehama County Board of Education. Morehouse Morehouse moved to Red Bluff in 2003 and has worked in both private and pub- lic organizations with back- grounds in management training and political science. As a member of the County Board of Education More- house said he has been inte- gral in the recent decisions to provide residents with greater representation that accurately reflects Tehama County. Morehouse said his goal for the Clerk and Recorder's Office is to see more citizens actively engaged and accu - rately informed. He graduated from Cali- fornia State University, Chico with a degree in Interna- tional Relations and a minor in Latin American Studies. He studied abroad in Yu- catan, Mexico and went back to school to earn a Masters in Political Science with an emphasis on American Gov - JUNE 3 ELECTION 2 vi e fo r cl er k an d Re co rd er Assistant Registrar of Voters Vise against Board of Ed President Morehouse By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter CORNING » A 27-year-old man's clothing description and habit of hiding in orchards after committing a crime led to his arrest Friday afternoon. Myles Arthur Lewis was taken into custody in an olive orchard Friday for felony second degree bur - glary and misdemeanors of resisting arrest, a pro- bation violation and an outstanding failure to appear charge. Friday morning the Tehama County Sheriff's De- partment had been dispatched to a theft from a ve- hicle in the area of Gallagher Avenue in Corning, ac- cording to a department press release. The victims of the theft positively identified Lewis as the subject they saw stealing items from their un- locked vehicle. They provided a clothing description and physi- cal description. Deputies believed the man described was Lewis, who had been a suspect in several thefts in the same area over the past couple of days. On Thursday a 72-year-old man had returned to his residence when he found Lewis in the home. Lewis fled out of a bedroom window and ran into an olive orchard. At the time a search with the assistance of a Cal - ifornia Highway Patrol K-9 unit did not find Lewis. Deputies learned that following the Friday theft Lewis had once again fled into the same olive or- chard. Deputies and Corning Police officers began an in- tensive ground search for Lewis. Corning police officers advised that Lewis was CRImE corning man arrested for series of thes 27-year-old flees to nearby orchards a\er committing crime Staff reports RED BLUFF » An Oregon man fleeing law enforce- ment fatally shot himself late Saturday during a vehicle chase on Interstate 5 just south of Red Bluff. A California Highway Patrol officer spotted a car driven southbound by Tommy Ardell Smith, 32, of Cornelius, Ore. traveling slower than the posted speed limit and weaving just before midnight Sat - urday and attempted to pull the car over just north of Red Bluff, according to a press release issued Monday morning. Smith failed to yield and at one point reached into the passenger area and picked up a shotgun, the release said. Smith then fired the weapon. The vehicle continued southbound and crossed the median and the northbound lanes before going th ro ug h a fe nce a nd c om in g to a r es t in a g ra ss y field east of I-5 near the Corning Canal. Officers arrived at the vehicle and found that Smith had suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, the release said. No further information was available. PURsUIT I-5 chase ends in suicide Community ..... A3 Health..............A4 Opinion ............ A6 Liife.................. A5 Sports.............. B1 Classifieds ......B5 Index ............... ## INDEX The first Veterans Expo will be held at Veterans Memorial Hall, 735 Oak St. in Red Bluff 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. PAGE A5 VETERANs Inaugural veterans expo set for Wednesday The Cardinals boys track team won the John "O" Invitational Friday. The Lady Spartans placed second. PAGE B1 sPORTs Corning boys win track meet in Marysville New DNA screening test proving nearly as reliable as a colonoscopy in identifying colon cancer. PAGE A4 hEALTh Sending samples in the mail for lab analysis Relatives grieve as analysis of satellite data indicate approxi- mate area plane disappeared into Indian Ocean. 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