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Tuesday, April 12, 2011 – Daily News – 7A Death Notices Claud William Craig Claud William Craig of Corning died Saturday, April 9, 2011 in Corning. He was 90. Hall Bros. Corning Mortuary is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, April 12, 2011 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Peggy Franklin Peggy Franklin or Red Bluff died Saturday, April 9, 2011, in Redding. She was 76. Hall Bros. Corning Mortuary is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, April 12, 2011 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. William Graham William Graham of Gerber died Sunday, April 10, 2011 in Gerber. He was 84. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, April 12, 2011, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Arthur Stowers Arthur Stowers of Los Molinos died Sunday, April 10, 2011 in Red Bluff. He was 52. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, April 12, 2011 in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Man beaten with bat A 31-year-old Red Bluff man was flown to Mercy Med- ical Center in Redding Saturday afternoon after another man took a baseball bat to him during a fight with several women. Tehama County Sheriff’s Deputies were sent at 1:15 p.m. to the 2390 block of Monrovia after multiple 911 calls were received about the fight. Upon arrival, deputies found Russell Newton Eleck, 31, who was bleeding severely, with major lacerations to his head, a Sheriff’s release said. Eleck was treated by medical personnel on scene before being taken by helicopter to Mercy. He was later released from the hospital following treatment, the release said. During interviews with the witnesses, deputies learned that Eleck, who was intoxicated, had gotten into a fight with several women, including his wife. During the fight, William Jonathan Brown, 32, of Red Bluff armed himself with a baseball bat and started to hit Eleck in the area of his head multiple times. Due to the nature of Eleck’s injuries, Brown was arrested and booked into Tehama County Jail on the charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Bail was set at $30,000. —Staff Report Metteer Elementary School was on a brief lockdown Monday after a fourth-grader went missing. The 10-year-old boy got upset and walked away from school, Red Bluff Police Sgt. Kevin Busekist said. School staff noticed the boy was missing when he did not return to class after recess. Six Red Bluff police officers, including detectives and administrative personnel, responded to the school. Police received a tip that the boy was seen on Interstate 5 near Flores Avenue, which is about seven miles south of the school on Kimball Road. Metteer lockdown FUEL Continued from page 1A Due to recent gas thefts from gas stations and from U-Haul’s parked at the business, deputies made a traffic enforcement stop SET While police and California Highway Patrol were still searching for the child along the highway, they received a call that a good Samaritan had picked him up and taken him to her home on Gyle Road, Busekist said. The boy was reunited with his foster family. He had been upset about some minor issues. Busekist did not have further information on what those issues involved. Corning road closure Tehama County Public Works announces that a road closure will be in affect from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13, on Samson Avenue from Sixth to Eighth Avenue in the Corning area. The closure is for tree work. BLM Continued from page 1A about,” Garton said. “It potentially could be good for the county.” On the tour, Garton saw, for the first time, one of the newest ponds created on some 18,000- plus acres of BLM land. The BLM has taken over management of some 14,000 acres in the proposed recreation area since 1992, said tour leader Kelly Williams. Williams, a natural resource specialist for the BLM, told stories about the area and described what efforts were put into creating recreational opportuni- ties for the public. Some of these include the creation of several ponds that were possible through obtaining water rights from a nearby source. One of the areas, on some 40 acres of land donated to the state, the BLM built a year-round wetland for migrating fowl that is open to hunters just off the paved road, Williams said. Many people have lit- tle idea what is out there, Williams said. After hearing little more than whispers recently about the possi- ble designation of the Sacramento River Bend Area as a National Recreation Area, the bill is still in motion. The designation would give the area spe- cial management and federal funding. During Tuesday’s public comment period Continued from page 1A the Office of Grants and Local Services. The meeting, which starts at 7:30 p.m. will also see approval of the city’s conflict of interest code, adoption of records man- agement guidelines and retention schedule and several proclamations. Proclamations include Public Safety Telecommu- at the Board of Supervi- sors meeting, Goodwin talked about what he learned about the bill and the area while on the tour. There may be some follow-up needed for the supervisors to address, he said. Some guard rails and a bridge may be in the future in the Bend area. As far as the proposed bill, it is on hold in Con- gress, Goodwin said. There is a prohibition on earmarked bills at the moment, and land acqui- sition bills, like the Bend area bill, are considered earmarked. Sen. Barbara Boxer and Feinstein co- authored the bill, which was supported by a majority vote of county supervisors. 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During a search of nications Week for April 10-16, April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Council will also dis- cuss recommendations to appoint Councilman John Leach as representative on the Corning Senior Center Board and Councilman Dave Linnet and Planning Commissioner Doug Hat- ley to serve on the city’s Marijuana Advisory Board. The Corning City If the designation does pass in Congress, additional funding could be available to use for further development of river and trail access points, parking lots and signage. For now, BLM is still working on acquiring suitable properties in the area and developing recreational trails and related features on the land. ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailyn ews.com. Woolley and the vehicle, deputies located glass methamphetamine pipes, 13.7 grams of crystal methamphetamine, evi- dence of drug sales, a Sheriff’s release said. Also located were bolt cutters, cut sections of Council meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at City Hall, 794 Third Street. Meeting minutes and agendas are available at www.corn- The officers and members of the CORNING EXCHANGE CLUB wish to publicly mark the passing of our esteemed friend and member GENE MAY on Wednesday, April 6. Gene’s long list of accomplishments and service to our community can only be matched by the number of his friends and admirers. Gene, with his wife Delores always at his side, was actively involved in the Exchange Club, Senior Citizens Center, Gleaners, his church, family and the VFW. Gene served in the Pacific during WWII in the Merchant Marines, and will be sorely missed by his fellow veterans at the VFW, where he was always on deck whenever anything needed doing. Gene’s pet project was Boy’s State through the American Legion. The Gleaners could always count on Gene being front and center to assist in their monthly food distributions. On numerous occasions Gene and Delores were named Senior Citizens of the Year by the Senior Citizens Center in appreciation for their volunteerism; an honor that was also bestowed upon them by the Farm Bureau. Gene was always present and accounted for, working alongside his fellow Exchange Club members on the numerous fund raising events held to assist Corning youth programs and in the fight against child abuse. This short memorial cannot hope to do justice to the memory of GENE MAY, our dearly departed friend, Exchange Club member and community volunteer. Gene’s passing may leave a void in our lives, but he will continue to live on in our hearts and in our memories. Rest in peace brother Gene! chains and padlocks including a PG&E pad- lock and evidence of pre- vious fuel thefts. Recent victims of fuel and livestock panel theft are asked to contact Sgt. Dave Kain at 529-7900. —Staff Report ing.org. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Bill would lower county funding need for jail beds SACRAMENTO (AP) — The state would boost its contribution for building county jail beds to 90 percent, up from 75 percent, under a bill approved Monday by the state Senate. The change was among several revisions the Senate made to budget and public safety bills Gov. Jerry Brown signed earlier this month. The changes in AB94 are meant to make it easier for counties to secure a part of the $1.2 billion in bond financing state lawmakers approved in 2007. The project is aimed at easing overcrowding in state prisons by adding beds at county jails. About $620 million in funding from the 2007 bill, AB900, has been awarded to 11 counties that agreed to match a quarter of the cost, said Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, who introduced the bill in the Senate. Others, however, are struggling to come up with the matching money as their economic fortunes have fallen amid the recession. Senate Minority Leader Bob Dutton, R-Rancho Cucamonga, said the change was unfair to coun- ties that already have agreed to the higher matching rate. “I really think this sends a bad signal, and I would suggest this be delayed and put over until we can make some kind of concession to the ... counties that have already put their money on the line,” he said. The bill allows the counties to relinquish their funding and reapply if they have not spent any of the money. Those counties would be given financing preference. No county is eligible to receive more than $100 million, according to the bill. The Senate approved AB94 on a 22-9 vote, sending it to the Assem- bly. Black draws big crowds Monday