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WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 7, 2011 Breaking news at: Never Forget Pearl Harbor www.redbluffdailynews.com 70 years ago RED BLUFF Lady Spartans Preview SPORTS 1B Sunny 59/32 Weather forecast 8B 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 Freeze warnings in place for NorCal counties The California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) Tuesday urged residents throughout California to accel- erate their winter weather pre- paredness efforts in response to a forecast by the National Weather Service for tempera- tures in the 20s to low 30s and possibly lower later this week. "According to the National Weather Service, residents in much of Northern California can expect extremely cold tem- peratures during the next sever- al days," said Cal EMA Acting Secretary Mike Dayton. "As this weather tends to be the norm throughout the winter months, it is critical that Cali- fornians recognize the risks High and dry associated with freezing tem- peratures and take necessary steps to prepare, if they have yet to do so." Prolonged exposure to cold temperatures can cause hypothermia and other serious health problems, particularly for seniors, infants and people with chronic conditions such as asthma and other respiratory conditions. Cold temperatures See FREEZE, page 7A Book documents POW's ordeal By JO ANN LAND- INGHAM Special to the DN My neighbor Lloyd King, now deceased, was a Tehama County Constable in Corning and a wonderful friend for 40 years. My husband and I bought the little house on 99W two weeks before we were married in 1953 and Lloyd and his wife and son, Bob, had just sold their little farm and moved into a mobile home on the north end of the proper- ty we had purchased. We became neighbors and friends, and over the years we learned of Lloyd's World War II story. He had moved with Daily News photo by Tang Lor Salmon eggs in gravel spawning grounds below the Keswick Dam are in danger of being dewatered after a drop in flows on the Sacramento River. River fluctuations put salmon eggs at risk during run By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer Chinook Salmon may be the king but, in a ecosystem in which water is limited, its eggs may be left high and dry. Thousands of late fall salmon eggs in the Sacramento River that have yet to hatch are at risk of being dried up as the river fluctuates. While many factors can influ- ence the flow of the river, the most recent river changes can be attrib- uted to operations at Keswick and Shasta dams. At the start of the spawning sea- son in October, river flows were around 7,000 cfs. Since then the Bureau of Reclamation, which operates the dams, has dropped flows to around 5,800 cfs. Any fluctuation in river flow, including a drop, is detrimental to the eggs that are just now develop- ing into fry, said Tricia Parker Hamelberg, a fish biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Anti-tax groups counter Brown's tax hike measure SACRAMENTO (AP) — Just a day after Gov. Jerry Brown released his tax initiative proposal, anti- tax advocates announced Tuesday they have filed their own counter measure seeking to restrain govern- ment spending. The California Taxpay- ers Association, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Associa- tion and Small Business Action Committee filed a proposed ballot measure with the state attorney gen- eral's office that would limit spending after the state makes a full recovery from the recession. Like the governor's ini- tiative, the spending cap proposal would appear on the November 2012 ballot if supporters collect 807,615 valid voter signa- tures. ''We need a mechanism to make sure that the drunken sailor DNA of our Legislature doesn't kick in, and that we put that money away and we use it for debt reduction,'' said John Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis group. The measure is just one of many complications Brown faces as he tries to increase taxes on the rich and raise the statewide sales tax. The Democratic gover- nor and his labor allies want to ask voters to restore billions of dollars cut from public schools, universities and public safety. His pro- posed initiative, filed Mon- day, would temporarily increase taxes on the wealthy, starting with indi- viduals who make more than $250,000, and raise 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See TAX, page 7A last two weeks of December into early January are critical for fish development, and flows need to remain stabilized until the eggs are hatched. "It's pretty upsetting to see this happening when there are fall Chi- nook salmon spawning on the Sacramento River," Parker Hamel- berg said. If water flows continue to be lowered, about 20 percent of the largest natural spawning population will be in danger of being dewa- tered, she said. See DRY, page 7A his family to the Pasken- ta-Corning area as a young man. In looking for work he had experi- ence in ranching but found they were hiring workers to build an air field on Wake Island in the Pacific. Lloyd got the job, but that was far from home in the Pacific. The night before he had misgiv- ings and had almost decided not to go. But he had signed up, so he went. The entire story was told to my cousin, Glo- ria Darlene Beers of Red Bluff, over many months and she wrote "P.O.W.," a book about Lloyd and what he went through during World War II as a prisoner of the Japanese military. Seventy years ago today, on Dec. 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and headed back to Japan. But they stopped and, after a furious bat- tle, finally captured everyone on Wake Island who had survived — including Lloyd King. That began Lloyd's story of survival in prison camps from China to Japan. Lloyd's recollections include seeing the first contrail in the sky and not knowing what it was, the day-to-day sur- vival moving from camp to camp and the condi- tions he endured. When released, Lloyd weighed just 68 pounds and he recalled how officials slowly reintro- duced the prisoners to solid food. From the book's description, "The Baatan Death March. The Rape of Nanking. The atrocities commit- ted by the Japanese mil- itary during World War II are historical fact. Not only were captured enemy soldiers treated brutally, but civilians were treated with equal cruelty. "Add to the existing literature the story of Lloyd King, a civilian worker on Wake Island; a man who never appre- ciated his freedom — until the island was attacked by the Japanese in December 1941." This is a story every- one should read. An untold story of a local person, a friend and neighbor. P.O.W. by Gloria Darlene Beers is avail- able at amazon.com. Agencies compete in food drive By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Tis the Season Community Food Drive was held Tuesday in the Raley's parking lot in Red Bluff to benefit the Salva- tion Army with several local agencies and mem- bers of the community out to show support. "People have been coming since 9 a.m.," said Fran Fazio of the Salva- tion Army. The Job Training Cen- ter's work crews spent most of the day, starting with setting things up, Fazio said. The Tehama County Young Marines and Tehama County Sheriff's Explorers were on hand to help with unloading dona- tions and members of the Red Bluff Community Band provided live music. Members of the Tehama-Glenn Unit of CalFire showed up to drop off their donations, which included $1,800 in addition to the food, said CalFire Public Informa- tion Officer Kevin Col- burn. Ishi Camp donated $1,000, Salt Creek Camp $140, the Tehama County Burn and Benevolent Fund $500 and the rest was a result of employee contributions. California Highway Patrol Officer Scott John- son was present as his agency's representative at the Food Drive, which is a See FOOD, page 7A Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb CalFire Public Information Officer Kevin Colburn hands a box to Firefight- er Keith Tooker at the Tis the Season Community Food Drive held Tuesday. PHYSICIAN REFERRAL A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE 1-800-990-9971 CHW North State Region