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TUESDAY MARCH 13, 2012 Breaking news at: Drivers With Special Needs Vitality www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 6A RED BLUFF Mercy Awards SPORTS 1B Rain Likely 56/44 Weather forecast 10B By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A 28-year-old Tehama County inmate who escaped from Salt Creek Conservation Camp on Sunday was captured early Monday morning in Chico. Tou Yeng Thao, a minimum security inmate, was found about 4:30 a.m. Monday by special agents from California 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 Escaped Salt Creek inmate captured in Chico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), said Public Information Officer Margaret Pieper. Thao, who was last seen at the camp about 5:15 p.m. Sun- day wearing orange pants with "CDCR prisoner" written on them, was discovered missing about 5:30 p.m. by CDCR per- sonnel, Pieper said. Thao was committed to Salt Creek from Butte County on July 21 for possession of a firearm by an ex-felon and was scheduled to be paroled in November. Details of where in Chico Thao was located and what mode of travel was used to reach the city were unavailable as the incident is still being actively investigated, Pieper said. The matter will be referred to the Tehama County District Attorney's Office for prosecution on the charge of escape from a state prison, she said. Thao was med- ically cleared and taken to the Califor- nia Correctional Center in Susanville without further inci- dent. He is not the first Mars mission inmate to escape from a Tehama County conservation camp. Arthur Turner escaped from Ishi Camp on Dec. 20, 2011, and Phillip Guthmiller escaped from Ishi on April 2010. Both Turner and Thao See INMATE, page 9A Guzzlers swipe fuel in semis Thieves using a device to disable monitors on fuel pumps stole nearly $7,000 in diesel fuel at the 76 sta- tion on Antelope Boulevard. Red Bluff Police officers are looking for at least three semi trucks spotted on video surveillance footage that tampered with the front panel on gas pumps while getting gasoline so that they could pump more fuel than was tracked. The suspects, who would fuel their trucks together, See FUEL, page 9A Pair arrested after fleeing cops By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Evergreen Middle School seventh-grader Daniel Adams asks a question about dark streaks on Mars of Australian Centre for Astrobiology Director Dr. Malcolm Walter Friday via Skype. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Evergreen Middle School students got international help on their NASA project Friday when they were able to question Australian Centre for Astrobiology Director Dr. Malcolm Walter. "Just their interaction with him gives them more excitement in their project," said teacher Dennis Mitchell. "They're working with a real scientist in another country and it adds to what they're doing." For the past seven years, seventh grade students at Brown seeks tax- hike support from police chiefs SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown appealed Monday to chiefs of police for support of his November tax initiative, even as he conceded the bal- lot likely will be crowded with tax proposals. Brown noted that his plan is the only one of the three proposals that would dedicate some of the rev- enue to local law enforce- ment. His address to the Cali- fornia Police Chiefs Associ- ation came as Brown faces significant hurdles in his bid to persuade voters to approve his measure, which would raise the state sales tax by half a cent for four years and increase the income tax on those making more than $250,000 a year for five years. The biggest challenge could come from competing proposals that seek similar ends but could confuse vot- ers and end in defeat. ''We've got a plan. There will be other plans, but at the end of the day we've got to get the choice. And I think people will make the right choice if people who know speak out,'' Brown said at an annual awards ceremony for community policing programs. The California Federa- tion of Teachers is backing another initiative that would raise taxes on millionaires. In addition, attorney Molly Munger is underwriting an initiative that would increase income taxes across the board. Both mea- sures would dedicate the new revenue to public edu- cation. A Public Policy Institute of California poll released last week showed just 52 percent of likely voters sup- port Brown's tax initiative, 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See BROWN, page 9A Evergreen Middle School have worked with NASA through the distance learning program, Mars Student Imaging Project, Mitchell said. For the last four years, a select number of students from the seventh grade group have been selected, as eighth-graders, to work with Expedition Earth and Beyond. As eighth-graders, they get to continue the project their group started by studying places on Earth that are similar, he said. See MARS, page 9A After run- ning in oppo- site directions from a stolen vehicle, two Red Bluff resi- dents were arrested Sun- day afternoon near a trailer park on South Main Street. A gray Street at Fish Street after the vehicle passed Diamond Park at 45 miles per hour and con- tinued north at about 2:30 p.m., logs said. Stephanie Torres 1996 Toyota Celica report- ed stolen earli- er that morn- ing was spot- ted getting onto Interstate 5 at Antelope Boulevard and exiting at Dia- mond Avenue, logs said. Officers caught up with the vehicle at South Main McFadyen Noel Torres, 23, who was driving, and Dillon Christopher McFadyen, 19, who was in the passenger seat, fled after offi- cers pulled the vehicle over, according to a police press release. Torres was arrested near- by while McFadyen ran into the neighboring See PAIR, page 9A Girl Scouts celebrate 100 years By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Tehama County Girl Scouts donned their patched uniforms and hand- ed out boxes of cookies to city and county officials March 6 in honor of the 100-year anniversary of the organization. The Northern California Girl Scouts hosted a "Town Square Celebration" Mon- day evening to honor the historic moment. Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. was founded by Juliette Gordon Low on March 12, 1912, in Savannah, Ga., after she visited with the founders of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides in England. Since then, more than 50 million girls have been involved in the program, according to the Girls Scouts proclamation. Girl Scout alumni include astronauts, senators, business executives and other female leaders, the proclamation states. As part of the organiza- tion, girls earn patches for developing skills and edu- cation that promotes See SCOUTS, page 9A Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Red Bluff High School Dance Team members Kayla Barriga, left, and Karlee Garcia, right, lead local Girl Scouts in a flash mob dance Monday at Cone and Kimball Plaza where about a hundred people gath- ered to celebrate the 100th anniversary. HAVOC WITH YOUR SOCKS? toenails WREAKING Are your COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR PODIATRY CENTER AEROFEET Painless Topical Treatment THAT REALLY WORKS. Treat your neglected nails and cracked heels with our at home SPA EXPERIENCE. Call today for an appointment (530)527-7584 Smog Inspection $ 2595 + cert. (MOST CARS & PICK-UPS) Pass or FREE retest 195 S. Main St. Red Bluff 530 527-9841