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Man shoots his way out of sinking SUV ROSEVILLE (AP) — A driver whose SUV plunged into a Northern California creek after he was startled when the hands-free device of his cell phone activated, escaped the sinking vehicle by blasting out the window with a handgun. The 28-year-old man whose name wasn't immedi- ately available is an armed security guard at Thunder Valley Casino, north of Sacramento. He sustained minor injuries in Sunday's accident. A spokesman for the Roseville Fire Department said the man was traveling northbound on Industrial Avenue in Roseville when the cell phone device acti- vated. The driver was startled and veered off the road through the guardrail. The SUV landed in Pleasant Grove Creek. He used his gun to shoot himself out, then flagged down a passerby. RANCHO SANTA FE (AP) — Glen W. Bell Jr., an entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Taco Bell chain, has died. He was 86. Bell died Sunday at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, according to a statement posted Mon- day on the Taco Bell Web site. The Irvine-based company did not release a cause of death. ''Glen Bell was a visionary and innovator in the restaurant indus- try, as well as a dedicat- ed family man,'' Greg Creed, president of Taco Bell, said in the state- ment. Bell launched his first restaurant, called Bell's Drive-In, in 1948 in San Bernardino after seeing the success of McDon- ald's Bar-B-Que, the predecessor of McDon- ald's, which was found- ed in the same city in 1940. Like McDonald's, Bell's restaurant sought to take advantage of Southern California's car culture by serving hamburgers and hot dogs through drive-in win- dows. The World War II vet- eran next helped estab- lish Taco Tias in Los Angeles, El Tacos in the Long Beach area, and Der Wienerschnitzel, a national hot dog chain. Bell launched Taco Bell in 1962 in Downey after cutting ties with his business partners and quickly expanding around Los Angeles. He sold the first Taco Bell franchise in 1964. In 1978, Bell sold his 868 Taco Bell restau- rants to PepsiCo for $125 million in stock. Taco Bell is now owned by Yum! Brands and is the largest Mexi- can fast-food chain in the nation, serving more than 36.8 million con- sumers each week in more than 5,600 U.S. locations. Bell is survived by his wife, Martha, three sis- ters, two sons, a daugh- ter and four grandchil- dren. A private funeral is planned. Tuesday, January 19, 2010 – Daily News – 7A 100 Belle Mill Road 527-6789 Fran's Hallmark Fran is retiring See store for details 623 Main St. 527-5180 Plan for it! END OF SEASON SALE 30% Off Jan. 26th thru 31st Only Clothing & Gear The Electric Man For all your electrical needs • New Outlets / 220 • Fans / Fixtures • Pools / Spas • Code Corrections • Troubleshooting • Panel Upgrade • Telephone Wiring 347-4441 $10.00 Customer Discount FREE Estimates License# 826543 Combining Quality and Low Cost is what we do. www.affordablemortuary.net 529-3655 Death Notices Obituary BUDDY COLUMBUS MOORE Bud passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday 1-10- 10. He was 88 years old. He was born in 1921 in Lor- etta County Tennessee to Miley Moore and Clara Rid- dle Moore. Buddy is a veter- an of WWII, the greatest generation, and will be laid to rest in the Veterans Cem- etery in Igo, CA @ 2:00 pm on January 25, 2010. In 1942, Buddy married Helen Greenlees, they had 3 daughters; Linda Romaine, Pamela Merchant and Shar- on "Katie" Moore. Their fami- ly life began in the Bay Area with a lot of inventions, mis- haps and Bud & Rays Appli- ance business. Bud re- mained there until 1972, when an automobile acci- dent left him permanently disabled. His 1st trip to Los Molinos dates back over 50 years and some of his fish- ing and hunting triumphs are captured on the Driftwood RV web page. Bud always had the desire to hunt and fish while unafraid of risk taking. His stories were filled with excitement, enthusi- asm, laughter and joy. His passion for adventure has become a legacy to his fami- ly. Artichokes, tomatoes, nectarines, he was a farmer, not a gardener. The "Arti- chokes for Sale" sign is still up. He cut down a tree with a chainsaw, shot at some blue jays eating the quail eggs and made the best clam chowder in April of 2009, not long after his youngest daughter Katie drowned in an accident. His life was a combination of very good and very painful; a lot of drama and a lot of trauma. But all of these ad- ventures are etched in the memories we hold dear. God bless all of his family and friends. He left behind daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren; Linda & Ron Romaine, Pam and Dave Merchant Su- zanne Romaine White and Cory White, Bill and Kristin Romaine, Daniel and Mat- thew Merchant, Megan Glasgow, Zoe White and Ryan Romaine. He also leaves his sisters, Kathy Au- gustin, Madeline Hinkle and Nadine Nichols and brother Billy Moore as well as many nieces and nephews. Memorial: Veterans Ceme- tery 11800 Gas Point Road, Igo, CA, (approximately 10 miles southwest of Redding) on January 25th at 2 pm. Reception: immediately fol- lowing, Gaia Shasta Hotel, 4125 Riverside Place, An- derson, CA 96007. Flowers: NO thanks just send any contributions in his name to The Living Memori- al Sculpture Garden, P O Box 301 Weed, CA 96094. Karl Fred Hodson Karl Fred Hodson died Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, in Corning. He was 81. F.D. Sweet & Son Mortuary is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. John H. Lang John H. Lang, a 27- year Tehama County resi- dent, died Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. He was 85. Services are pending. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. According to an article from the Red Bluff Sen- tinel, a fire burned the lodge and surrounding businesses in the early 1900s. But except for the article, mem- bers have not found other evidence of the fire, said Vice Grand Joe Durrer. The building itself, a three-story structure, still needs a little bit of work. A cold draft can be felt through the single pane windows that look down on Oak and Washington streets and the building needs to be cleared of junk that has piled up in storage closets. The inside walls have been repainted and the for- mal lodge room has been cleaned and restored, allowing members to return to holding regularly scheduled meetings. Members are looking for a bit of revitalization as well. The Red Bluff branch of the Odd Fellows is in danger of going extinct. When Moyer joined the organization three years ago, five members where listed but there were no activities or meetings. "There's a lot of history there, and I didn't want to see it die," Moyer said. Secret passwords, hand gestures and initiation practices may lead people to believe the Odd Fellows is a secret society, but it is not, Durrer said. Anyone is welcome to join. The membership books list members' occupations as being teamsters or mer- chants, to bookkeepers, farmers and homemakers. "There's no secret about the Odd Fellows," Durrer said. "Probably the only secret is that nobody knows about us." The Odd Fellows are known for their participa- tion in the community. Outreach is something the local organization wants to do when it gets enough members. It is really hard to do outreach when there is not a lot of members, Moyer said. At its height, the local club had 159 members. Now there are 10 mem- bers. Half of those are women. Traditionally, woman had to join the Odd Fellows' sister organiza- tion, The Rebekahs, but now a woman can be an Odd Fellow, too. There has been a decline in membership because of a public per- ception that the club is antiquated, with most its members being older men, Moyer said. Statewide there are only about 5,000 Odd Fellows and Rebekahs. Moyer jokes that the membership decline is due to all the members dying. Odd Fellows don't mind talking about death. For them, death is just something that will even- tually happen, so they don't fear it. In fact, stored away in one of the closets is a fake corpse named Herbert who was used dur- ing ceremonies that taught members about death. "Death is part of life," Durrer said. "That's where we're all heading." The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is a frater- nal organization based on the three links of friend- ship, love and truth. The organization dates back to 17th century England. The first lodge in America was founded in 1819. Today, Odd Fellows owns an operates a number of senior care facilities, supports research for arthritis and provides assistance for youth, seniors and the homeless. The local group meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Thursdays of the month at the lodge at 342 Oak St. in Red Bluff. Anyone inter- ested in joining or touring the lodge can call Durrer at 529-7622. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdai- lynews.com. Continued from page 1A ODD Chico, to change the land to a National Conservation Area or a National Recreation Area. Now, it appears Boxer has made a number of concessions to Herger and is drafting a bill to dub the land a recreational area. A draft of the bill may be avail- able for public purview for a meeting at 6 p.m. Feb. 3 at Bend Elementary School, 22270 Bend Ferry Road. Without a copy of the latest version available, Tehama County Chief Administrator Bill Good- win said the details of the bill are unclear. The county is looking for a bill that will preserve the activities already allowed on the property, and the Board of Supervisors rejected an earlier proposal from Boxer's office, fearing it empha- sized conservation over recre- ation, he said. The bill may call for the for- mation of an advisory council that brings together county represen- tatives, environmentalists, neigh- boring property owners and other local representatives. While the land would main under the control of the BLM, the county is pushing for language in the bill that would give an adviso- ry council leverage in land deci- sions, which would be more con- trol over the land use than the county has now. More information is available by calling Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin at 527-4655. ——— Geoff Johnson can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or gjohnson@redbluffdailynews.co m. Continued from page 1A BEND Casino to honor the com- mitment it has shown in donating its building several times to Relay events. Dates for Relay For Life are set for May 15-16 at Vista School and Ride For Life, which debuted in 2009 will return April 3. A new event will be making its way onto the scene on May 1, when the first Bark For Life event will take place. Participants will walk with their dogs at Dog Island Park. More information on Relay For Life is available from O'Connor at 567- 5946. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.c om. Continued from page 1A RELAY STATE BRIEFING SoCal meat co. recalls 864,000 pounds of beef MONTEBELLO (AP) — A Southern Cal- ifornia meat-packing firm has recalled some 864,000 pounds of ground-beef that might be contaminated with E. coli. The Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Monday that no illnesses have been reported from the products sold by Montebello-based Hunting- ton Meat Packing Inc. under the Huntington, Imperial Meat Co. and El Rancho brands. The affected beef was sold to distribution centers, restaurants and hotels in California between Feb. 19 and May 15, 2008, and between Jan 5. and Jan. 15, 2010. Huntington did not return a phone mes- sage. Officials say department personnel discov- ered the problem during a food safety assess- ment. E. coli is a potentially deadly germ that can cause bloody diarrhea, dehydration and, in the most severe cases, kidney failure. Leno anticipates return to 11:30, lauds O'Brien LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay Leno turned serious on his show Monday to dis- cuss the late-night chaos at NBC, explain- ing events from his standpoint and telling viewers he considered Conan O'Brien a ''great guy.'' In remarks after his monologue Mon- day, Leno said he'd tried to avoid doing a show in prime time but was convinced by NBC that it could work. It didn't, with NBC pulling the plug on ''The Jay Leno Show'' after four months and devising a plan to put Leno back on at 11:30 p.m. and push O'Brien and ''Tonight'' to midnight. With O'Brien's rejection of the plan, NBC is now trying to negotiate his exit and return Leno to his former late-night spot. Leno said it looks like he might be back at 11:30 and that the situation could be resolved by Tuesday. Lawmaker pushes for kids to use ski helmets SACRAMENTO (AP) — Children tak- ing to the slopes would have to take a hel- met along under a new law proposed in Sacramento. California Sen. Leland Yee introduced the bill last week. It would require chil- dren under 18 to don a helmet. If they don't, their parents would face a $25 fine. The San Mateo Democrat says he draft- ed the bill after seeing a study that showed helmets can cut in half the risk of serious head injuries in children 15 and younger. The California Ski Industry Association has pledged its support. At least one lawmaker, however, is opposed. Republican Tom Harman told the Los Angeles Times the bill brings up the question of how far government should go in protecting people from themselves. The bill is still weeks away from any discussion. Taco Bell founder Glen W. Bell Jr. dead at 86 News tip? Call 527-2151, Ext. 112