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» redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, April 1, 2014 50 CENTS FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS 50 CENTS TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS AN EDITION OF ThE ChICO ENTERpRISE-RECORD 7 58551 69001 9 Today's web bonus » Noah's accuracy. redbluffdailynews.com PeTs Microchips available for animals Lifestyles » A5 ukrAiNe Russia moves troops from border section » B5 ForecAsT High: 55 Low: 40 » B8 Grow? Ranch or ride? Read about local and national Ag, rural, ranch and rodeo news and commentary. VISIT REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM/ RODEO DO YOU RODEO? By rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter TehAmA » A 41-year-old man who thought for a brief instant he could make a getaway by stealing a tractor ended up being tased by law enforcement Thursday after - noon. Around 2:50 p.m. Tehama County Sheriff's deputies con- tacted Curtis Frank Anderson on a bicycle stop on Tehama Avenue, according to a department press release. During the contact, Anderson lied about his name in an attempt to avoid being arrested on several outstanding warrants. When deputies learned his real name, Anderson fled on foot and ran into an orchard. Anderson tried to steal a trac - tor from several workers in the crime Gerber man flees from deputies, steals tractor Joe Baumgartner is a legendary bullfighter and he will be honored April 19 as grand marshal of the Red Bluff Round-Up Parade. Baumgartner's prolific career as a bullfighter has spanned nearly 30 years and included 14 years at the National Finals Rodeo and 18 years at the Professional Bull Riders Fi - nals. Baumgartner is the 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 PBR Bullfighter of the year. He retired from bullfight - ing in 2012 and was honored with an induction into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in 2013. Baumgartner was raised in the Bay Area. In 1984 he graduated from De La Salle High School in Walnut Creek. He began fighting bulls while still in high school at the age of 16. He continued to fight bulls at college rodeos, while at - tending Hartnell in Salinas and then at Lassen College in Susan- ville. Baumgartner became a profes- sional at the age of 21 and never GerBer » A 33-year-old Corning man died Sunday afternoon after the vehi- cle he was driving veered across the Interstate 5 me- dian and collided with an oncoming big rig. Around 2:50 p.m. the Corning man was driv - ing a 2007 Chevrolet Aveo northbound on I-5 south of Chard Avenue when for an unknown reason he inten - tionally veered to the left, crossing the center median and began traveling into the southbound lanes, according to a California Highway Pa - trol collision report. At that time a 55-year-old man from Nine Mile Falls, Wash. was driving a 1995 Volvo truck tractor pulling a semi-trailer southbound at about 55 mph. The big rig driver noticed the Aveo crossing into the center median towards his truck and took evasive ac - tion by applying his brakes and veering to the right shoulder. The Aveo continued to cross both southbound lanes and eventually struck the big rig on the right shoulder. Both vehicles contin - ued out of control along the shoulder, with the big rig striking a guard rail and roll- ing over. A fire immediately ensued causing both vehicles to be- come engulfed in flames. The big rig driver kicked his windshield out and es - caped. He had moderate injuries and was transported to St. Elizabeth Community Hos - pital. The driver of the Aveo sustained fatal injuries from the collision. FATALiTy Driver dead in big rig collision By Andre Byik sports@redbluffdailynews.com @TehamaSports on Twitter red BLuFF » A crew of local ac- tors performed Eve Ensler's award-winning play "The Va- gina Monologues" Saturday night at the State Theatre for the Arts, with proceeds going toward end- ing violence against girls and women. V-Day Tehama-Shasta, the outfit that put on two perfor - mances of the play in the last two weeks, and Girls Inc. of the North- ern Sacramento Valley, which provides programs to girls and women ages 6 to 18, have formed a partnership over the years in the effort to curb violence against women. Ten percent of the pro - ceeds on the evening were to go to V-Day Tehama-Shasta, and 90 percent to Girls Inc. Girls Inc. of the Northern Sac - ramento Valley was founded in 2006, and "provides research- based classes and workshops just for girls that give girls a safe place to talk about their lives and get them focused on their fu - tures," said Kimberly Ross, presi- dent of the chapter's board, in re- marks before the show. "We teach girls problem-solving and leader- ship skills, financial literacy, and sexual health. We give girls the tools to build their self-esteem, along with the tools to recognize unhealthy relationships and do - mestic violence. We show them how negative and positive peer pressure works, and how to get help from trusted adults." In the last year, Ross said, the local Girls Inc. chapter has served more than 265 girls through more than 10 programs, including Op - eration Smart, which encour- ages girls to pursue skills in the fields of science, technology, engi- neering and math, and Sporting Chance, which promotes healthy habits, self-confidence and per- sonal growth. Ross said in an interview that "The Vagina Monologues" sends a strong message of em- powerment, and gets people to think about what it means to be a woman. "The whole point of this play," she said, "is to get people think - ing, both men and women." Ross said Tehama County has been an especially generous com- munity in year's past, and contin- ued that on Saturday. "That really shows dedication in this community to what Girls Inc. is all about," she said. V-Day, which was founded by Eve Ensler, "is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls," and a "catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money, and revitalize the spirit of exist - ing anti-violence organizations," according to its website. ArTs Performance aims to curb violence ANDRE BYIK — DAILY NEWS Shanese Young performs in a production of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues," Saturday night at the State Theatre for the Arts in Red Bluff. proceeds benefited Girls Inc., and V-Day Tehama-Shasta. Community ..... A3 health..............A4 Lifestyle.......... A5 Opinion ............ A6 Sports.............. B1 Comics ............B3 Obituaries ....... A7 Index ............... ## iNdeX Kayla Thayer won the discus and shot put events at the Eagle Classic Relays event at West Valley. PAGE B1 sPorTs Spartan track teams finish 4th at meet The Red Bluff City Council is scheduled to discuss mobile park enforcement. The meet- ing is at 555 Washington St. PuBLic meeTiNG Red Bluff City Council meeting 7 tonight Congress delays for a year a bill that would slash Medicare reimbursements to physicians by 24 percent. PAGE A8 medicAre Big payment cut to doctors averted Rescuers work to save lost and displaced animals, while more victims of natural disas- ter are discovered. PAGE B4 NorThwesT Pets affected by Washington slide too Vehicle Corning man was driving veered across Interstate 5 median "we teach girls problem-solving and leadership skills, financial literacy, and sexual health. we give girls the tools to build their self-esteem, along with the tools to recognize unhealthy relationships and domestic violence." —Kimberly Ross rouNduP legendary bullfighter is grand marshal PLAy » PAGe 7 mAN » PAGe 7 mArshAL » PAGe 7