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WEEKEND MARCH 23-24 2013 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Field Day memories Agriculture 4A DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Mostly sunny 74/43 Weather forecast 10B TEHAMA COUNTY $1.00 T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U NTY S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Report fails to find Tehama gunman's motives By KATIE NELSON MediaNews Group WALNUT CREEK ��� The motive that drove a Rancho Tehama man who shot and killed a California Highway Patrol officer in September remains a mystery to investigators, despite a new report that chronicles increasingly erratic behavior by the gunman in the years leading up to the shooting. The report from the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office seeks to shed light on the murder of CHP Officer Kenyon Youngstrom, 37, during a traffic stop in September 2012. The gunman who shot Youngstrom, Christopher Boone Lacy, was shot ���Although we can develop a better picture of Lacy, in the end, we will never know exactly why he killed Officer Youngstrom,��� ��� Contra Costa County Sgt. Jose Beltran. and killed seconds later by Youngstrom's partner, Tyler Carlton. The investigative report reviewed an already known history of Lacy's erratic behavior, from a breakdown in college to a bizarre encounter with a police officer dur- High Hoops a slam dunk ing a 2006 DUI arrest in Sausalito. The report also showed that in the year leading to the fatal traffic See FAILS, page 9A Volunteers to tackle Dog Island Park trails By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer Cleaner, Greener Red Bluff is setting its sites on Dog Island Park. After a successful cleanup effort in August, the volunteer group is joining forces with Tehama Trails, Civil War Days and GreenWaste of Tehama to tackle the overgrowth of the Dog Island Park trails. A cleanup effort is scheduled for Saturday, April 6 and received a thumbs up from the Red Bluff City Council Tuesday. Tehama County Trail Coordinator Alan Abbs told the council he had contacted the city with the intention of working on restoring the trails by himself. Soon other groups, including Cleaner, Greener Red Bluff, got involved. ���This proposed cleanup really blossomed into a large event,��� Abbs said. Around 300 people showed up for the August event, and Abbs said he expects around 100 for the upcoming cleanup. The group will remove invasive species, dead and downed debris and paint over graffiti. Abbs said there will be projects for children to take part in. AB 109 inmates may be used the week prior to the event to weed the area making the trails more accessible to the volunteers. The goal is to make the trails wider, safer and clearly marked and also provide more open access to the river. Check in will be at 8 a.m. for volunteers, who are asked to bring gloves, long pants and their favorite gardening equipment. For more information on the project, visit Cleaner Greener Red Bluff on Facebook or send an email to tiffguns@gmail.com. Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb A student from Metteer prepares to shoot a basket Friday at the annual High Hoops tournament at Berrendos Middle School. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The sixth annual High Hoops, a basketball tournament for special education students, packed the house Friday at Berrendos Middle School. Antelope School fiddlers played the Star-Spangled Banner on the violin for opening ceremonies. In all, the tournament hosted nine schools from Tehama and Glenn counties with about 80 participants, co-founder and event organizer Jody Johnson said. Johnson, an adapted physical education specialist with the Tehama County Department of Education, founded the event with Amy Calista, an occupational therapist with the Tehama County Department of Education, who said she has enjoyed seeing the enthusiasm of teachers and students alike and watching the event grow. New this year were eight warm up stations, each tied to a college and students who participated at the booth got to check off that they���d attended the school on a passport similar to one used at the Tehama County Special Olympics, Calista said. ���We���ve really tried to tie in to the different college awareness programs such as Expect More Tehama and the No Excuses University,��� Johnson said. Staff and audience were asked to wear t-shirts from their schools to help raise awareness of how many schools were out there. Walls were also covered in college pennants. Schools included everything from the local junior colleges like Butte College and Shasta College to places like nearby Chico State University.. See HOOPS, page 9A Girl, 7, receives minor injuries following collision A 7-year-old Red Bluff girl was taken to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital following a collision with a Nissan pickup at 6:23 p.m. Thursday in the 800 block of Pine Street. The girl, who lives in the area, received minor injuries including a cut to the back of her head and abrasions to her back and left shoulder, Red Bluff Police Sgt. Michael Graham said. She was riding her Razor type electric powered scooter in a nearby alley when she pulled onto the road, directly in the path of the Nissan driven by Alex Padilla, 27, who was driving westbound on Pine Street about 20 mph, Graham said. Padilla attempted to stop and avoid the girl but hit her, knocking her down. ��� Julie Zeeb Ishi added to California Hall of Fame By STEVE SCHOONOVER MediaNews Group SACRAMENTO ��� A man with local ties was inducted into the California Hall of Fame Wednesday evening. Ishi, believed to be the last Yahi Indian, was a member of the seventh class inducted at the California State Museum. Others inducted Wednesday were football player Joe Montana; actor, director and producer Warren Beatty; the four filmmaking Warner Brothers ��� Sam, Harry, Jack and Albert; labor leader Dolores Huerta; designers Charles and Ray Eames; and anthropologist Gregory Bateson. Ishi appears to be the first full-blooded California Indian in the Hall of Fame. Artist Fritz Scholder ��� one-quarter Luise��o ��� was enshrined a few years ago. Ishi came out of the wild and into Oroville on Aug. 29, 1911, after many years of hiding, prompted by the killing by vigilantes of most of his tribesmen in the 1850s and 1860s. They were rarely seen for about 50 years, although the ranchers who worked in the eastern Tehama County foothills that was Yahi country knew the surviving Indians were there. Then on Nov. 10, 1908, a group of surveyors stumbled into a hidden camp holding the last four surviving Yahi, on a ledge above Deer Creek, about 20 miles due north of Chico. Returning the next day, the surveyors found the camp had been broken, and the band was never seen again. Three years later, when Ishi came into Oroville, he was the sole survivor of the four. Placed temporarily in a jail cell, he was ultimately See ISHI, page 9A Daily News file photo A monument dedicated to Ishi at The Narrows on the old Lassen Trail about 30 miles east of Red Bluff on a ridge between Deer and Mill creeks.