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WEEKEND JULY 13-14 2013 Bulls Wrap 98/63 Weather forecast 10A www.redbluffdailynews.com Sports 1A DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF Sunny Breaking news at: 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 Court denies canal claim City to vote on raises, water fix By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer The Red Bluff City Council will consider raises for five management positions and the next step in chlorinizing the city's water supply at its 7 p.m. Tuesday meeting. Raises for the city manager-attorney, police chief, fire chief, finance director and executive assistant to the police chief were included the 2013-14 fiscal year budget, but still require council authorization. Under the proposal the city manager-attorney would receive a 2 percent raise, increasing the position's salary to $173,400. The fire chief, finance director and executive assistant would receive 3 percent increases. The police chief would receive a 3.5 percent increase, because the position's contract requires the salary to be a minimum of 5 percent more than the top step for a police captain. That would create a salary of See CITY, page 9A Shade Brigade set to cool seniors By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer Daily News photo by Rich Greene By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a blow July 1 to the Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority in its efforts to have the Bureau of Reclamation respect area of origin protections for local water contractors. The Court of Appeals affirmed a decision by the Eastern District Court that ruled in favor of the US Department of the Interior in a case stemming from the Bureau of Reclamation reducing water deliveries to TCCA members in recent drought years. TCCA General Manager Jeff Sutton said the decision was disappointing and that the ruling breaks promises authority members were given regarding local resources when the Central Valley Project was enacted. "We'll continue to suffer shortages during times when they're still exporting water outside," Sutton said. The TCCA board is reviewing the decision. The Bureau of Reclamation reduced water deliveries to the TCCA's 16 water agency members during the drought years of 2008 and 2009. Deliveries were reduced to 40 percent of contract supplies for agricultural water and 75 percent for municipal and industrial water in those years. Water was also cut to users south of the Delta. In its suit the TCCA argued area of origin protections in the California Water Code required the Bureau of Reclamation to fulfill local distribution before exporting water outside the water basin. The courts' decision said those rights along with priority distribution were not included in a series of contracts beginning in the Anderson couple indicted on pot charges SACRAMENTO – A federal grand jury returned a multi-count indictment Thursday charging John Wesley Lane, 33, and Kelsey Ann Lane, 26, both of Anderson, with manufacturing and distributing marijuana, according to a press release issued Friday by the office of US Attorney Benjamin Wagner. This case is the product of a joint investigation by the North State Marijuana Investigation Team, Siskiyou County Narcotics Task Force, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Land Management, Alcoholic Beverage Control, Shasta County Sheriff's Office, Trinity County Sheriff's Office, Shasta Interagency Narcotic Task Force, California Department of Justice, and the FBI. Assistant US Attorney Michael McCoy is prosecuting the case. According to court documents, law enforcement agents executed federal search warrants Dec. 13, 2012 at three properties owned, leased, or associated with the Lanes, including a warehouse on Eastside Road in Anderson; the Lanes' residence on Nicole Court in Anderson and the California Patients Collective marijuana dispensary on Churn Creek Road in Redding. When law enforcement agents entered the wareSee POT, page 9A 1960s between TCCA members and the Bureau of Reclamation. Those contracts had been renewed in 1995 and 2005. "During negotiations, the Bureau steadfastly rebuffed efforts to include terms that would provide priority in shortage periods," Judge Johnnie Rawlinson wrote in the court's opinion. "When Canal Authority and its members signed the renewal contracts, there was absolutely no misunderstanding of the Bureau's position regarding area of origin protection, priority rights or shortage protection." Rawlinson's decision says area of origin statues help determine the total quantity of water available for allocation, but in no way controls how the water should be allocated by the Bureau of Reclamation once acquired. Rich Greene can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com. A brigade is formed and ready. Members just need to know who to help. Lassen House as part of Emeritus Senior Living has launched a Shade Brigade to help area seniors who have immediate needs arising from the recent hot weather. "Summer's heat can be more than simply unpleasant. It can be deadly. And seniors are more susceptible to heat stroke than younger people," said Lassen House Executive Director Tracy Daoro. The Shade Brigade will visit seniors to check on their wellbeing and provide heat-related safety tips — and they'll be visiting with coolers filled with water, popsicles, fruit and juice. Lassen House Commu- nity Relations Director Trish Howard said in the past the center has reached out to seniors in the community by honoring veterans and providing meals. She said focusing on their health during the hot summers is an appropriate cause. "That's one of the things they really do forget, is to drink plenty of fluids," Howard said. Emeritus Senior Living hopes to help more than 5,000 seniors across the nation in the coming weeks.. Seniors are more prone to heat stress for several reasons. Their bodies have a reduced ability to adjust to sudden temperature changes. Seniors are more likely to have a chronic medical condition affecting how the body See SHADE, page 9A Improvements to SR 36W near Baker REDDING – The California Department of Transportation District 2 along with contractor J.F. Shea Construction, Inc. of Redding will be making safety improvements to State Route 36, west of Interstate 5, near Baker Road in Tehama County. Work on the $1.8 million dollar project will begin Monday. One way traffic control, with a pilot car, will be in effect 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Motorists can expect up to 15 minute delays. Twentyfour hour traffic control, seven days a week, will be implemented during the project. Crews will be realigning six existing horizontal curves and widening the roadway in an effort to reduce the number and severity of accidents in the area. Work is expected to continue through October. Daily News file photo Caltrans would like to remind the traveling public to please move over if safe or slow down when they see Caltrans vehicles flashing warning lights along the side of the highways. CARE TO COMMENT? At redbluffdailynews.com, scroll to the end of any story, click the link and type away. FIREARMS TRAINING Call for class details July 27 & 28TH TH C.C.W. 1ST time & renewal class Walt Mansell 527-1154 Early morning & evenings