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FRIDAY JULY 20, 2012 www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 2A Breaking news at: at Metteer Summer SERRF RED BLUFF Giants Fall SPORTS 1B Sunny 95/64 Weather forecast 8A 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 Derby girls One dead in Cone Grove crash By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer A man and a dog are dead following an early morn- ing crash Thursday on Cone Grove Road, east of High- way 99E. According to the CHP Website, the crash occurred about 50 feet off the road. The man was driving west on Cone Grove Road at a high rate of speed when for unknown reasons the man lost control of his 1998 Buick Century, California Highway Patrol Officer Phillip Mackintosh said. The Buick went off the road at an unknown time at a right-hand curve in the road, rolling three or four times before it went through a fence and into the field, Mackintosh said. The man, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was thrown from the Buick as the car rolled over and sus- See CRASH, page 7A Trial date stands in $24M Lassen suit Daily News photo by Rich Greene The Red Bluff Roller Derby Girls practice Wednesday inside the Tyler Jelly building at the Tehama District Fairground.Those interested in joining the team are welcome to stop by and watch a practice. By RICH GREENE DN Staff Writer They're hairdressers, teachers and self-pro- fessed nerds, but above all they're women with a Do It Yourself attitude. They're your Red Bluff Derby Girls. Red Bluff's newest sports team is relying on a bit of nostalgia to help push forward a new breed of pioneering spirit. "It's more than a sport," team founder and captain Chelssie Langum said. "It's a women's rev- olution." History Roller derby has become one of the fastest growing sports in the world. In the early 2000s the sport was reinvented in Austin, Texas from its previous rowdy roots. The sport's popularity and access has soared since then. called a "jam." Blockers play both offensive and defensive roles in a defined "pack" on the oval track. Jammers score points for their team by lapping opposing players. Skaters may be penalized for committing a foul. Teams skate short while they have one or more players serving a penalty. A team's full lineup for a jam consists of one Pivot, three Block- ers and one Jammer: Pivot: The pivot blocker wears a helmet cover with a stripe on it. She Each team fields up to five skaters per two-minute playing segment, How do you Derby? generally starts at the first starting line and serves as the leader of her teammates playing in that jam. As most teams play the pivot position at the front of the pack, she is also often the last line of defense to stop the opposing jammer from escaping the pack. Blocker: The other three blockers do not wear helmet covers. Block- By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Track Derby Association was founded in 2004 as the international govern- ing body for the sport to set standards for rules, seasons and safety. WFTDA has sanctioned 500 leagues worldwide. A unique aspect about the relaunch of roller derby is it is run by women for women. As of 2011 the The Women's Flat ers may play offense and defense at any given time and frequently switch between offensive and defensive tasks. The rules do not differentiate the remaining three blocking positions from one another.However most roller derby teams choose to assign names and focus areas to the blocking positions for strategic purposes. Jammer:The jammer wears a helmet cover with a star on it. She lines up at the second starting line and begins play at the second start whis- tle.The jammer's goal is to pass opposing blockers and emerge from the pack as quickly as possible. If she is the first of the two jammers to escape the pack without committing any penalties, she gains the strate- gic advantage of being able to stop the jam at any time by placing her hands on her hips. Once a jammer laps the pack, she begins scoring one point for every opposing blocker she passes legally. She can continue to lap the pack for additional scoring passes for the duration of the jam. Source:Women's Flat Track Derby Association "You don't see that in a whole lot of sports," Langum said. While the elbows and clotheslines and some- times scripted outcomes of roller derbies of yester- year are gone, some of the traditions remain in the renewed sport that focus- es on strategy and techni- cal athleticism. Lake County suspect may tie to North State crimes MediaNews Group LAKE COUNTY — A man who alle gedly exposed him- self on numer- ous occasions was arrested Wednesday. Joseph Harry Barrios, 26, of Lake- port was arrested early Wednesday on charges of indecent exposure, according to Sgt. Steve Brooks, Lake County Sheriff's Office public Barrios After his arrest, Barrios admitted that he was responsible for some of the indecent exposure cases. Lake County Sher- iff's Major Crimes Unit detectives learned there may be additional unre- ported cases, according to areas. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 See SUSPECT, page 7A information officer. investigation conducted by LCSO, it was determined that Barrios was a suspect in numerous inde- cent exposure cases in the Lakeport and Kelse yville During an fishnet stockings can still be found, but those types of camp are primarily marketing tools to draw in a crowd. Once someone sees a bout, the idea is they will relate to the sport in the same ways they relate to football or hockey. That's what happened Fun nicknames and to 25-year-old Langum after seeing her first bout. Derby Girls birth Langum's mother, Charisse, remembers her daughter coming home all excited about not just watching the sport, but wanting to get involved with it. See DERBY, page 7A The family had stopped for a picture when a rock retaining wall, weighing 400-600 pounds according to court records, gave way result- ing in the death of their son Tommy, 9, and injury to their daughter Katrina who was then 13. Tuesday that the Sept. 10, 2013, trial date will remain in place for a law- suit involving a Red Bluff family and Lassen Vol- canic National Park. The lawsuit was filed in June 2011 by Sacra- mento attorney Steven Campora on behalf of the Tom and Jennifer Botell and family, whose son was killed in an accident on July 29, 2009, while hiking the Lassen Peak Trail. A federal judge ruled pora. "The United States of America owed to persons entering the park, includ- ing the plaintiffs, a duty to maintain the park in a rea- sonably safe condition and to avoid exposing the public, including the plaintiffs to an unreason- able risk of injury," the suit states. "The danger was known to multiple employees ... and despite specific knowledge of the danger to the patrons, specifically including the danger that a rock wall, weighing literally hun- dreds of pounds was like- ly to become dislodged and roll downhill onto patrons, no action was taken to properly maintain the trails, including the rock walls." The lawsuit alleges the A claim for the amount of $23.7 million was filed with the U.S. National Park Service. It was denied in May 2011. According to court documents, the lawsuit includes claims of wrong- ful death, personal injury- negligence and negli- gence-infliction of emo- tional distress. The lawsuit claims that the park employees failed to maintain the trail, allowing it and the rock walls to fall into a state of disrepair and were well aware of the fact for sev- eral years before the acci- dent, according to the complaint filed by Cam- wall was open to the pub- lic, was not roped off and had no warning signs and that the park not only allows children to be on the trail, but encourages use of the trails by fami- lies with children. The U.S. Attorney's Office asked for the case be dismissed on the grounds that the U.S. had not waived immunity under the Federal Tort Claims Act, which is an act allowing people to sue the government with some limitations and exceptions. Office stated the court does not have jurisdiction over the lawsuit because The U.S. Attorney's See LASSEN, page 7A Ruling upholds water rights for contractors By HEATHER HACKING MediaNews Group SAN FRANCISCO -- A recent court challenge that had the poten- tial to affect water rights along the Sacramento River was unsuccess- ful, to the relief of water districts, including several in the Northern Sacramento Valley. The decision Tuesday in the fed- eral 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirms long-term water renewal contracts signed in 2005. The case was an appeal to a pre- vious decision, and concerned whether the renewal of the 41 set- tlement contracts failed to consider the delta smelt, which has been on the federal Endangered Species List since 1993. Plaintiffs included the Natural Resources Defense Council, Friends of the River, DeltaKeeper and several others. Sacramento River settlement contractors are water users who had water rights along the river. They 'The central idea of the (court decision) is pretty simple, do these historic, senior water rights have to be observed and honored by the United States, and the court's answer is a definite yes' — Steve Saxton, Downey Brand signed settlement contracts in 1964 with the Bureau of Reclamation. Those contracts expired and were renewed in 2005. "When our forefathers originally entered into settlement contract agreements, they entered into it because it would provide certainty," said Don Bransford, president of the board of Glenn-Colusa Irriga- tion District. would have had to decide whether to go back to our old water rights contract. That would have taken years to resolve," Bransford said. In addition to Glenn-Colusa, other districts in the dispute includ- ed Princeton-Codora Glenn, Recla- mation District 1004, Sutter Mutual Water Co. and many others includ- ing individual landowners. Water users view the court deci- sion as a victory for the protection of water rights. "If we had lost (the lawsuit) we Northern California Water Asso- ciation noted in a press release that when the contracts were signed in 2005, supervisors in six counties See WATER, page 7A