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THURSDAY MAY 13, 2010 Breaking news at: Air Force Wood Wind Quintet Pastimes www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A Mostly Sunny 82/52 Weather forecast 8B By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer Requirements issued by county law enforcement may threaten a Memorial Day hemp festival. Sheriff Clay Parker said Wednesday that the proposed three-day World Hemp Expo Extravaganja 2010 would require a level of security com- parable to annual events such as the Tehama District Fair or Red Bluff Round-Up Rodeo, but would need to be carried out 24 hours a day to handle overnight campers. “We just got this application, what, a day or two ago?,” Park- er said. “They want everything to be ready by the end of the month, and I don’t even know if DAILYNEWS RED BLUFF 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 Hemp festival application under review ‘When actual crimes are committed, they’re going to be calling us. So why should the county be on the hook when they call us?’ Sheriff Clay Parker we even have enough time for that.” Parker would have to call in law enforcement from neigh- boring agencies and charge event organizer Donna Will for the overtime, he said. Exact figures on the police presence or cost could be avail- able later in the week, Parker said. Will has previously said she anticipates around 1,800 people per day to attend the event. “I would hate for them to turn a fun festival into a peace- ful protest,” Will said Wednes- day. Will, a medical marijuana patient and advocate, said she has been pitching the World Hemp Expo Extravaganja 2010 since March. Without access to the Tehama County Fairground, See HEMP, page 7A SPORTS 1B Daily News photo by Geoff Johnson Donna Will prepares a private parking lot Wednesday in preparation for a planned hemp festival May 29-31. King of Pop tribute Corning OKs attorney pay By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer CORNING — The City Attorney contract was up for discussion again at Tuesday’s City Council meet- ing, passing 3-1 with Councilman John Leach the lone no vote. Leach said he was opposed to approving the contract because of the $910 a month City Attorney Mike Fitz- See CORNING, page 7A Woman arrested over forged doctor notes By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer CORNING — A Daily News photo by Tang Lor Freshman Ridge Culp, as Michael Jackson, moonwalks across the stage with the other vocalists of a Michael Jackson highlight show being staged at Red Bluff Union High School. By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer In a tribute to the King of Pop the choral program at Red Bluff High School will present a one night only Michael Jackson Highlight Show tonight. “As a director I like to expose students to great music and music that inspires their dreams,” said choir teacher Diane O’Sullivan. “What better way to do that than with the King of Pop.” Jackson’s top hits, including “Thriller,” “Smooth Criminal” and “Beat It,” will be featured along with three songs from the Beatles. California sends cleanup experts to Gulf Coast SACRAMENTO (AP) — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is dispatching a team of oil-spill cleanup experts to the Gulf Coast to aid the response to the mas- sive leak from a blown- out well. The eight-member team from the state Department of Fish and Game specializes in such areas as natural resource damage assessment, shoreline cleanup, geo- graphical information systems and volunteer coordination. The Republican gover- nor said Wednesday that he agreed to send the See GULF, page 7A 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 Red Bluff Outdoor Power Freshman Ridge Culp will play the King himself. Though he had free range to interpret the songs and be creative, he will try to stay true to Jackson’s perfor- mance in his renditions of the songs, he said. “Before I heard Michael Jackson’s music I didn’t really listen to music that often,” Culp said. “When I heard it, I was shocked and blown away. It really inspired me.” Culp, who is a huge Jackson fan, says he’s aware that there may be others out there who are not as enthu- siastic about the music, but they will just have to come See POP, page 7A woman could face up to six years and six months in prison, suspected of forging doctors’ notes to keep her children out of school and letting a 15- year-old girl have sexual relations with an adult. Kari Shannon Brandt, 38, Corning, is suspected of forging as many as 12 doctor’s notes to keep her children, ages 6, 7 and 8, out of West Street School, District Attorney Gregg Cohen said Wednesday. Legally, Brandt was required to send a doctor’s note to school once her children were absent for more than two days, Cohen said. Cohen’s investigator stays in contact with Tehama County school districts and was notified by school staff members when they noticed a sus- picious note. It was not immediately clear how long the chil- dren had been out of school, or what prompted Brandt to allegedly forge the notes. Every semester, one or two parents wind up in court for keeping their children out of the class, Cohen said. “I think she was lazy,” Cohen said. “Maybe one of the kids was sick, I don’t know, and she did- n’t want to go to the doc- tor to get a confirming note.” See DOCTOR, page 7A Chamber office gets a face lift Daily News photo by Tang Lor Workers from the Job Training Center, Peter Mata, Max Ward, Francisco Munoz and Jacob Renfro, paint the office of Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President Dave Gowan Tuesday. With an average number of 25 people visiting the chamber building a day and that number going upwards into the hundreds during special events, Gowan wanted to spruce up the place a bit. The outside of the building will be painted as well, with Gowan asking the community what color should the building be. The chamber can be reached at 527-6220. Brackets Playoff