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ByDonThompson TheAssociatedPress SACRAMENTO California's state parks director abruptly announced his retirement Wednesday, just 19 months after he took control of a department that had been rocked by years of fiscal mismanagement. Anthony Jackson, a retired Ma- rine Corps major general, said in a statement that his tenure "has been a challenging, but ultimately fulfilling" one. The major initiative launched under his tenure, a commission formed to make recommendations about the operation of the Califor- nia Department of Parks and Rec- reation, still has another year of meetings remaining. Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Jackson to the position in Novem- ber 2012 after the previous direc- tor resigned following disclosures that the department kept $54 mil- RESIGNATION Stateparks director retiring By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF The City Council on Tuesday tapped into a beer and wine conversation, approving two requests that will allow the Wednesday night Farmers' Mar- ket to test run its first beer gar- den, and the State Theatre for the Arts to revel in the lighting of its restored blade. But while the Red Bluff-Tehama CountyChamberofCommerceand theater officials both came away with council approval, they over- came some hiccups along the way. The Chamber's beer garden res- olution that initially was on the City RED BLUFF Council OKs beer garden at farmers' market Cityofficialspreviously raised concerns about alcohol permit By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter Memorial Day services are set for Monday in both Red Bluff and Corning as well as an event at the North- ern California Veterans Cer- emony in Igo. RedBluff The Veterans of Red Bluff will be holding their Memo- rial Day Ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Hall at 735 Oak St. beginning at 10 a.m. The main event will start at 11 a.m. with the post- ing of the nation's colors by the American Legion Color Guard and Red Bluff Honor Guard. The national anthem will be sung by Ashtin Lopeman and Jennifer Peyton. The Master of Ceremo- nies for this year's event is American Legion Post 167 Commander Jessie Neff. Robert Kelly, who was shot down over France as a World War II pilot, will be the guest speaker. Marine Corp League De- tachment 1150 will be per- forming the closing ceremo- nies with the firing of three voiles and playing of "Taps." A spaghetti luncheon will be served from noon to 2:30 p.m. for a $6 donation. The Veterans Hall is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to noon. Corning The Corning Memorial Day Observance is sched- uled for 10:30 a.m. at the Sunset Cemetery. U.S. Representative Doug LaMalfa will be the guest speaker. There will be special mu- sic, a gun salute and laying of the wreathes. After the ceremony there will be a community barbe- cue at the Veterans Memo- rial Hall on Solano Street at 11:30 a.m. There will be tri-tip, MEMORIAL DAY ServicessetinTehamaCounty Special events scheduled in Red Bluff and Corning in honor of veterans who died serving their country By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter ORLAND The ongoing dispute within the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians has seen allega- tions of embezzlement, thefts and falsifying of records, and most recently claims of data breach- ing and cyber attacks on Rolling Hills Casino. The latter of which demon- strates the deep divide over two factions who claim to be the le- gitimate governing body of the tribe and the casino it owns and operates. The casino said in an email Wednesday that it was the vic- tim of an attack Friday on its computer systems. "(The attack) attempted to destroy accounting data and dis- rupt casino operations. This at- tack was a failure," Tribal Council Chairman Andrew Freeman said in a released statement "The casino remains opera- tional and our guests will only notice minimal, temporary ad- justments while this situation is addressed." Freeman added that the at- tack was allegedly carried out by members of the tribe who were recently suspended. The other side in the dispute, in an interview with the Daily News on Tuesday in Orland, said it had begun to remotely disrupt operations at the casino in an at- tempt and force a sit-down to re- solve the issue. Those three members — Da- vid Swearinger, Leslie Lohse and Geraldine Freeman — sat on the five-person Tribal Council when it held its annual General Council meeting April 12, but have since been banned from tribal prop- erty. Still, they say they are the duly elected Tribal Council. April 12 meeting The April 12 meeting was by all accounts was a raucous affair that had security and law en- forcement on site. At that meeting more than 70 members of the tribe were sus- pended when their genealogi- cal roots to the tribe were ques- tioned. Those members' roots trace back to one woman: Ida Louella Henthorn Pata. Her de- scendents included the Henthorn, Pata, Crosby and Lohse families. Since then, accusations have flown and accounts differ from whether the tribe's constitution was followed and who remains in charge. Ousted faction Members who have been ousted from the tribe and their positions on the Tribal Council said the actions taken at the April 12 meeting violates the tribe's constitution. "We have a process of uphold- ing meetings," David Swearinger said. "So, Andy (Freeman) got up before we did any agendas — and there was nothing on the agendas — but he made it his agenda to suspend, disenroll, remove, or or- der, the Henthorn, Pata, Crosby, Lohse families out." David Swearinger, Geraldine Freeman, Allen Swearinger and Lohse, it was said, were not aware before the meeting that any sus- pensions were planned. Another point, they said, was that while a roll call at the Gen- eral Council meeting that com- prises all adult members of the tribe who attend, was completed, no quorum of the General Coun- cil was established. Lohse said "no action is taken PASKENTA BAND OF NOMLAKI INDIANS TRIBAL DISPUTE GOES CYBER ANDREBYIK—DAILYNEWS Leslie Lohse, le , Geraldine Freeman, center, and David Swearinger, members of a faction in a tribal dispute within the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians, said Tuesday it has attempted to cease gaming operations at Rolling Hills Casino remotely. Arts..................A5 Daily Break......B5 Lifestyles........A4 News................A3 Obituaries....... A7 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 INDEX Anderson upset Lassen Wednesday giving Corning another home playoff game today at 4p.m. SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS Corning Lady Cardinals to host semifinal game Ranger-guided activities including kayak tours are planned for Memorial Day Weekend. PAGEA3 WHISKEYTOWN Memorial Day weekend activities planned The arrests included a police officer, a rabbi and a Boy Scout leader for possession of ter- rabytes of child porn. PAGE A8 BUSTED 70 men and 1 woman arrested in porn sting Pet photographers go to great length to know and under- stand their subjects and get that perfect shot. 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