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ARTS Danceshow to be held at theater A+E A5 SPORTS Kaepernick signs new deal with 49ers Sports B1 Seeacalendaroflocalevents ranging from music and art galleries to sporting events. ADDORVIEWEVENTSAT EVENTS.REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM DON'TMISSOUT: PLANYOURFUN FORECAST High:102 Low: 61 B8 Today's web bonus Tiananmen Square. redbluffdailynews.com Staffreport WilliamB.IdeDaycelebrations are set to begin at 10 a.m. Satur- day in the Monroeville Cemetery, 4.7 miles south of Hamilton City, off Highway 45. Re-enactors will regale the pub- lic with period drum and fife mu- sic and musket and cannon salutes. Smokey Bassett — in the guise of William B. Ide himself — will read his famous Proclamation of Inde- pendence from Mexico. Later in the day, special activities will continue at the Ide Adobe State Park, just off I-5 in Red Bluff. "William B. Ide is undoubtedly the most famous person buried in Glenn County that most people never heard of," said event co-orga- nizer Roger Ekins. "But he was the commander-in-chiefofthe1846Bear REENACTORS WilliamB. Ide to be celebrated Saturday By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF The tribal dispute within the Paskenta Band of Nom- laki Indians found its way Tues- day to the Red Bluff City Council Chamber. Members of the tribe filled the chamber during a regularly sched- uled council meeting and told coun- cil member and former sheriff Clay Parker, who had taken on a dis- puted role of Paskenta Police Chief in May, that he does not represent the tribe. During an impromptu public comment period at the end of the City Council's meeting, Kimberly Freeman, whose brother, Andrew Freeman, serves as the tribe's chairman, said she wanted to in- form the council of Parker's "mis- conduct and misrepresentation." RED BLUFF Tribal dispute finds way to City Council Memberssaycouncilmember, former sheriff Parker doesn't represent tribe By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF There were no signif- icant changes in the latest update to vote totals provided by the Te- hama County Elections Depart- ment. The latest totals were released at 12:53 a.m. Wednesday and ac- count for a little more than 29 per- cent of registered voters. Elections workers said they had about 4,000 remaining ballots to count. For the District 4 County Su- pervisor seat Bob Williams led Susan Price with 952 votes to 417. In District 3 Dennis Garton had 1,074 votes. Pat Johnston was in second place with 661 votes and Kenneth Eklof had 105 votes. Sandy Bruce led both her chal- lengers in her effort to serve out the remaining two years of the term she was appointed to by Gov. Jerry Brown. Bruce had 831 votes. Candy Carlson had 416 votes and Mitch- ell Drury had 399 votes. District Attorney Gregg Co- hen also appeared to be headed toward a victory. Cohen had received 5,026 votes, while his challenger Larry Olsen had 3,446 votes. In one of the more hotly con- tested races the vote margin was narrowing, but Charles Allen still led Harley North by 4,260 votes to 3,940 votes for county superinten- dent of schools. In the final weeks of the elec- tion North raised concerns about how his opponent Charles Allen had represented his academic cre- dentials. In the Clerk and Recorder race Jennifer Vise led Tim Morehouse with 5,976 to 2,151 votes. Measure A, advising county su- pervisors to support the State of Jefferson movement, went from narrowly winning to a more broad victory. The latest update had it passing with about 56 percent of the vote. Measure C, to amend the County Charter to allow for local control in situations where there is a vacancy on the Board of Super- visors, was passing with 60 per- cent of the vote. ELECTION Leadsholdinginlocalraces By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF As another summer approaches, the city of Red Bluff and boating enthusiasts are still without a boat launch at River Park. Signs of progress, how- ever, have emerged. The City Council on Tuesday approved a grant agreement with the state Department of Parks and Recreation to fund a proposed boat launch at River Park. The $1.77 million grant of- fered through the department's Division of Boating and Water- ways, combined with a potential $969,000 grant from the Cali- fornia Wildlife Conservation Board, would be used to fund a new boat launch at the park along the Sacramento River. Im- proved parking, access, more lighting, pathways, security cameras and other facilities are also planned. The existing boat launch at the park has been defunct since 2011, when the Red Bluff Diversion Dam ceased its oper- ation by a federal court order. The launch, sitting on dry land, has since been called the "boat launch to nowhere." The $1.77 million grant is con- tingent on the nearly $1 million grant that could be awarded by the California Wildlife Conser- vation Board, which meets in September. City Manager Richard Crab- tree said city staff believes the $1 million grant will be awarded, and so does the Division of Boat- ing and Waterways. The project, when com- pleted, would include two boat launches at the park. One for portable watercraft such as kayaks near the existing boat launch, and a more traditional boat launch. Construction of a "tempo- rary" boat launch at the park for portable watercraft is still caught on a snag. The city, which Crabtree said has funding available to begin construction on that temporary boat launch, has been awaiting approval from the U.S. Army Corps of En- gineers to move forward with the project. Crabtree said Tuesday that the wait on the Corps to approve a permit has been frustrating. "If we get the permit in the mail tomorrow I would have the contractor start on Monday," Crabtree said. Designs for the temporary boat launch have been com- pleted, and a contractor is on tap for the project. Crabtree said construction on the new boat launch and fa- cilities, in the most optimis- tic scenario, could begin next summer. He did say that without per- mits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the project would be dead on arrival. Council member Robert Schmid said the Army Corps of Engineers has been "drag- ging their feet from day one, and down to the last wire they still are." Schmid asked if local state and federal representatives could help, or if the Division of Boating and Waterways Commission and California Wildlife Conservation Board could have an influence on the Corps. Crabtree said the Corps has signaled that the boat launch project is next on its list. RED BLUFF DAILY NEWS FILE The Red Bluff City Council on Tuesday approved a $1.77million grant agreement to fund a new boat launch and related facilities at River Park. Arts..................A5 Lifestyles........A4 Community.....A3 Obituaries....... A7 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 Index............... ## INDEX There are four vacancies on the Groundwater Technical Advisory Committee. Nomina- tions are needed. PAGE A4 PUBLIC SERVICE Nominees needed for groundwater board The Red Bluff Bulls under-17 American Legion baseball team won its nine-inning game Tuesday. PAGE B1 SPORTS Red Bluff Bulls beat Chico Suns Blue Security concerns and an influx of angry emails cancel plans to celebrate sergeant's homecoming. PAGE B3 NEWS Bergdahl's hometown cancels celebration California officials decided Wednesday to add the gray wolf to the state's endangered species list. 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