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FlagRevoltandfirstandonly President of the California Republic. He and his family were also the first Mormons tocometoCalifornia—ahis- torical fact that has only re- cently been proved through rigorous scholarship." In addition to a brief re- counting of Ide's histori- cal significance and various proclamations and resolu- tions provided by local and nationalpoliticalleaders,new gravestoneswillbededicated aspartoftheceremony.They are the result of many years of work by local history buff and Ide Adobe State Park Docent Dave Freeman, who worked with Ekins to make this event possible. "It's important that we set history straight," Free- man said. "Not only was Ide a leader in the Bear Flag Re- volt, but he went on to make numerous contributions to then Colusi County. It's high time the man was properly recognized." The general public is in- vited to attend this free event. While not required, clothing reminiscent of the 1840sto1850sisencouraged. Refreshments will be served following the short ceremony. For more infor- mation, call Roger Ekins at 877-9783. Ide FROMPAGE1 Measure B, which would raise the salaries of supervi- sors, currently the lowest in the state, was failing with 77 percent of voters voting no. Sheriff Dave Hencratt, Assessor Dale Stroud, Au- ditor-Controller Leroy An- derson and Treasurer Dana Hollmer did not face oppo- nents and won re-election. All of the terms, except for the District 2 Supervi- sor seat, are for four years beginning on Jan. 5, 2015. The counted vote was from 8,976 ballots. There are 30,492 regis- tered voters. Race FROM PAGE 1 "I'm really concerned," Freeman said. "Mr. Parker has been speaking to the press, saying that he repre- sents the Paskenta Nomlaki Indians, which is false. Mr. Parker is not our tribal po- lice chief. That is false." Freeman added that a re- straining order issued by a tribal court judge against Parker would go into effect should he step foot on tribal lands. Other members of the tribe also took to the lectern to tell Parker he did not rep- resent the tribe as a whole, and lamented that Parker has said the tribe's busi- nesses are unsafe. The Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians owns and operates Rolling Hills Ca- sino in Corning, and since April has been embroiled in a public leadership dis- pute after members of the tribe were reportedly sus- pended, and four of five Tribal Council members ousted. While Parker was present at the meeting, he did not re- spond to comments directed at him and the council. In total, five people di- rected comments at Parker, saying he did not repre- sent the tribe in his role as a tribal police chief. City Manager Richard Crabtree, who also serves as city attorney, recom- mended that the meeting be adjourned after three mem- bers of the tribe spoke be- cause the issue is not a city matter. After two more people spoke, Mayor Daniele Jack- son adjourned the meeting. Parker previously said he was sworn in as a tribal police chief in May, and has since been aligned with ousted Tribal Council mem- bers David Swearinger, Les- lie Lohse, Geraldine Free- man and Allen Swearinger. They maintain they are still elected members of the Tribal Council, which gov- erns the tribe. He has said his goal is to get the tribe back together. Parker's role as chief, however, has been dis- puted by members of the tribe governed by Tribal Council members Andrew Freeman, Latisha Miller, Ambrosia Rico, Andrew Alejandre and Natasha Ma- ranga. Tribe FROM PAGE 1 By Scott Smith TheAssociatedPress FRESNO California offi- cials decided Wednesday to add the gray wolf to the state's endangered species list, extending protections to the animal. The state's Fish and Game Commission voted 3-1 in favor of the listing, which will keep the animal safe from hunters' cross- hairs. The decision re- quires a second vote in Au- gust to become final. The debate over whether to list the wolf pitted cattle ranchers, who consider the predator a threat to valu- able herds, against those who wish to see the packs again flourish. "We are very concerned about listing the wolf under the California Endangered Species Act," Justin Oldfield, vice president of governmen- tal relationships for the Cal- ifornia Cattlemen's Associa- tion, said before the vote. Amaroq Weiss of the Center for Biological Di- versity, which leads the push for protection, said there are places where wolves and livestock exist together. "There are definitely av- enues for not only tolerat- ing wolves but accepting wolves," she said. "This was their home before it was ours." Nationwide, bounty hunt- ing and poisoning drove wolves to widespread exter- mination in the early 1900s. They have rebounded in re- cent decades, and federal protections have been lifted in the last several years in the Northern Rockies and western Great Lakes. The state commission decided to put off a deci- sion at a meeting in April, wishing first to hear more public comment. The debate comes into fo- cus as a lone wolf — named OR-7 — began roaming into Northern California from Oregon in 2011. That's when the wolf was the sev- enth in Oregon to be fitted with a GPS tracking col- lar. There's recent specu- lation that OR-7 has taken a mate and might be pro- ducing young. WILDLIFE By Fenit Nirappil The Associated Press SACRAMENTO A break- away movement in far Northern California appar- ently sounded better in the- ory than in reality to voters in Tuesday's primary. Residents of rural, sparsely populated coun- ties who have felt ignored by California leaders have dis- cussed secession for more than a century. The lat- est push has the support of elected officials in four coun- ties, and a vote is scheduled by Butte County leaders next week. Two counties that put the question of creating a 51st state named Jeffer- son before residents split the question. Voters in Del Norte County defeated the advisory measure resound- ingly by 59 percent. Tehama County voters appear to fa- vor it, but 3,500 ballots re- main to be counted. Secession opponents said Wednesday that the results show the desire to split from California is lim- ited to a small, vocal group. New state supporters face long odds, needing ap- proval from the California Legislature and U.S. Con- gress. In Siskiyou County, where the board of super- visors has already voted to join the new state move- ment, voters rejected re- naming the county the Re- public of Jefferson, with just 44 percent support in Tues- day's primary. Mark Baird, a chief pro- ponent of Jefferson state and a Siskiyou County res- ident, dismissed the vote in his county as unrelated to his movement and said the rejection of Del Norte vot- ers doesn't stop momentum for a new state. "It's not a loss for us. It's a loss for them," Baird said. "We never expected to win 100 percent of the votes be- cause these are questions people are going to have to ask themselves: Do you want representation or not?" Del Norte and Tehama, with more than 91,000 peo- ple, are among 16 counties targeted for secession, mak- ing up more than a quarter of California's land mass but a small slice of its popu- lation. People who opposed the secession measures said they were tired of break- away activists going unchal- lenged. "It draws a picture of this extreme rural philosophy," said Kevin Hendrick, a re- tiree who led opposition to the Del Norte secession measure. "But it's not held by a majority because we just showed that." Hendrick credited his side's victory to showcas- ing the county's reliance on California state government for school funding and state parks. A mailer warned vot- ers that secession would lead to the closure of the Pelican Bay State Prison. Aaron Funk, who orga- nized support for the se- cession measure, compared voters who feared losing state government funding to victims of Stockholm syndrome. Jefferson back- ers say the votes are a step toward analyzing how an in- dependent state could sup- port itself. Sue Gallagher, one of the opponents of the Tehama secessionist measure, said an organized push against the measure never took off, partially because many vot- ers didn't take the Jefferson movement seriously. "They were going 'This is so crazy it can't happen,' so they didn't have any im- petus to turn out and vote," Gallagher said. Gov. Jerry Brown told reporters Tuesday night he would visit counties all across California in his re- election campaign for a his- toric fourth term. Asked about visiting the coun- ties that want to split off, he said, "I'm going to defi- nitely talk to the people of Jefferson and tell them to stick around." ELECTION 2014 SECESSION Jefferson proposals net mixed results THEASSOCIATEDPRESS On Wednesday, a state board decided to grant the gray wolf protections in California, just as it appears to be making a comeback in its once-native territory. State board votes to p ro tec t wo lf MSgt.WilliamR.Johnson MSgt. William R. Johnson died unexpectedly Wednes- day, May 21, 2014 at the age of 73. William was Bill to co- workers and John to family. John was a retired Master Sergeant of the U.S. Marine Corps after 22+ years of serv- ice. Recently he retired from the Tehama County Veterans Services & the Tehama County Sheriff's Civil Department after 13 years of service. John will forever be known as a dedicated and loving husband, father, brother, grandfa- ther, uncle and Friend. He is survived by his wife of 29 years, Sherry Johnson; his children Terri (David) Robenstine of Alabama; Christo- pher Johnson Sr., Sheila (Miguel) De Leon, and 5 grand- children, Melissa, Miguel Jr., Gabriel, Christopher Jr. and Samantha all of Red Bluff. John had a large extended family in the surrounding areas. He will be forever missed. Services to be held at the Veteran's Hall (735 Oak St.) on Saturday, June 14, 2014 at 2pm. RICK TARRISH GIANNOLA 1966 ~ 2014 Rick passed away on May 18, 2014, in Chico, California, at the age of 48. He had been in poor health for some time before his passing due to the residual effects of a medical incident in Oct. of 2008. He had an allergic reac- tion to a medication resulting in a long term medically in- duced coma. Even though the fallout from this situation made life a struggle, he continued to stay positive and to meet his challenges with courage and tenacity. Rick was bom in Chico on March 3, 1966, to Adriana and Bob Giannola, Rick was always on a quest to learn something. He had four AAs that we know of from Butte Jr. College (also writer and editor of the college's For Your Information newspaper) and several AAs from Shas- ta Jr. (staff writer for the Shasta College Lance), a BA in English in 1998 from Chico State and a start on his Mas- ters in English. Over the years he had numerous and var- ied types of employment - many involved computer work in the 90" s setting up MAC and PC based platforms and shared networks, managing a large CSUC computer lab and employees as a faculty member, building nearly 100 separate media rich web pages using html and/or java- based builders. As a Jr. High teacher for a time of at-risk kids he brought technology into the classroom through the use of an on-line computer lab area, a school news- paper and a class website project. In Oregon he worked for Rogue Rods in White City, Safeway in Medford, Chev- ron in Shady Cove. Other endeavors in California include fireman, EMT in training, many counter jobs in gas sta- tions and convenience/liquor stores, and Office Manager for the Family Violence Education program here in Chico for two years - you name it, he did it. And then there is the night shift taxi driver job. It's 1998, he has just gradu- ated from CSUC with his BA in English and a 3.8 GPA. With diploma in hand he tells his family "the next job I want is to drive a taxi at night to get info for a novel I might want to write" - and he did - for two years in Chico. The key fact we had to remember is that he al- ways did things the "Rick" way no matter the activity. Wherever he lived, he would put up a note "see me if you need help learning to read, filling out forms, under- standing history or math, etc., FREE." He wrote many po- ems, stories and long novels - but he was so unorganized that unfortunately not many survive him! Folks who knew him never wanted to argue with him because he could "out-logic" anyone. Rick was loud and boisterous, gener- ous and compassionate, and a presence in the room. He loved people of all kinds, shapes and colors and tried to learn from them. He was fascinated by the cosmos and al- most everything else he encountered - he was on a life- long learning journey. He is survived by his mother Adriana Hills Giannola who resides in Chico and his father Bob and wife Alee Giannola who reside in Oregon. He leaves behind his sis- ter Robin Giannola Johnson and her children Alyssa and Anthony; his brother Joe Giannola and wife Jesica and their girls Elizabeth, Emily and Eliana, all of Chico. He is survived by daughter Brittney L. Giannola and her mother & step-father Michelle Giannola and Mike Aliano who all reside in Gerber, CA. Survived also by his second wife Barbara Copeland Giannola and her children Tiara, Priscilla, Mickael and Kevin all of Shady Cove, Oregon. On his mother's side he is survived by his Aunt Charlotte and her husband Jim Bohannon of Chico, Charlotte's sons Neil and Jason Morgan; Aunt & Uncle Don and Diane Hills of Sacramento and their sons Matthew and Christo- pher Hills. Also survived by his special grandmother Joyce Hills of Orland. Predeceased one week prior on May 11, 2014 by brother-in-law R. Doug Copeland; in 2003 by brother-in-law Brett W. Johnson; in 2012 by his grandfather Arnold H. Hills of Orland and his uncle Steve Morgan of Medford, and much earlier his grandparents Marva & Paul Giannola of Carson City, NV. We know he is at peace now and still going to school in a new place. Perhaps since Rick and his Grandpa Hills had the same brainy minds, the two of them are together somewhere working on an outlandish invention! The family plans to have a Celebration of Life for Rick in late September. A notice in this newspaper will be pub- lished at that time. Obituaries THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A