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Community.....A3 Education........A6 Lifestyles........A5 Opinion............A4 Sports..............B1 Weather........A10 Index...............## INDEX Today's web bonus 'True Blood' redbluffdailynews.com STUDENTS AmericanLegion awards for students Education A6 LATINO OUTREACH Local group plans Lassen trips Community A3 FORECAST High: 95 Low: 61 A10 Grow?Ranchorride? Readaboutlocalandnational Ag, rural, ranch and rodeo news and commentary. VISIT REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM/ RODEO DOYOU RODEO? 7 58551 69001 9 Volume129,issue151 By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF Around 200 people gathered Thursday evening at the Cone and Kimball Clock Tower to celebrate the life and community involvement of Una Jordan. Jordan, a businesswoman, philanthropist, athlete, fund- raiser and cowgirl died May 17 in Fresno. Retired Tehama Superior Court Judge Richard Scheuler presided over the ceremony. "She was a great addition to this community," Scheuler said of his friend Jordan. Scheuler spoke about Jordan's wide interests in life and the nu- merous awards she won with CELEBRATION Community gathers to honor Una Jordan's life By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter RED BLUFF Local business lead- ers are leaning toward not pub- licly supporting the city of Red Bluff's November ballot measure to raise the sales tax by a quar- ter-cent per dollar, or a penny for every $4. A recent survey conducted by the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce asked re- spondents whether the organiza- tion should publicly support the city's sales tax initiative. Of the 100 responses, 58 per- cent said the chamber should not publicly support the sales tax increase, which is intended to support police, fire and parks departments, but would go into the general fund. However an examination of anonymous comments left on the poll showed individually TAX MEASURE Ch am be r quiet on support of tax boost By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter SACRAMENTO A federal judge granted the state of California's request for a temporary restrain- ing order banning firearms at the Rolling Hills Casino in Corning as the disputing factions of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki In- dians are moving toward medi- ation. United States District Judge Kimberly Mueller's order Wednes- day keeps the current status quo of casino operations in effect un- til July 2 and bans the deployment of hired armed personnel within 100 yards of the casino and on all tribal properties. The state's request to find the tribe had breached its compact, which allows it to operate a class III gaming casino, will be heard at a preliminary injunction hear- ing June 30. At that time the court will hear arguments over whether the in- junction should be broadened to prevent any gaming activity at the casino. In the meantime the two fac- tions competing for control of the casino operations are scheduled to meet for mediation, possibly as early as Friday. Attorney General Kamala Har- ris filed the restraining order re- quest Tuesday to prevent an im- minent threat to public health and safety after both sides hired and staged armed personnel on the casino grounds. Paskenta Chairman Andrew Freeman issued an executive or- der June 11 banning anyone out- side of local, state and federal law enforcement officials from carry- ing firearms on tribal lands. An armed "Tribal Police" force, hired by the ousted tribal coun- cil members at odds with Free- man, left the casino grounds on Monday. In another attempt to close the casino, attorneys for the ousted tribal members petitioned the court to expand the state's re- quest and order the casino tem- TRIBAL DISPUTE Orderissuedbanninggunsatcasino Hearingsettodecideongaminglicenseramifications Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF As Red Bluff police Chief Paul Nanfito works to se- cure funding to hire more po- lice officers who, he says, could be used to develop a cadre of school resource officers in the city, the Red Bluff Joint Union High School District board of trustees on Wednesday ques- tioned whether Red Bluff High School's on-campus officer has been worth paying for. The high school district's interim Superintendent Joe Harrop penned a memoran- dum to the school board that said, "The consensus is that this year's SRO was not worth what we paid for, and the Po- lice Department has been in- formed about our concerns." The school district paid $67,000 toward the position, held by officer Aaron Murray for the last three years, in its 2013-14 fiscal year, accounting for about 65 percent of the po- sition's salary and benefits. "Whether or not an SRO on campus is worth that amount is subject to debate," Harrop wrote. "If we can get one who will interact with students, es- tablish rapport with them, and be out and around at passing times when students come to or leave school, the SRO could be a valuable asset." Nanfito attended Wednes- day's district board meeting armed with statistics, a sum- mary of Murray's police work carried out over his last three years as an SRO, and the agree- ment between the district and Police Department regarding pay for the position. "If there's a philosophical shift in what that SRO should do, it's never been discussed with us until a week and a half ago," Nanfito said. "If there were complaints about the per- formance of the current SRO, it was never brought to our at- tention until a week and a half ago." Harrop noted that the dis- trict expects about $1.2 mil- lion in deficit spending in the coming fiscal year, and added that it was the district's under- standing that Red Bluff police "would pick up progressively larger portions of the cost of having" an officer on campus. Not so, Nanfito told the board. According to the agree- ment between signed in 2011 between the district and po- lice department, the district agreed to pay $80,000 per year for an SRO. Nanfito said he and former district Superintendent Lisa Escobar last year agreed upon a reduced payment for the district because he knew a more drastic cut in funding for the SRO position could have been a possibility. "I want to emphasize that although there was a discus- sion, there was no further re- ductions agreed upon or de- cided upon at that time." The school district has bud- geted about $67,000 for a school resource officer position for the upcoming school year, but it appears to be exploring ways that amount could be re- duced, such as paying to have a part-time school resource of- ficer at the high school. "When you look at what you're getting for that money, you need to ask yourselves, if you just want someone to in- teract with students, that's not what a school resource officer is," Nanfito said. "He's there to provide police services to your community." Nanfito said Red Bluff High RED BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL QUESTIONS VALUE OF CAMPUS COP In this archive photo from February Red Bluff Police Sergeant Kevin Busekist assists in a Red Bluff Union High School lockdown drill. What exactly and how much is covered by Medicare when one has to spend time in a hospital? PAGE A3 MEDICARE What is covered during hospital stays Check out the various events happening in the area this weekend. PAGE A5 CALENDAR See what's happened around town Current majority whip elevated in GOP leadership shakeup, turning back tea party-aligned challenger. PAGE A8 WASHINGTON California's McCarthy new House GOP leader President calls in Iraq's leaders to push reform as he commits up to 300advisers to help quell insurgency. PAGE B4 WORLD Obama: US sending military advisers to Iraq Police chief advocates for full-time school resource officer CASINO PAGE 9 SRO PAGE 9 TAXES PAGE 9 JORDAN PAGE 9 ยป redbluffdailynews.com Friday, June 20, 2014 50CENTS AN EDITION OF THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD