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ByHeatherHoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter CORNING The Corning Patriots have set up a donation account at Rabobank, 950 99W in Corning, in an effort to raise money for a new Corning Police Department K-9 unit. The Patriots group members passed out blue ribbons Tuesday at the City Council meeting for residents to place on their trees to support the project. The group plans to place dona- tion cans in businesses through- out the city as well for another op- portunity to donate. The Corning Patriots started the Corning K-9 fund with a dona- tion of $500 toward the $20,000 goal. As of Tuesday that has been the only donation, said member Jerry Lequia. Donations can either be made in person at Rabobank or a check CORNING PATRIOTS Donations sought for new police K-9 Staff report CORNING The Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians has chosen a new Tribal Chairman and Trea- surer. Long time Chairman Andy Freeman decided not run af- ter more than 16 years on Tribal Council. Tribe members selected Andrew "Dru" Alejandre as the new chairman. Alejandre received 102 votes to 18 for George Freeman of Covelo and 9 votes for Ann Dalson Al- varez of Red Bluff. He has served on the Tribal Council for the past two years as the Tribal Council Secretary. The tribe also selected Ambro- sia "Ambi" Rico of Corning for Treasurer over Elizabeth Nor- wood of Arizona. Rico was the in- cumbent and garnered 110 votes to 20 for Norwood. Shes has served on the council for the past two years as well. Both Alejandre and Rico look forward to working with their other Tribal Council members in helping the tribe to implement ELECTION Alejandre elected chairman of Paskenta Band By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter REDBLUFF Tehama County's un- employment rate fell by 0.7 per- cent in August from a revised 8.2 percent in July to 7.5 percent in August, according to data re- leased Friday by the California Employment Development De- partment. In August there were 25,200 people in the labor work force in the county. Of those, 23,320 were employed and 1,880 people were unemployed. That's 390 more people in the labor work force, 550 more people employed and 160 fewer people unemployed in the month of August. Tehama County remains 45th out of the 58 counties in the state. The Northern Rural Training and Employment Consortium re- gion, which includes Butte, Del Norte, Lassen, Nevada, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity counties, is ranked 35th in the 46 areas or regions in the state with 310,700 in the labor force, 290,400 em- ployed and 20,300 unemployed at a 6.5 percent unemployment rate. The North Central Counties Con- sortium, which includes Colusa, Glenn, Sutter and Yuba counties, is ranked 39th. The data showed a 10.2 percent increase in farm jobs while fed- eral government jobs saw a de- crease by 4 percent in August. In California there were 19,357,900 in the labor work force. Of those, 18,281,600 people were employed and 1,076,300 were un- employed with a total of 5.6 per- cent unemployment rate in the state for August. The unemploy- ment rate has dropped by 0.3 per- cent in a month. In the United States the unem- ployment rate has decreased by 0.1 percent at 5 percent in August. The counties with the highest unemployment rates are Imperial at 23.6 percent, Tulare at 10.7 per- cent and Colusa at 10.2 percent. All have decreased unemploy- UNEMPLOYMENT JoblessratesfallinAugust By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter CORNING The Corning Senior Center hosted a special ceremony in memory of those still missing on Friday, which was National Prisoner of War Missing In Ac- tion Recognition Day. Corning Senior Center Direc- tor Karen Burnett welcomed the audience to the event and thanked them for coming to honor those missing. She asked retired U.S. Brigadier General Michael Le Peilbet to conduct the ceremony recognizing the day after seeing him perform it at a Fourth of July event. Burnett said her seniors are very patriotic and make it a habit to say the Pledge of Allegiance ev- ery day when they gather at the center. Every day patriotism is something the public has gotten away from and it is always good to have a reminder such as Fri- day's event. "Those who have served and those currently serving in the uniformed services of the United States are ever mindful that the sweetness of enduring peace has always been tainted by the bit- terness of personal sacrifice," Le Peilbet said. "We are compelled to never forget that while we en- joy our daily pleasures there are others who have endured and may still be enduring the ago- nies of pain, deprivation and im- prisonment. Before we begin our activities, we pause to recognize our POWs and MIAs." Le Peilbet then drew atten- tion to a small table to his left, symbolic through the items on it of those who are not able to be present. "It is set for one, symboliz- ing the fact that members of our armed forces are missing from our ranks," Le Peilbet said. "They are referred to as POWs and MIAs. We call them comrades. They are unable to be with their REMEMBRANCE CORNING PAYS TRIBUTE TO MISSING IN ACTION PHOTOSBYJULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS Retired United States Army Brigadier General Michael Le Peilbet explains the symbolism behind the table to his le during the Prisoner of War and Missing In Action Recognition Day. Retired United States Army Brigadier General Michael Le Peilbet explains the symbolic details of the Prisoner of War and Missing In Action Recognition Day. Have a great day, Chuck Hanley GOOD MORNING D DowJonesIndustrial 18,123.80 (-88.68) D Standard & Poor's 2139.16 (-8.10) D Nasdaq 5244.57 (-5.12) BUSINESS GOP nominee, a long-time peddler of "birther" claim, alleges Hillary Clinton started the conspiracy theory. PAGE A10 PRESIDENTIAL RACE Inabout-face,Trump says Obama born in US Funds aims to further protect the lake, including improving water quality and reducing threat of wildfires. 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