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Vol. 33, No. 2
January 13, 2009
Services Board cuts benefits, starts setting policy
By Walt Caldwell
Mountain Echo editor
FALL RIVER MILLS — The Fall
River Mills Community Services
District bit the bullet and made
one of the toughest decisions
that a Special District’s board can
make last Wednesday. They cut
employee benefits.
It wasn’t an easy decision,
but with income for the past fiscal year at $341,813 and expenses
at $412,179 they had to make cuts
someplace. The single biggest expense to the district, Salaries and
wages for that year were $221,638.
Director Barbara Briggs re-
minded the board that currently
the district is paying both the district and employee’s contribution
to the Public Employee’s Retirement System (PERS) and paying
the employee and their family’s
health insurance premium which
included dental insurance.
Briggs said she was especially
concerned because of the State’s
current financial situation and it
was always possible it would take
the district’s tax revenue which
would leave the district with a
negative $38,000 cash flow.
She said that using the “Gener-
al Motors” formula, the employees
were currently getting a $78,000 a
year wage and benefit package
which was “way out of line.”
She was in favor of eliminating
PERS entirely and initiating an
alternative retirement plan, but
said that they were locked into
PERS for the time being because
their contract with the agency
set specific time frames for any
changes to the agreement.
She proposed the board do
away with the employee dental
insurance, pay the employee’s
health insurance premium and
half of the family’s, and pay only
the district’s share of the PERS
premium. To offset the impact
she suggested giving the employees a 5% wage increase to defray
some of the expense of having to
pay the family portion of the insurance premium; put $2,250 in
a “health savings account which
would cover any deductible they
would have to pay. It would also
give the employee a savings account if they didn’t use it. Finally,
have the employees pay their portion of the PERS premium.
The changes, she said, would
save the district an estimated
$42,000 to $52,000 a year.
Board member Sandi Jensen
made a motion to that effect, with
the exception of lowering the
raise to 3% because they weren’t
eliminating the retirement package. The vote was four in favor
with Director Steve Barnett abstaining because his wife works
for the district. The changes will
go into effect February 21.
The board spent nearly two
thirds of the meeting developing
SEE BENEFITS, A-6
Photo by Walt Caldwell
Ruby Rose McCraney is held by proud parents David McCraney and Sara Franks.
Ruby Rose is 2008’s
First Baby at Mayers
Photos by Phyllis Funk
Murder Plays a Sour Note at Angelinas at the Rex Club when piano player Tony “Ivory” Ivanski (Walt Caldwell) is arrested by Elliot Mess ( Mike Benson) for the murder of Sammy Fenetra, lead singer in the Lou Gumbardo band. It turned
out that Ivory was a lousy shot. He’d been hired to hit mob boss Giovanni Fishi (insert- Larry Trammel) after lead hit man
Benny Bangalaotta was rubbed out by Fishi before Sunday evening’s mystery dinner play.
FALL RIVER MILLS –
Ruby Rose McCraney arrived at 7:45 a.m., January
5, 2009, to take the honor of
being the first baby born at
Mayers Memorial Hospital
in 2009.
Ruby Rose weighed in at
6 lbs, 9l5 ounces.
She is the daughter of
Sara Franks and David McCraney and the sister of
William Eugene Franks.
Her maternal grandparents
are Laurie Jo and Michael
Williams Franks. Her paternal grandparents are
Carrie Hubbs and David
McCraney.
Dr. Weagant, MD was
the delivering physician.
He was assisted by Randi
Holscher, RN.
As the hospital’s first
baby of the new year, Ruby
Rose and family received a
case of diapers, free baby
pictures, and a $100 check
provided by the Mayers Memorial Hospital District.
The Intermountain Cattlewomen donated a beef roast
which matched Ruby Rose’s
birth weight.
CSD tackles its
problems
By Sue Edmondson
Mountain Echo reporter
Big Valley is marked by
wide-open skies, a triangle
of business and residential
areas surrounded and separated by miles of ranch and
farmland and few residents.
Although sparsely populated, there’s no lack of
community—when a local
needs help, it’s there without asking.
That’s not to say that
the nation’s economic woes
haven’t impacted businesses—insular doesn’t mean
insulated. Locals are realistic, yet optimistic about the
coming year. Here’s what
they had to say:
Retail businesses go with
the flow
Adin Supply owner Steve
Gagnon says business was
up again last year. “Things
are good,” he says. Spring
sales were sluggish, but improved after, ending with
a big December. “We had
more local trade and less
tourists,” he says. “And
groceries did better than
giftware this year. I think
people are tightening their
belts some.”
His opinion is that the
intermountain area isn’t
affected nearly as much as
the rest of the country. “I
think people here are more
conservative minded about
what they spend.”
The closure of Moe’s Pizza and the two Frostys (the
latter may reopen), while
sad, has helped his business. “We’re the only place
in Big Valley where you can
sit down and eat,” he says.
But he attributes the
growth of his business
mostly to the quality of
customer service. In fact,
while he was talking to the
Mountain Echo, an out of
town customer came in and
said how much he appreciated the great hospitality.
“He said it’s the nicest place
he’s ever been to in Northern California,” Gagnon
adds. “We have a great crew
and are really service oriented.”
Still it’s hard work to
maintain a business in a
small community, especially in challenging economic
times. “You’re basically
buying yourself a job and
only the strong survive. You
have to really like the lifestyle.”
As to 2009, he hopes it’s
another good year. He says
the media could help make
that happen. “We get shoved
down our throat how bad
things are and consumers
are affected by that. Some
positive words could make
a difference.”
Shari Blatt owns two
successful
businesses—
Juniper Junction and the
Awesome Blossom in Adin.
“We are fortunate to have
a loyal customer base of
locals and travelers,” she
says. “It doesn’t change
much from year to year.”
The flower shop actually
saw an increase in sales this
year—“It did wonderfully,”
she says.
She too, believes that
her customers live within
their means, especially in a
tight economy. “We’re more
seasoned—we know what to
expect.”
And in 2009, she expects
business to be as good as
ever. “If fuel prices stay
down, we’ll see more travelers,” she adds.
Motels in deep water
“Travelers
wanted,”
could be the sign at the Bieber Motel in Bieber and Ju-
niper Tree Motel in Adin.
“I have nothing exciting to
report,” says Marie George,
who owns the Bieber Motel with husband Arthur.
“We’ve owned the motel
nine years and this was the
worst.”
To make ends meet, they
used money from their
farming operations. “We’re
looking at where we can cut
corners,” she says. “I’m trying to see what we can do.”
Tim Copp says business
at the Juniper Tree Motel
was terrible in 2008. “The
price of gas was so high
that no one was traveling,”
he says. Although business
was poor, it didn’t get to a
critical stage. “We aren’t going bankrupt, but it wasn’t
a stellar year,” he adds.
Regular customers still
came to stay, with longer
dry periods in between.
“It’s picked up a bit, now,”
he says. And there are absolutely no plans to shut the
doors.
Real estate needs a lifesaver, too
You could use the words
“real estate sales” and “motel business” interchangeably in Big Valley. With 45
years in the business, Big
Valley Realty broker/owner
Carl Parks says, “It’s the
worst I’ve ever seen. Last
Saturday I had the first real
prospective buyer in a long
time. Nobody is looking.”
The business used to get
three to four calls a week,
he adds. “Now we’re down
to one every two weeks.”
SEE ECONOMY, A-6
By Walt Caldwell
Mountain Echo editor
FALL RIVER MILLS —
The past four years have
been rough for the Fall River Mills Community Services District. A new manager
and operations staff were
faced with trying to correct
problems caused by former
management which brought
about a scathing Grand
Jury report, operating losses which have in the last
four years totaled $262,438.
That’s not to mention maintaining and improving its
generally antiquated system and switching from the
old sewer treatment plant
to a new one paid for by the
county when the airport
was expanded.
Limited to two full-time
people, including the manager, working in the field
and one person in the office
part time, they concentrated on keeping the system
operational and neglected
the non-operational problems. It caught up with them
when it was discovered that
the district had not had an
annual audit, as required
by law, in four years.
The board contracted
with Charles W. Pillon, CPA,
who completed the audit in
record time, issuing a report which included three
control deficiencies and
a separate 3-page letter to
management which listed
18 other concerns, four of
which were concerns of the
auditor who audited the district in 2004 and the Grand
Jury.
The deficiencies listed in
the audit itself were:
• The lack of a formal,
written anti-fraud program.
He noted that the district’s
management agreed to address the problem immediately;
• “The District’s interim
unaudited financial statements are not free from material misstatements, the
monthly financial reporting
package used for monitoring purposes by the board
of directors is not without
material misstatements and
lacks reconciliation in some
cases to the general ledger
accounting system…”
The district hired an outside CPA to assist in preparing for the audit and will
use that CPA’s services to
implement a complete set
of policies and procedures
over the financial close and
reporting process of the district and design the internal
controls over the processing
of financial information…”
• (Regarding Bond Revenues and Reserves). The
District has not established
separate funds for each of
the requirements noted.
“The notes are accounted
for and paid out of the only
fund the district maintains.
A portion of the investments have, In the past,
been set aside as a reserve,
but the district has not generated positive cash flow to
maintain even the investment reserve. The notes
do not indicate the level to
be maintained in a surplus
SEE AUDIT, A-6
Page A-2
January 13, 2009
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I
cannot imagine a
more difficult or
heart wrenching
business or political decision than to reduce the pay
or benefits of employees.
To their credit, the
board of directors of the
Fall River Mills Community Services District
looked at the grim reality
of the district’s future last
Wednesday and made a
decision to do just that and
they did it with class.
Using simple math and
averaging the salaries and
benefits, the results showed
an annual employee package averaging $78,000 a
year. That is an average of
$6,500 a month or $32 an
hour.
It isn’t that the employees aren’t worth it. The district has excellent employees. However, the district
consistently went in the
hole year after year, even
with rate increases and the
one item that stood out was
employee salaries and benefits. Even the independent
auditor said something had
to be done.
The board did what they
had to do. They eliminated
the employees’ dental program, reduced the amount
they would pay for the
employee’s dependents on
their health insurance from
100% to 50%, and discontinued the policy of paying the
employee’s share of their
retirement.
In the process, though,
they gave the employees a
3% raise and established
health savings accounts for
each employee giving them
$2,250 a year to cover their
deductible. The account is
set up so the employee can
use part of it, or all of it
annually, or let it accumulate and take it tax free at
retirement.
Also, they gave the
employees almost a monthand-a-half ’s notice that it
will happen.
The district’s board
and management gambled
in the past. Money was
extremely tight and there
wasn’t enough manpower
to do everything so they
made the decision to concentrate on making sure
the water was delivered
through the pipes to the
customers and the sewage
flowed from the customer’s
facilities to the sewage
plant and ignored the rest.
The philosophy was understandable, but not practical. Special districts such
as the community services
district, are closely regulated and operate under the
constraints of numerous
laws, rules, regulations and
licensing requirements.
They agreed to comply
with the grand jury recommendations but failed to
make at least a good-faith
effort to do so.
They also failed to comply with the law demanding
an annual independent audit. Those two items caught
up with them.
To their credit, they are
now working diligently to
correct the myriad of problems brought to light, while
keeping the pipes open in
both directions.
I wish them good luck.
Medical Platoon,
C-Company goes to Iraq
- an ongoing series
Mountain Echo has the
privilege to follow the soldiers of Evacuation Platoon
C-Company as it prepares
to deploy to Iraq, while stationed in Iraq and when they
return. Viewing the events
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O
nce in a while
I have a good
idea. At least I
think it’s good at the time.
My latest was to get another puppy to keep Clyde
company and maybe, just
maybe, keep him off my
ankles. Enter Peluche, the
sweetest, gentlest, cuddliest 14-week old Australian
Shepard pup in the entire
world. He looks every bit of
the “stuffed animal” that
his name means in Spanish, especially when he
jumps on Clyde to start the
chase, which goes through
the house, out into the
yard, back into the house,
onto what was formerly
my chair and back through
the house again. And that’s
when Clyde isn’t trying to
show Peluche who’s boss
or Peluche isn’t trying to
show Clyde who’s boss. Admittedly, I’ve doubled the
puppy energy in our house,
but at least my ankles are
safe. And I wouldn’t trade
either for a million bucks.
One good thing about
having dogs is that it forces
you to get out of the house
for a walk. Which fits in
perfectly for my continuing
New Year’s resolution to
exercise at least four days
a week. I met my goal last
year, at least most weeks,
and so did the women who
joined my exercise challenge. The star has to be
Kris Bertleson-Williams,
who reports that she
walked two miles every day.
(It’s not a coincidence that
she has dogs). Since getting
Clyde, I’ve had some gorgeous walks through the
woods (snow and all), and
Peluche has joined right in.
The best part is that after,
they sleep and I’m energized.
So this year, I’m renewing my exercise challenge—
half hour a day, at least
four days a week, any type
of exercise you choose,
even if it’s walking around
the living room. If you send
in your name, I’ll put it
right here, and keep track
publicly (for motivation)
H
ello to all, I would
like to announce
that “C” Company is back in the U.S.
Thankfully we suffered
zero losses or serious
injury. The Soldiers would
like to thank everyone for
their support and prayers.
Like many of the Soldiers, I will be moving to a
new unit where I will be assuming the First Sergeant
position of another Medical “C” Company.
I will remain on Ft. Polk
moving to a brand new unit
which will stand up here in
the next 3 to 4 months.
Thanks again for your
support.
every couple of weeks.
On to the news around
town. If you haven’t noticed, there’s a lot of activity around the old Merc in
McArthur. I think we can
expect it to reopen soon.
And there’s a new salon
in Burney. Patty Shelton
opened Patty’s during
December. Even though
we lost some businesses in
2008, people are still investing in our community. It’s a
great way to see 2009 start
off.
Winter tends to drag
on, but there’s a lot to keep
a person busy (besides
walking dogs and shoveling
snow). The Fort Crook Museum is holding their blacksmith workshops on the
first and second Sundays
from noon until 4:00 p.m.
(The next class is January 18th). You’ve probably
seen some of the work that
comes out of those classes,
but if you haven’t, you’ll be
impressed. No experience
required.
On the other side of the
hill (at least from where
I sit), the Mountain Community Center is having a
fundraising Cowboy Breakfast on Saturday, January
17th from 8-11 a.m. The cost
is $6 and the proceeds benefit the Community Hall.
Here’s an opportunity for anyone who enjoys
working with seniors, sent
in by Shasta County PR rep
Anna Champe. “The Active
Aging Community Task
Force is sponsoring an exercise instructor training
on Friday, January 30, 2009
from 9:00 am – 4:00 p.m. The
instructor training focuses
on how to teach easy balance and strength exercises
modified for seniors. The
training is being offered to
anyone that is interested in
volunteering to teach a Fun
with Senior Fitness balance
and strength exercise class.
Prior teaching experience
is not necessary to attend
the training and teach
classes. Courtney McElvain, from the Redding area
will lead the free training .
. . Volunteer instructors are
needed throughout Shasta
County.”
Call Shasta County
Public Health at 229-8481
to sign up for the training
and/or a schedule of existing classes.” From the list
of participating locations,
it looks like Fall River and
McArthur could use the
program—Mt. Senior Center in Burney is on the list
as a site.
And speaking of fitness
(which I am doing a lot of
today), Shasta College is
once again sponsoring a
free exercise class at the
EV Church in McArthur
on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 9:30 until 10:30.
Barbara De Oca says it’s
suitable for anyone (seniors
included) and offers light
aerobics, light weights
and stretching. As a side
note, she reports that Mary
Rainwater, who taught the
course in the past, has now
been accepted to Shasta
College’s Nursing Program.
Which by the way, Teresa Overton just completed.
Kudos to Teresa, both for
graduating from the program and for coming back
work at Mayers. Last year,
she was one of AAUW’s
scholarship recipients,
which as Kris BertelsonWillams notes, “How’s that
for an example of how our
scholarship program works
to benefit our community!”
It’s hard to believe,
but for gardeners, sometimes winter seems too
short—there are dozens of
catalogs to pour through,
orders to be made and
seeds to start. By the time
the snow melts, we’re
already up to our elbows
in potting soil. I have a
stack of catalogs if anyone
needs to borrow a few. It
will certainly help take that
worried look off my husband’s face—he watches me
tally up the columns on the
order forms. Somehow, he’s
not comforted by the
SEE THE SCOOP, B-4
We are doing our job
Editor: This letter is in
response to the latest article
in the local papers regarding the Fall River Mills Community Services District.
My name is Scott Sealander,
and I work for the FRMCSD
as a Utility Operator. I am
certified in water distribution, and waste water by the
State of California. I spend
most of my time in the field
operating and maintaining
the system, which involves
pumping and distribution
of clean safe drinking water, and the collection and
pumping of waste water.
Before I accepted this position back in August, 2004.
I worked for 10 years at a local power plant and prior to
do that, I spent four years in
the military defending this
great nation of ours, but I
needed a change, the rotating shift at the power plant
was taking its toll on my
body and I needed to find a
new career.
During my interview
with the manager, Mike
Pena (who was hired roughly the same time) explained
to me the situation the district was in, which was bad
to say the least. I had read
the grand jury report which
was equally as bad.
I could have walked away,
but I saw this as a challenge
and an opportunity to help
this district back on its feet.
After a few weeks on the
job, I realized how bad it really was, the infrastructure
of the system had been neglected and poorly maintained. I knew right then,
that is was going to take
years and not weeks to get
the system operating properly. There were pump seals
leaking, distribution leaks,
main line valves buried or
paved over. Finding them
was a job in itself, and once
found, were nearly impossible to operate. The back up
engines were non-operable,
which is vital in the event
of an emergency.
A big portion of the systems water4 meters were
old and way past their life
expectancy. Many have been
replaced with many more to
go!
These are just a few of
the problems I’ve found and
made my best efforts to correct. And these are problems just with the potable
water system. The story is
the same with the wastewater side.
When I read the article
in the local paper, my jaw
dropped. I could not believe
that the district was being
dragged through the mud
like this. Some of the accusations are not true.
I’m not going to get into
the details. I don’t feel like
it’s my place. District employees are not just sitting
on their hands doing nothing. The manager and office
staff are working equally as
hard. There have been many
occasions where I have been
in a wet, cold hold working
on a leak, and the manager
has been right there next to
me helping restore services
as soon as possible, or been
up all night keeping pumps
running because motor controls have failed.
I’m not looking for a pat
on the back or an “atta-boy.
It’s my job. I just want the
community to know that
the district is working hard
to keep a constant supply
of safe, clean, cold water to
customer taps and convey
waste water away to a proper disposal site!
I’m also not saying that
the district does not have
issues that must be addressed, because there are,
and some of them are noted
in the article.
We are a small staff, and
we operate a system that is
spread out. Our daily operations take up a lot of our
time, and we have to prioritize. Our ship still has a list.
It’s going to take some time,
we’re working hard to plug
the holes.
Scott Sealander
Thank you
Dear Editor:
I would
like to express my thanks to
everyone who sent flowers,
food, cards, and who attended the Memorial Service for
my husband, Benjamin G.
Garcia. Your thoughtfulness was very much appreciated in our time of sorrow.
There were people who did
not sign the Memorial Book
or a name to their flowers or
names that I did not know.
To them I send a special
Thank You. May you all be
Blessed in this New Year.
Once again, I thank you all
so very much.
Sincerely,
The Family of
Benjamin G. Garcia
Crab feed planned
The Adin Ambulance’s
10th Annual Crab Feed will
be Friday January 16th and
Saturday January 17th at
the Adin Community Center. Doors open at 6 pm each
night and the Crab will be
served at 6:30 pm.
Honey glazed ham is
also being served for those
with an aversion to crab.
Drinks and desserts are included. A $28 donation, ($25
for seniors) per person goes
towards the Big Valley Endowment Foundation’s Adin
Ambulance Equipment and
Building Fund. The Foundation is currently in the final stages of permitting and
will be breaking ground on
the new Adin Ambulance
Station this spring.
Adin Ambulance Crew’s
annual selection of the
Rose Lea Nelson Memorial
Emergency Medical Service
award will be announced
as part of the evening’s
events. Past recipients are
Pat Baremore, MICN, Dave
Bradshaw, Dr. Dan Dahle
and Dean Leventon. The
award is given based on exemplary contributions to
emergency medical services in Big Valley.
For further information
or tickets contact the Adin
Ambulance Office at 2993270 or any ambulance crew
member. Tickets are also
available at Adin Supply Co.
in Adin.
Only Pre-Sale tickets are
sold as seating is limited.
Modoc Medical CenterAdin Ambulance crew has
two fund raisers a year to
raise money for equipment
and facilities to provide
Emergency Medical Services. The Adin Station serves
the communities of Big Valley, Grasshopper, Termo,
Stone Coal and Ash Valley,
as well as providing backup
service to Alturas and the
surrounding communities.
The Modoc Medical Center Ambulances receive no
tax funding for their operation. Your generous support is appreciated. Last
year over 1800 lbs. of crab
was served.
Supporters
travel from several counties to join in on the “KING
OF CRAB FEEDS” each
year. Door prizes and a 5050 raffle will be part of the
fun. Come and enjoy a great
evening, bring your friends,
and know that you are helping support your community.
Mountain Echo
January 13, 2009
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at 9 a.m.January 12 Average - US $1.76
Reported Lows
Reno, Nevada $1.89
Klamath Falls Oregon $1.95
Redding, $1.99
Adin
• Juniper Junction..............$2.48 a gallon
Bieber
Red Barn...........................$2.46 a gallon
McArthur
• Hiway Garage...................$2.30 a gallon
Fall River Mills
• CFN ..................................$2.40 a gallon
• Sportsman........................$2.16 a gallon
• Pacific Pride.....................$2.17 a gallon
Johnson Park
• Rocky Ledge Shell...........$2.15 a gallon
• J- Mart...............................$2.19 a gallon
Burney
• USA...................................$2.13 a gallon
• Chevron............................$2.19 a gallon
Old Station
• Old Station Chevron...... $2.39 a gallon
December 29
Alvin Daniels, 30, of Burney was arrested.
December 30
Crystal Mercado, 26, of
Fall River Mills: driving on
a suspended license, parole
violation, false report of a
crime and failure to report
for work release.
Mildred Tooley, 27, of Fall
River Mills, Felony failure
to appear and misdemeanor
failure to appear.
Douglas Wilson, 27, of
Hat Creek, was arrested.
December 31
Michael Mcbroome, 39,
of Round Mountain was arrested.
Elaine Means, 49, of Burney was arrested.
January 1
Daniel Kevin McKim
was arrested in Burney for
being drunk in public.
Lee Grecian, 50, of Round
Mountain was arrested.
January 2
Kyle Covert of Burney
was arrested on warrants.
Kenneth Hanan, 37, of
Burney was arrested for
reckless driving.
Karina Nickell was arrested for narcotics possession.
Patricia Clima, 67, of
Johnson Park was arrested.
January 3
John Deaton, 27, of Burney was arrested.
January 5
Laban Harper of Burney was arrested for being
drunk in public.
January 6
Roy Wilson was arrested
for parole violation.
Margo Orcutt was arrested for warrants.
Robert Cottrell, 33, was
arrested for warrants.
Sheriff’s log
January 1
11:53 p.m.: trespassing in
the 20200 block of Tamarack
in Burney. “Subject had
been drinking advised not
to return to the residence or
he would be arrested.
2:51 p.m.: a physical disturbance in the 20400 block
of Plumas Street in Burney.
11:35 p.m.: narcotics paraphernalia found in front
of a dumpster in the 37300
block of Highway 299 in
Burney.
January 2
11:25 a.m.: a subject calling and sending threatening letters to an individual
in the Burney Villa Apartments in Burney.
12:25 p.m.: a theft of $40
from a cash drawer at a
business in Johnson Park.
2:21 p.m.: a verbal disturbance over a vehicle in the
20600 block of Roff Way in
Burney.
2:56 p.m.: the petty theft
of a shop vacuum in the
20500 block of Shasta Street
in Burney.
3:43 p.m.: a request to help
the Highway Patrol secure
a crash scene on Highway
299 east of Hudson Street
in Burney until they could
arrive from the Eskimo Hill
area south of Old Station.
3:45 p.m.: threats, in the
38300 block of Highway 299
in Johnson Park.
8:08 p.m.: verbal disturbance in the 37000 block of
Orchard Way in Burney.
January 3
9:38 p.m.: a refusal to
leave a resident in the 20600
block of Roff Way in Burney.
January 4
3:27 p.m.: an assault with
an axe in the 36900 block of
Oak Street in Burney.
4:19 p.m.: threats at a residence in the 20300 block of
Arrowood in Burney.
8:16 p.m.: a verbal disturbance at Safeway Store in
Burney.
10:44 p.m.: tires slashed
and death threats made in
the 37200 block of Superior
Street in Burney.
11:58 p.m.: a second call
concerning the Superior
Street call, subject too intoxicated to question.
January 6
10:20 a.m.: a juvenile
was cited for possession of
tobacco at Mountain View
High School in Burney.
January 7
8:11 a.m.: the theft of keys
from a vehicle in the Highway Garage warehouse.
1:40 p.m.: identity theft in
the 20200 block of Arrowood
in Burney.
10:55 p.m.: a refusal to
leave in the 29400 block
of Highway 299 in Round
Mountain.
Obituary
women.
Leona Grigsby
Graveside services were
conducted January 12, 2009
at the Hillside Cemetery in
Nubieber, for Leona Grigsby, 78, of Bieber.
Mrs. Grigsby died of natural causes January 6, at
Mayers Memorial Hospital
in Fall River Mills.
She was born June 26,
1930 in Stockton, California
and moved to the area in
1967. She was a homemaker,
a 4-H leader and member of
the Intermountain Cattle-
Mrs. Grigsby is survived
by her husband Roger,
daughters Kathy Harbert
of LeGrand, California and
Connie Reid of Cheyenne,
Wyoming.
The family requests that
memorial
contributions
be made to the Big Valley
Swimming Pool Fund, c/o
The Big Valley Recreation
District, P.O. Box 457, Bieber, CA 96009 or the Intermountain Cattlewomen Association.
Franklin Logging wins Popcorn
Timber Sale bid
Franklin Logging, Inc.,
Bella Vista, was the winning
bidder on the Bureau of
Land Management’s (BLM)
Popcorn Timber Sale. Bidding was conducted on Dec.
23.
The company bid
$117,870 for the 1.6 million
board feet of ponderosa
pine located on
BLM-managed
public
lands in eastern Shasta
County. The timber was appraised at $45,870.
Linda Sue Aguilar
Woman
charged with
manslaughter
BURNEY — Linda Sue
Aguilar, 59, turned herself
in to deputies at the Burney
substation January 7 and
was arrested on a warrant
charging her with involuntary manslaughter.
The charges stem from
the death of Miriam Grace
Benjamin, 53, following an
alleged fight with Aguilar
December 3 at the Capri Motel in Redding.
According to Senior
Deputy District Attorney
Stew Jankowitz, the warrant charges that Aguilar
started the fight.
Jankowitz says Aguilar
was originally arrested on
suspicion of murder, but
was released after an autopsy failed to show any evidence that would support a
murder charge.
The Coroner’s office
changed that ruling after
receiving the results of the
toxicology report, ruling
that her death was as the
result of physical trauma
and of being under the influence, and that it was a
homicide.
Aguilar was arraigned
in Superior Court Thursday
and pleaded not guilty. Her
preliminary hearing is set
for January 22. Jankowitz
says that if convicted, she
faces approximately four
years in prison.
Sgt. Mike Matheson
Sheriff’s Sergeant not a newcomer to the area
BURNEY — Sheriff ’s
Sergeant Mike Matheson
is no stranger to the Intermountain Area. A 24-year
veteran of law enforcement,
he has spent the last 18 with
the Sheriff ’s Department,
most of that working out of
the Burney substation.
Matheson has served as
a detective, K9 officer, member of the Search and Rescue team, Eastern Shasta
County Sheriff ’s Flying
Posse and dive team, a patrol officer and the Citizen’s
Volunteer Patrol.
He is married and has
two children, 8 and 13.
He was promoted to Patrol Sergeant October 31.
So you want to start a business workshop offered
The Shasta College Small
Business Development Center (SBDC) will be holding
a workshop entitled So...
You Want to Start a Business, on Wednesday, January 21, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30
p.m., in the SBDC Training
Room (1420 Butte Street),
downtown Redding.
The
path traveled to start, run,
and grow a business is filled
with a variety of obstacles
that often result in costly
set-backs, or even failure.
This seminar is a short
introduction to entrepreneurship and the creation
and development of new
business ventures. Participants explore the identification and evaluation of new
business concepts, the development of the business
plan, organizational structure, financing, and critical
success factors for entrepreneurs.
The cost to attend this
important workshop is $10
per person and classes fill
up quickly, so early registration is recommended. To
register, call 225-2770 or register online at: www.shastacollege.edu/Pathways.htm.
Chorale and
Ensemble to
rehearse
The Community Chorale (comprised of men
and women singers) and
the Women’s Ensemble (all
women) will be starting
rehearsals for the spring
semester starting Monday,
January 12, for the Chorale,
and Tuesday, January 13,
for the Women’s Ensemble.
The mixed-voice Chorale
rehearses Monday evenings
from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
in room 638 on the Shasta
College main campus. The
Women’s Ensemble rehearses Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30
p.m., also in room 638. The
Chorale requires a simple
audition but the Women’s
Ensemble has no audition
requirement.
This spring, the Chorale will be singing Mendelssohn and a new work by
John Rutter. Call conductor
Dr. Liz Waterbury at 2422367 for more information,
or simply show up to a January rehearsal.
Weekly Health Update
Courtesy of:
Dr. Michael S. Maier
Chiropractor
Fall River Mills
336-6547
Patients with General Back Pain have
Great Results with Chiropractic Care
A study of back pain sufferers who received
chiropractic care found 81.75% reported their
back pain was much improved, 17.3% reported
their back pain was slightly improved, 0.95%
reported no change and 0.0% reported their pain
worsened.
Chiropractic Research Foundation of
National Chiropractic Association
CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT 336-6547
www.chiropracticforhealth.com
Dr. Maier is a Doctor of
Chiropractic with a practice
located at the “Y” in Fall River
Mills. He has practiced in the valley for 12 years and has successfully treated symptoms associated
with migraines, whiplash injuries
and fibromyalgia.
He has treated many victims of
motor vehicle accidents, and of
course has had great success
treating people suffering from
neck, back and hip pain as well
as headaches.
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January 13, 2009
Mountain Echo
Viticulture meeting scheduled
REDDING – The ShastaCascade Viticulture Association, a non-profit organization, will hold its annual
General Membership meeting Saturday, January 17,
from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at
the TBS Ranch, 8310 Maynard Road, Palo Cedro.
Guest speakers and dis-
Logging
History
Competition
scheduled
Photo courtesy of Adin Supply
Kurt Dowell and son Victor of Adin posed for this photo during a prior Coyote Drive.
Photo courtesy of Adin Supply
3rd Annual Coyote Drive scheduled
By Frank Galusha
EasyWriter
ADIN — The third annual winter “Coyote Drive”
set for February 7 and 8 in
the Big Valley Area has
been a boon to surrounding
communities and is accomplishing many other good
things according to Buck
Parks, Chairman of the Pit
River Rod & Gun Club, a cosponsor.
Parks, along with Steve
Gagnon manager of cosponsor Adin Supply Outfitters believe the drive was
highly beneficial to the area
during its first two years
and has become a great family fun event with prizes,
dinner, drinks, a gun raffle
and the ubiquitous (and always popular) T-shirts that
commemorate such occasions. That alone should be
worth the trip to Adin when
the Drive commences.
But that’s not all, folks!
You don’t even have to be
a Drive participant to be
part of the action. Visitors
who want to come to the
Saturday night dinner will
be charged a nominal $7.00,
and there will be a no-host
bar starting at 6 p.m. Tshirts for non-hunters will
be just $15,while they last!
“The Drive is definitely
helping our ranchers manage the growing coyote
populations, which are a
significant threat to calves
and lambs and as well as to
wildlife such as deer fawns,
antelope kids, upland game
and waterfowl,” Parks said.
“More
importantly,”
Parks added, “it is also creating renewed interest in
the sport of predator hunting, which includes hunting
skills that are not easily acquired.
“Coyotes are part of our
life and play a natural role
but sometimes the population numbers get out of
hand. It’s also important to
invigorate the sport. Our
kids should know that not
long ago many of our fathers were trappers and
fur traders. Those were respected jobs, especially in
the winter when logging
was slow. Such work gave
many a little extra income,
enough to make it through
the year, and their efforts
saved many farm animals
and the wildlife everyone
needed to survive. Now
traps are outlawed. There’s
no market for pelts but we
still have to control the
predators.”
Gagnon agrees. “The
Drive is attracting a great
many hunters to the area
in the dead of winter when
nothing much else is going
on and other hunting seasons are closed,” he said.
“It’s a great benefit to
many different businesses
such as motels, stores, gas
stations and cafes, not just
here but all around Adin.
In 2008 we had 92 two-man
teams and the year before,
in our first year, we had 51
teams. Of course, many
of the hunters bring their
families, some from quite
far away so small firms in
all directions see a boost
in business. “However,” he
added with some regret,
“it’s becoming so popular
we’ve had to limit the number of entrants to 100 twoman teams. If you want to
be part of the Drive you better get your application in
now,” Gagnon said.
The entry fee for the
Drive is $50 for a two-man
team but one of the great
aspects of the drive is that
while hunters must register for the drive at Adin
Supply and return to Adin
in order to claim a prize
for the most coyotes taken,
the actual hunting can take
place anywhere there is an
abundance of coyotes. The
hunters end up spread out
all over the place on public
lands and on private lands
if they have permission
from the landowners.
“Most of the ranchers
welcome the hunters so
there are plenty of places
where getting permission is
not a problem,” Parks said.
“But it takes a great deal
of skill, knowledge and patience to lure one of these
wild critters into range,”
Parks added. “That cartoonist didn’t name that character ‘Wile E. Coyote’ for nothing.”
[Authors note: Wile E.
Coyote was created by Warner Bros. Chuck Jones as
part of the studio’s Looney
Tunes and Merrie Melodies
cartoons in 1948. According to Wikipedia, “Jones
based the Coyote on Mark
Twain’s “Roughing It”, in
which Twain described the
coyote as “a long, slim, sick
and sorry-looking skeleton”
that is “a living, breathing
allegory of Want. He is always hungry.”
While the Roadrunner
often outsmarted Wile, it
is generally agreed that
coyotes are one of nature’s
greatest survivors. Their
persistent pursuit of livestock, mice, rabbits, chickens, dove, quail, chukars,
grouse, pheasants, turkeys,
ducks and geese, including
nesting birds, unprotected
eggs and rabbit warrens
is feared throughout their
range, which included the
Hollywood’s Hills long before the movies got there.]
The rules and an entry
form for this year’s Drive
are posted at www.adinsupply.com.
All hunters must abide
by CA DFG laws and regulations.
All hunters must practice safe, fair and ethical
hunting.
Hunters must gain permission to enter private
lands and those lands must
be respected.
Teams can consist of two
adults and/or one adult and
an unlimited number of junior hunters (hunters under the age of 17).
The team with the highest number of coyotes for
the two-day drive will be
the winner. A tie-breaker
format is in place which
awards two points for a female but only one point for
male coyote. The winning
team wins two guns and
gets their names engraved
onto the ‘Coyote Cup.’
The first 100 teams to
prepay the entry fee will be
eligible. The fee includes
a dinner, two drink tickets
and entry into Sunday’s gun
raffle.
The dinner starts at 7
p.m. Saturday night at the
Community Hall in Adin
with a social hour beginning
at 6 p.m. There will be a gun
raffle on Saturday night at
the dinner. All teams will be
included in the gun raffle on
Sunday. Participants must
be present to win prizes.
The “Drive” ends Sunday
at noon. For more info call
Adin Supply at (530) 2993249.
Adin, a quaint, neat little
town halfway between Fall
River Mills and Alturas,
is a great place for history
buffs, antique collectors and
people who like settlements
that have stood the test of
time without showing much
alteration or decay. It’s the
proverbial “picture place,”
one that looks much like
it did when it was founded
as “Aidenville” in 1871. For
more on the town visit the
Adin Supply website noted
above.
The Pit River Rod and
Gun Club represents sportsmen and sportswomen in
the Big Valley area regarding issues pertaining to fish
and wildlife. The club, along
with the DFG, also sponsors
on a Junior Fishing Derby
and a Junior Pheasant Hunt
on the nearby Ash Creek
Wildlife Area each year.
Adin Supply is one of the
best known places in Modoc
County to stop and shop for
all of life’s necessities plus
those things you simply
have to have. If you haven’t
been there, make it a point
to go.
With over 20 years expe-
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cussions related to lab analysis products for vineyards
and the UC Davis Agriculture sustainability program
will be featured along with
an election of board members and review of the 2009
calendar of events.
The meeting is open to
members and non members.
The Association also
donated $120, 20 percent of
their proceeds at a recent
fundraising event to the
American Red Cross to assist in their dedicated relief
efforts for North State fie
victims.
For more information on
the meeting contact Greg
Butler at 226-9021.
The Sierra Cascade Logging Conference and Shasta
College’s Forestry/Natural
Resources Department are
once again partnering to
coordinate the “My Forest’s
Logging History” competition. This contest is open to
high school aged students
within
the
Conference
boundaries, which includes
all of the north state counties. Students will research
logging history in their own
forest by interviewing veteran loggers, foresters, mill
workers and other forest
workers and family members that remember logging
from the early days, preferably back into the late1800’s
or early 1900’s. Students
will be judged on how many
people are interviewed, how
much history they find, and
how well they put their data
and information together in
a visual presentation.
A local competition will
be held at the beginning of
February. The top winners
will be awarded cash prizes and the opportunity to
advance to the final round
which will be held during
the 60th anniversary of the
Sierra Cascade Logging
Conference held on February 12-14 in Anderson.
First place winner from
that portion of the contest
will win $500.
Entry forms will be due
by Friday January 23 with
displays due by Thursday
February 5. Contestants can
receive entry forms, judging sheets and information
about the competition by
contacting Missey Dunaetz
in the Forestry/NR Dept at
Shasta College (530) 242-2202
or emailing mdunaetz@
shastacollege.edu.
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Mountain Echo
January 13, 2009
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Fall River Valley Service Stations - Icons of the Era
By Don Young
contributing writer
The economy of Fall River Mills and the Valley was
very good during the golden
era of the post-World War II
years. During the late 1940s
and early 1950s blue-collar
working men had jobs within the timber industry, with
PG&E, the U.S. Forest Service and other companies
and small businesses, and
they had plenty of food on
the table and money in their
pockets. The cattle business was good for the hard
working ranchers, and most
of the small businesses in
the valley were doing pretty
well. Folks felt good about
the economy and they were
able to buy new cars for
their families. Those vehicles needed gasoline to fuel
them and they needed to be
serviced. Within Fall River
Mills there were five places
to buy gasoline, either regular or ethyl, plus just north
of town was the service station at the airport. Vehicle
owners could have their rigs
serviced, and they could get
nearly all of the mechanical repairs their vehicles required done at the local service stations. Most service
stations in town were built
with a sales room and one
service bay where a hydraulic hoist was located to lift
cars up for under-chassis
servicing.
An early 1950’s motorist traveling northeast into
Fall River Mills along Highway 299 from the direction
of Burney would drive past
a large silver-painted water
tank up on a small hill, south
of the highway, near the intersection of Bridge Street
to the right and Glenburn
Road to the left. The new
golf course and the adjoining housing development
had yet to be built. The demand for an increased water
capacity, delivered by Charlie Straub’s water company
in the1950’s, hadn’t required
that the second water tank,
now in use, be constructed
at that time. To a motorist’s left, on a spot near the
intersection of Glenburn
Road, a distinctive sign advertising Metzger’s Fishing Lodge was prominently
displayed for many years.
The sign was about three
feet wide and two feet high
mounted between two sixfoot tall white signposts.
The hand-painted sign depicted a man with a huge
smile on his face showing
lots of teeth and holding up
a large rainbow trout under
the lettering of Metzger’s
Fishing Lodge, Dana with a
big arrow pointing towards
the Glenburn Road.
After passing the Glenburn Road intersection and
driving down the hill on
Highway 299 into town, our
1950’s motorist passed the
Fall River Grange Hall on
the left at a site near where
the Lochart Ferry monument is located. That 1950’s
Grange Hall was once the
Fall City school house. My
mom, Kathleen (Mickey)
Young attended first and
second grade in that old
school house before the
new Fall River Elementary
school house was built (circa 1927) up on School House
Hill at the intersection of
Curve St. and 3rd St. Mom
started the third grade in
the new school house, the
first year classes were held
in that building. My mom
completed the remaining
six years of her elementary
schooling in the new tworoom building up on School
House Hill before going
to McArthur for her four
years of high school classes
where she graduated with
the Class of 1937.
Once the 1950’s motorist drove through the Long
St. intersection, he crossed
over Fall River on the new
bridge (circa 1933). At the
east end of the bridge the
motorist had the option of
stopping at two prominent
gasoline service stations:
Brown’s Service on the right
which offered Standard Oil
products, and Boster’s Service on the left that offered
Union 76 products.
In FRM, Mechanic St.
may very well have been
named for the prevalence of
mechanical repair facilities
located in that part of town
during the ‘40s and ‘50s. On
the corner of Mechanic
St. and Highway 299 near
the eastern end of the new
bridge over Fall River, Hugh
Brown owned and operated
a service station and garage. Brown’s Service, like
most of the service stations
in FRM at the time, was a
family-operated
business
where all of the members
of the family worked, at
one time or another, either
pumping gasoline, repairing flat tires, lubing the under-carriages, selling tires
and auto parts or cigarettes,
cold soda, candy bars and
even Eskimo Pie ice cream
bars.
Brown’s Service was one
of the largest automotive
service facilities in town.
The building had a larger
than normal sales room
and three service bays. The
sales room was an entity
unto its own, like no other
sales room that I have ever
seen. How folks working
there ever found anything
among the stacks of stuff
horizontally-filed all over
the sales room was beyond
the comprehension of most
customers, but Hugh Brown
could always find whatever it was that he needed.
Brown’s Service sales room
was also unique in that it
was large enough to hold a
card table with a few folding chairs and a stool or two
where one could often find a
cribbage game in progress.
Located directly across
Highway 299 from Brown’s
Service was Boster’s Service, a smaller facility with
a lot less “atmosphere” than
Brown’s Service.
Monty
and June Boster owned
and operated the standardsized service station facility
with a moderate-sized sales
room and one service bay.
Boster’s offered Union 76
gasoline and other oil products for sale to the motoring
public. Monty did automotive repairs and serviced
the customer’s cars inside
the single service bay. The
Boster family eventually
sold the service station,
and the facility was converted into a watering hole
with one of the better dining rooms in the Valley in
the late ‘60s and early ‘70s.
After several remodels, we
now know that place today
as The Mayfly, one of several good watering holes in
the Valley.
Just past Brown’s Service and the intersection
of Mechanic Street, a 1950’s
motorists could find himself
driving past a row of big orange GMC logging trucks.
The J.J. Bartle Logging Co.
directed their logging truck
drivers to park the big rigs
facing the highway in the
lot near the “Y” at the intersection of Highway 299
and Mechanic St. near the
Bartle Building so that mechanic, Jim Dana, could
easily access the big rigs for
servicing. The timber industry was a major force in
the economy of Northeastern Shasta County at the
time, and J.J. Bartle Logging was a major employer
in Fall River Mills. J.J.
Bartle had a shop in their
building on Main Street, up
the hill from Brown’s Service, where they sold and
serviced Willis, Nash and
GMC vehicles, and Bartle’s
chief mechanic, Jim Dana,
lived in a small house on
Mechanic St.
At the southern end of
Mechanic St. at the intersection with Bridge St., PG&E,
another major employer in
the town, had an equipment
yard and a shop building
where small mechanical repairs could be made to their
big brown line-trucks and
smaller service pickups.
When PG&E consolidated
their line-crew operations
and vacated the property at
the corner of Mechanic St.
and Bridge St., J.J. Bartle
acquired the property and
moved the logging company
shop into the old PG&E facility.
Apparently the short
street, where my maternal
grandmother’s old house
still stands near the old
Brown’s Service, was well
named.
As our early 1950’s motorist
drove
northeast
through Fall River Mills
and made the big sweeping
uphill turn through the Y
intersection to the north,
he passed the Town Hall
Theater on the left where
the stage from Redding delivered, three times a week,
large canisters of reels of
new movies, weekly news
reels and cartoons. Driving
further north the motorist
passed, on his left, the Bethel’s Red and White store,
the old Jenne’s Rexall Drug
store (currently the office
of the Mountain Echo), Dr.
Carrick’s dental office and
Maud Wilson’s two-story
white house (circa 1890) on
the corner of 3rd St. and
Highway 299. Across the
highway on the motorists
right, next to the fire hall,
was Jenne’s new variety
store with a soda fountain
and lunch counter along the
south side of the building
and the prescription drug
counter at the back of the
store. After driving past the
intersection of 3rd St. and
Highway 299, on the motorists left was the Fall River
United Methodist Church.
Beyond the flat-lava rockclad church building (circa
1949), the motorist had three
more service stations from
which to choose for service
along the west side of Highway 299.
At a location where the
current Sportsman’s Shell
gasoline dispensing facility is located was another
old-style service station
that prominently displayed
a sign with a big red flying
horse, the Pegasus company logo of the Mobile Oil
Company. Brook Burton, a
PG&E employee at the time,
hoping to have additional
income and security after
retiring from the power
company, built a service station at that location with two
service bays. That service
station, a few years later
after the construction of an
additional building, became
a place where one could
buy beer, boats, bullets and
booze, according to the tall
flashing rotating sign at the
corner of the property close
to the highway.
In 1946, another PG&E
employee, John Meeker,
knowing full well that he
could do better for himself
and his family, left the employment of the power company and started building
an old-style service station
and garage on a site just
north of where the Sportsman’s Shell station is located. In 1947, predating the
opening of Burton’s Mobil
station by several years,
John and Jo Meeker opened
their service station offering Richfield Oil Company
products for sale. Meekers
worked hard to keep their
new business afloat in the
early days, as do all small
business
owners,
even
when the economic times
are good. John Meeker was
a good mechanic and welder, a hard worker and a very
astute businessman, and I
was privileged to have been
able to work part-time under his tutelage for nearly
five years, when I attended
high school in McArthur
and started going to school
at Chico State College in
1956.
During the late 1940s and
through most of the ‘50s, the
opening weekend of deer
season in the middle of September, was always a very
busy time for Meeker Service. Hundreds of cars full
of buck hunters from the
Sacramento Valley and The
Bay Area streamed through
town on their way to Modoc
County in pursuit of the,
three-points or better, big
mule deer bucks. Meekers
frequently kept their service station open until midnight or later, on that opening weekend of buck season
to sell gasoline to the hunters. Meeker Service was the
only service station along
the nearly 150-mile highway
through the mountains between Redding and Alturas
that stayed open late so that
the buck hunters could buy
gasoline for their vehicles.
A couple of hundred
yards north of Meeker Service, along Highway 299
and across the highway
from the U.S. Forest Service
Hat Creek District Ranger
Station and housing compound, was Carpenter’s
Campground and Service.
Elmer Carpenter and his
family owned and operated a service station with
a small garage area, plus
they had six or eight small
cabins for rent and a small
lunch counter where one
could get a hamburger and
a milkshake and even buy
a pint of hand-packed ice
cream, if that was what one
really needed.
Further north along
Highway 299, nearly ¾ of
a mile out of town, located
near the entrance to the
county airport, was Shasta
Flying Service. That oldstyle service station and
garage, the newest automotive service facility in the
Valley at the time, offered
Shell Oil Co. products for
sale to the motoring public.
That building and business
were built by Nellie and Jim
Dunbar (circa 1949), and the
operation and management
of the business was done by
Jim Dunbar, Gene McCain
and Bob Longnecker, all
husbands of three sisters,
Nellie, June and Marie of
the Dee Knoch family. Not
only did the Shasta Flying
Service offer gasoline and
repairs to the motoring public, but folks also had the opportunity to purchase Piper
Cub airplanes and take flying lessons from Dunbar
and McCain. Unfortunately, that business was totally
destroyed by an extremely
hot fire in 1955. The service
station and garage building
was eventually rebuilt and
opened under new management.
As
a
self-appointed
chronicler of the way things
were in Fall River Mills
during the 1940s, 1950s and
1960s, as I remember them
to be while I was growing
up there, I would be remiss
in my duties if I didn’t mention the largest and oldest
automotive service facility
in the Valley.
Just four short miles
northeast of FRM on the
bluff overlooking the fertile Pit River valley lies our
sister community of McArthur. The 1950’s motorists
had several places in McArthur where they could purchase gasoline, but only one
place that I remember as
being the place where they
could get their vehicles repaired, and that place was
the Hiway Garage. Since I
grew up in Fall River Mills,
I do not feel well enough
qualified to comment with
any depth of knowledge
upon the businesses in
McArthur, but I do know
that the Hiway Garage, under the management of the
Agee family, has been in
business a very long time.
The Hiway Garage is the
largest automotive service
business in the Valley providing sales and dealership
service for all Chevrolet motor vehicle products. To the
best of my knowledge, the
Hiway Garage has been in
business providing quality
products and a wide range
of services, including AAA
Towing service longer than
any other automotive service business in the Intermountain area. The Hiway
Garage has been a solid contributor to the economy of
Fall River Valley for many
years, a factor for which we
can all be thankful. Thank
you Lawrence and family!
Least we forget, I must
mention another possible
contributing factor to the
vibrant economy of Fall
River Mills during the ‘40s,
‘50s and ‘60s and the preponderance of service stations during that era. That
factor may have been that
the trip to Redding was considerably more challenging
to motorists in those days.
The route over Hatchet
Mountain was much more
demanding of both vehicle
and driver. The undulating tightly-curving highway over “The Mountain”
had yet to be ironed out
and straightened by the big
earth-moving equipment.
The major improvement to
the roadway over Hatchet
Mountain happened during the mid-to-late 1950s.
The worst part of the trip
to Redding, for me, was the
three-mile section of very
crooked narrow road between Montgomery Creek
and Hillcrest; that section
of Highway 299 had more
twists and turns in it than
a plate full of well-cooked
spaghetti. It is now Woodhill Drive.
The trip to Redding by
auto in 1950 took nearly two
hours in good weather conditions, and folks weren’t as
easily motivated to make a
run to Redding for groceries, as they are today.
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Mountain Echo
Benefits: continued
continued from A-1
the board policy sections of
a district policy manual.
Jensen told the rest of
the board that she had used
a policy she obtained from
their Statewide Association
as a model.
Among policies adopted
were:
• Developing a chronological complaint log which
would log any complaint,
by phone or in person
with an explanation of the
complaint and how it was
solved. The policy leaves
room for the complaint to
be brought to the board if it
can’t be resolved by staff.
• Claims costing up to
$1,500 can be okayed by the
manager. Claims over that
amount, unless its an emergency, have to be brought to
the board. The policy called
for property damage forms
and Jensen asked that staff
develop it, a work order and
a reimbursement form by
the January 21 board meeting so they could be added
to the policy.
• The board set the fee
for copying documents at
25-cents a page.
• The inclusion of a removal of board members
after failure to perform the
duties for three consecutive
months without good reason, brought some concern
because their positions are
that of elected officials.
However, it was pointed out
that it is also the law.
• The board set reimbursement for meals when
on district business and
away from the district overnight at $37 for meals per
day and $89 for lodging per
da y.
• Board members currently are eligible to join
the district’s health insurance program, however
they must pay 100% of the
premium. That policy was
brought forward to the new
policy. Errors and Omission
Insurance for the board was
discussed, but not acted on
and it was pointed out that
the board members are not
bonded.
• Board meetings were
set for the third Wednesday
of each month at 6 p.m.
• The annual organizational meeting of the board
was changed from December to January.
• Board members must
submit any item they want
included on the agenda by 5
p.m., the Thursday prior to
the board meeting.
• The district will retain
its tapes of their meetings
in a locked file cabinet for
60 days.
The board voted unanimously to approve the reviewed policies.
The directors agreed to
go over the proposed employee policies in a special
workshop February 4.
long-term master water
plan. This has not been
implemented. Pena says the
board has addressed the issue in closed session, but
hiring professionals is expensive.
ties in bookkeeping, vendor checks being held for
excessive periods of times,
no cash flow management,
vendor invoices are not being approved and initialed
by the manager, no reports
printed or reviewed after
input, reviewing for accuracy, accounts receivable and
payable ledgers used for
management and comparison to the general ledger on
a consistent basis, payroll
time sheets are not being
initialed stating approval,
payroll check dates are being changed in the computer after printing…”
Employee evaluations:
No formal employee evaluations as required under
internal control standards.
Pena says he has always
met with the employees on
the anniversary of their
hire and done an informal
review. He just didn’t put
it in writing. He says he
will now do it formally. Additionally, the board is discussing his review.
Capital asset limit:
Lack of a policy establishing a limit as to when
a purchased asset is to be
listed as a capital asset.
Pena says that policy was
one of those passed by the
board at their Wednesday
workshop.
Engineering Rate Study:
It was noted that the
district has not had a professional engineering rate
study required by California law if rate increases
are instituted. Pillon recommends that the district
commission one. Pena says
they haven’t addressed rate
increases yet.
Pay rates and benefit
packages.
The district does not
have documentation of the
board’s approval of employee pay rate increase
and changes to the benefit packages. Pillon says
board decisions should be
documented. Pena pointed
out that the board had addressed pay and benefits at
their latest workshop and
that such approval had been
documented in the written
and approved board minutes prior to that time also.
Employee pay deductions:
An employee had water
and sewer service deducted
from the payroll check and it
had been incorrectly input
into the billing system resulting in underpayments.
“Although immaterial in
amount, this transaction
should be approved and
reviewed on a consistent
basis…” Pena says the problem was corrected.
Notes Payable Postings:
The district is not posting the payments of notes
payable correctly in QuickBooks. The district should
change the procedure. Pena
says it has been changed.
QuickBooks Training:
The district needs to provide more training for the
bookkeeper on the QuickBooks accounting system.
Pena says they are working
with CPA Wallace to get the
necessary training.
Bank Reconciliations:
The district is not removing old, outstanding items
from the bank reconciliations, resulting in an overstated cash balance of $848.
The district should remove
those immediately. Pena
says they have.
Vacation Accrual:
The district should clarify, through a board resolution, the vacation accrual
policy. Pena says that is being addressed by the board
in their policy development
workshops.
Collection Policy implementation:
The district changed its
collection policy in fiscal
year 04-15 and had a good
reduction in accounts receivable as a percentage of
sales and an increased turnover of accounts receivable.
However in the past two fiscal years the turnover is decreasing and the accounts
receivable/bad debts have
increased. “The district
should increase the aggressiveness of the collection
of past due accounts. Pena
admits they have become
lax and says they have tightened up and are not back on
track.
Cost Centers
The District currently
uses its chart of accounts
to account for revenue and
expenses by cost centers
which makes the profit and
loss difficult to read and understand. “I recommend the
district use ‘class’ accounting for all revenue and expenses.” Pillon writes. Pena
says he is working with CPA
Wallace to make it easier to
track and understand.
Fringe Benefit costs:
The district should assess the level of fringe benefit costs (retirement and
insurance) as a percentage
of salaries and wages and
make every effort to reduce these costs to a more
acceptable level in areas
that might be unreasonably
high, such as health and
dental coverage.
Pena pointed out that
these concerns had been
addressed and changes
made in the Wednesday
board workshop, removing
employee dental coverage,
shifting payment of the employee share of retirement
to PERS to the employee,
and having the employee
pay 50% of their family’s
premium.
much.”
Still he’s not planning to
abandon the business, noting that he’s the only legal
computer service business
in the area. “I have a couple
of irons in the fire,” he says.
“Just in case.”
Farmers ride the tide,
ranchers need a lifeline
Farming in Big Valley
mirrors the rest of the intermountain
area—hay
prices have never been
higher, nor have input costs.
But costs didn’t drag profitability all the way under. “It
was our best year ever for
prices,” says Marie George
of George Farms. “With fertilizer and fuel costs, we’re a
little above breaking even.”
She and Arthur have
been in the farming business since 1964. “This is
hard work,” she says. “It
can be 18-20 hour days.”
Still raising alfalfa, orchard
hay, oats and wheat is better
than running a dairy, which
is what they did before moving to Big Valley with their
sons nine years ago. “That’s
worse,” she says. “It’s the
long hours, 365 days a
year.”
Although Tim Copp isn’t
farming himself, his brother is. And of course, agriculture is at the heart of the
irrigation business. “Some
farmers are doing okay,” he
says. “They’re not getting
filthy rich, but they’re holding their own. The price of
hay is holding and people
still have to buy it. And I
don’t see prices dropping
because input costs are so
high.”
Overall he thinks the
economy isn’t that bad. “It’s
not in the tank,” he says.
“Fuel prices have dropped
some, so farmers and ranchers are buying it now, stocking up for the summer.”
If California’s drought
continues, it may help area
farmers, he adds. “If they
cut down on water for the
(central) valley, the first
crop they’ll cut back on
is hay. We’ll do better up
here—hay is one of our good
crops.” That should also improve the price of pastureland, he adds. “I think 2009
looks good for farming in
the intermountain area.”
Cattle ranchers are having a tougher time, says
Aaron Albaugh. “Prices are
down quite a bit.”
The overall state of the
cattle business (which he
notes is impacted by the
futures market, import and
export regulations as well
as American’s eating habits), have led he and wife
Becky to diversify. “We’re
raising all natural grass
fed beef,” he says. “We had
good success for our first
year.” It’s a time consuming change, he adds. “Marketing takes a tremendous
amount of work. But we’re
hanging tough.”
The Albaughs are also
using their land creatively—last year they hosted the
Golden State Star Gazer’s
Party, which brought over
300 amateur astronomers to
Big Valley during the summer for five days. “They
were a great bunch of people,” he says. “It made local
businesses really happy—it
was a boon for our community.” This year, they’ll be
hosting the party again.
He’s not as worried about
2009 as he is about agriculture in the long run. “What
made this country great was
its use of natural resources,” he says. “And we’ve gotten completely away from
that. I’m afraid all the rules
and regulations will eventually put farmers and ranchers out of business. I hope
I’m wrong.”
Government drowning in
debt
That’s no secret—California has a $14 billion
deficit. “We’re facing the
toughest economic challenges I’ve ever seen,” says
Modoc County Supervisor
and farmer Dave Bradshaw.
County operations are certain to be impacted—hiring and spending freezes
are likely among the steps
needed to meet budget constraints. Local schools are
taking a hit as well—attendance drops as jobs disappear, and that translates to
funding cuts.
He’s concerned about the
impact of the new diesel
truck regulations and the
effect it will have on his constituents if left unchanged.
“It will ruin a lot of small
operators,” he says.
But it’s not all bad news,
he adds. The county received its full PILT allotment (payment in lieu of
taxes) from the federal government as well as its share
of the Secure Rural School
Act dollars.
And despite a shrinking population, there’s no
move to combine Big Valley
School District with another. “It’s not even under consideration,” he says.
Audit: continued
continued from A-1
fund.”
Pillon did note that the
district had paid, “without
exception,” all principal
and interest payments as
required.
“The District’s management has not effectively
managed the operating
revenues and general and
administrative
expenses
of the district resulting in
operating expenses in excess of operating revenues
for each of the fiscal years
audited. Also, this was a
prior year recommendation
which still has not been
implemented and there has
been no progress on this issue for the past four years.”
The effect:” The losses
and lack of funding the appropriate reserves for principal and interest, etc. puts
the district in direct violation of the loan agreements
in these years.
Pillon recommends that
the district make “the first
priority of the district”
should be to develop a longterm master water plan, including an independent and
professional
engineering
rate study…”
The District did point
out that it has taken steps
during the past four years
to generate a positive cash
flow and build up reserves,
primarily a rate increase
to customers put into effect February 1, 2007 and
another effective November
1, 2007.
“The district admits that
the response to this recommendation has been slow,
which is partially due to
cash flow difficulties.”
The letter to management
Pillon noted that the district had fully implemented
three of the Prior auditor’s
recommendations, and taken steps to comply with two
others.
The District had not updated the customer deposit
ledger. District Manager
Mike Pena says they have
since updated the ledger.
The Grand Jury recommendations were made a
part of the audit, Pillon
said, because some of the
recommendations had not
been implemented.
1.The board lacked a
quorum at several meetings. Pillon noted that the
board had changed its meeting days and time, but still
lacked a quorum for several
meetings. Pena said they
had only lacked a quorum
for one meeting in the last
year.
2.A policy and procedure
manual needs to be written.
Pillon noted the board was
working on it. The board
met last Wednesday and finalized the board portion
of the policy, setting another meeting to complete the
employee policies.
3.An annual appraisal
of the District Manager
had not been performed.
Pillon noted that there was
no written appraisal for the
past four years. Pena says
the board is setting up a formal evaluation.
4.Purchasing
policies
need to be developed. Pillon noted that no formal
policy had been approved
by the Board. Pena says
the board is working on it
and the board did address
some purchasing policies in
their working meeting last
Wednesday.
5.The district needs to
consider radios for short
distance communication.
Pillon noted that it had been
implemented. Pena says radios were considered, but
were not practical since
there was no way to communicate with customers
via radio. With improved
cell phone plans and closer
management, they have
managed to keep the phone
expenses under control.
6.The district needs a
Current year matters:
• Capital improvement
reserve and infrastructure:
The district needs a longterm master water plan to
assist in developing the priority for capital improvements… Chief among them
“a plan to address the very
old underground infrastructure and adequate maintenance and replacement of
sewer collection assets.
“As calculated by the
District Manager, the water
loss or unmetered for the
fiscal year 07-08 was 31.83%
which is approximately 25%
higher than other closed
systems of this type.
“This difference between
water going through the
well and meters represents
a large potential problem
in the water system infrastructure. Pena says there
are a number of causes
which he is addressing. In
addition to old meters and
broken meters, flushing of
fire hydrants and other uses
of water by the fire department need to be monitored
so the usage can be tracked,
as does the community service’s flushing operations.
He admits that water theft
is also a problem, but hard
to catch.
Internal Control – activity
control:
Pena says they have
implemented Pillon suggestions for control. Those suggestions included locking
blank checks in a fire proof
filing cabinet, protecting
customer checks, district
manager having a greater
roll in the approval of bookkeeping functions, use of
control totals, approving
changes in meter readings,
lack of segregation of du-
The Community Services District has $1,510,335 in
assets as of June 30, 2008. It
has net assets of $1,226,75.
They collected $341,813 in
revenue from customers in
the past fiscal year, spending $412,179 for a net loss of
$70,366. Additionally they
received $39,591 in tax revenue from the county.
Economy: continued
What does he expect in
2009? “I hope things will be
better,” he says. “But I’m
really not expecting much
improvement for a couple
of years.”
One telltale sign of the
state of economy—Bieber
has a couple of foreclosures.
“It’s not something you see
here,” he says.
“Oh, no!” were the first
words Kelly St. John said
when told that the economy
was the reason for the call
from the Mountain Echo.
As broker/owner of United
Country Mountain Valley
Real Estate, she says that
the real estate business in
2008 was slow. “I’ve noticed
in the last three months that
it’s picked up a little,” she
says. “I’m hoping that will
continue. I’ve been worried
like everyone else.”
Prices for irrigated land
are still high, she says.
“They haven’t dropped
at all. Prices overall are
steady—only home prices
are down a little. The land
sales are what’s holding me
together.”
She’s cautiously optimistic about the economy.
“I think it will take a while,
but I do believe things will
pick up.”
Surf’s up and down for
industrial businesses
Copp’s
Irrigation
is
booming,”
says
Copp.
“We’re behind all the time
we’re so busy.” The drought
has affected the business in
a positive way—farmers are
irrigating otherwise dry
land. They’re also converting to more efficient watering systems at the same
time. “We have the highest
ratings in our region for
pivot irrigation sales.”
The well and pump side
of the business is doing
great, too, he says. “People
are having to go deeper because their wells are drying
up.” And when water drops,
pumps can burn out.
Business is anything but
booming in the lumber side
of Big Valley Power’s operations—they shut down
the sawmill on December
15th. “We’re reconfiguring,” says Office Manager
Debra Medlock. “We hope
to have a crew of eight to
10 on board in January.” In
addition to bringing in a
new planer “and possibly a
kiln,” the company is adding pole barn manufacturing to its operations. “It’s a
niche market we can fill,”
she says. Plans are to sell regionally, at least to start. “I
have my order in already.”
The power plant operation is “still going strong,”
she adds. “We just renovated some of our equipment.”
Smooth sailing for service
businesses
California Style beauty
salon owner Andrea Fitts
had a “really good” 2008. “I
was busy all year long,” she
says. “There weren’t any
slow times.” Now into her
third year of ownership,
she’s planning a small remodel to add another line
of products—home décor
items. “I’d like to offer specialty lighting, kitchenware
and wall décor,” she says.
“That’s my goal.” Those
will supplement the items
she already sells—beauty
products, jewelry, handbags
and hats.
Diversification
has
worked for Fitts. In addition
to styling hair and selling
goods, she does manicures
and pedicures. “I don’t do
acrylics, though. I know
they look pretty, but I don’t
like to use the chemicals.”
The tanning booth is on the
market, she adds—few customers use it.
The remodel will depend on finances after
she finalizes the year-end
bookkeeping. She laughs.
“Taxes come first.” Assuming there’s money to spare,
she’s confident enough in
the 2009 economy to spend it
on improving the business.
Big Valley Computer
owner Ray Hawk says the
business improved throughout the year, despite a drop
in volume that coincidently
paralleled the increase in
the cost of living. “We made
some changes to our business and that made the difference,” he says. “We’re
careful with our spending
and were able to offset costs.
Our total profitability was
just as good as last year.”
One of the changes
eliminated the use of credit
cards and personal checks—
despite people’s best intentions payment sometimes
fell through after services
were rendered. “We’re trying to make sure that customers get done what they
want and that we still get
paid, too,” he explains.
He isn’t too optimistic
about the computer industry for 2009. Computers and
components are imported,
he says, and prices continue
their upward swing. “I don’t
expect my business to grow
Girls basketball action
Raiders win at Modoc
Boys JV hoop
results
B3
B2
Classifieds, Crossword & More
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Section B
Sports e-mail: [email protected]
35th annual brings top talent to town
Burney Rotary Invitational mat meet starts Friday
BURNEY - Eighteen
schools will join host
Burney for the 35th running of the popular Burney
Rotary Invitational Wrestling Tournament starting
Friday.
Veteran mentor Randy
Oller will again run the
show as he rolls out his 35th
year
as
Tournament
Director.
The event will feature
some of the top state
wrestler's, including the
California number one
ranked
heavyweight
Modoc’s Josh Woods.
Fall
River’s
Layn
Strikland will take part in
his
final
Rotary
be a matman to watch,
along
with
Clayton
Buchanan of Chester and
Josh Pitzoke of Trinity.
Schools sending teams to
FR’s Strickland named MVW
BV’s Zachery takes Silver
See page B-2
Invitational as a senior
ranked high in the seedings.
Billy
Anderson
of
Chester in the 152 class will
the two-day event include:
Big Valley, Biggs, Bonanza,
Chester, Colusa, Corning,
Etna, Fall River, Hamilton,
Lakeview, Modoc, Mount
Shasta, Trinity, Truckee,
Tulelake,
Weed
and
Westwood.
“We always have a
school or two who don’t
RSVP but show up,” said
Oller.
Weigh-in's start at 8am
Friday, with matches starting immediately after.
Saturday’s action is set for
a 9 o’clock start.
B.R.I. HIGHLIGHT...
is always the youngsters
matches on Saturday.
Raiders begin SCL season
with win on road vs. Modoc
ALTURAS - Burney
coach Kevin Bower has to
be pleased so far in the season, as his Raiders piled up
a 9-2 record in pre-season
action, and started league
play with a 36-32 win here
against the Modoc Braves.
Burney fell behind in
the first half, 20-15, but narrowed the gap to trail by
one after three quarters, 2423, when they doubled up
Big Valley
looks to EL
in hopes of
turning it
around
Photo by Ron Mosher
CLOSE QUARTERS... Fall River’s Chase Carpenter gets fouled shooting in Weed Friday.
Things not going well for
Bulldogs as SCL starts
One player
returns,
yet another
out hurt
WEED - Nothing seems
to be going right for the Fall
River Bulldogs. They waited the entire pre-season for
the return of their leading
scorer in Taylor Sloat, have
seen Wes Wadsworth battle
an ankle injury, and now
have Jon Neugebauer out
for the next four weeks
with a hand injury.
Calling all doctors!
Couple the sick ward
with the fact the Bulldogs
have lost their gym due to
the floor buckling, and you
can see why coach Scott
Gallion is watching his hair
turn silver.
The Bulldogs started
Shasta-Cascade
League
play this past week (on the
road, naturally) and ran
into Mt. Shasta on Tuesday
with a 71-61 loss and then
faced Weed on the road and
a 61-33 debacle.
“The Weed game was
just a good old fashioned
whipping,” lamented Gallion.
To start the week, the
Bulldogs lost despite Sloats
23 points and 11 rebounds
in his 2009 debut, coupled
with
Nuegebauer’s
11
points and six steals.
Fall River won the first
half of the contest, leading
the hosting Bears at intermission, 37-32. Now if they
just didn’t have to play the
second half !
In the third quarter, the
Bears doubled up on the
visitors, 22-11 to take a lead
they wouldn’t relinquish on
their way to the 10-point
win.
“In the second half they
shot better, and we didn’t,”
summed up Gallion, “and
we missed the front end of
a lot of 1-and-1 at the free
throw line.” He went on,
“We played a good first half
and kept them off the offensive boards.”
Sloat’s 23 points topped
FR, while Neugebauer had
the 11, Mitch Pena scored
nine, WIll McClelland and
Chase Carpenter added six
each, with Ben Parker nabbing
five
and
Ryan
Stephenson two.
Three nights later the
Bulldogs boarded the bus to
venture another road trip
that
wasn’t
originally
planned in going to Weed.
With the gym floor problem
(see page B-3) the Bulldogs
are being forced to hit the
road the first half of
league.
The trip home was a
long one, after Weed
trounced the Bulldogs, 6133, never really letting the
visitors into the game.
Sloat led his team with
nine
points,
while
McClelland and Parker had
seven apiece, and Pena
added four.
SEE FR / Page B-2
WEED - The Big Valley
Cardinals dropped their
final two pre-season games,
and have to be looking forward to playing in the
Evergreen League and tipping off against schools
their own size.
“I can’t wait to start
league,” chuckled coach
Travis White in an interview over the weekend,
“it’s been a tough pre-season, but I think we’ll stack
up well against other
league opponents.”
In their farewell week to
the pre-conference schedule, the Cardinals lost two
on the road - to Hayfork, 4938 and to Weed, 78-21.
In the week’s opener
Tuesday in Hayfork, Shane
Hunsaker nailed 20 points
and
grabbed
eight
rebounds to top the Cards.
Anthony Fuller scored four,
while Angel Pasillas, David
Rodriguez and Cole Joiner
all had three each, while
Richie Frye scored two.
SEE BV / Page B-2
on their hosts in the third,
8-4. They then outscored
Modoc in the final stanza,
13-8 to start the league season at 1-0.
“It was a tough game for
us,” summed up Bower,
“coming off the Christmas
break, and the kids looked
at Modoc’s dismal record
and thought it would be a
piece of cake. I was worried about that attitude
because I knew Modoc
would be a lot better team
than their record might
indicate.”
In the first half, the
Raiders missed all of their
first nine free throws, “and
Modoc was doubling up on
Ryan Phipps at the post,”
Bower said.
The Coach made some
changes at halftime, and
they seemed to have paid
off. “We changed things
up,” he said, “moving
Phipps to high post and
that freed up the base line.”
That move enabled Coby
Frazier to nail 13 points, to
go with eight rebounds and
three steals. Phipps, meanwhile led the team with a
dozen boards, picked off a
pair of steals and scored
five points.
Dylan Harrington nailed
nine points and stole the
ball five times, while Tony
Mazzini put up eight points
and Bobby Lindquist had
one.
The
Raiders
out
rebounded Modoc, 30-23,
“and that’s Ryan Phipps,”
Bower beamed.
The Raiders (1-0, 10-2)
host Trinity in a rare
Wednesday game this week,
and then head to Mt. Shasta
on Friday.
“These are two tough
opponents,” the coach
noted, “the week will definitely let us know where
we’re going to stand.”
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January 13, 2009
Local grapplers grab valuable hardware
NOT SPORTS, BUT HISTORY...
When I wasn’t playing games - such as the thrilling
Hangman game in Physics/Algebra/English/etc - when
in high school, I did concentrate a little harder during
history lessons. I’m not sure why that was, but history
always fascinated me. I’d sit in class and daydream
about being a part of Washington’s army at Valley
Forge, wondering what it was like to see the first automobile assembly line, and wishing I was 6-foot-6 with a
talent for dribbling the basketball on the floor with ease,
rather than off my foot with even more ease. Oops,
guess all the daydreaming wasn’t about history after all.
I definitely would have passed Daydreaming tests...
but unfortunately, they never had a pop quiz about
dreams! Drats!!!!!
A week from today, everyone will witness history in
the making. We will all be able to write in our diaries,
tell our grandkids, and pass it down from generation to
generation. A week from today, Barrack Obama will
become the President of the United States. You know,
the guy with the funny name... All joking aside, if you’re
still around this planet next Tuesday when Mr. Obama
takes the oath of office - you will have lived through a
huge part of history.
No matter what your political persuasion, or whether
or not you voted for him... you will be living a part of our
future history. Actually, we’ve already lived through political history since the two political conventions. Just
think... we had an African-American, two women and a
senior citizen as the four candidates for the two offices.
Who’d have ever thunk it!?!?!?!?
Having lived 15 years past a half century, I’ve lived
through a ton of historical events that future generations
will only be able to read about in the history books of
the future. We can all remember exactly where we
were when we heard President Kennedy had been shot
- just like our parents can remember exactly where they
were and what they were doing when Pearl Harbor was
bombed... or several generations ago can remember
where they were when Rome burned. When I was a
freshmen in college, I had a professor who was a
youngster when President Lincoln was in office. His
stories, related to him from his mother, made Lincoln
come to life. The stories handed down from grandpa to
son to grandson (or daughters, not wanted the wrath of
the ladies), give history a personal twist. It makes it
seem as real as it really was.
So here are my instructions to the Intermountain Area
youngsters. Glue yourself to a TV come January 20th
and watch President-elect Obama become the US
President. You will be witnessing history in the making,
and you’ll remember it for the rest of your life.
Whether or not he becomes a poor/good/excellent
President has yet to be seen. The history books will
decide that.
What he will become without a doubt, however, is the
first African-American President. His Inauguration will
be played over and over again for centuries, as America
will enshrine that day forever in our history.
We’ve come a long way from the day’s of separate
drinking fountains, segregated buses, and separate
schools.
With Obama’s election, the country has wrapped
itself in Hope! Hope that the new administration can
reverse our economic disaster. That they can once
again rebuild our image throughout the world. That they
can instill the American pride that we all have buried
inside us... Only history will tell whether or not the
administration of Obama lives up to our hope.
But here’s where you young people come into play.
It’s time for all of us to shed our doubts about our leaders, and bring America back to the forefront of the world.
You, as young rising stars, will be able to convey what
happened on January 20, 2009 to your kids and grandkids - and possibly great-grand kids should you be so
lucky. Trust us older folk when we say - pay attention...
life moves quicker with each year you age.
Remember this day, and take pride in the fact that
you lived through a very important part of the history of
the United States.
A pair of local wrestler’s
captured
medals
this
month, as the wrestling season got into full swing after
Christmas break.
Fall
River’s
Layn
Strickland took Gold at the
Basin Best Invitational in
Klamath Falls, Oregon,
January 3rd - and was
named
Most
Valuable
Wrestler at the meet.
“This marked the first
time in the history of the
meet that someone not from
the Klamath Basin won the
award,” noted Fall River
coach
Dale
Kroshel.
Strickland went 3-0 at the
meet.
Teammate Gary Wilson
was 2-2 and took fifth place
in his weight class.
In Anderson, this past
weekend, Big Valley’s Trey
Zachery (171) went 2-1 for
second place in the gigantic
Anderson Invitational.
Strickland, fresh off his
great
performance
at
Klamath, went 2-2, winning
his first two matches but
Boys JV Basketball
Raiders dance past
Braves in SCL debut
ALTURAS - Nothing like
starting out the league season with a win on the road,
and the Burney Raider JV’s
did exactly that - a 55-42 win
over Modoc here last
Tuesday.
Dylan Ferguson pumped
in a game high 19, while
Stephen Conner was right
behind him with 17.
Kris Traylor finished
with nine points, while
Alex Courtright landed six
and MacCloud Luntey fin-
FR HOOPS____
Continued from B-1
Neugebauer had two
points before leaving the
game early in the third
quarter with the injury.
Jared Vestal rounded out
the scoring with two.
Fall River continues to
be on the road, with the two
longest - and perhaps
toughest - foes on this
week’s schedule.
The
Bulldogs are in Weaverville
Tuesday (tonight) to take
on Trinity. That actually
might help rival Burney, as
Trinity has to come to
Burney the following night
(Wednesday) to play backto-back games.
The Bulldogs (0-2, 3-10)
then trek to Etna on Friday
to continue Shasta-Cascade
conference action.
Tuesday, January 13
Fall River at Trinity
Wednesday, January 14
Trinity at Burney
Friday, January 16
Big Valley at Happy Camp
Burney at Mt. Shasta
Fall RIver at Etna
WRESTLING
Photo by Ron Mosher
DRIVING... Fall River’s Derek Lowry skirts past Weed’s
Mikaeil-Nat White (JV MVP at the Block ‘F’) in Fridays game
won by the Li’l Cougars.
FR starts
SCL with a
0-2 record
WEED - The Fall River
Bulldogs probably won’t
circle Siskiyou County on
the atlas, after dropping
their first two SCL games
on the road.
First they had Mt.
Shasta and a 66-53 loss.
Colton VanRiet topped Fall
River with 10 points, while
Austin Reynolds hit for
nine and Kenny Spaulding
had eight.
Then it was back to the
same county on Friday, and
a 65-51 loss to the Cougars
here. Reynolds pumped in
21 points, while Colton
Policastro and Spaulding
each had six.
The Bulldogs, trailing
most of the game by double
digits, managed to come
within five in the third
quarter, but a pair of quick
three’s erased any hope.
Fall River is in Trinity
Tuesday (tonight), then in
Etna on Friday.
Catch all the
ACTION!
Continued from B-1
ing period, then led at intermission, 39-7, and the game
was basically over.
“Like I said,” White
noted, “I can’t wait for
league to start.”
The Cards finally get to
see some Evergreen League
competition when they
open conference play on the
road this Friday in Happy
Camp.
None too soon.
WINNING FORM...
Layn Strickland shows winning form in Mountain
Echo file photo. Strickland
was named Most Valuable
Wrestler at Klamath Falls
meet .
BASKETBALL
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The Cards fell behind
early, trailing 10-4 after one
period, “and then we stayed
right with them the balance
of the game,” summed up
coach Travis White.
Then came the Weed
Cougars in a game rescheduled from December when
it was postponed due to
snow, and a 78-21 defeat.
The hosting Cougars
started hot with a 26-4 open-
ished with four.
The Raiders jumped out
to a 17-12 first quarter lead,
“and then we just kept a 1012 point bulge throughout
the game,” summed up JV
coach Cory Harrington.
The Raiders host Trinity
Wednesday, and then hit
the road to Mt. Shasta on
Friday.
“These two will be a test
for us,” stated Harrington,
“we’ll know where we
stand after this week.”
match, 9-7.
All three local schools
Area Sports
CALENDAR
for the week
Photo by Ron Mosher
EYE’S BASKET... Fall RIver’s Colton VanRiet eyes the basket in the JV contest Friday night in Weed.
losing a heartbreaker to the
number 3 seed, 4-2. He then
lost his final match.
“He showed he should
have been in the finals,”
Kroschel noted.
Wilson finished the meet
at 1-2, “and wrestled well
for that class of great
wrestler’s,” said his coach.
For first-year Burney
coach Mike Roscoe, three of
his five wrestler’s took part
in the huge Anderson
event.
Kyle Taylor, a freshman
in his first year of
wrestling, was forced to
move up from 215 pound
class to the 285 heavyweight
division, “He did a great
job wrestling out of his
division.”
Trevor Babajan went 3-2,
winning his opener, 15-0,
losing his second, taking
his third match by 10 points
then winning 9-5 before losing to a Wheatland wrestler
in his final match.
Mike Childers (215) was
1-2 winning his middle
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Girls Varsity Basketball
Raiders pick up win in
conference debut, 42-37
ALTURAS - A twenty
point
fourth
quarter
nudged the Burney Raiders
to a win in their ShastaCascade league 2009 debut
here last Tuesday, when the
visiting Burney ladies
defeated Modoc, 42-37.
The game was a nip-andtuck battle through three
periods, with the two tied at
six after one, Burney on top
by two at halftime, 18-16,
and Modoc leading after
three, 26-20 after three periods.
The final stanza is where
a trio of Burney players
combined for 20 points,
with the defense limiting
Modoc to 11 for the win.
Hannah Rogers picked up
10 of her game total 18
points in that final period,
while Kayla Jones nailed
six and Courtney Jones netted four.
“We ere flat to start the
game,” stated Burney coach
Tara Jones, “then it dawned
on the girls that they wanted
to
win...
Hannah
(Rogers) nailed down her
shots.”
Rogers hit two 3-pointers
on her way to 18, and also
nabbed three steals on
defense.
Kayla Jones
topped the team with 14
rebounds and three steals
to go with eight points,
while Cassie Angel snared
11 boards and scored six
points.
Denise
Castro,
and
Courtney Jones finished
with four each, while
Bethany Bartell had two.
The Raiders hit eight of
11 free throws in the game,
including Kayla Jones who
was 4-for-5 from the charity
stripe in the final period.
The Raiders (1-0, 7-2)
host Trinity Wednesday
(tomorrow), and then in Mt.
Shasta on Friday.
FR struggles for identity
WEED - The Fall River
Lady Bulldogs are struggling for an identity and
learning new positions,
dropping the first duo of
SCL games on the year this
week.
First it was a 45-30 loss to
Mt. Shasta, then a close loss
to Weed, 27-24 on Friday.
Both games on the road.
In the opener, the
Bulldogs could not find the
basket, as the hosting Lady
Bears shut them out inthe
opening quarter, 12-0. Fall
River fell further back in
the second quarter, behing
25-5 at halftime.
Juliana Corr led FR with
11 points, followed by
Marissa Leach with five,
whitney Kellum with four
and Hana Eades and Cyndi
Carpenter with three each.
“They
(Mt.
Shasta)
played a good half-court
press on defense, and we
were
intimidated,”
summed up coach Kathy
Jones, “it will take some
time to learn our roles.”
In the second conference
game on Friday here, the
Bulldogs could not find
their shooting eye, with the
ball failing to go in the hoop
consistently.
Yarely Contreras topped
FR with 10 pionts, while
Kellum and Corr had four
each.
“We didn’t block out
their 19-point girl, Amanda
Green,” lamented Jones.
Fall River (0-2, 4-8) is in
Trinity Tuesday, and in
Etna on Friday.
HOOP ACTION...
BV closes out pre-season
WEED - The Big Valley
Cardinals lost to a very
tough Champion Christian
team last Wednesday, then
lost to the Weed Cougars in
a
game
coach
Russ
Hawkins thought they
should have won.
The two defeats wrapped
up the pre-season for the
Bieber-based Cardinals.
In the week’s opener
against Champion, the
Lady Cards came up short,
61-34.
“After they jumped out
to a 29-8 lead in the first
quarter, we pretty well
stayed with them the rest of
the game,” summed up
Hawkins.
Morgan
Stevenson
nailed 15 points for BV,
while Kelsey Hawkins hit
double digits at 12 points.
Andrea Torres had four,
while Katie Gunnerson
added two and Mirella
Madrigal had one.
“This is one good ball
club,” Hawkins commented
about Champion.
In the pre-season ending
game here, the Cardinals
lost, 46-28.
“It’s tough to play in
• Above: Fall River’s Juliana
Corr meets with resistence
in Friday’s game in Weed.
Weed,” noted the coach,
“and in the first half we
couldn’t do anything.”
The Cardinals found
themselves with 20 team
fouls compared to only four
for Weed. “Unfortunately
we didn’t get a call under
our basket, but Weed
picked up nit-picky fouls at
their end... “
Stevenson had 10 to lead
BV, while Madrigal and
Andrea Torres had eight
each and Rachel Torres
two,
BV (0-0, 1-8) is in Happy
Camp Friday to open EL.
• Left: Lady Bulldog Sam
Ranquist tries to tie up
Weed ball handler.
• Below: Chase Carpenter
and a pair of Weed Cougars
seem to pay homage to the
basketball in Friday’s SCL
action.
Photos by Ron Mosher
Girls JV Basketball
Fall River starts league with 1-1 mark
WEED - Fall River split
their SCL opening games
this week, losing in Mt.
Shasta, 37-33, but bouncing
back to down Weed, 40-21.
Against MS, Lauren
Vestal led FR with 15, followed closely by Bailey
Bidwell with 14. Mandy
Lakey had four.
Against Weed, Vestal
and Bidwell again led the
scoring with Vestal’s 20 and
Bidwell’s 14. Lakey, Leah
Imhoff
and
Yadira
Contreras each had two.
Burney drops opener on road
ALTURAS - Burney lost
their SCL opener here to
Modoc Tuesday, 28-15.
Shelly Rodriguez nailed
six,
while
Miranda
Gallagher had five, and
Hailey Ashe and Hannah
Brown had two each.
Big Valley comes up short in three hoop tilts
WEED - The Big Valley
Li’l Cards lost three this
past week, starting in
Hayfork, 39-14.
Shelbe
Hunsaker led BV with
eight.
On Wednesday, the lost
to Champion Christian, 4414, with Hunsaker’s five
topping the visitors.
On Saturday, Weed took
a 37-29 win. Hunsaker hit
for
14,
while
Haley
Stevenson pumped in 13
points.
Update: FRHS gym floor problem
McARTHUR - The new
year started off as a nightmare for Fall River high
school athletics, after damage to the gym floor has
restricted the amount of
use in the venue. Water
caused buckling and warping in about 25 percent of
the floor space over the holiday break.
“The drying out process
is almost complete,” said
Jeanne Utterback, athletic
director, “and we have a
flooring contractor set to
come in Monday (yesterday) to start repairs.”
She went on to note that
practices for all school
teams are taking place in
the gym, but no games will
be played for at least two
more weeks.
Photos by Ron Mosher
PROBLEMS... (left) Fall River 8th grade players practice at half court. (right) Dryers working overtime to dry out gym floor so repairs can be made.
Patty Shelton returns
to open own hair salon
Patty Shelton at work in her new shop in Burney.
BURNEY - Patty’s Salon
is the new home for Patty
Shelton. WIth 27 years as a
hair
stylist,
Shelton
returned to her longtime
home from a stint in
Oregon late in 2008.
In mid-December, she
opened her own shop - her
first ever - at 37004 Main
Street here. She has redecorated the former Carl
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“It’s been a dream of
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she stated recently, “and
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3BD, 1BA. 2car garage /shop
combo, great view. Can be
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335-5550. P02-04
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HOUSE FOR RENT-FRM 3bd, 2ba, gar w/hobby rm,
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GRAZING AND HAY LEASES: XL Ranch and Goose
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Summer 2009: 6,000 acres of
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available separately or as part
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LOST OR FOUND A PET?
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The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of
Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at:
43143 HWY 299E
FALL RIVER MILLS, CA 96028
Type of License(s) Applied for:
41 - ON SALE BEER AND WINE - EATING PLACE
January 13, 2009
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Date of Filing Application: December 29, 2008
To Whom It May Concern:
The Names of the Applicant(s) is/are:
MILLS, MARION DEE
The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of
Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at:
44257 HWY 299E
MCARTHUR, CA 96056
Type of License(s) Applied for:
41 - ON SALE BEER AND WINE - EATING PLACE
January 6, 13, 20, 2009
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
FILED/ENDORSED
December 10, 2008
FILE NO. 2008-0001509
The following persons are doing business as:
VEDANTIC SHORES PRESS
20830 STEVEN CREEK LANE
REDDING, CA 96003
County of Shasta
1. Horihan, Anna
20830 Steven Creek Lane
Redding, CA 96003
This business is being conducted by
an individual.
Registrant has begun to transact business under the fictitious business
name above: 8/3/2001
Statement expires on: 12/10/2013
s/Anna Hourihan
ANNA HOURIHAN
This statement was filed in the office
of CATHY DARLING, County Clerk of
SHASTA County December 10, 2008
by A. RODRIGUEZ.
NOTICE-This fictitious business name
statement expires five years from the
date it was filed in the office of the
County Clerk. A new fictitious business
name statement must be filed prior to
that date. The filing of this statement
does not of itself authorize the use in
this state of a fictitious business name
in violation of the rights of another
under Federal, State or Common Law.
(See section 14400 et. seq. Business
and Professional Code)
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
FILED/ENDORSED
January 6, 2009
FILE NO. 2009-0000021
The following persons are doing business as:
SHASTIANA
SHASTIANA.COM
31281 WITHROW RD.
SHINGLETOWN, CA 96088
County of Shasta
1. Brovan, Tina
31281 Withrow Rd.
Shingletown, CA 96088
This business is being conducted by
an individual.
Registrant has begun to transact business under the fictitious business
name above: N/A
Statement expires on: 1/6/2014
s/Tina Brovan
TINA BROVAN
This statement was filed in the office
of CATHY DARLING, County Clerk of
SHASTA County January 6, 2009 by
K. BAIR.
NOTICE-This fictitious business name
statement expires five years from the
date it was filed in the office of the
County Clerk. A new fictitious business
name statement must be filed prior to
that date. The filing of this statement
does not of itself authorize the use in
this state of a fictitious business name
in violation of the rights of another
under Federal, State or Common Law.
(See section 14400 et. seq. Business
and Professional Code)
Jan. 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3 2009
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336-5679
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336-5411
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
FILED/ENDORSED
December 29, 2008
FILE NO. 2008-0001560
The following persons are doing business as:
THE OL’ MERC
44247 HWY 299 EAST
MCARTHUR, CA 96056
County of Shasta
1. Mills, Marion Dee
43600 Sierra Ct. Dr.
Fall River Mills, CA 96028
This business is being conducted by
an individual.
Registrant has begun to transact business under the fictitious business
name above: N/A
Statement expires on: 12/29/2013
s/Marion D. Mills
MARION D. MILLS
This statement was filed in the office
of CATHY DARLING, County Clerk of
SHASTA County December 29, 2008
by J. FRANCESCUT.
NOTICE-This fictitious business name
statement expires five years from the
date it was filed in the office of the
County Clerk. A new fictitious business
name statement must be filed prior to
that date. The filing of this statement
does not of itself authorize the use in
this state of a fictitious business name
in violation of the rights of another
under Federal, State or Common Law.
(See section 14400 et. seq. Business
and Professional Code)
Jan. 6, 13, 20. 27, 2009
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Donna Utterback
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MARY THOMAS- Broker
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Jack Pearson, Realtor — 335-4904
Melissa Hartsell, Realtor — 515-8073
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43603 HIGHWAY 299 EAST
FALL RIVER MILLS, CA 96028
FALL RIVER BRANCH
Susan David, Realtor/Branch Manager
P.O. Box 925 (43228 Main St.)
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HOMES
3b/2b w/extras--McArthur..................$239,000 MLS 08-5450
CASSEL 3b/2b, 16x16 garage............$329,500 MLS 08-2914
BIEBER 3b/2b LIKE NEW INSIDE......$127,000 MLS 06-8716
ADIN158+ac w/2b/1b home................$475,000 MLS 08-4693
LAND
52.62 ACRES private & beautiful........$209,000 MLS 08-5142
LOT 48-Big Eddy Estates.....................$69,000 MLS 06-8722
5.9 ACS Overlooking Pit River............$295,000 MLS 08-3856
DAY ROAD Dirt Cheap Price!..........................$49,000 MLS 06-8723
SHINGLETOWN, 13 acres............................$100,000 MLS 07-5910
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OWNER/ SALES ASSOCIATE - Pam Giacomini, 335-7016 Home
ASSOCIATE BROKER - Dorothy Herrell, 335-2145 Home
SALES ASSOCIATE - Jerry McDaniel, 336-5689
ASSOCIATE BROKER - Jill Barnett 355-9531
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EACH OFFICE INDEPENDENTLY OWNED & OPERATED
#3844 4bd, 3ba, 27845 sf. home on 5 ac on bluff w/views.$395,000
#3811 2+ ac. w/manufac. home, views...........SOLD.............$292,000
#3829 Fall River Frontage, 8ac, 2800 sf home & barn....$1,199,000
#3828 3bd, 2ba 1560 sf. on golf course-nice, neat home..$289,000
#3815 3,000+ sf. on 6.7 ac. “Nice” home, cabins, lg workshop—
located on Clark Creek........................................................$598,000
#3808 Home on 2.7 acre—Pittville w/great views..............$309,000
#3798 Victorian 2 story. 2168 sf. 3bd, 2½ba, triple garage w/shop
on 1.6 ac................................................................................$469.000
#3786 3bd, 2ba manufactured home, workshop, immaculate..............................Sold....................................................$139,900
#3710 40 ac mini farm. 3bd, 2ba, 1600 sf. home, pond, adjacent to
BLM.......................................................................................$299,000
#3784 Hat Creek Home w/400’ creek. 3bd, 2ba, 1365 sf. garage,
fruit trees, 1.3 ac...................................................................$389,000
#3785 View Fall River frontage home. 3bd, 1ba, 1190 sf. fenced
double lot..................................SOLD.................................$239,000
#3781 2050 sf. home in Hat Creek. 3bd, 2ba. 4.8 ac., shop, gazebo w/spa & more.............................SOLD............................$349,000
#3772 3bd, 2ba- 1508 sf. home. New upgrades —RV parking.
Great area.............................................................................$269,000
#3768 2bd, 1ba. 1460 sf. w/gar/shop............SOLD.............$189,000
#3773 1886 sf. 3bd, 2ba beauty-Glenburn, landscaped....$336,000
#3771 10 ac, 3bd, 2ba M/H, shop & orchard.......................$235,000
#3757 New Log cabin on 10 ac., Hat Creek.......................$329,000
#3764 3bd, 2ba like new M/H on lot. Fenced.....................$149,000
#3738 1700 sf w/garage-immaculate, fenced.....................$197,900
#3728 3bd, 2ba 1856 sf Glenburn 1 acre............................$295,000
#3650 1152 sf 2/1 on 1.2 ac. Clark Creek Rd.......................$229,000
SOLD.................$219,000
#3590 10 ac. Glenburn, mobile,..................S
#3650 Home on large lot, quiet Clark Creek Rd.................$229,000
We have many more homes for sale-call, e-mail or stop for a list
LAND AND RANCHES
New Burney subdivision-ten lots 1/2 to 9/10 ac. All utilities at lot
line-nicely treed, paved, great views. $115,000 to start. OWC
#3820 1 ac. lot — Glenburn....................................................$20,000
#3765 Premium Lot Big Eddy— 6 ac..................................$98,900
#3795 4.6 ac James Dr. level, treed.......................................$95,000
#3827 10 ac Sunset Lane, trees.............................................$85,000
#3630 4.6 ac lot. Treed & level. great area............................$69,000
#3780 Lot 240 ft. with Fall River Frontage. Grt views........$384,000
#3747 9/10 ac. Alpine sub. Well, septic & RV........................$82,000
#3759 20+ ac. Day Rd.............................................................$99,500
#3698 1 acre Glenburn area — perc complete.....................$39,000
#3744 37 ac Pittville area w/incredible views.....................$375,000
#3705 double lot in Johnson Park—all utilities...................$55,000
We have over 50 land and/or lots for sale—contact one of our
Top agents
COMMERCIAL & BUSINESS
#3809 Bulldog Bite—Frosty, building & all equipment.....$157,000
#3778 Burney & Fall River Video Stores. Inventory, equipment &
lease. Both for......................................................................$169,000
#3730 40 acres w/6 parcels Hwy 89 & 299. Planned dev.$1,895,000
#3853 1900+ SF 4 bd, 2½ba, older home. Needs TLC.........$99,900
#3855 2 bd, 1 ba, located near shopping...........................$125,000
We have many more business opportunites and commercial
buildings
NEW CUSTOM BUILT HOME—on 5 acs. Must see................$400,000
320 AC RANCH near Susanville—Ag well 3500 GPM - home, barns &
shop......................................................................................$1,600,000
640 AC—qualifies for X5A land owner tag on Craemer
Reservoir.................................................................................$576,000
14+ AC—Two story w/many extras. 3/2, sun room, enclosed pool,
hobby rm..................................................................................$524,000
WALK TO BAUM LAKE—2bd, 2ba/office, 2 car gar, shop, boat shed.
This is a beauty on 5 ac............................................................$478,500
FIRST TIME ON MARKET—4.8 upper Fall River, raw land....$450,000
COUNTRY LIVING 3bd, 2½ba, fam rm, den, 2 car gar on 5 ac. Set up
for horses—Must see...............................................................$340,500
BEAUTY!! 2BD, 1½BA, almost everything new, siding, roof, windows,
appliances, kitchen, flooring & more........................................$250,000
IMMACULATE 3bd, 2ba, fam. rm, office on 1¾ ac................$224,000
CUTE, 2BD, 2BA 2car gar, 2 car carport in town...................$225,000
COMMERCIAL 3.5 AC lot close to Valley rental......................$125,000
13.98 AC—Level-backs up to F.S. land.....................................$95,000
2+ AC— backs up to BLM—Great View Mt. Shasta...................$52,000
ONE OF A KIND! 50 ac w/panoramic views of mts & valley. Spring,
meadow. 3bd, 2ba, 2 car gar. Shop area, huge deck...............$389,000
112+/- AC AT THE BASE OF SADDLE MT. Pasture + timber. 3 great
barns, 2 shops, 2,000 sf home w/view of river.......................$1,250,000
2+ AC W/WELL & BUILDING PERMIT. Pines & cedars............$80,000
MEADOW VIEWS FROM THE BACK OF 1 AC. nice trees.....$39,000
ACCESS TO BLM from 2+/- ac lot in Alpine Sub. Grt views.....$45,000
1,100 AC WEST OF ALTURAS- Seasonal & year round creeks. views
of Warner Mts & valley.............................................................$499,000
1075+/- AC IN ASH VAKLLEY 4 mi of Ash Creek, pond, meadows,
main hse, 2nd hm, bunk hse, barns & shops. PRIVACY........$5,000,000
5 MANICURED ACRES on Shoshoni Loop.............................$105,000
2+ AC in ALPINE — seasonal creek + views...........................$42,000
SPECIAL purchase adjoining 1+ ac lot (3+ total ac)..................$60,000
5 AC, GREAT SOIL & view of Mt. Shasta..................................$79,000
40 WIDE OPEN ACRES between Fall River & McArthur........$213,000
53 WIDE OPEN ACRES between Fall River & McArthur........$256,000
or both of the above acreage for $450,000
GREAT SETUP: 3bd, 2ba, fam. rd., open plan +barn on ac....$239,000
20 ACS OFF MOON SPRINGS RD. Great views....................$154,500
MT. HOME in private setting on 5 acres. Huge shop.........$699,000
LEVEL 1 ACRE PARCEL on Lee Rd. Well, septic, RV hookup & out
buildings. View-Mt. Shasta & BV Mt............REDUCED...........$112,000
Oak Woods Est. 3.63 ac w/oaks & pines .................................$80,000
2+AC ON DAY RD. Level w/mature pines & oaks......................$70,000
VIEW SOLDIER MT. 1 ac lot in Alpine sub.................................$40,000
BURNEY CHARMER Great family home. 4bd, 2ba....NOW....$228,000
5AC IN PITTVILLE w/gorgeous views of River, Lassen & Burney Mt.
access to the Pit River..............................................................$165,000
40 AC. FARM GROUND, 2- ¼ mile wheel lines, main line, well & septic. Old home site...............PANORAMIC VIEWS....................$270,000
80 AC FERTILE GROUND, ag well, shop 4-¼ mile wheel lines, two
domestic wells, 2 septics. Panoramic views.............................$660,000
11+AC BORDERING AIRPORT on west side. .........................$80,000
5 LEVEL ACRES with yr round pond,.....SALE PENDING........$95,000
4.7 ACS AT BIG EDDY (upper side Shoshoni Loop).................$98,000
20 ACS W/MATURE TREES, brushed for fire safety, zoned 5 ac. min
Lassen County. Direct access to BLM....................................$173,500
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