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BUURNEYRNEY BASINBASIN DAYSDAYS PROGRAMPROGRAM INSIDEINSIDE YOUR FREE P AIR INSIDE FIREWORKS GLASSES THIS ISSUE See The Show In Whole New Light INTERMOUNTAIN FAIR PREMIUM BOOK INSIDE ! SERVING EASTERN SHASTA, NORTHERN LASSEN, WESTERN MODOC & EASTERN SISKIYOU COUNTIES 70 Cents Per Copy Vol. 44 No. 16 Burney, California Telephone (530) 335-4533 FAX (530) 335-5335 Internet: www.im-news.com E-mail: [email protected] JULY 3, 2002 What’s Happening Locally This Week Morale lower Old Station fest The Old Station Volunteer Fire after hospital and Rescue Department will hold its annual Strawberry, Cake and Ice Cream Festi- val Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 makes cuts p.m. at the fi re hall. Price is $6. All proceeds benefi t the fi re department. A trip to the Additional $80,000 Reno Hilton for two days will be raffl ed. loss in May reported Christmas wash BY MEG FOX said Fikes after the meeting. The Burney 4-H Club will be In the wake of last month’s cuts The hospital reduced clerical washing cars at the Chevron in staff hours, Mayers Memorial staff hours in the X-ray, administra- station on Main Street in Burney Hospital has taken another fi nancial tion, and medical staff departments today from 5-8 p.m. Donations hit with a reported $80,000 loss in and asked managers to cut their will be accepted with proceeds May. overtime. The hospital also modi- used to adopt a needy local “We spent more than we took in,” fi ed the pay rate for ambulance staff family this Christmas. Raising New offi cers said CEO Jerry Fikes. based on “the level required by the funds early will allow the club Newly elected offi cers for the Cassel Fire Department Auxiliary About $30,000 of the defi cit was state.” to shop throughout the year to are, from left, president Elsie Richardson, publicity chairman the result of accepting and treating For the fi rst two pay periods since make the holiday special, said Diana Skaggs, secretary Jinx Wolf, vice president Michelle a patient with Medi-Cal pending. the cuts went into effect, the hospi- “Most hospitals won’t take some- Cooper Allison. Mancuso, and (foreground) treasurer Jan Malchow. The group tal has saved $10,000, Fikes said. one unless they have their Medi-Cal In an interview Monday Dahle took the reins from past president Ruth Hall, past vice presi- card. We try to be a community- said that many hospital employees, Patriotic salute dent Betty Zywczak, past secretary Leanna Matthews, and friendly place, but this time it bit us,” especially those whose wages are The family of Second Lieuten- past treasurer Edie Baltzer. Fikes said. affected, have come to talk to him. ant William E. Moment and The patient’s family failed to Dahle is Chief of Staff and also fi nish the enrollment process. Director of Emergency Room Ser- American Legion, Willis Hol- “It’s distressing,” said Fikes. “We vices. lenbeak Post No. 369, invites had to serve notice and, while we “It’s a fairly big issue,” he said. the public to a celebration of Woman pleads her do have the ability to get (payment), “Rural hospitals are in trouble all heroism in an Independence if a family doesn’t have it, you can’t over the country, but (Mayers) Day celebration, Thursday, 2 get blood from a turnip.” has had these cutbacks and the p.m., at the Veterans Hall in guilt to embezzling Fikes said that for now the hospi- employees feel disenfranchised. Fall River Mills. A short patriotic tal would continue to accept patients “A lot feel that with the new service and display of military BY MEG FOX “It appears that all of the money with Medi-Cal pending. “Most administration, and with (former protocol and items will be fol- The former treasurer for the that was taken was reimbursed,” people take care of business.” administrators) Everett and Judi lowed by a small reception. For Burney High School Boosters Club said Stegman. Holdren has also The hospital also had equipment Beck gone, employees haven’t more information, telephone pled guilty June 26 to felony embez- paid the attorney’s fees and the cost repairs and replacements in May. “If been able to have a voice in the you have antique equipment that decision-making. Post Adjutant L. Fredette at zlement of more than $70,000 in of the audit. breaks, it doesn’t matter if you have “There’s a lot of give and take 336-7358. money donated for student activi- At least $13,000 was discovered ties and academic scholarships. missing from the Booster Club money or not,” he said. that could be done,” Dahle said. According to court records, account in April 2001 after a club Last year, the hospital ended its “There is a corps of really good Open everyday Linda Holdren of Burney wrote member tried to pay by check for fi scal year with a $200,000 defi cit nurses and aides and CNA’s and The Lassen National Forest, checks totaling more than $66,000 $400 worth of items for last year’s and Fikes expects a similar same EMT’s on the front line, and no one Hat Creek Ranger District to members of her family and for Sober Grad party. red fi gure this year, “depending on is listening to them. how the state treats us.” visitor center in Old Station is cash. Another $6,000 in receipts Based on Holdren’s treasury “Administration has to cope There have been a few reper- with the state regulations and are open seven days a week from was never deposited to the Booster report for February 2001, the board account. believed they had a balance of at cussions since Fikes announced coming down with edicts, but the 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Located cost cutting measures “of varying people who are on the fl oor don’t near the intersection of High- Sentencing is set for Aug. 27, least $10,000. Instead, the balance when she could receive up to one was about $200. amounts to varying people” on June get to impart their ideas to adminis- way 44/89, the center provides year in county jail. The Booster’s attorney and 13. tration,” Dahle said. campfi re, burn and wood per- “Over time, Mrs. Holdren paid Holdren agreed in November that The hospital’s directors said Dahle said when there were simi- mits and offers suggestions the money back, (but) after an audit in exchange for full restitution, the people often, sometimes on a daily lar problems at Big Valley Health on current fi shing conditions of the Booster’s account, a determi- Boosters would not prosecute. basis, discuss hospital issues with Center, they had a retreat and “a and camping spots in the area. nation was made that an additional But at least one community them, but there has not been a lot of good ideas came from the Telephone 336-5521 for more $31,177 was due and she then paid member said the decision gave the “wave of discontent” over this. employees.” information. that,” said Shasta County Deputy wrong message to the community However, at the hospital’s June Said Fikes, “Some employees District Attorney Matt Stegman. and to the students and asked the 26 board meeting, Dr. Dan Dahle are distressed by the changes, Some of the Booster money was Shasta Grand Jury to investigate. told the directors that he was con- but we need to be doing them and taken and paid back periodically. The criminal matter was then cerned about employee morale. nowhere is it more evident than the WEATHER Another sum was reimbursed prior turned over to the DA’s offi ce for “Dr. Dahle said there was not lost $80,000 in May,” said Fikes to a pending audit. investigation. good communication between the earlier. FORECAST employees and administration,” Today, sunny with highs 82 to -Please See Page 5 87. Tonight, clear with lows 41 to 46. Independence Day, McArthur man honored by CH2M Hill sunny with highs 81 to 86. Harlan E. Moyer of McArthur was In 1971, Clair A. Hill & Associ- Friday, sunny with highs 78- Road to be closed recently honored in Denver, Colo. ates merged with Cornell, Howland, 83. Saturday, dry with lows for his 50 years of service with the Hayes and Merryfi eld of Corvallis, in the 40s, highs in the 80s. engineering fi rm, CH2M Hill, Ltd. Ore. and became known as CH2M Sunday, dry with lows 45-55, Mr. Moyer began his career in Hill. during fi reworks highs 85-95. Monday and 1952 as a surveyor with Clair A. Hill The fi rm moved their corporate Tuesday, dry with lows 45-55, & Associates in Redding, after earn- headquarters from Corvallis to The dirt road at the end of Bailey and in case of an emergency, they Street in Burney will be closed to can’t get out,” said Cemetery Dis- highs 85-95. A current forecast ing his degree in civil engineering Denver in 1982. parked cars and traffi c during the trict Manager Larry Armstrong. is updated about 4 a.m. and 4 from the University of Nevada. Mr. Moyer succeeded Clair A. He became project director for Burney Basin Days fi reworks on The Zambelli Fireworks Interna- p.m. daily on The News web Hill as Redding Regional Manager the company, overseeing such in 1974. Saturday night. tionale show begins at dark at the site at www.im-news.com.