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BBIGIG VALLEYVALLEY DIV.DIV. VIVI FOOTBALLFOOTBALL CHAMPIONSCHAMPIONS BLOCK F BASKETBALL TOURNEY THIS WEEK AT FALL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL ! SERVING EASTERN SHASTA, NORTHERN LASSEN, WESTERN MODOC & EASTERN SISKIYOU COUNTIES 70 Cents Per Copy Vol. 44 No. 38 Burney, California Telephone (530) 335-4533 FAX (530) 335-5335 Internet: www.im-news.com E-mail: [email protected] DECEMBER 4, 2002 What’s Happening What the Locally This Week government Xmas bazaar The Burney Presbyterian gives, the Church will host its 55th annual Christmas Bazaar, bake sale and luncheon Saturday, 9 government a.m. to 2 p.m. Handmade gifts, bakery items and preserves, taketh away as well as white elephant trea- sures will be available for pur- BY MEG FOX chase. The lunch will consist Just as Mayers Memorial Hos- of soups, chili, French bread, pital was relishing its receipt of a coffee and a large assortment $587,000 reimbursement settlement of pies. A handmade quilt will from Medi-Cal, another bill collector be on display and will be given came knocking on its door. away at 1 p.m. Tickets for the This time it was Medicare asking drawing will be sold. for $194,000 due them after review- ing the hospitals 1997 cost report. And unfortunately, Medicare is Toys for Tots correct, said Mayers CEO Jerry On Sunday, ron Mason will be Fikes. He explained that Medicare playing music of the 40s, 50s NEWS PHOTO and 60s at noon at the Presby- Log truck rollover -Please See Page 6 terian Church in Burney as part Traffi c was routed around this big rig Monday morning after the driver spilled a load of logs of the Toys for Tots program in on Highway 44 about fi ve miles east of Old Station. The driver, Randall Lydell Bibbens, 40, Big Bend. A new toy or dona- of Redding and hauling logs for Richard Taylor Trucking of Cassel, was traveling west on the Hospital link tion is urged and refreshments highway about 10:40 a.m. when he pulled to the side of the road to adjust his brakes. Realizing will be served. the turnout wasn’t wide enough, he pulled back on to the highway, the load shifted and he lost between control, the California Highway Patrol reported. Love Light Tree Mayers, Davis Intermountain Hospice is having its annual Intermoun- BY MEG FOX tain Love Light Tree celebra- Water usage questioned again at Dr. Jim Marcin, a pediatric critical tion Friday, 6 p.m., in the lobby care physician with the U.C. Davis of Mayers Memorial Hospital Children’s Hospital, was at Mayers in Fall River Mills. The public PG&E hydro relicense meeting Memorial Hospital recently to estab- is invited to help celebrate the lish a telemedicine link between the lives of those whose memories Editor’s Note: This is the second farmers said they were against the who we consider our friends, neigh- local emergency room and the Pedi- we cherish and pay tribute to of two meetings held by the U.S. proposal to increase downstream bors and co-workers. atric Intensive Care Unit at Davis. those who light up the lives Forest Service and proposed reli- fl ows on the Pit River. “It is time for PG&E to give up Mayers CEO Jerry Fikes said that the local hospital would be on of others. There will be music, censing of PG&E’s Pit 3, 4 and 5. In Big Bend, Pamela K. Phillips, a something,” he said. line with the Children’s Hospital refreshments and fellowship. The fi rst was held in Burney three local wildlife rehabilitator, was also “These ranchers and farmers days earlier and was reported on concerned about the farmers losing water rights have been intact for within six months and that Mayers last week in The News. their water. generations, and PG&E is a fairly would serve as a model for other _____________________ “I am concerned about the farm- newcomer to this area,” MacMillan rural emergency rooms. Control burn ers and ranchers of northeastern If a critically ill or injured child is A control burn of 179 acres said. By JOAN M. DiMAIO Shasta County and how this will rushed to the ER in Fall River Mills, was scheduled to continue David Green, another Big Bend BIG BEND--Representatives affect them. Also, I am very inter- resident, said, “It is becoming more staff can immediately consult with a today about 1.5 miles from from the U.S. Forest Service met ested in seeing what the FERC and more diffi cult to locate some specialist, live via the telecommuni- the Shasta Forest subdivision with community members here Nov. comments are when they get the species of invertebrate in local cations setup, until the patient can off Pilgrim Creek Road near 21 to present preliminary condi- various study results in,” she said. waters. be transported, Fikes explained. McCloud. tions and recommendations for the Dan MacMillan, who has lived “They are disappearing and very The new telemedicine link will relicensing of PG&Es Pit 3, 4 and 5 in Big Bend for 27 years, said, “We few are located. We need a long offer a signifi cant benefi t to ill and Hydroelectric Project. have a sense of fair play here and term study assessing their loss of injured children and “it will help us to PG&Es existing license issued we are in favor of taking steps to feed and habitat,” Green said. be sure that we haven’t missed any- WEATHER by the Federal Energy Regulatory restore water levels closer to its Another Big Bend resident sug- thing in the hubbub that surrounds a FORECAST Commission (FERC) expires in one natural state instead of the fi ve per- gested that white water rafting on pediatric patient,” Fikes said. year. UC Davis contacted Mayers Today, mostly cloudy. Slight cent fl ow which now exists. the Pit River could be planned, but The Forest Service led a simi- “We dont think it is fair for PG&E when they received grant funding chance of showers in the the Forest Service said this was lar information meeting Nov. 18 in to ask for concessions in water from something they can only recom- from the Hearst Foundation to pro- morning. Snow level 4500 to Burney, where area ranchers and upstream ranchers and farmers, vide the service in two rural hospi- 5500 feet. Highs around 50. -Please See Page 7 tals, Fikes said. Tonight, mostly clear. Lows 20 to 25. Thursday, partly cloudy in the morning, then becom- ing mostly cloudy. Highs 47 to 57. Friday, chance of rain and mountain snow. Lows near 30. Highs in the 40s. Saturday, dry with lows in the 30s and highs in the 40s. Sunday, chance of Big Valley wins rain in the evening. Lows in the 20s and highs in the 40s. Monday, chance of rain over- 6th straight night through the afternoon. Lows 30 to 35 and highs 40 Division VI to 45. A current forecast is updated about 4 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily on The News web championship site at www.im-news.com. This Happy Camp pass in the fourth TEMPERATURES quarter fell incomplete to Indian Hi Low Rain Randy Zink (41) as he was sur- Nov. 26 52 19 Nov. 27 59 21 rounded by two Cardinal defenders, Nov. 28 59 25 Blake Oney (3) and Juan Escalante Nov. 29 54 22 (35). The Cardinals defeated Happy Nov. 30 54 21 Camp 44-12. For more photographs Dec. 1 47 22 Dec. 2 48 22 of the game, see page 5. A special Courtesy of Darryl Jones in Burney tribute to the Cardinals appears on The Intermountain News page 12. P.O. Box 1030 36965 Main Street NEWS PHOTO Burney, California 96013 Open: Monday-Friday 9am-4pm HAVE YOUR COMMUNITY DELIVERED TO YOUR MAIL BOX. CALL 335-4533 TO SUBSCRIBE TODAY! PAGE 2 • DECEMBER 4, 2002 • THE INTERMOUNTAIN NEWS SHERIFF’S LOG BOOK Glenda Jordan reported A juvenile was cited reported Nov. 27 at 8:42 p.m. Sunday someone stole a 24- for being in possession of a juvenile was riding an all- inch BMX-style bike valued at tobacco Friday at 9:59 p.m. terrain vehicle up and down $80 from the 20400 block of at the 37000 block of Main the street disturbing neigh- Shasta Street in Burney. Street in Burney. bors near Carberry Street ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ and Mountain View Road in Mayers Memorial Hospi- A Burney motel employee Burney. tal reported Sunday at 10: sought deputy assistance in ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 05 a.m. a male subject was dealing with a customer who A McArthur caller reported seeking treatment for being was smoking in a non-smok- Nov. 27 a juvenile girl had run over by a vehicle. ing room Friday morning. possibly been abused due to ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ seeing burns on her body. A Big Bend caller Lori Novoselski reported ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ requested deputy assistance Thursday evening fi nding a Eric Matson reported Nov. Sunday afternoon in check- dead dog in the backyard, 27 a purse taken out of an ing a neighborshouse for a possibly poisoned at the unlocked vehicle at the 4400 dead cow belonging to the 20200 block of Sugar Pine block of Main Street. caller. Street in Burney. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Liz Kyle reported Nov. 27 A verbal disturbance over William Dabellas reported a burglary to Fall River High money owed on a video Thursday garbage dumped School in McArthur. game was reported Saturday on the lawn off of Highway 89 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ at 6:38 p.m. at the 20100 in Hat Creek.