CCOMMUNITYOMMUNITY YARDYARD SSALEALE SATURDAYSATURDAY SERVING EASTERN SHASTA, NORTHERN LASSEN, WESTERN MODOC & EASTERN SISKIYOU COUNTIES 70 Cents Per Copy Vol. 44 No. 12 Burney, California Telephone (530) 335-4533 FAX (530) 335-5335 Internet: www.im-news.com E-mail: [email protected] JUNE 5, 2002 What’s Happening Locally This Week Burney Rabies clinic fi re budget A license and rabies vaccina- tion clinic is set for Thursday, again draws 4:30-7 p.m. at the Burney Fire Hall. One- to three-year licenses can be purchased with criticism discounts offered for spayed or neutered animals. Telephone BY MEG FOX 335-4511 for more information. Commissioners for the Burney Fire Protection District reviewed a $346,300 preliminary budget for Health screening 2002-2003 during a public hearing A special health screening for attended by Burney resident Evalee those under insured or unin- Nelson, fi re department volunteer sured is being offered at the and Budget Committee member Larry Armstrong, and a candidate Rite Aid store, 37435 Main St., for the fi re chief position. Burney on Friday from 10 a.m. The budget is based on antici- to 4 p.m. Tests for osteoporosis pated county revenues of $193,300 and cardiovascular disease are plus estimated ambulance rev- being offered at $30 per test or enues of $150,000 and the $3,000 $50 for both. Telephone toll paid annually by Pit River Casino free 1-866-263-2663 for more for fi re coverage. information. What’s new in this year’s budget is the addition of more, and more specifi c, account categories. Big yard sale In past budgets, a variety of A community-wide yard sale expenses were lumped, sometimes is set for Saturday in and inaccurately, into one category Bob Atkinson, in photo above, “We did some reclassifi cation around Burney. See map on adds another stack of sand- because it’s been diffi cult to track page 11. For more information, bags to the pile near Black expenses,” said Commissioner telephone Verla Cantu at 335- Ranch Road in Burney, while Lynn Miller, who introduced the 3160, Barbara at 335-2016, in photo at right, Save Stew- budget May 29. Dave at 335-4704, Jeanette art, left, and Mike Qualls fi ll up Nelson, who has been question- at 335-5288 or the Burney ing the board’s procedures and Chamber of commerce offi ce another pallet with the bags. accounting decisions for months, at 335-2111. Some 5,000 sandbags are wanted to know why this prelimi- fi lled each day with the entire nary budget didn’t refl ect more cur- project totalling 100,000 rent fi gures. bags. It’s just one element in Miller said they would have the Car wash most current fi gures from the Shasta The Burney Fire/EMS Associa- PG&E’s $39.5 million natural County’s Auditor-Controller’s offi ce tion has slated a car wash to gas pipeline expansion proj- by June 30. raise funds for the purchase of ect that got underway locally After the fi re department posts a new Advanced Life Support last week. Pictured below the bills and receipts, they are for- bag for one of the ambulances. are pipes to be used in case warded to the county auditor’s offi ce Association members will be for posting. original pipe shipped from a Due to this procedure, it takes six at the Holiday Quality Foods yard in Anderson prove to be parking lot Saturday from 9 weeks before the fi re department faulty. reconciles with the county, Miller a.m. said. And now, because of past post- Free fi shing ing errors, the county is rechecking Anglers may fi sh without a every invoice for the year. “You must have a pretty good fi shing license Saturday, the idea (of revenues and expenses) by state’s fi rst free fi shing day of this point,” continued Nelson. the year, the Department of “We don’t,” the board responded. Fish and Game said. “You don’t?” asked Nelson in an incredulous tone. “What’s your point?” asked Museum open Miller. The Big Valley Historical “I’d think you’d know,” replied Museum is open each Tues- Nelson. day, Wednesday and Thurs- “Do you have questions about day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in what has been budgeted?” Miller Bieber. asked. “Why not go by what you’ve actu- ally spent,” said Nelson. “We did,” interjected Larry Arm- WEATHER strong. “We used the history.” FORECAST “The county has not fi nished Today, sunny and hot with moving numbers from one account highs 90 to 95. Tonight, clear -Please See Page 5 with lows 50 to 55. Thursday, mostly sunny with highs 87 to 92. Friday, dry with lows in the PG&E placing fi nishing Fall River 40s and highs 80 to 85. Satur- day though Monday, dry with lows 45 to 50. Highs 80 to 90. woman dies A current forecast is updated touches on pipeline project about 4 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily in crash on The News web site at BY MEG FOX also be used as breakers to stop day,” according to Lisa Randle of www.im-news.com. A seven-man work crew has erosion, Heath said. PG&E’s News Department in San A 33-year-old Fall River Mills been arriving in Burney at 5 a.m. This major gas line expansion Francisco. woman was killed Monday when TEMPERATURES every morning to line up next to a project is adding 14.1 miles of pipe “That is enough to warm 1.2 the vehicle she was driving crashed shaded, portable conveyer belt and to the existing lines, called the 400 million homes in our service area on Glenburn Road. Hi Low Rain fi ll 5,000 bags with sand a day for and 401 Lines that stretch from each year. With more natural gas- Christine Marie Clemens was May 28 78 52 10 hours a day, six days a week. Canada to the Panoche Station powered plants coming on line, the traveling on the two-lane road about May 29 87 49 It’s just one element in PG&E’s near the Harris Ranch in San Benito increase could supply enough gas 9:45 p.m. when the vehicle rolled May 30 88 51 $39.5 million natural gas pipeline County. to run a 1200-megawatt power plant and she was ejected, said Wayne May 31 88 57 expansion project that got under- Construction began in October generating enough electricity to light Booker of the Shasta County Coro- June 1 79 57 .07 way locally last week. 2001 and the expected completion 1.2 million homes.” ner’s Offi ce in Redding. June 2 80 41 “We’re just peanuts compared date is September 2002. The expansion adds two sec- She sustained major head inju- June 3 83 39 to what’s out there on this job,” “We want to tie in both pieces by tions of pipeline, with one six-mile ries and was fl own to Mercy Medi- Courtesy of Darryl Jones in Burney said Carrel Heath, owner-opera- then and get the gas fl owing through long section called the Modoc Loop cal Center where she was prounced tor of Heath Construction in Amity, the line,” said Sid Leutholftz, PG&E going in south of Tionesta, just dead. The Intermountain News Oregon, who has the contract to construction manager from Lodi. south of the Oregon border. The crash is under investigation P.O. Box 1030 provide 100,000 sandbags for the Once the pipe is in, ground resto- The eight-mile-long Shasta Loop by the Burney offi ce of the Califor- 36965 Main Street project. ration begins. parallels Tamarack Road in Burney nia Highway Patrol. Burney, California 96013 The sandbags will be placed “The project increases the fi rm and heads out towards Whitmore. Booker said a post mortem Open: Monday-Friday 9am-4pm beneath the new pipeline and will capacity of PG&E’s Redwood examination of Clemens is sched- Path by 200,000 Decatherms per -Please See Page 2 uled. HAVE YOUR COMMUNITY DELIVERED TO YOUR MAIL BOX. CALL 335-4533 TO SUBSCRIBE TODAY! PAGE 2 • JUNE 5, 2002 • THE INTERMOUNTAIN NEWS SHERIFF’S LOG BOOK Burney Cemetery District is taking letters of interest for Vandalism to a wooden A Burney woman reported to a stereo was taken from box from his 11-year-old A deputy reported May two positions on its Board of fi sh at Hudson and Mar- Friday at 9:38 p.m. her ex- a vehicle parked near Fort grandson. 29 at 10:48 a.m. shooting a Directors. If you would be quette streets in Burney was husband had taken their Crook Avenue and Highway ! ! ! ! ! ! ! possible rabid skunk near the interested in serving your reported Sunday morning. children, possibly to Oregon, 299 in Fall River Mills. A resident at the 37200 21600 block of Oregon Street community in this capacity, ! ! ! ! ! ! ! although she reportedly had ! ! ! ! ! ! ! block of Huron Avenue in in Johnson Park. please submit a letter of A caller reported Saturday full custody. A Johnson Park woman Burney reported her neigh- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! interest to Secretary, Jackie at 12:15 p.m. a female was ! ! ! ! ! ! ! reported problems with adult bor’s vehicle was blocking A caller at the 20400 Young at the 37475 Baily thrown from her vehicle when A woman sought advice sons who were refusing to her driveway Thursday at 3: block of Carberry Street in Avenue office or mail to: it jumped out of gear at the 39 p.m.