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SRA Meeting to be in Redding May 23 SACRAMENTO – The California State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (BOF) is holding two special meetings this month to receive public comment on its draft permanent regulation for the State Responsibility Area (SRA) Fire Prevention Benefit Fee. The first special meeting will start at 10 a.m. on May 16 at the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chambers in San Diego. The second meeting will start at 1 p.m. on May 23 at the Shasta County Board of Supervisors Chambers in Redding. More information, including meeting locations and agendas, and a copy of the draft regulation can be found on the Board’s website at: http://www.bof.fire.ca.gov/. Comment
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NEWS Brunner, CSD, and Van den Bergh Threatened with Law Suit Over Post on Blog By Walt Caldwell Mountain Echo editor The Fall River Mills Community Services District posted an agenda for a special meeting listing two items of possible litigation against Bill Brunner of Fall River Mills and the Community Services District. However, the district’s board Chairman Bill Johnson cancelled the meeting because, he said, the agenda hadn’t listed the items to be discussed as closed session items Wednesday evening. He did not refer to the items listed on the agenda. The agenda listed the two items “Telephone call received by Bill Johnson, Chairman of the FRVCSD Board on May 7, 2012 from Amy Mickelson, regarding possible litigation pertaining to Bill Brunner’s comment on the FRVCSD blog about a post by Barbarara (sic) Briggs.” The second item was “Email addressed to Bill Brunner and CC-ed to the FRVCSD from Dungan Barr (sic) (attorney at law) threatening litigation of the FRVCSD, board and John Van den Bergh (District Manager of the CSD), regarding Bill Brunner’s comment on the FRVCSD blog about a post by Barbara (sic) Briggs. Comment For full story Subscribe Fall River Generates over One
By Valerie Lakey Mountain Echo reporter McArthur – One of a series of “Water Talks” was presented to a capacity crowd at the Lions Hall last week. The educational panel featuring four speakers focused on the unique geo-hydroecological system of the Fall River.
Meadow Barr of California Trout, the sponsoring organization, explained
that they were planning an ongoing series of talks providing information
and educational on a variety of water topics. Local and regional experts
will be available during these talks to help the public learn about water
related topics. Barr went on to explain, “Our goal is for the public to be
more informed and be able to participate in policy related to water. We
want to be able to help the public understand the many facets of water.” For full story Subscribe Fund Flexibility Tops School Agenda By A.C. Mack Mountain Echo reporter Fall River Joint Unified School District held a hearing May 9 regarding the elimination of “Tier III” categorical fund flexibility transfers and program closures. 2009 legislation enacted gave school districts flexibility in the use of several previously restricted state categorical programs. The programs are considered unrestricted funds and can be used for any educational purpose. In March of 2011, legislation was enacted that extended the flexibility for an additional two years through 2014/2015. Fall River Joint Unified School District proposed and intends to accept and maximize state categorical funds and will utilize the flexibility to transfer funds in the Tier III categorical programs for use in any educational purpose.
There will be programs which will not be funded by the Fall River Joint
Unified School District although the funds will be accepted and “flexed”
or used for other educational purposes. For specifics on which programs
are to be flexed visit the FRJUSD website and view the meeting minutes and
documents. Former CSD Manager Questions District’s Main Line Replacement Priorities - Suggests More Study By Walt Caldwell Mountain Echo editor Cecil Ray, the district manager of the Fall River Mills Community Services District who oversaw the construction of the Sewer plant and lines, and put in many of the district’s water lines during his career questioned the district’s use of the US Department of Agriculture’s USDA’s grant and loan totaling approximately $1 mil. to replace the section of main line from Ray’s Market to the Airport when, he says, it does not have a history of problems like the section in front of Sportsman Liquor and some of the smaller lines like Long Street and Grand Rapids. He questioned the wisdom of using much of the USDA money to replace that section when the district is considering a 10% increase in rates. Comment For full story Subscribe
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Mt. Shasta Man
Wins Honda  By Ron Mosher Mountain Echo reporter BURNEY – Jack Goode of Mt. Shasta drove to the Pit River Casino alone Saturday, and had the enviable problem of how to drive two cars home after his ticket was drawn that earned him a brand new 2012 Honda Civic. Asked how he’d manage, he replied, “I’ll just have to figure something out,” as he was grinning from ear-to-ear and still whooping it up.
The car giveaway was a part
of the Pit River Casino’s
16th anniversary party that
carried over into Mother’s
Day on Sunday. Shift manager
Uriel Chacon had a packed
house go eerily silent as he
drew the winning ticket from
a drum filled with stubs
earned by patrons who won
$50 jackpots over the past
four months.
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