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A County snow plow works residential streets in Johnson Park Christmas
day. On the one hand residents can get up and down the street. On the
other, they can’t get out of their driveways. Area residents don’t want
to pay more taxes for more manpower and better equipment, but get tired
of repeatedly digging out after a plow plugs their driveway entrances.
No
easy answer to keeping the roads open
Private driveways and walkways ignored when
storms hit
By Walt Caldwell
Mountain Echo editor
The Intermountain Area was buried under a 17-inch or more blanket of
snow on Sunday, December 14, the snow continued to fall on and off all
week and temperatures dipped to below zero. The next week temperatures
warmed, a little rain fell, along with more snow. Temperatures bounced
back and forth. Snow became packed and turned to ice and tempers
already worn thin by the wet, cold and inconvenience grew raw. The
County Roads Department became the focus.
In an interview with Mountain Echo last week Shasta County Public Works
Director Pat Minturn talked about what the County crews did and the
problems faced.
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Man attacks brother with
axe
BURNEY - A routine
medical call turned into a manhunt Sunday afternoon.
Emergency personnel from the Burney Fire Department responded to a
routine medical call at 3:22 p.m. When they arrived at 36977 Oak
Street in Burney they found Christopher Mitchell, 31, had sustained an
injury to his leg by an axe. It was determined by EMT's the injury was
intentional and Deputies from the Burney substation of the Shasta
County Sheriff's Office were requested.
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The tumultuous national
ecomony receives mixed reviews locally
By Sue Edmondson
Mountain Echo reporter
The economy seems like a tidal wave at times, threatening to swamp the
lifestyle we've grown accustomed to. During the height of the farming
and tourist seasons, gas prices hovered close to $4.00. Credit lines
tightened, house prices dumped even more and foreclosures hit home. In
2008, new residential building came close to a halt-only two building
permits were issued in Burney, three were issued for Fall River and the
same held true for McArthur. According to the California Employment
Development Department, 11.1% of Shasta County residents joined the
rank of the unemployed-in Burney, the unemployment rate exceeded the
county average at 13.4%. Yet (and perhaps not surprisingly considering
the nature of its workforce) Fall River beat the odds, with only 5.5%
unemployed.
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