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7-28-10 Mayers board to go for bond - possibly hire CEO by weekend Mayers Memorial Hospital District's board of Directors voted to approve placing a bond measure for $14 million on the November election. The vote followed a thorough presentation by a firm that specializes in carrying out such elections. The phone surveys conducted in the past few weeks indicate a large percentage of registered voters, male, female, democrat, republican and other, of all age groups responded positively to the measure which would place an assessment on the property within the district. The Board's committee which handled the location and recruitment of CEO candidates announced that the district's legal council has approved a tenative contract with an individual who has six years experience as a CEO as well as experience as a chief financial officer. The contract has been forwarded to him and if he accepts, his name will be released. comment Fire Updates Since
yesterday
there
have been six new lightning strike fires in northern California, which
total
five acres. Since Saturday, there have been nearly 200 lightning
sparked fires.
Most of those fires were contained to very small acreage. A Red Flag
Warning is in effect in
northeast California as strong winds will be a concern for Thursday and
Friday. **CAL
FIRE
Incidents** West Fire, Kern
County Southeast
if
Tehachapi *
25
structures have been
destroyed and another 150 are threatened Russell Complex, Lassen County East
of
Straylor Lake * Expected
containment
on
July 27
Bull Fire, Kern
County
USFS
–
Sequoia National
Forest / Kern County Fire Outside
Kernville * 15,586
acres
- 5%
contained McDonald
Fire,
Lassen
County
BLM
–
Northern California
District 3
miles
northeast of
Termo * 750
acres
- 15%
contained Constantia Complex, Lassen County
BLM
–
Carson City
District 5
miles
south of Doyle * 1,495
acres
- 51%
contained Mono Fire, Mono County
USFS
–
Inyo National
Forest 5
miles
southeast of
Alturas * 1,000
acres
- 20%
contained Modoc Lightning Complex, Modoc County
USFS
–
Modoc National
Forest 20
miles
southwest of
Alturas * 64
acres
- 60%
contained BLM
–
Owens Valley
District 5
miles
east of
Bridgeport
Firefighters
Battling 750-acre Blaze near Termo
Russell Fire update Current Situation: Last night’s weather
allowed fire crews to continue to strengthen control lines on the
Russell
Complex. Today, most resources will be
released to return to their home units and/or be reassigned to other
fires
within the state. Remaining resources
will patrol the fires checking for any hot spots within the fire’s
interior. Tomorrow, crews will begin the fire rehab
process: removing fire hose, trash and beginning to return the land to
its
natural state. Cooperating
Agencies: CAL
FIRE, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, California
Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation, Caltrans, Department of Fish and Game,
Inter-Mountain Fair District, Lassen County Sherriff’s Office, Sierra
Pacific
Industries, and Shasta County Public Works. Additional Information:
Due to the
projection of substantial fire equipment being released from the
incident this
morning, be extra cautious when traveling the local roadways.
Lightning Strikes Continue on
the Modoc
National Forest For the second day in row lightning strikes
continued to ignite
wildfires on the Modoc National Forest. As of 9:00 P.M. on the 26th
of July there are 82 confirmed fires. The largest of these fires, the
Peak
Incident, has grown to 75 acres. It is located just south of the Lower
Klamath
Wildlife Refuge and near Sheepy Ridge. Both aerial and ground forces
were used
throughout the day on this fire, but it remains active. Throughout the day two hundred wildland
firefighters, 14 engines,
five handcrews, two tankers, five helicopters, two air attacks, and one
lead
aircraft actively engaged the multitude of fires that have been named
the Modoc
Lightning Complex Fire (CA-MDF-0343). Based on the numbers of
fires, resources committed, and weather
predictions for the remainder of the week, Acting Forest Supervisor,
Robert
Trujillo made the decision to request a Type 2 Incident Management Team. Northern California
Geographic Area Coordination Center has dispatched Nor-Cal Team 1, led
by
Incident Commander Kent Swartzlander to assist with the Modoc Lightning
Complex
fire. The team will be in-briefed tomorrow
morning at 8:00
A.M. 7-27 7-27 
Photos
by
Walt Caldwell At
2:20 p.m. Tuesday, firefighters from Cal Fire, Burney, Cassel and the
Forest Service had the "Cassel Fire" off the Gas Compressor Road behind
Garden Lane and South Cottonwood, contained to 1.5 acres by 4 p.m.,
then spot fires broke out again and Firefighters, including a
dozer and the helicopters got it completeely contained by 7 p.m.
Front Page this week:
2009
Fall
River
High
School graduate serving on the USS Harry S Truman
 By Walt Caldwell
CommentsMountain Echo editor Imagine yourself, a member of a high school graduating class of 35 students, a sailor whose been in the Navy less than a year getting a look at your new home – The U.S.S. Harry S. Truman It isn’t a small ship, standing 20 stories from the water-line to top of its masts, with runways 1,096 feet long on a flight deck measuring 4.5 acres. Fireman E-2, Ashley O’Reilly of Hat Creek did just that 4-5 months ago. After basic training and technical school, her first duty assignment is the Truman. She sounded happy and confident when I talked with her over the phone. She said her shipmates have been nice to her, the other women on board answered her questions when she came aboard and, showed her around. She is treated very well. Asked if she was initiated, a traditional routine that every sailor goes through when they come on board ship, she chuckled and said “yes, but they were well mannered when I came into the work center.” The USS Truman is the home of 3,000 sailors and Marines, not counting the additional 2,,200 members of the eight squadrons and one detachment of aircraft and personnel which comprises its own embedded air wing supporting a total of 800 aircraft. Ashley admitted there were lots of people and said it helped to keep her from getting lonely. Everyone is really, really, nice and I enjoy the people. The nuclear powered aircraft carrier has two nuclear engines, two anchors, each weighing 30 tons and cuts through the water at over 30 knots. Read the rest of the story in the current issue, Subscribe
Roll over kills one
OLD STATION — One
Rathdrum, Idaho man was killed and another received major injuries in a
single vehicle crash west of Forest Service Road 10 near Butte Lake on
Highway 44 Sunday morning.
According to the Highway Patrol, Rodolfo Contraras, 18, was driving his 1995 Chevrolet west on Highway 44 at an unknown speed at 7 a.m.. For an unknown reason he drifted off the north side of the highway, over corrected and rolled several times. Both he and his passenger, Marcos A.M. Alamilla, 31, were thrown from the vehicle. Alamilla received major injuries and was flown to Mercy Medical Center in Redding. Contraras was killed in the crash. The cause is still under investigation. Russell Fire at 200+acres Lightning storms moved through the area over the weekend keeping firefighters busy. The Lassen - Modoc Unit fought 62 fires, the largest of which, the Russell Fire, east of Straylor Lake southeast of Little Valley started at 6 a.m. Sunday, was at 200 acres at 6 a.m. Monday with no containment. Cal Fire was setting up a command post at the Fairgrounds. Information on other fires in the Big Valley/ Little Valley area was unavailable at press time. The Shasta Unit had two fires Sunday in the Burney area. Both were contained Sunday night. The largest, north of Four Corners was held to a half-acre.
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list
ready
for
county Sups
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