Shasta County Fire recognizes their volunteers
Volunteer Firefighter of the Year Ken Dickey of Company 32 in Palo Cedro listens as Deputy Chief Fred Tully reads from one of the two legislative commendations Dickey received honoring his work as a volunteer firefighter for the Shasta County Fire Department. Every year the Shasta County Fire Department and Calfire host a dinner to say thank-you to the County’s volunteer firefighters who...
April 14th, 2010 by admin
Elk Trail Water Project receives $2 million grant from Public Health
The Shasta County Department of Public Works recently received a letter from the California Department of Public Health informing them that the Elk Trail Water Project was eligible to receive an additional $2 million construction grant from the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, plus a $400,000 grant and five-year loan of $100,000 to fund planning for the project. The Department...
April 14th, 2010 by admin
Adventures in medicine in the third world
PART II The continuation of a Bella Vista resident’s experiences while helping a medical team during the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake. By Cameron Mooney By the time we arrived, most all of the bodies had been removed from the streets and in front of the hospitals. I saw one or two but we all knew there were hundreds if not thousands entombed in the collapsed buildings....
April 14th, 2010 by admin
