Clearing....

THE Modoc County Road crew's backhoe working on the south side of Fort Bidwell to clear the roadside, which was welcomed by area residents. The lack of real snow or ice made it easier. Photo by Lea Huetteman

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Cantrall says she won’t run for re-election

Modoc County District Three Supervisor Patricia Cantrall has said she will not seek re-election to another term. Cantrall has served four terms as Supervisor.
Recently retired Alturas City Treasurer Kathie Alves has taken out papers to run for that seat.
District Four Supervisor Shorty Crabtree told the Record Thursday that he will be seeking a third term. Two potential challengers have taken out papers, Pamela Owens and David Naylor.
District Two Supervisor Jeff Bullock will run for second term and is facing at least one challenger in Michael Conrad.
The June election will be based upon the new Supervisor District boundaries, which are different following the reapportionment approved last year. Maps of those new boundaries are in this Record, and are available from the County Clerk’s office.

January doesn’t boost moisture levels

December was incredibly dry and January didn’t make much of a dent in the precipitation picture either.
In addition, snow levels in the high mountains remain anemic.
Combining December’s .10 inches of precipitation with January’s .81 inches meant the area received just .91 inches of moisture over the two months, well short of the normal 3.25 inches. December’s average is 1.71 inches and January usually measures 1.54 inches.
The snow pack in the mountains Jan. 31 shows only 14 inches at Cedar Pass’s 7,100 feet; eight inches on Adin Mountain at 6,200 feet, two inches at Crowder Flat at 5,100 feet and 30 inches at Dismal Swamp’s elevation of 7,000 feet.
By comparison, this time during last year’s wet winter, Cedar Pass had 43 inches of snow, Adin Mountain had 36 inches, and Dismal Swamp had 75 inches.

County Super not optimistic on secure schools funds

Modoc County Superintendent of School Gary Jones is not overly optimistic about the Secure Rural Schools and Community Act making it through a dividing U.S. Congress.
He sent the following statement to district Superintendents this week: "I will summarize the discussion concerning Secure Rural Schools (Forest Reserve) at last week's meeting by stating that there are three "great divides" to overcome: 1) House/Senate disagreement; 2) partisan politics; and 3) pre-presidential politics. Remember nothing in Washington happens until it has to happen, and sometimes nothing happens at all. The headlines from the Klamath paper last Friday: ‘This is a desperate situation.’  We are in a difficult position today, hopefully that changes soon. In the mean time, only Tulelake can project SRS revenues for next year. (Siskiyou County pays one year after receipt of SRS revenues.)"
The SRS Act of 2000 expired Sept. 30, 2011 at the end of the federal fiscal year and provided between 15 percent and 20 percent of operating revenue for California rural schools. Oregon Schools face the same if not bigger problems than California Schools.

MMC shows gains for December 2011

Modoc Medical Center showed an $82,876 net operating income gain in December 2011, as opposed to a $77,331 loss in November.
The hospital also received $1,449,630 in its December Property Tax apportionment, 49 percent of the amount charged of $2,936,310. Another apportionment is due later in the year.
According to the financial report, there was a $50,124 increase in in-patient revenue and an increase of $84,348 in outpatient revenue.
There was an increase of $48,327 in emergency room with visits up by 51, $14,466 in ambulance, $15,171 in pharmacy, and $23,305 in physical therapy.

Obituaries:

Peggy Toney Page
Peggy Toney Page, 72, passed away January 27, 2012 in Cedarville, CA.
Services will be held today, February 2, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. at the Surprise Valley Community Church in Cedarville, followed by burial at the Lake City Cemetery and a social gathering at the Modoc Fairgrounds in Cedarville.
Donations can be made to the Surprise Valley Community Hospital, the Surprise Valley Community Church, PO Box 187, Cedarville, CA 96104 or a charity of your choice.

Hope Burris
Hope Burris, 83, went peacefully home to her Heavenly father on January 25, 2012, in Alturas, California.
Though the family lived in Elderwood, CA, she was born Carolyn Hope Ainley on Mother’s Day, May 13, 1928, in Los Angeles, CA. Hope was the fourth of five children born to Ralph and Jessie Ainley
Memorial services were held on Saturday, January 28 at Faith Baptist Church with Pastor Rod Bodmer officiating.

Wendell Cordeiro
Services for Wendell Cordeiro, 73, of Alturas, will be held Monday, Feb. 6 at 10 a.m. at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, 300 West Second St., Alturas. Visitation will be at the church at 9 a.m. Mr. Cordeiro passed away in Klamath Falls, OR on January 3, 2012. He had made Alturas his home for the past four years. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on July 13, 1938. Mr. Cordeiro’s obituary will be published in a future issue.

Winola Faulstich
Winola Faulstich, a native of Lake City,  passed away in Fair Oaks, CA, on January 25, 2012, at the age of 93 years old.
Mother of Edwin (Averill) Geus, Georgia (Russ) Lile, Dorothy (John) Johnston and James (Naoma) Faulstich; Grandmother of Jeannie, George, Lisa, Joni, Marcia, Alex, Jerry, Jason, Jeanette, Nicole, Elizabeth and Kelly and Great-Grandmother of Benjamin, Julia, James, Daniel, Michelle, Jimmy, Michael, Jordan, Ashlyn, Mia, Cole, Melisa, Dilan, Megan, Marina, Sam, Sloan, Sophia, Secily, Journey, Jessica, Jenna, Juliet, Emily and Tyler and sister of Fern Negri. Services were held Saturday, January 28 at Price Funeral Chapel, 6335 Sunrise Blvd., Citrus Heights, 725-2109.
Interment was at Lake City, CA.

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