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Vol. 18, No. 46
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McCauley expanding olives and ag-tourism
Here Come The Holidays
The Press welcomes the season with a look at food, events and fun in East County. Page 1B
by Kyle Szymanski Staff Writer
Sean McCauley’s near lifetime affinity for a wide swath of land near Balfour and Deer Valley roads took on new meaning when he purchased the property in the wake of Roddy Ranch’s 2016 closure. Now he’s revealed exciting plans for the land. McCauley, a longtime olive grower, aims to plant olive trees and establish an ag-tourism center on the 40 acres, formerly owned by Rodeo legend Jack Roddy. “I’ve always liked that piece of property ever since see McCauley page 30A
Taking Steps For A Village Photo by Tony Kukulich
Sean McCauley, a longtime olive grower, will plant olive trees and establish an ag-tourism center on 40 acres near Balfour and Deer Valley roads.
Residents honored for saving neighbor’s life
Nominations open for Citizen of the Year
by Kyle Szymanski Staff Writer
When Discovery Bay resident Jerrod Williams brushed up on his CPR technique earlier this year, he didn’t know when he would put that skill to work. It didn’t take him long to find out. Just days later, Williams and his neighbor were instrumental in helping to save the life of a neighbor who had a heart attack and fell into Discovery Bay’s Marina Circle jetty on June 30. “I really thought I was giving CPR to a dead man,” said Williams, who, along with Discovery Bay resident Roger Van Alst, two Contra Costa County Sheriff deputies, an American Medical Response ambulance crew and a quartet of East Contra Costa Fire Protection District personnel, were recently honored multiple times for saving 62-year-old Tom Hughes’ life. Williams performed in-water CPR on Hughes’ lifeless body propped on Van Alst’s immersed lap for an estimated eight minutes
The Antioch Chamber of Commerce will host its annual awards gala at 6 p.m., Friday March 8, 2019. The chamber opened nominations for Youth of the Year; Nonprofit of the Year, Citizen of the Year, Most Impact; Citizen of the Year, Lifetime Achievement; Small Business of the Year; and Large Business of the Year. Nomination forms must be completed and received by the Antioch Chamber of Commerce no later than 5 p.m., Friday, Dec. 28. Return forms to the Antioch Chamber of Commerce office at 101 H St., #4, in Antioch, or by email at frondeskadmin@antiochchamber.com. To download the forms, visit https:// antiochchamber.com/2019-inauguralgala-and-awards-ceremony. For additional information, call 925757-1800.
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until first responders arrived. Responders removed Hughes from the water, used an automated external defibrillator to shock him to life and transported him to Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch. He was discharged four days later, neurological functions fully intact. Hughes did not return requests for comment but told KTVU’s Claudine Wong that he suffers few ill effects from the ordeal that he knows only through others’ stories. “I mention the aches and pains of having CPR compressions, but those are good pains to have if you are alive to feel them,” said Hughes, who added that one blocked artery caused the heart attack. Luck, many say, played a role in his survival. Williams, a plumbing foreman, had taken a required CPR class in the days leading up to the incident, and Van Alst happened to be within earshot to hear Hughes’ wife, Janine, calling for help.
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Road Repairs www.thepress.net/news/webextras
Contra Costa Public Works will repair guardrail 3 on Marsh Creek Road next week.
Plans are underway for construction on an intergenerational community in Byron. Page 4A
An Event To Make History
Heritage girls’ water polo team advances to NCS championship for first time in history. Page 21A Calendar.............................31A Classifieds..........................26A Cop Logs.............................29A Education.............................7A Health & Beauty...............13A Milestones.........................14A Opinion...............................18A Pets......................................10A Sports..................................21A
Preserving Parks www.thepress.net/news/press_releases
Regional parks’ Measure FF passed by voters in recent election.