Brentwood Press 04.07.17

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Vol. 19, No. 14

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Pass go, collect $10,000 by Amy Schrader Correspondent

Photo by Tony Kukulich

Courtney Gomez won $10,000 on Monopoly’s Collect and Win Game, 2nd Chance Sweepstakes at Safeway on Balfour Road in Brentwood.

Brentwood resident Courtney Gomez overcame high odds when she won $10,000 from Monopoly’s Collect and Win Game, 2nd Chance Sweepstakes at Safeway, and she won’t even have to take a ride on the Reading Railroad to collect her prize money. Her local Safeway store, located at 3110 Balfour Rd., is hosting a community celebration, Saturday, April 8, at 10 a.m., where they will present Gomez with flowers, balloons, cake and a $10,000 check. “I’m still in disbelief,” said Gomez. “I can’t believe this happened to us.” Safeway’s Monopoly game began Feb. 8 and runs through May 9, with shoppers collecting game pieces to match to potential prizes ranging from $5

to $1 million. Gomez entered additional game piece codes into Monopoly’s online game. A week later, she received a phone call from Safeway’s corporate office, letting her know she had won. “I was excited when I won a $5 grocery gift card the week before,” said Gomez. “When I got the phone call telling me I won $10,000, I couldn’t believe it.” According to Safeway’s Monopoly Game rules, there are 238 2nd Chance Sweepstakes prizes, with a total value of $1,232,000. The rules state that the odds of winning are dependent on the number of entries received … and the likelihood of obtaining the one rare game marker needed to win. The odds of winning the $10,000 from the online game are 1 in 123,930,000. see Collect page 26A

Board approves deal for fourth station by Kyle Szymanski Staff Writer

The City of Brentwood will likely enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District (ECCFPD) to pay for a portion of the district’s fourth station over the next three years. In a 7-2 vote, the district board opted this week to team up with the City of Brentwood to keep the district’s fourth station open, after officials from the district and the city expressed reservations about the City of Oakley and Contra Costa County’s willingness to band together to keep the fourth station open, as has been done since July 2016. “I specifically asked them

“ The option of a fourth station brings us an option of an additional resource, which is going to go away without additional funding.

Joel Bryant, fire board president, Brentwood city councilmember (the county and the City of Oakley) if they’d bring the idea back to their boards and champion the idea, but there was no affirmative response,” said ECCFPD Board Director Joe Young about recent meetings with officials from the county, fire district and cities of Brentwood and Oakley, in which they discussed the future of the fourth station. Since mid-2016, the district’s fourth station in

Knightsen has been funded with a combined $2.2 million from the district, the cities of Brentwood and Oakley and the county. However, it will close in June if additional funds aren’t procured. Under the proposed plan, which was moved forward by the board this week, the Knightsen station will close at the end of June and a second Brentwood station will open, in return for Brentwood’s

pledge of $3 million over three years. The district will pay for the remaining $4.3 million needed to keep the station open during that period. “The option of a fourth station brings us an option of an additional resource, which is going to go away without additional funding,” said Joel Bryant, fire board president and a Brentwood city councilmember. The deal appeared to materialize after Brentwood officials met twice with officials from Oakley, the county and the district and came away concerned the county and the City of Oakley were not in full support of a multijurisdictional funding approach. see Deal page 26A

April 7, 2017

Education Leader Dies

Former Superintendent of Schools, Joseph A. Ovick, passes away unexpectedly. Page 10A

Season For U-pick Nears

Cherry farms have only a few weeks before opening their locations to the public. Page 6A

Track Teams Take Top Spots

Liberty, Freedom track-and-field teams win big at Delta Mustang Invitational. Page 4B Calendar............................. 11B Classifieds............................ 6B Cop Logs............................. 10B Entertainment.................... 9A Food....................................... 8A Health & Beauty...............11A Meet The Beat..................... 7A Opinion...............................18A Pets......................................21A Sports.................................... 1B

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