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State doesn’t owe Portola anything — Page 2A • Supervisors back tourism efforts — Page 3A
Serving Quincy and Surrounding Areas Since 1866
Vol. 149, No. 11 • www.plumasnews.com • 530-283-0800 •
50¢
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015
Ready for Halloween
No handicap — Despite
playing with a partially
formed arm, Geoffery
Vaughn is a force to be
reckoned with on the
football field./Page 1B
Perspective: Lack of
will — The Plumas
supervisors didn’t do
their job by passing the
Jefferson issue to the
voters./Page 11B
Q
Still perfect — The
undefeated Portola High
School football team
clinched at least a tie for
the league title with a
victory over
Maxwell./Page 1C
OUND
R
A
Today:
Magic Beanstalk Player program for
K-2 grades, focusing on drama skills,
improv, characterization,
storytelling, monologues and
learning a musical number.
Wednesdays, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., West
End Theatre, 14 Crescent St.
A lady scarecrow crafted by the ladies of the Bargain Boutique screams fall is
here. The West End Theatre hosts a scarecrow-decorating contest Friday as part
of Safe Trick-or-Treat festivities. Photos submitted
From left, Haley Shafer, Amanda Hays and Valerie Flanigan pose with two
friends in front of Flanigan-Leavitt Insurance Agency on Main Street in Quincy.
The scarecrows bring a bit of levity to the serious business of insurance.
Friday’s scarecrow-decorating contest at the West End Theatre offers prizes for
scariest, funniest, best dressed and most creative.
Events galore scheduled for Quincy area
Delaine Fragnoli
Staff Writer
dfragnoli@plumasnews.com
Children in Quincy have
long enjoyed a safe trick or
treat experience courtesy of
the Chamber of Commerce
and downtown merchants.
That tradition will continue
this year — with a fresh
twist. Now older kids will
have their own safe venue
for the holiday thanks to a
new event.
The Halloween Youth
Dance is set to run from 7 to
10 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 31, in
Serpilio Hall at the county
fairgrounds. Entry is $3 and
the event is open to all
Quincy youth. Parents enter
free and are welcome to stay.
Organizer Grace-Ann
Mason said the event is
appropriate for all ages; disc
jockey Tim Ball will spin
music for the event. “We
wanted to give kids
something to do so they are
not out late on a Saturday
night,” Mason said. “Let
them burn off some energy.”
Kids can opt to come in
costume or not. Low-cost
concessions like bottled
water, popcorn and, yes,
candy will be for sale.
The dance is supported by
the Quincy Trojan Boosters
Club and is a senior project
of Quincy High School
Debra Moore
Staff Writer
dmoore@plumasnews.com
Ongoing “CAN”DO Holiday Food
Drive. Help feed hungry families.
Drop off donations of canned and
non-perishable food items at Feather
River Bulletin, 287 Lawrence St., 8
a.m. – 5 p.m., Mon – Fri.
Information: 283-0800. Donations
accepted through Dec. 2.
Friday:
Halloween safe trick-or-treat on
Main Street sponsored by Chamber
of Commerce. Toys and treats for
kids. Wear costumes! Hogwarts
Experience at West End Theatre. 3 –
6 p.m.
Saturday:
Huge Halloween Bash, Eastside
Public House, 1760 E. Main St.,
See Q, page 5A
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Emergency responders work to treat 41-year-old Rolanda Fischer at the scene of a
single-vehicle rollover accident on Highway 70, about four miles west of Quincy, on
Monday morning, Oct. 26. Fischer, who was a passenger in a 2004 Mitsubishi driven by
31-year-old Scott Redman, was ejected from the vehicle after it hit an embankment and
rolled over about 7:10 a.m. Both Fischer and Redman are Taylorsville residents. Fischer,
who was not wearing a seatbelt, was evacuated by helicopter to Renown Hospital in Reno
with major injuries. Redman suffered minor injuries. According to the California Highway
Patrol, Redman said he was extremely tired and might have fallen asleep at the wheel.
Photo by Mike Taborski
Local real estate market remains steady
Plumas County real estate
remains steady for the third
quarter, according to the
Plumas Multiple Listing
Service, as reported by the
Plumas Association of
REALTORS.
Yet a continued high
volume of properties for sale
throughout the county has
area realtors reminding
sellers to set appropriate
asking prices for successful
results.
There were 180 housing
units sold from July through
September, as compared with
158 in the same quarter in
2014.
The average sale price of
these homes was $271,334,
down just slightly from the
average price of $274,524 in
the third quarter last year. A
possible sign of market
recovery is that at only eight
activities. Kids can adopt a
stuffed animal, shop for
wands and take part in a
“sorting” ceremony.
Participants will also be
offered “passports” stamped
by local businesses for a
prize.
The West End Theatre will
also serve as the venue for a
scarecrow-decorating
contest with prizes for
See Halloween, page 5A
County residents
to vote on Jefferson
Seriously injured
Ongoing Winter Apparel Coat Drive,
accepting new and slightly used
coats, gloves, boots, socks, hats,
scarves. Drop off at Plumas County
Probation Dept., Plumas Crisis
Center, Sav Mor. Information:
283-6304, 283-5515.
Drive-thru flu vaccination clinic,
Plumas-Sierra County
Fairgrounds-Fairgrounds Rd., 11 a.m.
– 1 p.m., or until vaccine is gone. If
weather bad, clinic will move inside
building. Flu forms can be
downloaded at
plumascounty.us/publichealth/fluinof
rmation.
student Morgan Mason.
The traditional Safe
Trick-or-Treat will get
underway at 3 p.m., Friday,
Oct. 30, in downtown
Quincy, and will wrap up by
6 p.m. In addition to toys and
treats from merchants, kids
can enjoy a Hogwarts
Experience at the West End
Theatre.
Feather River College
students will lead various
Harry Potter inspired
percent of the total
residential market were
foreclosure sales, the lowest
percentage since 2007.
Land sales continued to
improve as well, with 73
units sold in the third
quarter as compared to 48
units in the third quarter of
2014. The average sale price
of land units was $44,984, as
See Property, page 5A
In a 4-1 vote Oct. 20, the
Plumas County Board of
Supervisors reiterated its
decision to put separation
from the state of California
and the formation of a new
state on the June 2016
Primary ballot.
After hearing from
supporters of Keep it
California as well as those
from the state of Jefferson,
the supervisors shared their
rationale for supporting the
resolution originally
advanced by Board
Chairman Kevin Goss on
Oct. 6.
That resolution, based on
the Tehama County model,
was revised by County
Counsel Craig Settlemire to
fit Plumas.
The resolution contained
no mention of the state of
Jefferson and spelled out
how it would appear on the
ballot as Measure A: “Should
the Plumas County Board of
“Should the Plumas
County Board of
Supervisors adopt
a Declaration of
Support for the
proposed separation
from the State of
California and
formation of
a new state?”
Measure A
Supervisors adopt a
Declaration of Support for
the proposed separation
from the State of California
and formation of a new
state?”
It stated that this was an
“advisory” vote only and
that “the results of this
advisory vote will in no
See Jefferson, page 4A
Daylight Saving Time
ends this Sunday,
Nov. 1.
Turn your clocks
back one hour
Saturday before you
go to bed.
2A Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015
Feather River Bulletin
Jury doesn’t award Portola
damages in lake poisoning verdict
Susan Jacobson
Staff Writer
sjacobson@plumasnews.com
A jury last week found the
California Department of
Fish and Wildlife negligent
in the restocking of fish in
Lake Davis, but did not
award any damages for that
action.
The jury decided there
wasn’t enough evidence to
directly link the negligent
action to revenue lost by the
City of Portola.
The city, along with other
unnamed individuals, was
seeking damages in excess
of $80 million. The city
claimed negligent actions by
the DFW resulted in great
economic harm following
the 2007 Lake Davis pike
eradication project.
The trial, that started on
Oct. 6, lasted just over two
weeks. The jury heard
testimony regarding the
city’s lawsuit over the DFW
handling of the project.
Testimony over 14 days
included environmental
scientists, a local realtor, a
former city manager, a
marine biologist, a
long-time fisherman, DFW
employees and local
committee members.
The closing arguments
“It ain’t over yet.”
Robert Meacher
City Manager
were completed on Oct. 21,
and the judge praised the
jury for its level of attention
and professionalism. “You
have been an excellent jury.
You have listened closely,
you participated well, you
have asked excellent
questions and we appreciate
that,” said Judge Thomas
Warriner, the former Yolo
County judge assigned to the
case.
The jury was tasked with
deciding whether “fish
mattered more than people,”
as stated by the city’s
attorney. The judge told the
jury, “The (plaintiff) party
need to prove only that it is
more likely to be true than
not true and to consider all
the evidence.” The burden
of proof of damages rested
on the city.
Just after 5 p.m., on Oct.
22, the jury filed into the
courtroom to deliver its
verdict for these four
questions:
– That DFW was negligent
in overuse of pesticides in
FRC &
GREENVILLE HS
Culinary
Programs
Benefit
Lake Davis.
– That DFW was negligent
in the restocking of fish in
the lake.
– That the city was
harmed.
– That DFW negligence
was a substantive factor in
causing the city harm.
If the jury answered yes to
those questions, it would
then need to determine
damages.
The jury found there was
not enough evidence to
prove DFW was negligent in
the overuse of pesticide, but
did find negligence in the
manner in which it
restocked fish in Lake
Davis.
However, the jury found
there was not enough
evidence to determine that
negligent restocking
directly led to the severe
economic hardship being
claimed by the city.
Outside the courthouse,
city staff, attorneys and
residents were still stunned
that the jury found
negligence, but failed to
determine restitution.
The possibility of an
appeal, as well as other legal
steps, could follow. City
Manager Robert Meacher
summed it up, “It ain’t over
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Reinvigorated group befriends
Plumas County’s wilderness areas
Delaine Fragnoli
Staff Writer
It’s a common scenario in
small communities: a group
of like-minded people comes
together, committed to a
cause or concern. But time
and attrition take their toll,
and eventually the group
stalls. Friends of Plumas
Wilderness followed that
trajectory, but now a new
generation of leaders is
reinvigorating the group.
“I feel like the baton has
been passed to us,” said
current president Darrel
Jury.
“I think it’s so important
to carry on the legacy that
our founders started more
than 30 years ago to identify
ecologically unique areas in
our bioregion and defend
quiet recreation
opportunities,” said current
board secretary Darla
DeRuiter, who teaches
environmental studies at
Feather River College.
The nonprofit group is
dedicated to studying,
exploring and maintaining
the integrity of natural
ecosystems in the northern
Sierra and southern
Cascades.
First formed in the
mid-1970s, the group played
an integral role in getting
the Bucks Lake Wilderness
designated in 1984. It
continued its advocacy as
the Plumas National Forest
worked on its first
management plan, adopted
in 1988.
The group sees the
upcoming revision of that
plan and the Forest’s
proposed over-snow vehicle
plan as opportunities to
articulate what Jury calls a
“conservationist” vision.
When the Wilderness Act
passed in 1964, the writers
did not anticipate a lot of the
issues that frame land-use
discussions today, he
explained, listing
biodiversity, climate change
and the “technosphere” as
examples.
A conservationist vision
includes four core concepts,
Jury said: core areas,
corridors, carnivores and
cartography.
Core areas are expanses of
land that are predominately
natural and big enough to
provide habitat for large
carnivores.
Corridors provide links
between core areas and give
large carnivores room to
roam.
Carnivores are “top of the
food chain” species,
sometimes called “umbrella
species” because their
presence, or absence, affects
the entire ecosystem.
Cartography, or
mapmaking, brings the other
three concepts together and
makes their connection
visible.
“If we want to maintain
the species we grew up
with,” Jury said, “we need to
reweave our fragmented
landscapes.”
“Our public lands, and
especially those parts of
them that are unroaded and
officially designated as
Wilderness — or have the
potential to be — are
important refuges for
wildlife populations,
evolutionary and ecological
processes, and as a place for
us humans to get away from
our fast-paced daily lives to
reconnect with nature,”
DeRuiter said.
Jury also sees recreation
as an important component
of wilderness. Whatever
their legal designation,
“self-willed” lands provide
“a refuge not just for species,
but for people, where quiet
and solitude can recharge
body, mind and spirit.”
Growing up in Red Bluff,
Jury had little exposure to
wilderness. “I had no clue
about the California
Wilderness Act,” the
legislation that established
Bucks Lake Wilderness.
That changed when, at 17,
he went to work for the
Youth Conservation Corps
in Lassen Volcanic National
Park. “That was special,”
he said, “but I didn’t know
what wilderness was until I
moved to Colorado,” where
he went to work as a
backcountry ranger.
DeRuiter shares his
passion for quiet, wild
places. “I can shed my stress
and worries by going for a
hike, ski or backpack trip
in a wild place. Moving at a
slow pace through a forest
or river canyon, I can notice
birdsong, different species
of wildflowers, migrating
masses of ladybeetles or the
smell of a Jeffrey pine,” she
said. “We need some places
where we move at the pace
of nature to fully immerse
ourselves in it.”
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about Friends of Plumas
Wilderness and its activities,
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Supervisors back tourism efforts
Grand prize winner
Debra Moore
Staff Writer
Meadow Valley resident Rick Madison, right, is thrilled that his name was drawn as the
$5,000 grand prize winner of the Quincy Volunteer Fire Department’s annual 50/50
fundraiser. The drawing was held at a reception last Saturday evening, Oct. 24, at the
Plumas Sierra Fairgrounds. Others sharing in the $12,500 cash giveaway included Fred and
Sharon Thon, $3,000; Mike Beatty, $2,000; and David Whitaker, $1,000. The $500 winners
were Matt Taborski, Cal Thurber and youngsters Nathan and Max Schmid. Incidentally, their
parents gave them their ticket, but the two kids, coincidentally, helped draw two of the
seven winning tickets from the hopper. Every year the department sells just 250 tickets at
$100 each, splitting the $25,000 with the winners. Assistant Fire Chief David Windle, left,
said that since its inception over a decade ago, this fundraiser has totaled $270,000 in sales
with half being returned to the lucky winners and the remaining half used by the
department for its firefighters’ equipment fund. Photo by Mike Taborski
County to address walking, biking plan
Delaine Fragnoli
Workshop schedule
Staff Writer
Imagine a Plumas County
where road conditions
encourage adults and children
to walk or ride their bikes to
work or school, or to run
errands, or for pleasure. You
can help shape that vision by
participating in a series of six
community workshops
scheduled for next week.
Residents are invited to
weigh in on what makes it
challenging to walk or bike in
their neighborhoods, or to
work or school. What would
entice you to ride or walk
more? More pathways, bike
lanes, bicycle racks,
crosswalks?
“Every community is
different,” said Jim Graham,
who is heading up the effort for
the county, “so it’s really
important to hear from folks in
each area.”
The meetings start Tuesday,
Nov. 3, in Quincy, and continue
through the week in La Porte,
Portola, Graeagle, Greenville
and Chester.
The input will help shape an
Active Transportation
Plan—Pedestrian/Bicycle Plan
for the county. The document
will be the first such plan ever
for Plumas County.
Why is it important? In a
word: money. “Most funding
sources require a planning
document,” Graham said.
One program that the county
could tap with the plan is Safe
Routes to Schools, which funds
infrastructure improvements
that encourage children to
walk or ride bikes to school. In
the past, the county has used it
to fund sidewalk improvements
Tuesday, Nov. 3
Quincy Library
6-7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 4
La Porte Fire Hall
6-7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 5
Portola Library
6-7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 6
Graeagle Fire Hall
6-7:30 p.m.
two years.
“Public outreach is
extremely important,” Graham
emphasized. If you can’t attend
one of the public meetings, you
can fill out an online survey at
walkandbikeplumas.org, where
you can also find more
information.
Not online? Paper copies of
the survey are available at all
area libraries, the public works
department in East Quincy,
and the courthouse lobby in
Quincy.
All surveys need to be
completed and returned by
Nov. 30.
Saturday, Nov. 7
Indian Valley Community
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9:30–11 a.m.
Saturday, Nov. 7
Almanor Recreation
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1-2:30 p.m.
around Pioneer Elementary
School in Quincy and C. Roy
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Another impetus for the
effort is that Caltrans is
currently updating its Highway
70 plan. If the county wants to
see pedestrian or bicycle
improvements in the highway
corridor then it needs to
identify those so Caltrans can
consider them, Graham
explained.
The county received a
$110,347 grant from the
Caltrans Sustainable
Transportation Program to
develop the Active
Transportation Plan and has
hired a consultant, Alta
Planning and Design, to
complete it. The effort is
expected to take about
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The Board of Supervisors
backed two requests to
market Plumas County —
funding both a trade show
trip and a new brochure Oct.
20 — but they want more.
“There’s got to be
collaboration,” said Board
Chairman Kevin Goss. “I
want to be sitting with Big
Fish and the chamber of
commerce to ensure there is
collaboration.”
Big Fish is Big Fish
Creations, the
Graeagle-based marketing
company that maintains
exploreplumascounty.com,
the county’s own tourism
website; and the chamber of
commerce is Eastern Plumas
Chamber, the chamber that
the supervisors seemed to
agree is the most robust in
the county.
“You guys are a strong
chamber,” Supervisor Lori
Simpson told Audrey Ellis,
executive director of Eastern
Plumas. “Quincy struggles.
We need to have one chamber
like the old Plumas
Chamber.”
“I tend to agree with Lori,”
Goss said. “We do have some
struggling ones. There’s got
to be a collaboration.”
But his comments Oct. 20
also referred to the
collaboration between Big
Fish and Eastern Plumas,
both of whom had requests
before the board that day. Big
Fish wanted money to
develop a brochure that
would market the entire
county — up to $548
depending on the quantity
ordered — and Eastern
Plumas wanted $1,000 to put
Terry Swofford
District 1 Supervisor
toward attending the Bay
Area Travel & Adventure
Show, as well as a five-day
event in Reno. Eastern
Plumas would pool the
county contribution with
funds from the other
chambers, the city of Portola
and local businesses to pay
for event attendance.
“I think it’s a good
investment for Plumas
County,” Supervisor Terry
Swofford said.
But before the board
agreed to fund the chamber’s
request, Supervisor Jeff
Engel wanted to know why
the chamber wouldn’t share
its e-mail list (developed from
the contacts made at the
travel show) with Big Fish.
“People don’t like their
e-mails passed out,” chamber
director Ellis told Engel. She
said in the past the chamber
has received “unrequests”
because of unsolicited
contacts.
Supervisor Sherrie Thrall
said she understood Ellis’
concern, but in this case Big
Fish represented the county
itself.
Ellis explained that people
perceive that “chambers are
trusted” sources of
information. “They’re not
signing up for businesses
or Plumas County to send
New Brochure
Patty Clawson, co-owner of
Big Fish Creations, asked the
supervisors to support a new
countywide brochure that
could be distributed at a
variety of venues and even
suggested that it would be a
piece that the supervisors
could use to promote the
county when they traveled.
Clawson said she
envisioned a “standalone
piece that would have
longevity,” and added, “It’s
something that has never
been done.”
“I really like this idea,”
said Supervisor Thrall. She
said she often wished she had
something that promoted
Plumas County.
Clawson presented the
supervisors with three
buying options — ranging
from 500 brochures at $380 to
2,500 at $548.
“There’s considerable
savings if you go with the
greater number,” she said.
And that’s exactly what the
supervisors did.
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Although Thrall had
previously seconded a
motion to fully fund the
chamber’s request, she
withdrew her second
following Ellis’ comment.
Ellis assured the board that
while the chamber wouldn’t
share its e-mail list, it would
work with Big Fish to send
out its information.
“We’ve got one goal here to
promote Plumas County,”
Ellis said. “I urge you to
support us on this.”
Ultimately the board voted
to give the chamber $600 of
its $1,000 request following
Supervisor Engel’s motion.
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Supervisors make appointments and authorize positions
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assistant county auditor in
response to a reorganization
of the auditor’s office.
supervisors aren’t constantly
making appointments to fill
positions.
There will be three more
“help wanted” ads in Plumas
County following the Board of
Supervisors’ action Oct. 20.
The board authorized Social
Services Director Elliott
Smart to fill two positions — a
social services aide and an
office assistant.
Smart told the supervisors
that both positions were fully
funded in the 2015-16 budget
and included no general fund
contribution.
And Human Resources
Appointments
The supervisors appointed
Colleen Garrett to the
Almanor Recreation Parks
District board and Ken
Wilson Jr. to the Prattville
Fire District board. Both
appointments were necessary
to maintain quorums so that
the boards could continue to
conduct business.
Board chairman Kevin Goss
encouraged those who serve
on special districts to file
election papers so that the
Bike/pedestrian plan
workshops set
The county has received a
$110,347 grant from Caltrans
to develop a
bicycle-pedestrian plan for
Plumas and has hired a
consultant, Alta Planning and
Design, to complete it. As part
of the contract, the county
must schedule public
workshops.
“Public outreach is
extremely important,” said
Jim Graham, an associate
Debra Moore
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Director Gayla Trumbo
received authorization to
replace a human resources
technician who has relocated
out of the area.
The board also approved
the job description for an
engineer with the public
works department, who is
leading the effort for the
county.
Workshops have been
scheduled throughout the
county as follows:
— Tuesday, Nov. 3: Quincy
Library from 6-7:30 p.m.
— Wednesday, Nov. 4: La
Porte Fire Hall from 6-7:30
p.m.
— Thursday, Nov. 5: Portola
Library from 6-7:30 p.m.
— Friday, Nov. 6: Graeagle
Fire Hall from 6-7:30 p.m.
— Saturday, Nov. 7: Indian
Valley Community Center
from 9:30–11 a.m. and at the
Almanor Recreation Center
from 1-2:30 p.m.
Constituent contact
The supervisors reported
that the bulk of their
correspondence for the past
week focused on the state of
Jefferson.
“Lots of state of Jefferson —
for and against,” said Board
Chairman Kevin Goss,
echoing the comments made
by the other supervisors,
except Simpson who said that
“all emails were outraged at
the board of supervisors” for
their decision to put it on the
ballot.
JEFFERSON: Supervisors share their thoughts, but want voter input
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small business owner, made
him favor giving a new state
a chance.
“We write the question,
so we get the answer we want.”
manner be controlling on the
Plumas County Board of
Supervisors.”
The resolution also called
for Settlemire to prepare an
impartial analysis of the
measure.
Sherri Thrall
District 3 Supervisor
verbiage. “We write the
question, so we get the
answer we want.”
Supervisor Jeff Engel said,
“I lean more toward the SOJ
(state of Jefferson) than
against the SOJ.” Engel
attributed his position to the
fact that he is a small
businessman who must deal
with the state regulations
mandated by appointed
boards. Engel said while
What the supervisors
really think
“If I had to vote on the
state of Jefferson now, I
would vote ‘no,’” said
Supervisor Sherrie Thrall.
Still, she was the one who
made the motion to put the
measure on the ballot.
Her rationale: She said she
wants to control the
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such rules might make sense
in the urban areas, they
don’t fit the rural north
state.
Supervisor Lori Simpson,
the lone vocal opponent of
the Jefferson movement, told
Engel that there are 50
states, each with their own
rules and regulations, and
asked why he thought
Jefferson would be any
different.
“One shoe doesn’t fit all,”
Engel responded. Though he
thinks it’s important to
pursue forming the 51st
state, he said that it “has an
ice cube’s chance in hell of
passing.”
Chairman Goss said he
first advanced the Tehama
resolution, “hoping to help
out the state of Jefferson
folks,” and “bring people
together,” but instead, “I
received a whole bunch of
e-mails from state of
Jefferson supporters that I
threw them under the bus …
if that’s the case … as an
overseer of taxpayer dollars.
…”
Though it appeared he
might withdraw his support
of the resolution, he
ultimately voted in favor of it
along with Thrall, Engel and
Supervisor Terry Swofford.
As for Swofford, he said
that the decision regarding
Jefferson is “above our pay
level” and should be “up to
the people of Plumas
County.”
And like Engel, Swofford
said that his experience as a
The e-mail
During the Oct. 20 meeting,
Supervisor Lori Simpson
read excerpts of an e-mail
written by John Kidwell, the
leader of the Plumas County
Jefferson effort, that he had
addressed to “fellow
Jeffersonians” following the
Oct. 6 meeting. Swofford
received a copy and shared it
with fellow board members.
The e-mail was intended to
update Jefferson supporters
on the Oct. 6 meeting, but
also addressed an alternate
plan and the future of those
supervisors who opposed
Jefferson.
Simpson read the
following excerpt from the
e-mail aloud: “That’s all the
news that’s (un)fit to print,
however; what we need to
share with you now is a
reminder that the Plumas
County SOJ Committee has
no intention of sitting on our
hands until June. Quite the
contrary. We know that if we
can gather the required
signatures of … now read
carefully … PLUMAS
COUNTY RESIDENTS, not
registered voters, not adults
only, not only those who has
(sic) previously voted, but
simply people who live in
Plumas County, we can
by-pass the BOS (Board of
Supervisors) and the
scheduled ‘advisory vote,’
and move on to Sacramento.”
After reading the excerpt,
Simpson asked, “Are we
going to get babies and
children to reply?”
Simpson became visibly
upset as she discussed the
e-mail. She also highlighted
the portion that discussed
the board, which read:
“I received a whole bunch of e-mails
from state of Jefferson supporters
that I threw them under the bus.”
Kevin Goss
Board of Supervisors Chairman
“Believe me, there are a
couple of Supervisors who
knew damn well the majority
of their respective
constituents were behind
State of Jefferson, but were
more beholding to a few
influential detractors. Let’s
start looking for some
worthy, prospective
candidates to take their
places. I know I am going to
give every minute of my time
and hard earned money to
defeat those people and we
hope you join in.”
Kidwell may be able to
give his time and money, but
he won’t be able to give his
vote — because he is not a
registered voter in Plumas
County. During an interview
following the meeting,
Kidwell explained that he
couldn’t register to vote in
Plumas because while he has
a home in the Graeagle area,
his main residence is in
Litchfield Park, Arizona. But
with the focus now on
approaching the state
directly, Kidwell doesn’t see
it as an issue.
“We’re going to collect the
approximately 3,700
signatures and go directly to
Sacramento,” he said.
“We’ve done it in several
counties,” and named Shasta
and Sierra counties as two
examples of the effort.
Kidwell also addressed the
confusion over whether
Portola resident Howard
Thomas also authored the
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e-mail after Simpson
addressed Thomas during
the meeting. Kidwell said
that the copy in Simpson’s
possession was a draft, and
while it did contain Thomas’
name, a later version
included the entire
committee.
“Every word is mine; he
had nothing to do with it,”
Kidwell said of Thomas.
What’s next?
While county officials
work to put Measure A on
the June 7, 2016 ballot, state
of Jefferson supporters plan
to collect signatures to take
their request directly to the
state.
Kidwell said the total that
they must collect is based on
the number of Plumas
County residents who voted
in the last general election,
which was the 2014
gubernatorial election.
However, Kathy Williams,
the county’s chief elections
official, said she didn’t know
of a legislative process that
required a set of number of
signatures, and since
Kidwell said they didn’t have
to be registered voters, she
didn’t know how they could
be verified.
Nor could information
about the process be found
on the secretary of state’s or
attorney general’s website.
Both presented criteria for
the initiative process, which
the Board of Supervisors
circumvented by placing the
measure on the ballot.
And a field representative
for Assemblyman Brian
Dahle said he was aware that
Jefferson supporters were
collecting signatures in
various counties, but he
didn’t know of a formal
process requiring a
particular number of
signatures.
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PROPERTY, from page 1A
Where in the world?
compared to average sales
price of $31,850 in this same
period last year. Foreclosure
sales made up only 4 percent
of the land market.
There were also four
commercial units sold
between July and September,
including one business and
three real properties.
“Although our area’s
recovery has been slow, it’s
gratifying to see a continuing
improvement in Plumas
County’s real estate picture,”
said PAR President Carol
Yeater, owner of Sierra
Destination Realty in Clio.
“However, we are not seeing
much movement in the
high-end properties
throughout the county.”
Residents who place their
homes on the market should
be aware that inventory still
remains high throughout
Plumas County, according to
other realtors on PAR’s
Board of Directors.
“When a homeowner
appropriately prices their
home, they generally realize
a faster sale and a positive
result,” said Director Leah
West of Graeagle Associates.
The California Association
of REALTORS is predicting
the state housing market will
continue to improve into
2016. The CAR forecast sees
an increase in existing home
sales of 6.3 percent next year,
according to its “2016
California Housing Market
Forecast,” released in early
October.
The CAR forecast projects
that median home prices
across California will
increase 3.2 percent, to
$491,300, which is the slowest
rate of appreciation in five
years. It also predicts the
average for 30-year, fixed
mortgage interest rates will
rise only slightly to 4.5
percent, but will still remain
at historically low levels.
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Friends of Library book sale set for next week
Debra Moore
Staff Writer
The Quincy Friends of the
Plumas County Library will
hold its quarterly book sale
Thursday through Saturday,
Nov. 5-7, in the Quincy
Library meeting room just in
time for the holidays.
It’s a good time to pick up a
book on holiday
entertaining, decorating or
baking; finding Christmas
presents for family and
friends; or picking up some
volumes for winter reading.
The event will be open to
Friends members only
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dressed and most creative.
For more information,
email quincyhalloween
@gmail.com or call
(408) 560-8651.
Keeping with the
Hogwarts theme, the Town
Hall Theatre will show
“Harry Potter & the
Sorcerer’s Stone” at 7 p.m.
on Wednesday and
Q, from page 1A
7 – 11 p.m. Costume contests,
prizes, music by DJW, AKA Dave
Willis, drink specials, food. 21 and
over, cover: $5. For information, call
283-9805.
Quincy PCO Fall Festival, Quincy
Elementary, 2 – 4 p.m. Food, fun and
games for entire family. Cake walk,
concessions, games, picture booth,
costume contest, pumpkin
decorating contest.
donations are always
appreciated. Donations may
be taken to the front desk of
the library during normal
business hours. The library
staff screens the books for
possible inclusion in the
library collection and then
forwards the remainder to the
Friends for book sales. Those
who are unable to deliver
their donations can call
Jewett at 283-3873 to schedule
a pickup.
Books that aren’t purchased
are either saved for the next
sale or sent to Better World
Books, an online bookstore
that promotes literacy
throughout the world. The
Thursday, Oct. 28 and 29.
The film is rated PG for
some scary moments and
mild language.
And if all that isn’t
enough, the Quincy Parent
Cooperative Organization
hosts the venerable Fall Fest
at Quincy Elementary
School, from 2 to 4 p.m.,
Saturday, Oct. 31. Admission
is free and tickets for
carnival play will be
available for purchase.
The festival boasts a
costume contest, an
old-fashioned cakewalk and
several fun booths. Proceeds
help fund school assemblies
and field trips.
Haven’t had enough sugar
yet? Fifth-graders plan a
bake sale at the fest, while
sixth-grade students will sell
concessions. Proceeds from
both support the school’s
watershed field trip
program.
all Quincy youth; parents welcome to
stay – no charge. Night of fun and
music. 7 – 10 p.m., $3. For
information, call Grace-Ann Mason,
283-5173. Supported by Trojans
Booster Club.
Sports Bar and Lounge, 395 Main St.,
283-9788.
Rockin’ Halloween Bash featuring
live music with Mark Castro Band, 9
p.m. – 1 a.m. at the Plumas Club,
443 Main Street. 21 and over. No
cover. Costume contest, drink
specials, cash prizes. For information,
283-4094.
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Sunday:
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blues sounds from his fretless guitar,
1760 E. Main St., 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
283-9805.
Wednesday:
Magic Beanstalk Player program
for K-2 grades, focusing on drama
skills, improv, characterization,
storytelling, monologues and
learning a musical number.
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member of the Quincy
Friends of the Library are
available during the quarterly
book sales or any time at the
library counter. Memberships
are available at $10 for one
year (January through
December) or $100 for a
lifetime membership; either
can be purchased during the
sale.
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Thursday from 3 to 7 p.m.,
and then open to the public
Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
and again Saturday from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m.
The library will also be
open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on
Saturday — the first Saturday
in several years — thanks to
the Friends. The group is
using past book sale proceeds
to pay for Saturday hours for
one year.
Anyone interested in
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Plumas Bank records record earnings for quarter
Plumas Bancorp, the
parent company of Plumas
Bank, reported record
earnings for the quarter
ending Sept. 30. Earnings
for the three-month period
totaled $1.6 million, an
increase of $273,000 over the
same period in 2014.
For the first nine months
of 2015, the bank reported
net income of $4.2 million,
an increase of $776,000 or 23
percent over the same
period the year prior. Total
assets increased to $607
million and total deposits
increased to $539 million;
with the bank noting that
these are the highest levels
achieved in the bank’s
35-year history.
Commenting on the
recent quarter’s
performance in a recently
issued press release,
Plumas Bancorp and
Plumas Bank President and
Chief Executive Officer
Andrew J. Ryback stated,
“The board of directors,
executives and I are pleased
to announce that the bank
achieved record earnings in
the third quarter and for
the first nine months of the
year. Our ability to create
shared value through our
focus on delivering
high-quality financial
products and services, in a
way that benefits our
clients, communities,
employees and
shareholders continues to
be the foundation of our
success. Strong business
fundamentals and the
ongoing ability to leverage
our brand in new and
existing markets are also
key to our operating
strength.”
He continued, “This
quarter’s record
performance reflects
annualized year-over-year
loan growth of eight percent
and deposit growth of over
14 percent. This growth has
been driven by strategic
investments in people,
products, services, along
with our steadfast
commitment to fostering
strong and enduring client
relationships.
“Additionally, a few
exciting 2015 initiatives that
we are in various stages of
implementation include the
move and expansion of our
Redding branch, which will
offer additional growth
opportunities in that key
market, as well as
expansion into the Reno
market. Bringing our
philosophy and practices to
Northern Nevada is the
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next step in continuing the
proud tradition of Plumas
Bank and we believe
expansion into this growing
market will provide a host
of benefits to our
shareholders, clients and
employees,” Ryback said.
“Finally, our recent
investments in banking
technology, including our
redesigned online banking
platform which offers
mobile deposit and mobile
bill pay, are helping us
make it easier for our
clients to do business with
us. And early next year we
will introduce a
person-to-person (P2P)
solution that will provide a
safe and reliable way to
transfer funds on the go
from any device to friends
and family from anywhere,
at any time.
“As we look forward to
celebrating the bank’s 35th
anniversary, we reflect on
and appreciate that our
growth and success are due
to the continued support
and loyalty of our clients.
Financial highlights
For period ending Sept.
30, 2015:
Total assets increased
12 percent to $607
million
Net loans increased by
8 percent to $387
million
Total deposits increased
by
14 percent to $539
million
Net income increased
by
23 percent to $4.2
million
We remain focused on
strengthening client
relationships by staying
innovative and relevant in a
fast-changing world and
look forward to many years
to come of further
The first three fellows
placed in Sierra Nevada
Communities this October
heralded the launch of the
new Sierra Fellows
Program at the Sierra
Institute for Community
and Environment in
Taylorsville.
One Fellow will work in
Plumas County and two
Fellows will work with
communities struggling in
the aftermath of the
devastating Butte Fire in
Calaveras County.
The Sierra Institute
started the Sierra Fellows
Program to help rural
communities address
pressing needs and re-build
local economic capacity.
According to Sierra
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mountain communities
have struggled to maintain
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Proposed name change
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF PLUMAS
520 Main St., Quincy, CA 95971
Petition of BRANDEN CHASE JOHNSON IN
PRO PER for change of name
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR
CHANGE OF NAME
Case Number: CV15-00139
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner Branden Chase Johnson filed a
petition with this court for a decree changing
names as follows:
Present name: BRANDEN CHASE JOHNSON to Proposed name: BRANDEN CHASE
MARTIN.
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court
at the hearing indicated below to show cause,
if any, why the petition for change of name
should not be granted. Any person objecting
to the name changes described above must
file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days
before the matter is scheduled to be heard
and must appear at the hearing to show
cause why the petition should not be granted.
If no written objection is timely filed, the court
may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: Nov. 23, 2015
Time: 9:30 a.m., Dept. Two.
The address of the court is same as noted
above.
A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be
published at least once each week for four
successive weeks prior to the date set for
hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this
county (specify newspaper):Feather River
Bulletin.
Date: Oct. 14, 2015.
/s/ Janet Hilde, Judge of the Superior Court.
Filed: Oct. 14, 2015
Deborah Norrie, Clerk of the Court,
By P. Marchetti, Deputy Clerk
Published FRB
Oct. 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18, 2015|
Estate of Clarke
NOTICE OF PETITION
TO ADMINISTER ESTATE of Welles
Carlton Clarke, Jr., decedent
Case Number PR15-00045
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or
both, of: Welles Carlton Clarke, Jr.
A Petition For Probate has been filed by:
Jack Loren Brown in the Superior Court of
California, County of Plumas.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests
that: Jack Loren Brown be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate
of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests the decedent’s
wills and codicils, if any, be admitted to pro-
bate. The will and any codicils are available
for examination in the file kept by the court.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent
Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to
take many actions without obtaining court
approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to
interested persons unless they have waived
notice or consented to the proposed action.)
The independent administration authority
will be granted unless an interested person
files an objection to the petition and shows
good cause why the court should not grant
the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in
this court as follows: Nov. 23, 2015, at
9:00 a.m., at the Superior Court of
California, County of Plumas, Dept. 2,
Courthouse, 520 Main Street, Quincy, CA
95971.
If you object to the granting of the petition,
you should appear at the hearing and state
your objections or file written objections with
the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your
claim with the court and mail a copy to the
personal representative appointed by the
court within the later of either (1) four
months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as
defined in section 58(b) of the California
Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date
of mailing or personal delivery to you of a
notice under section 9052 of the California
Probate Code.
Other California statutes and legal
authority may affect your rights as a
creditor.You may want to consult with an
attorney knowledgeable in California law.
You may examine the file kept by the
court. If you are a person interested in the
estate, you may file with the court a Request
for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing
of an inventory and appraisal of estate
assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A
Request for Special Notice form is available
from the court clerk.
Attorney for Petitioner: David. T. Ludington,
17 Buchanan Street, P.O. Box 476, Quincy,
CA 95971, (530) 283-1179, SBN: 179202
Endorsed Oct. 14, 2015
Deborah Norrie, Clerk of the Court
By P. Marchetti, Deputy Clerk.
Published FRB
Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4|
Email public notices to:
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Deadline 4 p.m. Thursdays
Loans, deposits,
investments and cash
Net loans increased by
$27.7 million, from $359
million to $387 million for
the nine-month period. In a
press release, the bank said
it continues its focus on
growing loan balances
through a balanced and
diversified approach. The
two largest areas of growth
in the loan portfolio were
$20.5 million in commercial
real estate loans and $7.3
million in automobile loans.
Additionally, agricultural
loans increased by $5.2
million; however this was
offset by declines of $2.1
million in residential real
estate loans, $700,000 in
commercial loans and $1.5
million in consumer loans.
Construction and land
development loans
decreased by $900,000 to
$20.5 million.
The press release went on
to state that the third
quarter is traditionally the
bank’s strongest quarter in
terms of deposit growth.
The third quarter of 2015
was exceptionally strong
with an increase of $46
million: from $493 million to
$539 million in deposits.
Included in that total is
approximately $10 million
in deposits acquired with
the purchase of Rabobank’s
Redding branch.
Total deposits increased
by $66.5 million,
non-interest bearing
demand deposits increased
by $31.5 million, interest
bearing transaction
accounts increased by $9.1
million and savings and
money market accounts
increased by $27.9 million.
Time deposits declined by
$2 million.
Founded in 1980, Plumas
Bank is a locally owned and
managed full-service
community bank with 11
branches in Plumas,
Lassen, Placer, Nevada,
Modoc and Shasta counties.
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and build economies and
development opportunities
in the wake of declining
timber, construction, and
other natural resource
industries, as well as the
Great Recession.
In Plumas County, the
Sierra Fellow, Vincent
Rogers, will work with
Trout Unlimited and the
Plumas, Lassen and Tahoe
National Forests to
understand ecosystem
changes and alterations that
have affected fish and
habitat quality, and develop
a plan with local
communities to combat
these changes.
Based in Chester, Rogers
will be the Basin-wide Fish
Assessment and
Community Coordination
Fellow in the Upper Feather
River watershed.
A primary goal of his
work is to ensure that the
Upper Feather River
remains a desirable location
for recreation and a
productive source of natural
resources, particularly
those associated with the
Feather River fishery.
Roger’s project will include
interviews with local
anglers to understand the
changes that they’ve seen
over their years fishing the
Upper Feather River
Watershed.
His work will culminate
with the development of a
fisheries restoration plan
for the watershed, with
outcomes to be incorporated
in the revision of Plumas
National Forest’s Land
Management Plan.
If interested in being part
of this project as an
interviewed angler, contact
Sierra Fellows Coordinator
Courtney Gomola at the
Sierra Institute, 284-1022.
The other two Sierra
Fellows placed by the Sierra
Institute in the Central
Sierra started in early
October, and are working
on projects tied to
community recovery, forest
health and fire prevention,
watershed health, and water
quality with Calaveras
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Wilseyville and Glencoe
communities.
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resulting from the Butte
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a 1,000 homes and
outbuildings.
Sierra Institute is also
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•21 years old
Sisters Alyssa Jade, age 9, and Aizlynn Soul Burney, 7, get their first haircuts on a fine fall
Saturday at Star Quality Skin Care & Salon. They donated 13 inches and 9 inches respectively to
Locks of Love, a nonprofit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged
children in the United States and Canada. Photos submitted
Police and fire uniform
costumes are still found on
shelves for Halloween and
children on a playground
still play in those roles.
Somehow, though, between
childhood and adulthood,
fewer and fewer seek a
career in emergency
services.
According to a 2006 article
in Police Chief Magazine,
“From the 1960s to the 1990s
many men and women with
high school diplomas and
some with college education
were attracted to a law
enforcement career. In
those years public agencies
often had hundreds if not
thousands of applicants
applying for a job.”
Since the 1990s, the article
states, interest in becoming
a police officer has declined
noticeably. This reduction
may be attributed to a
number of factors. These
include increasing numbers
of students seeking higher
education; opportunities
provided in high technology
and the private sector;
negative publicity over
high-profile incidents of
racial profiling and
excessive use of force; and
the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan that have
siphoned off
public-service-minded
people to the military.
Plumas County is no
different. The Plumas
County Sheriffs Office is
experiencing shortages
countywide and the number
of interested candidates has
been declining for some
time.
“All of those issues in 2006
Quincy Elementary School fourth- and fifth-graders lounge on a hillside following a visit to the
Taylorsville Museum and a hike on Mt. Jura to hunt for fossils. The day ended with ice cream at
Young’s market.
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•California drivers license
•No felony convictions
•High school or GED
diploma
•Extensive background
investigation
•Physical examination
•Psychiatric examination
•No current, or history of,
drug use
are more profound in 2015,”
said Sheriff Greg Hagwood.
“I have seen profound
changes in the attitude and
expectations of young
people who are going into
law enforcement, as
compared to what the
environment was when I
started in 1988.”
Hagwood, who grew up in
Quincy with friends in law
enforcement, said he made
a decision in high school to
pursue a law enforcement
career.
“They were great people.
They were kind and I found
that what they did seemed
really interesting and a lot
of fun,” he said. “I love
Plumas County and the
area. I made the decision
that I would go into law
enforcement and work and
live here.”
His concern is that the
negative image portrayed in
the mainstream media may
push the new generation
away. Yet, there are
indications that serving
others is a strong priority to
this generation.
“While law enforcement
often attracts paramilitary
type people, the need for
service-minded people is
most important,” said
Hagwood.
“I recognized when I
became a deputy, a huge
obligation to the people I
knew to not let them down
and that obligation to the
people I knew and my
concern of letting them
down only came as a result
of growing up in the
community.”
That philosophy led
Hagwood to focus his efforts
on recruiting, hiring and
retaining local people to fill
the law enforcement
positions on his staff.
Law enforcement isn’t the
only local agency seeking
personnel. Volunteer
firefighter and EMT
numbers are down
countywide.
The staffing shortages can
lead to an opportunity for
those seeking a career. In
today’s job market, most
employers simply offer jobs,
many of which are only part
time with no benefits. Not
so with law enforcement.
Sheriff Hagwood said he
is looking for those seeking
a career. He admits he
would like to be able to
increase the salaries
offered, but said that the
work is full time and the
benefit packages are
excellent.
Each agency, from the
Sheriff’s Department to the
Highway Patrol to the
volunteer fire departments,
have their own
requirements that must be
met to participate. Those
interested in seeking a
career in law enforcement
or volunteering for a local
fire department should
contact those departments.
Harvest Festival
and
Trunk-or-Treat
Saturday, Oct. 31
6:00 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Free Hot Dogs • Games • Prizes • Candy
Bounce House & Magic Show
Fifth-grader Dylan Miller and Francis Musser participate in a Quincy Elementary School field trip
to the Taylorsville Museum on Oct. 16. Mrs. Hollister’s fourth- and fifth-graders and Mrs.
Lemnah’s fourth-grade class visited the museum where students, teachers and parents viewed
Maidu and pioneer artifacts. The day provided a unique opportunity to experience a museum
where the docents are the direct descendants of those people whose culture decorates its walls.
Marvin Cunningham, Shirley Friedrichs, Sherilyn Schwartz, Katherine Iglesias and Musser shared
their wealth of knowledge, including Musser’s extensive rock collection. Photos submitted
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Thursday, Oct. 29
Saturday, Oct. 31
Tuesday, Nov. 3
AA, noon, 260 County
Hospital Road, Courthouse
Annex – Orchard House.
Quincy. 24-hour info: (877)
880-3880.
Quincy Cribbage Group.
Every Thurs., 12:30 sharp.
Come early and have
lunch. Round Table Pizza.
No dues or fees.
Women’s Support
Group, Every Thurs., 1-2
p.m., Plumas Crisis
Center, 591 Main St.,
Quincy. Call 283-5515.
Al-Anon, 5:30 p.m., United
Methodist Church,
upstairs in back. For
families & friends of
alcoholics.
NA, 6:00 p.m., 260 County
Hospital Road, Orchard
House. Quincy.
Boy Scouts Troop 130,
6:30 p.m., LDS Church, 55
Bellamy Ln. Call Dale
Stokes, 283-3661.
Blue Star Moms, 7 p.m.,
Masonic Lodge, Harbison
Street, Quincy.
Spaghetti Feed. All you
can eat. 5:30-8 p.m. Quincy
Elks Lodge, Hwy. 70, East
Quincy. For advance
tickets, Ranchito Motel,
283-2265. Last Thursday of
each month.
NA, noon, 260 County
Quincy.
AA, 6 p.m. 260 County
880-3880.
Dukes of Plumas
Cribbage Gang. Meet 10:30
a.m., start play 11 a.m.,
every Saturday at Mt.
Tomba, Cromberg.
AA meeting, noon, 260
County Hospital Road,
Courthouse Annex –
Orchard House, Quincy. 24hour info: (877) 880-3880.
NA, 7 p.m., Methodist
Church, 282 Jackson St.,
Quincy.
Bible Study. (King James
version) 7-8 p.m., Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints, 55 Bellamy Lane,
Quincy. Open to all. Bibles
available. Call 530-953-7790
for more info.
Friday, Oct. 30
AA, noon, 260 County
880-3880.
NA, 6:00 p.m., 260 County
Quincy.
LAST WEEK’S
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Date
Oct. 19
Oct. 20
Oct. 21
Oct. 22
Oct 23
Oct 24
Oct 25
High
65
69
71
71
69
64
71
Low Precip Snow
39
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33
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Total precipitation, July 1, to date:
2.18” precip; snow 0”
This date 2014: 4.13” precip; 0” snow.
2014-15 totals: 32.89” precip; 6” snow.
2013-14 totals: 21.91” precip; 7” snow.
2012-13 totals: 37.93” precip; 23.75” snow.
(Weather year is July 1 to June 30)
Compiled by Ron Trumbo
Sunday, Nov. 1
NA, noon, 260 County
Quincy.
NA, 5 p.m., women only, 260
Orchard House. Quincy.
Monday, Nov. 2
Soroptimist
International of Quincy,
noon to 1 p.m. Moon’s
restaurant.
NA meeting, noon, 260
Orchard House, Quincy.
Rotary Club, Mineral
Building, fairgrounds,
noon. Call 283-2127.
Boy Scout Troop 151,
Mon., 6 p.m. Scoutmaster
Jan Jensen, 283-2209 for
location.
Duplicate Bridge. Every
Monday, 6:30 p.m., Resource
Center, Blairsden, corner
of hwys 70 and 89. Call
Ruth Bright, 836-1454 or
Jackie Lucky, 836-2232.
AA, 7 p.m., Methodist
880-3880.
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283-0254, 545 Lawrence St.,
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283-1191, 152 E. Jackson St.,
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283-2170, 55 Bellamy Ln., Quincy.
Weather Forecast for Quincy
Wednesday, Oct. 28
Thursday, Oct. 29
Friday, Oct. 30
Sunrise 7:31-Sunset 6:09
Sunrise 7:32--Sunset 6:08
Showers likely before
11am, then 70% chance
of rain after 11am.
Mostly cloudy, high near
55.
20% chance of showers. Sunny, high near 60.
Partly sunny, with a high
near 58.
Kristy Warren, Principal
Fall Fest Volunteers Needed
The annual QES Fall Fest is set to take place on Saturday,
Oct. 31, from 2:00-4:00 in the QES multipurpose room. This
event is not possible without many volunteers — each
classroom is responsible for a game booth, staffed by a parent
volunteer.
Dangerous activity
Please take note of a dangerous activity: the eraser challenge.
It is a dare where kids take an eraser and begin “erasing”
their skin, and then compare their “burn” to other peers. The
challenge can cause pain, severe irritation, bleeding, scarring
and infection. Please talk to your child about this dangerous
game and ask them to not participate in the challenge, as well
as reporting to adults if other students are doing it.
Spell-A-Thon
Our Parent’s Club largest fundraiser of the year is going on
now- the Spell-A-Thon! This annual QES event raises money
for field trips, assemblies, classroom supplies, Accelerated
Reader Awards and many other things. Please encourage
your child toparticipate — every student that raises $20 or
more will receive a prize, with bigger prizes for top money
earners. Thank you in advance for your support!
Parent Math Night
By parent request, QES is pleased to present a parent math
night. Teachers at each grade level will walk you through the
skills your child needs to be successful in math. We will host
2 sessions –one for the primary grades and one for
intermediate.
Tuesday, November 10th:
Session 1 (K-3rd grade) 5:30 to 6:10 p.m.
Session 2 (4th -6th grade) 6:15 to 7:00 p.m.
Childcare upon request. Dinner for sale by the 6th grade
class. Please help us plan for this event by RSVPing either by
the flyer in your Thursday folder or online at
www.surveymonkey.com/r/88BW8QG
Upcoming no-school days:
Friday, November 6th
Wednesday, November 11th — Veterans Day
Wed.-Fri.- Nov. 25th-27th — Thanksgiving
Other upcoming events:
11/10 Parent Math Night
11/13 Spell-A-Thon Prize Assembly
11/13 Coffee with the Principal
11/20 Assembly: Kidz Science Safari
11/24 End of first trimester
Christian Life Fellowship
283-0345, 317 First St., E. Quincy.
Community United Methodist
283-1740, 282 Jackson St., Quincy,
quincymethodist.org
First Baptist. 283-1160, 74 Reese
St., Quincy. fbcquincy.org.
facebook.com/firstbaptistquincy
Meadow Valley Community
283-4259, 48 Cemetery Rd, Meadow
Valley, office: 353 Jackson St, #100,
Quincy
Our Savior Lutheran
283-2546. Church & High Sts.,
Quincy. quincylutheran.org
Seventh-Day Adventist
310-2042 or 283-3092, 2333 Pine St.,
Quincy.
Springs of Hope Christian
Fellowship
Pete, 283-1613, or John, 927-7626,
59 Bell Ln., Quincy.
St. John’s Catholic Church
283-0890, 176 Lawrence St., Quincy.
Starlight Missionary Baptist
283-1505, 171 Redburg Ave., Quincy.
Truth Tabernacle of Quincy,
260-8006, 2205 East Main St.,
Quincy.
To update information on this page,
contact Eva, 283-0800.
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Weekly Newsletter
Sue Segura, Principal
Career and College Readiness:
As we are planning ahead and looking at the readiness
of our students for higher education and/or post
secondary education or vocational training.
The question has been asked of me, what is going to
happen with the state dropping the exit exam?How will
the Common Core affect institutions of higher education?
Will there be an alignment of admission/graduation
requirements or placement exams to the Common Core?
The California Department Education continues to
work with stakeholders to ensure that the K–12
community, the higher education community, and
business communities have a common agreement upon
the definition of career and college readiness that
includes the CCSS for mathematics and English language
arts. Further, the CDE has ensured that the higher
education community has an advisory role in the
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter
Balanced) and in determining student readiness for
credit bearing courses in the freshman year of college.
The CDE will continue to work with postsecondary and
career experts to ensure that the Smarter Balanced
assessments show depth of knowledge and critical
thinking skills, use items/questions that mirror real life,
and reflect the thinking required in career and college.
Additionally, the CDE will collaborate with the
University of California, Office of the President, and the
Western Association of Schools and Colleges to facilitate
the alignment of accreditations and A–G course
requirements to the CCSS.
Upcoming Events
• 10/28 Make-Up Pictures
• 10/28 Girls Soccer at Portola
• 10/29 Jr. High Volleyball at Home vs.Portola
• 10/29 Volleyball at Portola
• 10/30 JV Football vs. Chester at Home
• 11/4 Boosters Meeting, 5:30pm, Library
• 11/5 Quincy Community Forum, 6:00pm, District Office
• 11/6 Student non-attendance day, staff development day
NEWSMAKER
Wednesday Night: A
30% chance of showers. Thursday Night: Partly
cloudy, with a low
Mostly cloudy, low
around 36.
around 36.
Saturday, Oct. 31
CHURCHES
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AA meeting, noon, 260
Orchard House, Quincy. 24hour info: (877) 880-3880.
Senior lunch, Blairsden,
noon, Mohawk
Community Resource
Center. Call 836-0446 for
reservations.
Grief Group, Community
United Methodist Church.
Join Pastor Donna at noon
to begin or continue the
process of healing. Open
to everyone. Call the
church office, 283-1740, for
more info.
Interfaith worship. Open
to all beliefs. 1:15-2:30 p.m.,
Mountain View Manor,
Quincy.
Quincy Community
Supper, 6 p.m. every Wed.,
United Methodist Church.
Free.
AA, 7 p.m., Methodist
880-3880.
Country dance lessons.
Feather River Grange,
Quincy, across from CHP
on Hwy. 70. 7 p.m. $3
adults, $2 college students
(18 and over). No partner
required.
International Order of
Rainbow Girls, 7 p.m.,
Masonic Temple, 1st & 3rd
Wed.
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road conditions at plumasnews.com
Wednesday, Nov. 4
Baby Bounce Story Time.
Infants 0 to 24 months,
Wednesdays 10 a.m.,
Plumas County Library
Quincy branch. 445 Jackson
St.
Preschool Storytime.
Stories, songs, crafts and
games. 10:30 a.m.,
Community Meeting Room,
Quincy Library, 445
Jackson St. For
information, call the
library, 283-6310.
American Valley
Toastmasters. Every Wed.,
12-1 p.m., Plumas Bank
Credit Administration
building, 32 Central Ave.,
Quincy. (Behind Safeway.)
For more info, contact
Kathy, 283-7618.
CLUBS
Quincy Elementary School
* Sunday, Nov. 1 *
Friday Night: Mostly
clear, low around 39.
Monday, Nov. 2
Sunrise 6:35--Sunset 5:05 Sunrise 6:36--Sunset 5:03
* Daylight Savings Time Ends
Clocks
turn back
one hour
Sunny, high near 68.
Sunny, high near 64.
A chance of showers.
Mostly cloudy, with a
high near 51.
Saturday Night: Mostly
clear, low around 43.
Sunday Night: A
chance of showers.
Mostly cloudy, with a low
Tuesday, Nov. 3
around 37.
Katie McConnell
When the Sacramento
Business Journal named its
40 Under 40 award winners
last week, Quincy native
Katie McConnell made the
cut.
McConnell is the director
of recruitment and
development for a
nine-office accounting firm,
Gallina LLP. She is also a
CPA, who began her career
with the state Franchise
Tax Board. A former vice
president at Perry-Smith,
she has run her own audit
firm and worked in
recruiting for Robert Half.
A 2002 Quincy High
School graduate, McConnell
holds a bachelor’s of science
degree in accountancy
from California State
University Sacramento.
Last spring McConnell
received the Emerging
Leader award from the
California Society of CPAs
as part of the group’s
Women to Watch awards for
her mentoring of
accounting students at
CSUS.
The 40 Under 40 awards
recognize young
professionals in the region
who are making a
difference in their jobs,
industries and
communities.
McConnell will receive
her award at a gala next
month in West Sacramento.
In her spare time, she
enjoys painting, writing
poetry and dancing.
She is the daughter of Don
and Sherri McConnell of
Quincy.
Kindness counts
Local student filmmaker Alicia Bagley narrates, writes, directs and
edits her own film “One village, 55 children,” which can be seen on
Youtube. Photo submitted
Young filmmaker
enters contest to
fight malnutrition
Maggie Wells
Staff Writer
mwells@plumasnews.com
Alicia Bagley, Quincy
resident and Indian Valley
Academy high school student,
tied together her love of
filmmaking, her love of the
children of Uganda and her
knowledge of math for one big
project.
She entered Mountain
View-based Khan Academy’s
filmmakers’ math challenge
with her film, “One village, 55
children.”
For the contest, Bagley and
other students from all over the
world had to make a video that
explained how they used math
or a mathematical formula to
solve a complex problem or
issue.
Bagley chose to combine her
background in math — she’s the
daughter of Feather River
College math professor Michael
Bagley — and her experience
working in Uganda with her
mother, Amy Schultz, to help
stop malnutrition in children.
In the film, she connected the
Fibonacci sequence in algebra
and breeding rabbits for meat in
Uganda — a country rich in
fruits and vegetables, but not so
much in protein sources.
She originally raised money
in Plumas County to buy 55
rabbits for the children in the
village of Kanungu.
The result of her efforts were
such that children ages 5 to 14
used the rabbits for meat, raised
more rabbits and brought
income and profit to their
families. They also started a
rabbit club, which sounds
similar to what 4-H students do
here.
Like most teens, Bagley had
many things to do this
September and October. She
was in a play, had a 4-H camp to
attend, and still found time to
make a film.
“I’m somebody who works
well against deadlines and
pressure,” Bagley said.
With the help of iMovie and
family friends, Bagley spent
days storyboarding the film;
using existing footage from her
travels to Uganda and adding
narration and graphs to
complete it.
“The hardest part is syncing
up the visual with the sound.
It’s so hard and takes such a
long time,” Bagley said. “I was
working up to the very last day
of the deadline. The deadline
was at 9 p.m., and I was
finishing at 6 p.m.”
The films from all the
contestants can be viewed on
YouTube. The link to Bagley’s
video is youtube.com/
watch?v=i9OiJTOyLOA .
Bagley, who teaches
elementary school children
video and film editing, has
plans for many more films to
come. She also is planning on a
return trip to Uganda and a new
campaign.
“Nyakabungu Primary
School is the school I want to
get rabbits at next. We met a
young boy named Wilbur who
had to quit school because of
lack of money to go. We want
him and others like him to
profit from raising rabbits,”
Bagley said.
Bagley has made four other
short films, but this newest one
was longest and took the most
skills, she said. Bagley has
yet to hear of the contest
results.
The Quincy Elementary School student council, with help from the Student Services Coordinator, lead United for Kindness
activities at Quincy Elementary on Oct. 21, as part of a national effort to combat bullying. Photo submitted
Where
in the
World?
From left, Kristine
Ebersole and Arianne,
Sally and Ray Nichol
celebrate Sally’s
birthday with a Billy
Joel concert at AT&T
Park in San Francisco on
Sept. 5. Photo submitted
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Artisan store will be here today, gone tomorrow
Delaine Fragnoli
Staff Writer
Now you see it, now you
don’t. That’s the concept
behind a new pop-up store,
Antiques and Artisans, on
Main Street in downtown
Quincy. A loose
confederation of nine local
crafts people, the shop
opened in mid-October and
will close Dec. 24.
“We wanted to support
downtown merchants and
have a holiday storefront,”
Judy Wells said about the
timing.
“We put the whole thing
together in a two-week
period,” noted Claudia
Vickers, who owns the
space and displays her
antiques and collectibles
there.
“We’ve had excellent
response from locals and
visitors,” said Wells, who
sells shabby chic furniture
and quilted crafts with her
sister Sherry Johnson.
The response from crafts
people has been equally
strong. “We have more
artisans interested than we
have space for,” Vickers
said.
The quick and agile
pop-up format offers greater
flexibility than a traditional
retail store. Participating
artists share responsibility
for staffing, and they don’t
have to worry about
inventory — if it runs low,
they can close and pop up
again later when time and
inventory allow.
The temporary nature of
the arrangement also
creates some buzz and a
sense of urgency for
shoppers.
The well-stocked store is
nicely curated. A colorful
assortment of Karen
Vetter’s pottery on the
sidewalk lures shoppers
inside.
Stacks of goat-milk soaps
and lotions by Rosanna
Angel fill a bureau near the
entrance.
Antiques and collectibles
from Linda Brennan are
sprinkled throughout.
Elsewhere, colorful quilts
by Carolyn Kenney festoon
walls and racks, and
crocheted scarves and
hats by Lucia Biunno
cascade from multiple
displays.
Mahlah Holden’s
exquisite jewelry adorns
a table at the back of
A display of pottery by Karen Vetter beckons shoppers to peek
inside the well-curated store.
Antiques and Artisans
Hours:
Monday to Saturday:
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Photos
For more information:
Judy Wells
283-0387
jwells8732@att.net
the store.
The overall vibe is warm
and inviting, part social
club and quilting circle. It’s
an atmosphere that
encourages lingering — but
not for too long: the store’s
days are numbered, so
shoppers need to get there
while they can.
by
Delaine Fragnoli
The for-a-limited-time-only
store stocks crocheted hats
and scarves by Lucia Biunno.
The store will be open
through Dec. 24.
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Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 1B
REGIONAL
INSIDE SECTION B: EDITORIAL • OPINIONS • UPCOMING EVENTS
No safety
If you encounter Geoffery Vaughn
on the football field, watch out!
Greg Knight
Sports Editor
sports@plumasnews.com
hen it comes to
football, an
athlete playing
the safety
position is
usually the fastest, most
accurate and most agile
defensive player on the field.
Minus a stroke of good luck
on the part of the offense, a
safety is most likely the last
player any ball carrier or
receiver will encounter
before a jaunt to the end
zone.
For Feather River College
safety and special teams
player Geoffery Vaughn, it
can be said that he is one of
the biggest, fastest and
strongest guys on the 2015
roster. And in five games, he
has racked up eight solo
tackles, aided on five more
and swiped an interception
for the Golden Eagles.
Long story short, he gets
the job done.
He’s also a special kind of
football player in that he
takes the field with a left arm
that is only partially formed
and ends about where the
natural elbow would start, as
well as a partial left foot that
requires a prosthetic.
And this young man, from
Overland Park, Kansas,
tackles running backs and
receivers like it’s nobody’s
business.
He’s been doing it since his
prep career at Atchison High
School in Kansas, where as a
senior he racked up 99
W
Vaughn (No. 88) chases down
a ball carrier during his senior
season at Atchison High
School in Kansas. Vaughn
made 56 solo tackles that
season and added 43 assists.
Photo courtesy Toni Friend
tackles on the season,
including 56 solo stops. He
also managed to sack
opposing quarterbacks four
times, grab two interceptions
and scooped up a fumble
recovery.
After high school Vaughn
spent a season at Midland
University in Nebraska
where he played his
freshman year of college ball.
A new college, more
football
Now, Vaughn is a
sophomore for the Golden
Eagles after transferring
from Midland.
It was a move Vaughn
made, he said, in order to
take his game up to a new
level.
“Midland is an NAIA
school, so I wanted to go
Seen here during a trip to
Disney World Resort, Vaughn,
right, visits the Cinderella
Castle with his mother, Toni
Friend. Vaughn credits his
massive success in athletics to
her support over the years.
Photo courtesy Toni Friend
Geoffery Vaughn, left, congratulates a teammate after a play during Feather River College’s
38-36 win over Chabot College on Sept. 26 in Quincy. Photo courtesy Mike Daly
somewhere smaller where I
can do big things,” Vaughn
said. “I heard about Feather
River from a cornerback I
knew here, Dmitri Butts, and
he told me it would be a
good opportunity.”
And so far, it has been a
good choice for Vaughn and
Feather River head coach
Scott Brade.
In addition to his strong
tackling, he’s also managed
to intercept a pass and log a
breakup and block.
Brade said one of the
selling points for Vaughn,
aside from his heart, drive
and dedication to working for
a spot on the team, became
apparent on the day they met.
“It was my second day here
See Vaughn, page 7B
Chester Community Tree Lighting
Saturday, Nov. 7 • 5:30 PM
1st Avenue, Chester Library Parking Lot
Bring an Ornament!
Veterans Day Parade
Wednesday, Nov. 11 • 11:00 AM
Main Street, Greenville
Christmas Tradition Holiday
Open House
November 6, 7 & 8
Indian Valley
Christmas Tree Permits
Available
November 1st.
2B Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015
V I TA L S TAT I S T I C S /L AW
OBITUARIES
Frances Rose MacQueen
Frances Rose (Olsen)
MacQueen died peacefully in
Chester, surrounded by her
three sons and her caregiver,
Annie O’Malley, on Oct. 20,
2015. She was 99 years old.
Frances was born in
Minneapolis to Norwegian
immigrant parents Harry
and Thea Johannessen Olsen
on April 27, 1916.
She met Henry Callison
(Mac) MacQueen while she
was vacationing on a dude
ranch in Gallatin, Montana,
and he was serving as an
officer in the Civilian
Conservation Corps.
After a whirlwind
romance, they were married
in 1940. Mac soon joined the
regular army, and Frances
moved with him as he went
from post-to-post, training to
become a pilot.
He served in World War II,
piloting B-24 bombers, was
shot down and was in a
prisoner-of-war camp in
Romania.
Frances was told he had
not survived, but, buttressed
by her faith, she waited
patiently for his safe return.
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Mac stayed in the service,
eventually retiring as a Lt.
Col. in the U.S. Air Force.
For more than 20 years,
Frances moved with him
from base to base, all around
the country. At every
posting, she made a warm
home for her family, and
everywhere she went she
made new friends.
Thanks to her loving
personality, prolific
communicating skills
through letter writing, and
her ability to listen and
counsel, she kept those
friends all of her life.
She and Mac retired to the
Lake Almanor Country Club
in 1978, became active
members of the Lake
Almanor Community Church
and later the Chester Baptist
Church.
She will be remembered
fondly by all of her family:
her three sons, Henry
(Ronalee), David (Karen), and
Tim; her two grandchildren,
Rob (Tasha) and Shana
Patopoff (Josh); and her five
great-grandchildren, Malia,
Leila, Maile, Makai, and
Hanalei Patopoff. Annie, and
her dear friends Terry, Doris
and Leanna brought rays of
sunshine into the last years
of her life, and we are so
grateful for their friendship,
devotion and help. Above all,
she was a woman of deep
faith, who would tell friends
and loved ones, “Remember, I
love you, but Jesus loves you
more!”
A Celebration of Life will
be held at the Chester Baptist
Church on Nov. 7, at 1:30 p.m.
All are welcome to attend. In
lieu of flowers, donations
may be made to the Chester
Baptist Church Children’s
Ministry, 210 Myrtle Street,
Chester, CA, 96020, in honor
of Fran and her love for
children.
An opportunity to express
condolences to the family,
along with signing the
memorial guest register, is
available online at
fehrmanmortuary.com.
Walter Randle “Ran”
Slaten
and
CHP REPORT
The following incidents are
submitted by the Quincy Area
California Highway Patrol as
a tentative summary pending
the conclusion of the
investigation(s).
Ran Slaten, 73, died Oct.
20, 2015, at Plumas District
Hospital in Quincy. He was
born Oct. 23, 1941, in Long
Beach, to Bill and Raynelle
Slaten. He was raised from
the age of four in Quincy
with his sister Renay.
Ran was a painting
contractor in Quincy for 35
years. He spent many years
painting and making
Quincy a beautiful town
alongside his son, Marcus
Slaten.
He loved the outdoors.
Any chance he could get he
would enjoy being out in the
woods shooting his guns
and taking pictures of the
full moon. Ran had a
passion for flying and
airplanes. He was happiest
when he was flying over the
beautiful town of Quincy in
his bright orange ultralight
airplane.
Ran is survived by his
daughter, Shandel
Sutherland and son Marcus
Slaten and grandchildren
Kylie and Taylor Slaten.
A memorial service will
be held at the Quincy
airport hanger on Saturday,
Oct. 31, at 2 p.m. In lieu of
flowers, memorial
donations may be forwarded
to the Sheila Fitzpatrick
Cancer Expense Fund.
An opportunity to express
your condolences to the
family along with signing
the memorial guest register
is available online at
fehrman mortuary.com.
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Highway 70, Oct. 15
Jonathan Remington, 24, of
Portola was driving his 1996
Pontiac eastbound at a stated
speed of 60 mph. He was west
of Mohawk Vista East at
about 11 p.m. He allowed his
vehicle to leave the south
edge of the roadway.
Remington traveled east
along the dirt and gravel
shoulder, and hit a paddle
marker. He steered his
vehicle back onto the road.
Then he traveled across the
roadway and left the north
edge of the road. The front of
the car collided with the
north dirt and rock
embankment. The driver was
able to exit the car through
the driver side door and call
for assistance.
The airbags in the vehicle
deployed during the collision.
Remington was wearing his
safety belt. He suffered minor
injuries to his face and left
arm. The driver was treated
for minor injuries at Eastern
Plumas Heath Care in
Portola.
During the investigation, it
was determined that
Remington was driving
under the influence of
alcohol. He was arrested and
booked into the Plumas
County Jail in Quincy.
Old Squirrel Creek Road,
Oct. 16
At approximately 7 a.m.,
Steven McCoy, 59, of Portola
was driving his 2000 Ford
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Ranger. He was traveling
northbound on Old Squirrel
Creek Road while under the
influence of alcohol.
McCoy drove his vehicle
up onto the railroad tracks at
the end of the road. The
Ranger became stuck and
McCoy was unable to remove
it. A Union Pacific train
traveling westbound on the
railroad tracks collided with
the Ford Ranger.
The driver had been able to
safely exit the vehicle before
impact. McCoy was arrested
for driving under the
influence of alcohol. This
collision is still under
investigation.
Bucks Lake Road, Oct. 16
Christopher Fuhrman, 42,
of San Francisco was riding
his 2012 Kawasaki
motorcycle eastbound. At
about 4 p.m., he was west of
Big Creek Road. Fuhrman
attempted to negotiate a
curve in the roadway.
Unable to complete the
turn safely, the driver
traveled off the south edge of
the road onto the dirt
shoulder. The motorcycle
overturned onto its left side.
Fuhrman was transported by
a passerby to Plumas District
Hospital in Quincy for
precautionary evaluation.
FS Road 25N07, Oct. 16
At about 4:01, Kendrick
Comstock, 56, of Napa, was
riding his 1987 Honda
motorcycle eastbound. East
of FS road 25N10, Comstock
approached a curve in the
roadway. He failed to slow
his motorcycle
appropriately.
The motorcycle overturned
onto its right side. The driver
was ejected from the vehicle
and landed on his right side.
He had been riding with a
friend. Comstock’s friend
transported the man to
Plumas District Hospital in
Quincy. Comstock was
treated for minor injuries.
US 395, Oct. 17
Andrew Curzon, 34, of
Reno, Nevada, was driving a
2013 Ford van southbound.
Faye Minton, 49, of
Springfield, Oregon, was
driving a 2016 Freightliner
northbound approaching
Curzon. South of Red Rock
Road, Curzon allowed his
vehicle to cross over the
double yellow centerline.
The van sideswiped the
freightliner. Minton pulled to
the right shoulder and
stopped. The van skidded off
the east shoulder of the road.
It came to rest on its wheels
about 40 ft. east of the road.
Curzon was treated for
minor injuries at Renown
Regional Medical Center in
Reno, Nevada. Minton was
uninjured.
Gold Lake Highway,
Oct. 17
Five miles west of
Highway 89, Andrew
McGuire Jr., 64, of
Orangevale, was driving his
2011 Ford. His stated speed
was 50 mph. At
approximately 7:50 p.m., the
driver failed to negotiate a
left curve in the roadway.
The vehicle left the north
edge of the road.
The Ford traveled down
the north shoulder, colliding
with several small pine trees.
It crossed south over the
roadway and onto the south
shoulder. Then the vehicle
traveled up a slight
embankment, hit more small
trees and overturned.
McGuire was extracted
from the vehicle by Graeagle
Fire personnel. Eastern
Plumas Health Care
Ambulance personnel
evaluated the driver for
injuries. During the
accident, he had been
wearing his safety belt and
was not injured.
The investigation
determined that McGuire
had been driving while
under the influence of
alcohol. He was arrested and
booked into Plumas County
Jail in Quincy.
Highway 70, Oct. 18
A property damage
collision occurred west of
Gill Ranch Road at
approximately 6:43 p.m.
Joseph Childers, 62, of
Juneau, Alaska, who resides
part-time in Quincy, was
driving a rented Ford F-150
eastbound. His stated speed
was 55 mph. The driver
related visibility was low, as
the accident took place at
dusk.
Childers saw a deer
traveling south a short
distance ahead. The animal
wandered directly into the
vehicle’s path. Childers
braked in an attempt to avoid
a collision. The deer
continued aimlessly in the
eastbound lane and was
struck.
Childers and his passenger
were both wearing seat belts
and were unharmed. The
deer succumbed to its
injuries at the scene.
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One arrested on a charge of
battery.
Information in the Sheriff’s
Blotter is gathered from the
dispatch logs provided by the
Plumas County Sheriff’s
Office. No individuals’ names
are reported. And those
arrested should be presumed
innocent until proven guilty.
Greenville
battery.
One arrested on charges of
being in possession of a
controlled substance and
possession of drug
paraphernalia.
During the week of
Tuesday, Oct. 13, to Monday,
Oct. 19, there were 237
incidents handled by
dispatchers. The reported
incidents resulted in 16
arrests, 27 medical
responses and two fire
responses.
Following is a summary of
the week’s activity:
Lakes Basin
DUI.
BY THE NUMBERS
20 — Domestic
disturbances
12 — Vehicle accidents
7 — Reports of a theft or
burglary
7 — Reports of loose or
barking dogs
5 — Bear sighted in a
residential area
5 — Deer struck by
motorists
3 — Reports of loud music
or other noise complaints
2 — Reports of vandalism
2 — Reports of boulders in
the roadway
1 — Call for search and
rescue
ARRESTS
Chester
One arrested on a charge
of DUI.
trespassing and violating
probation.
being under the influence of
a controlled substance,
possession of a controlled
substance and possession of
drug paraphernalia.
One arrested on a charge
of violating probation.
Portola
being under the influence of a
violating probation.
battery and violating
probation.
DUI.
Quincy
possession of a concealed dirk
or dagger, public intoxication
and resisting arrest.
battery, threatening bodily
harm and unlawful
destruction of a wireless
communication device.
resisting arrest.
being under the influence of a
Spring Garden
DUI and violating probation.
MISCELLANEOUS
Tuesday, Oct. 13
Bad boyfriend
A caller in Chester asked to
speak to a deputy. She said
her boyfriend was released
from jail and she was
concerned for her safety.
Second thoughts
A caller in Portola asked to
speak with a deputy because
and
she thought her mother’s
death was suspicious. When a
deputy got on the phone, the
caller hung up on him.
Worried about a bear
A caller in Portola said
there was a bear near the
preschool and the caller was
worried because the children
were leaving the school. The
bear was in a tree between
two houses. A Department of
Fish and Wildlife officer
responded and monitored the
bear. After about 90 minutes,
the bear crawled down and
fled the area.
Free but still fuming
A caller in Chester said that
a man who just got out of jail
was harassing her husband.
She said the convict was
blaming her husband for him
getting arrested and jailed.
Wednesday, Oct. 14
Motorcycle complaint
A caller on Dogwood Court
in Quincy complained about
motorcycles on Forest Service
property behind his
residence. The Forest Service
advised that the area is
“non-motorized” and closed
off. A Forest Service
representative reported there
have been several complaints
and that the agency would
look into it.
Bar fight
A caller reported that two
men were fighting outside of a
Quincy bar and that one of the
guys had his pants ripped off.
A deputy responded and one
of the combatants was
arrested on charges of public
intoxication, possession of a
concealed dirk or dagger and
resisting arrest.
Thursday, Oct. 15
Bear shot dead
A caller on Gallepi Lane in
Quincy said he saw his
neighbor shoot a bear and
then walk away. The caller
said the bear was on his
Stewardship coalition to hold meeting, tour
Fall signals the end of the
fire season in Plumas County
with burn restrictions being
lifted throughout the Plumas
National Forest. It is likely,
though, that drought
conditions and severe
wildfire risk will continue
next summer.
For residents of the east
shore of Lake Almanor, the
Feather River Stewardship
Coalition is supporting
public and private efforts to
remove hazardous fuels.
The Coalition is sponsoring
a public meeting on Nov. 4,
from 6 to 8 p.m., at the
Hamilton Branch Fire
Department, to offer
information and resources,
including financial
assistance options, for
hazardous fuels removal on
private property.
Both the Plumas County
Fire Safe Council and
National Resource
Conservation Service have
ongoing programs in Plumas
County to support
landowners in creating
ecologically healthy
landscapes that are more apt
to be resilient in the event of
a wildfire, and this joint
effort gives landowners
multiple options for
solutions.
This meeting will include
information from the FSC
and NRCS, as well as updates
from the Coalition. The
Coalition is in the process of
choosing logo art, supplied by
students of Feather River
College, as well as seeking
community inspired projects.
The Coalition is also
sponsoring the Lakes Basin
Field Tour on Oct. 29,
starting at 11 a.m., at the
Round Lake Trailhead. This
tour is intended by the
Beckwourth Ranger District
to encourage public
participation in the planning
of a multi-faceted project in
the Lakes Basin.
The tour will include site
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Stolen jet skis
A caller on Peninsula Drive
at Lake Almanor said two jet
skis were stolen from in front
of her residence. She said
the jet skis were both on
trailers.
Violent sons
A caller at a Quincy motel
said that her son pushed her
to the ground, threw her cell
phone and threatened to kill
her before leaving the scene.
About 90 minutes later, the
same caller reported that her
other son came to the motel
and also threatened her life. A
deputy responded and the
woman’s son was arrested on
multiple charges, including
battery and threatening
bodily harm.
When you gotta go ...
A caller on Clough Street in
Quincy said a male in a
trailer keeps peeing off his
porch.
Friday, Oct. 16
Train hits vehicle
A caller near the Spring
Garden Overhead reported
seeing a flashing light on the
railroad tracks. The caller
said it looked like hazard
lights from a vehicle that
might be on the tracks.
Moments later, the Union
Pacific Railroad requested the
fire department and an
ambulance respond because a
train had struck a vehicle.
Emergency responders were
notified. About 10 minutes
later, the Union Pacific
reported that the train’s
conductor made it down to the
vehicle and said the driver
was out of the vehicle and
uninjured but appeared to be
intoxicated. The CHP
responded and the driver was
arrested on charges of DUI
and violating probation.
Angry housewife
A man in Quincy locked
himself in the bathroom and
called 911 to report that his
wife was trying to get at him.
A deputy responded and the
wife was arrested on a charge
of resisting arrest.
Saturday, Oct. 17
Train derailment
The Union Pacific Railroad
reported a partial derailment
of an engine between Rich
Bar and Virgilia in the
Feather River Canyon. The
railroad reported there were
no injuries and no threat of a
spill.
Trespassing
A caller in Chester reported
that a vehicle was parked in
front of a residence and
someone appeared to have
broken inside the residence.
A deputy responded and a
woman was arrested on
charges of trespassing and
Bad behavior
A caller in Portola reported
that several juveniles were
pushing large boulders onto
the railroad tracks. A railroad
conductor on the scene said
he counseled the five juvenile
suspects before a deputy
arrived. One large boulder
had been pushed onto the
tracks by the kids, but an
oncoming train was able to
clear the large rock without
hitting it.
Sunday, Oct. 18
Pot stolen
A caller in Crescent Mills
reported the theft of medical
marijuana plants.
Monday, Oct. 19
Pot found
A caller at a Delleker RV
park reported finding a large
black trash bag full of
marijuana. A deputy
responded and the items were
destroyed.
More pot stolen
A caller in Cromberg said
his medical marijuana
was stolen while he was in
jail.
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responded.
visits to meadow and aspen
areas, and will be an
opportunity to view fall
colors perhaps for the last
time.
For more information on
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“Drive a Little, Save a Lot”
Knowing when to stop driving can be difficult
Most of us are cognizant
now about the dangers of
drinking and driving and are
comfortable talking to
friends and family members
about not getting behind the
wheel when they are
impaired. Unfortunately,
most of us are not
comfortable talking to the
same people about knowing
when it’s time to give up
their car keys due to age
and/or physical
impairments.
I overheard a conversation
at a local restaurant over
dinner last week. A couple of
friends were discussing how
difficult the idea was to have
to tell their elderly parents
they should stop driving.
Both women admitted
their parents shouldn’t be
driving but had no idea how
to address the issue and the
ramifications of what
happens after they give up
the keys. They were afraid
that if something was not
done the parents would end
up hurting themselves or
someone else.
In my short time here in
Plumas County, I’ve already
encountered three different
situations where we had to
refer senior drivers to the
DMV for a driving
re-evaluation. When drivers
are referred to the DMV for a
re-evaluation, it is not an
immediate suspension of
their driving privileges, but
rather an opportunity for the
DMV to evaluate their
ability to safely operate
COMMANDER’S
CORNER
LT. SARAH RICHARDS
Quincy Area CHP
a vehicle.
Despite some people’s
beliefs, we do not enjoy doing
this but have an obligation to
the motoring public. Almost
every single one of us has
had to address this issue
personally with our own
loved ones. Trust me; it’s no
easier of a subject for us and
our families than it is for you
and yours. California’s older
driver population,
numbering about 2.9 million
today, will increase to 4
million by 2020 and 6.9
million by 2040.
Research by such groups
such as the Insurance
Institute for Highway Safety
demonstrate that seniors
involved in crashes tend to
be more vulnerable than
younger people, meaning
that seniors suffer more
severe injuries. Crash
prevention and in-vehicle
occupant protection become
urgent needs for seniors.
The impacts of aging on
driving ability vary widely,
but seniors need to know
that gradual incremental
effects on vision, flexibility
and response times may
compromise safety and
eventually require them to
stop driving. When driving
stops, mobility needs
continue, meaning seniors
deserve counsel and
assistance in making the
difficult transition from
driving to riding, including
acceptance of public
transportation options or
asking friends and family for
help.
Research has consistently
shown that senior drivers
who are at-risk tend to be
more of a threat to their own
safety than that of others.
Strategies to minimize
senior casualties have to
become a priority.
Older driver crash rates
tend to exceed those of other
age groups on a mileage
basis (crashes per mile),
particularly in the upper age
brackets (75 and older). The
difference lies in the fact that
seniors drive fewer miles, so
even though per-mile crash
rates climb among the very
old, their reduced mileage
means that the number of
crashes remains relatively
low.
Spectacular tragedies like
the Santa Monica crash of
2003, when an 86-year-old
gentleman drove his vehicle
through a crowded farmers
market killing 10 and
injuring 63 others, tend to
raise questions. Should older
people be drive-tested more
often? Should seniors be
barred from driving after a
Should older people be
drive-tested more often?
Californians 70 and older
are now required to visit a
DMV office for license
renewal; mail-in renewals
are no longer an option. The
tests given at this time
usually are a vision test and
a written test of knowledge
— although the DMV can
require a drive test if the
candidate’s physical or
mental status seems to
recommend this.
Requiring all drivers who
attain a specific age to take a
drive test would result in a
significant number of people
being tested without cause.
Three-tier testing is being
studied by DMV as a possible
way of establishing a graded
test that requires a drive test
only when demonstrably
necessary.
The Government
Accountability Office
estimates that 600,000 seniors
70 and older stop driving
each year. California’s share
would be about 13 percent, or
between 75,000 and 80,000.
So the question becomes:
what is everyone’s role when
dealing with senior drivers?
The Strategic Highway
Safety Plan expects senior
safety and mobility issues to
become community
concerns, which involve
families, friends, doctors,
therapists and appropriate
public agencies in helping
seniors remain safe drivers
through available strategies
such as maintaining healthy
lifestyles.
That level of community
involvement will also
distribute responsibility for
helping seniors who should
no longer drive find and use
transportation alternatives.
Should seniors be barred
from driving after a
specific age?
We say no. Establishing an
arbitrary age when driving
must stop would remove
capable drivers from the
road. In California today
there are thousands of people
in their nineties (and some
more than 100 years of age)
who remain capable, safe
drivers — in some measure
because they have
self-restricted themselves
from driving in
uncomfortable situations,
such as at night.
Know the signs
Some warning signs for
friends and family of older
drivers are the following:
– Gets lost or disoriented
easily, even in familiar
places.
– Neglects to buckle-up.
– Has difficulty working
the pedals.
– Has difficulty merging on
freeways.
– Has trouble seeing other
vehicles, cyclists or
pedestrians, especially at
night
– Ignores or “misses”
stop signs and other
specific age?
traffic signals.
– Reacts slowly to sirens
and flashing lights of
emergency vehicles.
– Weaves, straddles lanes,
drifts into other lanes or
changes lanes without
signaling.
– Has received two or more
traffic citations, warnings,
collisions or “near misses”
in the past two years.
Senior driver program
To help with addressing
these concerns, the CHP is
researching the opportunity
to present the Age Well,
Drive Smart program in the
near future. This program
was designed for senior
drivers, as well as friends
and family, to address topics
including:
– How to tune up driving
skills.
– Refreshing knowledge of
the rules of the road.
– Learning about normal,
age-related physical changes
and how to adjust to them.
– When it may be time to
limit or stop driving.
– Understanding the
alternatives to driving.
As always, I encourage you
to reach out to the CHP if
you have questions
regarding what you can do to
help yourself or someone you
care about to address this
difficult and highly sensitive
issue.
If you are interested in
more information, please
contact the CHP office.
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“We understand that
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monthly home energy bill. We
want the thousands of eligible
customers not enrolled in the
CARE program to sign up to
get the relief that they need,”
said PG&E Senior Vice
President and Chief Customer
advantage of the program.
An estimated 1,979 eligible
PG&E customers in western
Plumas County are not signed
up for the program and are
missing out on significant
energy savings. Of the
estimated 3,745 eligible
households in Plumas County,
only 1,776 have enrolled in
CARE.
After signing up for the
program, combined gas and
electric customers receive 30
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While more than 1.4 million
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Officer Laurie Giammona.
PG&E customers can apply
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866-743-2273 to request an
application. Paper
applications also are available
through numerous
community agencies
throughout PG&E’s service
area. Qualified customers will
begin receiving the CARE
program discount within the
next billing cycle.
Customers already
participating in the CARE
Program can save even more
energy and money through
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improvements to maximize
energy efficiency in their
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Every year, the California
Public Utilities Commission
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qualifying income levels for
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CARE is funded through a
rate surcharge paid by all
utility customers. These
income limits may be adjusted
each year depending on
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In 1945 . . .
• A postage stamp was just 3 cents
• Minimum wage was only 40 cents an hour
• Milk was 62 cents a gallon
• Gas was 21 cents a gallon
• Bread was 9 cents a loaf
• “Sentimental Journey” was the #1 song
• Harry S. Truman was our President
SAMP. L. .Eand
Michael
Peters
William (“Bill”) and Angela
Elliott’s family wish to congratulate
them on 50 loving years of marriage.
The couple met on a blind date
while they both attended
Sacramento State University, and they
married on July 18, 1965 in Sacramento.
The bride’s brothers sent a telegram on their wedding night
proclaiming,“Minister not ordained. STOP. Have Angela home
by midnight. STOP.” After much laughter, the
honeymoon continued in Yosemite.
They spent many years raising their three children, Kevin,
David and Julie, in the historic Grass Valley area, where Angela
has family ties. In 1987 they moved to Quincy, where Bill
worked with the community as President and CEO of Plumas
Bank, and Angela taught English at Quincy Jr./Sr. High School.
Now both retired, they enjoy being more deeply involved
in community and church activities. They also love traveling,
spending time appreciating the outdoors, and gathering with
friends and family.
Both known for their integrity, their faith, and their
loyalty and service to others, they have touched many lives
over the years. Their children, in particular, are grateful for
their legacy of love and commitment.
Bill and Angela will celebrate
their anniversary in
Mammoth Lakes with family,
including their children, David
and his wife
Ginger;and Julie
and her husband
Jim.
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GFPD celebrates completion of new fire station
A series of Plumas County
community planning
workshops were held in 2002
for feedback on desired
countywide changes over the
next 20 years. Called the
20/20 Planning Process, one
of the outcomes was the
suggestion that fire
departments merge or
consolidate in the interests of
efficiency and effectiveness.
What has really happened
since then related to this
goal?
While there has only been
one formal annexation of a
fire department since,
several other fire service
contracts have been
implemented by neighboring
districts, meaning a net
reduction of four
departments that were
independently operated.
The formal annexation of
fire protection services for
Whitehawk Ranch into the
Graeagle Fire Protection
District was accomplished in
2007 and went into effect in
2008. The process started
before the 20/20 report came
out, and cost approximately
$35,000 in fees, paid for by the
Whitehawk Community
Services District.
In addition to this major
change, three fire districts
now contract with
neighboring departments for
management and operational
services. This means that
while the first responsibility
for provision of services still
rests with the home agency,
the contractor manages the
day-to-day operations,
staffing and emergency
responses. This can also lead
to an eventual formal
consolidation or merger often
through annexation, and
sometimes even the creation
of a new agency.
The first to make such a
change was the Hamilton
Branch Fire District, that
contracted with the
Peninsula Fire District in
2006. Next was the C Road FD
that contracted with Eastern
Plumas Rural Fire Protection
District for fire services.
Finally, the Prattville FD
now contracts with the West
Almanor FPD for services. In
all three cases, the contracts
do have renewal and exit
clauses, and it’s not unheard
of in California for contracts
to end or change for various
reasons.
As of this writing, each
contract seems to be working
well according to the
responsible fire chiefs. “The
contract between Eastern
Plumas Rural Fire and C
Road has worked well for
both entities,” said EPRFPD
Fire Chief Bob Frank.
Graeagle Fire Chief Ed Ward (right) and Board Member Don Clark uncouple the ceremonial fire hose to officially open the new Graeagle Fire Station 2, located
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Plumas Eureka Fire Department
He added, “The feedback
from C Road residents and
department staff has been
completely positive. We have
agreed to renew the contract
for five years.”
In the case of Whitehawk
Ranch fire services being
annexed, the Graeagle Fire
Protection District recently
held an open house to
celebrate the completion of
the new Graeagle Fire
Station 2 on the edge of the
community along Highway
89.
“The new station is a
welcome addition, designed
to fit well into the community
and serve the needs of the fire
department into the future,”
said Graeagle Assistant Fire
Chief Jim Stockdale.
“Its location provides
excellent response times to
all areas of the south end of
the Graeagle Fire District.”
Featuring enough room for
three apparatus, it currently
houses one fire engine and a
rescue squad.
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as head coach of the team
and I had heard about him
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Bryon Hughes had recruited
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picked up a ball and passed
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While his coach may have
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speed; given the fact that his
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Members of the Plumas County Republican Women Federated are, from left: Installing Officer
Carla Embertson, CFRW Northern Division President; President Marlene Nelson; co-first Vice
President Leila Hughes, third Vice President Jennifer Engel, Secretary Sharon Thon and Treasurer
Carol Stanton. Not present are co-first Vice President Liz Holston and second Vice President
Kathleen Graham. Photo by Leila Hughes
Republican club celebrates 30 years
Plumas County Republican
Women Federated celebrated
the 30th anniversary of the
club Thursday, Oct. 22. The
club, originally chartered
Jan. 2, 1985, also installed
elected officers for 2016.
Carla Embertson of
Truckee, Northern Division
President of the California
Federation of Republican
Women, was the installing
officer.
Guest speaker Betty
Folchi, director of the Jim
Beckwourth Museum,
informed the group of the
evolution of the cabin site
and the history of mountain
man Beckwourth.
Past presidents attending
were Joan Olsen, MayLou
Smith, Nancy Clark, Betty
Gallagher and Rory
Bowring.
The club will resume
meeting in March 2016. The
meetings, including
luncheon and speaker, begin
at 11:00 a.m. on the fourth
Thursday of each month
from March through
October.
Former Whitehawk Ranch Fire Department Volunteers gather at the open house: from left,
Firefighters Fred Seifert, Don Homer, Terri Skutt, Jay Skutt, Neil Kelly, and Chief Cliff Romig, all
now retired, and Graeagle Assistant Chief Jim Stockdale. Photo by Tom Forster
FIREHOUSE, from page 5B
community and several
traditional “new fire station”
ceremonies were held. This
included the unveiling of a
plaque, firefighters pushing
the fire engine into its new
home, a formal blessing, and
Fire Chief Ed Ward and
board member Don Clark
uncoupling a ceremonial fire
hose to open the station.
Why haven’t there been
more departments coming
together as the 20/20 process
suggested? The short answer
is that these changes are
complicated and don’t
happen quickly.
Annexations like Graeagle
and Whitehawk Ranch can be
costly and politically
challenging, and usually take
many years. In that case, it
took about seven years,
endless meetings, $35,000 in
fees and countless volunteer
hours.
It’s also important to
recognize that local
government departments in
Plumas County have come
together in many informal
ways since 20/20, including a
formal mutual aid plan,
many automatic aid plans,
and a great deal of joint
training, including the
annual Quincy Fire
Academy.
These cooperative
partnerships have been very
positive, and will most likely
lead to additional, more
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formal, changes in the future.
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fire department? We’ll review
the various methods for
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quality of fire services for
communities.
Now is a great time to
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volunteer firefighter or
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Vaughn takes a pitch on the
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Atchison High School in
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When it comes to
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play sports — which he
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Bible verse keeps him going
when he looks for a reason
to step on the field.
“And Jesus looking upon
them saith, with men it is
impossible, but not with
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are possible,” Vaughn said,
adding, “That’s from Mark
10:27.”
In the end, Vaughn also
credited his mother, Toni
Friend of Overland Park, for
being one of his main
inspirations in life and in
hopes of continuing football.
“My mom and family are
really all I have got and she
has really been a huge
support for me since I was a
kid,” Vaughn said. “I’m
really hoping to go on from
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football. People should
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an opportunity.”
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“The minute our eyes
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EDITORIAL
Local merchants deserve
credit for helping keep
kids safe on Halloween
This weekend, people of all ages will don
costumes, go trick-or-treating and enjoy
Halloween parties. The crazy tradition, brought
to this country by Irish and Scottish
immigrants in the early 1800s, has become the
second-biggest commercial holiday in the U.S.
behind Christmas.
The Celts who celebrated “All Hallows’ Eve”
in the 19th century probably wouldn’t recognize
the holiday today. Back then it was an
observation of the day before All Hallows, a
holiday dedicated to remembering the dead.
Jack-o-lanterns, carved out of turnips,
represented “a soul who has been denied entry
into both heaven and hell.” It wasn’t until 1837
that Americans began carving faces on the
native pumpkin. It was softer and much bigger
than a turnip.
According to Wikipedia, the first record of
children taking part in trick-or-treating in
North America was in 1911. The custom evolved
from the medieval period in England when
people practiced ritual begging, known as
“souling,” on Halloween. Soulers would go to
homes begging for rich soul cakes in exchange
for prayers for the souls of the givers and their
friends. In Scotland and Ireland, children
dressed in disguise for the ritual, carrying their
scooped out turnips while visiting homes. They
would be rewarded with cakes, fruit and
sometimes money.
When Celtic homeowners opened their doors
they were greeted with a question: “Trick or
treat?” And, in those days, it was a serious
question. The word “trick” really meant
“threat.” Homeowners who didn’t hand out
goodies could expect some sort of prank or
mischief on their property.
Trick-or-treating didn’t become a widespread
practice in this country until the 1930s. It
reached its heyday in the 1950s when young
Baby Boomers in costume flooded the
neighborhood after dark. It was almost entirely
a children’s holiday. And the kids often went
trick-or-treating on their own, with no parent in
tow.
But the world is a much scarier place than it
was 60 years ago. Halloween for kids has
continued to evolve. Today, it is much more
family oriented. The emphasis is on safe fun
and less on pranks or trying to scare the wits
out of someone.
No longer does a 5-year-old kid and an older
sibling venture into a dark neighborhood in
search of houses with a porch light on, or a
glowing Jack-o-lantern sitting on the porch.
These days, many trick-or-treaters get down
to business well before the sun goes down.
Under the watchful eye of a parent, they seek
treats from well-known neighbors or area
merchants. That is simply the way it has to be
today.
Safety is the priority, as it should be.
We want to thank all of the area businesses
that spend the extra time and money to make
Safe Trick-or-Treat a memorable experience for
kids. Without their support, the trick-or-treat
custom might slowly fade away.
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We need to clean up our own planet first
Ever since middle school my close
friends have affectionately tagged me
with the nickname “Space Cadet”
because of my interest in astronomy.
I’d say the moniker fits — to a point.
I am an advocate of science in general
and space science in particular.
That doesn’t mean I have an assortment
of tinfoil hats at home, although I do
maintain the necessary materials in my
kitchen drawer should the need arise.
Seriously though, I’ve remained
skeptical on the subject of ETs despite
my lifelong interest in the subject.
One of my best friends, however, is
the quintessential “true believer” when
it comes to all things extraterrestrial.
This is where he and I part ways.
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Not just an ordinary day....a sampling of
weekly notable special days and facts
throughout the year.
Oct. 28
Today is National Chocolate Day.
1846 — The Donner Party departs Illinois,
headed for California.
1886 — President Grover Cleveland
dedicates the Statue of Liberty in New
York City Harbor, New York. Office
workers spontaneously start a first ever
ticker tape parade in celebration of the
statue.
1919 — Prohibition begins. It is a
Constitutional ban on the production,
importation, transportation and sale of
alcoholic beverages. It lasts almost 14 years.
Oct. 29
2008 — Northwest Airlines merges with
Delta Airlines, creating the world’s
largest airline at that time.
2012 — Hurricane Sandy hits the U.S. east
coast, and causes some $20 million in
damage.
Oct. 30
1938 — Orson Welles broadcasts the radio
play of H.G. Wells, “The War of the
Worlds.” Some radio listeners panic.
Oct. 31
Today is Halloween.
1864 — Nevada (The Silver State) is
admitted as the 36th state. The official
state bird is the mountain bluebird. The
official state flower is the sagebrush and
the official state tree is the pinion pine.
1913 —The Lincoln Highway, the first
U. S. transcontinental highway, is
dedicated. The coast-to-coast road is 3,389
miles long. It spans from Times Square in
New York City, New York, to Lincoln
Park in San Francisco.
1941 — After 24 years of construction, Mt.
Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
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Despite a friendly give-and-take on the
merits, neither of us ends up budging —
he on his certainty, and me on my
agnosticism.
This week’s special days
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100 YEARS AGO...1915
It is reported from Chester that Mt.
Lassen is again experiencing heavy
volcanic eruptions with activity occurring
both Saturday night and Sunday morning
and is visible in Chester and Lake
Almanor with flashes of light
50 YEARS AGO...1965
Advertisement: Bewitching partying
starts here— Halloween Dance at
Nov. 1
Today is the end of Daylight Savings Time
— set your clocks back.
The traditional birthstone of Nov. is topaz
and the traditional flower is the
chrysanthemum.
1800 — President John Adams becomes
the first president to live in the executive
mansion (later renamed the White House).
1938 —Seabiscuit defeats Triple Crown
winner War Admiral in an upset victory.
The horse race was deemed the match of
the century. Seabiscuit died in 1947 after
retiring on a ranch in Willits.
1968 — The Motion Picture Association of
America introduces the film rating
system of G, M, R and X.
Nov. 2
1889 — North Dakota (The Peace Garden
State) is admitted as the 39th state. The
official state bird is the meadowlark and
the official state flower is the prairie rose.
The official state tree is the elm. South
Dakota (The Mount Rushmore State) is
admitted as the 40th state. Its official state
bird is the pheasant and the official state
flower is the pasque flower. The official
state tree is the Black Hills spruce.
1959 — “Twenty-One” television game
show contestant, Charles Van Doren
admits to a Congressional committee that
he cheated. He had been supplied with the
questions and the answers in advance.
Nov. 3
Today is National Sandwich Day. The
sandwich was named after John Montagu,
the 4th Earl of Sandwich. He created the
sandwich in 1762 while playing cards in a
London gambling parlor.
1911 — Chevrolet Motor Company is
founded in Detroit, Michigan. It officially
enters the U.S. automobile market in
competition with the Model T Ford.
1913 — The United States imposes the
federal income tax.
1964 — For the first time, residents of
Washington, D.C. are able to vote in the
presidential election.
Hideaway Lodge in Greenville 9:30
p.m.-1:30 a.m. with midnight buffet.
Halloween Party at Hotel Quincy Happy
Hollow Bar with dancing to live music.
25 YEARS AGO...1990
Department of Fish and Game officials
recommend closing Frenchman Lake as
an emergency action to halt the transplant
of non-native Northern Pike into other
water systems.
10 YEARS AGO...2005
Portola City Clerk Leslie Tigan
announced that four candidates will run
against Portola City councilman Larry
It’s not that I’m closed to the
possibilities that we are being visited by
ETs, it’s just that I maintain a wait and
see attitude.
I am reminded in fact of famed
physicist Richard Feynman’s caution
that, “It is much more likely that the
reports of flying saucers are the results
of the known irrational characteristics
of terrestrial intelligence than of the
unknown rational efforts of
extraterrestrial intelligence.”
This is where the Fermi paradox
comes into play. In short, it’s the notion
that the size and age of the universe
incline us to believe that many
technologically advanced civilizations
must exist.
However, this assumption seems
logically inconsistent with the lack
of validated observational evidence to
support it.
Possible explanations for the paradox
suggest, for example, that while simple
life may well be abundant in the
universe, intelligent life might be
exceedingly rare.
To the true believer, however, there is
no paradox, as they’re already convinced
by a myriad of fuzzy photographs and
sworn testimonials that space aliens
have been probing us for decades, if not
millennia.
An alternate hypothesis is that
evolutionary pressures in many
environments favor species that rapidly
consume available resources once they
achieve dominance.
Before they have mastered sufficient
technology to embark on interstellar
travel, however, these civilizations
have exhausted the finite resources of
their home planets and are ultimately
doomed.
Now I hate to be a “Debbie Downer,”
but this last part about exhausting
one’s planet’s resources may explain
why we may be alone — not in the
universe — but here at home, as the
challenge of any emerging civilization
ever achieving the ability to travel
beyond the shores of its own solar
system become ever more improbable
if it cannot clean up the shores of its
own world.
This is where the Fermi paradox
comes around full circle and slaps
us up side the head.
According to a recent article in the
Washington Post, since the 1970s,
over fishing and habitat destruction
worldwide has reduced the animal
population by half.
When we treat the earth as a cake
rather than as a sustainable ecology,
the results can be devastating.
My optimistic side even now hopes
that more rational minds will prevail
and overcome the damage of our
apparent indifference to the long-term
viability of the web of life.
There may still be a day many
generations into the future when
earthly spacefarers will see the stars
up close.
Douglas in the special recall election
December 13th. Candidates include:
former Portola City council members
Bill Adamson and Chuck Spencer,
businessman Ed Laurie and former
Plumas County Supervisor Fran
Roudebush .
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When column are taken from our bound
newspaper archives and represent writing
styles of that particular period. The spelling
and grammar are not edited, so the copy is
presented as it actually appeared in the original
newspaper.
It’s important to recognize every student’s success
I’m not here anymore. I’m somewhere
else.
However, there is something I wanted to
leave behind – this column, a challenge
and a good reason to return briefly.
Some of my best memories include my
graduation ceremonies and making that
symbolic walk to the next chapter of my
life. It’s a time to relish in academic
success and celebrate the friends and
mentors made along the way.
Anthropologists will tell you ceremony
and ritual binds groups together. But,
what about the invisible groups? Like the
575 student inmates enrolled in Feather
River College’s Incarcerated Student
Program.
While I was working on a story about
ISP, the words “invisible” and “forgotten”
surfaced often in reference to this
particular population. Much of society has
given up on them — but not everyone.
“I firmly believe that no one —
regardless of class, creed, race, ethnicity,
gender or sexuality — should be denied
access to the pursuit of a college degree,”
said Dr. Joan Parkin, ISP director and
co-founder.
MY TURN
ANN POWERS
Staff Writer
apowers@plumasnews.com
I also don’t think they should be denied
the cherished memory of graduating
alongside their classmates — inside or out.
Unfortunately, they are – even though
educators say their curriculum is more
academically rigorous.
ISP does hold graduation ceremonies for
inmates at the various prisons/jails where
they’re housed. But, during FRC’s campus
commencement, their names aren’t read
out nor listed anywhere in the graduation
program guide.
Why not? They’re FRC pupils too.
I mean, I can understand the reason
student inmates can’t be transported to
campus for graduation. So, how about
streamlining them?
Here’s my challenge:
– When FRC commencement takes place
on campus, schedule one at the applicable
prisons/jail simultaneously.
– Set up video streamlining from the
prison/jail to the campus area where
graduation takes place.
– Put big screens for viewing in both
locations.
– Just like on campus, have a podium set
up for the incarcerated graduates.
– When campus students’ names are
announced to walk up to the podium and
receive their diploma, the student inmates’
names are also read out loud to do the
same.
That way all of the graduates can make
that rite-of-passage walk together relishing
their hard-earned academic achievements
in real time, at the same time, for all to see.
If anyone is interested in making this
happen, please speak up. Let me know
where and when and I’ll come back and
cover it. ... for free.
COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE
Supervisors didn’t step up to plate on Jefferson issue
There has been much ado
about nothing in our local
paper lately. That is,
discussions about the state of
Jefferson.
It has been an
unprecedented opportunity
for our elected officials to
spout their personal beliefs
— even if doing so on the
taxpayers’ dime flies in the
face of the oath of office they
were sworn to uphold when
elected. Remember guys? “I
do hereby solemnly declare
that I will support the
Constitution of the United
States and the Constitution of
the State of California. And
that I will, to the best of my
ability, faithfully discharge
the duties of. …”
It would’ve been more
WHERE I STAND
ALICE BERG
MANAGING DIRECTOR
COMMUNITY MULTISPORT EVENTS
appropriate for the
supporters of Jefferson on
the BOS to support this
movement off-line in another
venue and not at the
taxpayers’ expense (like a
booth at our county fair — oh
wait, they did do that).
The state of Jefferson
supporters should have been
advised by the supervisors to
work through the initiative
process, gather signatures
and then, if enough folks sign
on, put the matter on the
ballot.
Instead, supporters were
able to insert the state of
Jefferson discussion into at
least four board of
supervisors’ meetings in the
recent past. And, the
supervisors (with the
exception of Supervisor
Simpson) did not step up to
the plate.
The board has the duty to
decide, not avoid tough
issues. The supervisors did
not have the political will to
make a decision on this
matter. Instead, they placed
the cost burden of a ballot
measure onto the taxpayers.
The cost of the ballot
measure is projected to be
about $15,000.
What department, entity or
project could have been given
these funds instead, to
benefit our county? Or, how
about avoiding an
unnecessary expenditure all
together until the initiative
process directs them to do
otherwise?
The board spends a good
share of its annual time
wrestling with budget
matters and pending deficits.
California’s current
contribution is about 45
percent of county
expenditures. Was there
enough arm wrestling over
the cost of this ballot
measure and the threats to
our budget and stability,
rather than the ideology?
Even worse is the
continued divisiveness that
the lack of decision by the
supervisors now fosters.
But, maybe there is more to
it. Was it political
expediency? Did the
supervisors handle this
matter in a way that avoids a
train wreck for each of them
relative to the next election?
We need solutions to our
most pressing problems and
we need buy-in from all sides
to find them. Disagreement
over particular ideologies or
an attitude of
hyper-partisanship expressed
while attempting to do the
business of the people leads
us where?
While the representation
issues raised by state of
Jefferson proponents are
real, the practical
consequences of creating a
new state would not play out
for years, and would come
with huge uncertainties
and massive expenses for
legal battles that are
beyond anything we can
imagine.
The goal of the board of
supervisors’ decision-making
process is clear and was not
implemented. That goal is to
squarely address and work
through the challenges being
faced in our county, to
provide services and
facilities and, through laws,
guide individual behaviors to
promote the overall safety,
well being and prosperity of
our communities.
Alice Berg, of Clio, was a
write-in candidate for Plumas
County Supervisor, District 5,
in 2014.
Rotary International working to help eradicate polio
Many of us who were alive
during the middle of the last
century can remember
friends, classmates or
perhaps even a family
member who was afflicted
with the polio virus — the
atrophied leg muscles, the
constant fatigue and the
mechanical walking motion
from rigid braces that were
clamped onto their spindly
legs.
For other victims, life
meant being confined to a
wheel chair or, worse yet, an
iron lung for the remainder
of their years.
In remote regions of
WHERE I STAND
JOHN BOLAND
AND JOHN De SELLE
ROTARY CLUB OF QUINCY
underdeveloped countries,
polio has been especially
cruel to its youthful victims.
Lacking the benefit of wheel
chairs or even crude leg
braces, polio victims in these
regions must drag
themselves across the often
rugged, filthy and
inhospitable terrain, each
and every day. This is where
we all can help.
Since 1985, Rotary
International, with a motto
of “service above self,” has
contributed more than $1.3
billion, and helped to
provide polio vaccines to
more than 2.5 billion
children in 122, mostly
underdeveloped, countries.
Through the combined
efforts of Rotary
International, the World
Health Organization, the
U.S. Center for Disease
Control, and others, there
has been a 99 percent
reduction of new cases of
polio worldwide. Of the
original four countries
where polio existed in 1985,
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Jefferson ballot a waste
I am quite aware that I am
not the only one who has let
other people speak in favor of
Keep it California (KIC) and
against the state of Jefferson.
I regret that I have been silent
for these many months. It
feels like time to speak up.
Most certainly, many, many
other (silent) folks here in
Plumas County do not see any
value in forming a new state. I
regret that it has come to the
point where we are going to
have to spend precious county
money to put it on the ballot
to bring it to a vote.
Such a major upheaval as
navigating the process of
implementing a state of
Jefferson would most
certainly create major chaos.
At the very least, we would be
putting our local schools, our
public services, our state
representation, our college
and many county and state, if
not certainly private, jobs at
stake. It would be very likely
to cause a severe drop in real
estate values.
While the SOJ spokes
people have not given any
compelling basis of financial
and political benefit to their
posit their opinions,
Supervisor Lori Simpson and
other KIC speakers have had
compelling and excellent
points about why we need to
remain part of California.
Timber receipts would not be
a major income for the county
any more than it is now, as
the forests are federal land.
Where will the funding come
from? How will our local
economy flourish?
I agree with the comment,
“It seems like there are a lot
of areas of commonality.” The
person advocated working
together to improve
representation rather than
embark on a “divisive,
destructive ballot” or a
“time-wasting,
money-consuming court
battle.” We are stronger
united and focused on our
common goals than using
bullying and using divisive
tactics to divide us.
I sincerely hope that the
supervisors will decide to
change course and choose not
to take a stand. As several
supervisors have noted,
supervisors were not elected
to make this type of decision.
It is their responsibility;
however, to safe guard our
county funds by not having an
election that will dissolve our
connection to the state of
California.
Again, I regret that it may
come to that.
Jane Steidel
Quincy
Keep it California
One of the letters in last
week’s newspaper mentioned
that many of the organizers
and supporters of “Keep It
California” are also
Democrats. As a point of fact,
there was a need to respond to
the SOJ movement.
Circumstances required
action, and those who took
action first were individuals
who also happened to be
Democrats. However, from
the very beginning, these
efforts were initiated in the
hopes that others, regardless
of political affiliation, would
come to recognize the
financial, environmental and
social consequences of
separating from the state of
California and join our group.
In truth, “Keep It California”
has no idea what the political
affiliation of our members is.
We do know that neither
Brian Dahle, our Republican
state assembly member, or
Ted Gaines, our Republican
state senator, has expressed
any support for the SOJ.
The SOJ issue should not be
a partisan issue. It should be
scrutinized by all citizens of
the counties targeted by the
SOJ movement. What they are
trying to do will affect all of
us, not just the supporters of
SOJ. Plumas County “Keep It
California” supporters have
taken the time to access
financial documents for the
governmental agencies and
programs that operate within
this county. We will continue
to make the facts transparent
there are just two remaining
that require additional
attention: Pakistan and
Afghanistan.
Through cooperative
efforts with local, tribal and
government leaders, Rotary
International will continue
to help organize and
implement coordinated
National Immunization Days
in each of the remaining
countries.
It is important to
remember that until polio is
eradicated once and for all
worldwide, all countries,
including the U.S., remain at
risk of potential new
to the
to the residents of this county.
We welcome the involvement
of individuals from any
political party to assist us in
this effort.
And, yes, I too am a “Keep It
California” supporter, a
Democrat, and a member of
many other organizations and
groups too.
Faith Strailey
Quincy
Newspaper sounds like
Loyalists
To the Feather Publishing
editorial board and their
collective opinions regarding
the state of Jefferson.
You write like Loyalists.
Loyalists were American
colonists who remained loyal
to the British Crown
(Governor Brown and
bankrupt California) during
the American Revolutionary
War. At the time, they were
often called Tories, Royalists
or the King’s Men. Patriots
(Jeffersonians) called them
“persons unfriendly to the
liberties of America.”
I laughed at your “Loyalist”
editorial statement “The
Board’s action last week was
troubling. It appears they are
out of touch with their
constituents and are instead
being influenced by a noisy
minority.”
To that I say: Welcome to
California, land of fruit and
nuts. How many illegals
(minorities) are protected by
California Sanctuary Cities?
The middle class, (a minority
of northern California
taxpayers) are
underrepresented in the halls
of Sacramento. This paper
writes nothing about the
inequality of representation.
Those that don’t know their
history are doomed to become
liberals.
Loyalists wrote in that
editorial “We think the silent
majority realizes a new state
will never happen, so why
waste the effort.” You really
do fit right in with losers
(Loyalists) 239 years ago. This
paper would be ruled by the
British if it weren’t for
Patriots (Jefferson,
Washington, Adams, etc.).
The Loyalist editorial
continued with this crowning
statement, “In all probability,
Jefferson would be a welfare
state.”
True, “California Patriots”
could continue with
California and all its
monetary surpluses,
regulations, roads, crime,
outbreaks of polio.
The Quincy Rotary Club
will be assisting the Plumas
County Health Department
this Friday, Oct. 30, during
its 2015 Community Flu
Vaccine Clinic at the
Fairgrounds, in Quincy. The
drive-through Flu Vaccine
Clinic will run from 11 a.m.
until 1 p.m., using the
Fairground Road entrance.
In addition to providing
support for the flu vaccine
clinic, Rotarians will be on
hand to share information
and accept voluntary
donations to help the
continuing world-wide effort
to eliminate the dreaded
disease of polio.
As an added incentive, the
Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation (Microsoft)
pledged $100 million to
match each dollar raised by
the more than 34,000 Rotary
affiliated clubs around the
world.
When you visit the
Fairgrounds for your free flu
vaccine this Friday, the
Quincy Rotary Club invites
you to consider making a
contribution to this most
worthwhile endeavor.
EDITOR
schools, government
bureaucracies, empty lakes
and reservoirs, Senators
Boxer, Feinstein, confused
Governor Brown, the list is
endless but their
representation is disparaging.
Northern Californians are
not represented equally; they
want out of this Republic.
Jefferson won’t be any worse
off than California; we’ll
welcome all those businesses
leaving California. As former
Californians, we choose the
freedom to fail on our own.
Trent Saxton
Lake Jefferson
Secessionists are
entertaining
Some months ago, my
friend GP, of Indian Valley,
gifted me (Portola born and
raised) with a subscription to
the Portola Reporter. I have
been heartened to find that
although years pass and
people come and go, rural
areas seem to stay the same.
This is particularly evident
in the current secessionist
kerfuffle making news, and
your reporters are ably
entertaining us with their
excellent reporting describing
a cast of characters
reminiscent of the annual
high school spring play.
There is the outside
agitator, the Siskiyou
Serpent, arriving with his
patented snake oil elixir and
enticing the locals to cast
their economic future with a
rebellious group of the
poorest counties in the state.
There is the local
cart-before-the-horse agitator
who has declared that the
economic viability of the
breakaway counties will be
assured by tax reforms (tax
reform and the elimination of
burdensome regulations
seems to be a given even
before the new state is
formed) that will lower state
income tax and eliminate
corporate tax, enticing droves
of businesses to relocate to the
new north state Shangri-La.
This is otherwise known as
the Brownback Gambit.
There are the “we can”
politicians who seem unaware
that humans, left to their own
devices, historically and
inevitably pillage and plunder
the village green, or perhaps
they are themselves plotting
to pillage and plunder. The
audience is left to wonder and
the tension grows. Yikes.
There is only one sane and
heroic politician fighting to
save the county from
plunging over the abyss of
economic disaster, but she is
hissed and booed by the rude
rubes in the audience, those
intoxicated by the snake oil
elixir.
How will it end? Not well
for the secessionists, but I do
look forward to Act III —
Done with 51.
Russell Lee
Forest Ranch
Would Jefferson allow
more freedom?
The proponents of the
proposed state of two exes
promise that their new state
would impose lower taxes and
allow more personal freedom.
As far as taxes are concerned,
they cannot make any
promises for a state that does
not as yet exist. As far as
personal freedom is
concerned, perhaps the
proponents should be
aware of the warnings by
leaders of regressive states
not to let their state be
allowed the progressiveness
of California.
In fact, the governor of
Texas has made iron-fisted
rules severely curtailing the
freedoms of the people in
every city of the state. The
governor of Florida has made
edicts against free speech.
The governor of Wisconsin
has made it mandatory for
women preparing for abortion
to be submitted to invasive
ultra-sonic procedures.
Not only has Alabama
declared that voters must
present IDs at the polls, which
hampers African American
voters, but now Alabama has
closed 27 DMV offices in
African American
communities, which action is
designed to make it difficult
for African Americans living
in Alabama to obtain IDs.
Alabama has created a
diabolical “catch 22.”
Do the two exes share that
mentality?
Our governor, Jerry Brown,
addresses problems that affect
the very existence of every
member of our state. His are
not arbitrary suppressive
moves. They are moves of
survival. All the people of the
state must cooperate in the
saving of water no matter who
they are or what their
occupation.
Brown did not create
climate change nor has he any
control over the lack of snow
and rain. What he can create,
and is in the process of doing
so, are programs that will
help us through our crisis.
See Letters, page 12B
Contact your elected officials
PLUMAS COUNTY SUPERVISORS - 520 Main Street, Room 309, Quincy, CA
95971; (530) 283-6170; FAX: (530) 283-6288;
E-Mail: pcbs@countyofplumas.com. Individual supervisors can also be e-mailed
from links on the county website, countyofplumas.com
PRESIDENT - Barack Obama, the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20500. (202) 456-1414. Fax: 202-456-2461.
E-mail: whitehouse.gov/contact/
U.S. SENATOR - Dianne Feinstein (D), 331 Hart Senate Office Bldg.,
Washington, D.C. 20510. (202) 224-3841; FAX: 202-228-3954; TTY/TDD:
(202) 224-2501. District Office: One Post Street, Suite 2450, San Francisco, CA
94104; Phone: (415) 393-0707; Fax: (415) 393-0710.
Website: feinstein.senate.gov.
U.S. SENATOR - Barbara Boxer (D). District Office: 501 I St., Suite 7-600,
Sacramento, CA 95814. (916) 448-2787; FAX (916) 448-2563. 112 Hart Bldg.,
Washington, D.C. 20510. (202) 224-3553. FAX (202) 228-0454.
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, 1ST DIST. - Doug LaMalfa. 506 Cannon HOB,
Washington, D.C. 20515. (202) 225-3076. www.LaMalfa.House.gov.;
Facebook.com/RepLaMalfa; twitter: @RepLaMalfa.
DISTRICT OFFICE: 1453 Downer St., Suite #A, Oroville, CA 95965, (530)
534-7100, FAX (530) 534-7800.
STATE SENATOR, 1st DIST. - Ted Gaines. State Capitol, Room 3070,
Sacramento, CA 95814. (916) 651-4001, FAX: (916) 324-2680. El Dorado Hills
Constituent Service Center: 4359 Town Center Boulevard, Suite 112, El Dorado
Hills, CA 95762. (916) 933-7213, FAX (916) 933-7234; Redding Constituent
Service Center: 1670 Market St., Suite 244, Redding, CA 96001, (530) 2253142, FAX (530) 225-3143.
STATE ASSEMBLYMAN, 1ST DIST. - Brian Dahle, State Capitol, Suite 2158,
Sacramento, CA 94249-00001, (916) 319-2001; FAX (916) 319-2103. District
Office, 280 Hemsted Dr., Ste. #110, Redding, CA 96002; (530) 223-6300, FAX
(530) 223-6737.
GOVERNOR - Jerry Brown, office of the Governor, State Capitol, Suite 1173,
Sacramento, CA 95814. Website: gov.ca.gov/ (916) 445-2841. FAX: (916) 558-3160.
LETTERS, from page 11B
At this moment, the San
Joaquin Valley farmlands are
sinking from the plunging
water table.
Salvatore Catalano
Taylorsville
Vehicle noise
The city staff of Portola has
approached the City Council
about the possible purchase of
726 acres of county property
bordering 5th Street (in the
city and county), Deerwood,
Sagebrush, Redbud and Ellen
on the west side, Meadow Way
(in the city and county),
Aspen and Sunset on the east
side. They are considering
putting in a campsite and an
off-highway-vehicle public
park. They will be looking
into getting grant money to do
this.
It would be a great idea if
the county property did not
border homes in front of this
parcel. The residents of these
homes would be putting up
with noise from the OHV
races and campers’
generators. The noise would
extend west to Magnolia (in
the city and county), Joy Way
and streets in the county
behind Joy. Add in air
quality, possible fire danger,
liability from the races and
you can see why this would be
a bad idea.
With the exception of the
Carson City, Nevada, race
track and the Chilcoot race
track that are now closed, I
know of no other race track
near a residential district.
I don’t object to motorcycle
racers or campers, but it
would be a very poor use in
this residential area.
Laurine Prinvale
Portola
Procedural guidelines
ignored
I am deeply concerned that
Portola’s City Council
members are not able to
respond to local citizens, over
150 at last count, regarding
the proposed motorcycle park
and campground in north
Portola.
and the state during the years
leading to this trial between
the state and one of its
municipalities would have
gone a long way to resolve,
reinvest and revive the
local economy without the
lose-lose lawsuit that just
culminated.
The state’s philosophy that
Eastern Plumas County was
simply collateral damage
resulting from a larger
statewide project to protect
the downstream fisheries is
simply an injustice. The
state’s attention to and
oversight of the health and
economy of municipalities
within the state can only
foster a healthier state. The
mere fact that their project
led to a court battle between
city and state is an injustice
that rests on the shoulders of
the governor and the state
legislature.
Jim Murphy
Portola
the city staff and City Council
are considering a project
which violates Portola’s
general plan in several
sections: Land use, economic
development element, noise
element, and air quality to
name a few.
city government has ignored
procedural guidelines for
bringing this item to the
agenda.
The proposed motorcycle
park and campground must
be on the Nov. 10 agenda. We,
the local citizens, have made
the official request. As I
remember, this is “a
government for the people
and by the people.” Or am I
mistaken.
Valari Simison
Portola
Justice wasn’t served
A Plumas County jury on
Oct. 22, found the California
Department of Fish and
Wildlife negligent for
destroying the fishery and
reputation of Lake Davis, but
not responsible for resulting
damages involving their 2007
poisoning of the waterway to
eradicate Northern Pike.
It is unfortunate that a
series of rulings by the judge
prevented the jury from
hearing the promises made to
the local community by
former DFG Director Robert
Height to see that the local
economy would be “kept
whole” as one of the top
priorities while poisoning
Lake Davis for the second
time. Several
correspondences exchanged
between local officials and
DFG discussing the impacts to
what was seen as a fragile
economy at the time and after
the state action were kept
from the jury.
The state had $4.2 million
remaining at the end of the
project. Rather than using
these funds to fulfill their
economic promises and
obligations identified in the
EIR they also further spent
millions of dollars defending
the city’s eventual lawsuit.
The dollars spent by the city
Get the facts straight
In a recent letter to the
editor, the East Quincy
Services District was accused
of misappropriating the
customers’ funds by
purchasing equipment.
We are looking at replacing
an 18-year-old vehicle with
many safety and mechanical
issues. The funds for this
purchase have been slowly
accumulated over
approximately the last 10
years.
The board did not feel it was
prudent to buy a new vehicle
at this time. We have always
tried to shop locally and if the
district decides to proceed
with a new truck, everyone is
invited to bid on.
Regarding a
well-maintained used backhoe
the district wants to buy; the
state of California recently
passed a law that states that
all special districts are
required to pay prevailing
wages to a licensed contractor
registered with the
Department of Industrial
Relations. Using personnel
that are already employed by
the district for one-third the
price of prevailing wage
every problem looks like
a nail.”
In these difficult times, I
think our leaders need to be
striving to bring people
together to address problems
that threaten our community
rather than attempting to
polarize a community that
consists of many people who
are concerned about our
environment regardless of
their politics.
Jimmie Oneal
Meadow Valley
seems to be a good way to save
customers money. In the last
fiscal year, the district has
spent $16,000 with LOCAL
contractors whose costs will
only increase with prevailing
wage.
There are a multitude of
uses for a backhoe besides
digging holes, including snow
removal, fork lift, crane, etc.
— all that have to be done by
an outside company at
prevailing wage.
As for the increase to the
rates, explained in the
Proposition 218 process,
including a public protest
hearing, the district had not
increased water rates in four
years and sewer in two years.
The most recent 15 percent
increase in the sewer rates is
to help pay for the
state-mandated improvements
required to the wastewater
treatment facility.
We would encourage people
to get their facts correct if
they are going to attempt to
serve our community.
Michael Green
EQSD General Manager
Ernie Eaton
EQSD Board Chairman
Quincy
Poisoning
can be
prevented
Nearly half a million children
living in the United States have
elevated blood lead levels that
may cause significant damage
to their health, estimates the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
The estimate is based on
children with a blood lead level
of five micrograms per deciliter
or higher using data from
national surveys conducted in
2007-2008 and 2009-2010.
Major sources of lead
exposure to U.S. children
include lead-based paint and
lead-contaminated dust in
deteriorating buildings.
Children can also be exposed
to lead from additional sources
including contaminated
drinking water, take-home
exposures from a workplace,
and lead in soil.
Despite the continued
presence of lead in the
environment, lead poisoning is
entirely preventable
To increase awareness of
childhood lead poisoning
prevention, the Plumas County
Public Health Agency, along
with CDC, the U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency and the U.S.
Department of Housing and
Urban Development, is
participating in National Lead
Poisoning Prevention Week,
Oct. 25 through 31.
This year’s NLPPW theme,
“Lead-Free Kids for a Healthy
Future,” underscores the
importance of testing your
home, testing your child and
learning how to prevent lead
poisoning’s serious health
effects.
Parents can reduce a child’s
exposure to lead in many ways.
Here are some simple things
you can do to help protect your
family:
– Get your home tested.
Before you buy an older home,
ask for a lead inspection.
– Get your child tested. Even
if your young children seem
healthy, ask your doctor to test
them for lead.
– Get the facts. Public health
can provide helpful information
about preventing childhood
lead poisoning. Contact
283-6330,
countyofplumas.com/index.asp
x?NID=1923, or call
800-424-LEAD.
Meat industry is scary
I was never scared of all the
witches, zombies and assorted
goblins wandering around on
Halloween.
What really used to scare
me was the meat industry.
This is the industry that
mutilates, cages, and butchers
billions of cows, pigs, and
other feeling animals, that
exposes thousands of
undocumented workers to
crippling workplace injuries
at slave wages, that exploits
farmers and ranchers by
dictating wholesale prices,
then jails those who document
its abuses through
unconstitutional “ag-gag”
laws.
It’s the industry that
generates more water
pollution than any other
human activity and more
greenhouse gases than
transportation, then promotes
world hunger by feeding
nutritious corn and soybeans
to animals.
It’s the industry that
threatens our public health
with increased risk of killer
diseases, that creates
antibiotic-resistant pathogens
by feeding antibiotics to
animals, then bullies health
authorities to remove
anti-meat warnings from
their public messages.
Now, that’s really scary
stuff. But, instead of being
scared, I decided to fight back
by dropping animal products
from my menu. I am no longer
scared of the meat industry,
and I invite everyone to
join me.
Phillip Custer
Quincy
Forest health shouldn’t
be political
I was surprised and
confused by Sheriff
Hagwood’s statement in the
“Growing Crisis” article in
the Oct. 14 edition of the
newspaper. He appears to be
assuming some kind of
disagreement between Tea
Party members and
environmental groups
regarding the exploitation
and desecration of our
national forests by cartel
marijuana growers.
I have never seen anything
to make me believe that, given
the chance, most of the people
in either of those groups
would not line up together to
address and resolve this
serious problem that is a
threat to everyone in our
community.
Sheriff Hagwood’s attempt
to politicize this issue
reminds me of the old adage,
“If all you have is a hammer,
BE HEARD
Don’t sit back and let others do the talking for you.
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SIDS awareness
should be ongoing
Katherine Stafford
Plumas County Public Health
October is Sudden Infant
Death Syndrome awareness
month, and with the weather
turning cold and the
temptation to tuck baby into
bed with blankets, it is
important to talk about why
this is not a good idea, but
also how best to put a baby to
bed in the colder months.
SIDS is the sudden death of
an infant less than 1 year of
age that is unexpected and
cannot be explained after
thorough investigation. It is a
scary topic and not
something we like to dwell
on, yet there are things that
each of us can do when we
care for a baby to protect her
from SIDS.
For example, there are
actually several ways to keep
baby warm safely when
sleeping. Try putting a onesie
on under footie jammies.
Another way is to put the
baby in a sleep sack that is
made like a cocoon with head
and arms holes. Lastly, you
can use a blanket if the
baby’s feet are at the bottom
of the crib and the blanket is
no higher than the chest and
tucked under the crib
mattress. Check hands and
ears to see if they feel warm.
Remember, overheating
during sleep increases the
risk of SIDS, so do not over
layer your baby.
There is good news and
more helpful tips to come!
Did you know that SIDS
decreased by 50 percent
overall in the United States
in the first four years of
teaching caregivers to put
babies on their backs to
sleep? During that same time,
the rate of caregivers putting
babies to sleep on their backs
doubled.
Putting babies on their
backs to sleep really works to
reduce the risk of SIDS in the
first year of life. It is one of
the best things you can do for
a baby when you put him to
down to sleep, whether for a
nap or for the night.
There are many other
things that anyone and
everyone that cares for
babies can do to help protect
them from SIDS when they
are put down to sleep:
– Use a firm sleep surface
for the baby.
– Have the baby sleep in the
same room as the caregiver,
but not in the same bed.
– Do not smoke around the
baby; change outer clothes
and wash hands and face
after you smoke.
SENIOR
MENU
Monday, Nov. 2
Tuna & cheese macaroni,
petite peas, sliced tomatoes,
whole grain roll, apricots
Tuesday, Nov. 3
Chicken tostadas with
lettuce and tomatoes, black
bean salad, orange slices
– Keep soft objects out of
the baby’s sleep space,
including pillows, bumpers
and blankies.
– Prevent the baby from
overheating during sleep.
– Offer a clean, dry pacifier
at nap time and bed time (it’s
okay if it falls out).
– Make sure
immunizations and
well-child checks are up to
date.
– Breastfeeding.
All of these tips have been
studied and found to make a
real difference in reducing
SIDS risk and they even
apply to preemie babies.
Studies have also shown
that if the sleeping position of
a baby is consistent,
particularly in the first six
months of life, the risk is
lessened. So be sure that not
only parents, but also the
babysitter or child care
center provider is putting
baby down to sleep on its
back.
What about if the baby
spits up in his sleep while he
is on his back? Because the
passage to the lungs is above
the passage to the stomach, it
is less likely that the spit up
will enter the lungs. The baby
also has a swallow and cough
reflex if they throw up while
on their backs.
There is no evidence that
back sleeping has increased
choking as compared to belly
sleeping.
Did you know that the
sleeping position of a baby
that puts it at most risk for
SIDS is the belly position?
“Tummy time,” when the
baby is placed on its tummy
while awake and while mom
or dad is close and
encouraging the infant, is
good quality time and can
help relieve the flattening on
the back of the head that can
sometimes happen when
babies are on their backs or
reclining a lot, such as when
in their crib or car seats.
But sleepy time, on the
other hand, is not tummy
time.
OK, so what if the baby
rolls onto her belly on her
own? There is no evidence
that shows that once baby
can roll onto its belly during
sleep that the caregiver
should place it on its back.
If you would like more
information on how to reduce
SIDS there is information
on-line on the Safe To Sleep
website. You can also contact
the Plumas County SIDS
coordinator at Plumas
County Public Health at
283-6330.
Wednesday, Nov. 4
Meat loaf, broccoli and
cauliflower, baked potato,
whole grain roll,sliced
peaches
Thursday, Nov. 5
Chicken pot pie, carrots,
potato, peas, salad, fruit
Friday, Nov. 6
Lemon baked fish, carrots,
potatoes, roll, mixed berries
*Vegetarian Meal; **Healthy Heart Meal
***This item’s menu may contain over 1,000 mg of Sodium
Nutrition sites: Chester, 394-7636; Quincy, 283-0643; Greenville,
284-6608 (day before for reservation); Portola, 832-4173; Blairsden
open Wed. only, call 832-4173 Tuesday for reservations. Suggested
donation $2.50 for 60 yrs & older. One guest may accompany each
senior, $6 mandatory charge. Menus may change. Noon at all sites.
To send a legal:
email us!
Events Around Plumas County
Wed
OCT. 28
Chester:
Ongoing Winter Apparel Coat Drive, accepting
new and slightly used coats, gloves, boots,
socks, hats, scarves. Drop off at True Value
Hardware. Information: 283-6304, 283-5515.
Greenville:
socks, hats, scarves. Drop off at Evergreen
Market. Information: 283-6304, 283-5515.
Portola:
socks, hats, scarves. Drop off at Leonard’s
Market. Information: 283-6304, 283-5515.
Quincy:
Magic Beanstalk Player program for K-2 grades,
focusing on drama skills, improv,
characterization, storytelling, monologues and
learning a musical number. Wednesdays, 3:30 –
4:30 p.m., West End Theatre, 14 Crescent St.
socks, hats, scarves. Drop off at Plumas County
Probation Dept., Plumas Crisis Center, Sav Mor.
Information: 283-6304, 283-5515.
Ongoing “CAN”DO Holiday Food Drive. Help
feed hungry families. Drop off donations of
canned and non-perishable food items at
Feather River Bulletin, 287 Lawrence St., 8 a.m.
– 5 p.m., Mon – Fri. Information: 283-0800.
Donations accepted through Dec. 2.
Westwood:
Mountain Meadows Conservancy to meet in
Westwood Visitors Center, next to railroad
tracks at end of Third St., 6 p.m. To look toward
the future of the Mountain Meadows basin and
to discuss projects that local citizens would like
to be involved with.
Tues-Thurs
OCT. 27-29
Chester:
Cancelled. Seneca Healthcare District is having
a Wellness Screening, 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Low-cost blood draws; 10-12 hour fasting
required, no appointments needed.
Osteoporosis screening and mammography
appointments will be made.
Thurs
OCT. 29
Blairsden:
Local historian Bill Coates presents history of
Mafia and organized crime in U.S. at Mohawk
Community Resource Center. Free event,
though donations welcome to help fund MCRC.
No RSVP necessary, light refreshments served.
For information, call 836-0446.
Chester:
Drive-thru flu vaccination clinic, Chester
Park-Willow St., 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., or until
vaccine is gone. If weather bad, clinic will move
to Chester Memorial Hall. Flu forms can be
downloaded at
plumascounty.us/publichealth/fluinofrmation.
Lake Almanor:
Lake Almanor Area Chamber of Commerce
holds annual Costume Party/Mixer, hosted By
Mike and Cathy Simmons of Morningstar Log
Furniture, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Morningstar Log
Furniture, 1431 Highway 36, intersection with
Highway 89. Contact Kim James to R.S.V.P. at:
kimjames@lakealmanorarea.com.
Lakes Basin:
Lakes Basin Field Tour, starting 11 a.m. at
Round Lake Trailhead sponsored by
Beckwourth Ranger District to encourage public
participation in planning of multi-faceted
project in Lakes Basin. Tour includes site visits
to meadow and aspen areas; bring hiking shoes
and camera to capture fall colors. For
information, visit featherriversc.org or contact
Rachael Norton, FRSC outreach coordinator,
283-0829.
Fri
OCT. 30
Chester:
Fish fry, 5:30 – 7 p.m., Lake Almanor Elks
Lodge at 164 Main St., $8 per person.
Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,”at Mt. Lassen
Theatre, 200 Main St., Chester. 7 p.m.
Lake Almanor Chamber of Commerce is
sponsoring Merchants Safe Trick-or-Treat in
downtown Chester, 3 – 5 p.m.
Quincy:
Halloween safe trick-or-treat on Main Street
sponsored by Chamber of Commerce. Toys and
treats for kids. Wear costumes! Hogwarts
Experience at West End Theatre. 3 – 6 p.m.
Drive-thru flu vaccination clinic, Plumas-Sierra
County Fairgrounds-Fairgrounds Rd., 11 a.m. –
1 p.m., or until vaccine is gone. If weather bad,
clinic will move inside building. Flu forms can
be downloaded at plumascounty.us/
publichealth/fluinofrmation.
Greenville:
Greenville Methodist Church hosts fundraising
dinner for Taylorsville Methodist Church, 5 – 7
p.m., serving variety of lasagnas, green salad,
bread and desserts. 212 Pine St. Tickets $5,
children 5 to 12; $10, ages 13 and above;
children under 5 free; available from Greenville
Methodist members, Evergreen Market and at
door.
Quincy:
Come on out to Eastside Public House with Ned
Evett and great blues sounds from his fretless
guitar, 1760 E. Main St., 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
283-9805.
Mon
NOV. 2
Graeagle:
Drive-thru flu vaccination clinic,
Blairsden-Graeagle Rd., 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., or
until vaccine is gone. If weather bad, clinic will
move to Greaeagle Fire Hall. Flu forms can be
downloaded at
plumascounty.us/publichealth/fluinofrmation.
Tues
NOV. 3
Sat
OCT. 31
Chester:
Waganupa Brewing hosts Halloween party and
costume contest, 5 – 9 p.m. at tap room, 278
Main St., B. Prizes for best costume.
Graeagle:
Family-friendly downtown Trick-or-Treat event,
4 – 6 p.m.
Lake Almanor:
Carnival-style event at Lake Almanor
Community Church, 2610 Hwy. A-13, 2 – 5
p.m. Lots of family-friendly fun! All booths free.
Obstacle course, professional face painting,
cakewalk, mechanical bull, toddler booths and
more. Inexpensive menu includes pulled pork
sandwiches, chili-dogs, baked potatoes,
pumpkin pie and more. Admission: 1
family-sized bag of candy per family and 1
canned good per person for food pantry. No
scary or inappropriate costumes. Visit
lacconline.org/ministries_children_harvestfest.p
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Quincy:
Huge Halloween Bash, Eastside Public House,
1760 E. Main St., 7 – 11 p.m. Costume
contests, prizes, music by DJW, AKA Dave
Willis, drink specials, food. 21 and over, cover:
$5. For information, call 283-9805.
Quincy PCO Fall Festival, Quincy Elementary, 2
– 4 p.m. Food, fun and games for entire family.
Cake walk, concessions, games, picture booth,
costume contest, pumpkin decorating contest.
Halloween Youth Dance at fairgrounds in
Serpillo Hall, open to all Quincy youth; parents
welcome to stay – no charge. Night of fun and
music. 7 – 10 p.m., $3. For information, call
Grace-Ann Mason, 283-5173. Supported by
Trojans Booster Club.
Rockin’ Halloween Bash featuring live music
with Mark Castro Band, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m. at the
Plumas Club, 443 Main Street. 21 and over. No
cover. Costume contest, drink specials, cash
prizes. For information, 283-4094.
Haunting Hellish Hip Hop Halloween Party w/
DJ Trazz, 10 p.m., costume contest, drink
specials, Main Street Sports Bar and Lounge,
395 Main St., 283-9788.
Westwood:
4th annual Halloween Bash, Iron Horse Saloon,
320 Ash St., 9 p.m. – 2 a.m., 21 and over, live
music, festive drinks, outside fire, costume
contest. Information: 256-2621.
Sun
NOV. 1
Chester:
Pancake breakfast, 8:30 a.m. – noon, Lake
Almanor Elks Lodge at 164 Main St., $8 adults,
$5 children 10 and under.
Quincy:
Sierra West End Educational Theatre, a
drama-based program for teens, trains peer
educators and mentors. Meets 6 – 8 p.m.,
Tuesdays at the West End Theatre, 14 Crescent
Street.
Wed
NOV. 4
Lake Almanor:
Feather River Stewardship Coalition, Plumas
County Fire Safe Council, National Resource
Conservation Service and Hamilton Branch Fire
Department will hold public meeting to help
public maximize efforts in hazardous fuels
removal. Hamilton Branch Fire Department, 6 –
8 p.m. For information, visit featherriversc.org
or call Rachael Norton, FRSC outreach
coordinator, 283-0829.
Quincy:
Magic Beanstalk Player program for K-2 grades,
focusing on drama skills, improv,
characterization, storytelling, monologues and
learning a musical number. Wednesdays, 3:30 –
4:30 p.m., at West End Theatre, 14 Crescent St.
Thurs
NOV. 5
Greenville:
Community Wellness Talks hosts Dawn Winkler
presenting “Facts about Flu Shots;”
Homeopath Pat Bradley presenting “The Flu
and Homeopathy;” Nancy Presser presenting
“Self Help to Ward off the Flu;” Curtis Weight
presenting “Aromatherapy and the Flu.” Sacred
Space, 109 Ann Street, 6:30 – 7:45 p.m. Free.
For information, call Nancy, 616-0032 or Pat
513-7483.
Fri
NOV. 6
Quincy:
Opening reception for Lucinda Woods showing
collection of paintings titled “Where the Clouds
Live” at Plumas Arts Gallery, 525 Main St,
5 – 7 p.m.
Sat
NOV. 7
Quincy:
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation hosts Big
Game Banquet prime rib dinner at fairgrounds
at 5 p.m. Door prize: Savage Axis .270 with
scope. Proceeds benefit elk, other wildlife and
habitat. For information, call Stephanie,
283-0855 or visit: RMEF.org., Feather River
Chapter.
Chloe Ryan Winston book signing, “Argentine
Assignment,” Epilog Books, 373 W. Main St., 1
p.m. – 3 p.m. Information: 283-2665.
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Events hosted by individual businesses that advertise them in the newspaper may also be included in the calendar.
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Film festival addresses race, ethnicity and gender
FRC will screen four thought-provoking documentaries next week
Feather River College, in
cooperation with Plumas
Arts, will screen six films in
four days at two venues in
Quincy as part of the Race,
Ethnicity and Gender Film
Festival.
Students in the school’s
Introduction to Race and
Ethnicity class organized the
event. The class “explores the
historical and contemporary
interactions between various
racial and ethnic groups
using sociological
perspectives and political
theories,” said Katie
Desmond, the instructor.
“In this examination, they
are recognizing social
constructions of race and
gender, and the significance
of socioeconomic class when
it comes to power and
inequalities in society.”
Students selected films with
global, national and historical
themes that reflect what they
are studying in class. After
each film, students will host
brief discussions and share
with the audience their
analyses and questions raised
by the film.
“Rather than just doing this
in class,” Desmond said, “the
students decided to broaden
these conversations across
the campus and local
community.”
The result is a thoughtprovoking event open to all
students and the public.
“Half the Sky”
Monday, Nov. 2, 10 a.m.
The Gallery, FRC
Free
Inspired by Nicholas
Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s
book, this 2012 documentary
“Rather than
just doing this
in class, the
students decided
to broaden
these
conversations
across the
campus
and local
community.”
Katie Desmond
FRC Instructor
introduces women and girls
who are living under difficult
circumstances and fighting
bravely to change them. The
film reflects viable and
sustainable options for
empowerment and offers a
blueprint for transformation.
“Black & Cuba”
Monday, Nov. 2, 11 a.m.
The Gallery, FRC
Free
This 2013 award-winning
documentary follows the
adventures of street-smart Ivy
League students as they
travel to Cuba — whose
population is 60 percent
black. While filming their
poignant encounters with
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Afro-Cuban youth and
neighborhood block parties,
the travelers confront the
realities behind myths of
color blindness and social
mobility. This edgy and artful
diary of their journey
uncovers renewed hope for
equality and human rights.
“Straight Outta Compton”
Tuesday, Nov. 3, and
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 7 p.m.
Town Hall Theatre
$7 for students and seniors, $8
for adults
Rated R
Following the meteoric rise
and fall of N.W.A., “Straight
Outta Compton” tells the
astonishing story of how these
young men revolutionized
music and pop culture when
they told the world the truth
about life in the hood and
ignited a cultural war.
“@Home”
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 10 a.m.
The Gallery, FRC
Free
This 2014 film follows the
director on a cross-country
road trip, as he visits
communities that are
springing up all over this
country — in tents,
by-the-week motels and storm
drains — and struggles to
make homelessness in
America visible.
“Immigrants for Sale”
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 11:15 a.m.
The Gallery, FRC
Free
This 2014 film highlights
how the detention of migrants
has become a multi-billion
dollar industry. A handful of
corporations run more than
200 facilities all over the
nation at a profit of almost $5
billion per year. The film
asks, with so much money to
be made, is there incentive to
reform immigration policies
in the U.S.?
“Django Unchained”
Thursday, Nov, 5, 5:30 p.m.
Town Hall Theatre
$7 for students and seniors, $8
for adults
Rated R
Academy Award winner
Jamie Foxx stars as Django, a
slave whose brutal history
with his former owners in
the pre-Civil War South
lands him face-to-face
withGerman-born bounty
hunter Dr. King Schultz
(Academy Award winner
Christoph Waltz). Schultz
is on the trail of the
murderous Brittle
brothers, and only Django
can lead him to his bounty.
The unorthodox Schultz
acquires Django with a
promise to free him upon the
capture of the Brittles — dead
or alive.
Chloe Ryan Winston
Book Signing
SO MANY YEARS
SATURDAY, NOV. 7 • 1 pm – 3 pm
Tues., Nov. 3 & Wed., Nov. 4
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7pm Show
Rated R • 147 min.
Biography • Drama • Music
The group NWA emerges from the
mean streets of Compton in Los
Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s
and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture
with their music and tales about life in
the hood.
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Although we share our love of privacy,
Intruding only when there is a cause
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In solitude and private memory
Across from long-exhausted copper mines.
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The common blood of relatives creates a bond,
But never quite so strong as friends for whom we’re fond.
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October 19, 2015
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Tickets on sale for Nov. 14
community hospice concert
Tickets are now on sale for
the Hospice Benefit Concert,
which is held every two years
to support Plumas
Community Hospice.
The Kepple Band, with
special guests Dr. Mark
Satterfield, Garrett Hagwood,
the Retallack Brothers, Cello
Quartet and more, will
entertain concertgoers
Saturday, Nov. 14, at the
Town Hall Theatre in Quincy.
The concert historically
raises between $6,000 and
$8,000 to help fund the
volunteer organization that
provides its services at no
charge to residents of Quincy
and Indian Valley.
Melody Zernich, who has
organized the event for more
years than she can remember,
is working with Karen Schad,
who will assume
responsibility for future
concerts.
Both women want to ensure
that the event is a success so
that as much money as
possible can be raised for
Plumas Community Hospice.
“My kudos go to the
Hospice volunteers,” Zernich
said. “They are there for
those who are at the end of
their life and their families.
They do this out of the
goodness of their heart.”
The concerts are the largest
fundraisers for the Hospice
and the revenue helps to fund
training, supplies and
miscellaneous items for
patients.
Tickets for the contest are
$20 and are available at
Epilog Books, Plumas Arts
and Quincy Hot Spot. The
event typically sells out so
those who want to attend
should purchase their tickets
early. A limited number of
tickets may be sold at the door.
The public can also
purchase tickets for a
drawing at $5 each. One lucky
winner will receive a quilt
and three others will receive
a large gift basket. Winners
need not be present. Tickets
will be available the night of
the event, through any
Hospice board member or
volunteer, or by calling
283-7228.
Doors open at 5:45 p.m.
There will be a jazz ensemble
prelude at 6 p.m., with the
concert set to begin at 6:30 p.m.
about the event, call Schad at
701-8563 or Zernich at 283-2230
or 283-1010.
To learn more about
Plumas Community Hospice
call 283-7228. To help support
Plumas Community Hospice
visit gofundme.com/
plumashospice.
Fire restrictions on the
Plumas National Forest were
lifted at midnight, Oct. 22,
according to Daniel Lovato,
Acting Forest Supervisor.
Campfire permits, required
for fires outside of designated
recreation sites, are available
from Forest Service offices
during normal business
hours and at preventwildfire
ca.org/Campfire-Permit.
For information about fire
restrictions on private land,
residents should contact local
Cal Fire or city or county offices.
about fire restrictions,
woodcutting and recreation
opportunities or to locate
local Plumas National Forest
offices, visit the Plumas
National Forest website at
fs.usda.gov/plumas.
Debra Moore
Staff Writer
From left, Evelyn Garretson, Jennifer Kaufmann Ready and Alexandra Breedlove practice wincing
as they prepare to read their worst diary entries and poems from their junior high and high
school days at Awkward Plumas, a fundraiser for Girl’s Rite. Photo by Maggie Wells
Awkward Plumas event to
benefit Girl’s Rite on Nov. 6 Plumas National Forest lifts fire restrictions
Delaine Fragnoli
Staff Writer
Most adults cringe at the
thought of their adolescent
selves. It takes a certain kind
of bravery to revisit that most
awkward of ages. Or maybe
just a good cause.
Thirteen local adults will
share uncensored, real life
writings — short stories,
poems and diary and journal
entries — from those
angst-ridden years in support
of Girl’s Rite.
The grimaces will
commence Friday, Nov. 6, at
the West End Theatre in
Quincy. Doors open at 6:30
p.m. and show starts at 7.
The $5 suggested donation
will go to the Girl’s Rite
program, specifically to send
eight girls and program
director Jennifer Kaufmann
Ready to a youth conference
in Chico called Reach for the
Future.
The event also features
appetizers, a no-host bar, a
nostalgic candy “bar,” games
and drawings to raise
additional funds.
Presenters ready to bare
their adolescent souls include
Evelyn Garretson, Alexandra
Breedlove, Margaret Elysia
Garcia, Terry Gallagher, Risa
Nesbit, Leaf Van Pelt, Scott
Cash, Mari Erin Roth,
MissAnne Schuyler, Julian
Wells, Melissa Cox, Aimee
Hamilton and Kaufmann.
Kaufmann cautions that the
readings may contain mature
content, so parental
discretion is advised.
Girl’s Rite is a program of
Mountain Passages, a
community-based non-profit
that promotes healthy
lifestyles for youth.
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Artists share their inspiration
from mountain-top experience
B R I N G Y O U R N AT I V E B A S K E T S T O T H E M U S E U M | 1 2 – 4 P M
A panel of prominent experts will help identify and describe the object’s origins. Panelists include Brian Bibby,
Marvin Cohodas, Catherine Fowler, Gene Hattori, and SueAnn Monteleone. Bring as many baskets as you like.
Plumas Arts has worked for
two years with Plumas
National Forest on the Artists
in Residence program. This
program provides a unique
opportunity for an artist to
spend a week in the Black
Mountain Lookout to draw
upon the breathtaking
landscapes of the national
Forest for inspiration.
The Black Mountain
Lookout, built in 1934, is at
the eastern edge of Plumas
National Forest in the
Diamond Mountains.
This year two artists were
selected through a juried
application process: Lucinda
Woods, a watercolor painter,
spent a week in May, and
Nathan Slinker spent a week
in September. The fruits of
their inspiration will be
presented to the public in two
upcoming events hosted by
Plumas Arts.
Woods and her dog braved a
week of wild weather at Black
Mountain. Their stay was
enlivened by three hail
storms, a snow storm,
countless thunderstorms,
high winds, racing skiffs of
fog, white outs and occasional
sun and rainbows. The
lookout provided the perfect
place to paint the thrilling
weather and views.
Woods will display a
collection of paintings entitled
“Where the Clouds Live” at
the Plumas Arts Gallery at
525 Main Street in Quincy
through November. There will
Nathan Slinker faces the lookout, his temporary home for a
week in September. The Black Mountain Lookout was built in
1934 and is located at the eastern edge of Plumas National
Forest in the Diamond Mountains. Photo submitted
be an opening reception on
Friday, Nov. 6, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Woods will also give a talk
about her experience looking
down from the mountaintop
and a demonstration of her
painting process on Tuesday,
Nov. 10, at 6 p.m., with doors
opening at 5:30 p.m.
Slinker will be the featured
poet on Dec. 10, at Words &
Music at Patti’s Thunder in
Quincy, where he will share
works produced during his
time in the lookout.
Slinker offered these
reflections from his journal
entry on his last day at the
lookout on Sept. 19: “Woke
this morning to a beautiful
sunrise. Now, the hot light
shines through the open door
onto my left arm and thigh as
I write at the small
south-facing desk. I’ve never
had an experience like this in
my writing life — seclusion,
beauty, wild ranges of
weather, and my only job to
write or ‘be inspired’ as
people love to say. It’s been an
artistically challenging, yet
utterly successful, week …”
The Artist-in-Residence
program officially began in
June 2013 when Plumas Arts
and the Forest Service
teamed to give artists an
opportunity to gather
inspiration from the natural
beauty of the Plumas
National Forest.
FREE general admission and basket event participation exclusively sponsored by the E. L. Wiegand Foundation.
The lookout provides generous views of the surrounding Diamond Mountains in eastern Plumas
National Forest. Photo by Lucinda Woods
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 1C
NINE AND OH!
SPORTS and RECREATION
INSIDE SECTION C: FEATURING THE ACTION AROUND PLUMAS COUNTY
Greg Knight
Sports Editor
The storied season of
Portola’s 2015 varsity football
season grew in stature and
myth last weekend as the
Tigers systematically
dismantled the defense of the
Maxwell Panthers in a second
half homecoming battle that
saw Portola win its ninth
straight game, 49-35.
With the win on Oct. 23,
Portola earned at least a
half-share of the
Mountain-Valley League title.
If the Tigers win their final
game of the season against
Esparto they will be crowned
as MVL champions. A loss by
Portola would complicate
matters and require Maxwell
(2-1 in MVL) to win its final
game against Biggs for the
Tigers and Panthers to share
the league crown.
Two big opening drives
The Panthers drew first
blood, scoring a touchdown on
the opening kickoff return.
Just moments later, Edgar
Cuevas returned the favor by
bouncing off multiple
defensive backs on his way to
a 93-yard kickoff return for a
TD.
It would be the first of
Cuevas’ four touchdowns in
the game.
After another scoring drive
by Maxwell, Cuevas added
another 15-yard run to tie it at
14-14. At the end of the half the
game was tied again, 28-28,
after Memo Ruiz scored on a
pair of 1-yard rus.
Portola earns share of
championship with
win over Maxwell
The Panthers would add
another touchdown in the
third quarter, though the
defense rose to the occasion
and Portola began its
domination and a march
toward the win with a series
of three consecutive sacks of
Panther quarterback Peyton
Schmidt.
The three sacks began with
the Panthers headed toward
midfield on a first-and-10.
After the snap, the duo of Pat
Remington and Memo Ruiz
knocked Schmidt back for an
8-yard loss. A solo sack by
Andrew Franco followed for
15 more yards, and finally a
third, 9-yard sack by Robert
Davis and Colby McCaffrey
sealed the deal and gave the
ball back to Portola.
The biggest sack of the
night, however, came in the
fourth quarter as Tyler
Billups took Schmidt down for
a 20-yard loss, bringing up a
fourth-and-24 situation that
forced the Panthers to punt.
A bigger fourth quarter
Cuevas added two more TDs
in the second half as he made
16- and 19-yard runs for
another 13 points on the board
after a 2-point conversion
attempt failed.
The play that won the game
for Portola came early in the
fourth quarter from
quarterback Evan Leal; the
senior play caller ambled in
from 3 yards out after
scrambling on a broken pass
play enabled him to get
through a gift of a hole from
his offensive linemen.
A trick two-point
Edgar Cuevas (No. 7) runs toward the end zone for the third of his four touchdowns against Maxwell last Friday, Oct. 23. Cuevas
ended the game with 303 all-purpose yards. Photos by Greg Knight
conversion from Dominic
Vukobradovich to
Lealessentially ended it, with
Portola ahead and the Tiger
teammates cheering each
other on for their ninth win.
By the numbers
The ground-game offensive
leader for Portola, yet again,
was Cuevas as he carried 32
times for 210 yards and three
rushing TDs. When his
93-yard kickoff return is
factored in, he ended the day
with 303 all-purpose yards.
In the air, Juan Rodriguez
snagged two receptions for 22
yards, while Vukobradovich
added a 15-yard reception.
See Football, page 3C
Instead of holding for the
point-after kick, Dominic
Vukobradovich gets ready
to pass to Evan Leal for a
successful two-point
conversion.
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Erin Sheridan, a senior for the Tigers, goes for the reaching dig
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PHS battles Hug for win
Greg Knight
Sports Editor
If it wasn’t for the
rabble-rousing cheering
section of assorted Portola
student-athletes and others,
the 3-1 (25-17, 25-15, 23-25,
25-19) win by the Lady Tigers
volleyball squad over Reno’s
Hug High School last week
might have been a lot closer.
The match, played in
Portola on Monday, Oct. 19,
was never a sure-fire win for
See Volleyball, page 3C
FRC men’s cagers set to open season
The Feather River College
men’s basketball team kicks
off the 2015-2016 season on
the road, Nov. 6, as they
defend last year’s
championship at the Sierra
College Tournament.
The Golden Eagles will
play at home Monday Nov. 9
against powerhouse
Cosumnes River College,
with a tip-off at 7:00 p.m.
This first home game is
free to the public with all
remaining games charging
admittance.
This year’s FRC squad has
four returning sophomores
led by 6-foot-5 All-Golden
Valley Conference guard
Nick Longmire and 6-foot-7
forward Cedric Christian.
According to FRC head
coach Randy Rick, the
Golden Eagles have added a
core of very athletic and
competitive freshman to this
year’s program.
“This year’s team is very
athletic, long, and
competitive,” Rick said.
“They will provide our
community a very
entertaining and fun style of
basketball this year. They
really get after it.”
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2C Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015
GOLF RESULTS
Plumas Pines Men’s Club
Another beautiful fall day,
Oct. 15 brought 17 golfers out
for a game of Two-Man
Scramble. The winners are:
first place, Frank Motzkus
and Dave Stone (55); second
place, Jim Moore and Barry
Mitchell (57); Dave Plessas
and Travis Humphries (59)
tied for third with Randy
McDonald and Sam Williams
(59).
Low Gross honors for the
day go to Steve Munsen and
Kim Roberts who carded a
score of 69. They managed
to double-bogey the third hole
(in a scramble?) before
reeling off seven birdies in
the next ten holes.
Next Thursday is the
annual “4 Club Challenge.”
Each player selects only
four clubs to use during
the round. The putter
counts as one club if you
select it. Choose wisely.
It’s a 10:30 a.m. shotgun
start so sign up by 3 p.m.
Wednesday to join the fun.
Graeagle Men’s Golf
Association
The Badditos played their
Friday golf on another fine
fall afternoon and the weather
certainly was reflected in the
scoring. Jim Oster led the
field with a net 63, followed
closely by Jim Adams and Bill
Kennedy with 64s. Ron Eaton
and Dennis Flynn played well
while posting 65s. Eric Nelson
came away with three skins
while Dennis Chegwin,
Dennis Flynn and Jim Adams
took one each. For the
Bandits, the three-man team
of Mike Herrington, Dick Eck,
and Bryan Hansen edged out
the team of Jim Reynolds,
Tom Slavik and George
Fraser in a game of two best
balls 135 to 136.
On Monday, the Madness
group played the Envelope
game. Since I was unable to
determine just what that
particular game is, I will
simply say the team of Jim
Adams, Gary Kinkley, Jack
Gilbert, and Jim Oster bested
the team of Bob McIlroy, Tom
Fregulia, Cary Stevens, and
Jim Oster 130 to 132.
On a beautiful Wednesday,
the Graeagle Men’s Golf
Association held their last
event of the season. The Cross
Country Four-Person
Scramble event is always well
attended. In this event, the
course is configured such that
the tee of one hole is played to
the green of a different hole.
Thus, the course was closed
except for this event. This
year there were 18 teams:
Thirteen with men and five
with women. In the men’s
division, there was a tie for
first with scores of 68. The
team of Robert Cook, Norman
Nichols, Gary Reid and David
MacDonald tied with the team
of Gene Carr, Trey West,
Randy Peterson and Gary
Kinkley. One stroke back
were another two teams: Mike
Herrington, Dick Eck, Jac
Castleton, and Tom Fregulia
along with Mark Machin,
Ralph Albright, Winston
Giles, and Robert Macomber.
There was also a two-team tie
in the women’s division. The
team of Karen Linde, Ellen
Fearing, Carol Miller and
Catherine MacDonald shot a
72 along with the three-person
team of Pricilla Piper, Alaine
Flynn and Victoria Simone.
Close behind with 74, was the
team of Chris Laxague, Cathy
Churchill, Patty Monaghan,
and Karen Fraser.
Although there are no more
tournaments this year, we are
hoping for another few weeks
of our regular weekly games.
Come and enjoy these
fabulous fall days.
Mt. Huff Golf
A bit of frost on the greens
heralds that the fall season is
well underway, but there was
still a good showing for the
Wednesday Morning
Scramble on Oct. 21.
The first place team of Gary
Metzdorf, Ron Carter, Darel
Joseph and Margie Joseph
came in at 9-under-par.
In second place, at
6-under-par, were Jeff
Stevens, Greg Stevens, Stan
Carr and Loren Lindner.
Darel Joseph hit it closest to
the pin and a three-way
chip-in gave the honors to
Stan Carr, Greg Stevens and
Jeff Stevens.
It’s getting dark earlier, but
the Thursday Evening
Nine-Hole Scramble kicked off
at 4 p.m.
The first place team
recognition went to Gary
Metzdorf, Carol Metzdorf and
Darel Joseph.
Second place standing went
to Ralph Cote, Gary
McClellan, Lynn McClellan
and Matt Rutledge.
Darel Joseph hit the long
drive, and Gary McClellan put
it closest to the pin on Hole 8.
The Thursday Evening
Scramble will end on Oct. 29,
with the arrival of standard
time. Hope to see you next
week for the grand finale.
Bailey Creek Women’s
Golf Club
We are nearing the end of a
wonderful season of golf here
at Bailey Creek. This week’s
play on Wednesday, Oct. 21,
was “Scratch Three.” Each
player scratched their three
worst holes and subtracted
1/2 their handicap. This day
we had 16 players and 3
flights. Winners of the first
flight were Teresa from
Diamond Mountain, first
place — she also had a
closest to the pin on Hole 8 —
and Donna White, second
place. Second flight winners
were Wynetta Regli, first
place and Carolyn Willhoit,
visiting us from Lake
Almanor West, second place.
Third flight winners were
Diana Pallari first place, with
Mo Clark placing second. We
welcomed Susanville golfers
from Diamond Mountain,
thank you for joining us.
To have your golf results
and club news included in this
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The fishing season is winding down but don’t hang up your gear just yet
The Forest Service boat
ramps at Canyon Dam and
West Almanor Campground
are both open with plenty of
water to launch from.
Michael Condon
Staff Writer
mcondon@plumasnews.com
The great charm of fly fishing
is that we are always learning
~ Theodore Gordon
The 2015 fishing season will
soon be drawing to a close.
The general trout season,
which covers nearly all area
streams, closes Nov. 15. Most
lakes in the area remain open
all year. The one notable
exception is Eagle Lake,
which closes Jan. 1.
I have been getting out as
much as a can the past few
weeks and it looks like most
anglers have already hung up
their gear for the season.
That is unfortunate because
fall offers some of the best
fishing of the year as the fish
fatten up in preparation for
the lean winter months.
The air is crisp, fall colors
are everywhere and the fish
are biting. This is a great time
to get outdoors and get some
fishing in before the season
closes, whether by regulation
or by snow and ice.
Lake Almanor
Surface temperatures at
Lake Almanor have dropped
into the 50-degree range, well
within the “I’m comfortable,
let’s get something to eat”
range for trout.
Pond smelt are the featured
item on the menu. The schools
of smelt are scattered
throughout the lake, but
probably a bit more
concentrated in the east basin.
Look for flocks of feeding
birds. The feeding trout will
slash through the schools of
pond smelt stunning or killing
their prey. Those that rise to
the surface are picked off by
the birds. The rest are likely
to become trout food.
Don’t bother trolling
through the middle of the bait.
Instead, work around the
edges where there is less
competition.
Butt Lake
The most recent reports I
have heard are that the lake
level is low and the
powerhouse has not been
running with any regularity.
That adds up to slow fishing.
One of the interesting
things at Butt Lake is that
conditions can change very
quickly.
A couple of years ago, I was
planning to meet some
friends at Butt Lake for a few
days in September. Three
days before our scheduled
camping trip the lake level
was very low and the
powerhouse wasn’t running.
We cancelled our trip.
Three days later, by the
time we should have been
there, the powerhouse was
running, the lake level was
up and the fishing was very
good.
The take home message
here is don’t rely on fishing
reports. Go find out for
yourself. (I can’t believe I just
wrote that.)
Frenchman Lake
The lake levels at
Frenchman are extremely
low. There are no boat
launching facilities available.
Fishing has been slow, but
there have been a few fish
caught by bait anglers at the
dam. Fishing should improve
with the continued cool
weather.
Call Wiggin’s Trading Post
(993-4683) for current lake
conditions and fishing
updates.
Lake Davis
Lake levels continue to
drop and while the water
temperatures are a little high
for this time of year, they are
dropping.
October fishing is usually
excellent at Davis. This year
has been a little tough
because of the daphnia. When
the trout are keying in on the
daphnia they are inclined to
ignore larger feed.
There are still a few fish
cruising the shallows (which
is much of the lake now) in
search of leeches, callibaetis
mayflies, and blood midges.
Your odds of finding some
action are best from early in
the morning until lunchtime.
Perhaps the biggest
challenge to fishing Davis
this time of year is the wind.
If there is wind in the
forecast, you might as well
stay home.
Lakes Basin
Gold Lake and a few of the
other lakes in Lakes Basin
received multiple plants
through the summer and are
fishing very well right now.
Goose and Snag lakes are
great to fish from a kayak or
canoe. Gold and Salmon
Lakes have boat ramps that
are still operating.
Stream fishing
Stream fishing has been
slowly improving. Flows are
still low on many streams,
but cooling temperatures are
helping to improve the bite.
The North Fork of the
Feather River above Lake
Almanor is low but fishable.
Mayflies and caddis flies are
hatching in the late afternoon
and there are plenty of
holdover rainbows feeding on
them.
There are also browns in
the river. As tempting as it
might be to fish for these
large fish right now they are
in the river to spawn and
should be left alone.
Deer Creek and Mill Creek
both have some decent late
afternoon fly action. Try
nymphs in the middle of the
day before the hatch begins.
Yellow Creek is spring fed
and in very good shape. It is a
challenging stream to fish. I
like to spot fish as I walk up
stream, and then carefully
fish my way back
downstream using a
downstream drift. This helps
to reduce the possibility of
spooking these wary fish by
allowing your line to drift
over them.
Don’t forget that area
streams close on Nov. 15.
Portola volleyball bests Maxwell, 3-0 at home
Jake Jacobson
Special to Feather Publishing
The Portola varsity
volleyball team treated
homecoming fans to a 3-0
victory over the Maxwell
Panthers on Thursday, Oct. 22.
Portola pulled ahead early,
winning the first set by a
score of 25-23. The Tigers
would continue that
momentum right into the
second set with a huge block
coming from senior Meg
Maddalena early on.
Erin Sheridan kept Portola
rolling with two important
kills at the net. Maxwell
wouldn’t go down just yet, as
they pulled the game even at
18-18 and it was neck-and-neck
until senior Alli Ramelli put
the Tigers up 24-23.
The Tigers would win the
second set 25-23 coming off of
a light touch over the net by
Maddalena.
With Portola now leading
two sets to none, the Lady
Tigers, led by senior Caitlyn
Chan, kept the throttle wide
open, winning the third and
final set, 25-21, to knock off
Maxwell in three straight
sets.
The Tigers improved to
16-13 on the season and sit
atop the Mid-Valley League
at 4-0.
Portola will travel to rival
Quincy, Oct. 29, and to
Esparto Nov. 3 before
finishing the regular season
at home against the Biggs
Wolverines on Nov. 4.
Golden Eagles fall to No. 1-ranked American River
Greg Knight
Sports Editor
football team took a tough
44-14 home loss to No. 1
ranked American River
College last Saturday, Oct.
24, dropping to 1-6 overall
and 0-2 in Northern
California-National
Conference standings.
The biggest offensive drive
for the Eagles came in the
second quarter on a six-play,
92-yard drive that took just
under a minute to execute; a
29-yard completion from
quarterback George Barajas
to William Callender found
the end zone to give FRC its
first score of the day.
Trailing 41-7 in the fourth
quarter, the biggest single
play of the game came
courtesy of No. 2 quarterback
Connor Kaegi tossing an
84-yard bomb to Ulysses
Cannon for FRC’s second and
final TD in the game.
As the play caller for FRC,
Barajas went 16-34 for 156
yards in the air, throwing for
the initial Golden Eagle TD.
Kaegi completed six of nine
passes for 132 yards and the
second touchdown. Barajas
also added 49 yards on the
ground via 10 keepers.
Place kicker Connor
Killeen went 2-2 in
point-after attempts, though
he went 0-2 in field goal
attempts from 49 and 51
yards out.
Cannon led the FRC
receivers with 118 yards on
three receptions.
Defensive lineman Wanya
Clarington also nabbed an
interception against ARC.
Tarik Ballard led the
Eagles with seven solo
tackles and three assists.
Quester Campbell also logged
an 18-yard quarterback sack
against ARC.
The Eagles will play at
College of the Siskiyous on
Saturday, Oct. 31, and will
return to Quincy on Nov. 7 to
host Sacramento City
College.
VOLLEYBALL, from page 1C
The two teams battling
each other to within two or
three points, on each and
every play, marked the
entire third game.
Hug led the drive
throughout, though Portola’s
Erin Sheridan, Alli Ramelli,
Caitlin Chan and Meg
Maddalena kept it close, with
the Hawks only taking a 25-23
win after a service error and
an attempted kill that went
out-of-bounds while the score
was tied, 23-23.
With the win in that third
game, the Hug fans erupted
into frenzy, though it
wouldn’t be too long until the
Tigers figured out how to
silence the 40-plus Reno fans.
As the fans of Portola got
louder and louder, making
cheers like “Let’s Go Tigers,”
the lead went to Portola early
in the set, with the Tigers
going up 12-10 before
completely pulling away to
get the 25-19 win.
Portola. The Lady Tigers
battled back from a 13-8
deficit in the first game to
finally overcome the Hawks.
It was a better prospect for
the Tigers in the second
game of the match as they
never trailed and won, 25-15.
The third set is where
things got a little hairy for
Portola, however — a
situation which spurred the
20-odd students in the
cheering section to take a
direct call-and-response to the
Hug JV team, fans and
parents who were getting very
loud in support of the Hawks.
Portola junior Ashley Carnes
goes for the serve against Hug.
What a performance
While each and every Tiger
player contributed
something in the match, no
other Portola players did as
much on the court as the duo
of Sarah Baty and Anali
Brewer.
When it came to serving
against the Hawks, Baty put
up three aces in 23 trips to
the line and Brewer added
FRC defensive back Bryan Soto (No. 55) takes down American
River running back Ce’von Mitchell-Ford in the early minutes of
the game.
two during her 14 attempts.
Baty also added 17 assists on
53 successful handling
attempts and was key at the
net with five kills.
When it came to digs, no
one was better than Brewer
as she recorded 22 with a
mere five errors.
The main scoring force at
the net was Ramelli as she
made nine kills on 27 shots
taken. She also added two
aces, 21 digs and 14
receptions.
Both Sheridan and
Maddalena earned three
blocks apiece against Hug.
The victory gave Portola a
15-12 record overall and the
squad stays perfect in
Mid-Valley League standings
at 3-0.
The next game for Portola
will be tomorrow night when
the Tigers travel to Quincy
(10-7 overall, 2-1 in MVL) for
a league rivalry showdown.
The varsity game starts at
approximately 6 p.m.
Plumas County
volleyball scores
Oct. 20
Westwood 3, Greenville 1
Los Molinos 3, Chester 0
Oct. 21
North Tahoe 3, Portola 0
Portola’s Evan Leal squeezes out of the pocket after a blown pass play allowed him to find the end
zone for the final Tiger touchdown of the game. Photo by Greg Knight
FOOTBALL, from page 1C
In what was an outstanding
defensive showing, Charlie
Baumbach stepped up in a big
way, registering 11 total
tackles, seven of which were
solo efforts. Leal added five
solo tackles of his own when
he lined up on the opposite
side of the ball.
Rodriguez went 3-for-4 in
point-after attempts.
The last regular season
game of the year for Portola
will be this Friday night, Oct.
30, in Esparto. Kickoff is set
for 7:30 p.m. A win will give
the Tigers a No. 1 seed in the
playoffs, which will include a
first-round bye and home field
advantage throughout the end
of the post-season.
Greenville 64, Westwood 14
For Greenville High
School’s football team, its
position in the playoffs will
come down to the Friday, Oct.
30, showdown with visiting
Princeton. Depending on the
outcome of that 7 p.m. game,
Greenville will finish in either
third or fourth place in the
California Conference South.
Either way, Greenville
moved a step closer to
knowing the answer with last
Friday’s 64-14 victory over
host Westwood, Oct. 23.
The win improved
Greenville’s overall record to
5-4 and conference record to
4-2. The Oct. 23 game marked
the Indians’ fifth straight win
against the Lumberjacks, who
are now winless through nine
games.
The Indians were led by
junior Chris Gibson, who
raced for 204 yards and two
touchdowns on four carries
and senior Dalton Johns, who
rushed for 89 yards and two
touchdowns on four carries.
Quarterback Ray
Bustamante and running
backs Darian Potts and
Sheridan Kusel, who have
combined to shoulder more
than 90 percent of Greenville’s
offense in 2015, stepped back
Friday night, with 145 yards.
On defense, the Indians
received strong performances
from linebacker Brent
Washoe (14 tackles), defensive
end Alex Tassone (nine
tackles) and defensive end
Dalton Johns (eight tackles).
In addition, Potts picked off
two passes.
Under the current playoff
scenario, if Greenville
finishes in fourth place, it
would be required in the first
round of the playoffs to travel
to the home field of the
California Conference North’s
first-place team, most likely
Redding Christian.
If Greenville finishes third,
it would be required in the
first round of the playoffs to
travel to the home field of the
California Conference North’s
second-place place team,
either Bieber Big Valley or
Hayfork.
Esparto 34, Quincy 20
Despite Quincy quarterback
Jake Rick and his offensive
squad tying it at 20-20 in the
third quarter against Esparto
last Friday night, Oct. 23, the
Spartans were able to fire off
two additional touchdowns in
the fourth quarter for the
34-20 win over the Trojans.
The loss drops Quincy to 1-8
overall on the season.
Stats for the game were not
available by press time for
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Portola co-ed bests Chester, 3-2
Lead changes
hands five
times in game
Portola’s Destiny Weaver (No. 14) and Tabitha Martinez (No. 1) work together to try to get past
Chester defender Brenah Delacour (No. 20) last Wednesday, Oct. 21, in Portola. Photo by Greg Knight
The Portola Tigers’ co-ed
soccer team took a 3-2 win
over Chester on Wednesday,
Oct. 21, in Portola.
Tigers’ striker Hannah
Curren blasted a shot past
Chester’s goal keeper to pull
the Tigers into the final lead
after a seesaw contest which
saw the lead change hands
five different times.
The league-leading
Volcanoes brought a very
strong team to play a
patchwork Tigers’ team
comprised of their
remaining girls, plus the five
boys off their coed team.
The total remaining girls,
plus those five, play in the
boys league.
PUBLIC NOTICES: YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW
Statewide public notices from participating California newspapers
can be viewed at www.capublicnotice.com or plumasnews.com
Abandons business name
STATEMENT OF
ABANDONMENT OF USE OF
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
The following person has abandoned the following Fictitious Business Name: MOLLY
JUNE.
Business Address: 90 CHURCH STREET,
QUINCY, CA 95971, County of Plumas.
JUDY FORCINO, 131 INDIAN FALLS ROAD,
CRESCENT MILLS, CA 95934; KENNETH
BOWMAN, 131 INDIAN FALLS ROAD,
CRESCENT MILLS, CA 95934.
This business was conducted by A Married
Couple.
Original Fictitious Business Name File
Number: 2014-0000226.
Original Filing Date: 9/25/2014.
Began Transacting Business: 9/25/2014.
Signed: Judy Forcino
This statement was filed with the County
Clerk of Plumas County on date indicated
below.
Filed: Sept. 28, 2015.
Kathy Williams, County Clerk
By Sue Clift, Deputy.
Published FRB, IVR, PR, CP
Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015|
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
NO. 2015-0000211
(Expires: 9/28/2020)
The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EASY LIFE ENTERPRISES.
Business Address: 15495 OLD WAGON
ROAD, CRESCENT MILLS, CA 95934,
County of Plumas; (530) 284-7900.
Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 167, CRESCENT
MILLS, CA 95934.
KARL ALLEN SPANG, 15495 OLD WAGON
ROAD, CRESCENT MILLS, CA 95934.
This business is conducted by: An Individual.
The registrant(s) commenced to transact
business under the above name(s) on
1/1/2000.
Signed: /s/ Karl A. Spang.
This statement was filed in the office of the
County Clerk of Plumas County on the date
indicated below:
Filed: Sept. 28, 2015
By: Julie A. Rizzo, Deputy
Published: FRB, IVR, PR, CP
Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015|
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
NO. 2015-0000212
(Expires: 9/28/2020)
The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MOLLY JUNE.
Business Address: 90 CHURCH STREET,
SUITE C, QUINCY, CA 95971, County of
Plumas; (530) 491-8287.
Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 1137, QUINCY,
CA 95971.
AMY OST, 58400 HIGHWAY 70,
CROMBERG, CA 96103.
10/1/2015.
Signed: /s/ Amy Ost.
indicated below:
By: Sue Clift, Deputy
Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015|
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
NO. 2015-0000209
(Expires: 9/25/2020)
The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CAST-A-WAY THRIFT SHOPPE.
Business Address: HWY. 89 & JUNCTION
HWY 70, BLAIRSDEN, CA 96103, County of
Plumas.
Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 685, BLAIRSDEN-GRAEAGLE, CA 96103.
ARTHUR F. WOLF, 105 PAIUTE TRAIL,
GRAEAGLE, CA 96103; ZOE LE BARRON
WOLF, 105 PAIUTE TRAIL, GRAEAGLE, CA
96103.
This business is conducted by: A Married
Couple.
10/15/2015.
Signed: /s/ Zoe Le Barron Wolf.
indicated below:
Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015|
Abandons business name
STATEMENT OF
ABANDONMENT OF USE OF
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
The following person has abandoned the following Fictitious Business Name: SIERRA
CASCADES SPECIALTY COFFEES.
Business Address: 160 FRENCHMAN LAKE
ROAD, CHILCOOT, CA 96105, County of
Plumas.
MELVINA BEAUCHAMAN, 160 FRENCHMAN LAKE ROAD, CHILCOOT, CA 96105;
CLARENCE L. BEAUCHMAN, 160 FRENCHMAN LAKE ROAD, CHILCOOT, CA 96105.
This business was conducted by A Married
Couple.
Original Fictitious Business Name File
Number: 2013-0000176.
Original Filing Date: 6/24/2013.
Began Transacting Business: 6/24/2013.
This statement was filed with the County
Clerk of Plumas County on date indicated
below.
Filed: Sept. 18, 2015.
By Sue Clift, Deputy.
Oct. 14, 21, 28, Nov. 4, 2015|
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
California Statewide Communities
Development Authority
CaliforniaFIRST Program
All Covered Jurisdictions
THE CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE COMMUNITIES DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
GIVES NOTICE that:
1. Intention to Finance Seismic
Improvements, Electric Vehicle Charging
Infrastructure and Other Authorized
Improvements. Pursuant to a resolution
entitled “Resolution Declaring Intention to
Finance
Installation
of
Seismic
Strengthening Improvements, Electric
Vehicle Charging Infrastructure and Other
Authorized Improvements and Other
Related Matters,” adopted on October 9,
2015
(the
“Additional Authorized
Improvements Resolution of Intention”), the
Commission of the California Statewide
Communities Development Authority
(“California Communities”) has determined
with respect to its existing CaliforniaFIRST
program that it would be convenient, advantageous, and in the public interest to designate an area, which shall encompass the
entire geographic territory within the boundaries of the counties, and cities in Los
Angeles County, listed at Appendix 1 of the
Additional Authorized Improvements
Resolution of Intention (collectively, the
“Covered Jurisdictions,” and each a
“Covered Jurisdiction”), within which
California Communities and property owners within the Covered Jurisdictions may
enter into contractual assessments to
finance the installation of seismic strengthening improvements that are permanently
fixed to residential, commercial, industrial,
agricultural, or other real property including,
but not limited to, the seismic strengthening
of cripple walls and sill plate anchorage of
light, woodframed buildings, electric vehicle
charging infrastructure that is permanently
fixed to residential, commercial, industrial,
agricultural, or other real property and all
other improvements authorized from time to
time thereafter (collectively, the “Additional
Authorized Improvements”), in each case
pursuant to Chapter 29 of Part 3 of Division
7 of the Streets & Highways Code of the
State of California (“Chapter 29”).
The Additional Authorized Improvements
Resolution of Intention, including Appendix 1
thereto, is on file with the Secretary of the
Commission, and reference is made thereto
for the particular provisions thereof. The
Resolution of Intention ratifies and incorporates all the resolutions that the Commission
has adopted, and other actions taken in furtherance of those resolutions that the
Commission has taken, with respect to the
CaliforniaFIRST program except as superseded by the Additional Authorized
Improvements Resolution of Intention.
2. Report. Pursuant to the Additional
Authorized Improvements Resolution of
Intention, the Commission ordered preparation of a report that amends and restates the
existing report for the CaliforniaFIRST program (as amended and restated, the
“Amended and Restated Program Report”)
at or before the time of the public hearing
that contains all the matters described in
Sections 5898.22, 5898.23, 5899 and
5899.2.
3. Contract. Chapter 29 authorizes (or may
in the future authorize, as applicable)
California Communities and property owners within the Covered Jurisdictions to enter
into contractual assessments to finance the
installation of Additional Authorized
Improvements. The Amended and Restated
Program Report will contain a draft contract
(the “Contract”) specifying the terms and
conditions that would be agreed to by
California Communities and property owners within the Covered Jurisdictions.
4. Financing Provisions. The Commission
determined in the Additional Authorized
Improvements Resolution of Intention that it
is in the public interest for California
Communities to finance the installation of
Additional Authorized Improvements in the
Covered Jurisdictions. Under Chapter 29,
California Communities may issue bonds
pursuant to Chapter 29, or enter into other
financing arrangements authorized by
Chapter 29, that are payable by contractual
assessments and California Communities
may advance its own funds to finance work
to be repaid through contractual assessments, and may from time to time sell
bonds, or enter into other financing arrangements authorized by Chapter 29, to reimburse itself for such advances.
5. Public Hearing. A public hearing will be
held at 10:00 a.m., on November 19, 2015,
at 1100 K Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, for
the purposes of allowing interested persons
to object to or inquire about the matters proposed in the Additional Authorized
Improvements Resolution of Intention or any
of their particulars. The public hearing may
be continued from time to time as determined by the Commission for a time not
exceeding a total of 180 days.
At the time of the hearing, the Amended and
Restated Program Report will be summarized and the Commission will afford all persons who are present an opportunity to comment upon, object to, or present evidence
with regard to the matters proposed in the
Resolution of Intention, the terms and conditions of the draft Contract, or the proposed
financing provisions.
6. More Information. For additional information, please contact James Hamill, 1700
North Broadway, Suite 405, Walnut Creek,
CA 94596, 925.476.5644 (phone),
jhamill@cscda.org (email).
Dated as of October 9, 2015
California
Statewide
Communities
Development Authority
Oct. 21, 28, 2015|
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
NO. 2015-0000222
(Expires: 10/14/2020)
The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ALICE’S WONDERLAND.
Business Address: 70 BESKEEN LANE,
QUINCY, CA 95971, County of Plumas; (530)
228-0243.
Mailing Address: 70 BESKEEN LANE, QUINCY, CA 95971.
ALICE SANDERSON, 70 BESKEEN LANE,
QUINCY, CA 95971.
10/14/2015.
Signed: /s/ Alice Sanderson.
indicated below:
Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, 2015|
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
NO. 2015-0000218
(Expires: 10/6/2020)
The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FEATHER RIVER RV & MOBILE
HOME PARK.
Business Address: 71326 HIGHWAY 70,
MAYBE, CA 96103; (530) 836-2688.
Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 1366, GRAEAGLE, CA 96103.
E&P WILKERSON FAMILY, LLC, 660 CUB
VALLEY ROAD, CROMBERG, CA 96103.
State: CALIFORNIA
This business is conducted by: A Limited
Liability Company.
The registrant(s) has not yet commenced to
transact business under the above name(s).
indicated below: Filed: Oct. 6, 2015
Oct. 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18, 2015|
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
NO. 2015-0000224
(Expires: 10/19/2020)
The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ALMANOR MOBILE WELDING.
Business Address: 634 CRESCENT
STREET, GREENVILLE, CA 95947; County
of Plumas, (530) 375-0936.
Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 605,
GREENVILLE, CA 95947.
KIRSTEN WORKING, 634 CRESCENT
STREET, GREENVILLE, CA 95947.
10/1/15.
Signed: /s/ Kirsten Working
indicated below:
Oct. 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18, 2015|
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
NO. 2015-0000225
(Expires: 10/19/2020)
The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CLAY BOOT FARM.
Business Address: 41 RADIOHILL ROAD,
QUINCY, CA 95971; County of Plumas, (530)
448-9092.
Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 1180, QUINCY,
CA 95971.
EVALINDA DE VITA, P.O. BOX 1987, QUINCY, CA 95971; LAURENC DE VITA, P.O.
BOX 1987, QUINCY, CA 95971.
This business is conducted by: A Married
Couple.
10/1/15.
Signed: /s/ EvaLinda DeVita
indicated below:
By: Sue Clift, Deputy
Oct. 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18, 2015|
NOTICE OF CURRENT
PROPERTY TAXES DUE
Made pursuant to Sections 2609 & 2610,
Revenue and Taxation Code
The Plumas County Tax Collector
announces that Secured tax bills were
mailed on October 6, 2015 to all property
owners at the address of record on the tax
roll. If you own property in Plumas County
and did not receive a tax bill, contact the tax
collector’s office, at 520 West Main Street,
Room 203, Quincy, or call (530) 283 - 6260.
Failure to receive a tax bill does not
relieve the taxpayer of the responsibility
to make timely payments.
The first installment of 2015 - 2016 taxes
are due and payable on November 1, 2015
and will become delinquent if not paid in the
office or postmarked by 5 p.m. on
December 10, 2015; thereafter a 10%
penalty will be added. The second installment is due on February 1, 2016 and will
become delinquent if not paid in the office or
postmarked by 5 p.m. on April 11, 2016,
thereafter a 10% penalty and a twenty dollar
cost will be added. The delinquent date is
April 11th due to the 10th falling on the
weekend.
Both installments may be paid when the first
installment is due.
Payments may be made in the office,
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday, holidays
excepted. Please be advised that to enter
the courthouse you must pass through security. The drop box for all non-cash payments
will be located outside the east entrance to
the Courthouse. Payments can be mailed to
P.O. Box 176, Quincy, CA 95971 or by credit card. To pay by credit card contact
Official Payments at (800) 272-9829 or at
www.officialpayments.com. Enter the
jurisdiction code 1535 when prompted.
There will be a nominal fee charged for this
service.
I certify (or declare), under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct.
Julie A. White, Plumas County Tax Collector
Executed at Quincy, Plumas County,
California, on October 20, 2015.
Oct. 28, Nov. 4, 2015|
Notice to Contractors
Request for Snow Removal
Proposals
The Plumas Unified School district is seeking proposals for snow removal for the 20152016 winter season. Separate contracts are
sought for the Chester, Greenville, Portola
and Quincy areas. Contracts may be awarded for separate school sites. Contractors
wishing to submit proposals must list the following: Contractors License, Department of
Industrial Relations Public Works
Registration
number
(https://efiling.dir.ca.gov/PWCR), Insurance
($1,000,000.00)
Liability,
Workers
Compensation, Equipment available and
hourly pricing for each, hourly pricing for
shoveling and snowblowing, and three references related to snow removal. Contract
award will be based upon experience, available equipment and pricing. DVBE
(Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise)
Contractors are encouraged to submit proposals. Please submit proposals to Ken
Pierson, by mail to 1446 East Main Street,
Quincy, CA 95971, or by fax to
530.283.6539 or email to kpierson@pcoe.k12.ca.us. For confirmation of
receipt please call 530.283.6545 x 5500.
Proposals must be received by November
6th, 2015 before 4:00 pm.
Oct. 28, Nov. 4, 2015|
Mikayla Quesenberry
arced a spectacular corner
kick over the outstretched
arms of the keeper after
Chester knotted the score
early in the first half.
Curren opened the contest
with a well-placed shot just
five minutes into the game.
The Volcanoes answered
shortly after with a front line
assault and knocked in the
equalizer.
After some nifty footwork,
Tim Weisberger notched a
score after Chester had
scored and it was all tied up
until Curren’s smash at the
end.
Comprehensive stats were
not available by press time
for this story.
Boat captain responsible for
illegal acts of passengers?
Question: A friend of mine
took some of his friends’
parents on his boat to go rock
picking for abalone.
Unknown to my friend, some
of the parents picked extra abs
and chose the biggest three of
the lot to keep. It was clearly
illegal and they were cited
when they got back to the
docks.
Since my friend was just
transporting people out to the
spot where they could find
abalone, was he responsible for
what they did once they got off
his boat after rock picking? He
doesn’t want his boat
blacklisted.
—Craig
Answer: Typically, someone
in your friend’s situation
would not be cited for the
violations of the passengers,
especially if there is no
question of who possessed the
abalone.
However, if the passengers
claimed the abalone were not
theirs, or if there were over
limits on board, an officer
could cite everyone on the boat
for jointly possessing the
abalone.
In this case, each person who
violated the law was
responsible for their specific
violation.
As far as the boat being
“blacklisted,” the warden who
made the case may pay special
attention to this boat in the
future because of the actions
that took place in the past.
The best advice for your
friend is to be educated on the
fishing laws that pertain to the
activity his passengers are
engaging in, and to share this
knowledge with the people on
his boat.
Question: Yesterday I was
cited for wasted game. My son
and I were hunting Eurasian
dove at a local feed lot in
Southern California.
I was approached by the
wardens who did all of the
normal checks, told us they
were watching us from afar,
then asked us if we had
dropped any birds we didn’t
retrieve.
I said yes, one in a stagnant
pond and one in amongst a
herd of cows, which I tried to
retrieve, but the bird was
wounded and flopped away
into another pen. He asked
why I didn’t retrieve it and I
told him I’m broke (bad knees)
and couldn’t get through the
nasty stuff in the pens. I then
sent my son in to push his way
through the cows and he
retrieved the bird for me in
front of the warden.
The warden checked to see
that it was a Euro, which it
was, I put it in my game bag
and he still cited me for it.
What if any recourse do I have
when I go to court?
—Jim R., Lake Elsinore
Answer: Just tell the judge
your story. However, since you
shot these birds without
making sure you were doing so
in a location where you could
retrieve them, and because
CALIFORNIA
OUTDOORS
CARRIE WILSON
California Dept. of Fish & Wildlife
CalOutdoors@wildlife.ca.gov
your intention had been to let
them lay where they landed
because they were too difficult
to go after, you did intend to
leave them where they ended
up … that’s “wanton waste” or
“wasted game.”
Question: Can I use a pressure
washer to dig geoduck and/or
gaper clams?
—Vuong M.
Answer: No. Clams may be
taken only on hook and line or
with the hands.
The only special provisions
allowed are for the use of
spades, shovels, hoes, rakes or
other appliances operated by
hand, except spears or gaff
hooks (California Code of
Regulations Title 14, sections
29.10(a) and 29.20(c)).
Pressure washers are not a
legal method of take for
mollusks.
Question: Is it legal to capture
and keep rattlesnakes as a
pet? I know it’s not smart, but
is it legal?
— Phil C.
Answer: Yes, except for the
red diamond rattlesnake where
no take is allowed — so be sure
you can identify your snakes.
Before collecting anything,
you should first check with
your local animal control
agency and police or sheriff
regarding whether any local
ordinances apply in your area.
Under state law, all pit
vipers (except for the five other
California native rattlesnakes
listed in CCR, Title 14 section
671(c)(7)(E)) are restricted
species that may not be
possessed without a permit.
Keeping live, native
rattlesnakes (except for the red
diamond) is not prohibited by
Fish and Game laws.
No license is required to
take or kill other rattlesnakes
in California, but the daily bag
and possession limit is two.
The take of other species of
native reptiles and amphibians
requires possession of a sport
fishing license.
The daily bag and possession
limits are provided in CCR
Title 14, section 5.60.
And if you live within the
city limits, you might want to
check your city ordinances to
determine whether possession
of a venomous reptile is
allowed.
Carrie Wilson is a marine
environmental scientist with the
California Department of Fish and
Wildlife. While she cannot
personally answer everyone’s
questions, she will select a few to
answer each week in this column.
Contact her at
CalOutdoors@wildlife.ca.gov.
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Trojans fall to Redding Christian after win over Paradise Adventist
Greg Knight
Sports Editor
The Quincy Trojans boys’
soccer squad went far this
season, stringing together a
6-1-1 record in Feather River
League and a 12-12 record
overall. But their toughness
and will to win fell just a
little flat last Thursday, Oct.
22, as they fell to Redding
Christian, 6-0, in the league
championship match.
The loss came as the Lions
filed the clean sheet with
three goals in each of the
halves against Quincy.
The Trojans managed to
get to the league
championship game after
defeating Paradise
Adventist, 6-2, on Tuesday,
Oct. 20, at home.
The game started evenly,
with no goals in the first 17
minutes — though in the
18th, DJ Davis passed to
Enzo Carlana, who dribbled
past four defenders to the
end line before dropping the
ball with a firm pass to
Corbyn Koskinen, who
one-touched it into the back
of the net.
Four minutes later,
Quincy earned a corner as
Miles Rubalcava-Cunan (middle, white jersey) boots in one of his two goals against Paradise Adventist at home.
Miles Rubalcava-Cunan
centered a perfect ball and
Koskinen ran into the ball
and knocked it into the net
for a brace.
Rubalcava-Cunan followed
that score with a perfect
assist to Davis before the
whistle to make it 3-0 at half
time.
“We pulled Noah Hardee
out of goal in the second
half, and he was pleased to
receive a pass from
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(Carlana) and was able to
finish his strong run and
score,” said Quincy head
coach Colin Dillingham of
the Trojans’ fourth goal of
the game.
In the 48th minute, Davis
passed, but the ball was
deflected high into the air
about 10 yards away from
the goal, where
Rubalcava-Cunan shielded
the ball and made a quick
turn, volleying into the net.
Davis fired it up again in
the 57th minute after he
received a ball from Carlana
and passed back to Carlana’s
run, finishing the goal for a
6-0 lead.
Paradise scored in the
62nd and 67th minute.
For his efforts, Dillingham
named Rubalcava-Cunan
“man of the match” after the
game.
Hardee recorded two saves
in the first half, with
Anthony Saez stopping three
shots by Paradise.
Surrounded by three Paradise defenders, Quincy’s Corbyn
Koskinen (white jersey) gets a goal past the keeper in the first
scoring drive of the game for the Trojan’s.
First place winner
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Sir William came in first in the 3 –
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The newborn measured 37 inches at the withers.
Maternal grandparents are Dorothy and Dennis Miller
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Paternal grandparents are Sharon and Gordon
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Great grandmother is Donna Miller of Quincy.
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He enjoyed naps in
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hose, and investigating
the neighbors' yards for
lizards. He was a great
guard cat, chasing dogs from the front yard.
He is survived by his sister, Freda, canine friend Bo,
and human servants Steve and Ellen Smith.
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Quincy volleyball beats Esparto twice, rises to No. 2 spot in MVL
Greg Knight
Sports Editor
It took six hard-fought sets
to get there, but the Quincy
Trojans volleyball squad was
victorious over Esparto, 3-0
and 3-0 in a double-header last
Tuesday, Oct. 20, at home.
The wins against the
Spartans upped the Trojans’
overall record to 12-7 and 4-1
in Mid-Valley League
standings, a record just good
enough for second place
behind Portola at 3-0.
Game 1
Quincy 3, Esparto 0
The second game was
pretty much the Kaylin
Henderson show; the junior
“Player of the Game” for the
Trojans led with eight kills
and three aces on 12 serves,
while also racking up six digs
and six receptions.
In terms of aces for Quincy,
the most accurate of all,
however, was Ashlin Wingfield
as she recorded a 40 percent
rating via two kills on five
serves with just three errors.
As usual, Skylar Gott was
the leader in stops at the net
with three solo blocks.
The remaining leaders of
the game were split, stat-wise,
between Wingfield, with 10
assists on 12 setting attempts
and Mariah Ruelas, who
logged eight receptions with
zero errors.
Game 2
Quincy 3, Esparto 0
In the second game of the
double-header Morgan
Fowler, who was also named
“Player of the Game” by head
coach April Gott, added two
solo blocks against the
Spartans. She also made
seven kills on nine tries.
Henderson reprised her
role as scoring leader at the
net with another eight kills,
this time on 10 trips to the net
and also added an ace and two
blocks. She also tied with
Ruelas with eight digs, all
while setting up 12 assists.
Kaitlyn Dingel led in aces
and receptions with two and
11, respectively.
Results for the Oct. 27 game
against Maxwell were not
Quincy’s April Gott, left, goes
solo against a double-team
effort by Esparto at the net
for a block. Gott led in stops
at the net in both games of
an Oct. 20 double-header.
available by press time.
The Trojans will face
Portola tomorrow night at
home and will finish the
regular season Nov. 3 at
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and the Lady Golden Eagles
will open the tournament,
and their season, with
Merced College on Nov. 6, at
3 p.m.
Depending on the result,
the second game will be
played against Chabot or
San Joaquin Delta.
Chabot was last year’s
state champion and San
Joaquin Delta lost to them
in the Northern Regional
finals.
This game will be played
at 1 p.m. or 7 p.m.,
depending on the result of
the first game.
Coach Brent Stephens
said he and his group of
young women are very
excited about this
tournament, as the
competitiveness “should
provide an early gauge of
where they are at against
some of the best teams that
the Northern side of the
state typically has to offer.”
Stephens, who is in his
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the hard work his team has
been putting in during the
off-season will pay off.
“We’re really excited for
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