Hot Air Balloons, Chili Cook-off and
Arts Festival set for
September 17-19
ALTURAS — Life’s too short to miss The Alturas
Chamber of Commerce’s Baloon Fest, 2010, Modoc Festival of the Arts and
“Life is too Short to Eat Bad Chili” Cook Off are all scheduled for
September 17-19 – all at the same time?
The festivities will begin Friday evening, September 17th at 5:00 p.m.
with a “Meet n’ Greet” hosted by Antonio’s Cucino Italiano at the Rim
Rock Hotel located on Hwy 395 just east of Alturas. Guest’s have
an opportunity to meet the balloonists and enjoy some wonderful
Antonio’s cuisine.
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An interview with Mayers CEO Matthew
Rees
FALL RIVER MILLS – Matthew Rees, Chief
Executive Officer of the Mayers Memorial Hospital District since August
16 hit the road running. Friendly, casual, a family man, had picked his
two children still at home, up from school before the interview and
planned to saddle their horses and go riding with them afterwards.
The family has made an offer on a home and are trying to sell theirs in
Lovelock, Nevada where they did live,
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State Fire Marshal dictates removal of
some nozzles
The State Fire
Marshal recently announced that it was mandating the removal of hold
open latches on all Vapor System Technologies (VST) nozzles in
approximately 3,000 gas stations statewide.
Some VST nozzles have allowed gasoline to be unexpectedly sprayed
before the nozzle is inserted in the vehicle’s’ gas tank. To date, 13
spraying incidents have been reported and confirmed by the California
Air Resources Board (ARB). Seven of these incidents resulted in
consumers being sprayed with gasoline.
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Update on Bieber SWAT
incident
BIEBER - The Lassen County Sheriff’s Department updated the information
regarding the incident in Bieber where shots were fired.
On August 21 at about noon, deputies of the Lassen County Sheriff’s
Department and officers from the California Highway Patrol were
dispatched to a report of a gunshot being heard at a residence in
Bieber.
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Three honored at assembly
McARTHUR – Fall River high school welcomed back students last Friday at
a ‘Welcome Back’ assembly, that also highlighted honoring a trio, “of
our own,” as principal Greg Hawkins put it.
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AAUW presents their
Women of the Year Awards
Charla Connelley has been a member of AAUW since 2004. She was
the Woman of Achievement Branch winner. She has been a substitute
teacher and an active AAUW member, serving as the AAUW’s Tech Trek
representative for the branch.
The Community Woman of Achievement Award winner is Sally Armstrong, a
resident of Burney and very active in her community.
Pancake breakfast set
McARTHUR — American Legion Post 369 will host their pre-parade
breakfast Sunday, 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Lions Hall.
They will serve ham, eggs and pancakes. The cost is $6 for adults and
$4 for children 12 and under.
Burney Elementary takes part in
Reflections program
“Beauty is…”
This year’s National Parent-Teacher Association’s (PTA’s) Reflections
program included a selective theme of “Beauty is…”. Eight
participating classrooms at Burney Elementary School (BES), plus a few
individual students, creatively produced almost 150 entries for
evaluation by a dedicated group of six community judges. BES PTA
Reflections’ “Beauty is…” garnered the participation of the following
classrooms at BES: Mrs. Booker’s / Mrs. Noack’s, Mrs. Calzia’s,
Mrs. Churney’s, Mrs. Ford’s, Mrs. Humble’s, Mrs. Lewis’, Ms. Sugg’s and
Mrs. Wall’s. Challenging their charges to best interpret what
“Beauty is…” means to them, these dedicated teachers incorporated this
art-based program into their curriculum.
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