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Indian Valley Record Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 7A Joshua Sebold Staff Writer jsebold@plumasnews.com The Plumas County Board of Supervisors (BOS) allo- cated tourism grant funding to local groups a meeting Tuesday, Jan. 4. A chart accompanying this story briefly describes the highest ranked projects and displays the amounts of funding requested and granted. The individual board members previously ranked the groups' proposals and the clerk of the board aver- aged those rankings. The board went down the list of average ranking and discussed each proposal un- til at least three supervisors agreed on a level of funding. In some cases a proposal was ranked high by some supervisors, giving it a high average ranking, but given no funding because at least three of the five board mem- bers didn't believe it fit into the grant criteria. There were also proposals that the board didn't discuss because they were too far down in the average rank- ings and the funding ran out; therefore they weren't included in the table accom- panying this article. Some proposals were funded at a lower level than requested. Eastern Plumas tourism The first proposal leading to significant discussion was an Eastern Plumas pro- posal for the county to help fund Railroad Days, the Winter Snow Fest and smaller events. New BOS chairwoman Lori Simpson told her fellow Consultant The supervisors also balked at a proposal from the Plumas County Visitors Bureau to hire a consultant for $1,000 to investigate the creation of tourism business improvement districts in PluraLS. Those districts have been used as a funding mecha- nism for tourism services in other counties by collecting fees like other service dis- tricts. Thrall seemed to capture the board's perspective on the issue: "I think if the county wants that we can figure out some other way to fund it." Films and contingencies Finally, the board arrived at the ranking level of the Plumas Arts and Plumas- Sierra County Fair collabo- ration film fest. Several board members agreed they really liked this idea, but only $4,000 in fund- ing remained when the pro- posal came up. Fair Manager John Stef- fanic said in all reality the event probably wouldn't work with less than $10,000. Plumas Arts Director Roxanne Valladao told the board she would try to find matching funds from other groups for the next 30 days. Organizadons Original Plan** Request Granted All Plumas County cbambers o~ Update of Plumas County display in state capital building. $1,630 $1,630 commerce and Plumas Arts Alliance for Workforce Expand technical business training, and consulting services to all interested businesses. Cnrrently only offered to those that have participated in federally funded entrepreneur- $15,000 $10,000 Development ship boot camp program, which can only serves specific business sectors. Promotion of Plumas County through booths at out-of-county events. Modeled after chain- All chambers/Plumas Arts ber's participation in Reno Tahoe Open last year. President of PGA offered booth at half $9,600 $9,600 price this year. Will also include presentation at state fair and similar events. 50 percent in-kind contribution from groups for every dollar. Portola Railroad Days Association/Graeagle PluraLs Eastern Plumas Tourism events: Railroad Days and Winter Snow Fest$25,000 $5,000 Alliance All chambers/PluraLS Arts Collaborative Events Calendar, which will be available online from all groups' websites. All $9,600 $5,000 interested artists in county will get free membership in local chamber or arts association. All chambers/PluraLS Arts Countywide Art Studio and Barn Quilt Tour: will have participation from all county arts $7,150 $5,000 associations and chambers. $9,000 in-kind match. All cbambers/Plumas ArtsSeasonal Event Cluster Ads: advertisements in Reno and Chico newspapers highlighting $8,400 $5,000 seasonal groupings of events in Plumas County. Reprinting mnseum, railroad and other tourism brochures for distribution to chambers of Visitors Bureau commerce, Forest Service and others. (Current supplies are almost extinguished.) County $7,140 $5,000 supervisors will tell VB which brochures to focus on. Visitors Bureau Update Regional Tour Itineraries: copies on VB website were opened 54,000 times this year, bnt they are outdated. $1,000 $1,000 Visitors Bureau Hire consultant to investigate creation of tourism business improvement$1,000 $0 districts in Plumas as fi, nding mechanism for tourism services. Memorial Day Weekend Grand Phnnas Film Expo: aimed at Reno and Chico visitors Plumas County Fair/ (where universities stimulate interest in film). Each fair building and Town Hall Theatre $10,000 $4,000 Phtmas Arts would show different genres, possible outdoor screenings if weather permits. '~ : ~::~ : ~ ~ ~ :~ ~! ~i ~i~P ~NN" ~!~ ~ ~ ~%.+ Visitors Bureau Republish county map for wholesale to chambers and others. $2,500 $1,000 If her search proves un- successful, the BOS will Chester/Lake Ahnanor Chamber of Commerce Creation of micro Websites for Lake Almanor businesses, which will be connected to chamber site. $10,000 $1,500 split the $4,000 among the next few proposals, as indi- cated in the chart accompa- nying this article. Cy Hall Museum Phone, Internet and security system *In order of supen~isor ranking average (Some projects had a high average ranking but got three votes for no funding.) **Some project plans may be altered if less than requested funds were awarded. $8,120 $1,500 COMMUNITY CORNER board members Portola had its own tourism related tax revenues and should fund its own events. Indian Valley Supervisor Robert Meacher said he thought the county should give a small contribution of $5,000 instead of the $25,000 request. "Its just not Railroad Days -- Graeagle Plumas Alliance is doing a whole heck of a lot out there," Eastern PluraLS Supervisor Terry Swofford argued. New Graeagle supervisor Jon Kennedy wasn't con- vinced. The new board member said he didn't think the re- quest should get any fund- ing "and a lot of those peo- ple are right in my district, but they're wanting to fund things they're already doing right now, and that was my only problem. I was looking for something new." The board emphasized early on in the grant process that the point was for new innovative ideas to be funded. Simpson and Swofford told Kennedy the Winter Snow Fest was a new event. Kennedy responded that he meant the event was al- ready planned before the grant-funding program ex- isted -- its existence wasn't contingent upon getting county funding. "But they're having trou- ble raising the money to do some of these things," Swof- ford contended. "You've gotta advertise, you've gotta be out there. I think this brings a lot of people into the area." "It's gonna help TOT (transient occupancy tax), not just in Portola. You've got Whitehawk, you've got Gold Mountain, you've dif- ferent places that's gonna benefit from this." Simpson held her ground: "That's way too much mon- ey." The proposal included the single largest request for funding by any one group. Chester Supervisor Sher- tie Thrall said she would like to give some support to the Winter Snow Fest and the board agreed to give $5,000. Today's Weather 46/41 Mix of rain and snow showers. Highs in the mid 40S and lows in the low 40s. Sunrise Sunset 7:25 AM 4:59 PM , ::% • 48/39 Showers. Highs in the upper 40s and lows in the upper 30s. Sunltse Sunset 7:25 AM 5:00 PM 53/41 Mix of sun and CloUds. Highs in the low 50s and lows in the low 40S. Sunrise Sunset 7:24 AM 5:01 PM 53/39 More clouds than sun, Highs in the low 5~s and lows in the upper 30S. Sunrise Sunset 7:24 AM 5:02 PM 51/38 Showers possible'. Highs in the low 50s and lows in the up- ] per 30s. Sunrise Sunset 7:24 A~ 5:04 PM Californii At A Glance Moon Phases ;~;~i;;~ teenville Jan 4 Jan 12 46/41 ~,,:~ .... ~!~'~ menlo ~ :. iO ~67~ Full Last .~ \ Jan 19 Jan 26 61/5~ ~ UV Index !% /~ :~ Bak~J~] :!~~ ThuWed 1112t/13~i..~ LOWLow ........ 58i ....... Fri 11t Low ;~iii~:ii~:~iiii~, Sat 1/15 2 Low '~'~'~68LOSA~ ~itt~! ~ Sun ,1116 V Low San ::::: showing the need for ~eater skin pro- .. nurnbe, scale with a higher UV Index 69/£1 :~ Area Cities rA'naheirn 7r,'~= s=~u'n~ *M~:lesto 58--45-; sunny Bakersfield 58 43 met sunny Mojave 58 35 sunny San Bemardino 69 43 sunny earstow 59 32 sunny Monterey 63 47 pt sunny San Diego 69 51 sunny a~ylhe 68 42 pt sunny Needles 63 45 pt sunny San Francisco 61 52 pt sunny Ch¢o 53 45 rain C)akland 59 48 ptSunny SanJos~ 62 48 ptsunny CostaMssa 70 51 sunny Palmdate 58 32 sunny SantaBarbera 64 46 mstsunny El Centre 71 41 pt sunny Pasadena 71 46 sunny Stocklon 57 45 pt sunny Eureka 54 49 rain Redding 68 42 sunny Susanville38 30 mixed Fresno 57 44 rest sunny Riverside 70 43 sunny Truckee 39 27 sn shower LosAngeies 68 48 sunny Sacramento58 47 cloudyVisalia 56 42 ptsuony National Cities %nta 321&=;'st sunny rHo'uston 4;1~,~" pt~r°s 'unny Boston 35 26 snow Los Angeles 68 48 sunny San Francisco 61 52 pt sunny Chicago 25 13 snshower Miami 70 49 rain Seattle 44 44 mixed Dallas 40 27 cloudy Minneapolis 20 6 sn shower St. Louis 20 8 cloudy Denver 36 25 pt sunny New York 33 22 snow Washington, DC 37 26 pt sunny ~010 American Profile HOmetown Content Sentice CHURCHES ChurchOfJeeusChrist Of katter Day Saints, Seventh-Day Adventist, 310-2042, Hwy. 89, 284-7517 or 284-1414, Hidewey Rd., Greenville. next to Sierra Sunrise, Greenville. First Baptist, 284-7714, 133 Hot Springs Rd.. Southern Baptist. 284-7522, 241 Greenville Greenville. Wolf Creek Rd., Greenville. Christ the Redeemer Church, 284-1003, 120 St. Anthony's Catholic Bush St., Greenville, ctranglican.org. Father Larry Beck. Jessie Street, Greenville. 283-0890. Sunday Mass, 11 a.m.; Thursday First Lutheran, 284-7683, 116 Bush St., Mass, noon. Greenville. Community United Methodist Churches of Greenville Assembly of God, 284-6586, Greenville and Taylorsville, 284-7316, 212 Forgay & Setzer. Greenville. Pine St., Greenville and Nelson & Warren St., Taylorsville. Indian Mission Full Gospel, N. "Valley Rd., Greenville. Christ the Redeemer Church, 284-1003, First Lutheran, 120 Bush St., Greenville., ctrand~ican.org. Kingdom Hall Of Jehovsh's Witnesses, 284-6006, 1192 N. Valley Rd., Greenville. Lord's Chapel, 284-1852, 168 Hannon Ave., Indian Falls. COMMUNITY CALENDAR Thursday, Jan. 13 AA Big Book/Step Study, noon, First Baptist Church, Hot Springs Road, Greenville. Workshop for Plumas Artists, 2-4:30 p.m., Greenville Southern Baptist Church, Greenville Wolf Street, 284-7861 or 284- 7670. Monday, Jan. 17 Indian Valley Chamber of Commerce, 6:30 p.m. Greenville Town Hall, 284- 6633. Indian Valley 4-H Club, 7 Dawn Institute, 5:30 p.m. ,. all for location 284-6036. California Women in Tim- ber, 6 p.m,, Quincy Library. Wednesday, Jan. 19 Bingo, 10:30 a.m., at the Greenville Senior Nutrition Site, Green Meadows Hous- Creek Road, 284-7069. p.m., Taylorsville Grange ing Development off Hot Feather River Resource Hall, 284-7360 284-7071. Springs Road. Call a day Conservation District Board AA, 7 p.m., First Lutheran ahead for ride and lunch meeting, 7 p.m., Plumas Church, Bush Street, reservations, 284-6088. Corp. office, Quincy. Public Greenville. Family Night, 5:30 p.m., welcome. Call 283-7512 Roundhouse Council, 330 for more information. ' Tuesday, Jan. 18 Bush St., Greenville, 284- Sewing, Crafts and Coffee, 6866. Friday, Jan. 14 10:30 a.m., potluck at Free and Accepted Masons, Sewing, Crafts and Coffee, noon; Taylorsville Commu- 7:30 p.m, Masonic Hall, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Taylors- nity United Methodist Main St. Greenville, 284- ville Community United Church, Nelson Street, 284- 7875. Methodist Church, Nelson 7861 or 284-7670. 1.7 ._~ "" "-" ~ - 1:25"~m. B! ~" Lake Almanor *Elevation 1.7 ~um~ t ~ :12/~g ": [¥I Year Ago 4,477.91 \ I I - 12/24 . ,. %,.A-- \ I .. , I Lake Almanor **Capacity Reddmg .~ • ' q' _.. ..x,, PX \ ,, / l :,;am I t "[Current 862,393 12/2 11 1YearAgo 738.562 10:39 a.rn./. _,~p~-- - - ~ .~es+ere ~:l[ / II - /. /-- \i / " I I Bucks Lake*Elevation , 2.5\. t 2 Quint. ,2m \ I YearAgo 5,133.38 • 1 ~ :p. k £ \ [I ,Current 84,825 , ¥1 Year Ago 65.236 o,,,:P'.~',:,,'o~'-~V~ I I Year Ago 65.236 /I *Elevat~ealevel in ft.