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8B Wedoesday, Jan. 12, 2011
EDITORIAL
The new year has, unfortunately, started
off with a nasty streak. Our staffs in Su-
sanville, Chester and Quincy have been
EDITORIAL and OPINION
working overtime to cover two major break-
ing news stories.
In Plumas County, a plane crash at the
Chester airport left two dead. In Susanville, a
police officer was killed and his wife and her
boyfriend have been arrested on murder and
conspiracy charges.
While it may be sad to acknowledge, noth-
ing generates hits on a website like bad news.
Our plumasnews.com website had 13,000 hits
in 36 hours a huge volume for us. We prob-
ably haven't had that kind of traffic since the
Moonlight Fire.
All the activity had our server working at
maximum capacity. Out tech crew worked
diligently to free up as much band space as
possible, but despite their best efforts, a few
of you may have experienced some difficulty
accessing our site or moving from one page
to the other. In most cases, if people tried
again in a couple of minutes or if they hit "re-
fresh," they were able to access our site.
That kind of volume tells us that you've
come to rely on plumasnews.com for local
breaking news. We wouldn't be able to pro-
vide that up-to-the-minute service without
the help of our partners. In the case of the
plane crash in Chester, we relied on our con-
tacts at the Plumas County Sheriff's office
and the Chester Fire Department.
We can't say enough about the improved
relations with the sheriffs office since Greg
Hagwood took the helm. He personally called
our Quincy office from the field Thursday
night in Chester. He did the same last year
during the manhunt in Graeagle.
That Rind ofproactive involvement ex-
tends to the rest of his staff. We had ques-
tions about previous aviation accidents in
Plumas County. All we had to do was ask and
presto, we had a comprehensive list from
Commander Gerry Hendrick. With the date
of each incident in hand, we were able to"
quickly scour our archives and find the relat-
ed news story. The result, which you will
find elsewhere in today's paper, is a chart of
all fatal aircraft crashes in Plumas County
since 1961.
The -net result of improved cooperation
with the sheriffs office is better service to
you, our reader. And that's our ultimate goal.
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Michael C. Taborski ............. Publisher
Keri B. Taborski ...Legal Advertising Dept.
Delaine Fragnoli ........ Managing Editor
Diana Jorgenson .......... Portola Editor
Alicia Knadler ........ Indian Valley Editor
Kate West ............... Chester Editor
Shannon Morrow .......... Sports Editor
Mona Hill .................. Copy Editor
Staff writers:
Joshua Sebold Kayleen Taylor
Will Farris Ruth Ellis
Sam Williams Brian Taylor
Barbara France Pat Shillito
Susan Cort Johnson _Linda Satchwell
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From cold to...
MY TURN
MONA HILL
Staff Writer
mhill@plumasnews.c0m
Gosh, 750 words on... I haven't a clue. I
guess I'll just go with stream of conscious-
ness (or in my case unconsciousness) and
see how it all shakes out.
Speaking of unconscious, I believe that
from Friday, Dec. 31, through Monday,
Jan. 3, I slept about 20 out of every 24
hours: My lovely grandchildren gave me
their colds both of them -- and I pretty
well passed out.
I consumed great quantities of ZiCam,
Gypsy Cold Care tea, Robitussin, Advil and
orange juice when I was awake, but that
wasn't all that often.
I dragged myself into the office for my
first day as a bona fide Lois Lane and fer-
vently wished I could lie down.
Eventually I threw in the towel, stopped
by Du'nn's for Erin's Excellent Chicken En-
chilada Soup and headed home. I held my
head up long enough to eat the soup and
passed out again. That was around 2 p.m.
When I awoke at about 7, I knew instant-
ly I was well. It was a miracle and I credit
the soup. Erin Dunn should patent her
recipe; she's developed a cure for the com-
mort cold. Beats anything out of Lourdes
yet.
A couple of people have told me that no
matter what I write on, I have to give an
alpaca and Great Pyrenees update with
every My Turn.
Jack and George, the dogs, can now peer
over the gate When they stand on their
hind legs -- 4-1/2 months old. They are still
working on "sit." They have run off with
my shovel, the bungee cord on the alpacas'
cookie bin and Steve's staple gun staples.
Not since "The Great Escape" has there
been a more persistent pair of Houdinis.
The dynamic duo dig under the fence be-
tween the meadow and the house. Usually
they pick a downpour in the middle of the
night to effect an escape and show up at the
back door black with mud.
Steve gave up and locked them in the
garage for a couple of days until he could
get the fence reinforced. He decided he had
to get on with it when he found Jack carry-
ing the snowblower'sogas can. Not chewing
it, mind you, just carrying it around.
The fencing improvements had no effect
on the escape artists. Roughly 10 minutes
after their return to the pasture, they made
their return to our back door.
Sigh.
Could claymores and concertina wire be
far behind?
Steve's latest Rube Goldberg is three-foot
lengths of rebar, pounded two feet into the
ground at eight-inch intervals.
It's hard to know how that's working as
the ground is frozen solid with luck for
the rest bf the winter.
The alpacas, on the other hand, practi-
n stoll .
/
cally put themselves to bed. Well that is
until Igot sick and Steve had to put them
away. Revenge is sweet: they just wot[ dn't
go to bed for him until 9 or 10 o'clock.
W~W
Christmas was pretty good; all the p :e-
sents arrived (well, James' Thomasth.,
Tank Engine and Percy didn't quite at rive
on time and Hannah's Zune, which wc rked
fine before Christmas, packed up whe~. she
tried to "open" it).
Santa-was good to me. I got the wint ,r
boots and coat I.wanted, plus a sign. S eve
gave himself a "honey do" for my ChriSt-
mas present: he has to hang my "Span! sh
Peak Alpacas" sign down in the meade w.
I didn't get ambitious with my Chris t-
mas baking but did have a surprise.
We'd had some stollen from Trader ~ oe's
that we liked and I thought I would m~ ke
some for Christmas morning. The reci }e I
had said it made a large stollen.
And large it was. I could have cut the
recipe in half and still had enough for
Cox's Army. My friend Suzie called it the
swollen stollen. It was enormous, abou 16
inches in diameter. I brought half to work
and we noshed on it***f°r a week.
Finally, I was pleased to hear Gov. on-
beam talking about how the Legislature
has to set aside political ideologies. Gee, ya
think? Really? Wow.
I've heard the song before during the
course of the last eight years.
Just remember, about a year ago I salid if
he's elected, we deserve what we get. F~s-
ten your seatbelts 'cause it's going to be a
bumpy ride.
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--~ ..~!~ ~ae"
Don Ball, an orthope-
dic surgeon at EaSt-
ern Plumas Health
Care, and his wife,
Pat, visited Hobro on
the Mariager Fjord in
Denmark, where
they spent Christmas
with their daught~er
and son-in-law. Next
time you travel,
share where Y~0=u
went by taking yohr
local newspaper
along and includi~g
it in a photo. Then~-
mail the photo to
smorrow@plumas
news.com
REMEMBER WHEN factory in Sloat resumed oPerations Satur-
........................................................................................................................................................ day after a two week shut down.
brought 45 teams to participate for a total
of $3,000 in prize money.
KERI TABORSKI
H~storian
75 YEARS AGO ....... 1936
For the first time in 15 years women will
serve on the Plumas County Superior
Court trial juries. The jury lists compiled
at the first of the year by the five Plumas
County Board of Supervisors had been con-
fined to male voters since 1920.
The Quincy Lumber Company box
50 YEARS AGO ...... 1961
Irwin Joy, Portola hardware merchant,
was elected president of the Plumas Coun-
ty Chamber of Commerce with William
Davis, Lake Almanor resort owner as vice
president and American Valley-Quincy re-
al estate broker Gladys Mansell, treasurer.
25 YEARS AGO ....... 1986
The 5th annual Chester Winterfest Sled
Dog Race, run in just enough snow,
10 YEARS AGO ..... 2001
Plumas County Superior Court Judges
Ira Kaufman and Garrett Olney were
sworn in this week for six-year terms. Lat-
er, Judge Kaufman swore in Plumas Coun-
ty Board of Supervisors Ken Nelson,B.J...
Pearson and Robert Meacher.
Local logging company owner Randy
Pew of Indian Valley was named the Com-
munity Member of the Year 2000 at the In-
dian Valley Chamber of Commerce mixer.
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MY TURN such is community.
It is the community that I really work
DIANA JORGENSON for and write for and write about. And it is
Portola Editor the community that has been responsible
djorgenson@plumasnews.com for keeping the coverage as broad as it has
been. No reporter can be everywhere, but
In two weeks, on Feb. 1, I will celebrate the community is. I greatly appreciate the
my fifth anniversary with Feather Pub- help I have been given by, you or some-
lishing. Whew. It's a milestone, one like you. The pictures you have sub-
I have learned a lot about local govern- mitted, the articles you create, the infor-
merit these past five years. Especially in ruction you share makes your newspaper a
rural areas, it's a lot more accessible than more varied source and creates a more
I ever had guessed. I encourage people to comprehensive picture of the community.
participate much more freely than they do Hopefully, I have become a better writer
now. Especially in these times when so in the past five years. Certainly, I have be-
much of the "establishment" or "infra- come a faster writer. Had I written college
structure," however you see it, has failed, term papers at such a prodigious rate, I
your voice is as valid as any, and fresh could have completed four years in one.
perspectives are perhaps the very ones we My sixth year with the newspaper will
need. be different from the previous five. I am
I have met a lot of people these past five semi-retiring and will be job.sharing East-
years.Sometimes, I am dismayed by all ern Plumas newspaper coverage with an
the time given over to colliding egos in enthusiastic young woman named Christ-
public venues and at other times, I am inn Young.
simply amazed by the selflessness and de- Although you will now see two of us cov-
votion of an endless parade of volunteers, ering local events in eastern Plumas Coun-
ty, it is still one 40-hour per week job, so
we will need the community as much as
ever.
It's an experiment and I'm grateful tq
Feather Publishing for being open to tt e
idea. Even at full retirement age, Socia
Security is not enough to live on, so pa t-
time. employment may be as retired
get. ' • [
And what will I do with my semi-retire-
ment? Hiking these beautiful mountains is
high on the pridrity list. It is why I moved
here 30 years ago. I also intend to meditate
more and regularly. Take care of my
health. All the things one is supposed to do
upon retirement.
I'm looking forward to covering this end
of the county with a refreshed smile and
maybe even a fresh viewpoint. My camera
goes with me always so perhaps you will
benefit from these hikes of mine and the
beauty that I see.
One thing I do know for sure:It's good to
shake it up once in a while and re-do all
your habits from scratch. Welcome, 2011.
It's a new year. It's a new life.
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