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lOB Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011
Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter
EDITORIAL
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OPINION
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local economy
Like it or not, the timber industry and all its
associated revenues have largely left Lassen
and Plumas counties. According to the plan
hatched years ago by the federal government,
those timber dollars should be replaced by
tourism dollars as the county shifts from an
economy based on timber to one based on
recreational activities. In fact, the government
reimburses, to some extent, the county and the
schools for the tax revenues lost from the tim-
ber receipts. But some of those payments will
disappear in the next year if legislation is not
re-enacted.
Lassen and Plumas counties has much to of-
fer in making that transition from a timber-
based economy to a recreation-based economy
from snow-covered mountain peaks in the
Sierra and Cascade ranges to lakes and
streams that offer fishing opportunities, in-
cluding the chance to catch the world-famous
Eagle Lake trout.
And with a little help from possible legisla-
tion to be authored by Congressman Tom Mc-
Clintock, a new recreational opportunity may
finally come to fruition. For several years, the
Recreation Outdoor Coalition, headquartered
in Anderson, has worked with other groups
such as the Sierra Access Coalition of Quincy
to create what they call the Share the Dream
Trail a network of county and National For-
est roads surrounding Lassen Peak for year-
round use by off-highway vehicles. A few short
sections of the proposed trail still require de-
velopment, but most of the 109-mile loop al-
ready exists.
The big sticking point is the National Forest
Service's level 3 designation of some of those
roads banning multiple use by both motor
vehicles and off-highway vehicles.
Given the success of a non-motorized 165-
mile trail around Lake Tahoe joining two
states, six counties, one state park, three na-
tional forests and three wilderness areas, the
Share the Dream Trail could bring much need-
ed revenue to Lassen and Plumas counties,
particularly Susanville and Chester the
towns that could become the hubs of activity
on the Dream Trail.
With a boost from McClintock's legislation,
the parties may be able to resolve their differ-
ences and create a new destination point for
visitors and residents alike for many years to
come, providing Main Street merchants with
another source of much-needed revenue.
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Staff writers:
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Will Farris Brian Taylor
Sam Williams Pat Shillito
Barbara France Christian Young
Susan Cort Johnson Diana Jorgenson
Kayleen Taylor Mona Hill
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MY TURN
CHRISTIAN YOUNG
Staff Writer
cyoung@plumasnews.com
Over the last week, I was bombarded
with images of the violence that erupted
in Egypt. Initially, I watched the crisis un-
fold with a certain amount of detachment.
In the beginning, it was just another far-
away place, with foreign people disen-
chanted with yet another foreign leader,
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. And
then I heard the Egyptian government
pulled the plug on the Internet.
I've never been to Egypt, but I know
what would happen here in America if
anybody pulled a stunt like that. Commu-
nication is the key to organization, and
quite clearly, the Egyptian government
did not appear to want its people orga-
nized. What ensued, then, was disorder,
chaos misunderstandings. Not only did
the shutdown cost the country a whopping
$90 million in lost revenue, major institu-
tions like banks and government agencies
were forced to close, as well.
Suddenly, those foreign people in that
faraway place started to become real to
me. I tried to imagine what it would be
like to not be able to withdraw money
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Chadrick Kaleb Lausen becomes the newest fan of
16 at 11:16 a.m. at St. Mary's Hospital in Reno.
ents James and Sarah Lausen of Quincy. Next
went by taking your local newspaper along and
the photo to smorrow@plumasnews.com.
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the Feather River Bulletin on Jan.
Chad is pictured here with his par-
time you travel, share where you
including it in a photo. Then e-mail
from my own bank account; to not be able
to buy food for my kids; to worry how my
family was going to make it across town
without being trampled or killed; to not
know when all this violence would end.
I could not,
So, I kept up with the reports. I found
out the protesters of the current Egyptian
government wanted the same deal we
have in America democracy and that
they felt they weren't getting it. As proof,
Twitter and Facebook in Egypt became
blocked. CEOs of media corporations van-
ished into thin air. Journalists were told
what to write, or else. Hundreds were
beaten and arrested.
Still, the Egyptian people found inge-
nious ways to communicate. They actual-
ly used dial-up phone modems to continue
showing the world what was happening to
them. There were even reports of ham ra-
dios and Morse code forms of communi-
cation that hadn't been used in the main-
stream in years. Suddenly, I found myself
rooting for these people. Up until last
week, I knew Egypt had a couple of pyra-
mids, an outrageous tourism industry and
a really famous mummy. Now, I could see
that they were human beings desiring
what every human I know wants to be
heard and respected.
When I learned the average citizen
couldn't make more than $5 a day work:
ing, I began to understand what they
hoped to accomplish in their protest, de-
spite the opposition. In America, we have
the right to challenge our government.
But in Cairo, I watched a man, walking
alone, fall down. He was a protester and
he was shot to death. On my laptop, right
next to this video footage was a Clip of
Perez Hilton and an ad hailing the return
of Beavis and Butthead. It was a sobering
paradox.
Not a whole lot's changed, positively, in
the last 10 days since the protests in Egypt
began. People have died, but the Internet's
back up. Ttlere's been an almost total lock-
down on journalists covering the story.
Americans have left behind friends and
family members on last-ditch flights out of
the country. Tahrir aka "Liberty" Square
looks like a complete war zone with no
end in sight. Some people are comparing
these events to the tearing down of the
Berlin Wall in 1989 or Tiananmen Square
--just not as bloody. But to people in
Egypt,. these comparisons sound like an-
~the:r atiempt to cl~a'racteri'zethem aft just
foreign people in another faraway place --
and clearly, they are not.
In the meantime, I'm still glued to my
laptop, trying to ignore the pop-ups, and
staring at a screen which reads: "Egypt:
The Whole World Is Watching."
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REMEMBER WHEN
KERI TABORSKI
Historian
75 YEARS AGO ......... 1936
Laurence Lockney of Greenville and J.H.
Hunter of Westwood both announced this
week that they will be candidates for the
California State Senate this year. Lockney
is a newspaper publisher in Greenville.
Publication of a combination of news and
accompanying photographs embracing the
significance of world-wide news will be
added to this weeks issue of the Feather
River Bulletin. The new briefs are gathered Sacramento to spin the big California Lot-
by over 5000 correspondents of News Week, tery wheel Saturday night and won
the national news weekly publication. $4,~65,000. Her $100 winning lottery ticket,
allowing her to spin the big wheel, was
50 YEARS AGO ....... 1961 purchased by her husband Tom at Ches
Two armed gunmen entered the Knotty Mart in Chester.
Pine Tavern in Blairsden and obtained
more than $3,000 in cash plus an undeter-
mined amount of valuable jewelry. 10 YEARS AGO ........ 2001
Precipitation amounting to an average of The Plumas County Board of Supervi-
4.36 inches have fallen in Plumas County in sors made some decision this week on im-
the past seven days, ending the drought. The provements to the Dame Shirley Plaza
warm storm produced only rain, no snow. property in Quincy located adjacent to the
Plums County Courthouse. The plan would
25 YEARS AGO ....... 1986 include the real estate to be 70 percent park
Ivanelle Kitchen of Chester traveled to and 30 percent parking area.
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