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IOB Wednesday, March 9, 2011 Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter
E D I T O RIAL an d
OPINION
91
EDITORIAL
Eastern Plumas is awash in good news
that will buoy development in the Delleker
- area.
For the last dozen years or so, the ac-
cepted wisdom was that the Grizzly Lake
Resort Improvement District did not have
sufficient fire flows to support increased
development. The district thought it
needed to put in a 10-inch water main,
\but faced a drought of funding sources.
Meanwhile, the county dammed up
development with a building moratorium.
Low and behold, the district recently
discovered that it did have sufficient
flows and had had them all along. A
' sharp-eyed board member questioned
test flow results. Why did the flow vary
so drastically from one hydrant to the
next? So district employees dug down to
the valves to discover, much to their
surprise, that the valves were only
partially open. Yes, folks, if you open
- the valves, water will flow. In this case,
enough to exceed fLre flow requirements.
;' Once the latest test results move through
the official process, the county will lift the
building moratorium.
• It would be easy to make fun of this
situation: District slaps forehead, realizes
closed valves won't deliver water. But
that would not be fair. GLRID has gone a
long way in building capacity and profes-
sionalizing its workforce in recent years,
and those efforts have paid off. So kudos
to them and to board chairman Maurice
-': Willis for asking the •question. Willis
"himself credited "a general manager who
cares and operators who care. That made
the difference." General manager Juli
Thompson told our reporter, "There are
other things that just have always been
this way but nobody knows why. We're
looking,into them. We want to know ;
why/bTha v utd-be a good attitude
for all public servants to adopt in today's
economy.
The startling reversal of fortune frees
up a number of long-delayed projects in
the area, including one with countywide
implications: Intermountain Disposal's
materials recovery facility, considered a
necessity for Plumas County to meet state
, mandates for increased rates of recycling.
Other properties can now "be put to
their highest and best uses," said Dave
Keller of the Plumas County Community
Development Commission. Among the
.... projects waiting to move forward is a
v: Holiday Market.
a The increased economic activity that
,: will follow in the wake of this discovery
:4 is good news not just for Eastern Plumas,
': but for the whole county.
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MY TURN
M. KATE WEST
Chester Editor
chesternews@plumasnews.com
The news staff of Feather Publishing is
responsible for writing this particular col-
umn and do so by weekly rotation. I am up
on assignment at this time and with the
format of this piece I have the option of ex-
pressing my opinion or simply having a
My Turn say about whatever tickles my
fancy.
My usUal fare is politics and I gather my
fodder by tracking the powers that be at
both the state and national level. I even
went so far as to pick my topic several
weeks ago, to wit: Which party do you
trust more in the battle over the U.S. fed-
eral budget?
Most unfortunately, between then and
now, I seem to have hit a mental wall
which left me without the ability to get
riled up enough on any topic, let alone pol-
itics, to jump right on out there with an
opinion.
Last week I told my boss I was strug-
gling with this assignment and continued
to do so past the five o'clock deadline.
Then I spent most of the weekend trying to
verbalize the start of an opinion so I could
move on to other assignments.
My struggle remained uninterrupted
even as hubby and I traveled to Reno Sat-
urday to look at camping gear. Nor did my
elusive opinion spark as I revved up to do
my home chores on Sunday. Furiously
pushing the vacuum didn't jumpstart the
old thought train!
Now it's Monday and I'm asking myself
H/kere in the world?
Quincy resident Mike Beatty (right) made a'stop in Omaha, Neb., to visit with for=
mer Quincy resident and business owner Talat Mahmood. Many remember Talat
when he operated the Union 76 station on Crescent Street. The two posed in front
of Talat's newest business, a Valero station and mini-mart. He told Beatty to be
sure to say hi to everyone "bacl~ home" and that he really misses "all the good peo-
ple and friends he made" while he was in Quincy. Next time you travel, share
where you went by taking your local newspaper along and including it in a photo.
Then e-mail the photo to smorrow@plumasnews.com.
what's going on here? Did you not think
about anything recently? No opinion? No
wants? Feeling OK? Just what is on your
mind?
Ah... I think it's possible I'm coming
down with a case of spring fever and I may
have caught it from Punxsutawney Phil.
That famous groundhog didn't see his
shadow this year and I know it's likely my
subconscious is actively anticipating a
quick return to warm days and the start of
the fun season!
To be fair, I can't blame all of my lack of
concentration on Phil. A week ago I ripped
the February sheet off my company calen-
dar and staring me in the face ever since
are two dates, March 13 and 20, both of
which are circled in red as having some
importance to me.
The first is daylight-saving time, which
begins March 13 and means to me that we
have at last reached the time of the year
when we are again moving back into the
light.
Spring, which has its official start March
20, means I will soon feel the warming hints
of the long, summer days to follow.
Those dates, combined with the good
news shared by Phil, are likely responsi-
ble for this incredible distraction I am ex-
periencing.
Mellow and antsy, my world feels like a
contradiction. Two weeks ago I was stress-
ing through the power outages and now
I'm daydreaming about all the possible
Outdoor adventures awaiting me! I'm even
beginning to fantasize about pushing a
wheelbarrow and shoveling horse manure
out of the corral ... OK, my temperature is
obviously beginning to spike!
What's the cure? None that I know of,
but thankfully bouts of spring fever
are usually short lived.
What eases the fever? In my opinion, it's
a matter of taking positive action. Spin-
ning your wheels wanting it to be summer
is nonproductive. I believe making plans
is the secret to reducing the fever and
restoring balance to one's life.
Instead of yearning for the unknown
time when summer will arrive in the
mountains, making reservations can
bring about the peace of mind that comes
from knowing what can be real instead of
imagined.
An6 in recognizing my, sp. ! g fever for
what it is I can now take my.own advice.
Taking the initiative to make plans will
not only remove any doubt as to when my
season will begin, but will more than like-
ly break my creative logjam.
And to Phil, thanks for the forecast I
really am glad to know spring is coming
sooner rather than later!
REMEMBER WHEN 50 YEARS AGO ...... 1961 sors this week set the salary of the Plumas
........................................................................................................................................................ The Plumas Tool and Manufacturing County Fair manager at $30,888 per year.
Company, Greenville's newest industrial
KERI I"ABORSKI concern, is busy making among other 10 YEARS AGO ..... 2001
Histonan things, small crates with wooden parti- It was a record year for Plumas County
tions. The crates will be used for shipping real estate in 2000 with more than $130mil-
small metal parts, lion in sales but local realtors fear the year
Sheriff Abernethy reported that one of 2001 may not be as profitable because there
75YEARS AGO ........ 1936 the Plumas County jail prisoners serving is not much available to sell. Sales figures,
Many entries have been received from one year for burglary escaped Tuesday show that the Chester-Lake Almanor area
all parts of Plumas County including during the Noon hour while working at led in sales totaling more than $77 million
Indian Valley, Graeagle, Keddie, Portola, the Plumas County fairgrounds in Quincy. followed by the Graeagle area totaling $21
Vinton and Twain for the Plumas County million in sales. The Quincy area logged
Amateur Hour Show to be held in Quincy 25 YEARS AGO ...... 1986 $10 million in sales while Indian Valley
on March 20. The Plumas County Board of Supervi-recorded $6.3 million in sales.
Lent a time to reflect, break bad habits
denominations, I realized besides giving
something up, I could work on changing a
habit that was unpleasing to God or work
on something to better the life of someone
else.
• I know some readers will think that I am
trying to get readers to accept my belief in
God, but really I'm not. If nonbelievers
MY TURN can participate in Mardi Gras, which was
.................................................... 2 .......................................................... a religious "party,') and Easter, then I
BARBARA FRANCE hope they can understand that I am invit-
Staff Writer
bfrance@lassennews.com ing them to join the same challenge some
of my co-workers and I are embarking on.
March 8 was Mardi Gras, which means Like most humans, I, and others I work
Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday, a day of with, need a nudge and a partner to come
debauchery and gluttony before Ash alongside me to encourage me in my quest
Wednesday, which begins the Christian to become a better person. Each of us has a
Lenten period of solemn preparation for personal goal we want to achieve and we
Easter Sunday. have Set the target of Easter Sunday to see
Traditionally, Lent is time of penance, how far we can come in getting to the goal.
frugal living, fasting and prayer. The Some of us will have to continue beyond
church I was raised in encouraged "giving Easter. But, the 45-day window is a perfect
something up" for Lent -- something akin time for us to encourage each other and
to a New Year's resolution. I typically help each other grow, achieve and contin-
tried to give up sweets or chocolate. That ue. Lent is actually 40 days because one
lasted as long as me holding my breath -- doesn't count Holy Week, but we are be-
20 seconds. When I got older and changed cause we need the extra days to solidify
our new ways of doing things. Some of us
have chosen to share our goal; others have
not, but we still can encourage each other.
As usual I hope to use the 45-days to
make good choices in my pathway to bet-
ter health. I want myco-workers to ask me
how it's going, to encourage me to take my
lunch break and eat, and to step outside
and enjoy the soon coming spring weath-
er. It will officially be spring March 20.
Easter this year is April 24. Resurrec-
tion Sunday must occur between March 22
and April 25. Find the first day of spring,
then the first full moon immediately after
that. Easter will be the first Sunday after
or on that first full moon.
Hope you decide to join us in the chal-
lenge to work on a habit, give back to
someone• or simply sacrifice something ei-
ther in adoration to God or as a means of
self-reflection.
And, yes, my non-spiritual self will save
up for a 70 percent chocolate Easter bun-
ny. I will eat his ears first, then his tail ...
Chocolate has been known to be heart
healthy and real butter is not bad for you.
Therefore, I will splurge.
Don't sit back and let others do the talking for you.
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