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Vol. 81,
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Students
investigate
architecture
Alicia Knadler
Indian Valley Editor
aknadler@plumasnews.com
Students both young and
older are giving back to their
community in creative ways
that maximize the benefit for
all.
Greenville alumnus Tyler
Pew, one such student, is a
master's student of architec-
ture at the California College
of the Arts in San Francisco.
He wanted to give some-
thing back to his "beautiful
Indian Valley" community,
so he. not only shared his
passion for architectural
design with students at
Plumas Charter School's
Indian Valley Academy, he
hosted three full days of
education with help from
fellow master's of architec-
ture students.
Together they introduced
students to a variety of de-
sign concepts and the modern
technology they use to trans-
form their ideas into tangible
results.
Pew said about his studies,
that he spends much of his
time "playing with cardboard
and rotating models around
in Rhino, a three-dimensional
modeling software that can be
used by computer aided
drafters, and other forms of
computer-aided design.
The result of three days of
intensively creative study
culminated with four teams
of students giving formal pre-
sentations about their design
concepts for a new school-
yard and fence.
The first two days
Students first created per-
sonalized boundary condition
images of themselves using
Inkscape, a vector graphics
software similar to Adobe
Illustrator.
See IVA, page 6A
Indian Valley Academy stu-
dents are dressed for success
(above) when they gather to
give formal presentations
about their design concepts to
the community.
One fence design includes
a beefed-up wall that
can stand up to activities
like ball games.
Photos
by
Alicia Knadler
Resolution pledges awareness of water rights
Joshua Sebold
Staff Writer
jsebold@plumasnews.com
The Plumas County Board
of Supervisors approved a
resolution recognizing water
rights in the county and
pledging to take them into
account when Conducting or
approving watershed restora-
tion projects in the county at
a Tuesday, April 5, meeting.
Flood Control and Water
ConserVation District Man-
ager Brian Morris brought
the resolution before the foreseeable impacts."
board. It concluded that the
The document declared, • county would "work with in-
"Effective planning for stream terested parties" to develop
restoration projects requires additional, strategies for
notice to and.coordinatioe ensuring projects don't nega-
"So when people talk about
having water rights, they are
a property right, they can be
bought and sold and there's a
clear possession of those
rights.' ................
"A person is not said
to own water but to have a
right to use it and that's the
property right."
"The Department of Water
Resources has water rights to
the water in Lake Davis and
we have with them a long-
term contract that goes
through the year 2038 with
provisions for renewal
beyond that."
At this point Crescent Mills
resident Todd Anderson told
the board he would like.
the resolution to specifically
recognize his water rights.
Morris responded that
he listed several prominent
water right decrees over the
years that included large
groups of users but that he
also included language to
recognize all other water
rights holders in the county.
That section reads:
"the State Water Resources
Control Board currently
rcognizes more than 500
other active water rights in
Plumas County, including
permits or licenses-to appro-
priate water, certified stock-
pbnds, statements of diver-
sion and use, and federal
claims."
After that explanation,
Eastern Plumas Supervisor
Terry Swofford moved to
pass the resolution and
Graeagle Supervisor Jon
Kennedy seconded.
Sheriff's office reorganizes
Dan McDonald
Staff Writer
dmcdonald@plumasnews.conl
The Plumas County Sheriff
wants to scrap the under-
sheriff position in favor of
two assistant sheriffs.
The Plumas County super-
visors said that plan is fine
with them.
By a unanimous vote Tues-
day, the board gave Sheriff
Greg Hagwood the OK
to change the command
structure that has been in
place for the past 12 years.
Hagwood, who has been
sheriff since Jan. 5 and was
carrying out the sheriffs duties
for a year prior to that, said a
new structure makes .sense.
"We have been operating
at a deficit when it comes to
administrative assistants for
two years," Hagwood said.
"That was a deliberate deci-
sion on my part to save what
has ended up being a substan-
tial amount of money."
Despite the savings, Hag-
wood said, "That arrange-
ment is not sustainable."
"We hav e barely kept our
head above water," Hagwood
added. "My strong sense is
that we are losing ground.
We are not capitalizing on
opportunities that exist, and
with the ability to restruc-
ture and have two assistant
sheriffs it will allow us to
provide better leadership
within the agency."
In addition to eliminating
the undersheriff job, Hag-
wood's reorganization plan
calls for the elimination of
a second, undetermined
position in the department.
The pay for the two
assistant sheriffs would be
determined by averaging the
compensation of the under-
sheriff and the other, to-be-
determined position.
Two positions would be
cut and two added. The over-
all financial obligation would
remain the same.
Hagwood told the board
one of the assistant sheriffs
would be designated as his
fill-in. That person would
step in to handle the sheriffs
duties in his absence:
The sheriff said the two
assistant sheriff positions
would likely be filled from
within the department. He
said he intends to post the
opening in-house for one
week and conduct interviews
See Sheriff, page 7A
County investment outlook good
Dan McDonald
Staff Writer
d mcdonald@plumasnews.com
The company that manages
roughly a third of Plumas
County's investments pre-.
sented an optimistic outlook
Tuesday, April 5.
Carlos Oblites, senior man-.
aging consultant' for PFM
Asset Management, told the
Plumas County Board of
Supervisors, "We've had a
very successful first year
under our belt."
Success in a still-sluggish
national economy translated
to a 1 .3 percent return on in-
vestment since the PFM
fund's inception March 81;
2010.
PFM's portion of the
county's $79 million in pooled
investments was $29,807,021
as of March 31, 2011.
Oblites explained his com-
pany works "very closely"
with the county treasurer and
must follow well-defined
guidelines in the way it
manages the county's money.
"We have to comply with
California government code,"
Oblites said. "So, unlike your
personal investments, this has
very rigidly defined para-
meters of how these funds can
be invested. They're limited
to fixed income securities.
You're basically looking
at the bond markets and
anything, with a maturity of
five years or less."
Interest rates at historically
low levels limit the potential
return on fixed-income
securities.
Most of the county's port-
folio under PFM's direction
is concentrated in securities
with a three-year maturity
range or less. Oblites said
this structure helps to
capture higher yields, While
maintaining ample liquidity
should interest rates
increase.
Oblites said 95 percent of
• See Invest, page 7A
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tively impact "any holders of
water rights." *
When a member of the pub-
lic asked about ownership of
water in Lake Davis, Morris
explained, "People Can own a
right to use the water but the
water is generally described
as belonging to the people of
the state of California."
with potentially affected water
users."
It called for all environ.
mental documents attached
to such projects to include
"an assessment of any short-
term and long-term water
supply impacts" along
with "contingency plans and
mitigation measures to offset
A rd'winnin00, chefs
Greenville High School Culinary Team members each brought home medals and prizes for
winning second place at the California ProStart Competition in Pomona. For story and more
photos, see page 7A. Photo by Alicia Knadler