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6A Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Indian Valley Record
PG&E experts to attend cloud-seeding forum
Dan McDonald
Staff Writer
dmcdonald@plumasnews.com
Almost from the time sci-
entists discovered how to
coax extra moisture from
clouds, they have done it.
Today's cloud-seeding tech-
nology can produce up to 10
percent more rain and snow
in areas where it has been de-
termined necessary.
But cloud-seeding has
many vocal opponents who
say chemicals used in the
process are bad for the envi-
ronment.
Wednesday, May 25, rain-
maker Pacific Gas and Elec-
tric Company will take part
in a community forum with
concerned citizens from the
Lake Almanor basin.
The meeting will be held at
the new community center
Doris Poore
45 Years
Barbara Price
36 Years
Dianne Gruner
30 Years
26 - 29 Years of service
Peggy Schmidt • Nonette Ray
21 - 25 Years of service
Steve Wallace
Debbie DeSelle
Marilyn Johannson
16-20 Years of service
David Windle
Kelly Stevenson
Jeff Obenland
Anita Camp
Katherine Kinne
Steve Tolen
Cliff Sutton
Susan Brown
Cheryl Pini
11-15 years of service
Carol Viscarra
Karen Stow
Gall Stentzel
Jim Rouse
DeAnn Potter
Karen DeLasaux
Michael LeBrook
Alyssa Cassol
Kim Eliason
Tom Wood
Lisette Hokanson
Julie Elsken
Rick Foster
Sue Ann Krueger
Marilyn Bergum
Debra Miller
6-10 years of service
Thomas Oglesby
Michael Vickers
Kim Kudick
Helen Mills
Jim Burros
Diane Boyd-Kantoff
Candi Garrett
Donyel Rockwell
Bill Jenkins
Laura Rosales
Laura Nasise
Annette Pompa
Bruce Wilson
Janice O'Brien
Susan Pettengill
Kerri Brest-Landw
Michele Redman
Brian Walmer
Casey Harding
Less than 5 years of service
(next to the Almanor Basin
Community Center) in
Chester from 6 to 8 p.m.
District 3 Supervisor Sher-
rie Thrall said a number of
expei'ts on the topic would be
there to answer questions
and give their input.
"The ABWAC (Almanor
Basin Watershed Advisory
Committee) chair and myself
have been working with
PG&E, with the Air Quality
Management District and
other agencies to bring ex-
perts to this public forum,"
Thrall said.
PG&E representatives
heard a sh.ort presentation
from Chester resident -- and
cloud-seeding opponent --
Lisa Marcus at the Plumas
County Board of Supervisors'
meeting Tuesday, May 3, in
Quincy.
Before the board advised
Marcus that she might be bet-
ter served voicing her con-
cerns in front of experts at
the May 25 forum, she offered
a sample of those concerns.
"I think it's reasonable to
ask: After 55-plus years of
(cloud-seeding) chemicals be-
ing dropped on us -- which
have not really been exposed
-- how does it affect our wa-
ter, our lake? How is it to
breathe?" Marcus asked.
Linda Stringfellow
35 Years
Greg Perkins
30 Years
Karleen Huffman
30 Years
Kathy Perkins
30 Years
Robbie Cassou
Peter Beck
Kristine Ball
Kennon Martin, D.P.M.
Lawrence Price, M.D.
Mark Satterfield, M.D.
Thomas Conklin, M.D.
Denise Harding
Gina McGirr
Alan Kelley
Jennifer Gladden, M.D.
Jeffrey Kepple, M.D.
Edith O'Connor
Amy Bennett
Chase Harding
Sheri Gent
Carol Sheller
Jan Jensen
Donna Ricks
Nancy Hemsley
Alan Eade
Linda Lee
Dean Eaton
Milind Dhond, M.D.
John Foley, M.D.
Vincent Frantz, M.D.
Steen Jensen, M.D.
Ross Morgan, M.D.
Elizabeth McGee
Gerald Hendrick
Becky White
Anna Baker
Robin Young
Michael O'Massey
Tina Armstrong
Julia Michael
Krista Davis
Linda Jameson
Sarah Long
Marlynn Jordan
Ginger Corona
Patricia Eaton
Diana Barnes
John Nadone
Kayna McGarr
Nancy Smith
Ma W Lou Batchelder
Benjamin Windle
Lynn Sunderman
David Reed, D.D.S.
John Freeman, M.D.
Angelo Kanellos, M.D.
Rachel Hurlburt, D.O.
Eric Saxman, M.D.
Jill Hanna, M.D.
Grant Hayashi, M.D.
Norman Nasise, M.D.
Joan Gately Amy Plank Lisa Noia Michele Zittrer Renee Hartsman
Cynthia Crosslin Carol Holland Patti Transue Cindy Crim Syra Cooper
Joyce Stetler Laurie Bliss Bonnie LaBerge Donna Steketee Rebecca Kimbrell
Carla Watenpaugh Debra Sherman Deborah Ledwig Geri Holliman Nicole Marceau
Cynthia Warner Shari Warndorf Esa Murray Jan Young Derek Gay
Dawn Ungersma Eden Hoffman Joseph Kilfoyle Stacy Kingdon Binh Nguyen-O'Massey
Christine Rice Randall Ashley Marc Shipp Kerw Wiggins Carol Hoffman
Lori Grosse Marie Mathes Tracy Weaver Shelley Taddei Kristin Poole
Lindsie Folchi Jennifer Stites Christina Webb Marei Montalvo Jennifer Abbott
Vanessa Zeigler Diane Golding Cynthia White Melissa Carter Cheryl Morris
Marcy Buss Gina Sobrero Wayne Guthrie Danna Rapacilo Lois Welch
Janet Crain Lou Ann Charbonnier Carolyn Gibbons Michele Potter Rose Margarette Johnson
Cindy Saltel Jill Reid Melissa Klundby Rosey BertOluzza Adriana Uken
Daniel Brandes Jana McDowell Brenda Compton Javier Garcia ShewI Slighton
Anna Raymer Missy Kroeker Nicole Hall Koralee Jones-Dollar Tiffany Manchip
Dawn Burke Elizabeth Page Thomas Moyer Janice Bonnett Jennifer Armstrong
Nancy Sbea Janet Thompson Jana Burgess Jennifer Guthrie Redge Hawkley, DPM
Stephen Johnson Kathwn McKee Debra Liedblad Debra Senter Erin Barnes, MD
Ila Decker Claude Freeze Edward Mutch Andrew Graham Kimberly Thomas, MD
Melony McGarr Stephanie McMillan Melissa Irby Mariana Sanchez Pooja Patel, DDS
Danielle Wagner Laura Leiss Kelley Bowling Casey Poole Michael Marchesseault, MD
Ruth Low W Jacy Decrona Carla Coulter Juliette Williams
Mandy Hovland Tiffany Leonhardt Kevin Lancaster Dennis Cline
Plumas
DISTRICT HOSPITAL
"There's just a lot of things I
want answered and I'm not
getting those answers from
PG&E."
Marcus asked, "Why does
L.A. (Los Angeles) have bet-
ter air than us? I moved away
from L.A. to get away from
that, and now I'm in it."
Marcus directed her con-
cerns to two PG&E represen-
tatives attending the meeting
who encouraged her to ask
those questions at the May 25
forum.
Thrall, whose district in-
cludes Lake Almanor, said
Marcus' group has never con-
tacted her.
"I hope we'll get all the an-
swers that everyone wants at
the public forum," Thrall
said before turning her atten-
tion to Marcus. "And I'm not
sure why you came (to the
Board of Supervisors) now,
rather than wait until after
the public forum when (the
board) would have back-
ground to take an action."
Marcus said she just want-
ed more public awareness.
And then she blasted the
county's largest taxpayer,
PG&E.
"PG&E owns this town,"
she said. "I'm sorry, but it is
really going to be tough to get
some answers that aren't go-
ing to be very biased: Be-
cause you don't bite the hand
that feeds you."
Watershed
group meets
tonight
M. Kate West
Chester Edit0r
chesternews@plumasnews.com
The Almanor Basin Water-
shed Advisory Committee will
host its regularly scheduled
monthly meeting Wednesday,
May 11, at 6 p.m., at the Best
Western Rose Quartz Inn on
Main Street in Chester.
Primary for thi_s ,meeting
will be discussion about in-
volvement in Plumas County
General Plan.
The committee will also fi-
nalize activities relating to the
hosting of the May 25 Cloud
Seeding Forum.
The largest block of time for
the May 11 meeting is dedicat-
ed to the discussion regarding
the "re-start" of the Watershed
Management Plan and how to
move forward in light of new
grant funding.
After these reports, the post-
ed Supervisor's Corners ex-
tends an invitation for Lake
Almanor Basin supervisors
Sherrie Thrall and Robert
Meacher to report on issues of
interest to the ABWAC and
the community.
ABWAC usually meets the
second Wednesday of each
month, at 6 p.m. at the Best
Western Rose Quartz Inn.
The public is invited to at-
tend both the monthly water-
shed meetings and to visit the-
Watershed Information Center
at the Chester Library.
For more information, call
Emily Creely at 284-1022 or
email her at:
ecreely@sierrainstitute.us.
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