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lOB Wednesday, June 8, 2011 Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter
EDITORIAL
A N D
OPINION
EDITORIAL
To our
graduates:
choose life
High school graduations in Plumas County
culminate this Friday with commencement
exercises at our four public high schools.
First and foremost, we need to celebrate our
young people for their accomplishments: At
this moment, you are beautiful, talented, in-
vincible and immortal.
We also need to recognize the efforts of all
school personnel -- from the bus drivers to
the librarians, the maintenance workers to
the administrators -- who, each year, do more
with less.
The larger community, which is always so
generous with scholarships and other forms
of support, deserves credit for helping to shep-
herd our young people through the tumul-
tuous waters of adolescence and into adult-
hood.
And, of course, the parents, whose duties
would more than fill the space of this column.
It would be unrealistic, however, not to
point out the obvious: Today's graduates en-
ter a very challenging world. State colleges
and universities are cutting admissions and
raising tuition, the unemployment rate in Cal-
ifornia remains high, and opportunities are
more diminished than we have seen in gener-
ations.
To our graduates we say: Have faith. Bring
all your youthful exuberance to bear on to-
day's problems. We need you -- your energy,
your new ways of approaching old problems.
While the challenges you face are great, the
rewards -- and they will come, eventually --
will be even greater.
Be prepared to fail. We know that sounds
like an odd thing to say in a congratulatory
column, but more and more research is show-
ing that learning how to fail and, more impor-
tantly, how to pick yourself up, brush yourself
off and continue on are essential skills for
eventual success. The going may be rough for
-a,while; but working through these bumpy o , :
times,wilt bui!dthe necessary resilience. -,;q
Keep your hopes alive. As Barbara King-
solver said in a commencement address at
Duke University, "The very least you can do
in your life is to figure out what you hope for.
The most you can do is live inside that hope,
running down its hallways, touching the
walls on both sides."
She went on to exhort her listeners to rede-
fine "success." "You could invent a new kind
of Success that includes children's poetry,
butterfly migrations, butterfly kisses, the
Grand Canyon, eternity. If somebody says
'Your money or your life,' you could say:
'Life.' And mean it. You'll see things collapse
in your time, the big houses, the empires of
glass. The new green things that sprout up,
through the wreck -- those will be yours."
To our graduates on a job well don e, we say
congratulations. To an uncertain future, we
say you will prevail.
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Edible Pedal
EDITOR'S NOTES
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DELAINE FRAGNOLI
Managing Editor
dfragnoli@plumasnews.com
On one of the rare sunny days we've had
in the last month, my family bicycled the
Barn Quilt Tour in Quincy. Including the
mileage to and from our house we logged
just under 20 miles, a doable distance for
most reasonably fit people.
The tour was a lot of fun. It felt a bit like
a scavenger hunt. Is there a quilt on that
barn? Can you see it from this direction?
What pattern is that?
As we pedaled along, I couldn't help but
think, What if we took this up a notch? Why
not an organized bike ride with the tour?
Why not have a rest and food stop inside
H&at if?
one or more of the barns? What about hav-
ing local producers supply the food? Or use
one of the barns as the start/end point,
with an after-ride barbecue inside. (Cy-
clists are known for one thing other than
cycling: eating.) The template could easily
be translated into an Indian Valley or Sier-
ra Valley context.
I once wrote a story for Bicycling maga-
zine on the best ridesin each state. Some of
the rides had a long history; some simply
had great routes, scenic and fun. A few of-
fered the experienced cyclist a daunting
challenge in theform of distance or hill
climbing. And, yes, some were famous for
particular food offerings at designated rest
stops. Others had a unique twist or theme:
covered bridges, for example. I think a
barn quilt ride would fall into the latter
category. I believe it would attract not just
cycling enthusiasts looking for something
new and different, but folks who don't of-
ten ride. I've been following the de-
velopment of a bicycle ride being planned
in the Reno area, called the Edible Pedal
100. First off, organizers get points for a
cute name. They als0 earn credit for fore-
fronting the food aspect. They are wisely
capitalizing on two of the fastest-growing
HZhere in the world?
Maryanne Cowell, of
Chester, traveled to
Guadalajara, Mexico,
to visit family and to
attend the baptism of
her grandson. She also
spent a few days on the
beach in Puerto Vallarta.
Next time you travel,
share where you went
by taking your local
newspaper along and
including it in a photo.
Then email the photo to
smorrow@plumasnews.
com. Include your name,
contact information and
brief details aboutyour
photo. We may publish
it as space permits.
segments of the tourism economy -- agri -
tourism and recreation.
Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Reno-
Sunrise and Edible Reno-Tahoe magazine,
the ride is a benefit for area groups like Ur-
ban Roots Garden Classrooms, Virginia
Palmer Elementary School, Rotary Youth
Exchange and Rotary Youth Leadership
Awards. But the main thrust is to highlight
local chefs and food producers. Perhaps
you've seen one of the magazines produced
by Edible Communities Publications? The
outfit, which calls itself a network of local
food publications, operates like a fran-
chise, with magazines covering different
communities across the country, the clos-
est being Edible Shasta-Butte, Edible
Sacramento and Edible Reno-Tahoe. The
focus is locally and organically grown food.
The Edible Pedal features a 10-mile fami-
ly route, a "respectable" 50-mile route and
a challenging 100-mile route up and over
Kingsbury Grade and Spooner Summit.
(Note: routes have not been finalized.) Un-
fortunately, the shorter routes and parts of
the 100-miler are out-and-back. The cyclists
I know would much prefer to ride a loop.
While the Washoe Valley is nice, come on;
we're Plumas County! I'd take the routes of
any of our three century rides-- the Indi-
an Valley Century, Mile High 100 (out of
Chester) or the Summer Solstice Century (I
understand the date and name of this ride
are changing) out of Quincy -- over the Ed-
ible Pedal's. •
But where we could steal some good
ideas is from the Reno event's rest stops.
The ride starts and ends at the lovely and
historic Bowers Mansion Regional Park,
where a chef will prepare a post-ride barbe-
cue featuring locally produced goods. One
of the rest stops will be the 19th-century
house and barn at Trimmer Outpost in
Genoa, a producer of grass-fed beef. A local
onion-grower, Peri & Sons Farms, will sup-
ply onions for the barbecue. Absolutely
Michelle's and Two Hoes Farm are baking
gluten free cookies for the rest stops.
You get the idea. With food like this and
unique venues, the actual riding is almost
an afterthought.
Plumas County has all it takes to pull off
something like this. Think one of our exist-
ing bike rides meets barn quilts meets
Taste of Plumas. The fledgling Leaf Peeper
Bicycle Ride, being planned r Saturday,
Oct. 8, in Indian Valley, holds a U kinds of
promise. There's no shortage of great old
barns in the valley. I can picture a rest stop
in the big red barn at the Heart K, featur-
ing fall harvest bounty, apple products
from the Dawn Gardens ...
My head is spinning and my tummy's
rumbling at the prospect.
R.EMEMBER WHEN
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KERI TABORSKI
Historian
75 YEARS AGO... 1936
The store and hotel at Twain burned to
' the ground last Friday afternoon. The
buildings were on government lands and a
crew from Camp 28 kept the fire from
spreading to the woods.
50 YEARS AGO... 1961
More than 1500 visitors are expected to
be on hand for the official opening and ded-
ication of Plumas Eureka State Park in
Johnsville Saturday which the state ac-
quired for a state park in 1959.
25 YEARS AGO... 1986'
A 57 percent voter turnout was reported
for the recent 1986 primary election Tues-
day. Sheriff Dick MacKenzie of Portola
(4221 votes) defeated his opponent Michael
Jackson of Quincy (950 votes).
In the supervisors races: Chester area in-
cumbent Albert Glines (504 votes) will
runoff against Don Woodhall (436 votes) in
November. Quincy incumbent Bill Coates
(912 votes) defeated challengers James
Overstreet and Ralph Wittick. Plumas
County Clerk Ila Diggs retained her office
(4028 votes) against write-in candidate
Jan Reed of Portola.
10 YEARS AGO... 2010
The clubhouse at Gold Mountain--a
stunning Frank Lloyd Wright designed
building--called the Nakoma Resort,
opened this week, housing a goff pro shop,
restaurant, spa and piano lounge.
Politicians: Stop playing games
What I am getting incredibly tired of is gate," and the Republicans have just is-
MY TURN
M. KATE WEST
Chester Editor
chesternews@plumasnews.com
In the times in which we are now liv-
ing, the statement of "no news is good
news" seems to be most fitting. I have
never experienced a time in my life when
information is so conflicting.
One day you hear that the recession is,
in essence, over. The next day the nega-
tive job report seems to contradict any
word of a positive recovery.
In another reading you might learn that
new home sales are up 7 percent (hope)
and then you read foreclosures continue
to dominate the market; that home prices
continue to be down 32.7 percent from
their 2005 price listings (gloom and
doom),
The same seems to go with the politi-
cians of both parties. They say one thing
and continue "not" to do another.
Every time I drop in to catch up with
the national news scene I end up being
mired down with the same old baloney.
I look for something new only to find
nothing has changed. Partisanship
what is referred to as Washington games-
manship. As a matter of fact, I find that
term downright offensive.
Name one thing about the high cost of
gasoline and, subsequently, food that is
entertaining, like a game.
Is having folks out of work or homeless
or states going broke a game? What part
of anything that is happening as a result
of this recession can be considered to be
as inconsequential as playing checkers or
backgammon?
Leave gamesmanship to folks like the
late Bobby Fischer. At least when he
played chess he won, something politi-
cians don't seem to be doing at anything
today.
Just take a good gander at them on
Sunday mornings. They all line up on
the various press shows, fire off a salvo
and hit (or accomplish) absolutely noth-
ing, but then again, what's new there?
Do you remember a time growing up
when one of your parents advised you to
"stop chasing your tail"? In other words,
stop running around in circles and get
something done. Sounds like the type of
good advice that should be shared with
the United States Congress.
sued a rebuke of President Obama's Libya
policy, something designed to embarrass
the administration.
Not one of those things has a doggone
thing to do with the problems this coun-
try is facing today!
These are serious times and we need
those folks to get serious. Our challenge?
Getting that message to them.
I think if the state House and the
White House are missing the point, we
in rural America need to fill in the
blanks.
I, for one, have decided it is beyond
time for me to take the initiative and call
the offices of my district's state and feder-
al representatives.
If you would like to do the same and
aren't sure who you should be calling, go
to Page 1 of the government listing sec-
tion of the Plumas-Lassen Connection
phone book or refer to the box, "Contact
your elected officials," on the facing page.
You will find all the information you
need right there.
I'm all for giving someone a chance to
do what's right ... let's call with our mes-
sage first and if that doesn't work, send
another message at the polls!