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: 6A Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 Indian Valley Record IJew information officer brings energy to CliP Dan McDonald Staff Writer dmcdonald@plumasnews.com Lacey Heitman's new job requires some time sitting at a desk. But that doesn't mean she's sitting still. Far from it. The Quincy Area California Highway Patrol's new public information officer radiates energy. And she's just getting started. "It is really going to benefit us having Lacey here and get- ting her out in the communi- ty," Quincy Area CHP Com- mander Bruce Carpenter ,: said. "She is full of energy ; and very motivated." Officer Heitman took over as the new public information officer Sept. 1, after nearly a year as a patrol officer in the Indian Valley resident post. The 26-year-old Cottonwood native, who likes to competi- tively ride quarter horses in barrel races, said working in Quincy is a good fit. She still commutes to work from Greenville. "I'm from a very small town. I come from a family of cattle ranchers who are in- volved in rodeo and fishing and hunting," Heitman said. "So I get the realm of a small community. I think I will be a good fit for this position be- cause I have a good under- standing of the community here. I have a respect for it." HeRman's path to Quincy has included a diverse education. The 2002 Red Bluff High School graduate earned an as- sociate degree in criminal jus- tice at Shasta College. She studied at Sacramento State and Chico State before attending two years of law school at Cal Northern School of Law in Chico. But with a law degree with- in 1/er grasp, Heitman had second thoughts. "I was leaning toward being an attorney. Then I had a change of heart and wanted to be on the law-enforcement side of the legal system," Heit- man said. "I wanted to be re- sponsible for doing what I could person-to-person, maybe on the roads or on the streets." That decision led her to the CHP academy in Sacramento, where she graduated in Au- gust 2009. Heitman doesn't regret the change of direction. She's em- bracing it. In fact she expects many changes in her career with the highway patrol. "With the highway patrol, the possibilities are endless," she said. "You can pretty much do anything you want to do. I just want to do as much as possible." She said even the sky isn't the limit in her future with the CHP. "Definitely one of my goals is I want to fly," Heitman said. "I don't know if I want to fly fixed-wing or helicopter. But at some point down the road I want to do that. It is pretty hard to get into those positions." While she has no shortage of dreams, Heitman is focused on the job at hand. And it's a pretty big one. Her title might be public :::i :;i ! ::: Cost: $25 Testing Includes: :: Ever T.weekda to er' | ....  , ......... := .=: .... _. 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Heitman is making prepa- rations to take the program to students in Loyalton and Greenville this school year. "It's a pretty big project witha lot of involvement from the sheriff's depart- ment," she said. When Heitman isn't on the job, she's outdoors. In addi- tion to competitive barrel rac- ing with her sister Mahdi, she raises beef cattle at her Cot- tonwood home. Heitman said Mandi and her mother, Vonda, a retired Red Bluff and Redding school- teacher, run the operation. Lacey Heitman has "not had a dull moment" since being named public information officer for the California Highway Patrol's Quincy Area office Sept. 1. Photo by Dan McDonald Heitman also helps out with the family guide-service busi- ness when she has some free time. Her father, Bruce, and brother, Josh, run Maverick Outfitters in Cottonwood. "They guide for buck hunts. They do pig hunts. Fishing trips. All kinds of stuff," she said. "Sometimes people just want to go in the mountains and do drop camps, where you take them in and drop off them and their stuff and then come back and pick them up later." Right now, Heitman is focus- ing her energy on the new job. "I'm excited and enthused to be in this new position," she said. "I've been brain- storming a lot of great public events. And I have some ideas for next year. I think it is go- ing to be a good year. "Since I started the job I have not had a dull moment." Plumas Arts buys Capitol Club Delaine Fragnoli Managing Editor dfragnoli@plumasnews.com Plumas Arts purchased the historic Capitol Club in down- town Quincy at public auc- tion Thursday, Sept. 22, for $7O,5OO. "We're thrilled and rightly a bit scared," said Roxanne Valladao, executive director of the countywide arts organi- zation, likening the acquisi- tion to buying a house. "We have saved for an op- portunity just like this," she said, noting that the group has looked at several build- ings over the years. The cash for the purchase cam.e from "an accumulation of private donations held in trust for this purpose as well as 20 years of accumulated surplus from projects we gen- erate," said Valladao. No county or state funding was used in the purchase. Plumas Arts hopes to move from its current location in the Bell building to the new location in time for the Quin- cy Sparkle. Plans for the new space in- clude an expanded storefront gallery with a section devoted to locally made goods. "We might co-op with others," Val- ladao said. The new location will also provide more office room. And the spacious sec- ond storY holds much poten- tial, but will need "a huge renovation. That's years down the road," she added. Valladao sees the building as not just• an art gallery, but as a space that can be rented out for parties and events. Workshop space for artists is another possibility. "We're only limited by the creative energies of all our members and our community -- and that is infinite," she said. She envisions the gallery being open on weekends to serve as a visitor destination. Although the organization has not decided on a name for the new space yet, Valladao said she wants to pay homage to the building's history by keeping "Capitol" in the title. Plumas Arts made a similar bold move during tough budget times 11 years ago when it took over operations at the strug- gling Town Hall Theatre. (The Townhall Association still owns the btlilding.) Valladao said it is a privff6e to "care- take these historic buildings as commurdty gathering places." 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