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Vol. 81, No. 50
No flu
vaccine
shortage
Mona Hill
Staff Writer
mhitl@piumasnews.com
Tina Venable, director of
nursing at Plumas County
Public Health Department,
responded by telephone to ru-
mors of vaccine shortages
Friday, Oct. 28. Venable said
there is plenty of vaccine at
the health department and
from providers.
Rumors circulating the
community also suggested
people who were immunized
early received less vaccine
than needed and would need
to have a "booster."
' Venable said that is also
not true. "The only way to
get a smaller dose would be
for the shot giver to give a
smaller dose and that is just
not the case."
Flu vaccine provides a six-
to eight-month window of
See Flu, page 3A
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,4ednesday, Nov. 2, 2011
Playing for alma mater
Players gather after the alumni football game at Greenville High School Saturday, Oct. 29. The event was well attended and
proved a fruitful fundraiser for the school. For more photos and information, see next week's newspaper. Photo by Shannon
Morrow
Harvest 00ime in Taylorsville
Taylorsville Elementary School students celebrate fall with Apple Day at the Taylorsville Neer Ranch, where they pick apples
and enjoy some freshly pressed juice before walking back to school. For more photos, see page 6A. Photo by Alicia Knadler
5O¢
Arson
suspect
arrested
Dan McDonald
Staff Writer
dmcdonald@plumasnews.com
A man was arrested
Monday, Oct. 31, in connec-
tion with several fires that
were set along Highway 36
near Westwood earlier that
morning.
Andrew Giampapa was
arrested by Plumas County
sheriff's deputies on charges
of arson, being under the in-
fluence of a controlled sub-
stance and violating parole.
According to Susanville
Interagency Fire Center Capt.
Rob Cobb, the fires were set
about 5 a.m. Monday between
Westwood and Highway 147.
Cobb said all of the
fires were extinguished in a
matter of minutes.
The sheriff's office received
a 911 call at 4:55 a.m. Monday
from a person reporting the
blazes. The caller described a
See Arson, page 3A
Alleged sexual
predator caught
Teresa Mossinger gir!'s home in Susanville, he
Staff Writer was arrested and taken
:tmossinger@lassennews.com it!to custody without in-
After a mohth;long investi-
gation, the Susanville Police
ent (SPD) with assis-
tance from the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
arrested 32-year-old Chester
resident Larry Ronald Gorbet
Jr. Oct. 20.
Gorbet was arrested at a
residence in Susanville for
allegedly communicating
with a minor with the intent
to commit a sexual act, and
attempting to meet with a
minor with the intent to
commit a sexual act.
The investigation started
about one month earlier
when SPD learned Gorbet
allegedly had heen sending
text messages to a 13-year-old
Susanville girl.
It appeared that through
text message conversations
Gorbet was attempting to
arrange a meeting with the
girl for allegedly sexual
purposes.
Through the investigation,
SPD and the FBI determined
Gorbet would be traveling to
Susanville to meet with the
girl.
When Gorbet arrivedat'the
cident.* SPD'and the FBI
worked closely with the
Lassen County District
Attorney's Office on the
arrest.
Gorbet was booked into the
Lassen County Adult Deten-
tion Facility on the above
charges, and is being held on
$50,000 ball.
Gorbet is currently being
held on state charges. The
case will be reviewed by
the U.S. Attorney's Office for
possible federal charges
sometime next week.
"This case is an example
of thedangers our children
face from predators," said
Susanville Police Chief Jeff
Atkinson. "Parents should be.
vigilant in teaching their
children about some of the
dangers associated with
social media and speak with
them about what is and is
not acceptable behavior. This
was very good work on the
part of our detective that
handled the investigation
and we appreciate the assis-
tance of the FBI, who are
always willing to do what-
ever they can to assist us
when called upon."
Everybody loses in dogs vs. cattle court case
Alicia Knadler
Indian Valley Editor
aknadler@plu masnews.com
Dogs versus cattle, a court-
room drama Oct. 13, ended
with losers on both sides: the
ranching family and the dog
owners.
Along North Valley Road
outside Greenville, dogs
frequently run loose, and
cattleman Harry Rogers
knows it well, because some
of them end up in the field
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he leases where the road
bends at the county barns.
Neighbor Dean Brackett
has permission from Rogers
to shoot any dogs he sees
chasing his cattle.
Such was the case in May,
when he looked out and saw
three dogs harrying the cattle.
Just around the corner, an-
other neighbor, Josh Peters,
witnessed the same scenario,
from a different angle.
Within moments, calls
went out to Rogers and the
authorities, according to
Brackett, Plumas County
Animal Control Officer
Melissa Bishop and Sheriff
Deputy Phil Shannon.
Shannon arrived in time to
be called as a witness to two
of the dogs actually cutting
a heifer from the herd and
attacking.
The third dog, an older
one, was leaving the scene by
that time.
"It's just a sad thing."
Tracy Ingle Vital, Dog Owner
Shots were fired, after
which the other wo dogs also
fled, all three heading toward
the Clark Ranch.
Rogers claimed the heifer
died a little more than two
weeks later as a result of a
respiratory disease brought
on by the trauma that
day.
Bob Clark, owner of the
older dog, Six-Pack, and
Tracy Ingle Vital, owner of
the other two dogs, Sweet and
Phantom, were both found in
violation of three separate
counts, and ordered to pay
fines.
For Vital, with two dogs,
the fine was $1,478, and for
Clark, it was $739.
The three violations for
each dog included animal at
large, unlicensed dog and
dogs chasing livestock. Fines
were as follows:
$189 for animal at large.
--$275 for unlicensed dog.
--$275 for pursuit of live-
stock.
Vital was surprised not
only by the actions of her
dogs, but by the potential
penalties that could be levied
on owners like her.
In the first courtroom
appearance, the fines .were
to be more than' $6,000 each,
an amount based upon the
number of cattle in the field
at the time of the incident,
according to a state statute.
Rogers then submitted a
statement to the judge and
requested just the value of
his heifer, about $1,200.
Clark and Vital pleaded not
guilty, and they sought help
from San Mateo attorne
Terry Anderlini.
Since the charges brought
against the dog owners were
Plumas County ordinances
and not state statues, he
asked for dismissal and/or
reduction in fines.
Superior Court 3udge
Charles Ervin agreed ith
him on certain points, yet
would not dismiss .the
charges completely, and in
his decision he spelled out
how state statues could have
applied in this case,: though
they are actually meant for
civil remedies.
There was no denyirig that
the dogs were in the pasture
chasing cattle and unlicensed
at the time, by either Clark or
Vital.
Ervin did not order
any restitution to be paid
to Rogers.
In the courtroom, he men-
tioned the expectation of
proof beyond a reasonable
doubt that the heifer died
due to the trauma of that
incident.
The only expert witness
to attest to that being true
was Rogers himself, who
claimed the heifer died from
a resliratory infection caused
by the trauma.
Vital insists moving the
See Court, page 4A
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