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Vol. 82, No. I
No bids
on IV
hospital
Alicia Knadler
Indian Valley Editor
aknadler@plumasnews.com
No bids were received for
the Indian Valley Hospital
and billing office properties,
so now it's time for a market-
ing campaign.
Indian Valley Health Care
District directors met Friday,
Nov. 18, to talk about the
possibilities.
Legal requirements to
give about 35 government
agencies first crack at the
hospital have been satisfied,
so now it'll go public.
Directors wish to explore
the concept of Internet
marketing, which they will
discuss during their regular
meeting Dec. 5, starting at
5:30 p.m. in the Indian Valley
Community Center on High-
way 89, across from Pine
Street.
:The minimum bid was
$475,000, and that is the level
at which the three directors
present at the special meeting
want to keep it.
Barring special meetings,
directors of the Indian Valley
Health Care District meet the
first Monday of December,
March, June and September.
For more information, call
284-7191.
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Mt. Hough District Ranger Mike Donald, center, and new Plumas National Forest Supervisor Earl Ford, right, work in the
2007 Moonlight Wildfire area with Greenville High School teacher Travis Rubke, left, and students in the school's natural
resources program. For the story, see page 2A. Photo courtesy Plumas National Forest
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woman
jailed
Dan McDonald
Staff Writer
dmcdonald@plumasnews.corn
A 31-year-old Greenville
woman faces felony charges
after a 14-year-old boy over-
dosed on drugs she allegedly
gave him to sell.
The boy was transported to
Renown Regional Medical
Center in Reno. He was in a
coma when he arrived, but
his condition has improved.
As of Friday, Nov. 18, the
boy was reportedly no longer
in a coma, but was having
difficulty breathing.
Deana Maughan was
charged with using a minor
to furnish a controlled sub-
stance to others and felony
child endangerment.
Plumas County District
Attorney David Hollister said
the charges against Maughan
carry enhancements for caus-
ing great bodily injury. Another
enhancement was added
because the minor is at least
four years younger than she is.
"I consider this an ex-
ceptionally serious crime,"
Hollister said. "It's a tragic
and unfortunate reminder to
See Jailed, page 6A
Maidu to l aunchtriat'lHumbug \\;00alle!, projects
Alicia Knadler
Indian Valley Editor
aknadler@plumasnews.com
Maidu Summit Consortium
efforts to regain ancestral
land in Humbug Valley made
national news in a Tuesday,
Nov. 15, Wall Street Journal
article by Justin Scheck.
Summit members have
been vying with the Cali-
fornia Department of Fish
and Game over the land, both
claiming to want it for the
best public uses, including
recreation.
Both gave presentations in
December 2010 to directors of
the Pacific Forest and Water-
shed Lands Stewardship
Council, the organization
charged with conservation of
about 140,000 acres of Pacific
Gas and Electric Co. land.
Council directors were
charged with disbursing the
land, after PG&E declared
bankruptcy, through adona-
tion and stewardship pro-
gram, which requires different
holders of the fee title and
conservation easement for
each unit of land.
Maidu get the nod
The DFG plan called for the
creation of a state wildlife
area, and though the consor-
tium does not have the state's
extensive experience and
resources, it has been given
the chance to prove itself
before any donation is made.
Council directors agreed in
September to a maximum of
$200,000 in grant funding for
consortium projects in Hum-
bug that will enhance one or
more of the beneficial" public
values of the property, accord-
ing to Stewardship Council
Regional Land Conservation
Manager Heidi Krolick.
"The implementation of up to
two projects will allow consor-
tium members to demonstrate
their ability to design, plan
and implement significant
projects," Krolick said.
She provided examples
of projects being considered,
including an archeological
resources protection plan, an
interpretive kiosk and a forest
health restoration project.
Summit members must
prepare a proposal describ-
ing the enhancement projects
and associated costs.
If the projects and proposal
are found to be acceptable
by the Stewardship Council
and PG&E, Krolick said the
council would enter into a
grant agreement with the
Summit to provide funding.
If all goes as planned,
Summit work could start as
early as 2012, with comple-
tion by early fall.
After that, the council plan-
ning committee will make a
recommendation to the full
council for fee title donation.
Maidu Summit/Humbug
background
Area tribal and Mountain
Maidu cultural organizations
banded together back in 2007
in hopes their efforts would
not only restore the land to
them, but also help restore
their cultural traditions.
They submitted a land
management plan to the
Stewardship Council that was
covered in a series of Feather
Publishing articles that ran
from Aug. 27 through Oct. 1,
2008.
For more information about
the Stewardship Council and
its land conservation plans
and processes, call (866)
791-5150 or visit stewardship
council.org.
For more information
about the Maidu Summit
Consortium, call Lorena
Gorbet at 375-0190 or Farrell
Cunningham at 394-7868.
Or to read previous articles
surrounding the Humbug
unit, visit plumasnews.com.
Type Maidu Consortium in
the search box. Among the
many results, view the
following articles:
Native Americans seek
PG&E land, 8/27/08
PG&E land would mend
cultural strife, 9/10/08
See Humbug, page 6A
Advoca'Ies for brain-damage,
Dan McDonald
Staff Writer
drncdonald@plumasnews.com
His friends acknowledge
that Jarold Hovland is no
choirboy.
The 33-year-old Greenville
man hasa history of vio-
lence, heavy drug and alcohol
abuse, and a criminal record
to back it up.
And it was an act of vio-
lence that changed Hovland's
life forever.
During a night of partying
Sept. 8, Hovland allegedly
hit a man in the face with
a full can of beer. The fight
that followed left Hovland on
the verge of death, with brain
man seek justice
injuries so severe that he will
likely never fully recover.
When deputies arrived,
Hovland's condition was so
critical that the sheriff's
office treated the investiga-
tion as a potential homicide.
Plumas County District Attorney David Hollister, right, meets Nov. 12 in Greenville with advocate group "Justic 4 Jarold." The
group says it wants Hollister and the sheriff's office to continue investigating the events surrounding a Sept. 8 fight that left
Greenville man Jarold Hovland in a coma for 46 days. Group members pictured are, from left, Ellie Hatch, Melanie Pe|lerin, Trudy
Nield, Wayne Lowry and Sharon Strecker. Photo by Dan McDonald
Clinging to life, Hovland
was flown to Renown Regional
Medical Center in Reno where
he was in a coma for 46 days.
Despite a thorough investi-
gation by Plumas County
sheriffs detectives, no charges
have been filed against any
of the three men who admitted
to being at the scene.
The man who admitted
fighting with Hovland claimed
he was acting in self-defense.
However, a group of Hov-
land's friends and supporters
insist his injuries prove the
fight that followed went way
beyond self-defense.
They say three men
overwhelmed Hovland and
continued beating him after
he could no longer defend
himself.
"Even if Jarold were to
have.thrown the first punch
in this altercation, or were to
have started it in some verbal
or nori-verbal Way , what
happened to him was well
beyond any self-defense,"
said Mina Admire.
"He is going to be perma-
nently damaged for the rest
of his life."
Admire and a group of
Greenville residents say that
despite Hovland's reputation,
he is a good person who
often helped people in
the community.
They say his criminal
record shouldn't stand in the
way of justice being served.
Led by Admire, a number of
Greenville residents formed
an advocacy group, "Justice
4 Jarold," to make sure it
happens.
The group said it is de-
termined to make sure the
investigation continues and
that Hovland's case gets the
attention from the sheriff
and district attorney that it
deserves.
"We are concerned that
Jarold's past not be.an issue
in this case," Admire said.
"We as citizens are con-
cerned that there not be any
innuendo, or this perception
that depending on who you
are depends on whether or
not you get justice."
The group is speaking for
See Justice, page 6A
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