Big Cove Resort
442 Peninsula Drive
Lake Almanor, CA 96137
530-596-3349
Big Springs RV Park
530 596-3390
2655 Big Springs Rd.
Near Hamilton Branch
Lake Almanor
Cedar Lodge
Jct Hwys 36 & 89
Chester
530-258-2904
Forest Park RV CHECK ON THIS ONE!!!!!!
(530) 284-7405
Canyon Dam
Lake Cove Resort & Marina
(800) 605-6595
(530) 284-7697
3584 Highway 147,
East Shore – Lake Almanor
Lake Haven Resort
(530) 596-3249
7329 Highway 147
East Shore – Lake Almanor
Leisure RV Park
Old
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AN UPSCALE RV SPOT ON I-5
Trends have changed in RV travel over the past few years according to Bill Hollenshade, General Manager of Durango RV Resort in Red Bluff who has long worked in the RV industry. According to Hollenshade, the RV travel business is down about 30% over the last few years, and
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Outdoor Steps You Can Take to Help Make Your Home Fire Safe!
Tips From CalFire
More Details available from CalFire can be found at
http://www.fire.ca.gov/communications/communications_firesafety_100feet.php
Create 100′ of Defensible Space Around Your Home.
Landscape:
• Create a Defensible Space of 100 feet around your home. It is required by law.
• Create a “LEAN, CLEAN and GREEN ZONE” by removing all flammable vegetation
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TAKE THE CHALLENGE! CA Dept. of Fish & Game invites you to take the challenge. Catch six different forms of California native trout from their historic drainages and photograph the fish. If you do, you will receive a colorful, personalized certificate featuring the art of renowned fish illustrator Joseph Tomelleri. Your certificate will show six
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It is just plain fun when you pull off cooking a delicious camp dinner, usually because it’s a collaborative effort of family and friends who tend to gather for such culinary outdoor adventures, and everybody’s recipes just taste better when you cook them up over an outdoor grill.
We picked a few of our favorite recipes
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Use the full photo of John Cox shooting – photo by Jan Cox from last may gun club article online
LOCAL GUN CLUBS
By Jan Cox
The spring time signals time for the area’s local gun clubs to begin meeting again. Local clubs serve different types of shooting which can include trap, rifle, pistol, skeet, or
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The small town of Greenville in beautiful Indian Valley, surrounded by picturesque mountains, welcomes riders from all over for the Indian Valley Century Rides on May 29th.
A planned Metric ride is fast and flat, along rich pasture land and a wooded stream. The Miler’s climb, up and around Antelope Lake, is moderate (1,500 ft)
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ROTOTILLING A GARDEN BED
Here we are!!!! Welcome back SPRING!!! Visions of green, flowers of all colors and fresh, delicious fruits and vegetables dance in my head!! So now, let’s put away those winter snow
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Q: Is there a reduced-fee hunting license?
A: Yes. If you are a disabled veteran, you may be eligible for a reduced-fee hunting license, available only at DFG license sales offices, or by mail using their hunting license mail order form. To qualify for this license, you must submit BOTH of the following:
A letter from the
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FREE AND REDUCED FEE FISHING LICENSES
If you aren’t sure if you can afford that fishing license this year, there may be some help out there for California residents. The Department of Fish and Game offers free or reduced price fishing licenses in the following circumstances:
2010 REDUCED-FEE FISHING LICENSES – FEE $6.25
Fish and Game Code, Section
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We have put together, on our website, one spot where a regional calendar can be found in its entirety thanks to the following organizations:
Quincy Chamber of Commerce
Chester Lake Almanor Chamber of Commerce
Plumas Sierra County Fair
Eastern Plumas Chamber of Commerce
Lassen County Chamber of Commerce
Lassen County Fair
Westwood Area Chamber of Commerce
You will find one calendar incorporating all
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Silver Lake Property offered by Smith Properties 530-257-2441
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Hot Springs Pool… If you ever wonder why we routinely get over 400,000 hits online per edition, it is because you can go back and search to find all of your favorite articles from our past editions. Search “hot springs swimming pool” and
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SIERRA INSTITUTE CENTER OF FORESTRY
by Jan Cox
Two exciting and educational tours you won’t want to miss take place in the month of May. On Saturday, May 15, Sierra Institute’s Center of Forestry will be leading a a tour focusing on the Mountain Maidu. Farrell Cunningham, whose ancestors have lived in this area for at least
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US Federal Small Wind, Solar & Geothermal Tax Credit-
Tax Credit:
30% of cost with no upper limit
Expires:
December 31, 2016
Details:
Existing homes & new construction qualify. Both principal residences and second homes qualify. Rentals do not qualify.
source: http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=tax_credits.tx_index
By Eileen Majors
It was a windy northern Reno day when we visited Paul Phillipson and Tim
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A&E 5/10
What better way to enjoy a leisurely summer evening than on the Lake Almanor Wine Walks. This series of walks is just one part of the long event schedule liquid Blue Events is bringing to Lake Almanor during the summer of 2-10. These events lead up to the second Momboosa Music Festival
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New CA bill offers up to $10,000 Tax Credit for First Time Home Buyers!
On March 25th Gov. Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 183, the Homebuyer Tax Credit legislation into law. The bill which provides $200 million for home buyer tax credits, allocates $100 million for qualified first-time home buyers of existing homes and $100
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Whew, how the winter flew by! It’s great to see all the local retailers merchandising with all those beautiful window displays I see in the many little towns I visit around here. If you have something new, let us know!
La Casa Bella Fine Furnishings now offers great beds. You will really enjoy the comfy line
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A DECADE OF GARDENS
Quincy Soroptimist Annual Garden Tour- June 19
by Jeanne Brovelli, Interior Re-designer
La Casa Bella Fine Furnishings
If you love to wander through delightful home gardens in our area, you surely won’t want to miss Quincy Soroptimist’s Annual Garden Tour this year. Beginning in 2000, this non-profit group, committed to service in
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COLLINS PINE MUSEUM Chester, CA
The Collins Pine Museum was opened to the public in May of 2007. The building was constructed to look like the old sawmill that was operated by Collins Pine Company in Chester from 1943 until 2001. The post and beam construction inside
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By Melissa Wynn
American White Pelicans are very social.
Nuptial tubercles on the bill and wispy head plumage grow during breeding season.
American White Pelicans, flying in from their Pacific coastal winter home, are a sure sign that spring has sprung at Lake Almanor. In late March or early April, I begin to spot
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Grandma Maxine Tillford, Pie from The Old Mill Cafe
By Melissa Wynn
photos by Melissa Wynn
The economic demand for double income families and the convenience of fast and prepared foods have made good old fashioned, down home cookin’ a dying art. Dessert has come to mean ice cream from a carton or perhaps some cupcakes
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View of Black Rock from Black Rock Campground photo courtesy US Forest Service
Mill Creek photo Courtesy US Forest Service
By Melissa Wynn
Photos courtesy US Forest Service
Ishi Wilderness, within the Lassen National Forest, offers a rare chance to walk miles in the moccasins of the man for whom the area is named, Ishi,
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By Melissa Wynn
Greetings, Mountain Valley neighbors! This month I have the pleasure of sharing with you my unrivaled favorite pizza and sandwich place on the planet. Buffalo Chips Pizza is just a few blocks walk for me down to 322 Birch St. in Westwood, Ca. I am lucky to enjoy the
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A & E 5/10
Chester Community Chorus Spring Concert
Be sure and mark May 14, 15, or 16 on your calendar for a night of toe tapping tunes sung by the Chester Community Chorus. Gifted singers and musicians of all ages will perform many favorite pieces, both well remembered oldies and more recent greats. From
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YOUR NEW STOREFRONT IS READY!
And the Service Is FREE until you sell something!
On each page of our well designed website, readers are invited to ShopNorCal.com, where they can choose to either “Shop Real Estate” or Shop Retail”. We have a place there just for you. We highly encourage placing AMERICAN MADE items for sale on
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May 2010
May 1- Blairsden, CA: “Pleasure of Plumas” Annual Tea. 2-4 PM. Mohawk Community Resource Center. (530) 836-0446
May 1-Susanville, CA: Diamond Mt. Speedway Races. 6 PM. Lassen Co. Fair Grounds. (530) 251-8900
May 1-Susanville, CA: Lassen Co. Children’s Fair. Lassen Co. Fair Grounds (530) 257-2916
May 1- Lake Tahoe, CA: “Johnny Cash Tribute” Cash’d Up.
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A & E 5/10
by Jan Cox
Who is Black Bart, you ask? Well, on May 2, in Quincy you will learn the story of a gentleman thief from San Francisco, named Charles C. Boles, who led a double life as Black Bart, the man who robbed stagecoaches between 1877 and 1883. During that time
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Dear Sara:
My mom died and she left a lot of ceramic items that she and my grandmother made over the years. Grandma’s ceramics are really old so I think I need your help. I want to sell some of them but some I cannot part with. Are these valuable? Lisa M. Greenville
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By Melissa Wynn
One of the most bothersome bugs of summer we face here in our lush forest home is the Western Sculptured Pine Borer. These bumpy wood boring beetles are like miniature B52 bombers buzzing loudly and dive bombing us as we split and stack next year’s fire wood. Quite possibly the largest beetle in
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ENERGY SENSE
On Demand Water Heaters
When we implement new ways to save energy it means we also implement new ways to save money every day from then on. Hot water can represent a good portion of that monthly utility bill.
Demand water heaters heat water directly, avoiding standby heat losses associated with storage water heaters. When the
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