Smith Properties- Susanville, CA

Contact Donna and Larry Smith at Smith Properties for your next Susanville area home or property! Call today at (530) 257-2441

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Peterson Glass & The Imagination Company- Chester, CA

Visit Peterson Glass & The Imagination Company for all your glass and screening projects! Call their friendly staff at (530) 258-2330

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Nu2U Thrift Shop- Susanville, CA

Donate to Nu2U Thrift Shop and help great local causes! Call store manager Edie Aperton at (530) 257-8002

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Gamboni's Peninsula Grill- Lake Almanor, CA 530-596-3538

Enjoy Fine Dining Creations by Chef John Gamboni. For reservations, call (530) 596-3538

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Flanigan-Leavitt Insurance Agency, Inc.- California and Nevada

Flanigan-Leavitt Insurance Agency, Inc. salutes local law enforcement!

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DW Real Estate- Susanville, CA

Let DW Real Estate find you the property you’ve always wanted! Give Holly Hill-Young and Dawn Wetzel a call at (530) 252-4663 or (530) 260-3128.

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Chalet View Lodge- Graeagle, CA 96103- (800) 510-8439

Visit Chalet View Lodge for luxurious accommodations and fabulous dinners! Make reservations today at 800-510-8439

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Cafe Le Coq- Quincy, CA 95971- (530) 283-0114

Enjoy a beautiful lunch or dinner out at Cafe Le Coq- Quincy, CA. (530) 283-0114

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Arlie Holland- Real Estater- Chester, CA

Expect the best from Arlie Holland in local real estate! Call her office today at (530) 596-3303 or her cell at (530) 228-0518

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A Place To Bead/Clothes Heaven- Westwood, CA

Come see the selection of beads, clothing, and accessories A Place To Bead/Clothes Heaven has to offer! – Westwood, CA (530) 256-2322

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Realty World Lassen Land Real Estate - Susanville, CA

Odette Swift, Broker at Realty World Lassen Land Real Estate in Susanville can be reached at 530-257-7727 or on her cell at 530-310-0727

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Aging in Place-FOOLING THE CALENDAR?

by Nancy Lund

When people ask me how do I stay so young I tell them “I don’t stay young – I stay active.  You can’t fool the calendar;  my birthdays come around like everyone else’s.”

Do I have a secret?  I think it is that I have stayed actively involved — with my community,

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Local Youth Conservation Corps a Success

Local Youth Conservation Corps a Success

Susanville, CA – The Lassen National Forest hired a four-person Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) crew this summer to work on Forest projects.  Due to declining budgets and other work priorities, the Lassen has not had a YCC crew for many years.  When an opportunity came to apply for program funding

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Finding Family Time

There are plenty of reasons to establish a game night in your family. If you don’t get enough participation, invite friends and extended family to join in the fun. Not only are games entertaining, they help kids in many ways.

Games provide families with simple fun-filled ways to spend quality time together.
Games require players to exercise

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Grandma Hogan's Grilled Zucchini...by Sedona

Grandma Hogan’s Grilled Zucchini

by Sedona

8 medium zucchini

1/4 cup olive oil

1/4 cup balsamic vinegar

Cut ends off zucchini and cut in half lengthwise, then in half again.  Place in glass baking dish. Press 2 cloves garlic and drizzle it with olive oil over zucchini spears. Drizzle with Balsamic vinegar. Stir and let marinade (if possible) for 2

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Back to School ~ Breakfast Bar

2 large eggs, beaten
1/2 cup of honey
1/4 cup of butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup finely grated carrots
1/2 cup raisins, craisins or dried dates
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1/2 cup dried pineapple, finely chopped
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup rolled oats
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 and 1/2 cups regular Cheerios
Combine egg, honey, brown sugar and butter.
Mix well adding raisins,

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Osprey Trail Opens

Osprey Overlook Trail Re-Opens

Mural’s Facelift Complete

Susanville, CA – Nearly a month after its closure, the Eagle Lake Ranger District on the Lassen National Forest has re-opened the Osprey Overlook Trail to visitors.  The area had been closed to ensure the safety of both the public and the contractor

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Budget Meals - Getting Kids to Enjoy More Nutritious Foods

Mix up a nutritious smoothie! If it is tough to get the kids to sit down to enough servings of fruits and vegetables, try preparing some fun! For 4 or 5 to enjoy: Fill a blender 1/2 way up with ice; Add milk to just about 1 ” over the ice. Add 1/2 cup yogurt,

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National Forest Welcomes New Supervisor

Lassen National Forest Welcomes New Supervisor

Welcome to Susanville, CA….Jerry Bird,who has been selected as the new Forest Supervisor for the Lassen National Forest.  His Forest Service career began as a seasonal employee in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on the Superior National Forest. He has since served in many areas including the Lassen National

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Second Fridays

Don’t forget, only two Second Fridays left this year!

Visit Old Town, Chester on September 1o and October 8 for
An Almanor Basin Street Party.  Music by Dave Manning in September and 8 O’Clock Jazz, in October.  You will also find delicious food, great arts and crafts, farmer’s market, Lake Almanor merchant booths, and visitor information.

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North American River Otter

Otter in Natural Habitat

Photo by BigstockPhoto.com

By Melissa Wynn

A visit to the Sierra is sure to find you near a sparkling lake, bubbling brook or peaceful forest pond.  Where there is crystal clean water there is sure to be the playful North American River Otter. North American River Otters are semi-aquatic mammals, with long, streamlined bodies,

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Red's Old 395 Grill ~ Carson City, NV (775) 887-0395

By Melissa Wynn

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Red's Old 395 Grill

Every now and then during my wanderings I find a place that is truly out of the ordinary. Red’s Old 395 Grill at 1055 S. Carson Street in Carson City is beyond unique with antique cars, sleighs and larger

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Sierra Safari Zoo

Sierra Safari Red eared Slider Turtle

By Melissa Wynn

photo courtesy of Sierra Safari Zoo

Kalika

Several years ago I watched a program on TV about a big cat called a liger. I was intrigued that science could create a new  species from a father lion and tiger mother. When I learned that The Sierra Safari Zoo at 10200 North Virginia

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Pamper Yourself at Walley's Hot Springs Resort & Spa

By Melissa Wynn

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Walley's Mtn View

In the sprawling, green Carson Valley surrounded by the majestic Sierra Nevada mountains I found a getaway designed purely for relaxation and stress relief. My brother Cody and I had spent a busy day in Carson City  and decided to

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Thank You CDF

By Melissa Wynn

Moonlight Burn

On behalf of our staff and all our forest dwelling readers Mountain Valley Living would like to thank CDF and their noble firefighters that risk their lives on a daily basis to protect our beautiful woodland home. One year after the September 2007 Moonlight Fire devastated the residents of Indian

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Meet the Artist ! Norma DeBaker

by Jan Cox

Moving to the Susanville area in 1990 has had its advantages for artist Norma DeBaker.  Here she has expanded her love of art by attending classes in ceramics, glass design, pottery and sculpture. She is quickly becoming locally recognized for her multi-cultured hand sculptures, masks and ceramic figurines, silver-wrapped dichroic glass jewelry and

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Salute an honor to pay tribute, local heroes, we salute those who protect, respect for protectors

For those of us who watched TV on that dreadful morning of September 11, 2001, we will ever forget the horror as jets plowed into buildings full of people at work. Terror struck hard and was responded to immediately by great men and women who were serving their community. That day, a certain degree of

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Quincy Main Street Artists

by Jan Cox

In Quincy, a collective of artists, both member and consignment, along with their patrons all work together on a non-profit basis to create the Main Street Artists Gallery located at 436 Main Street in the Clinch Building.  The Main Street Artists work in all media and are featured in group or individual shows

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Hoedown~at~the~Barn!

by Jan Cox

Are you ready for an evening of western dance and BBQ featuring the Stone and Straw Band from Chester, California? On Saturday, September 4, The Graeagle Lions Club will be presenting its second annual “Hoedown-At-The-Barn”  at the Corner Barn, Blairsden/Graeagle.  A no-host beer and wine bar opens at 5:30 pm followed by a

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Trading it all For Mountain Life

By Eileen Majors

I love it when people from the city come to visit our mountain valley area. An air of relaxation seems to overcome them. It is obvious they have chosen this time to escape from their busy lives and relax to a simpler tune, for a time anyhow. I can remember making the trek

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