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7/03/09 - Community Garage Sale
The LAW Auxiliary Community Yard & Garage Sale will be held next
Saturday, July 11, 2009 from 8 a.m. until 12 noon. Now is the
time to clean out those garages and attics or maybe to find some
good bargains. You are in charge of your own yard sale and all
profits from sales are yours to keep! Maps of Lake Almanor West
are available at the front entrance. You may pick up yard signs
at Georgia Knutsen's front porch. This is always a fun event for
those selling and for those attending and buying! For more
information, please call Georgia Knutsen.
6/30/09 - Firehall Improvements
In case you've been wondering about all the activity at
the West Almanor Fire Department on Long Iron Drive, here's the
scoop. During the next few months you'll see some significant
changes there as the facility undergoes both major maintenance
and capital improvements. Clearing and earth moving are already
underway to make space for an addition to the fire hall. A
combined training/meeting room will be added to the northeast
corner of the building. The addition will also be the new
entrance to the station, complete with handicapped access. The
entire station will then be reroofed, and expanded parking will
be added along the east side of the parcel.
6/30/09 - Favorable End to Precipitation Season
The 2008-2009 precipitation season ended on June 30th with some
encouraging results for the Lake Almanor basin. Precipitation
during the two previous seasons had fallen well short of
average, but the current twelve month period did much better at
98% of average. A major portion of that improvement can be
attributed to above average rainfall received during the final
two months of the season.
Looking first at the month of June, the Prattville monitoring
site received 2.32 inches of rain during the month, which is
more than two and a half times the average amount for the month.
No additional snow fell in the basin during June.
Annual totals for the most recent July through June season came
to 144 inches of snowfall (106% of average) and 32.62 inches of
total precipitation (rain plus the water content of snow). Our
snowfall was drier than average during this past season, leading
to less spring runoff and initial concerns about a third dry
year in a row. However, our unusually wet late spring period
provided critically needed moisture for local vegetation and
brought the total precipitation figure back up to near average.
The past five seasons have included two "wet" years (2004-2005,
2005-2006) followed by two "dry" years (2006-2007, 2007-2008),
and now a near average year. For the sake of the thirsty folks
downstream, it would be nice to have another "wet" year or two.
6/28/09 - Onion Summit Motor Outing
The next Outdoor Eccentrics motor outing will be a trip along
the historic Lassen Emigrant Trail. We will drive west on Hwy 36
to the Hwy 32 turnoff at Deer Creek Meadows, and then leave the
pavement for about 13 miles of adventure as we retrace the route
of the old wagon road, now an important logging road.
There will be several short stops along the way, including one
involving a short (quarter mile) hike to view what is billed as
the world's largest living Ponderosa pine. After cresting Onion
Summit, we will proceed a short distance further west to our
destination: a vantage point on the rim of the scenic Mill Creek
canyon.
Participants should plan to meet at the Lake Almanor West
Recreation Area parking lot at 8:30 am on Saturday, July 18. The
outing involves driving on unpaved and dusty forest roads; SUVs
and pickups are ideal for such a trek. Bring water, a
snack, cameras, binoculars and GPS receivers if you have them.
Maps will be provided to assist your navigation.
Most of all, bring along your curiosity as we try to envision
what things must have been like for those early pioneers.
Questions? Want an advance copy of the map by e-mail? Contact
Dale Knutsen at 259-2287 or at dngknut@frontiernet.net .
6/26/09 - Open Burning Banned
Effective the 1st of July, all residential burning is
banned by order of the California Department of Forestry and
Fire Protection (CalFire). This is the customary
suspension of burning that occurs during the fire season, and
remains in effect until CalFire rescinds the order (generally
after the first autumn snows or heavy rains). At Lake Almanor
West, the burn ban encompasses ALL OPEN FIRES involving wood
fuels, including fire rings, fire pits or metal enclosures, even
those with screens.
6/26/09 - Fireworks Prohibited
A reminder from the West Almanor Fire Department.
Fireworks are prohibited throughout Plumas County. The
prohibition includes ALL forms of fireworks (even so-called
"safe and sane" types), and is in effect at ALL times of the
year. No exceptions -- no excuses.
6/26/09 - LAW Auxiliary Ice Cream Social
Everyone is invited to the Annual Ice Cream Social hosted by the
LAW Auxiliary and this year also sponsored by WACC and the West
Almanor Mutual Water Company. This year's event will be held
Sunday, July 5 at 2:30 p.m. at the Recreation Area (after the
1:00 p.m. WACC Annual Meeting) . For more information, please
call Sharon Weslar. Hope to see you there!
6/24/09 - Duplicate Bridge
Bridge was played Friday, June 19th, at
Wildwood Senior Center. Twenty eight persons
participated in the game that was orchestrated by Jeannette
Smith. Roberta Carlson and Jeannette Smith scored in first
place with a terrific score of 63 points and a percentage of
70%. This is a very high percentage and seldom reached in one
of our games. So kudos to Roberta and Jeannette for a fantastic
performance!
Hannalore and Calvin Zerwick were second with a score of 52.5
points or/and 52.5%. Third place was won by Greta Wing and
Donna Huhn with a score of 49.5 points or 55%. Helen Souter and
Will Eggers placed fourth with a score of 48 points or 53.3%.
There will not be a
bridge game on June 26th at Wildwood Senior Center.
Instead we will be playing at
the Lake Almanor Country Club Clubhouse on the
peninsula. We will be supporting the Seneca
Auxiliary fund raiser lunch and game day. The next
Wildwood
Duplicate Bridge will be played on Friday, July 3rd. All
bridge players are welcome and a bridge partner can usually be
arranged. Please call Jack Frank at 259-2777 or email
anitaandjack@hotmail.com if you wish to play.
Reservations are required. Anyone living in the Almanor basin as
well as persons in Susanville are encouraged to play.
6/22/09 - Annual Meeting
The annual meeting will be Sunday,
July 5, at 1 pm in the park. Lunch will not be provided this
year. Instead, the Auxiliary is hosting an ice cream social at
the conclusion of the West Almanor Community Club and West
Almanor Mutual Water Company meetings. The Inspector of
Elections will count the ballots for the two vacancies on the
Board of Directors and results will be announced at the meeting.
6/22/09 - Water Board
Candidate Applications
Candidate applications for the West
Almanor Mutual Water Company are due Monday, July 6, 2009 at 2
pm. (See notice of 6/05/09)
6/08/09 - Book Group
The next meeting will be: August 10, 2009 at the home of Debbie
Holden. The book will be: Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. You are
welcome rather you have read the book or not.
6/08/09 - Security Schedule
The security schedule is as follows:
Thursday: 3:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Friday: 2:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Saturday: 2:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Sunday: 3:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Security times may change due to certain situations. The
security phone
number is 258-9100.
Call anytime during the day to leave a message. Cell coverage
is hit and miss, so please keep calling to reach security.
Dave Delay
6/05/09- Water Board Vacancies Announced
West Almanor Mutual Water Company has two (2) positions up
for election on the Board of Directors.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please
contact the WACC Office at 177 Lake Almanor West Drive 259-4646
Applications must be returned to the WACC Office NO LATER THAN
JULY 6, 2009 2 P.M. Ballots will be mailed on July
10, 2009.
Ballots must be returned BY AUGUST 9, 2009 to the WACC
Office via hand delivery or mailed to PO Box 1040, Chester, CA,
96020.
3/25/09 - Green Waste Disposal
Now that bare ground is starting to appear on our lots, it's
time to begin the usual spring cleanup chores in the yard. One
environmentally-friendly way of disposing of those accumulated
needles, twigs, branches and such is to take them to the Mt.
Lassen Power cogeneration plant near Westwood (just off Road
A-21 between Clear Creek and Westwood). They will accept
needles, cones, leaves and assorted small slash for a modest fee
of $1.50per cubic yard. Mt. Lassen Power begin accepting this
kind of green waste on Thursday, April 2, and will initially be
open from 8 am to 4 pm on Tuesdays through Saturdays. Hours may
expand later. For further information, call them at 256-3157.
3/20/08 - Create an Icon for
this site
For windows 98/vista/and
hopefully
windows xp
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telegraph on the internet.
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