05/17/12 - BOARD MEETINGS
The WACC Board of Directors will have an Executive
Session meeting at 177 LAW DR. on May 21, 2012 at 2 p.m.
The WACC Board of Directors will hold the monthly
board meeting on May 23, 2012 at 111 Slim Drive 9 a.m.
The WAMWCo Board of Directors will hold the montly
board meeting on May 24, 2012 at 177 LAW DR. at 9 a.m.
All members are welcome and encouraged to attend the
monthly board meetings. Kim Taylor, Association
Manager
05/16/12 - WELCOME BACK HISTORICAL PICTURE NIGHT &
GENERAL MEETING
MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2012, 5:30 PM AT THE LAWCC CLUBHOUSE,
$15.OO PER PERSON
MENU: Clubhouse Buffet, Salad, 2 entrees, vegetable, roll,
dessert, coffee, tea or soda
Beer and wine available for purchase or $7.oo corkage fee
for your own wine.
Join us in a walk down memory lane. We have old Auxiliary
Event photo albums to share.
Visit with past board members and enjoy an evening of good
food and long time friends.
RSVP by MONDAY JUNE 11, 2012 by placing your check payable
to LAWCC AUX. in the
firehouse mailbox. NO REFUNDS AFTER JUNE 11th
For information call Cyndy Horn 258-3490 or Judy Martin
259-2667
05/16/12 - BOOK CLUB
Monday June 11, 2012 at the home of Adrienne Fagalde from 10
am to Noon
Book - Readers Choice
Please come prepared to give a short book report on the
book of your choice. Let us know if you enjoyed it or not.
Hope to see lots of new faces.
0516/12 -
SOLAR ECLIPSE
On Sunday, May 20, the local area will have a great
view of a rare astronomical event: a nearly complete solar
eclipse. This occurs when the moon passes directly between
the sun and the earth, blocking sunlight. It's a gradual
event, with dimming starting at least an hour before the
peak blockage. According to the astronomical almanac, we can
expect dimming to begin about 5:15 pm locally. The eclipse
will be at its maximum for about a 4 minute period starting
at 6:27 pm and continuing until 6:29 pm. A gradual
brightening period then begins, with full sunlight restored
by 7:37 pm. (Times will differ for other areas.)
You should NEVER look directly at the sun, even with
dark lenses. Some kind of protective sun viewer will be
needed to actually observe the blockage of the sun's disc.
If you have access to such a device, or can build a pinhole
viewer, you may need to seek an open area to use it because
the sun will be relatively low on the western horizon during
the eclipse. The astronomical almanac indicates that during
the peak eclipse period the sun will be at an angle of about
18 to 19 degrees above the horizon, and at azimuth of 281
degrees true (a little bit north of west).
05/16/12 -NEEDLES & PINS
Needles and Pins will meet at 924 Long Iron on May 22.
05/16/12 -
BRIDGE LESSONS
Bridge
Lessons will start on Friday, May 18th at 10 AM at the
Sierra Meadows Community Center on Melisa Street in Chester.
The purpose to the lessons is to add new people to the
Almanor Recreation Bridge Group that meets every Friday
afernoon and 12:30. There will be 6 lessons in the beginning
bridge series. The first lesson covers the mechanics of the
game. Bidding & Scoring, Hand evaluation, Opening Bid,
Responses to Opening bids of 1Nt, Responses to opening bids
of 1 in a suit and Group Exercises. There will be several
example hands to play. Everyone is invited to attend. There
is no cost. This is a great way to learn to enjoy a game and
meet congenial people. You mulst send an email to:
anitaandjack@hotmail.com to enroll in the class.
So far I have 9 people attending the first class. The
list follows: If I have made an error, please send an
email.to Jack Frank.
Marva Brandon, Tom Sartwall, Doris Snow, Linda Porter, Jan
Cox, Dian Hansen, Becky Compton, Jack & Rita Isabel
0514/12 - MAY LUNCHEON AT WALKER MANSION REMINDER
Monday, May 21, 2012 - Carpool leaves recreation area at 11
am.
Cost is $15.00 per person which includes tax & tip
Menu Choices: Salad with grilled chicken and fruit or
Hot panini grilled chicken sandwich with fruit. Both
include ice tea and cookie
Guest Speaker: Sheri Binswanger She will give a slide
presentation on the History of Westwood. Followed by a
self-guided walking tour of the museum.
RSVP by Monday, May 14th
Place your check made out to LAWCC AUX along with your
luncheon selection in the firehouse mailbox.
05/13/12 -ALMANOR WEST GRILL
We will open for the season on Tuesday May 15
Breakfast and Lunch - Monday thru Saturday 8:00am -
3:00pm
Sunday Brunch Every Sunday - 10:00am -3:00pm
Dinner Friday and Saturday nights - 5:00 - 9:00 pm
05/14/12 - NEEDLES & PINS
May 22 - Carol Bornhorst 259-5638
May 29 - Linda White
259-3718
05/13/12 -FISHERMEN TAKE NOTE
During the past several
weeks there have been several instances where individuals
have cleaned fish at the boat ramp area and have then dumped
the remains either on the ground or in the water. Please be
advised that dumping of fish remains is NOT allowed in the
lake or on open ground, either along the shoreline or
elsewhere. Remains should be deposited in your garbage.
05/09/12 - SPECIAL ASSESSMET BALLOT MEASURE PASSES
(May 8, 2012)
The preliminary count of votes cast for the special
tax assessment measure proposed by the WACSD Board indicate
that it was was APPROVED by District voters by a vote
of:
173 in favor ( 82.6 % )
37 opposed ( 17.6 % ).
(As a tax measure, the proposal required a 2/3 vote of
approval to pass.)
Effective July 1, 2012, the special assessment levied on
Lake Almanor West parcels will therefore change from $90 per
year to $195 per year. This change will first appear on
property tax statements received this coming autumn.
05/09/12 - NEW TAB ON PINECONE FOR RESIDENT ADS
Please not the new Tab just above this page....It is for
Lake Almanor West resident's ads. If you have
something to sell, something to give away or are in need of
something just send your request to pineconetelegraph.com
and it will be posted under the L.A.W. Ads page.
Please list your full name and phone number so we can verify
that you are a LAW resident. Also, NO BUSINESS ADS of
any sort will be accepted. We had tried this on the
Auxiliary web site and it was not successful but hope that
this will be more accessible to all. Sharon
05/01/12 -THEFT ALERT
The onset of spring
weather conditions has a lot of us doing maintenance chores
around the house. In the process, we're using equipment and
tools and perhaps leaving doors open as we enjoy the
pleasant temperatures. All well and good ... until we forget
to bring our stuff in and close the doors when we go inside.
At that point, we become especially vulnerable to theft.
We've just had one such event at Lake Almanor West, and we'd
like to avoid further incidents. So please, bring your
equipment and tools inside and close garage doors when you
are not in the immediate vicinity. You and your insurance
company will be happier if you take those simple
precautions.
04/30/12 - APRIL SHOWERS
The wet conditions that
brought us welcome moisture in March persisted into April.
The Lake Almanor basin received more than twice the average
amount of precipitation in April, alleviating what had begun
as a very dry season. The Prattville monitoring site
registered 4.31 inches of total precipitation during the
month, bringing our season total to 24.79 inches or 80% of
the long term average at this point. This includes the water
content of some 34 inches of west shore snowfall during the
month. Our seasonal snowfall total now stands at 134 inches,
which is almost exactly 100% of the long term average for
the end of April.
May and June have historically been relatively dry
months, with perhaps an inch and a half of rainfall in May
and less than an inch in June on average. Early May is
always a good time to deal with those annual yard cleanup
chores, raking up and disposing of the usual collection of
conifer needles, twigs and similar debris that has
accumulated over the winter. If you choose to burn your yard
debris, be sure to obtain a burn permit from your local fire
department and always check first with AQMD at 258-2588
regarding permissive burn days.
04/28/12 - GREEN WASTE DISPOSAL
First the bad news: Mt. Lassen Power remains closed,
which means that residents no longer have the Westwood
option for green waste disposal.
Now for the good news: Collins Pine is accepting residential
green waste at the Chester mill for the time being. Their
current hours are:
Friday ... 3 pm to 6 pm
Saturday ... 8 am to 12 noon
Sunday ... 8 am to 12 noon.
Vehicles may enter the facility at the front gate (500 Main
Street). Each load will be checked to verify that it does
NOT contain the following PROHIBITED materials:
- Garbage
- Metal
- Concrete or rocks
- Animal waste
- Treated or painted wood
- Grass clippings.
Allowable waste includes natural yard debris (but no grass
clippings), conifer needles, leaves, pruned materials,
untreated and unpainted wood (including wood pallets) and
clean tree stumps. The cost is $3 per cubic yard (that's 3
ft by 3 ft by 3 ft), and $10 to $40 for stumps, depending on
size.
04/27/12 - BURN PERMITS REQUIRED
Effective May 1, 2012, open
burning of residential yard debris in Plumas County will
require a burn permit. Residents of Lake Almanor West can
obtain permits, free of charge, from the Fire Station on
Long Iron Drive during regular business hours. But before
you light off that pile of tree trimmings and needles,
please review the information found on the “Debris Disposal”
page on our website at www.citlink.net/~westalmanorfd .
Also, always check with AQMD at 258-2588 to determine if it
is a permissive burn day. Remember that it is your
responsibility to burn safely, without excess smoke, and to
maintain control of your burn pile.
We anticipate that burn hours will be restricted by
about the 1st of June and that burning will be banned
entirely sometime thereafter. Notices of such changes will
be posted as they occur.
12/29/11 -Update - FERC 2015
The State Water Resources
Control Board has finally moved a step forward in the
analysis of temperature control alternatives designed to
meet their requirements for enhancing the cold water fish
habitat along the North Fork Feather River as part of their
Clean Water Act Section 401 water quality certification for
FERC 2105. Last week they released the Level 3 screening
report which is one of the steps in the process of issuing
the draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the project.
(Note: The previous FERC license expired in 2004 and due to
lack of a new license PG&E has continued to operate under
the terms of the old license.)
This report was completed in September 2009 and we
thought it would be released shortly after that date.
However, the Water Board decided to keep it confidential and
would not make the information available. Since the Sept 09
time the Water Board has been examining the alternatives
mentioned in this Level 3 report to determine alternatives
that will make it into the final EIR. All this is done in
secret with no clue being offered as to what the final
alternatives might be.
With the release of this report (even though very late
in the process) we will finally be at least able to gain
some clues about what alternatives went forward into the
final analysis. County staff and our consultants are
studying the report and based on further analysis we will be
formulating our next plan of action.
At first glance it seems the Prattville thermal curtain
remains alive and well. If you would like to review this
report please follow the link below. After your review,
should you have suggestions/comments please feel free to
email them to me. We have various ideas as to why the Water
Board decided to release this information at this time
however we are thankful for at least some movement in the
process.
Please remember that the Level 3 report is not the
final step in this process. At some future date the Board
will release the draft EIR for public review. That draft
will contain information on the alternatives that were
examined and make final recommendations. Public review
period is usually 30 days; due to the complexity of the
issues Plumas County requested an extension of that time to
120 days. Based on previous correspondence it would appear
that the time for public comment upon release of the draft
EIR will be 90 days.
I will keep you posted as we continue through
this very long and extremely complicated process.
The Level 3 Report is available for review here:
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/water_quality_cert/docs/upper_feather_ferc2105/level3rpt.pdf
Sharon (Sherrie) Thrall, Plumas County Supervisor,
District 3, P.O. Box 368, Chester, CA 96020,
(530) 258-3656
