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M. Kate West
Chester Editor
6/30/2010

    When a Plumas Unified School District maintenance crew arrived at Chester High School to repair a water line June 18, no one could have foreseen the tragedy that would evolve from shutting off an old valve.

“Our cash flow is the most desperate ever, and here we are dipping into savings.”

    At the Feather River College board meeting June 24, president Dr. Ron Taylor admitted to a “difficult situation” regarding the struggling student residence halls. The board had previously allocated a $350,000 loan to the college foundation to install new roofs and improve dilapidated buildings.

    Breathing easier may be just a few more months away for residents who have lived in fear of wildfires since the Moonlight Fire in 2007 caused so many of them to evacuate their homes, and even the state during the weeks of smoke- and ash-filled skies that seemed to spread from Southern California all the way to the Oregon border.

    After years of asking, Don Clark of the Mohawk Valley Independence Day committee was very pleased to announce that Harvey West, Graeagle founder, will be this year’s parade grand marshal.