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 AS THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND APPROACHES... WE WOULD LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN REMIND PEOPLE ABOUT THE HIDDEN DANGERS OF THE SPRING SNOW MELT SEASON. TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND WILL WARM INTO THE LOWER TO MID 80S IN THE VALLEY... WHICH IS NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR BUT WARMER THAN MOST WEEKENDS SO FAR THIS YEAR.

Quincy

    The fifth annual Plumas County Veteran’s Memorial Day Ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. Monday, May 31, at the veterans’ memorial in Dame Shirley Plaza in Quincy.

    The service includes a veterans’ parade, refreshments, patriotic music, a flag ceremony, a keynote address and special speakers.

 A Plumas County tradition for many years the Plumas County Picnic makes its annual appearance June 5. This old-fashioned get together sets rural communities apart from their city cousins. The Plumas County picnic has been nothing more than a party for the residents of the county.

    After qualifying for the Northern Section playoffs, the Portola High School softball team did not participate in the postseason due to a conflict with a school concert scheduled for the same time as the playoff match.

    The Plumas County Community Development Commission, essentially made up of the county Board of Supervisors and an at-large community member, seemed to give its informal blessing to a collaboration between Plumas Corporation, Feather River College, The Alliance for Workforce Development and the PCCDC at a Tuesday, May 18 meeting.