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“Eureka, I found it, and it was worth the wait. Eureka, I found it, it is the Golden State!” Plumas Charter School students present a performance celebrating California history after a day of pioneer-related activities. Photos courtesy Plumas Charter School

  On Thursday, May 23, 60 Plumas Charter School students in grades kindergarten through seventh participated in the school’s annual Living History Day. The theme of the day was California history and a focus on what life was like for the prospectors and early settlers of California.

  Plumas District Hospital physicians have treated several local individuals after learning that berries they had eaten were part of a recall. The berries may have been contaminated with hepatitis A.

  The Centers for Disease Control reports that an outbreak of hepatitis A illnesses is linked to individuals who have consumed a contaminated frozen berry blend sold at Costco warehouse stores under the name Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend, 3-pound bag, UPC 0 78414 404448.

Trina Cunningham points out the unique willows on the Heart K that have been used for basket making for hundreds of years. Photo courtesy Feather River Land Trust

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  All are welcome to take a hike on the Heart K Ranch in Genesee Valley on Saturday, June 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with Trina Cunningham entitled “The Heart K Ranch from a Maidu perspective.”

  Cunningham’s ancestors founded the Davis Ranch (now part of Feather River Land Trust’s Heart K Ranch), where she grew up, and her Mountain Maidu ancestors have inhabited Genesee Valley from the beginning of memory. Cunningham is a member of the Maidu Summit Consortium composed of nine Mountain Maidu groups, with a vision of site protection and stewardship throughout the Maidu homeland.

The Cauwets’ fireplace shows extensive damage after it crumbled during the May 23 earthquake. Stan Cauwet was buried under the rubble and suffered cuts, bruises and a broken leg.

Dan McDonald

  A Cupertino couple who were visiting their Lake Almanor home suffered injuries when their rock fireplace collapsed during the May 23 earthquake.

  Stan and Marion Cauwet said they were sitting by the fireplace when the magnitude 5.7 quake struck.

  Stan Cauwet, 55, sustained a broken left leg, a sprained right ankle and knee and a gash on his head that required stitches after the fireplace collapsed on top of him.

  Marion Cauwet, 62, who said she was able to dive under a table, escaped with bruises to her back and head.

Feather River College President Kevin Trutna delivers his remarks to the Class of 2013 during the graduation ceremony May 24.  Trutna said 194 graduates received 231 degrees and certificates.

Laura Beaton

  “Don’t dwell on the faults,” advised faculty presenter Darla DeRuiter at Feather River College’s commencement ceremony May 24, the day after a 5.7-magnitude earthquake rattled Plumas County and beyond.

  DeRuiter presented two awards: Outstanding Alumnus to Elizabeth Powell for developing a local food movement, and a $1,000 Alice Foster Scholarship award to Michael Byrd, an environmental studies major.

  Superintendent/President Kevin Trutna presided over the first class to graduate since he was appointed permanently to the head job at Feather River College last January.