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Museum docent Sherie Grate refurbishes the “Barbed Wire that Won the West” display donated to the Plumas County Museum by John and Gladys Gray. Photos submitted

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  Docent Linda Reid Wallace has volunteered to keep the Plumas County Museum in Quincy open on Sundays starting May 5.

  As of this writing, the hours will be 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Besides cataloging artifacts, Wallace has also developed a small exhibit on volunteer fire departments of Plumas County utilizing in part items recently donated by Quincy’s Tati Erickson. Featured are a brass speaking trumpet, round bottom bucket and various patches, badges, caps and photographs.

  Museum docents Sherie Grate and Keith Nicoles teamed up to rebuild the museum’s barbed wire collection display, originally assembled and donated by the late John and Gladys Gray of Quincy.

  Have you ever wondered how birds decide where to build their nests and raise their families? What qualities do you think female birds prefer in a mate? Do bird parents and chicks talk to each other, and if so what are they saying?

  Dr. Matthew Johnson has investigated these types of questions in several bird species, and he will be presenting his research on shorebird behavior and conservation at the upcoming Plumas Audubon Society meeting May 8, 7 p.m. at the Plumas County library.

The 6,864 acre Panther Fire is now 60% contained in Tehama County. The map also shows the 75 acre Cedar Fire burning a few miles south of Butte Meadows in Butte County.

Michael Condon
Staff Writer
Updated 5/6/2013

 

The Panther Fire in Tehama County burned 6,864 acres and was 60 percent contained as of Monday morning

The fire started the morning of May 1 in a rugged area of the Deer Creek Canyon north of Butte Meadows and Highway 32.Strong winds pushed the fire up steep slopes and the fire had grown to over 6,000 acres by Friday morning.