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Players from 11 Chester Little League teams line up in the Chester Park baseball diamond as they eagerly await the first pitch of the season April 26. Photo by Samantha P. Hawthorne

  Eleven Little League softball teams occupied the Chester Park baseball diamond during the season’s opening ceremonies April 27.

  The teams — which included five T-ball teams and a mixture of six girls’ and boys’ teams playing in the major, minor and junior divisions — were announced one at a time by Chester Little League president Mike Klimek, and positioned so that two long lines were formed in the center of the field.

  Plumas Bancorp, a bank holding company and the parent company of Plumas Bank, announced its 2013 first quarter earnings of $616,000, an increase of 175 percent over the $224,000 it reported during the first quarter of 2012.

  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.