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The Greenville High School jazz band pauses to pose during the lunch break at the Region V Music Festival at GHS on March 14. Photo by Lee Crosse

Lee Crosse

  Dozens of students from Lassen and Plumas County gathered in Greenville on March 14 to participate in the Region V Music Festival.

  Greenville High School music teacher Jim Norman, who has been involved with the festival for 38 years, hosted the event, which started in the 1950s.

  Plumas Unified School District announced a special board meeting, Thursday night at 5 p.m. at Pioneer-Quincy Elementary School.

  The public is invited to attend the meeting, which was announced by the board Tuesday. The meeting will provide community members a forum to discuss the board’s decision to not renew Quincy High School Principal Sue Segura’s contract for next year.

Dan McDonald

Former Quincy restaurateur Patrick Michael Le Coq pleaded “no contest” to a charge of felony sexual battery Wednesday morning, March 20, in Plumas County Superior Court.

Le Coq, 54, is scheduled to be sentenced April 12. He faces up to two years in prison and will be required to register as a sex offender.

  Two men were sentenced last month for deer poaching violations in Lassen County following an investigation by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

    Timothy Lee McCallister, 45, of Susanville, pleaded guilty to five of eight charges filed against him, and Paden Earl Child, 23, of Herlong, pleaded guilty to two charges.

With the weather conditions favorable, the Forest Service began conducting controlled burns about three miles northeast of Quincy on Monday, March 18.

  According to the Forest Service, the burning was expected to continue thru Tuesday and smoke might be visible for a couple days afterward.