90 years ago

Frank B. Dursoe, secretary of the Chico Chamber of Commerce, has been in Susanville in the interest of building a road connecting with the Susanville Red Bluff lateral of the state highway system to Chester.

The proposed road will be built through Deer Creek pass. The usual claim that it will be open year-round was made. Butte County proposed to finance the building of the road and the Forestry Department will be asked to appropriate funds as well.

40 years ago

The Toys for Tots is a program to provide needy Lassen County children toys on Christmas day.

The Sheriff’s Department, along with the California Conservation Center and security guards at the Sierra Army Depot in Herlong, collected well more than 2,000 toys this year.

20 years ago

Two appeals have been filed by two environmental groups, against the Plumas National Forest’s 1983 Vegetation Management Program. The plan calls for herbicide use on more than 4,400 acres on the LaPorte and Quincy districts, although local United States Forest Service personnel say they only have money for about one-tenth of that next year.

The appeals were recently filed by the South Feather Watershed Council, a group out of the Feather Falls area and by Friends of Plumas Wilderness with Mike Yost of Indian Valley.

Five years ago

Sparked by a presentation by Susanville Teachers Association President Ken Unterreiner, nearly 20 of the Susanville School District’s 86 teachers told the board of trustees they’re willing to go on strike unless the district gives in to their demands.

One year ago

A local student has received what could be a once-in-a-life- time opportunity to play at Carnegie Hall.

Flutist Claire Helpingstine, a junior at Lassen High School, will be traveling to New York City Feb. 4 where she will spend a week rehearsing and working with “world-renowned” conductors at Carnegie Hall, as part of the American Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall.