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Firefighters were dispatched to a fire that appeared to have started on residential property at the intersection of Lakecrest Drive and County Road A-3 this afternoon, Tuesday, June 11. Neighbor Bill Dustin went to the property when the fire broke out and said he saw a van and a car on fire. The blaze then spread into the vegetation and appeared to have been stopped at the edge of Connex box. Prior to the firefighters arrival on scene, Dustin and another neighbor shoveled dirt onto the fire, while another assisted the efforts with a tractor. Photo by Ruth Ellis 

A Susanville man died Monday, June 10 as a result of injuries sustained on a wildfire on the Modoc National Forest, according to a press release from the United States Forest Service.

Luke Sheehy, 28, a member of the California Smokejumpers, based out of Redding, was struck by a falling portion of a tree on the Saddle Back Fire in the South Warner Wilderness about 15 miles southeast of Alturas, Calif.

The incident occurred just before 5 p.m. according to the press release.

June 11, 2013 — Westwood resident Eileen Spencer, representing KanWeHelp, continued her assault against the Lassen County Board of Supervisors’ practice of not posting minutes of their meetings on the county clerk’s website before they come up for approval.

And then she added new criticism of Julie Bustamante, Lassen County Clerk for her role and responsibility as the board’s clerk.

Spencer asked the board to pull approval of the minutes of its May 14 and May 21 meetings from the board’s consent calendar for separate discussion. Board chair Jack Hanson granted her request.

June 11, 2013 — Fighting for the chance to stop a shift of Public Health funds, Lassen County Supervisors unanimously voted to oppose the governor’s proposal to redirect County Realignment funds to the state.

In a recent proposal by California Governor Jerry Brown, funds originally designated toward public health programs may decrease by $2.8 million, potentially lowering the current Public and Environmental Health and Public Health realignment funding from $1,842,850 to negative $927,629.