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Update 4 p.m.:

Monday, June 17 — All who cared about Luke Sheehy — a Lassen County firefighter and smokejumper who died June 10 from injuries he suffered while fighting a wildfire on the Modoc National Forest — are invited to honor his life at two memorial services this weekend.

Doug Sheehy, Luke’s father, said the family invites everyone who loved and cared about Luke to attend a Day of Honor at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 22 at Walker Mansion in Westwood. Food and refreshments will be provided.

The wildland firefighting community also presents a Memorial Service at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 23 at the Redding Civic Center.

Doug Sheehy said a Luke Sheehy donation account has been opened at U.S. Bank in Susanville for those who would like to make a donation in his son’s memory.

June 15, 2013  — Susanville City Council members delayed the adoption of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for the proposed Sierra Community Park at Wednesday’s open meeting.

The declaration, which was authorized by the city council in January, identified the potential environmental and biological impacts the Sierra Community Park may have on wildlife, plants and land.

June 14, 2013 — In the evening hours of Thursday, June 13, a deputy from the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man for having over two ounces of methamphetamine in the Doyle area.

  According to a press release the deputy, assigned to the South Lassen County post, conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on Highway 395 for a traffic violation.  The driver, John Mulhall, 43, of Portola, was the sole occupant in the vehicle.

June 13, 2013 — Herlong parents are banding together to create a preschool to replace the Head Start program that ended recently due to budget restraints.

In an attempt to fill the educational needs of their preschool-age children, a group of concerned parents has invited E. Kim Coontz, co- author of “Steps to Starting a Marketing Co-op,” to speak at the Herlong Resource Center at 1 p.m., Friday, June 14.