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It might just appear to be a bunch of damp dirt and pile of fallen rocks to most of us, but Chester geologist Charles Watson paid a special visit to the shore of Lake Almanor just to get a firsthand look at the effects of the recent 5.7 magnitude earthquake. Photos by Sam Williams	Believe it or not, the initial wave of an earthquake can force a rock up into the air. When it comes back down, the Earth beneath it may have moved and the rock will not return to the same place. Watson suspects the damp area near this rock along the Lake Almanor shore illustrates this movement.

June 5, 2013 — The recent 5.7 magnitude earthquake may have startled some Northeastern California residents, including those in Lassen County, but we shouldn’t be all that surprised. The reality is our region, like the rest of California, is rightly called earthquake country.

Meadow View School teacher Lynda Jackson, far back right, stands with her fifth grade class in front of the bulletin board they decorated for the Pennies for the Pool fundraiser. Photos submitted
Students Jacob Bennett, left, Bailee Rivington, Rachael Hunrath, Julienne Bennett and Hudson Northrop present Lassen County Tax Collector Richard Eagan, back center, with cans of pennies collected by students in an effort to fund a new community pool at the Lassen County Board of Supervisor’s meeting May 28.
Lynda Jackson’s fifth grade class decorated a bulletin board in the Meadow View School office in support of the Pennies for the Pool drive.

June 4, 2013 — Since 2007, Susanville School District students have been looking forward to the day they can swim in a new community pool. In 2008 students raised more than $1,000 for the trust fund with a Pennies for the Pool drive and this year McKinley, Meadow View and Diamond View schools had a repeat performance when they collectively raised $1,065.91 for the fund.

June 4, 2013 — ”Shame,” “shame,” “shame,” whispered one teacher when two fellow educators’ job share denials remained in effect after an appeal hearing.

Sixth-grade teacher Jamie Huber and second-grade teacher Jodi Neuenschwander had requested to be part of an 80/20-job share where they work four days a week and another teacher works the fifth day for next year.

	Jerome Thomas, back left, Cody Carpenter, Alec Grutgen and Austin Whitestone show off the wood splitter they made for a raffle. Photo submitted
	Students in the Lassen Community College welding class made this wood splitter that will be raffled off for vocational scholarships.

June 4, 2013 — The Lassen College Foundation is raffling a custom-made wood splitter to raise funds for vocational scholarships. The first inaugural vocational fundraiser will benefit the college’s welding technology students.

The raffle will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, July 20 at the Lassen County Fair. JDX will perform the drawing and announce the winner.