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Monday, June 10, 2013 — Local residents who have any information regarding the whereabouts of Patrick McCarthy, 45, of Doyle, are asked to call the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office.

McCarthy’s family has filed a missing person’s report with the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office. He is described as a Caucasian male, 6’2” tall, weighing 215 pounds. He has brown, short hair and hazel eyes. He was last seen driving a maroon 2004 extended cab Ford Ranger with California license plate number 82362B1.

McCarthy is a Caltrans equipment operator II and works out of the Susanville facility. He called in sick to work June 3, and one of his neighbors saw his truck that afternoon in Doyle. He has not been seen or heard from since.

June 10, 2013 — Lassen High School senior Austin Whiting collects the keys to an immaculate 4-wheel drive 2003 Ford Explorer from Wheels West owner Jason Rieger. Whiting won the car as part of the Sober Graduation celebration held at the Lassen County Fairgrounds just after sunrise Saturday, June 8.

June 10, 2013 — Organizers for the Paul Bunyan Mountain and Blues Festival Parade are accepting entries. Currently, there are 20 entries for the Saturday, July 6 event but there is room for many more. To enter, send an email with contact information to Debbie Christie at drchristie@citlink.net or Diana DesFosses at diana.desfosses@gmail.com. There are no application forms.

The parade organizers would like to finalize the lineup one week before the event. All ideas are considered, including a group of children on decorated bicycles.

The theme for the parade is the same as the centennial events — “100 years of people helping people.” The parade is at 10:30 a.m. and the route is along Ash and Third streets.

A vintage passenger train pulls into Westwood Tuesday, June 4. It was the first stop on a tour by Trains & Travel booked as “Byways of California and Oregon.”

The lounge in the Colonial Crafts car is a step back in time.                         Photos by Susan Cort Johnson

June 10, 2013 — While trains are not foreign to Westwood, one parked on the tracks near the Visitor Center overnight caught the eye of local residents. It was not the usual freight train that rumbles through on schedule throughout the day and night but a vintage passenger train.