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Letterboxing enthusiast plans gathering in Virginia City

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Letterboxing enthusiast Vina Jiminez shows the stamps she carved for her Nancy Drew series located along a trail in Westwood. Jiminez is helping host a letterboxing event June 22 in Virginia City, Nev.Photo by Ruth Ellis

April 24, 2013 — A local resident is hosting a letterboxing event where teams will race around looking for clues in order to win the grand prize.

Vina Jiminez, a letterboxing enthusiast, and her co-conspirator are planning the family-friendly gathering, which she described as being similar to the television show, The Amazing Race. 

 

Lassen High Class of 1988 graduates avoid injury in horrific in Boston Marathon bombings

Kirstin Sherve stands with her son before the Boston Marathon. Photo submittedBMarathon

April 23, 2013 — Last week several graduates from the 1988 class of Lassen High School and their spouses met in Boston for a reunion of sorts. Some were running in the Boston Marathon. Others were there as spectators to cheer them on.

  

Supervisor submits highest bid to purchase LRA properties

April 23, 2013 — Lassen County District 3 Supervisor Larry Wosick has submitted the highest bid of $25,000 for the former Local Reuse Authority properties near Sierra Army Depot in Herlong. Wosick is identified as the “managing member” of GW Real Estate Holdings, LCC, of Reno, Nev.

Wosick’s offer is “contingent upon a favorable inspection and feasibility study to be completed within 60 days from an accepted offer,” and, “The proposer has investigated all property and understands that property will be transferred ‘as is’ with no representations mad by Lassen County/Local Reuse Authority.”

  

Depot responds to alleged theft of military items

April 23, 2013 — The command and employees at Sierra Army Depot have responded to the arrest earlier this month of an employee who allegedly stole military equipment shipped from the war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan for inventory and storage at the base near Herlong.

According to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Sacramento April 5, depot employee Devon Gregory Biggs, 36, was arrested April 3 with a number of military items he allegedly was trying to steal from the depot’s Warehouse 301. The items, valued at $84,884.26, included “technologically advanced thermal imagers, lasers, scopes and a modified M16A1 fully automatic rifle with an adjustable stock and converted to accept a sound suppressor,” the complaint alleges.

  

Reno Youth Orchestra performs Friday

YouthorchThe Reno Philharmonic Youth Orchestra will be offering free performances for Lassen County students Friday, April 26 at the Assembly of God Church. Photo submitted

April 25, 2013 — The Reno Philharmonic Youth Orchestra will be performing for local school children at 10:45 a.m. and 1 p.m., Friday, April 26.

The Susanville Symphony has partnered with the Reno Youth Orchestra, the Assembly of God Church and the Lassen County Superintendent of Schools Office to provide this entertainment.

  

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