I was still confused when I got to Jane’s house to drop off Jacob. Her family was gathered around the TV and together we saw the second tower fall. I had to leave and go to school and it was so difficult to actually walk out the door.

I was comforted to know that no matter what happened, Jacob was surrounded by love and protection.

I wasn’t ready for first period to start. There was no direction from administration and on my own I decided to turn on the radio and let students journal about their day.

The following week or two is a blur of watching the news nonstop and feeling helpless.

There were a few moments I felt like I was contributing: organizing my dance class to put red, white, and blue ribbons on the cars in the high school parking lot, the drill team presenting the flag at halftime of the next home game, and attending a spaghetti feed fundraiser at the Elks Lodge. Small gestures that made me productive.

It was a time of uncertainty, but also of pride.

This year’s 9/11 holds a different significance for me. Jane, Jake’s beloved babysitter and our family friend, passed away a few weeks ago. As I pulled on to Main Street this morning and saw the flags the memories rushed back into my mind and immediately, I felt the warmth of the Voss household that morning. The smell of coffee. The familiar voices filled with love and concern. The feeling of friends who become part of your family.

Remember when news was ‘newsy’? When you read about weddings, family events and engagement announcements in the newspaper? If you have something that might be newsworthy, please submit it to shelleybennett24@gmail.com and I’ll do my best to include it here in “The Good Stuff.”

“On scene, it was determined that a shot had been fired in the parking lot, but no injuries were reported. It was reported the subject observed with the firearm had fled the scene in a vehicle with a group of people.”

Witnesses provided a vehicle and suspect description to officers and, at around 3:30a.m., information was provided about the possible location of the suspect who had the firearm.

Officers responded to the 900 block of Main Street and located numerous subjects involved in the earlier disturbance.

One subject was identified by the SPD as 20-year old Sacramento resident Victor Velasquez Jr.

“Two handguns were located where Velasquez had been standing when contacted by law enforcement. Velasquez was subsequently arrested for Battery with serious bodily injury, felon in possession of a firearm, willful discharge of a firearm, carrying a loaded handgun not registered, carrying a loaded handgun with a prior felony conviction, and possessing a firearm without an identification mark.”

The case has been referred to the Lassen County District Attorney for review.

If anyone has information about the incident, Chief Cochran asks that they please contact the Susanville Police Department at 1.530.257.5603.

On September 22nd, volunteers will meet at 9:00a.m., at the historic Susanville Railroad Depot, 601 Richmond Road in Susanville, and then carpool to the Biscar/Modoc Line project site about forty miles northeast of Susanville.

Work teams will pick up litter and perform other light tasks. Biscar Reservoirs are designated wildlife watching sites.

On September 23rd, participants will meet at 9:00a.m., at the Depot and form teams to complete various projects on the Depot grounds and along the Bizz Johnson Trail between the Depot and the Hobo Camp Day Use Area.

The BLM will provide gloves and tools.

Anyone interested should RSVP by contacting the Lassen Land and Trails Trust at 530-257-3252. Lunches will be provided on both project days for those who RSVP. All participants will receive commemorative T-shirts.

National Public Lands Day is coordinated by the National Environmental Education Foundation. Since 1994, NPLD has mobilized volunteers on the fourth Saturday in September to celebrate and care for something we all share, our nation’s public lands.

What started with one federal agency, two public land sites, and 700 volunteers has grown into a national event that brings out hundreds of thousands of volunteers at sites in all 50 states and U.S. territories. From trail maintenance to planting, trash pick-up, and more, volunteers of all ages and abilities roll up their sleeves and work side-by-side.

In the past decade alone, over a million volunteers have donated almost five million hours of their time, worth an estimated $133 million, to improve public lands. These efforts are crucial to preserving our natural resources for future generations to enjoy.

The Susanville Fair on Main Street in 1922

Program Given

Three Days and Four Nights of Interesting Events Planned for Lassen County Fair

September 12, 1923

Three days of rodeo, racing and agricultural and stock exhibits and four nights of carnival, shows, rides, concessions and dancing make up the program for the second annual Lassen County Fair.

The night show will be located around the American Legion platform and that location will be a blaze of color and lights. The merry-go-round that the association has purchased has arrived and will be assembled this week. William Cain has returned from San Francisco, where he purchased several hundred dollars’ worth of concession material for the concessions.

There will be a cabaret show, with twelve singing and dancing girls. This show will be installed in a tent on the Midway. Each evening from 7:30 until 9:30 there will be a local talent show on the dance platform. W. K. Davis is in charge of this show, with Bob Williams as assistant.

The American Legion is in charge of the dance which follows the show each evening.

Several other features are now being arranged for by Ben Lyle, chairman of the night shows.