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Volume XIV Issue 148 | Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022
Why We Love This Place Wednesdays: Savannah Moore
By Terra Avilla

It was Peach’s very first day of Leap Ahead. As I went to pick to her up, excited to see how her first day went, I was notified that she had… bitten someone.

Now my daughter is definitely not perfect, but to be fair, she had never ever bit anyone before, so of course she would wait for her first day in pre-school to do so.
Luckily for me, her teacher at the time, “Ms. Savannah” vouched for Peach that that behavior was not typical.

I remember her pulling me aside, and saying “don’t worry, she’ll be fine, I’ll watch her.” And I knew she would. I first met the very beautiful Savannah Moore through Church, where she was a very active member in the children’s ministries.

Savannah has a very warm glow about her, which makes her a natural magnet for little children. I remember watching Savannah with the children’s ministries, being so wonderful, respectful, and yet firm. The children loved and respected Ms. Savannah.

Over the years I have been lucky enough to get to know Ms. Savannah and I can tell you what an absolute light she is. She is so incredibly smart and articulate and organized and driven, and a million things I hope my daughters grow up to be. I cannot tell you how incredibly happy I am that she is in my life, as well as my children’s.

She is such a positive person. I never, ever hear her speak ill of anyone. Instead, she works incredibly hard. In fact, for years before she had a car, I would see her walking to and from her work. Never complaining. Just a motivated young woman, trying to better herself.

Aside from what she does for her church (which, let me tell you is a lot), Ms. Savannah is a very loving daughter, sister and friend.

She also has the heart of a true servant. Helping to stuff stockings for holiday programs, ringing the bell for the Salvation Army, tutoring children through the pandemic… this girl is the real deal.

She in fact, so wonderful that anytime I have ever mentioned her name to a third-party, they all pretty much, respond with the same thing, “She is so nice!” or “I love her!” Or something in between.

I have never met anyone that has something mean or negative to say about her, and at this point I will probably fight them if they did. (I’m joking… kind of).

Savannah is most definitely the real deal. She is a person who makes our community a better place. She is authentic and sweet and caring.

Yes, I owe her for advocating for my Peach not to get kicked out of pre-school the first day, but I also just owe her a ‘thank you’ for being so sweet and wonderful. And, for caring about children that are not her own, yet she loves them all the same.

Savannah is a true blessing to me, Peach, and my other two girls, and the community as a whole. Which, of course, makes her one of the reasons I love the place we live.
CDCR Investigating Homicide Death of High Desert Inmate
Officials at High Desert State Prison and the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the death of an incarcerated person as a homicide after he was attacked by two other inmates on Friday, February 18th.

Shortly after 11:00a.m., according to the report, HDSP staff saw Christopher Dolan and Michael Ellison attack Michael Hastey with manufactured weapons on one of the institution’s exercise yards.

Officers immediately responded by using chemical agents and batons to quell the incident.
Responding staff transported Hastey to the prison medical facility where health care staff performed life-saving measures. He was pronounced dead at 12:05p.m.

Hastey, 19, was sentenced to state prison from Trinity County on June 14, 2021, to serve a life with parole sentence for first-degree murder.

The Lassen County Sherriff’s Office and the HDSP Investigative Services Unit are investigating the incident. The Office of the Inspector General has been notified.
March 13th Fundraiser Scheduled to Benefit Mary Loflin
There will be a fundraiser on March 13th, to benefit New Image gym owner Mary Loflin, featuring a wide variety of activities to both raise money and heighten breast cancer awareness.

There will be a Cornhole Tournament with cash prizes and a gym pass. Tournament entry is $50 per team.

Check out some amazing crafts from a variety of vendors.

Join the Kid’s Club. Drop the kids off while you visit the craft fair or play in the tournament, and they can enjoy a bounce house and crafts for only $5 per kid.
Lunch is a Tri Tip sandwich meal for $12, or a hot dog meal for $6, with to-go meals available.

There will also be a gun raffle for a Weatherby Element Synthetic 12-Gauge, 28 4-RD Semi-Auto Shotgun. Tickets are $20 each or 6 for $100.

There will also be basket raffles and more.

Come meet the New Image instructors and try five different workouts for $5 per person. Free for Members.

The fundraiser will be held from 9:00 to 3:00, with the cornhole tournament starting at 11:00 and lunch at 11:30 at New Image Racquetball Gym, 1717 Main Street. For more information email Amanda.feather@yahoo.com.
Date Change for Sunrise Rotary Annual Youth Music Contest
Susanville’s Sunrise Rotary Club is looking for talented high-school aged virtuosi to compete for a chance to attend the District Conference in April, where the first-place winner will take home $1,000.

The local competition for solo instrumentalists will be held March 15th, at 6:00p.m., in the Lassen High Music Room. Applications are available through the high school counseling office, or you can email pgunderson@lcoe.org.
You will be asked to give a three-to-eight-minute performance to show off your talent. There will be two local qualifying contests and the local winner will head to the Rotary District 5190 Conference at Lake Tahoe on April 30th.

There are two qualifying contests and then the finals, all with prize money. Three local monetary prize winners will be chosen.

The winner will be announced on April 30th, at the Rotary District Conference.
Fruit Growers mill in 1936 from an Eastman Studios postcard.
Lumber Chiefs Forecast Boom
February 23, 1935

Lumber mills in Susanville, Westwood and other local districts will start operation March 1st. The officials forecast a boom in the lumber industry.

The Fruit Growers Supply Company and the Lassen Lumber and Box Company have awarded contracts to the Red River Lumber Company, which will truck logs to Susanville March 1st, pending the completion of a logging railroad from the Red River holdings into Susanville.
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