The flyer from LFS points out that the ghosting is “done in good spirits and is not meant to be offensive in any way.”

“These ghosts will rest in peace on a lawn for twenty-four hours until the mysteriously cross over to another person’s lawn.”

If you wake up to find that you have been ghosted, and you would like to pick where the ghosts will haunt next, LFS asks for a small donation of $20.

Even if you haven’t been ghosted yet, you can ghost someone else for just $20. For more information call 1.530.257.4599.

“CAL FIRE encourages all Californians to embrace the 2023 Fire Prevention Week theme, ‘Cooking safety starts with you,” said Chief Daniel Berlant, recently appointed State Fire Marshal.

“Creating fire safe habits in the kitchen will help keep you and your family safe from cooking injuries and ensures you are doing everything you can to prevent a fire from starting in your home while cooking.”

“Year after year, cooking remains the leading cause of home fires by far, accounting for almost half (49 percent) of all U.S. home fires,” said Lorraine Carli, Vice President of outreach and advocacy at NFPA.

“These numbers tell us that there is still much work to do when it comes to better educating the public about ways to stay safe when cooking.”

Cal-FIRE and NFPA offer these key safety tips to help reduce the risk of a cooking fire:

• Have a “kid- and pet-free zone” of at least 3 feet (1 meter) around the stove or grill and anywhere else hot food or drink is prepared.
• Watch what you heat. Always keep a close eye on what you are cooking. Set a timer to remind you that you are cooking.
• Turn pot handles toward the back of the stove to help prevent accidental burns and always watch young children in the kitchen.
• Always keep a lid nearby when cooking. If a small grease fire starts, slide the lid over the pan and turn off the burner. Leave the pan covered until it is completely cooled. For an oven fire, turn off the heat and keep the door closed.

If you need to use your fire extinguisher, apply the Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep (PASS) method:

• Pull the pin to break the seal and test the extinguisher.
• Aim at the base of the fire and ensure you have a means of escape.
• Squeeze the operating handle to discharge the extinguishing agent.
• Sweep from side to side, aiming at the base of the fire until it is completely extinguished. If
• the fire cannot be extinguished, then retreat to a safe distance from the fire and call 911.

An accessible and working fire extinguisher is fundamental to kitchen safety. Having the correct type of fire extinguisher in an accessible location and knowing how to safely use it is essential to safely being able to put out a fire in your kitchen.

“Taking a few extra steps while in the kitchen could prevent injury, property damage or even death. Please take these tips seriously and practice them every time you are cooking,” said Chief Berlant.

For more information about Fire Prevention Week and cooking safety, visit www.fpw.org.

For more cooking fire safety tips from Cal-FIRE, see the Cooking Fire Safety Fact Sheet.

Bagged leaves may be dropped off at this location on Skyline Drive until December 4th

The bags are not to weigh more than forty pounds and are to contain leaves only.

If you are handicapped or elderly please call 530-257-1041 to arrange for pickup of already bagged leaves.

This program is made possible for Susanville residents through donations by C&S Waste Systems and Lassen County Air Pollution.

The bus and bike shuttle will stop at Devil’s Corral Trailhead, Fredonyer Summit and near Westwood, where participants can ride or walk seven, 18 or 25 miles back to Susanville.

Participants should dress in layers for changing weather conditions. Forecasts show morning temperatures at or near freezing, with midday temperatures climbing to the low to mid-60s.

The bike ride is ideal for families. The Bizz Johnson Trail route is mostly downhill or flat on a smooth gravel surface. The BLM recommends wide-tired or hybrid bikes.

To reserve space on the bus and shuttle space for bikes, contact the BLM in Susanville at 530-257-0456.

Prior to Highway 44 being completed this is what portions of the road looked like – from a scrapbook created by Henry Lind of a journey he took by automobile of the Lassen Trail across the Sierra

Survey Crew to Start Work

October 10, 1940

E. E. Erhart, associate highway engineer of the bureau of public roads, and Carl Schubert, civil engineer, both of San Francisco, have established headquarters in Susanville in connection with a location survey of the eastern portion of the Feather Lake Forest highway. A crew of eight men is established here for the winter for the work.

The Feather Lake road was placed in the forest highway system as Class 3 road in 1937, according to F. D. Preston, supervisor of the Lassen National Forest. Its termini are Mt. Shasta, Mt. Lassen, and the state highway on the northwest at Hat Creek, and the Red Bluff-Susanville highway on the southeast, five miles west of Susanville.

A reconnaissance of this highway route was made by Erhart in 1935, and later, during the same year, a location survey of the route from Westwood northerly to Poison Lake was made. Between Poison Lake and Route 77, near Old Station, a survey has been completed. The leg of the highway from Westwood north, towards McCoy Flat, has been surveyed.

Work to be undertaken by the crew at this time is the survey of the route from Susanville to a junction with the Westwood – Poison Lake section near McCoy Flat, a virgin area, rich in scenic splendor and available to all traffic in this section of northern California and western Nevada.