SusanvilleSnapshots: Uptown Safe and Sane Halloween Gallery

A SusanvilleSnapshots Gallery

by Marshel and Jeremy Couso

The annual Safe and Sane Halloween party in uptown, this year brought to by the Lassen County Chamber of Commerce and the City of Susanville, was a big hit last Tuesday with more than a thousand kids making the rounds to collect tasty treats from businesses along Main Street.

It wasn’t just uptown businesses either. Folks came from all over town to set up booths and pass out the candy.

The Main Street was shut down for the event which featured a costume contest for people and another for pets, music and dance performances from J and J Performing Arts.

We have more than 100 photos in our big SusanvilleSnapshots.com gallery.

Click here to see them all!

We have more than 100 photos in our big SusanvilleSnapshots.com gallery.

Click here to see them all!

For more information contact the LCC Athletic Department at 1.530.251.8824.

Veterans Parade Saturday, November 11th at 11:00a.m., Main Street Susanville.

Bottle & Brush Art Bar will host live music on Saturday, November 11, with the Ville Billys starting at 6:30p.m. Join in for some honkytonk and good fun. Also on Saturday, November 18, they will be hosting live music with Triple Shot from 6:30-8:30p.m.

Monticola Club Christmas Boutique and Country Store. It’s that time of year again. Leaves are falling and nights are frosting. The Monticola Club at 140 S. Lassen St, in Susanville is hosting their annual Christmas Boutique Craft Fair and Country Store from noon to 8:00p.m. on Friday November 10 and 9:30 to 5:00p.m. on Saturday, November 11. You can find unique and handmade gifts and view crafts from local artists. Find something wonderful to surprise that special person with. For more information call Cathy Dirden at 530.260.5578. The Monticola Club was started in 1912 as a service organization formed to provide local women ways to improve the quality of life in our community. Your participation as a vendor or buyer helps the Club make available scholarships for local students and support other community activities. Come on by and enjoy some refreshments and browse the offerings.

Honey Lake Ducks Unlimited presents Bingo for Boomsticks Friday, November 17th starting at 5:00p.m., at Jensen Hall, Susanville Fairgrounds. Every round of Bingo wins a firearm. Bingo Cards are sold at the event. They will have raffles for firearms and great prizes at the event. For tickets go to www.norcaldu.org

Susanville Rotary Bags and Beers Cornhole Tournament, Saturday, November 18, 2023, at the Industrial Building at the Lassen County Fairgrounds. Pre-Registration starts now through Score Holio – $65 per team. 2 Divisions social/competitive. Registration at the door begins at 8:00a.m. $70 per. Venmo @Susanville-rotary. Tournament will begin at 11:00a.m. Raffle tickets available on site. Each team member will get 2 beverages tickets, food, beer, and wine are available for purchase. No outside food/drinks allowed. Cash Prizes: 1st – $250, 2nd – $150, 3rd – $65. Free Kids Division – 5-12 and 13-17 starting at 9:00a.m. For more information or questions call 530.630.7928.

The 20th annual Honey Lake Hospice ‘Light Up A Life’ Tree Lighting Ceremony will be held on Saturday, November 18th., at the Methodist Fellowship Hall, 635 Cottage St., Susanville, at 6:30p.m. This one-hour heartwarming event takes place outdoors followed by an indoor reception with refreshments. Those who wish to honor the memory of a loved one, may have the loved one’s name inscribed on a dove, and placed on the Hospice Memorial Tree. Forms are available at Margie’s Book Nook and Plumas Bank. $10.00 per Dove – laminated paper or $100.00 per perpetual Dove – acrylic. All are welcome to visit the tree which lights up each night beginning Saturday, November 18th through the first of the New Year. Please join in to ‘Light Up A Life’.

Best of Broadway brings to you Reno Dance Company’s The Nutcracker at the Veterans Memorial Hall. Saturday, November 18th 2:00p.m. and 7:00p.m. and Sunday, November 19th 1:00p.m., and 6:00p.m. Tickets Available at Zaengles Floor & Home and Margie’s Book Nook. Presale – $15.00 and At the Door – $20.00. Tickets also available online www.susanvillebestofbroadway.org.

Crafters Wanted for Christmas Craft Fair at Lassen Community College. Friday, December 1st and Saturday, December 2nd. $65 for a 10’x10’ space. Contact: Lynda Alberico at 530.249.2774 or by email at lralberico@yahoo.com.

Lassen County Fairgrounds Festival of Lights. December 8th-10th, 15th-17th, and 22nd – 25th. Sign Up Now. Bring joy and enchantment to our community this holiday season by setting up a display at the Festival of Lights. This magical drive-thru journey of twinkling trees, sparkling lights, and festive characters is a family-favorite tradition. Participation is free, and the best displays win cash prizes. Get your application at www.lassencountyfair.org or at the Lassen County Fairgrounds offices and be part of Susanville’s small-town Christmas experience.

VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars William Davidson Post 2381 presents Saturday Breakfast. April Through December from 0800 hours to 1100 hours at the Veterans Memorial Hall. VFW Post 2381 will be serving breakfast on the 1st Saturday of each month. Breakfast is open to the public. Breakfast will be held downstairs in the Veterans Memorial Building in Susanville.

Lassen County Fair. This is your last chance to get your tickets to Jeremy McComb’s Christmas, Cowboy-Style Tour at the pre-season price. This must-see Christmas event features Christmas music, Cowboy Poetry, and a steak dinner for $50 (a minimum of two tickets is required per purchase). Get your tickets now at www.lassencountyfair.org and celebrate a traditional Western Christmas.

Lassen Family Services Budgeting and More Life Skills Course. Every Monday 4:00-5:00p.m., at Lassen Family Services, 1306 Riverside Dr. in Susanville. This week’s topic: Exploring Financial Literacy. An introduction to key terms in the financial world. Participants may join the course at any time. For more information, call 530.257.4599.

Calvary Kids Storytime, 450 Richmond Rd., Susanville, CA. Every Tuesday from 1:00-2:00p.m. Bring your kids to a Safe, Peaceful place where they can be a kid. There will be two book reading groups, ages 1-5 and 6-11. We will be reading biblical, moral, and outdoor books followed by a craft. Questions, call 530.257.4833

Have a special event coming up and wondering where to have it? The Monticola Club House at 140 South Lassen Street could meet that need with 1500 square feet of indoor space able to fit 170, a fully equipped kitchen and it is also handicap accessible. The venue is perfect for celebrations and memorials of any type such as showers, birthdays, anniversaries, teas, receptions, meetings, conferences, trainings, holiday get-togethers, fundraisers, presentations, celebration of life and other activities. The fully equipped kitchen includes utensils, plates, cups, saucers, coffee, and hot water pot. There are also padded folding chairs and both round and rectangle tables.

You not only get the perfect event venue, but rental money is an important source of revenue for the non-profit Monticola Club, 501(c)(3). The Club was started in 1912 as a service organization formed to provide local women ways to improve the quality of life in our community. Over the years these are some of the various local activities or support provided by the Club: Food Baskets, Water for River Clean-up, Fire Victim Support, Senior Support, Beautification Projects-trees, flowers, Penny Pines reforestation, Library support, And of course, college scholarships. To view the Clubhouse or for more information, please contact the building manager, Patty Davie, at 530.257.9220.

Join Lassen Library for Storytime and Craft Day in November. There are changes to the program schedule. Wednesday storytime and craft will be the same, but Tuesdays will be a craft day only. Hope to see you at these fun themes in November. Dino-vember – 11/7 Crafts & Play Day, 11/8 Storytime and Crafts. Thankful Turkeys – 11/14 Craft and Play Day, 11/15 Storytime and Craft. Happy Thanksgiving – 11/22-23 No Storytime and Craft. Art – 11/28 Craft and Play, 11/29 Storytime and Craft.

The BLM maintains RACs chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the Federal Policy and Land Management Act across the West. Each RAC consists of 10- to 15-members from diverse interests in local communities, and they assist in the development of recommendations that address public land management issues.

“Resource Advisory Councils provide the BLM with vital feedback on current issues, concerns, and proposals, and enable us to engage local communities and stakeholders to improve our management of public lands,” said Dereck Wilson, manager of the BLM Northern California District.

“Our goal is to ensure that the membership of every RAC encompasses a wide variety of perspectives and backgrounds to guide our work as effectively as possible.”

Individuals may nominate themselves or others to serve on the RAC. Nominees, for the Northern California District RAC must be residents of California or Nevada. They will be reviewed based on their training, education, and knowledge of the RAC’s geographic area.

Nominees should also demonstrate a commitment to consensus building and collaborative decision-making. Letters of reference should accompany all nominations from any represented interests or organizations, along with a completed RAC application, and any other information that speaks to the nominee’s qualifications.

The RAC is seeking nominations to fill four vacancies in the following categories:

Category One – Representatives of organizations associated with energy/mineral development; Federal grazing permit holders; the timber industry; transportation or rights-of-way; off-highway vehicles users; and commercial and developed outdoor recreation.

Category Two – Representatives of archeological and historic organizations; dispersed recreation users; wild horse and burro organizations; and nationally or regionally-recognized environmental organizations.

Category Three – Representatives of State, county, or local elected office; Indian Tribes located within or adjacent to the area for which the RAC is organized; academicians employed in natural resource management or natural sciences; employees of a state agency responsible for management of natural resources; and the public at large.

The BLM will consider nominations until November 27th. For more information, please contact BLM Northern California District Public Affairs Officer Jeff Fontana at 530-260-0189, or by email at jfontana@blm.gov.

Susanville’s new Post Office in the late 1930’s

View of New PO Building

November 6, 1937

With the pouring of concrete for the foundation walls of the new post office, Susanville patrons will be able to see progress in its construction until the completion date, which, under the contract, will be in April 1938. Contractor Geo S. Goedhart arrived in Susanville last evening from Colusa where he is running a similar contract.

Looking over the plans and specifications with Construction Engineer James Sparks, one really gets a mental picture of a beautiful and commodious structure in which the post office business will be handled.

The building is to be of colonial design, 60×60 feet, of reinforced concrete, with full basement, fronting on Lassen street, It sets back 20 feet from the street, 40 feet from the alley and 40 feet from Nevada street on the north.

A white flag pole will be placed on the lawn in front of the building, a practice usually followed only with larger structures, and on three sides of the building there will be well planned landscaping to lend beauty to the location.

A cement walk will lead from the sidewalk to the building, three steps up from the sidewalk, and the approach to the building, will be by four granite steps, entering the building through a vestibule with a door on the right and left.

The ground floor plan of the building provides a beautiful and spacious lobby with a floor of unglazed quarry tile with rounded edges in a subdued variation of colors in each tile to grade from a deep reddish brown to light brown, laid in deep buff mortar. About the walls there will be hydrants at convenient points. The wainscoting will be the same as the floor with wide brown border and a base of dark brown.

For the patrons of the office there will be provided more than 700 boxes, and service windows for general delivery, money order, parcel post, etc.

The ceiling throughout will be 13 feet high, painted with a view to diffusing the light, and there will be a large skylight in the center to assure an abundance of light. The floor will be of Maple, and an opening from the workroom at the rear will provide for receiving the loads of mail on a platform in a vestibule enclosed on three sides.

At the southwest corner of the building the postmaster will be provided with an office 14 x 15 feet, and continuing along the south side will be rooms for a toilet and an inspector’s entrance, vaults, carrier’s toilet, a ‘swag’ room or lounge, janitor’s closet and women’s toilet.

Trucks with their loads will drive down the alley from Lassen street, at the rear will make a turn in a half circle and back into the vestibule to the unloading platform.

A total of 40 tons of steel will be used throughout, and the building is of such size, design and planning as to produce a maximum of strength and resistance to earthquake stresses.

The cornerstone will be a large cream-colored limestone.

Inscribed on the corner will be the names of those who have had to do with the new structure officially, including; Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury; Jas. A. Farley, Postmaster General; Louis A. Simon, supervising architect; Neal A Melic, supervising engineer – 1937.

The roof will be supported by 17 tons of structural steel, with two-inch roof sheeting, one-inch insulation and five-ply roof covering.

Over the front entrance in large letters will be the inscription: “United States Post Office Susanville, California.

On either side of the entrance will be hung two large wrought iron lanterns.

The exterior concrete walls will be poured in forms of a heavy grade oiled plywood to produce a smooth surface which is to be painted a light cream. The wood sash will be painted a deep yellow, window and frames in medium brown, ornamental lamp brackets in brown, with wrought iron laps and all exposed iron work painted blue.

The basement will contain the boiler room, storage and fuel. Heating will be accomplished with an oil burner, provided also with coal grates for emergencies. The floor will be concrete.

Heating will be ample with a low pressure steam boiler, equipped with powerful automatic burner, using a heavy grade of fuel oil stored in an underground tank, eight feet by 40 feet in dimension. The oil will be piped into the building and to overcome congealing the heating equipment in the tank and on the burner will be provided by hot water, steam and electric – either or all three and will permit of burning hot oil at all times.