The weather was much like today’s weather, so we kept them in the house. We quickly learned that baby chicks are like baby humans: hungry, noisy, and constantly going to the bathroom. The boys were good helpers, and we enjoyed our guests, but we were also happy to see them leave.

Another time, there was so much snow at my Grandma’s house that the boys went sledding.

On Sofia’s first Easter, it was snowing so hard we couldn’t make it to Grandma’s at the lake. I still dressed her in a fancy floral dress with matching shoes and cardigan and we hid eggs around the house.

After that, I decided that we would not spend another Spring Break in the snow. We would go someplace, any place, with sunshine and warmth.

That first year it was Disneyland, then San Francisco, Dillon Beach, Santa Cruz, Disneyland again. Even if it was just a few days in Chico, it was just enough Vitamin D to take us until the end of the school year.

The last two years don’t count. Spring Break 2020 seemed to NEVER end. And last year’s happened right in the middle of. . . Football Season? This year’s Spring Break is starting off typically, I’ll let you know how it ends next week.

A tradition that has lasted for more than thirty years, the Lassen County Geography Bee, was held at Richmond School last week, featuring some of our brightest local students showing off their knowledge of United States and world geography.

The Bee’s purpose is to encourage the love for and study of geography. Knowing where and how the world operates is vital to understanding ourselves and our increasingly interdependent world.

Volunteers now organize the local Geography Bee, but the atlases were paid for by the Lassen County Office of Education and Margie’s Book Nook.

Activities will be held in the park from 10:00a.m., and 2:00p.m.

If your agency would like to have a booth at Walk-A-Mile, please contact Lassen Family Services.

For more information, please call 1.530.257.5459 or email kendra.zaengle@lassenfamilyservices.org

To register for the walk, which begins at 10:00a.m., follow this link to Eventbrite.

Cross Freedom is selling official T-Shirts for this year’s Walk A Mile event. The shirts come in a variety of colors and have the Walk A Mile logo on them.

Click here and follow the link to order your shirt. Each shirt purchased donates to the event. Orders must be placed by April 20th, and will be ready to pick up April 28th and 29th.

At checkout, the site may tell you t-shirts will be delivered by May 9th, please disregard this. T-shirts will be here before the event if ordered before April 20th.

The tournament will begin with a shotgun start at 9:00a.m., and the cost to register is $400 per four-man team.

Hole sponsorships are also available at $200 each.

You can sign up at the golf course’s clubhouse or call Naomi at 1.530.310.3496.

City officials and members of Susanville’s public park committee this week approved the final blueprint plans for what probably will be known as Susanville Memorial Park.

Glenn Hall, city planning engineer from Sacramento, presented two plans to the group. One of these plans was accepted as fitting the area for the city’s new park after some revisions had been made and agreed upon. Mr. Hall promised to have the final plans completed and back to Susanville within three weeks.

When these plans are received, the committee will immediately start primary action upon the park site. Survey of the plans indicate the park will include tennis courts, children’s playground and wading pool, an area for teenage recreation, baseball park, handball courts, horseshoe courts, camp-fire circle, and a community or scout building as soon as feasible.