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Volume XVII Issue 179
Thursday, April 17th, 2025
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Biz Buzz: Local Business News for April 17th
By Marshel Couso
Welcome to our weekly feature dedicated to covering Susanville and Lassen County’s business scene! Grand openings, new employees, renovations, new hours… each week we’ll keep you up to date with important information about the businesses you rely on.
Susanville Supermarket IGA
| | | On April 6th, Susanville Supermarket IGA celebrated the anniversary of long-time employee Debbie Oschner. Oschner has now been with Susanville Supermarket for an impressive thirty-two years. | | | | |
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Rick Stewart, the store’s previous owner says, “Congratulations Debbie, you were one of our very best hires. So glad you chose to come work with us all those years ago!”
Jessica Miller, current owner of IGA, told us, “What they say is true, when you’ve been around someone long enough, they become family, and after working together for 15 years, that’s exactly what she is.”
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If you swing by IGA for an early morning donut, make sure you wish Oschner a happy anniversary.
Blue Ox Café and Bakery
Westwood’s Blue Ox Cafe & Bakery have finished their remodeling and are open for business with a brand-new look and an expanded menu.
New selections at the cafe include crepes, breakfast bowls, tartines and sandwiches. There are even special choices for the kids in the family on the children’s menu.
Make sure to try their Acai bowl! It’s full of flavor and makes a great choice for a late breakfast or early lunch.
Check out the menus below and then stop by Blue Ox Cafe and Bakery at 313 Birch Street in Westwood. You can call them for more information at 1.530.816.0956.
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Elise’s Barber Shop
Elise Farris and her staff have moved Elise’s Barber Shop down the street and around the corner to her former location at 724 Main Street, inside the Pioneer building.
Farris is available Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8:30 to 2:00p.m., and on Friday from 8:30 to 4:00p.m.
Donna is available to cut hair on Saturday from 10:00 to 2:00.
You can call and schedule your haircut at 1.530.310.2342.
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Susanville Indian Rancheria Holding Community Dinner April 24th
The Susanville Indian Rancheria has announced its 2025 Community Dinner series, inviting all members of the community to join them for an evening of food and fellowship.
The dinners will be held on the fourth Thursday of every other month including next Thursday, April 24th and then on June 26th, August 28th, October 30th and December 18th.
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All dinners will take place from 5:30 to 7:00p.m., and the location of each dinner will be announced before each event and posted on the SIR Facebook page.
This evening’s dinner will be at the Diamond Mountain Casino.
Attendees are asked to RSVP to the Social Services Department. For any questions, please contact SIR Social Services at 1.530.251.5119.
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Discover Susanville’s Community Garden! Clean-Up Being Held This Saturday
Did you know the City of Susanville offers a wonderful Community Garden where you can reserve your very own plot absolutely free? It’s a fantastic opportunity to grow your own fresh produce and connect with fellow gardening enthusiasts right here in our community.
Curious to learn more? This Saturday, April 19th, from 8:00a.m. to 12:00p.m., organizers will be holding a Community Garden Clean-Up at the garden, 105 S. Ash Street.
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Everyone is invited to come on down and see what it’s all about! They have a variety of plot sizes available, from larger spaces perfect for experienced gardeners to smaller plots ideal for those just starting their green thumb journey.
Join the growing Gardening Community and help make our city greener, one garden at a time. For more information or if you have any questions, please call the City at 1.530.257.1041 or email communitygarden@cityofsusanville.gov.
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Celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunications Week
This week is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week and Lassen County Sheriff John McGarva took time this week to thank the dispatchers who work in the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office 9-1-1 center, the Susanville Area CHP Dispatch Center and the Susanville Interagency Fire Center, providing critical services to people in our region.
“Public Safety Dispatchers are the first to help those in need,” explains Sheriff McGarva. “Whether it is law enforcement, fire or medical, they are the ones who triage the calls to get the right services where they are needed.”
| | | “They work in a high-stress environment with a very intensive workload. My dispatchers do an amazing job for the citizens of Lassen County and we are lucky to have such dedicated and professional people working hard for us.” | | | | |
Lassen County’s public safety team includes Lead Dispatchers Angela Lewis and Yvette Proffer, Dispatchers Tracy Mattern, Phylicia Hinze-Buff, Jeris Stevens, Sarah Anderson and Trysta Spangle.
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week was established in recognition of this special group of people who show care and compassion while performing very challenging duties.
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Westwood Museum Hosting
Annual Museum Dinner May 9th
The Westwood Museum will open its 2025 season with the Annual Westwood Museum Dinner on Friday, May 9th, at the Calvary Chapel, next to the museum, on Ash Street in Westwood.
Enjoy a delicious dinner of rigatoni with meat sauce, steamed broccoli, tossed salad, garlic bread and cupcakes prepared by Pastor Terry.
A special program featuring Maurice Hertzig’s home movies of Westwood in the 1950s and 1960s will be presented.
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Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the Museum Board or by contacting the Museum at 1.530.256.2233.
And don’t forget the Annual Museum Bake Sale on Saturday, May 10th from 10:00a.m. until 2:00p.m. Treat your favorite mom (or yourself!) to lots of sweet treats for Mother’s Day and support your local Westwood Museum with these wonderful events.
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Historical Society Offering $1,500 Zellamae Miles Scholarships for Local Graduates
The Lassen County Historical Society is offering two $1,500 scholarships to graduating seniors in Lassen County who plan to attend an accredited college or university.
Interested students can pick up an application for the Zellamae Miles Memorial Scholarship from their high school counseling office or stop by the museum on Weatherlow Street. The deadline to turn in the application is next Wednesday, April 23rd.
Qualifications:
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- Be a graduating senior who has attended high school in Lassen County.
- Have a grade point average of 3.0 or above during the last three years.
- Show evidence of school and/or community service and leadership.
Please return application packets to Lassen County Historical Society Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 321, Susanville, CA 96130 or to the Lassen High Counseling Office.
Click here to download more information about the scholarship.
The Lassen County Historical Society promotes interest, education and research into Lassen County’s past, present and future. It strives to collect and preserve records, data, pictures and material pertinent to the history of Lassen County. Anyone interested may become a member.
The Historical Society operates our local museum, which is unique in that it is staffed entirely by volunteers, and admission is free. The museum is located at 115 North Weatherlow.
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Susanville Votes for Annexation
Big Territory Added to City
April 17, 1947
By a margin of more than two to one, residents of five Susanville additions voted themselves into the city in a special election here Tuesday.
The move increased Susanville’s population from slightly more than 1,500 to an estimated 7,500 and swelled the city’s area by more than 200 percent.
Of the 626 ballots cast, 435 were in favor of the unification and 191 were opposed. Only residents of the five affected additions were allowed to vote. The ballot was less than 50 percent of the registration list of 1,400.
Additions now within the city limits as a result of the election are East Milwood, Arnold, Richmond and Fruit Growers hill.
Main Street, the principal thoroughfare, now runs for more than a mile in the city limits. It previously ran only a few blocks within the official boundaries of the town.
The lumber mill section, which includes its own residences, was not included in the annexation move.
Among other things, the unification is expected to make the administration of schools here easier, with all elementary schools now within the city limits. Two of the largest previously were beyond the boundaries of the town.
The special election was called by the city council after petitions requesting it had been filed with the city clerk and received no protest.
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