Want to spend a fun day on the golf course while helping to support a really wonderful organization? The Lassen County Holiday with a Hero program will be hosting a fundraising golf tournament at the Diamond Mountain Golf Course October 8th.

Registration for the 18-hole, four-person scramble, is $400 for each team. Lunch, donated by Joe Camino and Susanville Grocery Outlet, is included in the tournament entry fee.

There will be an Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest, with prizes for the team with the best sweaters, great raffle prizes and the bar will be provided by Susanville Sunrise Rotarians.

No longer focused solely on the Christmas shopping event, money raised at this tournament will all go to support the year-round activities of the Holiday with a Hero program.

“Holiday with a Hero has grown from its start of giving thirty kids a year an enjoyable Christmas experience to now, annually bringing Christmas joy to anywhere from 150 to 175 children,” explains Terra Avilla, one of the annual event’s organizers.

“However, as our team looked at our mission statement, which is to bridge the gap between our county’s youth and its first responders and to help foster better relationships and trust within the littlest and most vulnerable members of our communities, it became apparent, that the first responders love this program just as much if not more than the children.”

As the program grew, Avilla said that they realized the huge need in our community for this type of relationship building, and the group is now expanding to year-round events and activities.

“Holiday with a Hero has begun sister programs that treat our young athletes to a fun day of shopping, making sure every child has the sports equipment they need to be safe, and effective at their sport.”

“We had a great showing at the fishing derby and are now partnering with Salvation Army to help send kiddos back to school with all the supplies and clothing they need. We realize that having contact with our county’s youth year-round, makes us more effective at accomplishing our goal.”

“We also recognize the immense need for financial help that so many of our local families have. With the implementation of more activities and attempting to provide more services for our county’s children, we need more financial assistance. As a non-profit, we cannot function without the generosity of our community. We are hosting a golf tournament, in what we hope will be a yearly fun tradition for the golfing community. We will have great food, and raffles, and of course the ugly sweater contest, which we know will be a success.”

Spaces are limited. Register today by following this link or stop by the Diamond Mountain Golf Course.

Avilla adds, if you would like to assist Holiday with a Hero in its mission but golfing just isn’t your forte, tax-deductible donations of raffle items are also greatly appreciated.

Anyone with questions can email terra@justthegirlcop@gmail.com

Auditions are open to everyone age 6 and up and will take about an hour and a half. For a complete list of songs being performed in this year’s Broadway production visit susanvillebestofbroadway.org.

All potential cast members who wish to try out for a solo are asked to come prepared to sing a verse and a chorus of one of the songs on the list.

If you don’t want a solo you will be asked to sing a verse and chorus of a song of your choice.

There is a dance portion of the audition and everyone should dress comfortably and wear appropriate footwear.

Everyone will learn a short dance routine at auditions and you must do the dance audition and the vocal audition as everyone in the show sings and does choreographed movement. You don’t have to be a trained dancer but the shows production team need to gauge your ability and know you’re willing to try.

Auditions will be held in the Veteran’s Memorial Hall on Main Street and attending at least one audition date is mandatory. For more information visit www.susanvillebestofbroadway.org.

Lassen Crime Stoppers, a local organization which pays up to $1,000 for tips and information leading to the arrest of someone who commits a crime, has released this week’s list of names and photos of subjects ‘wanted’ by local law enforcement agencies.

To report information about a crime you can anonymously call a simple telephone number, (530) 502-TIPS, and if that information pays off for local law enforcement you will be paid up to $1,000 in cash.

Help clean up Lassen County by anonymously working with the Susanville Police Department, the Lassen County Probation Department and the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office through Crime Stoppers.

Registration is $20 and All Proceeds Benefit the CASA Program and don’t forget to wear your favorite superhero or villain costume.

You can pre-register at eventbrite.com, mail-in or walk-in to Lassen Family Services’ office at 1306 Riverside Drive in Susanville.

On-site registration, for those who haven’t registered online, starts at 7:00 and runners will start at 8:00 with walkers following.

The sheriff’s posse, sponsoring the rodeo and horse show in Susanville Sept 1, 2 and 3, is asking all townspeople to wear western outfits for the week of Aug 27. Full outfits, or just colorful shirts, jeans and neckerchiefs will help prepare for the rodeo, Al Bantley of the posse says.

Prize money is totaling $2500, plus entrance fees is offered contestants this year. Approximately $310 will go to the parade; $650 to the horse show; $780, plus fees, to the racers and $700 plus fees to the rodeo. A new feature this year will be the wild cow milking.

A number of outside show horses are expected here this year, many coming from down the valley. Several race horses have already been entered. A rodeo office has been opened at the Doyle Motor Co. where tickets are on sale, entrants can sign up and information obtained.

The grounds are being put into shape for the rodeo. Sunday 30 of the posse members worked cleaning up and starting work on a new link fence which will be put in front of the grandstand. Another change being made is a straightaway to the north of the grandstand. This will provide added distance for some races and a straight stretch for sprint events.