“Cal-FIRE’s Business and Workforce Development Grants Program is proud to support

businesses and projects that are doing the vital work of maintaining and enhancing the wood products infrastructure of California to support healthy resilient forests,” said Cal-FIRE Assistant Deputy Director for Climate and Energy, Alan Talhelm.

“Projects that receive support from these grants not only support forest health and wildfire resilience, but they also support the people and ecosystems that depend on California’s forestlands.”

The awardees address a wide variety of projects. Two grants will subsidize transporting low-value forest biomass. These projects are essential for the transportation of material out of high wildfire hazard zones, which would otherwise be cost prohibitive.

Five workforce development grants will provide new job training opportunities. One example being the Quartz Valley Indian Reservation in Siskiyou County, which will offer fire and fuels training to 100 people over the next three years, increasing local capacity for fuels management.

A total of four grants will be offered to small forest operations businesses. Grant funding was also offered to projects that further reforestation efforts in California as well as projects that will help build a new forest bioenergy production facility.

“Cal-FIRE’s Workforce Development Grant gives my team the opportunity to help California,” said current grantee Taylor Parker of the Sierra Nevada Alliance. “Because of this funding, we are able to fill some crucial forestry gaps, increasing the quality of life for habitats and people in this process.”

With these grant offers, the Wood Products and Bioenergy Team at Cal-FIRE has now awarded $103 million to 89 business and workforce projects that align with the state’s climate mitigation and economic development goals.

Cal-FIRE’s Business and Workforce Development grant awards are funded with State of

California General Funds. The solicitation will soon open for new grant applications. Please visit Cal-FIRE’s Wood Products and Bioenergy webpage for details.

There will be a drawing for a completely decorated Christmas tree. Tickets are only $2.

On Saturday and Sunday enjoy a hot lunch, served from the 4H kitchen, will be available.

The craft fair will be held from 12:00 to 5:00p.m. on Friday, and 9:00a.m., to 3:00p.m., on Saturday and Sunday.

For more information about the Christmas Craft Show call 1.530.310.1993.

After the parade there will be a tree lighting at the Fire Hall.

Santa and Mrs Claus will be available for pictures and there will be food vendors, weather permitting.

There will also be a silent auction and a gun raffle.

If anyone is interested in driving in the parade, vehicles must be decorated. Staging for the parade entrants is at 4:00p.m., at the Fire Hall. Entry fee is an unwrapped new toy or child’s coat, which will be distributed locally to Janesville students.

Side-by-side trailer parking is available at the Park-and-Ride in front of Janesville Chevron and in their parking lot for parade entrants.

If you have questions please contact Chris at 1.530.310.0454.

For more information call the Public Health department at 1.530.251.8183.

Med Arnold, taken in the mid-1940’s from the Lassen Historical Society

City Police Judge in Susanville Resigns

December 8, 1947

After 35 years as the city police judge in Susanville, M. R. Arnold has turned in his resignation to the city clerk.

Arnold said, “The work takes too much time now that the city has expanded. It should be a full-time job. Susanville has put on long skirts and, with the ‘new look,’ it takes more time than I have to offer.”

A graduate of the University of Southern California, Arnold has been teaching in the local high school for many years and is the vice principal.

In addition to his faculty duties, he is a United States Commissioner and holds court in Herlong two days a week. The resignation will become effective Monday at midnight.