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Volume XVI Issue 150
Friday, March 1st, 2024
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Lassen County Cowboy Festival to
Feature Two Days of Country Fun
The third annual Lassen County Cowboy Festival will be held at the fairgrounds March 22nd and 23rd, and is set to feature some talented local performers, a cowboy poet, a home-grown country troubadour, one of the northstate’s most popular country bands and all sorts of cowboy fun.
Admission to the event, which is made possible by a partnership between the Fair and the Lassen County Arts Council, is free, with gates opening at 5:00p.m. on Friday and 2:00p.m. on Saturday.
Tickets for Saturday’s Caleb Montgomery and Township concert will go on sale soon.
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Friday Evening
Come on down and check out the best-of-the-best from western vendors while enjoying a delicious cocktail served up by the Lassen County Arts Council.
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Richard Elloyan – photo provided
Friday night will feature a free Local Talent Showcase hosted by Master of Ceremonies Richard Elloyan, a 2018 International Western Music Association Songwriter of the Year, twice nominated for Song of the Year by the IWMA.
Elloyan’s music has been recorded by several award-winning Western Music artists and he is a regular on the western music circuit, appearing at the National Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival in Elko, Nevada, the Colorado Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival in Golden, Colorado, Vinton, California, Arizona among others.
He will be playing and reciting his own poems and songs throughout the evening, in between local showcase performances.
Saturday Afternoon and Evening
On Saturday gates will open at 2:00p.m. and make sure you bring some spendin’ money, because the vendor hall will feature a whole world of cowboy and country stuff you will want to take home.
Along with the shopping there will be performances by local dance troupes and a whiskey tasting.
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Township in concert – photo provided
The evening concert will feature northern California’s premiere country rock band Township from Sacramento. With roots in various styles of music, Township will be playing everything from country to southern rock, blues, classic rock and beyond.
Opening the concert is local independent country singer-songwriter Caleb Montgomery whose music is a unique blend of neo-traditional and Western styles, infused with troubadour-style lyrics that are perfect for storytelling.
Caleb just released his first single, “Whiskey Talks,” ahead of his debut full-length album titled “Food Stamps Don’t Buy Flowers,” which will launch later this spring.
Tickets for the concert will go onsale in the next few weeks.
For more information contact the fair office at 1.530.251.8900 or visit lassencountyfair.org.
| Caleb Montgomery performs at the Side Iron Grill – photo provided | |
LHS Receives Threat Related
to Nationwide Bomb Hoax
The Susanville Police Department has confirmed that Lassen High School received an anonymous bomb threat by email Wednesday, as did numerous schools across the country.
“Susanville Police Department began investigating the matter and contacted the FBI in that effort,” explains SPD Detective Richard Warner.
“The FBI is aware of the threat and advised that the same message was sent to other institutions across the nation.”
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According to the department the message in the threat is similar to a wave of hoax threats that occurred in 2023 and at this time it does not appear to be a credible threat.
“Nevertheless, the Susanville Police Department and Lassen High School are not dismissing the message and encourage our citizens to remain vigilant to suspicious persons or activity.”
Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact Detective Warner at 1.530.257.5603.
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2nd Annual High School Career
Workshop Scheduled for April 8th
5th District Lassen County Supervisor Jason Ingram will be hosting a special Career Opportunities Workshop on April 8th, with a goal of helping local youth better understand the opportunities available here in Lassen County.
This is the second year for the event, which is free to employers, and Ingram will personally set up booths for any employer who is interested in participating. Last year he had more than thirty-five employers and vendors, this year he wants to bring in more than 50.
“I will be providing breakfast and lunch for all of the employers and vendors,” explains Ingram. “The goal of this event is to raise awareness to our youth that there are Career Opportunities right here in Lassen County!”
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Ingram’s concept is simple and straightforward.
“If we can hire our youth to help fill the job vacancies within the city and county it will be a win-win for everyone! It’s no secret one of our greatest exports is our youth, and I want to break that cycle.”
Ingram added that investing in our youth, in his opinion, is the same as investing in Lassen County’s future.
The workshop will be held at Lassen High School, 1110 Main Street, from 9:00a.m. until 2:45p.m. For more information call Supervisor Ingram at 1.530.249.6431.
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Standish 4H Holding Annual Indian
Taco Feed Fundraiser Tomorrow
Standish 4H will be holding their annual Indian Taco Feed fundraiser tomorrow, March 2nd, at the Standish 4H hall.
You can pick up dinner at the hall between 3:00 and 8:00p.m.
For a single dinner the 4H’ers are asking for a donation of $7 and a family of two adults and three kids can eat for just $30.
Along with the Indian Taco you can grab a Bowl of Beans for $3 or fry bread for $2.
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Homemade desserts, gift baskets and a home décor sale will all be part of the fun.
Proceeds from the dinner benefit Standish 4-H members and their activities throughout the year.
The Standish 4H hall is located at 718-880 Hwy 395 East, just past the Wayside Gas Station and Market.
For more information call call or text 1.530.310.1993 or 1.530.310.3178.
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Sunrise Rotary Seeking
Talented Youth Musicians
Susanville’s Sunrise Rotary Club is looking for talented high-school aged virtuosi to compete for a chance to attend the District Final Contest in May, where the first-place winner will take home $1,000.
The local competition for solo instrumentalists will be held March 19th, at 5:30p.m., in the Lassen High Music Room.
You can click here to download a printable application, or stop by the high school counseling office. You can also email pgunderson@lcoe.org.
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You will be asked to give a three-to-eight-minute performance to show off your talent.
There are two qualifying contests and then the finals, all with prize money. Three local monetary prize winners will be chosen.
The winner will be announced on April 30th, at the Rotary District Conference.
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The south shore of Eagle Lake in 1955 from an Eastman Studio photograph | |
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Fish Count Set for Eagle Lake
March 1, 1950
Pine Creek is soon to have a weir installed to allow a census of Eagle Lake fish, it was learned here Thursday. Two biologists from the bureau of fish conservation, division of fish and game, were in the county Wednesday and Thursday to check the flow of water from Pine Creek to eagle Lake.
Harry A. Hansen, district fisheries biologist, and Harry P. Chandler, his assistant, found that the flow which usually starts late in March is already running because of the unseasonably warm weather.
They made the inspection in line with the installation of a weir, or check dam, which is scheduled to go in this season. The purpose of the dam will be to allow a count on the number of fish traveling upstream or coming back downstream. The weir has already been approved and will be installed this season if conditions allow. Otherwise, it will go in next season.
The dam consists of a heavy ‘screen’ or perforated structure across the stream which allows water but no fish to go through. At each end of the dam there is a trap with a one-way entry for fish traveling in the stream; one for those going upstream, and the other for those going downstream.
As soon as enough fish accumulate in the trap, it is raised, the fish are counted, and then the trap is lowered, and a door opens so that the fish can go on their way untouched.
The bureau of fish conservation has registered a protest taking of water from Eagle Lake for irrigation.
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