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Vol. 90, No. 18 • www.plumasnews.com , 530-832-4646 • Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017
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Lauren Westmoreland
Staff Writer
Iwestmoreland@plumasnews.com
School is back in session
at Portola High School and
Principal Sara Sheridan
shared some news about
happenings at the school.
PHS has two new
instructors this year, with
Wendy Jackson coming in
to fall the science vacancy
left by Dave Valle, and Sara
Murphy now teaching
English and yearbook.
One of the hot topics this
year is that PHS is now
ofl~]cially a closed campus
school, which means that
students of all grades are
required to stay on campus
throughout the entire
school day and will no
longer be allowed to leave
campus for lunch.
"In terms of closed
campus, we have been
working hard over the
summer to create an active
and inclusive environment
for our students during the
lunch hour," stated
Sheridan.
"Students can expect to
see a wide varieW of areas
to relax with friends and
new clubs that will meet
during lunch. I am
confident that this change
will result in a safer campus
for our students."
PHS staff is installing
more benches for kids in the
science hallway, in addition
to the many improvements
made to PHS over the
summer months, with the
science hallway gaining a
complete rnakeover.
Alan Stenzel, Dave
Martha and Mary Sheridan
worked to paint a vibrant
tiger on the floor of the
gymnasium and the
Culinary Arts room is being
completely remodeled as
well.
Coach Matt Compton also
volunteered his time and
expertise to refurbish the
PHS ticket booth for
See Campus, page 3A
GRAND MARSHAL
RAILROAD DAYS
This year's Railroad Days Grand Marshal, Ken Roller, rides with an entourage in the 35th annual Portola Railroad Days
Spike parade, driven in Steve Clark's restored classic 1965 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 on Saturday, Aug. 26. Photo by Michael Clawson
Golden
Kenneth Roller hon
for his work
Lauren Westmoreland
Staff Writer
Iwestmorela nd@plu masnews.com
Kenneth Roller graced the
2017 Railroad Days as Grand
Marshal, and the experience
was a culmination of his love
of locomotives. Roller "met"
-- as he likes to refer to it--
his first steam locomotive in
Thailand, while serving in
the armed forces in Vietnam
in 1968.
In 1970, Roller worked for
the Forest Service in the
Trinity National Forest, west
of Red Bluff. Thus, the "two
Ts" became prominent in his"
life -- trains and trees.
Roller attended Feather
River College with an
interest in forestry in 1971-72,
and then went on to become a
fn'efighter in the 1980s in the
E1 Dorado National Forest. A
few years later, he moved to
Quincy where he met
Norman Holmes.
Holn$~eTnvited Roller to
his home to discuss artwork
for the cover of one of his
many books on railroading,
as Ken had begun depicting
his beloved steam engines in
paint and vivid color by this
time. Holmes took Roller for
a "wild ride on excursion
track speeders."
In 1983, Rollers' love of
Portola Railroad Days began.
At the Plumas-Sierra County
Fairgrounds, a posted sign
with a train on display
jumped out at him. Of course,
Roller knew all about the
engine -- Clover Valley
Engine No. 8 -- and he
noticed the munitions car even made plans to join the
and anold caboose. "Rail Society." The Society
There was an obtained the old diesel shops
announcement on the at what is now the Western
caboose for the first-- Pacific Railroad Museum.
ultimately the first of 3~.-: ...... R01Idftmlled up s{~Rkes, as
Railroad Days in Portola, and
it drew Roller like a bright,
blinking neon sign.
Intrigued, Roller
hitchhiked to Portola to view
the parade, model trains at
the high school and railroad
displays at the middle school.
At Portola Park, Roller met
up with Holmes, who
revealed some exciting and
life-changing news about
plans for the Portola Railroad
Museum, and as they say, the
rest is history.
Roller has attended each
and every Railroad Days
celebration since 1983 and
he was anxious to move to
Portola and assist the Rail
Society in building the
railroad museum, and once
built, Roller was willing to do
anything that allowed him to
"meet and greet" his beloved
trains, from window repair
and setting up model train
displays to working as a
"gandy dancer" while
repairing train tracks.
Roller started painting
locomotives in 1975, with his
favorite subject the beloved
See Roller, page 3A
Rotarian Tim Puliz and his shining plane attended the 2016 Rotary Fly-in Pancake Breakfast at Nervino Airport in Beckwourth.
Photo by Lauren Westmoreland
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Lauren Westmoreland
Staff Writer
Iwestmoreland@plumasnews.com
The biggest annual
fundraiser that Rotary of
Portola hosts is coming to
Nervino Airport in
Beckwourth, and funds raised
go to the Rotary Endowment,
which provides scholarships
for local students every year,
as well as other community
outreach programs.
The Rotary Fly-In Pancake
Breakfast features
all-you-can-eat pancakes, With
eggs, sausage links, coffee,
juice and a special gin fizz
booth.
There will be a variety of
happenings at the breakfast,
with the giant bounce house
returning for another year of
fun for the kids and an
appearance by REMAX with a
hot air balloon on display.
This year, the Rotary is
holding a prize drawing titled
"The Great Wine Raffle,"
which consists of 20 bottles of
wine in one big package,
according to Rotary President
Kristen Schiavone.
Code Bluegrass will be
returning performing live
music throughout the
breakfast.
The Rotary anticipates a
showing of classic cars and
antique trucks, in addition to
the British Car Club of Reno.
In years past, many
Rotarians have flown their
own aircraft in to the breakfast
from out the area and for many
it is an annual tradition, so be
on the lookout for a variety of
planes at Nervino.
Tickets will be $10 for adults,
$6 for children 12 and under,
and are available the day of the
event at the gate.
The fly-in takes place
Sunday, Sept. 10, from 8 a.m. to
11 a.m.
Craig Dean Wilson
Photo courtesy of Plumas County
jail
Debra Moore
Managing Editor
dmoore@plumasnews.com
A man walked into two
Portola businesses early
Monday afternoon and
attempted to rob them --
he was successful at one
location.
At approximately 1:20
p.m. on Monday, Sept. 4,
Plumas County Sheriff
Greg Hagwood reported
that there were two armed
robbery attempts in the
city of Portola within the
past hour -- the first at
Higher Elevations on
Commercial Street and
the second at the Coffee
Tree Express on East
Sierra.
Hagwood said that the
suspect walked into
Higher Elevations with a
demand and a threat. The
businessman refused to
comply and the suspect
ran off to the Coffee Tree
Express, where he
repeated the demand and
threat. At that location he
obtained an undetermined
amount of money.
Based on consistent
descriptions by the
victims, Sheriff's Office
personnel and California
Highway Patrol officers
arrested Craig Dean
Wilson of Colorado in
Chilcoot a short time
later.
"At the time of the
arrest he displayed signs
of medical stress," Sheriff
Hagwood said of the
suspect, so he was
transferred to Eastern
Plumas Health Care,
where he was evaluated
and released.
Wilson is in custody in
the Plumas County jail.
Separate incident
The Sheriffs Off'ice
personnel and CHP had a
busy Monday afternoon.
While they were
investigating the armed
robbery, they received a
report of a woman being
chased down Highway 70
near C Road by a man
wielding a knife. Drake
Alexander Nelson of
Portola was arrested in
that incident.
This was all of the
information that Feather
Publishing had as this
newspaper went to press;
more will be provided on
plnmasnews.com as it
becomes available.
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