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  Should the National Park Service compensate the U.S. Forest Service for damages caused by the Reading Fire last summer?

  The Quincy Library Group members think so and they unanimously passed a resolution to ask the Park Service to transfer $10 million to the Forest Service.

  After months of searching for the next city manager, the city of Portola may have found its perfect match in Ian Kaiser.

  At its meeting April 24 the City Council voted to extend a conditional offer of employment to Kaiser during the closed session of the meeting.

  This year’s county fair is right on track, reported fair manager John Steffanic at the regular board meeting April 24.

  He presented a draft exhibit guide and event schedule to board members and reviewed the highlights of the “Fun, Family, Friends”-themed fair, scheduled for Aug. 14 – 18.

This bear cub has been racking up adventures throughout the Lake Almanor West housing development since late March. Here he went through a series of gymnastics to reach and devour the sunflower seeds in the Fordings’ bird feeder. Photo by Dick Fording

M. Kate West

  While the well-known refrain “Who’s been sleeping in my bed?” is a familiar line from the popular children’s storybook “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” for some Lake Almanor West residents this story is no fairy tale.

  Since the end of March, a small brown bear cub, approximately 2 years of age and 150 pounds, has been making a bit of its own history in the Lake Almanor housing development. Residents Dick Fording and Lori and Hal Sinclair have tales of their own to tell.