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Measure A will help the volunteers continue their work

  In the space of 15 minutes, three calls came into the Quincy Fire Department — a fire pit complaint, a request for medical aid and a cat up a tree — yes, fire departments really do get calls about treed cats.

  Those calls last Monday afternoon are just a sample of what Chief Robbie Cassou and the volunteer firefighters handle on a daily basis beyond responding to fires.

This week the ballots for Measure A will arrive in local mailboxes. They must be returned by June 4.

  By its own admission, the county’s probation department isn’t doing a good job with high-risk offenders.

  The poor success rate could end up costing the county money, in the form of fewer dollars from the state’s inmate realignment fund.

Players from 11 Chester Little League teams line up in the Chester Park baseball diamond as they eagerly await the first pitch of the season April 26. Photo by Samantha P. Hawthorne

  Eleven Little League softball teams occupied the Chester Park baseball diamond during the season’s opening ceremonies April 27.

  The teams — which included five T-ball teams and a mixture of six girls’ and boys’ teams playing in the major, minor and junior divisions — were announced one at a time by Chester Little League president Mike Klimek, and positioned so that two long lines were formed in the center of the field.

  Plumas Bancorp, a bank holding company and the parent company of Plumas Bank, announced its 2013 first quarter earnings of $616,000, an increase of 175 percent over the $224,000 it reported during the first quarter of 2012.