Keeping Q-topia Utopian

More than just a good idea, it is a Trust.

Digital Divide

Help save the Town Hall Theatre.

Visit PlumasArts.org and donate!

Resolve:

Remember, Reflect, Rebuild!

July 2008

15 December 2013

Star Power

Getting ready to Sparkle.

Autumn Gold

This is gold country!

Order of Operations

P E MD AS

Just like in algebra: First we Pave, next we Excavate, then ...

Dancing with the Stars (Astronomically)

Three Plumas County communities – Greenville, Portola, and Quincy – are participating in a groundbreaking astronomy research project supported by the National Science Foundation.  The RECON project is studying objects that orbit the sun out beyond the planet Neptune. To study these distant faint objects, citizen-scientists in each community use project-supplied equipment to record them when they move in front of stars – this is called an occultation – when they literally “dance with the stars”.  RECON stands for Research and Education Cooperative Occultation Network.  In addition to the research, education is a key objective of the project.  Science teachers at Quincy High School, Portola High School, Plumas Charter School in Greenville, and Feather River College are all part of RECON.

Dr. John Keller

Dr. John Keller, a planetary scientist and astronomy educator in the Physics Department at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, is one of the two principal investigators leading the RECON project.  On Thursday evening, September 12^th  Dr. Keller will give a free public lecture at Feather River College about the RECON project along with representatives from the Plumas County teams.  The presentation will begin at 7:30 p.m. in room 103 on the lower level of the new FRC Learning Resource Center.  Following the lecture attendees are invited to a “star party” at the FRC observatory.  Interested people will also be given the opportunity to sign up for an ongoing Community Education class that will meet every other week from September 26th through December 5^th taught by Charles Arrowsmith, the astronomy instructor at FRC, and Michelle Callahan of Portola High School.  

Those who take the RECON community education course will learn more about the science behind the project, how to use the equipment, and how to analyze the results.  They will be able and encouraged to participate in the ongoing observation campaigns as a part of their community team.  The community education class is being offered free of charge to qualifying high school students and for only $20 to the general public.

You can read more about the RECON project at http://tnorecon.net/ and you can email RECON.Quincy@gmail.com for information about the class.  Quincy RECON is also on Google+.

livin' the dream

There are reasons why I call this place "Q-topia."
Here are some of them:

Music, Music, Music, Music

In Quincy the 4th of July celebration goes for four days (and nights).
If you're not here, you're you're missing the music and a lot more.

Check it out at HighSierraMusic.com.

You can hear some of the music some of the time online at FATMusicRadio.com.

Summer Food & Fun

At the Quincy Certified Farmers' Market 4:30 - 7:30pm every Thursday from
June 20 through September 19, 2013 at Church and Main St.

Check the website for the summer entertainment schedule and more.

Be a sponsor for as little as $5 and get this bumper sticker.

Shake'n Quake

Here is the USGS map of the earthquake and aftershocks (48 above magnitude 2.5 and counting) over the past 12 hours.  In spite of the original magnitude and the many aftershocks, no injuries are reported and damage is relatively minor and that was mostly limited to the areas from Greenville to Chester and around lake Almanor.

Screen Shot May 24, 2013 9:24am PDT

Vote for Quincy

Vote for Quincy, CA as America's coolest small town!
Vote once a day, every day, for the next dozen days.

Here are scenes from today's first annual Quincy Groundhog Fever Festival.

Everything is hi-tech.

The groundhog was carved to order - with a chainsaw.

  For a few dollars, everyone gets to be a judge
  of the chili cook-off (above).






  Captain Cupcake (left and below)
  didn't win the sweet eatin' contest.
  He only ate cupcakes, not the donuts.
  Maybe next year (or the next repeat of this day :-)

Notice the prone snow-monster.

REMEMBER to Vote for Quincy, CA as America's coolest small town!

Vote once a day, every day, for the next dozen days.

More Than Books

College should be about a lot more than book-learning.

And here is more from the "million acre classroom" at FRC.

Weekend Class: Beginner Whitewater Kayaking from ORL Feather River College on Vimeo.

More on Facebook and at www.saylorflett.com.

HSMF

Even if you're not at the 22^nd annual High Sierra Music Festival, you can still listen to some of it on Fat Music Radio.

Portions of the broadcast will also be carried on KQNY in Quincy (KQNY live stream), KVMR in Nevada City, KZFR in Chico, and KFOK in Georgetown.

High Flying Flag

You're a grand old flag, you're a high flying flag ...

Sing along!

Happy Flag Day!

Follies

It would be folly to miss the Quincy Star Follies. This year, the Follies will be at the Plumas-Sierra Fairgrounds in Serpilio Hall. Show times are Friday, May 4, at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 5, at 6:00 and 8:30 p.m. Tickets are available at Feather River Fitness, Carey Candies, The Bike Shop, Pangaea, Bank of America, The Drunk Brush and Traci's Sweet Surprises as well as at the door!

Visit the Quincy Star Follies website for more information.

Logo by Juliet Beer

iTax

The good news is that April 15th will be held on the 17th this year. The bad news is that it is already the 15th. If you need help, here are a few suggestions.

A Little Sparkle

Warmer, better weather than in 2010 or 2009.

Greeters

Halloween greeters at downtown businesses.

Ada's Place

Emily's Garden and Pangaea

Emily's Garden

Main & Bradley St. (For Lease!)

Great Northern Hair Company

Bank of America

Carey Candy Co.

West Wing View

A photo of the Tree taken by Mike Nellor from the front of the West Wing cottage at Ada's Place this morning.

Time to wake up those Leaf-Peepers and tell them to hit the road up to Q-topia!