Bill Siemer grew up on a farm in Lassen County, played basketball at Shasta JC, went to Vietnam, became a newspaper reporter and then a lawyer and now considers himself a champion of the story that needs to be told. He lives on the bank of the river and takes pictures.
In reply to Dot Van Cleave. Rickert actually won 3/5 of the intermountain region, carrying the Round Mountain, Oak Run, and Fall River precincts but losing Burney and Whitmore. Millville, Palo Cedro, Bella Vista, and the ~7 eastern Redding precincts all went to Harmon.