This being the day after Christmas, I am checking to see if I have anyone’s attention. One of the questions I am asked from time to time, is where I received my education after graduating high school. After all, that is a turning point in a young persons life, with a variety of options—community college, university, trade school or the school of hard knocks. I accidentally stumbled on an entirely unique venue for a very different kind of education and enrolled at the exclusive Menopause Manor housed in the second floor of the Lassen County Courthouse. In my initial quest to research the local history all paths led to the courthouse to examine the original documents. One of the main repositories is that of the County Clerk’s Office. Little did they know that on fateful first visit, that I would return daily like the proverbial bad penny. After awhile they finally took me under their wings, while for several years they put up with my relentless questions. What I learned from these wonderful women, how the court system functioned, county government and a myriad of things in between one cannot obtain through the traditional educational system. My thanks to Jackie Fuller, June Nelson, Betty Hibbs, Sue Farstad, June Moller, and, of course, the Manor, had to have male token, my old side-kick Bruce Dyer.

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