Lawsuit settlements have brought repayments and developments for those in Weed, California almost a year after the deadly Mill Fire burned more than 100 homes near the California/Oregon border.
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00:00 Meantime, lawsuit settlements have brought repayments and developments for those in Weed, California,
00:05 almost a year after the deadly Mill Fire burned more than a hundred homes near the California-Oregon border.
00:11 On Wednesday, Roseburg Forest Products announced a $250,000 scholarship fund for high schoolers in that area.
00:17 This event was treated as a celebration for the steps the community has taken after that fire swept through the area.
00:23 As I said, more than a hundred homes were destroyed and two lives were lost.
00:27 Now they're embracing what comes next for that community.
00:31 It is possible. Can't you see it? It is possible that we're going to not only rebuild the Lincoln community,
00:41 we're going to have a rebirth for the Lincoln community. Cliff Jones, we're going to have a renaissance for the Lincoln community.
00:50 Now the $250,000 scholarship fund adds into the more than $200 million in funding that Roseburg Forest Products paid to the area following that fire.
01:00 The community will continue a celebration of overcoming the traumas of the fire on September 9th, which will be their official Remembrance Day.