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By Shayla Ashmore Lassen County Agriculture Commissioner Ken Smith won another state grant to conduct mosquito abatement in 2007 to control deadly West Nile Virus. “We’re hopeful that maybe with the larviciding and the mosquito fish, that perhaps Susanville might not warrant (spraying) and it would remain in the outlying areas which are so heavily infested with the West Nile.” WNV is now a threat all over the country, Smith told the Board of Supervisors at its Dec. 19 meeting, with 270 human cases reported in California last year.“ Some fairly close by, Butte County reported 31, Tehama County 3, Shasta County 4, Modoc County 2 and over in Nevada, it’s not an exact number, but around 15,” Smith said. The median age of those who contracted WNV was 50. “Which means half the people who contracted West Nile Virus were over 50 and half were under 50,” he said. “Previously most people assumed that West Nile Virus was a condition that would affect mostly elderly people, but the median age