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June 20 - July 4, 2008 En Español las páginas 14 y 15
Colusa County’s Newest Royalty
Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social June 22 Concerts In The Park (Colusa) June 26 July 10 July 24 August 7 August 21 Lions Club Rubber Ducky Race for Woodleaf July 4 Fireworks Display July 4
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CHS Grad’s Haroon Hafeez and Sara Delgado ham it up for the camera.
Every year around the world, graduating students are met with encouragement and motivational speeches about their future. On the brink of adulthood these students are expected to know what they want out of life even though some may still be too young to vote. Teachers have the tough job of helping guide these kids to make the best choices for their higher educational goals and career paths. Each year students meet and sometimes exceed the expectations of their teachers, families and peers. These students should be applauded for all their hard work, even with all the homework, they managed to survive. They have made good choices, mistakes and friends that will last a lifetime. They will now go out into the world and use what knowledge they can, to make the best of their talents and lives. Congratulations to all the students, teachers and parents of the Class of 2008. Good luck in life and may you all have bright futures.
Williams Elementary School Pioneers Graduate Approximately 90 Williams Elementary Third Grade Pioneers graduated in front of a packed Williams High School gymnasium and entertained their audience with songs and dances reminiscent of life on the Oregon-California trail. The graduation ceremony concluded an interactive unit simulating the wagon trip west and pioneer life in a one-room schoolhouse. Throughout the three-week unit, students and teachers wore pioneer costumes and were given a new name, age, and family history. Family groups worked together to supply their wagons for the trip and along the way to overcome fates, such as broken wagon wheels, cholera, and the dangerous trek over the Sierras. After simulating six long months on the trail, the wagon train arrived at Sutter’s Fort, then moved on to Apple Valley School, where students read Continued Page 10
What’s Inside Opinion... Page 4 & 5 Looking Back...Page 6 Home & Garden...Page 7
Museum to host Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social By Emily Conrado In order to celebrate the rich history of Colusa County and beyond, the Sacramento Valley Museum is holding an Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social to raise money for the organizing of its archive. The event will be held at the museum on Sunday, June 22, 2008, between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. There will be games, music, popcorn and free admission to the museum. The funds raised will go toward badly needed supplies to preserve and catalog the important historical artifacts that are stored within the archive walls. Due to volunteer shortage and the general disarray of the room, the archive was closed for many years. Once open again, it fell to the hands of only a few Continued Page 9
Photo By Kathy Craigo
Left to right: Miss Congeniality, Brianna Jorge; Miss Colusa County 2008, Karla Girimonte; First Runner Up. Lauren Boyes; Miss Colusa County 2007, Alyssa Stalley.
Photo By Kathy Craigo
The 2008 Mini Miss was crowned Friday, June 6 at the Colusa County Fair. Left to right: First Runner Up, Allison Costa; Mini Miss 2008, Mary Walsh; Miss Friendship, Coral Imhoff.
Shriners’ Benefit Concert raises money for Children By Nikki Hancock, special to the Williams Pioneer Review Although attendance was down, organizers of the second annual Children’s Benefit Concert say that the event was a success, and they will continue with the efforts in the fundraiser. “We’d like to keep this an annual event for charity,” said Gene McKasson, event organizer and singer of Highway 20, one of the bands that donated time and energy for the event. The concert, held May 31 in Colusa, was a benefit for Shriners’ Hospital in Sacramento. According to McKasson, Photo By Nikki Hancock all the bands, as well as the Highway 20 Band's own Kelly Stroud people who put on the event, [left] and Gene McKasson [founder of the Benefit Concert] belted out tunes donate their time and energy Children's for the public at the 2nd Annual Children's completely free of charge for Benefit Concert to raise funds for Shriner's the cause. “I’d like to thank all Hospital for children on Saturday, May 31. community event, held in Colusa, is the bands as well as the staff,” The completely volunteer run. McKasson said. “I also want to thank everybody who donated money, food, time; it all helps, and we couldn’t do it without them.”
Community Commentary... Page 8 & 9 Community Calendar...Page 11 In addition to children’s activities put on by volunteer Myra Leber, the Colusa City Firefighters were on hand to barbecue Classifieds...Page 12 hamburgers and hotdogs for attendees.
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