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colusa fairgrounds to host

24th annual colusa county craft faire

November 20

ThIS WEEKEND

Colusa County Craft Faire “Hot Cajun Night” Dinner

November 21

Colusa County Craft Faire Impact Toy Ride

November 23

Arbuckle Flu Clinic

November 20, 2010

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he 24th Annual Colusa Holiday Craft Show will be held November 20th and 21st on the Colusa Fairgrounds located in Colusa, California.

Exhibitors range from amateurs to professionals with crafts of dough and glass ornaments, tole painting, wooden items, ceramics, dolls, sweatshirts, carious cloth,

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knit and crocheted items, home made candy, gift baskets, folk art, candles, homemade soap, silk and dried flowers, jewelry, pottery, bird houses, wreaths and various holiday gift items.

The Colusa Holiday Craft Fair & Gift Show is the perfect way to start your shopping for the holidays.

With 125 booths displaying a variety of items, there is something for everyone.

Join us as an appearance from Santa to greet the children and for those who are young at heart. There will be a few carnival rides. All types of food, beverages, and specialty coffee’s will be available for your convenience.

Admission and parking are free! The event starts Saturday, November 20th from 10:00am to 5:00pm and Sunday, November 21st from 10:00am to 4:00pm.

williams unified school district honors our veterans

Thanksgiving Day

November 29 Colusa Flu Clinic

December 3

Hometown Christmas

December 9

Christmas Choir Concert

December 11 Festival of Lights

The Williams Pioneer Review and Lloyd’s Print & Copy Center will be Closed.

November 24-28th. We will resume normal business hours on Monday, November 29, 2010.

More Information on Page 15 Submitted Photo. Korean War Veteran Jess Turner, seated, listens as the WES third graders sing “God Bless the USA”. Other local veterans who participated in the tribute were Wayne Hampshire, Gene Beauchamp, William J. Armstrong, Joe Berger, Armando Ramos, G.W. Simmons and Dick Lau.

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ed, White and Blue were the school colors at Williams Elementary last week, when local veterans were invited to attend a special assembly in their honor.

With American flags flying and many adorned with red poppies, students paid tribute to local veterans ranging from WWII through Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Following the Pledge of Allegiance and The Star Spangled

Banner, kindergarten teacher Beth Nall addressed the crowd of students, parents, educators and guests commending our veterans for protecting the freedom and liberty we have in the USA. Next, the veterans took center stage, introducing themselves and giving a brief background of their military service. A highlight of the program was when retired Command Sergeant Major G.W. Simmons, a current teacher at Williams High School, saluted the students saying, “I love you guys. You’re great, and you are our future.”

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The third grade class concluded the program with an emotional performance of Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the USA. Veterans participating were: Wayne Hampshire, PFC, US Army, WWII, 1945-1947; Jess Turner, Sergeant, 187 Regimental Combat Team formed out of the 11th Airborne, the only paratrooper outfit in Korea, 1947-1951; Joe Berger, Airman 2nd Class, US Air Force, Tactical Air Communications Group, Korean War, 1953-1956; G.W. Simmons, Command Sergeant Major, US Army, Airborne Ranger, Europe, Korea, Vietnam, Combat Arms 31 years, 1958-1990; Gene Beauchamp, Sp-5, US Army, Troup D (air), 1st Squadron, 4th US Calvary, 1st Infantry Division, Aero Scouts, Outcast, Hunter Killer Teams, 1967-1970, Vietnam 19681969; Dick Lau, Technical Sergeant Flight Engineer, US Air Force, Grenada, Panama, Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Operation Southern Watch, Operation Freedom, 22 years, 1977-2000; Armando Ramos, US Navy, Aviation Fuelsman on USS Kitty Hawk, Operation Junior Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, Iraq, 20012004; and William J. Armstrong, Specialist, US Army, Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2nd Wave Infantry, Iraq, 2002-2005.

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Submitted Photo. Students Jaime Salazar, Alejandro Salazar and dylan Barnett assist Mr. Dearborn in folding the flag.

Patriotism was abundant in all who attended, young or old. A reception line followed, where students shook hands and thanked the veterans individually.

Williams Jr. High

“Honor Our Veterans” Assembly on Monday, November 8, 2010. The Assembly opened with our Student Body President, Daniel Mendez, leading “The Pledge of Allegiance” following our High School choir singing the National Anthem. The Jr. High School invited Mr. Dennis Draves and Sgt. Mims as guest speakers. Mr. Draves served in the U.S. Air Force for four years and Sgt. Mims is currently a recruiter for the U.S. Army Woodland office. He is expected to be here approximately seven months before leaving to Germany to serve his next three years of duty.

Mr. Draves delivered an excellent speech explaining the sacrifices our Veterans and current active duty members of the Armed Forces make to give each of us our freedoms here in America.

Sgt. Mims read the meanings of

the 13 folds of the U.S. Flag while our students (Jaime Salazar, Alejandro Salazar and Dylan Barnett) assisted Mr. Dearborn in the folding process.

The flag was presented to our Principal, Mrs. Rosa Villasenor.

“Thank You” to all of our Armed Forces Veterans and active duty soldiers for the freedoms we have here in America.

Pierce High school Drama club performs

Staff Photo. PHS Production of “The most amazing christmas plays that you will ever see in the entire history of the world. ever!!!” cast includes: Travis Green, Matthew Delcour, Marjani Allen, Trinica Sampson, Marccia Ramos, Fuillermo Amezola, Abel Ricardez, Mary Diaz, Caitlin Grisham, Oscar Garcia, Nichole Hernandez, Ludwig Espinoza, Jahri Bankhead, Ariana Calzada and their Instructor Valerie Vandre (not pictured).

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he Pierce High school Drama Club presented “ “ for a three day encore on November 11th, 12th, and 13th, 2010; but as you might expect with this group, you can look forward to a new twist on the beloved classics and creative holiday tales.

The Drama Club will put a spin on traditional holiday characters in a three title series plays of ‘Santa vs. the Garden Gnomes’, ‘It’s a Magical Wonderful Miracle on Christmas Street’, and ‘Mall Santa Saves the Day.” The audience was filled all three nights with turnouts higher than expected and guests appeared to enjoy themselves as the witty tales came to life on stage.

“We had a lot of fun,” said Travis

Submitted Photo. First Grader Arturo Ornelas tries on a VFW hat for size.

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Green who played Santa in Santa vs. the Garden Gnomes and Linus in It’s a Magical Wonderful Miracle on Christmas Street, “It was fun making people laugh.”

The Pierce High School Drama Club will produce another play production in the Spring of 2011.

The PHS Drama Club would like to thank the following for their support in this years Christmas Production: Duffy Bailey and Marti, Rick Alexzander, merry Hofhenke, Michael Richins, Charles Franklin, Doug Kaelin, Alsco Geyer Ace Hardware, Arbuckle Food Center, J&J Gas, Corona’s Market, 99 Cents and More, Arbuckle Post Office, El Mex-Kal Restaurant, Jack’s Market, Grimes Public Library, Davison Drugstore, Save More Market, and the Colusa Public Library.

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Staff Photo. Participants prepare for a successful After Harvest Cook-off.

By Lloyd Green Staff Reporter & Editor he Colusa Lions Club and the City of Colusa hosted its first After Harvest Cook-off on November 6, 2010 at Will S. Green park in Colusa.

“We couldn’t ask for better weather and a positive community support from Colusa,” said Melissa Van den Heuvel a co-coordinator of the event. Melisa Van den Heuvel from Yuba City and Kelsey Bailey of Arbuckle both attend Sacramento State University and approached the City of Colusa with support from the Colusa Lions Club to host such an event for the community.

The event comprised of a chili and tri-tip cook-off among competitors.

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Contestants were judged in several categories where the tough decision was made for the top three placing. Dozens of community members attended the event and purchased 10 tasting tickets for $5.

The winners for this years event included: Chili: 1st "Duck Slayer Chili"

by Wally Emery and Kyle Emery’ 2nd "Pins Smoker Pit" by Stephanie Cotter; 3rd "Rock Me Mama" by Duffy Bailey & Juan Silva. Tri-Tip: 1st "Pins Smoker Pit" by Stephanie Cotter; 2nd "2047 Catfish" by: Brumley & Sarah Reister; 3rd "Wallie Franklin Road BBQ" by Wally Emery, Mike Kinney, and Kyle Emery.

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he Williams Library is now offering a JobOne program for unemployed community members or those who want to improve their job hunting skills. The JobOne program consists of two new job hunting services, Brainfuse’s Job Now and the Learning Express Library’s Job Accelerator. These free services can be accessed online through the Colusa County Library’s website or through the Williams and Arbuckle libraries’ new JobOne laptop computers. Both services offer specialized job hunting assistance that library customers can use to create resumes, improve job interviewing techniques, and master other work related skills.

Brainfuse’s Job Now program offers live one-on-one coaching to improve resume writing, job interviewing skills and academic coaching. Job Now also provides practice tests and resources to master the GED and ace the US citizenship test. Learning Express'

Library’s Job Accelerator matches your interests, skills, and education to over 1,000 occupations. It also offers tools to create resumes and cover letters and provides access to dozens of skill building tests and online courses.

These service are available for free and can be accessed from home through the library’s home page ( www.colusacountylibrary.org ) or from the library. The Library's JobOne program offers dedicated job hunting laptop computers which can be reserved for up to four hours at a time the Williams and Arbuckle libraries, so that every member of the community has uninterrupted access and use of these useful new tools.

For more information contact the Williams Library during our open hours Tuesday-Thursday 10:30am-6:00 pm and Saturday 10:00am-2:00 pm at 473-5955. Call the Arbuckle Library at 476-2525 during open hours of Monday 1:006:00 pm, Tuesday 10:00-3:00 pm, and Wednesday 1:00-7:00 pm.

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a OPINION & LETTERS b Life lesson not yet learned a short story

Short Story By lAUREN MILLER Special the WPR Mike always wanted to be a cowboy. Once while he was growing up, he asked for two six shooters and a holster. Little Mike grew up in the city, but his grandmother lived out in the country.

It was a long haul out to the Ranch. "Saddle up," his mother would say. Mike and his Mom would pile into the car, and his Dad would drive them to the airport. They never drove the eight hours through the country to see Grandmother. Mike's father would wave, "Good bye, partner," and give him a kiss. He was a famous heart surgeon and could never afford the time to go in the summertime. This summer in particular, Mike was eight, and after his visit with Grandma, he was scheduled for Soccer camp.

The Ranch was called Wild Rose, and Mike's favorite part of the trip was when they first drove from the airport out into the country. After an hour, the paved roads got bumpy, lost their painted white and yellow lines, and then disappeared altogether.

On the dirt, his Grandmother, Lady Bug, drove slowly through the foot hills, past the ranging cattle, and the poor shanty's and trailer parks that stood among the Live Oak trees. Grandma Lady Bug was a cowgirl. She bred cattle, bucked it, sold

it, and ate it every night. She always wore Levi and Wrangler brand jeans and she slept in real long underwear. Lady Bug was a Cattle Woman, and was the first to let anyone know. She was the first female Rotary Club member in the county. Mike once heard his Dad say, "She's something," and Mike was reminded of this during every car ride, when Lady Bug told them all the stories and news she had acquired since their Christmas visit.

The dirt road finally whittled down into the driveway of the Wild Rose Ranch. The house was a sturdy, one story spread that dominated the country. This was the last homestead on the road, the last on the grid, and Lady Bug loved getting up in the morning and not seeing another soul in sight. Lady Bug's sheep dogs had been watching and waiting for the car for the last ten minutes, and jumped and licked Mike all over. With out fail, Lady Bug served hot breakfast at any time of the day when they arrived. After gorging on sausage that came from a hog that Lady Bug bought from an FFA student at the county fair, Little Mike would lie in his own special long underwear that Lady Bug gave him on the couch in the Indian Room. The Indian Room was the living room to the all others concerned, but to Mike, it was Never Never Land-- a wide open, all wood place

with vaulted ceilings and a fireplace that was as wide and tall as the wall. All along the walls, there were pictures and paintings of all types of Native Americans. He could never remember their names, but loved their faces. Their emotions changed from somber to something different in the firelight at night. Little Mike would lie there and listen to his mother and Lady Bug sip on scotch and water in the kitchen, talking. The Indian faces flickered smiles at Mike as if they knew something about him. It was a comforting combination.

In the morning, Mike had breakfast in his long underwear again. His mother announced that she was going down to town to meet with old friends at the new coffee shop. Lady Bug made fun of her for her funny coffee drinks. "Black! Chewable!"

Lady Bug exclaimed, "That's the way real coffee is, and always will be! Frapps and low fat, ha!"

Lady Bug had an excellent laugh-- it controlled the air and pounded the eardrums. It echoed in buildings and in the foothills. "Well, Mike, since your Mom's out of the way, how 'bout you and me go check the bulls over the hill?" Mike sucked the air into his lungs, the Indians really were smiling last night-- he was going to ride a horse today. Not just in the pen, but out! Out in the real country!

Over a whole hill! "Hell yes!" He yelled. He had heard his Dad say it before.

In the barn, Mike knew how to (AND BOYS) ~ brush and saddle up the horse. He knew how to mount it, even though he had to use an overturned bucket take anti-depressants because of harassment from fellow to get a leg up. It took a minute to students. understand how to use the reins I personally wa s the victim of both verbal and again. "Just like riding a bike again, physical bullying growing up and that’s why I feel so huh Kiddo?" Lady Bug said. "Yeah." much sorrow for the families of the children that have His voice sounded small and muffled recently committed suicide due to relentless bullying. when it bounced off of horse and hay.

I am one of the lucky ones – I had incredibly caring It was a long way down from the top parents that built my self-confidence and told me every of a horse. day that if I could just get through my school years It was still cool in the late morning, I’d never have to see or deal with any of those people but the heat was slowly filtering again. And they were right. I don’t even know what ever down. The horse, a paint that they happened to the girls who had the “We Hate Nikki Club” called Delilah, was old and steady. and I really don’t care. But I shudder to think of how Lady Bug rode her horse, George. my story might have been – actually definitely would They walked out of the barn and have been – different if it weren’t for the strength of my down the road, past the gas tanks parents. and the old Dodge, and the then past When I was in high school there was another girl the new Dodge. Lady Bug stopped at that was harassed to no end because she was “fat” and the gate, pulled it open, and whistled wore glasses – and I witnessed this harassment being for the dogs. They were off. encouraged one day by a teacher. A teacher! Teaching The grass was yellow and low, kids to be decent, kind human beings needs to start it seemed short when sitting on at home – parents (and all adults) need to be nice and Delilah, and Mike was already demonstrate kindness every single day in their actions tempted to go faster. He stayed and words, especially in front of their children. But, as we behind his Grandma, though. He felt see far too often, there are plenty of people completely it was the right thing to do. This was unqualified to raise children and in those cases it’s the a new venture, and he was unsure. teachers in our schools that have the biggest influence Lady Bug looked behind her, and over kids. Letting, and even encouraging, bullying in her glasses flashed in the sun. She our schools is not just unacceptable, it’s outrageous. No smiled and waved him up, "C'mon child should ever have to feel unsafe or uncared for. slow poke!" That was all. Mike gave Another interesting thing I found in my box of childhood Delilah a little kick, and she jogged memories was a framed plaque my Grandma Myrtle alongside George. Mike could not gave to me when I was no older than age seven. It had a stop smiling. "Here, take this. I don't writing on it by Robert Fulghum titled “All I really need want you're neck getting burned." to know I learned in kindergarten.” I think we’d all do Mike's vision was cut short by Lady good to re-read that story and pass some kindness on in Bug's hat. He pushed it high on his our daily lives. Maybe our change in attitude could help forehead to see again. The ride was save a life someday. quiet.

I know, write? ~ MEAN GIRLS

By Nikki Hancock Writer & Contributor All of the coverage on bullying in the media lately has caused me to think back on my adolescence a bit and the bullying that took place in my schools when I was growing up. I even pulled my journal from elementary school out of that box that my mom brought me. Some of the things I read were so sad. It’s no doubt that bullying has been going on since the dawn of hopscotch at varying degrees, but it can be detrimental to a child’s self-esteem, and as we’ve seen recently, even fatal.

Kids are cruel, there’s no doubt about that. Growing up can be a difficult and confusing time for many, if not all. I know that I personally would not go back to elementary, junior high, or high school for ANY amount of money, not even for a short period of time! It was truly traumatic for me. I was resilient, I got through it, and I grew up a stronger person for some of it. But kids are literally killing themselves these days because of the mean words and actions of other kids and even adults.

When did it become acceptable in society to treat others so poorly? Especially children?!

It seems to me that the level of harassment among kids is at an all-time high and in the worst ways possible.

I think that the issue is made worse because of the ease of access to other kids through various means of technology. Social networking sites make it all too easy for kids to spread rumors, say mean things, even post devastating pictures. I’ve seen it firsthand with some of my younger salon clients. And text messaging makes it incredibly easier for kids to send a message that they may not have the guts or opportunity to say face-to-face.

I even heard of a mass text message being forwarded around a local school making fun of a particular girl for being overweight. This kind of behavior and harassment is absolutely unacceptable! How are we supposed to have a productive and healthy society when the children that make up tomorrow’s adult population are being made to feel horrible about themselves? Children should not have to hide their creativity, stifle their personalities or

Nikki Hancock may be reached at: nhancockreporter@yahoo.com.

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Headlines from our Past 11/29/1885 FIRST LOCOMOTIVE FOR C. & L RAILROAD ARRIVED BY BOAT 11/13/1888 J. R. MOODY TRIED TO KILL HIS WIFE AND HIMSELF BUT MADE A BAD JOB OF BOTH-SHE GOT WELL - HE GOT A SENTENCE TO SAN QUENTIN. 12/2/1876 WHEAT RECEIVED AT COLUSA FOR THE SEASON, 17,893 TONS 12/3/1876 WAR IN CHINATOWN-ONE KILLED. 12/2/1877 DEATH OF CAPTAIN HUKLEYINDIAN CHIEF 11/11/1911 WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL DEDICATED The new Williams High School was formally thrown open to the public with dedication exercises which began at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon and continuing through the evening. The auditorium was beautifully decorated with flowers and pennants with the prevalence of the high school colors, brown and gold.

The student body was seated in front, with the visitors filling the auditorium to utmost capacity. On the platform were the trustees, Messer’s. J. F. Abel Jr., J. F. Fouch, Hon. John Mendenhall, Charles Schaad, George Ware, H. C. Stovall, also the faculty, Principal E. W. Locher, H. M. Luttenton, and Misses Davis and Griffith, and the guest of honor, State Superintendant of Public Instruction, Edwin H. Hyatt.

The exercises opened with a chorus under the direction of Mrs. Carrie Crane, Music Supervisor of the Williams Schools. The welcome address was given by Principal Lochner, who dwelt on the credit due the Williams people who made the erection of such a building possible, and especially thanked the Trustees for their united efforts in this direction. He was followed by Mr. J. F. Fouch, who gave a brief summary of the expenditure involved with the building of the school.

This was followed by a vocal solo

by Miss Erma Harlan. Miss Pauline Christopher, President of the student body, made a short address of thanks to the patrons and trustees. Mr. George Ware spoke next, his remarks being directed to the students, whom he admonished to show their appreciation by taking more interest in their work. A piano duet by Misses Doris Simmons, and Virginia Comstock followed.

Mr. Charles Schaad and Hon. John Mendenhall made brief addresses. Principal Lochner then introduced Mr. Hyatt, State Superintendant, who made an address of an hour and a half. Mr. Hyatt made some apt comments on the trend of education comparing it to the last twenty years.

“The school is going to be less intellectual than it is now, and more practical than it is now, and for the very good reason that the majority of the men and women, boys, and girls

are born with practical, rather than a County, I say with sincerity that the scholastic mind. memory of our fine friendship will be The public school owes just as much something I will treasure always. After time and energy to the children who the appointment of my successor, may have no head for mathematics and I ask that you give to him, whoever he who can’t learn Latin, as it does to may be, the same gracious cooperation the bookish children whose brains that you have extended me? are adapted to abstract study in Sincerely Yours, confinement. This was not John R. Retterath so fifty years ago. Then the life that the people led, FRANCIS A. furnished them the chief BRADSHAW part of education. There was FIRST VETERAN a sharp, keen, necessity for OF WWII TO JOIN everyone to do something, LEGION to produce something. Each Francis A Bradshaw, family had to grasp food, veteran of World War shelter, and clothing from II, who has recently raw nature at first hand. been released from The girl and the boy learned Letterman Hospital to spin, to hold the plow, to following treatment, master the domestic animals became a member and govern the family. All of the Williams PAT ASH that was needed of the Contributor Legion Post. This is schools was a few months of Sacramento Valley Museum the first member of purely scholastic drill. This World War II to join bookish and intellectual the Legion in this training was a inconsiderable part of county since the President signed the life, many people had none of it.” bill altering the 1919 Charter making The afternoon program concluded all veterans of World War II eligible to with a general reception and visitors membership in the American legion. were shown over the building by the As many boys are now returning for students. various reasons, the Legion will find its membership on the increase with Williams Farmer • 11/20/1942 younger members joining the ranks ASSESSOR JOHN R. which are starting to thin.

RETTERATH RESIGNS: JOINS U. S. ARMY Williams Farmer • 11/20/1953 John R. Retterath, popular county YELLOWJACKETS assessor for the past eight years UNDEFEATED; WIN LEAGUE relinquished his post Tuesday to enter CHAMPIONSHIP the Air Corps and reports to Chico Air The Williams Yellowjackets are Corps next Wednesday morning. His Valley League Champions for the successor Emory H. Smith appointed first time in five years. They won by the Board of Supervisors will seven straight Valley League games assume the duties at that time. to claim the title. First to fall before In resigning to enter the service, the powerful Brown and Gold Squad Retterath made were the Elks the following of Elk Creek statement: followed by At the Maxwell, meeting of Wheatland, the Board of Princeton, Supervisors it Dur ham, was necessary Hamilton for me to City, and East submit my Nicholaus. resignation The Jackets as County with only 11 A s s e s s o r In honor of Veterans day- Bill Keegan,WWII; Bunk men on the Wallace and Darryl Carpenter, WWl; and Jay West of Colusa team were WWII at Williams Cemetery.

County for it coached by now becomes Johnny Pappa my duty, as and sparked well as yours, to further support by Jerry Myers. Myers’ outstanding our government. Some of you will passing earned him the title of the produce, others will do as I am doing, nation’s best passer in six man join the armed forces of our country. football.

For nearly eight years you have Bruce Mayberry, center; ends, extended me the honor and privilege Roy Nordyke and Joe Pete Peason; of serving you as County assessor backs, Tommy Bascochea, and Johnny and so generously elected me for four Snelgrove with Jerry Myers formed a more years for which I again thank well coordinated team of outstanding you. In the duties of the Assessors offensive ability. Their defensive plays Office I have endeavored to fill by speak for itself. The Jackets scored 333 following the motto: “that public office points while their opponents scored is a public trust”, remembering that 130 against them. The subs that saw you elected me to office on my one action in nearly every game deserve promise: That I would endeavor to be a lot of credit too. They are Bill Ball, fair with all.

Riley O’Bryant, Vern Swanson, Frank No doubt that I have been human and Myers, and Dave Taylor. made mistakes or misjudgments of Jerry Myers’ passing resulted in a John R. Retterath. During these years, total of 1431 yards. He attempted Colusa County has become my pride 140 passes during the season and and joy and will remain that way for connected 87 times. Tom Bascochea the rest of my life. To you of Colusa passed eight times and completed 6

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passes for 92 yards.

Individual scoring: Myers, J., 21 TD’s for 126 points; Nordyke, 8 TD’s and 26 extra points for 74 points, Mayberry, 7 TD’s and 7 extra points for 49 points, Snelgrove, 6 TD’s and 1 extra point for 37 points; Bascochea, 4 TD’s for 24 points; Pearson, 3 TD’s and four extra points for 22 points; Myers, F., one extra point.

Jerry Myers, Tommy Bascochea, Roy Nordyke and Bruce Mayberry finished their high school football careers in a blaze of glory. These boys will not be back on the team next year as they are members of the graduating class of 1954.

Williams Farmer • 12/2/1953 FIREMEN ERECT BEAUTIFUL TREE. For the twentieth consecutive year the Williams Fire Company has secured a Christmas tree and erected the tree at the intersection of Highway 99-W and Highway 20 in Williams.

The firemen made the trip to Goat Mountain Sunday and returned in the evening with one of the most beautiful trees the company has secured. The Pacific Gas and Electric Company assisted in erecting the tree Wednesday morning. The lights were strung and the tree lighted Wednesday evening and it will grace our business section until after New Years.

The firemen and those who assisted with the project will enjoy a dinner this evening at Fireman’s Hall.

Tor the last sixteen years, the firemen have secured to tree on Goat Mountain and each year it appears that they discover a more beautiful tree.

The first four years various places were visited and it was finally agreed that Goat Mountain would be the best place to go for a tree. Kids Christmas Party. Following the free show given by the Williams Theatre, on the afternoon of the 24th, the Firemen hold their annual party for the children of the community.

The Community is grateful for the part the Williams Fire Company plays in making the Christmas season more enjoyable.

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grimes annual bazaar & dinner a beacon of success!

By Lloyd Green Staff Reporter & Editor

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turkey and ham dinner provided a bountiful feast at the Grimes Ladies Aid Society Annual Dinner and Bazaar on Saturday, November 6, 2010.

The all-you-can-eat dinner was

provided by the members of the community. The main course was provided by the Grimes Ladies whom purchased and cooked the turkeys and hams, while the firemen provided the mashed potatoes. “For just $10 you get a lot of food, and it’s really good too!” said Jennie Green an event attendee.

The purpose of the annual dinner and bazaar is to help provide the necessary funds to continue maintenance of the physical needs and preservation of the Grimes Church.

During the dinner the hallway and walls were lined with linens, Christmas gifts, boutique items, homemade goodies, and a quilt raffle. A raffle table sponsored by the Grimes Civic Association was also on display filled with a variety of prizes donated from local community members and businesses in support of the Grimes Scout Cabin.

colusa county 4-H hosts first craft fair

Staff Photo. Molly Doherty, Sara Driver and Ashleigh Ehrke demonstrate how to make a fleece scarf.

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he Colusa County 4-H club(s) held their first annual Holiday Craft Fair on Saturday, November 6, 2010 at Festival Hall out at the Colusa County Fairgrounds. The Holiday Craft fair featured local crafters and artesian.

Each booth offered all ages alike to participate hands-on with various craft projects for fun or as a holiday gift.

“We got the idea from another

impact coats for the community

Staff Photo. Molly Doherty, Sara Driver and Ashleigh Ehrke demonstrate how to make a fleece scarf.

By Lloyd Green Staff Reporter & Editor f those extra coats are taking up too much space in your closet, hold onto them for just a little longer because soon they can go toward a good cause.

The annual Impact Life Thrift Store Coat Drive was held of Saturday, November 6, 2010 at Burchfield Elementary. Over 800 coats were donated and collected this year. “I would like to thank everyone for their support and those who donated a coat,” said coordinator Buffy Welch, “We have some awesome volunteers that include a High School Senior volunteer Linda Pacheco, the Colusa County Volunteer Police Department, and the Colusa County W.E.T program volunteers.”

This year Impact Life Thrift Store worked collaboratively with the Family Action Centers of Arbuckle, Williams and Colusa. “it has been great working with the Family Action Centers,” said Welch, “it’s a great program and the

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community needs something like this.”

Donations of coats for men, women and children will be accepted yearround and can be delivered to Impact Thrift Store during business hours.

The coats should be clean, and without holes or tears.

The coats will then be distributed to people who cannot afford to buy their own.

"It's so easy to go in your closet and find a jacket that you haven't worn in a year or two," Welch said. "We never have enough coats for kids, we always could use more in all sizes."

“When the weather is nice we often don’t have a good turnout,” said Welch, “however, we encourage people to come out early before the cold weather arrives.”

"We're just trying to keep people warm," said Welch.

For more information or to donate a coat, please call Impact Thrift Store at (530) 458-5776.

williams elementary d.a.r.e . students graduate

chapter and we thought ‘what a great idea’!” said Dawn Brown coordinator for this years event. “We hope that this helps raise awareness for our 4-H groups and will get kids interested in joining.”

Many of the materials were donated by the community, the kids, parents.

“We received a ton of help from Dads, Moms, and leaders,” said Brown, “It took us months to plan this and we look forward to continue doing this year to year.”

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ifth-grade students from Williams Elementary School held its annual D.A.R.E. (drug abuse resistance education) graduation ceremony on Monday, November 15th at 10:30am in the Williams High School Auditorium.

The ceremony was led by Sgt. Ed Anderson, the City of Williams DARE coordinator. With a total of 89 graduates, each student received a DARE diploma and shook the hands of Williams Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Judi Rossi, Williams Chief of Police Jim

Saso, Williams Council Person, Angela Fulcher, Eddie Johnson, John Troughton Jr., Don Barker and Colusa County Superior Court Judge Jeff Thompson.

Several students were recognized as DARE essay winners. Nicole Segovia, Brianna O’Quelly, Jocelyn O’Campo and Eduardo Rodriguez DARE is a series of classroom lessons, led by the Colusa County Sheriff’s Office deputies and the City of Williams Police Department, that teach children how to make good decisions, resist peer pressure and live productive drug- and violencefree lives.

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Our favorite recipes...

Spectacular Sugar Cookies

• 1 1/3 cups margarine • 1 1/2cups sugar • 1 tsp. vanilla • 2 eggs • 2 Tbsp. + 2 tsp. milk • 4 cups flour • 1 Tbsp. baking powder • 1/2 tsp. salt Cream together margarine, sugar, and vanilla.

Add eggs and beat until light and fluffy. Add milk and stir in dry ingredients. Divide dough in half. Wrap each half in waxed paper and chill 1 hour. Sprinkle flour on surface and roll dough onto flour. Roll to just less than 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into shapes. Bake on lightly greased baking sheet at 350� for 6 to 8 min. or just until edges become golden. Cool only a minute or two and remove from pans.

together to moisten bread. Add salt, sage, and pepper. Mix well. Blend in enough chicken stock (or broth) until dressing is moist but not gooey. Rub broiler pan with 3 Tbsp. margarine.

Press dressing into pan and bake 30 minutes at 375�. Stir well. Bake 30 minutes more.

(A turkey may be prepared and cooked, leaving one hour or cooking time, and placed on top of the dressing while the dressing bakes.)

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2 cups crushed pretzels 3/4 cup margarine, melted 2 teaspoons white sugar 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese 3/4 cup white sugar 4 1/2 ounces frozen whipped topping, thawed • 1 (6 ounce) package strawberry flavored gelatin • 2 cups boiling water Turkey Dressing • 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen strawberries Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees • 2 large loaves bread (day old) C). In a medium bowl, mix crushed pretzels, • 2 onions, diced margarine and sugar. Press crushed pretzel • 6-8 stalks celery, diced mixture into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking • 2 tsp. salt dish, and bake in the preheated oven 8 minutes.

• 4 tsp. sage Remove from heat and allow to cool. Blend • 1/2 tsp. pepper together the cream cheese and sugar. Fold in • 4 eggs, slightly beaten • 2-3 cups turkey or chicken stock (or broth) whipped topping and spread evenly over cooled pretzel mixture. In a medium bowl, dissolve • 1 cube + 3 Tbsp. margarine Sauté onion and celery in 1 cube margarine un- the strawberry flavored gelatin in boiling water. til tender (about 20 minutes). Break bread into Mix in strawberries and set aside to cool for small pieces in a large bowl. Add onion and 15 minutes. Pour gelatin mixture over cream celery to bread. Mix through. Add eggs. Blend cheese mixture and refrigerate until set, about 4 hours.

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Pumpkin Bars

2 c ups sugar 2 cups flour 1 cup canned pumpkin 4 eggs 2 tsp. cinnamon 2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. cloves 1/2 tsp. ginger

Mix all ingredients together. Pour into greased 11 x 14 inch jelly roll pan. Bake at 350F for 25 to 28 minutes. Cool. Frost with cream cheese frosting (recipe below).

Cream Cheese Frosting 1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese. 2 cups powdered sugar. 6 Tbsp. butter or margarine. 2 tsp. milk 1 tsp. vanilla. Mix all ingredients and beat well.

MOM’S GREEN JELLO SALAD • 1 lg. box lime Jello • 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese • 1 can crushed pineapple, drain & save juice • 1/2 c. chopped nuts Mix Jello, cream cheese and 2 cups boiling water. Take pineapple juice and add enough cold water to equal 2 cups. Add this with pineapple and nuts. Stir and put all together in mold. Refrigerate until firm.

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Shop local for your holiday meals...

By ELIZABETH KALFSBEEK Thanksgiving may be one of the busiest times of year for travel, but the good news is that your food doesn’t have to. From Heritage turkeys to organic rice, below are suggestions on where to source your holiday meal locally.

Branigan’s Turkey Farm, Woodland Branigan’s Turkey Farm, 39621 County Road 24A, raises 18,000 to 20,000 free range turkeys per year. The family-owned operation has been a Woodland fixture since 1942, raising quality birds with flavor. Turkeys are available yearround at the farm, and are also available locally at Chung Sun (110 6th St., Colusa), Cracchiolo’s (1320 E. Main, Woodland) and Nugget Markets.

To reserve a bird, or purchase a gift certificate, call 662-4205 or visit www.braniganturkey.com.

Cache Creek Culinary Lavender, Rumsey Everyone knows lavender smells great, but few realize that the herb is great to cook with as well. Cache Creek Lavender sells estate grown culinary-grade lavender, lavender sugar and lavender salt for use in a variety of recipes.

The Web site, www.cachecreeklavender.com, provides an abundance of recipes all using lavender, including cookies, shortbread, cakes, ice cream, lemonade -- even quiche. A unique variation on holiday treats.

Colusa Farmers’ Market, Colusa Stock up on fresh fruits, vegetables, honey, eggs and lamb for your holiday meal at the Colusa Farmers’ Market in Memorial Park from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 22. For more information, call 473-5975.

Davis Farmers’ Market, Davis A special Pre-Thanksgiving Market will be held from noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24 at the Davis Farmers’ Market, located at 4th and C streets. The market offers an abundance of special Thanksgiving items for the holiday table, including farm-fresh fruits and vegetables, rice, cheeses, holiday pies and breads, herbs, flowers

and wine.

Granzella’s, Williams Be inspired to get creative in the kitchen this year. From marinades to olive appetizers, Granzella’s offers a plethora of house-labeled gourmet specialty items. Visit the gift shop at 464 6th St., in Williams for bread dippers, jams, preserves, oils, vinegars, olives, sauces and other products. www.granzellas.com Nevermore Farm, Arbuckle Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, anyone?

Arbuckle's Nevermore Farm grows colossal variety chestnuts for purchase at $3/pound.

They are either immediately frozen or dried as a preservation method. With a minimum purchase of $10, proprietors Deborah RavenLindley and Ken Lindley will deliver the products throughout Colusa County, Davis and Woodland. The husband and wife team also raise Heritage turkeys and chickens for consumption.

Text or call 574-3597 to order, or visit www. nevermorefarm.com for more information.

New Clairvaux Vineyard, Vina Trappist monks at the Abbey of the New Clairvaux in Vina, 20 miles north of Chico, are busy with more than prayer: they also make wine. New Clairvaux Vineyard is the first Cistercian winery in North America, but the order has a strong agricultural and winemaking background dating to 12th century Europe. The Brothers planted their vineyards – St. James and Poor Souls – in 2000 and today produce Viognier, Zinfandel, Tempranillo, Syrah and Red Table wines, with the help of fifth-generation California winemaker Aimee Sunseri. To purchase a bottle of wine, or to join the wine club, visit www. newclair vauxvineyard. com.

Ornbaun Family Rice, Williams Family owned and operated Ornbaun

Family Rice produces organic brown rice, organic white rice, premium medium grain rice and premium sushi rice. All rice products are gluten, GMO and cholesterol free with zero transfat. The family are proud to be environmentally friendly and ecologically conscious producers.

Locally, Ornbaun Family Rice products are available at Granzella’s. Visit www.ornbaunrice. com for more information.

UC Davis Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Davis UC Davis offers two types of extra virgin olive oil for consumers; the 2010 “Silo” commemorates a century-old campus landmark, and the mediumbodied oil is described as balanced with butter flavors and grassy, floral and nutty notes.

“Gunrock,” meanwhile, pays tribute to the university’s mascot, a thoroughbred brought to UC Davis in 1921 to help supply high-quality stock for the U.S. Army Cavalry. This intense oil is described as strong, with fresh, grassy, green banana and ripe olive flavors. Bottles are $12 each and are available at the campus bookstore, or at www.oliveoil.ucdavis.edu.

Winters Cheese Co., Winters Chipotle Jack or Smoked Gouda cheese, anyone?

Artisan cheese maker Daniel Turkovich followed his calling of creating fine agricultural products in the form of crafty, gourmet cheeses such as sage cheddar, garlic and chive, tomato and basil, smoked cheddar and others. Winters Cheese Co. conveniently shares a tasting room with Turkovich Family Wines in Downtown Winters, making wine pairing a cinch. His brother, Chris Turkovich, produces the wines. 304 Railroad Ave. Winters. www.winterscheese.com

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Shop local for your holiday meals...

By ELIZABETH KALFSBEEK hanksgiving brings to mind feasts of mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and, at Nevermore Farm in Arbuckle, Narragansett and Belstville Small White heritage turkeys, both of which are rare and in danger of disappearing from the American landscape.

The primary goal for proprietors Ken Lindley and Deborah Raven-Lindley is to sell live birds to others who wish to conserve the rare breeds, but they also sell a certain number to the public for meat.

“Our birds live the avian version of those ‘Happy Cows’ in the TV commercials,” RavenLindley stated. “We select carefully each year for desirable characteristics. We keep our numbers small, and keep as much greenery alive as possible in our pens. Our pens are large

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and creative, and include mature almond trees for shade and roosting in at night, which they prefer. They have a variety of smaller shelters from the elements. They come and go as they wish, flying in and out of their pens as the mood suits them.”

According to Raven-Lindley, flavorful meat comes from three things: the breed, the feed and the humane care that allows the animals to enjoy its natural behaviors and live a happy life. The birds are fed high quality commercial feed as well as produce grown on the farm unfit for CSA boxes. According to Raven-Lindley, the turkeys spend their lives flying, taking dirt baths, exploring, running, and “live their lives doing what turkeys do.”

All the animals flourish in a completely freerange environment with constant access to grass, bugs, nuts and seeds.

“Since diet and exercise contribute to the complexity and flavor of the finished meat, we feel that our birds offer absolutely superior flavor and texture,” stated Raven-Lindley. “I believe that no farmer can do a good job unless they become a bit of a chef as well…learning the intricacies and variances of the preparation of the foods they bring into being. How are you supposed to guide your growing choices and skills if you don’t have the feedback of what your own food tastes like, and by extension, how to cook it?”

All of the poultry (turkeys and chickens) bred and raised at Nevermore Farm are

Heritage breeds -- traditional livestock breeds that were raised by farmers in the past, before the extreme decrease of breed variety. Buckeye and Delaware heritage chickens are raised at the farm, endangered breeds of chicken, both considered "dual purpose" for meat and eggs, and are both listed on the Slow Food Ark of Taste.

“We are recommending that you plan a recipe that works with what these birds are -- truly freerange chickens,” Raven-Lindley stated. “These aren’t the breeds you buy in the store, which are usually Cornish Cross ‘frankenchickens.’

Store-birds go from chick to humongous in just 6 weeks. ‘Real’ chickens are lighter-bodied with wings and legs that are used every day. They develop great flavor, as they grow slowly.”

Raven-Lindley grew up in the Bay Area and moved to Davis where she earned her degree in literature from UC Davis. She and her husband moved to Arbuckle in 2002.

“Without the support of persons who are truly concerned about how their food is raised, farms like ours couldn’t exist!” Raven-Lindley stated.

Thanksgiving turkeys for 2010 are sold out, but hens are available for Christmas, as are heritage breed chickens. Reservations are being taken for 2011. Turkeys are $7/pound and chickens are $5/pound. Nevermore Farm offers delivery in Colusa County. For more information, visit www.nevermorefarm.com or call or text 574-3597.

A special holiday get away...

Rosalie Meadows of Gold River enjoys the ambience of Afternoon Tea at Power’s Mansion Inn.

By ELIZABETH KALFSBEEK

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hefs Dena Macklin, originally of Colusa, and Chris Jennings recently celebrated the Grand Opening of the Victorian Tea Parlor at Power’s Mansion Inn. Built in 1884 by Howard T. Power, who found his fortune in gold, the historic Victorian mansion in downtown Auburn is an ideal setting for the treasured pastime

of Afternoon Tea, complete with a parlor, dining area and two sitting rooms with a fireplace.

In the spirit of the holiday season, the tea parlor is now open for full Afternoon Tea times to celebrate festive events, special occasions or simply the sheer endeavor of the experience. By reservation only, the Victorian tea salon serves Afternoon Tea Tuesday through Friday at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and

at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

Both Macklin and Jennings hail from the iconic An Afternoon to Remember in Newcastle, which has since closed its doors, where they worked as chefs; Macklin prepared pastries while Jennings was the main chef, and also baked scones.

“We are so excited to greet our guests and give them the best service we possibly can,” Macklin said. “We want them relaxed and refreshed by the experience, like they were leaving a spa.”

For $25.99 per person, each guest will enjoy a ham, cheese, caramelized onion and fresh rosemary quiche, served with Italian white bean soup and fresh fruit, for example. Visitors will also have a plentiful selection of tea sandwiches, such as Caesar chicken, open-faced cucumber and an olive pecan savory sandwich.

Scone choices may include homemade cranberry orange or cinnamon pumpkin pecan, served with fresh lemon curd and Devonshire cream.

For dessert, save room for apple blackberry raspberry cake topped with caramel sauce, spice

tea cookies and chocolate oatmeal delight bars.

As for the tea itself, patrons may select form a plethora of varieties including pumpkin crème, crème Brule, decaf crème Brule, jasmine green tea, English breakfast, Ceylon black tea, Hawaiian Orchid or cinnamon orange herbal tea.

“We bring a lot of experience with us and we both have a tremendous passion for this,” Macklin said. “There is a wonderful ambiance here at the beautiful mansion. Everything is homemade and we provide our guests with a lot of food for the price.”

For those wanting to make a weekend out of the trip, Power’s Mansion Inn is a 15-bedroom, 16.5-bath bed and breakfast with rooms starting at $125 per night.

Each room has a private bath and is decorated in an era gone by.

To make Afternoon Tea reservations, call (530) 305-5053.

For more information about Power’s Mansion Inn, visit www. powersmansioninn.com. Located at 195 Harrison Ave., Auburn 95603.

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YCCD SBDC DIRECTOR RECONIZED AS STATE STAR As Submitted to the WPR

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en Freeman, Director of the Yuba Community College District’s (YCCD) Small Business Development Center (SBDC), was recently selected as the 2010 State Star for the Northeastern California region. The national Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC) annually recognizes SBDC employees for demonstrating exemplary work performance, significantly contributing to the organization’s economic development efforts, and showing a strong commitment to small businesses. Mr. Freeman was one of only a select few to be recognized with this prestigious award from the over 1,000 SBDCs nationwide.

"We are all extremely proud of Mr. Freeman and the work he has done for small businesses in California’s North Central Valley Region,” said YCCD Trustee Leela Rai. “This award is very much well deserved and long overdue as Mr. Freeman is highly regarded both in the community and amongst his peers.”

Mr. Freeman was recognized with the State Star award at the Annual SBDC Conference in San Antonio, Texas for his outstanding contributions to small businesses in the region. Director Freeman was nominated for the award by the Northeastern California SBDC.

Ken has been the Director of the YCCD SBDC since 2004. Prior to becoming the Director, Ken was the owner of Feather River Mills, Inc., a $2.5 million wholesale/retail store. He also taught part-time in the Agriculture and Business Departments at Yuba College. Ken brings service excellence, strong collaboration skills, commitment, integrity and stewardship as he works with small businesses throughout the YCCD service region, including Colusa, Lake, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba Counties.

"I am truly honored and humbled to have received this award for the region,” said Director Freeman.

“However, it is important to note that this award was made possible thanks to the tireless efforts of the entire YCCD SBDC team, not just me. The YCCD SBDC is fortunate to have a great administrative assistant, as well as consultants experienced in business and with specialties in web marketing and design, quick books, advertising and finance. If they didn't do their tremendous part, I couldn't do what I do, and thus this award is truly a culmination of our hard work as a team. It has been a true blessing to have the opportunity to work with this team over the years and to help so many people achieve their dream of starting and succeeding in their own business."

mCNARY-MOORE FUNERAL SERVICE FIRST TO PROVIDE TRIBUTE VIDEOS As Submitted to the WPR

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he staff members of MCNARYMOORE FUNERAL SERVICE are pleased to announce that they now offer Life Tributes Tribute Videos to their client families. “Tribute videos are the foundation of personalization in funeral service, and we’ve partnered with the personalization experts of funeralOne to bring the best tribute video technology to serve the personalization needs of our families,” declared VERDO WERRE, MANAGING PARTNER OF MCNARY-MOORE FUNERAL SERVICE. Their advanced technology brings a level of beauty and sophistication which has been unavailable to us before.” says WERRE. The Life Tributes software suite provides four ways to honor the life of a loved one. In addition to tribute videos, funeral directors can create a matching memorial Web site, theme-based print keepsakes, and in the near future, even broadcast the funeral or memorial service over the Internet to family members

and friends living far away, with the webcasting feature.

“Many people haven’t given much thought to how they would like to remember their loved one during a funeral or memorial service,” continued WERRE. “Now we can offer them an integrated package of products and services, quickly and easily. They can be as involved in the creative process as much as they wish to be – or they can simply provide us with the family photos and images they wish to include, and we can take it from there.”

The administration of MCNARYMOORE FUNERAL SERVICE chose to work with the leader in personalization solutions, funeralOne. Based in Michigan, funeralOne is the company funeral homes turn to first, to bring stateof-the-art technology to better serve their client families. “We are delighted with the quality of the Life Tributes personalization system,” declares WERRE. Together we can offer the finest in tribute technology, reduce costs and significantly increase value to our client families.”

WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTED INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN cOLUSA coUNTY oRCHARDS. As Submitted to the WPR

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he Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) and the Colusa Almond Project presented a workshop in Arbuckle on November 2, 2010 educating almond growers and land managers on sanitation, Navel Orangeworm management, best management practices and conservation project opportunities. It was a beautiful fall morning and the workshop was held in an almond orchard with a backdrop of native shrubs and grasses that were planted to reduce creek bank erosion, improve water quality coming off the farm and bring wildlife back to the area, all part of the Colusa Almond Project.

The Project is a collaborative effort between CAFF, Audubon California’s Landowner Stewardship Program, the Colusa County Resource Conservation District (RCD) and the Colusa County Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), working with Arbuckle almond growers to install best management practices in their orchard systems.

Dr. Elizabeth Boyd (PCA and professor of Plant Sciences at CSU Chico) and Dr. Justin Nay (PCA and president of Integral Ag. Inc.) spoke about orchard sanitation and new trapping methods they are utilizing to monitor and control Navel Orangeworm (NOW). The two emphasized that mummies in nut crops are the major contributor to NOW populations and that good orchard sanitation practices are critical to keeping the pest populations

down. However, the existence of mummies does not necessarily mean that NOW is present. By placing moth traps in the orchard, growers can know for certain if NOW is present. Dr. Boyd and Dr. Nay have been getting encouraging results in their research using an innovative mass trapping system that traps the actual moth. This method is showing great potential as being superior to egg traps by giving the grower a very accurate idea of the NOW populations in their orchards. With egg traps, you do not know how many moths are present, however, by trapping the female moths, you get an accurate count while also killing the egg-laying moth.

After learning about orchard pest management, workshop attendees listened to Miles DaPrato from Audubon California’s Landowner Stewardship program discuss habitat restoration opportunities that can be integrated into a farming system. DaPrato was joined by Mary Fahey from the Colusa County RCD who spoke about her experiences installing natural resource conservation practices on her own land. Fahey also supplied attendees with information on the financial and technical assistance programs available to help landowners with these types of projects.

The workshop was well received and many attendees stayed on the farm afterwards to take a closer look at the project site and to chat with the speakers.

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Favorites for your Garden

By Curtis Pyle Writer & Contributor

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s the season changes, many people stop planting. Actually, fall is a great time to plant.

You must be selective about what you plant. However, plants established throughout fall and winter often grow better than spring plantings. Even though growth is slower, the roots grow, taking advantage of the seasonal rain. This results in an established plant, tree or shrub that is really ready to grow in the spring when it warms up. It’s also not as critical as far as the watering goes. Let nature work with you, not against you. This compared to keeping new plants watered in a much warmer spring and summer. I am writing this column to share with you the varieties of plants that I have had good luck with in previous fall seasons. It may vary a bit within your individual

micro-climate zone, but should be a good general list.

Bedding Plants for Fall Color: • Pansies • Stocks • Violas • Snapdragons • Primrose • Cyclamen • Flowering Kale • Ornamental Cabbage Vegetables for a Winter Garden: • Onions • Garlic • Shallots • Cabbage • Cauliflower • Brussel Sprouts • Collard Greens • Swiss Chard • Broccoli • Carrots • Parsnips • Green Peas • Snow Peas • Strawberries

Bare-rood season is time to save some money! Buy locally, through a mail-order, or internet nursery.

• Roses • Lilacs • Berries • Grapes • Shade Trees • Fruit Trees • Strawberries • Blueberries • Deciduous Shrubs

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oranges & yellows Raywood Ash – Purple Maples – Multicolored Pin Oak – Orange-red Red Oak – Red to purple Liquid Amber – Multicolored Ash, white or desert – Yellow

For the best fall color, remember to fertilize in the summer with phosphates.

My favorite fall bulbs that come back year after year: Remember to keep roots • Daffodils moist and dark until planting. • Narcissus Don’t let them sit around, think • Oriental Lilies of them like new babies that need • Trumpet Lilies urgent attention from you for best • Asiatic Lilies results. Let roots soak overnight • Freesias • Ranuculus in a bucket before planting.

Fall is also time to divide lilies • Crocus and irises. It’s time to purchase • Anenomes them bare-root for best deals, • Hyacinths new colors and varieties.

• Snowdrops Fall color trees for Colusa • Lily of the Valley County: • Amaryllis • Chinese Pistachio – Reds,

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8TH ANNUAL YOUTH SHOOT A SUCCESS!

By ELIZABETH KALFSBEEK Writer & Contributor

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hirty-three area youths, ages nine to 15, were able to get in some hunting practice just in time for duck, pheasant and turkey season at Raahauge’s 8th annual Youth Shoot, sponsored by the Colusa County Fish and Game Advisory Commission.

“They all had a great time,” said Donna Raahauge, who owns the 2,400-acre hunting club in Dunnigan Hills with her husband, Terry. “We had some new junior shooters and a couple of the older kids that were at the past shoots came out to help pull the clays for the others. It's always great to see their excitement every year.”

After a safety orientation, the participants shot sporting clays around a 15-station course. Each junior hunter is required to complete a hunter's safety course before participating.

“It’s a great program to encourage kids to pass the hunter’s safety

Photo by Elizabeth Kalfsbeek.

course and to offer them practical experience,” said Pat Kittle, co-owner of Kittle’s Outdoor & Sport, which provided the shells for the event, 100 rounds per child. “The sporting clay range is a great opportunity because it’s not hunting, yet it’s a great way to expose the kids to practice.”

The annual youth shoot, entirely free for participants, originated with the vision of exposing children to responsible shooting, hunting and conservation.

“Hunting and shooting teaches respect and knowledge for the outdoors, our resources and firearms,” Kittle said. “There

are other ways to appreciate the outdoors besides hunting, but the sport is so multi-faceted in its approach to educating the youth about the outdoors, game harvest, management and habitat.”

Furthermore, the Fish and Game Advisory Commission aims to promote the traditional sport for generations to come. Whether it’s because of the high cost of the sport, lack of available hunting ground, urbanization or the endless options of other leisure pursuits, hunting as a sport is on the decline, with fewer and fewer hunting licenses being purchased each year. The

Commission hopes to continue attracting the younger generation to the sport by hosting youth shoots and supporting other outdoor programs.

“The Baby Boomer era is stepping out of outdoor sports more or less so there’s a lot of emphasis from seniors in our industry to get kids involved,” Kittle said. “There are a lot of heritage foundations, so to speak.”

The Fish and Game Advisory Commission provided bright orange hats, clay skeet and insurance for the event using funds from poaching and environmental fines.

Poaching fines do not go back into the County's general fund.

Rather, half of all fines go directly to the Commission to be used to provide hunting-type magazines for schools, habitat improvement, wildlife restoration, planting trout at Lett's Lake several times per year and other projects. JTK Kalfsbeek provided a hamburger and hot dog barbecue lunch for the hunters and their families.

“Younger people have been so brought up with technology and sitting inside with computers and televisions,” Kittle said. “This is a great way to get kids and their families in the outdoors.”

uc davis aims to raise $1 Billion by 2014

By ELIZABETH KALFSBEEK Writer & Contributor

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C Davis Chancellor Linda P. B. Katehi recently announced the launch of the university’s $1 billion fundraising drive, via 100,000 donors, set to be completed by 2014.

“Seventy-two thousand (donors) have already come forward,” Katehi said. “It is a very bold campaign. We, at UCD, are committed to making this successful.”

So bold, in fact, that UCD is one of only 26 colleges and universities in the country which have embarked on a campaign of this scale.

“This is a very difficult time, and we all know that,” Katehi said. “Many have asked if this is the right time to launch this campaign. It is now,

FREE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION CLASSES Get prepared for office-related employment by improving or learning skills through the following classes:

Accounting Principles & Practices Monday – Friday •

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Learn the basic accounting cycle (debits/ credits, T accounts, chart of accounts); learn how to use journals, ledgers, post various types of transactions (banking, petty cash, payroll, sales) Use a 10-key calculator to build speed/ accuracy and complete business math exercises.

Learn how to build company files and post transactions using computerized accounting software (Quickbooks).

Office Education Laboratory Monday – Friday • • • •

Become familiar with keyboard and build typing speed using typing program.

Learn how to create various documents using Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Learn beginning computer usage and how to navigate through the Internet and create e-mail.

Learn how to use other office equipment.

All training is done in a hands-on environment. Two sessions are available: 9:00 to 12:15 and 1:00 to 4:15. Students can attend any session that works with their schedule, and if seating is available. Classes are open entry/open exit.

NO FEES – CLASSES ARE FREE. Call 530.458.0330, ext. 10331 and ask for Cassandra for class availability and information.

Classes are offered through the Tri-County Regional Occupational Program Colusa County Office of Education – 345 5th Street, Colusa

more than any other time, which our students need access to higher education.”

Lauren Riley, president of the student chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association and third year UCD veterinary school student, has received funding from alumni and private donors. “(The campaign) is fabulous,” Riley said. “This is the time that students need help the most and need support the most.”

According to Claudia Morain of the UCD News Service, funds generated through the campaign will enable the university to continue to fulfill its land-grant mission to identify and solve society’s problems; increase student scholarships and financial aid; create new endowed chairs and professorships; enrich teaching and research; improve patient care; enhance the university environment through improvements in facilities, library materials, art and scholarly collections and equipment,

and allow the campus to act on emerging opportunities.

“The Campaign for UC Davis presents us with an unprecedented opportunity to further our bold vision for this university – to advance among the nation's top public research universities and take the lead in identifying and addressing the globe's most critical challenges," Katehi said.

A brand new 34,000 square foot winery, brewery and food processing teaching and research complex is an impressive example of what philanthropic dollars can accomplish. The $20 million facility was completely funded by 150 private donations and is the only production facility of its kind in the world expected to be LEED Platinum certified.

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uc davis to raise $1 Billion Continued

Photo by Elizabeth Kalfsbeek.UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi and William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teach Hospital third-year student Kimby Lo, get up close and personal with puppy Trudy, vet school respresentative.

“Sustainability is really the hallmark of this building,” explained Claire Hasler-Lewis, nutritionist and executive director of the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science.

The complex’s north wing is home to a teaching and research winery, while the south wing encompasses the August A. Busch III Brewing and Food Science Laboratory. The pilot scale brewery is complete, and the milk processing laboratory and food processing plant, donated by the California Processing Tomato Industry, are nearly done.

While students, teachers and researchers will benefit from the funds generated by the $1 billion campaign, so will local and global community members.

Leylah Martinez, 4, has been a patient at UCD’s Center for Mind and Brain to help her function as a child with autism for three years.

“The amount of time and work they put into the research is amazing,” said Leylah’s mother, Maria Martinez. “They’ve helped me understand my daughter a lot better

in so many ways, and cope with her diagnosis. (Her improvement) is like day and night. She’s gone from a child that doesn’t socialize or notice anyone around her, to a little girl who now tells me what she needs and what she wants. She’s very lovable and makes eye contact.”

“We need philanthropic support to take (the research) to the next level, which is the treatment phase,” said Professor Peter Mundy, principal investigator of the virtual autism project.

Meanwhile, Jan Nolta, professor and director of the Stem Cell Program and Institute for Regenerative Cures, is heading a team which collaborates with the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital to see how best to deliver cells in the brain to help with neurological problems, namely Huntington’s Disease. Research is being conducted with horse stem cells.

“For a family like mine, where there’s no hope, our biggest hope is that the stem cells will provide a therapy for Huntington’s,” said Judy Roberson, advocate for human

stem cell therapy, and the president of the Northern California chapter of Huntington’s Disease Society of America.

Four members of Judy Roberson’s family have died from Huntington’s disease, and 17 more family members are at risk.

Currently, there is no treatment for the one in 10,000 people afflicted by the disease.

“We have nothing right now and nothing on the horizon other than Dr. Jan Nolta’s (research),” Roberson said. “The way things are going, UCD will be a center for Huntington’s treatment. UCD has been extremely kind to us in every way. I think that’s what’s special about UCD, is that there is a relationship between the families, researchers and doctors.”

“The families are what keep us going,” agreed Dr. Jan Nolta. “We learn so much from the families about what each disease is like.”

Though UCD receives about 20 percent of its budget from the state, the school depends on gift support to supplement this core funding.

Private donations account for less than seven percent of the university's budget.

Since July 2006, when the UC Office of the President gave approval for the university to begin a "quiet" campaign to assess support and determine fundraising goals, donors have pledged more than $605 million to UCD. On Sept. 16, the UC Board of Regents gave the university the go-ahead to take the campaign public, and authorized the $1 billion goal.

"I am greatly encouraged by the campaign's success to date and grateful to the university's donors, Campaign Cabinet, trustees of the UC Davis Foundation and other volunteer fundraising leaders, whose efforts have been vital in achieving more than half of our goal during our early, quiet-phase efforts," said Katehi.

The campaign is expected to be completed by 2014.

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he Williams High School Gym was the site of the 3rd Annual Lady Junior Jacket Jamboree on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010. Over 100 7th & 8th grade girls had fun while playing the game of basketball.

Many fans were in attendance to witness the developing skill levels.

In the 7th grade division, 4th place went to Williams and 3rd was earned by Egling of Colusa. Maxwell took 2nd place while Johnson Junior of Arbuckle walked away with 1st place. In the 8th grade division, 4th place went to Johnson Junior and 3rd was earned by Maxwell. Egling took 2nd place while Williams won the 1st place trophy.

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CAtholiC ChurCh of the Annunciation 627 8th Street Williams “Meet & Greet Coffee Club” Every Third Sunday of the Month after 9:30 a.m.

Mass Join us for refreshments and conversation • WilliAMS CoMMunitY Center ASSoCiAtion ACtiVitieS Veteran’s Hall. 9th & ‘C’ Street.

Williams, CA. MONDAY NIGHT BINGO: Everyone Welcome!Early Bird Games Starting Time at 6:00 P.M. Regular Games Begin at 6:30 P.M. WE WILL NOT BE PLAYING ON 5TH MONDAYS THIS YEAR0. Refreshments Available at Reasonable Prices, Home Made Desserts. There will be no BINGO in the Month of December! See you all next year! Game Day: No Game day in the month of December!

See you January 19, 2011! Movie Day: No Movie day in the months of November or December! See you January 26, 2011! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! • CeleBrAte reCoVerY Meets every Friday night at 6:30 P.M. at the First Presbyterian Church (north annex building) at 4th & Jay Streets in Colusa. CELEBRATE RECOVERY is a free program that addresses issues of alcoholism, codependency, drug addiction, and other hurts, habits and hang ups.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY is open to anyone who is experiencing pain, brokenness, or just wants support and encouragement. We are an anonymous program. For further information, please call 458-2802.

• MAke A differenCe in Your CoMMunitY The citizens for a better Williams hold meetings the 4th Thursday of every month beginning at 6:00pm. meetings are held at the Williams City Hall, everyone is welcome!!

• PACifiC flYWAY QuilterS The county’s quilt guild. monthly meetings will be held the 3rd Wednesday of every month. Meeting starts at 7:00pm located at the Colusa Masonic Hall 311- 5th street.

• Calling all women of agriculture Are you a woman dedicated to the survival of Agriculture? Unite as “California Women for Agriculture” (CWA) promote, and educate the importance of Agriculture. Meetings are held the 4th Wednesday of each month at 6:30 PM. For more Information, contact Melodie Johnson at (530) 458-5130.

• arbuckle revitalization committee Become involved in your community.

The month ARC Meetings are held the 1st Tuesday of every month at the ARC /APRD office 309 5th Street, Arbuckle.

• Master Gardener

Applications are Available The Colusa County Master Gardener program is now accepting applications for the 2011 class starting in January.

Master Gardeners are volunteers that provide public education in home gardening and basic horticulture. While the intent of the program is to provide service at little or no cost to the public, there is a fee of $150 for training new volunteers. For more information, pick up an application at the UCCE office (100 Sunrise Blvd., Ste E, Colusa) or the Farm Bureau office (530 Market St., Colusa) or any Master Gardener event. Applications are also available on-line at http://cecolusa.ucdavis.edu • Community flu clinics The Colusa County Public Health will be holding community Flu Clinics at the following times and locations.

Arbuckle Fire Hall on November 23rd from 3pm to 6pm. Colusa Public Health on November 29th from 1pm to 5pm. Children under 18 must be accompanied by a legal guardian or parent. Wear clothing that quickly bares the upper arm in case an injection is needed. For more information contact Colusa Public Health at 530.458.0380.

• Impact Life & CHP’s 3rd Annual bike for kids toy ride Rally at granzellas starts at 8:30am.

Ride leaves at 10:00am. November 21, 2010. Arrives at Impact Thrift Store for Refreshments. All are invited, just bring and unwrapped toy!

• 24th annual colusa holiday craft faire and gift show Saturday Novmber 20, 2010. 10am to 5pm. Sunday, Novmeber 21, 2010.

10am to 4:00pm. Colusa County Fairgrounds. Free Admission. Free Parking. For more information please call 530.458.2641 • Christmas community choir concert The annual Christmas Concert presented by the Community Choir will be performed three times this year. The first performance will be on Thursday, December 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the Parkside United Methodist Church located at 936 G St. in Williams. The Arbuckle United Methodist Church located at 9th and Pendleton in Arbuckle will host the second performance at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 12.

The final concert will be presented in Grimes at 7 p.m. at the Grimes Community Church located on Main Street on Monday, December 13.

The Community Choir is composed of individuals from many different parts of Colusa County and is directed by Jody Bowker of Arbuckle. The choir accompanist on piano is Jean Malcom of Grimes and instrumentalists are Ken Bertinoia, guitarist from Winters, Katie Airhart, flutiest and Curtis Pyle, percussionist from Arbuckle and Ron Simmons from Williams on trumpet.

The public is invited to any of the free performances. It is a wonderful way to celebrate the Christmas season by listening to beautiful music which is presented by singers and musicians who give of their time and talent to make your holiday season more enjoyable.

• williams adult basketball City of Williams is starting an adult basketball program starting Sunday, January 2nd. Cost is $20, for Williams residents and $30 for out of City residents. Cost includes jersey. Williams has 4 teams and is looking for 2 more teams limited to 12 players. Deadline is Dec 15th. Contact M. Cruz at Williams City Hall for team rosters. Her e-mail is mcruz@cityofwilliams.org. Games will be held at Williams High School Gym at 4,5, 6 and 7pm every Sunday night.

• williams COOPERATIVE vbs Williams Cooperative VBS Pancake & Waffle Breakfast Saturday December 11, 2010 7 am - 12 noon. at the Williams Community Church. 315 Ninth Street. Williams, CA. Adults $4, Children (age 4 -10) $2 •

CALIFORNIA GRAPETTES

The California Grapettes are seeking skilled players to join their 16U travel team for the 2011 summer season. The California Grapettes,

one of California’s premier fastpitch programs, participates in a number of high-quality tournaments and showcases and is well-known in the college recruiting community. Players selected from Northern California will have the opportunity to practice in the Sacramento or Red Bluff area.

Transportation may be available to tryouts and tournaments. Tryouts: December 4, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.(Arnaiz Park, Field #3, Stockton) December 11, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.(Pleasant Grove High School, Elk Grove) December 18, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.(Pleasant Grove High School, Elk Grove) For more information, call Matt Etzler at 200-4594 or David Hutchins at 916.865.6747 • 15TH ANNUAL “HOT CAJUN NIGHT” FUNDRAISER DINNER, AUCTION AND RAFFLE Saturday, November 20, 2010. Maxwell Veterans Hall-Maxwell, CA. 5:30 p.m.

NO-HOST Cocktails. 6:30 Dinner.

Tickets $25.00 each.

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November 20, 2010 - December 4, 2010

my little mayberry

Life lesson not yet learned

essays of colusa

a short story - Continued

He had never not heard Lady Bug talking. She was so animated, full of stories and points of view, it was surreal to just see her there, beside him, and then not beside him on a horse. Her figure was slumped and relaxed at the shoulders, her hips moved with the horse's back. It made him aware of how he was sitting.

Delilah’s movement told his body how to move, and there was little he could do about it. He could feel his hips oscillate up into his ribs as the horse's flanks shifted weight with each step. He rested his hands with the reins in them on the saddle horn.

The leather was smooth with wear.

He heard the sound of the horses breathing, their feet clomping the dry earth. It reminded him of how it sounded with his earphones in, before the music started playing, and only a few birds chirping reminded him that he was awake and doing something. Moving, he was moving on a horse to check on the steer on the other side of the hill.

Suddenly, Delilah whinnied and jerked her head back. The reins pulled Mike's hands off of the horn, and he heard Lady Bug yell before he could shove the hat back far enough to see. George was stomping, bucking back and forth, and his grandmother was being jostled along with him. "Holy Smokes!" he could hear her mutter. Delilah kept jumping back, and Mike could not retain enough sense or strength to hold the reins steady and control her head or movements. Mike was scared that they would fall. George kept making small jumps with his front legs, pumping the dirt. Mike, jostling on the back of Delilah, watched. Lady Bug's arms rounded and stiffened, pulling the reins up and back. Her legs straightened out, and he could see her thigh muscles flexing through the jeans. Her boots jutted straight out. Watching, nervous, silent, Mike watched as Lady Bug maneuvered George back and away from the clump of grass that he was destroying.

"Shoot, George, c'mon!" She was a pillar-- something separate and firm from jumping George. She got him away. She pulled him in a left circle until he calmed down enough, and then looked for Mike. Further down the hill, Mike was still silent. Lady Bug looked at the grass, and then rode down to him. She grabbed his reins, "had a little scare there," and started for the clump of grass again.

The horses hesitated, and Lady Bug spurred them a little. "Get going," she commanded. Together, heads lowered and ears perked back, the two horses continued on.

"It was a rattle snake," she said.

"Didn't even rattle, and poor George here just chanced upon him."

There was no noise. "I think he is dead now." Mike had never seen a rattlesnake before. Oh, he had seen the skins hanging on the wall back at the Ranch, and he had seen them before at the zoo in the city, but those weren't real rattlesnakes.

He could never find them, hiding in their glass cages. He tried to peer over the horse's head, bracing his arms on the saddle again. His neck strained and he didn't know where to look.

"There," Lady Bug pointed. Mike followed her arm down to what looked like a piece of old rope, rather a piece of shoelace. "There, see it?

It's dead." Mike looked harder. He could see the brown scale plated body now. Parts of it were trampled, and it's red meat burped out of the skin. Mike had learned at the zoo that baby rattlers were more dangerous than adult rattlers because they did not know how to control their portions of venom. He followed the body to the head. It was so tiny, but fierce looking, and he kept waiting for the diamond shaped head to rise and strike. It would rise up like the Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Maybe it would even wait for night, and get him while he was asleep in his bed with no warning whatsoever.

It might tickle, and he would think it was just a dream. Mike could not see its rattler. "Crushed, if he even had one," Lady Bug said. She explained to Mike that baby rattlers don't have a rattle, but it grows on with each new skin. "Probably why George didn't hear him, poor thing."

Suddenly the baby snake did look poor, not just deadly venomous. It just remained there, motionless and tiny. Dead. "Let's get a move on," Lady Bug said. She fell silent again, and Delilah followed her without command. Mike looked back and watched the spot where the shoelace was, until he could no longer see it, and even then he kept staring.

The air held a new kind of silence then. Mike reasoned that it was just getting hot. Turning forward again, Mike looked up at his grandmother.

Her back swayed with the horse, and without looking back, she raised an arm and waved Mike up. "We're burnin' daylight." Her voice echoed on the hill. Mike spurred Delilah to catch up with Lady Bug, and on they went.

By Denise Denton-Rinzler Writer & Contributor

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Intelligent Charity

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I once took a youngster under my wing; tutoring, music lessons, martial arts, painting. Picking him up at home, his little brother always smiled up at me. The home beyond the door was dark, foodless and drug-infested. I would pat the little boy on the head and take just his big brother, feeling I could only handle one extra child at a time. Today? The boy I was helping is in jail. The little brother?

A delightful, caring, hard-working young man who made his current sane life entirely on his own. Like a valiant plant growing out of an asphalt ghetto street.

There’s much written about charity, some of it conflicting. The old German saying is “Charity sees the need, not the cause”. Jack London wrote, “A bone to a dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.” John D. Rockefeller was quoted, “Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.” Oscar Wilde stated, “Charity creates a multitude of sins.”

One should examine the motivation for providing charity, considering potential results. It’s irking to see folks waiting to get free food while smoking.

The free food must be great for their cigarette/drug budget. Toys for kids are wonderful, much needed programs, but what’s with parents driving up in new SUV’s so their kids can get free stuff? I was livid to hear a man in a local charity thrift shop cackling, “Colusa, where the living is easy!” while he piled up free clothes. He obviously didn’t know (or care) how hard the director and volunteers work to make his life better. Disclaimer: The folks at the shop probably feel much differently than I do about this (they’re terrific human beings). I’m not criticizing these good and needed charities.

You should give generously. As Shakespeare wrote, “The quality of mercy is not strain’d.”

But when we give, use resources well, be good stewards. Maybe it’s time to bring back the Dicken’s phrase “The deserving poor”. The opposite of gimme gimme, it meant the person was willing to work, to help themselves, to help others in return, in however limited a capacity that might be. Let charity be for the valiant plants in the mean streets of life.

5th annual passionately pink for the cure day

by Kerri Dennis Maxwell High FBLA Reporter

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n October 19 Maxwell High School celebrated its 5th annual Passionately Pink for the Cure Day. Both FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) and FFA (Future Farmers of America) sponsored this event. These two groups, FBLA and FFA, asked all attending Maxwell High to wear pink on October 19 in honor of those affected by breast cancer, and over half of the school whether it was the students, faculty, or Enid Prine High School dressed in pink.

The FBLA and FFA officers arrived at school early to inflate pink balloons and place name tags of people who have been affected by cancer so the students could release the balloons into the sky as a symbol of support. Before the release of

these balloons, FBLA President Laura Wells and FFA President Kendall Vierra spoke about the number of people effected by breast cancer each year and introduced the student body to Pixie Rennick and Patti Turner. These two energetic women walked in support of breast cancer awareness and raised an amazing amount of money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Pixie Rennick and Patti Turner also spoke to the school about their journey and what they had to endure along the way. FBLA sold bracelets, pins, pencils, and rubber duckies while FFA sold pink carnation writing pens. All of the profits from these sales went to the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the American Cancer Association.

Maxwell High will continue to stand up to all cancers for many more years to come.

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