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Coming Events Spotlight Catholic Ladies Relief Society Card Party.................... January 22 Colusa Firefighters Crab Feed ................... January 20 Maxwell Little League Signups........................ January 26 Cioppino Dinner............ January 29
city of colusa announces new tool for community commuications
Colusa County Girl Scouts ready to sell cookies
retirement with a bang!
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or those of you familiar with Facebook, you need only search for City of Colusa to find and link to the new page. The City hopes to have a link to the Facebook page on the City website soon. This free communications service will be used by City staff to announce meetings, recreation classes, and provide general information to the Community. Recent postings on the Facebook Page include information about a recent retirement and a new recreation classes. The City expects to post information such as youth team sign-ups, adult softball schedules, zoning meetings, and more on Facebook. In an effort to support the City Council's goal for increased community outreach without an increased budget, City staff felt that Facebook could provide additional outreach to the community with limited costs. City Manager Jan McClintock Girl Scout members participated in several activities that helped boast motivation and knowledge stated "This doesn't replace the City's about the upcoming cookie selling season. (Staff Photo) website for important information sTAFF REPORT on the cookie program as more than and documents, but it provides a less an exercise in salesmanship. It is formal method of communication olusa County Girls Scouts an integral part of the Girl Scouts' with those in the community that from Arbuckle, Williams, Business and Economic Literacy have grown up with the electronic Colusa, Princeton and initiative for girls in kindergarten world." Maxwell gathered together through 12th grade. The program Continued on page 2 for a Girl Scout Cookie Rally on helps Girl Scouts learn about goal January 6, 2011. setting, decision making, money “The purpose of the rallies is management, people skills and to mentor the girls on safety, and business ethics. learn the different or new cookies,” Girl Scout troops set sales goals said Erin Brennen, Girl Scout and follow plans to raise enough spokeswoman, “most importantly, funds to support service projects, we teach the girls how to take cookie educational field trips and other orders and play fun games.” leadership activities. The Girl Scout The cookie program for the Girl cookie program helps boost the Submitted to the WPR Scouts begins Jan. 14 and will last girls' self-esteem, encouraging them Ten year’s after his death, the through the end of January, said to dream big and plan a career path based on what they've learned. late Greg Goodin is still being Brennen. "Booths will be available at select Community service through remembered in Colusa County. In response to a fundraising neighborhood stores beginning Feb. Project Troop to Troop is another cornerstone of the Girl Scout cookie sponsorship request letter from the 25 ending March 20th" she said. Did you know 2011 marks the 35th program. This project encourages Colusa County Fair Board on behalf birthday of the Samoa or Carmel people to buy Girl Scout cookies for of the Colusa County Community Delights Girl Scout cookie? donation to the U.S. Armed Forces. Center construction project, the The Girl Scout organization looks Continued on page 2 group known as “Friends of Greg Goodin” decided to see what they could do to help out and also recognize Goodin for his dedication to Colusa County. Continued on page 2
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Grimes Volunteer Firefighters’: From left to right: Volunteer Fire Fighters; Kyle McCullough, Assistant Chief-John Kimbrall, John Miller, Captain-Lance Swift, Captain-Martin Ramirez, Stuart Angerer, Chairman of the breakfast-Marc Sumner, and Captain Todd Miller. Host their 14th Annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday December 26, 2010. Staff Photo. Editors Note: We re-ran this image to give credit to the individuals who risk their lives for our saftey. Proper credits were not available at the time of original publishing.
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fficer Dan Titus will be retiring from his position as Deputy Sheriff with the Colusa Sheriff’s department this coming February 8th. He will have served with Colusa County for twenty-nine years. Where the retirement door has closed, however, the new business “window” has opened. Titus has opened an aptly named “Firearm Services, for things that go bang,” and is located within Kittle’s new location on Market Street. Titus received substantial training through his work at the Sheriff’s department. Not only was he required to maintain the firearms at his location as the Department Armorer, but he was also required to attend classes and seminars. These classes were often sponsored by gun makers such as Colt, Glock, or Rutgers, or by associations such as the NRA. His training combined with his natural love for firearms’ were the magic combination that prompted him to open his shop, which he had been planning with Mr. Kittle two years prior to Kittle’s move to Market Street. On the subject of retiring, Titus said, ““It’s about time.” A lot of his colleagues are retiring and he is “still young enough” to begin his new life as a gunsmith. Born and raised in Durham, California, Titus knew he wanted to be a sheriff when he was a sophomore in high school. He participated in ride-alongs with the Chico Sheriff’s department, and in 1982, he relocated to Colusa County for his career. Titus spent three and a half years as the boat deputy before moving up to Deputy Sheriff. His last three years were spent with the Narcotics Task Force, which is comprised of members of each department across the county. To date, Titus receives a of “word of mouth” business. He is open four days a week and services both new and old guns. “guns are little machines,” says Titus, noting that all they need is regular cleaning and maintenance. When they are legitimately broken, however, Tutus says, “it is a simple matter of finding what doesn’t work.” He adds that sometimes he has to fabricate a new part altogether. The gunsmith profession is becoming more and more specialized, with gunsmiths only working on specific makes and models, so it is a rare and special thing to have someone like Mr. Titus in out backyard who services all guns on a walk-in basis. And so, it is with his new business that Titus looks into the face of retirement and says, “bang.”