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WES Teachers Recognized Late Love Blossoms

By Elizabeth Kalfsbeek

They went to the same high school in North Kansas City, Missouri.

They walked down the same halls, went to some of the same classes, had some of the same teachers, and they both trained in the Civil Air Patrol. Still, it took 60 years, thousands of miles and a computer for George, 76, and (Courtesy Photo) Janet, 74, Cordell to make a love connection. George and Janet Cordell, a 60 year love connection in the Cont. Page 3 The pair now lives in making.

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Calling a Truce

Mr. O’Connell personally greeted (Courtesy Photo) and chatted individually with each WUSD Superintendent Judy Rossi and WES Principal Cyndee Engrahm with State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack teacher, presented O’Connell, following their California Distinguished School Principal Cyndee Award Ceremony Engrahm with a With diligent determination plaque and joined and an invitation by Rossi, the entourage for a photo. WUSD Schwarzenegger honored Superintendent Judy Rossi the group with his presence, and CCOE Superintendent Kay Spurgeon also attended the event. congratulating them, as well as posing for a group picture.

Inquiring about their successful Following the ceremony, practices, he was very interested the group celebrated with in the strategies which made them lunch across from the State eligible for the school’s prestigious Capitol, where Governor Arnold award.

Schwarzenegger was also dining.

in America to receive a Master

By ELIZABETH KALFSBEEK of Fine Arts in acting from the

American Conservatory Theatre.

For years, theatre never appealed

to Marilee Talkington. Feeling self- Born totally blind in her central conscious, she performed in one vision (there is a blind spot in the musical during high school, and middle of her direct line of sight only because she fancied the bass that has continued to grow larger player in the band. Fate intervened over the years), Talkington became in the form of an introduction to legally blind in her peripheral acting class during her final quarter vision sometime in her early 20s. of college when she “Truce” is an needed to fill some autobiographical credits. performance

about the awardTheatre, it turns winning actress out, is Talkington’s and writer’s calling. The 1990 struggle to come Woodland High to terms with her School graduate blindness. recently performed

her critically “I still cringe at acclaimed solo being labeled (as performance, a blind actor),” “Truce,” at the Talkington said.

Woodland Opera “In fact, I kind House. of hate it. I’m

an artist then Not only did an actor, writer, Talkington, 37, director, acting “take” to acting, she coach, movement (Courtesy Photo) went on to become Marilee Talkington is one of two legally coach producer, blind actors one of only two in America to receive a Master of Fine Arts in acting sound designer, legally blind actors from the American Conservatory Theatre. video designer

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WES teachers, principal and superintendent are congratulated on their California Distinguished School Award by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Pictured are: Leti Fedora, Michelle Jorge, Wendy Sjolund, Lyndee Hulbert, Craig Roper, Keri Lovelady, Maria Salcedo, Joan Anderson, Principal Cyndee Engrahm, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Superintendent Judy Rossi, Sherry Taylor-Vann, Beth Nall, Jessica Stuivenberg, and Barbara Mayberry.

Educators from Williams Elementary School received an award in Sacramento as a California Distinguished School their school was awarded recently.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell presented the award.

Independence Day July 4

Colusa Farmer’s Market

Bowling for Boobs July 25

Arbuckle Farmer’s Market

Mondays through Sept.

Wednesdays through Aug.

Summer is FINALLY here, and it’s hot! Check on elderly friends and neighbors, make sure the are staying properly hydrated. Keep an eye on the kids too, make sure they drink plenty of water and stay in during the heat of the day. Don’t forget the sunscreen!

Finally, have safe, happy Independence Day!

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Opinion & Letters

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The News Back Then

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Heart of the Home

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Travel & Discover

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Heart of the Home; The American Mason Jar

vegetables.

I have a soft spot for Mason jars, old and new. New jars filled to the brim with pickled carrots, asparagus and cucumbers, or a fresh batch of jalapeno jam are one of (Photo By Kim Giffin) life’s simple Sea shells are beautifully displayd in my collection of vintage pleasures Mason jars for me.

In 1858 John Landis Mason patented a jar with a zinc screw-on Vintage jars are not only lid for canning purposes. The jars interesting to look at, but they are became popular with American useful for storage and displays families preserving their harvests around the home. Vintage jars are for the coming year’s food supply. relatively affordable and easy to Mason’s original jars are marked find at flea markets, online auctions “Mason’s Patent, Nov. 30th, 1858.” and antique stores. I like to keep my collection of vintage Mason Canning jars, commonly referred to jars filled with sea shells on a shelf as Mason jars, were manufactured in my dining area. I find joy in a by several companies including fresh bouquet of flowers from my Ball, Kerr and Atlas. Today the garden or the market displayed in a Jarden Corporation manufactures Mason jar. My mom has a fantastic Ball, Kerr, Bernardin and Golden collection of antique buttons Harvest canning jars. displayed in her vintage jars. She has sorted them by color and type Home canning is on the rise as of buttons: mother of pearl, black more Americans are growing glass, rhinestone, and Bakelite. home gardens and embracing the task of preserving their fruits and Vintage Mason jars are wonderful

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If you are decorating a child’s room, you might fill them with old marbles, jacks and game-board pieces, and line them up on a shelf. Mason jars are one of the great American inventions. They brought positive change to our society, and jars old and new continue to be used and loved in the American home.

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LOVE Continued Williams and will celebrate their first wedding anniversary on Aug. 15. “I remember him more than he remembers me,” Janet says with a smile.

The whirlwind romance started just over a year ago as many things do: with the Internet. George enlisted the help of his daughter, Terri, to track down some of his pals from North Kansas City. She registered her father on Classmates.com and was contacted by his best friend in school and fellow Civil Air Patrolman, Billy Don Evans. Evans and George continued to communicate via messages on Classmates.com, and that’s when George noticed Janet Jones as a mutual “classmate.”

Having also been in the CAP, an intrigued George dropped her a line.

“To my amazement, she responded to my note,” George says. “Janet and I have not known each other very long, but it seems like we have known each other forever. This is our love story.

We truly hope our story will inspire others in our age bracket to not view the 70s as the end of the road, but rather the beginning of a truly wonderful life.”

It was March 2009. George, in San Pablo, Calif., and Janet, in Mt. Vernon, Wash., clicked immediately and began exchanging e-mail love letters. “We just hit it off in our friendship and it was like we were kids again talking about CAP,” Janet says. Soon afterward George found he needed to have a serious back operation that would hospitalize him for a week. But he was far more concerned about not being able to communicate with Janet than about his health. “My daughter Marsha offered to check my e-mails,” George relates. “When she would visit me, my first question was, ‘did Janet send me any e-mails?’ Every day I would get one and they inspired me.

Because of the inspiration, I was out of (the hospital) in three days instead of a week or more.”

Out of the hospital, George found the courage to call Janet for the first time. Her voice “melted his heart.” Resolute, three days after being released and less than a week after his surgery, George drove nearly 900 miles to see her for the first time in 60 years. “Janet and I almost immediately fell completely in love,” George says. “This is a love like neither one of us had ever experienced before. On the second or third day I asked Janet to marry me, and she said yes. At that moment in time we made a commitment to love and cherish each other for the rest of our lives.”

After two to three weeks of being together, the couple took a trip to visit their families and even Billy Don Evans in Arizona, the fellow Civil Air Patrolman who helped reconnect the two on Classmates. com. There was also one more very important family member for George

to meet: Rebecca, Janet’s then seven-month-old Lhasa apso puppy, recently returned from obedience “boot camp.” “If he had been against dogs, that would have been it,” Janet says. “(Rebecca) fell in love with George.” Rebecca accompanied her “parents” on the road trip and walked behind them down the isle on their wedding in August.

Janet’s daughter, Sondra, took charge in planning the wedding, which culminated on a lake in Washington with a pier as an aisle.

Sondra’s Italian husband, a preacher, performed the ceremony. The newlyweds took off in their decorated car and honeymooned in the Olympic Peninsula and Canada. “Neither one of us ever planned on getting married again,” Janet says. “It was just a miracle. We just got along so well.” “It was definitely meant to be,” agrees George. “It’s God’s will. We just connected.”

George and Janet both married the first time at age 17. George, with his late wife of 57 years, had two daughters, Marsha and Terri. Janet was married for 30 years before divorcing and has three children: Sondra, Ronald and David. “In this marriage, I give (George) many compliments every day and vice versa,” states Janet. “When you feel appreciated, it just makes your love grow. Say thank you for the little things, like when your husband does the dishes.” According to George, companionship, listening and romance are keys to a great marriage.

“It’s great to be in love,” he says.

“And we’ve got our little puppy.”

Rebecca will be two in October.

The newlyweds decided to settle down and take up house in Williams, where they have lived since last September. George has always been fond of the area, having spent ample time in his younger days camping and fishing nearby. Not being a hotweather person, Janet was hesitant for the move. “I have to say I have loved it here,” Janet says. “I love Williams and Colusa County. We have a new home, and we’ve been working like a young couple putting it together and gardening. We’re not kids, but you’d think we were.”

The pair has also been getting involved in the community by attending city council meetings and bingo. “What nice people,” says Janet. “They’re not just nice; you want to be friends with them.”

The newlyweds are still navigating their marriage and new home together, even keeping two separate computer rooms. “He’s a PC, and I’m a Mac,” Janet states.

“There is nothing sure about anything except that we love each other so much,” Janet avows. “We’re very different in a lot of ways, but we’re very understanding. In fact, I’d almost say wait until you’re 70 to get married!”

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This exercise is done as a way to educate the county tobacco retailers about the importance of not selling tobacco products to individuals under the age of eighteen. During the survey, underage volunteers go into the local stores and attempt to buy tobacco. No tobacco is actually purchased even if the store clerk is willing to sell to the volunteer.

Just two years ago thirty percent of local merchants would have sold to the youth. In our most recent survey all retailers refused to sell tobacco to the volunteer youth.

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OPINION & LETTERS

Say it with a smile

obviously never to be satisfied.

We try very hard to make The We voiced our opinion that there Williams Pioneer Review a was no reason to treat anyone the positive newspaper, however, way she had, and we had tried the we recently witnessed a truly bothersome display that inspires an eggs and found them to be great.

If looks could kill, I observation on negative wouldn’t be writing behavior. On Father’s this today. As we Day our family went were leaving, it was to the Colusa Casino pointed out that the for brunch, knowing lady was packing her as usual that the food purse full of food on and service would be her way out. Nice. great, and we were not disappointed. But I bring this up because there was a problem the incident still with a woman patron bothers me. I have who was yelling and screaming at the staff ANDREA MOORE always believed in great customer Publisher over eggs benedict. It service and how far was awful. She was it goes, but I also so bitter and vile to at believe in the need for customers least a half dozen employees who to be courteous and respectful, as were bending over backwards to well. No matter how bad a day I make her happy. She claimed am having, I always try to smile at the eggs were cooked over hard, clients or people who are helping and she wanted the yolks runny. me. We don’t know what’s going We tried the eggs benedict, and on in their lives and vice versa. A they were done perfectly, but she wouldn’t hear anything of the sort. smile and a kind word can make a person’s day. How hard is it She didn’t even cut into one to to smile? Even when I have bad verify her claim. The woman was service, I still muster a smile. If illuminates the inward My Little Mayberry spirit. Need bike repairs?

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By Denise Denton-Rinzler

Self Reliance I know it sounds crazy, but I’m almost grateful for the Not-SoGreat Recession. It’s awakened the American spirit of self-reliance: depending on your own hard work and ingenuity to survive, living within your means, using imagination and creativity, being real.

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Some local ideas: 1. Start a garden using heirloom seeds. Harvest the seeds and replant them yearly. The Garden Club has great info. No land?

Contact the Chamber of Commerce/EDC or Colusa Tennis & Swim Club for a garden plot spot.

2. Bike to work, do errands.

Used to be if you saw an adult bicycling around here, it was probably due to DUIs. I hear you guffawing.

Thankfully, times and attitudes have changed!

Jerry Davies, Cindy Gobel, Leonard Garrison and Juliann Cheney are great examples of the benefits of bicycling. It provides exercise, sunshine vitamins, saves miles, fuel, wear and tear on your vehicle.

You see the beauty of your town. The outdoors

3. Shed your land line. Have a cell phone? First check with the cell carrier to make sure 911 can track you down, then gleefully fatten up your wallet.

4. Make food from scratch. It’s healthier, less expensive and delicious.

it’s really bad, I just don’t go back.

Many times I have seen customers unload on various people at establishments all over the West Coast, and it burns me every time.

Bad days can spread like wild fire, so if you are truly upset, always try to look at both sides of the issue.

How would you want to be treated?

That same day Aaron and I headed to San Francisco for a conference for Les Schwab. Each year they have a guest speaker, and this year it was a man by the name of Jon Gordon. It was so fitting. Gordon is a motivational speaker who really presses the importance of positive thinking and living. He was exceptional, and he held my attention the whole time. One of the key items he spoke about was how complaining is contagious. If you get a group of people together and one person starts complaining, before long another person joins in and then more jump into the fray. Another point he made was that when a person is facing an obstacle, there is a need to focus on gratitude and look for the lesson or challenge. What can be learned

Letter to the Editor: The Citizens For a Better Williams would like to thank all the people who made the Pioneer Day celebration a resounding success in 2010. The day started bright and early with the placing of 100 flags downtown.

Thank you, volunteers ! Without the cooperation of the Police Department, Public Works, Fire Department, the staff at city hall and the Williams Council, there would be no Pioneer Day.

5. Use the Library. Order thousands of books on-line from the entire California library system FOR FREE (my favorite price). Want your own? Shop the Book Worm Bookstore on Market.

Buy a book for 50 cents, munch a cookie, enjoy stimulating conversations and support libraries at the same time. Such a deal, bubula!

It was an honor to have Dr. Charles E. McCarl as our parade grand marshal.

A finer man or a better example of giving back to the community would be hard to find. Our thanks to the parade judges, Mimi Burleson, Jeannie O’Brian, Joan Holybee, Dolores Pence, Chuck Bergson and our parade announcer, Bruce Rolen, who did a fine job as always. Adriana Cano was in charge of the festivities at the park, and as her first time at the helm she did a wonderful job.

6. Try Netflix and cut your cable service to the minimum. Or just read.

The car show was brought to fruition by the North Valley Car Club, and the special treat of the show was the “Vendetta,” owned by Tom Stevens and John Nissen. Our thanks to Tootie Hackett, Humberto from La Fortuna Bakery and Jose’s Carnitas, for volunteering to help prepare the dinner this year and to Jim Seaver of ADM for donating the rice and Greg Smith from Colusa Milling for donating the beans.

Without a doubt, Morningstar Packing sponsored the best fireworks display yet, and we truly thank them for their continued involvement and support of the Citizens For a Better Williams and the community. We appreciate all you do. We also appreciate all the help

7. Clean up and donate. Help others by donating items you don’t need to Impact on Fremont. A benefit of self-reliance is being able to help others. in smart ways.

May you celebrate being an American by becoming self-reliant, creative, strong and hopeful. Happy Independence Day!

from the experience? For what is there to be grateful? He also pointed out that a person can’t be grateful and stressed at the same time, a valid point. While all these things may seem easier said than done, it really made me think. Even when I am having a bad day, I now try to stop myself, look around to see all that makes me thankful. It really puts things into perspective.

I’m far from perfect, but I am willing to try to become more positive. As with most people, I just need a wakeup call now and then! If you would like to learn more about Jon Gordon, visit his website at www.jongordon.com. He has several books out and has been featured in most of the national newspapers and on several national news stations.

Chicken report: You guessed it, still no eggs. They are sure looking fat and sassy though. Maybe the joke’s on us?

Andrea Moore may be contacted via email at: publisher@ williamspioneerreview.com.

Lloyd Green gave and his expertise in graphic design. We are so happy to have you as a part of our community!

Our Traeger barbeque from Brainard’s Ice was won by Dave Manor of Williams. We would also like to thank the following folks: Colusa County Sheriff’s Office and the Colusa County Volunteers, Granzella’s, Cairos, Fastenal, Country Garden Restaurant, California Highway Patrol, Shadinger Hay, Rufino Valadaz, Ben ‘s Toilet Rentals, Kenny English, Boomer Burnett, Colusa County Road Department, the Sacramento Valley Museum, and LCMS Awards. Please support these businesses, and if you see them on the street, let them know how you appreciate their contribution to the 37th annual Pioneer Day! They care, and it shows!

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THE NEWS BACK THEN

Williams Farmer, July 2, 1913. WILLIAMS UNDERGROUND WATER SUPPLY UNFAILING

Community Recreational Program are happy to say that the Opalite crew will be finished by Saturday.

Then the pool may be filled and before very long the community The following letter will be able to swim in written by J. L. its own pool. There is Mendenhall to the still much to be done Maxwell Tribune, locally, however, and dated June 24th, makes any able bodied man, quite interesting ready to work, will be reading and is another sure of a welcome at the good boost for the site any evening after 7 wonderful reservoir o’clock. Through the of splendid water kindness and generosity that underlies the rich of the Valley Concrete soil for which this Pipe and Products west side country is Company of Yuba becoming famous. Mr. City, all of the 6-inch PAT ASH Mendenhall is one of sewer pipe needed for Contributor Sacramento Valley Museum our enterprising and the pool was received foremost farmers and as a donation from stock raisers. He is the them. The directors have sent their proprietor of the Piedmont Shetland grateful thanks for this cooperation.

Pony Farm adjoining Williams Anyone who has not been contacted and has a model rural home with and who wishes to donate toward charming surroundings. Addressed this worthy cause, kindly leave your to the Tribune editor Mr. Mendenhall contributions at H. A. Atwood’s says: office.The donations for the week have again boosted us nearer our Dear Sir: As per your request goal and our thanks go out to the I am writing you in regards to following for their cooperation and irrigation from well in the vicinity help: Henry Rhoades, Charles B. of Williams. At a depth of from King, H. Donavan, Joe La Grande fifty to one hundred feet we find an Jr. Williams Café, Belle Williams abundance of water for irrigation.

Moore. Total…………$5,378.00 About eighteen months have elapsed since I put down the first well for Williams Farmer, 1956. irrigation, since which time there NEWS IN FARMER BRINGS have been several plants installed NOSTALGIC MEMORIES TO and not one has been bored but what KENNETH ZUMWALT has furnished a flow of water to supply a six inch centrifugal pump.

The following letter received this My plant has been running during week from Ken Zumwalt of San the last two seasons, which have Diego and formerly of Williams been the driest ever known in Colusa will, we feel, be thoroughly enjoyed County, and the flow of my well has by our readers, especially those not diminished very perceptibly. It who resided in this community at is my opinion that there are at least the same time Ken did. Ken, who ten thousand acres of land in this spent his boyhood here, attending immediate vicinity that have an both local schools, is the elder son of inexhaustible subterranean flow the late Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zumwalt of water at a depth not to exceed and a cousin of Fremon Rettereth of one hundred feet. When I first Williams. Ken, who is on the staff of began to irrigate from wells the the San Diego Union, returned some pessimists tried to discourage me months ago from Europe where by saying that the water was too for several years held an important cold and too highly impregnated position on the editorial staff of with salt and other minerals to the well known paper, “Stars and be useful for irrigation but I have Stripes”. tried it on all kinds of vegetables Dear Harry and Dick, as watermelons, musk melons, cantaloupes, cucumbers, onions, Here in San Diego, the Williams carrots, asparagus, lettuce, radish, Farmer day falls on Monday. The and tomatoes and on blue grass postman just dropped off my copy. and alfalfa and all of these have And Monday is the day; I try to done exceedingly well. The alfalfa recapture my youth in the columns has yielded two tons to the acre and pages of your paper. The each cutting. If there is any further September 21 issue was especially information that you wish, make it newsy to me, but then actually all known and I will gladly furnish it if issues are.What caught my eye first it is possible for me to do so. today was a pretty little “pixie” face looking out of the top of column Williams Farmer, July two. The cutlines said it was Susan 10,1953. WATER MAY BE IN Rogers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. POOL FIRST OF NEXT WEEK; Ellis Rogers, and my mind drifted POOL FUND GROWING back to the days when Ellis was a The pool is rapidly taking shape little boy and lived across the street. and directors of the Williams That must have been in the late 20s

and early ‘30s. What ever happened to time? Susan looks like her father.

Further down the column, I noted that Wayne Grishaber has the secret of youth and a new son, nine and a half pounds. Someday I’ll tell the new son how his dad and I used to steal Jess Clark’s watermelons and how we would take off our shoes when we were just opposite Tully Harmeson’s house and walk barefoot the rest of the way home. Do kids in Williams still walk barefoot in the summer? They did when Wayne and I were boys. Come to think of it, I can’t recall ever seeing Tully barefoot. But then he was a town boy.

Still on column two and at the very the very bottom of the page was the note that Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kintana visited his mother. Always remember Joe as being very tall, slender and one of UC’s great hoop stars. Has Williams ever produced a greater athlete than Joe Kintana? I can’t recall.

There are so many names throughout the pages that brought back nostalgic memories. The issue was a happy issue. Often times they are sad. Such was the issue in August, which told of the death of Gil Britton, one of the nicer persons in this world. Gil more than once picked up a barefoot boy on the cemetery road and let him off at the “big” gate in front of his Zumwalt ranch.

The landmarks are passing too. I read recently where they tore down Daddy Byrne’s swimming tank.

Can’t ever remember it being called a pool. Seems to me it was always a tank, which of course it was in a way. I can’t visualize Williams without Daddy Byrnes old swimming tank, although I believe you have a new pool now. But certainly the water in the new pool can’t be as nice as it was in the old tank. Or the 5c candy bars as good as they were in Daddy Byrnes little store.

And whatever happened to the 5c candy bars? I have a good reason for remembering Daddy Byrnes.

He was one of my first employers.

Hugh Linn was the other. As a matter of fact, I was employed by both at about the same time.I cleaned Daddy’s swimming tank each Monday during the summer and made myself a neat 50c plus free swims, and that fall hulled almonds for the Linns. I can’t recall what the Linns paid me, but a practical mother said that whatever was made went into a pair of corduroy pants at Everett Worsley’s store. Which reminds me that I never see kids in corduroy pants anymore.

But getting back to Daddy Byrnes: Daddy fired me one time for sassing him. He wasn’t very mad because I was back to work the following

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Monday. I think it had to do with my throwing candy wrappers out of the window of the dressing room and into his cornfield. I seem to recall that mother straightened me out on that one. A fine man, Daddy Byrnes.

I never did know his first name.

He was always Daddy to a lot of Williams townspeople. A handsome white-haired little man, he always wore a pair of blue and white striped bib overalls when taking tickets or cleaning the pool. On Mondays he would don a pair of rubber boots, and he and I would get right in the tank and scrub it down until it glistened. The 50c was a big 50c in those days. Seems to me it lasted all week. But that was 1929. Or was it 1930? Whatever happened to the years? Whatever happened to the four-bit piece?

This has been a busy Monday reading and writing about the Williams Farmer. I’m looking forward to next week and the next issue.

Best wishes, Ken Zumwalt Williams Farmer, July 11, 1958. NEW ADDITION TO FIRE DEPARTMENT AGREED UPON An authorized agreement was made between the Williams City Council and the Williams City and Rural Fire Departments at the city council meeting held on Monday night concerning a new addition to the present City fire Department building. The new structure will be largely built by the firemen and is to be used jointly by the city and rural departments. At the present time two city trucks and four rural fire trucks are housed in the fire department building, whereas it is necessary to keep two other city and rural trucks in the building across the street. The new addition will give the fire departments more adequate space facilities.

The controversial subject of the “buzzer” notification system vs. direct police line to the county sheriff’s office was brought before the council, and it was decided to table the discussion until the budget meeting is held.

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Email them to: submissions@williamspioneerreview.com

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Truce Continued...

… that just happens to be legally blind.”

Although she remembers a large loss of vision taking place right before her senior year and first few years of college, Talkington doesn’t remember her exact transition to 20/200 vision.

“There is such a huge spectrum of visual (dis)ability,” Talkington said.

“I am totally blind centrally so I cannot see what is directly in front of me. But I do have peripheral vision. That’s how I gather visual information.”

The actress has also always been partially color blind, blue and green in particular.

“Color identification has also deteriorated but I still see more than my mom, who has no color vision any longer,” she said.

“Luckily she has a personal shopper.”

Described as a “dramedy,” (drama and comedy), “Truce” delivers both laughs and tender moments.

The actress switches between 14 characters throughout the solo show, mainly her mother, to “show, rather than tell, what life was like growing up with a mother who was losing her sight as well.”

The show engages the spectators in “wholly sensorial ways” by “inviting the audience to experience viscerally, sensorally in the fullest way possible” what life might be like for someone who has her eye condition.

According to Talkington, she brings a vastly different perspective and aesthetic to the theatrical art form because of the unique way she encounters the world. The shows that her production company, Vanguardian, creates in particular have production designs that are highly visceral and sensoryoriented not just as device, but as ways of inviting the audience to experience theatre and themselves in larger more expansive ways.

This is clearly apparent in “Truce,” as there is a huge scrim that divides the audience from Talkington throughout the show, always keeping her slightly blurred.

A video design element projected on the scrim mimics her growing blind spot, as does a lighting design that fades throughout the piece.

The artist is honored to have been recently named a 2010/2011 MacDowell Fellow. It is the oldest and most prestigious artist colony in the country, in which leaders in artistic fields (writers, composers, poets, painters, filmmakers, etc) are invited to live-in residence and create. Talkington will be there for two months this winter developing two new shows.

Meanwhile, Talkington has taken

the time to talk about the blessings of being blind, her time growing up in Woodland, how she got to where she is today, her advice for aspiring artists and, of course, “Truce.”

Visit Talkington’s Web site, www. vanguardianproductions.com, for updates about upcoming shows in Northern California.

“Watching the changes in the world around me because of the modest success of ‘Truce’ has been so incredibly humbling and surprising,” Talkington said. “It has galvanized my purpose in a way that I don’t say would have happened if I was fully sighted.”

EK: “Truce” is partially about your time growing up in Woodland. Can you expand a bit on that?

MT: Oh, I love those sections of the play actually. I reflect on the moment that I figured out not being able to see was hurting my mom and how that translated to how I treated and pushed my body physically at Holy Rosary grammar school and Woodland High school.

I played basketball all through junior high and high school and no one knew that I was totally blind centrally. I was a proud Wolf that couldn’t see beyond my nose.

And yet I was still voted Most Valuable Player my senior year and named to the Regional All Star team as well. Having success as a Woodland Wolf basketball player was the first time I really felt worthy and important.

EK: Would you say any blessings have come to you from being blind?

MT: So many I can’t even count. I think my level of compassion and empathy has become incredibly deep; sometimes painfully so. I understand on a visceral level what it is to struggle to push against something every moment of your life. Something that you can never change, that defines how you encounter the world.

You can choose whether or not it defines you, but it certainly will illuminate how you perceive the world. I suppose that’s another blessing in all this craziness.

I can’t say for sure it’s because of my vision loss, but I’ve learned to listen, really listen, to people. Hear what they are saying and who they are even if they don’t speak the exact words.

And I trust my intuition to guide me when I can’t see something. I depend on my heart to see what my eyes can’t. It has a level of clarity and profound “vision” and knowing that my eyes -- even if perfect -- could never compete with.

EK: What did you do after graduation that led you to where you are today?

I went to UC Davis for a couple of years and then transferred to UC San Diego where I studied psychology and minored in math.

My last semester at UCSD I needed to fill some credits to graduate and a friend convinced to take an intro to acting class with him. After the first improvisation exercise, I realized I had just stumbled into my destiny.

That’s when it got interesting. I received such amazing feedback from the teacher. I figured, well, then I should move to L.A. and become a star. Sure why not! I had taken one class. I had no concept of what the art form was truly about at that point. But I figured I didn’t need to train I was naturally gifted.

Long story short, I moved back home a year later, thousands of dollars in debt, and swearing that that kind of rejection and manipulation would never happen to me again. Well, the manipulation never happened again. Rejection … that can’t be helped in this business.

After paying off my debt, I moved to San Francisco and starting training. I moved to New York City after graduating from A.C.T. and pounded the pavement there from 2004-2007, then went bi-coastal from 2007-2009 until I decided to plant myself more firmly in San Francisco.

EK: How does it feel to be one of two legally blind actors in America with an MFA in acting and what do you hope other people might gain from your accomplishment?

It is bitter sweet, actually. I feel deeply proud to be one of the first. I worked (very hard) to get there and had to battle more than a handful of people telling me that I didn’t belong on stage because of my sight. I also feel outrageously frustrated that it’s 2010 and I’m still only one of two.

There is a tremendous amount of discrimination happening to artists who have disabilities. And thank god I’ve had some success, little that I’ve had, so I can be proof that we are contenders in this field. Making accommodations for someone with a disability who wants to perform is not only worthy

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of the extra time and money, but absolutely necessary to help evolve our community’s landscape and artistic expression.

EK: Part of Vanguardian’s mission is: “To give voice and vision to the unique perspectives so often overlooked and unexperienced.”

What do you mean by that?

MT: One half of one percent of all characters in television and film have disabilities. Yet 20 percent of the population in the U.S. has a disability of some sort. People like my mother and I are not seeing ourselves represented, and are not seeing our perspectives of the world reflected in the world of entertainment. Vanguardian is committed to changing that in the realm of theatre.

EK: How did you come to terms with being blind, if at all?

MT: That is a seriously loaded question. I don’t even know what coming to terms with it would look like. I live with it. I think that’s all anyone can really do. I don’t dwell on my vision loss, and I do my very best every day with what vision I have. It’s not a noble thing, it’s more like simple survival.

This is not to say that I still don’t have feelings about not being able to see. I have strong feelings. My heart aches every time I walk out of the eye doctor’s office these days ... every time I sit in the balcony of a theatre and realize I can’t see the stage or the actors ... when I look at someone I love and wish I didn’t have to look away to see their face.

EK: What advice do you have for other aspiring actors/writers/ directors?

MT: Find ways of becoming quiet so you can truly listen to your heart, which often knows so much more than your mind. Stay committed to your path if in fact it is truly what you are passionate about. Let “no’s” become opportunities to gain more resolve.

See challenges as opportunities.

Stay open to possibilities that come in packages you didn’t want.

Being a true artist is more than just having desire to act or write or direct. It’s following through on that desire.

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club volleyball success

By ELIZABETH KALFSBEEK

Woodland’s Club Volleyball team, “Dynamix Purple 16-2,” part of the Northern California Volleyball Association, recently finished its inaugural season by placing 10th out of 121 league teams. “Being that this was our first club experience, coming in 10th out of 121 is a tremendous accomplishment,” said coach Kim Travis. “These young ladies definitely evolved as a team unit and took their play to the next level. I am very proud of them.”

The team consists of Adsley

Flood, Madison Leighty, Trisha Abele, Alison Ornbaun, Sara Nunez, Ellen Hansen, Morgan Diaz, Bianca Vazquez and Molly Geyer. Each girl has at least one

year of high-school volleyball experience, but this was the first club experience for everyone.

“These young ladies have worked hard for five months to improve their play,” Travis said. “I am quite impressed with their skills, and it shows on the court. They played against teams that have played Club Volleyball for years, and they stood their own. Their record shows the amount of dedication they have put into this season.”

Club Volleyball is played from December through June, during the

off season, and is a way for players to complete and get better while playing teams from all over the world. Though the club is based in Woodland, Dynamix Purple players are ages 14, 15 and 16,

living in Arbuckle.

The athletes practiced two hours a day twice a week during the season, on top of attending one or two tournaments a month.

Tournament days began by leaving Arbuckle at 6 a.m., playing until 5 p.m., then driving home.

“In the beginning, we lacked communication and trust,” Travis said. “(The team) worked hard, and by the end of the season they became good communicators on the court. Most of all, they trusted that each player would do their part to make the team successful.

It was fun to be a part of it.” Club teams usually have tryouts, and each player pays monthly fees to participate. It can get expensive depending on what tournaments in which the club team takes part.

Dynamix Purple will have tryouts for next season at the end of November. Every season can bring a new team depending on age, players and location.

“I think in order for players to get college exposure they need to partake in Club Volleyball,” Travis said.

“I love the sport and want my players to become the best they can.

I felt starting a club team would greatly benefit their abilities.”

Travis played varsity volleyball for Woodland High School as a middle hitter from sophomore through senior years. She earned a full-ride athletic volleyball scholarship to Chaminade University in Hawaii.

Since then she has coached at Douglass Junior High in Woodland, Esparto High School, and now Pierce High School.

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“I would like to thank the sponsors and parents for always supporting the players and driving to the tournaments,” Travis said. “I know it is a huge dedication of time, but Dynamix and I thank you!”

For information about trying out for Dynamix Purple in November, e-mail Kim Travis at travisboys@ frontiernet.net.

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CHP SAYS “SAVE A TEEN START SMART”

Host families needed for Colusa, Davis, Esparto, Pioneer, and Woodland High Schools

Williams, CA- Motor vehicle traffic collisions are the leading cause of death for American teenagers 15 to 20 years of age.

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has recently received a federal grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In an attempt to remain proactive and not reactive, the CHP introduces Start Smart to educate newly licensed and future licensed teenage drivers.

The funds will be used for the Start Smart Teen Driver Safety Education Program and to develop and produce and effective media campaign targeting teen drivers 15 to 19 years of age.

The Future Leaders Exchange Program, or FLEX, administered by the U.S. Government Department of State, is designed to bring high school students ages 15-17 from Eurasian countries of the former Soviet Union to the USA for one academic year. They study in American high schools to develop leadership and citizenship skills to serve as “agents of change” in their home countries when they return.

Students are selected on merit.

The process begins with over 50,000 applications for 1,200 positions. Students are selected from varied ethnic, religious and economic backgrounds. Countries participating in FLEX include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine. More than 20,000 students have studied in the U.S. under FLEX.

Students are required to learn about community service, leadership and the rule of law in the United States.

They give presentations about their countries and have a mission to educate Americans about their countries. Strong alumni groups help students re-enter their native culture at the completion of the program. Students have excellent English skills and are selected using a merit system requiring they demonstrate good adaptation, communication and academic skills. The final decision is made in Washington.

Applications are now available for potential host families. Host families responsibilities include a nurturing environment, three meals per day and a bed to sleep in.

Students receive a $125 per month stipend and $ 300 start-up fee for school supplies. Medical and dental coverage is provided. Students arrive in early August and return in late May. They attend the local high school of the host family. In the past year seven of these students attended Woodland, Pioneer and Esparto High Schools.

Currently 140 students are available for hosting from FLEX, ASMYLE (students from Serbia and Montenegro), and YES (students from Afghanistan), all under U.S. Government programs.

Interested potential host families in the Esparto area should contact Jim Schulte, 530-787-4441, jschulte_611@hotmail.com. In the Colusa, Woodland and Davis area contact Dana Smuda, 530-3833951, dsmuda@hotmail.com.

The CHP’s goals are to help young drivers and their parents and guardians understand the responsibilities associated with driving a motor vehicle, show how a poor choice behind the wheel can change the lives of everyone involved and to reduce the number of teen-rleated injuries and deaths due to collisions. The top five primary collision factors for drivers 15-19 years of age are unsafe speed, failure to yield the right of way, following too close, inattention and cell phone use. The primary objective of the CHP’s Start Smart program is to provide teens and their parents/ guardians with an interactive safe driving awareness class which will illustrate how poor choices behind the wheel of a car can affect the lives of numerous people. Star Smart also focuses on responsibilities of newly licensed drivers, responsibilities of parents/ guardians and collision avoidance techniques.

The Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System reported teen drivers are found at fault in 66% of all FATAL collisions that they are involved in, although they only represent 4% of the state’s licensed drivers. CHP area offices statewide are participating in the Start Smart program. The SSP is approximately 1 ½ -2 hours long and is free of charge. Parents and teens interested in attending the class at the Williams Area CHP Office, should contact Officer John Waggoner at 530-4732821, Tuesday through Friday.

The Williams CHP Office has scheduled their next class for June 26, 2010 at 1 p.m. Class size is limited to the first eight teenagers and their parents/guardians.

More classes will be offered in the future, approximately once a month.

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Historia Del Volleyball El equipo de voleibol de la ciudad de Woodland “Dynamix Purple”, el cual es parte de la asociación de voleibol del norte de california, acaba de terminar su temporada inaugural, quedándose en el decimo lugar de los 120 contrincantes que participaron.

“Siendo este nuestra primer experiencia tener el resultado 10 de 121 es un gran logro” nos comento el entrenador Kim Travis, “estas jovencitas se fundieron como un equipo y llevaron su juego al próximo nivel, de lo cual me hace sentir muy orgulloso de ellas”.

El equipo está conformado por, Adsley Flood, Madison Leighty, Trisha Abele, Alison Ornbaun, Sara Nunez, Ellen Hansen, Morgan Diaz, Bianca Vázquez, y Molly Geyer, cada una de estas muchachas tienen al menos un año de experiencia de participar en el voleibol de la escuela secundaria, pero esta es la primera vez de este tipo de experiencias.

“Estas jovencitas han trabajado muy duramente por cinco meses para mejorar sus juegos, nos dijo Travis”, estoy muy impresionado con las habilidades y esto se demuestra en el momento del juego. Ellas jugaron en contra de equipos que han jugado en estas competencias por anos, las nuestras en todo momento aun al ser novatas mantuvieron su buena participación. El récor que obtuvieron muestra la entrega y dedicación que ellas le pusieron a esta temporada.”

En la temporada El Club de voleibol juega desde Diciembre hasta Junio, durante la temporada, y durante lo que no es la temporada, lo cual es una oportunidad de mejorar las habilidades mientras juegan con otros equipos alrededor de todas partes del mundo, atravez del club el cual tiene su base en la ciudad de Woodlan, Dynamix Purple Players tiene jugadoras de la edad de los 14,15 y 16 viviendo en la ciudad de Arbuckle.

“Estas muchachas son personas muy dedicadas, nos comento Travis, noventa por ciento de ellas juegan o softball o basquetbol para su escuela secundaria al igual que participan en este club, ellas nunca ponen excusas o pretextos, pues es algo que todos queremos hacerlo y queremos hacerlo bien.

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al día dos veces a la semana durante la temporada, además atienden a uno o dos de los torneos cada mes, los torneos comienzan desde que salimos de Arbuckle desde las 6 a.m. jugando hasta las 5 p.m. y después nos dirigimos a nuestra casa.

En el comienzo la falta de comunicación y confianza, en el equipo, fue algo en lo que trabajamos hasta el día de hoy que los hemos hecho de mejor calidad y lo hemos mejorado mucho. Lo mejor de todo la confianza que cada jugador tiene es lo que hará del equipo uno de los mejores, fue muy divertido el ser parte de este gran evento.

Los participantes del equipo en el club tienen su relacionamientos y cada jugador paga un costo mensual para participar, esto puede llagar a ser costoso dependiendo en que torneos el equipo participe. Dynamix Purple, tendrá relacionamientos, para la próxima temporada al final de Noviembre, cada temporada puede traer un nuevo equipo, dependiendo en la edad y al localidad de los jugadores. “yo pienso que para que los jugadores puedan ser vistos en el colegio, tienen que tomar parte en el club de Voleibol, a mi me encanta este deporte nos comento, Travis y quiero que mis jugadores se conviertan en lo mejor que ellos puedan convertirse, yo creo que comenzar en participar en una equipo traerá grandes beneficios en sus habilidades”.

Travis juega una variedad de voleibol para escuelas secundarias de la ciudad de Woodland, desde los grados medianos hasta los últimos anos, de la escuela. Ella ha obtenido becas de la Chaminade University en Hawaii.

Desde entonces ella ha sido la entrenadora en la Douglass Junior High en Woodland, Esparto High School y ahora Pierce.

Les quiero agradecer a los patrocinadores y padres por siempre apoyarnos al manejar y llevarnos a los torneos, yo sé que es gran dedicación de tiempo, por eso yo y Dynamix se los agradecemos.

Para mas informacion sobre los Dynamix Purple en Noviembre , mandanos un coreo electrónico al Kim Travis al : travisboys@frontier. net

Varios maestros de la escuela elementaría de Williams tuvo un gran día en la ciudad de Sacramento Educadores de la escuela elementaría de la ciudad de Williams, Ca. Recibieron un premio en Sacramento esta semana.

Atravez de esto la escuela fue premiada recientemente como una escuela distinguida de el estado de California, ellos no pudieron oficialmente recibir este reconocimiento en Anaheim, debido al horario conflictivo que tenían en el momento debido al último día de escuela. Algunos arreglos se hicieron para reunirse con el superintendente de Instrucción Pública el Sr: Jack O’ Conell en Sacramento, Ca. Para recibir este premio. WUSD Superintendente Judy Rossi y el CCOE superintendente Kay Spurgeon también atendió el evento.

El Sr: O’Connel personalmente, platico y saludo individualmente con cada una de los maestros presentados, el director Cyndee Engrahm recibió una placa, y se tomo una foto con todos los participantes.

Siguiendo la ceremonia, el grupo celebro con una comida en el muy conocido restaurant, que se encuentra enfrente del Capitolio del estado, que fue el lugar donde también el gobernador Schwarzenegger ceno.

Debido a la determinación de la invitación por Rossi , Schwarzenegger honro a este grupo con su presencia, felicitando y posando para la foto de grupo.

Indagando acerca de lo exitoso que ha sido las practicas, el se vio muy interesado en las estrategias de la escuela la cual los hizo elegibles para tan importante premio.

Después, Engrahm, llevo a sus maestros y equipo a reunirse en Davis donde repasaron los que habían conseguido el año pasado, y así concentrarse en que pueden mejorara el año venidero de escuela, para así volver a disfrutar de un buen tiempo con compañeros de trabajo al saber que muchas de las metas se pudieron conseguir, todavía retumba en ellos el gran día que pasaron en sacramento.

Unidad de ciudadanos voluntarios del condado de Colusa Necesitamos voluntarios. Si tienes 16 horas disponibles al mes o más y puedes donar tu tiempo para proyectos asistiendo a las oficinas encargadas de implementar la ley en el condado de Colusa, considera unirte a esta unidad. Habrá más información en una reunión para aquellos que estén interesados en este programa el día 15 de Julio del 2010, a las 7 p.m.

Por favor llamar a Joe Busath al 530-517-1012, para la locación de esta reunión y para más información, por favor únete a nuestro grupo. Gracias

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Tecnología disponible gratis sobre carros híbridos La oficina del One- Stop de la ciudad de Colusa, Ca. En unión con el colegio comunitario de la ciudad de Yuba city, Ca. Asi como el consorcio de la fuerza de trabajo de los condados del centro del área norte de California Está dando la oportunidad, de asistir sin costo alguno para convertirse en una persona certificada en la tecnología de los autos híbridos.

Los residentes del área del condado Colusa , pasar por la oficina del One – Stop o llamar al 530-458-0326, antes del 16 de Agosto, los residentes del área del condado de Sutter deberán llamar al 530-822-5120 ext.3031. Los residentes del condado de la ciudad de Yuba City deben de llamar al 530749-4850.

Los participantes deberán de tener al menos 18 años de edad y estar dispuestos a atender las clases en las horas de la noche. El entrenamiento será completado en seis meses y proveerá de la certificación básica en el combustible y las emisiones de estos automóviles, también en lo básico de sistema eléctrico y fundamental de los automóviles híbridos. Los estudiantes recibirán un ASE( servicio de excelencia de los automóviles)certificación y también tres certificaciones industriales. Este entrenamiento tiene igualdad para todos, en este programa. También habrá ayudas auxiliares para personas con discapacidades en el momento que estas lo requieran

Gran venta Únicamente un día, el día sábado, día 10 de Julio Comenzara de las 10 a.m. hasta las 4 p.m.

El domicilio es en la 1491 calle E en Williams Enfrente de la fachada del museo, tendrán limonada, y palomitas de venta Todas las ganancias serán para beneficio del Sacramento Valley Museum

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS

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 YEAR. Refreshments Available at Reasonable Prices, Home Made Desserts. Game Day: Third Wednesday of the month, at 1:00 P.M. Join us for our tournament of the card game “Golf ”. Win prizes have fun meet people! Movie Day: Fourth Wednesday of the month, at 1:00 P.M. Price: FREE Refreshments: Soda & Candy are available at a low price. (Bring a Pillow-the seats are hard) 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 Sacramento Valley Museum. 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. city of colusa recreation department mighty mite youth soccer City of Colusa Recreation is proud to announce a Youth Soccer Program. Games will begin Saturday Sept 11th. Ages to

participate are 4 to 6 year olds with the cut off date of Aug 1st. If your child turns 4 by August 1st they are eligible to play if your child turns 6 by August 1st they are not eligible to play. All games will be held in Colusa at the High School Field.

Fees will be $40.00 for City residents and $48.00 for out of City residents. If anyone is interested in participating please contact Sandy Cabral @ 458-5622 ext 109.

This program will be open to all Colusa County residents. Soccer Coaches will be needed. Sign-ups will start Augusts 2nd.

Colusa County Breast Cancer Fund BOWLING FOR BOOBS! Sunday, July 25, 2010 Two Times to Play! 11am and 2pm. $25 per player. Teams of 4. No team? No Problem.

Costumes Required. Come have fun and support the cause. Adults Only. All funds raised by the CCBCF say in Colusa County to help Local Breast Cancer Paitents with regular and necessary expenses. For More information call: Cindy Campbell 4588875 or Lloyd Green 473-2525. Visit our Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/ ColusaCountyBreastCancerFund FAMILY ACTIVITY GRANTS Community Advocates for Parents and Children (CAPC) have funding available to support family centered activities being developed by agencies or organizations within Colusa County . Requests for funds up to $250 per activity will be considered on an ongoing basis until funds are depleted. To request funds to support your family centered activity please send a letter to Colusa CAPC at 149 5th Street, Colusa, CA 95932 describing your event, the anticipated number of participants and how funding will be utilized. For questions concerning requests please call CAPC at 458-7678 or e-mail colusacapc@yahoo. com Journey with jesus vacation bible schoolcolusa July 19-23, 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at Trinity United Methodist Church, 5th and Oak Streets in Colusa, This Vacation Bible School program is open to all children entering pre-school through 6th grade, and will take children to many of the towns where Jesus taught, healed, and helped others. Join us for crafts, bible stories, games, music, and a snack. To register, or for more information, please call Lara Kelleher, 458-3179.

arbuckle vacation bible school Who: children entering kindergarten-5th grade What: They will have a great time singing songs, watching skits, making crafts, and playing games. But most importantly, they will learn how much God loves them! When: Monday July 19th-Friday July 23rd 8:30am-11:30am *lunch and closing program to be held Fri. 11:30-1pm Where: Arbuckle Community Church: 700 Hillgate Rd more info or to pre-register call: Gena Woodward 530-476-3021 WILLIAMS COOPERATIVE VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Headquarter Heroes VBS July 12-16, 2010 8:30am-12pm For Kindergarten through 5th Grade Williams Community Church 9th and C Street Williams 30 YEAR PHS CLASS REUNION 30 Year Class Reunion for Pierce High School’s Class of 1980. There will be a no-host gathering of Pierce High School classmates from the Class of 1980 at Granzella’s Sports Lounge on Saturday, July 24th starting at 6:30 pm. We are hoping that locals can spread the word to Pierce Bears across the country who might want to share stories from the 1970s through today. If anyone has any questions or if they want to RSVP for this fun event, they should call Kent Myers at (530) 632-1208.

ARBUCKLE CERTIFIED FARMER’S MARKET Wednedays 5 pm to 8 pm LaVanche Hursch Community Park in Downtown Arbuckle Louis Cairo’s will be catering dinner every week at the Market. Expect to find: fresh fruit and veggies, free range chicken eggs, baked goods including breads, tortillas and fruit tarts, almonds, hand-made crafts, Master Gardeners and more!

Make the Arbuckle Certified Farmers Market your Wednesday evening destination this summer!!

COLUSA COUNTY VOLUNTEER CITIZEN SERVICE UNIT

We need volunteers. If you have 16

hours a month or more to donate to projects assisting Colusa County law enforcement agencies, consider joining the unit. There will be an informational meeting for those interested in the program on July 15, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. Please call Joe Busath at 530- 517-1012 or email jbusath2006@yahoo. com for the location and further information. Please plan to join us.

Birth of Impressionism Bus Trip Colusa County Arts Council is sponsoring a cultural bus trip to San Francisco to see the Birth of Impressionism show at the de Young Museum on Tuesday, July 13. These paintings from Musee d’Orsay will return to Paris after the San Francisco show. Reservations are due by July 2. For reservations or more information call 458-CCAC (2222). Or mail a check to CCAC at P.O. Box 126, Colusa, 95932. , The fee is $56 for members of CCAC and $66 for non-members. The fee includes bus fare and entry to the museum show. Lunch is no host in the museum Café Pick-ups can be arranged for central Arbuckle and Williams.

HUGE ONE DAY ONLY YARD SALE AT SACRAMENTO VALLEY MUSEUM One day only! Saturday, July 10 10 am to 4 pm 1491 E Street, Williams On the museum front lawn Popcorn and lemonade for sale All proceeds benefit the Sacramento Valley Museum

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Access to three county roads.

Magnificent views of Mt. Shasta, Mt. Lassen and Pacific Cascade Coastal Range.

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Firewood for sale: mixed hardwoods, very dry $100 1/2 cord, $180 full cord call 476-2948 for more information.

yorkie terrier puppies for adoption, current shots, house trained, super spoiles and akc registered. for more information contact roy_andre111@yahoo.com

NOW ONLINE WILLIAMS ALUMNI: INTERACTIVE WEBSITE PRIVATE & FREE Make new contact with old

classmates and browse the site for class pictures and candid pictures from 1912 to about 1970. New reunion and candid pictures posted continuously.

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YARD SALES hUGE sALE SATURDAY, JULY 3, 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M. AT 1313 PARKHILL sTREET IN COLUSA. Furniture, antiques, tv’s, kids clothing and toys and much more. no early birds please.

WORK WANTED M.C.’s Hammer: “Hirea-husband” No job too small...electrical wiring, fan installation, carpentry, picture hanging, dry wall, light bulb changing, etc.; “honey do” lists done in a flash! Reasonable rates that are sensitive to today’s economic woes.

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Sanchez Cleaning Service Jose & Maria Sanchez We can do any kind of

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Gardening with Curtis

A stroll in the garden on a hot June afternoon showed some prime examples of some tried and true favorites that can transform a yard into a lush escape on a 100 degree day.

July 3, 2010-July 16, 2010

Local Rice Saving Lives Around the World

“Every leaf is a miracle.”- Walt Whitman

Canna Lilies love the water

Purple Birch “Betula”unusual shade tree, needs a bit of shade

Daylily “Emmaus”- unusual form, evergreen rebloomer

Daylily “Daring Deception” - two tone purple, evergreen rebloomer

Daylily “Destined to See” Ivory and purple, evergreen rebloomer Variegated Box Elder “Flamingo” - unusual green, white and pink color shade tree

Gladiolus, cut flowers, come back every year from bulbs

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Recently a local rice farmer, who wishes to remain anonymous, special ordered rice sacks that had an American flag on one side, a cross on the other and the message “A gift from the farmers of the United States of America.”

He and several other farmers in neighboring counties decided to donate rice to an organization called Cross International, a Christian relief group whose motto is “Delivering food, shelter and hope to the poorest of the poor.”

Local rice milling facility PGP International was contracted to process the rice and gave the farmers a discounted rate to help the rice growers in their effort to help feed hungry people in third world countries.

PGPI milled medium grain rice donated by the growers and packaged them in 30 Kg bags for

overseas shipment.

Cross International, based in Florida, arranged the freight to the final destination. As of this date, PGPI is unaware of the recipient.

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Special Olympics Torch Relay Passes Through Colusa County

Special Olympics’ Summer Games held at the University of California, Davis, June 25-27.

This was the first year that Colusa County participated in the relay that was organized by the Williams Area California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer John Waggoner, Jr. On July 17, the torch made the journey through Colusa County and finally arrived at UC Davis June 25.

According to the Special Olympics of Northern California website the annual Torch Run is the larg(Photo By Richard Lau) est global grass-roots Colusa Firefighter Chris Landreth and ran the mile fundraiser and public through Williams with his two year old nephew Jeremi- awareness campaign, ah Reister for their part of the Colusa County portion of raising more than the torch relay. Jeremiah is the grandson of Pat Lan$34 million world dreth, a sergeant for the Williams Area CHP office and a wide to benefit Sperecent addition to the Colusa City Council. cial Olympics athletes.

Learn how you can June 14, kicked off the annual Law participate by visiting www.sonc.

Enforcement Torch Relay for the org.

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