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Friends and family gather for the Candlelight Vigil held for Rueben Lopez on August 14th at the Town Square.

(Photo By: Ann Jauregui Jovich)

By Lloyd Green Jr

he community of Williams mourns the loss of a local hero who was killed in Afghanistan on Thursday, August 11, 2011. This devastating news brought the community to a standstill, a painful loss that has not been felt since 1968 when U.S. Army Corporal Frank A. Baggett’s helicopter crashed on October 1, during the Vietnam War. Pfc. Rueben “Boy” Lopez, 27, was one of five others killed by a roadside bomb. Those also who lost their lives included Spec. Jordan M. Morris, 23 of Stillwater, OK; Sgt. Edward J. Frank II, 26 of Yonkers, N.Y.; Sgt. Jameel T. Freeman, 26, of Baltimore, Md.; and Spc. Patrick L. Lay II, 21 of Fletcher, N.C. Word spread quickly through the use of the social networking website, www. facebook.com where a memorial page was setup in his honor.

He is the son of Gloria and Reuben Lopez. He was also the only boy among four

sisters, which earned him the nickname of “Boy” for life.

Friends, family, and locals immediately began remembering Lopez and his brave actions, in the Williams Town Square where it was quickly converted to a memorial spot as Flags, flowers, and balloons filled the park.

Lopez enlisted in the U.S. Army on August 10, 2010 and was deployed to Afghanistan seven months later. Lopez wanted to serve his country just like his Grandfather Alex Estrada of Colusa, who served in the Korean War; and his sister Kelly Lopez whom is currently on active duty with the U.S. Army at Fort Lewis, in Washington.

Lopez’s awards and decorations include the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the NATO Metal, the National Defense Service Metal, and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medial, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon and the Combat Infantryman Badge.

Lopez was scheduled to come home for two weeks in September.

6 youth boxers compete in world amateur championships

La Corona Boxing Club of Arbuckle, took six boxers to the 10th Annual Desert Showdown Lonsdale World Amateur Boxing Championships and came back with two championships.

Sammy MorenoValdez, Edith MorenoValdez, Tony Saavedra, Anayi Villanueva, Ivan Rodriguez, and Bryson Bowen all represented their skills well at the tournament.

“All of the kids represented our county and our club very well,” said Coach Merced Corona, “The Kids had a great time and this was a great experience for them

all.”

Sammy MorenoValdez, 10, of Colusa won the 1st match but lost in the semi-finals. Edith Moreno-Valdez, 8, of Colusa won championship by walk over. Tony Saavedra, 9, of Arbuckle lost a close decision in 1st Round. Anayi Villanueva, 10, of Arbuckle won championship belt with victory in finals. Ivan Rodriguez, 12, of Arbuckle lost a very close decision in 1st round.

Bryson Bowen, 10, of Williams lost a very close decision in 1st round.

For more information on La Corona Boxing Club call (530) 867-4523■

A passionate athlete at Williams High School, Lopez participated in football and baseball. Lopez was also an active volunteer of the Williams Neighborhood Church Lopez graduated from Williams High School in 2002.

A candle light vigil was held on Sunday, August 14th at 8:00pm where hundreds of friends, family, and citizens attended.

“The reality of war has come home to us,” said Williams Councilmember, John Troughton whom was one of many to speak at the candlelight vigil event, “his sacrifice will not be forgotten.”

“We often take our freedoms for granted,” said Williams City Mayor, Angela PlachekFulcher whose only daughter, Lieutenant Amanda Plachek, is also currently serving in the United States Army in Afghanistan. “We sometimes forget the cost.”

The Williams Volunteer Fire Department along with several other departments will escort Lopez’s body from Sacramento to its final resting place in Colusa County. Funeral Services are under the direction of McNaryMoore Funeral Services of Colusa.

Lopez, was also remembered at the August 15th, California State Senate. “Sadly, I must rise today to adjourn in memory of the U.S. Army Specialist Rueben Lopez,” said Senator Doug LaMalfa. “His family speaks so well of him and his devotion to his family and well as we know to his nation.”

“Our prayers and hearts go out to the Lopez Family.” Said LaMalfa.

Lopez, was the second Colusa County soldier who has lost his life in Operation Enduring Freedom; Justin Castillas of Arbuckle was killed July 2009 during combat in Afghanistan. ■ Visit our Website for More Photos and a link to the memorial Facebook page.

Editors Note: Heartfelt Sympathy and Prayers go out to the Lopez family and friends. Here at the Williams Pioneer Review we adhere to our moral values and have omitted a family interview to allow the family to grieve during their time of loss. Please see our future publications for a second part in this series called “Remembering Rueben “Boy”

colusa independence project providing homes Special to the WPR

Sometimes all it takes is a single hand up to get a family back on its feet.

A Colusa County effort is designed to provide that extra hand up with its new $1.2 million Colusa Independence Project.

Construction of the housing site was funded with State Emergency Housing Assistance Program – Capital Development (EHAPCD) funding for capital development activities for emergency shelters, transitional housing, and safe havens that provide shelter and supportive services for homeless individuals and families.

The City of Colusa also partnered with Federal Community Development Block Grant Program Income (CDBG PI) funding that is a flexible program that provides communities with resources to address a wide range of unique community development needs.

Interim Director Colusa County Behavioral Health William Cornelius, Colusa County Board of Supervisors Chair Mark Marshall, Interim Director Colusa County Health and Human Services Elizabeth Kelly and Colusa County Supervisor Denise Carter are pictured in the courtyard of the newly opened Colusa Independence Project transitional housing complex.(Submitted Photo)

Colusa Treasurer Gar Rourke commented on the final product saying that he was impressed, and that it was money well spent.

The recently completed project will provide temporary housing for adults and children. The five unit, 19 bed housing site will provide homes to families.

The small gated site is located at 713 D Street in

Colusa.

Colusa County Health and Human Services (DHHS) interim director Elizabeth Kelly explained that although the units will provide shelter to both children and adults, it is primarily for families, but will be available for single women with children,” she said.

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The housing program participants will receive support services that will assist them toward self-sufficiency.

Participants may stay in the program for up to 24 months. However, the average stay statistically averages 6-8 months. The goal for each participant family will be to graduate from the program with safe, affordable housing and a stable income source. The Colusa County DHHS is partnering with the Colusa One Stop to implement the transitional housing support services. The Colusa One Stop currently implements transitional housing and support services with two units in the City of Colusa, and will transfer those units to the Independence Project explained Kelly.

Late in July, an open house was held at the new complex.

Visitors to the site found not only beautifully finished apartments with new furniture, washers and dryers and kitchens stocked with necessities, but a welcoming courtyard area as well.

One visitor commented that this is a place where families can gain a sense of living in a neighborhood, and be a part of a community.

The homes will provide individuals with an opportunity to get back on their feet. While it is not a permanent solution, it is an avenue of support for families to begin anew.

It isn’t a ‘handout’ by any means.

“The adults must be employed, and pay rent, but a portion of the money paid will be deposited into an escrow account banked for future move-in costs for traditional housing once the participants are stable and on their feet,” said Kelly.

The Colusa Independence project has been in the planning stages for a number of years and Kelly said she is so pleased it is finally completed.

“High costs to move into a house or apartment often is more than a family can handle,” she said. “That is why many families end up living in their cars, or are prevented from leaving abusive relationships.”

The units are designed to accommodate a variety of sizes of families. Four of the units have three bedrooms and two bathrooms and are big enough for families with up to six children.

One unit is a single one bedroom unit which is ADA accessible appliances and shower. This unit can house one wheel-chair bound adult and one child. It also has a wheelchair lift to access the back patio. All of the units are ADA accessible.

Colusa County Board of Supervisors Chair Mark Marshall and Supervisor Denise Carter toured the site during the July 28 open house. Both Supervisors commented that they could not be more pleased with the end result. ■

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year, is out to develop an electric guitar that looks Innovation is as good as it feels with brewing in the world his new enterprise, MAP of electric guitars in Guitars. The question is, the form of boutique once a musician goes guitar designer and MAP, will they ever go crafter Mike Peterson back? of Williams. Peterson, “I know what a good who successfully began electric guitar should creating guitars this

feel like and I wanted to do something that nobody else has done,” Peterson, 32, explained.

“One of the things that differentiate my guitars to any other is that I approached my design based on ergonomics, from how you grip the

neck to how it hangs against your body. In particular, the neck profile will feel different than any other guitar.”

Musicians will recognize the uniqueness of the instrument which sports a trapezoid-shape neck, rather than the standard C-shape, thin or V-shape. Moreover, where most guitarist are partial to a thumb over or thumb on the back position, MAP Guitars are specifically built for maximum comfort in all playing positions, and hands won’t get as fatigued when playing.

“If something is off on the instrument by even a half a millimeter, a guitarist can feel it more than they could ever measure it,” Peterson expounded.

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“You have to be within a thousandth of an inch accurate, which is finer than the width of pencil lead.”

In all his years as a guitar player, Peterson has never been perfectly happy with any guitar design, as if they were designed for looks rather than comfort. Guitarists, he explained, ask themselves three questions about the instrument in this order: Is it cool looking? How does it sound? How does it feel?

“The more I learn about guitars, the more I realize I’m just hitting the tip of the iceberg,” Peterson said. “I know if it feels good, you’ll naturally be able to make it sound good and then you’ll look good playing it.”

The evolution of

guitar player to guitar maker began years ago for Peterson with, of all things, a black walnut tree that was misdiagnosed as diseased and chopped down. It turned out the wood was perfectly healthy – and striking.

“It was huge, massive and old,” said Peterson of the tree which once stood in his parents’ yard. “We had the wood milled and it was so beautiful you could hang it on the wall as art.”

Over the years he spoke with various luthiers, or guitar makers, about making a guitar with the black walnut wood.

He found the craftsmen were only willing to build the standard Fender or Gibson, older models.

Finally he was challenged by his wife,

Alice, to come up with a new design and build it himself. Peterson was mentored by Master luthier Charles Fox of Portland before spending his nights and weekends perfecting his blueprint.

“I didn’t want to replicate what someone else has done,” Peterson said of accepting the challenge. “I took my favorite design features of body shapes and combined that with a redesigned neck profile that no other luthier has put on their standard guitar design.”

Ever since the age of five Peterson has held a passion for music where he was initially inspired at a Beach Boys concert, brought up on stage, and felt the excitement of live music and performing.

My Little Mayberry Essays of Colusa

By DeniseDenton-Rinzler

Home, Home – out of Range?

Everyone knows banks have foreclosed on a zabillion homes.

The very tax-paying citizens who bailed out those banks in 2008 find themselves on the streets today. Sadder? These banks are giving away homes or bulldozing them into the dirt. Result?

They get big fat tax breaks.

This behavior is encouraged by the likes of Warren Bruffet who was quoted by The Washington Post as suggesting “blow em up!”. The CS Monitor headline read “Banks Bulldoze homes Despite Millions Being Homeless”. Detroit Mayor Dave Bing plans to raze complete neighborhoods. Well, in Detroit, granted, that might really improve things.

One of our local Colusa bank managers had the best plan of all. Why don’t the banks work with people to help them hold on to their homes in the first place? What a concept! Helping your community. Helping your fellow humans!

If the biggie banks are willing to donate or destroy your home, couldn’t they consider “donating” time, patience and reachable payments? Consider it their duty as partial payment on the Bailout. Turn-about-fair-PAY. Google your bank, find out if they’re bulldozing houses. If yes, I’d really think about switching out your Evil Empire Voldemort Banking Corporation to something less soul-sucking. Where seldom is heard, a discouraging word…

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At the age of 16 he began taking lessons at Music Connection in his native Chico. Shortly after, Peterson moved to Alicante, Spain to finish the last two years of high school.

“I thought electric guitars were the most beautiful instruments made,” Peterson recollected. “The way people play them and how they look, they’re like jewelry in a way; like sculptures.”

He found Spain to be a “musical desert” in terms of guitar playing and spent much of his time teaching himself the instrument. Upon returning from Spain Peterson enrolled in Chico State, where he dabbled in a few bands while completing his Liberal

Studies degree before moving to Williams.

The primarily selftaught musician chose the name “MAP Guitars” not only after his initials, Michael Andrew Peterson, but since he’s traveled much of the world he found it appropriate.

“Once players get used to this neck profile they’ll realize it’s more comfortable than any other guitar,” Peterson said. “And I hope they play the hell out of it.”

Peterson is currently taking orders for custom electric guitars.

For more information, or to contact Peterson, visit www.mapguitars. com or www.facebook. com/MAPguitars.■

majority of u.s. hospitals do not fully support breastfeeding Breastfeeding protects against childhood obesity, yet less than 4 percent of U.S. hospitals provide the full range of support mothers need to be able to breastfeed, according to the most recent Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Improving rates of breastfeeding by providing better hospital support to mothers and babies is an important strategy to improve children’s health, including a reduced risk of childhood obesity.

“Hospitals play a vital role in supporting a mother to be able to breastfeed,” said CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. “Those first few hours and days that a mom and her baby spend learning to breastfeed are critical. Hospitals need to better support breastfeeding, as this is one of the most important things a mother can do for her newborn.

Breastfeeding helps babies grow up healthy and reduces health care costs.”

The report, published online at www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns, examined data from CDC’s national survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC). It finds that only 14 percent of hospitals have a written, model breastfeeding policy. The report also finds that in nearly 80 percent of hospitals, healthy breastfeeding infants are given formula when it is not medically necessary, a practice that makes it much harder for mothers and babies to learn how to breastfeed and continue breastfeeding at home.

Additionally, only one-third of hospitals practice rooming in, which helps mothers and babies learn to breastfeed by allowing frequent chances to breastfeed.

Finally, the report finds that in nearly 75 percent of hospitals, mothers and babies do not get the support they need when they leave the hospital, including a follow-up visit, a phone call from hospital staff and referrals to lactation consultants, WIC and other important support systems in their community.

CDC’s mPINC survey measures the percent of U.S. hospitals with practices that are consistent with the WHO/ UNICEF Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding.

This list of proven hospital practices that increase rates of breastfeeding by providing support to mothers is the core of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative and is endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The steps include: · Not giving healthy, breastfeeding infants food or drink other than breast milk unless there is a medical need for it; · Encouraging mothers to room in, staying with their baby 24 hours a day; · Connecting mothers with support groups and other resources to help with breastfeeding after they leave the hospital.

A hospital can be designated as Baby-Friendly when it has made special efforts to support mothers to start and continue breastfeeding and when it demonstrates that it follows all of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding.

“In the United States most women want to breastfeed, and most women start,” said Ursula Bauer, Ph.D., M.P.H., director of CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

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task force finds commercial liability an effective strategy to reduce alcohol-related problems Holding alcohol retailers liable for injuries or damage done by their intoxicated customers can reduce motor vehicle deaths, homicides, injuries, and other alcohol-related problems, according to the Community Preventive Services Task Force. The independent, nonfederal, volunteer body of public health and prevention experts has determined that commercial host liability, otherwise known as dram shop liability, can be an effective intervention for reducing alcohol-related harms.

A dram shop is any retail establishment where alcohol is sold. Traditionally, it referred to a shop where spirits were sold by the dram, a small unit of liquid. Dram shop liability refers to laws that provide for the liability of retail establishments that sell alcohol for the injuries or harms caused by their intoxicated or underage customers. The Task Force had found that these types of laws have been shown to encourage more responsible beverage serving because managers and servers have an incentive to more closely manage their beverage service to intoxicated and underage customers, which can lead to penalties for retail establishments when this

service leads to harms or damages.

As of January 2009, 44 states and the District of Columbia have dram shop laws, although the laws vary in their scope and in the evidence required for holding commercial hosts liable for their conduct. State-by-state information on dram shop laws pertaining to illegal service to underage minors is included in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Report to Congress on the Prevention and Reduction of Underage Drinking.

The Task Force findings are based on a systematic review of all available studies.

The findings and systematic review were posted online today by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and will be published in the journal’s September 2011 issue.

The review says jurisdictions that seek to hold retail alcohol establishments liable for injuries or harms that result from their service to intoxicated customers or underage minors have reduced incidence of alcohol-related problems, including injuries and deaths.

Evidence shows that dram shop liability can reduce motor vehicle deaths, homicide, and alcohol-related medical conditions, the article says. In six studies that examined

the association, a median reduction in alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths of 6.4 percent was found in areas with increased dram shop liability. The article also says that more research is needed to determine the effectiveness of enhanced enforcement of laws that prohibit overservice, or the service of alcoholic beverages to intoxicated customers.

Excessive alcohol use causes more than 79,000 deaths in the United States each year and contributes to a wide range of health and social problems. For more information, see www.thecommunityguide.org.

The Community Preventive Services Task Force makes recommendations based on systematic reviews of scientific literature.

The findings are published in the Guide to Community Preventive Services which provides evidence-based recommendations and findings about public health interventions and policies to improve health and promote safety and is intended to serve as a resource for people who want to know what works in public health. CDC provides ongoing scientific, administrative and technical support for the Task Force. ■

athletes need to take special precautions in hot weather The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention encourages coaches, athletes, and those exercising outside in hot weather to know the warning signs for heat-related illness and take action when needed.

“Any athlete dying from heat is a tragedy that can be prevented,” said CDC’s Robin Ikeda, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Director for Noncommunicable Diseases, Injury and Environmental Health.

“Coaches, parents, teachers, and athletes should educate themselves on how to recognize

and prevent heat-related illness.”

CDC estimates that, each year, there are almost 6,000 emergency department visits for sports and recreation heat illnesses. CDC says the most common activities leading to the hospital visits are football, and exercises such as walking, jogging, running, and calisthenics. People who exercise in extreme heat are more likely to become dehydrated and get heatrelated illness.

Extremely hot weather can cause illness or death, but all heat-related illnesses and deaths

majority of u.s. hospitals do not fully support breastfeeding “But without hospital support many women have a hard time continuing to breastfeed, and they stop early. It is critical that hospitals take action to fully support breastfeeding mothers and babies so they can continue to breastfeed long after their hospital stay.”

Low rates of breastfeeding add $2.2 billion a year to medical costs. Babies who are fed formula and stop breastfeeding early have higher rates of obesity, diabetes, and respiratory and ear infections, and tend to require more doctor visits, hospitalizations and prescriptions. Changing hospital practices to better support mothers and babies can improve these rates. Some actions hospitals can take include: · Implementing the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding; · Partnering with BabyFriendly hospitals to learn how to improve maternity care; · Using CDC’s mPINC

survey data to prioritize changes to improve maternity care practices; · Stopping distribution of formula samples and give-aways to breastfeeding mothers.

This issue of Vital Signs coincides with World Breastfeeding Week, which is celebrated every year from August 1-7 in more than 170 countries worldwide. World Breastfeeding Week serves as an awareness campaign that highlights and recognizes the benefits of breastfeeding in communities across the globe.

For more information about CDC’s efforts to improve hospital practices to support breastfeeding, visit www. cdc.gov/breastfeeding.

For more information about state breastfeeding rates and activities to support breastfeeding, visit w w w.cd c.gov/ br ea s t fe e di ng/ data/reportcard.htm ■

are preventable.

Here are some ways to act against heat-related illness: · Stop all activity and get to a cool environment if you feel faint or weak.

Limit outdoor activity, especially midday when the sun is hottest.

Schedule workouts and practices earlier or later in the day when the temperature is cooler.

Pace activity. Start activities slow and pick up the pace gradually.

Drink more water than usual and don’t wait until you’re thirsty to drink more.

Have a workout partner.

Monitor each other’s condition.

Wear loose, lightweight, light-colored clothing.

Seek medical care immediately if you or a teammate has symptoms of heat-related illness.

Coaches can learn more about how to protect the athletes in their care by taking CDC’s accredited Web-based course on how to recognize, treat, and prevent heat-related illness.

School nurses and athletic trainers may also find the course useful for sharing information with others who work with athletes.

CDC has also published a toolkit to educate readers, especially caregivers for vulnerable groups such as athletes, as well as older adults and small children, about how to recognize warning signs of heat illness. Materials such as posters for locker rooms and water bottle labels are targeted for use with school athletic programs.

More information about heat illness in high school athletes can be found at http://www.cdc. gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ mm5932a1.htm.

For more information on extreme heat and heat safety, call 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800232-4636) or visit www.cdc.gov.

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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 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!!

of 5th and Oak Streets, Colusa, is offering a free grief support group on the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. For further information: 458-4509 or 458-4750 ELEANOR AZEVEDO MEMORIAL YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SERVICE (Y.E.S.) Offering funds to families suffering hardships, and would like to have their children involved in self enrichment activities. We can help with registration, safety equipment, and sponsor fees. If your child would like to participate in an activity such as scouts, recreational sports, camps, visual or performing arts, we would like to help fund those activities.

Please contact Terri Rivera at the Colusa County One Stop Partnership 530458-0326 ext.109 for more information. Or email eam.yes17@yahoo.com to receive an application.

CAR SEAT SAFETY CLASSES Do you know what car seat is right for your child? Do you know how to properly install your child’s car seat? Is your child safe in your car? Colusa County Public Health can help!

Certified child safety seat PACIFIC FLYWAY technicians are currently QUILTERS The county’s quilt guild. offering classes that will monthly meetings will be answer all your questions. held the 3rd Wednesday The cost of the class is of every month. Meeting $20 and may qualify low starts at 7:00pm located income families for a at the Colusa Masonic free car seat. Classes are held monthly in English Hall 311- 5th street. and Spanish on Tuesday CALLING ALL WOMEN mornings from 10:00 am to 11:30am. Space is OF AGRICULTURE Are you a woman limited so call ahead to dedicated to the survival reserve your space. Colusa of Agriculture? Unite County Public Health can as “California Women be reached at 458-0380 for Agriculture” (CWA) promote, and educate the CALIFORNIA SMOKERS HELPLINE: importance of Agriculture.

Meetings are held the There are over 7,000 4th Wednesday of each chemicals in cigarette month at 6:00 PM. For smoke that can increase more Information, contact your risk of heart attack Melodie Johnson at (530) and death. If you wish to quit smoking, Colusa 458-5130.

County Public Health invites you to call the ARBUCKLE California Smokers REVITALIZATION Helpline at 1-800-NOCOMMITTEE Become involved in your BUTTS. Your medical community. The month provider can also help.

ARC Meetings are held Contact them and inquire the 1st Tuesday of every about “Ask, Advise, & month at the ARC /APRD Refer.” office 309 5th Street, A REMINDER FROM Arbuckle.

COLUSA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH AND COLUSA GRIEF COLUSA COUNTY SUPPORT OFFERED ANIMAL CONTROL Trinity United Methodist Church, on the corner If you or your animal has

direct contact with a bat, or a bat is found in your sleeping area do not touch CRMC Celebrates 10 it with your bare hands, Years and do not freeze it but On September 21, 2011, call Animal Control at 4-7 pm, CRMC will 458-0200. host a community-wide celebration of saving the colusa county hospital ten years ago. farm buReau The event will be held DAVE FORRY at 199 E Webster Street.

MEMORIAL The event includes a GOLF TOURNAMENT community health fair, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, live music, food, beverage, 2011 at the Colusa Golf blood pressure checks, & Country Club 7:00 a.m. and much more.

Registration & Warm-up • 8:00 a.m. Shotgun Start.

BROWN & GOLD Lunch • Recognition & FUNDRAISER Awards. Please Reserve Sept. 17. Tri-tip dinner, Early • Deadline Is August $25.00 per person, 21 20, 2011. FEES: (Includes years and older. silent tee prizes, green fees, cart auction and raffle, 6pm. and BBQ) INDIVIDUAL Granzella’s banquet hall.

Non-Farm Bureau Member. Brown and Gold fundraiser $110.00 (membership value to support Williams $145.00). INDIVIDUAL: High School Athletic Farm Bureau Member department.

Purchase $90.00. Proceeds benefit your tickets today contact a scholarship fund in 330-4354. memory of David Forry, Agriculture Education GRIMES LABOR DAY and Colusa County Farm DINNER Bureau The tournament is The Annual Grand Island open to everyone. Invite Fire Department Labor your clients, friends, Day Dinner Will be held suppliers, and family to August 5th. The event play. Early registration will raise funding for is your only guarantee the Grand Island Fire to play. No personal ice Department. The cost is chests will be allowed $12 for adults and $6 for on the course. For kids. We will be serving Sponsorship or General our salad, green beans, Information, Please call rolls, a rice dish or two, (530) 458-5130 and pit beef. Water and sodas will be available as well.

WILLIAMS COMMUNITY CENTER Maxwell Sacred ASSOCIATION Heart Parish ACTIVITIES Annual Bazaar Veteran’s Hall, 9th & ‘C’ Will be held on October Street • Williams, CA. 29, 2011. A turkey dinner To rent Veteran’s Hall with all the trimmings contact: 530-501--3029. will be served from 4:30 MONDAY NIGHT BINGO: to 7:00 p.m. Take out Everyone Welcome! Early is also available. Ticket Bird Games Starting Time prices are $10 for adults, at 6:00 P.M. Regular $4 for children ages 4-10.

Games Begin at 6:30 Ages 3 and under eat free.

P.M. WE WILL NOT There will aslo be a raffle, BE PLAYING ON 5TH silent auction, country MONDAYS THIS YEAR. store with homemade Refreshments Available at crafts and foods, paddle Reasonable Prices, Home wheel and games for the Made Desserts Game Day: children. Raffle and dinner There will be no Game Day tickets can be purchased in the month of August. at the Williams Church See you in September. Rectory (530) 473-2432 or Movie Day: There will by contacting Jean Roper be no Movie Day in the at (530) 438-2438. month of August. See you in September.

YSCDSG Support Group Meeting COLUSA FARMERS kick-off support group MARKET meeting for the 2011-2012 The Colusa Farmers Market school year is August 19, has been approved by the 2011. Our August meeting USDA to accept SNAP/ is a “Back to School WIC/Senior Nutrition Night” where parents Vouchers at the Monday will have a chance to sit Night Market. down with nurses and school board officials to talk about the upcoming school year, as well as pick up sample medical management plans and sample 504’s. We are also having a Root beer Float/

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e NEWS BACK THEN f This feature is contributed by: Pat Ash of Williams California Information is aquired through the Colusa County Branch Library

Williams Farmer • 7/28/1900 A GREAT INDUSTRY

The bottling and shipping of Bartlett Springs water has become a great industry.

Last year, when five persons were employed during the entire season in the work of bottling on the line, it was the opinion of those who ought to know that the industry had reached high water mark. But the business continues to grow, and the increase in the demand for water is simply amazing. This year alone the bottling force consists of eight persons.

Bartlett Springs Crew

their home for the past many years.

A bachelor, he had enjoyed almost perfect health during his entire life, having consulted a doctor not more than two or three times. This summer he has been employed on the Orale Thomas Ranch. On Thursday, at noon, he complained of feeling badly and ate no lunch. His friends begged him not to go back out into the blazing heat, but he insisted that he was in fine condition.

Shortly following one of the men noticed that the horse that he had been driving was not moving, hastened to the scene where he found the stricken man unconscious upon the ground. He carried him to the Thomas house where Dr. Salter was hurriedly called. Responding he rushed the man to the Memorial Hospital where he died, never having regained consciousness.

Of honorable character and quiet manner, he went his way, making no enemies, but many friends, who will revere his memory.

Surviving him is his sister Eliza Hildreth of Williams, John and Theodore Wallace of Williams and Fred Wallace of Hawthorne Nevada, besides many nieces and nephews.

The season began, earlier this year and will not close so long as the road is open for travel. The output is from seventy five to eighty cases a day. Last year it did not exceed forty five. Seven six horse teams are employed to deliver the water to Williams.

Williams Farmer • 8/2/1935 As the retail price of this water is $8.00 a case, the services of an expert mathematician TWO CARS OF PLUMS, TWO CARS OF NECTARINES AND SEVEN CARS OF are not necessary to figure out that Bartlett PEACHES ARE SHIPPED Springs water is a source of immense revenue.

The lemon grove at the Mills Orchards Of course the expense is considerable, but not large enough to make a very serious cut project west of Maxwell is again coming into the tremendous profits of the business. into full bearing after the setback received by heavy frost three years ago. It is now estimated that in the neighborhood of 150 Williams Farmer • 8/5/1932 rail cars of lemons will be shipped from the MISS PAULINE MENDENHALL AND orchard this year. During the past few days WILBUR NASON WED AT MEDFORD the Orchard Company has picked, packed

As a real surprise to their legion of and shipped 7 cars of peaches, two cars of friends and acquaintances, comes the news nectarines and two cars of plums. The fruit of the marriage of Miss Pauline Mendenhall is of the highest standard, rich in flavor and and Mr. Wilbur Nason, which took place at large in size.

Medford Oregon, at noon on Monday, July

Lemon picking will start in the near 25th. With only the immediate families future and from that time on, it will be a of the pair “in the know”, the couple left busy place. here very early Monday morning arriving in

At present time a large number of local Medford a few minutes before noon. Within people are busily engaged in the packing a short while they had reached the home of house, packing sorting and shipping plums.

Rev. Bennett of the Methodist Church there and were quietly married. Following the GASSAWAY-ENGRAHM ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Nason continued NOW HARVESTING WATERMELONS down the Redwood Highway enjoying a Excellent Quality Melon Now on the Market camping trip until the following weekend at which time they returned to the Fred Nason The field of melons grown by Gassaway Ranch in Bear Valley where they expect to and Engrahm in the field east of the Depue remain the rest of the summer. Until last Warehouse is now producing heavily. The Sunday, the secret had remained with a very melons are on sale locally and are classed as few, when it became known to their friends. exceptional melons. The field has not been

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and irrigated and the production will hold up to Mrs. J. L. Mendenhall of Williams. She any of the commercial fields in the state. The attended both local schools and after which produce will stand shipping and the quality is she entered Mills College from which she better than most irrigated fields. subsequently graduated with honors. For Williams Farmer • 8/5/1949 two years she taught music in the Martinez Junior High School, leaving there to accept LOUIE CAIRO IS NOW SOLE OWNER OF WILSON’S CLUB a position in Antioch where she expects to The popular Wilson Club which has continue her teaching. Of a charm equaling her lovely character and disposition, her been operated by Louis Cairo and John Pitalo popularity both in her home town and as well for the past several years, is now operated as her school contacts, has been assured. As under the sole ownership of Mr. Cairo, the a teacher she is most efficient and her efforts latter purchasing the interest of his partner this week. ever accompanied by success.

The Club which has been one of

Wilbur Nason, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nason now of Williams, but the popular resorts of the valley for years, recently of Bear Valley and Santa Cruz. He specializing in fine foods will be conducted graduated from the Santa Cruz High School in the future in the same courteous manner and since his arrival in Williams has been as in the past, and Mr. Cairo will continue to occupied in agricultural pursuits. At present be the congenial host at Wilson’s club.

Mr. Pitalo states that his plans are he rents the Tedford land and vineyard, which indefinite, but that he plans to continue to he is developing. A young man of sterling characteristics, he is both ambitious and make Williams his home where he and his happy family have a large circle of friends. enterprising.

Let us join with the many that are wishing these two young people a long Williams Farmer • 7/28/1960 life of continued happiness and success VOLUNTEER FIREMEN NOW AND and heaping upon them both a wealth of DAYS GONE BY deserving congratulations.

Williams, like all the towns in the Sacramento Valley during these hot dry Williams Farmer • 8/4/1933 summer days is pestered with a great number B.F. WALLACE SUCCUMBS of grass and grain fires. The sun, shining through a bit of thrown away glass, can set TO EXTREME HEAT

Funeral services where held Saturday a fire very quickly from the magnification of morning at the Methodist Church in Williams its heat.

But the situation seems to be well in for Benjamin F. Wallace, who passed away hand through hard work and vigilance of the Thursday evening from heat prostration.

Ben was born in Napa on December 21, 1856. Williams Volunteer Fire Department. Nearly In 1873 he moved to Colusa County and has every day and sometimes several times a been a resident here for these sixty years. He day, the big fire siren sounds its call and the resided with his brother Theodore Wallace at boys come from every direction to man the

efficient fire fighting equipment standing always ready for a call. The boys have done heroic work in quenching any number of blazes before they got out of control.

What makes a volunteer fireman? It seems that every boy has a yen to follow the calling. He sees the big red trucks, their sirens howling, dash down the street, their crews clinging, sometimes precariously as they don their rubber coats and helmets.

The shining brass work, the mean looking fire axes, and everything about a fire truck stimulates excitement and a desire to be one of its heroes.

Many years ago the volunteer fireman hauled his own equipment to the blaze.

There were no roaring motors to do his work for him. There were no telephones or other means of communication to let the volunteer firemen know when the red demon was on a rampage. Instead, whoever discovered a blaze ran at his best speed to the fire house and hauled lustily on the bell rope. At the sound nearly everyone set up a cry of “fire!

Fire!” and headed full speed toward the fire station.

There the long ropes were quickly pulled out from the tongue of the pumpers and from the hose carts, men and boys took their places and away they went rumbling to the fire. Great cisterns were located under the surface of the streets, and when the blaze was reached, a “squirrel tail” (so called because it was carried curled back over the top of the engines) of suction pipe, was dropped into the cistern while the pipe men ran their lines to the scene of the blaze.

Then the chief shouted through his speaking trumpet, “Let ‘er go!” and a score of men at the long handles on each side of the pumper began their laborious up and down, up and down manipulation of the handles. And those old hand pumpers could throw a lot of water through a two and a half inch hose to a half-inch nozzle.

There was great rivalry to see which company would be the first to get water on the blaze, and it has been known that firemen from one company would axe the hose of another in order that his own company could get first water. Those old boys were proud of their work and accomplished some wonderful rescues.

Then came the horse-drawn engines and hose wagons, and it was a thrilling sight to see the well trained horses dash from their stall at the sound of a big brass gong, take their places under the harness, and with heads up and manes flying, take off as soon as the driver gave the word.

With smoke streaming and steam hissing the brightly shined nickel boilers and throbbing pumps gave every youngster a thrill, and a determination to become a fireman.

Then came the gasoline motored pumpers and trucks.

The small town volunteer fireman is a hero in his own right. He may come back from a blaze and he may not- he doesn’t stop to think of that when the siren calls. As a fireman in one of the big fire houses said to a visiting small town fireman “Your fires may be a lot smaller than those we have to contend with, but they are just as hot.”Charles Stone

Williams Farmer • 8/4/1960 CLYDE LITCHFIELD LEAVES MONDAY FOR ALL-STAR GAME PRACTICE IN CHICO

Half-back Clyde Litchfield, who starred for Williams High School, has been chosen as one of the Northern California AllStars who will meet the Sacramento County All-Stars in the fourth annual football game to play in Hughes Stadium, Sacramento, on August 20.

Steve Mumma of Pierce High School in Arbuckle, who was an outstanding center, will also see action in the game.

Each team will have 25 players who graduated from high school last year and have been chosen by the coaches and sports writers in their areas. This yearly football classic is sponsored by the Optimist Clubs of Northern California and the net proceeds go to the Needy Boys fund.

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INVASIVE SPECIES POLICIES AND PARTNERSHIPS TO BE DISCUSSED AT AUGUST 24 MEETING OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will discuss invasive species policies, initiatives and partnerships at its meeting on Wednesday, August 24, 2011. The meeting will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. at the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), 1220 N Street – Main Auditorium, Sacramento, 95814.

“The ability to protect California’s farms and natural landscapes from invasive species is essential,” said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross. “It is a network and system that encourages diverse food production, m a i n t a i n s distribution for small and large farmers, and promotes environmental stewardship.”

The detection, exclusion and management of invasive species are critical functions of the CDFA. Working together with federal, state, and county partners, CDFA implements a variety of programs

that support invasive species surveillance and inspection. The federal government has defined ‘invasive species’ as species whose introduction causes, or is likely to cause, economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.

“As a farmer, I understand the onfarm challenges of dealing with invasive species,” said Craig McNamara, president of the California State Board of Food and Agriculture.

“Ca lifor nia’s leadership in protecting our farms, waterways, and public landscapes is a role model for the nation.”

This meeting will provide the State Board with a briefing on California invasive species policies and lay the foundation for future discussions on this issue.

Speakers for the meeting include: Helene Wright, USDA – Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; Doug Johnson, California Invasive Species Advisory Committee;

Dr. Robert Leavitt, CDFA ; Robin Wall, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol; Barry Bedwell, California Grape and Tree Fruit League; and Richard Matteis, California Farm Bureau Federation.

Additional invited speakers include representatives from the University of California, Davis – Department of Entomology; University of California, Riverside – Center for Invasive Species Research; and University of California Statewide Integrated Pest M a n a g e m e n t Program The California State Board of Food and Agriculture advises the Governor and CDFA Secretary.

The State Board conducts forums that bring together local, state, and federal government officials, agricultural representatives, and citizens to discuss current issues of concern to California agriculture.

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BENEFICIAL BUGS IN THE DELTA: CDFA BEGINS RELEASING INSECTS THAT FEED ON INVASIVE WATER HYACINTH

A small insect, native to South America, has been brought to California waterways thanks to its voracious appetite for water hyacinth, an invasive aquatic plant that chokes the sloughs and canals of the San Joaquin/ Sacramento River Delta.

Scientists with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) have begun releasing hundreds of water hyacinth plant hoppers in the Delta to reduce infestations of the hearty and troublesome plant.

The floating, exotic weed can grow so densely that thick “rafts” of the plants can completely cover a waterway’s surface, preventing access by boats and clogging water intake systems.

“Water hyacinth is a serious problem not just for agriculture and our state’s water supply, but for anyone who appreciates the natural beauty and recreational value of our waterways,” said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross.

“CDFA’s new biocontrol project will help reduce the impacts of this invasive weed in the Delta.”

Initial releases of 750 water hyacinth plant hoppers were made earlier this month in three

locations: Whiskey Slough in San Joaquin County, Willow Creek in eastern Sacramento County, and Seven Mile Slough in western Sacramento County. Secondary releases have since been made in Whiskey Slough (1,500 insects) and Willow Creek (3,000 insects). Scientists hope the plant hoppers will thrive in their new home, eventually resulting in self-sustaining colonies. This project shows CDFA’s ongoing commitment to the principles of integrated pest management – considering physical and biological approaches and using them whenever possible.

Before a biological control agent like the water hyacinth plant hopper can be released in California, the organism must be cleared by both federal and state regulatory officials through an exhaustive analysis that weighs risks. Biological control agents from outside the U.S. are shipped to a domestic quarantine facility where they are subjected to a series of tests. Only those organisms with high specificity to the target weed are approved for use as biological control agents. The results of the prerelease tests are summarized into a petition requesting permission to release the organism into the field. Once approved, the permitted biological control organism can be mass-reared to high numbers and released at field sites established by biologists.

The water hyacinth plant hopper, known to scientists

CALIFORNIA LEADS NATION IN FARMERS MARKETS

The USDA has designated the week of August 7-13 as National Farmers Market Week, and CDFA Secretary Karen Ross is calling on Californians to recognize the state’s certified farmers markets for their role in the overall success of farmers markets nationally.

“California’s certified farmers markets are an important community venue to bring farmers and consumers together,” said Secretary Ross.

“People are more interested than ever in local food and in having relationships with the people who produce it.

Farmers markets are perfectly positioned for this.”

California leads the nation with 758 certified farmers markets – sales venues for certified agricultural producers selling healthy and high-quality produce directly to consumers.

Until 1977, regulations required farmers to properly pack, size and label their fresh fruits, nuts, and vegetables in standard containers to transport and sell anywhere other than the farm-

site. Recognizing the importance of farmers to consumer sales, the department revised regulations allowing for the creation of California certified farmers markets.

These markets are now part of the fabric of many communities throughout the state.

Furthermore, farmers markets are an important source of fresh produce to many seniors and low-income families who can purchase fruits and vegetables through the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program; the Women, Infants and Children’s (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition Program; and the CalFresh program.

Both the number and size of farmers markets in California and the United States have grown dramatically in recent years, prompting state and national advocates of local farming to designate a week each year to take note of their benefits. California joins the nation in celebrating National Farmers Market Week.

ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY DETECTED IN WESTMINSTER AREA OF ORANGE COUNTY The California Department of Food and Agriculture is administering a treatment program for the Oriental fruit fly in the Westminster area of Orange County. This is the fourth treatment program for this pest underway in Southern California.

Two Oriental fruit flies were detected recently in the community. The treatment program will be carried out over approximately 18 square miles surrounding the sites where the insects were trapped. A map of the treatment area is available at: h t t p : / / w w w. c d f a . ca.gov/phpps/ PDEP/ treatment/treatment_ maps.html Treatment of the Oriental fruit fly primarily relies upon a process known as

“male attractant,” in which workers squirt a small patch of fly attractant mixed with a very small dose of pesticide approximately 8-10 feet off the ground to light poles, street trees and similar surfaces. Male flies are attracted to the mixture and die after consuming it.

“Our system to detect invasive species like the Oriental fruit fly is working well, and according to design,” said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross. “The key is to move quickly and take action before the pests can cause widespread damage.”

The Oriental fruit fly is known to target over 230 different fruit, vegetable and plant commodities.

Damage occurs when the female

as Megamelus scutellaris, is approximately 1/8 inch in length as an adult. It feeds only on water hyacinth, making it an ideal candidate for release as a biological control agent. The insects feed on water hyacinth leaves by siphoning plant juices into their mouths, much like an aphid on a rose bush. The damage caused by their feeding kills the small area where their siphons are inserted; high densities of plant hoppers and high levels of feeding can cause whole leaves to wilt and die, reducing the infestation and relieving pressure on the waterways.

Native to the Amazon region of South America, water hyacinth has spread to more than 50 countries on five continents.

It was introduced into the United States in 1884 at the Cotton States Exposition in New Orleans when display samples were distributed to visitors and extra plants were

lays eggs inside the fruit. The eggs hatch into maggots that tunnel through the flesh of the fruit, making it unfit for consumption.

While fruit flies and other pests threaten California’s crops, the vast majority of them are detected in urban and suburban areas.

The most common pathway for these pests to enter the state is by “hitchhiking” in fruits and vegetables brought back illegally by travelers as they return from infested regions around the world. The Oriental fruit fly is widespread throughout much of the mainland of Southern Asia and neighboring islands including Sri Lanka and Taiwan. It is also found in Hawaii.

released into local waterways. By 1895, water hyacinth had spread across the Southeast and was growing in 40-km-long mats that blocked navigation in the St. Johns River in Florida. Water hyacinth was first reported in California in 1904 in a Yolo County slough.

The California Department of Boating and Waterways leads an ongoing effort to reduce the abundance of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), limit its impact on boaters and keep waterways open. CDFA’s releases of the water hyacinth plant hopper add another tool to the state’s cooperative effort to manage water hyacinth in the Delta.

Photos of the released plant hoppers are available online at http://www.cdfa. c a . g o v / e x e c / p u b l i c _ a f fa i r s / WaterHyacinthBiocontrolInsects. html

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