7 Mile House hasn’t hit the road
By Ben van der Meer/Appeal-Democrat @ July 5, 2010 # Comments Off
The 7 Mile House east of Marysville appears to have a mile or two of life still left in it.
Though closed for much of the last two years after the previous owner, Roscoe Smith, died, his daughter Debra Daniels opened the doors Saturday, as she has on…
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What’s the story of the old Yuba City Cemetery?
By Rob Young/Appeal-Democrat @ July 5, 2010 # Comments Off
Q: I’d like to know about the cemetery on the north side of Bridge Street, east of Shasta Street. I’ve passed it countless times and have never seen anyone there either visiting a gravesite or maintaining it.
A: Now barely noticeable from the hubbub…
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Mid-Valley Briefs
AppealDemocrat - News Headlines : Local News @ July 5, 2010 # Comments Off
PLUMAS LAKE
4 arrested on weapons charges
A Yuba County traffic stop Saturday ended with the arrests of four East Bay residents on weapon charges.
A sheriff’s deputy stopped a vehicle for speeding shortly before 12:20 p.m. on northbound Highway 70…
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Distracted by cell phone, driver injured in Sutter County crash
Appeal-Democrat @ July 4, 2010 # Comments Off
A Gridley woman who looked down to answer her cell phone in her car suffered major injuries Saturday in a Sutter County crash, the California Highway Patrol said today.
The accident happened about 3:30 p.m. on Larkin Road south of Brubaker Road, just…
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Tattoo parlors aren’t hurting for business
By Ashley Gebb/Appeal-Democrat @ July 4, 2010 # Comments Off
Loyal customers have kept the tattoo industry covered during the recession.
The ancient art form maintains an allure that keeps residents returning whether they have the cash to or not, local tattoo artists say. If they want tiny doves inked on their…
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Raising pheasants is no game
By Howard Yune/Appeal-Democrat @ July 4, 2010 # Comments Off
In the months before the Mid-Valley pheasant hunts of autumn, two Sutter County breeders nurture the hunters’ future quarry.
Changes in agriculture have produced wider swaths of cleared land lacking the grasses and underbrush that conceal pheasants…
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Social services hit by budget cuts, demand for aid
By Nancy Pasternack/Appeal-Democrat @ July 4, 2010 # Comments Off
Caitlyn Stephen sees them every day.
Her Yuba-Sutter United Way office in downtown Marysville does not have a clothes closet, a food pantry, an emergency fund for walk-ins, or any other kind of hands-on service for the poor and indigent. It is merely…
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Fourth of July events
Appeal-Democrat @ July 4, 2010 # Comments Off
Today
• "Hot Linda Nights" — 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. centered at the Feather River Center, 6000 Lindhurst Ave., Linda. Includes charity car cruise with six stops — the Feather River Center, American Legion Post 807, Yuba County Airport…
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Off Beat: Marysville off the road, in a ditch
By Harold Kruger/Appeal-Democrat @ July 4, 2010 # Comments Off
Marysville was always the small city that dreamed big, usually bigger than its resources — or political astuteness — would allow.
Surrounded by levees, Marysville’s city fathers wanted to break out into the wider expanses of unincorporated Yuba…
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Hydro races liven up weekend at Ellis Lake
By Ashley Gebb/Appeal-Democrat @ July 3, 2010 # Comments Off
Like squat water rockers, clusters of hydroplanes whizzed, buzzed and roared around Ellis Lake on Saturday for the annual Great American Celebration & Regatta.
Each heat of runabout and stock hydro races sent waves lapping at the lake’s edge and had…
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