Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA) articles from October 2007

Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA) archives from October 2007

EDITORIAL: Thumbs up, thumbs down: We take a look at some of the good, and bad, people have done recently.(Editorial)
October 1, 2007... Oct. 1--Thumbs down to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, not for speaking his mind during appearances last week in New York and Washington, but for the sheer ludicrousness of some of the claims he made. Of course, Ahmadinejad is on...

BRIEF: Local Briefs.
October 1, 2007... Oct. 1--Local Briefs from Monday's paper: BODYBUILDING Maryville event set for Oct. 13 The 2007 Marysville Bodybuilding & Figure Championships is set for Oct. 13 at the Marysville Community Auditorium, 1919 B St. There are a...

'So many deficiencies': hallwood resident fights placement of hauling road.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Andrea Koskey Oct. 1--Land appraisals for the alignment and reconstruction of Kibbe Road at Highway 20 for the creation of a private hauling road for Teichert Aggregates will begin, despite local residents' desires to move the road...

EDITORIAL: Health care reaching a pivotal point.(Editorial)
October 2, 2007... Oct. 2--America is rushing to a pivotal decision that could dictate the nature of health care for decades to come. Escalating costs and rising consumer demand, coupled with employers reducing benefits, are creating widespread unease. These...

'So many deficiencies': Hallwood resident fights placement of hauling road.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Andrea Koskey Oct. 2--Land appraisals for the alignment and reconstruction of Kibbe Road at Highway 20 for the creation of a private hauling road for Teichert Aggregates will begin, despite local residents' desires to move the road...

Victim's family anguishes over dragging death.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Rob Young Oct. 2--As his 19-month-old daughter lay sleeping on a couch, relatives of Willie Dean Roberts Jr. gathered Monday in the living room of his Yuba City home and asked why he had to die such a brutal death. Roberts was...

Reveling in reptiles.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Nancy Pasternack Oct. 2--Store hours were coming to an end, and Adrian was lost. The clerks at Gaiser Pets in Yuba City searched through a maze of cat furniture in the front windows, underneath shelves, behind merchandise. ...

Vietnam era remembered: The war and its impact recounted at Community Museum.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Len La Barth Oct. 2--Forty years ago, Ray Bull was a paratrooper in the 173rd Airborne Brigade, experiencing a life in the battlefield that was "boring and hard with moments of sheer terror." Later this month, the retired...

Star-spangled tribute: Y.C. woman founds Spirit of America drill team.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Todd Hansen Oct. 2--Horses and riders crisscross through the arena, one passing behind the leader, then a third behind the second, then a fourth and a fifth follow until all eight complete the maneuver. They circle back into a...

Pink October is for women: Events focus on breast cancer awareness.
October 2, 2007... Oct. 2--Pink October will kickoff its 10th year of breast cancer awareness with a series of events put together in part by local health agencies. Women can get low-cost exams Wednesday through Sutter North Medical Foundation in Yuba City...

Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif., Since You Asked column: Hwy. 20 pavement fixed.(Column)
October 2, 2007... Byline: Rob Young Oct. 2--Q: OK, once more. When are they going to repave Highway 20 between Hallwood and Marysville? A: That job -- a redo of a job first done in the fall of 2006 -- was completed Sept. 5, said Caltrans District 3...

Bomb scare closes Sutter school offices, businesses: Klamath Lane area closed most of the day.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Nancy Pasternack Oct. 2--The Sutter County Superintendent of Schools building and about a dozen west Yuba City commercial offices were evacuated Monday morning when an object feared to be a pipe bomb was discovered in the entrance...

5 held in alleged metal theft: Stakeout by Sutter sheriff's deputies leads to arrests.
October 26, 2007... Byline: Rob Young Oct. 26--Detectives worked with salvage yard owners Thursday to catch thieves stripping about $7,000 worth of metal from trucks, a Sutter County Sheriff's Department official said. Using power tools hooked up to a...

BRIEF: Mayors everywhere: Yuba City celebrating centennial in 2008.
October 26, 2007... Oct. 26--Fifteen former Yuba City mayors joined Mayor John Miller on Thursday afternoon to pose for group photos and kick off plans to celebrate what will be the city's centennial year in 2008. The mayors -- from 100-year-old Perry...

Mid-Valley Briefs.
October 26, 2007... Oct. 26--Live oak Autopsy confirms electrocution An autopsy Thursday indicated the death of a Live Oak man who was tinkering with electrical equipment was consistent with "low-voltage" electrocution, a Sutter County Sheriff's...

BRIEF: Ceremony for Veterans Saturday.
October 26, 2007... Oct. 26--Local residents will honor war veterans and their families Saturday with the dedication of two community parks in Linda named to appreciate those who have served. The ceremony is set at 11:30 a.m. at POW/MIA Park at the corner of...

EDITORIAL: Plan takes costly bite out of crime: Big-spending initiative won't solve gang problem.(Editorial)
October 26, 2007... Oct. 26--California Republican legislators like to talk about their commitment to limited government and fiscal responsibility, but they throw those two ideas to the wind when it comes to "law and order" issues they believe will resonate with...

BRIEF: 49ers bring home crown: Thylin leads Yuba to first cross country title since 1978.
October 26, 2007... Oct. 26--The last Yuba College cross country team to win a conference championship ended up in the school's Hall of Fame. Julia Thylin won the 3.1-mile Golden Valley Conference race and six other Yuba runners finished in the top 13 to give...

Global Hawk into the blaze: Beale unmanned plane to provide reconnaissance for firefighters on the ground.
October 26, 2007... Byline: Nancy Pasternack Oct. 26--One full day after Capt. Dallan Reese returned from his mission over Southern California, the newly minted U2 pilot stood late Thursday afternoon watching engineers on a Beale Air Force Base tarmac,...

More area personnel sent south.
October 26, 2007... Byline: Howard Yune Oct. 26--A group of Colusa County firefighters joined the battle against the slowing, but still massive, wildfires in Southern California in the latest show of aid from the Mid-Valley. Ten firefighters from the...

Blazers celebrate at home.
October 26, 2007... Byline: Richard Myers Oct. 26--Lindhurst High's boys soccer coach, Travis McWhirt got his just desserts Thursday afternoon. After his Blazers dispatched visiting San Juan, 2-0, McWhirt stood patiently as eight different players took...

Local Briefs.
October 26, 2007... Oct. 26----FOOTBALL Wheatland's J.V. game cancelled Today's scheduled Wheatland High junior varsity football game has been cancelled, pushing the varsity game kickoff against Orland up to 7 p.m. --CROSS COUNTRY Nine locals on...

Feds indict 6 on drug charges: ?Charlie Hustle,' ?Papa Smurf' among defendants.
October 26, 2007... Byline: Rob Young Oct. 26--Six of 22 people arrested in an Oct. 17 drug sweep that concentrated on East Linda were indicted on federal charges that carry potential life sentences, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott said Thursday. A...

Supervisors OK Mental Health restructuring: Sutter County looks to better handle financial matters.
October 26, 2007... Byline: Robert LaHue Oct. 26--The addition of a new management position at Sutter-Yuba Mental Health Services is a necessary step to deal with an increasingly complex budget, the agency's director said. The restructuring of the...

'Obsolete' mall may take on new life.
October 27, 2007... Byline: Rob Young Oct. 27--The former Peach Tree Mall in Linda survived in a different form after the flood of 1986, but it may crumble under the pressure of commercial development. The mall eventually became the Feather River Center...

Mid-Valley Briefs.
October 27, 2007... Oct. 27--Yuba County Wildfire aid collected today Members of the Smartville Fire Department will be collecting donations in front of the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Linda to benefit Southern California wildfire victims. Firefighters...

Hope, heartbreak: Area volunteer anxiously offers help on ?front lines' of disaster.
October 27, 2007... Byline: Andrea Koskey Oct. 27--Sending a helping hand when disaster strikes is not even a choice for Leroy Hansen of Live Oak. It's his calling. The 68-year-old Red Cross disaster volunteer responded to the aftermath of Hurricane...

East Linda crash kills driver: Car slams into tree on Yuba College campus.
October 27, 2007... Byline: Rob Young Oct. 27--A car was traveling 80 mph or more when it left North Beale Road and hit an olive tree on the Yuba College campus in East Linda, killing the driver and seriously injuring two passengers, according to the...

BRIEF: 49ers' volleyball team peaking.
October 27, 2007... Oct. 27--The Yuba College volleyball team is putting it together at the right time, sweeping Laney at home on Friday to set up the final push toward the playoffs. Sarah Straolzini dished out 27 assists, 10 knocked down by sister Lindsey...

4 women arrested in alleged assault: Male victim punched, hit with beer bottle.
October 27, 2007... Byline: Rob Young Oct. 27--Twin sisters from Yuba City were in jail Friday after allegedly joining two other women in assaulting a man, a Yuba County Sheriff's Department official said Friday. Vallerie and Vanissa Gutierrez, both 20,...

She brings out best in crooners: Patrons sing praises for YC karaoke deejay.
October 27, 2007... Byline: Nancy Pasternack Oct. 27--She won't play the slick emcee and she's no wanna-be performer. Even Edie Prendeville's cubicle-sized workspace at Dowers Tavern seems bigger than her stage personality. But her regular karaoke...

BRIEF: Twin Cities grapplers fare well: Youth.
October 27, 2007... Oct. 27--Thirteen members of the Twin Cities Wrestling Club placed in their respective divisions at the recent Twin Cities Folk Style Challenge tournament at Yuba City High. Midget division wrestlers who placed include Cole Shelton (1st, 55...

Road improvement projects in store for YC.
October 27, 2007... Byline: John Dickey Oct. 27--One of Yuba City's busiest thoroughfares, Stabler Lane, is getting a paving job. That's not too unusual. But there could be more asphalt where that came from. If motorists notice what seems to be more work...

BRIEF: Nick Maddalena.
October 27, 2007... Byline: Laura Helms Oct. 27----Name: Nick Maddalena --Age: 15 --Family: Parents, Richard and Nancy; and twin sisters, Abigail and Moriah --City of residence: Yuba City --Occupation: I attend Faith Christian High School as...

Blazers' title hopes take big hit.
October 27, 2007... Byline: Richard Myers Oct. 27--Lindhurst High's football team had the ground game to keep pace with visiting Capital Christian's passing game Friday night at Dean Miller Stadium. But turnovers can kill a team, Blazers coach Mike Mason...

Local Briefs.
October 27, 2007... Oct. 27--Local Briefs from Saturday's paper: TENNIS Balbutin fifth at hardcourt fest Janet Balbutin, a former Yuba City High and Yuba College standout, placed fifth in the 55-year-old age division of the recent National Women's...

EDITORIAL: Calling out the Iranians: Schoolyard taunts, sanctions won't disarm nuclear threat.(Editorial)
October 27, 2007... Oct. 27--The Bush administration announced this week that it officially considers the Iranian Revolutionary Guards of being a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction, and the "elite" Quds Force within the guards of being a sponsor of...

Police Blotter.
October 28, 2007... Oct. 28--Police Blotter listings are compiled from reports filed with area law enforcement and public safety agencies. FELONY ARRESTS --Harold Douglas Latham, 28, of the 5100 block of Elizabeth Avenue, Olivehurst, was arrested by the...

BRIEF: Yuba County salutes veterans with park dedications.
October 28, 2007... Oct. 28--Local residents honored war veterans and their families Saturday with the dedication of two community parks in Linda. The ceremony was at POW/MIA Park at the corner of Oakwood Drive and Edgewater Circle, and included Purple Heart...

'Haunted crack house': Gridley's 'wake-up call'.
October 28, 2007... Byline: Robert LaHue Oct. 28--Haunted houses are meant to scare. But in Gridley, the hopes are to scare kids out of using alcohol and drugs. Students at Gridley High School are teaming up with a community anti-drug group to transform a...

McGowan times change right.
October 28, 2007... Byline: Todd R. Hansen Oct. 28--Mallory McGowan is consumed with time. It's no wonder given that a mere eight-tenths of a second was the only thing between the Colusa High junior and the title of high school All-American as she...

EDITORIAL: Taking a crack at drug abuse.(Editorial)
October 28, 2007... Oct. 28--You know how schools often bring the wreckage of a car that has been involved in an alcohol-related accident to try and scare students off of drinking and driving? Well, Gridley High School is taking that scared-straight tactic to a...

BRIEF: Marks honored by youth soccer.
October 28, 2007... Oct. 28--Dr. Len Marks was awarded the John Diest Award for 2006 on Saturday. Marks, a Yuba City pediatrician, has been involved in virtually every aspect of the local soccer scene for the past 20 years. Former Yuba-Sutter Youth Soccer...

49ers BVC run limping: Yuba gridders shut down by Eagles.
October 28, 2007... Oct. 28--Yuba College's run of three straight Bay Valley Conference football championships may have come to an end Saturday in Ukiah. The injury-plagued 49ers (6-2, 2-1) were shutd own by Mendocino, 14-0. "With all the injuries to the...

Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif., Off Beat column: All's fair in rental figures.(Column)
October 28, 2007... Byline: Harold Kruger Oct. 28--San Francisco and Yuba County rarely get mentioned in the same breath, but that happened this month in a new report from the California Budget Project. "Making Ends Meet: How Much Does It Cost to Raise a...

Adrenaline, duty push firefighters: Mid-Valley contingent in SoCal saves homes, keeps fire watch.
October 28, 2007... Byline: Andrea Koskey Oct. 28--Adrenaline and community service are reasons why 18 firefighters from five departments in Mid-Valley area volunteered their time to help combat the wildfires in Los Angeles, San Diego and Orange counties. ...

Festival celebrates harvest's end and Spirit of Freedom honorees.
October 28, 2007... Byline: Howard Yune Oct. 28--Cars and storefronts usually dominate Plumas Street, the heart of downtown Yuba City. But on Saturday evening, those gave way to the Harvest Festival's display of fall's colors and tastes -- and a homage to men...

Wild highway crash injures 4.
October 28, 2007... Byline: Kyle Buis Oct. 28--Four members of a Rio Linda family were injured Saturday when their SUV did a barrel roll across a ditch and into oncoming traffic, closing Highway 70 for more than a half-hour, according to the California...

EDITORIAL: FEMA still in hot seat: Response to SoCal fires not a valid test of reform.(Editorial)
October 28, 2007... Oct. 28--The Southern California firestorm is the first major natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, so it will be seen as a test of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and how well it has been reorganized since that manifest...

Police Blotter.
October 29, 2007... Oct. 29--Police Blotter listings are compiled from reports filed with area law enforcement and public safety agencies. FELONY ARRESTS --April Mae Gulley, 27, of the 2900 block of Hammonton-Smartville Road, Linda, was arrested by the...

Square dancers decidedly hip.
October 29, 2007... Byline: Howard Yune Oct. 29--The scene Sunday at the Harvest Hoedown was the usual image of a square dance -- except where it wasn't. The couples on the floor of the Yuba-Sutter Fairgrounds' main hall had a familiar feel, with...

Home 'is scorched': Weary residents recount disaster.
October 29, 2007... Byline: Andrea Koskey Oct. 29--Julie VanHove stared at a topography map Sunday evening outlining the progression of the Rice Fire, which threatened her condominium, trying to make sense of it all. "There was a standoff at the golf...

Default notices spike locally: Yuba County saw 244% jump in 3rd quarter.
October 29, 2007... Byline: John Dickey Oct. 29--A real estate information service says that more houses started slipping into foreclosure last quarter statewide. For Yuba-Sutter, it's a possible indicator that more people may lose their homes. According...

Council to vote on city plan: Decision on Colusa blueprint for growth Tuesday.
October 29, 2007... Byline: Howard Yune Oct. 29--Colusa City Council members may finish their road to the city's growth blueprint on Tuesday. The City Council is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. to decide whether to approve the town's general plan update,...

EDITORIAL: Thumbs up, thumbs down: We take a look at some of the good, and bad, people have done recently.(Editorial)
October 29, 2007... Oct. 29--Thumbs up to the dozens of volunteers who have donated their time and money to the restoration of a prime piece of local history -- the Mary Aaron Museum in Marysville. Nearly 10 years after the project started, the renovations are...

College pinned to tourney: 4th annual Yuba Sutter youth invitational.
October 29, 2007... Byline: Richard Myers Oct. 29--More than 100 junior bowlers from throughout Northern California converged at Nu Generation Lanes in Yuba City over the weekend to compete in the fourth annual Yuba Sutter Youth Invitational. "This is the...

Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif., Out Front column.(Column)
October 29, 2007... Byline: Todd R. Hansen Oct. 29--I finally pick the winner in the Breeders' Cup Classic, but don't have a dime to show for it. You have to bet it to collect. On top of that, a Yuba City dance instructor not that long ago suggested...

YC's treated water gets OK: City saves more than $50 million.
October 30, 2007... Byline: John Dickey Oct. 30--Four years of battles with state water quality regulators over a wastewater treatment plant have finally ended for Yuba City -- ending an impasse that threatened to halt development. The Central Valley...

Fatal wreck closes Hwy. 70: Former East Linda man dies at the scene.(Obituary)
October 30, 2007... Byline: Rob Young Oct. 30--A truck driver killed early Monday on Highway 70 in south Sutter County is a former East Linda man, according to the California Highway Patrol. The Sutter County Sheriff's Department identified the victim as...

Home 'is scorched': Weary residents recount disaster.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Andrea Koskey Oct. 30--Julie VanHove stared at a topography map Sunday evening outlining the progression of the Rice Fire, which threatened her condominium, trying to make sense of it all. "There was a standoff at the golf...

Cassidy best in Tri-County.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Todd Hansen Oct. 30--Shannon Cassidy blew away the second best player in the Tri-County Conference to win her third straight league championship on a day rain slowed down the flow of matches, but not the Yuba City High tennis...

Beale looks 'like a ghost town': Shrinking base population takes its toll on schools.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Nancy Pasternack Oct. 30--Khaleeda O'Neal, 16, remembers her childhood at Beale Air Force Base as a series of barbecues and epic games of hide-and-seek involving dozens of neighborhood kids. "People were always outside, and...

BRIEF: 49ers sweep Chabot.
October 30, 2007... Oct. 30--Anna Gruffman's hustle resulted in penalty kick and the first goal in a 2-0 nonleague win for the Yuba College women's soccer team at Chabot on Monday. Gruffman ran down a ball headed out of bounds, saved it, then got to her feet....

This is no monkey business: Mini bikes are not small on delivering thrills.
October 30, 2007... Byline: Richard Myers Oct. 30--The little tikes on the mini bikes were cute. But it was the big guys who elicited some of the loudest cheering and laughs, as the second round of the Riverfront Mini SX fall minicross races roared...

Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif., Since You Asked column: Dirt or bike path in YC?(Column)
October 30, 2007... Byline: Rob Young Oct. 30--Q: I was wondering if Yuba City has any plans to ever finish the bike path between Hooper Road and Highway 20. I see a lot of kids use the dirt path where the railroad used to be to get to River Valley High...

EDITORIAL: Hepburn set stage for free expression.(Editorial)
October 31, 2007... Oct. 31--Journalists get passionate about the First Amendment, mainly because it helps shield the press against those who attempt to silence it. Because such attacks are becoming more frequent, thanks in large part to the Bush administration,...

Ineffective detective? Dobbins man jailed: Kidnapping of boy alleged amid botched response to burglary.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Rob Young Oct. 31--One man's version of "CSI Dobbins" may not be ready for prime time. Jacob Ronald Tharp, a 21-year-old Yuba City man, was arrested Monday on suspicion of kidnapping after trying to solve a vehicle burglary --...

Tougher scrap metal rules urged.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Robert LaHue Oct. 31--There are many different types of metal: copper, iron and aluminum. But one kind of metal is becoming more commonplace in the Mid-Valley: stolen. In an effort to crack down on metal theft, Sutter...

BRIEF: Youth roundup: Presswood scares up a victory.
October 31, 2007... Oct. 31--Amanda Presswood of Yuba City won the Level 6 gymnastics competition at the recent Halloween Jamboree in Oroville. Presswood won the floor exercise competition with a score of 9.0, and recorded a 9.4 on beam, a 9.275 on vault and...

Honkers kill TCC.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Richard Myers Oct. 31--Yuba City High's volleyball team made it look easy Tuesday night as the Honkers wrapped up its regular season with a 25-11, 25-11, 25-15 Tri-County Conference win over cross-town rival River Valley. With...

MPD's Hauck heads to YC: Marysville cop's career most notable for red-light cameras.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Rob Young Oct. 31--Sgt. Dennis Hauck, head of the traffic division at the Marysville Police Department, is giving himself a ticket -- a ticket to ride. After 13 years with the department, Hauck is making a short trip across...

Raves from the grave: ?Crack House' show delivers haunting tale.
October 31, 2007... Byline: John Dickey Oct. 31--A teen party went terribly wrong in Gridley on Monday night. One 16-year-old "died" after taking cocaine with some friends. They took him to the hospital, where doctors tried for 30 minutes to revive him....

Pastor provides haven: Church's game room to help shield kids from gangs.
October 31, 2007... Byline: John Dickey Oct. 31--Yuba City church is building a game room with a mission that is anything but fun and games for its pastor. Templo de Alabanza's Los Angeles-born pastor, Octavio Landa, 45, knows the toll that drugs and...

Teichert wins levee contract.
October 31, 2007... Byline: Andrea Koskey Oct. 31--Work on the final phase of a levee improvement project in Yuba County should begin in the spring following a contract awarded Tuesday to Teichert Construction. Three Rivers Levee Improvement Authority...

Too many cooks? Not here: The Knotty Knitters fill the kitchen to share a simple, yet tasty recipe.(Recipe)
October 31, 2007... Byline: Michael E. Reed Oct. 31--I'm sure you've heard the expression "Too many cooks spoil the broth." Well, this certainly was not the case when I arrived at Rae Blackwood's Browns Valley home recently. Rae, along with her girlfriends,...