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Event-goers at the Arts Council's Music in the Street dance to a song played by 'Ma Barker'.
said about 200 people attended the event, but they felt that there could have been more. The Arts Council is looking to host the event again in 2019. The organization is hoping to raise $20,000 in matching funds for a California Arts Council State and Local Partnership Grant. Submitted Photo / PIONEER REVIEW
Jim Davison checks to make sure all 2,000 rubber duckies are accounted for prior to the race. JULY 11:
Rubber Duckie race honors Jim Davison
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or those who remembered the big yellow duck placed in front of Davison Drug every year leading up to Independence Day, it came as no surprise that the annual Rubber Duckie Race held on the Sacramento River in Colusa on July 4 was renamed in horror of the event’s co-founder, Jim Davison. The tradition of casting numbered rubber ducks into the Sacramento River stretches back to 1988, when husband and wife, Jim and Marilyn Davison, brought the fundraising idea to the now-defunct Colusa Downtown Association. At the time, Marilyn Davison was the president of the group. She said that she and Jim got the idea from their bookkeeper, who had told them of a similar event in another city. The 2018 race, sponsored by the Lion’s Club, was the first held since Jim Davison’s death on Dec. 30, 2017 at the age of 83. The event had 2,000 rubber duckies racing down stream to raise money to send Egling Middle School students to Shady Creek Outdoor School. JULY 11:
Laura Ford named Fair CEO Following a unanimous vote, the Colusa County Fair Board of Directors announced the appointment of Laura Ford as the Chief Executive Officer of the Colusa County Fairgrounds. Ford had been serving as Laura Ford interim CEO since November. Ford replaced Jonathan Howard, who was terminated in Oct. 19, 2017. Ford had served as the office manager for the Colusa County Fair for more than three years prior to her appointment. JULY 11:
Williams sewer plant to upgrade, avoid penalties The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board agreed to allow the City of Williams to take the $48,000 the wastewater treatment plant has racked up in penalties from compliance violations in recent years and apply it toward a system to test effluent for pollutants before it’s discharged to Salt Creek, a tributary to Freshwater Creek and the Colusa Basin Drain. City Manager Frank Kennedy said the city was most recently fined for having ammonia levels that exceeded the state’s limit for contaminants. The WHAT'S INSIDE
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Williams pulls proposed panhandling ban The Williams City Council on July 17 temporarily killed its plans to criminalize panhandling after a federal judge ruled on a lawsuit filed by the ACLU against Sacramento, earlier in July, ruled that banning solicitation violates the First Amendment. The Williams ordinance restricting panhandling, which was up for second reading and adoption, was similar to the aggressive panhandling ban adopted by the Sacramento City Council
and other cities throughout the state in order to appease business owners and members of the public who feel harassed by people claiming to be down on their luck. The ordinance, which the City Council introduced at their June meeting, would have prohibited what Williams Police Chief Ed Anderson called aggressive panhandling as well as any solicitation within 15 feet of banks, automatic teller machines, and roadway medians. U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr., who heard the Sacramento case, agreed that it may be bothersome to some people to be approached and asked for money, but the rights to free speech must be considered. JULY 25:
Colusa City Council approves new water, sewer rate adjustments
Water and sewer rate modifications proposed for the City of Colusa were approved unanimously by the city council on July 17, as few voters expressed opposition to the changes under the Proposition 218 process. Because the water and sewer rates are property related fees, changes to those rates do not need to go to the ballot under Proposition 218. Instead, the city was able to send notice of the modifications to property owners, and hold a majority protest hearing “in which silence equals consent.”
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WQCB, a regulatory agency for the State of California, defines serious violations as effluent containing pollutants - like cyanide and coliform (a broad class of bacteria) - that exceed the limits by 10 percent or more. JULY 18:
Enloe ambulance responds to funding cut Colusa County residents learned the impact of the county’s budget cuts when Enloe Emergency Services announced it once again was forced to reduce ambulance services. Enloe announced that beginning Oct. 1, Enloe would reduce ambulance services in Colusa County from 48 hours per day to 36 hours per day. The cut in services was in response to the Colusa County Board of Supervisors eliminating all but three months of ambulance funding from their proposed 2018-19 budget, an action they took on June 26. JULY 18:
Arts Council hosts successful first music event Despite sweltering afternoon temperatures and a couple of competing events going on the night of July 14, the Colusa County Arts Council managed to raise about $3,800 at their ‘Music in the Street’ event, which organizers said wasn’t bad – especially in the event’s first year. Organizers
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Celebrating 100 years of the Arbuckle Fire Department, community members of all ages attended and participated in the event. AUG. 1:
Hundreds celebrate Arbuckle Fire’s 100th anniversary
Hundreds of area residents, as well as representatives of fire departments from across the north state celebrated the Arbuckle Fire Department on July 28 with a feast and parade. The event in Arbuckle marked the fire department’s 100-year anniversary, but it was just as much a celebration of the town itself. As the oldest public agency in Arbuckle, their histories are intertwined. Not surprisingly, many of the Arbuckle residents in attendance have close ties to the department, stretching back generations. More than a dozen fire departments from across the north state brought equipment to the parade, as did the Colusa County Sheriff’s Office and Enloe. There were also parade entries by local businesses, clubs, and individuals. After the parade ended, the bulk of the crowd made their way to the fire department for lunch, where the volunteers prepared about 600 meals.
The next five days: Monday, Jan 7 • 6 PM - Indivisible Colusa County Meeting
Wednesday Jan 9 • 4:30 PM - Colusa City Planning Com. Meeting
Tuesday. Jan 8 • 9 AM - Colusa Board of Supervisors Meeting
Wednesday Jan 9 • 6 PM - Maxwell Unified School Dist. Meeting
Wednesday, Jan 9 • 4 PM - Colusa Office of Education Meeting
Wednesday Jan 9 • 7 PM - Colusa Planning Commission Meeting