Sandra Elder, left, was honored by the board of supervisors this week after retiring from the Placer County Historical Advisory Board on which she served 22 years. Her service included work on the Bernhard Museum Task Force and Museum Gift Shop Task Force. She’s shown with Melanie Barton, county museums administrator.
Walt Chatham, left, got a hardy handshake from Placer County Sheriff Ed Bonner before appearing before the board of supervisors Tuesday to accept a retirement commendation. Chatham, a deputy for 31 years, is the recipient of heroism medals for saving five people from a burning house in North Auburn and disarming a knife-wielding man who tried to jump from the Foresthill Bridge.
SCHOOL PRIDE – The Placer High School Golden Hillmen Band was one of the entries in the Gold Country Fair’s kick-off parade in Auburn on Thursday. Photo by Don Chaddock.
PEACHES GALORE – Jose Medina Flores picked ripe peaches last Wednesday, Sept. 5, for Machado Orchards in Auburn. The roadside stand, well known in the Bowman area, features pies, jams, jellies and fresh fruit. Photo by Don Chaddock.
GIVING THANKS – Community 1st Bank in Auburn held a customer appreciation barbecue last Friday. From left were Dr. Eric Parks, Virgil Traynor (who was quite adept on the grill), bank CEO Mark Lund and Chairman of the Board of Directors Bob Haydon. Photo by Don Chaddock.
Ray Dodds teaches Debbie Deikman of Concord, left, and her mom, Foresthill resident Ginny Callahan, how to pan for gold during last weekend's Foresthill Heritage Celebration.
Hollie Watson, of Camino, competed in the first heat in the Women’s Skilled category of the Gold Panning Competition on Sunday at the Heritage Celebration in Foresthill. Photo by Don Chaddock.
After 17 years with Roper’s Jewelers, Carolyn Scheave said goodbye to
her boss, Harvey Roper, and her co-workers last Thursday. Photo by
Rachel Chaddock.
The Hon. Mark S. Curry, left, the newest judge of the Placer County Superior Court, was joined by his family and Presiding Judge Larry Gaddis at his ceremonial installation last Friday in the Historic Placer County Courthouse in Auburn. With him were his wife Tracy and children, Emily, 9, and Mason, 11. Curry, a Loomis resident and veteran Sacramento County prosecutor, was named a judge in May by Governor Schwarzenegger.
At Long Last! — No one in Auburn knows if there was ever a sidewalk in front of the Lawyers Row and Medical Museum buildings on Maple Street in Historic Old Town, but there’s one there now! City crewmen are shown installing the 90-foot stretch of sidewalk early Tuesday morning.
