Kathy Martinis, left, Placer County’s auditor-controller, accepted a certificate of achievement for excellent financial reporting from Christine Vuletich, South Lake Tahoe’s finance director. Vuletich serves as California representative of the Government Finance Officials’ Association of the U.S. and Canada, the organization that selected the County of Placer for the award for the sixth consecutive year.
Ralph Roper was dressed for the part while filming "Her Blazing Saddle," a video spoof of the Mel Brooks comedy classic, "Blazing Saddles." Scenes for the short video were filmed on the streets of Downtown Auburn on an early Sunday morning in November of last year. The video was shown Saturday, Jan. 12, at the Auburn Chamber of Commerce Installation and Awards dinner. Photo by Don Chaddock.
Scene from the past? Not quite. A group of local notables donned Old West gear and turned out on a chilly November morning to film “Her Blazing Saddle,” a spoof of the Mel Brooks classic “Blazing Saddles.” The video was in honor of Cindy Eklund’s presidency of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce and was shown at the organization’s Installation Dinner last Saturday at the Elks Lodge on Pine Street in Auburn. Seen in the background is Keith Nesbitt, at left, who was selected as Auburn’s mayor in December, and John Downs. Photo by Don Chaddock.
Perry King, a leading man in dozens of films and TV dramas during the past 30 years, was Loyce Smallwood’s guest on her KAHI “Connections” show last week. King is involved in the ownership of a 500-acre ranch between Cool and Georgetown.
Retired Auburn Police Chief Nick Willick, right, was congratulated by Auburn Mayor Keith Nesbitt after receiving the Auburn Chamber of Commerce’s Lifetime Achievement Award during the organization’s installation and awards dinner held last Saturday at the Auburn Elks Lodge. Photo by Don Chaddock
Wayne Nader, left, chairman of the 2007-08 Placer County Charter Review Committee, spoke this week in support of allowing the voters the opportunity to approve or deny pay raises for county supervisors. With him was Michael Paddock, the review committee’s chief consultant.
Lincoln’s new City Hall and Western Placer Unified School District building, due to open Feb. 22nd, is 60,000 square feet and four stories high, according to City Manager Gerald Johnson. The school district, which pitched in $6 million toward the $24 million project, will occupy the top floor while the city will utilize the remaining three floors. Photo by Don Chaddock.
Like all fans of St. Nick, Karri Samson, library assistant at the Auburn Library, loves reindeer, especially the inanimate ones. She owns a collection of nearly 1,000 reindeer miniatures and hundreds of them are currently on display at the library on Nevada Street.
