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PICTURE THIS (AND AROUND TOWN) – In the first photo this week, we have Pam Tichenor, left, and Juanita Holmes working behind the scenes at Friday’s Oktoberfest. The duo took tickets, sold t-shirts and handled the cash. In our second photo we have my friend Scott Bentley grilling pork chops for the hungry horde at the festivities. All those good-hearted folks from the Gold Country Rotary Club should be commended for putting on another great Oktoberfest at the Gold Country Fairgrounds.
Among those enjoying bratwurst, pork chops, sauerkraut and potato
salad (not to mention the beer) were Bill and Nancie Radakovitz, Terry
and Melanie Barton, Jim Holmes (the first of many sightings of our hard
working District 3 County Supervisor) and his wife Pat, local author
Michael Fox, Dave Imgrund, Leslie Maita, Steve Galyardt, Keith Nesbitt,
Michelle Strange, Gerry Lyons, Diane Felt, Anita Yoder, Eric Hill, Jack
Arns, Ken and Nancy Nittler, Jim King, Tony Hazarian, Jim Greenlee, Pip
Stoutenberg, Deric Rothe, Mike Holmes (who is challenging Rep. John T.
Doolittle for the Republican nomination for his seat in House of
Representatives), Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital’s Mitch Hanna, and Dave
and Gail Mackenroth. ... They were really packing them in at Saturday’s
Loomis Eggplant Festival. Jim Holmes was hard at work at the Friends of
Loomis Fire booth. His older brother Mike Holmes was busy shaking hands
and trying to get the word out about his campaign. Deb Collander, who
is no longer with Sentinel competitor Gold Country Media, was helping
out at the “Little House of Eggplant” booth. Loomis Basin Chamber of
Commerce President Henry Schneider was seen picking up trash throughout
the day (a job he says he inherited years ago and doesn’t plan to
assign to anyone else). I also spotted Loomis Town Council members
Miguel Ucovich (along with his wife Nancy) and Russ Kelley, Placer
County Water Agency’s Lowell Jarvis and the Mountain Mandarin
Festival’s Gary Gilligan. ... Later on Saturday we swung by the Auburn
Placer Performing Arts Center fundraiser, Bluegrass Fest II, at the
Gold Country Fairgrounds and listened to some great tunes. It was nice
seeing Rich and Peg Johnson, Paul Ogden, Jan Cutts, Monroe DeJarnette,
George Remaley, Casey Conway, Caryl Barnes, artist Luis Ortiz and Ann
Rivero. ... We also stopped by the St. Joseph’s Parish Fall Festival on
Saturday in Downtown Auburn. Ty Rowe, owner of Bootleggers Restaurant
in Old Town, was busy helping get equipment unloaded and set up. It was
a nice event, with the ‘N Sync Dancers providing the entertainment when
we were there. ... Photos of wild African animals will be on display in
Depoe Bay. Kathleen Ryan, a local artist and photographer, will have
her work shown at the coffee house beginning Oct. 11 as part of the
Auburn Art Walk. If you’d like to meet the artist and hear of her tales
of Africa, be there for a reception on the 11th from 6 to 9 p.m.
(Congratulations to Depoe Bay’s Nicole Isaacson. She has a baby on the
way.) ... KAHI’s voice of the stock market, Howard Fleming, was
grinning ear to ear last Friday as he told me the news that his wife,
Barbara, was in Oklahoma City showing a horse at the Grand Nationals.
That bit of info gives him something in common with Bob Holmes, owner
of Auburn Harley Davidson, who tells me his daughter was at the very
same competition showing off her horse.
POLITICAL PARTYING – The
Auburn Area Democratic Club gathered for their annual fundraiser at
Latitudes, the wonderful restaurant of Pat and Pete Enochs, on Sunday.
Retired Lt. Col. Charles Brown, who is seeking the Democratic
nomination to challenge Rep. Doolittle in the general election next
year, was the main speaker and he certainly didn’t pull any punches.
“This country is not founded on partisanship,” Brown said. “It’s
founded on issues like medical insurance for children. I hope you are
writing your congressman.” Brown went on to say that Placer County
Democrats should be proud of who they are. “It’s time to take our
country back, “ he said. “It’s time to do what’s good for the country.”
There were plenty of Democrats to rally behind Charlie. Some of those I
spotted included Scott Johnson, retired teachers Jack and Valerie
Sanchez, Leslye Janusz, J. Brian Washman, Dick Sanborn and his mother
Dorothy, Rob and Kim Haswell, Marjorie Blodgett, Tracy Kearns, Paul
Berger, Cal Kokila, Diana Modoshi, Brian Hassett, Linda Smolich, Larry
DuBois, Kevin Eckard and Lindsay Rand. If you’re interested in learning
more about the Democratic Party, there will be a regional conference at
Strikes Family Center in Rocklin on Saturday from 2 to 4:30 p.m. For
more info, contact one of the local Dems and I’m sure they can help you.
GOING
THE DISTANCE – Thanks to Brad Kearns for this next tidbit. EV Cain
distance running stars returned to their elementary school alma mater
to pace and cheer the students for the fourth annual Skyridge Olympics.
Clad in their Wildcat running gear, the seven middle school students
(Christian Finkbeiner, Peter Kean, Zach Lucas, Macaylea Mitchell,
Ashley Noder, Louis Rinn and Megan Tucker) were all over the course,
from pacing the leaders to walking alongside the final finishers.
Kearns has reason to be proud. His son, Jack, holds the new school
record of 2 minutes 38 seconds in the half-mile. Ava Nieto broke the
second-grade record in the half-mile in 3 minutes 2 seconds.
BUSINESS
BEAT – Continental Marble, Granite and Tile will be opening soon. The
new Downtown Auburn business is setting up shop in the former location
of Golden Janitorial Supply (which relocated to the Highway 49 area).
... In Loomis, I see that Mi Ranchito Tacqueria is a new restaurant
slated to open on King Road next to Cafe Zorro. ... The Loomis Chamber
of Commerce will be moving into their new digs at Doc Barnes and
Horseshoe Bar roads soon. They decided to wait until after the Eggplant
Festival to make the move.
Don Chaddock is the executive editor
of the Sentinel. His column, “Biscuits and Gravy,” publishes every
Friday. He may be reached at
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530-823-2463.
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