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Colfax VFW Post 2003 to host dinner A dinner hosted by the Colfax VFW Post 2003 will be held on Saturday, Nov. 10 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Colfax Veterans Memorial Hall, 22 Sunset Circle. The dinner will include lasagna, salad, garlic bread, cookies, coffee or hot apple cider and costs $8 per person, plus an item for our troop care packages. Suggested items are beef jerky, granola bars, hard candy, gum, new socks (white or black), a music CD, a movie DVD or a small holiday ornament. Sodas, wine, beer and mixed drinks will also be available for a donation. If you can’t make it to dinner, but still want to help, monetary donations will be accepted to offset postage costs, and care package items can be dropped off at Colfax Area Chamber of Commerce, Dawn’s Hallmark in Auburn, or the Colfax Record in Colfax.
Vets Parade is Sunday in AuburnRain or shine, the Auburn area’s Veterans Day Parade and Commemoration will be held Sunday, Nov. 11. The parade will begin at the Auburn Chamber of Commerce building at 601
Lincoln Way at 10:45 a.m. sharp. It will proceed to the Clock Tower
where, at 11 a.m., the rifle squad will present a 21-gun salute,
present the colors and play “Taps.” If the weather holds, expect the
Flying Doctors – led by pilots Tom Brady, Dave Morgan, Dave Albright
and Tom Palmer – to fly over the Clock Tower. The parade will continue
along Lincoln Way and conclude at the Veterans Memorial Hall at 100
East Street where there will be a community barbecue and tribute to the
veterans. Grand marshalls, in memoriam, for the parade will be the
Starkey brothers, Lawrence and Henry. Lawrence was killed in WWII while
his brother was killed in Vietnam. Anyone interested in marching in the parade should contact Earl
Montgomery at 530-878-8809. For those wishing to volunteer or sponsor
the community barbecue or tribute, should contact Cynthia Haynes at
530-889-5133 or e-mail her at
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Art Studios Tour includes 72 artists Seventy-two Placer County artists are readying their work for the 14th
annual Autumn Art Studios Tour, set for Friday through Sunday, Nov.
9-11 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Many artists will open their private
studios for the weekend, while others will participate in group shows
at The Arts Building, The Old Library Art Studio, Finnish Temperance
Hall and the Gold Hill Grange Hall. Tickets are $10 for adults, with
children under 18 free and are available through PlacerArts’ online Box
Office at www.placerarts.org, The Arts Building, 808 Lincoln Way, the
Old Town Gallery, 218 Washington Street, the California Welcome Center,
13411 Lincoln Way, all in Auburn, or by calling 530-885-5670.
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