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A home for hospice
A home for hospice The maze of steel partition walls, the unfinished lounge with high ceiling and the 20-feet-high portico at the new Hospice of the Foothills facility under construction on Rough and Ready Highway indicate how spacious and elaborate the facility will be when completed in the fall.

Caregivers at the hospice are excited that the new...

12:28 a.m. PT May 9, 2008 | more »

 BREAKING NEWS
8:44 a.m. PT - Put out canned food with your mail
7:44 a.m. PT - Feds: Teen use of pot can lead to dependency, depression
1:05 a.m. PT - Students probe international issues for Woolman term
12:53 a.m. PT - NU launches campus-wide recycling
12:34 a.m. PT - Council reviews city manager applicants
7:47 a.m. PT - Human remains at ranch where Charles Manson hid?

 TODAY’S WEB UPDATES
9:49 a.m. PT - Katrina victim wins $97 million lottery prize
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9:29 a.m. PT - Woman in Arkansas pregnant with 18th child
1:24 a.m. PT - Agenda

 TODAY’S NEWSMore News
'He gave so much'
'He gave so much' The grieving sister and fiancee of Navy corpsman Daniel Durgin stood squeezing hands at Durgin's funeral service Thursday, trying to explain to the crowd of about 400 ...
12:25 a.m. PT May 9, 2008 | more »

NID tries 'natural look' for diversion
NID tries 'natural look' for diversion Even concrete can be made to look natural, as shown by a diversion structure recently rebuilt by the Nevada Irrigation District on Banner Mountain.
12:09 a.m. PT May 9, 2008 | more »

$450K paves the way
Nevada City will be accelerating its Measure S paving program this summer.

Work starts on June 10 with a section of Union Street, the first of repairs and improvements on 21 city streets, Public Works Department officials said Thursday.

The city expects to spend around $450,000 this summer on the projects...

1:26 a.m. PT May 9, 2008 | more »

MacBoyle track to be restored as equine park
The barns and horse track that gold mine owner Errol MacBoyle started building outside Grass Valley in 1933 will be restored to create a "comprehensive horse park."

Carville Sierra, the company that owns the half-mile horse track off Idaho-Maryland Road, the nearby Loma Rica organic farm and more than 450...

12:45 a.m. PT May 9, 2008 | more »

News Briefs: Peaceful Valley; Shots fired; Area roads
News Briefs: Peaceful Valley; Shots fired; Area roads Grass Valley



Peaceful Valley to host

12:50 a.m. PT May 9, 2008 | more »



 TODAY’S OPINIONMore Opinions
A Mother's Day with meaning
A Mother's Day with meaning Tomorrow, in honor of Mother's Day, we will dedicate both Opinion pages and one extra page to Blue Star Mothers and their sons and daughters who serve or have served...
1:19 a.m. PT May 9, 2008 | more »

The actions of Minutemen should ‘concern us all’
The front page headlines of the Union announced Wednesday, April 30, that the co-founder of the Minutemen, Chris Simcox, will soon address Nevada County on illegal immigration. We will be informed that illegal immigration is “crippling the economic future of California” and that we must “turn off the immigrant magnet....
9:52 a.m. PT May 9, 2008 | more »

Poll workers stand on the front lines of democracy
Poll workers on the front lines of democracy

Each election, Californians see snapshots of what makes our democracy tick. Candidates. Initiative measures. Campaign commercials. Voter registration drives. Ballots and the machines that count them.

One crucial element that's often overlooked is the...

12:43 a.m. PT May 7, 2008 | more »

'Traditionalists' best this nation offered
'Traditionalists' best this nation offered If I were to guess why this country may be "going to hell in a handbag," as some suggest, it's probably because we're losing a generation of tough, determined, by-the-...
12:24 a.m. PT May 6, 2008 | more »

Initiative gives teeth to city's stated growth plans
The "Managed Growth" Initiative proposes to have the citizens adopt the Land Use Element of the City's General Plan by initiative on the next ballot.

This Plan, approved by the City of Grass Valley in 2000 and updated as recently as January 2007, already anticipates 46 percent growth.

One important...

12:25 a.m. PT May 6, 2008 | more »

 TODAY’S SPORTSMore Sports
Drag addiction
Drag addiction At one point, racing became more than a hobby.

Some time after that, it also dug a deep hole in the wallet.

12:09 a.m. PT May 9, 2008 | more »

Local Roundup: Young Falcons strong at sections
Forest Lake Christian's sophomore doubles duo of Caitlin Hanson and Jen Menary made some noise with the cream of the Sac-Joaquin Section tennis crop Thursday at Oak Park in Stockton.

The Golden Empire League champions scored a straight sets win over Somerville's top doubles squad (6-3, 6-2) in the first round,...

12:08 a.m. PT May 9, 2008 | more »

Motor Sports Report: Wallace leads locals at Silver Dollar Speedway
A slew of western Nevada County drivers were among the fast field in last week's main event at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, with Grass Valley's Billy Wallace leading the locals with a second place finish in the Wingless Sprints - two spots ahead of Browns Valley's Mason Myers.

Wallace and Myers also dueled in ...

12:07 a.m. PT May 9, 2008 | more »

Local Roundup: PVL perfection — Bruins post 12-0 league record
After surviving a late rally by Pioneer Valley League rival Colfax, the Bear River's Kelly Shepard struck out the Falcons' final batter to give the Bruins' softball team a 6-5 win with the tying run left on the bag.

The win gave Bear River its first 12-0 PVL season in the history of the school's softball team,...

12:03 a.m. PT May 8, 2008 | more »

John Renslow: Locating the perfect golf ball
Last week we learned a brief history about the golf ball, have seen the growth of the game and how an evolution of equipment has been mirrored by a development of the players.

Interesting however, that these hardware improvements are not a panacea for better play. The average score by the best players is just...

12:00 a.m. PT May 8, 2008 | more »



 TODAY’S COMMUNITY ANNOUCEMENTSMore Community Annoucements
Readers' corner 05/09/08
Spaghetti for the Cure

Tonight is Paulette Rickard's spaghetti feed at her good-home-cookin' restaurant, Paulette's Kitchen. It's to benefit cancer research, and she and 21 other Relay for Life team members are serving up spaghetti, salad and garlic bread for $10 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 875 Sutton Way, Grass...

12:57 a.m. PT May 9, 2008 | more »

Bob Crabb cartoon
Bob Crabb cartoon
12:32 a.m. PT May 9, 2008 | more »

Bob Crabb cartoon 05/08/08
Bob Crabb cartoon 05/08/08
12:27 a.m. PT May 8, 2008 | more »

In service - Koenig
Koenig

Navy Seaman Apprentice Donald R. Koenig Jr., son of Sandra L. and Donald R. Koenig of Grass Valley, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill., with honors, and was meritoriously promoted to his current rank.

During the eight week program, Koenig...

12:27 a.m. PT May 8, 2008 | more »

Marriage licenses
April 28

Mummy and Mannion: Daniel Christopher Mummy and Kaely Siobham Mannion.

Blevins and Lamanna: Cynthia Kay Blevins and John Michael Kapua Lamanna.

Claridge and Leavitt: Peter Douglas Claridge and Cathie Lorraine Leavitt.

Carr and Swann: Brenda Janet Carr and Steven Jivan Swann....

12:28 a.m. PT May 8, 2008 | more »

 TODAY’S ENTERTAINMENTMore Entertainment
Dolls help sick kids
Dolls help sick kids Muslin dolls decorated by local personalities are preparing to be auctioned off tonight by Gold Country Kiwanis in "Oh You Beautiful Doll."

The organization...

1:11 a.m. PT May 8, 2008 | more »

Dinner with Mark Twain
Dinner with Mark Twain Mark Twain (aka Samuel Clemens) was not only known for his literature, he was also a popular speaker and lecturer.

A one-man show, he buguiled his audiences on ...

1:08 a.m. PT May 8, 2008 | more »

Local filmmaker makes history and wins awards
Local filmmaker makes history and wins awards "Sounds," a movie partially shot in Grass Valley, is truly a winner, having recently received three awards at a prestigious film festival in Texas. One of the awards...
1:21 a.m. PT May 8, 2008 | more »

FTC's "Doubt": Something to talk about
I listen carefully to the audience, always. If we're making them laugh, obviously, they're with us. If they're sniffling and blowing their noses, we've moved them to tears (unless they've been doing it all evening, in which case there's probably just a bug going around). If they're fidgeting and moving around in their...
1:14 a.m. PT May 8, 2008 | more »

Go back in time to a colorful past
Go back in time to a colorful past Sunday is a day out of the early 1900s at Empire Mine State Historic Park.

Women in long dresses and bonnets, smithies hammering iron, smelters showing how...

1:17 a.m. PT May 8, 2008 | more »

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Print-a-Thon Print-a-Thon
Beam Security Systems Inc. and Marc Klaas of the nonprofit KlaasKids Foundation did host a free Print-A-Thon in Grass Valley Saturday to fingerprint and photograph children, in the interest of child safety. The event on Saturday at Beam, 422 Henderson St., Grass Valley.





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