Life Briefs
Loma Rica
Lioness Club stages breakfast
The Loma Rica Lioness Club is hosting a pancake fundraiser breakfast from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Feb. 19 at the Foothills Lions Community Center, 5667 Fruitland Road, Loma Rica.
Breakfast is $5 and includes sausage, pancakes and scrambled eggs.
Proceeds raised will help Foothill Intermediate eighth-graders travel to Washington, D.C.
Yuba City
Canine rescue selling candy
Sutter Buttes Canine Rescue is selling See’s Candy for a Valentine Fundraiser through Tuesday.
The organization’s fundraiser will be held at the Yuba Sutter Mall, next to GNC, during mall hours.
Proceeds raised by the fundraiser benefit the rescue group, placing unwanted animals in permanent homes.
Oregon House
Youth receives Eagle Scout rank
Jason William Dysart, the son of Jason and Rana Dysart of Oregon House, achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.
A member of Boy Scout Troop 59 and a student at Camptonville Academy, the 12-year-old’s project was a Special Olympics track and field day held last May at the Yuba College track.
He started in scouting at the age of 6 and plans to earn every merit badge offered in the program. Currently, he has earned 65, with another 65 to go.
Dysart will attend the National Order of the Arrow conference and national youth leadership training later this year.
Yuba-Sutter
Garden club event tickets available
Tickets are available at several local businesses for the Sutter Buttes Garden Club “Before and After” fundraising drawing.
Those purchasing tickets have a chance to win a front yard spring spruce-up.
Tickets, $5 each, can be purchased at The Country Florist in Linda, The Brick Coffee House Cafe in Marysville and Yuba City Florist and Sperbeck’s Nursery in Yuba City.
The winner will be selected Feb. 28.
For more information, call Jackie Morris at 743-0542 or Kay Cockrell at 671-5922 or contact any club member.
Marysville
Art Club seeks bridge players
The Marysville Art Club is looking for players to take part in its bridge games held twice a month.
Games are played at 12:30 p.m. the first and third Thursday of each month at 420 10th St., Marysville.
Call Jan Wallace at 743-1060 for more information.
Olivehurst
Yuba County Seniors host bingo
The Yuba County Seniors are hosting bingo games Saturday nights at 4979 Olivehurst Ave. in Olivehurst.
Games start at 6:30 p.m., with doors open at 5 p.m. every week. Buy-in is $10 for 10 games.
Contact the Yuba County senior center at 741-0777 for more information.
Williams
High school seeking alumni
Williams High School is seeking alumni for Decade Alumni Games. Men and women who graduated from 1960 through today are invited to participate.
The women’s game is on Feb. 23 and the men’s game is Feb. 24. Sign-up papers are available at the Williams High School gym at 222 Eleventh St., Williams.
For more information, contact Jaime Gonzalez at 846-3822.
Yuba City
Telephone access workshop planned
The Yuba City Senior Center is hosting a telephone access program workshop on Thursday.
The telephones and devices make dialing easier, have higher volumes and allow hands-free use. The program is run through the California Public Utilities Commission.
This free, open to the public workshop starts at 10:30 a.m. at the Yuba City Senior Center at 777 Ainsley Ave., Yuba City.
For more information contact the Yuba City Senior Center at 822-4608.
Yuba City
Vendors sought for fundraiser
Vendors are being sought for a flea market fundraiser to benefit the Bridge Street School.
The fundraiser will be held Feb. 18 at the Cooper Avenue Baptist Church parking lot, 804 Cooper Ave., from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Deadline for reservations for vendor spaces is Wednesday. The cost is $10.
To make a reservation or for more information, call Lulu Moreno at 923-6119.
Yuba City
Meeting on AD/HD scheduled
Yuba, Sutter and Colusa residents are invited to attend a meeting on “Positive Power for AD/HD” Feb. 27 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Cooper Baptist Church, 804 Cooper Ave., Yuba City.
The meeting will focus on how to help children be successful at home, in school and in the community.
Child care is available. The event is sponsored by Family SOUP and Yuba College Foster Kinship Care Education.
For more information, call 741-6750.
Yuba City
Caregiver support meeting set
Family SOUP is hosting caregiver support group meetings twice a week at 1650 Sierra Ave., Suite 106, Yuba City.
The groups meet at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and 6:30 p.m. Thursdays.
Call 751-1925 ext. 107 to register. Advance registration is required.
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