Mid-Valley briefs

Mid-Valley briefs from Tuesday's paper.

Colusa

Anti-gang meeting at casino

"From Survival to Success," a conference focusing on at-risk youth and alternate gang prevention approaches, will be held Wednesday at the Colusa Casino conference room.

Admission is free. The business is at 3770 Highway 45 in Colusa.

Planned from 4 to 6 p.m., the event features speaker Francisco Reveles, a professor at California State University, Sacramento. An expert on at-risk youth, gangs and gang prevention, he will look specifically at Yuba, Sutter and Colusa counties, including the most recent research.

Sponsors include Woodland Community College, Yuba College, Colusa County Office of Education and Colusa County Native American Education Commission.

Yuba City

Fruit tree sale Saturday

More than 500 various fruit trees are featured in the annual Fruit Tree Sale hosted by the Parents Club of St. Isidore Catholic Church.

The sale is from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., or until sold out, Saturday at the school's parking lot, 200 Clark Ave., Yuba City. The trees are $10 each. Money raised goes to the school.

The trees, donated by Sierra Gold Nursery, include peach, cherry, nectarine, almond and shade trees. For more information, call 674-1145.

Sutter County

Buttes hike, bus tour planned

Registration is open for the 2008 Sutter Buttes hike and bus trip around the Buttes sponsored by the Sutter County Historical Society.

The events:

• Sutter Buttes hike — 9 a.m. March 30, $35; reservations due by March 23. Participants will leave from the Community Memorial Museum of Sutter County in Yuba City to hike on the Dean Ranch in the North Butte area and return between 3 and 4 p.m.

• Bus trip around the Buttes — 9 a.m. April 12, $15; reservations due by April 5. The four-hour guided tour does not include a lunch stop.

All payments must be made in advance.

For more information, call Audrey Breeding at 695-2965 or the museum at 822-7141.

Marysville

Yuba Library launches logo

A new logo for the Yuba County Library was recently approved by the Yuba County Board of Supervisors.

Conceived by county library Loren McCrory and created by library staff member Paul Brunette, the logo's centerpiece includes Y-shaped blue marks depicting the Feather and Yuba rivers, green tendrils representing fertility of the mind and land; and pages of an open book.

The logo will be seen on the library's Web page and various publications and materials.

The library is at 303 Second St. in Marysville. Visit www.yuba.org/ departments/library for more information.