Briefs: Farmers market coupons available for Yuba-Sutter seniors
Coupons for use at farmers markets are available starting Monday for eligible seniors in Yuba and Sutter counties.
Distribution starts at 9 a.m. Monday at FREED, 508 J St., Marysville, and continues 9-11 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. Monday to Friday.
Booklets are worth $20 each and can be used at the farmers' markets in Marysville on Fridays and Yuba City on Saturdays.
Applicants must be at least 60 years old, have not yet received a 2011 Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program check booklet, and with a monthly income that does not exceed $1,670.
For more information, contact FREED at 742-4474.
SUTTER COUNTY
Lease ended for access to land
As part of the consent agenda, approved 5-0, Sutter County supervisors on Tuesday approved terminating a month-to-month lease agreement with Sanchez Truck Repair Inc. because it's no longer necessary.
In 2003, the county agreed to pay the business $100 a month to use its property to access a nearby county corporation yard. In recent years, a decline in the use of heavy equipment has meant the county can access the yard from another entrance, on Samuel Drive.
SUTTER COUNTY
Supervisors back Enterprise Zone
On a 5-0 vote, Sutter County supervisors on Tuesday endorsed continued state funding for the Yuba-Sutter Enterprise Zone, as requested by zone manager Mary Hansen.
Previous proposals for the 2011-12 state budget called for eliminating such zones, though the most recent proposal dropped the request, Hansen said. She said she would prefer to see a strong messages sent to the state about continuing to support such zones.
Local officials have said the enterprise zone has made a tangible difference in promotion of regional economic development, while critics of such zones said they have little practical impact and should be phased out.
SUTTER COUNTY
Fertilizer company expansion is on
On a 5-0 vote Tuesday, Sutter County supervisors turned back an appeal of a planning commission decision giving the OK for an expansion of an agricultural fertilizer supply business.
The business, on Everglade Road outside Yuba City, would add a tank for aqua ammonia, a commonly used fertilizer for row crops and rice.
County officials received an appeal expressing concern about the aqua ammonia, but the appeal came from Fresno. No one spoke in support of denying the expansion.
YUBA-SUTTER
Officials earn credentials
Several government officials from Sutter and Yuba counties earned credentials last week from the California State Association of Counties Institute for Excellence in County Government.
Honored were: Sutter County officials Supervisor Stan Cleveland and Assistant County Administrator Shawne Corley; Yuba County officials Planning Director Wendy Hartman and Community Development Director Kevin Mallen; and Yuba Sutter Economic Development Corporation President and CEO Brynda Stranix.
OLIVEHURST
Fly-in features dance, dinner
A hangar dance is among activities for the first time at the Golden West Regional Fly-in at the Yuba County Airport in Olivehurst.
Featuring music by Sister Swing, the dinner and dance is 6-10 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $25 per person.
For more information, visit www.goldenwestflyin.org.
MARYSVILLE
Republicans to host barbecue at Ellis Lake
The Yuba County Republican Party is kicking off the Road to Election 2012 with an All-American Barbecue on Ellis Lake gazebo island in Marysville.
Admission is $30 for adults; $15 for children ages 5 to 12 years; and free for children under 5 years.
Set 4-8 p.m. June 25, the event starts with those attending entering "Ellis Island" by crossing the flag-decorated bridge and seeing a replica of the Statue of Liberty.
The event includes patriotic music, a tri-tip dinner and speakers Steven Greenhut, director of the Pacific Research Institute's Journalism Center and Angel Diaz of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
For tickets, call 742-4478. Ellis Lake gazebo island is at 12th Street off D Street.
YUBA CITY
Senior Center sets activities
Space is available for a Mystery Trip coordinated through the Yuba City Senior Center.
A trip is 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. June 17. The fee is $53.
Activities at the center, at 777 Ainsley Ave., also include "social seniors" at 1 p.m. June 15; free blood pressure screening at 10 a.m. June 16; and a class in "trace your history" at 9:30 a.m. June 20, with fees of $20 and $22.
Call 822-4608 for more information.
YUBA COUNTY
Vacancy on First 5 Yuba Commission
Applications are available to fill a vacancy on the First 5 Yuba Commission, a Yuba County agency working toward the healthy development of children to 5 years old in the community.
Commission members, all volunteers, meets monthly at the Yuba County Government Center in Marysville.
Applications can be picked up at from the clerk of the Yuba County Board of Supervisors, 915 Eighth St., Suite 109, Marysville. Call 749-4876 for more information.
