Mid-Valley Briefs
ROBBINS
Sewer rate hike looms for residents
Robbins residents may face their second sharp hike in as many years for sewage treatment, which Sutter County warns may be needed to replace the village's crumbling system.
Monthly charges for wastewater treatment could jump by $22.50 from $55 for each dwelling, only a year after the rate soared $23. The county either put a property assessment to a mail-in vote of landowners or propose a direct fee hike, which residents could veto by majority decision.
Boosting fees are required to cover some of the $480,000 needed for new sewage treatment equipment, county water resources chief Dan Peterson said Tuesday. Fiberglass holding tanks have cracked and gravel filtering systems have clogged, putting about 100 sewer connections in Robbins at risk of losing service if the state orders a shutdown.
SUTTER COUNTY
Hearing scheduled in gang shooting
An Aug. 13 preliminary hearing was set Wednesday in Sutter County Superior Court for a 27-year-old man charged with a fatal gang shooting in 2004.
Brent Robert Baldwin, a Sutter resident, is accused of shooting Martin Guzman Reyes on Dec. 10, 2004, in the 200 block of Percy Avenue in Yuba City.
Baldwin was arrested as he was about to be released from Tehachapi State Prison in connection with a car-to-car shooting on Highway 101 in Monterey County in 2005.
YUBA COUNTY
2010-11 budget now online
If the gory details of Yuba County's 2010-11 budget are irresistible, you can find them on the county's website, where it was posted late last week.
The budget, found at www.co.yuba.ca.us/ departments/cao/Budget/10-11/default.aspx, includes specific financial plans for every county department for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
County supervisors will have budget hearings next month to discuss the budget in greater detail, and are also tentatively scheduled to adopt a revised budget in August to reflect whatever decisions are made in the state's version of a spending plan for 2010-11.
YUBA-SUTTER
Blood donors get free ice cream
Blood donors will receive a certificate for a free pint of ice cream from Baskin-Robbins when they participate in blood drives planned in the Yuba-Sutter area.
Bloodmobiles are scheduled:
Sunday — 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at River Valley Christian Fellowship, 1764 Tierra Buena Road, Yuba City.
July 8 — 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at 1445 Veterans Memorial Drive, Yuba City.
July 13 — 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. at "The Spot" Youth Center, 10720 Live Oak Blvd., Live Oak.
July 21 — noon-4 p.m. at Walmart, 1131 N. Beale Road, Linda.
July 27 — 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at Cinemark Yuba City, 1410 Whyler Road, Yuba City. Donors at this blood drive will also receive a coupon for a free movie pass.
Eligible donors must be in generally good health, at least 17 years of age or 16 with a signed parental consent form and weigh at least 110 pounds.
Call 866-82-BLOOD for more information.
YUBA CITY
Crossroads plansJuly 3 celebration
The seventh annual Celebrate America Independence Day outdoor concert, barbecue and fireworks, is set July 3 at Crossroads Community Church, 445 B St., Yuba City.
Activities begin at 6 p.m. with the Forgiven Band and include a patriotic salute, Joyce and Trixie, Lisa Daggs in concert and, at 8:30 p.m., a barbecue dinner.
Fireworks for children start at 9:15 p.m.
The free Citywide Block Party is the church's donation to the community, said Pastor Jim Clark.
YUBA CITY
'SuperReader' at library July 23
Author Floyd "SuperReader" Stokes will read stories July 23 at the Sutter County Library as part of the SuperReader 50 State Tour co-sponsored by The American Literacy Corp. and the Yuba City library.
The interactive program is at 10 a.m. at 750 Forbes Ave. Arts and crafts activities for children are also part of the event.
Stokes has written five books including "Teddy, the Hungry Little Bear" and "Say Ahh, the Teeth Book" and received an honorary doctorate of humanities letters from Central Pennsylvania College.
The object of the SuperReader 50 State Tour is to bring awareness to the importance of reading aloud to children. For more information, visit www.superreader.org.
GRIDLEY
Canned food drive planned at grocers
"Hunger Has No Season," a canned food drive hosted by the Miss Butte County Scholarship Competition, is planned 10 a.m.-2 p.m. July 31, with donations accepted at Safeway, 1596 Highway 99, Gridley.
Donation sites also include Safeway in Chico and Raley's in Oroville.
Canned foods collected will support Butte County food banks including the Sacred Heart Food Closet, Gridley Senior Food Center and the Presbyterian Church of Gridley.
This year's chairwoman is Melissa Carr, 2009-2010 Miss Butte County. Call 520-6458 for more information.
