Mid-Valley Briefs from Saturday's paper.

Grass valley

Woman held for skimming

Authorities have jailed a Yuba City woman accused of skimming parking and towing fines from Grass Valley police for four years.

Debra Cogan, 52, surrendered Friday at the Grass Valley Police Department — where she worked for 18 years — on a warrant alleging forgery and grand theft. She was booked at the Nevada County jail in Nevada City and held in lieu of $20,000 bail.

Police believe Cogan, a records supervisor for the department, embezzled at least $10,000 from 2004 to this spring, Capt. Rex H. Marks said in a statement. Cogan is accused of collecting the full amount of fines and fees, altering police copies of the receipts to show lower amounts, then pocketing the difference.

Officers confronted Cogan with the accusations May 31 and she quit the department five days later, according to Marks.

Investigators still are assessing the full extent of the lost revenue, police said.

Marysville

Certificates celebrate vets

Residents can show their thanks to local veterans by filling in appreciation certificates available from merchants in downtown Marysville in time for the annual Veterans Day Parade.

Supplied by the Veterans Day Parade Committee, the certificate includes the veteran's name and rank, branch of service and years served and miscellaneous information.

Completed forms can be returned to the businesses where they will be hung up in the storefronts until after the parade.

The parade is at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 along D Street in Marysville.

Marysville

Puppet theater Nov. 15

Jason Ropp's "Dragon Puppet Theater" is set at 2 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Yuba County Library, 303 Second St., Marysville.

The interactive puppet show includes languages from around the world.

For more information, call 749-7380.

Gridley

VFW hosting dinner, raffle

A fundraising dinner and raffle will be sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5731 and American Legion Post 210.

The dinner will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Veterans Hall, 249 Sycamore St. in Gridley. Side dishes and dessert are included with a choice of barbecue country spare ribs, chicken or vegetarian lasagna. Take out orders are available.

Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12 years old. Tickets will be available at the door or can be purchased in advance by calling Al Byers, 370-0251, or Dan Cole, 846-0549.