A 90th birthday celebration honoring lifetime Yuba-Sutter resident, Johnnie Wurm, will be held on Saturday, Nov. 10 from 2 p.m.-5 p.m., at Crossroads Community Church located at 445 B St. in Yuba City. All friends & family are invited.

Danniel Merson and Maria La Bouyer of Yuba City married June 23 at Winston Castle in Scotland. 

James Denley and Curtis Mae Denley, along with family and friends, celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on Sunday, Aug. 19 at Sizzlers in Yuba City.

This year at the 160th Yuba Sutter Fair, all 60 Sutter FFA exhibitors did an outstanding job showing and selling their Market and Breeding animals, along with the members who chose to take Ag Mechanics projects. With over 450 lots sold, the Yuba-Sutter Fair exhibitors made a record breaking …

Jerald Ritchey and Nancy Harris married Aug. 10, 1968, at Grace Methodist Church, Yuba City. They met while attending Yuba City Union High School. Jerald served in the USMC and attended Yuba College while Nancy attended Sacramento City College and St. Luke’s nursing school in San Francisco b…

Wayne E. Page Jr. graduated from Marysville High School in 2014 and recently graduated from California Polytechnic University Pomona in June with a bachelor’s of science degree in aerospace engineering. 

Cory Walker, 12 years old from Team Coon Creek in Rio Oso, recently competed in the United States Youth Clay Shooting Competition in Las Vegas. Cory placed in all three disciplines. In Skeet, he took third place and his squad, consisting of Audric Scheidel, Cole Kennedy and Cory, took the na…

Earlier this year, the Sutter Union High School Rifle Team competed in National Rifle Association sectionals in both Junior and open divisions. The junior division is comprised of competitors under 21 years of age, and the open division is for any age group. Yearly, the NRA conducts these ma…

Local food closets serving community members in need and the Yuba-Sutter Food Bank will benefit from a highly successful first-time Yuba-Sutter-Colusa United Way “Cash for Food” drive held locally this summer.

Lance Patchin and Emily Hagen were married on May 26 at the Ridge Golf Course and Event Center in Auburn. Patchin, son of Paul and Martha Patchin, and Hagen, daughter of Lisa Hagen, were married by Dan Flores, Sutter county supervisor. 

Leona Davis, of Marysville, will celebrate her 99th birthday on Aug. 8. 

Yuba Environmental Science Charter Academy was awarded the Semper Gumby Award by Sutter-Yuba Behavioral Health Prevention and Early Intervention Services for efforts aiding residents with access to beneficial programs, officials said.

Olivehurst grandmother meets great-grandson

Alisha Taylor and Ryan Bechhold, residents of Chico, plan to wed in September 2018 in Chico. The bride-to-be, daughter of Whit and Susan Taylor of Yuba City, is a Physical Therapist Assistant working in a post acute care setting in Oroville. Her fiancé, son of Scott and Jodi Bechhold of Durh…

The Kiwanis Club of Yuba City Hope of America Scholarship Awards were presented to high school seniors on April 26, 2018. The students were chosen by their teachers and principals as exemplifying excellence in scholastics, leadership and social awareness.

During the Yuba City Knights of Columbus installation of officers meeting on July 17, River Valley High School graduate Sofia Silva was awarded a $1,000 scholarship. Silva’smother,pictured right, was in attendance.

Peyton Hathaway has earned the distinction of the “President’s List” with a 3.8 GPA for the spring semester at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. Peyton is a 2015 graduate of Faith Christian  High School and is majoring in theology with an emphasis in youth ministry. He is the son …

Caroll and Mary Elkins of Forbestown celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on June 14 with  a family luncheon. They are previous residents of Sutter County, and together have a son and grandson. Both are retired; Mary from Sunsweet and Carroll from Sutter County Road Department.  

Colusa County Free Library Director Stacey Costello was recently awarded the Outstanding Librarian in Support of Literacy award from the California Library Association (CLA). 

U.S. Air Force Airman Kylie Wilkerson graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

James and Brenda Halsted, of Olivehurst, married  July 6, 1968, in Reno, Nevada.  James was born in Bear Creek, Arkansas and moved to Yuba County as a young child. Brenda was born in Redding and she also moved to Yuba County when she was young. James and Brenda met in 1966 while out cruising…

Harmanjit Randhawa, son of Inderjit and Jasvir Randhawa of Live Oak, has completed his medical studies in San Francisco. He will be completing his family practice residency in Utah. Congratulations to the entire Randhawa family and best of luck to Harmanjit! 

They say you never forget when you meet that special person, and when you least expect it your life will never be the same. Who knew that one dance at a social event in 2014 would lead to wedding bells in 2018? Congratulations are in order for Chris Brown and

Yuba City residents Sarah Skinner and Sy Honig were married Dec. 2, 2017 at St. Isidore Catholic Church in Yuba City. Sarah is the daughter of Graham and Laura Skinner of Chico. The Maid of Honor was the bride’s sister, Jennifer Rothenwander, of Burbank. Her other attendants were Allie Honig…

The Sutter Buttes Garden Club held its installation of officers on June 24 at the Harvest Room, Hillcrest Plaza.  A scholarship for $1,000 was presented to Kaitlyn O’Dell, a 2018 graduate of Marysville High School, by Kathy Covert, Education and Scholarship Chair of the club.     Kaitlyn wil…

Raymond and Betty Lopez of Wheatland celebrated 60 years of marriage with family and friends on Saturday. They were married in Albuquerque, New Mexico July 7, 1958. Before moving to Wheatland they resided in Las Vegas, Beale Air Force Base,  England and the Philippines. 

Anne Batchelor celebrated her 90th birthday with a barbecue hosted by her daughters Susan and Sandy, at the home of her daughter Sandy and her husband Ralph Heryford, where she now lives. Her sister Marilyn, daughter in law Katie, grandchildren, and great grandchildren are were there to help…

Gerry Bartlett Davids of Yuba City will be celebrating her 90th birthday on July 9 surrounded by her family of four generations and her friends.

Robert “Andybob” Anderson and Maria Orlando celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a cruise along the Alaskan Coast along with a gathering of family members. Robert and Maria were married at Saint Isadore’s Catholic Church in Yuba City two weeks after Maria’s 1968 graduation.  Maria …

Ralph and Sandy Heryford. Married June 15, 1968, in Carson City, Nevada. They live in Tierra Buena. Ralph was born and raised in Yuba City and met Sandy while working in Sacramento. Sandy was born in Ogden, Utah and moved to Sacramento as a child. They have lived in Yuba City all their marri…

Melissa Mae Meagher has been awarded her doctor of psychology (Psy.D) in marriage and family therapy by Alliant International University which also awarded her masters degree in that field in 2010. She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo in 2006 and she…

Girl Scouts Heart of Central California (GSHCC) honored three local students who have earned the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award at the organization’s Girls Who Inspire ceremony.

On June 19, T.J. Fetters, area director of the Yuba-Sutter Special Olympics, was awarded a grant in the amount of $5,693 from the Northern CA Knights of Columbus State Office by District Deputy Charles Beltz, on left, and Grand Knight Bob Guerin, on right from Yuba City Council 5978. Fetters…

The Marysville Gold Sox honored Kay (Kathryn “Tubby” Johnston) Massar, the first girl to play Little League, Marysville Gold Sox team on her 82nd birthday at Colusa Casino Stadium.

Spelling Bee and scholarship recipients were recognized last week as members of the Sutter-Yuba Association of Realtors enjoyed their annual Business Luncheon.