The Cap City BMX Stunt Team and two of its world-renowned riders, Mike Saavedra and Pete Brandt, will be performing at this year’s Nevada County Fair. Both riders are known world-wide for their high-energy biking skills and their ability to perform amazing feats and tricks on a bicycle.
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The world famous Budweiser Clydesdales will be at this year’s Nevada County Fair, August 12 – 16. This magnificent team of horses will be available in the livestock area for viewing each day of the Fair, during regular Fair hours.
The first team of Clydesdales arrived at the Anheuser-Busch brewery on the heels of Prohibition’s repeal by Congress; they were a gift to St. Louis beer maker August A. Busch from his son. In April 1933, the team first thundered away from the brewery carrying cases of beer. Since then, the prancing team and their red, white and gold beer wagon have become one of the world’s most recognized advertising symbols.
The Budweiser Clydesdales are a continuing reminder of the work Draft Horses performed in the earlier days of our country’s growth.
The Nevada County Fairgrounds extends their thanks to NorCal Beverage Company for their support in bringing the Budweiser Clydesdale Hitch to the 2009 Nevada County Fair and for serving as a Premier Fair Partner.
This year’s Nevada County Fair, “A Hare’s Magical A-Fair,” is August 12 – 16. For information about special contests, ongoing entertainment, and demonstrations, visit Nevada County Fair
For amazing Draft Horse performances, the Fairgrounds also hosts the 23rd annual Draft Horse Classic and Harvest Fair, September 24 – 27, at the Nevada County Fairgrounds. For tickets or information, visit us at Nevada County Fair or call (530) 273-6217.
Two new arena events – Mutton Bustin’ and Calf Scramble – are planned for young children and teens in the Arena on Wednesday and Thursday night of the Nevada County Fair, August 12 – 16.
Featured in the Arena during the Professional Bull riding on Wednesday and the Rodeo on Thursday will be Mutton Bustin’, where eight young cowboys and cowgirls between the ages of 5 and 7 years old will get the chance each evening to mount their trusty sheep and head for the thrill of their young lives. Participants must be between the ages of 5 – 7, and must not weigh more than 65 pounds.
Also featured at the Arena on the same two nights will be the Calf Scramble, where ten teams, each consisting of a boy and girl, will compete with one another to catch, halter and coax their calf across the finish line. Participants must be between the ages of 12 – 18, and must weigh at least 100 pounds.
Western attire is required for both events, and there is no entry fee. Great prizes will be awarded for both events. For the Mutton Bustin’, prizes are $50 for first prize, $25 for second prize, and $10 for third prize. For the Calf Scramble, prizes are $100 for first prize, $50 for second prize, and $25 for third prize. There are a limited number of spots available, so call the Fair Office at (530) 273-6217 to reserve a spot in either event, as well as obtain an application and a list of rules.
This year’s Fair is August 12 – 16. Each evening of the Fair features a thrilling arena event. Wednesday is Professional Bull Riding; Thursday is the Rodeo; Friday is Tuff Truck Racing and Monster Trucks; Saturday is Free Style Moto X Riders and Monster Trucks; and Sunday is the Demolition Derby. Purchase your arena event tickets before August 11 and get admission to the Fair for only $5. Visit < href=www.nevadacountyfair.com>Nevada County Fair for more information
Want to enter something in the Nevada County Fair? There’s still time! To enter on-line using the Fair’s on-line entry system, the deadline is Friday, July 17 at 5 pm. It’s easy, it’s fun, and it’s free. Just log-on to the Fair’s website at Enter Online and follow the step-by-step process.
Join the thousands of Nevada County residents who enter exhibits each year in the more than 300 available categories. It’s always fun to show-off a special creation, baked good, home-grown item, a collection, an antique, or a photograph. Don’t delay – enter now!
Complete descriptions of all categories are available online in the Fair’s Competition Handbook. The handbook is also available at the Fair office, area libraries, chamber of commerce offices, and various sponsoring merchants.
For more information, visit Nevada County Fair or call (530) 273-6217.
Sandy Woods, Chief Executive Officer, for the Nevada County Fairgrounds has announced a contest to name their mascot.
This year’s Nevada County Fair mascot is busy preparing for the annual Fair, “A Hare’s Magical A-Fair,” August 12 – 16. However, the rabbit mascot needs a name, and the Fairgrounds wants to know what you think her name should be.
Visit the Fair’s website at www.nevadacountyfair.com and submit a name for the rabbit. If the name you submit is selected, you win. It’s that easy!The contest runs now through July 15.For a complete list of contest rules or information about the contest, visit www.nevadacountyfair.com or call (530) 273-6217.
The lucky winner will receive a Nevada County Fair package that includes two free admission tickets for each day of the Fair, a 5-day parking pass for the Fair, and ride coupons.
For those without access to the Internet, entry forms are also available at the Nevada County Fairgrounds office on McCourtney Road.
Nevada County Fair August 12 – 16
2009 Draft Horse Classic September 24 – 27
2009 Country Christmas Faire November 27 – 29
Here’s a schedule of upcoming events at the Nevada County Fairgrounds.2009
Press release by Wendy Oaks
By the way if you have never attended or been to the fairgrounds, you are in for a treat. It is beautiful, with a covering of majestic pine trees and unlike any fairgrounds you have ever gone too! John O’Dell
Harold Hewell, representing a California woman who filed a lawsuit on her behalf claiming that she was deceived into buying Cap’n Crunch cereal during a four-year period. Why, because she thought the “Crunch Berries” in the cereal, were get this, real fruit. Hummm, have you heard of a crunch berry bush? Or maybe she thought it grew on trees or in a bog?
According to Sacramento’s Channel 10:
“Janine Sugawara filed a class-action suit last June against Quaker’s parent company PepsiCo, seeking full restitution of all money gained through misleading labeling and a court order forcing Quaker to provide public notice of the true composition of Crunch Berries.
In his order dismissing the lawsuit, Judge Morrison England, Jr. said “a reasonable consumer would have understood the product packaging to expressly warrant only that the product contained sweetened corn and oat cereal, which it did.”
“As far as this court has been made aware, there is no such fruit (Crunch Berries) growing in the wild or occurring naturally in any part of the world,” England wrote.
In his dismissal order dated May 20, England pointed out San Diego lawyer Harold Hewell, who represents Sugawara, filed a similar suit against Fruit Loops cereal, which was also thrown out of court.”
Of course, the good attorney Hewell filed a new motion this week seeking an August hearing for the judge to reconsider the dismissal. We all know if he wins, in most cases like this, we will probably get on free box of Cap’n Crunch and he will get a cool million or two. (In the lawsuit, he asked for $5,000,000)
The last question, if Janine Sugawara is so concerned about eating fruit, why is she buying heavily sugared cereal anyway? If it did contain real berries in the cereal, the amount of sugar in the cereal would kill off any benefits she might derive from the berries! Three-quarters of a cup of Cap’t Crunch cereal contains 12g of sugar (3 teaspoons), not exactly a health food.
Driving out two and one half miles north on Highway 49 from Nevada City you might notice a non-descriptive building with a sign “The Willo” along with a small florescent martini glass. You may wonder why there are so many cars and trucks parked outside. Your first thoughts might be, this must be a really great watering hole! So unless you live in Nevada County or a good friend has told you about this restaurant there is no hint that this has been voted the best steak house in Nevada County.
Once you park and start to walk inside, you will notice a sign near the left hand door that finally tells you that this is a steak house. Walking in, you are in a different world, with dark paneling, cedar walls, pictures hanging in some kind of random order and a picture of the Bay Bridge with lights flashing on the wall. Once your senses have gotten acclimated to the scene, you are in for a treat with excellent service and good food. You have a choice of three portions of New York Steak, small, medium and large (16 ounces). You also have a choice of pork, chicken and three kinds of fish, or even a garden burger. You can cook the steaks yourself, but for an extra fifty cents, they’ll do it for you. By the way, the prices are excellent and won’t break your budget.
The Willo is owned by a very friendly, very nice couple, Mike Byrne and Nancy Wilson. They have kept up the tradition of the Willo which started its history at its present location as follows:
In 1947 Bill Davis purchased a surplus WW II Quonset hut from the U.S. Army. The hut was located at Camp Parks in Sacramento and was disassembled and transported to the site of the Willo at the corner of Highway 49 and Newtown Road. It was re-assembled and opened as Bill Davis Hut, a popular watering hole for the lumber and mining work force. It was later sold to a local couple and it became The Hut.
In 1963 Bob and Peggy Tucker purchased the Hut and renamed it Tuck’s Hut. With a truck load of lumber from a local mill they enlarged the bar and added a covered structure on the east side where they built a grill pit and served hamburgers through the window to the bar patrons. A “Gold Miners Special” (burger and beer) cost sixty cents. In 1969, the Tuckers leased the property to a local tavern owner, Frank Williams, who was forced to move from Grass Valley to make room for construction of the new “Golden Freeway”.
Together with Veda Folden who with the help of her husband and brothers, converted the covered structure into the main dining room and the Willo Steakhouse was born. The banquet room was added in 1973. How did the Willo get its name instead of the Willow? What happened to the W on the end? Well, it’s a combination of one of the prior owners names, Frank Williams last name and his wife’s first name Lola. I advise you to call ahead for reservations, for they are always packed. Their telephone number is (530) 265-9902
Google shows two locations for the Willo. Don’t know why, but location B is almost the true location. You have to drive a little farther from Nevada City then point B, it’s at the corner of Newtown Road and Highway 49.
Nevada County has numerous lakes. Most of them are located in the high country between Nevada City and the City of Truckee. Some of these lakes are; Toll house Lake, French Lake, Lake Spaulding, Webber Lake, White Rock Lake and there are more! Many of the lakes were formed by ancient glaciers that are now long gone.
A few of the lakes provide hydroelectric power and is managed by Pacific Gas & Electric. Those owned by P.G.&E are used for hydroelectric power and the company provides camping grounds and picnic facilities. One of these is Lake Spaulding which sits at an elevation of 5,014 feet. It has a surface area of 698 acres surrounded by a high alpine forest. (Google Maps shows Lake Spaulding as Fordyce Creek)
The history of the lake is that it was built for hydraulic mining in 1912. Hydraulic mining generated millions of dollars in tax revenues but was an environmental disaster. Millions of tons of earth and water were delivered to mountain streams that fed rivers flowing into the Sacramento Valley. Once the rivers reached the relatively flat valley, the water slowed, the rivers widened, and the sediment was deposited in the floodplains and river beds causing them to rise, shift to new channels, and overflow their banks, causing major flooding, especially during the spring melt. The end came on January 7, 1884, Judge Lorenzo Sawyer ruled on the matter. – no more dumping of mining debris where it could reach farmlands or navigable rivers.
Lake Spaulding has 25 developed camp sites for tents and RV’s. Boating is allowed, including power, row boats, jet ski, windsurf, canoe, sail, water-ski and inflatable’s. However, check with P.G. & E. before you go up there, since rules and regulations change from time to time. This is also an area for fishing which include brown and rainbow trout. There is also swimming, picnicking, hiking and backpacking.
For reservations and further information, contact P.G.& E. Regional Land Department (916) 386-5164
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If you haven’t heard of Susan Boyle by now, you are in for a treat. Appearing on reality TV show “Britain’s Got Talent”, she wowed the audience in a space of a few minutes and won over 3,000 fans. Her video appears on YouTube which I have included a link to on this website. The video has had over 7 million hits already (some say 20 million hits) and she is sure to be cutting some CD’s soon.
Susan is an unemployed Scottish charity worker who is 47 and claims she’s never been married or kissed. She lives in Scotland with her cat Pebbles. She did not play or dress the part of a star on reality TV show “Britain’s Got Talent”- but within seconds of beginning to sing, gasps emerged as she sang the opening lines of “I Dreamed a Dream” from “Les Miserables”
Before she started singing, she revealed her dream to be a professional singer – as big as Elaine Paige – a promise she had made to her mother who died in 2007 at the age of 91. The crowd of 3,000 in the Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Scotland, were smirking or even laughing. About five minutes later a standing ovation and the praise of the judges, including the show’s creator Simon Cowell were ringing in her ears.
According to CNN
“Judge Piers Morgan wrote on the show’s Web site: “I watched her performance back again last night, I texted Simon in Hollywood: ‘My god, Susan was even better than I remembered — she’s unbelievable.’ He agreed, and I could almost feel his beady little eyes going ‘KERCHING!’ down the line from his new Beverly Hills mansion.
“For, unless I am a brainless aardvark — which might, sadly, be true — then this West Lothian villager is going to sell a lot of records once this series is over.”
New fans also clogged the message board, many along the lines of Surfer1960’s: “I am just blown away by her voice.”
She was more critical, saying: “They say that television makes you look fat and it certainly did. I looked like a garage.”
And according to the San Francisco Chronicle:
“As a child, Boyle had learning difficulties, struggled in school and was bullied by other children. At 47, she still is.
“She is often taunted by local kids. They think she’s an oddball, but she’s a simple soul with genuine warmth,” neighbor Stewart Mackenzie said. “Not many people these days are devoutly religious or would spend their time devoted to their parents to the point they’d find themselves a spinster.”
A keen amateur singer, Boyle performed in church choirs and school plays and was a regular on the karaoke circuit in Blackburn and the nearby town of Bathgate. She has said her mother, Bridget, encouraged her to enter “Britain’s Got Talent” — but it was only after her death that she plucked up the courage to do it.”
You can see her performance at YouTube Video, Sorry they would not let the video be embedded