Colfax Fourth Lights Up With Local Color and Renovation
Colfax shines as the Fourth rolls in with Gary and Penny Todd guiding a four month Freight Depot renovation adding four new businesses and a history museum. Beverly Lawkis notes geranium thefts on Depot Street while Jim Bowers unveils the Breast Wall store and signs misprint. The July 4 celebration gains music by Bowers and Davis. Chamber seeks volunteers and sells mementos at Main and Grass Valley, funds fireworks.
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Gary
Penny Todd
Colfax
Penny
Beverly Lawkis
Many Feathers
Depot Street
Jim Bowers
Jim
Randy Davis
Bowers
Colfax Area
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Main
Grass Valley
Political figures contact list for California and Washington
A compact roster lists U S Senators Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer with Washington and district office addresses in San Francisco along with phone numbers and emails. It also gives State Senator Rico Oller and State Assemblyman Rick Keene contact details including Capitol and district offices, phone numbers, and email addresses.
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U.S. Senate
Diane Feinstein
Hart Senate
Washington, D.C
Post St
San Francisco
Feinstein
Senate
Barbara Boxer
Rico Oller
State Capitol
Sacramento
Douglas Blvd
Granite Bay
Oller
Sen
Rick Keene
Memorial Way
Chico
Keene
Assembly
Colfax Planning Commission hears objection to landscape yard near retirees
Letters raise alarm over a R J Miles plan for a three acre landscape supply yard within 25 to 30 feet of retiree bedrooms. Residents cite noise dust and traffic and call for broader public notice and a new hearing.
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Colfax Planning Commission
R.J. Miles
Planning Commission
Colfax
Mink Creek
Joseph Whiteside Colfax
Colfax memories span decades in local notes
A look back through Colfax Chronicles highlights 2003 openings, 1994 queen rivalry, and earlier milestones. Joy Sortland opened Depot Street Coffee in Colfax on July 1 2003, while 1994 contenders Allicia Pustazzi and Melissa Santos sold tickets for the Fourth of July Queen contest. Earlier, 1984 saw John Demorest plan the Western States Endurance Run, 1954 details Dutch Flat July events, and 1929 reports on a 16 year old Marian Koehee passing practice exams.
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Joy Sortland
Depot Street Coffee
Colfax
Main Street
Allicia Pustazzi
Melissa Santos
John Demorest
Western States
Squaw Valley
Placer County
County Board of Education
Marian Koehee
Colusa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Susie Sventosch
Colfax Record
Colfax Sentinel
Colfax Enterprise
California Newspaper Publishers Association
National Newspaper Association
Suburban Newspapers of America
Craig Dennis
Mike Ray
Joan Meyers
Jil McDaniel
Sharon
Jim Spivack
United States
Auburn Journal, Inc
Auburn
Dopiay Ao
Pam
Adve
Auburn Journal
Soewetore
Paul Nello
Bush
Kerry
Vietnam
Paul
Halliburton
Placer County Transit
Highway 49
Bel Air
Kmart
Bell Road
Atwood
Bel-Air
Blue Oak
Bel-Air Market
Sierra
Sierra Market
Dave Stallions
Sam Newton
Sierra Hills School
Weimar
Sharon Gieras
Colfax Chronicles
Demorest
Placer High School
Dutch Flat
Toric Old Volunteer Fire Dept
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