Colfax Seeks Applicant for Remaining City Council Term
Colfax invites registered voters and city residents to apply for the unfinished term of councilman Dave Gard who resigned to focus on business. The piece urges common sense, math ability, listening, and public service as key qualifications and highlights a citizen-led, diverse approach to city governance. Local eligibility requires voter registration and residency.
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Colfax
Dave Gard
Gard
Bob Perrault
America
California
Council
Peace, perspective, and the Ugly American in America
A reflective piece questions the universal push for peace and the public’s hunger for catchall political labels. The author links peace to fear and power, recalling postwar histories from the atomic bomb to Vietnam, the Middle East, and a modern security state, urging understanding of others’ lives. The essay ends by contrasting material abundance with deeper needs and the value of coexistence.
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America
Vietnam
Washington D.C
U.s.sr
Navy
Kent Brown
U.S. State Department
Panama
Czech Republic
Moscow
Kent
Local Dance Studio Thanks Pizza Factory for Parade Fundraiser
A letter from a dancer at In Sync Dance Studio Auburn thanks Pizza Factory for sponsoring a pizza night to raise funds for a trip to Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC. The studio is the only Northern California participant, and the event helped reach the goal for travel expenses as of May 22.
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Placer County
United States
Colfax Record
Auburn Journal, Inc
High St
Auburn
Church St
Colfax
California
Placer County Superior Court
Pizza Factory
In Sync Dance Studio
Nyc
Colfax Troop 25
Not Funny Political Cartoons Target Disabilities
A brief note warns that not all political cartoons are humorous as some poke fun at disabilities. The piece discusses lines between satire and harm and emphasizes sensitivity to public representations of illness and impairment.
Colfax Fireworks May Die Without Safety Approval
Colfax faces possible cancellation of the traditional July 3 fireworks display after the Colfax Area Chamber of Commerce event failed to meet California Uniform Fire Code standards. Chamber directors vow to keep the celebration alive despite the setback.
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Colfax
City Hall
Colfax Area
Chamber of Commerce
California
Chamber Board of Directors
Okey
Anna F. Moorehead
Oakland
Caruso
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A. Thomas Homer
Mike Ray
Joan Meyers
Linda Shuman
Sharon Prod
Carter Townshend
Auburn Journal
Gray Davis
Colfax City
Colfax Record Editor
Middle East
The
Colfax Chronicles
Soroptimist International of
Caboose Museum
Colfax Florist & Gifts
Cathi
Steve Hutchinson
Mike Pitz
Fred
June Pitz
Colfax High School
Highway 40
Gladys Betts
H.A. Wittich
Colfax Ford
Ford Motor Company
Walter Viscia
Robert A. Peers
William Dennis Scanlon
Plain “Bill
Vereker
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