Children Rescue On Freeway After Snow Day Bus Incident
Ken Westphalen and his brother Greg aided more than 40 children on a bus beside Highway 174. They helped lift kids to safety, offered shelter at a store, and supervised adults walking the group to McDonalds while firefighters contained a minor bus fire. The children continued to Half Moon Bay after a delay, grateful for the day despite the scare.
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Ken
Greg
Westphalen
McDonalds’s
Half Moon Bay
CDF
Colfax City
Auxiliary hosts safe driving classes in Colfax
The Jess E. Taylor Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2003 Auxiliary presents an AARP 55 Alive two day course at Veterans Memorial Hall on Sunset Street Colfax. Sessions run Saturday March 20 and Saturday March 27 from 8 30 a m to 12 30 p m with attendance required both days. A certificate may lower auto insurance for three years. Cost is 10 dollars payable to AARP. Information from instructor Jim Ditty at 637 5554.
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Jess E. Taylor
Veterans Memorial Hall
Sunset Street
Colfax
AARP
Jim Ditty
CHP Launches Zero Tolerance on I-80 Speeding
CHP Chief Arthur Anderson announces new Zero Tolerance days and speed enforcement on I-80 with speed teams targeting violations in the Gold Run area Auburn CHP office will deploy roadblocks and stop every speeding vehicle above the 65 mph limit. Authorities warn snow chains require a 30 mph limit with no exceptions to protect motorists and reduce collisions.
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California
California Highway Patrol
Arthur Anderson
Anderson
Gold Run Area
CHP
Janice Mulanix
Auburn Area
Mulanix
Kranz Wins Placer County Race After Spending Surge
Kranz, 54, secured endorsements from U S Rep John Doolittle and the Placer County Deputy Sheriff's Association. He campaigned across Foresthill Colfax King's Beach Dutch Flat Meadow Vista Bowman and North Auburn and reported 20 coffee meetings a month and about 200000 raised. Bloomfield, 53, trailed by about 400 votes after absentee totals and spent about 80000, saying Kranz's 200000 outspent him.
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Foresthill
Colfax
King’s Beach
Dutch Flat
Meadow Vista
Bowman
North Auburn
Kranz
U.S
John Doolittle
R-Rocklin
Placer County Deputy Sheriff’s Association
Tim Leslie
Tahoe City
Bloomfield
Bingo raffle for homemade pies at Sierra Vista VFW event
The Sierra Vista VFW raffle offers two homemade pies at Sunday bingo with a $1 pie paddle. Proceeds support the VFW Ladies Auxiliary 2003 Colfax. Seventeen games on first and third Sundays at Sierra Vista Community Center. doors open 2 p.m. Games start 2:30 p.m. transportation available by prior call. February 15 featured lemon meringue pie.
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Sierra Vista
VFW
Colfax
Sierra Vista Community Center
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