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Nevada County Historical Society
The Historical Society recently launched a membership promotion that allows new members to now purchase annual memberships for $25, which will be good through December, 2008. Members receive the society quarterly newsletter as well as the society's periodical, which includes information about specific events, things to do and stories about the rich history of Nevada County.
The historical society was established in 1944 in order to preserve and promote the history of Nevada County. The society operates the Searls Library, Nevada City Firehouse Museum, North Star Mining Museum and the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad and Transportation Museum. History Nights, featuring historical speakers that relive some aspect of Nevada County history, are held the last Thursday of the month at the Transportation Museum.
Membership applications can be downloaded at the society's website, www.nevadacountyhistory.org or call 265-5910.
The Nevada County Beekeepers Association
The Beekeepers will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6, at the Veteran's Memorial Building (back door off parking lot) on South Auburn Street, Grass Valley. All visitors are welcome. Interested in becoming a beekeeper! Wondering about pollination? Questions about the state of your hives? Join our lively regular question and answer session starting promptly at 7 p.m., followed by a brief meeting, refreshments and a great program by Randy Oliver updating us on mite control methods including powdered sugar, formic acid pads and thymol. If you have any questions, please call our president, Shane Mathias at 308-1376.
Troop 21
The Boy Scouts (and Scoutmaster) from Troop 21 in Grass Valley on their annual Fort Bragg Abalonie dive and biking trip.
Amanda Rogerson 8/2/07 run with photo
Northern Mines Business and Professional Women (NMBPW)
Northern Mines held their monthly meeting July 18. President Elect Sharon Rose introduced the guest speaker, Shawn Tuttle. Tuttle is the founder of Project Simplify; she introduced principles and strategies to organize and simplify your life. During this well attended meeting, members were guided through an exercise with a handout to use to show how to set a goal, visualize the goal, clear the way to achieving it, make plans to achieve it and "do" it.
NMBPW celebrates its 75th birthday this year. From the beginning it sought not only to expand economic opportunity for women and promote their welfare, but improve women's access to business and the professions.
Please call Valerie Logsdon at 272-7207 or Dee Eldridge at 273-0257, for further information about Northern Mines Business and Professional Women. Attend our next meeting and consider joining us.
Soroptimist International
Soroptimist International of Grass Valley is under new leadership. At a recent installation dinner, outgoing President Betty Stiving recounted the success of the past year including $25,000 earned in charitable fundraising enabling the club to provide support to our community and the international needs of women and children. Much of the fundraising results from Nevada County Fair sales of the Chicken and Vegetable Teriyaki bowls.
Local charities that are supported by Soroptimists include the KARE Crisis Nursery, DVSAC, CORR, Hope House, KARE Graduation Night activities for Bear River and Nevada Union High Schools, gifts and support for families at Christmas time, and support for women in developing countries. Members also award children who have overcome difficult situations in the Outstanding Effort Awards, and provide information and help to families through a program called Women Reaching Out. Special recognition is given to women who have made a difference in our community and scholarships provide help to women who are single heads of households who are working to improve their education.
Leading Soroptimist International of Grass Valley will be President Jeanne Aldrich, assisted by President-Elect Mary Graebner, Recording Secretary Norma Toles, Corresponding Secretary Sue Simmons, Treasurer Kathleen Mahr, and Assistant Treasurer Doris Holderbein, Delegates Diana Holcomb and Bunny Parcher, and Director Judy Leslie.
Americans for Constitutional Integrity
ACI will hold its next bimonthly meeting (held on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month) at 7 p.m.
Aug. 9 at the Peace Center on Argall Way, across from the Magic Theatre, in Nevada City. Please contact
info@constitutionalintegrity.org, for more information.
Mother Lode Toastmasters, July 23
It was another great evening! We had three wonderful speakers with three great topics. Nadine Langley's speech, A Little bit Won't Hurt You, examined the use and effects of pesticides on the food we eat; Imantz Kaupe gave a technical presentation in his speech entitled, Hubbard's Pimple, which gave us a look at the future of fossil fuel production/consumption and the use of alternative fuels. Linda Couper's winning specialty speech, The Power of Now, enlightened us on letting go of our past hurts and failures and to learn to experience the "Now." All in all it was another informative and fun evening.
We are educational, supportive and guarantee plenty of laughter. Check us out at motherlode.freetoasthost.com, or, better yet, come to a meeting. We meet Monday evenings 6:45 p.m. at 640 East Main St., Grass Valley (behind Valet Cleaners). We'll leave the door open and save you a seat!
Amanda Rogerson 8/2/07 run with photo, if high enough quality
Captain John Oldham Chapter, DAR
With a show of colonial costumes, members of the local Captain John Oldham Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) discussed the coming Constitution Day Parade in Nevada City, encouraging members to participate, at a recent meeting. The 41st Annual Constitution Day Parade will be held in Nevada City at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9.
The National Society DAR was responsible for presenting the idea of a national Constitution Week September 17-23 to members of Congress and in 1955 President Eisenhower issued his proclamation. The first observance of Constitution Week was so successful that a Senate Joint Resolution was presented to the president to designate Sept. 17-23 annually as Constitution Week, which was adopted and signed into Law 915 Aug. 2, 1956.
Proclamations have been requested by the Captain John Oldham Chapter from the Nevada County Board of Supervisors, Nevada City Council and Grass Valley City Council regarding the observance of Constitution Week.
For more information, please telephone 274-9710.
Marine Corps League
Members of the Marine Corps League join together in camaraderie and fellowship to preserve the traditions, promote the interests and perpetuate the history of the United States Marine Corps. We are made up of active duty and honorably discharged Marines and Navy Corpsmen. Our mission is to aid all Marines, former Marines, their widows and orphans. We make ourselves visible to the community by participating in public observances on the anniversaries of historical occasions that are of particular interest to Marines. Come see what's happening as we plan for our Casino Night and the Birthday Ball.
If you are a Marine, former Marine or Navy Corpsmen please join us and reconnect with your brothers and sisters. We understand where you have been and what it means to be a Marine. We meet at 6 p.m. the first Monday of each month in the Grass Valley Veteran's Memorial Building, l255 S. Auburn Street, Grass Valley. Our next meeting is Monday, Aug. 6. As Chesty said, "Old breed? New breed? There's not a bit of difference so long as it's the Marine breed."
For more information please call 272-5339, email admin@MCL885.org or visit www.MCL885.org. Semper Fi!
Friendship Wednesday at the Gold Country Community Center
Lunch is served at noon, followed by entertainment at 12:30 p.m., every Wednesday: Aug. 8 and 15, the Community Center is closed due to the Nevada County Fair; Aug. 22, "The Choir Friends"; Aug. 29, Birthday Celebration. For more information, call 273-4961.
Nevada County Gem and Mineral Society
The "Rock Hounds" meet at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the Golden Empire Grange, La Barr Meadows Road.
Evangeline Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star and Friends of Nevada County Military
July 17, the Evangeline Chapter presented Fred Buhler, president of Friends of Nevada County Military, a check for $765. The donation was provided by the generosity of the Evangeline members.
Friends of the Nevada County military is a non-partisan, all volunteer, non-profit organization located in Nevada County. Their purpose is to send a strong message of support from our communiy to deployed and returning troops and their families by:
• Sending support packages, phone cards and letters to deployed troops.
• Providing support to service men and women reentering our community after completing military service.
• Supporting troops who have been hospitalized.
• Providing a support group for families of service men and women who live in our community.
The friends of Nevada County Military meet at 6:30 p.m the third Tuesday of the month in the Grass Valley Vets building. Everyone is welcome to come and participate in the packing of support packages. Currently, 70-80 packages are being sent each month.
The Order of the Eastern Star is one of the largest frtarenal organizations in the woeld to which both men and women can belong. The tenets of the Order are fedelity, constancy, loyalty, faith and love. Even though their ritual is based on heroines from the Bible, the Order is not a religion, nor does it pretend to take the place of religion or serve as a replacement for the religious beliefs of its memebers. Its members come from all denominations.
The Historical Society recently launched a membership promotion that allows new members to now purchase annual memberships for $25, which will be good through December, 2008. Members receive the society quarterly newsletter as well as the society's periodical, which includes information about specific events, things to do and stories about the rich history of Nevada County.
The historical society was established in 1944 in order to preserve and promote the history of Nevada County. The society operates the Searls Library, Nevada City Firehouse Museum, North Star Mining Museum and the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad and Transportation Museum. History Nights, featuring historical speakers that relive some aspect of Nevada County history, are held the last Thursday of the month at the Transportation Museum.
Membership applications can be downloaded at the society's website, www.nevadacountyhistory.org or call 265-5910.
The Nevada County Beekeepers Association
The Beekeepers will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6, at the Veteran's Memorial Building (back door off parking lot) on South Auburn Street, Grass Valley. All visitors are welcome. Interested in becoming a beekeeper! Wondering about pollination? Questions about the state of your hives? Join our lively regular question and answer session starting promptly at 7 p.m., followed by a brief meeting, refreshments and a great program by Randy Oliver updating us on mite control methods including powdered sugar, formic acid pads and thymol. If you have any questions, please call our president, Shane Mathias at 308-1376.
Troop 21
The Boy Scouts (and Scoutmaster) from Troop 21 in Grass Valley on their annual Fort Bragg Abalonie dive and biking trip.
Amanda Rogerson 8/2/07 run with photo
Northern Mines Business and Professional Women (NMBPW)
Northern Mines held their monthly meeting July 18. President Elect Sharon Rose introduced the guest speaker, Shawn Tuttle. Tuttle is the founder of Project Simplify; she introduced principles and strategies to organize and simplify your life. During this well attended meeting, members were guided through an exercise with a handout to use to show how to set a goal, visualize the goal, clear the way to achieving it, make plans to achieve it and "do" it.
NMBPW celebrates its 75th birthday this year. From the beginning it sought not only to expand economic opportunity for women and promote their welfare, but improve women's access to business and the professions.
Please call Valerie Logsdon at 272-7207 or Dee Eldridge at 273-0257, for further information about Northern Mines Business and Professional Women. Attend our next meeting and consider joining us.
Soroptimist International
Soroptimist International of Grass Valley is under new leadership. At a recent installation dinner, outgoing President Betty Stiving recounted the success of the past year including $25,000 earned in charitable fundraising enabling the club to provide support to our community and the international needs of women and children. Much of the fundraising results from Nevada County Fair sales of the Chicken and Vegetable Teriyaki bowls.
Local charities that are supported by Soroptimists include the KARE Crisis Nursery, DVSAC, CORR, Hope House, KARE Graduation Night activities for Bear River and Nevada Union High Schools, gifts and support for families at Christmas time, and support for women in developing countries. Members also award children who have overcome difficult situations in the Outstanding Effort Awards, and provide information and help to families through a program called Women Reaching Out. Special recognition is given to women who have made a difference in our community and scholarships provide help to women who are single heads of households who are working to improve their education.
Leading Soroptimist International of Grass Valley will be President Jeanne Aldrich, assisted by President-Elect Mary Graebner, Recording Secretary Norma Toles, Corresponding Secretary Sue Simmons, Treasurer Kathleen Mahr, and Assistant Treasurer Doris Holderbein, Delegates Diana Holcomb and Bunny Parcher, and Director Judy Leslie.
Americans for Constitutional Integrity
ACI will hold its next bimonthly meeting (held on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month) at 7 p.m.
Aug. 9 at the Peace Center on Argall Way, across from the Magic Theatre, in Nevada City. Please contact
info@constitutionalintegrity.org, for more information.
Mother Lode Toastmasters, July 23
It was another great evening! We had three wonderful speakers with three great topics. Nadine Langley's speech, A Little bit Won't Hurt You, examined the use and effects of pesticides on the food we eat; Imantz Kaupe gave a technical presentation in his speech entitled, Hubbard's Pimple, which gave us a look at the future of fossil fuel production/consumption and the use of alternative fuels. Linda Couper's winning specialty speech, The Power of Now, enlightened us on letting go of our past hurts and failures and to learn to experience the "Now." All in all it was another informative and fun evening.
We are educational, supportive and guarantee plenty of laughter. Check us out at motherlode.freetoasthost.com, or, better yet, come to a meeting. We meet Monday evenings 6:45 p.m. at 640 East Main St., Grass Valley (behind Valet Cleaners). We'll leave the door open and save you a seat!
Amanda Rogerson 8/2/07 run with photo, if high enough quality
Captain John Oldham Chapter, DAR
With a show of colonial costumes, members of the local Captain John Oldham Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) discussed the coming Constitution Day Parade in Nevada City, encouraging members to participate, at a recent meeting. The 41st Annual Constitution Day Parade will be held in Nevada City at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9.
The National Society DAR was responsible for presenting the idea of a national Constitution Week September 17-23 to members of Congress and in 1955 President Eisenhower issued his proclamation. The first observance of Constitution Week was so successful that a Senate Joint Resolution was presented to the president to designate Sept. 17-23 annually as Constitution Week, which was adopted and signed into Law 915 Aug. 2, 1956.
Proclamations have been requested by the Captain John Oldham Chapter from the Nevada County Board of Supervisors, Nevada City Council and Grass Valley City Council regarding the observance of Constitution Week.
For more information, please telephone 274-9710.
Marine Corps League
Members of the Marine Corps League join together in camaraderie and fellowship to preserve the traditions, promote the interests and perpetuate the history of the United States Marine Corps. We are made up of active duty and honorably discharged Marines and Navy Corpsmen. Our mission is to aid all Marines, former Marines, their widows and orphans. We make ourselves visible to the community by participating in public observances on the anniversaries of historical occasions that are of particular interest to Marines. Come see what's happening as we plan for our Casino Night and the Birthday Ball.
If you are a Marine, former Marine or Navy Corpsmen please join us and reconnect with your brothers and sisters. We understand where you have been and what it means to be a Marine. We meet at 6 p.m. the first Monday of each month in the Grass Valley Veteran's Memorial Building, l255 S. Auburn Street, Grass Valley. Our next meeting is Monday, Aug. 6. As Chesty said, "Old breed? New breed? There's not a bit of difference so long as it's the Marine breed."
For more information please call 272-5339, email admin@MCL885.org or visit www.MCL885.org. Semper Fi!
Friendship Wednesday at the Gold Country Community Center
Lunch is served at noon, followed by entertainment at 12:30 p.m., every Wednesday: Aug. 8 and 15, the Community Center is closed due to the Nevada County Fair; Aug. 22, "The Choir Friends"; Aug. 29, Birthday Celebration. For more information, call 273-4961.
Nevada County Gem and Mineral Society
The "Rock Hounds" meet at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the Golden Empire Grange, La Barr Meadows Road.
Evangeline Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star and Friends of Nevada County Military
July 17, the Evangeline Chapter presented Fred Buhler, president of Friends of Nevada County Military, a check for $765. The donation was provided by the generosity of the Evangeline members.
Friends of the Nevada County military is a non-partisan, all volunteer, non-profit organization located in Nevada County. Their purpose is to send a strong message of support from our communiy to deployed and returning troops and their families by:
• Sending support packages, phone cards and letters to deployed troops.
• Providing support to service men and women reentering our community after completing military service.
• Supporting troops who have been hospitalized.
• Providing a support group for families of service men and women who live in our community.
The friends of Nevada County Military meet at 6:30 p.m the third Tuesday of the month in the Grass Valley Vets building. Everyone is welcome to come and participate in the packing of support packages. Currently, 70-80 packages are being sent each month.
The Order of the Eastern Star is one of the largest frtarenal organizations in the woeld to which both men and women can belong. The tenets of the Order are fedelity, constancy, loyalty, faith and love. Even though their ritual is based on heroines from the Bible, the Order is not a religion, nor does it pretend to take the place of religion or serve as a replacement for the religious beliefs of its memebers. Its members come from all denominations.
