Eating for the Cancer Society
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12:01 a.m. PT May 8, 2008
Paulette Rickard doesn't usually open Paulette's Kitchen for dinner, but Friday is a special occasion: She's holding a spaghetti feed to raise money for her Relay for Life team.
The dinner, including salad, garlic bread and homemade dessert, is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the restaurant at 875 Sutton Way, in Glenbrook Basin, and costs $10. All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society, Rickard said. The food all was donated, she added.
She and her 21 teammates also are raffling prizes donated by area business people, including a motorcycle helmet, hummingbird feeder and gift certificates to local restaurants and hair salons.
Neal Street leak repaired
One block of Neal Street was closed Wednesday between South Auburn and Mill streets, in downtown Grass Valley. Pipes under the busy roadway in front of the Safeway store had a water leak that crews repairs, city officials said.
Swing into spring
The Nevada Union High School Band is having its annual Spring Swing Spaghetti Dinner and Swing Dance from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at the school on Ridge Road, Grass Valley.
Tickets are $10 each and $30 for families of three or more.
Mother's Day garden sale
Thousands of organically grown vegetable and herb seedlings, trees and native plants will be available from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the 21st Annual Mother's Day Plant and Garden Sale at the Miners Foundry in Nevada City.
More than 12 local farms will participate in the free event.
Wildfire week points
to defensible space
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared this week Wildfire Awareness Week, a good time to learn how to defend your home from a blaze, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Learn more about state regulations regarding defensible space at Calfire's Web site, www.fire.ca.gov.
