From Doug Ose: When we gathered for the Rio Linda Chamber of Commerce meeting last week, Hal Morris raised the idea of a volunteer day at Gibson Ranch between March 22 and April 1. Hal suggested Saturday March 26 or Sunday March 27. Since Wednesday I have talked with my landscape contractor regarding how this […]
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The Other Thing…
Don Flesch has his “This and That” column in the Rio Linda News, so I figure we’ll call this one “The Other Thing”. Aren’t I a stitch? So with a Pepsi Max in one hand and Bjork’s “Vespertine” on my headphones here’s a bunch of stuff that needs to make it here somehow. It ain’t […]
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Westside Elementary 4th Annual Car and Bike Show
Westside Elementary is having their 4th annual car show on Saturday March 12th. They will have a bake sale and all proceeds will be going to the Hoffman Cancer Fund. This is in support of a 4th grader at Westside who was recently diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma (Stage 4). Rhabdomyosarcoma is a type of cancer, in […]
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Truth Be Told, Uncovering Facts From Fiction
Special from Courtney Caron, RLECWD board president.
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We Don’t Need a Rate Increase, Do We?
The RLECWD has come to the crossroad of success or abject failure. With two CDPH Compliance Orders and one set of citations against the district, the time has come to take our district forward or let it die on the vine.
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No Low Snow
Nope, no low snow, but plenty of water! I took these pictures today at the Rio Linda Blvd. bridge over the west fork of Dry (ahem) Creek. The other set with all the greenery were taken just a couple of weeks ago during the very windy days we had. My son Christopher wanted to fly […]
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Dog Missing from Rio Linda Found in Tacoma
It’s a mystery how he did it, but a dog that disappeared near Sacramento, Calif., has been reunited with his owner – after turning up 720 miles away in Tacoma two days later. Whether the dog was stolen or picked up by a Good Samaritan still isn’t clear – but his family is just overjoyed […]
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2011 AMGEN Tour coming through Rio Linda
The 2011 AMGEN Tour comes right through Rio Linda.
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Rio Linda Little League Parade
The annual Rio Linda Little League Parade will be held on April 2nd at 8am.
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Monday Memories: Surprise!
Thanks to Grace Marquette for scanning this brochure
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Gourmet Italian Supper with RLHS Music Dept
The Rio Linda High School Music Department is hosting a ravioli / spaghetti feed and cake walk in the Cafeteria on February 11th at 6:00pm. Dinner will include: Spaghetti, Ravioli, green salad, bread and a beverage. Dessert bar with selections of .50cents to $1.00 per item will be available. The award winning vocal jazz ensemble […]
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Lots of News Bits
Hang on… lots of little things here… Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue in Elverta needs help because it has too many dogs at its shelter. As a result of the housing crisis, poor job market and fires in Southern California, officials say kennels that comfortably hold 34 dogs now are housing more than 50 dogs. […]
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Thank You For Your Support
A little housekeeping today folks… As many of you know, I was laid off around 3 months ago. Things have been moving along just fine, but I really hoped to be back at work before now. So things are starting to get tight, financially, and it’s time to reach out to the community for a […]
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Monday Memories: Dear Lyle…
Rio Linda was a small town… Archway Market, The Archway Pharmacy, The Archway Frosty and The Archway Gas and Garage…
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Only in Rio Linda…
There are people, places and things that one will see in Rio Linda or Elverta the you might be hard pressed to find anywhere else.
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You can’t (and shouldn’t) believe everything you read.
This month’s North Country News has its regular sprinkling of homey gardening tips, misleading advertisements, and religious contemplations. It also contains, as always, Vivien Johnson’s woeful flailing spin and desperate grasps at truth and the reality of the water district’s situation. This time, her particularly despicable and manipulative editorial commentary comes in the form of […]
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Rio Linda Little League sign-ups
Regular Rio Linda Little League sign-ups begin this month! From the RLLL.org website: Saturday, January 15th, 10:00am – 2:00pm at Papa’s Pizza Wednesday, January 19th, 5:30pm – 8:00pm at Papa’s Pizza Saturday, January 29th, 10:00am – 2:00pm at Papa’s Pizza Monday, January 31st, 5:30pm – 8:00pm at Mountain Mike’s 2011 League Pricing & Age Groups: 4, […]
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Something different…
It’s been a mighty slow holiday season around town. The wind and rain has come and gone, the fog stopped by for a while, and everything has slowed to a crawl so I have had a little time to surf and bring you tidbits from around the cyberworld relating to our north 40 in the […]
