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aD SaTC hello, i hope everyone enjoyed the summer. i for one am glad that fall has begun. we at United have had such a busy month. it just seemed as if september flew by in a flash. We are de-lighted to have nikki hancock on the cover this month. a lot of you might know nikki as the former editor for the Sun herald. She is one very multi talented entrepreneur. She has her own salon, as well as being a reputable freelance writer. we also have nikki’s very special “sex and the country” column. we have a new addition to our contributors this month. ashley indrieri from the Family water alliance, she brings her insight on all of our local water issues. i’m also quite excited about my own new column “my mostly unfabulous social Life” i have been so busy with new and exciting projects. i find it so fun to have an outlet to recap the month, as well as to let everyone know the exciting things that are happening around the area. please be on the look out for United agriculture, which will be out later this month. have a great and safe October!

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september 3 would have been my 42nd wedding anniversary. i can’t help but wonder where we would be, what turn my life would have taken if my husband David hadn’t have passed away.My world as i know it now is far different from the life we lived in north dakota. i would be lying if i said i don’t enjoy the life i lead now, but there are moments, when i wonder.Would David have completed his master’s degree? Would we be living in some other state where he would be teaching? Would i be doing what i do now?again i am reminded that there is a plan for each of us.there are times when i can’t help but be a little angry that David didn’t get to meet his hopes and dreams and most of all, that he didn’t live out his life.i know that he was a faithful man. i know that he is in a far better place. but there are still those times when i wish he could be here to see what

his kids and i have accomplished. i know his children miss him when they meet goals or have special events in their lives.i remember dancing with my son at his wedding and him saying; “i miss Dad”.a couple of years ago my oldest child Velvet had quilts made for her siblings tiffany, Val and herself. each quilt was designed with photos of the child and their dad and trimmed in motifs that match the things they each shared with their dad. There were tears that Christmas eve, and Velvet was declared the one with the ‘best gift’ to give that year.There are moments when i know my children just wish they could share with him one more time.life goes on for all of us. but as we come upon these milestones or what would have been a milestone, we can’t help but wonder; What if?Just a thought………………

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i spent approximately four hours getting ready for my date with grant. Four hours. it was more for the enjoyment of truly taking my time than needing a half a day to shower and put on makeup. i showered, shaved, used my best sugar scrub, and danced around to music all the while wondering what this was going to be like. i don’t even know this guy and i’m supposed to spend all night across a table from him mak-ing small talk? i wondered to myself. this dating thing seemed like it was going to be more trouble than it was worth. i began to almost wish i had married my first love, Joey. But then i remembered his inability to hold a job and was glad that i had ended the three-year relationship five months earlier.

i decided on the short white skirt and bright pink tank top. not too dressy, but not super casual and hopefully cool enough for a warm april night in northern California. as i made my way out to the living room of the town house that i shared with my three (male) room-mates, i felt a flush of embarrassment. they had made it clear that they didn’t think i should go out with grant but i had brushed it off like i wasn’t putting any thought or effort into it – i was just curious. Wasn’t i?

it wasn’t a big deal to me. i really wasn’t interested in the guy. the first time i met him he was ridiculously drunk. he had given me his number and i had never called it. he was the one that tracked me down at my place of work to insist i give him a chance to be a gentleman and take me out and he had, in fact, asked me out three times and each time i had ended up bailing on him at the last minute. To be honest with myself i wasn’t even really sure why i had decided to go this fourth time. Maybe it was his persistence. Maybe it was curiosity. Or maybe it was me hoping ‘everybody’ was wrong. Besides, i had never been on a ‘real’ date, this was as good a time as ever to give it a try, right?

i sat on our beat up blue couch next to my roommate’s brother, James, who also happened to be a sort of big brother figure for my-self as well. after a few minutes he asked “What time is this guy supposed to be picking you up?” in the grimmest toughest voice he could muster. i got the feeling that there wasn’t a guy on earth that would meet the approval of my roommates and James as far as dat-ing went.

“seven,” i replied, hoping that he wouldn’t notice that the clock on the Vcr read 7:06. James gave me a stiff frown. it was 7:23 when we finally heard a knock at the door. as i raised up from the couch James stuck his arm out, knocking me right back down on my butt.

“i’ll get the door,” he said and stomped to the front door. i held back a laugh at his cute big-brother protectiveness. my smile quickly faded when i heard the door open and James simply say, “you’re late.”

i jumped up and ran to the front door to save my date from the wrath of James, embarrassed. James paused in the hall to give me a hug and said “have fun,” then sent a dirty glance over his shoulder at the doorway before heading back to the living room. how embarrassing, for me and i’m sure grant as well.

ugh, let’s get this over with, i thought as i continued down the hall. when i reached the doorway i was shocked and caught my breath. grant looked good. Damn good. i didn’t quite expect the attraction i felt. i was pleased that we both seemed to be on the same page as far as our dress code went – he wore nice khaki pants and a polo dress shirt. But beneath the clothes was an air of confidence and charisma. This should be interesting, i thought as i stepped out the door…

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Okay so i have to confesses something. as some of you might know my degree is in Design not english or Journalism yet here i find my self month after month putting this publication together. with that said here i go. i had a very ambitious past month. i first would like to thank Pierce high school for the invitation to be a presenter on their first ever career/college fair. it was great to be there and share my experiences with all the high school students interested in the field of graphic Design and publishing. it was a great day and i think the phS staff did a great job at having a diverse group of business professional available for the students. what was also great was to see how many young professionals were there. as a matter of fact, some were past phS students. i also ran into some of my old teachers, who reminded me of the silly things i did in high School. One of the things i had forgotten about was the fact that i was the president of our Fbla Chapter in pierce high School. looking back at it now i guess that was really my first introduction to the business world. i would like to thank our Chapter advisor Mr. Frantz. he really gave us his guidance to make our chapter a great club to be a part of. this month i have also been busy helping the sun Valley group with find-ing 100 workers for their farm in arcata california. We have had almost weekly meetings to share information. So far several people have been hired and are on their way to the beautiful northern California coast to start their work. working with both kathy Craigo and The north valley hispanic chamber of commerce, i know we will help get 100 californians off unemployment. The hispanic Chamber also had a great turn out on the mexican independence festival celebration this past month at the Yuba-Sutter fairgrounds. we passed out so many applications, as well

as flower stems promoting the jobs for the sun Valley group. Please, if you know anyone looking for work contact kathy Craigo for an applica-tion as soon as possible. This month i have two events that i have been working on for a long time. One is the hispanic chamber’s annual dinner “espectaculo gi-gante” that is being hosted by colusa casino resort. i would like to thank everyone on the events Committee at the hispanic Chamber for all of their efforts and time donated into the creation of this event. also this month, October 22nd at 4:00pm is colusa county’s Business showcase that will take place at exhibit hall at the colusa county fair-grounds. The event is tailored as an avenue to bring together Colusa County businesses with consumers. we always hear about shopping local. this event will be the first of many efforts in the community to give an incentive for consumers to really understand the services that are available throughout the county. i encourage you to come to the showcase and learn about all your local businesses. we will also have a lot of freebies and samples of many of the county’s products. Other things to look forward to this month is the launch of United: agriculture and United: Yuba-Sutter. These are just the beginning of a series of United publications many will be tailored for Colusa County, glenn County, Yuba County as well as Sutter County. i am still look-ing for contributors to these and other publications. if you have an interesting point of view or just something you’d like to say e-mail me at [email protected] to become a collaborator in any of these new editions. as all these big projects start to come together i can’t help but look back at where and how it all began and how far the Magazine, the Studio, as well as myself have come. it seems it was just yesterday i quit my previous job to pursue what many saw as a silly idea and an unfabulous dream.


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a familiar face in Colusa County is one-time reporter and editor of the Colusa County Sun-herald nikki hancock.hancock is now a free-lance writer and owner of a willows nail salon called Secrets of attraction.while with the Sun-herald, hancock also worked as a nail techni-cian at Shear Class in williams. although she opened her own salon in willows, she still has clients from williams, Colusa and maxwell.she said she loved her job as reporter/editor at the paper and that she has a lot of good memories associated with the position. “One of my fondest memories was being allowed to go along on a marijuana raid up in the hills with the sheriff’s department. i was flattered to be asked to do that,” she said.hancock recalled watching the helicopters removing the mari-juana plants and commented that the coordination between the agencies was very impressive. “it was a once-in-a-lifetime experi-ence for a civilian and i got some amazing photos.” she said.“another was getting to meet governor arnold schwarzenegger. as a kid, i used to think he was a great actor. it was surreal to meet him in person when he came to Colusa County for a press conference on the levees a few years back.”hancock said she misses the part of newspaper work that brings a brand new experience everyday and misses attending colusa

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County events and beyond. “i felt comfortable at every event,” she stated. “i felt comfort-able with my camera and i got to meet a lot of very interesting people.”when the Sun-herald (Tri-County newspapers) was bought out by a larger group, she decided that working for a big corporation was not what she wanted to do. That is when she decided to open her own business.She put herself through college doing nails. She said that open-ing the salon just seemed like the best and most logical next step for her.she is still writing and has a few books in the works: a children’s book, one about her 25 roommates and another about her grand-father who she lost this year. “even though the economy is bad, it is still important to feel good about yourself. a pedicure, manicure or tan can do a lot for your self esteem. People can’t afford to travel as much, but they can still tan at a salon,” she said.“there’s a huge difference between journalism and doing nails.” she said, but she most definitely loves her work at the salon. “We laugh all day and most people leave the salon with a smile on their face and at the end of the day i still have energy to write.” She added that wanting to pursue her writing was another reason

© 2009 Luis Barrera PhOtOgraPhy Designfor her departure from journalism.at the willows location she has two hairdressers, one of which of-fers color perms. “We have a color specialist that comes up once a month from granite Bay. she brings experience and a modern technique that are hard to find.” she said. the salon also provides waxing services and two tanning beds. hancock offers all forms of nail care: acrylic pedicures, a full range of 10 pedicures and manicures. She uses glitter acrylic and makes her own line of acrylics as well, which consists of nearly 300 different colors. she makes her own acrylic blends available to not just her clients, but provides them for other nail technicians as well. nikki said that her vast array of custom colors comes in handy when clients are wanting to have their nails coordinated with a wedding theme or prom dress.hancock said the willows community was very supportive and wel-comed her and her business with open arms when she opened. when asked what advice she would give someone thinking about going into business for themselves, hancock simply stated: “fol-low your heart and your dreams.” “there are 18 salons in Willows and people thought it was crazy for me to open, but i’m a positive thinker.” said nikki. she closed by saying “if you are fair and treat people well, you will do well. i never questioned it. i always look forward.”

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the grimes Ladies aid will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its annual dinner and bazaar this year. The dinner, an all you can eat turkey and ham feast will be served up by the ladies beginning at 5:00pm on november 7th at the grand island elementary school in grimes.this year’s chairpersons are emily Bradburn, ardith miller and Jean Malcolm. as is tradition, the event will feature bazaar booths

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despite numerous late night meetings and many public hear-ings, we have missed the deadline to come up with a com-prehensive water solution this year, but a special legislative session has not been ruled out. The perfect storm of below average rainfall and water cutbacks due to environmental regulations has left California farmers and ranchers with an uncertain future. Five water bills introduced this summer fell short of addressing the real issues facing the delta. The bills attempted to deal with the governance structure of water deliveries, but would have only added more red tape to an already bureaucratic process. in recent weeks, the lack of farm water being delivered in the Central valley has made national media headlines only fuel-ing the frustration of central Valley farmers. a quick drive down interstate 5 and anyone can see the numerous signs that reiterate the frustration, “congress created a Dustbowl”. Many can debate the numbers of acres of farmland being fal-lowed because of lack of water, but whether 150,000 acres or 300,000, neither are acceptable for one of the largest agricul-

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Three Chico State University (CSU) students and one CSU graduate recently completed an internship program with gemma power Sys-tems california, inc. located near maxwell, ca. that has proven to be a win-win project for the students and for gemma according to the students, their instructor, and the company.The students; Janet Torrez, Javier diaz, Jaime pena and Steve Moore entered the program through the collaboration of their CSU instruc-tor david Shirah, Colusa County One Stop partnership employer Ser-vice Coordinator karen peters and gemma Subcontract and permit administrator kristy Santucci. through the colusa county One-stop’s american recovery and rein-vestment act, these participants were provided a paid work experi-ence/internship. during the course of the internship program Santucci facilitated weekly meetings with the interns and entry level gemma employees on site. gemma personnel from varied levels of management and trade hosted a portion of the meetings and fielded questions. two project managers, Pg&e’s Project manager, gemma’s construction manager, assistant project manager, procurement manager, sched-uling manager, safety manager, and one gemma field engineer as-sisted. at the conclusion of the project, Santucci conducted a resume workshop for the interns. “the meetings and workshops provided the interns with such an incredible opportunity to gain information and ask questions of these incredibly busy managers,” said san-tucci. “that was really the foundation of the program,” she added. shirah also commented on the benefits of the program stating that the construction industry’s investment in providing internship oppor-tunities is a win-win situation for the industry, individual companies recruiting and developing future leadership, higher education and the student intern. Shirah commented that internships furnish stu-dents with opportunities to experience and explore the many varied segments of our industry. “this provides them opportunities to realize the industry that have a genuine interest and passion for, while saving a company the hard-ship of hiring a new student and investing substantially in their pro-fessional development only to have the student leave the company within two to three years for another industry,” he said. moore is an example of the success of the program. he commented that the six-week internship gave him a chance to prove his abilities at no risk to the employer. now that he is finished with the internship, gem-ma has invited him back as a full-time employee and he has accepted. “moore recommends the placement process, and commented that he wouldn’t have found a more well-suited project on his own merit. “i had no idea that there was a program like the One stop Work experience Program and gemma program within driving distance from my home,” he said adding that he would recommend it to anyone looking to gain knowledge and experience in the industry. diaz has returned to classes at CSU, but has been offered a part-time position with gemma also, which he has accepted. like Moore, diaz heard about the program from Shirah and went through the One stop Work experience Program to apply. “the

benefits of the summer intern program have been many,” said Diaz. “i have been able to apply the tools and the knowledge that csu Chico has provided for me and i have been able to apply them in the real construction world,” he said. he added that his time with gemma was a true learning experience. “i have learned the many aspects of the construction world that we have talked about in class and now have had the opportunity to see it all in action,” he said. “as an educator, i am excited at the opportunity for students to ap-ply what they are learning in academia to the industry and for them to bring their experiences back to the classroom to enhance the learning experience,” added shirah. “the best education to prepare students for the industry is a com-bination of academia and on-site experience during the education process. we encourage our students to get on a construction site in any capacity to enhance their learning and increase their market-ability,” he saidShirah said that he is starting to see a trend in the industry to re-cruit student interns early in their education, and if the student is a good fit for a company, to maintain the internship throughout their education. “this is an excellent opportunity for companies to evaluate a pos-sible future candidate for hire without the expense and burden of the hiring process. it also provides companies the opportu-nity to indoctrinate and train a candidate in a way that when they do sign a contract they can literally hit the ground running as a viable contributing member of the project team,” he said. shirah also admits that not all internships are a good experience in learning, self-esteem, and career and professional development. “an internship should be looked at by companies as a responsibility to afford the student intern an experience that builds their self-esteem and confidence, enriches their learning, develops their professional-ism, and enhances learning and knowledge of the industry,” he said. however, he said that he believes that at the gemma power Systems maxwell Pg&e project, gemma should be proud of their intern pro-gram.“gemma provided internship opportunities for the summer for three of our CSU Chico Construction Management students. Two of the students are at the beginning of their degree program in Construction Management with only a few construction manage-ment classes undertaken. The other had more upper level course-work and was at a junior status in our program,” he explained. “although i am not sure of the exact internship program gemma pro-vided the students, i can say that during my site visit the interns spoke with enthusiasm, confidence and passion for the work they have per-formed, the project team they worked with and the project it” he said. Shirah said the students returned to school with enthusiasm for learning and a passion for our industry. “all indications are the students did a good job and are being asked to return for work during the semester, winter break and next sum-mer,” he said.

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