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The word icon is often over used in today’s soci-ety, but when one refers to Abel Chevrolet, icon just seems to be the most appropriate. Abel Chev-rolet has been in business for over 75 years. That pe-

riod of time covers eight decades and not many businesses carry such a distinction. Many factors come into play which are vital for business, espe-cially in the automotive industry, to survive the

test of time. However, Abel Chevrolet has man-aged to do just that and not only survive, but thrive. There have been difficult times, such as the current economic crisis which caused General Motors to pull the plug on several dealerships. But, once again Abel has stood strong, even getting great support from GM. Of course also very impor-tant to an auto dealership, they rely heavily on the community. On the flip side, the community in turn, relies on larger busi-nesses, such as an auto dealership to help out and Abel Chevrolet has answered the call. Abel Chevrolet has contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax revenue over the years to the city and has also donated to an endless number of local charitable and civic orga-nizations. It was John F Abel who purchased the Sidwell Garage on Sec-

Abel Chevrolet Celebrates Over 75 Years of Businessond street in August of 1935. 10 years later, they expanded into a building on main street where Bank of Stockton is now. The dealership moved to its current location on High-way 12 in 1960. Mr. Abel passed away in 1966 and his son, also John Abel, assumed the operations of the business. Today, Mr. Abel remains active in the business, while sons Derek and Ryan handle many of the operational duties. They have had many long term employees over the years. Woody Woodruff was an employee for over 57 years, retiring a few years ago. Woody started as a parts person, was Parts Manager for 30 years and then became General Manager. About Abel Chevrolet, Woody says that he “liked work-ing with a family. They treated me good, so I

stayed, we were like one big family.” Currently, Rich O’Neil just reached 31 years this past Octo-ber. He was the service manager for 27 years and now he works in sales. “I have seen three genera-tions of families purchase vehicles here and use our service department.’’ says O’Neil. He went on to say, “The whole Abel family has been wonderful to me. I had a stroke back in May and they won’t let me drive to work, so ev-eryday someone comes to pick me up and take me home again.” “I also love working with the people in Rio Vista,” states O’Neil. When asked what his favorite automobile is, O’Neil answers, “I love them all, however my favorite is the Malibu.”Derek, who recalls working for the family business as early as eight

years old dusting off parts bins, says he is honored to be part of the family busi-ness. “My father and his father as well built a business that has a strong foundation because Abel Chevro-let has dedicated itself to making Rio Vista a great place to live and work. We want to be a part of carrying on the tradition and con-tinue to be a contribu-tor to the community and support those who have stood by us through the years.”In honor of a “Thank you” to everyone, Abel Chevrolet Buick will be having a 75 Years celebration on Saturday, December 11, from 12pm to 3pm. Food, music and raffle. Everyone is

Abel Chevrolet Founder, John F. Abel Senior (pictured on the right) looking over a Buick Engine in 1961.

Abel’s dealership in the 1970’s at their current location.Sidwell Garage on Second street

When I was 9 years old my parents bought a cabin in Mill Creek, Ca by Mt Lassen. We spent many Thanksgivings there with family and friends. After I was married the tradition continued and even after our daughter Stephanie was born in 1986. It was a wonderful cabin, 4 bedrooms down stairs a nice size kitchen and fam-ily room and the upstairs was one big room with

about 10 beds in it. The only heat that we had was a wood burning stove that seemed to take hours to heat up when we would first arrive there. There is nothing like being in a cabin with your loved ones and the smell of the turkey in the oven and crisp white snow outside. Every year my mother made us year play Chinese checkers with her and to this day I still can not beat

her... The Friday after Thanks-giving would be the day that we would drive to Chester to buy a permit from the Forest Ranger Station so that we can cut down our own Christmas tree. This one particu-lar year when I believe when Stephanie was about 7 or 8 we left the cabin to find the per-fect Clark Griswold tree, Stephanie, Harry, myself

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Happy Holidays AN OPEN LETTER TO THE COMMUNITY

I’ve had the pleasure of driving the “New Improved Highway 12”,between Rio Vista and Suisun City several times in the last couple of weeks.I have to say, that even though the project has not yet reached thefinished stage, it is smooth, has shoulders, new left turn pockets and muchbetter visibility. Congratu-lations to Caltrans for ac-cepting the fact thatthe band-aid approach was not working and that major surgery was inorder. They stepped up and moved this project to the front burner.

The project is on track to be finished by December 2nd and a ribboncutting ceremony, cel-ebrating the project, is scheduled for December 8th.I‟m sure that information on that ceremony will be forth coming.

Like similar highways, this portion of Highway 12 was labeled a „blood ally‟due to the number of deaths and injuries that resulted from the trafficaccidents that occurred regularly. I feel compelled to remind Highway 12travelers that the highway did not kill or injure any-

one, not a single one. Itwas, in fact, the drivers us-ing the highway that were and will in the future,be responsible those tragic incidents.

The improvements that are being completed will provide for a saferroadway. However if driv-ers are inattentive, contin-ue to speed, (the signspost LIMITS, not mini-mums) pass unnecessarily (to the left and right) andthe many other idiotic ma-neuvers that are observed every day, the highdeath and injury rates will exist again. Believe it or not, there is noobligation to pass, just because a “passing lane” is available and thespeed limits still apply in passing zones – really! No appointment, nodestination, no reason is worth taking a life. Pay at-tention to your driving,obey the basic laws of the road and practice courtesy for every minuteand every mile that you are on the highway. The lives that you impactmay be those of your own family.

Finally, the California High-way Patrol, Solano Office has assured theHighway 12 Association and the local community, that they will continuestringent enforcement

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Ronald L. „Ron Jones, Vice MayorCity of Rio Vista

Well, well, well, Mr. Richards, did you draw the short straw last week? Was it your turn to try and discredit my factual reporting? My Letters to the Editor were meant to inform the public on the misdeeds, mismanage-ment, and corruption of the City Council. The public needs to know and expects their elected officials to rep-resent them and per-form their government duties accordingly. O, I forgot, neither you nor Mr. Jones were elected, but appointed by the Mayor. Both of your voting records show support for anything the Mayor wishes. You must be trying to clear your collective consciences by writing letters in an attempt to slander, libel, and dis-credit me to redirect at-tention away from you. You cannot erase your sins with words; your actions speak louder. Four of the five Council

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One year ago, in Novem-ber, 2009, I wrote a Trea-surer’s Corner on what I felt to be the need for a calendarized (by month) City budget for at least the upcoming year and for a running two-year

budget going forward (so we could get a sneak peek at the next fiscal year). However, the idea of a cal-endarized budget yielded little interest. One Council member, Jack Krebs, has always supported the concept; and I received just three positive e-mails from the public. On the other hand, this spring, the Council was presented with a two-year budget (for

2010-2011 and 2011-2012), and for that we are grateful. However, Krebs said during the budget discussions in May that he urged the staff to cal-endarize the 2010-2011 budget before we started the fiscal year in July. He was not successful. So why is a budget calendarized by month important? One look at the financial reportgiven to the Council this November yields a clue.

It reports that, through October (i.e., 33% of the way through the fiscal year), the General Fund has received 15% of its anticipated (budgeted) re-ceipts and has spent 28% of its budgeted expendi-tures. Is that good or bad? Are we on plan, or not? I doubt anyone knows. The City receives most of its expected revenue monthly on a predictable but uneven basis. Prop-erty tax revenues come in two lumps, in two months of the year. The receiptof the cash we’re expect-ing on the sale of property this year will be received in one or two large pay-ments in some month. We receive sales tax revenue monthly, but the amountchanges from month to month, depending on what retail sales were in the prior month…and we all know that var-ies during the year. Then there is grant income, although our City doesn’t seem to be as burdened

with this revenue as are others in the County.So, of the $4,783,033 that we expect to receive this year, how much did we ex-pect to receive one third of the way through the year? 33%? 40%? 25%? Or only 15%? Without know-ing this, we have no idea if the 15% we’ve received so far puts us ahead,behind, or on plan. Likewise, the City spends its money irregularly, although not quite as irregularly as it receives its income. Payroll, one of our largest line items, is fairly consistent, month to month. Expenditures on consultants, capital equip-ment, building repair, etc., are not so. Again, of the $4,683,373 that we expect to spend this year, how much did we expectto spend one third of the way through the year? 33%? 40%? 25%? Again, without knowing this, we have no idea if the 28% we’ve spent so far means we are ahead, behind,

or on plan. Putting to-gether a complete budget package for the Council each year is a huge task.Spreading out the ap-proved budget by month (“calendarizing”) would also be a big job,but not nearly as big as the original task. I offered to help with this job, but City staff chose not to do it. As a result, we still have no calendarized budget for this year; and wewon’t know where we are with respect to the budget until the end of the year… at which point there will be nothing anyone can do about it.Had the General Fund budget been re-cast on a monthly basis, the financial reports the Council currently receives would be much more use-ful, and the Council and the City Manager would be able to manage finan-cial performance more effectively, taking action if things were going awry.Aye, and maybe there’s the rub.Hale Conklin

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Rio, Vista, CA – November 11, 2010…For many fans in the country there is no form of motorsports more exciting than sprint car racing and the town of Rio Vista has recently become a home to one of the major groups in the Western United States.

The Golden State Chal-lenge Sprint Car Series has been around for 25-years and at the end of this past season, Rio Vista resident Dan Simp-son took over the role of managing director for the tour and it is now head-quartered at 303 Main St. in Downtown Rio Vista. The series has also un-dergone a slight name change, with it now known as the “Golden State King of the West

Sprint Car Series,” as it gets ready for the first season of competition under the leadership of Simpson, who is the owner and founder of DES Inc. and Simpson Percherons in Rio Vista. The series is cur-rently in negotiations with a number of race tracks and working towards a projected 30-event sched-ule for the 2011 season. The series will be visiting many of the same tracks as in years past, with the possibility of a couple new ones added in as well. An official schedule will be compiled following the annual RPM Promoters Workshop held in Reno, Nevada on December 2-4. In addition to attending the RPM Promoters Work-shop the Golden State King of the West Sprint Car Series will also have a presence at the 23rd an-

nual Performance Racing Industry Tradeshow in Orlando, Florida. The se-ries will have a booth at the show and are hoping to have a final copy of the schedule announced dur-ing the event, which is held on December 9-11. “We are really excited about some of the new venues that have called and showed interest in holding Golden State King of the West Series events in 2011,” said se-ries operations manager George Hague. “We are working on a lot of vari-ous things to help bring the promotional part of the series to a new level to try and bring the series into a new era of sprint car racing out West.” The Golden State King of the West Sprint Car Series moved into its new business office in early-

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We’re getting excited about our second annual Old Tyme Christmas Faire. It will be held Saturday, Dec. 4, 11--4:30 p. m., and Sunday, Dec. 5, noon--4:30 p. m., at the museum in conjunction with the Christmas Breakfast at the D. H. White School and the Chamber’s Christmas Lighting Ceremony. The museum will hold an open house, decorated in old time Christmas regalia with Christmas music in

the air. We’ll serve hot cider, coffee, and popcorn and hold a sale of home made holiday confections and goodies. Artisans will present locally crafted Xmas gifts. We’ve even invited Santa, so please plan to drop by.

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Breakfast with Santa will be held on Saturday, Dec. 4th from 8-11am in the Tapella Building at D.H. White School. There will be a pancake breakfast, carnival-like games, and pictures with Santa.The cost is $7.00 for adults and $3.00 for children. We hope to see you there. If you have any quesions, you can con-tact the school’s office at 707-374-5335.

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Soroptimist of Rio Vista will sponsor a Ginger-bread House Decorating party on Saturday,December 11. A Ginger-bread House and all the materials to decorate it at the event will beprovided for the $20 ticket price.The event will be held at the Rio Vista Senior Cen-ter, 35 Main Street from 10 am until noon.The Senior Center will be the beneficiary of the proceeds. Decorators of all ages are welcome;children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. For tickets (the number is limited), contact Vera Sunada, 374-3717, Kathy Rankine, 374-6309, or Books Rio V, 207-A Main Street.

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The Chamber is once again hosting Christmas festivities for the Com-munity of Rio Vista. The Rio Vista Fire Department and Chamber volunteers will put up the 20ft Hos-pice Tree of Lights Christ-mas Tree at the water-front by City Hall the last week of November. Put-ting up the tree is a big job and the assistance of Rio Vista Fire Department each year is so appreci-ated! On December 4th

the Christmas events and activities are sure to delight people of all ages.The 4th Annual Delta Drifters car show and toy drive from takes place from 10am – 3pm. Please bring a new and unwrapped toy for donation. Radio Rio’s festive tunes will once again fill the air with Christ-mas spirit. In the afternoon and into the evening sev-eral community and high school groups will hold fundraisers at the water-front. Don’t miss the 2nd Annual Old Tyme Christmas Faire at the Rio Vista Mu-seum from 11am –4:30pm with handmade Christmas items, jams and honey, pottery, bake sale and more! The Faire contin-ues on Sunday, December 5th from Noon to 4:30pm. 5:00pm is the start of the Festive Christmas Parade beginning at the Awender

Parking lot lon Main Street and heading down to Front Street. Santa is once again expected to make his grand entrance on the Simpson Percheron horse cart! We’d like to encour-age as many community, school and church groups as possible to participate. Please contact Mary Peinado at 374.2700 to be included in the line up! 5:30pm please join Hospice of San Joaquin and Rio Vista Chamber of Commerce at the 6th Annual Tree Lighting. Please see Hospice insert to chose light color(s) in recognition of loved ones benefiting or who have benefited by Hospice ser-vices. Grab a cup of cider or hot chocolate and stick around for the Annual Lighted Boat Paradethat will pass on the wa-terfront at 6:00pm.

There are rustlings going around Rio Vista that Santa Claus is coming to town for the holidays. Yes girls and boys he’s mak-ing his list and checking it twice. . . jolly Saint Nick and his helpers will be at the annual Christmas Pa-rade and tree lighting at the firehouse on Saturday December 4th at 5pm on Main Street. Santa has partnered up with some of our local merchants CC Radiator & Smog Test Only, Lira’s Supermar-ket, Frampton’s Marine Service, Napa Auto Parts

& Rio Vista Beacon and ask-ing the community to pro-vide non-perishable food items that will be donated back to the food bank. Also if you will be having a celebration for the holi-days with a minimum of 12 people, you can have Santa stop by your festivities for either a food or monetary donation that will be given back to the community. Lira’s Supermarket is start-ing out Decembers festivi-ties with a coloring contest which will start November 29th and will continue through closing on Friday

December 17th. There will be several age groups: 4-6, 7-9 and 10-11, with 1stand 2nd place prizes for each age group. You can also visit Santa on Satur-day, December 18th from 11-1pm at Lira’s where the winners will be an-nounced. There will be 2 food barrels there, so that when you come to pick up your coloring contest picture make sure to bring a donation. For more info contact Christine at Lira’s Supermarket. The above local merchants would like to thank the commu-nity for there generosity during this special time of the year. With St. Nicks busy schedule we are asking you to call a week in advance for his appear-ance schedule. Should any of you have a donation in need of pick up please call 925-766-0807.

Guess Who’s Coming to Rio Vista It’s Santa!Christmas Events Around Town

In anticipation of the start of construction, the Dis-cover the Delta Founda-tion has moved a newconstruction office onto the Delta Discovery Center project site, immediately adjacent to theDelta Farmer’s Market. The temporary offices will house the Discover the Delta Foundation staff,construction staff and volunteers during con-struction of the new 8,000 square foot informationcenter. The Foundation an-ticipates the start of con-struction in early Decem-ber with the delivery of 3000 yards of material for the building foundation. We hope you will come by and stop in to learn more about the Delta Discovery Center project.Donations NeededCan you help?The Discover the Delta Foundation is in need of a variety of donations. We are asking oursupporters in the Delta Community to help us make the connections to obtain these items:• Donation of 8,000 yards of clean fill material• Trucking services do-nated or reduced cost to move fill material to the project site• Donation of antique farm equipment• Donation of printing and copying services

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the windows and we will tie the tree on top of the car and Harry and Stephanie can help by bring the rope around through the car out the windows and back around on top of the car. This will make the tree really nice and tight and secure. We all helped get the tree nice and snug for our 4 hour trip home. Then it was my turn to get into the car. Little did we realize that we had also roped the car door shut when we put down the windows. We should have opened the doors and then brought the rope through. There was not way I was going to redo our genius work. I climbed in the window of

the driver’s side. As we all sat in the car laugh-ing at ourselves we knew there was only one thing to do start driving home NOW. We all agreed that we could wait the 4 hours to go to the bathroom and there was always the drive through for lunch if we got hungry, so off we went back to Oakley. Many people honked any waved at us, as we drove home As we approached our neighborhood we were so praying that someone would be out-side to help us untie the tree so we could get out of out car. There was, and this little mishap turned into one of our favorite family memories. May you have a safe and wonder-ful Holiday Season

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Members showed their colors on the City Man-ager Contract Extension by reversing your previ-ously rumored stance of ‘we would like to, but we just can’t afford to buy out the City Man-ager’s Contract’. Well, by your actions against the voters’ overwhelming disapproval, the City is now stuck with him for another year, or the pos-sibility of a prohibitive golden parachute. I have previously factu-ally reported several of the City Council’s mis-deeds in prior letters to the editor and just re-peated several in my an-swer to Mr. Jones, nicely printed side by side to yours in the Beacon last week. I do not feel that it is prudent to repeat them again. Although I lost the election, it will not silence me in regard to the City Council’s actions and disclosing any misdeeds as I see them. The only prob-lem with that is that the misdeeds will have already happened and I will not be able to cor-rect them acting only as a concerned citizen. I trust that the two new members of the Council will be independent thinkers.Steve Lamb

Dear Editor: Steve Lamb just can’t control himself. His rancorous post-election letters to local papers, attacking elected members of city gov-ernment, reflect both bitterness and duplicity. The letters also contain statements of public defamation and slan-der. Mr. Lamb needs to understand and follow the proper procedure for filing legitimate complaints of illegal behavior. Lamb’s most recent attack on city council members includes ac-cusations of “criminal acts”, “thievery” mis-deeds” and “corruption”. I believe that Steve Lamb is oblivious to

the jeopardy in which he has placed himself and his property, but his ignorance of the law does not excuse his scathing public at-tacks on public officials. Lamb seems incapable of distinguishing be-tween personal opinion and public libel. It is one thing to accuse council members of mismanagement or in-competence. It is quite another thing to charge them with corruption. Lamb claims his accusa-tions are “factual” but where is the evidence to support that? On several occasions, Mr. Lamb has com-plained that the City Council extended the contract for the City Manager in opposition to the “overwhelming” wishes of Rio Vista vot-ers. I suggest that Mr. Lamb has no accurate consensus of all Rio Vista voters, nor was there anything “corrupt” about the Council’s action. It takes 90-days for an approved con-tract to take effect. The City Manager’s contract expires in April. If the Council had not acted when they did, they would have been un-able to extend the con-tract in a timely fashion. I suggest that mem-bers of the Rio Vista city council should collec-tively seek legal guid-ance with the intent of bringing action against Mr. Lamb. His accusa-tions are printed with-out proof or evidence in a public forum, and he continues his attacks

without remorse or regret. Since he charges members of the Council with corruption while in the performance of their civic duties, I be-lieve it would be appro-priate for council mem-bers to initially seek the advice of the Rio Vista City Attorney. These accusations by Mr. Lamb, if left unchal-lenged, are a negative reflection of our city and its residents. The majority of Rio Vista citi-zens have, for the time, placed their confidence in current city leaders. City council members cannot effectively perform their duties or fulfill their responsi-bilities while exposed to unwarranted and continuing attacks by Mr. Lamb. Al EatonRio Vista, CA.

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SOLANO COUNTY - The public is invited to partici-pate in the fourth com-munity workshop that the County of Solano is conducting on the Airport Master Plan Update study of the County-owned and operated Nut Tree Airport.The meeting will be held Wednesday, Dec. 8, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Ulatis Community Center, 1000 Ulatis Drive in Vacaville.The Nut Tree Airport Mas-ter Plan Update is based on Federal Aviation Admin-istration (FAA) guidelines and is an evaluation of cur-rent and forecasted airport activity, facility needs, and a review of variousimprovement options at the airport over a 20-year horizon.“The consultants have prepared a working paper that addresses thesepossible alternatives, and ultimately a conceptual plan will be preparedfor the Nut Tree Airport to meet the potential needs of Solano County over the next 20 years,” said Andrew Swanson, Solano County Nut Tree Airport Manager.“This workshop will fa-cilitate the initial public review of the conceptalternatives for the Nut Tree Airport that have been prepared by theconsultants. These con-cepts will provide a basis for comparativeanalysis by the public, air-port users, other interested parties andultimately the Solano County Board of Supervi-sors,” Swanson said.Solano County has been continually planning for the future developmentof the Nut Tree Airport since the airport was do-nated to the County in1970. The last Airport Mas-

ter Plan Update took place in 1993 and theairport’s layout plan was last updated in 2007.The background informa-tion necessary to prepare the airport improvementalternatives was presented to the public in August 2010 and is containedin the Airport Master Plan study’s “Working Papers One and Two” whichare available on the project website - www.solanocounty.com/air-portmasterplan.“Working Paper Three” will be presented by the consultants on Dec. 8,and it examines a range of improvement options over the next 20 yearsfor the Nut Tree Airport’s runway. During the meet-ing on Dec. 8, the public will have the opportunity to provide input regard-

ing the proposed future improvements to the Nut Tree Airport. Following a presentation by the con-sultant team, which willbegin at 6:30 p.m., work-shop attendees will have the opportunity tocomment on the goals and concepts for the Nut Tree Airport Master PlanUpdate. The next phase of the study will refine the alternatives for moredetailed analysis based on input received at the Dec. 8 meeting. Afifth public meeting will be held in the spring of 2011 to discuss theproposed recommenda-tions for the update to the Nut Tree Airport MasterPlan.

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This article was written for Thanksgiving however an attitude of thanksgiving should be an everyday ex-perience. Christians enter the season of Christmas as pilgrims. They on a sacred journey to Bethlehem.Thanksgiving was a day unlike any other holiday . The three ingredients for the day revolved around family food and fellowship. It is the one holiday that centers on giving thanks. Thanksgiving is difficult for atheists because they do not have anyone to thank. We can say thank you to one another but the attitude of giving thanks goes beyond thank you. It is truly an act of worship to be filled with gratitude. When we consider all that we have been blessed with a simple thank you is not enough. . Grateful hearts reflect an attitude of grati-tude. We all are pilgrims on a journey. A pilgrim by definition is someone who embarks on a sacred journey.. The journey is for a religious purpose. All Christians who seek the truth and give thanks to the God of truth as found in Jesus Christ are pilgrims. Congregationalists can be thankful of the saints who paved the way for them. The Pilgrims started the first Thanksgiving. The pilgrims were the first Congregationalists. Wil-liam Bradford wrote,” Thus

out of small beginnings greater things have been produced by His hand, yet made all things of noth-ing, and gives being to all things that are; and as one small candle may light a thousand so ye light here kindled hath shone to many, yea in some sort to our whole nation; let ye glorious name of Jeho-vah have all ye praise.” If we are the church of the Pilgrims then it behooves us to remember our roots. (he Boston Tea Party started in the basement of a Congregational Church.) Yes our church is really old but so are many other denominations. The first Pilgrims began a work that bridges every group of believers. Pilgrims knew how to be thankful. They had sur-vived! They had a custom of putting five kernels of corn on each empty plate before a dinner of thanksgiving was served. In many old Plymouth families the custom is still followed today. It is done on Thanksgiving Day or on December 21 (the anniversary of the Plym-outh landing). The first five kernels were chosen, prior to the first harvest. Life was so hard that there was a daily ration of five kernels of corn for each person. Now before eating the Thanksgiving

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“We meet on the fourth Wednesday of the month, 7:00 p. m., at Abel Chevro-let, and we welcome new members and guests who love Corvettes,” said Bob Bard, publicity chairman for the club. “We average about one fun event every month that focuses on our club and our cars, which are our pride and joys.”“This year, I had the most fun, by far, at the Thunder-hill Raceway Mystery Run in July,” Bard remarked. The event included lunch, followed by a scenic drive around Sutter Buttes, the world’s smallest moun-tain range. It ended up with three amazing laps around Thunderhill, just outside of Willows. “I had never driven my car on a racetrack before, and I may never do it again, but what an experience!”“I pushed much harder than I ever would on a public highway. The raceway had a wonder-ful surface and presented

many twists, turns, ups, downs. I never looked at my speedometer or tach...nothing; I have no idea how fast I was going. I had never heard my tires scream like that around turns. It was almost better than skiing,” Bard concluded.Other activities in which the club participated this year include a winter run through north coast back roads with lunch in Peta-luma, a run with the Dis-covery Bay Corvette Club, a car show with Paint the Town Purple, a conven-tion in Las Vegas, the Summer Fest car show at Abel’s, the Rio Vista Memorial Day Parade, the Trilogy 4th of July Parade, Wings & Wheels, a River Cruise, a run to the home of the USS Hornet in Alameda, and a win-ery tour in Fairplay (near Plymouth). A toy drive with the Delta Drifters and a Christmas dinner at Privot’s in Brentwood will

round out the year.This September, the club gave $500 to the city swimming pool project. Although the construction of the pool is complete and the bills are paid, there’s still work to be completed on the change room and landscaping for which more funds are needed.For the last two years, club members Ron Walsh and his wife, Sharon Walsh, the club’s Vice-President and Treasurer, respectively, received the Western States Corvette Confer-ence (WSCC) top car show honors. They entered at least 60% of summer sea-son shows, winning high ponts at these events. Club President, Rolf Saybe, could also have received an award this year, but he entered one too few shows.More club activities and photos may be seen at riovistacorvettes.com.

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October and held a grand opening/open house during the 63rd annual Rio Vista Bass Derby and Festival. “We thought the open house went well and would like to thank every-one who stopped by and checked out the building during the weekend,” said Hague. “It was nice to see some familiar faces, as well as some new ones that asked a lot of ques-tions about sprint car racing and we were able to fill them in on what we

are all about.”Under Simpson’s direction the Golden State King of the West Sprints will look to kick off the 2011 season in late-March/early-April and will be racing for an overall point fund of at least $100,000, which is twice as much as the tour featured in 2010. The group has also signed with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company to be the official tire of the series. “Goodyear has made a significant investment in sprint car racing over the last year and we’re happy

to bring them on board with the Golden State King of the West Sprints,” said Simpson. “Goodyear has made tires that have created some fantastic racing across the country and having them associ-ated with us will be a big benefit to our overall marketing program.”

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On Thursday December 2, at 7:00 pm, Connie Boulware and Fred Kogler, who will be officially sworn in at the City

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Q. I bought a foreclosure direct from the owner, but after the home recorded in my name, the owner re-fused to move out. There was no rent arrangement, and the contract stated Iwas to have possession on the day it recorded. How can I get this guy out? D.S. Rio Vista A. Your first clue was foreclosure; if the seller sold direct to you with no agent involved,that tells me you were a cash windfall, probably unexpected. A person who will let their home go (aside from job loss) doesn’t have the self esteem to care about contracts. When you can’t make the payments, the home should be put up for sale to capture theequity and save your cred-it rating. There’s nothing

worse on a credit report than a home foreclosure, not even bankruptcy.When the home recorded, you have legal posses-sion, but now the seller has become a tenant. You could move in and make these people sleep on the couch, or perhaps offer amoving incentive (cash).On a deal like this, funds should be held in escrow pending the seller vacat-ing the home and leaving it in reasonable condition. Until this occurs, no funds should convey to theseller. A simple unlawful detainer won’t work in this situation; you’re going to need an attorney to get these people out, and be prepared for their eviction to take up to 90 days.Q. I made an offer on a home contingent on sell-ing my home. I haven’t had much action on selling my house, and the sellers on the one I’m buy-

ing are getting anxious. Are there alternatives?K.H. Isleton A. Since you made an offer contingent, the sellers have a release clause (usually 72 hours), meaning that if a buyer comes up behind your offer with the ability to complete the deal now, the seller can give you 72 hours to commit to a clos-ing date and completethe sale, or step aside. Since you didn’t indicate this was the case, your of-fer is still the only or best, and a stepped up market-ing plan on your home will help. Should you needto pacify the sellers, you could increase your good faith deposit, or drop the contingency on selling your home. Of course, the danger here would be having 2 house payments.Another short term solu-tion would be a bridge loan where you borrow on your equity to purchase the other home with repayment on sale of your house. The prevailing dan-ger is still the same; that is, if your home doesn’t sell, you’ll be stuck with all these payments. My sug-gestion would be to sell first, and get your agent

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Center of Movement is excited to be launching a new dance program to be starting up at The Gym in RioVista in the beginning of December. Classes will be welcome to all levels of dancers, but will be geared toward beginners. Classes are meant to be fun and encourage each child to be creative and to succeed. Corrine has been dancing since the age of 2, has been part of the Chico State Dance Team, and hasseveral years of teaching experience.

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1. The Application: The key to the loan process going smoothly is the initial interview. Your loan officer will take all pertinent information re-garding income, assets and liabilities and run a credit report. He will review the information to ensure any issues or problems are addressed up issues or problems are addressed up front.

2. Requesting Documentation: Your lender will request verification of your employment as well as copies of your tax returns, W2s, pay stubs, and any other necessary supporting documentation.

3. Loan Submission:3. Loan Submission: When all of the documentation is in, your processor will put the package together and submit it to theunderwriter for ap-proval.

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6. Funding: Once you have signed the loan documents at the title company, the documents will be returned to your lender who will review the signed pack-age. If all the forms havebeen properly executed, the funds for your home purchase will be transferred by wire to the title company to complete the purchase.

7. Recording:7. Recording: When the title company received the funds from your lender, your title offi-cer will authorize recording of your signed documents with the county recorder. Title will pre-pare a final settlement statement, will disburse proceeds to the seller and pay off any existing encumbrances. Upon recorda-tion, the transfer of ownership is complete and the home officially becomesyours.

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