Please come to the next Gridley Unified School District Budget Task Force meeting for information and updates on the 2009-2010 budget, on Tuesday, July 14, at the District Office Board Room, from 3 to 4:30 p.m.

The Transmission Agency of Northern California (TANC) project has possibly hit a snag, as the biggest shareholder, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, has withdrawn from the 600 mile high voltage power line project that was to affect many landowners in the Sutter Buttes.

All five people involved in a high speed crash on Highway 99 on Sunday at 1:40 p.m. survived, with one driver being life-flighted to Enloe Medical Center in Chico.

Before the big fireworks show in the evening, the Fourth Of July Celebration in Biggs began with a pancake breakfast followed by a parade down B Street.

The Live Oak City Council and Redevelopment Agency adopted the 2009-2010 general fund budget Wednesday night during a joint meeting of the two groups.

Will the City of Gridley invest in bio mass or solar was the topic of discussion when Councilman Dan Boeger asked that council reconsider the appointment of Councilman Owen Stiles as representative for the bio mass project.

As required each year by the Gridley Municipal Code, the Gridley Business Improvement District (GBID) presented their annual report and budget, highlighting last year’s accomplishments and identified activities and improvements to be funded in the new fiscal year with the assessments proposed for the GBID.

The Butte County Fair’s Junior Livestock Auction Dinner will take on a new course of entertainment this year, according to chairperson Tina Blenn.

Sutter County Sheriff J. Paul Parker will hold a Town Hall Meeting for Live Oak residents on Thursday, July 9, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. at the Live Oak Community Center, 10200 O Street, Live Oak.

The circulation system of The Gridley Herald contacted a virus Tuesday morning making it impossible to print mail labels out in time for distribution on Wednesday. Newspapers will be sent on Thursday and The Gridley Herald apologizes for the delay.

The American Association of University Women members received a helping hand serving hot dogs and potato salad at the Gridley Daddow Park  Farmers’ Market on Tuesday, June 30.

The Butte County Fair is now offering Pre-Sale Carnival tickets at many locations throughout your communities. 

The Gridley Herald received a call Thursday from brothers Steve and Scott Westbrook, reporting that their 12 day excursion  by bicycle to Brookings, Oregon, had come to an abrupt end when Steve’s spindle on the back wheel of his bicycle broke in half. Monday, June 29, the first day out, they had already endured a flat tire and by Thursday, July 2, there was no way they would make it to Oregon.

With the official start of summer underway, the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and California Highway Patrol (CHP) remind motorists to do their part to keep the roads safe this summer.

Gridley Councilman Owen Stiles opened the Independence Day program at Vierra Park on Saturday, July 4, 2009 where over 200 attended.