California Secretary of State Debra Bowen met with Sutter County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters Donna Johnston and the Elections Department staff on Tuesday, April 24.
The visit included discussion on the Vote by Mail process, voting machines and tabulation equipment, and poll workers.
The Secretary of State complimented Sutter County on its creative use of the webcam on election night, which allows an overflow crowd in the lobby to watch the ballot count; and the invaluable expertise of the certified staff, which allows the election to run smoothly.
(Pictured left to right: Teri Driscoll, Assistant Registrar of Voters Chris Goforth, Secretary of State Debra Bowen, Clerk-Recorder/ROV Donna Johnston, Paula Smart and Wendy Smith).
The Sutter County Board of Supervisors will conduct its Tuesday, April 24 meeting at Sutter Union High School, as part of an outreach program to local high school students.
Sutter High School is located at 2665 Acacia Avenue, Sutter. The meeting will be in the school's new gymnasium, which opened along with a new cafeteria and a new media room this year.
Members of the public who attend the public meeting are advised that the parking lot closest to the new gym is located off Griffith Avenue, which runs along the southern boundary of the school. From Acacia Avenue, turn right off of Griffith Street just past the school's tennis courts.
Among the items on the agenda is a presentation to Sutter High School by the Sutter Lions Club of a Sutter County flag. The flag, the first of its kind in county history, was designed as part of a Sutter 4-H Club project by Sutter High School students Franklin Tarke and Francisco Ruiz in 2011.
"Stop Bullying", is a special night designed for parents and their children to learn about what's going on with bullying. Learn more about this increasing problem in our schools, online and throughout the community. Find out about the life-long negative consequences bullying can have. The event, sponsored by the Sutter County Juvenile Justice/Delinquency Prevention Commission,will be held on Thursday, April 19th from 5:30 – 8 p.m. at the Fremont-Rideout Conference Room, 989 Plumas Street, Yuba City. A free Hot Dog meal will be served to the first 100 people in attendance from 5:30 – 6 p.m., followed by presentations from 6 – 8 p.m. Virginia Burns and Kao Lee Vang, Intervention Specialists from Sutter County Schools, will talk about Bullying Prevention in Junior High and High Schools. John Floe, Prevention Services Coordinator from Sutter Yuba Mental Health Services will do a presentation on the "PLUS Program, followed by Christina Arriaga, Sutter County Probation Officer and Officer Charles Ernst, of the Yuba City Police Department sharing about the "GREAT Program". For more information please call (530) 870-7954.
The "Youth Art Month" exhibit of artwork at Sutter County Community Memorial Museum eopened on Friday. It is a collection of photography, mixed media, clay, drawings, paintings, and sculpture, presented by the students of the Art Department of Yuba City High School. All of the artwork is by students.
The exhibit runs from March 30 to April 12.
Hummingbirds are the topic of the Spring Vacation Children’s Program at Community Memorial Museum On Thursday, April 12, 2012.Beginning at 10:00 a.m., the program will include a story about hummingbirds in our backyards, and participants will make their own book about hummingbirds and make a bird craft. The program is free and suitable for children of elementary school age. Refreshments will follow.
The Community Memorial Museum is located at 1333 Butte House Road in Yuba City. Open hours are Tuesday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 4:00 p.m. For more information, call the Museum at 822-7141. Admission is free.