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Gary Ennis of Grass Valley had the winning entry — a 1939 Citroën — at the Nevada City Foreign Car and Motorcycle Show.

Karl Adamson of Nevada City sits on his 1976 TriumphBonneville 750, winner of the People's Choice award in themotorcycle category.

Diehard foreign car fansconverged in down-town recently for the

second annual Nevada CityForeign Car and MotorcycleShow.

Nearly 100 registrantslined up their automobiles onBroad Street. Live music playedwhile people strolled past thevintage foreign cars and motor-cycles.

Two winners were chosenby the public. In the best carcategory, the winner was GaryEnnis of Grass Valley for his1939 Citroën. The People's

Choice winner for best motor-cycle was Karl Adamson ofNevada City with his 1976Triumph Bonneville 750.

The Sierra Sports CarGroup, the Nevada CityChamber of Commerce andUnited Way of Nevada Countycollaborated on the event, withproceeds benefiting theChamber and United Way ofNevada County.

The annual competitionhas become a popular event forNevada City with people fromall over California participating.

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The winners are …

■ GRASS VALLEY

BY TRINA KLEIST

Staff Writer

You might think the mostimportant thing that big mallsdown the hill have over historicdowntown Grass Valley is TraderJoe’s, the Gap or TommyBahama — but you’d be wrong.

It’s public restrooms. Andnow, downtown visitors will haveaccess to public restrooms atElizabeth Daniels Park on NealStreet during daytime businesshours.

You can get the key (it’sattached to a trowel) from 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. Monday throughFriday at the office of the GrassValley Downtown Association,which is in the little park at 125Neal St., across from the Del OroTheatre.The restrooms are in thesame building.

On some weekends, you canget the key from Bonnie Pattillo,owner of Junk in Your Trunk at129 Neal St., just uphill.

Her summer hours are 11a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 11a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday andSaturday and noon to 5 p.m.Sunday and Monday.

Junk in Your Trunk will beclosed this weekend; but whenyou’re there, check out Pattillo’svintage and vintage-reproductionselections, including bark-clothlinens that are very popularamong young brides, she said.

Downtown merchants inhistoric buildings have difficultymaking their outdated bath-rooms available to the public, andthey had been asking for a publicfacility where they could sendcustomers, said Grass ValleyDowntown AssociationExecutive Director Julia Jordan.

Shoppers had been echoingthe request, she added.

The association has hiredFirst Janitorial for day-to-daycleaning and maintenance at acost of $175 per month, Jordansaid.

City officials have agreed tohandle major repairs, if needed,she added.

“It’s been a success for us,”Jordan said.To contact Senior Staff Writer Trina Kleist,email tkleist@theunion.com or call (530)477-4230.

Finally — public restroomsavailable in downtown GV

BY TRINA KLEIST

Staff Writer

Downtown Grass Valleybusinesses will stay open late onthe second Saturday of eachmonth starting in July to drawmore shoppers and help pro-mote the town’s monthly art andwine walk.

And shoppers will berewarded with quarterly prizesfor checking out the stores.

James and Nicole Arbaugh,owners of Stucki Jewelers andStucki Engraving at two loca-tions on Mill Street, came upwith the idea while trying to fig-ure out how to promote theirnew interactive jewelry designsystem.

Knowing that other busi-ness owners were consideringgrand openings in the wake ofmoves and other events to pro-mote their stores and knowingmany have little money for pro-motion, they hit on the idea ofcoordinating single-store eventswith Second Saturday, JamesArbaugh said.

Synergy between the art andwine walk, in which downtownwinery tasting rooms offer livemusic, and the client-based mar-keting efforts of other downtownstores could help everyone out,the Arbaughs reasoned.

“If everyone does (their spe-cial event) the same day, it makeseveryone’s life much easier,”James Arbaugh said.

Second Saturday was a hitwhen started last winter by for-mer Grass Valley DowntownAssociation executive directorHoward Levine. It will resume inJuly, running from 4 to 7 p.m.

July 14 and continuing monthlyfor at least a year, said newExecutive Director Julia Jordan.

Visitors will be able to pickup downtown passports and getthem stamped at participatingbusinesses, then turn them in forprizes awarded quarterly, Jordanadded.

Look for the colorful flags infront of more than 25 participat-ing businesses

“Most businesses closebetween 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. onnormal Saturdays. For one day amonth, they’ll stay open until 7p.m.,” Jordan said.To contact Senior Staff Writer Trina Kleist,email tkleist@theunion.com or call (530)477-4230.

Downtown merchantsstay open late onSecond Saturday

PARTICIPATINGBUSINESSES

Participating businesses are onMill, Main, Bank and SouthAuburn streets and include:

Yuba BlueStucki JewelersStucki EngraversGrass Valley Wine Co.Art Works GalleryCulture Shock YogurtAshley Furniture Home Store

and LaZBoySierra Starr WineryAvanguardia WineryLucchesi Winery151 Union SquareArt DiscoveredDames BoutiqueWild Plum SweeteryJust Jeanna’sTess’ Kitchen StoreTop Drawer/The Linen ClosetBamboo Home StoreFuture GenerationsBear River PastaCaroline’s Coffee

■ IN BRIEF

■ NEVADA CITY

Business program for teens offered

The Youth EntrepreneurshipProgram is offering a free summerboot camp for teens and youngadults ages 14 through 27 inMarysville.

YEP is a three-day program offeredthrough Yuba College SmallBusiness Development Center andPathways and can be taken forhigh school credit.

This boot camp is an acceleratedprogram that teaches students thebasics of being an entrepreneur,how to write a small business planand run their own business.

Students also learn leadership,teamwork, goal-setting and presen-tation skills.

YEP Summer Boot Camp will beoffered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June25-27 at the newly renovated AllynScott Youth Center, 1830 B St.,Marysville.

Enrollment is limited. Register withSBDC at (530) 822-0140.

— Special to The Union

Solano County hit withgrasshopper outbreak

FAIRFIELD — A grasshopper out-break is wreaking havoc in aportion of Solano County. Countyofficials said Thursday. The insectsare eating vegetation as they movethrough the county’s northwest.

Spokesman Stephen Pierce saidthere have been no reports of dam-age to agricultural crops.Commercial farmers have pesti-cides that specifically targetgrasshoppers.

The infestation is being blamed ona combination of weather and envi-ronmental factors. Officials are inthe process of determining theexact variety of grasshopper caus-ing the damage.

$50M in criminal check cashing schemes alleged

WASHINGTON — The JusticeDepartment says four check cash-ing businesses on the East andWest coasts have been chargedwith engaging in money laundering

schemes worth more than $50 mil-lion.

Under the Bank Secrecy Act, checkcashers and other financial institu-tions are required to report to theTreasury Department any transac-tion of more than $10,000 incurrency.

Indictments in the separate investi-gations allege that the defendantsfiled false currency transactionreports or didn’t file them at all.

Two indictments charging threepeople and two check cashingbusinesses were returned in LosAngeles.

Two indictments charging four peo-ple and a pair of check cashingbusinesses in Philadelphia andFlushing, N.Y., were returned in NewYork City. All seven defendants werearrested or surrendered to authori-ties Thursday.

EPA sets tighter standards for soot pollution

WASHINGTON — The EnvironmentalProtection Agency is proposing new

air quality standards that wouldlower the amount of soot allowedfrom diesel trucks, buses, powerplants and other sources.

The long-delayed rule, to be madepublic later today, responds to acourt order that required theObama administration to updateair quality standards under theClean Air Act.

Administration officials describedthe rule to The Associated Press oncondition of anonymity because ithas yet to be announced.

Eleven states, including New Yorkand California, filed suit earlier thisyear to force a decision. The statesand the American Lung Associationsay current standards jeopardizepublic health. Soot has beenlinked to thousands of prematuredeaths each year, as well as aggra-vation of respiratory illnesses, heartattacks and strokes.

— Associated Press

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