NCTV/Touchdown Productions' Nevada County segments cover Grass Valley and Nevada City's 108th Independence Day parades, highlighting veteran tributes, 71 parade groups, classic vehicles, and heritage-focused floats, along with local businesses and a new eatery. The broadcasts weave in civic life through profiles of community organizations, political figures, arts and youth programs, transit and homelessness initiatives, and promotions for related events such as a blood-donation drive and the NorCal Game of the Week softball tournament. Additional segments feature public-safety/human-services groups and invite viewer feedback on future programming and parade locations.

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["Pomp and Circumstance"]
["Pomp and Circumstance"]
This year, we'll see 71 different community groups
marching down Broad Street.

That's everything from floats and marching bands
to clans and children all celebrating our nation's independence
and this year's theme, Local Heroes.

Our grand marshal today is how a hometown boy made good,
Rich Brooks returns to Nevada County
after his celebrated 40-year coaching career.

So don't you dare change that channel
as we get set to present all the color and pageantry
and a real slice of Americana right here in Nevada City.

Our exclusive coverage of the 108 annual Nevada City
Independence Day Parade is being sponsored
by many different sponsors.

First off is Reebies Auto Parts.

Reebies is your local auto parts store
serving you since 1957.

At Reebies, you'll find a large selection of auto parts
and accessories from all major brands.

Locally owned and operated by Bart Reeby and his family
for 53 years, Reebies has grown to 20 locations
in Northern California, including two right here
in Nevada County.

They're at 535 Searles Avenue in Nevada City
and 126th Idaho, Maryland Road in Grass Valley.

The Reebies friendly and knowledgeable staff
works hard to meet your needs every day
at Reebies Auto Parts.

And by Asylum Down.

Asylum Down on the corner of Broad Street and Pine
in Nevada City has a colorful, affordable
gift from around the world.

Owner Peggy Peterson was one of the first
to import the famous wide brim hat into the United States
beginning in the early 1970s.

And you can still see them in the store today.

Asylum Down also carries natural fiber clothing,
jewelry, and other treasures for both adults and children.

Peggy's daughter Savannah is riding on the float
honoring the late Utah Phillips today.

We'll see her later on.

And we'd also like to thank Lefty's Grill.

Lefty's Grill is a casual dining restaurant
located right here in the heart of Nevada City's
historic district in the building at 221 Broad Street
that opened in 1876 as Citizens Bank.

Lefty's is co-owned by two left-handed chefs,
John Kammock and Chris Duncan,
who hand-prepare all their dishes from scratch
with burgers, pizza, and salad, unique sandwiches,
specialty dishes, and a complete dinner menu.

Lefty's has a private party room and is open
from 11.

30 a.

m.

until 9.

00 p.

m.

, seven days a week.

We also want to thank the New Moon Cafe.

The New Moon Cafe offers big city dining
with a small town atmosphere and lots of love.

Owners Peter Solea and Buzz Crouch say
their greatest desire is to create a place
that honors international culinary influence,
yet relates to our little mountain community.

Open Tuesday through Friday for lunch
and Tuesday through Sunday for dinner,
they feature local, natural, and organic food
served in an elegant, comfortable atmosphere
with many of the recipes found on their website
at www.

thenewmooncafe.

com.

And joining us for this first time
will be Joe Hasenstab.

Joe Hasenstab is another underwriter
of today's live TV and web broadcast
of the 108th Annual Independence Day Parade.

Joe is the founder of Performance Learning Systems,
a nationally known teacher training
and educational resources company
and a proud supporter of NCTV and community media.

And we want to thank him for his support.

And thank you to Stickit.

Stickit Kebab Restaurant is a new place in Nevada City
to get a healthy meal quickly at a price you can afford.

Owner Erika Robeson offers steak, chicken, shrimp, tofu,
veggie, and fruit kebabs, plus salads, wraps, and fruits
with a free-range meats and organic produce.

Erika says that Stickit is health nut approved.

They're open for lunch and dinner Monday through Saturday
at 239 Commercial Street right next door to Cafe Mecca.

That's 239 Commercial Street 264-7154.

And of course, we can't not mention
NCTV Community Television of Nevada County
for providing a live transmission
for today's exclusive coverage of this 108th Parade.

And Touchdown Productions presenting its 13th telecast
of this great local event.

This is Dixie Redfern, along with Paul Mincucci
and Cheryl Noble saying thanks for tuning in.

And don't forget to join us next time
on the NorCal Game of the Week
as we travel to Les Eva Field at Memorial Park
for the championship game of the seventh annual
Drew Rimmel's Memorial Softball Tournament.

The best softball players in the country
square off with a championship hanging in the balance.

Another great sports telecast
produced by Touchdown Productions
now seen streaming all over the world
at NevadaCountyTV.

org.

Just click on watch NCTV now for your next broadcast
of the NorCal Game of the Week.

Well, you know, Dixie and Cheryl,
that our theme for this year is local heroes
and the amount of city Grass Valley
has been home to many local heroes.

One of which is football legend Rich Brooks,
who I have to say as a UCLA Bruin supporter,
often I would watch the Oregon UCLA football games
and say, who is this Rich Brooks beating us?
But Rich was born and raised up here in Nevada City
and he's come back for the 40th annual,
celebrating 40 years of football coaching.

So it's great to have local heroes like Rich
to, you know, constantly come back
and be with us in the community.

There's no community in the United States that I've been
that can rival in Nevada City of Grass Valley
for hometown community spirit,
especially on the 4th of July.

Yeah, this is a pretty patriotic place.

Have you met General Yeager yet?
I have.

In the past I actually have met Chuck Yeager
when he was at the Capitol one time.

Well, he lives here too.

He lives in Penn Valley.

He's a great leader and, of course, an innovator
in terms of setting all kinds of speed records.

He's somebody I think of when I think of hometown heroes.

Yes, yeah.

I also want to mention, of course,
our men and women who are serving in the Armed Forces today,
as well as all of our other local heroes,
firemen, teachers and policemen.

This is a day when you can sit back
and really pay homage to local heroes.

Yes, I know.

This is where we're happy to be able to be here.

Okay, we've got some other people to thank here,
the SPD Saw Shop.

When it comes to chainsaws and other implements of destruction,
you'll want to deal with people who really know
what they're talking about.

The SPD Saw Shop's been serving the mother load
for more than 50 years.

Owner Kevin Brown and his staff sell and service
handheld power equipment, lawn mowers
and gardening equipment.

They also sharpen any kind of blade,
including sewing scissors and their authorized dealers
for still, Husqvarna, Tanaka and Echo.

They're located directly behind the SPD supermarket
in Nevada City.

And also joining us as sponsors this year
is the Magical Florist.

Nevada City's Magical Florist creates arrangements
with attention to your intention,
with an eye for finding the just right color,
scent and presentation for your needs.

The Magical Florist helps you create a truly magical expression
of your thoughts and feelings.

Located at 821 Zion Street, the Magical Florist
is owned and operated by Karen Tintel
and they deliver throughout Nevada County
and offer a wire service for out-of-town deliveries.

And thank you to Fur Traders, celebrating over 30 years
of affordable quality leather, fur, sheepskin
and cashmere products.

The Fur Traders carries jackets, vests, hats, purses, gloves,
scarves, slippers and boots and brands you will recognize
such as Uggs, Keen, Mephisto, Clarks, Merrill,
Minnetonka and more.

They also provide full service fur and leather clean,
alterations and repairs, storage and appraisal.

With three retail locations in historic downtown Nevada City,
the Fur Traders are open seven days a week
from 10 to 6 p.

m.

or 24 7 on the web at furtraders.

com.

We'd also like to thank Dr. Frederick Morrill.

And we fly over, start kicking off the parade.

Dr. Frederick Morrill offers professional dental care services
on the communities of Nevada City and Grass Valley
for you and your entire family.

At Nevada City Professional Dental Care,
you've been counting years of training and experience
to attend all of your dental needs,
from a simple toothache to advanced procedures
such as cosmetic and implant dentistry.

Your office is at 711 Zion Street.

And more information on Dr. Morrill's services is available
at www.

dentistnevadacity.

com.

And also thank you for their support.

The Beach Hut Deli.

The Beach Hut Deli is located right at the end of the parade route
at 104 Union Street in historic Nevada City.

At the Beach Hut Deli, they just don't make sandwiches.

They build them.

Their extensive menu of specialty sandwiches
includes the popular surf and burr,
or you can design your own.

Make your next trip to the river, park or lake,
an easy one with sandwiches from the Beach Hut.

Cindy and Steve Smith welcome you to Nevada City
and the 108th annual Fourth of July Independence Day Parade.

And of course a special thanks
to the Fourth of July Parade Committee.

The committee includes the Nevada City
and Grass Valley Nevada County Chambers of Commerce
and the Grass Valley Downtown Association.

We thank them for underwriting this live TV
and web broadcast of the 108th parade
and the celebration later today.

Underwriters of the 210 Fourth of July celebration
at the Fairgrounds includes Sierra Nevada Pale Ale,
NorCal Beverage Bud Light, the NC True Value Hardware,
Premier West Bank, Economy Pest Control, and the Pines Motel.

And of course by NC TV Community Television,
providing the live transmission for today's exclusive coverage
of the 108th parade and touchdown productions
presenting their 13th telecast of this great local event.

This is Dixie Redfern with Paul Menekucci
and Cheryl Noble saying thanks for tuning in.

Don't forget to join us next time on the NorCal Game of the Week
as we travel to Lesseva Field at Memorial Park
for the championship game of the seventh
annual Drew Reynolds Memorial softball tournament.

The best softball players in the county
square off with championship hanging in the balance.

Another great sports telecast produced by Touchdown Productions
now since streaming all over the world at NevadaCountyTV.

org.

Just click on what's NC TV now for your next broadcast
of the NorCal Game of the Week.

Well, Dixie, thank you very much.

That was a little surprise.

I often wondered when we have airplanes doing flyovers,
how they time it perfectly.

I jumped the gun just a little bit, but.

.

.

They may turn around and come back around.

Sometimes they do that.

And that was.

.

.

the flyover was Uncle.

.

.

Here comes the Uncle Sam, a fine example of American spirit.

And hopefully we will have another flyover, if not,
we'll be waiting here for the parade to get started momentarily.

And we have Cheryl Noble with us today.

Cheryl, you're going to be doing some man-in-the-street interviews.

And there it is.

Another flyover, three antique airplanes,
a single wing, before the jets were designed.

That's neat to see those old planes.

And we'll listen to our national anthem.

Let's pause for our national anthem.

And like the bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free
And the home of the brave?
We're off to a good start here.

Here's the Uncle Sam, that's Tom Newmark.

He's up at the top of Rod right down, working his way down on stilts.

Quite a hat he's got there.

Yep.

And you know, Dixie, I love the Fourth of July.

It's maybe my very favorite holiday because it's so un-commercial.

And you don't have to have your Uncle Sam card to any of your neighbors
He will Fourth of July letter to relatives you don't think about the rest of the year.

So it's a great patriotic and community event.

Yeah, and I love all the little kids in red, white, and blue cheering.

And it really does seem like kind of Americana at its best.

And of course, Uncle Sam is one of the historic and iconic figures in American history.

And it's actually a real live example of revolutionary spirit.

And here he comes.

We've got two Uncle Sam's here, one on stilts.

That looks hard.

Right.

Followed by a color guard.

The color guard is Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 535,
VFW Banner Mountain 2655.

And they're here presenting the colors.

Look how shiny their shoes are.

Spit shine.

Absolutely.

And here comes the Vietnam Veterans walking.

You know, there's not going to be as many World War II veterans left.

That's right.

They're becoming very rare and the Vietnam guys are going to know they're here.

Well, I'm glad to see that, you know, we are honoring our Vietnam veterans no matter how you felt about the war.

You certainly want to support the vets.

And they didn't always get the support that they should have when they came back from war.

And we're happy to pay them honor today.

There's Bill Holman back right with the blue flag.

He's very active in that field.

Well, my father actually was in the tank in World War II and fought in Czechoslovakia.

So I had many tales about World War II.

Well, Frank Alino post 130 is the oldest veterans post in Nevada County.

That's probably why they're riding in this little bus here.

And I was first founded in November 1919 at the Bret Hart Hotel.

Their goal is to serve our community and all the veterans.

They're inside with their flags and waving to the crowd.

And here comes friends of Nevada County military and blue star mothers.

That's Fred Bueller set this group up when the war first started and he's done a tremendous job.

Oh, this is still Frank Alino.

They're riding.

Right.

Post 130 of the American Legion.

We're waving to them as they come by.

And that's our first flat boat truck of the day.

So I guess some get to ride the air conditioned bus and some are in the back of the truck.

Okay, now we have friends of Nevada County military.

Fred Bueller started this group and it just took off.

They send packages every month to all the soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq.

It's made up, of course, of mothers and fathers and husbands and wives, sisters and brothers
and all the friends of our service, men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Hi, NCTV, some greetings for the community.

I'm sorry, I didn't understand what you said.

Well, happy 4th of July, everybody from Grass Valley in Nevada City.

So the goal of the friends of Nevada County military blue star mothers is to send strong messages of support to our troops and their families.

Yeah, we don't want our veterans to think that we've forgotten about them.

No, and here's a, this contingent has got a lot of colorful placards with their loved ones, pictures on there.

That's Sue Horn in the middle.

She goes in the hat with the red, white and blue band.

She was just, she was a former County Supervisor.

She was just elected a Cecil.

She has a son in the military.

Now we have a 1942 Army jeep driven by Mark Cornoleson.

Mark, I'm sure all veterans of the World Wars know about the jeep.

Okay.

Next we have the friends of Nevada County military blue star mothers, fathers and fathers, husband and wife.

The grand marshals in the horseless carriage.

Right.

So the grand marshals we mentioned before is a hometown hero, Rich Brooks.

Rich is a well known football coach known for his innovative offenses and stat defenses.

Happy 4th of July.

I've been to a lot of 4th of Julys and most of them on this parade is when I was little though.

Welcome back.

Thank you.

Now we can listen to the Ophir Prison Band.

Hello, do you want to talk to me?
My name is Captain Rufus T.

Wisbang.

I am the dumb major of the Ophir Prison marching band who is going by right now.

Aren't they good?
Excellent, excellent.

Excellent choice of musicians.

Thank you very much and have a nice day.

God bless America.

Thank you.

The Ophir Prison Band come into town early and they stay at Bill and Jane Nager's house on Commercial Street.

There's usually a big party in their yard.

A colorful group with their famous Ophir Prison blue shirts.

They've been around forever.

They're a staple of our parade.

You know, one of the things that's a little unfortunate is having a parade in the summertime.

You don't have access to so much of marching bands.

So it's great to have a full contingent band here to lead the parade on.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have our grand marshal for the 2010 Nevada city form of July parade.

Bill's side fracking.

Thank you, hat folks.

That's the minors.

Bill's side and son is fracking.

So this is the trial of the parade homage to our mining past and of course the most median high school monitor is the minors.

And here they are with the banner saying minor magic.

Cheerleaders, Nicole for blue and white, Nevada Union minor outfits.

Looks like they're ready to start the school year in August, huh?
And of course we had a better year in Nevada Union this year with the minors football team taking the North Cal sectional championship and doing this all proud.

Terrific effort by all involved.

Thank you.

The next truck that is coming up here is a 1936, 26 Seagrave fire engine.

And this is owned by the city of Nevada City.

This is Chris Towns who works at Waterfront who's driving the truck.

And he's also a DJ on KVMR.

And then that's the Nevada city council.

Nevada city city council.

Happy 4th of July to those Nevada city city council.

Good afternoon.

Oh yeah absolutely 4th of July.

Town is filled, everything is wonderful and not too hot except for the sun.

It's a great turnout, it's better than a great turnout.

I get to keep this.

Thank you Sally.

David.

Barbara.

Barbara Kauffman.

Yes.

It's a little red, white and blue poodle here visiting us.

I hope the 4th of July is exempt for the Brown Act.

Otherwise we have a majority of the council on board.

Now certainly the loudest entity in the parade today.

And it looks like a cute Nevada city fire truck coming down the street.

We always have, I always worry if there's a fire during this parade
because there's so many fire trucks in the parade.

This little red, white and blue dog you can see on the camera there.

He's got stars and stripes on him.

A Yankee doodle dandy if I ever saw one.

Looks like an owner got a little crazy with the spray paint.

Now one of the things that's always interesting at parades is the management of the horses.

And of course Nevada city is famous for its draft horses.

And I also wonder whether the horses are scooped with all the attention and noise.

But they're doing a great job there.

Well I'll tell you a little secret Paul.

I'm a lifelong horse rider and I've been in a few parades in my day
and they usually have a healthy dose of tranquilizer before a parade.

That's the best way to get an obedient horse.

That's right.

So if they seem a little loopy that's because horses are so easily scooped.

They are.

We're used to the cats and that's why they get along well with cats you know.

I had a good fortune of working at a ranch one summer
and each horse had adopted a cat.

It was very interesting to see how they operated.

So they're going now to Ofer Band.

These things are loud.

They are very loud.

So now we have the city of Grass Valley.

Nevada, I'm sorry Nevada city, fire department, engine number six.

I don't know.

I don't think that is the city of Grass Valley.

I think they're coming down there.

This is just a big contingent of the Nevada city fire.

I get the feeling they don't get to use those horns very much
so this is an occasion to do it.

And of course they don't get to spray the crowd like they used to but
I'm glad of that actually seeing this close to the fire track
we would absolutely blow them out of existence.

That might feel good at this point.

That little boy doesn't like a red shiny fire track
and I'm just young enough to really get into it myself.

Well don't go anywhere yet.

We've got a lot of parade to go.

So if you see me jump up and jump onto the track don't be afraid of that.

I think we have Grass Valley coming up ahead.

And actually Paul we have the city manager of Grass Valley, Dan Holler
is joining us for the parade.

He was here last year when it was in Grass Valley.

So he wanted to stop by the MCTV there.

Hi you're on TV?
Hi you're on TV say happy 4th of July.

Hi.

Happy 4th of July.

Having a good time?
Having a good time.

Little boy.

Cheryl talked to a happy little boy inside the fire track.

He's smiling from ear to ear.

Here come the members of the Grass Valley City Council.

Yes.

So the Grass Valley City Council.

One of the neat things about this parade of course is the relationship
between the two cities.

I think it's great that they share this event.

Grass Valley City Council, hello.

It's Dan Arbuckle and Lisa Swarth out in the back.

Happy 4th of July everybody.

Great collaboration with Grass Valley City Council and Dan Miller.

Happy 4th of July everybody.

Chauncey Poston, happy 4th.

The great collaboration between Nevada City Council and Nevada City City Council
working together to bring great parades every year.

And here's the Grass Valley Downtown Association.

Hello.

Hi.

My name's Doug.

Howard Levine, Grass Valley Downtown Association.

Surf's up.

Leave it to Howard to have a surfboard.

Thank you, thank you.

Red one.

A favorite's coming up.

An annual favorite.

49er Rotary Club.

49er Breakfast Club.

The 49er Breakfast Club is one of those endearing hometown groups
that have a long history of meeting and providing services to the community.

They have their Derby this year is going to become the Can-Ducky Derby.

Happy 4th of July from the 49er Rotary.

Great, we love it.

The Can-Ducky Tournament.

There's police chief.

Hello, hello.

Luis Havato, police chief and his granddaughter.

He's a beautiful little girl.

Good for you.

There's Whitewater Willie in the Corvette.

That's a big fundraiser for 49er Rotary buying debt tickets.

Yep.

And our police chief with his granddaughter.

She's a doll.

And now we have a reprise of the 9-5-9-5.

9-5-9-5 Google.

Let's do some greetings from John Paul.

Hi, how are you?
We're here with the Google Bets again.

We're hoping that Google will still call us in and bring us over and give us high speed internet.

That's right.

And we're back out.

We haven't heard from Google yet.

How soon?
They say sometime this year and we'll see what happens.

All right, fingers crossed.

Thanks for your help.

And that's Chip Carmen, who is one of the principals at Spiral, who provides our website.

And John Paul.

John Paul and Chip holding the banner.

And their doggie.

And their doggie.

His name I don't know.

And they've got the big Google balls.

We had a parade to make a video to send to Google today.

And that was quite an event?
And everybody signed the Google ball.

I see Sparky.

His signature on there.

There's Katie Guyton.

She's a local chef who has a food column in the Union newspaper.

Holding the 9-5-9-5-9 Google ball.

Now come on Google, you can't say no to us.

We'll see.

I think we've got Quail Ridge coming here.

Senior living.

The residents of Quail Ridge have seen quite a few fourth of July's.

That's right.

And you know, there's our Quail Ridge fan.

It's surely full of other local heroes.

And Quail Ridge, one of the best.

They're also in an air-conditioned bus.

Senior living.

We have the Tea Party Patriots in Nevada County.

Happy Fourth of July.

Happy Fourth of July, USA.

Nice crowd today.

Yeah, it is.

It's wonderful.

Let's turn out.

Glad you're in the parade today.

Happy Fourth.

So we have the Tea Party Patriots.

It's a sign.

Remember me.

I'm the taxpayer.

I will say thank you.

The Tea Party Patriots are a spirited group of folks.

I'm not sure exactly what they are.

A political party or an entity that wants lower taxes,
smaller government.

But they're a big contingent, a loud contingent,
and lots of those Fourth of July spirits.

Not quite as big as last year, though.

Right.

That's a group.

Although it's still coming.

They have a huge flatbed.

Yeah, here's an official Tea Party trailer
with a bald eagle.

Oh, here's more Tea Party Patriots
on Robinson login track.

I wonder how they got to ride in the truck
and not large.

Right.

Maybe they're more patriotic.

What did you do with the Patriots?
There's a big hog coming taking up the rear of the Patriots.

And some more.

It's hard to tell where this group is.

They kind of just keep going.

There's a 1776 Corvette.

I didn't think they were making them back then.

It's awfully pretty, though.

It sure is.

There's a red, white, and blue with a little Uncle Sam hand
on the top.

And the Tea Party continues.

A big entry this year.

A lot of participants in the Tea Party.

Last year, they were the largest entry
when the parade was in Grass Valley.

Yeah, this is as big as last year, I think.

It's going on and on.

A PT Cruiser with Tea Party fog.

Is this a Rolls Royce?
You know, I don't know.

Silver shadow?
It has that grill that sure looks like it.

I think it's a Rolls Royce.

Wonderful car.

Oh, it's a Packard.

A Packard.

Here comes the Fur Traders, the Shadow Bug,
which was created by Todd Andrews and Barry Costello.

Barry's an owner of the Fur Traders.

This is one of my very favorite floats.

It's very ornate, and it has a reviewing stand up top
and a double deck.

They should put somebody on the tongue of that dragon.

It's a scary bug coming down the street.

A shuttle bug.

A shuttle bug.

Nice float.

A lot of time and effort into that.

This course, the Fur Traders are one of their underwriters,
and we appreciate their support.

Three stores in Nevada City, all on Broad Street.

So there's a little gap while we're waiting for our next float.

That looks like a convertible teabird.

So, you know, I did a little research on 4th of July activities,
and the hot dog has been sort of inextricably tied
with the 4th of July, and I found out that, actually,
in 1916 was the first year that on the 4th of July,
Nathan's in New York had their famous hot dog eating contest
started, and in the 30s, Franklin Roosevelt and his wife
actually prepared a special meal of hot dogs
for the king and queen of England,
and they loved it so much they had those hot dogs imported.

And they said there was nothing more American than the 4th of July
and hot dogs.

Do you know what year the hot dog was in Nevada?
Well, I don't know.

The Frankfurter, of course, has its roots in Germany.

I was saying my grandfather was a butcher
and would not let his family have hot dogs.

I grew up without hot dogs.

Can you believe that?
No.

We've got some candy getting tossed our way.

We like this.

And here's the blood source.

Hometown heroes begin at the blood source where a pint of blood
can save the life of a newborn child or a dog,
and we have heroes who have donated from one pint to 700 pints,
and we have the little mascot, the drop of blood,
running alongside a beautiful 57 red thunderbird.

I think the drop of blood may have some candy, too.

The kids are liking this explode,
followed by a blood source Porsche.

There's Mr. Blooddrop right there.

Wave hello to him.

The blood drop.

We like the candy drops, too.

Donate blood or platelets.

I have a neighbor who donates platelets.

There's a great need for that.

And here comes a blood source SUV.

Those are probably blood donors inside.

Happy 4th of July, Banner.

The summertime with the number of accidents that happen
is a really great time for giving to blood drives
because there's always a shortage of blood and plasma,
so we appreciate anybody giving.

Here's Paul Dentner in this convertible here.

You can see him playing the piano in the convertible.

He does ragtime and boogie woogie piano.

And here are stages that are going to be my guests
next month on Nevada County interviews.

The Babes and Arms show will be opening up
and we'll give them some play and get some singers on stage
live at the studio.

They do.

They're fairly new to town
and they just have done some amazing productions.

Their musicals are fabulous.

They're not new to playing.

Sierra Stages?
Hi, how are you doing?
Well, Sierra Stages is putting on a new production.

Well, it was actually on Broadway
and it's called Babes and Arms
and we're pretty excited about it.

In front of our cameras now?
Yeah.

And there's going to be some classics such as
The Lady is a Tramp and My Funny Valentine
and it's a wonderful musical.

We have a high energy and I think everyone's going to love it.

Great.

Thank you.

Have a great fort.

Our next float is a popular group in town
the Gold Country Celtic Society.

That's Mike Carr playing the bagpipes in the front.

He plays at the red light ball.

He plays at D or D.

His local bagpiper is quite good.

Of course, one of the historic groups
that are best represented up here in the foothills
are the Celtic people of Celtic tradition
and some people don't know but I think there's actually
16 different countries who participate as Celtics
from Irish to Scots and then Cornish
and the other people from the northern British Isles.

Can you tell me why it's Celtic society
but the basketball team is the Celtic?
What's up with that?
Well, there's people in Boston who don't know how to speak.

There's people in Boston who know that.

Here's K and C.

O.

Radio
and they've got their.

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All the squirting begins.

Uh-oh.

Congratulations to Tom Fitzsimmons.

Phil Conter is driving the truck.

Tom Simmons, the new general manager of K and C.

O.

They've got some young broadcasters
and children of broadcasters on the float
and I see a squirt gun or two there.

K and C.

O.

and Star 94 at our local radio station.

Squirt gun felt good.

I'll tell you.

I think this is a Doug Lamoff book right here.

Coming up it is 1969 for Torino Talladega
and Doug is the Republican Senate nominee.

He's a rice farmer who's represented Northern California
for six years and is running for the state senate in November
and Assemblyman Lamoff asks for your support.

Is everybody happy 4th of July?
You know, in the 60s I never would have thought
that these cars would have been classic cars.

So are cars today, the 2010 cars,
will some of them be classic cars?
I think so.

In fact, I consider
smoking the tires.

A little burning rubber.

Hey, happy 4th of July.

Thank you.

Good to be up here, man.

Really enjoying it.

Good time.

Hot day.

Great day.

Happy 4th.

Well, I feel a kinship, a certain kinship to these automobiles
because this is when I came of age
and I had some of these, I beat them to death
and I'm sure that they're not extant today
but I appreciate any car that could last this long.

Here's the little town of Washington's Fire Engine.

Washington's only got about 150 residents
but we know we're not around.

Well, it's a lot of burning rubber, actually.

And they're playing the drums back here.

So I think this is the students from the drum studio.

They play alternate drums under the direction of instructor
owner John Bassett.

They're riding on Big Red
a 1955 international harvester fire engine
built for the town of Trekkie originally.

And she served Trekkie at Donner Lake until 1990
and then went to the town of Washington
where she was Washington's first fire engine
until 19 into 2003.

So she's retired and rough and ready.

Old barn self-storage is going by
right off the freeway that has the sign
you always see being happy.

Yeah, the old iconic cows and other animals
that adorn the freeway.

And the Little League of Nevada City
has a banner that says their number one fan
is Utah Phillips.

Oh, that's sweet.

He was a hometown hero who passed away
a couple of years ago.

He's been loved by everyone.

It's good that the little kids would remember Utah.

He always went to the Little League games.

He lived very close to Pioneer Park
and tried to never miss a game.

And coming up we have the Peace Center
of Nevada County.

These folks have been active
since before the Iraq War started.

And I know that the Peace Center
has what I understand is a really
fantastic float coming up.

We'll take a look at it in a second,
which is a tribute to Utah Phillips.

They're becoming into view momentarily.

Utah was a big anti-war activist
and always was hoping for peace.

So it's nice that they're not letting
his memory be forgotten.

I think they've got the Peace Center
waiting here a minute till everybody catches up.

Looking for a quick greeting
from the Utah fans here.

You know, a squirt gun would be good right now.

Did you bring your squirt gun?
I did, but I shouldn't have.

Morgan Margules?
Happy 4th of July to everybody.

Thank you.

Well, I'll tell you, it's better than having
to be in Sacramento today,
where the temperature's well over a hundred, I'm sure.

It looks pretty comfortable by comparison.

Yeah, that's true.

These clowns are representing Hospitality House,
our county's roving homeless shelter.

Right.

Utah was instrumental in getting that going.

In fact, his wife, Joanna Robinson,
was one of the founders of that.

Hospitality House is really one of our
churches up there in the foothills,
helping people who are less fortunate than ourselves,
and they're providing a safe home for folks
who don't have one of their own,
so we really appreciate their efforts.

And they're working on getting a permanent building.

Yeah, it's one of those issues,
particularly during the rough economic times.

It doesn't take much to get you from living
from paycheck to paycheck into a homeless situation,
so we certainly do appreciate their efforts.

Yeah, they're but for the grace of God.

So, the Peace Center banner's just now crossing us,
and here we have a musical tribute to Utah.

The banner holders have their clown noses on.

A little short necked bat and banto coming in here.

Singing one of Utah's songs, no doubt.

World Peace Banner.

Oh, and here's the Utah songs.

Utah songs.

This is great.

Thank you.

Here's the flow for Utah.

We have Nevada County's poet laureate, Molly Fisk,
who's Lady Liberty, holding her torch aloft.

She was a good friend of Utah's.

Probably happy to do that in his honor.

Beautiful float.

Yes, very beautiful and colorful attire
of the ladies who are joining in,
and they asked for one planet.

One one or so.

Yes, that's not the NID plug.

Here comes Women of Worth.

That Women of Worth assists families in crisis,
especially those escaping domestic violence or sexual assault,
and, wow, works to increase self-reliance
and improve the quality of life for individuals and families
by assisting them in rebuilding their lives
and making a fresh start with dignity, hope, and safety.

Women of Worth is opening Heddy's Haven,
a transitional home for women and children in crisis,
with its opening schedule for this month, 2010.

Heddy's Haven will serve as a supportive safe haven
for 12 or 15 women.

Women of Worth was started by Sandy Schmidt,
who was a single mother and had an abusive past,
and she's done a lot without women.

Hi.

Hi.

You too.

Women of Worth, right? Yeah.

Sandy's actually the director.

A good service.

We have a little Nash Metropolitan doing it.

A good resource for a community.

So now we have the Hogs, the Harley-Davidson contingent.

Yeah, they even get furniture,
and they'll furnish a house for an abused person to move to.

They're very attentive to those needs.

Here's a 1947 Willys Jeep.

Look at that.

Still running.

Older than I am.

This is in remembrance of our P.

O.

J.

who has been a part of our P.

O.

J.

for a long time.

Older than I am.

This is in remembrance of our P.

O.

J.

who has been a part of our P.

O.

J.

for a long time.

Well, Willys is in great shape.

I wish my car looked as good.

It's better shaped than me.

1947 was the year of my birth, so I have a certain kinship.

It looks better than I do, though.

The German American Club.

They were a perennial marcher in the parade.

The club's standard depicts a shovel pick
and edelweiss standing for the Grass Valley Chapter.

The eagle stands for Germany,
and the bear stands for, of course, California.

We have the German flag, the tricolor.

The club is proud to celebrate 25 years of camaraderie and friendship.

The chalet is decorated in traditional, colorful, rustic,
German architecture.

It was designed and was built and painted by club members.

Walter Grove is sitting in the chalet
and is providing the music on his accordion,
and he'll be playing God Bless America.

The chalet is just coming into view now.

The chalet is coming into view.

The amount of city is just a wonderful melting pot
of many different cultures.

Of course, the Germans and Scandinavians,
and the Red and the Goldbrush Country.

And it's great to see that the people of German
ancestry are celebrating with us.

These guys throw a pretty good party.

They have an Oktoberfest at the Love Building
at Memorial Park.

It's pretty authentic.

Let's get some 4th and July greetings.

I'm doing fine, thank you.

My name is Rich Hamner.

Yes, the Gold Country German-American Club.

He hasn't lost his accent.

Happy 4th of July to everybody,
and thank you for coming out.

Thank you.

Some of the marchers are tired in traditional
German garb.

What's the deal with the guy with the green socks?
Where the socks only go partway up.

I don't know.

Is that a German thing?
I just wanted to do a little yodel for you.

You have to hold the mic back.

Thank you.

Special treat.

Live on NCTV, we got the exclusive.

Professional yodeling.

What could be more German than yodeling?
Bratwurst.

Bratwurst.

This is the 25th anniversary of the
German-American Club in 1985.

It began here.

Celebrating a quarter century of service to the community.

It's a big, big project.

We wish it well.

It must be hard for people from another country
who move to this country and give up all their traditions
and the things that make them feel comfortable.

So it's nice they can have groups to
reminisce about.

We know
my first spouse was part of German descent.

It's interesting how Germans came first
to the Eastern Seaboard, then settled
second generation in the Ohio area.

But many of the frontier and pioneer people
were of German descent.

They had a kind of inbred understanding
and yearning for manifest destiny in the 19th century.

That's why I think there's a lot of German ancestry
both in California, Washington, and the West Coast.

My father, his parents immigrated from the Ukraine
and they went to Ohio.

It was sort of a staging area for pioneers
coming in westward.

It is great that we.

.

.

It was fantastic to see the Berlin Wall come down
in the unification of Germany.

We don't have to make that distinction
between West Germany and East Germany anymore.

Yeah, I know.

A lot of things have happened in our lifetime
that we feel good about.

We're waiting for the chalet to pass.

It's a marvelous little float
that has
hints of
a real German chalet there.

The beam ceiling
and the chalet colors of the ground on the beam.

Okay, I think the parade has stopped.

There's something happening at the other end of the street.

So we're having a little
break here.

I think maybe an emergency vehicle
may be coming in.

Yeah, right now
we can see on our monitor that there is an ambulance
down below.

We hope that
nothing too serious is happening, but
it is hot and perhaps one of the marchers
is coming to the heat.

And that actually is a fairly common occurrence
when these big outdoor events, when it's so hot.

There isn't.

.

.

NCTV, there is a story about
one of the parades where
people from F-CAT, the predecessor,
were on a flatbed truck and
I believe that was in.

.

.

Right, that was
in Grass Valley with Miss
Slate Cobman.

And what happened was
the horses were in front of the F-CAT truck
and apparently the horse
did its calling card and
was messing the street up and so somebody had the bright idea to come by
and then.

.

.

Caitlin? Yeah, having a good time?
Yeah.

Bob? Have a good time?
Mikey!
Hi, I'm Casey.

Happy 4th of July.

Happy 4th of July.

Sarah?
Happy 4th of July.

My name is Joe.

Are you having a good time?
Yeah.

And just to finish up the story, what happened was
the mixture of the water
and horse manure
created a really slick situation in Grass Valley
and the truck had to stop suddenly
and everybody on board got knocked off the truck
and that was really.

.

.

people had some very serious
and significant injuries from that so.

.

.

I hope nothing like that has occurred again.

The beautiful 1969 Metropolitan Divertable
is wild.

Wild is living in the water.

Looks like the emergency
is over, Paul.

They're moving the parade
back down again.

So long last, we got the German
Chalet.

It's coming by right now.

And as I said,
it's Walter Robb sitting in the Chalets providing music on his accordion.

He's a accordion.

Yeah.

You don't hear the accordion too much anymore.

I don't know many young people play the accordion.

It's an ancient art form.

He looks like an older fellow too.

Here's the Gold Country La Crosse flow.

One thing I learned about La Crosse is it is
the fastest growing sport in America today.

It started with this very small base,
but it's really catching on.

And now, of course, professional La Crosse
and TAA La Crosse in both men and women.

And it's a sport that has
different roots to it.

There's, of course, a sport that was played here
in America by our Native American ancestors.

Played a sort of a cross country version of La Crosse.

There's also a La Crosse, this format of La Crosse
that was made famous in Scotland.

So.

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There's Avery Blake,
Hall of Fame,
1979, yellow one.

There you go.

I could hit again with another Volkswagen.

Oh, happy fourth to Gail too.

It's a good day for Gail to be out.

Any day is a good day for him.

Happy, happy, first day.

That's Avery Blake.

We've got some cute little kids coming up here.

Let freedom ring.

Here's the Girl Scouts.

I believe.

There you go.

I believe.

Yeah, the Northern Mines Girl Scouts.

Well, with some little brownies in the front.

More little brownies than we've got
the older Girl Scouts coming.

They're a big proud pleaser.

They must have a lot of friends watching the parade.

Shouldn't they be throwing cookies to us?
Girl scout cookies?
It's over.

I'm afraid those have all been eaten.

Right.

Now.

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.

The North Star Mining Museum.

You can see this float.

It's a complicated.

.

.

.

.

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judger that's on the North Star Mining.

.

.

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float.

Robert Shoemaker,
Mission Director, model of a Yuba Bucket Line dredge.

Built in 1915 for the Panama-Pacific
Exposition in San Francisco.

And it's from the North Star Mining Museum.

The home of the largest Pelton Wheel ever built.

32 in diameter and many excellent mining exhibits.

This is the entrance
from the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum.

This is the entrance from the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum.

This is the entrance from the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum.

They're in a Model T Turing car.

1912.

Not a Volkswagen Pass.

That's not a Volkswagen.

Those are wooden spokes on that car.

Now here we have the main float.

Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum.

And this actual Narrow Gauge Railroad
up here.

The steam locomotive was hand built
by volunteers in the Nevada City Shop.

At the throttle is engineer Walt Lasek
and he's a day balinger.

Live steam from the locomotive was powering
an 1890s stationery steam engine
owned and operated by Mike Nevias.

All transports on a tractor trail are run by
Robinson and Roberts Vanipyde.

It's a very colorful float.

It's a beautiful steam engine.

It was built here in 2006-2009.

It was built in a foothill because it was the best way
to transport gold and other minerals.

Using a steam engine.

You didn't steam right out of there.

Yeah, it's real steam.

Amazing.

Oh, so now we have one of my favorites.

The Studebaker Drivers Club.

In 1850s John Studebaker built wheelbarrows.

It was the largest horse grown wagon manufacturer in the world.

And in 1903 Studebaker started building cars.

During World War II they built engines
for these 17 bombers and in 1966
the last Studebaker World Golf Assembly line
there are 13,000 members of the Drivers Club
and they started celebrating the birth of our nation.

And here is some of the Studebakers which have
That white one is amazing.

That's gorgeous.

The design that Studebakers had was well in advance of their time.

It always surprised me that they didn't do better
in the marketplace.

Yeah, they were kind of a step above the Ed Soul I think.

Absolutely.

A wonderful, wonderful design car.

An interesting part of the 60s.

And here is some Studebaker truck.

Crowd owners.

Still in tremendously good shape.

We have a bunch of Uncle Sam's in the back of that little truck.

Everybody celebrating their 4th of July.

This is our Gold Country stage.

Be like us, ride the bus.

And they also do telecare our public transit
throughout western Nevada County.

Gold Country Studebaker is one of the most
public transit throughout western Nevada County.

Gold Country Telecare involves door-to-door transportation
for people with disabilities and seniors
and is a lifeline for the people that they serve.

Here is Uncle Sam in the doorway.

Cheryl, can you interview Uncle Sam?
No, it's a balloon.

I got fooled there for a moment.

You know, for such a small world place
I think we do a great job of public transportation.

You know, the Gold Country stage.

It's a real part of this community.

Without it we would have a lot more traffic.

That's for sure.

Yeah, they're always worrying about their budget being cut.

But I think, you know, with the way oil is going
more and more people may start taking public transportation.

So they can see a little renaissance maybe.

Now, as you know, July 4th,
Independence Day is celebrated because
that's when the Declaration of Independence
was actually voted on by the Congress,
the Commonwealth Congress in Philadelphia.

And I grew up in a town in New York, my place in New York,
where the first public reading took place in July 8th, 1776.

Oh, really?
Yeah, we used to commemorate that every 4th of July
with the reading of the Declaration of Independence.

I'm Dixie Redford.

And I'm Paul Mini Pucci.

And with us is Cheryl Nova.

Hi there.

Here comes the Indian Marching Band.

We're under the direction of Ken Carter.

We thank the students for coming out,
even when screwed on in session.

This is an award-winning band.

What's a parade without a marching band?
What's a parade without a marching band?
We thank the United Union High School for their participation.

I think the Republican Party is coming up here.

All right.

And I don't know if Dan Loge and Tom McClintock
are on there or if they're.

.

.

Well, I think Congressman McClintock
is due to show up a little bit later in the parade,
as I remember a little bit later.

But this is just the truck, which is adorned
with all the campaign for Republican candidates
in the elections.

There's Nancy Bros.

walking alongside.

She's a tireless worker from New York.

There's Betty Heide under the umbrella.

Betty and the Red has been supporting the Republicans for years.

She was the head of the local Republican Party for many years.

Now coming up, we have the Daughters of the American Revolution,
Grass Valley, Nevada City, the Captain John Aldum chapter.

This is a very active group.

They have about 80 members,
and they're just a few of the members of the Republican Party.

They have about 80 members,
and they do all kinds of public service in the community.

And, of course, Daughters of the American Revolution
are women who can trace their heritage back
to a member of the Armed Forces in the First Continental Army,
which is a climate, often called DAR, Daughters of the American Revolution.

DAR.

Here's Healthy Smiles of Nevada County
with some smiley little kids here.

We have a treasure chest of sparkling white teeth
on a little treasure.

I wonder if they're giving those teeth away.

A treasure chest full of teeth.

Oh, there's the Tooth Fairy.

Here's another Tooth Fairy.

I guess during the day you can see the Tooth Fairy,
but at night they're invisible.

That's right.

And I'm sure that candy doesn't have any sugar in it.

Or they're throwing toothbrushes, I don't know.

There's more little Tooth Fairies coming.

They're very cute.

They're tossing out some goodies.

I think maybe a toothbrush or something.

Yes.

Something good for you.

And our next float is apropos for the foothills.

It's Trees Unlimited.

They can help trim your trees if you have too many.

Although if you live in the city of Nevada City,
you can't even cut down a dead tree.

But this is one of our bigger tree cutting companies,
and they're pulling a chipper there.

They can turn all of your cut down trees
and brush into wood chips that you can put down
and then use in your garden.

Of course, in a place that has so much fire hazard
as the foothills, it's really great to clear your lot
and get rid of dead wood.

So we really appreciate Trees Unlimited providing that service.

Safe clearing and hazardous tree removal.

This is big equipment, huh?
Sure is.

I wonder what the mileage of that truck is.

They have a cherry picker up there
because, of course, when you're cutting a tree down,
you've got to start from the top down.

We have a float coming, honoring Bill Douglas
and Betsy Westfield.

We're Nissan on people.

The Nissan on were the Nevada County Rancheria tribe.

They were a local tribe like the Maidu,
but more around the Bear River area.

They have photos.

I don't know if that's.

.

.

Betsy and Bill.

The truck is adorned in blue and red and white.

This float was created by the Nissan on Indians
of Nevada City Rancheria
and the Firehouse Number One Museum.

The Firehouse Number One Museum has house Nissan on Indians,
treasures such as baskets, artifacts,
weapons, ceremonial regalia,
and personal effects of Chief Lewis Kelly
since its inception in 1946.

The Nissan on are native to Nevada County
and have lived here for thousands of years.

The heroes represented in this float are Bill Douglas,
an advocate for Nevada County Indians
nearly 100 years ago in Betsy Westfield,
who as a child witnessed the first non-Indian settlers
entering into Nissan land.

Thank you so much.

Happy Fourth of July.

Good stuff to know.

Here comes a group.

I'm a member of Paul.

This is the famous marching president
at the Constitution Day Parade.

We dress up as presidents and first ladies.

My husband and I are George and Martha Washington.

And this year, we never have been in the Fourth of July parade,
but we're celebrating Mr. and Mrs.

Sargent.

And the Sargent, that's Sparky Parker, Dave W.

Parker.

And Sargent helps start the women's rights movement.

Right.

And there's a colorful float with Sargent,
a women's right to vote, suffrage movement.

Oh, it's spark life.

Hi! We're marching presidents!
Thank you.

That's Elaine Martin waving.

She just looked at the camera.

So I believe that we're the only band
of marching presidents in the country
who dress up as all presidents of the United States.

That's quite a tradition there.

And now we have the Mary Widows Society, established in 1993.

The Mary Widows do a lot for charity, too.

And Mary Ann Crabb here, holding the banner in front.

Her husband is R.

L.

Crabb, the union cartoonist.

Mary Ann's actually one of the Mary Widows.

And she looks like a Mary Widow.

They sure are.

They're all dressed in black.

Must be hot on a daylight today.

And they're carrying really colorful artwork and manners.

This group has been around for a long time.

Their biggest presence is in the Mardi Gras parade.

The group's mission is to have a good time
while raising funds for single-parent scholarships.

$43,000 so far.

Their artwork is by Kitty Meakin.

They raise a lot of money for a good cause and for scholarships.

Okay, I see the rough and ready fire engine.

This is the rough and ready fire protection district.

This is engine 5982.

It's a 1988 Ford FMC pomper.

It's powered by a caterpillar 3208 diesel with 250 horsepower.

It's got a 1,000 gallon water tank.

Fully equipped there for the little count of rough and ready.

We have Julie noted.

We have a Dalmatian mascot with the fire truck.

Perfect.

Dalmatians and fire trucks are like.

.

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They go together like.

.

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Apple Pine America.

Apple Pine America, perfect.

And so now we have our Coldwell Banker.

.

.

Coldwell Banker grassroots realty.

You know, location, location, location.

They actually have a little house set up here.

Yes, normally you carry a mortgage, they're carrying a house.

And these guys have been working hard because real estate hasn't been there.

And they have a singing realtors contingent.

I've never seen that.

Their own theme song.

I see Jean Thompson there holding the banner that says one hour at a time.

Very patriotic.

Coldwell Banker.

And their theme?
Let's listen to their song.

Maybe this is what they do in the downtime is they practice singing.

They've got a little choir.

And their banner says you're building the American dream and one hour at a time.

There's a white picket fan.

Here comes the doggie.

Oh, he's got little booties on.

I'm looking forward to this.

This is the Zumba Fitness, a Latin inspired aerobic fitness program
incorporating moves such as the cha-cha, merengue, salsa, hip hop and rumba.

They create a dynamic, exciting and effective fitness program.

Zumba is the hottest craze at the gym.

It's the new in thing.

They have a contingent of lovely ladies dressed out in their exercise outfits.

I see some belly dancing shawls on a couple of them.

And that's double as belly dancers, maybe.

Zumba, good exercise.

You shouldn't shake.

I can feel the energy.

They've got a little routine here.

Very cute.

Next up, we have the new generation NEO, the youth sector of the coalition
for a drug-free Nevada county.

NEO is a new way of thinking.

It encourages youth to live a drug-free lifestyle through music and community service and community events.

But they have a flow.

It's neat to get high school kids involved in drugs, the problems with drugs and everything.

So this group has really done a good job.

They do peer counseling.

And their philosophies just don't say no.

They just say yes to youth development.

Let's listen to the music.

I was born in the south.

Sometimes I have a big mouth when I see something that I don't like.

I gotta say it.

My band is called The Stepping Stones.

They're good.

They're really good.

Very cool.

You should have them on N-C-T-V.

We should.

We should get them on one of our shows.

It's fantastic.

And speaking of exercise, here comes Jazzercise.

Jazzercise is the world's largest dance fitness program.

Classes encompass a variety of music and movement.

And each class includes a warm-up, cardio, muscle toning, and stretching for fun.

There are 17 classes in downtown Grass Valley.

And here they are with the young ladies.

They've got the little ones doing their routine.

They have different things on their backs.

One is wearing a tag that says nurses.

Somebody says Nevada County Sheriff.

Firefighters.

Maybe they're marching on behalf of people.

Or jazzercising on behalf of people.

Is that an adjective, Jazzercise?
Jazzercise, yes.

Actually, it's probably a gerund.

But no, it's great to get kids involved in exercise.

One of the things that I fear is that kids spend so much time in front of the TV set.

I shouldn't say that it's a TV production company,
but kids need to get out and exercise.

Jazzercise does a great job of getting the kids involved.

They all look happy.

I'd love to see kids in a parade.

I wish I had their energy.

A little girl in front of us is wearing two different color socks.

One red, one white.

I think that's considered a fashion statement.

And as usual, they're carrying a little wagon with hydration.

Keep the kids wet and hydrated.

They're hydration wagon.

That's cute.

Look at what we have here.

Mini Coopers.

Is this E.

Clampus Vitus?
The Clampers and Mini Coopers?
I didn't know that.

Well, it looks like the Jazzercise adults are after them,
so maybe these are Jazzercise.

I love the red, white, and blue Coopers.

Yeah, that's very cute.

And here come the adult Jazzercise.

The energy.

Yeah, I bet they're not usually doing it outside in the heat.

The added challenge.

Hey, Melanie!
Hey, Melanie!
Hey, Melanie!
Okay, Paula Bettiger in the second, in the red.

Rotiger.

Is that Ron Rotiger's wife?
Bob Rotiger's wife.

He's supposed to be out there.

Oh.

And they have some things on, somebody has something,
it says teacher.

So now, here we have.

.

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The Clampers.

E.

Clampus Vitus, chapter number 10.

And if you've never been to a Clamper event,
you're really missing something.

A historical fraternity.

What am I missing?
Hi.

We're doing great.

Of course, the Clampers are fraternal organizations
that date back to early gold mining days.

And their motto is,
for the benefit of widows and orphans,
especially widows.

And they have a good time.

They have every manner of reason to go out and party.

They also raise a lot of money for charity.

And they trade a heck of a lot of money
for a number of community events.

I know they gave about 10,000 for care services for the blind.

So.

.

.

The guy's wearing a vest that says,
E.

Clampus Vitus, no known cure.

Hey.

So.

.

.

And here's some marching Clampers.

This is St.

Vitus Men's Clamp,
a precision, I say, drill team,
of North San Juan.

And then.

.

.

I tell you what, that's some precise marching here.

But if you know the Clampers,
they don't take much very seriously.

I tell you that.

And they have their drills, their precision hand drills.

It's the heat, too.

Yes.

And here's Clampers on a fire engine.

HEE-KEE!
Hey, this guy's shirt says,
are you smarter than a sublime?
I don't get it.

Hello there.

Happy Fourth of July.

Warming up for you?
Thank you.

The Clampers are known for,
shall we say.

.

.

libation.

and extraordinary amounts of certain kinds of beverages.

Adult.

Adult beverages consumed in the woods.

Okay.

Especially widows.

Now we have a smart car coming up here.

The organization actively raises money.

A dumb car.

A smart car going the wrong way on the street, but you know,
especially you don't want to go up the hill if you're this small.

A great western wilderness.

And here we have a part of the Clamper.

This is a 1965 Dodge convertible.

You may have noticed this car before if you watch TV.

It was used in episodes of the Andy Griffith Show.

And it's also being joined by the E-Clampus Vitus Chapter 10 van.

And it is also a 1965 Dodge convertible.

Okay, I think the Clamper's are followed by the Nevada City Lions Club.

Both are fraternal organizations, but there's quite a difference in tone and decorum here.

Yeah, that's true.

And the Lions have been in.

.

.

Their club has been operating 63 years in Nevada City.

Yeah.

You know, Lions are, of course, an international club and a very active group around the world.

Sandy Woods, the CEO of the Fairground is a member of the Lions Club.

And here we have Congressman Tom McClintock riding in a Chevrolet.

Hello.

Hi.

Happy Independence Day to all here.

He looks a little warm.

Yes, that's in a Chevrolet Malibu, yellow Malibu convertible.

So Tom McClintock has had 22 years in the California State Legislature and was a candidate for governor in a historic recall election.

And McClintock has become one of the most recognizable political leaders in California.

He's serving in Congress now.

He served in both the House and the Assembly working the legislature during the 80s and 90s.

He was in the member of the legislature.

We have a crowd-pleaser coming up.

Yes, one of my favorites.

The Briar Patch.

The Briar Patch Market.

Excellent.

They have their shopping cart drill team, although.

.

.

Oh, they have little baskets this year.

Yeah.

They didn't bring the big shopping cart.

I don't think that on this downward pitch that they would be able to move around quite like they do.

We have actually a couple of our interns at NCTV are in this event here.

Oh, good.

That's part of the drill team.

Point them out when they come by.

Yeah.

They're doing their precision shopping cart routine here.

Look at that.

If they did that in the store, everything would be lost.

They need a lot of other stuff.

Yeah.

I never see anybody shopping like that, but even at Briar Patch.

And here's Danny McCammon.

Here's one of our interns.

Oh, good.

Saying hello to him.

Briar Patch.

We're in the great iconic organizations here in Nevada City.

Here's their board of directors.

Of course, Briar Patch is well-known among other health food organizations.

Probably more health food stores up in the foothills here than any place I've ever been.

Yeah, we have a lot.

We're into that health food here.

That's right.

Here comes the Union Hill marching band.

David Lin is their director.

And they've done a terrific job with this band.

I believe he started it up.

And it's a summer program, is it not?
In Grass Valley?
Yeah, but I think they might perform all year.

Did you think?
And they're a California Distinguished School, which is not easy to get that appellation.

So we congratulate Union Hill School.

It's good to see another marching band.

Youngsters are doing a great job for such a small group.

Let's listen a little bit here.

All right.

Now following the Union Hill marching band, we have grandmothers for peace.

They're out of county.

And they are hometown heroes as well.

They work to create a world of peace for these future generations.

So they're asking us to choose nonviolent toys for our kids.

And look at that, they didn't even do a parade rest.

Grandmothers for peace.

They sent some cookies to Bush when he was president to ask him to stop the war.

It's helping to keep their energy up.

I don't think they heard back whether he got the cookies and or ate the cookies.

Is that organic food?
There are a lot of public events too.

That's good.

Briar Patch Co-op, thank you.

We've got some more horses coming here.

That's all horses.

One horsey.

Some entertainment from the horses.

We've got the Union Hill marching band.

It's a summer program at Union Hill School in Grass Valley.

And it's led by director David Lin.

Let's listen to what they've like.

So we've got a little lull while they're catch up there.

A little space down here.

This is a pretty good crowd.

I would say 5,000.

5,000? Yeah, I would say something like that.

Wow.

And listen to the horse.

And there you go.

And I think this is Mrs.

Penn Valley Rodeo.

Or Junior Rodeo Miss.

Alexis Lincoln I think is a tuning high school.

Hi, here we are at the parade.

I'm Dixie Redfern.

I'm Paul Minacucci.

I'm Cheryl Noble.

For NCTV and Touchdown Productions.

And here we are.

We're looking at the Penn Valley Rodeo.

Oh, and the horse has little stars painted on its rough.

Right, and there is one of the favorite parts of the parade
is the wheelbarrow float that a young lady
who keeps the streets clean.

There's one thing about horses.

You gotta go.

Talk about a local hero.

When you have horses, you have horse poop.

Here's a commercial.

Right, we have some.

.

.

Cheryl, would you get an interview with those young ladies on the truck?
On the truck.

They look speechless too.

They are speechless.

They're a little catatonic.

I think the heat has gotten to them.

I know how they feel.

But how are they waving that?
They are.

That must be magic.

It's solar.

It's solar energy.

Well.

.

.

Happy four.

Happy four.

They were waving.

They are.

Alright, yeah, next step.

Here's the Idaho Maryland Mining Corporation.

And Jack Clark, 90 years old and Nevada City native,
he speaks at a lot of Grass Valley City Council meetings.

He's waving from the passenger side of the truck.

He's Idaho Maryland's hometown hero.

Uh-huh.

Here's the last superintendent in the old historic Idaho Maryland Mining.

Pardon?
Happy fourth to you and all the people with you here.

Thank you.

Glad you're here.

Idaho Maryland CEO.

David.

Mining done right.

Idaho Maryland.

Nice.

And here come the Lama.

California International Lama Association.

I just love llamas.

They're so regal.

Look at this one.

Look at all the spots on it.

Isn't that amazing?
That's beautiful.

Really unusual.

I wonder if he'd do an interview.

Oh, well, you could try.

Maybe.

I think they spit if they're mad.

Yes.

Now, one thing I know about llamas is don't catch them in mating season
because they can get really urnary.

And once they spit on you, they can be really troublesome.

Let me tell you.

And they've all got little saddle pegs with flags, different flag motifs.

But truly llamas make great pets and animals.

And part of the Lama Association's mission is to educate members of the public
as to the care and breeding and raising of llamas.

They also support youth and 4-H related llama activities.

And over the past 25 years, they've become popular pets and companions
on farms in France and throughout the United States.

They're particularly up here in the foothills.

The climate and the flora and fauna is really very conducive for llamas.

Ben Emory for Congress.

Ben is an independent vote and a Nevada City local.

He's running for the U.

S.

Congressional Fourth District in November.

I'm doing well.

How are you?
Happy Fourth of July to you too.

And Fourth of July to the Fourth District and the whole entire United States.

Good.

Good luck.

Thank you.

Of course, Ben is representing third parties, including the Green Party, I believe.

He was on one of our shows and he represents those things about the Green Party.

Grow Green, create jobs, green jobs.

We will speak for the Earth, grow fuel, create jobs.

Corporations are not human beings.

And now, this can't be easy to do on this downward slope as well as the heat.

They do have gloves on the hand that's touching the pavement, I think.

That keeps these little girls from Gold Country gymnastics.

Gold Country gymnastics is a premier gymnastics and cheerleading facility here in our area.

And classes are for all ages.

And they're doing cartwheels here.

And if you think the street isn't dirty, look at the underside of their gloves.

They started out with white gloves, but they're not white anymore.

But they're all dressed up in their red, white, and blue, with little red and white ribbon in their hair.

They make a really nice presentation.

Very cute.

These kids are young.

They're starting this young.

And they take it very seriously, you can tell.

I think they're going to do a routine here, or maybe just cartwheels.

Can you do a cartwheel pull?
I can.

I can do cartwheels, actually.

Maybe you'll demonstrate one out here after the program.

Perhaps I will.

I played a wrestler in a play one time, and I surprised everybody by doing three cartwheels in a row.

Wow.

I'm impressed.

Young, followed by shoulder surgeries.

So, now we've got another float coming down the street.

Is this the Libertarian Party?
Sometimes people get out of order, see, you can't really tell.

Now, this is still gymnastics.

Now, this is our go-kid country gymnastics, and some of the smaller kids who couldn't perform.

I don't know, I don't know.

I'd never been tribute to firefighters.

They're wearing fire hats, and there's some spectacular older girls,
and they're all wearing little plastic fire hats,
offering our local heroes.

I'm going to do it, look at that.

They make it look so easy.

Some hand springs and hand stands.

I think it's easier when you're six, don't you?
I want to be home, and here's some 100 hand springs,
and aerials, and backwards flips.

That's amazing.

Their gloves look a little thicker.

Oh, look at him.

There he goes.

All right.

Fabulous move.

Wow, no gloves.

Look at that.

A talented guy.

Here's the Libertarian Party, the party that gives you less.

Less taxes, less spending, less government.

Gary Bryant for State Assembly.

Hello.

Happy Fourth of July.

I'm with July, too.

Here is the party.

.

.

Gary Bryant.

Here's the candidate for State Assembly on the Libertarian Party.

Hello.

How are you doing?
I'm well.

Thank you.

Happy Fourth of July.

Oh, happy Fourth of July to you, too.

Thanks for being here.

Welcome to New York City.

Thank you.

And followed by Nevada County Search and Rescue.

It's nice to know when those guys are out there,
if you're a hiker or going to the back country.

And not one year goes by that you don't hear some heart-rending story
about someone lost in the woods.

And these are the people who go out and venture out into the woods
with all kinds of terrible weather with their dogs
and help find people stranded out in the snow and wood.

So they are another example of hometown heroes, I'm sure.

And Jerry Weeder down there with his dog has been called out.

A lot of other counties call him and his dog specifically.

He's become quite well-known in the search and rescue world.

That's part of the nature of our tourism up here
is to have, you know, the snow and wilderness.

And so if we didn't have a great search and rescue operation
and team operated by the Sheriff's Office,
we really wouldn't be able to safely carry out the kind of tourism we do.

So, kudos to them and our hounds are off.

And we have, you know, some of the most rugged terrain.

Oh, they have a fake body on a gurney at the back of the float.

They do some hard jobs.

And here's another 1951 military willies jeep.

Jim Minasium and Jerry Scott.

Also throwing candy.

Flying candy.

We like that.

And they're a copy for them.

So it's just having fun and staying alive.

And they have a furry little creature
with an apple-sand hat on.

Jim Minasium owns the Nevada County Warehouse
that you see off the freeway.

Let's get a greeting from him.

Hello.

Great job.

Happy 4th.

Jim.

Thank you for having a ball.

Good for you.

Happy 4th of July.

He's calling his current sale as staying a live sale.

Right.

Now, one of my favorites is coming up.

I served for two terms.

Deputy Director of the California Arts Council.

And so nothing is higher in my list of priorities in the arts.

And we're really blessed to have the Center for the Arts
up here in downtown Reds Valley.

They do an incredible job of bringing in
little dance, music, theater, film, arts education,
and just fantastic shows.

There's the director, Julie Baker.

Can I get a show?
Can Julie say hello?
Julie says, Chubby Checker's coming.

There's Peggy Levine.

Hi, Peggy.

She's carrying a sign for Chubby Checker.

He'll be at the Center September 11th.

We're going to get a quick close in with the arts.

Hi.

Julie Baker, Executive Director from the Center for the Arts.

We're here celebrating the 50th anniversary of the twist.

Chubby Checker's coming to Grass Valley September 11th.

You guys have great stuff.

Thank you.

Her husband, Richard Baker, driving the car.

He has sight line architecture in Nevada City.

I think his firm is doing some of the renovations on the center.

The city of Grass Valley has been instrumental in helping him grow.

Now we had the Girl Scouts, and it's only fair that we now have the Cubs Scouts
from Penn Valley, Pack 275.

And we'll future Cubs Scouts.

Cubs Scouts before Boy Scouts, right?
That's right.

Cubs Scouts grew up to be Boy Scouts and hopefully Eagle Scouts.

And after you have your 4th and July party,
you're going to want to call America's best carpet and upholstery cleaning.

And they'll fix it all up.

Clean up the aftermath of the 4th and July party.

This van is really decked out in 4th and July fine fashion.

It's a plastic bucket.

Flags.

So coming up now is the floating car.

It says about 2, which is the license plate on it.

So this is one of those, the earliest vehicles that are amphibious.

It starts with an H.

Is it hovercraft?
I'm not sure.

Maybe we can get a greeting from them.

Yes.

A little bit more.

What an interesting vehicle.

I'd like to see him in Scott's flat.

Hi.

What kind of car is this?
A 1963 amphicar.

There you go, very unique.

Built in West Germany, goes in the water.

Has it been out to Scott's flat?
Yes, lots of times.

Good for you.

Happy 4th.

Okay, when I'm in my kayak out there on the lake and I see that guy.

Oh, he's got fish on the side too.

He's got a few trout.

Could see the propeller in the back.

Oh, very cute propeller.

Here's the parsonage bed and breakfast.

Parsonage located on Broad Street.

Chuck Che at the helm of the carriage.

The minister's house.

And look who's here.

How can they be running the parade and be in the parade?
They're everywhere at once.

It's touchdown production wins.

Our partner in crime here at the 4th of July parade.

They're taking pictures of us.

We're taking pictures of them.

Very good.

It's John's birthday.

Somebody's birthday in here.

Happy birthday to Sean and the command driving.

Thank you to touchdown productions for doing the usual fine job.

And as Gil has reminded me in the past,
when touchdown production comes,
you're not too far from the end of the parade.

And I'll bet you on a good day on Scott's flight.

You can see it running right off the boat ramp
and motor and out across the waves.

So we have a couple of late entries here.

And we have Clint Curtis for U.

S.

Congress.

Running against, as we said,
when the Congressman Clinton died.

And we have some more hometown queues.

See who's on this?
I guess that's Clint Curtis.

So we've had a few candidates here today.

Some sitting politicians and some wannabe politicians.

We have had more than a few Corvettes as well.

You know what year this is?
I'm sure it is.

Looks like a recent vintage though.

Not one of the historic antique ones.

Hello, how are you?
How are you?
Well, welcome to Nevada City.

Thanks for having me.

You're welcome.

Good parade.

Thank you.

Good luck to you.

There's Susan and Greg,
Brayn and Martin,
and that's Greg's Corvette.

There are neighbors.

We have the Nevada County Democrats
who somehow got out of order.

The Nevada County Democrats
change we can believe in.

We'll listen to her singing here.

It's Judy Kildale.

Nancy Weber on the NID board.

Singing folk songs.

Democrats are carrying little signs
that tell us who they are made up of.

Grandmothers, grandfathers,
county workers, social workers,
police officers and teachers.

Okay, coming up we have the care crisis nursery.

That's our respite care facility
for parents who need to maybe leave their children
in a little while to take care of business
or get something done or in an emergency.

And they provide a valuable service
here in Nevada County.

I worked in a legislature for many years
in aging and long-term care,
and one of the things that's very difficult
for people to understand and necessity
for families who have children with special needs
and Alzheimer's in the family
is to have respite care.

This is for care of children.

But respite care for special children
is just as important.

They take infants to six years old.

They were recently on the community.

It's really a full-time job
to care for children.

Care crisis nursery,
and everyone in the community
is here to support us because we are here
for the community.

Everybody can use it.

And the ages of the kids?
Birth through age five.

Thank you.

We have a kid.

He's our kid of life.

He's our kid of life.

He's our kid of life.

He's our kid of life.

He's our kid of life.

He's our kid of life.

He's our kid of life.

The traditional bullhorn front
must be from Texas.

I like the horns on the front.

That's a nice cut.

A hometown hero who's a sailor.

Maybe.

We won't know till the sign goes by who he is.

These are late entries into the parade.

Here's my very favorite group,
being Italian American descent.

The Italian festival coming in September,
the 19th at the Fairgrounds.

Maybe they can tell you how to pronounce your name.

Yes, that's right.

And the Italian American festival,
I look forward to that.

Great food, great music, great stories.

Hi.

And we have a couple of these.

.

.

And which group are you with?
With the Italian festival.

Craig, we're glad you decided
to be a part of the parade today.

Thank you very much.

It's September 18th and 19th.

Thank you, happy 4th of July.

Here's the segues.

It looks like we're going to get a listen
to the Oprah Prison Band.

Oprah Prison, go take a listen to them
as they come by.

Here we go.

You know Dixie, I think they got bigger
in the second time round.

I think they had some of their marches.

Maybe they didn't shop on time.

But we give them credit for coming back.

Well, I think that's the end of the parade.

I think now we've got some of the floats
actually coming down Broad Street.

Right.

That have already finished.

And traditionally.

.

.

Along with a lot of people from the community
who now are flooding the streets
and walking down the middle of Broad.

One of the great things about parades
that I hear up in the foothills,
people take part in them including
the participants and the audience as well.

Okay.

This is Touchdown Productions 13th
Year of the Independence Day Parade
the 108th Annual Independence Day Parade.

And we're going to thank some
of our sponsors this afternoon.

First up is Reebies Auto Parts.

Reebies is your local
auto parts store serving you since
1957.

At Reebies you'll find a large selection
of auto parts and accessories from
all major brands.

Locally owned and operated by
Bart Reeby and his family for
53 years.

Reebies has gone to 20 locations
in Northern California including right here
in Nevada County.

Two locations, one in Grass Valley
and one in Nevada City.

535 Surals
in Nevada City and
1126
Idaho Maryland in Grass Valley.

Their staff is knowledgeable
at Reebies Auto Parts.

I want to take one minute to thank
the crew and staff
of NCTV who helped us
throughout the parade, particular
engineer Bill Corkway.

So shout out to him.

We're also supported by
Asylum Down.

Asylum Down on the corner of Broad Street and Pine
has colorful
and affordable gifts from around the world.

Owner Peggy Peterson was one of the first
to import the world famous
wide brim hat
into the United States beginning
in the early 1970s and you can still see
them in store today.

In fact I did see them
when I was in there the other day.

Asylum Down
also carries natural fiber clothing
jewelry and other treasures
for both adults and children.

Peggy's daughter Savannah
wrote on the float today
in one honoring Utah Phelps.

And we'd also like to thank
Lefty's Grill for sponsoring us.

Lefty's Grill is a casual dining restaurant
located right here in the heart of Nevada City's
Historic District in the building
at 221 Broad Street that
opened in 1876 as
Citizens Bank.

Lefty's is
co-owned by two left-handed chefs
John Kamick and Chris Duncan
who hand-prepare all their
dishes from scratch with burgers, pizza
and salad, unique sandwiches
specialty dishes and a complete
dinner menu.

Lefty's
has a private party room and is open
from 11.

30 a.

m.

until
9.

00 p.

m.

seven days a week.

And of course we want to thank
the New Moon Cafe.

They offer big city dining
with a small town atmosphere
and lots of love.

Owners Peter
Soleia and Buzz Crouch that
their greatest desire
to create a place that honors
international culinary influence
that relates to our small mountain
town.

Open Tuesday through
Friday for lunch and Tuesday
through Sunday for dinner they feature
local, natural and organic
foods served in an elegant
and comfortable atmosphere.

Many of their recipes are
available on their website at
www.

thenewmooncafe.

com
We want to give a special shout out
to the board of one of our
own residents Joe Hasenstab.

Joe is another underwriter for
today's live TV and web broadcast
of the 108th annual
Independence State Parade.

Joe
is the founder of performance
learning systems and nationally
known teacher training and educational
resource and a proud
supporter of NCTV
and community media.

And we thank
Joe and all his staff for supporting
us this year.

Thank you to Stickit.

Stickit Kabob Restaurant
is a new place in Nevada City
to get a healthy meal quickly
at a price you can afford.

Owner Erica Robinson offers
steak, chicken, shrimp, tofu, veggie
and fruit kabobs plus salads, wraps
and soups with free
range meats and organic produce.

Erica says that Stickit is
a health not approved
product.

They're open for lunch
and dinner Monday through Saturday
at 239 commercial street
right next door to Cafe Mecca.

And so we want to thank
NCTV Community
Television for Nevada County
providing the live transmission for today's
exclusive coverage of the 108th
Parade and touchdown productions
who are presenting their 13th telecast
of this great local event.

I'm Paul Minakuchi with Cheryl Nomel
and Dixie Redfern and saying thanks
for tuning in and don't forget
to join us next time on North Cal Game of the Week
as we travel to the less
Eva Field at Memorial Park
for the championship game of the 7th
annual Drew Reynolds Memorial
softball tournament.

The best softball
players in the county square off
with the championship hanging in the balance.

It's another great sports telecast
produced by touchdown productions
and now seen streaming all over the world
at NevadaCountyTV.

org
just click on watch
NCTV now for
your next broadcast of the North Cal Game of the Week.

And Dixie
I just want to say a special treat at
rest to share this podium
with you.

You know everything about
Nevada County there is to know
and Cheryl Noble thanks to you
too for coming out.

It was a treat
to be able to honor our local heroes
in a wonderful community
spirit of the day and the 4th of July.

Well it's been fun being here with you Paul
and I'm sorry I haven't gone by the station
to introduce myself sooner.

Are you enjoying
your time
here? Very much, very much.

It's great
to be part of the community and
we look forward to
getting out and doing more things with media
and helping the community communicate with each other.

This was a good way
to show off and see TV a live
performance.

The parade
and a great way to spend the 4th of July.

Glad I got to be a part of it.

Next year remember the parade
will be in Grass Valley because we alternate
back and forth every year.

Right.

And I was thinking what we should
do is have people call up
the station at
478-6400
and you can use my extension 249
and vote as to whether or not you like the parade
in Nevada City or Grass Valley
better because I want to hear from people.

Okay how about if you like the parade in the morning
or the afternoon better?
That's right.

We'll put that down too and you get
a free tootsie roll
and it comes up with the most responses.

We're just about done tonight
and we're
going to finish up with the rest of our
supporters.

We'd like to
thank the SPD SAW Shop
because when it comes to chainsaws
and other implements of destruction
you want to deal with people who know what
they're talking about.

The SPD SAW Shop has been serving the mother
load for more than 50 years.

Owner Kevin Brown and his staff
sell and service handheld power
equipment, lawn mowers and gardening
equipment.

They also sharpen any kind of blade including
sewing scissors and they're an authorized
dealer for skill, Husqvarna,
Tanaka and Echo
and they're located directly behind
SPD Supermarket in Nevada City.

And we
would be remiss if we didn't thank the
Magical Flores, another one of our
first time supporters.

In Nevada City, the Magical Flores creates
arrangements with attention to your
intention, with an eye for finding
the just right color, scent
and presentation for your needs.

The Magical Flores
helps you create a truly magical
expression of your thoughts and feelings.

Located at 821 Zion
Street, the Magical Flores is
owned and operated by Karen Tintel
and they deliver throughout Nevada County
and offer a wire service
for out of town deliveries.

And we'd like to thank fur traders
who might remember their great float in
today's parade.

Fur traders is celebrating over 30 years of
affordable quality leather, fur,
sheepskin and cashmere products.

Fur traders carries jackets, vests,
hats, purses, gloves, scarves,
slippers and boots from brands
you will recognize such as Uggs, Keen,
Nafisto, Clarks, Merrill,
Minnetonka and more.

They also provide full service fur and
leather cleaning, alterations and repairs,
storage and appraisal.

With three
tell locations in historic downtown
Nevada City, the fur traders are open
seven days a week from 10 a.

m.

to 6 p.

m.

or 24 7 on the web at
furtraders.

com
We'd also like to thank Dr.
Frederick Morrill who offers
professional dental care services and
amenities in Nevada City and Grass
Valley for you and your entire
family.

At Nevada City professional dental care
you can count on years of training
to attend to all your dental needs
from a simple toothache to advanced
procedures such as cosmetic
and implant dentistry.

Their office is at 7-Eleven
Zion Street and you can get more information
on Dr. Morrill's services at
www.

dentistnevadacity.

com
And thank you also
to the Beach Hut Deli.

The Beach Hut Deli is located
right at the end of the parade at
104 Union Street in historic
Nevada City.

At the Beach Hut Deli they just don't make
sandwiches they build them.

Their extensive menu of specialty
sandwiches includes the popular surf
and bird or you can design
your own.

You can make your next trip
to the river park or lake
an easy and memorable one with
sandwiches from the Beach Hut.

Cindy and Steve Smith welcome you
to Nevada City and the
108th annual Independence Day parade.

And of course a special
thanks to the 4th of July
parade committee.

The committee
includes the Nevada City and Grass Valley
Nevada County Chambers of Commerce
and the Grass Valley Downtown Association.

We thank them for underwriting
us live TV and web broadcast
of the 108th parade and
a celebration later today.

Underwriters of the 2010
4th of July celebration of the fairgrounds
includes Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
NorCal beverage but like
BNC True Value
Hardware Premier West Bank
Economy Pest Control
and the Pines Motel.

And of course
by NCTV
Community Television
for Nevada County providing a live
transmission for today's exclusive
coverage of the 108th
parade and touchdown productions
presenting their 13th telecast
of this event.

And you can see the Commander 3
right there on the screen that's where
the celebration happens.

This is Dixie Redfern with Paul
Minicuchin and Cheryl Noble
saying thanks for tuning in
and don't forget to join us next time
on NorCal Game of the Week as we travel
the less evil field at Memorial Park
for the championship game
of the 7th annual Drew Reynolds
softball tournament.

The best
softball players in the country
square off in the championship
hanging in the balance.

It's another great
sports telecast by Touchdown Productions
now streaming all over the world
at NevadaCountyTV.

org
Just click on
watch NCTV
now for your next broadcast
of the NorCal Game of the Week.

Thanks
for joining us.

Happy Fourth of July.

And so
Executive Producer and Director was
Gilbert M.

Dominguez
Remote Coordinators
Sean Kesslowski
Happy Birthday Sean
Camera Operators
Chris Blass, Carly Wingquests
owner Olmas, Anthony Stewart
Laura Anderson and Matt Grigario
Technical Engineer was
Bill Carlequist
Our Office Manager is the one
and only Lynn Dominguez
Remote Facilities
were brought to you by
Commander 3
Commander Maintenance
course is provided by
Plaza Tire and Auto Service
Touchdown Sportswear
DK and Stitches
What's Your Sign
Touchdown Finances
Shinto Graziano LLQ
Touchdown Productions
From H1683
Oscar Drive, Grass Valley
95949
You can call them at
274-2206
We love to hear from you
Nevada County Railroad
And all the other
supporters and staff approved for this
This is Palmer Nakuchi
saying so long until next year
Will you join us in Grass Valley?
Thanks Paul
Thank you
Thank you