Thermalito News

Pat Scheyer, Ron Scheyer and Lacy Damon listened to a student in the audience Wednesday during a special Christmas program at Mesa Vista School in Thermalito.

Results are in on physical fitness testing mandated by the state, and though results for Oroville area students show more kids passed six of six tests in 2008-09 than previously, the percentage of those who did is still low.

Butte County authorities are looking for two men who robbed a local mini mart at gunpoint.

Oroville Police nab a burglary suspect following a car chase early Sunday morning.

A Thermalito boy, reported missing Tuesday night and subject of a large search, was found safe at a friend's house Wednesday morning, a sheriff's official said.

Jon Shult will teach a class sponsored by the Feather River Recreation and Park District, 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Wednesdays, through Dec.

Annual general meeting and election of officers 11 a.m. today at the Paradise Library, 5922 Clark Road.

Sunrise to sunset. Wetlands, wildlife at 9,100-acre area; view migratory waterfowl.

The book sale runs today and Saturday, Nov. 13-14, at 5922 Clark Road. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. today and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.

Directors of Oroville Wyandotte Irrigation District learned last night they will have to acquire almost 9,000 acres of land in order to construct the South Fork Water and Power Project.

The book sale runs Nov. 9-14, at 5922 Clark Road. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday; noon-4 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

Bill Connelly and I are co-chairs of the Oroville Veterans Memorial Park Honoring All of Butte County.

Contrary to rumors of swine flu, or H1N1, prevalent in Oroville area schools, districts officials in Oroville, Palermo and Thermalito said that is not the case.

While other water providers are raising rates, South Feather Water and Power is planning to lower rates by 2012.

Held Thurday, Oct. 15, 5:30-9 p.m. at Southside Community Center, 2959 Lower Wyandotte Road, Oroville.

Stage, television and motion picture actor Adilah Barnes will return to her hometown of Oroville to read excerpts from her book, "On My Own Terms One Actor's Journey," Friday, Oct.

Red Cross volunteers will attend a monthly Disaster Action Team meeting Oct. 14. It will be 6-7:30 p.m. at Southside Community Center, 2959 Lower Wyandottte Ave.

Police and sheriff's investigators are attempting to determine whether an incident where a child was approached and told to get in a car Monday is related to an attempted kidnapping a week ago and similar incidents last month and in June.

Investigators are searching for a man suspected of attempting to kidnap school children Wednesday afternoon in Oroville, and two similar incidents.

On a cool August morning, clinging to the sidewalk wall of Oroville High School, I encountered a chilled grasshopper adhering to yesterday's heat stored in the concrete.