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By Lorraine Jewett | Special to The Union
Show Our Fairgrounds Some Love. After a year without events and less staff on board due to pandemic-related layoffs, California’s Most Beautiful Fairgrounds needs some spring cleaning. An enthusiastic group of NevCo Fair lovers is planning a May 1 work day. “Excitement is over the top for this project,” says committee member Debbie Prisk Olsen. “The scope of work is daunting, but we can do this!” Individuals, families, service organizations, nonprofits, high school students and everyone willing to roll up their sleeves are invited to trim flowers and bushes, spread compost, prep lawns for mowing, pressure wash and paint structures, whack weeds, rake pine needles, and pick up pine cones, sticks and trash (monetary donations also accepted). The plan is to organize two four-hour shifts: 8 a.m. to noon and noon to 4 p.m. Volunteers are asked to sign up by completing a form at http://www.NevadaCountyFair.com
By Gage McKinney | Special to The Union
No one will toss pasties this year. The Cornish flag won’t rise above city hall and the choir won’t sing the Cornish anthem “Trelawny.”
As it has on other events, the pandemic has stamped canceled on this year’s St. Piran’s Day, Grass Valley’s quirky celebration named for Cornwall’s patron saint. But be assured, the Cornish are still here.
In their Celtic homeland, in the southwest corner of Britain, the Cornish mined tin since the Bronze Age and copper for nearly as long. They came to California not for riches but for a better life.