Victoria Penate | Staff Writer
Sidewalk signage along Mill Street in downtown Grass Valley shows a slice of some of the many local merchants that rely on people to shop locally. The Nevada County Sunrise Movement plans to help support local business and encourage shopping locally in their plans for 2021.
Photo: Elias Funez
A mother and daughter take some time to shop in downtown Grass Valley Wednesday afternoon. The local chapter of the Sunrise Movement is planning on supporting downtown businesses and encouraging more people to shop local.
Photo: Elias Funez
Nevada County Sunrise, a local hub of the nationwide youth environmentalist group Sunrise Movement, will be hosting a Youth Recruitment Conference Feb. 26-28 and a Shop Locally campaign in March.
Victoria Penate | Staff Writer
Stephen Baker, a local attorney who has been managing the Nevada County Bar Association’s Law Day High School Essay Contest for 14 years, said the best part of running the contest is seeing each year “what the kids are thinking.”
The contest, open to Nevada County high schoolers, asked that they write an essay of no more than 500 words based on the year’s prompt. The essays were then judged by a group of attorneys, who chose first, second, and third prize winners awarded $2,000, $1,000, and $500, respectively and two honorable mentions.
The 2020 prompt directed students to argue for a change they would like to make to the U.S. Constitution that they believe would strengthen democracy in the nation. The winning students were announced last month.