Gold Sox submit plans for new scoreboard

Current setup has deteriorated since installation ahead of 2000 season

The scoreboard at Colusa Casino Stadium in Marysville is older than the team that plays there. Fans attending Yuba-sutter Gold Sox home games know all too well the struggles of trying to read it ... especially before the sun goes down.

The scoreboard was installed ahead of the inaugural 2000 season for the Feather River Mudcats. Since then, its condition has deteriorated.

All that will change once the team gets the go-ahead from the city to put up a new, $40,000 scoreboard that is 14 feet high and 36 feet long.

“The scoreboard already comes pre-fabricated with the team’s logo. It’s a huge 36-foot dot matrix board that shows the batter’s name, their position, and can do all these different logos. It’s all state-of-the-art LED, which is so bright you can see it in the sunlight,” said Michael Mink, vice president of Yubasutter Community Baseball Inc.

On a recent summer afternoon at Ella Elementary in Olivehurst, families, a special education summer school program and a church program brought kids for lunch, provided by the Marysville Joint Unified School District summer meal program.

During the summer, it can be a struggle for many families to provide a substantial meal for their kids without the help of local schools.

“I just think it’s helping a lot of families right now that might not have the funds for the extra food that the kids need during the summertime,” said Lacey Ramero, camp coordinator for Calvary Christian Center PLO in Olivehurst. “So it’s just helping parents provide a healthy lunch for their kids.”

The Christian center has used the program every day since the summer started, Ramero said. The kids love the lunches.

A 12-year-old girl said her favorite part of going to the school is the taco pockets and free food.

One of the boys, who is 8 years old, said his favorite part is the pizza pockets, while a 5-year-old boy said his favorite part is eating food in general. A 10-year-old boy said he isn’t a fan of the food, but he likes that he gets to see his friends.

Tristan Lachappa, a teacher with Yuba County who works with the special education program, said they have been using the program for at least a year and that it works out great for the kids and helps them keep a routine.

“This is part of our routine, so having the cafeteria open is really nice for us, and we love coming, and we love seeing Miss Janet (nutrition site manager at Ella Elementary),” Lachappa said. “Janet’s here during the regular school year, so it just keeps our routine, so we really like coming here and eating lunch.”

One of the parents, Rashelle Luther, said she and her kids