The time is now to purchase wreaths to honor veterans laid to rest in local cemeteries

City, which laid a wreath on every woman veteran’s grave in the Sutter Cemetery.

This year they’re hoping to get more local businesses involved to help reach the goal of having enough sponsorship to cover all 6,000 veteran graves in Yuba-sutter. The area’s participating cemeteries include Sutter Cemetery (3,800 veteran graves), Yuba City Cemetery (50 veteran graves), Live Oak Cemetery (550 veteran graves), Meridian Cemetery (101 veteran graves), Sierra View Memorial Park (2,500 veteran graves), Wheatland Cemetery District (400 veteran graves) and Fairview Cemetery Rio Oso.

“The purpose of the program is to remember our fallen U.S. veterans, honor those who serve(d) and teach the next generation about the value of freedom,” said Cindy Languille, a volunteer for the Yuba-sutter Veterans Stand Down. She is also the coordinator for Yubasutter’s participation in Wreaths Across America.

“My favorite part of the event is we have community coming together,” Languille said. “The feedback is mostly positive, and some of the letters that come with the donation checks are very sentimental about what the program means to them.”

To sponsor a wreath, checks made payable to Wreaths Across America may be sent in care of Yuba-sutter Veterans Stand Down, P.O. Box 1775, Marysville. Include the name of the cemetery of where the donation should be sent and the location of any specific grave sites you would like a wreath to be placed. For Wheatland and Rio Oso Cemetery districts, contact them directly about sponsorship. The option to also send a wreath to a non-local cemetery is available by visiting www.wreathsacrossamerica.org

Even if a wreath isn’t purchased, it is encouraged for community members to come out and be a part of remembering veterans.

“A veteran dies twice. The first time is when they take their last breath. The second time is when their name is last said,” Walther said. “When we place a wreath we say their name, which is symbolic. It means we have not forgotten them.”

Crime, punishment, and the unifying and redeeming power of theater are all topics to be explored at Yuba College’s fall play, “Our Country’s Good,” opening Oct 5.

The award-winning modern classic play was written by Timberlake Wertenbaker and was brought to the Yuba College campus by theater director James Gilbreath. Based on actual events, a young lieutenant and a group of convicts work together to stage the first theater production in Australia, but with only two copies of the text, cast members in chains and guards threatening to hang the leading lady, the task seems easier said than done.

“Our County’s Good” is a winner of the Laurence Olivier award along with many other awards.

It has had successful runs in both New York and London.

It will be performed at Yuba College, 2088 North Beale Road, Marysville, on Oct. 5-6, Oct. 11-13, and Oct. 18-20 at 8 p.m. General admission is $10 and $6 for students and seniors. There will also be two matinee presentations Oct. 14 and Oct. 21 at 2 p.m.

For more information call 741-6829.

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