Name: Alex Struckmeyer
Age: 29
City of residence: Arbuckle
Occupation: Rice and alfalfa farmer since 2006
What is your favorite aspect about your job? I like the freedom of being self-employed, as well as actually producing food for people and cattle.
What are
Name: Allison Costa.
Age: 17.
Family: Parents, George and Laurie Costa; sister, Carli Costa; and my cat, Ginger.
City of residence: Maxwell.
Occupation: Senior at Maxwell High School.
Hobbies and interests: Softball, cheerleading, photography, scrapbooking, baking, Future Business Leaders of America and Fu
Name: Amelia Harter.
Age: 30.
Family: Two sons, Neo and Damon.
Occupation: Executive director at the Colusa County Arts Council, and a secretary for Perfect Rice & Cattle Co.
Hobbies and interests: I love spending time with my boys, reading, watching movies, playing video games and going on spontaneous road tr
Name: Amy Teresa Reister
Age: 28.
Family: Lynn Reister and JT O'Sullivan.
City of residence: Colusa
Occupation: Para-educator at Maxwell Junior High School.
Hobbies and interests: My hobbies and interests include checking things off my bucket list such as s
Name: Anastasia Cristler.
Age: 21.
Family: I have a huge family. Most live in Yolo County, but here in Colusa County I have my mom, Annie Doyle; and my dad, Richard Doyle; and my brother Shane Doyle. My boyfriend, Nic Selover, and his family have become my second family as well. I also have my three dogs: Dolly, a Plott hound; Ma
Name: Arturo Bibriesca
Age: 31
Family: Wife and three children
City of residence: Williams
Occupation: Owner of J & A Furniture in Willows, located in the Willow Walk Mall.
Hobbies and interests: Spending time with family.
What are your favorite things about spring? I like to go camping, swimmi
Name: Barbara Mayberry.
Family: Six generations on both sides of my family have called Williams and Colusa home: Mayberrys, Rogers, Ginthers, and Collins.
City of residence: Williams born and raised.
Occupation: Teacher at Williams Elementary School. This is my 20th year. I've taught third grade, fourth grade, and sixth g
Name: Cindy Gobel
Age: Younger than 60
Family: Mother, Mary; and brother, Fred.
City of residence: Williams
Occupation: PE teacher at Williams junior and senior high schools.
Hobbies and interests: Running, cycling, swimming, anything active. Yes, I enjoy reading,
Name: Emilio Swift
Age: 17
Family: Parents, Larry and Angelic Swift; siblings, Tacha, Dylan, Jazmine and Grace.
City of residence: Colusa
Occupation: Landscaping at Colusa Industrial Park.
Hobbies and interests: Basketball, football, working out and going m
Name: Gary Lederer.
Age: 52.
Family: Wife, Mindy; daughters, Rachel and Brittany; and son, Chad.
City of residence: Colusa.
Occupation: Shop teacher at Maxwell High School and adjunct welding instructor at Yuba College.
Favorite aspect of the holiday season: Getting together with the family.
Least
Name: Habib Muharem.
Age: 33.
Family: Wife and three children.
City of residence: Colusa.
Occupation: Manager of Colusa Quick Serve Market & Deli, which also offers U-Haul rentals.
What are your favorite things about winter? This area is good for duck hunting and brings in people from out of town, even
Name: Jake Pearson.
Age: 56.
Family: Wife, Cindy; daughters, Lindsey, Hillary and Charley; son, Jakey; one granddaughter.
Residence: Maxwell.
Occupation: Insurance agent since 1995, with Farmers Insurance offices in Colusa and Yuba City, and a financial adviser. I also farm rice.
Hobbies, interests: Huntin
Name: Jeremy Jenkins
Age: 32.
City of residence: Woodland
Occupation: General manager of the Williams Denny's.
Hobbies and interests: Cars.
What is your favorite thing about spring? I like how green everything is.
What is one of your fondest memories?
Name: Justin Spyres.
Age: 32.
Family: Parents, Richard and Sylvia Spyres; grandparents, Dale and Maxine Spyres of Arbuckle; ancestors are the Johns who settled and farmed in the College City area; Mexican ancestors who migrated from the Texas area; and Native American ancestors from an Apache tribe in Arizona.
City of res
Name: Kim Bowen Womble
Family: Husband, Craig Womble; and four children, who are all grown and now have their own children.
City of residence: Born in Colusa; raised in Maxwell on our family farm; but now living in Colusa with my husband on his family farm.
Occupation: Owner of Strands Salon and Spa in Colusa and a cosmet
Name: Kyle Miller
Age: 25
Family: Mother, Brenda Immoos; father, Roy Miller Sr.; and brother, Roy Miller Jr.
City of residence: Maxwell
Occupation: Ranch hand for Allen Cabral Farms
Favorite part of the job? Being independent.
What aspect of your
Name: Maria Elena Salcedo
Family: Husband, Martin Salcedo; son, Tony; and daughter, Valeria.
City of residence: Williams.
Occupation: Secretary at Williams Elementary School.
Hobbies and interests: Shopping, Pinterest and spending time with my family.
What are your favorite things about spring? The flowers
Name: Monica Vaughan.
Family: My dog, Rocky, but my family has been in Colusa County for five generations. My grandfather's family had a homestead outside of Sites.
City of residence: Williams. I'm the fourth generation of our family to occupy the house built in 1913, and the Williams arch has my great-grandfather's name on the p
Name: Rebecca Olivares Leon.
Age: 42.
Family: Husband, Luis Leon; children, Fabian, Isaiah and Mariah; 4-year-old grandson, Jose Antonio; my mother, Lucita Olivares; and seven siblings.
City of residence: Born and raised in Colusa.
Occupation: Administrative assistant and funeral arranger at McNary-Moore Funeral S