2013 Know Your Neighbors Archive Stories

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