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2015 BUSINESS AND VISITORS GUIDE FOR OPHIR, NEWCASTLE, AND PENRYN, CA A PUBLICATION BY THE AUBURN JOURNAL

Newcastle Community Association Founded in 1988 More Than a Quarter Century of Public Service The Newcastle Community Association Welcomes You

Please Join Us What is NCA? Friends and neighbors working together to improve the quality of life for everyone in Newcastle.

What does NCA do? Some of our recent activities include: • Traffic Improvement • Fire Safety • Historic Preservation • Cultural Events • Student Scholarships • Honoring Veterans • Monitoring Local Government • Media Outreach • Christmas in Newcastle • Annual Spring Festival • Support for Local Merchants • Youth Sports To learn more about NCA, call 530-409-0877 or come to one of our monthly public meetings on the first Monday of every month except December, 6:00 p.m., at the Castle City Clubhouse, 1588 Lisa Drive, Newcastle CA 95658.

Membership only costs $15 a year Discover Ophir . Newcastle . Penryn COVER PHOTOS BY ANNE STOKES Monument sign | Ophir Marshall Square | Newcastle Griffith Quarry | Penryn

Table of Contents HISTORY ...... 07-09 HISTORICAL SITES ...... 11 CONTRIBUTING ASSOCIATIONS ...... 12-13 MANDARINS ...... 14-15 MANDARIN MAP ...... 16 EDUCATION ...... 18 DINING GUIDE ...... 20-23 TIME TRAVELER ...... 24 PLACER BUDDHIST CHURCH ...... 25 WINE MAP ...... 26 REAL FOOD ...... 28 CALENDAR/THINGS TO SEE ...... 30-31 BUSINESS DIRECTORY A-Z ...... 32-37 LISTING BY CATEGORY ...... 38-40 EMERGENCY SERVICES ...... 41 GRIFFITH QUARRY ...... 42

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History of Newcastle Fruit sheds

A TOWN BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF GOLD (AND FRUIT) and later mandarins, traveled from Placer County to markets as far away as the East Coast. The fruit industry sustained the livelihood of much of the community, from orchard owners, to fruit pickers, to working on the The town of Newcastle has gone through several reincarnations since its railroad. In 1876, 1 million pounds of fruit was shipped out of Newcastle official inception over 150 years ago. What started out as a Gold Rush annually. community eventually transformed into one of the nation’s largest fruit packing facilities, with its produce making its way to markets as far away as In 1900, fire swept through the town, destroying much of Newcastle’s the East coast. buildings and businesses. Thought to have started in the centrally-located ice house, the fire burned down the Newcastle Hotel, multiple shipping Newcastle’s history, like many communities in the area, was built on houses, the local market, livery stable, the Good Templar’s’ Hall building, a foundation of gold mining. In 1848 James Marshall made his famous and several homes. By 1905, however, most of the town had been rebuilt. discovery, inciting a mass influx of fortune hunters into California. By However, fire decimated the town again in 1922, burning down much of the the rush’s end in 1854, it’s estimated over 300,000 miners had extracted town again, including the fruit sheds and Newcastle’s post office. Much of nearly $465 million out of the golden state. Newcastle, located in the Sierra the town of Newcastle today is a result of that rebuild. Nevada Foothills, saw its fair share of mining. By the 1960’s, Newcastle’s fruit industry was waning. With the 1966 pear Once the Gold Rush panned out, the miners that stayed turned to blight, a large majority of the area’s pear trees were destroyed, the result agriculture as means to make a living. With a temperate climate and fertile of which shuttered the Newcastle Fruit Growers Shipping and Preserving soil, fruit orchards flourished and in the 1870’s, the Newcastle Fruit Growers Association. Recently, however, the town has seen an agricultural resurgence Shipping and Preserving Association was created. In 1869, the historic with the success of several wineries and mandarin orchards. Transcontinental Railroad opened for traffic, connecting the East and West coasts to passengers and goods. Newcastle, with its proximity to multiple In the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, Interstate 80 was constructed, cutting the agricultural areas, ice for refrigeration, and transcontinental transport, town in half. Since then, Newcastle has maintained its small-town charm, became the largest fruit packing facility in the nation. Peaches, plums, pears, earning its moniker “Gem of the Foothills.”

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Newcastle 1908 - Baptist Church, Fisher’s Grocery anf Methodist Church History of Penryn

Merv Doolittle

TOWN BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF GRANITE

In 1864, Welsh immigrant Griffith Griffith established a granite quarry on would soon evolve into the town of Penryn. quarter section of land leased from the Central Pacific Railroad. In February of 1865, the first load of cut stone was shipped and the quarry was open By May of 1871, Penryn was designated a voting precinct by Placer County, for business. While the railroad designated the siding “Griffith’s Granite with official recognition coming in June 1873 with the establishment of a Station,” Griffith had something else in mind. U. S. Post Office. By the mid-1870’s Penryn was an established community with a schoolhouse, hotel, blacksmith shop, two or three stores, and an equal Back in North Wales, Griffith, like his father before him, had worked in the number of saloons. At its peak, the granite works employed over 200 men, Penrhyn Slate Quarry. After discussing the matter with Central Pacific legal continuing to do so until Griffith’s death in February 1889. It was then counsel Edwin Bryant Crocker (eventual founder of Sacramento’s Crocker purchased by Griffith’s nephew, David Griffith, who continued to operate Art Museum), Griffith settled on the name and spelling we know today, on a somewhat smaller scale, until the latter Griffith’s death in 1918. By the dropping the “h” from the original Welsh to avoid the inevitable misspellings mid-1890’s however, fruit raising had edged-out granite quarrying as the that were likely to occur. The following day, Griffith recorded the auspicious area’s leading industry. event in his diary: “Concluded last night with Judge Crocker to call this quarry Penryn.” It was David Griffith’s daughter, Enid, Griffith Griffith’s great-niece, who left the quarry property to the people of Placer County when she died in Griffith’s employees all lived in the immediate area, creating a population 1976. In accordance with her wishes, the site of the Penryn Granite Works with plenty of people but no official town, only a small company store near is now a 23 acre park, with the former quarry office building, erected in the quarry. In 1869, Griffith’s Mercantile monopoly came to an end when 1877, now housing the Griffith Quarry Museum. The museum, staffed by a railroad depot, store, and saloon, went up on the West side of the Central volunteers, is open on weekends from noon until 4:00 pm or by appointment. Pacific mainline, just South of today’s English Colony Way. In time, other Griffith Quarry was added to the National Register of Historic Places in businesses followed, but this single event marked the beginnings of what 1977 and is also California Historical Landmark number 885.

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Three Star Mine, Ophir, Ca History of Ophir

FROM BOOMTOWN TO GHOST TOWN

The town of Ophir was born during California’s infamous Gold Rush. railroad made fruit-growing a profitable livelihood. Ophir produced a range Placer gold was plentiful in the Auburn Ravine Creek from Auburn all the of produce, including oranges, apples, cherries, figs, plums and pears. The way down to Virginiatown. Although gold was discovered in many parts of fruit business had become the next important gold rush in Ophir with twelve Placer County, the Ophir Gold Mining District was to become the center million pounds of fruit being shipped from Newcastle rail terminal by 1888. of hard rock quartz mining in the county. By 1852, it was the center of local The fruit industry provided jobs for graders, sorters, packers, box makers, gold mining industry and the most populous town in the country. Historical and box car loaders. By the 1960s, a pear blight ended the fruit production accounts report of Ophir having a vibrant business community, boasting two industry as it once was. Today mandarins, grapes, wine production, goats, saloons, three hotels, a community hall, a blacksmith shop, a harness shop, a sheep and cattle are the main commodities that keep agriculture alive in this brewery, a tailor, a church, a store, a post office, and a Wells Fargo stagecoach part of Placer County. line that ran to Auburn and Yankee Jims in the Foresthill area. Today there is no official Town of Ophir government, although Placer In 1850 a community meeting was held to rename the town “Ophir” after County oversees public matters within the community. The Ophir Area the fabled mine of King Solomon, the same year California was admitted to Property Owners Association (OAPOA) is a local non-profit organization the Union as the 31st State. Gold production began to decline around 1860, formed in 1964 to protect Ophir’s rural character. although some hard rock quartz mines produced considerable amounts of gold until the 1880’s. Mining ceased at the beginning of World War II due The Ophir Monument was dedicated in September of 1950, along with to the need of men and material for the war effort. several other monuments celebrating the State of California’s centennial anniversary. However, the venerated Ophir Monument Plaque was stolen After the production of gold declined, Ophir and many other towns in the in 2012 and for two years the Town of Ophir looked incomplete. In 2014, area became farming communities. The rich soils, mild climate, abundant thanks to the efforts of the Placer County Historical Society, E Clampus irrigation water from the Bear River Ditch, and access to a transcontinental Vitus, Ophir Area Property Owners Association, the Ophir Elementary STORY CONTINUES ON PAGE 11

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690 Taylor Rd Newcastle, California 95658 (916) 663-0194

Built in 1918 by the Portuguese community. The lot for the hall was donated by Manuel L. & Mary Z. Perry, brother & sister, to three Portuguese fraternal lodges. It has been in use since then for lodge meetings, bridal showers, birthday and anniversary parties, card parties and the Portuguese folk dance, the “chamarrita”. The hall gained historical status with “State Point of Historic Interest” on November 14, 1981 and was placed on the “National Register of Historic Places” on March 25, 1982.

Griffith Quarry

Taylor Rd. & Rock Springs Rd. Penryn, CA 95663

Photos courtesyPhotos of Placer County Museums Griffith’s Quarry put the town Image of two people in a buggy on Ohpir Rd. The railroad trestle from Aubrun is in the of Penryn on the map background. Original owner Jim Howell.

HISTORY OF OPHIR CONT.

School, the County of Placer, the Ophir Prison Marching Band and Temperance Society LTD, the American River Gas Company, and generous donations from the Ophir community, a replacement plaque was erected.

Since then, a second monument was built at Ophir and Werner Rd. immortalizing the historic importance of the Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental highway to cross the United States connecting San Francisco and New York City.

In October of 1852 the citizens of Ophir formed a hook and ladder brigade, spending $166 to purchase ladders, hooks, buckets, ropes and other Long Valley Community Hall equipment. But on July 12, 1853 the town was nearly destroyed by fire. Fires reportedly occurred again in 1857 and 1905. A 1938 blaze destroyed 2008 Rattlesnake Rd., Newcastle, CA the Lozanos Hotel, one of Ophir’s last remaining historical landmarks. By (916) 296-5526 1946, the Ophir Volunteer Fire Department was formed and a small truck and fire equipment were purchased to outfit the volunteers. The Ophir The Long Valley 4-H group (the oldest 4-H in Placer Volunteer Fire Department merged with the Rock Creek Fire Department County) started meeting at the hall in 1918. Long in 1980, and is now known as the Placer Foothills Consolidated Fire Valley 4-H members currently meet here monthly. Protection District. The Hall has served many local groups including the Ophir Elementary School opened in 1856, and is one of the longest Grange, community meetings, dances, celebrations of continuously operating schools in California. In 2006 the school celebrated all types. Through the years many volunteers worked its 150th year anniversary. Today the school has an enrollment of 200+ on the up keep of the building. In 2008 the 4-H group students and challenges its students with a STEM (science, technology, began having yearly rummage sales to help restore the engineering and math) curriculum. Ophir Elementary School also has programs to help children with special needs. historical building. Photos courtesy of Foothill Farmers Market Association courtesy Market Photos Farmers of Foothill

Written by David Mackenroth

NEWCASTLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

One of Newcastle, California’s key organizations in the Newcastle Newcastle celebrating the history of Newcastle with particular emphasis Community Association. It was founded in 1988 and is the largest community on the railroad, fruit growing and packing sheds that started in the 1860s association in Newcastle. Its purpose is to provide its membership with and developed Newcastle by the early 1900s into one of the largest fruit information regarding “developments of economic, environmental and social growing, packing and shipping facilities in the United States until the 1950s. events and take action as needed to preserve the social, rural flavor, pride and Remnants of the fruit sheds remain and walking tours, video histories of safety of the community.” It’s membership is $15 for families who live in the the historical families and more are provided through out the event with Newcastle postal zip code of 95658. The Association monitors and provides a “Newcastle Citizen of the Year Award” presented by the Placer County input regarding: Board of Supervisors.

Traffic issues for safety and convenience for the Community to include, Monitors the activities of other organization in the Community, updates the traffic signs, speed limits, usage of streets, parking and street quality and in membership with a monthly Newsletter, supports local business’s through 2014 arranged for the entire downtown area to be resurfaced by the Placer courtesy mention’s with social media, email blasts, newspaper column and a County Public Works. radio show. The association also encourages membership from both, local citizens and business’s alike and their involvement in Community affairs. Monitors the status and provides support for the Newcastle Fire Board to build a new Fire Station. Participate in the annual Christmas Celebration in downtown Newcastle providing a Santa Claus and other items for the Christmas celebration. Played a key role in 2013/2014 to encourage and have the water system upgraded for the Newcastle Elementary School for fire safety Sponsors two $750.00 college sponsorships each year.

Sponsors an Annual Celebration in May of each year in the Downtown, Altogether the NCA is vitally involved in Community affairs and encourages active membership.

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Written by Anne Stokes

A RESOURCE TO COMPANIES IN THE NEWCASTLE, OPHIR, AND PENRYN AREAS

Since 1984, the Newcastle Area Business Association (NABA) has worked up to 35,000 visitors to the area. A few years after its inaugural run, the to promote and connect its members in the Newcastle, Ophir, and Penryn festival was eventually moved to Auburn’s Gold Country Fairgrounds to areas. The non-profit organization, an offshoot of the Auburn Area accommodate the large crowds. “[NABA] got together with the local Chamber of Commerce, is dedicated to giving local businesses the resources mandarin growers and they started the Mountain Mandarin Festival, and and exposure they need to grow and thrive. held it in Marshal Square in Newcastle. That lasted three or four years and then the crowds got so big that Marshall Square was way too small so With nearly 50 members, NABA represents a wide variety of businesses they moved it to Auburn. But it is still the Newcastle Mountain Mandarin in the Newcastle area. From agriculture and automotive businesses to real Festival,” says Green. “It’s just about the biggest event in Auburn, almost estate and financial services, NABA also seeks to connect local companies bigger than the fair. It creates a huge financial plus for the hotels and together, creating networking opportunities as well as a forum for members restaurants in Auburn. We have people who drive up from San Jose or San to share information and advice with their fellow local businesses owners. Francisco for it. It’s pretty amazing.” “The purpose [of creating NABA] was to promote businesses in the The proceeds from the Mountain Mandarin Festival go towards NABA’s Newcastle, Ophir, and Penryn area,” says President Jon Green. According annual scholarship program, benefitting local college bound students with to Green, businesses are listed on the NABA website and are welcomed at $1,000 scholarships. “It’s open to kids who live in Newcastle, Ophir, and quarterly socials. “Members frequently [network] business-to-business with Penryn, and we have a scholarship application on our website,” says Green. each other. There’s no [additional] cost to members for it. So for $50 a year, “It’s all based on their grades, their community service, and an oral interview. you get listed on a website and you get four free dinners. It’s hard to beat.” They’ve gone everywhere from Sierra College to Stanford and UC Berkley. In 1993, NABA organized the first Mountain Mandarin Festival, celebrating These kids all have 4.0 plus [GPA’s], more community service than you can the popular fruit that put Placer County back on the agricultural map. shake a stick at, and some of them are on athletic teams as well. They’re Held annually in November on the week before Thanksgiving, it attracts really top notch kids.”

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Written by Anne Stokes Miller honey Mandarins

MANDARINS MAKE FOR A SWEET AND HEALTHY TREAT

Since 1998, Miller Honey Farms has expanded its migrant beekeeping in Auburn, Roseville, Rocklin, and Grass Valley, and of course Newcastle’s operation to include 1300 mandarin trees, covering three acres in annual Mountain Mandarin Festival in November. Newcastle. The sweet orange fruits come into season in November and December and have recently seen an upswing in popularity due to its cold “We are a cottage industry,” explains Miller. “We produce a marvelous fruit and allergy relieving compounds. “Mandarins become available about that’s becoming well known in the region. They’re sweet, seedless, healthy, the first of November,” explains owner John Miller. “They’re basically a and good for you.” Christmas season.” Miller Honey “This is a beautiful microclimate in the Foothills that favors Satsuma Mandarins and we invested in an orchard that we planted ourselves, we Farms bring up ourselves, and maintain ourselves. It’s one of the most fulfilling things I do. I just love those little trees!” says Miller, adding, “It’s the best Owner John Miller fruit on earth!” 80 Geraldson Rd. Newcastle, CA 95658 Originating in Japan, Mandarins were brought over to the United States in (530) 889-0552 1876, making its way to Placer County around 125 years ago. “There are Millerhoneyfarms.com mandarin trees down in the Fruitvale area that are a hundred years old,” says Miller. “Mandarin trees are a very long-lived tree and their fruit becomes better and sweeter over the years. My fruit has been relatively young but they’re excellent fruit.”

Miller Honey Mandarins are available seasonally in local Save Mart stores

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BOOK DOCUMENTS THE HONEYBEE’S DECLINE

In 2011, self-proclaimed migratory beekeeper John Miller, owner “If I were to say anything to local populations, it would be to plant some of Miller Honey Farms, was the subject of Hannah Nordhaus’ book flowers,” says Miller. “If people want to plant wildflowers, the benefit is “The Beekeeper’s Lament,” which documented the troubles faced by not just to the bees. If folks want to plant forage projects, it benefits native the modern apicultural industry. The documentary follows Miller and pollinators, the introduced pollinators, all those beneficials have a place to his hives as they travel between facilities in North Dakota, Idaho, and gather clean, healthy food.” Newcastle, California and the crucial role they play in the agriculture industry, pollinating almond groves, apple orchards, and pit fruit crops all over the western United States.

“The last 30 years in beekeeping have been unlike any 30 years in beekeeping,” says Miller. “We’re in the chaotic time. I don’t mean to over dramatize it, but beekeeping is really, really hard. It’s hard to keep a hive alive. We lose bees at a steady grind of about 2.5 percent every month. And that’s true nationwide. If the industry has 4 million colonies on May 1st with a 30 percent failure rate, that means there’s only 2.5 million colonies to go into the almond orchards [next February].”

Miller cites honeybee decline on a combination of the parasitic Varroa mite, agricultural pesticide use, and the diminishment of pasture on which honeybees forage. This means higher prices for pollination services, translating into higher consumer prices overall.

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Education in Newcastle, Ophir and Penryn

NEWCASTLE SCHOOL HISTORY NEWCASTLE ELEMENTARY PENRYN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHOOL DISTRICT Built in 1915, Newcastle Elementary School has been serving the K-8, Enrollment 224 community for a century. Originally the school consisted of four classrooms, 450 Main St. 6885 English Colony Way, a library, supply room, and a pair of restrooms. The facility was upgraded in Newcastle, CA 95658 Penryn, CA 95663 1926 to include an auditorium and two more additional classrooms. At the Phone: (916) 259-2832 Phone: (916) 663-3993 time, each classroom accommodated up to thirty students, with one teacher Fax: (916) 663-3524 Fax: (916) 663-2127 responsible for teaching two grades at a time. Newcastle.k12.ca.us penryn.loomis-usd.k12.ca.us By 1961, the average daily attendance reached 180 students and the NEWCASTLE ELEMENTARY/ OPHIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration realized the school needed to expand. In 1963, the new CHARTER SCHOOL K-8, Enrollment 216 Newcastle School opened at its present site with student enrollment of K-8, Enrollment 390 1373 Lozanos Rd. 235 children. 8951 Valley View Dr. Newcastle, CA 95658 The school was recognized as a California Distinguished School consecutively Newcastle, CA 95658 Phone: (530) 885-3495 in 1986 and 1987. By 2015, the school has enrollment of 390 kindergarten Phone: (916) 663-3307 Fax: (530) 823-9101 through 8th grade students, and a student-teacher ratio of 23:1. Fax: (916) 663-3524 ophir.loomis-usd.k12.ca.us nec.newcastledistrict.org HARVEST RIDGE COOPERATIVE CHARTER SCHOOL K-8 9050 Old State Hwy Newcastle, CA 95658 Phone: (916) 259-1425 Fax: (916) 259-1428 www.harvestridgeschool.org

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Newcastle Cheese Shop Home of the Rat Trap

455-B Main Street Newcastle, CA 95658 (916) 663-3704

THE NEWCASTLE CHEESE SHOP 455 Main St. #B Newcastle, CA 95658 (916) 663-3704 Hours: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Tue. – Sat. (Closed Sun. & Mon.)

The Newcastle Cheese Shop’s famous Rat Trap sandwich has been a local legend for over 20 years. But if you want one, you’ll have to grab lunch early because the delicatessen is often packed with locals grabbing a hardy lunch for a reasonable price. “It’s ham, pastrami, roast beef and turkey, usually on a Dutch crunch roll, with all the fixings. It’s a beast. It’s a good sandwich,” says owner Tad Zygalinski. “It’s the mixture of the meats, the customers just dig it. It’s what they come for.” But the Newcastle Cheese Shop has much more to offer than just their signature sandwich. The deli also carries up to 50 different kinds of cheeses, meats, green salads, and when the weather cools down, daily soup and chili. “We do custom sandwiches, anything you’d like to create,” said Zygalinski. “Our potato salad, we run out of it almost daily, it’s home made here. We get our bread fresh every day.” Zygalinski, who has owned the deli for the past five and a half years, says he loves doing business in Newcastle. “The customers, the people, are awesome,” he said. “Everyone, for the most part, is laid back. People are good, they’ve got the country atmosphere, if you will.” Located in the historic fruit sheds in downtown Newcastle, the Cheese Shop is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

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NEWCASTLE PIZZERIA The Valencia Club in Penryn features daily entertainment and dining specials throughout the week, including live music, happy hour specials, 505 A Main St. Newcastle, CA 95658 and a menu full of pub fare classics. Live music runs through the entire (916) 672-6263, newcastlepizzeria.com weekend, with live rock and blues featured on Sunday from 2 P.M. to 6 Hours: (Closed Sunday), Lunch: Mon.- Fri.11:30 a.m. -2 p.m., P.M. and karaoke on Thursdays. Happy hour specials run from Monday Dinner: Mon.-Wed. 5 p.m. -8 p.m., Thurs.-Sat. 5 p.m.-9 p.m. through Friday from 3 P.M.to 6 P.M. Menu items offer diners breakfast items all day, appetizers, burgers, hot sandwiches, and salads. Newcastle Pizzeria puts an artisanal spin on pies. Created with locally sourced produce and baked in a wood fired oven, their pizzas feature authentic Italian thin crusts with a signature “leoparding” effect. In addition to several specialty options, diners can also choose from a selection of fresh salads, desserts, and local beers and wines.

“Everything is fresh. We make the dough fresh every morning, we grate the cheese, and we try to get local produce as best we can to support the locals. We also support the local vintners and wineries,” said owner Julie McReynolds. “People come back for the crust. They compare it to pizzas made in Italy.”

☛ Specialty Pizza ☛ Gluten Free Pizza NEWCASTLE PRODUCE ☛ Salads 9230 Cypress St. ☛ Oven Roasted Wings Newcastle, CA 95658 (916) 663-2016, ☛ Local Beer & Wine newcastleproduce.net ☛ Bruschetta Hours: Mon.– Fri. 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.-5 p.m., ☛ Gelato Sun. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. “PIZZA WELL DONE” Newcastle Produce features a bevy of locally sourced and grown Serving a Variety of Locally groceries and goodies in its downtown store. From fresh and seasonal produce grown at their own Twin Brooks farm to locally produced Inspired Wood Fired Pizzas wines and olive oils, shoppers have a plethora of healthy and tasty options from which to choose. “We carry as much local produce as possible. We have our own farm, so everything we can grow vegetable wise, we have here. And we get a lot from the other local growers too,” said owner Janice Thompson. Summer Hours: Mon - Tues 4:30-8:00pm; Wed - Fri 4:30-9:00pm “We have local [Placer County products] too, like breads, olive oils, jams, Fri Lunch - 11:30 - 2:30pm; Fri 4:30 - 9:00pm pasta sauces, chocolates, cheese, wines, everything you can think of.” Sat 4:00 - 9:00 • CLOSED Sunday HAPPY HOUR 4:30 - 6pm Mon -Thursday Not in the mood to cook? Newcastle Produce also features an on-site Call for Seasonal Hours! deli, serving seasonal and made-to-order salads and sandwiches, soups, casseroles, quiches, and desserts with gourmet selections changing 505-A Main Street • Newcastle daily. And if you want to learn how to put all those local products to 916.672.6263 good use, they also offer cooking classes led by chef Chelsea Federwitz, www.newcastlepizzaria.com graduate of the prestigious Culinary Institute of America.

DISCOVER OPHIR, NEWCASTLE AND PENRYN - PUBLICATION OF THE AUBURN JOURNAL - 21 RAFFINE ARTISAN CHOCOLATES 661 B Newcastle Rd. Newcastle, CA 95658 (916) 663-9617 Raffinechocolates.com Hours: Tue.-Fri. 11 A.M.-6 P.M. Sat. 10 A.M.-2 P.M. TRAILHEAD COFFEE & CYCLING LOUNGE Sun.-Mon. by appointment 2210 Taylor Rd. Penryn, CA 95663 (916) 663-1501, Coffeeandbikes.com Raffine Artisan Chocolates, Hours: Wed.–Sat. 7 A.M.-3 P.M., Sun. 8 A.M. – 1 P.M., located on Newcastle Rd, mere minutes from Interstate 80, (Closed Monday and Tuesdays) features gourmet chocolates available in a variety of delectable Jerry and Dana Cannon, owners of Trailhead Coffee & Cycling flavors and designs. Chocolatier Lounge, have combined their passions together under one roof in Mona Keady and husband Jim Penryn. Located across the street from Griffith Quarry on Taylor moved from San Ramon, where Road, Trailhead features a full service bicycle repair shop, where riders they had been in business for can have their wheels serviced, whether it’s just a flat tire or a full three years. Keady, who was rebuild. While you wait, you can relax in their adjacent café and enjoy classically trained in France, an espresso, pastry, or even try one of their house-made Trail Bars. typically has 15 to 20 varieties “We have a lot of riders, between 200 to 300 riders on the weekends. available at any given time at their retail shop, ranging from fruity We have some of the best riding up in the hills up here all over,” said passion fruit flavored confections to more austere dark chocolate owner Jerry Cannon. “You can get a full tune up, you can get a full delights. Raffine Artisan Chocolates area also available at several rebuild, and you can get custom builds. I have brand new bikes, I have other retail locations including Newcastle Produce, Sips Wine Bar in mountain bikes and road bikes. You can get everything all in one stop.” Auburn, and Ettore’s in Sacramento.

LA FORNARETTA RESTAURANT 455 Main St. #4, Newcastle, CA 95658 (916) 663-1338 LaFornaretta.com Hours: Lunch Tue.-Fri. 11:30 A.M.- 2:30 P.M. Dinner Tue.– Sun. 5-9:30 P.M. (Closed Monday)

La Fornaretta is a little slice of Sicily in the heart of Newcastle. Located “Our food is truly Italian! No Americanization. No cheese on the in the historic fruit sheds in downtown Newcastle since 2007, the seafood. Real Italian food, with special accent on the southern part restaurant features authentic southern Italian dishes such as eggplant of Italy,” explains owner Cesare DiLorenzo. “It’s a Sicilian restaurant parmigiana, spaghetti puttanesca, and hand-made pizzas to order. Open established in 1997 in Pasadena. We stayed 10 years in Pasadena and for lunch and dinner, seating options include a cozy dining room or al then we moved here to Newcastle. It was a great move because we’re fresco patio options. La Fornaretta also features local wines and a wine doing great.” tasting room adjacent to the main dining room.

22 - DISCOVER OPHIR, NEWCASTLE AND PENRYN - PUBLICATION OF THE AUBURN JOURNAL Breakfast Lunch and Dinner - Casual Diner dishing up classic American comfort fare EST 2009 PENRYN CA including breakfast 24 hours a day. RED, WHITE & BLUE PANCAKES FOR $4.99 20% OFF FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY ENTIRE GUEST

• Espresso Drinks CHECK One coupon, per check, per visit. Not valid with any other coupons or promotional offers. • Our World Coupon has no cash value. No change returned. Taxes and gratuity not included. Alcoholic Famous Trail Bars A unique place where the passion of beverages not included. Valid at participating Denny's restaurants. Selection and prices may vary. Only original coupon accepted. Photocopied and Internet printed or purchased coupons cycling and coffee are one! are not valid. No substitutions. © 2014 DFO, LLC. Printed in the U.S.A. Offer ends 5-31-15 Embark on a Journey through Beautiful (Banquet Facilities) Rolling Hills of the Sierra Mountains 1800 Auburn Ravine Road, Auburn 122 Sunrise Blvd., Roseville CA 530-885-8857 916-783-8212 2210 Taylor Road Ste F, Penryn, CA • (916) 663-1501 Open Wednesday – Saturday 7am to 3pm • Sunday 8am to 1pm 681 Newcastle Road, Newcastle (I-80) 5181 Foothill Blvd., Roseville CA www.coffeeandbickes.com • Email: [email protected] CLOSED MONDAY & TUESDAY 916-663-2011 530-771-3658 Antuzzi’s formerly Constable Jacks

Opening Spring of 2015

916.824.1400 • 530.305.4877 ANTUZZI’S NEWCASTLE INN 525 Main St. Newcastle, CA 95658 (916) 824-1400 antuzzisnewcastle.com

Antuzzi’s Newcastle Inn, located in the heart of downtown Newcastle, is slated to re-open its doors in May of 2015. The building itself has a long and storied history, starting out in the 19th century as a livery stable. Throughout the years it has been used in more nefarious capacities as well, serving as a speak easy and bordello during the Prohibition Era 1920’s, possibly accounting for its haunted reputation. Owner Michael Antuzzi, who has spent the last few years painstakingly renovating the building, plans to restore the restaurant and bar to CAROL’S MARKET AND DELI reflect its historical glory while bringing in musical entertainment to 235 Taylor Road • Newcastle, CA 95658 • 916.663.2120 downtown Newcastle. “What I’m doing here is bringing back all the history that I can possibly restore to it, tracing back from the Native American Maidus through to Ophir-Newcastle history through the Pilz Produce at Hillcrest Gold Rush and the Transcontinental Railroad,” he explains. “I’ve spent the last two and a half years of my life cleaning every brick, repairing Hillcrest Orchard anything that was broken, and restoring it.” Steve & Lisa Pilz Family Farmed since 1927 In addition to restoring the historic building, Antuzzi has also added a few amenities of his own, including a back patio and a wine cellar. We harvest by hand so you get the best and freshest food! Antuzzi also plans to reinstate Tuesday night all-you-can-eat spaghetti, We personally sell our fruit and vegetables at our ranch or Latin and salsa nights, Country nights, and Sunday brunch featuring at local farmers markets. We specialize in mandarins, plus live jazz and wine tastings. The menu will feature classic American fare heirloom tomatoes, melons and winter squash. with entrees such as prime rib and fresh fish. Farm open for mandarin season Mid-November to Mid-January. “I want to open it for the community first, because that’s what the 956 Clark Tunnel Road • Penryn, CA 95663 building is all about,” says Antuzzi. “It would be nice if everybody 916.663.3603 • [email protected] • pilzproduce.com could come in and enjoy themselves. I want to leave it as a historical landmark and have an institution here that’s a mainstay in Newcastle. That has been the goal since the beginning.” DISCOVER OPHIR, NEWCASTLE AND PENRYN - PUBLICATION OF THE AUBURN JOURNAL - 23 Story and photo by Anne Stokes Time Traveler keeps history alive

Courtesy photo of John as a child

JOHN DOWNS STEPS OUT OF THE 19TH CENTURY “I was blessed in not being born in my own time,” says Downs. “I grew up on the other side of the American River, before Folsom Lake was there. The house I grew up in was built about 1862. It was basically a miner’s shack, is John Downs has been a fixture in the Newcastle community since the 19th what it was, it never did have electricity. When the bridge went down over century. the river and then came Folsom Lake, that put me in an isolated bubble out Well, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but the man known as the Time there, a 19th century bubble because there was no electricity, hence no radio, Traveler, sure knows how to dress the part. no television, no fans, no nothing.”

“People recognize the hat,” explains Downs. “Once they see the hat, they “I had the most perfect childhood that any child could imagine. I was Huck know who I am.” Finn,” he continues nostalgically. “Since we didn’t have television or radio or any other stuff, [my father] would read to me. He read all of Tom Sawyer, The Time Traveler, a moniker Downs picked up while doing a video short with Huckleberry Finn, The Last of the Mohicans, all of O. Henry’s stuff. All of O. filmmaker Dan Ernest, is a life-long Newcastle area resident, business owner, Henry’s stuff, of course it was pretty complex and I didn’t get it but I certainly and member of the Newcastle Community Association Board. Downs also got the writing style of it.” writes a bi-monthly column for the Auburn Journal and co-hosts a weekly show, “Robin and the Time Traveler,” on Sunday mornings on AM 950 radio. Downs’ flair for historical attire is certainly not a recent convention for him by any means, recounting his free-wheeling childhood. “We try and promote Newcastle as much as we can, the businesses as much as we can because it’s about Newcastle,” says Downs. “What I try to do is when “For one summer I was, Chingachgook, the Last of the Mohicans. I got up talk about a person or a business or a place, I try and build a story around that in the morning and my mother had gotten herself one of those wampum belts so that I can at least get people interested in reading the whole column instead somewhere and what she did was she sowed two little washcloths in the front of just glancing at it. I want them to read the whole thing to see what’s over and in the back like a breach cloth. I got up in the morning, and that was my the next horizon.” dress for the day, no more shoes, no nothing. So I was Chingachgook for the rest of the day until evening time when I came in and got a chance to eat and I Downs’ gift with words came from his father. Born in 1947, he describes his was no longer Chingachgook. I remember my mother running down the road, childhood as isolated, but ripe with imaginative opportunities and literature. probably thinking, ‘thank God we don’t have any neighbors.’”

24 - DISCOVER OPHIR, NEWCASTLE AND PENRYN - PUBLICATION OF THE AUBURN JOURNAL Written by Anne Stokes Annual Placer Buddist Church Bazaar

ANNUAL FOOD BAZAAR CELEBRATES JAPANESE CULTURE Placer Buddhist Church For the past 50 years, the Placer Buddhist Church has held its annual Food Bazaar at the end of September. Located just off Interstate 80’s Penryn Sat. September 26, 2015 - Sun. September 27, 2015 exit, the two-day festival showcases a multitude of cultural demonstrations, Placer Buddhist Church including Taiko drum performances, bonsai crafting demonstrations, and 3192 Boyington Rd. Penryn, CA 95663 heirloom Kimono fashion shows. But the big draw every year is the food. (916) 652-6139 The bazaar can feed over 15,000 people over its two day run. In addition to their famous teriyaki chicken, the food bazaar offers a range of savory and sweet delights. From somen noodles and sushi rolls to shaved ice and mochi, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Every year, visitors enjoy over 5,400 pounds of chicken, 1,300 pounds of noodles, and countless rolls of sushi, mochi, and shave ice. “You can’t miss the chow mein, you can’t miss the sushi, and you can’t miss the chicken teriyaki,” advises Ron Kawahata, Bazaar co-chairman. “A lot of the churches that put on events like this, they say Placer is number one in chicken teriyaki, chow mein, and sushi.”

At the core of the festivities is the celebration of Japanese culture. Every year, the Placer Buddhist Church opens their doors to share their celebration not just with their fellow Placer community members, but to pass traditions down through future generations and welcome home members who return every year to help organize and put on the church’s signature fundraising event. Y ANKEE JIMS RD

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PROMOTING HEALTHY LIVING AND LOCAL FARMING

Joanne Neft is on a mission to help people understand how easy it is to eat healthy, fresh, in-season local produce. Neft was the founding manager of the Foothill Farmer’s Market Association and more recently has co-authored two cookbooks, “Placer County Real Food” and “The Art of Real Food.”

“What I realized was that there are so many vegetables and fruits that people do not know how to prepare,” Neft said. “It seemed as though it would be helpful if we educated people and helped them understand what they could do with the food that grows locally in local gardens every day throughout the year.”

In the past 26 years, Neft has developed a thriving farmers’ market community, starting with Placer County’s first market in Loomis in 1989 to over 20 markets throughout the county today. “Everything is fresh, and everything is local, and it was picked this morning, what’s better than that?” she asks. “Now I’m concentrating on helping people understand that we are what we eat. Everything that we put in our mouths manifests itself in how we look or how we feel or how we act.”

According to Neft, Placer County is fortunate to have fresh local produce available year-round, a fact she illustrates in her cookbooks. “I look forward to every season,” she says. “I look forward to spring onions, I look forward to the first peaches, and I look forward to those first melons. Those first melons are so unique now. We have a lot of growers that are raising heirloom products and they knock your socks off!” Featuring: Tree Ripened, Hand Picked Satsuma & Clementine Mandarins, Valencia Oranges and Other Citrus 40th year in production Family Owned & Operated Since 1947 by the Aguilar Family We are proud to live and work in Placer County. We’d love to have you come and visit our beautiful orchards atop our little hill in Penryn. Great place for a picnic! Look forward to seeing you soon! OPEN TO THE PUBLIC NOV-FEB Where to Buy: Raley’s, BelAir, Nob Hill, Newcastle Produce, Nugget Markets and SPD Markets (Grass Valley/Nevada City)

Taste the Hand Picked Difference! Mandarin Hill O R C H A R D S 2334 Mandarin Hills Lane • Penryn www.mandarinorchards.com for 27 years your source for certified organically grown mandarin oranges produced in placer County!

9200 Old State Highway Newcastle, CA 916.343.1098

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ANNUAL EVENTS ANNUAL HARVEST HOEDOWN GALA

Placer County Farm Bureau 10120 Ophir Road Newcastle, CA 95658 Office: 916-663-2929, Placercfb.com COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS MAY CELEBRATION Annual Harvest Hoedown Gala on October 17, 2015 at The Mt. Pleasant Sunday, May 15, 2016, time is from 11am to 3pm. Hall in Lincoln. This event is a Fundraiser for the Placer County youth in Agriculture. Annual Dinner Meeting held at the Ridge in Auburn This Celebration takes place in Newcastle’s Historic Marshall Square. contact us for 2016 date. The Newcastle Community Association May Celebration is a gathering of many local Non Profit organizations and other vendors. There’s food, music, dancing, story telling, historic films and well much more. Boy Scouts come out for the flag raising parade. Our District #3 Supervisor, Mr. Jim Holmes comes out to hand out the Citizen of the year award.

CHRISTMAS IN HISTORIC MARSHALL SQUARE

Wednesday, December 9th, 2015 Time is 5pm to 9pm.

The 3rd Annual Christmas in Historic Marshall Square is a celebration of the Family, The Community, The Local Business and The Residents of the Town of Newcastle. There’s a tree lighting, usually performed by our District Supervisor, Mr. Jim Holmes. The local associations all participate with their own booth and information. There’s of coarse the arrival of Santa Claus on the Antique 1941 Van Pelt Fire Truck, thanks to the Newcastle Firefighters Volunteer Association and Wayne Hickok for chaffering Santa to the Festival.

MID-PLACER LITTLE LEAGUE OPENING DAY

Held around the third Saturday of March.

The opening day celebration starts at Newcastle Elementary School at 9am and ends at Chantry Hill Baseball Field, which by the way has been in service since 1901 when baseball (a semi pro team) first came to Newcastle. The Newcastle Firefighters Volunteer Association and The Newcastle Fire Department bring out a fire truck or two and the 1941 Van Pelt fire truck is there to lead the parade, followed by the little leaguers, parents and friends. 30 - DISCOVER OPHIR, NEWCASTLE AND PENRYN - PUBLICATION OF THE AUBURN JOURNAL Courtesy photo things to see

NEWCASTLE PACKING SHED NEWCASTLE WEDDING ARTISTS STUDIO AND GALLERY GARDENS

455 Main St. #6, 950 Taylor Rd. Newcastle, CA 95658 Newcastle, CA 95658 (916) 663-1516 (916) 663-4553 Hours: 12–4 p.m., Or by appt. Courtesy photo Newcastleweddinggardens.com

What started as a single artist looking for studio space in which to Newcastle Wedding Gardens is a one-stop-shop for couples planning work has turned into an artistic collective in downtown Newcastle. The a wedding. The venue, located on a private gated 12-acre estate, is Newcastle Packing Shed Artists Studio and Gallery showcases the work home to Georgia and Stephen Barron, who have 25 years experience of nine local artists, with pieces ranging in mediums from oils, watercolor, in the wedding and event planning business. “We’re a full-service and other mixed medias. A common area serves as an exhibition space venue,” says Georgia. “We not only have the beautiful location, but and gallery for art on display while individual artists can be observed we have a wonderful team of staff, great chefs, and I am a full-service working and creating pieces in their own workshop spaces. Classes, wedding planner. We work with each couple to plan their wedding taught by various artists, are available in multiple mediums. to perfection, finding out just what they want, and helping make the “There’s almost any kind of art for sale. Everything is for sale, just whole process very easy.” ask,” says founding member Joyce Williams. “We love for people to just come in and visit, they don’t have to buy. They can just look at the The grounds feature, as the name implies, lush and shaded gardens work and like it or not like it.” as well as a restored and renovated barn with vaulted ceilings and Opening soon will be Monte Vista Ranch’s olive oil tasting room as natural light with seating for up to 120 guests. The venue has on-site well. Oil produced from local 160-year-old trees will be available to catering services and an extensive list of recommended vendors for taste and to purchase. “We’re an organic farm and our oil is certified brides and grooms with which to work. by the California Olive Oil Council as extra virgin, meaning it’s gone through all of the lab testing and sensory panel tasting to assure Newcastle Wedding Gardens is available for ceremonies and that it is the finest quality oil. Each bottle carries the seal from the receptions every weekend, but showings and tours are by appointment California Olive Oil Council for each year,” says Rebecca McGuire. only. “People book their weddings anytime from two months to two “We sell out every year. It’s a small production, artisanal production. years ahead of time,” explains Barron. “ But that doesn’t mean we So when it’s gone, it’s gone, we have to wait for the trees.” can’t pull off a great wedding in a few weeks.”

NEWCASTLE PORTUGUESE HALL This property Newcastle Portuguese Hall has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.

Marker is on Taylor Road, on the left when traveling north.

The Newcastle Portuguese Hall was built in 1918 by the Portuguese community. The lot for the hall was donated by Manuel L. & Mary Z. Perry, brother & sister, to three Portuguese fraternal lodges. It has been in use since then for lodge meetings, bridal showers, birthday and anniversary parties, card parties and the Portuguese folk dance, the “chamarrita”. The hall gained historical status with “State Point of Historic Interest” on November 14, 1981 and was placed on the “National Register of Historic Places” on March 25, 1982. DISCOVER OPHIR, NEWCASTLE AND PENRYN - PUBLICATION OF THE AUBURN JOURNAL - 31 business directory THIS DIRECTORY IS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY. TO SEE BUSINESSES LISTED BY CATEGORY PLEASE SEE PAGE 38.

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PLACER FARM SUPPLY ROBINSON SAND& GRAVEL 10120 Ophir Rd, Newcastle (916) 663-3741 www.robinsonsg.com (530)885-5623 www.placerfarmsupply.com PPACIFIC LANDSCAPE SYSTEMS PLACER OAKS REALTY ROCK SPRINGS PROPERTY OWNERS 7940 Gilardi Rd, Newcastle (916) 663-1462 284 Lozanos Rd, Newcastle (530) 885-9610 8290 Boulder Creek Rd, Penryn (916) 652-8152 PAMPERED CHEF, THE PLACER PEER COURT ROCKET ROOTER www.pamperedchef.biz/garygiligan (530)320-7895 671 Newcastle Rd # 7, Newcastle (916) 663-9227 95658 Newcastle Rd, Newcastle (916) 663-9607 www.peercourt.com www.craigjohnsonplumbing.com PARADISE SIGNS 595-C Taylor Rd. Newcastle (916) 663-2617 PONY-UP PONY PARTIES RODRIGUEZ & CO www.paradisesignsonline.com 6819 Chili Hill Rd, Newcastle (916) 768-6298 3100 Newcastle Rd, Newcastle (916) 663-9400

PARTS MIKE PORRECO’S HORSE HOUSE ROGERS HEATING & AIR COND 9700 Hillview Rd, Newcastle (530) 885-0673 5738 English Colony Way, Penryn (916) 663-6375 10200 Scott Rd, Newcastle (916) 652-7597 www.partsmike.com POWERHOUSE REAL ESTATE ROMO CABINETS CO INC PAUL A DOUGHERTY GRADING 471 Main St, Newcastle (916) 663-1964 58 P And S Ln # C, Newcastle (530) 888-6031 PO Box 801, Newcastle (916) 663-1840 www.newcastlecommunity.org RUFF LIFE PENRYN 76 PREDATOR INC 2900 Penryn Rd, Penryn (916) 652-8333 3142 Boyington Rd, Penryn (916) 660-9485 9025 Langs Hill Rd, Newcastle (530) 888-8811 www.k9tacticalgear.com www.76.com PROCTOR’S AUTO BODY & PAINT RUSHWAY INC PENRYN AUTO SVC 10243 Ophir Rd, Newcastle (530) 889-2277 9990 Hillview Rd, Newcastle (530) 888-6536 2210 Taylor Rd # G, Penryn (916) 663-1336 www.rushway.com PENRYN BRANCH LIBRARY 2215 Rippey Rd, Penryn (916) 663-3621 PENRYN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL QQUALITY MARKET INC 6885 English Colony Way, Penryn (916) 663-3993 470 Main St, Newcastle (916) 663-3007 SSAGE TAX & FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS www.sagetaxsolutions.com (916) 663-4825 PENRYN FAITH CTR 2252 Penryn Rd, Penryn (916) 663-3226 SAM NORRIS CONSTRUCTION 5407 Butler Rd, Penryn (916) 663-2175 PENRYN FIRE DIST www.norrisconstructioninc.com 7206 Church St, Penryn (916) 663-3389 R & S PROPERTIES 671 Newcastle Rd # 3, Newcastle (916) 663-1108 SANBORN TECHNICAL SVC PENRYN GAS & LIQUOR 6690 West Ct, Newcastle (916) 663-1495 3145 Penryn Rd, Penryn (916)652-7330 R E FREEMAN INSURANCE 7330 Orchard Cir, Penryn (916) 652-7676 SANDY DELEHANTY, WATER COLORS AND OILS PENRYN PARK LLC PO Box 130, Penryn (916) 652-4624 7028 Orchard Cir, Penryn (916) 652-0124 RANDY GRAGG TRUCKING www.sandydelehanty.com www.theorchardatpenrynpark.com PO Box 698, Penryn (916) 663-0450 www.randygraggtrucking.com SCOTT’S CORNER HAY & FEED PENRYN WORKSHOP 2001 Rattlesnake Rd, Newcastle (916) 663-4124 1394 Orange Hill Ln, Penryn (916) 663-2815 RAY INDUSTRIAL HOME & YARD www.scottscornerhay.com 1201 Taylor Rd, Newcastle (408) 309-7292 PESCATORE VINEYARD & WINERY SELBY’S SOIL EROSION CONTROL 7055 Ridge Rd, Newcastle (916) 663-1422 RE SMITH CONTRACTOR 150 Lozanos Rd, Newcastle (530) 887-9894 www.pescatorewines.com 10160 Quail Hill Dr, Newcastle (916) 663-1060 www.selbysoil.com PILZ PRODUCE AT HILLCREST REBARK TIME INC SHARIN-A-LITTLE-BIT 956 Clark Tunnel Rd, Penryn (916) 663-3603 4621 Virginiatown Rd, Newcastle (916) 764-7650 7101 State Highway 193, Newcastle (916) 663-0581 www.pilzproduce.com RED DAISY QUILTING SHERYL L CARL, ATTORNEY PLACER BUDDHIST CHURCH 3195 Newcastle Rd, Newcastle (916) 663-2655 671 Newcastle Rd # 1, Newcastle (916) 663-1100 3192 Boyington Rd, Penryn (916) 652-6139 www.placerbuddhistchurch.org REDBUD NURSERY SIDE HILL CITRUS 3250 Rattlesnake Rd, Newcastle (916) 663-4788 4065 Pleasant Hill Rd, Lincoln (916) 343-1098 PLACER CLAIMS www.redbudnursery.com www.sidehillcitrus.com 1820 S Kellogg Rd, Newcastle (916) 316-1880 REISS CONSTRUCTION SIERRA BAPTIST CHURCH PLACER COUNTY FARM BUREAU 2300 Delmar Ave, Penryn (916) 698-7645 2215 Auburn Folsom Rd, Newcastle (916) 663-4231 10120 Ophir Rd, Newcastle (916) 663-2929 www.sierrabaptist.org www.placercfb.com RINKYDINK BUILDERS INC 9314 Chantry Hill Rd, Newcastle (916) 663-3387 SIERRA CRANE CO PLACER COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT www.rinkydinkbuilders.com 9010 Langs Hill Rd # B, Newcastle (916) 663-3794 671 Newcastle Rd # 2, Newcastle (530) 820-3427 ROBIN A ENOS REAL ESTATE SIERRA PRE-CASTING CO PLACER COUNTY VINTNERS 226 Washington Street, Auburn (530) 886-4328 10239 Ophir Rd, Newcastle (530) 885-3472 www.placerwine.com robin.enos.c21selectgroup.com/

36 - DISCOVER OPHIR, NEWCASTLE AND PENRYN - PUBLICATION OF THE AUBURN JOURNAL SIERRA SADDLERY & MERCANTILE TRASK EQUIPMENT CO INC 10125 Ophir Rd, Newcastle (530) 823-5594 PO Box 246, Penryn (916) 652-8548 SIERRA SAFETY CO TWIN PEAKS ENTERPRISE 215 Taylor Rd, Newcastle (916) 663-2026 6105 State Highway 193, Newcastle (916) 663-3270 www.twinpeaksent.com SIMPSON & SIMPSON INC 11001 Ophir Rd, Newcastle (530) 885-4354 www.simpsonpaving.com SINCLAIR CONCRETE Kevin & Dani Kuntz 7205 Church St, Penryn (916) 663-0303 UUNIVERSAL SOFTWARE INC PO Box 261, Penryn (916) 663-1655 916-663-9349 SIPE’S TAHOE 213 Taylor Road 9800 Hillview Rd, Newcastle (530)885-1101 US POST OFFICE www.sipestahoe.com 9241 Old State Hwy, Newcastle (916) 663-9405 Newcastle, CA 95658 www.usps.com www.foothillfirearms.net SLEEPSAFE CO INC 1700 Gina Louise Ln, Newcastle (916) 663-1162 US POST OFFICE 2205 Rippey Rd, Penryn (916) 663-3663 SMART FINGERS ROBOTICS www.usps.com MONTE 3119 Penryn Rd # 230, Penryn (916) 660-9907 SNOWS CITRUS COURT VISTA RANCH PO Box 1316, Newcastle (916) 663-1884 SOLUTIONS FOR HAIR VVALENCIA CLUB OLIVE OIL 7025 Vellia Ln, Penryn (916) 962-2907 2162 Taylor Rd, Penryn (916) 663-0300 www.valencia-club.com SONRIA DENTAL TASTING 6200 Wise Rd, Newcastle (916) 780-0666 VAN TASSEL Organic • Local 6889 Munoz Ave, Penryn (916) 663-3997 MonteVistaOliveOil.com SOUTH PLACER WEALTH MGMT GROUP www.spwmg.com (916)259-1402 916-751-9198

SPECK & SONS TREE SVC 8990 Chili Hill Rd, Newcastle (916) 532-5163 WWALTER A WINFREY DDS NEWCASTLE SUBARU SPECIALIST BARSOTTI’S 505 Main St # A, Newcastle (916) 663-9092 400 Main St # D, Newcastle (916) 663-3077 PACKING SHED WATERWORKS PLUMBING SUBWAY 595 Taylor Rd # D, Newcastle (916) 663-1399 3141 Penryn Rd # 710, Penryn (916) 652-9055 www.gowaterworks.com www.subway.com GALLERY WATTERS PAINTING & WLLCVRNG SUNRISE BUSINESS SVC 8821 Crater Hill Rd, Newcastle (916) 784-6784 Fine Art 2380 Fairview Ln, Newcastle (916) 663-4412 by Local Artists WELCOME VILLAGE [email protected] SUNSET RIDGE MANDARINS 505b Main St, Newcastle (530) 367-3649 7825 Fox Hill Ln, Newcastle (916) 663-9158 www.sunsetridgemandarins.com WELLS FARGO BANK 458 Main St, Newcastle (530) 888-2898 455 Main Street www.wellsfargo.com WESCO CARPET & TILE CLEANING TED NEAL PAINTING & DECORATING 1350 Castle Creek Ranch Rd, Newcastle T4475 Leisa Ln, Penryn (916) 652-9146 (916) 663-2151 WEST COAST CLASSICS THOMAS TILE CO INC 9700 Hillview Rd, Newcastle (530) 889-1300 1750 Fowler Rd, Newcastle (916) 663-2408 WESTCON CONSTRUCTION CORP THOMPSON STEEL SVC 275 Taylor Rd, Newcastle (916) 663-9390 88 P And S Ln, Newcastle (530) 888-6004 www.westconconstruction.com TNT FORKLIFT WOODROOF CONSULTING PO Box 1109, Newcastle (530) 878-2027 2110 Auburn Folsom Rd, Newcastle (916) 473-2817 TRACE CORP WORK OF ART WOODRUFF GDN MNTNC PO Box 121, Penryn (916) 933-2185 5400 Fruitvale Rd, Newcastle (916) 645-1667 Newcastle TRAILHEAD COFFEE & CYCLE 2210 Taylor Rd # F, Penryn (916) 663-1501 If you would like to be a part of this directory in the 2016 www.coffeeandbikes.com publication please contact Rebecca at (530) 852-0222 916.663.2617

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ACCOUNTANTS BUILDING CONTRACTORS CONCRETE CONTRACTORS Dale G Sloss CPA (916) 663-9533 Glauz-Snyder Construction (916) 663-1576 Clark’s Concrete & Masonry (530) 885-3463 Financial Accounting (916) 663-2784 Hanson Construction Co (530) 887-1941 D & L Concrete (916) 663-9027 Larry W Thomas CPA (916) 663-1085 Marksman Builders (530) 885-7300 Sinclair Concrete (916) 663-0303 ACCOUNTING & BOOKKEEPING GENERAL SVC BUILDINGS-METAL CONCRETE PRODUCTS (WHLS) Cadre Design Group (916) 663-2300 A2Z Covers (530) 888-8802 Cabot Cast Stone (916) 663-4204 Nan Crussell (916) 663-2194 BUILDINGS-PORTABLE CONSIGNMENT SHOPS AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS & SYSTEMS Insta-Office Manufacturing Inc (916) 663-9527 Merry-Go-Round Merchandise (916) 663-9600 Alta Heating & Air Cond (916) 663-0605 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES Rogers Heating & Air Cond (916) 652-7597 Improvementworks (916) 663-2965 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BUSINESS SERVICES Homewood Construction Inc (916) 332-4003 Autumn Wind Assoc (916) 663-2222 Bliss (916) 663-1532 Sam Norris Construction (916) 663-2175 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE Design Shop (916) 663-2632 Equine Equations (916) 663-4334 Executive Pro To Type (916) 663-4632 Westcon Construction Corp (916) 663-9390 CONSULTANTS-BUSINESS ANTIQUES-DEALERS Foothill Auto Finders (916) 206-4125 Oakridge Farm Antiques (530) 885-8217 JC Bookkeeping (916) 652-9226 Absolute Marketing (916) 472-5763 ART GALLERIES & DEALERS Predator Inc (530) 888-8811 Castle Consulting Group (916) 663-1563 CABINET MAKERS Woodroof Consulting (916) 473-2817 Penryn Workshop (916) 663-2815 CONTRACTORS Sandy Delehanty (916) 652-4624 C & C Wood Design (916) 663-9009 Milestone Masonry (530) 889-0243 ASSOCIATIONS D & L Smith Collection (916) 390-0256 David Smith Masonry (916) 663-1116 Mountain Mandarin Growers Assoc. (916) 672-7451 Fallen Oak Woodworking (530) 888-6961 CONTRACTORS-ENGINEERING GENERAL Newcastle Area Business Assoc. (916) 599-3508 Hurley Custom Cabinets (530) 887-8505 Baldoni Construction (530) 885-5210 Newcaslte Community Assoc. Romo Cabinets Co Inc (530) 888-6031 ATTORNEYS CARNIVALS Gabe Mendez Inc (916) 663-3372 CONTRACTORS-INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL Joseph A Magda Law Offices (916) 663-1976 Mandarin Festival (916) 663-1918 CARPET & RUG CLEANERS Iron Oak Enterprises (530) 888-7322 Karl Schnetz (916) 663-9500 CONVENIENCE STORES Sheryl L Carl (916) 663-1100 Wesco Carpet & Tile Cleaning (916) 663-2151 AUTOMOBILE BODY-REPAIRING & PAINTING CARPET LAYERS Fast Pak Market (916) 663-3406 COUNTER TOPS Proctor’s Auto Body & Paint (530) 889-2277 Dennis Bergstrom Installations (916) 804-4157 AUTOMOBILE PARTS-USED & REBUILT (WHLS) CEMETERIES Hancock & Co (916) 663-2895 CRANES & DERRICKS (WHLS) Parts Mike (530) 885-0673 Newcastle Cemetery District (916) 663-4660 AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING & SERVICE CHIMNEY & FIREPLACE CLEANING BUILD/RPR Sierra Crane Co (916) 663-3794 CREDIT & DEBT COUNSELING SERVICES Newcastle Auto Tech (916) 663-1026 Bill’s Chimney Svc (916) 663-1445 CHURCHES CREDITFIXED.COM (916) 660-0605 Penryn Auto Svc (916) 663-1336 DEMOLITION CONTRACTORS Subaru Specialist Barsotti’s (916) 663-3077 Crossroads Fellowship AOG (530) 888-8864 AUTOMOBILE RESTORATION-ANTIQUE & CLASSIC Neil’s Controlled Blasting (916) 663-2500 Hope Lutheran Church (916) 652-4273 DENTAL EQUIPMENT-MANUFACTURERS Barrera’s Customs (916) 663-0926 Newcastle United Methodist Chr (916) 663-2250 F T Dental Mfg (916) 645-8779 West Coast Classics (530) 889-1300 Penryn Faith Ctr (916) 663-3226 DENTISTS BANKS Placer Buddhist Church (916) 652-6139 Ed Gerking DDS (916) 663-3374 Wells Fargo Bank (530) 888-2898 Sierra Baptist Church (916) 663-4231 BEAUTY SALONS CLEANING SERVICES-COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL Sonria Dental (916) 780-0666 Walter A Winfrey DDS (916) 663-9092 Deni’s Hair & Nail Designs (916) 663-2877 Miceli’s Reliable Cleaning Svc (916) 532-2078 DOLLS-RETAIL Solutions For Hair (916) 962-2907 CLOTHING-RETAIL BILLING SERVICE Sharin-A-Little-Bit (916) 663-0581 Better Than Naked (916) 300-9410 DOORS Bill-Rite Management Svc (916) 663-9386 COFFEE SHOPS BOAT REPAIRING Newcastle Door & Trim (916) 663-4224 Daily Grind (916) 663-2239 DRAFTING FIRM Hurliman Boat Repair (916) 663-1590 Trailhead Coffee & Cycle (916) 663-1501 COLLECTION AGENCIES Motherlode drafting and design (916) 663-3342 Mobile Boat Svc (916) 663-1390 EDUCATIONAL SERVICE-BUSINES BOILERS-REPAIRING & CLEANING Judgment Enforcement USA (916) 663-9324 Chiorino & Son Electrical Inc (916) 663-2625 Kendrick Boiler Works Inc (530) 823-3860 COMPUTER SERVICES E S Electrical Construction (916) 663-0557 Sanborn Technical Svc (916) 663-1495

38 - DISCOVER OPHIR, NEWCASTLE AND PENRYN - PUBLICATION OF THE AUBURN JOURNAL Fricke’s Electrical Cntrctng (916) 415-0201 GRANITE (WHLS) LIMOUSINE SERVICE Smart Fingers Robotics (916) 660-9907 DMD Granite Enterprises Inc (916) 663-0200 Lakeshore Pacific Limousine (916) 652-0700 ELEVATOR CONSULTANTS GOLF INSTRUCTION LIQUORS-RETAIL EMMCO-Elevator Maintenance (916) 663-1451 Home on the Range (916) 663-4653 Quality Market Inc (916) 663-3007 ENGINEERS GRAPHIC DESIGNERS LOANS Extreme Engineering (916) 660-9580 Foster Graphics (530) 349-4003 Sunrise Business Svc (916) 663-4412 Granite Bay Engineering (916) 663-3615 Laura Lorraine Designs (916) 765-7747 LOCKS & LOCKSMITHS ENVIRONMENTAL & ECOLOGICAL SERVICES GROCERS-RETAIL Affordable Lock & Key (916) 663-9456 Data Environment Protection (916) 663-3453 Carol’s Market (916) 663-2120 MACHINE TOOLS (WHLS) Hydrozoology (916) 663-1900 GUNS Marvin Patton Machine & Acces (916) 489-2134 EXCAVATING CONTRACTORS Foothill Firearms (916) 663-9349 MACHINERY-NEW (WHLS) Allied West Construction (916) 663-4741 HALLS & AUDITORIUMS Cal-Tex Water Quality (916) 434-7880 Brad Dales Excavating (916) 663-4943 Newcastle Portuguese Hall (916) 663-0194 MAINTENANCE CONTRACTORS Glissman Excavating (916) 652-3567 HEALTH & ALLIED SERVICES Cisneros Landscape Maintenance (916) 663-1150 Lucky Excavation Inc (530) 885-8357 Graceful Health Chiropractic (916) 663-1028 MARBLE-NATURAL (WHLS) Paul A Dougherty Grading (916) 663-1840 HEALTH CLUBS STUDIOS & GYMNASIUMS DMD Marble & Granite Inc (916) 663-4157 Simpson & Simpson Inc (530) 885-4354 Anytime Fitness (916) 660-0700 MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTION Van Tassel (916) 663-3997 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT-RENTAL Fossum’s Karate & Kick Boxing (916) 663-4510 FARM ORGANIZATIONS Trask Equipment Co Inc (916) 652-8548 Newcastle Ringside Gym (916) 663-1022 Placer County Farm Bureau (916) 663-2929 HOME BASED BUSINESS International Fight Sports (916) 663-2467 FARMS The Pampered Chef (530) 320-7895 MASONRY CONTRACTORS Natural Trading Co Organic Frm (916) 409-9440 HOME BUILDERS David Smith Masonry (916) 663-1115 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS Henley Homes Inc (916) 663-1605 Rebark Time Inc (916) 764-7650 Fidelus Systems Inc (916) 308-9737 Marchal General Contracting (916) 663-3614 MEDICAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE FEED-DEALERS (WHLS) Penryn Park LLC (916) 652-0124 Care Axis (916) 663-3950 Scott’s Corner Hay & Feed (916) 663-4124 Re Smith Contractor (916) 663-1060 MEDIA FENCE (WHLS) HORSE FURNISHINGS Newcastle Radio Show (530) 409-0877 Fence Connection (530) 885-9671 Porreco’s Horse House (916) 663-6375 METAL SPINNING (MFRS) FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES HORSE TRAINING Al’s Metal Spinning Co (916) 663-2179 Cantrell Insurance & Financial (916) 652-8111 Hunterville (916) 652-9363 MOBILE HOMES-PARKS & COMMUNITIES South Placer Wealth Mgmt Group (916) 259-1402 HORSESHOERS EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES (WHLS) Castle City Mobile Park-Sales (916) 663-3544 FIRE DEPARTMENTS Sierra Saddlery & Mercantile (530) 823-5594 MOBILE HOMES-TRANSPORTING Newcastle Fire Protection Dist (916) 663-3323 HYDROSEEDING Carr’s Mobile Home Moving (916) 663-2202 Penryn Fire Dist (916) 663-3389 Selby’s Soil Erosion Control (530) 887-9894 MOVERS FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE IMPORTERS (WHLS) Auburn Moving Co (530) 823-8685 24 Seven Fire Protection (530) 906-0606 Component Parts Co (530) 823-0255 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Newcastle Fire Protection (916) 663-9369 INSURANCE California-Nevada Polled Assn (916) 663-4141 FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS Farmers Insurance (916) 663-9212 NONCLASSIFIED ESTABLISHMENTS Rock Springs Property Owners (916) 652-8152 R E Freeman Insurance (916) 652-7676 Bumperman Of Sacramento (916) 802-6305 FRUITS & VEGETABLES & PRODUCE-RETAIL INSURANCE-CLAIM PROCESSING SERVICES El Oquence (916) 663-2930 Foothill Organic Growers (916) 663-2146 Placer Claims (916) 316-1880 NURSERIES-PLANTS TREES & ETC-WHOLESALE Howard Kiwi Fruit Farm (916) 663-1706 INTERIOR DECORATORS DESIGN & CONSULTANTS Fowler Nurseries Inc (916) 645-8191 Magnolia Hill Orchard (916) 663-3739 Designers Workshop & Sc Wind (916) 663-3974 NURSERYMEN Miller Honey Farms/Mandarins (530) 823-1369 INTERNET & CATALOG SHOPPING Hershman Tree Farms (916) 652-1170 Mountain Mandarin Growers Assoc. (916) 672-7451 Australian Connection (916) 663-9278 Lake’s Nursery (530) 885-1027 Newcastle Produce (916) 663-2016 INTERNET SERVICE NURSING & CONVALESCENT HOMES Pilz Produce (916) 663-3603 Welcome Village (530) 367-3649 J & J Care Ctr Inc (916) 652-6603 Side Hill Citrus (916) 343-1098 KITCHEN CABINETS & EQUIPMENT-HOUSEHOLD PAINTERS Snows Citrus Court (916) 663-1884 Houk Investments Inc (916) 632-9556 Heritage Painting Inc (530) 878-0770 Sunset Ridge Mandarins (916) 663-9158 KITCHEN REMODELING & PLANNING SVC James L Harris’ Painting (530) 888-0580 Twin Peaks Enterprise (916) 663-3270 M K Designs (916) 663-3412 Northern California Painting (916) 663-2534 FRUITS & VEGETABLES-GROWERS & SHIPPERS LABORATORIES-DENTAL Ted Neal Painting & Decorating (916) 652-9146 Mandarin Hill Orchards (916) 663-3852 Debbie Gragg Dental Lab (916) 663-0448 PARTY PLANNING SERVICE FURNITURE-DEALERS-RETAIL LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS Pony-Up Pony Parties (916) 768-6298 Accentrix Designer Furnishings (916) 434-9674 Matsuda Landscape & Nursery (916) 645-1820 PAVING CONTRACTORS Center Stage Consignment (916) 663-9000 Pacific Landscape Systems (916) 663-1462 Centerline Road Oils (530) 885-1977 Sipes Tahoe (530) 885-1101 LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES Livingston’s Grading & Paving (530) 888-8040 GAS-LIQUEFIED PETRO-BTTLD/BULK (WHLS) A & A Stepping Stone Mfg (530) 885-7481 PET BOARDING SITTING & KENNELS American River Gas Co Inc (530) 888-7438 LAWN & GROUNDS MAINTENANCE Barbara Day Grooming (530) 613-2125 Legacy Propane (916) 663-0763 Work Of Art Woodruff Gdn Mntnc (916) 645-1667 PET SUPPLIES-WHOLESALE GENERAL CONTRACTORS LECTURE & SEMINAR BUREAUS Ruff Life (916) 652-8333 Reiss Construction (916) 698-7645 Hoof Sense (916) 663-2851 PET WASHING & GROOMING GLASS-AUTO PLATE & WINDOW & ETC LIBRARIES-PUBLIC Drake’s Grooming (530) 886-8758 AGLASSSHOP.COM (530) 885-7211 Penryn Branch Library (916) 663-3621 KAT Tails (916) 652-5084

DISCOVER OPHIR, NEWCASTLE AND PENRYN - PUBLICATION OF THE AUBURN JOURNAL - 39 PHOTOGRAPHERS-AERIAL Newcastle Pizzeria (916) 672-6263 SWIMMING POOL CONTRS DEALERS & DESIGNERS Air Flair (530) 823-5857 SUBWAY (916) 652-9055 Chandler Pools & Spas (916) 624-5296 PIPING-PROCESS & INDUSTRIAL Valencia Club (916) 663-0300 Courage Pools Inc (916) 797-3000 Barnum Mechanical Inc (916) 652-7223 ROOFING CONTRACTORS TANK TRUCK SERVICE PLASTERING CONTRACTORS Brad Strong & Son Roofing Inc (916) 652-3259 Capaz Fuel Delivery (916) 663-1382 Classic Plastering (916) 663-4238 Donahoo Roofing (916) 822-6291 TAX RETURN PREPARATION & FILING Ed Grant Plastering (916) 663-2471 J D Jones Roof Crafter Inc (916) 663-9395 Bayford Butler Enrolled Agent (916) 663-3790 PLUMBING CONTRACTORS Rinkydink Builders Inc (916) 663-3387 Downs Brothers (916) 663-4153 All Phase Plumbing (916) 929-9019 SADDLERY & HARNESS Meiko’s Tax Svc (916) 663-9079 Carrington Plumbing Inc (916) 663-3665 J & M Saddle Co (916) 663-0100 Sage Tax and Financial Solutions (916) 663-4825 J V Plumbing Inc (530) 888-8127 SAFES & VAULTS-DEALERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONTRACTORS Rocket Rooter (916) 663-9607 Sleepsafe Co Inc (916) 663-1162 K S Telecom Inc (916) 652-4735 Waterworks Plumbing (916) 663-1399 SAFETY EQUIPMENT & CLOTHING (WHLS) TILE-CERAMIC-CONTRACTORS & DEALERS PLUMBING HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING Sierra Safety Co (916) 663-2026 Thomas Tile Co Inc (916) 663-2408 Cox Heating & Air Conditioning (916) 663-0653 SADDLERY & HARNESS TRACTOR-DEALERS (WHLS) POLITICAL CONSULTANTS J & M Saddle Co (916) 663-0100 Gold Country Tractors Inc (530) 823-1218 Rodriguez & Co (916) 663-9400 SAND AND GRAVEL TRADING POSTS POST OFFICES Robinson Sand and Gravel (530) 885-5623 Natural Trading Co Organic (916) 663-9568 US Post Office (916) 663-9405 SCHOOLS TRANSMISSIONS-AUTOMOBILE US Post Office (916) 663-3663 Add Some Class (916) 663-4520 Monroe Transmission (916) 663-4116 PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE Harvest Ridge Charter School (916) 259-1425 TREE SERVICE Universal Software Inc (916) 663-1655 Loomis Unified School District (530) 885-3495 Dreher’s Patch (530) 906-7211 PRINTERS (MFRS) Newcastle Elementary School (916) 663-9655 Speck & Sons Tree Svc (916) 532-5163 Foothill Graphx (530) 823-1638 Penryn Elementary School (916) 663-3993 TRUCKING Lester Catalog Co (530) 823-0963 SCHOOLS-NURSERY & KINDERGARTEN ACADEMIC Briggs Trucking (916) 663-2871 PROCESS SERVERS ABC Honey Tree (916) 663-9441 Hi Tech Transport (916) 663-2654 Class Action Research (916) 663-2562 Children’s House (916) 663-1574 Rushway Inc (530) 888-6536 PUBLISHERS (MFRS) Learn & Grow Pre-School (916) 663-1585 TRUCKING-LOCAL CARTAGE Altarfire Publishing (916) 663-1510 SCREENS-REPAIRING Randy Gragg Trucking (916) 663-0450 PUMPS-RETAIL New Castle Screen Co-Phantom (916) 663-2633 TRUCKS-INDUSTRIAL (WHLS) American Well Drilling (530) 889-9355 SEPTIC TANKS Fuller Forklift Svc (916) 802-8682 QUILTING Sierra Pre-Casting Co (530) 885-3472 TNT Forklift (530) 878-2027 Red Daisy Quilting (916) 663-2655 SERVICE STATIONS-GASOLINE & OIL UPHOLSTERERS RAILROAD EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES (WHLS) Flyers (916) 663-1229 Marshall’s Custom Upholstery (916) 663-2160 Jim Dobbas Inc (916) 663-3363 Newcastle Mini Mart (916) 663-1801 VENETIAN BLINDS-CLEANING REAL ESTATE Penryn 76 (916) 660-9485 Blind & Shade Laundry (916) 663-4522 Absolute Realty (916) 472-5763 Penryn Gas & Liquor (916) 652-7330 VETERINARIANS EQUIPMENT & SUPLS (WHLS) Better Homes and Gardens (916) 531-8804 SEWER & DRAIN CLEANING-SERVICE/REPAIR Placer Farm Supply (916) 663-3741 Crawford Property Svc (916) 624-6116 A Better Plumbing & Rooter (916) 473-7692 VINEYARDS Flag Realty (916) 663-2031 SHOWER DOORS & ENCLOSURES Donao Dal Cielo Vineyard (530) 888-0101 Gregg Mower (916) 849-7170 Hot Tar Shower Pans (530) 889-9406 WATER COMPANIES-BOTTLED, BULK, ETC Placer Oaks Realty (530) 885-9610 SHRUBS & SHRUBBERY Nevada Irrigation District (916) 663-3171 Powerhouse Real Estate (916) 663-1964 Redbud Nursery (916) 663-4788 WATER TREATMENT EQUIP SVC & SUPLS Robin A. Enos Real Estate (530) 886-4328 SIGNS (MFRS) Hague Quality Water (916) 630-7434 REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS Jim Ingram Signs (916) 652-6502 WATER WELL DRILLING & SERVICE Donna Mac Leod (916) 663-4855 Paradise Signs (916) 663-2617 Newsom Industries (916) 663-3698 REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS SOLAR ENERGY EQUIPMENT-WHOLESALE WATER WORKS EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES-MFRS R & S Properties (916) 663-1108 Fifty Dollar Svc Call (916) 276-4360 Howard E Hutching Co Inc (916) 663-1371 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS SPORTS WEBSITE DESIGN SERVICE Trace Corp (916) 933-2185 Champs Sports (916) 663-3912 Nor Cal Broadband Inc (916) 663-2569 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES STABLES WEDDING CHAPELS Affordable RV Rentals Inc (530) 889-8174 Boarding Place (916) 645-2025 Newcastle Wedding Gardens (916) 663-4553 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Clover Hill Stables (916) 303-3843 WELDING Harp’s RV Svc (916) 708-7221 STATE GOVERNMENT-POLICE C & T Welding Inc (530) 889-1137 RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS Highway Patrol (916) 663-3344 WHOLESALERS Placer County Law Enforcement (530) 820-3427 STEEL-STRUCTURAL (MFRS) Watters Painting & Wllcvrng (916) 784-6784 RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS Findley Iron Works (916) 663-1887 WINERIES (MFRS) Hope Lutheran School (916) 652-0459 LHL Construction (530) 852-8830 Pescatore Vineyard & Winery (916) 663-1422 RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES (WHLS) Thompson Steel Svc (530) 888-6004 Placer County Vintners A1 Air Vent (916) 663-3033 STORAGE WINERY TOURS RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES-RETAIL Apartment Mini Storage (916) 652-6063 Dono Dal Cielo (916) 408-2233 Ray Industrial Home & Yard (408) 309-7292 STORAGE-HOUSEHOLD & COMMERCIAL YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS & CENTERS RESTAURANTS Newcastle Mini Storage (916) 663-2041 Placer Peer Court (916) 663-9227 Antuzzi’s Newcastle Inn (916) 824-1400 SURGICAL CENTERS Denny’s (916) 663-2011 Carefree Surgical Specialities (916) 663-4082 If you would like to be a part of this directory LA Fornaretta Restaurant (916) 663-1338 SURVEYORS-LAND in the 2016 publication please contact Rebecca Newcastle Cheese Shop (916) 663-3704 Gardner & Assoc (916) 782-5177 at (530) 852-0222 40 - DISCOVER OPHIR, NEWCASTLE AND PENRYN - PUBLICATION OF THE AUBURN JOURNAL emergency services

FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS KEEP HOMES SAFE EMERGENCY CONTACTS

The Newcastle and Penryn Fire Protection Districts cover approximately Animal Control: 530-889-7315 45 square miles of residential, commercial, and wild land property in Placer Board of Supervisors, Placer County 530-889-4010 County, operating with 13 full-time staff members and 8 volunteer intern California Highway Patrol: 663-3344 firefighters between the two stations. The districts’ histories are as rough and tumble as the gold country they protect, with several organizational Dial - A - Ride 530788-2342District 3 Representative: Jim Holmes upheavals bringing about the dedicated fire departments that today serve the MAC. Newcastle/Ophir Municipal Advisory Counsel. Advised the Placer thousands of residents under their jurisdiction. County Supervisors on matters of concern relating to Newcastle/Ophir. Meets the 3rd Thursday of each month @ 7:00 p.m. at Ophir Elementary The Newcastle Fire Protection District was originally formed in 1868 to School, 1373 Lozanos Road, Newcastle. protect the growing population of fruit farmers and their orchards in the Newcastle Cemetery: 916-663-4660 area. The force was entirely comprised of volunteers until the 1970’s when Newcastle Fire Protection District: 916-663-3323 they joined forces with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection in order to staff the station on a 24-hour basis. When that Newcastle Sanitation District 663-3927 (local rep Ed Sander) contract dissolved in 1985, they joined with the Penryn and Loomis fire Newcastle Post Office: 916-663-9405 departments, creating a tri-district Joint Power Authority. When the JPA Placer County Sheriff: 652-2400 (Loomis station) eventually dissolved as well in 1991, the Newcastle Fire Protection District Placer County Government: http://www.placer.ca.gov (For a wide variety established itself in its own right. Currently the department is still housed in of services). its original building, a former theater in the heart of downtown Newcastle. Placer County Tax Assessor’s Officwe 530-889-4120 “Hopefully we’ll have a new firehouse up around the end of the year or Placer County Water Agency 530-823-4850 the beginning of [2016],” said Chief Mitch Higgins, who serves both the Road Conditions: 1-800-427-ROAD Newcastle and Penryn departments. “The new firehouse will of course serve the community better than where their current location is because we will FIRE SAFETY TIPS be outside the heart of the community. We’ll be out of the congestion of downtown Newcastle, so that will be helpful. We’ll be able to do better trainings outside that don’t require us to leave the station, because we’ll have KEEP A 100-FOOT CLEARANCE our own parking lot.” AROUND YOUR DWELLING.

The Penryn Fire Protection Department has a very similar history. Formed If you’re unable to have it green, you in 1924 by the local Farm Bureau, the all-volunteer department was first want to at least trim it down or till led by Chief Author Flint. Penryn also joined forces with the CDF in the it into dirt to give you additional 1970’s and then the tri-district JPA in 1985, eventually striking back out on protection. Make sure your gutters are its own in 1991. The current firehouse sits on the same site of the original, clear. Don’t stack fire wood up against although volunteers built it anew in the 1950’s. the house. Keep everything cleared away. Current Fire Chief Mitch Higgins, a Penryn local who has served his HAVE YOUR ADDRESS VISIBLE. community since 1987, has worked his way up the chain of command from volunteer firefighter to Chief in 2009. “80 percent of our calls are You know where you live, but that EMS related, 10 percent are public relations, and 5 percent are fire,” he doesn’t mean emergency services know says. “A lot of our current job is not fighting fire. Summer time is busy where you live. Have a visible reflective address at the beginning of your but if you go by call volumes fire is way down at the bottom of the list of driveway. If you’re tucked back in off the main road, put a couple additional what we actually do.” address signs to help units find your home. Griffith Quarry

Story and photos by Anne Stokes

GRIFFITH QUARRY PUTS PENRYN ON THE MAP

Griffith Quarry In 1864, Welsh immigrant Griffith Griffith established a granite quarry on a Granite from section of land leased from the Central Pacific Railroad. By February 1865, Taylor Rd. & Rock Springs Rd. the first load of stone was shipped out and the quarry was open for business. this historical Penryn, CA 95663 In its hay day, the quarry employed over 200 men and eventually led to the foundation of the town known today as Penryn. Quarry is Penryn granite is noted for its The quarry was in operation until 1918, by which time agriculture took over beauty and strength. as the area’s leading industry. In 1976, owner Enid Griffith, Griffith’s great- used to build grand niece, left the quarry property to the people of Placer County and in accordance with her wishes, the site of the Penryn Granite Works is now a key historical 23 acre park. The former quarry office building, which was erected in 1877, now houses the Griffith Quarry Museum, is staffed by volunteers and is buildings open on weekends from noon until 4:00 P.M. Griffith Quarry was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 and is also California around the Historical Landmark number 885. state Penryn granite is noted for its beauty and strength. Mottled in more-or-less equally sized specks of black and white, it appears a medium-to-dark gray in color, at first glance, but takes on an almost bluish-gray hue when viewed in a subdued light or, when wet or polished. This unique was used in the building of the foundations and walls of a number of California landmarks including The State Capital and the old U.S. Mint in San Francisco. BUSINESS ASSOCIATION NABA is Your Local Business Network • Local Business Exposure • Community Events • Business Networking Mixers • Community Scholarship Sponsorship Monthly Member Meeting First Wednesday of the Month Visit NewcastleAreaBusiness.com for more information For more than 20 years Newcastle Area Business Association has organized and sponsored the Mountain Mandarin Festival.

More than 30,000 visitors from all around the country come together each November to sample our area’s farmers mandarins. www.mandarinfestival.com ROBIN A. ENOS REALTOR® John W. Downs 530.409.0877 H CalBRE#01759796 R OME EP AIRMAN GANG 530.320.6441

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