LOOKING BACK From our archives; compiled by Howard Stitt

10 Years Ago Jan. 3, 2013 Services were planned for Susan Marie Kidwell, who died after a four-year battle with melanoma cancer. A Massachusetts native, she and her husband, Alan, raised their children, Carly and Alan, Jr., in Loomis. Over the years, Kidwell was a Franklin School volunteer, a Girl Scout leader and a swim team board member. Barbara Nesheim Addoms, 87, died. She grew up in Eagle Rock and moved to Loomis in 1966 and then to Penryn in 1973. There is a new sheriff in Loomis. Placer County Sheriff's Lt. Darrell Steinhauer was named South Placer Substation commander. When he's not working, Steinhauer spends much of his time as a volunteer with his children's sporting activities. Sierra College's women's soccer team gained the State JC Final Four this season and ended up finishing fourth in the final National Soccer Coach's Association poll. The team ended up with a record of 16-6-3 on the season. After a record of 84-37 as the Sierra College football coach, Jeff Tisdell has retired. His tenure included six conference championship teams and eight bowl appearances. His Wolverines posted a 37-game winning streak from 2002 to 2005. More black-legged ticks have tested positive for Lyme disease than last year. Entering its third season, the Del Oro girls' wrestling team is the one and only all girls' team in Placer County and arguably the largest in California. The team shatters all stereotypes of what type of girl chooses to wrestle. There have been two homecoming queens who have wrestled on the team. Much of the credit for retaining so many wrestlers goes to Coach Mike Maben combining fun and discipline. He consistently quotes Coach Dan Gable's motto, "After wrestling, everything else in life is easy." Loomis Grammar School students enjoying the "Jingle Fest" performances included Jordan Clanton, Allison Daly, Janey Dandini, Trinity Christian, Daniel Proshar, Lauren Shipman, Autumn Sanderson, Ashley Neutzman, Addie Mathias, Samantha Stowers, Paige Lombardi, Mia Andreatta, Micaela Serrano-Somovia, Sydney McBroom and Kayla Parker. Librarian Jennifer Mishler played holiday tunes for the packed house. 25 Years Ago Jan. 1, 1998 Services were held for Rosalind Marie Nelthorpe Fisher Arlington, 76, the daughter of Lindsley and Beulah Nelthorpe. A Loomis native, Arlington attended Loomis Union Grammar School and Placer Junior College. Arlington was an Eastern Star member for more than 50 years. Loomis Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 11016 members Bill Leverto, John McDowell and Rick Carpenita visited the Vietnam War Memorial in Fair Oaks. The wall is a replica of the memorial in Washington, D.C. Also on hand to view the memorial was Shigeo Yokote, commander of the Nisei Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8985. Yokote is a World War II veteran of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Named to the Presidents List at James Madison University in Harrisburg, Virginia is Rachel Immekus. Graduating from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are Jennifer Peterson and Craig Weyrens of Granite Bay, along with Raina Thomas of Loomis. Residential development played a major role in the recent urbanization of agricultural acreage in Placer County. The county has more than 186,000 acres of agricultural land remaining of which 153,000 acres are considered "important" farm land suitable for crop production. The rest is grazing land, on which existing vegetation is suited to the grazing of livestock. Chris Conti and Henry Schneider are looking for sponsors for the Loomis Basin Chamber of Commerce's Monte Carlo Night. Proceeds will benefit ARC, The Association of Retarded Citizens, which runs the Senior Services in Loomis. A few places in Loomis have been named in memory of local citizens who were influential in their community. Among those are the Frank Nute Memorial Picnic area behind the Loomis Library, the Paul Yokote Gymnasium at Del Oro High School and the H. Clarke Powers Elementary School. The American elm tree is making a comeback after Dutch Elm disease took its toll. After 25 years of research, new disease resistant American Liberty elm trees are being transplanted across the nation. Not to be confused with hybrid elms, the Liberty elm is a pure-bred American elm. 50 Years Ago Jan. 4, 1973 Services were held for Ruth Winifred Griffith, 60, a lifelong Placer County resident. She was a member of the Rebekah (Azalea) Lodge No. 117, the World War I Auxiliary, Mt. Vernon Grange, Placer County Farm Bureau and Placer County Guernsey Cattle Club. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. Larsen celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple was married in Penryn in 1923. The Tahoe-Squaw Valley Bi-Centennial Olympic Committee is seeking the 1976 Winter Olympics. Rival bids are from a South Tahoe group and Lake Placid, New York. The Loomis Volunteer Fire Department responded to 62 calls in 1972, including 10 involving structures, 42 were brush fires, and two were false alarms. Doug Rastler of Roseville High and Miles Weber of Del Oro High School were named to the All-Tournament team at the 31st annual Kendall Arnett Basketball Tournament. The host team, Placer High School, won the event. After not showing well in the tourney, Del Oro Coach John Rankin hoped his team would improve in the Pioneer League opener. Mrs. Claire Lee Chennault, widow of General Lee Chennault of The Flying Tigers fame, will be a guest speaker at the Fox Theatre in Sacramento. As of Oct. 1, 1972, Raymond "Bud" and Nancy Pisarek own and operate The Loomis News. Karen Moulton of Newcastle, an undergraduate student at University of California at Davis, is doing research on "Acetylcholinesterase Isozymes in the Muscle, Brain and Plasma of Embryos of Birds and Mammals. A proposal calls for a sewer trunk line for the Granite Bay, Lakeview Hills and Hidden Valley areas. Higher-density development would ultimately result in the dumping into Miners Ravine, a beautiful natural stream that does not deserve to be transformed into a cesspool. Talks between Dr. Kissinger and Le Duc Tho reached a standstill. The South Vietnamese demanded that North Vietnam withdraw its troops from the South. Because the peace talks in Paris also stalled, President Nixon ordered air attacks against Hanoi and Haiphong, known as the "Christmas Bombings." 75 Years Ago July 1947 Services were held for George Leslie Kessler, 32, a Woodbridge, California native. He lived in the area for 25 years and was employed at McClellan Field. Local growers are able to deliver more damaged Bartlett pears for canning purposes. The State Department of Agriculture approved a modification of the extent of damage allowable for limb rub. Loomis Constable Pat O'Brien is on a campaign to "clean up" our town of vagrants and hobos. Several arrests were made of "moochers" and drunken vagrants from the hobo jungle who have been annoying local residents. Playing at the State Theater in Auburn is "Apache Rose," starring Roy Rogers. Fish and Game wardens using binoculars watched the merry anglers haul in the baby striped bass and then they hauled in the anglers. More than 30 violators were seized in three weeks. A motorist escaped Roseville police after a merry chase through the city. Officers Robert Metke and Robert Barnett were writing a citation for speeding when the car lunged forward, almost hitting Officer Metke. A high-speed chase resulted with several shots being fired but the driver made a getaway. The mobile X-ray Unit sponsored by the Placer County Tuberculosis and Health Association was in the area, according to Dorothy Oakes, local committee chairwoman. The mobile unit was financed by the sale of Christmas Seals, an invaluable aid to the never-ending battle against tuberculosis. The mysterious discs that were seen recently floating from the skies are no longer a mystery. They turned out to be "Free Tickets" tossed from an airplane advertising a Barbeque in Marysville. All the excitement about flying discs or saucers, however, is nothing new. a large disc, seemingly intelligently controlled, was seen over the Atlantic Ocean in 1870. Disks were also seen over India in 1839 and over North Wales and Norway in the 1890s.