tradition dating back to the nineteenth century this year's annual celebration of our nation's birthday begins in grass valley with a parade along mill street two thousand and seven grand marshal is florist marie johnson the town's well known flower lady and nine hundred thirty f honor was former united states president herbert c hoover and that your dr carl p jones of the jones family hospital road at the head of the parade as grand marshal in odd number years the celebration is held in grass valley and even number years the nevada city plays host following the parade each years celebrants repaired to the about a county fair grounds for fun and other activities at dusk a gigantic pyrotechnic display visible for miles around fills the night sky let's take a look at some of the past celebrations beginning with the nine hundred thirty five event when president hoover participated on the front page the day after that year's celebration in the morning you know reported in florida extended journalistic of the united states herbert clark hoover rising to hide seldom achieve previously and present in a colorful representative parade which usually possessed disappear with tubes of longest and the most beautiful drew and a throng of county residents and outside visitors last thursday universally estimated between ten thousand and twenty thousand crowd through to six people deep lined the fifteen block parade route the former president and his wife lou mary hoover rode in the place of honor directly behind the color guard grand marshal and a grass valley concert band others in the car were fred nobs superintendent of the empire  mine program chair and then as alan hoover's friend and associate dr jack rector of the nevada city drove in a car after the parade over delivered a short patriotic address from a flower laden platform to a large crowd in memorial park following the speech a party of dignitaries and former yellow mine workers adjourned to the bret hart in for an informal garden luncheon hoover was a minute engineer by profession who graduated with the first class of stanford university in ninety eight ninety five with forty dollars in his pocket he headed for western nevada county's gold mining district in search of a job after a string of rejections the family landed employment a mine car in the lower all he knew about mining power to help or want to drill and i became a real miner hoover wrote many of the men with whom he had worked some forty years before were present at the luncheon honoring the former president these men probably told to be a bit more patriotic fever associated with independence day celebration than we have experienced in some years grand marshal for the festivities was charles h taylor a respected grass valley civic leader and mine owner the closing of the multi day one thousand and seven celebration on july fifth the daily union said with the last train for the last waltz another fourth of july passed into history at one o'clock yesterday morning since the earliest in the count history the fourth has been celebrated but never with more enthusiasm and more successfully than this year following the parade that your patriotic exercises were held in the auditorium up stairs on mill street over what until recently was had been furniture principal speaker was nevada county superior court judge frank no one who speech was preceded by a reading of the declaration of independence by half obligate house and the singing  many patriotic songs including the star spangled banner which became our national anthem act of congress on march third one thousand nine hundred thirty one of the event the daily union reported the auditorium was unable to hold half of the audience which discarded mittens in the hall the program was rendered in a manner which saw it was of applause which signified the deeper appreciation for the audience for the rare merit splayed by speakers and singers in  seven some years independence day celebrations were multi day affairs the nine hundred forty seven grass valley events mean forty nine or frontier days was one of the most ambitious undertaken it ran fo days from july third to july sixth events in addition to the traditional parade included the coronation of the frontier queen betty steele sponsored by the grass valley elks a gold card on july third preceded their coronation at hand the seafield the queen would be called sally of grass valley which was the title of a song composed for the event and sold as sheet music for twenty five cents scheduling during the four days were repeat performances of the  old days cavalcade it wild west show at walk park now site of the nevada county fairgrounds airshow gilmore field today site of lyman gilmore school a water fight between grass valley and nevada city fire department it golf tournament baseball game and twenty five cents a pan for gavel gravel and an old fashioned barbecue chiselers gulch geraldo eldorado was held in the veterans memorial building featuring games dancing entertainment and refreshment in one thousand nine hundred seven a decade ago grand marshal was grassed dollars first female mayor of the popular debater or de martino who at the time was recovered from injuries suffered from a traffic accident on july second did you know reported mera for two years in grand marshal for a day but they are de martino returns to the spotlight this friday for graft dollars fourth of july parade grand marshal for the parade in two thousand and seven and here we are today with our nation's twenty one hundred thirty first birthday in the tribe tradition of the manor parade food entertainment fireworks then home to relax and recount the enjoyment of watching the parade and f is in jail after allegedly threatening her husband with a sword and a loaded shotgun then kick in a sheriff's deputy in the groin and shattering a window of a sheriff's cruiser with her feet cheryl elizabeth forty three years old was arrested shortly after two a m tuesday at her home where she shared it with her husband sixty five year old and a twenty three thousand block of st helena drive koku we called nine one one at two o five a m to report she needed a bandage and said her husband was hurting her mentally when deputies got there she was standing on the front porch saying don't come any closer nevada county sheriff keith rawls said she said that if it came in a closer she'd get a gun and shoot deputies circled around the back of the house then surprise to koby from behind he said she kicked one officer in the growing then kicked aside the cruiser out to cool breeze husband told the officers his wife was acting strangely when he returned home from work several hours prior to the incident took to be allegedly told her husband she had cut her leg while chasing a deer he got dressed and he was going to take her to the emergency room wayne brown correctional facility on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon public drunkenness battery on a police officer and felony vandalism and lieu of twenty five thousand seven hundred  fifty dollars in bail and another story locally at fifty two year old woman was treated and released from roseville hospital after her vehicle rolled over on mill street at freeman lane  grass valley firefighters extricated her from the vehicle which wrecked at one twenty four p m on monday a helicopter transported her to sutter roseville medical center it child passenger also was treated for minor injuries at sier nevada memorial hospital grass valley fire department battalion chief tom browning said and now what everybody has been waiting for is today's police blotter on july fourth grass valley police department and on monday at ten thirty nine a m a caller reported a reckless driver on west empire street at whiting street please stop the car driven by a thirty nine year old man who was physically impaired police advised the man not to drive the passenger would drive so you know all the pictures in the police blotter are depictions of the stories one five pm a person at the police station reported seeing a hit and run accident in front of a business on the two one hundred block of west main street police took information and included a license plate number four zero seven p m a caller from the seven hundred block of an x ave reported a loud stereo police contacted a band having practiced they would stop for the day at five thirty p m a caller from elizabeth daniels park reported a group was getting ready to have a lot of fight the caller locked the bathrooms police checked the area and found three people sitting on a bench they were unable to look at the group the caller spoke of at seven forty p m a call from the one hundred block of castle i want dr who put it a woman was walking in front of our house yelling obscenities it happens frequently police would check the area at eight twenty three p m he called her from a grocery store on the one hundred block of freeman when reported a fourteen year old boy was detained on suspicion of shoplifting the grocery store manager decided not to press charges that you left the property at ten o two p m a call from the hospital emergency room reported a man left with extensive injuries to his feet and toes the sheriff's office told police dispatchers the man's name and that he was intoxicated a caller from the one thousand block of east main street reported the man was at her door and confessed he was in a fight with the looting police police arrested the man on suspicion of drunken driving driving with a suspended license and violating parole on tuesday at seven o two a m police stopped a vehicle on neal street at a store parking lot and arrested a twenty three year old man  suspicion of giving false name to police officers on a local and on a local warrant the benteke county sheriff's office on monday at nine thirty one a m a woman called from the eleven thousand block of wolf road to report someone blew up a mailbox across from her house during the night at three forty pm a caller from the ten thousand block of mill road reported a corps horn had been sounding off for the previous twenty minutes child the man was demanding money from her at nine forty four p m a caller from the nine hundred thousand block of cerebro road reported a man was seeking treatment for his feet because of an explosion in his workshop the man left emergency room on foot nevada city police department on monday at five twenty eight pm the call from searles avenue reported a person was outside yelling and throwing things in the front yard police arrested a juvenile female on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance they also arrested a male juvenile on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance and violating probation will be sunny warm with highs near one hundred through the weekend that's hot and another world story baghdad hundreds of u s troops marked the fourth of july with rimless team wednesday while others to hold of american citizenship in ceremonies at the main u s headquarters in iraq the total of five hundred eighty eight troops at camp victory signed up for another stint in the military according to the u s military statement while the hundred sixty one soldier petraeus told an audience at camp victory visiting senator john mccain congratulate the new citizens and spoke of the hardships endured fighting in an unpopular war mccain who was has backed the war has watched his presidential campaign suffer as public support for the conflict has waned you know that you who have endured the dangers and privations of war so that the worst thing could not be flaws so that america might be to the memory of the two soldiers who were killed in action before they could be sworn in as citizens they were sergeant kemo y twenty one of brooklyn new york a native jamaican who was killed june third in baghdad and special  of peterson in new jersey who died june fourteenth the bombing their words cannot express the admiration i feel for these two men and the sadness i feel for our nation's laws and their families sacrifice said sen lindsey graham republican of south carolina let the new citizens in the pledge of allegiance at a u s base outside the cobra sergeant jesse jones spend independence day taking a shower and get  two was on break before heading back to fight and bug obama today i'm just basically relaxing and refitting getting ready to go back into the city as much as i want to be home i don't regret being here this is a good place to celebrate the fourth of arrested early wednesday on suspicion of possessing marijuana and prescription drugs after deputies pulled him over for speeding outdoor the third twenty four years old was driving a blue toyota prius about one hundred miles an hour on the san diego freeway when he was pulled over at about ten fifteen a m sheriff deputies spokesman jim are you know the depth said the deputies said they smelled marijuana and searched the car i mean it said they found less than an ounce of marijuana men's central jail in santa ana on a twenty thousand dollars bail a spokesman for his parents did not immediately return phone messages made to them by the associated press on wednesday but we wish you well on this day and thanks a lot for watching and we will talk to you tomorrow