Show: On The Town Station: KNCO File: 10:6.mp3 Air date: 2026-10-06 Source: OpenAI whisper-1 · shrunk from 30.3 MB to 6.1 MB --- transcript --- It is 1133 83 degrees and it's a Tuesday in which you'll find Tom Fitzsimmons at Toffinelli's. Good morning, Tom Well, good morning Well, yeah Toffinelli's place to be obviously for breakfast lunch and dinners and in downtown Grass Valley It is a wonderful place whether you're inside we're inside today But the patio is beautiful always a great place to enjoy yourself and bring your pet is very pet friendly place They have some great specials today. No little Ashley today, but did hear they have this pesto chicken sandwich special. It's grilled chicken Basil pesto they have the mozzarella cheese lettuce tomatoes and a grilled sourdough Sounds wonderful. My guest Judy Mosley heard the mango salmon salad and went that's for her mixed green sesame dressing mango salsa mandarin oranges poached salmon and cucumbers Obviously their salmon and seafood is always top-notch. So that is great now She also asked about seafood gazpacho that is still on the menu along with the Italian wedding soup today and the meatball Soup as well and something do you have to remember is that over to the right? There is a beautiful bar area where you can inject you could sit at the bar Enjoy all the food as well and some great drinks But also a great place to sit and enjoy the town walking by in the front window as well So they have some great specials over there as well in the bar to enjoy like the screwball white Russian and the pumpkin sprice espresso Martini very popular obviously for the autumnal time of year and across If you're going to see something at the Center for the Arts right next door. I'll just remind you just tell your waitress they'll make sure you get served in a prompt manner and Enjoy your food and then enjoy the show next door So check out the tough Nelly's in downtown Grass Valley place to be also don't forget about their gifts car They make great gifts as well and keep that in your mind as well. Just I'm just saying just my birthday's in two weeks anyway We're gonna We're gonna take a quick break checking on Wall Street Then when we come back, we're talking the Children's Festival in the Nevada City with Judy Mosley when we come back It is 1135 83 degrees time to chat with Rick Fisher financial advisor with Austro financial consultants LPL financial member SIPC and Rick I believe that game gets underway to this afternoon you're gonna Make think it's no, I think it's or it's six o'clock Eastern. So it's three o'clock Pacific. Oh, it's three. Okay. Well good That's that's about the time. I might be able to get home so I can turn it on You're gonna be home in time for I will not but I might have one of my screens have the game on That's a good idea. Yeah. Yeah, you got to see it because it's the postseason and It's in Atlanta and the odds are even Yeah, well you guys it's gonna be a great pitching that be Yamamoto and sales should be quite the pitchers duel I think that they have the same record but sales era is a little bit lower Yeah, it's quite a bit. It's like half a run lower. Okay All right. Well half a run. That's that might be just enough. I could be the difference. That's right. Okay So yeah getting excited about that. How about Wall Street? Should I also have some excitement about Wall Street? Well, if you were excited this morning, you'd still be excited But maybe not quite as much. So right now we've got the Dow is up 272 points to 51,540 S&P 500 up almost 53 points to 78 27 and the Nasdaq's up about 159 points to 27,636 taking a look at crude oil Cruel up six cents to eighty nine dollars and forty nine cents a barrel golds up about forty dollars to four thousand one hundred and Ninety six dollars an ounce with silver up now Fifty-four cents to sixty one dollars and eighty four cents an ounce and the ten-year Treasury Yield is where it was this morning at five point two six percent. So that's where we are this morning Late morning, I should say. Yeah, that's that's good And we'll get an update from you right after the 530 newscast this afternoon So until then this has been Rick Fisher of Austra Financial Consultants Incorporated LPL inviting you to call us at two seven three four four two five and discover the difference when you think beyond investments Have a wonderful afternoon securities offered through LPL financial member FINRA SIPC Investment advice offered through Austra Financial Consultants Incorporated a registered investment advisor and separate entity from LPL financial Discover the stories that shaped, Nevada County on history unfolded Hosted by Tom Fitzsimmons and myself Mike Stewart the special guests the second and fourth Mondays at 9 a.m brought to you by a mile paint and glass serving, Nevada County since 1949 and Smarter broadband local reliable high-speed internet Don't miss the voices the stories and the history that make our community unique right here on KNCO news talk 830 And Welcome back down the town Tom Fitzsimmons here at Toccanelli's downtown Grass Valley always great place to be And enjoy some fine food the Children's Festival is coming up real quick It's on Saturday Judy Mosley here you Judy you become synonymous with this and of all things in our county of all the activities I mean, I'm talking County Fair. I'm talking draft horse. I'm talking Cornish crisp This is what I think is one of the sweetest things to be involved with and have a kind of ownership on It's a wonderful event. It really is and it's such a long-standing tradition I'm just so proud to be part of it But it's been going on for more than 50 years and what's so nice about it is that it builds on that tradition and in fact Pat Kobler who was one of the original founders is still involved in it So we stay we stay true to the tradition and yet it evolves we add new things every year And it's a little bit different over time, but it's different, but the same too It's probably become even more important You know it's kind of funny because you and I were just talking my kids are 42 and 40 they went as little kids They didn't have obviously phones and maybe digital devices, but things were changing What was happening VHS tapes maybe and movies to watch on TV became like babysitters But this is back to old-fashioned type of fun. Yeah, it really is. There's nothing here. That's a digital no iPads Except my own of course because I have to keep track of who goes where but for the kids It's good old-fashioned fun lots of arts and crafts Activities that give the kids a little bit of exercise. We've got dungeons and dragons We've got live-action role-play painting the castle all sorts of things So still one of what my kids still talk about cuz when you're a little kid It looks massive over there in Pioneer Park this castle comes gets built every year, right? It does it used to get built every year out of cardboard out of refrigerator Boxes and that kind of thing and that was really difficult and time-consuming so a friend of mine built a Plywood castle during kovat So it's made out of sheets of plywood that we can put together and take apart every year So it goes up surprisingly fast. I think they get it up like within an hour hour and a half or so and But it takes a lot of muscle to do it, too It takes a whole team of people to get that up But now the castle is even bigger than the old refrigerator box castle It's like 800 square feet with a maze inside so the kids can paint it inside and out We were talking about volunteers that's always a need going into this event It sounds like you're pretty good on volunteers But just since we're talking about the castle we need some help getting that thing down at the end of the event as well Yeah, we do We have quite a team of people that come in on Friday night before the festival on Saturday and put it up We don't have a lot of people that have signed up to help us take it down on Saturday on Sunday morning After the festival the reason we don't take it down right away is because we wash the paint off Then it dries overnight, and we need some people on Sunday morning to come in and help us take it down So if anyone is interested in helping us out on that give me a call my cell number is nine two five two eight five five nine four eight It's been such a long-running event as you said for you know half a century when you think Our people do you need to publicize much or do we still have to beat the bushes about getting the word out there to kids? Parents grandparents that this is a very fun event, and it's still going on Well, I really like to get the word out primarily because they'll be missing out on a whole lot of fun If they don't hear about it But one thing we've done since we moved the festival to October a couple of years ago We put little postcards in the hands of all the school kids so Everyone from kindergarten from through third grade gets a little advertisement coming home And of course their older brothers and sisters are welcome to come too, but that's really a targeted kind of Advertising and we have joined the new millennium We're on social media and that kind of thing so we're getting the word out every way we can Though a renaissance based type of fair right the best way to put it it is a lot of people Volunteers as well as attendees love to dress up It's not required of course, but a lot of the arts and crafts have a renaissance theme So kids make magic wands and crowns they make their own tunics So they have their own costume, and there's swords and shields and coat of arms all sorts of things with that kind of theme Do you have your costume all ready to go I do I got a new costume this year Just because I wanted one in fall you are beaming when you're saying this so what's it look like oh, it's a long Gathered up red and white dress and that kind of thing just so people can find me if they need me if they need something Replenished at their booth or whatever I'll stand out in a crowd Nights and shining armor and things like that, too We do have an actual night in shining armor come it is real shining armor in fact He was one of the main reasons we wanted to move it to the fall the last time we had it in July It was about you know 126 degrees or something it felt like that anyway, and he said he felt like a baked potato in that costume But so we have sir Trevor will be our knight in shining armor and Queen Misha Misha has beautiful queenly outfits It is just stunning so she'll be there all day, too Take a deep breath on Queen Misha because I was the name of my German Shepherd growing up So Queen I don't mean to take a shot at you, but I'm sure it's it's absolutely beautiful you have a Queen Misha We do and we've got a throne and there's a little place for kids to come in and get a little gift and have their Photo taken with her and that kind of thing about the festival it has two sessions That's one thing. I think is kind of nice kind of a morning session best way to put it in the afternoon, right yes 930 to 1230 and then we close up and replenish all the art supplies and that kind of thing and then come back from 2 To 5 p.m.. So people can come to either session or both if they want to come back in the afternoon That's fine, too And you're going to time it right obviously if it was today last couple of days And it's going to be pretty warm, but the weekend it is literally going to be beautiful on Saturday Yeah, I've been sweating it because last year we had rain the night before the festival So we had some mud puddles, and it was a mess so having it on In October is a little bit risky, but this year we ordered fall weather and our application was approved. It's going to be beautiful All right, so what time should people get there say for the morning session, and it's at Pioneer Park So there is parking, but they should think about that too. Maybe carpooling and stuff definitely carpool Parking is a challenge in Nevada City and around Pioneer Park But if you park on the street, you're just getting some more steps in so it's okay The gates open at 930 But get there early to get in line for the entrance gate and to get parking and that kind of thing And you're telling me all fair. Kiwanis is involved with this right putting this on. That's right. Gold Country Kiwanis is our Sponsor for the thing they provide insurance they provide all of the Banking and financial stuff so donations to the festival go through Kiwanis And they've been a great partner because they also provide a lot of the volunteers in fact I think four members of our board are from Kiwanis, so it there's a real strong link there It's only what three bucks per session right three dollars per session. I like to tell Parents it's more fun. It's more smiles per dollar than Disneyland. You can't have this much fun for three dollars Anywhere? I'm picturing a family Like I had on Taylor Wolfe from the county she does like a little news report with me in the morning She has a very precocious I'd say four year old she also has about a two year old The things for both those kids and maybe even older kids than that yeah A lot of the things are I would say ages five to nine But we have purposely added things the last couple of years so we have a we ones adventures that is designed specifically for two to five year olds and then we've had added live action role play and Goblin Forge For activities for the older kids so nobody is going to be bored Goblin Forge, did you come up with that name? Nope Goblin Forge is a thing that goes on in Nevada City He runs this Dungeons and Dragons program for kids. It's fabulous, and he does it free of charge at the festival Dungeon and Dragons type of thing does he okay this might sound like a funny thing does he also get involved with the Camps the summer camps and doing that in Nevada City. Yes. He does it's the same guy Guillaume. Yeah, he's fabulous We've got live-action role play so kids go on a quest and they had a little bit like a scavenger hunt They have to find things and we've got live entertainment Izzy Tewinski He entertains everyone of every age He's fabulous Thing for years if you're the parent that's hanging out grandparent hanging out He'll entertain you just as well as the kids for sure he has an incredible gift. Yeah, he is fabulous we also have Refreshments booth and our refreshments are priced For a family friendly kind of thing most of the snacks are one or two dollars We get tri-tip sandwiches for only six dollars hot dogs for three dollars So these are not Disneyland prices a family can come and have a good time does that happen. I mean are they Local businesses that make that happen or what um some of them are Steve and Susie Walker from remax gold They donate all the meat they do all the barbecuing and they get the rolls from Save Mart Save Mart Donate some everything else We get some donations, but we just sell it a tiny bit of a profit And we just want families have fun a wonderful thing. I mean that's the one thing I was asking Judy off the air. You know she's been doing it so long if there's ever a Time that maybe you think about stepping away and stuff But this is like part of your soul at this point isn't it it really is My husband and I were considering moving last year, but the Children's Festival was one of the things that held me here I love this area. I love the community. I love everything except the fire insurance But I can't leave the Children's Festival If you ever move would you take it with you? I'm starting. I would try I've actually given thought to how to start one up in another area, but it's hard because it Really has to evolve over time you can't start with something this big Takes 200 volunteers to pull this off and so it'd be hard to start up Find a community like Nevada City that embraces that type of thing too right exactly a community like this It has a lot of volunteers and a lot of community spirit Imagination too because that's what the magic of the Children's Festival the kids not only doing crafts But they are transported back into a medieval festival. It's a lot of fun anyway We have to take on one break and to do that right now We are on the town at top of Nelly's gold country bistro so a quick break. 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You got to see it to believe it, but they actually shoot off cannons They teach kids to swear you know in a family-friendly way They teach kids all the pirate lingo and that kind of thing it's a fun place to be An uncle Joe that taught me how to swear a little bit, and then I got soap in my mouth It's not that type of swearing. It's really just more Pirate swearing it's good old family fun We also have a group of fencers who come in and teach kids how to do sword fighting nobody gets hurt But we've got some real professional kind of fencers coming in Fencing club here, so it's that group that comes in and really teach them how to be swashbuckling type of pirates Oh, yeah, this is Diamond Rose fencers. I think they might be out of Sacramento I'm not actually sure but it's a it's a fun thing to see You line up the people do you work on this all year to line these people up we do but the Entertainment lineup has actually been we've had a pretty steady roster of entertainers over the years And we have one member of our board that takes care of getting in touch with them again every year So and they've stayed pretty steady. They make Remarkable about it. It's one thing if you have a County fair to put on it. There's a lot of formatics that go into it It's a kind of a state-run fairgrounds blah blah blah you're I mean This has been a volunteer driven thing forever for decades, and it's still going strong. Why do you think that is? It's just so much fun anybody who's ever been part of it wants to be part of it again one more thing I want to add before I go the number one question I get is Will the troll be there this year about a troll bridge that's going a couple of years the troll was not available and People are sadly disappointed because the troll is so wonderful. He said can you say why he wasn't available? Did you ever get an explanation why he wasn't well one year? It was because the bridge itself was taken out when that's no Mageddon There was no bridge in the middle for him to tend and one year he had some health problems that came up But he will be there this year if you want to see the troll come on out to the troll bridge you have to Pay to get across and when I say pay I mean you have to give the troll a gift like a rock or a leaf or a pine cone So again, it's something that every kid can afford See you like an old troll. I mean will they see him or just hear him They will see him and they they will be amazed and some of the younger kids They might be frightened at first, but he is so friendly This is the kind of troll that everyone would want to have under their bridge My favorite things my kids they loved it I think that's when the first time they had their face painted was at the Children's Festival And that's still a big activity right it is in fact We've recently gotten quite a few additional volunteers for face painting and so we're going to try and set up some extra booths We'll have eight to twelve different face painting booths because the kids line up And we want to get the kids through the line so they can enjoy the rest of the festival This is like a reason to put down the phones and just go out there and play games What are some of the games that are going to be out there that kids maybe haven't played in a while? Um actually probably my favorite is the catapults where the kids launch kids on the catapults Are you the kids get a rubber hammer? And they get to launch a rubber ducky across the yard And we even have little swimming pools to see if they can get the duck in the swimming pool So that's one of my favorites And we've got beanbag toss at the wee ones adventures and things like that another big favorite Especially with the kids that are a little bit older is the woodblock construction Where they've got hammer and nails and they can make anything they want they can stay there all day Or they can just make something quick and move along to the next booth To see kids do that because I remember I used to visit my uncle Duke. That was his name uncle Duke I would get a hammer and nails and just kind of fool around he teach me how to work out in the garage on different things Exactly I remember when I was a kid my brother asked for wood for Christmas That's all he wanted was a pile of wood and he's a contractor today So he learned well from that pile of wood, but he got a truckload of wood delivered to our driveway Last couple of minutes again. You're pretty good on volunteers But again at the end of it as far as tearing it down and getting things loaded up. We need that right yes We do Sunday morning it will only take probably an hour hour and a half maybe to take the castle apart and load it up on a Trailer and we put it back in storage It's obviously totally family-friendly and stuff You know I was just thinking for kids that maybe have some physical limitations Whether like in a wheelchair and stuff like that there's plenty of activities for them to do as well Absolutely all of I think all of our activities they would would be accessible both for volunteers and for kids There's a Food out there face painting out there the mazes out there any favorite art and craft thing that you have done over the years the Newest one that we have that I really like is spin art Where kids dribble paint on something, then we put it in one of those salad spinners and make a mess out of it But it makes some really cool colorful designs and the kids like it I love the idea of the kid catapult the reason I wondered if kids were being done You know I'm one of nine kids And so I could see my older brothers kind of put me on a catapult when I was small and that doesn't happen though No, it hasn't happened yet But we'll see More years Judy Mosley you think you're going to do this I mean because you seem to great to gather energy when most people are slowing down you seem to gather energy every October Well, I'll do this as long as we can or until we find someone else that would like to team up and take it from Here because I do think that it's helpful every few years to have someone new come in with new ideas and that kind of thing It is a great tradition, so if you haven't been to it before please check it out It's this Saturday up at Pioneer Park. There's a morning session starts at 930 afternoon session starts at 2. It's only three bucks per session It's great for all the kids. It'd be good for your soul. Just watching kids play like an old-fashioned way, right? That's right. This will take you back to your own childhood. I really urge everybody to come Children's festival.com is the website check out more. I want to appreciate Judy Mosley all her energy She puts into this all the year and all the 200 volunteers are gonna be out there as well putting their energy out there So take advantage of it bring the kids out there to --- end of transcript ---