Amador Community News
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Dear friends,
This weekend is Jackson's Christmas Delights open house. Hometown Radio & Merzlak Signs will be broadcasting live from the Amador Council of Tourism's award winning State Fair Exhibit this Friday at 4:30 until 7pm. (If you haven't seen it yet it's displayed in the city parking lot across from the fire station) Stop by and say hi and share some holiday cheer!
Bring a friends and family... Many of the main Street merchants will have complimentary refreshments and special gifts to purchase for your loved ones.
Feel free to forward this invitation...
See you there!
Kam Merzlak
Merzlak Signs
209-223-4818
Dear Friend of the Mokelumne River,
As you may already know, East Bay MUD has serious plans to expand the Pardee Reservoir with a new dam which would flood miles of the beautiful Mokelumne River.
The EBMUD board of directors is holding fast to this option in spite of overwhelming opposition from Foothill residents, their own water customers, Local, State, and Federal officials, along with recreational, and Conservation organizations. It seems they intend to ignore this almost unanimous opposition and push ahead with their plan to expand the reservoir and flood the river. We can protect the river from EBMUD with Wild and Scenic designation. We need to put every effort into achieving Wild and Scenic Designation before it’s too late. The Amador County Board of Supervisors has voted to oppose the new dam but has not yet voted to support Wild and Scenic Designation. Their support would be very helpful in achieving our goal. We need to educate more Amador County citizens of the value of Wild and Scenic Designation and bring pressure on the Board of Supervisors to support that designation.
What we’re asking is that you call your Supervisor, tell him that you are a supporter of Wild and Scenic designation for the Mokelumne River, and tell him that you want him to support Wild and Scenic designation if it ever comes up for a vote.
Please also contact your neighbors and encourage them to do the same.
Board of Supervisors phone Number, 223-6470
District 1 John Plasse
District 2 Richard Forster
District 3 Theodore Novelli
District 4 Louis Boitano
District 5 Brian Onetto
If you are unsure of which district you live in, call Randy at the office, weekdays from 9-noon, 295-4900, or E-mail me at randy@foothillconservancy.orgThe River can’t protect it self, it needs us to do it!
Thank you for caring about the river,
Randy Berg
Foothill Conservancy
HUGE ESTATE SALE to benefit O'Sullivan Children - O'Sullivan Ranch 18900 Jura Ln. Fiddletown- appx. 10.8 miles from Plymouth, 11/21 & 22, NO EARLY BIRDS - gate opens at 8. Antiques, collectibles, new items, furniture, complete wine making equipment, ranch/farm equipment, two horse stall doors, trusses - wood/metal, shop cabinets & shelves, tools & equipment, 2 trucks, SUV, 2 house trailers, pu roll bar, pool tables-one indoor-one outdoor, many bicycles, indoor cedar T&G-new in box, lumber. Lots more. Follow signs- outoor items weather permitting. 209-296-1591
Local photographer and graphic designer Eleanor Caputo has a vision of Jackson. Eleanor is an active contributor of the Jackson Revitalization Committee. Eleanor has a business on Main Street and has the creative vision as to what Jackson could be. Please take a moment to view her renderings. (Clicking the slideshow will animate her ideas) Feel free to contact her about her ideas. This plan could become a reality but we need to get Eleanor's vision out to the public.
Thank you for your consideration.
Kam Merzlak
Merzlak Signs
209-223-4818
Dear Carol...
I'm working with The Cloud Foundation to help save our wild mustangs & burros before it's too late. Please take a few moments from your busy day to contact BLM Director Abbey & Senators Feinstein & Boxer to ask for this much
needed moratorium so that investigations can take place & re-protections can be put into law to save our herds. Just go to the link below for all the info you need: sample letter, email links, fax #'s, phone #'s, etc.
Many thanks.
For the wild ones,
Carla B
Amy the Good (Amy Goodman) talk about her new book "Breaking the Sound Barrier", receive a signed copy, attend a catered pre-event meet, and have front row seats at her presentation on November 20!!! It will cost you $100. You can also attend the talk by itself for $20, if you prefer. If so, let me know, either by return email or call me at 223-3322.
Nora Coryell
Loraine, if you are able and comfortable sending this on, Senator Reid has asked those of us who support some form of public option in the final health care bill to call our Representative. I wanted to ask any fellow Amador residents who are in favor of this to please call Congressman Dan Lungren at (916) 859-9906. https://forms.house.gov/lungren/forms/email.shtml
Thanks.
Mary Petrone
SCEPTOR - "Sutter Creek Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization." SCEPTOR is in the process of being incorporated and becoming a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. (We do not expect this to become final until spring of 2010).
SCEPTOR raises money to benefit Sutter Creek Elementary. Last year SCEPTOR purchased computers for both Sutter Creek campuses; and current, accurate maps and globes. (The old maps were from the early 70's). Along with specific projects like Sutter Creek Primary's new garden area, every year SCEPTOR fully funds the teachers' allowance program, which provides the teachers funds to purchase teaching tools and other items for their classrooms. SCEPTOR hopes to fund the Arts & Music program at Sutter Creek Elementary for this school year and the next, at least.
This year SCEPTOR is anticipating two main fund-raisers: The Walk-A-Thon, which was last Friday, October 9th; and the Wine-Tasting and Silent Auction in February 2010.
We are still in the early stages of planning the wine tasting event, but know we are looking to local businesses to donate items for the silent auction; local restaurants to provide appetizers (we are contemplating food sampling to go with the wine); and for advertising. There will be a 'program' printed with names of the participating local wineries and businesses.
Rhonda Thorn
President, SCEPTOR
DID YOU GROW UP IN VOLCANO? Volcano Press is compiling a history of the town, and would like to receive the thoughts and memories of young people who grew up in the town, and their views of its significance in their lives.
Send your photos and anecdotes to:
Ruth Gottstein, Publisher Emerita
Volcano Press
P.O. Box 270
Volcano, CA 95689
Sent via Community E-mail Group:
Reminder: Assemblymember Huber Mobile District Office Hours
Assemblymember Alyson Huber would live to remind residents of the 10th Assembly District of her Mobile District Office Hours. Residents can stop by to discuss the state budget, problems with state agencies, past or future legislation, and community issues with staff. Informational brochures will also be available.
The Mobile District Office for Amador County is
AMADOR
2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m
HR offices of the Amador County Building
810 Court Street
Jackson
For more information visit www.asm.ca.gov/huber or call the District Office at (209) 333-5530
Stimulus Watch: Keeping an Eye on Economic Recovery Spending
Check to see where the money will be going, not where the money will be coming from. Both Plymouth and Sutter Creek are listed under California.
