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< Wednesday, November 16, 2022 >


All Day $50 Green Fees and 50% Off Appetizers Every Tuesday-Thursday at The Golf Club at Copper Valley!
Copperopolis, CA...Be sure to plan your golf outing at a discounted rate!  Enjoy Twilight Specials through November at The Golf Club at Copper Valley! $50 green fees with 50% off appetizers! Book your tee time today! Call (209)785-7415.

All Day Columbia College Presents Art Exhibition Extended Through November 18th
Columbia, CA...“Pain and Beyond” – a collection of oil and mixed media paintings, completed between 2011 – 2018 by Columbia College Art Professor, Li Ching Accurso, is now on display through October 18th, in the Columbia College Manzanita Building Rotunda (11600 Columbia College Drive, Sonora). The upper level of the Manzanita Building is open to the public Monday – Friday from 8am to 5pm. During the period Li Ching worked on these pieces, she was experimenting with materials combined with oil, such as glitter, confetti, and fabric.


The ceramics that are on display were produced between 1996 – 2009, when Li Ching was continually discovering new expressive possibilities with clay.

Li Ching began painting small watercolors in February, 2022, as a convenient medium to travel with, and a discipline for painting from observation.

“In all my work, I want to express strong emotions of joy, color, hope, and enthusiasm,” Li Ching says.
A Taiwanese-American woman artist, Li Ching Accurso has served as a full-time member of the art faculty at Columbia College since 1995. She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from UC Berkeley in Painting and was a Fulbright scholar.
“This is a beautiful and impressive collection of work, said Columbia College President Lena Tran. We invite the wider community to come and enjoy this exhibition.”

For information on the artwork, contact Li Ching Accurso at 209-588-1530 or accursol@yosemite.edu. Paintings not included in this exhibition are available for viewing and purchase. Instagram: lichingaccurso, Facebook, or lichingaccurso.weebly.com.

WHO: Columbia College
WHAT: Paint and Beyond – Art Exhibition
An art display showcasing work by Li Ching Accurso
WHERE: Manzanita Building (upper level Rotunda) at Columbia College
WHEN: September 19 – November 18, 2022 M-F, 8am – 5pm
09:00 AM - 02:00 PM MTMC Hospital Volunteers Fall & Holiday Bazaar!
San Andreas, CA....At Mark Twain Medical Center, Wednesday, Nov. 16th, 9am to 2pm. Hand Knit & Crochet Accessories, Baked Goods, Photography, Potted Plants & Much More! Vintage Quilt Drawing, 6 Tickets for $5 or $1 Each. Proceeds Benefit Local Youth & Adult Scholarships.

04:00 PM - 06:00 PM Valley Springs Community Open House Event New Meeting Location 11/16/22
Valley Springs, CA...Valley Springs Community Open House Event, New Meeting Location 11/16/22, Clean California Gateway Monument Projects. Help design your community’s gateway sign! Caltrans is partnering with the Calaveras County Department of Public Works (DPW) to build gateway monument and wayfinding signs at key locations along the state highways in Calaveras County.


The project includes development of a comprehensive gateway signage program covering 22 locations in seven communities along State Routes 12, 26, 49, and 4. These communities include: Angels Camp, Arnold, Copperopolis, Mokelumne Hill, Murphys, San Andreas, and Valley Springs.

DPW will be hosting open houses in each community where monument signs are being constructed. The public is welcome to stop by anytime between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to provide input on the design of the proposed signs in your community.

Upcoming Open Houses – 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Stop by anytime between 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on the following dates and locations:


Open House #3 Copperopolis – Nov. 14, 2022
Location: Fire District, Meeting Room
370 Main Street
Copperopolis, CA 95228

Open House #4 Mokelumne Hill – Nov. 15, 2022
Location: Mokelumne Hill Town Hall
8283 Main Street
Mokelumne Hill, CA 95245

Open House #5 Valley Springs – Nov. 16, 2022
Location: Valley Springs Vets Memorial District Hall
300 West Daphne Street
Valley Springs, CA 95252

Open House #6 Arnold – Nov. 17, 2022
Location: Independence Hall
1445 Blagen Road
Arnold, CA 95223

The project is funded by the Clean California State Beautification Program for the purpose of improving the aesthetics of public spaces with transformative beautification projects along the state highway system. To learn more about the California Clean California program, visit https://cleancalifornia.dot.ca.gov/.

Project Website: CalaverasGatewaySigns.com

For questions or concerns please contact Calaveras County Public Works at (209) 754-6401.
04:45 PM Avery Middle School to Dedicate Gym in Honor of Tom Eising
Avery, CA...Vallecito Union School District (VUSD) invites the community to attend the ceremony to dedicate the Avery Middle School Gymnasium in honor of Tom Eising to recognize his 50 years of service to local students as a teacher, principal, basketball coach, and school board member. The ceremony will take place Wednesday, November 16 at 4:45 pm in the Avery Middle School Gymnasium.




When asked what he loved most about his time at VUSD, Eising said, “It keeps coming back to the fact that I just enjoyed going to school. I enjoyed the students. I enjoyed the people I worked with. I probably got more out of it than the kids did. It was rewarding in so many ways, especially the relationships I built along the way. I can honestly say I never regretted getting up and going to work for a single day. I even looked forward to the school board meetings, though sometimes I couldn’t get a word in. It was a terrific career choice and my family is proud of me and the work I’ve done.”

Eising started his career with the district in 1971 as a teacher at Murphys Grammar School, which was the oldest continually-run schoolhouse west of the Mississippi River. When VUSD opened two new schools in 1973, Eising joined the founding staff at Albert Michelson Elementary, which at the time served kindergarten through eighth grade students. Eising taught there for 20 years — primarily social studies as well as physical education and math.

When VUSD opened Avery Middle School in 1993, Eising transferred from Michelson Elementary to become part of the founding staff at the new middle school. He played an essential role in opening Avery, just as he had done at Michelson.

In 1988, the current Michelson Elementary School principal, Josh O’Geen, was an eighth grade student and basketball player at the school he now leads. He has fond memories of his former teacher and coach. “Tom was an excellent math teacher, someone who instilled confidence in kids and really brought kids up,” O’Geen said. “He really found the best things in each and every student,” he said.

O’Geen remembers Eisings’ teaching style as being innovative and ahead of its time, incorporating some of the modern techniques used in classrooms today. “He set the stage years ago by doing many of the things that are common practice now,” O’Geen said. “I still have vivid memories of classroom meetings and morning meetings, which are popular these days, but weren’t at that time. Tom was a truly wonderful educator and always an advocate for the kids.”

In addition to his roles as an educator and administrator, Eising spent more than 30 years coaching boys’ and girls’ basketball, beginning on an outdoor court with a handwritten scoreboard at Murphys Grammar School and continuing on at Michelson and Avery, where he also served as athletic director. O’Geen said Eising’s long history with VUSD athletics made him the most deserving person to be honored with the gym dedication.

“Besides being an excellent teacher, Tom was always a great basketball coach who we loved playing for,” O’Geen said. “Every year, he took the eighth grade boys on a trip to Lake Tahoe to play in a tournament for a few days. The trip was always well thought out and he made sure everyone had a great time.”

Remembering his coaching days, Eising said, “We won our fair share of tournaments, but that wasn’t what was important. It was more about practicing and having fun. I really related to the kids who kept their noses clean and worked hard in school so they could get to some of the extracurricular activities afterwards. That’s what basketball was about to me, and I think it helped a lot of kids enjoy going to school more.”

Even after retiring from teaching and coaching in 2005, Eising kept finding ways to stay involved, like helping home-schooled students, refereeing basketball games, and working as a substitute principal. He also served as the interim principal at Michelson, where his wife, Lynne, worked as the secretary, and later at Hazel Fischer Elementary.

In 2018, Eising was appointed to the Vallecito Union School Board and served until 2022, when he finally retired after 50 years of service to the district. Over the course of five decades, Eising has made an impact as a leader at almost every possible level: in the classroom, on the basketball court, leading a school, and serving on the board. O’Geen said that Eising “ran the gamut of this district with all the jobs he had and all the students, educators, and staff he helped along the way. He was a Swiss army knife for VUSD.”

Eising said, “After 50 years, it seemed like a good time to retire. Now, I get to sit back and enjoy all those great memories I made.”

Eising’s dedication ceremony will begin promptly at 4:45 pm on Wednesday, November 16 in the Avery Middle School Gym at 4545 Moran Road in Avery, CA. O’Geen will be among the speakers at the event, which should last about 45 minutes and end in time for the monthly school board meeting that begins at 5:30 pm in the Avery Middle School Library.

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