Calaveras Girls Take Top Spot at Jim Frazier Tournament
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/29/2013 10:41 AM
Stackton, CA..The Calaveras Girls Soccer Team took the top spot at the Jim Frazier League Tournament last weekend. Girls U19 Jim Frazier Winter League - 13 teams from Modesto, Stockton, Merced, Turlock, Tracy, Tuolumne, Ebbetts Pass, Linden and Calaveras. Their tournament record: 3 wins. 1 tie. 1st place. Tied Ebbetts Pass 0-0. Defeated Turlock 3-0. Defeated Linden 3-0. Defeated Stockton 4-0. The top goal scorer was Tiffany Souza. The team now is sitting with a 7-2-1 record during the regular season...
Mark Twain Medical Center Awards $22,000 in Community Grants With Video Enclosed
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/28/2013 11:50 AM
San Andreas, CA...January 23, 2013– Mark Twain Medical Center (MTMC) has selected six Calaveras County nonprofit organizations to receive Dignity Health Community Grants for 2012. “Besides having the opportunity to listen to each of the recipients about their projects, this luncheon also provides us the opportunity to talk about our Community Benefit programs and celebrate their successes,” commented Larry Cornish, V.P. Chief Operating Officer, who serves on the Executive Leadership team that evaluated grants. “In 2012, over 52,000 persons benefited from our community programs. Highlights included a total community benefit expenditure of over $32 million. Quantifiable benefits included over $3M in benefit to our more vulnerable populations, $40,000 for the broader community, traditional charity care, unpaid costs of Medi-cal and Medicare, community service donations, community health services and education, and community building activities.”
From left to right:
Craig Marks, Mark Twain Medical Center; Renee Davis, Hospice of Amador & Calaveras; Catherine Lambie, Blue Mountain Coalition for Youth and Families; Peggy Chambers, Blue Mountain Coalition for Youth and Families; Kim Molina, Live On! Suicide Prevention; Amber Chambers, Live On! Suicide Prevention; Jeannie Hayward, The Resource Connection Food Bank; Laurie Perry, Calaveras Children’s Dental Project; Kelli Fraguero, The Calaveras Sexual Assault Response Team; Barbara Yook, The Calaveras Sexual Assault Response Team; Larry Cornish, Mark Twain Medical Center, and Jacob Lewis, Mark Twain Medical Center
Mokelumne Hill, CA..Come out and party with us on Saturday January 26, 2012. At a 50's Style Sock Hop Party Featuring live music by Plan B Starts at 9pm
Calaveras County Sheriff's Logs for January 19 -26, 2013
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/26/2013 01:26 PM
San Andreas, CA...Traffic Stops, Shots Fired, 911 Hang Ups, Criminal Contempt, Burglaries, Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Ongoing Issues Between Parties, Prowler Opened Door...Left When Owner Yelled, 80 Silver Dollars Missing and much, much more...
Make Sure You Stop By The Humane Society's Thrift Stores for Your Valentine
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/25/2013 09:27 AM
Traffic Update...Injury Accident on Mountain Ranch Road. One Lane is Blocked..Updated
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/25/2013 02:40 PM
San Andreas, CA...Crews are working a non-injury accident on Mountain Ranch Road that is blocking one lane. Another Vehicle is off the roadway. Please use caution in the area... Updated...this accident has been upgraded to an injury accident and is now being reported as a head on collision. Please use caution in the area...
Habitat for Humanity Calaveras is Seeking Volunteers
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/25/2013 11:44 PM
San Andreas, CA...In its efforts to assist more local families with their housing needs, Habitat for Humanity is seeking volunteers to help with its continuing projects. Depending on their interests and abilities, volunteers may be assigned to help in operating the ReStore (proceeds fund Habitat’s housing programs), “A Brush With Kindness” sprucing up homes in various local neighborhoods, a Women Build project in May, a Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative at the Community Hall in West Point, and fundraising for Snow-Down for Habitat in March and Hoe-Down for Habitat in September....
Calaveras Performing Arts Center Will Have To Wait
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/23/2013 10:29 AM
San Andreas, CA...In a 3-2 vote yesterday the Calaveras Unified School District Board decided against construction of a new 500 seat Performing Arts Center. In the face of declining enrollment and an over $2 million budget shortfall other plans will be made for the bond funds available to the district. The decision will mean CUSD will forgo $1.2 million in additional funds from the state...
Business Focus with Mark Twain Medical Center's CEO Craig Marks (Welcome Home Update)
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/23/2013 07:31 PM
San Andeas, CA...(We planned this interview to be part of the Chamber's Welcome Home Campaign. We shot it a couple of weeks before the announcement so we thought a repost is in order. One of the things a vibrant and healthy community needs is quality health care. Mark Twain Medical Center's CEO Craig Marks and his team have the vision and plans to do just that) We had the pleasure to spend a few minutes with new Mark Twain Medical Center CEO Craig Marks. There have and will be big changes and plans at our local hospital and medical centers. They plan on recruiting up to 30 new providers over the next few years and they are opening up a new cancer center as well. We conducted our interview in a new Fluoroscopy Suite that is being installed.
Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Agenda for January 22, 2013
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/19/2013 10:22 AM
San Andreas, CA...It will be a busy BOS Meeting as the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors for 2013 wade into county business. Resolutions honoring Colleen Smart for her leadership and inspiration in support of health care programs and services in Calaveras County and recognizing Jeannie Middleton for her “24” years of service with the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Department will get the meeting started. The noisy issue of Copperopolis Area Lake Tulloch vacation rentals is back on the docket and more as the agenda is enclosed...
