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Sierra Seasons Magazine Publiser and Artist Don Hukari's Art Featured at Hovey Tasting Room |
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Posted by: John_Hamilton on 03/07/2013 12:59 PM
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Murphys, CA....The serigraphs and CityScape photographs of Don Hukari are being featured for the month of March at the Hovey Winery Tasting Room. An artist’s reception in his honor was held last Saturday and a filled to the rim room welcomed his art and the artist. The well-known and respected local artist, graphic designer and publisher is actively involved in the Central Sierra Arts Council and has organized the InFocus Art Competition for 15 years...
 
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Winter Returns This Week. White In The Forecast Through Friday |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/06/2013 07:46 AM
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Bear Valley, CA...Winter returns through Friday. Today Snow showers. High near 29. South southwest wind 18 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible. Tonight Snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 16. South southwest wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. Thursday A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 29. West southwest wind 6 to 11 mph. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible...
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The Inflation Investment You’ve Never Heard Of ~By Cory Burnell, MBA, CFA |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/06/2013 04:18 PM
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Valley Springs, CA...Many investors are concerned about the risk of increased inflation in light of the Federal Reserve’s unprecedented balance sheet expansion from $900 billion to $3.1 trillion since 2008. This concern is warranted and begs the question how to invest to profit from inflation and protect one’s purchasing power. The most common answers are to invest in commodities such as precious metals, oil, gasoline, agriculture, etc., or Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), and while these may be good answers are there any others? I’m glad you asked, because there’s one you’ve probably never considered. Senior secured floating rate loans (a.k.a. “Bank Loans”) have historically offered a relatively high correlation with inflation along with attractive returns. For example, in the 10-year period ended 9/30/2012 the Morningstar Bank Loan category had a 0.37 correlation with inflation while the DJ-UBS Commodity Index only provided a 0.24 correlation. Interestingly, U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), typically purchased by investors to hedge inflation risks, only provided a 0.07 correlation with inflation.*
*Courtesy of DWS Investments
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Ironstone Vineyards 16th Annual Spring Obsession Celebration Art, Food, Wine & Flowers Was a Celebration Indeed |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/06/2013 10:22 PM
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Murphys, CA...Ironstone Vineyards 16th Annual Spring Obsession Celebration Art, Food, Wine & Flowers was held last weekend at Ironstone. It was a geougeous weekend for it with good weather, daffodils starting to bloom and friendly crowds of people. They had “Art in Action” & Artist Booths. Located in our Alhambra Music Room & throughout the grounds where you could watch the artist’s creativity as they painted their pieces in front of you. There were Cooking Demonstrations, Garden Tours By Master Gardner, Larry Ringland, and more. We have some shots from the weekend below...
Click above for more photos or better yet hop in the car and head out to Ironstone and see what spring at Ironstone Vineyards is all about...
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Teenager raises thousands to save Orangutans |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/06/2013 10:37 PM
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| Murphys, CA...The Orangutan's best friend - Allie Boyer. Allie is a 14 year old who cares about wildlife and decided to DO something about species extinction. Allie appears on a new episode of the "Jungle Deep" podcast. She as raised thousands of dollars to help save Orangutans! This California teenager began learning about Orangutans when she was seven years old, and they have been her passion ever since. A few years ago she decided to start a fundraising campaign to raise money to send to Orangutan Outreach, a conservation organization, to help orphaned youngsters of the endangered ape. She came up with the idea of recycling purses, and called it "Purses for Primates". Since then she has gathered hundreds of donated purses, held purse parties where she resells them at a bargain price, and has raised thousands of dollars. 100% of the funds raised have been donated to Orangutans.... |
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Native Sons of the Golden West Dedication |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/05/2013 12:39 AM
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Native Sons of the Golden West will be doing an historical dedication of the Buena Vista Cemetery in Murphys at March 9 at 11:00 am. The dedication is open to the public. The cemetery was established in 1855 or slightly earlier and contains the resting sites of many persons of the past, including miners and Native American families...
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Celebrate Reading because books can be Fun, Dr. Suess and his Friends...Thing 2 & Thing 1... |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/05/2013 06:39 AM
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Murphys, CA....Michelson students and staff welcomed in the new month with a school wide celebration which kicked off the day with a special reading of "Cat In The Hat" by none other than school Principal Brett Loring and Secretary Judy Bergantz. Mrs. Bergantz enlighted everyone in her unique, home made dress with the English version followed by Mr. Loring echoing in Spanish. Special guests included Avery Middle School students and Michelson alumni, Wyatt Lawson as The Cat In The Hat, David Nava and Morgan Hull who recited the "readers oath." Media specialist Melissa Francis and Kindergarten teacher Nanelle McCracken pumped up the crowd as Thing 1 and Thing 2. 2nd graders Kahleiah Mora-Jones and Toch-A-Wah Rainier had a chance to wear their special hats for the celebration as well!
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Wine Maker's Night at Alchemy, Murphys |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/05/2013 06:53 AM
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Alchemy, Murphys - 209- Every Tuesday night from 4:30-7:30 pm. Enjoy a featured wine and a great meal. Live music on the patio from 5:30-8 pm. Call for reservations and more information. Last week Twisted Oak was featured...
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Calaveras County Search & Rescue is Looking for You!! |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/05/2013 11:26 PM
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Calaveras, CA...The Calaveras County Search and Rescue (CCSAR) team needs volunteers in the field or as support, to be able to better serve the community. The team presently has about 30 active members consisting of men and women ranging in age from 18 to folks in their 70s. These folks come from all walks of life - but the common denominator is that all have a love of the outdoors and enjoy helping people. Medical aid, navigation, search, and rope and river rescue skills are useful but not required of a new volunteer. CCSAR has an extensive training program for both obtaining and maintaining the predetermined level of competency in all necessary disciplines of SAR...
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Agenda for Next VUSD Board Meeting March 6th |
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Posted by: John_Hamilton on 03/04/2013 09:08 AM
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Avery, CA...It looks to be a busy VUSD Board meeting starting at 10am in Avery. The agenda is enclosed..
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