| Announcements |
Calaveras County Arbor Day Celebration April 26th |
|
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 04/14/2008 09:59 AM
|
Avery, CA...The Calaveras County Arbor Day Celebration will be held on Saturday, April 26th at Avery Middle School, just off Hwy 4 in Avery. The ceremony will begin promptly at 10 a.m. with the presentation of a commemorative plaque and will include the planting of a California Black Oak. This event is free and family-friendly. Representatives from organizations dealing with various aspects of our environment will be present to share information....
Trees are the main focus of Arbor Day
Picture courtesy of Wikipedia
|
|
Read More
| 0 Comments
|
|
Would Your Home Be Safe if a Fire Came Through Your Neighborhood? |
|
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/08/2008 12:29 PM
|
Murphys, CA...Defensible Space of 100 feet around your home is not only required by law, it could save your home! Fire and Insurance Inspections are going on now! Are you ready? Each year, hundreds of homes and rural areas are lost to wildfire outbreaks...
  |
|
Read More
| 0 Comments
|
|
Please Reach Out to Help The McCullough Family...A Fundraiser is Also Set for June 8th |
|
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 04/04/2008 10:51 AM
|
Arnold, CA...Matthew McCullough, an 11 year old boy who resides in Arnold and attends Avery Middle School, found out he had a brain tumor on February 28th, 2008. He was then taken to Stanford Medical Center for surgery and now his treatments. They removed the Tumor, but on Thursday March 6th, the family found out the Tumor was Cancer. The name of his Tumor is Medulloblastoma and it is malignant. He now needs to have Radiation and Chemotherapy. Matt started his six weeks of Radiation treatments on March 26th and then will have Chemotherapy, for about ten months afterwards. He hopes to feel better at the end of the treatments.....
Click on Photo to go directly to his website |
|
Read More
|
|
Are You Twisted? |
|
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 02/26/2008 12:00 PM
|
Vallecito, CA...Join Twisted Oak Winery in their Tasting Room for another popular "Twisted After Dark" this Friday, February 29, 2008 from 5:03pm - 7:24pm(only from El Jefe!). Cost: 00000.00. "Join us after closing on the last Friday of the month at the Winery in Vallecito. We pull out something....
 |
|
Read More
| 0 Comments
|
|
A Patriotic Celebration at Hazel Fischer School |
|
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 02/18/2008 09:49 AM
|
The Arnold Lions Club joined the students at Hazel Fischer School on Friday to start this patriotic President’s Day weekend. As part of their Children’s Program, Lions Clubs promote patriotism and respect for the American flag in elementary schools across America each February.....
|
|
Read More
| 0 Comments
|
|
Calaveras County Behavioral Health Services Seeking Community Input, Ideas ~ By Bethany Monk |
|
Posted by: Bethany on 02/17/2008 02:48 PM
|
San Andreas, C.A….The Calaveras County Department of Behavioral Health will hold three meetings in different parts of the county soon to get community feedback regarding ways to best support people in the county in need of mental health services....
|
|
Read More
| 0 Comments
|
|
Vallecito Union School District Holding Special Meeting on Friday Feburary 15th |
|
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 02/14/2008 09:54 AM
|
| Avery, CA...VUSD will hold a Board of Trustees Special Meeting on Friday Feburary 15th at 8am at the District Office. They will start the meeting with a Closed Session then move to an Open Session at 9am. The full agenda is enclosed.... |
|
Read More
| 0 Comments
|
|
Ray Waller on the Slippery Driveway Slope Issue~By John Hamilton |
|
Posted by: thepinetree on 02/07/2008 02:14 PM
|
Angels Camp, CA...We had the pleasure to talk for a few minutes with Ray Waller, the former head Calaveras County Building official on the ongoing driveway slope controversy. For those of you who may not remember the county stopped issuing permits for development on parcels where the driveway slope exceeds 16%. This has numerous parcels currently tied up in protraced if not uncloseable escrows and has thrown the value of hundreds of millions of dollars of county real estate and homes into question. We wanted to talk with Ray about this issue because he was with the county and the building department when the original county ordinance was created to comply with state code 4290...
 
Ray Waller at Al-Cal Supply in Angels Camp |
|
Read More
|
|
Weather Update~From Justin Gates |
|
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 01/23/2008 11:42 PM
|
| "At the Apple Ranch off Hwy 4 it has been snowing all day long for the most part, but didn't start to stick to the ground till about 3:30pm Since then it's has been snowing on and off and now at 11:00pm we have accumulated 2 inches and it is snowing hard. The national weather services says we could expect up to 8 inches to accumulate by morning." |
|
| 0 Comments
|
|
Mokelumne Hill to Lose it's Ambulance |
|
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/15/2008 11:14 AM
|
Mokelumne Hill, CA...We were passed along some news that cuts are ahead for local Ambulance service from American Legion due to hard economic times. The Mokelumne Hill Unit will be phased out completely and the hours of an additional Unit will be curtailed. The call volumes have been lower than expected so they feel cuts are necessary...
 |
|
Read More
|
|
