Get Your Chili Pots Or Tastebuds Ready For The 9th Annual Super Bowl Chili Cook-Off
Posted by: thepinetree on 02/02/2016 11:04 AM
Murphys, CA...Join us for our 9th annual Chili Cook-Off at the Murphys Historic Hotel held Super Bowl Sunday, February 7th! All proceeds will benefit the Hospice of Amador and Calaveras & the Resource Connection Food Bank! Our cook-off will start at 10 am and tasting starts at 2 pm. Price to enter is either 10 cans of food or $10 and 5 cans of food or $5 to taste! If you are interested in entering please contact Brian at 209-728-3444 ext 416 or visit the front desk for an entry packet.
What’s Happening in Murphys this Week February 1 through February 12, 2016
Posted by: thepinetree on 02/02/2016 05:08 PM
Murphys, CA...Artist Showing at Ironstone Vineyards - AnimalScapes - An Art Exhibit for Animal Lovers open for viewing through February 15, 2016. Featured Artists in January at Art on Main - Helen Scofield along with guest artist Kathleen Dunphy will be featured during the month of January. Artist Showing at Hovey Winery - The diverse watercolors of 26 adult students of Martha Wallace will be featured for the months of January and February at the Hovey Winery Tasting Room, 350 A Main St., Murphys. Hovey Tasting Room is open daily from noon to 5:30 p.m. For more information, call 209-728-9999.
Arnold, CA...Today will be a sunny day in most portions of the West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada region. Rest Of Today: Mostly sunny. At higher elevations...scattered snow showers early in the morning. Breezy. Highs 23 to 38 higher elevations...37 to 45 lower elevations. Little or no new snow accumulation. Prevailing northeast winds 10 to 25 mph decreasing to 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Tonight: Mostly clear. Lows 9 to 24 higher elevations...22 to 32 lower elevations. Prevailing north winds up to 10 mph shifting to the southeast after midnight.
Cal Waste Recycles With Goats (You Have To Watch The End Of The Video)
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/29/2016 09:03 AM
Arnold, CA...Cal-Waste is on the cutting edge of recycling technology. Sometimes the best way to go forward in recycling is decidedly old school. They rented the 350 + goats to eat the Christmas trees that were collected throughout the areas they service. There were probably 300-400 trees at the ranch. IT’s just another way to recycle the trees and not have to landfill them. We have hopes to next year make it a destination for families to bring their kids and see the process. There is a man that stays with the goats while they are here. He stays to take care of them and also to deliver the kids. There have been 10-15 kids born since they have arrived. As you can see in the video they are fenced off with their mother’s in a little nursery.
Update On The Precautionary (Now Lifted) Lockdown At Bret Harte High School
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/29/2016 11:43 AM
Angels Camp, CA...We would like to thank Bret Harte Unified School District Superintendent Michael Chimente for some additional details on this mornings incident. "We did have a threat and the campus was placed on precautionary lockdown while ACPD, TCSO and other agencies did a sweep of the campus. The lockdown was lifted at 10:40am this morning. There were no shots fired, no injuries and everyone is safe."
Murphys, CA...Black Sheep Winery arrived in Murphys with the 1984 harvest. From that first harvest we produced our 1984 Amador Zinfandel. The wine was styled in a big, bold way like nobody else could do. That's what makes us Black Sheep; we're different from the rest of the flock. We feature small batches of limited release wines handcrafted from high quality grapes grown in Calaveras and Amador Counties. We produce about 2,500 cases of wine per year, specializing in Zinfandels and Rhone varietals.
After Ironstone “AnimalScapes” Art Exhibit Opens Next in Sutter Creek
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/28/2016 10:24 AM
Sutter Creek, CA...From February 17 to March 13 the “AnimalScapes of the Sierra Foothills” Art Event will be installed in the banquet room, next to the restaurant, of The Hotel Sutter in Sutter Creek. The public is invited come by and see the 54 original pieces of juried art and poetry created by artists in three counties that explores the diverse animal world found in the Sierra foothills. The exhibit will be open daily, with most of the works for sale.
This 14” ceramic work, “Bear Cub’s First Salmon,” was created by Alexis Adams-Halstead of Sonora and is the First Place winner in three dimensional art. Kat Everitt of Pioneer has won First Place for her poem “Upcountry Mountain Lion.” Amador artistt Michiyo Watanabe entered this amazing photograph of a crane. The non-profit Tri-County Wildlife Care and the Dept. of Fish and Wildlife will bring their unique exhibits to each “AnimalScapes”reception, including the one in the Hotel Sutter.
14th Annual Love The Forest Valentine Concert Rocks On Valentines Day
Posted by: thepinetree on 01/28/2016 11:20 AM
Murphys, CA...Mark your calendars for the 14th annual Love the Forest Concert at Black Bart Playhouse in Murphys, Saturday, February 13, beginning at 7pm. A host of local musicians including Cantamos with Michela Macfarlane, plus The Bill Welles Band. The evening will also include special guest singers from the San Francisco Women’s Choir Musae joining Michela on several tunes.
Muprhys, CA....V Restaurant is now serving breakfast! They have delicious ways to get your day started off right. Thursday, Friday and Saturday starting at 9am service until 11:30am for breakfast switching to lunch after that. Sunday we will serve breakfast for an extended amount of time until 1pm
