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General Plan Took Center Stage at Planning Commission Meeting ~By John Hamilton |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 04/03/2009 04:05 PM
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San Andreas, CA....The General Plan Update Process took center stage at yesterday's Planning Commission Meeting. By all accounts the county's go to interim "Mr. Fixit" Community Development Director Brent Harrington has waded right in and hastening changes and pushing things along. In taking the interim position Mr. Harrington had some specific goals of keeping the General Plan Update process on track and smoothing out the workflow processes within the Planning & Building departments and enhancing the customer experience. One of yesterday's agenda...
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Lifelong Calaveras County Resident, Marilyn Ann Giannini, Has Passed Away |
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Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 04/03/2009 04:22 PM
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| San Andreas, CA....Lifelong Calaveras County Resident, Marilyn Ann Giannini passed away of Natural Causes on April 3, 2009, at her residence in San Andreas. She was 78. She was a great wife, grandmother and friend to all, who looked back fondly to all those years she and her husband spent bowling in Angels Camp with dear friends. She is survived by her husband, Ernie Giannini and a daughter, Sharon Tesch of Double Springs, CA; Brother, Robert Haupt of Tracy, CA, 8 Grandchildren, 7 Great Grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son Rick Giannini..... |
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Mark Twain St. Joseph's Hospital, The Soroptimist's and The Calaveras Foundation Have Teamed Up for Free Lipid Panel Testing |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 04/03/2009 09:39 AM
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San Andreas, CA...During April and May All Women in Calaveras County are eligible for a Free Lipid Panel Test. What is a lipid panel? The lipid panel is a group of tests to determine risk of coronary heart disease. They are tests that have been shown to be good indicators of whether someone is likely to have a heart attack or stroke caused by blockage of blood vessels or hardening of the arteries...
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Tough Choices at the County. The County needs to close a structural deficit of $2.1 million ~By John Hamilton Video Enclosed Mia Culpa, Mia Culpa |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/24/2009 12:28 PM
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San Andreas, CA...The county will have some choices to be made soon. Revenue tied to the economy continues to decline. The county is looking at a structural deficit of $2.1 million. The Resource Reduction Strategies will be as follows Personnel Cost Saving Strategies, Mandated/Non-mandated programs and services, Contributions to community organizations, Reductions to General Fund Contributions more...(Oops We Had Wrong Video Link)
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Talking Water with the Calaveras County Water District's Jeff Davidson ~By John Hamilton |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 04/02/2009 12:53 PM
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Valley Springs, CA...We would like to thank CCWD Director, Jeff Davidson, for spending a few minutes with us talking about water in Calaveras County. The future of water has been a prominent feature of the news in the county as of late. From the East Bay Municipal Utilitiy District's plan to Expand Pardee to bringing surface water to Trinitas and the "Use or Lose It" scenario to our county's water allocations. We thought many of you might like to know a few more details on the issues that are facing us in the next few years. We caught up with Jeff this morning at the Starbucks in Valley Springs. Our chat runs about 18 minutes.....
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The Countdown to Relay For Life of Calaveras County has begun! ~by John Hamilton |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 04/01/2009 12:20 PM
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Arnold, CA...Relay For Life of Calaveras County volunteers were out in force this morning painting Arnold Purple to get County ready for April 25, 2009 at Bret Harte Union High School for the 2009 Relay for Life! Volunteers started at 10am this morning in Arnold for their Show Us Your Hope Campaign. They tied purple ribbons all over town to show hope for a cure and generate community support. They will be in Murphys at 1 p.m. meet at the Alchemy Restaurant Angels Camp is next...
Ramona Green and Gerry Sachs & Patty Turcotte, Event Chair in Arnold this morning working the Purple Ribbons |
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Retired Publisher of Valley Springs Daily News, Frank Eckblom, Has Passed Away |
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Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 03/31/2009 09:53 AM
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San Andreas, CA....Longtime San Andreas resident, Frank Ralph Eckblom, age 81, passed away on 3/27/09 at his residence of Natural Causes. Frank was a retired Publisher of Valley Springs Daily News. He lived in San Andreas for 33 years. A native of Stanton Island, NY, he passed away following a brave battle with cancer. He served in the US Navy during WWII starting at the age of 17 and served as a Bozeman's Mate. He also served in the Korean War as a journalist. He graduated from the University of Miami, in Coral Gables, FL with a major in journalism and a minor in education. He was a news reporter several daily newspapers, including the Miami Herald and taught Journalism and English at Gonzales High School in Gonzales, CA.....
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CHP San Andreas Switching to Longer Shifts |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/30/2009 07:22 AM
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San Andreas, CA...The California Highway Patrol San Andreas Area will be switching to 12 hour shifts for patrol officers beginning April 1st, "Converting to 12 hour shifts for patrol officers should decrease total overtime hours and will allow for more officers working the beat" said Lt. Tim Port, Commander of the San Andreas Area...
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Rail Road Flat Resident, James Jackson, Has Passed Away |
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Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 03/30/2009 12:29 PM
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| Rail Road Flat, CA....James Thomas Jackson, age 49, passed away at his residence on March 22, 2009, of Natural Causes. James was a 15 year resident of Rail Road Flat. He was a native of Auburn, CA. who loved fishing, his two dogs Snoopy and Rowdy and the loving husband of 23 years to Irene Jackson. "I will miss him greatly." James is also survived by his mother, Lois Levitte of Oregon; sons, Michael and Drew and best friend, Glen Brown of Forrest Hill, CA; Sisters, Kathy and Laura Neckles of Oregon. Private services are planned. |
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Women Injures Arm Trying to Avoid Owl ~From CHP Release |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/27/2009 07:12 AM
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| Mountain Ranch, CA...A 32 year old San Andreas women was traveling westbound on Mountain Ranch Road just east of Rocky Road at approximately 30mph. She made an unsafe turning movement to the right to attempt to avoid colliding into an owl... |
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