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Amador County
News and Information from Amador County
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Supporting Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Through Life-Ending Illness, Grief and Loss October 24, 2013 |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 08/22/2013 11:07 AM
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Sutter Creek, CA...Each year the Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) presents a nationally recognized distance learning program to more than 125,000 people in 2,000 communities. For more than a decade, HFA’s educational events have been instrumental in educating healthcare professionals and families on issues affecting end-of-life care. This program provides an opportunity for a wide variety of professionals to share and exchange ideas and obtain continuing education credits. This program is practical for all levels of professions – entry level, intermediate or advanced. The information provided by the expert panel will be useful to parents, nurses, social workers, counselors, nursing home administrators, case managers, funeral directors, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, caregivers, and those working in palliative and hospice care, long-term care, or home care.
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Whittle Named Motherlode Cowboy |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 08/20/2013 11:37 AM
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Angels Camp, Calif.8/20/2013 – The Calaveras County Fair & Amador County Fair held a competition this year that encompassed both Fairs, “The Motherlode Cowboy Award”. This special award was in honor of the late Benny Brown. Brown was a rancher and cowboy who competed in the Calaveras County Fair and the Amador County Fair...
75th Amador County Fair, Plymouth, Calif. Austin Whittle wins the Benny Brown Memorial All-around Mother Lode Cowboy saddle as the best of Amador & Calaveras County presented by sponsor Hoof & Boots Saddlery, Linda Belli |
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Daughters of the American Revolution - Essay Contest! |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 08/20/2013 12:34 PM
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Amador & Calaveras Counties, CA... WANTED – 9th Grade to 12th Grade Students
The National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution is once again joining efforts with the National Italian American Foundation to sponsor a national essay contest on Christopher Columbus. The contest is open to all students in grades 9 through 12 in public, private or parochial schools or those who are home schooled. This contest is conducted without regard to race, sex or national origin. There are monetary prizes for our local Chapter’s winning essay as well as first, second and third places should the student’s work progress through the steps to the national level. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to see an Amador or Calaveras County student reach such heights? ...
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Traffic Update... Motorcycles Out of Control |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 08/19/2013 10:02 AM
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Amador County, CA... CHP have released reports of two separate incidents where motorcycles were driven out of control by their riders. The first incident was on Hwy 88 West of Ham's Station on the 16th of August where Christopher Purfeerst of Pioneer, CA was struck from behind by a hit and run motorcyclist. The motorcycle rider attempted to pass on the wrong side striking and damaging Mr. Purfeerst's vehicle on the right side - this collision is still under investigation. The reports are enclosed...
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Fire & Traffic Update...CHP Working Fire Traffic Controls on Hwy 88 |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 08/18/2013 10:02 AM
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Pioneer, CA...Panther Creek Road has been closed due to a lightening strike vegetation fire mid slope on Panther Creek Road. Smoke from this fire is making things smokey along Hwy 88 and also West Point Area....
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Fire Update...Vegetation Fire Reported on Hwy 88 Near Mormon Emigrant Trail |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 08/18/2013 04:36 PM
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Kirkwood, CA...Crews are being sent to a reported vegetation fire off of Hwy 88 near Mormon Emigrant Trail. Please use caution in the area...
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Roadway Excavation on Hwy 88 August 19 - 22 |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 08/17/2013 01:34 AM
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Amador County – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform one-way traffic control on State Route 88 (SR-88) from Jackson Creek Overflow to SR-124 (just past Martin Lane) for roadway excavation. Crews will begin work on Monday, August 19, 2013, through Thursday, August 22, 2013, from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m...
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Anti-Environmental Politicians Use False Claims and Exaggerations to Attack USFWS Plans ~Says CESERC |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 08/16/2013 09:23 PM
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Twain Harte, CA...When it comes to government regulations that are designed to protect threatened wildlife species, some people respond with strong resentment. One strident speaker at a recent political hearing insisted, “Let’s worry about humans, not frogs! Yet when it comes to a proposed plan put recently forward by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect three Sierra Nevada amphibians, the protective measures for the two frog species and the Yosemite toad would also benefit people as well. That was a key message CSERC attempted to convey in guest opinion pieces that ran in early August in three major urban area newspapers and the local Sonora Union Democrat paper...
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Crews Make Quick Work of Fire Near Bear River |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 08/14/2013 01:18 PM
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Pioneer, CA...We would like to thank Sharon Waller for sending in the photos below of Helicopter 404 from Columbia taking a sip from Bear River Reservoir and taking it to a nearby fire...
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Prison Doctor Recovering from Inmate Assault and Two Correctional Sergeants Suffered Minor In Ione |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 08/14/2013 03:30 PM
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Ione, A staff physician is recovering from injuries she suffered yesterday from an attack by a Mule Creek State Prison inmate. Shortly after 8 a.m. on August 12, 2013, inmate Robert Daniel Perry, 61, arrived to a medical appointment at the prison. Without warning, he grabbed the doctor by her hair and started choking her. During the struggle, she managed to activate her personal alarm device. Responding medical staff grabbed the doctor from the inmate’s hold...
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