The Countdown to Relay For Life of Calaveras County has begun! ~by John Hamilton
Posted by: thepinetree on 04/01/2009 12:20 PM
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
Arnold, CA...This is Big Trees Market's Big Final Four Barbecue Sale. They have everything you need to make the start of outdoor entertaining a success! Kingsford Charcoal, Jumbo Franks, K.C.Masterpiece Sauces, Gatorade, New York Steaks, Boneless Country Style Pork Ribs and much, much more. Stop by Big Trees Market today and fill a cart or two today with the best deals in the county! No Fooling...
Batters Up! Local Little Leagers Take to the Field! ~By John Hamilton with Video Enclosed
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 03/30/2009 10:14 PM
Murphys, CA...Baseball season is here and all the local leagues are starting their games. Opening day for the Ebbett's Pass Little League was this last Saturday and all of the other leagues are getting under way as well. Calaveras National Little League will have their opening day this Saturday in San Andreas, Foothills Little League in Valley Springs will be opening on April 18 and Calaveras American in Angels Camp is getting underway as well. From T-Ball to the Majors, the local teams are taking their swings at the 2009 season....
Murphys, CA.....Andrea Silva of 4 Leaf Photography took some magnificent photos of last weekend's Annual Daffodil Days event for us at Ironstone Vineyards! She really is quite talented! For her full slide show see enclosed....
Murphys Irish Day 2009 ThePineTree Way!....The Highlight Reel, Recap with Almost 1 1/2hours of Video and Almost 700 Photos!.....Now That's A Pot O' Gold! ~By John Hamilton
Posted by: thepinetree on 03/25/2009 12:38 PM
Murphys, CA...The Murphys Business Association and the whole town should be proud of the job they did hosting Murphys Irish Day for 2009. Crowd numbers by most estimates were well over 10,000, the weather was perfect and we hope all of those visitors left a bit of their green with our local merchants. On Monday afternoon we spoke with Parade Impresario Bob Reagan and congratulated him on another great event. Bob went on to mention that they just in the parade they had a total of 49 entrants with 391 people, 58 vehicles, 35 horses, 41 dogs and even a Brahma bull for good measure. It was a very fun parade to watch and Murphys is the perfect venue and backdrop for the celebration. We hope...
Murphys Irish Day Slide Show...we are sorry there are only 687 pictures... : )
Posted by: thepinetree on 03/25/2009 09:41 AM
Murphys, CA...We are combining all of the Irish Day Photos into one album. We have 687 in it so far. Some of the photos taken by Andrea Silva of 4 Leaf Photography, are absolutely stunning. ThePineTree Peddler, Bret Loring, also sent in over 80 great photos as well. If you want to see the moments in time that were captured during the 2009 Irish Day this slide show is worth a look. There are crowd shots, parade float shots, parade shots, shots of horses, cars, bulls, dogs and many, many people...
A New Beer From "Oskar Blues" Brewery Now Available At Alchemy!
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 03/24/2009 03:39 PM
Murphys, CA...JUST IN !!!!! A new beer from "Oskar Blues" Brewery in Colorado, makers of the popular canned beers "Dales Pale Ale" and "Old Chub Scottish Ale". This beer is simply called "Gordon", but it is anything but a simple beer. Huge floral hoppy nose with restrained bitterness and a nice malt balance, this is a sipping IPA, in a league with our Green Flash IPA on tap......
Murphys Is Blossoming with Millions of Daffodils!~by John Hamilton With Video Enclosed
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 03/23/2009 11:48 AM
Murphys, CA...Spring has Sprung and the Daffodils are Blooming at Ironstone Vineyards with almost 40 tons of Daffodil bulbs in full bloom. This past weekend was their Annual Daffodil Days. They welcomed the Northern California Daffodil Society for their regional daffodil bloom competition and the Calaveras Garden Club with their arrangement display. The Daffodil Society hosted their exhibit at the winery. They held their annual dinner in the Alhambra Music Room on Saturday evening with Bob Spots making a special presentation.
Murphys, CA...In the tradition of the Hard Hitting, Pulling No Punches and really digging deep for the story tradition of ThePineTree.net here is the 2nd, world famous Murphys Sky Cam. Your homework assignment if you chose to accept it is to perform a crowd estimate. Some estimates have run over 10,000 people. We started at the north end of town at the...
