Student Constructed Storage Buildings to Be Auctioned at Calaveras County Fair!
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 05/10/2010 09:47 AM
Frogtown, CA....This year, students enrolled in the Bret Harte woodshop program had the opportunity to learn basic construction skills by building three 8’X8’ storage buildings that are now available to the general public through auction at the fair. Working in teams under the direction of District Superintendent Mike Chimente and Division of the State Architect Inspector Mike Martin, students constructed the buildings while learning basic framing and building standards....
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Copper youth strut their stuff at the Calaveras County Fair Alpaca Judging Saturday Morning~by Charity Maness
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 05/08/2010 11:42 PM
Frogtown, CA.....With the fairgrounds preparing for the onslaught of people and animals next week the tractors were rolling, the construction crews were banging, and the sawdust was flying, all adding to the anticipation and the stress of showing an animal. But I tell you, these kids were up to the challenge. The first entrant was Lindsey Michaels of Copper Hills 4-H showing Chico, a five year old male alpaca. This was Lindsay’s 3rd year showing, which put her in the advanced category. Linsdey placed first in showmanship. Next up was Levi Rollings, also of Copper Hills 4-H, showing Dufus, a five year old male. This was Levi’s first year in 4-H. He placed first in showmanship for novice.....
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4-H Dog & Pigmy Goat Judging at Frogtown~by Charity Maness
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 05/08/2010 10:50 PM
Frogtown, CA...."While out at Frogtown today covering the Alpaca Competition, I didn't realize that the dog and pygmy goat judging was also going on. I of course had to get photos, so I ran back and forth to get them. Here are photos of the beginning of the dog judging and the beginning of the pygmy judging. At least I ran off that cookie I ate!"
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The History of the Calaveras Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee!
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 05/06/2010 02:59 PM
In 1865, Samuel l. Clemens (Mark Twain) penned “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”, a tall tale of the life and happenings of the gold rush town, Angels Camp. The narrator details a story he heard in a tavern. It is about a frog, Dan’l Webster, who could out jump any other frog, and a man, Jim Smiley, who was the “curiousest man...
Author of Biography "Hooked on Twain" Coming to Angels Camp Museum & Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/03/2010 12:08 AM
Angels Camp, Calif. ….For 20 years now, in over two thousand performances from Leningrad University in Russia to C-Span, McAvoy Layne has survived, and in fact been preeminent, in preserving the wit and wisdom of "The Wild Humorist of the Pacific Slope" -- Mark Twain. Says McAvoy, "It's like being a Monday through Friday preacher, whose sermon, though not reverently pious, is fervently American.".....
Frogtown, CA....Fairgoers will have a chance to see one of their own compete in the WRBRA bullriding event at the 2010 Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee. Scheduled for Friday May 14 as part of the Arena events, riders will range from age 3 on sheep to Pro Am competitors on bulls. One of the riders will be 4th grader Tristan Barr of Mountain Ranch California. Tristan rode his first mutton at the Reno Rodeo in 2005. As soon as he was done he asked his dad if he could do it again. He has worked his way through the ranks and rides junior steers. He has qualified again this year and will be traveling to Fort Worth in August to compete in the junior steer division.
FROG NEWS ALERT: State lawmakers swap budget woes for frog pros
Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 04/30/2010 05:02 PM
Frogtown, CA....State lawmakers swap budget woes for frog pros for the Capitol Frog Jump on Tuesday, May 4th at Noon on the East Lawn of the State Capitol. Lawmakers will shift attention from budget woes to frog pros at the annual State Capitol Frog Jump on May 4. Every year at this time elected officials and their staff members welcome the Celebrated Jumping Frogs of Calaveras County.....
Click Above for Slide Show~Photos By Sandie Lema of Last Year's Event
