| Coming Soon... |
| Wednesday, Jun 19 |
| All Day | Gallery Exhibit, San Andreas - 209-754-1774 |
| All Day | Mountain Ranch Quilting Group |
| 09:30 AM | Hatha Yoga Classes |
| 10:00 AM | Weekend Steam-Powered Excursion Train Rides |
| 04:30 PM | Beginning Guitar Lessons with Doug Quintal |
| All Day | Overeaters Anonymous |
| 06:30 PM | Bingo-June 19th in Valley Springs |
| Thursday, Jun 20 |
| All Day | Gallery Exhibit, San Andreas - 209-754-1774 |
| 09:00 AM | Mountain Ranch Food Commodities & Pantry |
| All Day | Mountain Ranch Quilting Group |
| All Day | Hatha Yoga Classes |
| 11:00 AM | Free Lunch With Us in Mountain Ranch |
| All Day | Beginning Guitar Lessons with Doug Quintal |
| 06:00 PM | Murphys "Classic Car Cruise Nights" |
| 06:00 PM | Debtors Anonymous |
| All Day | Overeaters Anonymous |
| Friday, Jun 21 |
| All Day | Gallery Exhibit, San Andreas - 209-754-1774 |
| All Day | Mountain Ranch Food Commodities & Pantry |
| All Day | Mountain Ranch Quilting Group |
| All Day | Hatha Yoga Classes |
| All Day | Free Lunch With Us in Mountain Ranch |
| 11:30 AM | Food and Wine Tours, Murphys |
| All Day | Beginning Guitar Lessons with Doug Quintal |
| 05:00 PM | Lagorio's BBQ Fridays |
| All Day | Overeaters Anonymous |
| 08:30 PM | Comedy Night at the Sports Pub |
| Saturday, Jun 22 |
| All Day | Gallery Exhibit, San Andreas - 209-754-1774 |
| All Day | Mountain Ranch Food Commodities & Pantry |
| All Day | Mountain Ranch Quilting Group |
| All Day | Hatha Yoga Classes |
| 10:00 AM | Weekend Steam-Powered Excursion Train Rides |
| All Day | Free Lunch With Us in Mountain Ranch |
| 11:30 AM | Food and Wine Tours, Murphys |
| 01:00 PM | Guided Hike, Big Trees State Park - 209-795-3840 |
| All Day | Beginning Guitar Lessons with Doug Quintal |
| All Day | Overeaters Anonymous |
| Sunday, Jun 23 |
| All Day | Gallery Exhibit, San Andreas - 209-754-1774 |
| All Day | Mountain Ranch Food Commodities & Pantry |
| All Day | Mountain Ranch Quilting Group |
| All Day | Hatha Yoga Classes |
| 10:00 AM | Weekend Steam-Powered Excursion Train Rides |
| All Day | Free Lunch With Us in Mountain Ranch |
| All Day | Beginning Guitar Lessons with Doug Quintal |
| All Day | Overeaters Anonymous |
| Monday, Jun 24 |
| All Day | Gallery Exhibit, San Andreas - 209-754-1774 |
| All Day | Mountain Ranch Food Commodities & Pantry |
| All Day | Mountain Ranch Quilting Group |
| All Day | Hatha Yoga Classes |
| All Day | Free Lunch With Us in Mountain Ranch |
| All Day | Beginning Guitar Lessons with Doug Quintal |
| All Day | Overeaters Anonymous |
| Tuesday, Jun 25 |
| All Day | Gallery Exhibit, San Andreas - 209-754-1774 |
| All Day | Mountain Ranch Food Commodities & Pantry |
| All Day | Mountain Ranch Quilting Group |
| All Day | Hatha Yoga Classes |
| All Day | Free Lunch With Us in Mountain Ranch |
| 12:00 PM | Senior Lunch Every Tuesday at Chapel in the Pines |
| All Day | Beginning Guitar Lessons with Doug Quintal |
| 04:30 PM | Wine Maker's Night at Alchemy, Murphys - 209-728-0700 |
| All Day | Overeaters Anonymous |
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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor |
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Sometimes Bad Math Makes Everything Add Up! By John Hamilton |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 06/16/2013 01:14 PM
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| Arnold, CA...As many of you know who have stopped by ThePineTree.net over the last 8 years we try to resist the urge to write editorials. We feel our readers probably do not care or should care what our personal thoughts are on a given matter. Today on Father's Day though I couldn't resist as I thought I should pass along a personal reminder that all of us have more strength than we think. I hope my experiences last night and this morning might help you redouble your efforts as it has really helped me. Ok enough stalling and onto the story...as some of you know at the ripe old age of 47 ½ I made the decision to try and get back into shape and after losing 70lbs or so and keeping it off I felt fairly positive about the progress on many levels... |
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Letter to the Editor - Marti Crane |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 06/12/2013 04:37 PM
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We need your help!
The Volunteer Center belongs to everyone!
Individually and collectively, we are the key to a sense of community that allows us to all feel safe, connected and valued....
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Letter to the Editor From Al Duncan |
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Posted by: John_Hamilton on 05/23/2013 11:54 AM
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| Valley Springs, CA...1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart Every hour of every day. 2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute! 3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.... |
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Tragedy in Calaveras County. Letter to the Editor from Jean Fox |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/01/2013 06:25 PM
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| San Andreas, CA....The miracle didn’t come. Sadly, I watched the patients leave the Mountain Oaks Health Center yesterday, with tears streaming down their faces, knowing this was the last medical care they would receive for the foreseeable future. They were friends and neighbors, mostly in their late 50’s and early 60’s, without medical insurance. I watched the dedicated staff, wipe their eyes, quickly, so they could take care of the next patient, only to break down again, as the next patient thanked them for their selfless sacrifices and hugged them good bye, for the last time. Approximately 2000 patients, friends, neighbors, hardworking locals are now without basic medical care that helped all of us be healthier. My 62 year old friend in choir, that could no longer pay nearly $600.00 per month for insurance, has no place to turn. The people at the local fast food place, the grocery clerk, the pizza maker, the local plumber, handyman, school aide, and cafeteria service person, sometimes working 2 jobs, to pay rent and feed their children, have no place to go, for that bad cold, or flu, or diabetes. Without treatment, they will work, as long as they can, spreading the contagious illnesses, or become another tax payer “burden”, when their treatable conditions, become life threatening... |
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The History of Conquering People in 4 Easy Steps ~Letter to the Editor By Cameron Bur |
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Posted by: John_Hamilton on 01/16/2013 05:47 PM
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| Mountain Ranch, CA... 1) Show them fear. 2) Let fear divide them. 3) Breed hope that you and only you can protect them. 4) Disarm them... |
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Lodging Community Screwed Inn their Own Beds! Letter to the Editor by Arline Taborek |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 10/29/2012 06:05 PM
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Murphys, CA...On April 3, 2012, Calaveras Visitors Bureau (CVB) invited lodging members to a Tourism Marketing District (TMD) meeting with Civitas, a company that specializes in forming and developing tourism improvement districts. I was really taken aback once I learned that the CVB had already negotiated a contract with Civitas to facilitate and manage a TMD, at a cost of upwards from $40,000.00! Prior to that meeting, CVB did not initiate any meetings with lodging members to ask for input, feedback, or if lodging would even support CVB’s decision. CVB’s decision to take a major portion of TOT advertising money and sink it into Civitas without benefit of a vote or guaranteed lodging support was irresponsible, and a mismanagement of TOT monies. Lodging contributes to an overwhelming majority of CVB’s funding, but it is my sense that CVB’s attitude toward the lodging community is, you are either going to be burdened with a TOT increase or a TMD tax, whether you like it or not, so suck it up!...
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Letter to the Editor~by Mark Campbell Superintendent Calaveras Unified |
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Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 10/22/2012 08:48 AM
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Jenny Lind, CA...This is to address allegations of purported health/safety issues at Jenny Lind Elementary specific to portable classrooms. There were formal complaints filed with CAL-OSHA regarding alleged issues and concerns with HVAC maintenance, indoor air quality, mold in the classrooms and the impact of bird droppings (from nested Cliff Swallows) ---all relative to potential health and safety concerns....
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How Government "Helps" People Who Wish To Be Producers ~By Dennis B. Dooley |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/08/2012 10:24 AM
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Angels Camp, CA...For those who know me, know that I have very little patience for governmental programs that are designed around a never-ending process that seldom, if ever, produces any results. So much of government programs are set up on process as a priority, and results are secondary. I have dealt with numerous programs designed to help small public water systems. These water systems are told that they might get funding that will reimburse them for their initial engineering reports and application costs, but only if they are successful in persevering until the end. If they don’t persevere until the end, or if they fail to make the cut, then none of their costs and efforts are covered. This is almost always a cripping financial disaster for these small systems, and therefore, they do everything they can to avoid beomg sucked into this destructive plan...
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Calaveras County Tax Payers Association Urges Action on "Fire Tax" ~By Al Segalla |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 08/30/2012 03:26 PM
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Copperopolis, CA...The Calaveras County Taxpayers Association urges taxpayers to take action on the "Fire Tax"by using the protest procedure developed by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association which is also suing the state to overturn this tax. Action suggested is challenging the tax and requesting a refund. The Fire Tax Protest site (FireTaxProtest.org) is a one-stop resource for taxpayers who wish to protest the new fire tax, learn more information about their rights, or join a class action lawsuit to overturn what HJTA believes to be an unlawful tax...
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Letter to the Edidor on Fire Parcel Tax~ By Diana Fischer from Copperopolis |
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Posted by: John_Hamilton on 08/21/2012 07:58 AM
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Rest of Letter is Enclosed... |
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