Thursday, September 27, 2012

Amador Community News - This Weekend, Sept 27-30

Have a FUN weekend, Amador County!
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Check out our departments below on what's happening in Amador County, and be sure to spread the news about Amador Community News!
Weekend events marked in red!

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GOVERNMENT - www.AmadorGovernment.com
CA Government News - news.ca.gov
County Calendar: http://www.co.amador.ca.us/index.aspx?page=15
TSPN INTERVIEWS: Supervisor Richard Forster
CAL FIRE: 2 Ways Out Can Save Your Life
CANCELLED: Technical Advisory Committee - Mon Oct 1
Board of Supervisors response to the 2011-12 Grand Jury Report

EVENT CALENDAR:
AWA Board of Directors - Thurs Sept 27
Plymouth City Council - Thurs Sept 27
Ione City Council - Mon Oct 1 http://ione-ca.com/home/ione/council.htm
Sutter Creek City Council - Mon Oct 1 http://www.ci.sutter-creek.ca.us/citycouncil.html
Board of Equalization - Tues Oct 2  http://www.co.amador.ca.us/index.aspx?page=15&recordid=2757

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COMMUNITY GROUPS & ORGANIZATIONS - www.AmadorGroups.com
Roaring Camp: Only ONE more Saturday Night NY BBQ left! www.roaringcampgold.com
Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park Needs Your Help!
"Connection" Recovery Support Group available through NAMI
2012 Mokelumne River Cleanup to be held in September and October, www.FoothillConservancy.org
Why should you join AAUW? http://www.aauwamador.org/
Cant make it to Bark In the Park? Be a member of the Coach Potatoes Team! www.AmadorAPAL.org
Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp receives a visit from Russell's Kitchen
TSPN INTERVIEW: Lynn Morgan, Upcountry Community Council

EVENT CALENDAR:
First 5 Amador - "Dad & Me" End of Summer Picnic - Sat Sept 29
Upcountry 88 Lions Annual Omelet Dinner - Sun Sept 30
Free Senior Expo set at Jackson Rancheria - Tues Oct 2
Bark in the Park - Sat Oct 6 – Register today! www.AmadorAPAL.org
FACT's 3rd Annual Jackson Mid-Town Run - Sun Oct 7
Upcountry Community Council - Mon Oct 8
Bluegrass for the Moke: Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands - Fri Oct 12
Master Gardeners: "Fall in the Garden" - Sat Oct 13
FACL Fall Book Sale - Oct 12-14 www.friendsoftheamadorcountylibrary.org
Rail Road Flat School hosts Oktoberfest - Sat Oct 20
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Bingo – Mon Oct 29

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OPINIONS & ISSUES - www.AmadorSoapbox.com
Amador Democratic Party - www.AmadorDemocrats.org
Mother Lode Tea Party - motherlodeteapartypatriots.com
“No Casino In Plymouth” www.nocasinoinplymouth.com/
Jackson City Council Objects to AWA Rate Study: www.amadorwatchdog.org
COMMENTARY: Mark Bennett, Outside the Ivory Tower: "Bain Capital" http://markbennett1.blogspot.com
Have a letter to the editor? Commentary? We'll publish it! Email yours to: acneditor@gmail.com
2012 Mokelumne River Cleanup to be held in Oct 20: http://foothillconservancy.org/pages/events.cgi?calcatid=2&calid=415&_fn_=416.415

EVENT CALENDAR:
"No Casino in Plymouth" Fundraising Dinner at Helwig - Tues Oct 9 – www.nocasinoinplymouth.com
Bluegrass for the Moke: Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands - Fri Oct 12
2012 Mokelumne River Cleanup - Sat Oct 20

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AMADOR LIVING & RECREATION - www.LifeInAmador.com
Amador County Recreation Agency: www.goacra.org
Amador Council of Tourism - www.touramador.com
CA Parks & Recreation: http://www.parks.ca.gov/
CALFIRE Incidents: http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_current
CA Dept of Forest and Game: http://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/
Two competitors from Ko Sutemi West in Pine Grove win silver and bronze medals in 16th Irish Cup
October at the Amador Flower Farm! www.AmadorFlowerFarm.com
Blue Shield of California Foundation awards $30K to Operation Care

EVENT CALENDAR:
Free Senior Expo set at Jackson Rancheria - Tues Oct 2
FACT's 3rd Annual Jackson Mid-Town Run - Sun Oct 7
Master Gardeners: "Fall in the Garden" - Sat Oct 13
Ione Harvest Faire - Sat Oct 13
ACRA: Bingo! – 1st, 3rd & 5th Wednesdays at Thomi’s Cafe
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Amador Farmers Markets - www.amadorfarmersmarket.com
Wed-Pine Grove
Thurs-Plymouth Last Plymouth Farmers' Market this Thursday, Sept 27!
Sat-Sutter Creek
Sun-Jackson

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ART, MUSIC & THEATER - www.AmadorArts.com
Amador County Arts Council - www.amadorarts.org
Amador County Artists Association - www.amadorartists.org
Mother Lode Friends of Music - www.mlfm.org
Guitar Lessons with Matt Lestor, www.goacra.org
Sutter Creek Theater - www.SutterCreekTheater.com
Vocal Coaching Sessions with Carol Harper, www.carolharpermusic.com
Mother Lode Ragtime Society - September 2012
Amador County Artists Association: September & October events, www.AmadorArtists.org
2012 Calaveras Artists Studio Tour is September 29 & 30 www.calaverasarts.org
Gallery 10 Sutter Creek Presents: Lynn Slade, "Amador Animals", www.gallery10suttercreek.org
ACCF: How to Look At and Understand Great Art – Thursdays beginning Sept 6
Beginning Ceramics - Begins Sept 11, www.goacra.org

EVENT CALENDAR:
Drumming in the Heartbeat of Love & Compassion - Sat Sept 29
Sutter Creek Theater presents: Karling Abbeygate & The Atomic - Sun Sept 30
Gourd Ornament Workshop: Sat Oct 6 – Registration until Oct 5
Over The Edge at Bella Grace - Fri Oct 5
Browsing is Free on Amador 1st Saturday Art Treks  - Oct 6
Bluegrass for the Moke: Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands - Fri Oct 12
Mother Lode Friends of Music Presents: "Glories of Baroque Choral Music" - Sun Oct 21

JACKSON RANCHERIA EVENTS:
38 Special – Sun Sept 30
Free Senior Expo – Tues Oct 2
The Guess Who – Fri Oct 12
Australia’s Thunder from Down Under – Thurs Oct 18
Dinner and a Movie: The Wizard of Oz – Tues Oct 23
Experience the Story of Johnny Cash at Jackson Rancheria - Sat Nov 24
Dinner and a Movie: To Catch A Thief– Tues Nov 27
Full schedule can be viewed at: http://www.jacksoncasino.com/entertainment/full-schedule

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FOOD & WINE - www.AmadorFoodandWine.com
Mother Lode Harvest Newsletter: Good Food News, Volume 4 Number 39
ACCF: The Every Day Guide to Wine - Tuesdays beginning Sept 4
Events at Bella Grace: http://bellagracevineyards.com/site/pages/events.cgi
Historic National Hotel Package with Gold Country Wine Tours

EVENT CALENDAR:
Last Plymouth Farmers' Market this Thursday, Sept 27!
Over The Edge at Bella Grace - Fri Oct 5
The Big Crush: Oct 6-7 www.amadorwine.com
Master Gardeners: "Fall in the Garden" - Sat Oct 13

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FAITH & VALUES - www.AmadorInterfaith.com
Interfaith Food Bank of Amador County - www.feedamador.org
Trinity Tidings - September 2012, www.trinitysuttercreek.org
Sophia's Well of Wisdom - Sept 2012 - http://www.sophiaswell.org/
Church at the Cross - www.churchatthecrosspg.org
The Healing Word has a clothes closet open every Thursday between 1 & 3 PM, 26675 Tiger Creek Rd at Hwy 88, in the Buckhorn Plaza.

EVENT CALENDAR:
Wednesdays at Sophia's Well of Wisdom
Drumming in the Heartbeat of Love & Compassion - Sat Sept 29
Blessing of the Animals at "Bark in the Park" - Sat Oct 6
Movie Night at Healing Word: The Passion of the Christ - Sat Oct 6
The Healing Word: A Foursquare Gospel Church - Sept 2012

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HEALTH & WELLNESS - www.AmadorHealth.com
CA Dept of Health: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/
Amador County Public Health: http://www.co.amador.ca.us/index.aspx?page=208
Amador Chiropractice and Wellness Center - www.acwellnesscenter.com
Motherlode Holistic Center - www.MotherlodeHolistic.com
Sutter Amador Hospital – www.sutteramador.org
New York Fitness – www.nyftyfitness.com
Team Fitness – www.TeamFitnessAmador.com
WALK Schedule/Calendar – www.walklivewithfitnessmadefun.com
   Walk Live: Fall Walk Challenge 2012
"Golden Girls" Fitness Class at Team Fitness - Wednesdays and Fridays
Two Students Earn Their Yellow Sash Ranks in Tai Chi
Sutter Amador Hospital and other Sutter Health Employees Train for Mass Casualty Incidents
SAH offers free mammograms on Saturdays in October
Ko Sutemi West Karate - Class Schedule

EVENT CALENDAR:
Jackson Creek Dental: KoR Whitening - Ends September 30th
Free Senior Expo set at Jackson Rancheria - Tues Oct 2
SAH Free Mammograms - Saturdays, Oct 6, 13, 20, 27
Gluten Free Support Group - Thurs Oct 18

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BUSINESS & ECONOMY - www.AmadorBusiness.com
Amador County Chamber of Commerce - www.amadorcountychamber.com
Jackson Business & Community Association - www.jacksonbca.org
JB's Awards & Engraving - You Choose: Splurge or Save?
Amador County Women's Network (ACWN) - www.acwnonline.org
Sutter Creek Visitor Center seeks flat screen TV
ACWN: Vendors needed for November Vendor/Craft Show
Business to Business: Team Fitness advertising opportunity
Office Space for Rent in Jackson

EVENT CALENDAR:
Jackson Business & Community Association (JBCA) - Mon Oct 1
Library Event: "Gourd Ornament Workshop" - Sat Oct 6

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HISTORIC PRESERVATION – www.AmadorHistory.com
Kennedy Mine Foundation - www.kennedyminefoundation.org
Preston Castle Foundation - www.prestoncastle.com
Amador Historical Society  - http://amadorcountyhistoricalsociety.org/
Reprints of the Amador Record “Special Mining Edition, 1897” now available
CHAMBER SPECIAL for Amador County Historic Books

PRESTON CASTLE EVENTS – www.prestoncastle.com
   Preston Castle Halloween Haunt - Friday, Oct. 19, Saturday, Oct. 20, Friday, Oct. 26, Saturday, Oct. 27, starting at 6:30 pm
   Holiday Bazaar and Dickens Faire - Saturday, Dec. 1, Sunday, Dec. 2, Saturday Dec. 8, Sunday, Dec. 9, 9 am to 4 pm

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SCHOOLS & EDUCATION - www.AmadorEd.comPlaygroups rescheduled
Plymouth After School Program – Tues, Wed & Thurs
Early Start Preschool Social Group - Beginning Sept 25
Volunteer Opportunity: 4H wants YOU!

UC to host Forest Landowner Workshops: Learn how to pass on your “Ties to the Land” to the next generation
News from First 5 Amador


EVENT CALENDAR:
First 5 Amador - "Dad & Me" End of Summer Picnic - Sat Sept 29
FACL Book Drive – Sat Sept 29
Library Event: "Gourd Ornament Workshop" - Sat Oct 6
FACL Fall Book Sale - Oct 12-14

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OTHER SECTIONS:
NEW! AmadorAuto.com 
AmadorMilitary.com
AmadorWeddings.com
AmadorMemorials.com
AmadorElders.com
   Free Senior Expo set at Jackson Rancheria - Tues Oct 2

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Amador Community News is a part of the Knight Citizen News Network, www.kcnn.org. Thank you for your support of Amador County’s community media!


Carol Harper, Editor
Amador Community News

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