Thursday, September 13, 2012

Have a freakin' AWESOME weekend Amador County!
Over 3,600 Facebook Friends! Updates made daily! www.facebook.com/AmadorCounty
This weekend, Sept 14-16, 2012

Weekend events marked in RED!

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September Newsletters:
Amador Bird Club – www.amadorbird.blogspot.com (btw, they’re having a raffle on the 14th)
Amador County Artists Association – www.AmadorArtists.org
Amador County Recreation Agency (ACRA) – http://goacra.org/documents/nl/Sep_2012_newsletter.pdf
New York Fitness – www.nyftyfitness.com
AAUW Gold Filings – www.aauwamador.blogspot.com
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Check out our departments and see what’s up in “The County”...

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CA Government News - news.ca.gov

TSPN Interview: Mark Bonini, Chief Probation Officer
Amador TAC CANCELLED: Mon Sept 17


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Community Groups & Organizations - www.AmadorGroups.com
Please support the Amador Fire Safe Council's funding request to the Board of Supervisors
Roaring Camp: Only FOUR more Saturday Night NY BBQ's 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/
Livestock Processing Project Meetings Sept 17th and 18th
Amador Flyfishers Meeting - Tues Sept 18
International Dinner at Rail Road Flat Community Hall - Sat Sept 22
Ione Family Resource Center Open House - Tues Sept 25
Upcountry 88 Lions Annual Omelet Dinner - Sun Sept 30
Bark in the Park - Sat Oct 6 – Register today! www.AmadorAPAL.org
FACL Fall Book Sale - Oct 12-14 www.friendsoftheamadorcountylibrary.org
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Bingo – Mon Oct 29

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Opinions & Issues - www.AmadorSoapbox.com
EDITORIAL: One Night in Bangkok... - Carol Harper - www.amadoreditoral.blogspot.com 
2012 Mokelumne River Cleanup to be held in September and October: www.foothillconservancy.org
ACN welcomes new supporting advertiser, “No Casino In Plymouth” www.nocasinoinplymouth.com/
Jackson City Council Objects to AWA Rate Study: www.amadorwatchdog.org
Via Citizen Report: "Scare Ware" Scam
COMMENTARY: Mark Bennett, Outside the Ivory Tower: Bain Capital http://markbennett1.blogspot.com
No Casino Fundraising Dinner at Helwig - Tues Oct 9

EVENTS:
Mother Lode Tea Party Fundraiser Dinner: Guest Speaker Tim McClintock- Sun Sept 23 motherlodeteapartypatriots.com
"No Casino in Plymouth" Fundraising Dinner at Helwig - Tues Oct 9 – www.nocasinoinplymouth.com

Have a letter to the editor? Commentary? We'll publish it! Email yours to: acneditor@gmail.com

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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/
CA Dept of Forest and Game: http://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/
Summer's Not Over in Amador County! www.touramador.com
CAL FIRE Urges Extra Safety over Labor Day Weekend
TSPN: Board of Supervisors' meeting re: Sutter Gold Mining
EVENTS:
Escape from Preston Castle - Sat Sept 15 www.prestoncastle.com
Bluegrassin' in the Foothills - Sept 14-16, www.LandSPromotions.com
Lake Amador Triathlon – Sun Sept 16
Improving the Regional Food System - Niche Meat Marketing Workshop and Dinner- Mon Sept 17
Livestock Processing Project Meetings - Sept 17 & 18
Amador Flyfishers - Tues Sept 18
Rainwater Harvesting Workshop – Sept 22
ACRA: Bingo! – 1st, 3rd & 5th Wednesdays at Thomi’s Cafe
Jackson Oktoberfest -  www.jacksonoktoberfest.com
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Roaring Camp: Only FOUR more Saturday Night NY BBQ's left! www.roaringcampgold.com
Only FOUR more Saturday Night NY Steak BBQ’s left for this season! Book now!
$50.00 person gets you a GREAT NY Steak BBQ Dinner, along with music from either Lovin' Country or the Ridgeriders.
   We are also are offering a Special rate of $30.00 for the BBQ and Guided Gold Panning & Gold Mine Tours, that is a $20.00 discount for September 8th & 22nd.
Please call ASAP as space is limited! Don’t miss out the season ends on September 29th! www.RoaringCampGold.com
Kim
Roaring Camp
209-296-4100
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Amador Farmers Markets
Wed-Pine Grove
Thurs-Plymouth
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
Mother Lode Youth Symphony Auditions - 2012-2013 Season, www.mlfm.org
Guitar Lessons with Matt Lestor, www.goacra.org
Vocal Coaching Sessions with Carol Harper, www.carolharpermusic.com
Mother Lode Ragtime Society - September 2012
MSTW Spotlight: Nancy Street
Hanford St. Gallery presents a series of cityscapes Zbigniew Kozikowski for September
Sabina Turner to be guest artist ACAA September meeting - Wed Sept 12
Amador Choraliers begin rehearsals Sept 4
Calaveras County Arts Council receives a Creating Public Value Grant from the Arts Council
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
Fiddletown Community Center: Fiddlers' Jam & Contest - Sat Sept 15
Amador County Artists Association Open Studios Tour - Sept 15 & 16 (Map is now posted), www.amadorartists.org
Bluegrassin' in the Foothills - Sept 14-16, www.landspromotions.com
Jackson Oktoberfest - Sat Sept 22, www.JacksonOktoberfest.com
Gourd Ornament Workshop: Sat Oct 6 – Registration until Oct 5
Browsing is Free on Amador 1st Saturday Art Treks  - Oct
JACKSON RANCHERIA EVENTS:
Dinner and a Movie: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly– Tues Sept 25
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
Dinner and a Movie: To Catch A Thief– Tues Nov 27

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Mother Lode Harvest Newsletter - September 12, 2012
ACCF: The Every Day Guide to Wine - Tuesdays beginning Sept 4
Improving the Regional Food System - Niche Meat Marketing Workshop and Dinner- Mon Sept 17
Historic National Hotel Package with Gold Country Wine Tours


Master Gardeners: "Fall in the Garden" - Sat Oct 13

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Faith & Values - www.AmadorInterfaith.com
Trinity Tidings - September 2012, www.trinitysuttercreek.org
Sophia's Well of Wisdom - Sept 2012 - http://www.sophiaswell.org/

Cowboy Church Returns to Fiddletown
Wednesdays at Sophia's Well of Wisdom
Motherlode Jewish Community: Rosh Hashannah & Yom Kippur- Sept 22
Drumming in the Heartbeat of Love & Compassion - Sat Sept 29

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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
Sutter Amador Hospital – www.sutteramador.org
WALK Schedule/Calendar – www.walklivewithfitnessmadefun.com
New York Fitness – www.nyftyfitness.com
Team Fitness – www.TeamFitnessAmador.com
Two Students Earn Their Yellow Sash Ranks in Tai Chi
FREE High Tech Blood Pressure Screening - Thurs Sept 20
Walk Live: Fall Walk Challenge 2012
Prostate Cancer Information and Support Group Meeting - Tues Sept 11
Motherlode Holistic Wellness Center - Yoga Cancelled Sept 11
Weight Watchers Jackson Open House - Sat Sept 15
FREE High Tech Blood Pressure Screening - Thurs Sept 20

Jackson Creek Dental: KoR Whitening - Ends September 30th

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Business & Economy - www.AmadorBusiness.com
Amador County Chamber of Commerce - www.amadorcountychamber.com
Jackson Business & Community Association - www.jacksonbca.org
Amador County Women's Network (ACWN) - www.acwnonline.org
American Tower Company seeks distributors
Sutter Creek Visitor Center seeks flat screen TV
ACWN: Vendors needed for November Vendor/Craft Show
JB’s Awards & Engravings: Until There’s A Cure…Wear Your Support! www.jbawards.com

Master Gardeners: "Fall in the Garden" - Sat Oct 13
Weight Watchers Jackson Open House - Sat Sept 15
Ione Family Resource Center Open House - Tues Sept 25
Library Event: "Gourd Ornament Workshop" - Sat Oct 6

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Historic Preservation – www.AmadorHistory.com
Reprints of the Amador Record “Special Mining Edition, 1897” now available
CHAMBER SPECIAL for Amador County Historic Books
PRESTON CASTLE EVENTS – www.prestoncastle.com
   Escape from Preston - 5K run/walk - Saturday, September 15, 8 am to 10 am
   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.com
Playgroups rescheduled
Plymouth After School Program – Tues, Wed & Thurs
Amador Community College Foundation kicks off Annual Campaign – Amador Centers for Higher Learning in September
Volunteer Opportunity: 4H wants YOU!
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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Thanks to all of our supporting advertisers!
It’s only $5/month or $50/year (yes, year) advertise on Amador Community News!
Visit: www.amadorads.blogspot.com for more info! Do a price comparison with other local Amador County publications!!

It’s NOT your mom/grandma's Tupperware! Your Amador County Tupperware rep is Karen Lowe: www.my.tupperware.com/sweetgal

YOUTUBE: White Company Landscaping - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wu2KJZfqyg
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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

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Amador Community News Update - Sept 4-9

Have a great week, Amador County!
Over 3,600 Facebook Friends! Updates made daily! www.facebook.com/AmadorCounty
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September Newsletters:
Amador Bird Club – www.amadorbird.blogspot.com (btw, they’re having a raffle on the 14th)
Amador County Artists Association – www.AmadorArtists.org
Amador County Recreation Agency (ACRA) – http://goacra.org/documents/nl/Sep_2012_newsletter.pdf
New York Fitness – www.nyftyfitness.com
AAUW Gold Filings – www.aauwamador.blogspot.com
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No, you don't have to sign in and remember a user name/password to view Amador Community News! Just go to any of our “Amador dot com” departments and start reading! If you want to subscribe to any individual department, look in the right hand side bar under "Follow by Email", and when I update that department's blog, you'll get the latest, automatically (subscribing by individual department is good because then your email inbox doesn't get bombarded by the stuff you don't want).

Check out our departments and see what’s up in “The County”...
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CA Government News - news.ca.gov
TSPN: Richard Forster - Tom Slivick talks with Supervisor Richard Forster about the agenda for this weeks Board of Supervisors meeting.
CANCELLED: Technical Advisory Committee - Sept 10
AWA contemplates what to do with systems "in the red"
AWA SPECIAL MEETING: Workshop - Lake Camanche Water - Sept 11
Kennedy Tailing Wheels Planning Committee - Tues Sept 11 Ione Planning Commission – Tues Sept 11
AWA SPECIAL MEETING: Workshop - CAWP - Wed Sept 12
Plymouth City Council – Thurs Sept 13
AWA Board of Directors Regular Meeting - Sept 13
Jackson Revitalization Committee - Thurs Sept 13

RE: FIRE PREVENTION FEE - There have been numerous emails sent to me inquiring about the Fire Prevention Fee. Here are the web sites that I know of:
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Community Groups & Organizations - www.AmadorGroups.com
Please support the Amador Fire Safe Council's funding request to the Board of Supervisors
Roaring Camp: Only FOUR more Saturday Night NY BBQ's left! www.roaringcampgold.com
Livestock Processing Project Meetings Sept 17th and 18th
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
Afghans for Angels supplies afghans for CA hospitals
Why should you join AAUW? http://www.aauwamador.org/
Amador Flyfishers Meeting - Tues Sept 18
International Dinner at Rail Road Flat Community Hall - Sat Sept 22
Ione Family Resource Center Open House - Tues Sept 25
Upcountry 88 Lions Annual Omelet Dinner - Sun Sept 30
Bark in the Park - Sat Oct 6 – Register today! www.AmadorAPAL.org
FACL Fall Book Sale - Oct 12-14 www.friendsoftheamadorcountylibrary.org
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Bingo – Mon Oct 29

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Opinions & Issues - www.AmadorSoapbox.com
No Casino In Plymouth - Auction items needed
2012 Mokelumne River Cleanup to be held in September and October
ACN welcomes new supporting advertiser, “No Casino In Plymouth” www.nocasinoinplymouth.com/
Have a letter to the editor? Commentary? We'll publish it! Email yours to: acneditor@gmail.com
Via Citizen Report: "Scare Ware" Scam
New CBP Analysis: What Would Proposition 38 Mean for California?
Jackson City Council Objects to AWA Rate Study
Via Citizen Report: "Scare Ware" Scam
COMMENTARY: Mark Bennett, Outside the Ivory Tower: Bain Capital http://markbennett1.blogspot.com
No Casino Fundraising Dinner at Helwig - Tues Oct 9
EVENTS:
Motherlode Tea Party Presents: David Wolfe - Sept 13 motherlodeteapartypatriots.com
"No Casino in Plymouth" Fundraising Dinner at Helwig - Tues Oct 9 – www.nocasinoinplymouth.com
Mother Lode Tea Party Fundraiser Dinner: Guest Speaker Tim McClintock- Sun Sep 23 motherlodeteapartypatriots.com
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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/
CA Dept of Forest and Game: http://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/
Summer's Not Over in Amador County! www.touramador.com
CAL FIRE Urges Extra Safety over Labor Day Weekend
TSPN: Board of Supervisors' meeting re: Sutter Gold Mining
EVENTS:
Beginning Ceramics - Begins Tues Sept 11
Escape from Preston Castle - Sat Sept 15 www.prestoncastle.com 
Bluegrassin' in the Foothills - Sept 14-16
Lake Amador Triathlon – Sun Sept 16
Improving the Regional Food System - Niche Meat Marketing Workshop and Dinner- Mon Sept 17
Livestock Processing Project Meetings - Sept 17 & 18
Amador Flyfishers - Tues Sept 18
Rainwater Harvesting Workshop – Sept 22
ACRA: Bingo! – 1st, 3rd & 5th Wednesdays at Thomi’s Cafe
Jackson Oktoberfest -  www.jacksonoktoberfest.com
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Roaring Camp: Only FOUR more Saturday Night NY BBQ's left!
Only FOUR more Saturday Night NY Steak BBQ’s left for this season! Book now!
$50.00 person gets you a GREAT NY Steak BBQ Dinner, along with music from either Lovin' Country or the Ridgeriders.
   We are also are offering a Special rate of $30.00 for the BBQ and Guided Gold Panning & Gold Mine Tours, that is a $20.00 discount for September 8th & 22nd.
Please call ASAP as space is limited! Don’t miss out the season ends on September 29th! www.RoaringCampGold.com
Kim
Roaring Camp
209-296-4100
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Amador Farmers Markets
Wed-Pine Grove
Thurs-Plymouth
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
Mother Lode Youth Symphony Auditions - 2012-2013 Season, www.mlfm.org
Guitar Lessons with Matt Lestor, www.goacra.org
Vocal Coaching Sessions with Carol Harper, www.carolharpermusic.com
Mother Lode Ragtime Society - September 2012
MSTW Spotlight: Nancy Street
Hanford St. Gallery presents a series of cityscapes Zbigniew Kozikowski for September
Sabina Turner to be guest artist ACAA September meeting - Wed Sept 12
Amador Choraliers begin rehearsals Sept 4
Calaveras County Arts Council receives a Creating Public Value Grant from the Arts Council
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
Amador County Artists Association Open Studios Tour - Sept 15 & 16 (Map is now posted), www.amadorartists.org
Bluegrassin' in the Foothills - Sept 14-16, www.landspromotions.com
Jackson Oktoberfest - Sat Sept 22, www.JacksonOktoberfest.com
Gourd Ornament Workshop: Sat Oct 6 – Registration until Oct 5
Fiddletown Community Center: Fiddlers' Jam & Contest - Sat Sept 15
Browsing is Free on Amador 1st Saturday Art Treks  - Oct
JACKSON RANCHERIA EVENTS:
Dinner and a Movie: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly– Tues Sept 25
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
Dinner and a Movie: To Catch A Thief– Tues Nov 27

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Mother Lode Harvest Newsletter: Good Food News - Volume 4 Number 34 August 21, 2012
ACCF: The Every Day Guide to Wine - Tuesdays beginning Sept 4
Improving the Regional Food System - Niche Meat Marketing Workshop and Dinner- Mon Sept 17
Historic National Hotel Package with Gold Country Wine Tours

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Faith & Values - www.AmadorInterfaith.com
Trinity Tidings - September 2012, www.trinitysuttercreek.org
Sophia's Well of Wisdom - Sept 2012 - http://www.sophiaswell.org/
Motherlode Jewish Community: Rosh Hashannah & Yom Kippur- Sept 22
Cowboy Church Returns to Fiddletown
Wednesdays at Sophia's Well of Wisdom
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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
Sutter Amador Hospital – www.sutteramador.org
WALK Schedule/Calendar – www.walklivewithfitnessmadefun.com
New York Fitness – www.nyftyfitness.com
Team Fitness – www.TeamFitnessAmador.com
FREE High Tech Blood Pressure Screening - Thurs Sept 20
Walk Live: Fall Walk Challenge 2012
Prostate Cancer Information and Support Group Meeting - Tues Sept 11
Motherlode Holistic Wellness Center - Yoga Cancelled Sept 11
Walk Classes Begin Today (Tuesday)!
FREE High Tech Blood Pressure Screening - Thurs Sept 20

Business & Economy - www.AmadorBusiness.com
Amador County Chamber of Commerce - www.amadorcountychamber.com
Jackson Business & Community Association - www.jacksonbca.org
Amador County Women's Network (ACWN) - www.acwnonline.org
American Tower Company seeks distributors
Sutter Creek Visitor Center seeks flat screen TV
ACWN: Vendors needed for November Vendor/Craft Show
JB’s Awards & Engravings: Until There’s A Cure…Wear Your Support! www.jbawards.com
Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort has named Michael Turngren General Manager
CHAMBER SPECIAL for Amador County Historic Book
Chamber Mixer – Wed Sept 12
Amador Council of Tourism - Thurs Sept 13

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Historic Preservation – www.AmadorHistory.com
Reprints of the Amador Record “Special Mining Edition, 1897” now available
CHAMBER SPECIAL for Amador County Historic Books
PRESTON CASTLE EVENTS – www.prestoncastle.com
   Escape from Preston - 5K run/walk - Saturday, September 15, 8 am to 10 am
   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.com
Playgroups rescheduled
Plymouth After School Program – Tues, Wed & Thurs
Amador Community College Foundation kicks off Annual Campaign – Amador Centers for Higher Learning in September
Volunteer Opportunity: 4H wants YOU!
ACUSD Board Meeting - Wed Sept 12
FACL Book Drive – Sat Sept 29

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OTHER DEPARTMENTS:


Thanks to all of our supporting advertisers!
It’s only $5/month or $50/year (yes, year) advertise on Amador Community News!
Visit: www.amadorads.blogspot.com for more info!

It’s NOT your mom/grandma's Tupperware! Your Amador County Tupperware rep is Karen Lowe: www.my.tupperware.com/sweetgal

YOUTUBE: White Company Landscaping - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wu2KJZfqyg
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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