Amador Community News - Friday, January 11, 2013

Have a super weekend, Amador County!

Updates have been made in all of our departments...check them out below, or get 'em daily on our Facebook at: facebook.com/AmadorCounty

Check out the YouTube slideshow in the right hand side bar for event flyers...and mark your calendars!

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NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS:
AMADOR COUNTY GOVERNMENT CALENDAR: http://www.co.amador.ca.us/index.aspx?page=15
NEWSLETTER: AAUW January 3013 -http://aauwamador.blogspot.com/
NEWSLETTER: Amador Bird Club January 2013- http://amadorbird.blogspot.com/
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Sacramento Field Office has resumed the practice of presenting large naturalization ceremonies in Sacramento - www.AmadorGovernment.com
Job Announcement: Playgroup Coordinator in Amador County - www.AmadorGroups.com
JB's Awards & Engraving: What are your upcoming projects? - www.AmadorBusiness.com
Jackson Creek Dental Group Opens Office for “Smiles for Kids 2013” - www.AmadorHealth.com
Berryhill Hires Dana Jorgensen as District Director for Foothills Communities - www.AmadorGovernment.com
Senator Berryhill issues statement on Governor Brown’s Budget Proposal - www.AmadorGovernment.com
Technical Advisory Committee - Mon Jan 14 - www.AmadorGovernment.com
TSPN Interview: Jackson City Manager Mike Daly - www.AmadorGovernment.com
TSPN Interview: Plymouth City Manager Jeff Gardner - www.AmadorGovernment.com
TSPN Interview: Ione Vice Mayor Ron Smylie - www.AmadorGovernment.com
TSPN Interview: Amador Arts Executive Director Terra Forgette - "Open Mike" Friday - www.AmadorArts.com
"Promised Land" (New Movie) & Connection to Amador County - www.AmadorSoapbox.com

Have a press release? Letter to the Editor? A newsletter you'd like to have published?
Email them to: acneditor@gmail.com

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MEETINGS:

CANCELLED: Sutter Creek Planning Commission - Mon Jan 14 - www.AmadorGovernment.com
JBCA Annual General Meeting - Mon Jan 14 - www.AmadorBusiness.com
Farms of Amador Planning Meeting - Mon Jan 14 - www.AmadorGroups.com
AWA Engineering Committee - Tues Jan 15 - www.AmadorGovernment.com
Amador Flyfishers Meeting - Tues Jan 15 - www.LifeInAmador.com
Amador Fire Safe Council Board of Directors - Wed Jan 16 -  www.AmadorGroups.com
Amador County Transportation Commission - Wed Jan 16 -  www.AmadorGovernment.com
Amador Community College Foundation - Thurs Jan 17 - www.AmadorEd.com
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI Amador) - Tues Jan 22 - www.AmadorHealth.com
Amador County Women's Network - Wed Jan 23 - www.AmadorBusiness.com

Holding a group or town meeting? Send us a quick announcement/brief, telling us what it is, date, time, location and a brief description of what the meeting is about.
Email your briefs to: acneditor@gmail.com

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CLASSES & WORKSHOPS:

The Resource Connection - Classes in Jan & Feb - www.AmadorGroups.com
Qigong Workshop in Pine Grove - Sat Jan 12 - www.AmadorHealth.com
Free Pressure Canning Class - Sat Jan 12 - www.AmadorFoodandWine.com
Free Advance Health Care Directive Workshop - Mon Jan 14 www.AmadorHealth.com
WEBINAR: Land Use and Community Design - Tues Jan 15 - www.AmadorEd.com
WORKSHOP: ACTC Long Range Transit Development Plan - Wed Jan 16 - www.AmadorGovernment.com
A Writing and Healing Workshop for all skill levels - Sat Jan 19 - www.AmadorArts.com
Climatologist to speak in Jackson - Thurs Jan 24 - www.AmadorGroups.com
Via Citizen Report: The Life of a Free Range Upcountry Rooster - Feb 2 & Mar 9 - www.LifeInAmador.com
The Path to Publication. A three part lecture series - Feb 2013 - www.AmadorArts.com
Experience “A Taste of the Arts” – Sat Feb 23 - www.AmadorArts.com
ACCF: "Our Night Sky" Series - Mar-Apr 2013 - www.AmadorEd.com
Holding a class, workshop or seminar? Send us a quick announcement/brief, telling us about it, give the date, time, location and a brief description of what the class is about.
Email your briefs to: acneditor@gmail.com

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UPCOMING EVENTS:

Meghan O'Keefe CD Release Party "27" - Sat Jan 12 - www.AmadorArts.com
Sutter Creek Ice Cream Emporium Dinner - Sat Jan 12 - www.AmadorFoodandWine.com
Sutter Creek Theater Presents: Houston Jones - High Octane Americana - Sat Jan 12 - www.AmadorArts.com
Dad & Me: Winter In The Foothills - Sat Jan 19 - www.AmadorGroups.com
2nd Annual Crab Feed & White Wines Release Party at Andis - Sat Jan 26 - www.AmadorFoodandWine.com
Speakeazy Jazz Orchestra - Sun Jan 27 - www.AmadorArts.com
Mardi Gras Party & Cajun Cook Off - Sat Feb 9 - www.LifeInAmador.com
Deaver Vineyards: "Passion for Ports - Sat Feb 9 - www.AmadorFoodandWine.com

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

"Free Fridays" Concert Series begin January 18 - www.AmadorArts.com
AmadorArts: Arts Activities in Amador County - www.AmadorArts.com
Calaveras Arts Council Events - Jan 2013 - www.AmadorArts.com
Amador Wedding Faire at Preston Castle - Sat Apr 7 - www.AmadorWeddings.com
AAUW 41st Annual Home Tour - Sat April 20 - www.LifeInAmador.com
Old Soles: Special guests and events 2013 - www.AmadorArts.com
Upcoming events at Sophia's Well of Wisdom - www.AmadorInterfaith.com
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

ACN Updates - Wed Jan 9

Updates have been made!

Get daily updates on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/AmadorCounty

TSPN Interview: Jackson City Manager Mike Daly - www.AmadorGovernment.com
Technical Advisory Committee - Mon Jan 14 - www.AmadorGovernment.com

Via Citizen Report: The Life of a Free Range Upcountry Rooster - www.LifeInAmador.com
Mardi Gras Party & Cajun Cook Off - Sat Feb 9 - www.LifeInAmador.com
AAUW 41st Annual Home Tour - Sat April 20 - www.LifeInAmador.com

AmadorArts: Arts Activities in Amador County - www.AmadorArts.com
The Path to Publication. A three part lecture series - www.AmadorArts.com

ACUSD / ACOE - Wed Jan 9 - www.AmadorEd.com
Amador Community College Foundation - Thurs Jan 17 - www.AmadorEd.com
Dad & Me: Winter In The Foothills - Sat Jan 19 - www.AmadorEd.com

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Carol Harper, Editor
NewsAmador.com

ACN Update - Mon Jan 7

HAPPY MONDAY!

Updates have been made in all our departments. Go to the “Amador dot com” department and find out what’s up in “The County”!

Updates are posted daily on Facebook! Check out our "Amador County Events" albums to check out the most recent event flyers and posters!
www.facebook.com/AmadorCounty

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NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Trinity Tidings - January 2013 Newsletter - www.AmadorInterfaith.com
Sophia's Well of Wisdom - www.AmadorInterfaith.com
Calaveras Arts Council Events - Jan 2013 - www.AmadorArts.com
Amador Bird Club - http://amadorbird.blogspot.com/2013/01/amador-bird-club-newsletter-jan-2013.html?spref=fb
AAUW Gold Filings - http://aauwamador.blogspot.com/2013/01/aauw-jan-2013.html?spref=fb


MEETINGS:
ACUSD / ACOE - Wed Jan 9 - www.AmadorEd.com
JBCA Annual General Meeting - Mon Jan 14 - www.AmadorBusiness.com
Chamber of Commerce Mixer - Wed Jan 9 - www.AmadorBusiness.com
Amador Council of Tourism - Thurs Jan 10 - www.AmadorBusiness.com
Amador County Artists Assoc. - Wed Jan 9 - www.AmadorArtists.org


CLASSES & WORKSHOPS:

Tai Chi classes offered - www.AmadorHealth.com
Qigong Workshop in Pine Grove - Sat Jan 12 - www.AmadorHealth.com
Free Advance Health Care Directive Workshop - Mon Jan 14 -www.AmadorHealth.com
Experience “A Taste of the Arts” – Sat Feb 23 - www.AmadorArts.com


EVENTS:
2013 Bunsen to Beaker Race - Sat Mar 16 -www.AmadorHealth.comAAUW 41st Annual Home Tour - Sat April 20 - www.LifeInAmador.com

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Carol Harper, Editor
Amador Community News
NewsAmador.com

Amador Community News Update - Thurs Jan 3

Updates have been made in all our departments. Go to the “Amador dot com” department and find out what’s up in “The County”!

Updates are posted daily on Facebook! Check out our "Amador County Events" albums to check out the most recent event flyers and posters!
www.facebook.com/AmadorCounty


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NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Calaveras County Arts Council receives a $1500 from Calaveras County Office of Education - www.AmadorArts.com
Job Opportunity: PLAYGROUP COORDINATOR in AMADOR COUNTY - www.AmadorGroups.com
Results of the Amador Calaveras Consensus Group (ACCG) projects: 2012 Report Provides Good News from U.S.D.A. Forest Service - www.AmadorGroups.com


MEETINGS:
Amador County Women's Network - Wed Jan 23 - www.AmadorBusiness.com
Cancelled: Amador Planning Commission - Tues Jan 8 - www.AmadorGovernment.com


CLASSES & WORKSHOPS:
Beginning Square Dancing Classs begin Mon Jan 14 - www.LifeInAmador.com
The Resource Connection - Classes in Jan & Feb - www.AmadorGroups.com
Climatologist to speak in Jackson - Thurs Jan 24 - www.AmadorGroups.com
Bible Challenge: Read the Entire Bible in Just One Year - Begins Sun Jan 6 - www.AmadorInterfaith.com
Free Pressure Canning Class - Sat Jan 12 www.AmadorFoodandWine.com
WORKSHOP: ACTC Long Range Transit Development Plan - Wed Jan 16 - www.AmadorGovernment.com
What is "Walk Live"? New goals for the NEW YEAR! - www.AmadorHealth.com
Vendors sought for 2013 Holistic Health & Wellness Fair - www.AmadorHealth.com
New Express Shape Up Program Starts January 2nd at Team Fitness - www.AmadorHealth.com
Presentation: "The True Cost of Oil" - Sat Jan 12 - www.AmadorSoapbox.com
Free Basic Internet Training - Begins Mon Jan 7 - www.AmadorEd.com
ACCF: Spring 2013 Courses - www.AmadorEd.com

EVENTS:
FUNDRAISER: Argonaut Jr. Poker Tournament - Sat Jan 12 www.LifeInAmador.com
"Free Fridays" Concert Series begin January 18 - www.AmadorArts.com
Down Home Music Productions presents O'Keefe in concert - Sat Jan 12 www.AmadorArts.com
2nd Annual Crab Feed & White Wines Release Party at Andis - Sat Jan 26 - www.AmadorFoodandWine.com
Amador County Historical Society Dinner - Sat Jan 26 - www.AmadorHistory.com

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


Carol Harper, Editor
Amador Community News
NewsAmador.com

ACN Facebook Posts

ACN Facebook posts:

VIA CITIZEN REPORT: "In case you haven't heard, there's going to be a vigil in remembrance of the Connecticut school shooting victims this Friday in Jackson at 6:00 at the Fire Station. Please tell your friends who may want to be there as the notice is short, and the season hectic."
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It's a very busy time of year for your mail carriers. Take some time out to thank them, leave a card, etc. Let them know how much you appreciate their service!
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MERRY CHRISTMAS, Amador County! Updates have been made in all our departments!

Go to the “Amador dot com” department of your choice (below), and find out what’s up in “The County”!

On Facebook? Just go to: www.facebook.com/AmadorCounty. Updates are posted daily!

OUR DEPARTMENTS:

Government – www.AmadorGovernment.com

Community Groups – www.AmadorGroups.com

Amador Living & Recreation – www.LifeInAmador.com

Business & Economy – www.AmadorBusiness.com

Health & Wellness – www.AmadorHealth.com’

Opinions & Issues – www.AmadorSoapbox.com

Art, Music & Theater – www.AmadorArts.com

Food & Wine – www.AmadorFoodandWine.com

Faith & Values – www.AmadorInterfaith.com

Historic Preservation – www.AmadorHistory.com

Schools & Education – www.AmadorEd.com

Other departments:

www.AmadorAuto.com

www.AmadorMilitary.com

www.AmadorWeddings.com

Want to advertise on Amador Community News?
Be a supporter of your local community media!
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We thank our supporting advertisers for their loyal, annual support!

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ACN Update - Sat Dec 15

What’s happenin’ today, Amador County? Updates have been made in all our departments!

Go to the “Amador dot com” department of your choice (listed below), and find out what’s up in “The County”!

On Facebook?
Just go to: www.facebook.com/AmadorCounty. Updates are posted daily!

Sat Dec 15

Parade of Lights, Sutter Creek - wwwAmadorArts.com

Sourdough Slim and the Saddle Pals, with Faux Ren Wah, Robert Armstrong, and Ron "DooDooWah" DeLacy - www.SutterCreekTheater.com
The Temptations - www.JacksonCasino.com

Holiday Benefit Concert in Moke Hill - See flyer below

Sat & Sun - Dec 15 & 16

Christmas Cantata performance "Night of The Father's Love" - wwwAmadorArts.com

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OUR DEPARTMENTS:

Government – www.AmadorGovernment.com

Community Groups – www.AmadorGroups.com

Amador Living & Recreation – www.LifeInAmador.com

Business & Economy – www.AmadorBusiness.com

Health & Wellness – www.AmadorHealth.com’

Opinions & Issues – www.AmadorSoapbox.com

Art, Music & Theater – www.AmadorArts.com

Food & Wine – www.AmadorFoodandWine.com

Faith & Values – www.AmadorInterfaith.com

Historic Preservation – www.AmadorHistory.com

Schools & Education – www.AmadorEd.com

Other departments:

www.AmadorAuto.com

www.AmadorMilitary.com

www.AmadorWeddings.com

Want to advertise on Amador Community News? It’s only $5/month, or $50/year!

We thank our supporting advertisers for their loyal, annual support!

More info, contact: acneditor@gmail.com



 

Nic Villa, Jr., Ione Band of Miwok Indians invited to White House for Tribal Leaders Conference

Nic Villa, Jr., Traditional Leader, Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California was invited and represented his tribe at the White House Conference Tribal Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C. this week. 

President Obama addressed the invited tribal leaders during the conference on December 5, 2012.  Following that address tribal leaders were guests of Secretary Salazar at his office in the Main Interior Building for a reception.

Later that evening all the the invited tribal leaders and their guest were invited to participate in a reception at the Native American Museum which is part of the Smithsonian.

ACN Updates

Check out the following departments for new updates.
Updates made daily on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/AmadorCounty!
Event flyers posted in our Facebook photo albums!

Government - www.AmadorGovernment.com
Community Groups & Organizations - www.AmadorGroups.com
Art, Music & Theatre - www.AmadorArts.com
Health & Wellness - www.AmadorHealth.com
Historic Preservation - www.AmadorHistory.com

ACN Updates - Mon Nov 26

Good Monday morning, Amador County, and happy "last week of November"!
Well, I've made the move to Sac, safe and sound, and sorting through the chaos of boxes and "stuff". Thank you all for bearing with me during this transition! I'm pretty much back in the saddle and rearin' to go, so be sure to send me your announcements at: acneditor@gmail.com, and I'll get 'em up for ya!

If you are on Facebook (all 3,660 of you!)...posts are being updated now, www.facebook.com/AmadorCounty. Friend me today! :)

For the rest of yas not quite hip on Facebook...click on the individual departments (above) for the latest and greatest, and/or subscribe to the community email group via email to loraine@suttercreek.com, and Loraine will get you goin' and keep you informed. Most of what you see via her emails are posted on ACN, but I do get some announcements and updates that she does not, so be sure to check in often. BIGGEST thanks to you, Loraine Davis...you rock!

It's only $5/month to post an event flyer, or $50/year for unlimited flyer postings and announcement. Event flyers are the fastest and most effective way for me to get your information up to Amador County's populace, so if you have one, send it on and I'll e-invoice you later. The most important thing is to get your info up so the rest can be informed.

Your support of Amador's community media means a LOT to this readership. It's not easy being a staff of one, and it takes a lot of time to update ACN's [relatively new] blog. Biggest thanks to our existing supporting advertisers, and I plan on working with so many more of you in 2013!

To our readers? What can I say...for the past five years, you've been consistent and encouraging. The words, "thank you" don't seem enough, for it is you that has kept ACN going strong.

Have a wonderful holiday season! I am up in "The County" often, so don't hesitate to email me or FB message me to get together for coffee or lunch!

All my best to you,

Carol Harper, Editor
NewsAmador.com

From the Editor: With Love to You, Amador County!

Shop Local, Amador County!

Well, the holidays are upon us. Funny how that happens so fast.

I want to thank the supporting advertisers that make Amador Community News what it is. Believe me, I'm not "rollin' in the [Christmas cookie] dough" myself, but...I have a heart for "The County", as I have for the past 12 years. ACN has been around since April of 2007. From the time I moved to Pioneer in August of 2000, moved to Nashville, TN in 2008 and returned in 2010...until this very day, relocating in nearby Sacramento...I've always believed in our small, Americana hometown livelihoods and businesses. Small business is what makes America great. When the global economy ever clues into this will be the day that I feel I've accomplished a bit of something for the sake of community media...for the strength of our community bonds is what makes us great.

I still feel I have much to do to help our communities understand that what they offer their hometowns is far more than what the world has to offer. In a world bent on consumerism and marketed fluff, well...I see you, as individuals and people...not numbers, nor statistics that have to report to a corporate media to make their quota or advertising "numbers" look good in order to appeal to the higher ups. As I open my PO box, and then look into the trash/recycling bins at the US Post Office in Ione, I am reminded of what is important to the populace of Amador County, and what is not. A ton of circulars, newspaper inserts and direct mail pieces are being thrown away. I was friended by about 40 Facebook friends this week. This is a bit of a direct and indirect message to me that there is a vast majority of those who don't care about the dollar signs...but do care greatly about value, about what is important to individual lives and families. Is this not who we are? Do we not rely upon each other when times are tough, when bottom lines are calculated, when we find out who our real clients and "friends" are?

This word ["value"] has many meanings to me...but what does it mean to you? What do you value? Do you value the latest XBox game, the last fashions, designs and useless "Black Friday" fodder? The latest "high-tech" toys to pacify your spoiled, wanting children as you try so hard to rest from the hard labor you relentlessly and actively work at, just to meagerly provide for your family and loved ones? I am grateful to Facebook for creating a platform for which a global community can connect and share. If you are on Facebook, please...friend ACN at: facebook.com/AmadorCounty, and please feel free to share on our Wall. In the last week, I've confirmed about 40 new FB friends. I've come to realize that, as a staff of one, I simply cannot do it all. But with your help, we can help our future generations realize what is great and wonderful about Amador County, and that's all because we have many words of wisdom to speak to future generations, and hope that they value of the wisdom of past generations.

I remember my first Winter in Pioneer, back in the year 2000. The realtor said, "Oh yeah, you might get a light dusting of snow." Ummmm, my house was at a near 4,000 feet, and yeah, it was dumped on. Ya think? I was musing:"If this is a 'light dusting', I'd freakin' hate to see a full-on dump."  Fortunately, I'm a mom-warrior that has no qualms about anything...I'll chop/split wood, rake those freakin' pine needles, start up that generator, and raise two [US Marine] children that have the same fight in them. Through it all, what I've learned as a naive adult (who is always learning and growing) is that the world seems hell-bent on the fabrication of hope, when what we all need is real hope. Real honor and integrity.

Real hope completely relies on you, Amador County; and I am here for you...we are growing together. I am SOOooo glad for your friendship, both grateful and conflicted when I can't even go into a local store in Amador County and hear, "OMG, you're Carol Harper! I'm friends with you on Facebook!" All I can do is smile and say, "Thank you, so much, for your support. You are Amador County!"

I know where that support comes from: your heart...and that means everything to me. It sends chills up my very human spine. I may not know or remember your name, I may have a quizzical look on my face when you approach me, but...don't ever think I don't care about you! Just know that it will never be about me; it is you that carries the strength of Amador County. This little sliver on California's map has yet to be reckoned with, because it is you that gives it hope and strength. It is you that puts Amador County on the global map. I'm just waiting to see that day arrive, and give a hearty smile and laugh, because...I knew it all along.

Happy holidays, Amador County! I love you all...

Carol Harper, Editor
Amador Community News
NewsAmador.com