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The Amador County Youth Coalition now has Nike’s
support as it continues to
expand on its project to raise awareness of the dangers of tobacco use. The
Youth Coalition is currently collecting old shoes to use in an April 2nd
display meant to dynamically illustrate the 1200 lives lost each day due to tobacco.
Plymouth City Council interviewed candidates for the job of Interim City Administrator in closed session last Saturday. Council members agreed on a qualified prospect for the job, and the city is running the required background checks for city employment. When everything checks out and salary negotiations are finalized, the city council will approve their selection at a future City Council meeting. It’s not clear how long that will take but outgoing City Administrator Gene Albaugh says he hopes the City of Plymouth will have a new administrator in place as soon as February 1st. Albaugh has been filling the interim position for 33 months – for the last two years, that’s been on a month-to-month basis. Albaugh says at first he had trouble getting anyone to apply for the job, but after working with the League of California Cities recruitment program was able to encourage qualified applicants to apply for the job. Albaugh, who lives in Auburn, will then give up his commute to Plymouth and spend his time as a Rotary District leader, writing books, and playing senior softball.
In an interview Wednesday on TSPN, Amador County Registrar of Voters Sheldon Johnson encouraged registered voters and high-school students over the age of 16 to sign up to work at the polls during the February 5 Presidential Primary Election. “We always need more poll workers,” said Johnson, “and I want people to know there is still time to sign up and get involved.” “Being a poll worker is a fun and easy way to get involved in the electoral process,” said county’s chief elections officer. Amador Countystanding who is a United States citizen, at least 16 years old, and has a grade-point average of at least 2.5. Student poll workers must also have a California residents can serve as a poll worker if he or she is a registered voter, or a high-school student in good driver’s license. Poll workers earn a stipend of $88 for the day. Interested in working on Election Day? Call the county elections office to sign up – there is also a poll worker application form in the county elections booklet. For more information about how to be a poll worker, call the elections office at 223-6465.
Thanks to efforts from snowmaking crews and help from Mother Nature, Kirkwood Mountain Resort officially began lift operations for the 2007-08 winter season on Sunday. Kirkwood opened Chair 5 with access to intermediate and advance terrain on its Race Course run. Resort officials continue to assess operations in regards to opening additional terrain and lifts. Kirkwood’s General Manager Chip Seamans says that recent cold temperatures have enabled the resort to run snowmaking full-time and operators are keeping their fingers crossed for a little help from Mother Nature. With limited operations, lift ticket prices are also reduced with Adult tickets at $29, Juniors at $24, Seniors at $16, Child/Senior plus at $6 and Under 5 at $3. Visit Kirkwood’s web site at kirkwood.com or call the Snowphone at 877-KIRKWOOD for daily updates on resort operations.
Jackson City Council to Consider Water and Sewer Rate Increase Tonight
Written byThe City of Ione will be holding a special meeting on Tuesday October 30th to address several issues, one of which includes the Wastewater treatment options for the City. The meeting will begin with a discussion surrounding the First-Time Homebuyer Program the city is working to administer and then move right into the sticky issues regarding City’s wastewater treatment and disposal options. To assist in the process the City hired Lee and Ro, to evaluate the cities current treatment capabilities, as well as provide future direction for treatment. Bob Godwin of Lee and Ro, has been working closely with the City and has developed 12 options that at this point that are possible, however the City staff and council must narrow the possibilities down to 3 to 4 preferred options. At the meeting on Tuesday the Council will be reviewing Godwin’s report, taking public comment on the proposed solutions, and then hopefully narrowing down the options to the possible 3 best solutions, or 4 at the most, for the city. The public is invited to attend and learn more about what challenges the City is facing when it comes to wastewater treatment, and express their opinions about the proposed options. The special meeting will be held at the City Council Chambers at 5pm.
