News Archive (6192)
This weekend was the 126th Annual Italian
Picnic and Parade. The Italian Picnic grounds were packed with thousands of Amador County
Citizens and out of towners that enjoy the festivities on the first weekend of
June every year. The rides and games kept the kids busy leaving the adults to the
music, dancing, bingo, food and more.(SUE VIDEO) The Italian Picnic grounds will continue to be
occupied until next weekend when hundreds of high school kids turn out for the
popular Sober Grad event.
General Plan Advisory Committee Looks At How Land Uses Impact Our Local Economy
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The General Plan Advisory
Committee has been looking
into how the General Plan for the future of the county will impact the county’s
economy. The group’s “Working Paper” on the subject of the local economy takes a
look at some of the available data concerning the economic conditions here in
the County. The analysis
focuses on trends in employment, labor force characteristics, average wages,
population, educational attainment, and other economic factors to provide
background information that will assist the County in addressing these issues
through the General Plan Update.
Procession In Ione On Saturday For Local Fallen Soldier Private First Class Jay-D Ornsby Adkins
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Local fallen soldier Private First Class Jay-D Ornsby Adkins will be returning home this Saturday afternoon. Ione Mayor Jerry Sherman and Police Chief Bob Olson will be accompanying the family of Ornsby-Adkins to Mather Air Force base in Sacramento where the family will bring Ornsby Adkins home for burial. Please join the community, family and friends of Private First Class Ornsby Adkins in honoring him with a procession down Main Street Ione at approximately 12:30 pm Saturday. Services for the soldier will be held at 10 am on Wednesday at the Church of the Nazarene on Ridge Rd in Sutter Creek. Because of the crowds expected to honor Ornby-Adkins, parking will also be offered at the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints, also located on Ridge Rd. The Jackson Rancheria Casino will provide busing between the churches beginning at 9am. Burial will follow the service at the Garden of Valor at the Sunset Cemetery. A reception will then be held at the Evalyn Bishop Hall in Howard Park, Ione for a celebration of Ornsby-Adkins life.
A local teen has made a boisterous proposition –
to bike ride 100 miles around Lake Tahoe.
According to those who know
her best, she is fully capable of doing so. Amador County
resident Krysta Dremel was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia in
2003, when she was only 16. In her words, “I was just a regular kid at Argonaut High School;
cancer was the last thing on my mind. I did most things other high school kids
do, until I got sick.” When she was first diagnosed she had already developed
many complications. “I was on a roller coaster of chemo for three years after
that,” she said
No Decision Made In The BOS Consideration of Chamber Funding & Membership
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Yesterday, with a heated
discussion, the Board of Supervisors considered their membership and funding of
the Amador County Chamber of Commerce. The agenda item was prompted, according
to Supervisor Forster because “this
is the third time that the Chamber has taken an action that is contrary to the
board’s position on the validity of (the) Buena Vista (Tribe’s) efforts to
build a casino.” Forster elaborated on the situation later by saying, “One was the vendor fair held
by the tribe that (Executive Director) Jacqueline Lucido helped to organize and
sponsor even though she claimed to have not.” He said Lucido, on the
contrary, was very public and seen in pictures as being a part of the function.
Sutter Creek held its 1st
Christmas "Parade of Lights", on Saturday. Main Street Sutter Creek was a spectacle of
illumination – people decorated themselves -- their dogs, antique cars and trucks, bicycles
built for two, and more. Our local public servants enthusiastically took on the
challenge of lighting up
buses, fire engines and heavy equipment. Of course, Santa and Mrs. Claus would
not miss such a
festive parade-- they rode in a horse drawn carriage with local children in tow.
Parade entrants were very creative,
putting together an
hour-long, holiday themed parade. All the while, bubbles filled the air and
amplified the twinkly lights
up and down Main Street.
The Parade of Lights is sure to become a much anticipated annual event.
