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CDF/Office of the State Fire Marshal is reminding all Californians to replace the batteries in smoke detectors when turning clocks back this weekend. “We know smoke detectors save lives but they don’t work unless a working battery is in place,” said Ruben Grijalva, the CDF director and the California state fire marshal. “It takes just a few seconds to replace the battery, and it could be the difference between life and death.” "The “Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery” campaign can save your family," said Chief Grijalva.
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The Landscape ordinance was presented for review at the Jackson Planning Commission meeting. City Planner Susan Peters presented background on the item stating that at an August 21st Planning Commission meeting Carla Bowers of Volcano submitted some information regarding oak woodland habitat preservation. Bowers has been actively involved throughout the county in the preservation oak woodlands. The Commission at that time directed staff to place the issue on a future agenda along with considerations for amending other portions of the Ordinance.
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Monday, 16 October 2006 01:07
School District Board To Evaluate Independent Study Program-Could Declare It A “High Priority” Progr
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This Wednesday night the Amador County Unified School District Board of Trustees will take a look at the District’s Independent Study Program, Northstar. The district will look at the NorthStar program and consider the option of declaring the program a “high priority” school. Currently, state law compares and judges a school’s performance through the Academic Performance Index (API), a statewide ranking system to measure school performance. The ranking system is based on student’s performances on the STAR test, generally administered in the spring. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the approval of the State Board of Education, to rank all public schools in decile categories by grade level of instruction provided, based on their pupils' API results. Various provisions of existing law designate a school as a "low-performing" school, based on its decile rank. Because of a recent change in law instead of those schools previously designated as low performing schools, the schools are now called "high-priority" schools.
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Absentee Voters: be on the look out for your ballot in your mailbox. Yesterday was the first day of mail outs for Absentee ballots and according to the Amador County Elections Office those absentee ballots are being mailed today to voters here in Amador County. The Amador County Elections Department is the primary election service provider and sole voter registration custodian for approximately 25,000 registered voters here in Amador County. The Elections Department administers these duties in a non-partisan manner. This is essential, according to election officials, to maintain the integrity of the system and the confidence of the electorate. And you can be confident that if you are an absentee ballot voter here in Amador County your ballot will be arriving shortly. If you have any questions for the elections department they can be reached at 223-6465
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Speaking of smoke and fire, it’s that time of the year again when homeowners are warming up around the comfort of their fireplaces or wood stoves, many times with out a thought in their minds about the condition of their chimney. However, if you don't give some thought to it before you light those winter fires, your enjoyment may be very short-lived as chimney fires can be deadly.
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The search for a suspect in
the Oct. 27 killing of Sacramento County sheriff's deputy Jeff Mitchell is now
looking at two strike parolees.
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Sadam that began more than
a year ago, a combative Hussein and two other defendants Sunday were sentenced
to death by hanging for a brutal crackdown in 1982 in the Shiite town of Dujail.
One other defendant was sentenced to life in prison, and three received 15-year
sentences.
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The Health Department will be starting flu vaccination clinics on October 26 for those individuals who are 60 years and over and those with chronic medical conditions at the following locations and times: Calvary Chapel of Amador, October 26, 1:00-3:00 pm. Senior Services Center, November 2, 1:30-3:30 pm,
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Wednesday, 18 October 2006 04:09
Statewide series of forums on the federal No Child Left Behind Law
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Parents, teachers and school administrators have been invited to attend a statewide series of forums on the federal No Child Left Behind Law. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell announced Monday that he wants to gather comments on ways to modify the law which is due for reauthorization in 2007. The biggest concerns for California and 16 other states that have complained about the federal law are accountability, interventions, corrective actions, the highly qualified teacher requirement and English-learner issues. Accountability tests determine how well students are learning. The test results generate a school's state Academic Performance Index, which shows how much schools and student subgroups improved over last year, and the federal Average Yearly Progress, which shows whether schools and student groups are meeting minimum objectives.
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Beginning last Wednesday, Amador County Sheriff's deputies participated with the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Department in a sting of known sex offenders. The sting was in accordance and cooperation with several other law enforcement agencies. In addition to Amador County and Tuolumne County Deputies, the sting included officers from San Joaquin, Calaveras, Stanislaus, and Merced. Wednesday kicked off the three day operation to increase federal prosecutions of violent sexual predators and to reduce the number of Internet crimes against children, including child pornography. In the course of Thursday's and Friday's operation, called Valley Predator, law enforcement officers contacted 160 people required to register as sex offenders, according to a press release. During the operation, detectives raided pre-selected homes of registered sex offenders living in several counties. The purpose was to ensure that the offenders are in compliance with the terms of their releases and to search for any evidence relating to additional crimes.
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