Wednesday, 10 January 2007 04:31
Jackson Fire Department Year End Call Report
Fire Chief Mark Morton then reported that the Jackson Fire
Department finished out the year with 876 calls, which is a 21% increase in
calls over 2005. He also reported that the new year has already been
challenging with 19 calls so far as of Monday, and three of those were calls
involving that all ended in fatalities.
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Wednesday, 10 January 2007 04:28
City of Jackson Takes A Major Step For Parks and Recreation
The Council reviewed
the request of the Amador Co. Little League East to place fundraising
sponsorship signs on the Aime Field Fence. According to a letter from Fund Raising Committee Chairman
Mark Lackowski, “…the Amador Co. Little League is trying to come up with ways
to raise money for the league…my plan this year is to ask local
businesses for help in sponsoring…The league’s thought is to sell “sponsorship”
signs to local businesses that would like to have their business name displayed
year around.” The signage Lackowski suggested would be permanent and would be 2
feet by 8 feet in size and the monies earned from the “sponsorship” signs would
be used to purchase “much needed safety equipment” and make some field
upgrades. City Manager Mike Daly introduced the item and said that the City recognizes that youth sports
organizations are always struggling to make their financial needs, but in the
past the City has discouraged the placement of advertising on City property
to benefit any one particular organization. He also pointed out that similar
requests have been turned down in the past and that the Amador County Little
League (ACLL) East is not the only organization to use the field, so by
allowing one organization to put up signs it could set precedence for all
organizations in the future. City
Council persons had several questions pertaining to the request, but
unfortunately a representative of ACLL East was not available.
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Wednesday, 10 January 2007 04:20
Sutter Creek Planning Commission: Annexation Still Being Discussed
Earlier this week the Sutter Creek Planning Commission
held a public hearing on
the Sutter Hill East Reorganization; which would annex 56.3 acres of Sutter
Hill property to the city of Sutter Creek from Amador County’s
jurisdiction. The annexation had inadvertently been sent to the city
council last week lacking complete environmental documents and was then redirected
to the planning commission for their recommendation to the council. The
annexation includes the Amador Transit Mix concrete company and 3 other major
sources of tax revenue opportunities for the city. The annexation has caused a
bit of controversy with some of the surrounding land owners involved because
portions of the annexation were possibly going to be rezoned from Residential
to Planned development.
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Wednesday, 10 January 2007 04:17
CDC, MCSP, & Senator Dave Cox Will Discuss Wastewater Issues At Town Hall Meeting
Senator Dave Cox has announced a Town Hall meeting that will be conducted regarding Mule Creek State Prison and its current issues, including those wastewater concerns. Senator Cox requested the meeting and Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation James Tilton and Mule Creek State Prison Warden Rich Subia have all agreed to be present at the meeting which is open to anyone in the community. The meeting is Tuesday Jan 16th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Ione Jr High School. For more information you can contact Senator Dave Cox’s office at 916-783-8232.
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Wednesday, 10 January 2007 01:09
Sexual Assault Suspect Arrested
On Friday January 5, 2007
at approximately 0330 hours, the Amador County Sheriff’s Office received a report that a 17
year old female had been sexually assaulted by her former step-father at a
residence on Buckhorn Ridge Road
in Pioneer. Amador County
Sheriff’s Deputies responded and contacted the female and the suspect. The female stated she had taken medication
and became drowsy. She subsequently
awoke to find the suspect, nude, orally copulating her. She indicated the suspect sexually penetrated
her digitally and with a foreign object.
The suspect was interviewed at the scene and confessed to the committing
the acts. Amador County Sheriff’s Investigators responded to the scene to
conduct additional interviews and to collect the physical evidence. The victim was transported to the UC Davis
Medical Center for an examination. The former step-father, John Frederick Gladish, 57, of Pioneer was
arrested and transported to the Amador County Jail for processing. Gladish was charged with violations of PC
288A(F), oral copulation of an unconscious victim; and PC 289(E), sexual
penetration of a victim under the influence of medications. Gladish’s bail was set at $50,000.00.
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Tuesday, 09 January 2007 02:19
Buena Vista Rancheria Sewer Plant Permit Consideration On Hold
In case you have been
wondering what is happening with Buena Vista Rancheria’s request to the Federal
Government to build and operate a sewer plant- the answer, according to John
Tinger with the EPA is that the
permit, and the project, are on hold. According to Tinger “As the Tribe has agreed to do additional work on
the Tribal Environmental Impact Report, the NPDES permit application is on hold
until the TEIR has been completed.” Tinger states that his department
anticipates that there will be another public notice on the NPDES permit to
allow for comment on any additional information collected during the TEIR
process, as that information relates to the NPDES permit.
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County Growth
Tuesday, 09 January 2007 02:13
County Efforts For Regional Sewer Solution Take A Step Forward
Representatives of Jackson, Sutter Creek, Ione, ARSA, the AWA,
as well as HDR all joined together yesterday to discuss short term improvements
to meet the needs of local wastewater demands. In the audience
representatives of the Foothill Conservancy, Present in the audience were Nolte
Engineering of the Jackson
Hills project, Castle
Oaks Golf course, JTS Communities, and the Gold Rush and Wicklow Way subdivisions. County Administrative
Officer Patrick Blacklock facilitated
the meeting while representatives from HDR Engineering Inc. summarized the
results of the last few meetings and went over some of the steps that can be
taken in the future to ensure capacity for the development that is already on
the books.
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Tuesday, 09 January 2007 02:02
New County Officials Are Now, Well, Official
There’s a new Sheriff in
town as things were made official today. In a sentimental ceremony Sheriff
Martin Ryan was sworn in by his father, former Am. Co. Superior court judge
Martin Ryan while his wife Theresa pinned his badge on. As young Martin
continues a family legacy of law enforcement in the County as his grandfather
G. W. Lucot served as an Amador Co. Sheriff from1914-1954.
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Tuesday, 09 January 2007 01:56
Sheriff’s Department Investigates Robbery
The Amador Co. Sheriff’s
Dept. is currently investigating a robbery that occurred this morning at the
Jackson Rancheria Casino and Hotel. According to Law Enforcement Officials they were contacted by tribal
police regarding a robbery that occurred when a male subject met up with a female suspect in the
casino and they subsequently returned to a hotel room together.
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Tuesday, 09 January 2007 01:49
More Accidents Caused By Ice & Speed
This weekend’s beautiful
sunny weather was deceiving for many drivers as they encountered slick and icy
roadways. Late Friday morning an
accident occurred on Hwy. 88 just west Silver Drive when Karen Strachan, 54 of
Pioneer was traveling west bound on Hwy. 88 ascending the grade in her 2006
Ford F-250 entering a righthand curve. Strachan stated that she thought her
speed was 25 mph, but according
to CHP Officer Patrick Ong, he estimated her speed to be closer to 35-40 mph.
Subsequently she lost control of her vehicle on the icy roadway and ran off of
the north side of the highway causing her truck to overturn and collide with a
tree. According to the report Strachan only had minor injuries. Just a half
hour later at approximately at 11:05am Agnese Jekabsons, 53 of Pioneer was
traveling eastbound in her 1997 Ford Taurus at an estimated speed of 40 mph
entering Buckhorn in the upcountry area. According to Officer Patrick Ong’s report, Jekabson
negotiate a curve to her left and lost control of her vehicle but her speed
causing the Ford Taurus to run off the north side of the Highway and
subsequently collide with a ditch embankment and over turned.
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