What makes young people happy and secure? It turns out that according to an AP and MTV survey spending time with family was the top answer to that open-ended question. The extensive survey asked more than 100 questions of 1,280 people ages 13-24 on the nature of happiness among America's young people. Next was spending time with friends, followed by time with a significant other.
A fire between Moke Hill and San Andreas yesterday afternoon sent smoke billowing into the skies above Calaveras and Amador Counties. The fire, reported around 4:45 pm, caused the closure of Hwy 49 near the Golden Hills subdivision in Calaveras County through the Hwy 49/12 split. Crews form the Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit of Calfire, local Calaveras County Fire Departments, and units from the Amador ElDorado Unit all joined the firefighting effort. Air support, in the form…
Amador County will soon be the home to 176 acres of new oak woodlands- courtesy Caltrans. According to Caltrans Public Information Officer Chantal Miller, the state transportation agency is in the process of planting 176 acres of oak woodlands beginning at the acorn stage.This replanting is part of the Environmental Impact Report mitigation requirements for the new Hwy 49 Bypass. Miller explains that when the bypass construction occurred Caltrans, and its contractors, destroyed about 20…
The steps of the National Hotel in downtown Jackson hosted a ceremony last night. The informal ceremony was in the form of the Skeleton Crew Motorcycle Club handing over a generous donation to Operation Care. The check, in the amount of 6-hundred dollars, was raised by the local motorcycle club during the Buster Westfall Memorial Run. Buster’s son John explains the gift. Next the President of the Skeletin Crew spoke Operation Care’s rep explains what…
Tuesday night an Ione Interim West Bypass Community Meeting was held at Ione Junior High, the meeting was presented by the Amador County Transportation Commission and Dokken Engineering. The topics discussed at the meeting included Project Background and Initiation, Alternative Analysis, Approval of Route Adoption and Environmental Document, Design and then finally Construction.
Amador County Treasurer/Tax Collector Michael E. Ryan is reminding taxpayers that unsecured taxes for the 2007-08 fiscal year are due and payable, and will become delinquent if not paid by 5 pm on Friday, August 31, 2007. Unsecured taxes are typically owed on boats, airplanes, business property, possessory interests, and mining claims. After August 31, delinquent unsecured taxes will be subject to a 10% penalty.
Marcia Hulse and her husband celebrated her birthday at Jackson Rancheria Casino in a big way. “What kind of present did (they) send me home with!?” she exclaimed after winning a $811,780.96 MegaJackpot on a dollar Wheel of Fortune slot machine. The Fairfield couple has been putting in a whole new front yard recently so most weekends are filled with yard work, but luckily they decided to take a break for one weekend and visit…
If your children do not have health insurance, help is available. Healthy Families is low cost insurance for children and teens. It provides health, dental and vision coverage to children who do not have insurance and do not qualify for free Medi-Cal (families that qualify for Medi-Cal, with a share of cost, are still eligible for Healthy Families). Monthly premiums range from $4- $15 per child, depending on the provider chosen and the family’s income,…
When you hear the initials B-L-M you usually think of undeveloped land, wild and scenic rivers and picturesque vistas but now the Bureau of Land Management has assumed a new role- Geothermal power provider. This week the federal agency held a competitive auction of lease parcels for geothermal energy resources on federal public lands.
A devastating turn last night in the search for six miners still missing deep underground at a Utah coalmine. The search was abruptly halted after a second cave-in killed three rescue workers and injured at least six others who were trying to tunnel through rubble to reach them. All rescue workers were evacuated from the mine Thursday evening and work underground was stopped. Asked if the search would be suspended, "that's something to be determined,"…
