Last Thursday the AWA board of directors reviewed a request to fund up to $10,000 toward the Local Agency Formation Commission’s Municipal Service Review. LAFCO Executive Officer Roseanne Chamberlin was present to further explain to the Board what the Municipal Service Review (MSR) is. The MSR is required by the Government Code she explained and includes service reviews of agencies for whom LAFCO sets boundaries and a sphere of influence. “…because other private and government…
Last Tuesday the BOS decided to move forward with revising a portion of the County Code pertaining to Sea-Land Storage Containers. On May 16, 2006 Title 19 of Amador County Code was amended to include regulations pertaining to sea-land storage containers in order to encourage appropriate locations and uses for such containers and to protect visual quality in the County. The Board went through a series of public hearings and received very little input. Within…
The Mountain Lion Foundation is recruiting 4H and FFA Clubs throughout the Central Sierra as Rural Partners to explore and implement simple and cost effective methods of preventing the loss of pets and livestock to mountain lions. As more and more people live and recreate in this area, interaction with wildlife has been on the rise. As a result, almost one-third of the mountain lions killed in California for livestock depredation are killed in the…
Cindy Sheehan, the "peace mom" who made headlines in 2005 by staging a marathon protest outside President Bush's Crawford, Texas, ranch, announced on Memorial Day that she no longer wants to be seen as a leader of the anti-war movement. In a 1,245-word letter posted on the liberal DailyKos blog, Sheehan said her campaign to end the war in Iraq had strained her relationship with her remaining children, cost her a marriage and left her…
According to Reuters the American herb craze has many Americans using the herbal supplements but few actually following the directions on the bottles. Roughly half of adults who use herbal supplements do not use them in accordance with "evidence-based" indications, U.S. researchers report. The findings, which appear in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings for May, stem from more than 30,000 adults who were surveyed regarding their use of herbs.The six herbs studied and their evidence-based indications…
According to the LA Times leading Republican senators on both sides of the immigration debate said Sunday that they would work together to modify the bipartisan legislation being considered in the Senate. Initially, some conservative Republicans condemned what has been referred to as the "grand bargain" on immigration that emerged this month. The controversial piece of legislation would increase border security and employer based workplace enforcement of immigration laws. These concepts are long favored by…
This morning around 4:30 am Jackson Fire Crews were called to a fire at 833 Vogan Toll Rd at the Law Offices of Stephen Zalkind. The fire was reported by the first Jackson Police officer on scene to be a fully involved structure. Fire crews from Jackson and CalFire arrived on scene within minutes with two engines a piece. The structure by this time was fully ablaze and concerns turned to limiting the spread of…
Around 5 pm last evening what could have been a dramatic accident off of Irish town Rd near Wieland Road was avoided by the brute force of some local firefighters and passerbys. According to witnesses on scene a White Chevy Tahoe was reported tipping toward its side and about to roll over with only two men holding the SUV from tumbling. Apparently, the driver had swerved to avoid a car that pulled out of a…
The Amador County Fair Premium Books are now available. The book includes all you need to know about the Amador County Fair and its rules and regulations. The books are available at many locations around the county including the Fair Office, the Chamber of Commerce, local libraries, the Ione pharmacy, the Feed Barn, the Mt Aukum Store and Volcano Telephone Company
