Amador County – A large group of church members will be doing their annual volunteer service workday on Saturday in two locations around Amador County.
Terry Saldate of the Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day Saints said this week that the Mormon Helping Hands will be at Kennedy Mine this Saturday, painting the mine house and repairing a guardrail on a bridge.
Supervisor John Plasse also announced the service day, saying the Mormon Helping Hands volunteer day will have about 120 workers of all levels and all stripes. Plasse said last year they painted five buildings at the Amador County Fair Grounds in Plymouth, and this weekend they will be working at the fairgrounds and at Kennedy Mine. He said they will be repainting the mine house building and restoring a railing on a bridge.
Plasse offered kudos to organizations like that, who organize the community service days, and other groups should heed the example.
Supervisor Brian Oneto said the Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints volunteer workday includes everyone from little children to grandparents and everyone in between. He said all ages pitch in to work, and the sharing and atmosphere are less like a workday and more like a family picnic.
Also this weekend, Supervisor Ted Novelli said Senator Ted Gaines will be in town for the dedication of the Ione Veterans Memorial Park on Saturday.
Supervisor Richard Forster said Ione expects to see 500 to 1,000 people at the dedication of the Park, and a memorial to fallen Ione soldier, Private First Class Jay-D Ornsby-Adkins, who was killed on April 28, 2007. A plaque in his honor will be displayed on a monument at the park. Forster said the parade starts at 10:30 a.m., and the dedication is at 11.
Ione plans a full military ceremony, including patriot guard riders, an honor guard, a flyover, a 21-gun salute, and patriotic music, with attendance planned by dignitaries from throughout the county and region.
A Veterans walk is scheduled at 10 a.m. starting at Ione Junior High School and ending at the Veterans Park, which is located at the corner of Main Street and Preston Avenue.
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