Park Restoration Update
Dear Amador County,
I would personally like to thank the land owners who donated the cedar tree’s to the restoration project at Chaw’se Indian Grinding Rock, State Park. Also, a big thanks to the California Department of Forestry for their donation as well. We couldn’t have come this far without your outstanding generosity and support.
My family has been hard at work this past year restoring Chaw’se. More than 100 cedar poles were needed to repair just the roof portion of the Roundhouse. All poles must first be stripped of their bark by hand, using wood knives. Needless to say, the job is labor and time intensive and takes a great deal of patience to complete. Once the poles have been debarked, they are then stacked and dried to prevent cracking and twisting.
Over one mile of split rail fence has been replaced and now spans beautifully across the entire park. All of the wood used for this project was prepared by hand, by the Rancheria’s Native work crew. The rails were first cut by chain saw, and then separated using malls and wedges. A tremendous amount of back breaking work was required to achieve these results in an effort to give Chaw’se Indian Grinding Rock the upgrade it so desperately deserves.
The old roof has been completely removed from the Roundhouse and we are waiting until next spring to begin rebuilding to allow adequate time for the poles to dry. Chaw’se is a very important place to many of us here in Amador County, as are all of the parks within our community. I encourage each of you to come by and see the many improvements made for yourselves. Once again, we thank all the workers and volunteers who helped make this project such a success.
Next, The Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwuk Indians will be moving on to the Catholic Cemetery on Jackson Gate Road as the next location to receive our restoration efforts. Many of my family members have been laid to rest here including my mother and father, along with friends and family members of our community as well. We plan to replace the perimeter fencing, repair the pavement, provide general clean up to the landscape, replace signage and much, much more.
We anticipate this project to begin on or around November 1st and continue through winter. As always we would appreciate your support, please volunteer or donate to the Amador County Park Restoration Project and help us to continue our efforts. The Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwuk Indians are proud residents of Amador County, and we will continue to do our best to be good neighbors of our community.
Call (209) 223-8405 and like us on Facebook for more information on how you can get involved today.
Adam Dalton
Tribal Chairman
Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwuk Indians
Posted by TSPN TV on 10-15-14
UC Cooperative Extension Central Sierra - FoodCorps Members and UCCE working together
The Mother Lode attracts emerging leaders in the Farm to School movement by keeping it local
UCCE and FoodCorps expand their reach in the Central Sierra with locally grown service members!
“Locally grown” has a new meaning for University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) and FoodCorps in the Mother Lode region of the California Foothills. In their second year as a FoodCorps service site, the UCCE, in partnership with Gardens to Grow In, now has two locally grown service members - one in Calaveras and the other in El Dorado.
Now in its fourth year, FoodCorps, a national service organization, recruits and trains a team of emerging leaders to work in underserved areas for a one year term of service, where they focus on FoodCorps’ three pillars: Knowledge of what healthy food is; Engagement with fresh fruits and vegetables in gardens and kitchens; and Access to healthy food from local farms in school cafeterias.
FoodCorps recruits nationally and had well over 1000 applications for the 182 service positions in 16 states and the District of Columbia for the 2014/2015 service term. This year both UCCE service members, Emily Metzger (Calaveras) and Monica Drazba (El Dorado) have Northern California roots.
“One of the goals of FoodCorps is to help build capacity within the communities that they serve.” said Kevin Hesser, co-founder of Gardens to Grow In and a FoodCorps service site supervisor. “By recruiting locally for these positions we will hopefully keep the knowledge, skills and attitude gained through the FoodCorps’ partnership in this community for the long haul so these programs become sustainable.”
Metzger was born and raised in Calaveras County and is a graduate of Bret Harte High School in Angels Camp. She got her BA degree in Liberal Studies/Education at Westmont College in Santa Barbara.
“I went to school with the intention of becoming a school teacher, but then found a real love for growing food and local agriculture,” said Metzger. “I have seen first hand the powerful effects that spending time in the garden and eating local, healthy food can have. Healthy food systems are important to the health of individuals and communities as a whole.”
In El Dorado County, first year FoodCorps service member Monica Drazba is building on her nutrition background and Peace Corps experience to establish a thriving program and set roots of her own.
Drazba was born and raised in Pinole, California. She graduated from UC Davis with a degree in Nutrition Science and a passion for growing food, tending gardens, and building community.
After college, Drazba served twenty-seven months in Fiji as a Community Health Promotion volunteer in the Peace Corps, where she collaborated with the Fijian Ministry of Health to design and implement an Organic Garden Outreach Program to deliver nutrition education to communities and establish vegetable gardens in villages, homes, health centers and hospitals.
Metzger, Drazba, and FoodCorps are part of a growing movement of schools, youth, government and community organizations across the nation that are on the forefront of solving the many social, food insecurity, and diet related health issues plaguing the United States.
For this next year, Metzger and Drazba will be dedicating each of their days to making a positive difference in the lives of one child at a time - planting the seeds to create change, in the hopes of growing a healthy future for all.
Posted by TSPN TV on 10-15-14
Monday's with Monique on TSPN TV Oct 13, 2014
George Lee and Albert Sandoval from Sloughhouse Inn Restaurant and Bar wipe up a chicken pasta while talking to Monique Graziadei about their menu and upcoming events.
Operation Care Out Reach on TSPN TV 10-8-14 Part 1
Martha Perez moderates Operation Care's out reach on domestic violence on TSPN TV. Part 1
Lockwood Fire Event
Lockwood Fire Protection District is happy to announce “Win Win at the Union Inn” event to be held on Monday, October 20.
The Union Inn & Pub in Volcano is hosting Lockwood Fire for the evening and is graciously donating a portion of each dinner sales to the fire department. Lockwood Fire will also have a big raffle at the Union with many great raffle prizes – a full size pickup load of firewood, gourmet baskets, wine, gift certificates from Pearls, Biggest Little Kitchen Store, Sears, Black Chasm and Moaning Caverns Zip line, Serendipity Center & Gift Store, and many many more! Raffle ticket sales are on-site only and you need not be present to win.
Come dine out at the Union, always a win, and perhaps win a raffle prize! WIN WIN at the Union Inn.
Reservations are highly recommended – 296-7711. Doors open at 5:00 PM.
All proceeds are earmarked for the purchase of a new Rescue Squad!
More upcoming events are listed on our web site athttp://www.lockwoodfire.org
Posted by TSPN TV on 10-11-14
'Finding the Mother Lode' Screening
Calaveras vs. Argonaut Pregame TSPN Game of the Week
Jim Vinciguerra and Frank Halvorson preview this week's game between the Calaveras Redskins and the Argonaut Mustangs.
Calaveras vs. Argonaut 1st Quarter TSPN Game of the Week
First Quarter: The Calaveras Redskins take on the Argonaut Mustangs at Argonaut High School.
Calaveras vs. Argonaut 2nd Quarter TSPN Game of the Week
Second Quarter: The Calaveras Redskins take on the Argonaut Mustangs at Argonaut High School.
Calaveras vs. Argonaut 3rd Quarter TSPN Game of the Week
Third Quarter: The Calaveras Redskins take on the Argonaut Mustangs at Argonaut High School.
