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Monday, 03 May 2010 06:25
Kennedy Mine Seeks Pioneer Day Volunteers
Amador County – The Kennedy Mine Foundation is seeking volunteers to help in the 2010 Pioneer Days for 5th grade students, set for Thursday, May 13th. The mine hopes to improve on last year’s inaugural Pioneer Day, when more than 200 youths took part in the festivities. Dennis Price, School Tour Manager, requested Kennedy Mine Volunteers to mark the date for the second Pioneer Day at The Kennedy Gold Mine. Price said: “We are very hopeful the community will help us make this year's event a success.” He said they “especially need help assisting presenters as we move 350-400 kids through the activities.” They are “also very interested in those who may want to present or demonstrate activities from our rich historic past.” Those unable to attend the event were asked to help the foundation “connect with the numerous ethnic and religious groups with deep historic roots in our county, as well as mining, logging and ranch families, the Native American community and anyone who would enjoy sharing early California history with Amador County 5th grade students.” The May 2009 Pioneer Day was attended by nearly 250 5th grade students. The students, along with teachers, began the adventure by gathering at the Kennedy Amphitheater for instructions and entertainment. They divided into smaller groups to experience, candle dipping, button whizzer making, yarn doll making, rope making, and plowing with youngsters pulling the plow. They saw cowboy skills and learned to throw a lasso. A logging demo showed how to debark a log and handle a two man saw. They saw yarn making with a drop spindle and story telling. They played an Indian game with the help of volunteers from the Indian Grinding Rock State Park. Patty Reid led doll making and there was a blacksmithing demonstration. They visited a working blacksmith shop, watched the Kit Carson Mountain Men organization, where they could throw an axe. They hobnobbed with the Mormon Battalion, and Company “C” Civil War presenters, led by Jim McGuirk Company C later being treated to two very loud cannon shots by that group. There was a chance to visit a traditional store to purchase memorabilia and watched the start of a Pony Express mail ride. The Kennedy Mine Foundation is dedicated to educating youths “in understanding what came before them and what molded the world, as they now know it.” For information, call Dennis Price at 296-3106 or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Monday, 03 May 2010 06:26
Attorney General Candidate John Eastman to Speak At ACRCC Breakfast
Amador County – John Eastman, labeled by some as the “most conservative candidate” for California Attorney General, is scheduled to speak at an upcoming breakfast event for the Amador County Republican Central Committee. In past incarnations, Eastman served as the former dean of Chapman University School of Law and clerked for Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas. On the ballot, he will be listed by another of his many titles: Constitutional Law Attorney. Eastman is one of three Republicans vying for the Attorney General seat in a field of 14 announced candidates from 6 political parties. Incumbent Jerry Brown has announced he will be running for Governor in 2010. Despite the heavy competition, Eastman is not shy in explaining why he believes his experience and beliefs make him the best man for the job. “We are a nation born of a belief in God-given natural rights to life and freedom, and the belief in government by self-rule and the consent of the governed,” writes Eastman in an essay titled “Returning to the Founding Principles.” “Along the way, the principles of limited powers and ‘consent of the governed’ have been tossed aside by the ruling elite,” he writes. Among his political stances, Eastman strongly opposes what he calls the “federal healthcare takeover,” defends the use of the controversial Three Strikes Law and wants to crackdown on illegal immigration. One of Eastman’s most contentious positions is his fervent opposition to gay marriage rights, which has already brought heat upon him from gay activist groups. He founded the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, which seeks out conservative stands in appellate briefs, some of them related to homosexuality. In an essay titled “Returning to the Founding Principles,” Eastman vows that as Attorney General he will “change Jerry Brown's path against traditional marriage and defend the people in court, and I will!” The Attorney General elect will serve a term of four years starting January 2011. The ACRCC Breakfast with John Eastman will take place Friday, May 14, 2010 at Thomi’s Banquet Room, 625 S. Highway 49 in Jackson. Seating is limited and guests are required to RSVP to the Committee by May 12. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Monday, 03 May 2010 06:32
Update on Hwy 88 Blazer Rollover Crash
Amador County – Authorities are searching a male driver of a silver Sport Utility Vehicle that was reportedly the cause of an injury accident last week on Highway 88, west of Ousby Road. California Highway Patrol said a man and woman from Pioneer suffered moderate and minor injuries Thursday afternoon when they were forced off the road by an oncoming vehicle that had crossed over the center line of Highway 88, leading to a violent crash, including their vehicle rolling several times. Richard Kelly, 80, and Barbara Kelly, 72, both of Pioneer, were both pinned inside a Chevy Blazer Thursday after Richard Kelly swerved to avoid a head-on collision with an oncoming car that had crossed the center line of the road. They two were extricated by firefighters using Hurst extrication tools. A witness in a vehicle following behind the Blazer confirmed that a silver Sport Utility Vehicle (driving west bound on Highway 88) and its driver allowed the SUV “to cross over the double yellow lines into the path of” Kelly. Driving east-bound on Highway 88, west of Ousby Road, Kelly “took evasive action by turning to the right.” CHP said Kelly “overcorrected to the left and lost control.” Kelly’s Blazer left the east-bound shoulder of the road and “rolled several times before coming to rest on its roof, on the north side of Highway 88.” The Kellys were both transported to Sutter Amador Hospital. Richard Kelly had moderate injuries and Barbara Kelly had minor injuries. The crash occurred at about 3 p.m. Thursday (April 29th). CHP said the silver SUV, driven by an unidentified male, “fled the scene west-bound on Highway 88.” CHP said witnesses described the vehicle only as a silver Sport Utility Vehicle with a “Fox” head sticker on the front bumper. Anyone with information about the vehicle or its driver is asked to call the Amador Unit of the CHP. The crash was listed as a “hit and run” with injuries. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Monday, 03 May 2010 06:44
Board of Supervisors Pre-Agenda Report with Richard Forster 5-3-10
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Monday, 03 May 2010 06:38
Amador County News TSPN TV with Alex Lane 5-3-10
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Monday, 03 May 2010 06:44
Board of Supervisors Pre-Agenda Report with Richard Forster 5-3-10
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Monday, 03 May 2010 06:32
Update on Hwy 88 Blazer Rollover Crash
Amador County – Authorities are searching a male driver of a silver Sport Utility Vehicle that was reportedly the cause of an injury accident last week on Highway 88, west of Ousby Road. California Highway Patrol said a man and woman from Pioneer suffered moderate and minor injuries Thursday afternoon when they were forced off the road by an oncoming vehicle that had crossed over the center line of Highway 88, leading to a violent crash, including their vehicle rolling several times. Richard Kelly, 80, and Barbara Kelly, 72, both of Pioneer, were both pinned inside a Chevy Blazer Thursday after Richard Kelly swerved to avoid a head-on collision with an oncoming car that had crossed the center line of the road. They two were extricated by firefighters using Hurst extrication tools. A witness in a vehicle following behind the Blazer confirmed that a silver Sport Utility Vehicle (driving west bound on Highway 88) and its driver allowed the SUV “to cross over the double yellow lines into the path of” Kelly. Driving east-bound on Highway 88, west of Ousby Road, Kelly “took evasive action by turning to the right.” CHP said Kelly “overcorrected to the left and lost control.” Kelly’s Blazer left the east-bound shoulder of the road and “rolled several times before coming to rest on its roof, on the north side of Highway 88.” The Kellys were both transported to Sutter Amador Hospital. Richard Kelly had moderate injuries and Barbara Kelly had minor injuries. The crash occurred at about 3 p.m. Thursday (April 29th). CHP said the silver SUV, driven by an unidentified male, “fled the scene west-bound on Highway 88.” CHP said witnesses described the vehicle only as a silver Sport Utility Vehicle with a “Fox” head sticker on the front bumper. Anyone with information about the vehicle or its driver is asked to call the Amador Unit of the CHP. The crash was listed as a “hit and run” with injuries. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Monday, 03 May 2010 06:31
Sacramento Man Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Anthrax Hoax
Amador County – A Sacramento man was sentenced Monday to 51 months in prison after his conviction last September of three counts of committing an anthrax hoax and two counts of mailing threatening communications. According to a release from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, “evidence presented at trial established that in January 2007, Marc M. Keyser, 66, of Sacramento, “mailed a package to the Sacramento News & Review, promoting a book that he had written about potential anthrax attacks in the United States by terrorists.” The package included “a note offering to discuss publication of excerpts of the book, and a cylindrical aerosol canister labeled “Anthrax.” This resulted “in the evacuation of the building and a full law enforcement and hazmat response.” After being warned by an FBI special agent that he risked prosecution under the hoax mailings statute if he sent more packages, Keyser continued to mail over 100 packages “that contained a CD with excerpts of a new book on terrorism that was labeled in large print ‘Anthrax Shock and Awe Terror’ and a small sugar packet that had been re-labeled with a bio-hazard symbol and the words ‘Anthrax sample.’” The mailings were sent to various media companies, retail outlets and officials nationwide, including Congressman George Radanovich of Modesto, whose aide testified at trial that “following receipt of Keyser’s mailing, police, fire department, and hazmat personnel responded to the scene, and two employees were transported to the hospital for medical screening. Keyser stated to investigating agents that he intended the mailings to be “provocative” and to generate “buzz.” In sentencing, Judge Damrell told Keyser that “you want attention more than anything, you crave it. The attention you get is more important than the effect you have on others.” U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner said “hoaxes like these hurt our national security, draining critical resources from investigation of and preparation for real threats against our homeland. The jury acquitted Keyser on eight other counts in the indictment. He will be required to serve at least 85 percent of the prison time. Story by Alex Lane This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Monday, 03 May 2010 06:28
Roseville Transient Indicted for Hoax Mailings, Threatening President
Amador County – In a related story, a federal grand jury returned a 10-count indictment Thursday charging Timothy Cloud, 62, a transient generally from Roseville and San Francisco, with four counts of hoax mailings, four counts of mailing threatening communications, one count of threatening the President, and one count of crossing state lines after failing to register as a sex offender. Cloud was arrested in San Francisco on April 22, 2010. He is scheduled to appear for arraignment on May 7, 2010. If convicted, Cloud faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each of count of sending the hoax mailings and the threats to the President. He faces a statutory maximum of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each count of sending threatening communications. He faces a statutory maximum of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on the count of crossing state lines after failing to register as a sex-offender. The charges are only allegations and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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