Vol. 30, No. 4 APRIL 2016 Postal Customer Presorted Standard US POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 49 GROVELAND, CA P. O. Box 49 • Groveland, CA 95321 • Phone: 209-962-4917 • e-mail: [email protected]• www.yosemitehwyherald.com Serving Southern Tuolumne County and Northern Mariposa County Since 1987 – FREE Classifieds ..................... 24 Community Events ...... 23 Crossword Puzzle ........ 21 Crossword Solutions.... 25 Service Directory ......... 24 Supervisor Corner ......... 9 Features on this Issue Farewell “Naughty” Nadele By Rudy Manzo Celebration of Life By Liz Mattingly On a sunny afternoon in February we sadly had to say our farewell to our last surviving Honorary Mayor of Groveland, “Naughty” Nadele Manzo. Out of the blue on February 9 she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that had spread to the liver and there was nothing that could be done to stop if from spreading. On February 29 she passed and quickly col- lected her wings in heaven. Prior to moving to Groveland after she and Rudy retired, she was a highly respect- ed teacher in the La Habra school district in southern California. She was loved by all of her students and fellow teachers. She was the recipient of the Dale Carnege Education Award and was written up twice in “Who’s Who” in American Education. Over 500 teachers, parents and students attended her retirement party in La Habra. She was over- whelmed when the Superintendent stated, “she had left her mark and did make a dif- ference in the education of her students.” After retiring to Pine Mountain Lake she became involved with the Pine Cone Singers, Pine Cone Performers, Soroptimist, Ladies Club, Chamber of Commerce and of course her church choir at Evangelical Free Church of Groveland. She gave freely of her time for the vacation bible study for the chil- dren of out community. Her smile was al- ways there and the children loved her antics. There were many in our community who were touched by her and they remember her, as we all will, as the person that looked at them and made them feel good. Her smile The Mattingly family would like to thank all our friends and family that have kept Joe in their thoughts and prayers dur- ing his medical illness and especially all the sympathy cards, letters and phone calls after he died. Joe died on March 2, in Doctors’ Hospi- tal in Modesto, CA surrounded by his family and close friends. There is a mass and Celebration of Life to be held Saturday, April 9 at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick Church in Sonora, Ca. will be missed, but her memory will live on in our community. Services are scheduled for June 18, at 2 p.m. at the Evangelical Free Church with reception to follow. There will be a community gathering on Saturday, April 2 at 3 p.m., as a good- bye tribute to Honorary Mayor ‘Naughty’ Nadele. The event will take place at the Groveland Community Hall. Coulterville Monthly Dinners By Elaine Marquardt Thanks to the dedication of many vol- unteers, our monthly dinners will continue on Saturdays, April 30 and May 30. Will take a break during the summer and return on Saturdays, September 24 and October 29. The church has been serving the roast beef dinner on a regular basis since May 1987. John Mullins and the men of the church did the cooking then and the ladies made the pies for dessert. The Roast Beef dinner cooking procedures outlined by John Mullins are still being used. Donation is $10 for adults and $5 for children under 10. Take-outs are available. We’re located on Higway 49 across from the Coulterville Park. Proceeds go to help support the local mission and the great- er Methodist mission around the world. L to R: Elaine Marquardt, Janet Skooglund, Mike Harding, Kathy Harding, Jacquie Martin, Carol Cornish, Ruthie Neri, Sandy Bager, Jan Newman,Jerri Sears, John Sears, Jewell Beck, Kempton Everist. Bottom: Pastor Stan Skooglund with Mia
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Vol. 30, No. 4 APRIL 2016
Postal CustomerPresorted StandardUS POSTAGE PAID
PERMIT NO. 49GROVELAND, CA
P. O. Box 49 • Groveland, CA 95321 • Phone: 209-962-4917 • e-mail: [email protected] • www.yosemitehwyherald.com
Serving Southern Tuolumne County and Northern Mariposa County Since 1987 – FREE
Classifieds .....................24
Community Events ......23
Crossword Puzzle ........21
Crossword Solutions ....25
Service Directory .........24
Supervisor Corner .........9
Features on this Issue
Farewell “Naughty” NadeleBy Rudy Manzo
Celebration of LifeBy Liz Mattingly
On a sunny afternoon in February we sadly had to say our farewell to our last surviving Honorary Mayor of Groveland, “Naughty” Nadele Manzo.
Out of the blue on February 9 she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that had spread to the liver and there was nothing that could be done to stop if from spreading. On February 29 she passed and quickly col-lected her wings in heaven.
Prior to moving to Groveland after she and Rudy retired, she was a highly respect-ed teacher in the La Habra school district in southern California. She was loved by all of her students and fellow teachers. She was the recipient of the Dale Carnege Education Award and was written up twice in “Who’s Who” in American Education. Over 500 teachers, parents and students attended her retirement party in La Habra. She was over-whelmed when the Superintendent stated, “she had left her mark and did make a dif-ference in the education of her students.”
After retiring to Pine Mountain Lake she became involved with the Pine Cone Singers, Pine Cone Performers, Soroptimist, Ladies Club, Chamber of Commerce and of course her church choir at Evangelical Free Church of Groveland. She gave freely of her time for the vacation bible study for the chil-dren of out community. Her smile was al-ways there and the children loved her antics. There were many in our community who were touched by her and they remember her, as we all will, as the person that looked at them and made them feel good. Her smile
The Mattingly family would like to thank all our friends and family that have kept Joe in their thoughts and prayers dur-ing his medical illness and especially all the sympathy cards, letters and phone calls after he died.
Joe died on March 2, in Doctors’ Hospi-tal in Modesto, CA surrounded by his family and close friends.
There is a mass and Celebration of Life to be held Saturday, April 9 at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick Church in Sonora, Ca.
will be missed, but her memory will live on in our community. Services are scheduled for June 18, at 2 p.m. at the Evangelical Free Church with reception to follow.
There will be a community gathering on Saturday, April 2 at 3 p.m., as a good-bye tribute to Honorary Mayor ‘Naughty’ Nadele. The event will take place at the Groveland Community Hall.
Coulterville Monthly DinnersBy Elaine Marquardt
Thanks to the dedication of many vol-unteers, our monthly dinners will continue on Saturdays, April 30 and May 30. Will take a break during the summer and return on Saturdays, September 24 and October 29.
The church has been serving the roast beef dinner on a regular basis since May 1987. John Mullins and the men of the church did the cooking then and the ladies
made the pies for dessert. The Roast Beef dinner cooking procedures outlined by John Mullins are still being used. Donation is $10 for adults and $5 for children under 10. Take-outs are available.
We’re located on Higway 49 across from the Coulterville Park. Proceeds go to help support the local mission and the great-er Methodist mission around the world.
L to R: Elaine Marquardt, Janet Skooglund, Mike Harding, Kathy Harding, Jacquie Martin, Carol Cornish, Ruthie Neri, Sandy Bager, Jan Newman,Jerri Sears, John Sears, Jewell Beck,
Kempton Everist. Bottom: Pastor Stan Skooglund with Mia
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Also lines/contras/squares. Partners or experience not necessary. Free of charge. When: 3rd Wednesdays from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Groveland Community Hall started
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ScholarshipBy Candice Kendall
It is with great sadness that we in-form you that Peggy Mosley, a founding member of CABBI and long time CABBI Council member, has passed away.
Ms. Mosley, owner of the Groveland Hotel in Groveland, CA opened the hotel in 1990 as a retirement venture where she and her husband worked to restore the ho-tel back to its original splendor.
In 1994, the property was added to The National Register of Historic Places. She was inducted into the California Hotel & Lodging Association (CH&LA) Hall of Fame in 2012 for her outstanding leader-ship and dedication to the California lodg-ing industry.
Before she began her career in hos-pitality, Ms. Mosley was a computer pro-grammer in the Air Force Civil Services and was the first female manager for Lock-heed Aerospace Corporation in 1977.
She was also a flight school owner, Junior College professor, California real estate salesperson, and she held the desig-nation of being a Kepner-Trego Problem Analysis & Decision Making Program Fa-cilitator.
CABBI will be joining with CH&LA to establish a scholarship in Ms. Mosley’s name. Pending approval by the CH&LA Education Foundation Board of Direc-tors, the Peggy Mosley Scholarship will be initiated this year and focus on involving CABBI properties in industry education and advocacy.
To contribute to the CH&LA Educa-tion Foundation in Peggy’s name, please see www.calodging.com/contribute/educa-tion-foundation/
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Southside Programs Get Spring RefreshBy Ron Harms
The Southside programs are getting a little spring refresh. We’ve got a new look and feel, and have re-invigorated our pro-grams and website. Southside Community Connections (SCC), formerly known as Southside Senior Services, continues to create an enriched community environ-ment with its signature programs: The Lit-tle House, Village on the Hill and Wheels.
Residents of Southern Tuolumne County are living fuller lives by participat-ing in our activities and programs in the ar-eas of health, recreation, social interaction and lifelong learning. We are excited about our current programs and are looking for-ward to adding more.
I encourage you to stop by our “head-quarters” at The Little House and learn more in person, or stay up to date with all our events and activities by checking our new and improved website and calendar at www.southsidecommunityconnections.org
And, Like us and see all the latest news on our Facebook pages: www.facebook.com/southsidecommunityconnections, www.facebook.com/thelittlehousegrovelandca and www.facebook.com/vonthehill.
Many of you know our signature pro-grams, but for those who don’t, here’s a quick snapshot. The Little House provides a meeting and gathering space for activities like community lunches provided by www.sierraseniorproviders.org on Tuesdays and Thursdays, yoga, Mahjongg, grief support and free blood pressure readings. We also have a great new monthly series (third Tuesday of the month) with a focus on dif-ferent aspects of health and wellness. For a complete calendar, check us out online or call 209-962-7303.
Village on the Hill is based on a na-tion-wide model with the philosophy of “Neighbors Helping Neighbors.” The program serves adults over the age of 50
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and provides supportive services, enabling Village members to remain in their own homes with safety, dignity and respect. Trained and screened volunteers provide safe, confidential assistance with chal-lenging tasks such as simple home repairs, as well as help with electronics, and lend friendly support through personal calls and visits. Serving the communities of Groveland, Buck Meadows and Big Oak Flat, members pay a fee to join Village on the Hill. Once you join our village, you are a phone call away from receiving services, and a part of a vibrant community, dial 209-962-6906.
Wheels provides free, periodic door-to-door transportation for shopping and errands in the Groveland area, as well as
transportation to Sonora for healthcare ap-pointments for anyone over age 60 who is unable to drive due to recent surgery, ill-ness or age. Our vetted and caring volun-teer drivers ensure a safe and comfortable ride to and from appointments, providing you with security and peace of mind. We are always seeking volunteers to drive cli-ents to local destinations such as the post office, pharmacy, bank and grocery store. You choose your driving days and receive a call the evening before your drive day with client information and drive destina-tion. Call 209-962-6952 for more informa-tion.
Join us—get active, have lunch, take a ride, volunteer, get peace of mind and live better. We’d love to see you soon.
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Mountain Lutheran Church NewsBy Paul Ingvaldsen
Kiwanis ClubBy Sandy Smith
The story of Easter starts with the Passover, told in the first third of the bibli-cal book of Exodus. The Jews at this time have come to Egypt because of a famine, while Joseph of the Coat of Many Colors is Pharaoh’s trusted counselor.
After Joseph’s death, the Jews are en-slaved by the Egyptians forced to perform hard labor, under bitterly cruel conditions for hundreds of years. The prophet Moses goes to the new Pharaoh and asks him to let the Jews go.
When Pharaoh refuses, God sends a total of ten plagues that devastate Egypt. In the first nine, the waters of the Nile turn to blood, frogs appear everywhere, lice infest everything, wild animals menace the land, cattle die, there is an outbreak of boils, hail destroys the crops, locusts devour what-ever is left, the land is covered in darkness. After each plague, Moses asks the Pharaoh to set the Jews free. Every time, Pharaoh refuses.
The final plague is the killing of the firstborn sons. Moses instructs the Jews to sacrifice a lamb for each family spread its blood on the doorposts of their house.
God passes over the marked Jewish houses and kills the firstborn male child in every Egyptian household. There is a great out-cry, the Pharaoh finally tells Moses to take the Jews and leave Egypt without delay. The Jews leave in such a hurry they don’t have time to make bread for the trip; in-stead, they leave carrying bread dough, which bakes on their backs before being able to rise. The holiday is called “Pass-over” because God passes over the Jewish houses, protecting them while killing the Egyptian firstborn sons.
The two holidays, Passover and Easter are entwined from the beginning—the word Pasch, originally meaning Passover, comes to mean Easter as well. The Easter story is at the heart of Christianity. It celebrates the Resurrection from the death of Jesus, three days after he is executed. The celebration of Passover takes place just before the Cru-cifixion Resurrection of Christ.
After Jesus is crucified on the Friday now known as Good Friday, his body is taken down from the cross buried in a cave tomb. On Easter Sunday, Jesus appears in his resurrected body. According to biblical sources the resurrected Jesus appears sev-
eral times to a number of people over the next 40 days. He knows the importance of convincing His followers He is the Risen Lord Jesus. Without their firm conviction of His resurrection, their faith Christianity would have been lost.
Therefore, liturgical Christian tradi-tions celebrate a season of Easter for seven weeks, until Pentecost on Sunday, May 15. To some extent we celebrate Easter Jesus’ Resurrection every Sunday of the year. Easter Sunday, March 27 this year, is the central highlight of the year for Christians.
Come and Worship with Groveland area christians on Easter Service at 7 a.m. at Mountain Lutheran Church, 13000 Down to Earth Ct., just off Ferretti Road. Pastor David Bello will bring us an Easter mes-sage as our guest preacher, we’ll all rejoice with music and prayer for God’s Love and Power expressed in Jesus’ Resurrection!
Festive Liturgical Lutheran worship begins at 10 a.m. every Sunday with spe-cial celebrations on Easter Sunday! Re-freshments. Fellowship time is offered af-ter both Easter Services.
You are always welcome at Mountain Lutheran Church!
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassion-ate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” This quote sums up Kiwanis.
Groveland Kiwanis meets each Tues-
day at 4:30 p.m. in the Pizza Factory on Main street. Come and join us, see what we have planned for the community.
If you are going to the Sonora Home and Garden Show on April 15 and 16, come by our booth and say hello. Also on April 30, check out our Kiwanis tables
at the flea market in Sonora. All monies earned go to help fund the “Childrens’ Shopping Spree” in October.
There are a couple of upcoming events we would like to bring to the communi-ties attention. First, is the 2016 Annual Tuolumne River Recreation meeting on April 12 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. with lunch provided by the HHWP Chef. The meeting will be in the Moccasin adminis-tration building dining room. Please RSVP with the number guests attending ([email protected]).
Second, is the Tuolumne River Bridge project schedule for May 12 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Groveland Community Hall. The DOT and the contractor will give an update on the contractors’ expertise, proposed construction methodologies, etc.
Turning now to Chamber specific top-ics, the monthly flea market is scheduled for the first Saturday of the month starting April and ending in October. The specific dates are: 4/2, 5/7, 6/4, 7/2, 8/6, 9/3, 10/1. They will be located in the lower section of Mary Laveroni Park from 8 a.m. to
The program is pretty well set for the Pine Cone Singers Spring Concerts, scheduled for May 12-15 at the Groveland Evangelical Free Church.
It may seem redundant to say that a choral concert is about music, but many of the songs selected by Musical Director Dennis Brown do, in fact, have music or singing as their subject. With titles like “And This Shall Be For Music”, “If Mu-sic Be The Food Of Love”, and “I Am In Need Of Music”, it’s obvious that Dennis has taken the concert theme of “Come To The Music” (also the name of another se-lection) pretty seriously.
Many of the pieces are new to the group, so we’ve been working hard to mas-ter the new material. The style of the songs ranges from Handel (“Sing Unto God” and “Music, Spread Thy Voice Around”) to Hairspray (“You Can’t Stop The Beat”). There are also a couple of jazzy numbers –
Benefit dinner for “Dino Baca” bat-tling cancer. Thursday, April 15.
Time: 5 to 7 p.m. Dinner will be In-dian tacos and drink for $8 a plate.
We also are having an auction with many items. Our very own Supervisor Merlin Jones will be the auctioneer.
“Put A Lid On It” and “Frim Fram Sauce” – and the gospel-style “Lift Up Your Voice”. As usual, there will also be solos from our talented members, although these haven’t been set yet. I’ll have more on that next month.
We’re delighted to be working with Dennis again, and we look forward to bringing you another entertaining concert. We hope you can join us at one of the four performances: May 12 or 13 at 7:30 p.m., or May 14 or 15 at 2 p.m. Advance tickets will be available at Yosemite Bank, Hotel Charlotte, Dori’s Tea Cottage, and Mari-jke’s Hair, or from any Pine Cone Singer. Advance donation is $10, at the door $12, and children 12 and under are invited to attend for free. If you’d like more infor-mation, please contact Sally Salinas at 209-962-0505.
Come To The Music!
Event address: Coulterville Chris-tian Fellowship Church, 5033 Main St., Coulterville.
For questions contact Jacque Harrison at 852-9441 or 617-9265 or Analina Baca at 617-0957.
4 p.m. Gates open to vendors at 7 a.m. - Free admission to buyers; space cost: $10 for Chamber members, $15 for non-mem-bers. All are welcome!
The Chamber Board of Directors meeting is held the second Friday of each month from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Pizza Fac-tory. ‘49er Festival planning meetings are held the third Friday of each month (until August) from 9 to 10:30 a.m. also at the Pizza Factory.
Chamber mixers are held the fourth Thursday of the month from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The locations may change each month, please refer to the calendar on the Chamber website for the current month location. The March mixer was hosted by Dave Sutch held at My Car Guy’s loca-tion, 20950 Ferretti Road in Groveland. The April 28 mixer will be hosted by Yosemite Area Real Estate (RSVP by 4/25) at their new location (next to Groveland Pharmacy).
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The first Wednesday of the month Bird Walk at the Groveland Community Services property at 18966 Ferretti Road, Groveland will be led by Jeanne Ridgley on April 6 and May 4. The property en-compasses an area of more than 200 acres of oak, pine and willow habitat with three water storage ponds.
On the March 2 Bird Walk we saw 32 There is a wonderful new art exhibit
on display downstairs at the Groveland Library. Groveland artist Joanne Allen formed a love for art as a child, and has advanced her skills ever since then. She works primarily in watercolor and ink. Joanne’s subjects include a mixture of landscapes, floral compositions and build-ings. California barns can be found in a number of her works. Much of Joanne’s work evokes a sense of Americana and al-ways includes a high level of detail. Living
I can’t tell you about our March meet-ing because I am writing this before it hap-pens. We are scheduled to have a speaker from the Forest Service and I’m sure we will have someone here to meet with us. In the meantime, the Garden Club Board de-cided it would be fun to have a contest. Re-member a few years back; we had a contest for our Garden Club Members to see who could grow the tallest sunflower. It was a lot of fun, so this time we will only be us-ing discarded roots to grow new plants. It will be a “pit and/or root vegetable grow-ing contest.”
You can grow an avocado plant by putting its pit in a jar of water, or potato, sweet potato, celery, pineapple, carrot stick, garlic cloves or scallions. These are a few examples. You can get more informa-tion from the Internet or at the library. Then
GCSD Bird WalkBy Jeannie Ridgley
New Art Exhibit at LibraryBy Virginia Gustafson
Garden Club ClippingsBy Joyce Smith
RESTAURANT @ THE HOTEL CHARLOTTEHours: Wednesday to Sunday 5 pm - 8:30 pm
Closed: Monday and TuesdaySeason Opener/Grand Reopening: Thursday, April 7
Fork & Love is located at the Hotel Charlotte in Groveland. Join us for a farm to fork seasonal cuisine with local Sierra foothills wine and California microbrews. We are having a Grand Reopening event starting Thursday, April 7 with Tapas, and every Thursday for the month of April. So come and hang out and meet Chef/Owner Aaron Hass and taste some of our creations. Please call ahead for parties of 6 or more.
Luncheons and Catering Events Welcome.
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at our August meeting we will see what has been produced. Sounds like fun don’t you think?
I will remind you each month until our June salad luncheon to save the date, June 13. We are planning something different this year. We will not be doing tours of gar-dens, but we will still have the lovely table settings, raffles, and luncheon. We hope to have vendors displaying their wares out-side at the Lake Lodge. Remember this is our only fund raising event. Proceeds go for shrubs, flowers, garden maintenance and any needed expense for the Jail Gar-den, our project.
We love getting new members or hav-ing guests; would you like to join us? Sec-ond Monday of the month, unless we are on an outing.
See you at the Lake Lodge.
species. The highlight was 11 Wood Ducks swimming on the large pond in front of the three Wood Duck boxes.
Meet the group in the GCSD parking lot at 8 a.m. Bring binoculars and a birding field guide if you have one. Rain will can-cel the trip. The walk will last about two-three hours. If you have any questions, call Jeanne at 962-7598.
in the foothills is an important influence on Joanne’s current work.
Joanne and husband Michael bought their first home in Pine Mountain Lake in 1998 and have been full-time residents since 2014.
Come and enjoy the beautiful art ex-hibit any Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. during April, May and June. A portion of the proceeds benefits your Groveland Li-brary.
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Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society
Museum HappeningsBy Carrie Carter
Like parents everywhere, the early pioneers of Groveland and Big Oak Flat were interested in providing a good basic education for their children, boys and girls alike. Home schooling was often the only option for early settlers in the area until other families moved in. Then they would ban together to provide or build a school-house and go about securing a teacher for the community.
A teaching certificate could be ac-quired by taking an examination held at the Tuolumne County Courthouse and go-ing before the County Board of Examiners, consisting of the County Superintendent of Schools and four members of the Board of Education. In 1912 “the testing lasted six long days, from 9 a.m. up to midnight, or beyond. As quickly as one test was finished another appeared,” according to Carlo De Ferrari’s mother, Mary Sweaney De Ferrari.
Teachers were also expected to have extremely high moral values, not to smoke or drink in public, and in short, be a para-gon of virtue and hard work. Aside from the duties of teaching a wide range of ages and abilities, they were expected to keep the schoolhouse clean, draw each day’s water supply and keep the wood stove burning on cold days.
Early schoolhouse furniture consist-ed of desks and benches of rough planks. Chalkboards were smooth boards painted black and the schoolyard contained ‘priv-ies’ (outhouses) and a flat area, suitable for game playing at recess time.
Lack of funding often required stu-dents to furnish their own supplies includ-ing slates, chalk and books so reading ma-terial brought from home meant a Bible, an almanac or other old texts to share and ex-change. A typical school day began with a
patriotic song, salute to the flag, and possi-bly a scripture reading or prayer. The main subjects were the three R’s, reading, writ-ing, and ‘rithmetic and also penmanship, spelling, grammar, geography and lots of rote memorization.
Little or no playground equipment existed so recess play was creative and in-ventive with games like ‘drop the handker-
chief’, ‘hide and seek’, and ‘blind man’s bluff’. The older students enjoyed base-ball and games like ‘ante over’ and ‘dodge ball’. Lunchtime was spent outside under a shade tree in good weather. Your lunch sack or bucket may have been a homemade sandwich, fruit, and a hardboiled egg.
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Our Free Clothing Giveaway is on April 15 and 16, at the Groveland Com-munity Hall. We have more items than just clothing. This is a popular event and a win-win for all. We get rid of still useful items and our community has an opportunity to find things they need. Free.
March 13 Daylight Savings Time be-gan again. I was just about to get used to our last time change. Oh well! We do ad-just in time. Seems awfully early though.
St. Patrick’s Day has come and gone and as I am writing this, Easter is fast ap-proaching. We hope you had a Happy Eas-ter.
We will celebrate National Volun-teer Week, April 10 to 16. We will all be
at work on our usual workday because we want to be here doing our volunteer duties. A person gets a lot of pleasure out of volun-teer work. It is good for your soul.
Our sympathy goes to Mary Chapman. Her husband Steve passed away in Febru-ary. Steve was a volunteer at the Barn at one time.
To all our good people who bring us donations: Please do not bring us a full pickup or SUV loaded with donations. We really don’t have the room to take that much at one time. You could possibly be denied by us to take your things. Or we would ask you to bring your things back at another time in smaller amounts. We do appreciate your help in this matter.
Bye! See you at the Store or Barn.
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April showers bring May flowers, and what a great time to make a spring quilt. Poppies, daisies, tulips and sunflowers make great table runners, wall hangings, or even a quilt.
The Pine Needlers’ Quilt Guild meets the third Tuesday of each month. April 15 will be our next meeting at 6 p.m. under the library. Audrey Munoz will be heading up the “Dress a Girl” project, from now until June. The Guild will be working on CNVC quilts until August. If you are interested in helping with either projects give me a call 962-4950. Lots of neat stuff going on; come and see for yourself.
Have you seen the cork tiles at Lowes, they have many purposes other than to be on the floor. Here is a handy hint for keep-ing track of small pieces for a miniature quilt, or nine patch pieces, or just about
anything. Lay the tile(s) on your sewing area, pin the pieces on the board in order and there you have it, easy access to them as you sew.
Here are a couple of websites to browse:oldcountrystorefabrics.com an-dthequiltinggarden.com Enjoy the time as you check them out.
As I promised eight more things to ac-complish as a quilter before your time on earth is finished:
9. Paper piece a quilt block10. Hand appliqué a quilt block11. Make a yo-yo12. Embellish a quilt13. Try free motion quilting14. Stitch in the ditch15. Try hand quilting16. Bind a quilt
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On Saturday, April 16, the Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society will host acclaimed author and historian Sha-ron Giacomazzi. She will speak about the historic mining settlement of Bennettville, located high upon Tioga Pass. The event will take place at 7 p.m. at the Groveland Community Hall. Admission is free.
In 1883 the Great Sierra Wagon Road
Laughter was mixed with tears as the Groveland SDA Church bid farewell to Pastor David Bello, his wife Joy, and sons Adrian and Anthony. His six years at Groveland were celebrated with a luncheon potluck in the church Fellowship Hall. Fun gifts were given as well as a beautiful Schuyler Quentel Black NKJV bible.
Pastor David is an avid student of the bible and each sermon he preached was filled with the knowledge of the scriptures that beautifully opened nuggets of truth unseen by many. Each one was a study of God’s love, His character, His promises and His unfathomable saving Grace.
He will be pastoring at the Seventh-day Adventist churches in Oakdale and Waterford. The congregation has already felt the loss of Pastor Bello’s spiritual in-spiration and direction. Pastor Bello’s ser-mons were all recorded and are available on CDs through the church office, 209-962-5585. The Groveland SDA Church is moving on, serving the community with open arms, eager to welcome the pastor who will soon replace Pastor Bello.
Every Saturday morning at 10 a.m. there is a Bible study at the church open to all. Starting April 1 the study will be
the story of Christ as told by his disciple Matthew. A study guide is provided to all participants.
During the week two study groups are also available for the Groveland Commu-nity. They meet on Mondays at 1:30 p.m. and Tuesdays at 6 p.m. at Yosemite Vista Estates. For more info call 962-0906.
The young people of Groveland are invited to join a Scout-like program called Pathfinders now offered by the church. An up coming bike-a-thon is planned for April 10 to be held at Castle Air Force Base in Atwater.
The club meets every Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. The members meet to work on a variety of honors in dogs, cats, knot ty-ing, hiking, biking, cooking, baking and many more. All are welcome. Inquire at 962-0733.
We believe God has commissioned us to reach out to those in need spiritually, mentally and physically. The health, edu-cation and exercise program help others learn how to make better life style choices. Every first Saturday of the month a tasty vegetarian luncheon is served at 12:15 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall. All are welcome. Once a month volunteers from the church
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The Road to Broken DreamsBy Bruce Carter
Groveland Seventh-day Adventist ChurchBy Marilyn Wilcox and Carolyn Oman
join with the ATCAA Food Bank helping with food distribution to those in need. We also have food available from our own church pantry. Our hearts, prayers and pan-try doors are always open to those in need.
Your prayer requests are individually considered and brought to God. God is gathering in His children and we are anx-iously waiting for Jesus to return to take us home with Him. This is our Blessed Hope!
Our third hands-on cooking school in which you get to be the cook, and the eater, is planned for Thursday, April 17 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Join the fun as you discover more ways to make your favorite foods healthier and more appealing. How you can use whole foods—vegetables, fruits, legumes, seeds and grains—in inno-vative ways will surprise you.
The media is full of research today ad-vising changes in the food we eat. Feel free to bring some of your favorite recipes for suggestions on how you can change them to meet these new discoveries.
Sign up for this free class by calling 209-963-5418. Capacity is limited. This is a project of HEEP, Health Education and Exercise Project sponsored by the Elder Lane Adventist Church.
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was built to service the needs of a silver mining operation at Bennettville, elevation 9800 ft., off of what today is Tioga Pass (Highway 120). An eastern mining com-pany and its investors were confident that the reported “thundering ledge of silver” would make them millionaires. But, Lady Luck did not smile on their plans and kept her treasure locked up tight in the granite of
Tioga Hill. After the bust, the 56-mile-long route was neglected and fell into disrepair for 30 years. Some called it “the road to broken dreams.”
Though Bennettville proved to be a firecracker that didn’t go bang, the builders of the road couldn’t have imagined that it would become the forerunner of dramati-cally scenic Tioga Pass Road. Now as then,
the real treasure of the area is the powerful beauty of the high country landscape. Sha-ron will guide you through Bennettville’s fascinating story and tell you how you can walk on the original road to the mine and town site.
For more information please call 209.962.6970 or take a look at our website at http://www.grovelandmuseum.com/2013/01/welcome.html
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GAINs and CASA News
By Barbara Broad
As I’m sitting here writing this article, the weather is getting warmer and the oak trees are starting to bud out. Thank good-ness for the rain that seems to come about every week.
We need every bit of it. With the warmer weather, the bark beetles will be-come more active, which mean more dead trees. With spring coming I don’t see much chance of real cold weather to get a good bug kill. That means another summer of high tree mortality. On Saturday, April 9, there is going to be another tree mortality workshop in Greeley Hill, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. This will include all the funding and chipping programs available and how the county can help you.
I’m working on setting up a town hall fair that will bring in representatives from all the social service organizations in the county regarding county transportation, food programs, health programs, tempo-rary assistance programs and much more. When the date is set I will let you know. It will be held at the Greeley Hill Community Hall.
My wife and I attended the Renais-sance reception in Yosemite. This is an art show that starts in Yosemite and tours the Central Valley. The manager told me I was the first supervisor to attend. It is a great display of art in various media. If you get a chance to visit, I’m sure you will enjoy it.
I’m serving on the courthouse restora-tion committee. This project has been put off far too long. The historical courthouse needs to be maintained for the generations to come. The restoration will start in June and finish in August. It will be reroofed, the outside will be painted, the bell tower will be fixed, the clock repaired and A.D.A. ramps installed. What a “Great Project.”
Currently I’m heading a risk manage-ment committee. In my opinion the county has gone way to long without a safety pro-gram. When asking about a safety manual, a longtime employee said they thought we have some. After much looking and dig-
ging they were found. They will be updat-ed and all the departments and employees will be required to implement them. This way our workman’s comp. claims will be reduced and save the county money.
When a constituent has a concern, they either call the county or myself. There are many problems a supervisor has to settle and mitigate such as a barbeque in a county parking lot or Merced County putting locks on gates of a Mariposa County landowner. There are people who have garbage issues, but remember that one person’s treasures may be garbage to his neighbors. This makes it difficult for our compliance of-ficer. The other thing is all the legally re-quired notifications take quite a while, but people must be given their due process.
While spending the last two days interviewing for a new deputy C.A.O., we found there was a very diverse set of candidates. We’re able to save money by interviewing a couple of candidates who live across the country, via Skype. It is im-portant to save money wherever we can. There are so many money saving ideas I’ve learned since being in office.
While running for supervisor and I still work a 40-60 hour a week as supervisor. On Tuesdays, the Board of Supervisor’s holds their meeting. A candidate can come and go as they wish. Some candidates leave at noon while the B.O.S. meeting continues on until 4 p.m. or maybe even 7:30 p.m. By not attending a full B.O.S. meeting, the candidates won’t fully understand all that takes place in the afternoon. Sometime the most important transactions take place then. Does your candidate attend the com-plete meeting?
Like most of you do, I believe in per-sonal property rights. What I don’t un-derstand is why candidates put signs on people’s property without the landown-er’s permission, which is a misdemeanor. Anyone can make a mistake on a road easement, but when asked to remove the sign and ignore the request, it is ignoring
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Tioga Careers Forum. Seeking vol-unteers to share their career experiences with high school students! CASA is getting ready for repeating the Forum on April 20 and May 18, at Tioga High School gym. The career event engage students with adult partners to discuss career opportu-nities and make the necessary course se-lections in high school and college. The student-partner match-ups will be based on results of a recent student career interest survey. The Coalition Against Substance Abuse (CASA) is a project of GAINs.
CASA recruits career professionals to partner with CASA and present to the stu-dents all the necessary skill sets required for the careers they represent. The students would learn from the career partners how they can prepare for the career, understand the job duties, and get an idea of what the pay range includes.
CASA is seeking presenters for all ca-reers. If you are interested in participating in this exciting venue, please contact Mar-ty Bolar,[email protected], 962-4469 or CASA Chairperson Miriam Martin, [email protected], 962-4080.
Outings for Teens. This past year CASA set up a program of outings for teen-agers with a grant from the Sonora Area Foundation. The program has been very successful. GAINs and CASA are looking for donations to keep it going next year. If you’re interested in helping, contact Barbara Broad at [email protected] or 962-7730. Here’s a report from an outing.
In April last year nine Groveland Youth Center children volunteered their Saturday to come down to the Mary Laveroni Park. They spent all day removing trash from behind the basketball courts, the bleach-ers across the stage the Skate Park and the entire creek bed. They filled many bags of trash, broken bottles and glass. As a reward for these exceptional children, the Groveland Youth Center took a trip to Great America. In the summer we took off for a day of reward and play.
Here’s what some of the kids had to say about their experience at Great
America: Tyler said it was super fun. His favorite part: The flight deck and new water park. For some this was their first time ever being inside an amusement park. Ethan says it blew his mind, fast roller coaster rides, the excitement! Barbara and Kaytra both said it was worth all the hard work! Taking the time to learn how to volunteer not only can reap great rewards, but also it encompasses a multitude of experiences, harbors better behaviors, and over-all sets a good example to the others around us.
GAINs Resource Directory 2016. In March the information for this year’s Di-rectory was collected, and the final for-matting completed by its editor, Barbara Broad. The schedule is to get all the proof-ing done and send it to the printer by mid-April . . . so toward the end of April you can pick up your copy at businesses around town, as well as at the Groveland Library and GCSD, just inside the door.
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Do you enjoy talking to visitors about all of the things Tuolumne County has to offer? Do you visit Yosemite often? If so, we need you! Tuolumne County Visitors Bureau is looking for volunteers to staff the Tuolumne County Visitor Center in Groveland (weekends/weekdays). Duties include recommending local area businesses, advising visi-tors about road conditions, and providing information about Yosemite. Send an e-mail to [email protected] or call 209-533-4420 for more information.
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Obituary - Richard RosenbaumBy Joyce Smith
Richard “Dick” Rosenbaum, of Groveland, California passed away on February 28, 2016. He was born October 28, 1929 in Pomeroy, Ohio and lived there until a job promotion and relocation to Cal-ifornia in 1976. He was 86 years old.
Dick graduated from Pomeroy High School, Class of 1947. He and Lois were regular attendees at both Middleport and Pomeroy High School reunions. Dick and Lois were members of the Trinity Church in Pomeroy, OH where they were married in 1955.
In 1951, Dick graduated with a degree in Accounting from The Ohio State Uni-versity and served three years as a commis-sioned officer in the U. S. Army Artillery, stationed in the Washington D.C. area. He joined Kaiser Aluminum in Ravenswood WV, and in 1976 was promoted to Control-ler and transferred to company headquar-ters in Oakland CA.
After his retirement, Dick and Lois moved from Danville to the Pine Moun-tain Lake Resort community in Groveland CA., and are founding members of Friends of the Lake, the annual lake swim race and the 4th of July boat parade. Dick also served on the Finance Committee of the PML Homeowners Association, Board of
Directors for Southside Senior Services and treasurer for Friends of the Groveland Library. Dick was also Treasurer and mem-ber of the Board of Groveland Rotary and was recognized with the “Silent Rotarian Award” - the only Groveland Rotary mem-ber to receive it during his 10 plus years of contributions to the organization.
Dick was an Eagle Scout and served as Assistant Scoutmaster for the Boy Scouts of America Troop 249 in Pomeroy OH. He was very proud that all five of his grandsons followed in his footsteps and also attained the rank of Eagle. Dick was a gifted clari-net player and helped pay for his college education by playing in a Dixieland jazz band called The Five Saints. Dick was also an avid bridge player throughout his life, and more recently won multiple “Player of the Month” recognitions in the Friday du-plicate bridge tournaments in Sonora CA.
He is survived by sons, Joseph of Moraga, CA and James of Carmichael, CA; daughter Linda (Steve) Rhodes, of Danville, CA; grandsons, Tyler and Ryan Rhodes, and Connor and Hunter Rosen-baum. He was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Lois Ann Smith Rosen-baum, son, Douglas of Pomeroy, OH, and grandson Kyle Rhodes of Danville, CA.
Groveland Mini-TriathlonBy Pauline Turski
Tuolumne County OESBy Tracy M. Riggs
You still have time to get your “Gears and Groove” on for the Groveland Mini Triathlon! Groveland will once again host the “Gears & Grooves” Mini-triathlon on Saturday, June 11. The proximity of the triathlon will allow participants to easily arrive in Groveland Friday night, partici-pate in the all-day triathlon Saturday, and still have time to remain in Groveland to shop, dine, and explore or head onto Yosemite.
Last year participants included people between 19 years and 78, all competitive and determined to complete their course. Thanks to participant input, this year’s 1-mile swim has an improved course over last year. Registration starts at 6:30 a.m. at Mary Laveroni Park on Highway 120 in Groveland. Coffee will be provided by lo-cal barista, FireFall Coffee Roasting Com-pany.
All course events start at 8:30 a.m. Thanks to El Niño, the steady snow and rain over the winter has already filled Pine Mountain Lake in Groveland, the loca-tion for the 1-mile swim. The challeng-ing course also includes a 5.12-mile run in Pine Mountain Lake and a 22-mile bike ride out to the scenic Rainbow Pools along
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Participating AgenciesCounty OESCounty Roads DivisionCounty Air Pollution ControlCalOESCAL FIRECalTransNatural Resources Conservation ServiceUS Forest ServiceAT&TTuolumne Utilities DistrictSpecial DistrictsPG&EFire Safe CouncilSWIFT (Groveland)Upcoming Dates April 7, 6 p.m. Columbia Elementary
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Highway 120 on the way to Yosemite. The day concludes with a BBQ and music host-ed by the Iron Door Saloon, the oldest con-tinually running saloon in California. This concert and BBQ will be after the event, in the early evening at Mary Laveroni Park in Groveland.
Sponsors and supporters are numerous and include CA Adventure Sports Journal, Groveland Trailheads, Groveland Area Partnership (GAP), Yosemite Highway Herald newspaper and Sierra-Publishing, an online source for Sierra travel destina-tions. Gears & Grooves has many more sponsors, volunteers and supporters to thank for making this event possible.
Visit http://www.grovelandgearsand-grooves.com for detailed information and registration. Follow us on Twitter, @grief-er831 or on Facebook at Groveland Gears And Grooves.
For information on Groveland or lodg-ing options visit http://www.groveland.org. Participants can register for all three activi-ties or sign up for each individually. There is a discount for teams of three people so bring your family and friends along! Cost is $50 per person or $130 for a team of three people.
April 14, 6 p.m. Twain Harte School Cafeteria - 18815 Manzanita Dr. Twain Harte. April 19, 6 p.m. Tenaya Elementary Gym - 19177 Highway 120, Groveland.
Questions? Please call 209-533-5511
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“So, what do the Friends of the Library do?”. Our mission: To focus community at-tention on our library services, programs, facilities and needs and to support our Groveland library through donations, fund-raising and volunteer dedication.’’ “Okay, she challenges, all that sounds good, but what does that actually look like?”
This I can offer spontaneously: “It’s work all right, but with a lot of reward, too. Downstairs at the library, we lug armloads of books from the donation bin, sort, orga-nize and line them up on shelves, getting ready for the Book Nook sale every Sat-urday, where we serve as book sellers. In that same space we meet monthly to plan events and projects and approve acquisi-tions and improvements for the library.
In the summer we provide a reading program for children. Upstairs in the li-brary we return books, magazines, videos, DVDs to their rightful places. Some of us read, sing and story tell to eager little pre-schoolers on Friday mornings. Outside of the library, “Booklegger” volunteers take books and read stories to students at
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Tenaya School. Other FOGL volunteers support out-
reach programs in reading and math. Plus, we have great, energetic, fun members. Shall I go on?” “Enough, she squeeks, I like it. How do I join?” If you like it too, please join us by contacting President Har-riet Codeglia ([email protected]) or Membership Chair, Virginia Gustafson ([email protected]).
Our big spring raffle happens on Sat-urday, May 28, downstairs at the Book Nook. Beautiful and bountiful baskets will be on display three weeks before the drawing upstairs at the library and at the Book Nook on Saturdays. Basket themes are: Wine, Chocolate, Italian, Summer Fun, Baking, Body Beautiful, Garden. Be-ing raffled is a charming “Puppy” print by local artist Carol Pennachi and an attrac-tive and delicious Japanese “Bento Box” meal for four, prepared and delivered to you by Carmen Anderson. The raffle event is a major fundraiser for our organization, please help us make it a record-breaking one this year!
The fellowship of First Baptist Church of Big Oak Flat would like to invite our friends and neighbors needing food to try our Food Cupboard on the fourth Friday of every month from 5 to 6 p.m.
We do not receive our food from ATCA but have good, faithful people who purchase our food from markets, pack the food and are ready for any who come on
I have represented the residents of Tuolumne County’s Fourth District as your County Supervisor for the past seven years. Throughout my term in office and continuing today, I have worked to iden-tify problems and improve communication between government and the residents of the county. The successes coming as a re-sult of this effort is evident. Your county government strives to be more open, more honest and more accountable.
Professional relationships with county staff and fellow Board members have been created and together we have developed goals and policies that benefit the taxpayer
Food Cupboard night. We are thankful for the donations and generous offerings that make this possible. We offer choices of bread, cereal, produce and packaged milk. We have been pleased to receive compli-ments on our “good and nourishing food”. We invite all to “come see us and get ac-quainted”.
and improve the way in which the County serves the public.
Priorities were set to aid in increasing the efficiency of county government and in restoring the public’s trust in how we spend their tax dollars. I have worked to promote thoughtful economic growth, to preserve personal property rights and to listen to all points of views, making decisions based on established fact, while keeping in mind the welfare of all residents of the Fourth District.
Your vote for me will help to insure a continued effort for a better future for Tuolumne County.
Benefit dinner for “Dino Baca” battling cancer. Thursday, April 15 Time: 5 to 7 p.m. Dinner will be In-dian tacos and drink for $8 a plate We also are having an auction with many items. Our very own Supervi-sor Merlin Jones will be the auctioneer Address: Coulterville Christian Fellowship Church, 5033 Main St., Coulterville
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20918 Big Foot Ct-4/76 - “MILLION DOLLAR” LAKE VIEW! 245-ft of lake frontage. Premier lot chosen by Pine Mtn Lake Developers for their sales office. Renovated in 2010. Double-car garage, gazebo and tree swing. Handicap accessible to lower apartment. Seller is CA licensed contractor and used top-quality materials. OWF. $1,100,000. #20152099
19490 Ferretti Rd - CLEAN & COMFORTABLE. Single-level, open living, dining & kitchen. 3bd, 2ba, 1,400sf. Central H/A, wood-burning stove. 2-car garage. Screened porch and back deck for entertaining. About 5 minutes to most Pine Mountain Lake amenities. Enjoy this lovely, gated community! $179,000 #20151780
19935 Pleasant View - YOUR OWN “TREE HOUSE.” Rustic cabin, tucked in the trees, near Dunn Ct beach and the lake. Near the Club, tennis, golf and pool. Knotty-pine walls and ceilings. 3bd, 1-1/2ba, 1,500sf, with bonus room, gas log fireplace, wall-mount heater and swamp cooler. Deck has a ramp. $195,000 #20160364
19285 Ferretti Rd - LEVEL, EASY BUILT LOT. Enjoy the amenities of Pine Mountain Lake and its close proximity to Yosemite and numerous historic Gold Rush towns. Access to a championship golf course, private lake & marina, campground, shooting & archery ranges, equestrian center and airport. $10,000 #20152151
12528 Flint Ct - IT’S CALLING YOUR NAME! Double merged lot for 3/4 acre. 4bd, 2ba, 1474sf, 2-car garage plus carport. New roof, gutters and downspouts. Deck wired for hot tub. Only about 25 miles to Yosemite Park. Enjoy all the amenities of Pine Mtn Lake: golf, country club, tennis, pool, equestrian center and three sandy beaches. $159,900 #20160030
12925 Wells Fargo -2/448 - HARD TO FIND gently-sloping lot with mature trees. Backs to greenbelt. Already passed for standard septic (2004). Power & water available. Near the Pine Mountain Lake Golf Course. $11,000 #20151743
20627 Nob Hill Circle - MOUNTAIN GET-AWAY. A-frame cabin nestled under a grand ole oak tree. “Turn-key”, with most furnishings included. Level-to-gently sloping lot, with ample parking. About 1 mile from Fisherman’s Cove, the Lake Lodge beach and tennis courts. $199,900 20160366
19162 Dyer Ct-5/271 - OAK TREE CONDOMINIUM. Includes furniture. Upstairs unit. Vaulted ceilings. Vacation rental potential or a nice full-time residence. View the golf course from a large back deck. Near Club, Pro-Shop, Pool & Tennis. Minutes from town. This is a real gem! $112,500 #20150015
Tuolumne Mines Property - 60+ ACRES with 4 patented Gold Rush Claims. About 1/3 mile of North Fork Tuolumne River frontage. Duckwall Creek intersects the property. Several miner’s trails from one claim to the other. No trespassing! Agent must be present. $140,000 #20150634
Corcoran-Gray Rd - SPECTACULAR SETTING with over 3/4 mile Lake Frontage and multiple hill-top sites, with lake views. Graded roadway access (4x4 recommended), Artesian water, boat access via Moccasin Creek Marina. Not far from Yosemite and other recreational opportunities in the Mother Lode. $325,900 #20150221
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The annual Dudley Cemetery cleanup is set for Saturday, April 23 at 8 a.m. till ? (weather permitting). The alternate date is Saturday, April 30. Please put these dates on your calendar so we will have a good turnout of volunteers, to clean up our com-munity cemetery.
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NMCHC’s Second Spring Lecture and Annual Meeting. Enhanced by Digital Age exhibit. A free exhibit entitled, Coulter-ville’s Heritage in the Digital Age, will be on display at the IOOF Hall, 5030 Main St. in Coulterville, beginning on April 2 and ending on April 24. It features the work of UC Merced students, under the direc-tion of curator Nicola Lercari, to digitally preserve the natural and cultural resources of Coulterville as part of a larger project pertaining to the John Muir trail in the San Joaquin Valley and the Sierra Nevada Foothills. The opening and closing dates of the exhibition concur with two NMCHC events taking place in the same historic building, the second Spring lecture, sched-uled for April 2 at 4 p.m., and the NMCHC annual meeting scheduled for 1 p.m. on April 24. Special interactive demonstra-tions of some of the featured works are be-ing scheduled prior to the NMCHC events. The non-interactive poster portion of the display will also be open to the public on other weekend days, April 3, 9 to 10 a.m., April 16, 17 and 23 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There is no charge for any of these events!
Interactive Sessions, Opening Recep-
Please join us at our next meeting on April 20 at noon. Enjoy a potluck luncheon first, and a meeting to follow.
Our meetings are held on the third Wednesday in the month. Located in the Senior Citizens Hall at 10340 Fiske Rd. Greeley Hill. The Senior Center is next to the Greeley Hill Community Club.
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Annual Dudley Cemetery CleanupBy Emory Scriven
Northern Mariposa County History CenterBy Dale Silverman
Fashion Show and LuncheonBy Bonnie Sanford
Dudley Cemetery to help maintain our community cemetery grounds as a place or rural simplicity, dignity and beauty. Bring rakes, pitchforks, pruning shears and weed wackers to accomplish your individual manicuring skills.
Any questions? Contact Bob Scriven Cemetery Administrator at 209-878-0228
tion and Varain Family Presentation. All Taking Place On Saturday, April 2. Inter-active sessions, allowing attendees to digi-tally interact with some of the 3D models, view select video interviews and explore the virtual exhibit website will take place from 12-3 p.m. There will then be a one-hour reception followed by a presentation by Linette St. Vrain, a descendent of a fam-ily that settled in Mariposa’s North County in the 1850’s.
The Varain family is this year’s fea-tured Pioneer Family at the Mariposa County History Center. Linette will share her family’s history since arriving in Cali-fornia during the 1850’s, including their early settlement in Pleasant Valley (an area flooded out by the creation of Lake McClure), the establishment of the Varain Ranch in New Years Diggings in the 1880’s (now part of the Don Pedro area) and sto-ries about some of their more “colorful” descendents. This is a free presentation, starting at 4 p.m. at the IOOF, 3015 Main St. in Coulterville. Everyone is welcome!
Final Chance for Viewing Interac-tive Exhibit and NMCHC Annual Meeting Takes Place on Sunday, April 24. A sec-
date, our Spring Fling Fashion Show and Luncheon will be held on Friday, May 13. Tickets are $10. Please contact any of our members for tickets or call Bonnie Sanford at 878-3040
Our Thrift Store is open Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All the proceeds from sales in the Thrift Store, go into our Scholarship Fund. Donations are gladly accepted.
ond and final opportunity to view the inter-active portion of the exhibit will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 24. The NMCHC’s Annual Meeting & Mem-ber Appreciation will take place at 1 p.m. New board members and officers will be elected at the meeting.
Other April Events – Sunday, April 10: NMCHC Breakfast. Enjoy a Sunday morning spring drive through our bright green foothills this year lushly adorned with poppies, lupine and other spring flow-ers to the Old Schoolhouse in Coulterville on April 10. There you can top off the morning with a hearty breakfast of “all-you-can-eat” pancakes, eggs cooked the way you like them, your choice of ham or sausage and fresh fruit. Breakfast is served from 8-11 a.m. Adults are still just $5, chil-dren $3 and a family of four (two adults, two children) can all enjoy breakfast for $15. The Old Schoolhouse is located at the corner of Broadway and Cemetery streets.
Docent Traveling Northward – Do-cents are taking a trip to Jackson to tour the Amador Co. Museum on Monday, April 11. It’s a great museum with a wonderful “working” mining model. A great opportu-
nity for our docents to expand their “gold country” knowledge.
Saturday, April 23: Annual Coulterville Heritage Rose Tour – The Fourth Annual Coulterville Heritage Rose Tour is Saturday, April 23 beginning at 10 a.m. This is a 2-hour walking tour that starts at the Coulterville museum, at the corner of Hwys 49 and 132.
Some of Coulterville’s unique roses have been here since the town was settled, with the roots carefully transported from Europe right along with the original set-tlers; they truly a part of the region’s living history. Connie Welch is coordinating this year’s tour by stationing guides at various locations along the route who will share their knowledge of the unique features of these beautiful and historic flowers.
Lemonade and punch will be served in the museum courtyard afterwards and participants will have the opportunity to purchase local roses that have been propa-gated throughout the year. Bring your cam-eras! There is no charge to participate, but please call the museum at 209-878-3015 and make a reservation so we have an idea how many will be participating.
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Red Cloud Library history – I’m sure everyone probably knows what a close call we had with our Red Cloud Library from the falling of two pine trees.
Fortunately, they both fell between the library and the propane tank. My thoughts wandered back to the beginning of the li-brary, as I remember it - 37 years ago.
It was housed in the front room of what is now the Northside Women’s Club Thrift Store with Dorothy Converse as Li-brarian.
Later, Ellen Fiske also became a li-brarian. The library then moved to a small room in the building on the hill, which recently housed the Gold Rush Charter School.
John Stone, who owned the complex, gave us a really good deal to move from the tiny room into what was formerly the True Value Hardware Store on the hill.
After one of Supervisor Doug Bal-main’s Area 2 Meetings, Nancy and Bernie Knoll discussed getting a building of our own for the library. At the meeting, they had learned there was money left over from the building of the library in Mariposa.
Bernie contacted Doug to see if we could get that money to build a library here. It was decided we should go to the Board of Supervisor’s Meeting to request the money. On 9-11-2001 (that’s right - that 9-11,) several of us on the Board rode to Mariposa to the meeting. We presented our case and the Supervisors approved.
The Friends of the Red Cloud Library was formed in 2001. Bernie Knoll was the first President.
After getting approval for the money, the Friends began a lot of planning, many fundraisers: a piano performance, donated by Annette Hutton; story-telling, also do-nated, by Leslie Scatchard; “Star Parties” at Nancy and Bernie Knoll’s home - with Bernie doing all the cooking; several St. Patrick Day Dinners; a wine and cheese get-together outside the then current li-brary; two Holiday Home Tours, etc. The chairs in the library were also purchased by individuals, with their names on the back of the chairs.
The planning went from a modular
unit to a “stick building”, headed by Rod Baker. A lot of money was raised and the final dinner and auction was held at Mimi and Merlin Jones’ home in 2008. With that, we had enough money to build the “stick” building.
We are extremely fortunate to have such a library. We now have Wi-Fi avail-able and, of course, computers. The Friends of the Red Cloud Library welcomes new members and new Board members.
If you would like to serve as a member of the Board, please contact Cat Tidwell, President of the Friends at 878-3009.
Northside Women’s Club Scholar-ships – The Northside Women’s Club is again offering scholarships to high school seniors and students in college, who are continuing on with their education.
Even if you received a scholarship before, you are still able to apply for an-other one. If you are an older person with dreams of going to college, please apply. In the past, we have helped one woman on the path to fulfilling her dream.
The only requirement is that you live in the 95311 zip code or have an 878 pre-fix. You will need two letters of reference from current teachers (email is okay-mine is [email protected].) (Some col-lege professors prefer the email.)
Please call either Shirley Phillips at 878-0933 or Irene Rhyne at 878-3569 for an application.
Northside Sr. Citizen’s Club – The Northside Sr. Citizen’s Club meets on the second Thursday of each month at 4:30 p.m. in the Sr. Annex at 10332 Fiske Rd. in Greeley Hill - next to the Community Hall. We have a potluck and then a short meeting.
If enough people are interested, we play bingo - if you like to play, please bring a “white elephant” in a paper bag.
The next meeting will be April 14. Anyone over the age of 50 is welcome to join. (You are a guest for the first meeting and do not have to bring food.)
We will have a speaker from the Fire Safe Council at our meeting in April. For more information, please call President Ken Cotner at 878-3839.
Greeley Hill NewsBy Irene Rhyne
May Day Community ProgramBy Lucille Keller
La Grange RodeoBy Steve McDonald
Odd Fellows BreakfastBy Chris Stevenson
The Odd Fellows of LaFayette Histor-ical Lodge #65 remind you of our monthly breakfast, always on the second Sunday at the IOOF Hall in downtown La Grange. Sunday, April 10 is the date this month.
Breakfast hours are now 8 to 11 a.m., with a menu of biscuits and gravy, sausage, ham & cheese omelets and French toast. Complimentary coffee and orange juice round out the meal, all for $6. And we have
La Grange Rodeo Sunday, April 3. Heads up! You don’t want to miss the first rodeo of the season, Sunday, April 3 in La Grange. You’ll see bull riding, bareback and saddle bronc riding, team roping and calf roping, steer wrestling and barrel rac-ing.
And kids, don’t forget the famous goat scramble! La Grange Rodeo events start at 8 a.m.; be sure to get there before noon to see the Queen Ceremony, and 1 p.m. is the Grand Entry. It’s all at the La Grange Rodeo Arena, overlooking the Tuolumne River canyon, just east of town.
Tickets for the La Grange Rodeo are $15 at the gate, $10 for kids 6-12, 5 and under are free. You can get pre-sale
tickets for $12 and $8 from a member of the La Grange Rodeo Association, one of the Queen candidates, or selected lo-cal area businesses. Call for Information: Mike Verdegaal 209-581-2420 or David Reynolds 209-262-7719. Or check La-GrangeRodeoAssociation.com
This year the rodeo dance will be Sat-urday, April 2 at Louie’s Place Saloon and Grill in downtown La Grange. Call Lou-ie’s, 209-853-2050 for more info.
It all happens in La Grange, on Hwy 132, (rodeo arena address is 30433 Yosemite Blvd.) 25 miles west of Coulterville, 30 miles east of Modesto, just east of Hwy J-59.
new child breakfast prices: ages 7 to 12 are $3, 6 and under are free.
The IOOF Hall, the scene of many community events in La Grange, is at 30018 Yosemite Boulevard, which is Hwy 132, just East of the intersection of Hwy J-59. For more information call Chris at 209-853-2128 or email: [email protected]
Take a “Sentimental Journey” into the 1930’s and 1940’s. Look back at what was happening, how the people coped, and why music had such a profound mean-ing. Enjoy an afternoon of solos, groups, instrumentals, dance, and audience sing-a-
longs. Boogie on down or up (depending on your elevation). Let’s have some Sun-day fun!!
Place: Greeley Hill Community Hall on Fiske Road. Time: 3 p.m.
Date: Sunday, May 1
OUR MISSIONNurture in Nature’s mission is to empower and enrich the lives of children and adults with disabilities by connecting them with nature. We are a CA public benefit organiza-tion under 501 [c] [3] non profit status.For information on upcoming programs, call us
Local school children get an extra opportunity for active learning through a transportation grant which will allow over 1,000 local children the ability to expand on previous lessons about natural resourc-es and their environment with field trips to and activities in the Stanislaus National Forest (STF).
Last fall, in partnership with 3 For-ests Interpretive Association and the Tuolumne River Trust, interpretive spe-cialists from the Stanislaus National For-est began visiting local 4th grade class-rooms in Tuolumne, Mariposa, Stanislaus, Calaveras and Alpine Counties, present-ing a hands-on wildlife program called, “Skins, Scat and Skulls.”
The program is designed to provide 4th grade children the opportunity to earn a free “Every Kid in a Park Pass,” an initia-tive started last year by the National Park Foundation, grantor of the current trans-portation grant of nearly $9,000.
“The Every Kid in a Park program has already allowed several students from Tenaya School to visit parks, and many more are planning visits this spring and summer with their free pass,” said Rob Eg-ger, 4th grade teacher at Tenaya Elemen-tary School.
“Not only did the Forest Service come to our school to deliver the free park passes to fourth grade students, but also presented a nature program to pique student interest in the parks. I am hopeful that the Every
Kid in a Park program will continue so more kids will have this opportunity each year.”
Local school environments and ani-mals are identified in these classroom pre-sentations in order to foster awareness and appreciation of wildlife/natural resources, while motivating future learning and curi-osity.
While all of the students live ap-proximately ten to fifty miles from the Stanislaus National Forest, many of these students have never visited this local pub-lic treasure. STF staff anticipate reach-ing approximately 1,018 children at 31 schools through this outreach and engage-ment program.
The interpretive program also pre-pares the students for travel to the forest where they will experience multiple ac-tivities such as: hikes; becoming a Junior Ranger; Park and/or Forest volunteer cleanups; discussion of “Leave No Trace” concepts; tree planting in an affected Rim Fire area; and discussion of renewable re-sources, as well as fire safety.
Though this program cannot reach out to every school, the opportunity to learn and take part in helping to shape the future of forest health is available to everyone.
Please check the Stanislaus National Forest web site at www.fs.fed.us for more information on seasonal interpretive pro-grams and community tree planting oppor-tunities.
[email protected]; 209-372-0480 or 209-375-9574.Yosemite National Park Web Page: www.nps.gov/yose/parkmgmt/current_fire.htmYosemite Air Quality Web Page: www.nps.gov/yose/naturescience/aqmonitoring.htmYosemite Fire Twitter: www.twitter.com#!/YosemiteFire
Yosemite National Park Fire Information:
Yosemite National Park has a new pri-mary concessioner as of March 1. Yosemite Hospitality LLC, a subsidiary of Aramark Corporation begins its 15-year contract to provide lodging, retail, recreational ser-vices, and food to over four million annual visitors to Yosemite. Yosemite Hospitality LLC was selected to be the park’s new pri-mary concessioner in June 2015, following a competitive bid process.
“This is a new era in Yosemite and we are very excited to welcome Yosemite Hospitality LLC as the new primary con-cessioner in Yosemite National Park,” stat-ed park Superintendent Don Neubacher. “We would like to thank Delaware North Companies for their exceptional service to Yosemite’s visitors over the course of their contract in Yosemite National Park.”
The National Park Service contin-ues to work very closely with Delaware North Parks and Resorts at Yosemite and Yosemite Hospitality LLC to ensure a seamless transition for park visitors. There should be very minimal, if any, disruption
to services within the park as the conces-sion contract transition occurs. There are many moving parts in such a large conces-sion operation and the park kindly requests patience from visitors should they encoun-ter any disruption during this unprecedent-ed transition.
Yosemite National Park celebrated its 125th Anniversary last year. The park welcomes over four million visitors from all over the world each year and serves as a strong economic engine for the region and local communities. Yosemite National Park generates $535 million in economic benefit to the local region and directly supports 6,261 people. The park is home to Yosemite Falls, the tallest waterfall in North America, and iconic rock formations such as Half Dome and El Capitan. The park also features approximately 90 dif-ferent species of mammals and over 1500 species of flowering plants.
For more information please contact Scott Gediman at 209-372-0248.
The Tuolumne County Visitors Bu-reau / Yosemite Gold Country region has announced the appointment of Jennifer Lopez to the position of Marketing Coor-dinator.
In her new role with the county’s Des-tination Marketing Organization, Lopez will maintain overall responsibility for lo-cal marketing efforts and public relations messaging as well as constituent and stake-holder communications.
In addition, she will play a key role in developing and executing the organiza-tion’s community relations plan and as-sisting the Executive Director and Public Relations agency in carrying out marketing communications efforts.
Lopez was most recently Market-ing Coordinator for Delaware North at Yosemite where she was responsible for graphic design efforts for collateral and assisted with web development and social media.
Lopez also worked with regional Yosemite partners in promoting Yosemite and the region at travel and adventure shows throughout the state. As Marketing Coordinator, she also responded to guest
comments and questions and assisted visi-tors with travel planning.
Lopez’s past experience also in-cludes being an Interpretive Naturalist in Yosemite and being the Assistant Manager for Interpretive Services for Delaware North at Yosemite.
Lopez is no stranger to Tuolumne County. Family weekend camping trips, visits to Railtown 1897 State Park, Co-lumbia State Historic Park and Lyons Res-ervoir were a regular part of Lopez’s up-bringing.
“Jen’s hands-on experience marketing and working with various entities within Yosemite give her a unique understand-ing of the marketing opportunities and priorities for our County,” said Lisa Mayo, Executive Director for Tuolumne County Visitors Bureau. “Jen’s travel show partici-pation through the years, as the Yosemite Experience, has given her insight into the various tourism assets of the gateway counties. The fact that as a child she vaca-tioned along Highway 108 with her family is a bonus!”
Projects on the horizon for the orga-nization include a national park program
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Jen Lopez AppointmentBy Lisa Mayo
aimed at 4th grade students called Every Kid in a Park and the county’s local pro-gram, Passport to Treasures. Additional programs coming up include National Tourism Week, travel trade and consumer shows, county airport promotion, regional, national and international media familiar-ization visits, a completely new website and continued partnerships with Visit California, Brand USA, Gold Country and High Sierra regions and San Francisco Travel Association.
During her time with Delaware North
Corporation, Lopez’s accomplishments in-cluded redeveloping the branding for the food and wine marketing collateral, design of social media marketing materials and helping promote Annual Earth Day cel-ebrations.
Lopez holds a degree in Natural Re-source Planning and Interpretation from Humboldt State University. This is a new position for Tuolumne County Visitors Bu-reau. The Bureau conducted a three-month search and selected Lopez from a list of five finalists.
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CROSSWORD PUZZLE people’s personal rights and is really going too far. Re-member the candidate is responsible for everyone on his/her campaigning committee.
Be advised, all property owners who did not give permission, notify the Sheriff’s Department so they can have the signs removed.
On a positive note I look forward to working on get-ting better roads and better fire protection for the people of Dist. 2. The person in charge of retention and recruit-ment, which should bring in more volunteers to the fire department, is paid by the county. According to the fire chief we have fewer volunteers now, than we had in the past, therefore we will need to make some changes.
I’m working on many projects that are in their early stages such as a long-term solution to get more water for the citizens of Don Pedro and Coulterville, to continue the weed-spraying program along our roads, and bring an ecological project that will provide good paying jobs to Dist. 2.
For the last 3.5 years I’ve always remembered I work for you the people of Mariposa County and District 2. Feel free to call me any time at 966-3222 in Mariposa or 878-3158 at my office in Greeley Hill.
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Local Spanish Nouns* By Tuolumne Tom Across
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5. Achieves
12. Cuban Patriot Jose ____
13. Prepare a deer or wild pig for consumption
15. Loosen a hex head fastener
17. *FRENCH GOLD MINER IN TUOLUMNE COUNTY
18. Fill with a bad smell
20. Enterprise lead-in
21. City in European Russia
22. Service error in tennis
23. Ogee profile
25. "The Greatest" & family
26. ____ tea
28. Auld Lang ____
29. "You ____ even close"
30. *BUTTERFLY
32. Smeared with mud or grass
33. *ARMY OR POLICE OFFICER
35. Gaze skyward: Archaic
38. Biased people?
42. _____ as a peacock
43. Dignified manner or conduct
44. A mixture or a medley
45. Stockton's Benjamin ____ Dr.
46. Conclude by reasoning
48. Charged particle
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51. Souvenir
53. Civil disobedience laws
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57. *THE GATEWAY
58. Miss America accessory
59. Anagram of sip ales
60. Sensory organs
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3. "That rock must weigh ____"
4. Almond and soy beverages
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8. Egyptian snakes
9. Famous Japanese shrine
10. Anagram of loud den
11. Hawaiian water sport
12. He bows to Mecca
14. Like a blazing fireplace
16. A bunch of hair or feathers
19. Gastropod genus
24. Anagram of snap aid
25. "He's on ______ get groceries"
27. Expire, like a campfire
29. "Don't be a sissy, be ____"
31. Walk with a slow, heavy gait
32. Rationalized mental attitudes
34. Small intestine section
35. "Look, I'm ______"
36. Biographical sketch
37. Walks clumsily
39. Trademark for steel used in watch springs
40. People associated with 53 Across
41. *NE MEXICAN STATE
43. Precedes health or illness
46. Statements: Latin
47. Give expression to
50. New Delhi dress
52. Alias for English essayist Chas. Lamb
54. Precedes secret or heavy
55. Lake Ontario's canal to the Atlantic: Abbr.
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Yosemite Gateway PartnersBy Debbie Cook
Join us at our traditional quarterly meeting, on Thursday, April 14. Networking and registration starts at 9 a.m. Meeting begins at 10 a.m.
The event will take place at the Mountain Room, Yosemite Lodge.
After personal introductions, the morning agenda will include a panel presenting tree mortality issues.
A gourmet lunch is presented by Yosemite Hospi-tality, LLC from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Cost of the meal is a bargain $20.
The afternoon session is led by Yosemite Superin-tendent and his leadership team covering park issues.
Registration can be done by either sending an e-mail to [email protected] or using the link at tinyurl.com/ygp-spring-meeting
As you proceed with your registration, you will find space to contribute your concerns about issues of rel-evant importance on our region.
We are looking forward to see you and network together as well as sharing ideas for improvements con-cerning Yosemite National Park and our gateway com-munities.
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Forest Products AvailableBy Veronica Lopez
Mariposa Symphony OrchestraBy Les Marsden
Don’t let the blooming flowers and trees keep you down. Try a few essen-tial oils to combat those allergies! Spring comes along with longer days and warmer airs and bursts those blooms and blossoms with incredible aromas into our lives.
And, of course, you may find you can’t smell them at all being stuffed up and irritated seasonal allergies. There are some things you can do to prepare for that on-slaught of the sniffles.
Plants have amazing healing proper-ties and provide a little bit of the hair of the dog type remedy in treating allergies. While it certainly helps if you have some of the plants in your garden, the concen-trated potency of essential oils is by far the more effective choice.
To use essential oils in treating hay fever or allergies, there are a few options.
Particularly beneficial is adding a few
The Stanislaus National Forest offers a variety of collection permits available to the public for forest products.
Types of products include: fuelwood, limbs, boughs, foliage, cones, needles, mushrooms and minerals. Each permit is issued with terms and conditions designed to protect natural resources on public lands.
Fuelwood permits are available April 15 through December 15. A household can purchase two-and-a-half cords for $25, with a maximum purchase of 10 cords per household. The permit allows the cutting and gathering of “DEAD and DOWN” wood.
For other forest products, if an indi-vidual is collecting for personal use, they can request a free use permit to collect up to one pound of mushrooms (must be cut in half lengthwise immediately at the time of harvest), 20 pounds of limb or bough, 10 pounds of foliage or eight gallons of dry cones.
Individuals wanting more than the al-
(like 3–5 max!) drops to steaming water for a sinus steam. Fill a large pot halfway with boiling water. Add a few drops of eucalyptus or rosemary and lavender and then cover your head and the pot with a towel creating a tent-like environment, trapping the steam. Breathe as deeply as you can through the nose. The oils help open up passages and reduce inflamma-tion.
· Dab a few drops on your chest (best at night), so youre breathing in the vapors while you sleep. Same principle as the steam but less potent.
· Oil diffusers disperse the oils throughout your home for several hours, which can be helpful at night as well. But during the gorgeous spring days it may not be the most useful if youre outside!
· Bringing along a bottle or two of essential oils when youre venturing out
lotted amount associated with a free use permit or desiring to sell the product must purchase a chargeable permit. The mini-mum charge for a chargeable permit for other forest products is $20 with a limit of $300.
Permits are available at all district of-fices and at the Supervisors Office located in Sonora, CA. Mineral (rock) permits are a special use permit and can be purchased at each district office (not available at the Supervisor’s Office).
The Stanislaus National Forest en-courages and welcomes public recreation in the forest. Opportunities for public in-volvement in land management are avail-able.
For information more information contact: the Stanislaus NF Supervisor’s Office at: 209-532-3671; Calaveras Ranger District (RD) at 209-795-1381; Groveland RD 209-962-7825; Mi-Wok RD at 209-586-3234 or Summit RD at 209-965-3434.
into allergy-prone areas can help ease an attack. But be careful of irritating sensitive noses and eyes. Straight oils can irritate mucous membranes, even if youre just tak-ing a whiff, especially when youre stuffed up and having a hard time smelling in the first place!
· At night, try dropping the stopper in the bathtub and add a few drops of oils into the tub while you shower. The steam from the shower enhances the oils and helps you breathe better just before bed, which can be the worst time for many allergy sufferers.
So, what oils to choose? Already men-tioned were eucalyptus, rosemary, and lav-ender. Eucalyptus and rosemary open the respiratory systems and reduce inflamma-tion. Lavender can help to calm and soothe irritated nasal passages and even irritated eyes.
Other oils have helpful benefits as
well: Clove Oil is anti-inflammatory and can help to relieve allergy symptoms.
Peppermint can open nasal passages and reduce headaches, which can affect some allergy sufferers, especially after a sneezing attack.
Lemon soothes respiratory inflamma-tion and can reduce stuffiness.
Roman Chamomile is very relaxing and eases inflammation. But, if you have a ragweed allergy, steer clear of chamomile as they’re close cousins and it can actually make your symptoms worse! (This goes for drinking chamomile tea, too.)
Educate yourself on the types of oils are available on the market today. Be se-lective and choose oils that are the highest quality. Attend free classes to gain more knowledge about the use and benefits of essential oils. See our ad on page 28 and let us know your needs.
We’re Honoring History. But We’re Also Making It. We will be in Sonora, Merced, Oakhurst, Mammoth Lakes. Mariposa and of course: Yosemite National Park.
Your Mariposa Symphony Orches-tra - of the Yosemite Region - is about to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of our Na-tional Park Service in a very big way.
But the “how” of this celebration is the amazing part. For the first time in history - a symphony orchestra comprised of musi-cians from this area will perform on tour throughout this huge region.
We’re uniting Yosemite Gateway communities. We’re sharing this orchestra in five counties. And I could not be more proud, more overjoyed, more amazed - that it’s music bringing us all together.
Please join us for this historic event. You’ll have many opportunities: Satur-day, April 23 at 7 p.m. Fiester Auditorium, Mariposa County High School
Sunday, April 24 at 2 p.m. Majestic Yosemite Hotel, Yosemite National Park
Saturday, April 30 at 7 p.m. Sierra Vista Church, Oakhurst
Saturday, May 7 at 7 p.m. Merced College Theatre
Saturday, May 14 at 7 p.m. Sonora High School Auditorium
Saturday, August 20 at 7 p.m. Mam-moth Lakes Middle School
Sunday, August 21 at dusk: A special final performance, location TBA
We’re sharing Mariposa’s symphony orchestra throughout the Yosemite region thanks to a generous grant awarded in rec-ognition of this project - Our Nation’s Na-ture.
My four-movement symphonic cycle dedicated in commemoration of the Na-tional Park Service.
This really is a once-in-a-lifetime op-portunity. Because you’ll have to wait 100 years for your next chance.
Please join Your MSO on our unprec-edented five county musical journey in commemoration of Our Nation’s Nature.
With best musical wishes from the magnificent musicians of the MSO - and me.
Les Marsden, Founder and ConductorThe Mariposa Symphony Orchestra
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AA - Tue. & Thur, 7pm, Church of Christ, 18829 Foote Street, Groveland
AA - Mondays, 6-7pm, Greeley Hill Library, Fiske Road, Greeley HillAl-Anon - Saturdays, 9:30-10:30am, Little House on Merrell Rd.,
Groveland. Contact [email protected] or 925-570-3969Alateen - Tuesdays, 5-6pm, Groveland Youth Center, 18933 Ferretti
ATCAA Food Bank, Monthly Produce Only - 2nd Friday, 10-11am, Coulterville, Christian Fellowship, 5033 Main St.; 1st Tuesday, 10-12. LDP Baptist Church, 4175 Abeto St., La Grange - 852-2029. Big Oak Rebekah Lodge - 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 7pm, IOOF Hall, Big Oak Flat
Community Food Pantries - Groveland Evangelical Free Church, 962-7584 – Independent Church of Christ, 962-7654. Lake Don Pedro Baptist Church, 852-2029
Coulterville Community Club - 1st Tuesday, 6:30pm, Old School House, Coulterville
Don Pedro Elementary School Parents Club - 2nd Tuesday, 2:45pm DP Elementary School, 209-852-2144
Don Pedro Fire Brigade - 3rd Wednesday, 7pm, 9910 Alamo Dr., La Grange, 209-852-9009
Don Pedro High Parents Club - 2nd Tuesday, 3:30pm, Don Pedro High School
Fitness Fun - Chair dancing exercise class, Mondays 10-11am at The Little House on Merrell Rd, Groveland, contact Janet 209-962-4334
Friends of the Groveland Library - 4th Tuesday, 2pm, Groveland Library, lower level meeting room
Garrotte Lions Bingo - 1st Thursday, 6:30pm, food served at 5:30pm, Groveland Community Hall - And 1st & 3rd Wednesday meeting 6pm, Groveland Community Hall
Genealogy Workshops - 4th Friday, 1pm, History Resource Center, upstairs in the Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum (no meetings in November & December)
Gold Chain Lions - 2nd & 4th Mondays at 6pm, Don Pedro Hacienda, J59 & Bonds Flat Road, contact Ellie Dusté 209-852-2230
Gold Country Singers - Thursdays, 7:15-9pm, Coulterville Methodist Church, 209-848-1216
Greeley Hill Community Club - 3rd Tuesday, 6pm, Greeley Hill Community Hall
Greeley Hill Gold Rush Charter Parent Teacher Community Club. Every 3rd Monday of the month, at 6pm, at the school on Fiske Rd.
Groveland Community Services Dist. - Board meetings: 1st Monday, 10am, and 3rd Monday at 6:pm. GCSD office, 18966 Ferretti Road, Groveland, 209-962-7161
Groveland Library - Tuesday-Thursday 1-6pm, Friday-Saturday 10am-2pm. Story time Friday 10:30am. Closed Sunday & Monday
Groveland Rotary - Tuesdays, 12:15pm, Pine Mountain Lake Grill. Call Randy Burke at 209-962-4477 for membership information
Helping Hands - 2nd Thursday, 10am, Groveland Community HallHICAP Health Insurance counseling - 1-800-434-0222 for
downstairsHigh Country Line Dancers - Every Tuesday, 7pm, Groveland
Community Hall ($2), call Sue Salnick at 962-4155Historical Aircraft Display - Every 3rd Saturday (except
September), 9am to 1pm at the transient parking at the PML Airport, call Ken Helling at 209-962-7597 for questions
Immunization Clinic & WIC - Every 4th Wed. 9 am to 3pm, Old Schoolhouse, Coulterville
In Stiches - 1st Thursday, 12:30pm, Greeley Hill Senior AnnexIOOF - Coulterville Lodge #104 - 2nd Wednesday, 7pm, IOOF HallIOOF - LaFayette Historical Lodge #65 monthly business meeting
- 2nd Thursday, 7:30pm, La Grange Odd Fellows Hall. For information call 209-853-2128 or 209-853-2508
Kiwanis - Tuesdays, 5:30pm, Pizza Factory, GrovelandLa Grange Improvement Association - 2nd Tuesday, 6:30pm, at
LaGrange Firehouse meeting hall, behind museum at the East end of La Grange, Call Susan at 209.853.2908 for info
La Grange Odd Fellows of Lafayette Lodge #65 third Tuesday bus. meeting, at 7:00pm. Odd Fellows Hall, 20018 Yosemite Blvd. Call NG Norm Varain at 209.916.5086 or 209.853.2128
LDP Community Service District - 3rd Monday, 1pm, LDP District Office
LDP Volunteer Fire Co. - 4th Wednesday, 7pm, Blanchard Fire Station.
Mariposa County Unified School Board - 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 7pm, site varies, call 209-966-3691 for location
Mariposa County Sheriff’s Station One - Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1-4pm, Fiske Road, Greeley Hill.
Meals on Wheels - Tuolumne County. Call 209-533-2622 to sign-up for Groveland delivery
Merced Food Bank - Monday, December 22, 10:30am to Noon, at Greeley Hill Senior Annex. Info, call 878.3046
Mother Lode Spinners and Weavers Guild - 2nd Tuesday, 10am, Church of the ‘49ers, Columbia, 588.1514
Northside Ambulance Association - Quarterly meeting, 1st Monday in February, May, August & November, 6pm, Greeley Hill Sr. Annex
Northern Mariposa County History Center - Board of Directors meeting, 1st Wednesday, 7 pm, Coulterville History Center, 209-878-3015. Museum is open: Wednesday to Sunday, from 10am to 4pm
North Mariposa County Family Enrichment Center Advisory Council - 1st Tuesday, 3pm; odd months meet at Red Cloud Library; even months at Old Schoolhouse, Coulterville, call toll-free 1-877-256-5465 or [email protected] for information
Northside Pet Connection - Board meeting 1st Monday of each month, 5:00 pm, Old Schoolhouse, Coulterville, 852-9364
Northside Senior Citizens - Meeting & Potluck, 2nd Thursday, 4:30 pm, Except January and February. Greeley Hill Senior Annex
Northside Women’s Club - 3rd Wednesday, 12 noon lunch and 12:30 meeting, Greeley Hill Senior Annex (no meetings in July & August)
Overeaters Anonymous-Call 209-962-7786, or 962-6444PML Computer Users Group - 3rd Tuesday, 7pm, PML Lake LodgePine Mountain Garden Club - 2nd Monday, 3pm, PML LodgeRed Cloud Library - Summer Hours: Tues., Wed., Fri. & Sat., 10am-
Scrapbooking - 1st Tuesday, 5-9pm, Greeley Hill Senior AnnexSheriff Doug Binnewies - Mondays & Thursdays 1-4pm, Station
1,10549 Fiske Rd., Greeley Hill, Sheriff’s Department 800-774-8314
Sierra Professional Artists - 2nd Friday, 11am, Yosemite Vista Estates clubhouse, contact Jean & Bill Hammond 209-962-6477
Sierra Red Hatters - 3rd Thursday, 1pm, contact 209-962-6769 for location
Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society (STCHS) Program - 3rd Saturday, 7pm, except September, it moves to 2nd Saturday - Groveland Community Hall
Studio 49 Fiber Arts Group - 2nd Saturday, 10am, Tuolumne County Library, Sonora. 533.0593
The Little House – Senior hot lunches served Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12 noon-1:30pm. Call 962-7303 before 8am on lunch day. 11699
Merrell Rd., Groveland, 962-7303, website: thelittlehouse.org.The Little House – Balance & Core exercise class, Tuesday and
Thursday, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.; Blood pressure readings, 1st & 3rd Thurs. 10am-noon; Board Meeting, open to all, 4th Tues. 9-10:30am; Chair dancing - Mon. 11:30 to 12:30, Mah-jong, Mon. 1-4; Crafts, Thur., 10:30-1:30; Yoga - See calendar. Call 209.962.7303 for information.
The Pine Needlers Quilt Guild - 3rd Tuesday, 6pm, Groveland Library, downstairs
TOPS - Weigh loss support group meets evert Wednesday morning, at a convenient Don Pedro location. For information call Coralaine at 209-852-9093
USDA/Monthly Government Commodities -3rd Tuesday, 10am-12noon, LDP Baptist Church, 4175 Abeto St., La Grange - 852-2029
USDA/Monthly Government Commodities - Friday after 3rd Tuesday, 10:00am-12noon, Groveland Evangelical Free Church. 19172 Ferretti
Village on the Hill - At The Little House - PO Box 63, Groveland - 95321. Office 209.962.6906. Service requests 209.962.0615. E-Mail at [email protected]
VFW Thom Jenkins Post #9454 - 1st Thursday, 7pm, Ladies Auxiliary & 2nd Tuesday, 6:30pm, 5014 Main Street, Coulterville
Women Veterans of the Mother Lode - 2nd Monday, 5:30pm, Veterans Hall, 9 N. Washington St., Sonora, enter thru the back door, contact Judy Carso-Carroll at 209-588-2715 for more information
Women’s 60+ Support Group - Meets Wednesdays at 10am at the Little House in Groveland. Call Etty at 209-962-5205 for information
Yosemite Chamber of Commerce Mixers - 4th Thursday at different locations, [email protected]
Yosemite Foothills Fire Safe Council - 2nd Tuesday, 12 noon, every month, Groveland Library, downstairs meeting room. Call 962.7610
Yosemite Toastmasters - Meets at the Groveland Pizza Factory, downtown Groveland on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. Gather at 11:30 am and the meeting starts at noon. Bring a lunch or order from the menu. Call 962-0314 for more information
Let’s EatCoulterville Rebekah Special Breakfast - Third Saturday. IOOF
Hall, Coulterville. 8 to 11am. Includes eggs, pancakes, sausage or ham, and fruit. Coffee, tea or milk. $5 adults, $3 children. $15 for a family of two adults and 2 children. Call 878.3792
First Baptitst Church - 4th Friday of every month, from 5 to 6 p.m. Call 209.962.7038 11347 Wards Ferry Rd., Big Oak Flat.
Greeley Hill Community Club Breakfast - 1st Sunday, 8am-11am. Eggs, sausage or ham, all the pancakes you can eat or biscuits & gravy, coffee, milk and hot chocolate, $5 adults $2.50 children
History Center Breakfast. - 2nd Sunday. Old School House, Coulterville, 8am-11am. Includes pancakes (all you can eat), sausage, eggs, fruit and beverage, $5 adults, $3 children, families $15. 878.3015
La Grange Odd Fellows Breakfast - second Sunday, 8-11am for $6. Biscuits & gravy, sausage, ham & cheese omelets and French toast. Odd Fellows Hall, 20018 Yosemite Blvd. For information call Chris at 209.853.2128
Roast Beef Dinner - With all the trimmings and fabulous desserts, Last Saturday in April, May – then September and October. Dinner is served from 4-7 p.m. Take-outs are available. Donation is $10 for adults and $5 for children under 10. We are located on Hwy 49 across from the Coulterville park.
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Office or Retail. Approx. 800 sq. ft. 18800 Main St. Groveland, downstairs, next to the firehouse. Easy access from Main St. Plenty of parking. Contact: Bud Esner at 530-304-4453 4-16 560
Maintenance technician for camp facility. Love the Sierra Mountains? Camp Tawonga hiring tradesperson w/exp in mainte-nance & construction, carpentry, elect, plumbing & troubleshooting pumps, motors & vehicles. This is a full time, year round, residential position and includes housing, util. & benefits. Salary DOE. E-Mail resume including 3 trade references to [email protected] 4-16 560
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Volunteer needed at Curves to as-sist trained staff with phone, filing, etc. for a few hours a week. Small stipend. Send an e-mail to Erna to [email protected] or call 209-470-6113 for more information. 4-16
White metal day bed. $50 - April 9, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 10831 Merrell Rd., towards land fill 4-16
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The schoolhouse also served other community functions. Social and holiday gatherings, spelling bees, school plays, and graduation ceremonies were the highlight of each year.
Around the turn of the 20th century, Kindergarten through 8th Grade one-room schoolhouses could be found in Chinese Camp, Jacksonville, Moccasin, Big Oak Flat, Groveland, Hardin Flat, Buck Mead-ows and on ranches in Deer Flat, Spring Gulch and Bull Creek. Two-room schools were later built in Big Oak Flat (1898) and Groveland (1916).
John Gamble and his son and daugh-ter were some of the community’s earliest teachers. Other longtime educators were Mrs. Martha Scofield, Mrs. Edith Osborne, Mrs. Mary De Ferrari, and Mrs. Rose Moynihan.
In 1953, the Big Oak Flat and Groveland schools were unified with Kin-dergarten through 4th Grade taught at Big Oak Flat and 5th through 8th Grade taught at Groveland, with students bused to their respective schools. After 8th Grade, stu-dents endured the daily bus trip down and up
Priest Grade to Sonora Union High School to complete their high school education.
The building in this archive photo is the historic one-room Elmore School, which was a great example of families se-curing Tuolumne County School Funds for an accredited teacher by meeting the five student minimum requirement. It was built in 1943 near Smith Flat, east of Groveland, at Highway 120 and Hells Hollow Road.
In 1935 John and Martha Elmore came to California from Missouri with high hopes of establishing a lucrative logging business. They had a large family of seven children to support, with three others dying as infants. But after settling in Stockton, they soon realized alluring stands of tim-ber were located far to the east. With their savings depleted, they temporarily moved to Linden in 1936 and earned a living by picking fruit.
Then in the late 1930s, John Elmore purchased a struggling mill operation in Buck Meadows and named it the Big Creek Lumber Company that pleased his primary Los Angeles customer looking to do business with a supplier having an of-
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ficial sounding name. Daughter Velma said that most of the logs they cut came out of the Jawbone area. At this time, John also purchased 30 acres for each of his sons, Von, Milbern, Carl, and George.
Homes for John and Martha and each of the grown sons were built near the mill, with additional shacks constructed for mill employees and their families. The pictured Elmore School, built next to son Von’s house completed the growing com-munity. The Elmore’s daughters, Velma, Morine, and Zula helped their mother prepare meals each day for the mill work-ers. Lumber buyers often scheduled trips around mealtime to partake in the fruits of Martha’s culinary expertise.
The Elmore School enrollment var-ied greatly over the years, starting with the minimum of five students in 1943 and growing to a peak of 61 students in 1958. In that peak year, the school had three teachers and a principal. With the growing numbers of students came a need for more classroom space and an annex was added on the southeast end of the original build-ing in the 1950s. The school infrastructure
included restrooms, kitchen, an elevated stage area, and basketball court on the west side.
John and Martha retired from the log-ging business in the 1960s and moved to Knights Ferry. Son George continued to operate the mill but struggled to find work-ers who were willing to live so remotely. He eventually closed the family business and sold off the machinery in the early 1970s. With the opening of the new and modern Tenaya School, the Elmore School closed in 1964 and with it the ended an-other chapter in the story of the country school. The historic structure remained in the Elmore family until sold in the 1990s and the current owner has hopes of restor-ing Elmore School.
If you like old firearms (and who doesn’t?) I invite you into the Museum to see our newest exhibit featuring black powder firearms. You might also enjoy the six-foot wide panoramic photo of Tuolumne County residents visiting San Francisco in 1915 for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Perhaps you can identify a relative.
A look back at forty years of tastings. The Columbia College Foundation
will host its 40th Annual Columbia Wine Tasting on Saturday, April 9.
It’s an event with a rich history. “It was 1977 and the California wine industry was coming of age after having won the now famous Judgment at Paris wine tasting competition against the French the year be-fore,” remembers Tom Bender, long time organizer of the Annual Columbia Wine Tasting.
“The growth in small Northern Cali-fornia wineries was under way and the time was ripe for inviting a selective number of them to Columbia State Historic Park for a Columbia College Culinary Department fund raiser.”
Bender was the City Hotel Dining Room Manager and a college instructor at the time and remembers helping with the event that first year.
“We had about a dozen highly regard-ed wineries pour their wines in the upstairs City Hotel parlor for about 50 people that first year. We were off and running! I took over organizing it two years later and ex-panded it to other sites in the state park.”
“Most the wineries participating in the late 1970s were from Napa and Sonoma and were only a few years old. Early par-ticipants included Stags Leap Wine Cel-
40th Wine Tasting Celebrates Foothill TraditionBy Cari Craven
lars, Spring Mountain Winery, Clos Du Val Winery, Dry Creek Cellars, Chateau St. Jean Winery, ZD Winery, Domaine Chan-don, Louis Martini Winery, and Kenwood Winery.
Wineries would stay in Columbia at the City Hotel and enjoy connecting with each other year after year,” recalls Bender.
At the time our foothill wine industry was just getting started and it was just a few years later that wineries from Calaveras and Amador counties joined the festivities.
In forty years the event has grown to close to 80 wineries and fea-tures several local food concerns. Tasting sites are spread around the state park and the funds raised still support the Columbia College Hospitality Manage-ment Program.
The lineup is a mix of around the state and local wineries. Several years ago a si-lent auction was added and includes wine collectibles and unique winery items. Most years the event has sold out and it is es-timated that the event has raised close to $500,000 in total over the years.
Bender still teaches about wines at Columbia College along with several oth-er restaurant related classes and remains closely connected to the wine industry. “The wine business is constantly changing and California is a global leader. And our
Sierra Foothill properties continue to get attention. We actually can say we live in wine country,” said Bender.
To purchase tickets and find more information about the 40th Annual Columbia Wine Tasting visit www.columbiawinetasting.com. Tickets are $55 in advance and $60 at the door.
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Tioga High had a field maintenance day to get the baseball/softball field ready for the season. The baseball and softball players and some community members of the community put in some hard work and the field is starting to come together. We are relying on volunteer work to really get this field usable. We wanted to write this to thank all the volunteers for giving their time and take the time to remind Groveland that if you are using this field treat it nicely, take home your trash with you, and maybe put some work on it to keep it nice.
We would like to take the moment to thank Ron Selvey & Adrian Selvey for all their countless hours spent donating time and hard hard work for improving the Leon Rose Field. They are one of the big reasons this field has become playable for our kids this season. They are selfless and really stepping up to make this field a place where our kids wanna be! If you see them around town, don’t hesitate to give them an “atta boy” talk!
Thank you from the Timberwolves!Earlier this school year Tioga High
School English classes included their stu-dents in an essay contest from the Fleet
Reserve. The topic for this school year was, “What does the American flag mean to you?” Our students participated and this month 9 of our TWolves were given cer-tificates and award money for their efforts in writing the essays! Two of our students, Senior Sarah Morcott and Sophomore Ha-lei Belvail, had their essays chosen to move on to the Regional round of competition, meaning their essays were exemplary! We are very proud of all of our winners and hope they use their award money wisely!
The following students had their es-says chosen: 9th grade - Josh Follmer; 10th grade - Halei Belvail, Caitlin Dowl-ing, & Ariana Leaman;11th grade - Bar-bara Dowling, Kailey McCoy, & Heidi Miller;12th grade - Sarah Morcott, Ashley Harrison & Zach Reynosa
Congratulations to all and thank you Fleet Reserve for putting this awesome es-say contest together.
Recently at Tioga High School a very kind gentlemen who has been helping a few of our kids with mentoring and speech preparation brought in an amazing home-made wooden birdhouse that he construct-ed. He made this for us to put at Tioga in
Tioga High School
Our School NewsBy Dawnelle and Ryan Dutton, Karen Seals and JW Dauth
Tenaya Elementary School
Rocket DayBy Rhonda Crow
The Best DayBy Cory Swank
The Groveland Rotary Club was proud to host the 2016 BEST Day event on Feb-ruary 9 at the PML Lake Lodge.
BEST Day was a longstanding Soroptimist Club tradition in the Groveland area that the Rotary took over for 2016. The theme for 2016 was “Keep the Love in Your Heart.”
29 eighth grade girls from the local area participated in this positive event for youth focusing on compassion, respect, tolerance and love of all kinds. Especially popular with the girls were the workshops (including the avocado facials, pictured).
While the girls participated in BEST day, the eighth grade boys attended a lec-ture put on by the Forest Service at the Groveland Ranger Station in Buck Mead-ows.
The boys toured the facility, took a na-ture walk, and explored a fire engine. The field trip concluded with a hamburger BBQ prepared by Groveland Rotarians.
The Groveland Rotary would like to thank the participants, the volunteers and presenters for an excellent day. For more information about Rotary and volunteer
opportunities, contact Cory Swank at 436-1800. Remember, above all, to “Keep the Love in Your Heart.”
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hopes of attracting some birds. Our Art class designed a wooden structure to go around the post that has the word “peace” written in a number of different languag-es. Our landscape class was excited to put the new birdhouse next to their new pond project by the gymnasium, giving the birds some water close to their comfortable new home! Thank you Richard Freeze for your generosity and giving heart! It’s this kind of attitude that we love having around school, because it teaches our kids to give back and help others. hank you very much Richard!
On Sunday, February 13 at Tioga High School the Softball and Baseball teams hosted a youth clinic for any kids interest-ed in learning how to play either game and have a lot of fun doing it! We had close to 30 kids attend, and even though the weath-er kept the event indoors, the Tioga student athletes and coaching staff had a great time putting this together! We would like to thank all of the parents that brought their children to the event and all of the parents, players, and coaches for making this such a great event. Not only are we building our athletic programs for the future, but help-ing build dreams for the young ones and teaching our high school students the joy
and importance of giving back! Thank you Dawnelle Dutton for organizing this event, the kids even got snacks and t-shirts!
Halei Belvail just won first place in the Culinary Olympics! Tioga High is so proud of her. The Culinary Arts competition at Columbia College was a competition of students from Tuolumne and Calaveras counties. Students were judged on creativ-ity, style, safety, sanitation, cleanliness and over all presentation.
Each student was required to make an apple pie, salad and dressing in two hours. Halei had the top score! This is the second year that the Culinary Arts class at Tioga High School won first place. Last year stu-dent Josh Downing won first place.
On behalf of the Tioga Girl’s basket-ball team, we would like to thank head coach Tari Skelley and assistant coach Debbie Hawes on our good season. We started the season off well and placed 2nd in the Turlock Christian JV Girls Tourna-ment and skillfully placed 6th in the moun-tain valley league. Our coaches worked very hard all season long and attended all practices with a can-do attitude to help our athletes become better. So Tioga High School thanks Tari Skelley and Debbie Hawes for their hard work.
On March 18 Tenaya Stu-dents attended a school wide rocket launch. Groveland Highlanders 4-H members spent three weeks building rockets to culminate in our Rocket Day! A huge thank you to Pete Steinmetz for sharing his knowledge with our students.
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Lake Don Pedro Elementary School
Student of the MonthBy Steven McDonald
Lake Don Pedro Elementary School is proud to announce Chris Collett as its stu-dent of the month.
Chris is a 4th grade student in Ms. Sharkawy’s class. “Chris is a very respect-ful student to his peers and his teachers,” says Ms. Sharkawy. “He is constantly par-ticipating in classroom discussions and puts great effort into his work.
He is a hard worker. He collaborates well with his classmates and in group ac-tivities.
Chris’ determination, respectfulness, and responsibility in the classroom make him a great pick for student of the month!” Chris lives with his parents Chris and Julie Collett in La Grange.
Connor Park is Tenaya’s Student of the Month! Connor is a seventh grade stu-dent in Mrs. Loera’s class.
She says, “ I’m very proud of how much Connor has improved in his work ethic and maturity.
He has gone the extra mile in history and consistently does his reading logs ev-ery week!
This quarter Connor also earned 37 AR points!
Connor is a creative and talented young artist as well. Connor’s grand-parents are Michele and Samuel Park of Groveland.
At Greeley Hill Elementary we are so honored to be entrusted with our student’s education. We take this commitment seri-ously and are passionate about giving stu-dents all we can in terms of individualized instruction. We know that literacy is a key indicator for success in all future academic endeavors.
Because of this, we have spent a lot of time and effort throughout the first se-mester to make sure that we fully under-stand where each individual student is with reading and how we can best provide this support.
Every child in grades TK – 4th are vis-iting our brand new Literacy Lab Tuesday to Friday. Students in grades TK – 1st at-tend for 35 minutes per day. Students’ 2nd – 4th grade attend for 1 hour per day.
During this time, students will be
Tenaya Elementary School
Student of the MonthBy Rhonda Crow
Greeley Hill Elementary School/Coulterville High School
Students Love to ReadBy Deana Seastrom-Lessley
working in small groups of four to five with a credentialed teacher and/or an in-structional aid on the specific program that our data indicated would best meet their needs. Once the data indicates that they no longer need intervention, they will be moved to an enrichment group.
This is truly making a difference for those students who were struggling to read at the beginning of the school year. 2nd grade student, Laila Martinez, came run-ning into my office this afternoon, very ex-cited and with a smile on her face asking if she could read to me! She read beautifully and with fluency! Way to go Laila!
The staff at GHES are so excited to see the smiles on the faces of students who now say “I love to read”.
Go Mountain Lions!
Tenaya Elementary School
Honor RollBy Rhonda Crow
4TH Grade Honor Roll 4.0 GPA or Above Bryce Nicolson 3.5-3.99 GPA Jaxon Ludwig, Taylor Moreno, Dylan Kappl, Jenna Abbott, Corra Sorsdahl, Isabelle Cook, Natalie Harris
3.35-3.49 GPA Kyleigh Hoffman, Dana Brandau
5th Grade Honor Roll 4.0 GPA or Above Otto Ennis, Aubrey Harris 3.5-3.99 GPA Mary Jane Hersom, Sareen O’Neal, Madison Darrow, Shayla Bertram, Anaya Ramirez 3.35-3.49 GPA Roxanna Martinez, Cheyenne De-Carli, Marissa Elgart
6th Grade Honor Roll 4.0 GPA or Above Madilynn Ludwig, Amelia Hendersen 3.5-3.99 GPA Aidan Ohrt, Clay Wooldridge, Dustin Arista, Beaumont Cook, Ember Harris 3.35-3.49 GPA
7th Grade Honor Roll 4.0 GPA or Above Sydney Simmons, Lucy Hessler, Maisy Pearlman 3.5-3.99 GPA
Allison Sands, Richard Park, Daniel Timmins, Alexis Richter, Lily Lloyd, Imani Loh, Ira Klein, Mitchell Lennen 3.35-3.49 GPA Brenda Pike, Yashua Timmins, Ayden Haire 8th Grade Honor Roll 4.0 GPA or Above Sierra Kersey 3.5-3.99 GPA Josh Kappl, Riley Hessler 3.35-3.49 GPA Kira Radanovich, Jaydon Spires
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