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By Janice Johnson Amador County Master Gardener One thing most gardeners don’t have is patience. All it takes is a few warm, sunny days, and they are itching to plant their tomatoes. But planting too early usually backfires. Tomatoes aren’t finicky plants to grow, but the one thing they don’t like is cold soil — [...]
The inaugural “Celebrate Amador” trade fair will be held at the Amador County Fairgrounds June 8 through 10. In support of the event, a rare and historic “Steam Power Exposition” will be staged by the Amador Sawmill & Mining Association Saturday and Sunday, June 9 and 10. Roll the clock back 100 years to hear [...]
By Jenny Price Nine glamorous contestants lined the stage of the Ione Elementary School cafeteria last Friday, as friends and family, packed into t-he cafeteria like sardines, anxiously awaited the announcement of who would be crowned the next Miss Ione. It was all smiles and glitter as the contestants anticipated the results of the judges’ [...]
Community briefs are for nonprofit organizations and events only. Call for Artists Amador County Artists Association is hosting their annual Open Studio Tour on Saturday and Sunday, September 15 and 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ACAA is offering Amador County artists the opportunity to open their studios to the public to show, [...]
By Adam Dalton special to the ledger dispatch We are proud to announce that Mollie Joyce Park, in Pioneer, is now 99 percent complete. The entire parking lot has been resurfaced, and the gravel has been spread. The scoreboards have arrived, and one is already on display. Mollie Joyce is now one of Amador’s [...]
The Jackson chapter of the Philanthropic Educational Organization will hold its second annual Plant Sale to support fundraising efforts. The sale will take place in the Sutter Hill Walgreens parking lot, May 12, and have a large variety and quantity of plants available for purchase between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. that day. The Walgreens [...]
By Larry Cenotto special to the ledger dispatch There’s a yellowing, circa 1984 clipping from the Sacramento Bee in Logan’s notebooks about the late Ismail Mike Ynzunza and the frantic time he had proving the legal bounds of his lot on that short and somewhat hidden street, Amador Trail, just below Amador High School, in [...]
By Adam Dalton Special to the Ledger Dispatch By now you all have heard about last weekend’s exciting opening day at Mollie Joyce Park. The Little League of Amador County has kicked off another season of baseball. We were so grateful that the site chosen for opening day was Mollie Joyce. We were able [...]
By JACK MITCHELL jmitchell@ledger-dispatch.com Amador County was asked to step up to the plate and volunteer time and funds to assist in rebuilding and restoring all of the Amador County parks — for our kids, for our community and for our county. It is a huge task, and thanks to Adam Dalton, the Jackson Rancheria, [...]
By Claudia Lamar Last week, local activists embarked on a 36-mile journey to the Capitol, in the We Are Women “Walk and Roll,” which concluded April 28 in a nationwide stance against legislative attempts to limit women’s rights. Organizers of the walk were Occupy Amador activists Terry Goffinet and Meghan O’Keefe. After witnessing a lot [...]
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