John Muir Festival Yosemite Celebration The BodyWise Symposium

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JUNE 2014
Vol. 28, No. 6
John Muir Festival
Association for the Advancement of Psychosynthesis (AAP)
The BodyWise Symposium
By Teri Graf-Pulvino
The 5th Annual John Muir Festival
takes place on Friday and Saturday, May
30 and 31 in Coulterville and Horseshoe
Bend. Sponsored by the John Muir Geotourism Center (JMGC), the event highlights the
Center’s nature-focused activities and new
youth programs.
May 30 Events, 5 – 9 p.m. – Youth Education Fundraiser
John Muir Geotourism Center on Main
Street - A Fundraiser Silent Auction and Celebration will support youth education programs/workshops planned for this summer.
JMGC will a hold a fabulous silent auction
with items valued from $50 to $1000 up for
bid, wine tasting and yummy desserts.
Odd Fellows Hall - Robert Hanna, John
Muir’s great-great grandson, will give a presentation revealing the many sides of Muir,
an up-close, personal look at his life as can
only be told by his family with stories and
never before seen photos and writings. A film
presentation, “Yosemite: A Gathering Spirit”
and short youth videos will also be shown.
No. Mariposa County History Museum
- Enjoy local wine and cheese tasting
Coulter Café - tasty dinner served with
music from Lance Canales & The Flood
May 31 Events, all day
Bean Creek Preserve - Early Bird nature lovers meet at Horseshoe Bend at 8:30
a.m. for nature hiking on Bean Creek Preserve
Lake McClure Horseshoe Bend Recreation Area –10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Music: Sequoia (Celtic, Bluegrass and
R&R) and locals, Geri-and-the-Atrics.
Presentations:
Keynote speakers Cindy Ross-acclaimed writer and triple-crown hiker, Sean
Gobin- founder of Warrior Hike “walk off
the war”, Kenny Ballentine-award winning
Nature Kids film maker and Len McKenzielong time Yosemite naturalist share stories
on how nature hikes heal children, families
and returning war vets and why volunteering is an important component for true nature appreciation.
By Dr. Ann K. Schafer
AAP’s first online conference, The
BodyWise Symposium, will be broadcast
live from Columbia College in Sonora, California, on Saturday, June 21, from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Pacific Daylight Saving Time.
You can attend on-site or live-stream the
event to your home, office, studio, or center
from anywhere in the world (times will vary
worldwide).
How many times have you said that
conferences are too expensive, and you
can’t afford the time to travel? AAP heard
you and we’re bringing the conference right
into your home/office. Top notch speakers,
wisdom that will translate into concrete
knowledge, and the chance to further your
knowledge and understanding of the practical teachings of Roberto Assagioli will be
the focus of the Symposium.
Image used with permission from the artist
BodyWise Symposium Mascot
Walking Head © Rachel Hershkovitz
fineartamerica.com/profiles/rachel-hershkovitz.html
See Symposium on page 12
Yosemite Celebration
By Kassandra Hardy
Hailey Brower with Michael J. Seng,
United Sates Magistrate Judge
Read Hailey Brower
recognition for her essay explaining the significance of
the Grant Act of 1864 for our
country and its citizens.
Also Josh Harrison Rim
Fire story as published in a
Hickman writing seminar
book.
You can find them both on
the Special Recognitions page
(see below).
Regular Features
Classifieds....................................... 27
Community Events........................ 26
Letters to the Editor........................ 7
Crossword Puzzle.......................... 20
Crossword Solutions...................... 29
Special Recognitions...................... 23
Service Directory........................... 27
Supervisors’ Corner...................... 10
Inspiring Generations for 150
Years: Yosemite Grant Act 1864-2014:
Yosemite has inspired generations of
people for thousands of years. On June
30, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln
signed the Yosemite Grant Act, establishing Yosemite Valley and Mariposa
Grove as the first protected wild land for
all time. In addition, this grant marked
the first California State Park. The State of California obtained the
Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big
Trees Grove Grant in 1864 due to the
efforts of prominent individuals such as
Reverend Thomas Starr King, Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, Captain Israel Ward
Raymond and California Senator John
Conness. They inspired the concept and
conceived the seminal legislation that
permanently set aside this wondrous
place “for public use, resort and recreation.”
When Senator Conness presented
the bill for consideration in the Senate
on May 17, 1864, he noted that the bill’s
unprecedented objective was entrusting
the State with the “preservation and public
viewing of the Yosemite Valley and the Big
Tree Grove...for the benefit of mankind.”
Unopposed, the bill breezed through the
38th Congress and was signed by President
Abraham Lincoln on June 30, 1864.
On September 28, 1864, California
Governor Frederick Low signed the Proclamation accepting the Mariposa Grove and
Yosemite Valley Grant from the federal government and appointed the first state park
commission to oversee its preservation and
improvement.
Heading the nine-person commission
was Frederick Law Olmsted, pioneering
designer of New York City’s Central Park.
Galen Clark, Israel Ward Raymond and Professor J.D. Whitney were among the other
eminent gentlemen of California named to
the first commission.
See Yosemite on page 12
June 2014, Page 2
Curves of Groveland
Farm Tours
Curves of Groveland Offers New
Members Two Weeks Free.
Curves of Groveland announced they
are offering two weeks free to new members who sign up as either a Fitness or
Curves Complete member on their first
visit between June 1 and June 27.* Just in
time for the start of swimsuit season, the
offer is designed to help further motivate
those looking to kick start their weight loss.
In January, Curves introduced Curves
Workouts with Jillian Michaels which are
cutting-edge total body workouts featuring the Curves Circuit strength training
machines in conjunction with functional bodyweight-based exercises that are designed to ramp up metabolism and transform physique. The program is refreshed
frequently with 12 new functional moves
introduced each month throughout 2014.
We invite men and women to come in
The Seventh Annual Farms of
Tuolumne County (FOTC) Farm and
Ranch Tour - Experience Groveland will
be held on Saturday, June 14, from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
All farm locations are in the beautiful
Groveland area: Deer Creek Cherry Farm,
Red Tail Ranch, Mountain Sage Nursery,
Joanie Gisler’s Lazy G Bar Ranch, and Big
Creek Meadow Ranch.
There will be live music, plain air
painting, hay rides, wool carding and exciting equine demonstrations; miniature
horses, llamas, rabbits, sheep, chickens
and cows. Also, seminars on water conservation and many more activities for all
ages.
In addition Priest Station Café, Red
Tail Ranch and Hopping Rabbit Organic
Farm will offer free samples of local food.
Indigeny Reserve will have free hard apple
cider tasting; Inner Sanctum Cellars and
Yosemite Cellars will offer free wine tasting. Other FOTC members will be at the
Tour Farms to sell their wares and offer
samples.
At night Mountain Sage Nursery will
host a family friendly concert with music
by Hot Buttered Rum. Farm Tour ticket
holders get into the concert for half price
By Ena Joncich
and to learn more about these innovative
programs with a free consultation.
New Summer hours effective June 2. Mornings: Monday –Friday 6:30 a.m. to
12 noon; Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon.
Afternoons: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 4:30-6:30 p.m.
For more information, contact a staff
member at Curves of Groveland at 209962-4908 [email protected] or
visit the club at 18687 Main Street. For
more infromation about Curves, please
visit www.curves.com
*One time service fee charged at
enrollment. Minimum 12-month recurring billing required. Offer applied to
first month fee. All fees vary by location.
Valid for new members only. Not valid with
any other offer. Jillian Michaels workouts
scheduled by location and only offered at
participating locations.
Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society
Mather Saddle and Pack Station
By Twainhart Hill
On Saturday, June 21, at 7 p.m., at
the Groveland Community Hall, a slide
presentation and talk on The Tales of the
Yosemite Back Country, Mather Saddle
and Pack Station will be presented. The
Barnes family of Oakdale, CA has operated the Mather Pack Station since 1929.
This presentation is their history and
stories of 85 years of packing and trail riding in the Yosemite backcountry.
The material for this talk is based on
the Oakdale Cowboy Museum exhibit that
was created by volunteer curators Twainhart Hill and Sharon Getchel, along with
members of the Barnes Family. The exhibit
is part of the Yosemite National Park’s
150th Anniversary of the Yosemite Grant
Act. President Lincoln signed the Grant
Act in June of 1864 for the protection of the
Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove.
The exhibit is currently on display
through the end of 2014 at the Oakdale
Cowboy museum, www.oakdalecowboymuseum.org
Come learn about the people and tales
of the Pack Station! It is a part of this area’s
local history. Admission is free.
By Mariana Rocha Zimmerly
($10). Inner Sanctum Cellars will be on
hand with wine tasting.
The Farm Tour raises funds for Farms
of Tuolumne County’s Scholarship Program.
Farm Tour ticket price is $8 in advance
or $10 the day of the event. Those under
18 years of age get in free. The ticket price
covers all activities except product that is
for sale and the concert at Mountain Sage
Nursery. As always, this is a self-guided
event, in that you drive to each location.
A brochure with map as well as tickets are
available at www.tcfarms.org
Tickets are available in Groveland at
Priest Station Café; top of Old Priest Grade
and Highway 120, Big Oak Flat 209-1962888 and Mountain Sage Nursery, 18653
Main St., Groveland 209-962-7455. In
Sonora at Community Thrift Shop, 797
W. Stockton Road 209-532-5280; University of Calif. Cooperative Extension, 52 N.
Washington St. 209-533-5695; Gold Country Honey Farm booth at Mountain People
Organics Farmers Market, 10800 Airport
Road, Columbia (Wed. & Sat. 12-6 p.m.);
and Sonora Certified Farmers Market beginning May 17.
For more information please e-mail
[email protected] or call 209-928-3775.
Gold Country Singers
By Lucy Gill
The Gold Country Singers will regale
you with perky tunes and soaring heavenly
music, accompanied by English horn and
French horn. We might even throw in a
violin.
We are led by Annette Hutton who
leads us while playing the piano. The concert is free and refreshments are served afterwards. Two opportunitiess: May 29 at
7 p.m. at the Greeley Hill Community Club
and June 1 at 3 p.m. at the Coulterville
Methodist Church.
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Activities for June
By Dale Silverman
Cattle Drive: On Saturday, June 7
Tim Erickson, the grandson of early cattle
rancher Tim Carlon, tells the story of one
of the last major cattle drives in California
which, until the Rim Fire, has been taking
place right in our backyard twice each year.
Tim will share the history, current status and future of this historic cattle drive.
This is the final presentation of this year’s
spring lecture series. Please note that while
the start time remains the same, 3 p.m., the
location is different…it will be at the Lake
Don Pedro Hacienda at 5182 Fuentes de
Flores.
Breakfast: The NMCHC Community
Breakfast on Sunday, June 8, will have
some special raffle prizes… a family tour
package to the Black Chasm Cavern near
Volcano and a pair of tickets to the Sierra
Repertory Theater in Sonora.
Both packages are worth just under
$50 each! Raffle tickets remain just three
for $1! Breakfast is served by our great
group of volunteers from 8 a.m. ‘till 11
a.m. and includes eggs cooked to order,
fresh fruit, all-you-can-eat pancakes and a
choice of ham or sausage… all for just $5.
A family package (2 adults/2 children costs
just $15.
This monthly breakfast was one of the
very first fund raising activities developed
to raise funds to establish a local gold rush
era museum; it continues to be an important fund raising activity, helping to keep
the doors of this private, unique, nonprofit museum open five days a week for 11
months of the year!
CoyoteFest: Opportunities for both
non-profits and inviduals abound!
The success of the expanded format of
the CoyoteFest in 2013 into an event with
a number of community organizations each
taking on a “chunk” and sharing in both the
fun and the fund-raising is once again in
place.
The Northern Mariposa County History Center is the overall event coordinating
organization with the Gold Chain Lions
Club, the Coulterville Community Club,
the North Side Pet Connection as well as a
number of other nonprofits and individuals
getting involved.
If you or an organization to which
you belong would like to get involved, either come to the next planning meeting or
contact the museum at 209-878-3015. The
event is less than four months away with
plans being finalized this month!
The planning meetings are held on the
first Friday afternoon each month. There
is still time for your organization to climb
on board and organize either an existing or
new component as a fundraiser for your
organization but we need to know about
your ideas by the June 6 meeting, which
takes place at 4:30 p.m. at the Coulterville
Schoolhouse.
Preliminary Marketing materials are
available if you would like to help spread
the word about this family fun event, now
in its 29th year!
Information about the CoyoteFest, as
well as registration forms for booths, the
parade and the car show will soon be available on the NMCHC’s new website (www.
coultervillehistorycenter.org).
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By Judy Gravino
After many months of study, The
Board of Directors of The Little House
has approved the development of a “Village” program for the greater Groveland/
Big Oak Flat area. Planning for the Village
project kicked off in April, with the full
program scheduled for implementation in
April 2015.
“We are excited about the Board’s decision to move forward with the Village
program”, said Ron Harms, President of
the Board of Directors of Southside Senior
Services/The Little House. “Based on our
discussion with people across the community, the Village program will directly address many of the challenges that seniors
encounter as they age in our rural community,” remarked Harms.
“A Village is a community-based effort to help seniors in our community
age-in-place” explained Luci Tyndall, Administrative Services Coordinator for The
Little House. According to Tyndall, “the
greatest desire that seniors have as they
age is to remain in their homes for as long
as possible. That desire is complicated by
the increasing difficulty that seniors have
in managing the day-to-day tasks associ-
ated with living independently. The Village
program is designed to provide affordable
assistance in handling those issues, from
things as simple as climbing a ladder to
changing light bulbs and smoke alarm batteries, to assistance with shopping, transportation for medical services, help with
electronic ‘gadgets’ and social contacts
that keep seniors connected to their friends
and neighbors.”
“Think about the Village as an organized way for neighbors to help one another, said Harms, and while the ideas
behind the Village are not new, the Village
represents a unique way of organizing the
resources in the community to more consistently serve our neighbors who require a
‘helping hand’ to live safely and comfortably in their homes”.
The Village concept has been adopted
in over 100 communities across the country. According to Harms, every Village is
different. “When you look at the structure,
the programs offered and the members
who enroll in the Villages across America
you see as many differences as you do
similarities. Those differences are to be
expected since each Village is designed to
meet the unique needs of the community
that it serves” said Harms.
The needs of Village members in a
community like Groveland/Big Oak Flat
may be much more oriented to transportation and shopping assistance due to the lack
of public transportation options and home
shopping services. “Whatever it takes to
make aging in place easier for seniors in
our area, our Village will do its best to be
June 2014, Page 3 Northern Mariposa County History Center (NMCHC)
June 2014, Page 4
Bird Walk
Lions Club Bingo
By Wanda Day
Hello Bingo players. Our regular day
is Thursday, June 5, (first Thursday every
month). Bingo will be even more enjoyable as Spring approaches.
Regular and turkey hamburgers are
$5.50, add cheese to each for $6. Remember dinner is available at 5:30 p.m.
Early Bingo at 6:30 p.m., and regular
Bingo at 7 p.m.
As an appreciation for your support,
we are recognizing the 10th and 20th person that purchase packets. Those two people will receive their packets for free.
For additional information, please call
Wanda Day at 209-770-6179
GCSD Water News
By Jon Sterling
Drought related water infrastructure
improvements to the GCSD water treatment plant.
In March, the Groveland Community
Services District (GCSD) was informed by
the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) that due to current drought
conditions, SFPUC may need to introduce
water from Cherry Lake into the Mountain
Tunnel, from which GCSD pumps its raw
water.
Currently, GCSD and SFPUC have filtration avoidance clauses in their water permits due to the pristine nature of the Hetch
Hetchy Reservoir watershed. Source water
from Cherry Lake will void the filtration
avoidance clause in these permits. SFPUC
has the capability of filtering Cherry Lake
water at its Sunol Water Treatment Plant;
GCSD does not have the capability of filtering this water. SFPUC is pursuing an
aggressive schedule to complete the Lower
Cherry Aqueduct (LCA) Project in 2014 in
order to begin introducing Cherry Lake water as soon as January/February 2015. This
places GCSD into an emergency situation
because GCSD does not have filtration
equipment capable of handling year round
demand for water. GCSD is responding by
applying for grant funding for the purchase
and installation of a Pall Aria Microfiltration (MF) system at its existing Second
Garrote water treatment plant.
It is GCSD’s intent to have this project
completed by late November of 2014 in order to continue providing potable drinking
water and fire flow to the communities of
Big Oak Flat, Groveland, and Pine Mountain Lake. GCSD has applied for three
grants:
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the amount of $500,000
- California Department of Public
Health (CDPH) in the amount of $500,000
- Tuolumne Stanislaus Regional Water
Management Plan (IRWMP) in the amount
of $685,000
The GCSD project cost estimate is
$1.7 million for purchase and installation
of the filtration equipment. It is expected
for the construction project to begin in
August of 2014.
By Jeanne Ridglewy
The first Wednesday of the month
Bird Walk at the Groveland Community
Services property at 18966 Ferretti Road,
Groveland is led by Jeanne Ridgley. The
property encompasses an area of more than
200 acres of oak, pine and willow habitat
with three water storage ponds. 137 species
of birds have been seen there since November of 2007
48 species were seen in the month of
April including Wilson’s Warbler and Lark
Sparrow. Black-headed Grosbeaks, Ashthroated Flycatchers and Western Kingbirds have returned.
Dates for upcoming trips are June 4
and July 2. 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 cancel the trip. The walk will last about
two-three hours. If you have any questions,
call Jeanne at 962-7598.
Troops Update
By Mary Brown
April brought some unusual weather
and a lot of individual size shampoo, conditioner, lotion, and soaps from the golfers
that traveled to Temecula.
Other items that came in were the
large size bars of Olay and Dove, toothbrushes and toothpaste, Campbell’s ‘ready
to eat’ heat and enjoy soup, magazines,
fruit snacks and a large handful of pens
from Rabobank.
It is the beginning of the hot season in
Afghanistan now so the troops will be asking for sunscreen, Chapstick, foot powder,
deodorant and powdered drink mix to add
to their water, sanitary wipes and always
healthy snacks.
They like individual size to stick in
their pockets. You can drop off your donations to Helping Hands store, anytime
they are open, just them know it’s for ‘the
troops’. Thank you everyone for what you
donate.
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June 2014, Page 5 Pine Cone Singers
Celebrating Their Musical World!
By Linelle Marshall
If you missed the recent Spring concert by Pine Cone Singers, you really have
to mark your calendars now for the winter
concert on December 11-14!
There was music for everyone – jazz,
pop, classical, songs from musicals, folk
songs and traditional spirituals. Solos and
ensembles were performed to the delight of
audiences by Ken Steiner, Shirley Brasesco, Frank Jablonski, Luke Sullivan, Bob
Swan, Linelle Marshall, Cris Todd and
Charlie Mills.
We also had the good fortune to have
local instrumentalists add their talents
– Mike Kambeitz, trumpet; Ellie Dusté,
oboe; Fred Faiella, piano; Lawrence Drummond, bass and mandolin; Jeff Bay, drums
and percussion. PCS members Linelle
Marshall, Sandra Menacho and Anita Millard shared duties as piano accompanists
for the concert.
Our new director, Ron Randall, introduced the choir to some new pieces
for these performances – a satirical “Frog
Went a-Courtin’”, a jaunty sea shanty for
men called “Eight Bells”, an Irish tune,
“The Kerry Dance”, for the women, and a
lovely “Evening Prayer” from the operetta,
“Hansel & Gretel.” After the rousing finale of “Do You Hear the People Sing?”
the chorus treated the audience to an encore with the very apt “How Can I Keep
From Singing?”
Behind the scenes, many thanks go to
the following for their tireless efforts on
behalf of the choir: PCS Board members
Luke Sullivan, Ken Steiner, Sandra Menacho, Bob Swan and Sally Salinas; concert
manager, Sally Salinas; ticket design, Bill
Mingus; flyer and program design, Delia Self; concert set-up, Frank Oyung and
crew; music librarian, Barbara Klahn;
refreshments, Joanne Hanson; sunshine,
Karen Lopes; wardrobe, Frank Jablonski
and Gloria Young; publicity, Linelle Marshall; study CDs, Linelle Marshall & Kathy
Seaton; advertising banner and study CD
duplication, Shirley Brasesco; cast party,
Sandra Menacho; Richard McKey, sound
technician; Bruce Carter, videographer;
Miguel Maldonado, photography and CD/
DVD editing.
Special thanks go to Bill Mingus, Paul
Klahn, Rich Fisher and Dave X for working the box office and assisting the ladies
onto the stage.
The Pine Cone Singers are most grateful to Pastor Ron Cratty and the Groveland
Evangelical Free Church for graciously
allowing us to perform in their beautiful
sanctuary.
The singers will reconvene at the end
of August to welcome new and returning
singers as well as begin rehearsing for the
winter concert. Details will follow soon!
Happy summer in the meantime!
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Spaghetti Feed
By Jo Ann Bacci
Hi everyone:
Its time for Ruben’s Famous Spaghetti, Saturday, June 14, from
5 p.m. till 7 p.m., at the Odd Fellow’s Hall
Big Oak Flat, CA. Adults $10 children $6
Odd Fellow’s will be having a all you
can eat Spaghetti feed with pesto.
For the people that have never been
to one of our spaghetti feeds we served
family style. The menu is spaghetti with
meat sauce, pesto green sauce, garlic bread,
salad, salame and ice cream for dessert
Thank you to all that attend we hope
you enjoy our meal
John R. Ziomek, DPM
20767 Ferretti Road – Groveland, CA 95321
209.962.6000
Practice limited to diseases of the foot and ankle.
Diabetics welcome. Most private insurances accepted.
Medicare assignment accepted.
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June 2014, Page 6
Car Show
Museum Happenings
The “Where the Hell is Groveland”
car show recently completed their donations from the 2013 event. Tenaya School
received a little over $1,000 for art supplies
and The Little House received $1,200.
We are able to give these amounts due
to the generosity of those of you who attend our car show and purchase raffle tickets.
Without your support we would have
very little to donate, so we ask that you
continue to support our show.
This year the show will be on Sunday,
June 1. This will be our 13th annual event.
We hope to have great attendance and look
forward to seeing you all there.
The new bench near the museum entrance was dedicated to the memory of
Ann Wesley during a memorial ceremony
in May. Ann passed away in 2012 after a
four-year battle with cancer but her legacy
lives on in her devotion to our community.
She and husband Harold owned and
operated the Buck Meadows Lodge and
Yosemite Westgate Motel for 20 years.
Ann was a member of the Pine Cone Singers for 30 years, active in the Buck Meadows Community Church, Red Hat Society,
and Groveland Country Mountain Riders.
Despite all that, she still had time over the
years to be a Girl Scout leader and docent
in our museum.
When you visit the museum or library,
take a few moments to rest on Ann’s bench
and smile when you remember and reflect
on her tireless service to others.
Last month’s historical photograph
was of an 1877 Groveland home located on
Main Street which now houses Mountain
Sage Nursery, Sierra Nevada Gallery, and
Mountain Sage Café.
Frank Martin had obtained this land in
the early 1870’s and had this house built
by 1877. George and Alvah Hamilton acquired the land in 1891 and then in 1893
Jacob and Jocunda Boitano Laveroni purchased it for approximately $900.
Jacob added a kitchen, fireplace, and
other improvements. They raised two children, George and Bernice in this historic
Groveland home. They also operated a
dairy in Groveland from World War I until shortly after the Second World War. The
dairy barn constructed in 1923, still stands
behind the house.
In the 1840’s Jacob’s father Giacomo
(Jake) Laveroni was touring Europe with
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small circus troops. He ended up in New
York City working for a candle manufacturing company and then joined the Gold
Rush to California. Settling in Hornitos,
Jake managed a store for his former New
York employer Domenico Ghirardelli, the
soon to be famous chocolatier.
Jake met and married Maria Bacigalupi in Hornitos. Maria and her family had
come to America some years earlier, walking across the Isthmus of Panama when she
was only eleven.
In 1860 Jacob’s parents moved to the
Moccasin Creek area and then Deer Flat
where they farmed and had six children. In
1873 at the age of 38, Jacob’s father died of
pneumonia leaving Maria with six young
children to raise, a hotel to run, and miners
to board.
Hilltop Musical Kids
By Louise Turney
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STCHS archives photo
Do you recognize this building? Call 962.0300 and visit us
Summer is on its way and it is time to
plan our Summer Musical.
We will be doing the brand new “Voice
Message”. A fun lively musical with lots
of singing and dancing centered in a clubhouse for kids. Come and join “SAV’M”
(Secret Alliance of Voice Messengers”).
This promises to be a fun experience for all.
Registration and sign ups will take
place in Groveland Library Wednesday,
June 4 and Thursday, June 5, 3-5 p.m.
Some parts will be assigned on those
days. More auditions will be held on June 11.
We do have 19 speaking parts and lots
of singing and dancing. Remember there is
no charge to join and all kids from 1st to
8th grade are welcome.
A video of our winter concert is available at the Groveland museum. Ask a
docent for DVD 97 to either play at the
Three years later his mother Maria
married Agostino Paolo ‘The Boss’ De
Ferrari and moved to Groveland. Agostino
and Maria were blessed with five more
children.
The two family patriarchs, Giacomo
(Jake) Laveroni and Agostino De Ferrari
are buried in Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Cemetery. Maria, Jacob, Jocunda, George
and Bernice are interred in the Oak Grove
(Divide) Cemetery.
Don’t forget to visit us on Facebook!
Do you recognize this building? If
you can identify this month’s historic
photo from the STCHS archive you will
receive 20% off any single item from the
Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum
gift shop during the month of June (one
gift per family).
theater or borrow a copy to take home for
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Obituary
Gertrude (Bette) Herr died peacefully
at age 92 on May 8, 2014, in Sonora, California, at Skyline Assisted Living. She was
born in Nampa, Idaho, and was one of three
sisters born to Thomas Madding and Anna
Rasmussen. She came to the Yuba City/
Marysville area in 1955. She is survived by
her two sisters, Myrtle Osner of Modesto,
California, and Reco Hill of Grants Pass,
Oregon; also by her two daughters, Patti
Schafer-Sidhu of Pennrose, Colorado, and
Ann Schafer of Groveland, California,
and one step-son, Allen Herr of Yuba City
California. Bette had five grandchildren:
Philip Salo of Pennrose, Colorado, Dana
Hall of Eagle River, Alaska, Matthew Baer
of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Jennifer Harris of Sacramento, California, and Katie
Church of San Antonio, Texas. She had 13
great-grandchildren who were the pride of
her life and endure as her legacy.
Bette led an active life as a teacher,
colleague and friend to many. She taught at
both Lincrest and Lincoln Schools and was
loved by her many students for the warm,
caring atmosphere she created in her classroom. She was a member of the P.E.O.
Sisterhood, the American Association of
University Women and the Retired Teachers Assn. Bette loved playing Bridge and
Mah Jong with her many friends. She was
a world traveler and managed to travel several times to every continent except South
America.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, H.T. (Ted) Herr who died
in 2001.
Services for Bette will be held at
on May 25, 2014, at St Andrew Presbyterian Church, 1390 Franklin Road, Yuba City
California. In lieu of flowers, contributions
to the PEO Chapter HA Scholarship Fund
may be made. Send to Corky Ulrey, 587
Queensbury Way, Yuba City, California.
The Soroptimist Scene
By Barbara Elliott
Our mission: “Soroptimist improves
the lives of women and girls through programs leading to social and economic empowerment”
Soroptimist of Groveland continues to
thank Groveland for their support.
Now it is time for the good stuff, distributing the funds to women in this community!
Yes, it is that time of year – the awards!
The Awards Committee has made
their decision to award the Woman’s Opportunity Award to Marcella Barajas. This
award goes to a woman who is the primary,
financial support for her family and has the
goal of improving her education.
The Committee has elected to award
the Violet Richardson Award to Marta Ramon Guevara. This award honors girls who
are making a difference through volunteer
service, donating their time to make the
community a better place.
Over the years we have also given
scholarship support to a little girl in Guatemala. Our little girl has grown up – she is
graduating from high school. Since young
girls in Guatemala seldom make it to high
school, we were delighted to send her a
graduation award.
Currently the Committee is interview-
ing graduating seniors who have applied
for a scholarship. We will hold that secret
until next month.
So a big thank you to all our Groveland
merchants that donated items to make our
fundraiser such a great success! Also, a big
thank you to all of you who supported the
Chinese Auction by purchasing the donated items.
Happy Father’s Day to you dads.
Our energy is now directed to the installation of the officers and board for the
2014-2015 term. The installation is scheduled for a luncheon on June 3.
Slate of Officers for 2014-2015: President – Liz Mattingly (Second Term); Secretary – Elaine Fisher; Treasurer – Luci
Tyndall (Second Term)’ Assist. Treasurer–
Debbie Shanahan; Corresponding Secretary – Nadele Manzo
If you want to see a SIG celebration,
call Liz Mattingly at 962-7648.
Our regular meetings are held in the
lower level of the library (usually the 1st &
3rd Tuesday) at noon and an evening meeting on the 1st Wednesday of the month.
We would like you to visit one of our
meetings. If you want to make a positive
impact in this community, call Liz Mattingly at 962-7648
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Groveland will once again have a
summer reading program this summer.
This year’s theme is Fizz Boom Read!
Programs will be held in the meeting room
below the library on Tuesday afternoons,
from 3-5 p.m., starting Tuesday, June 24.
Sign up forms will be available at
Tenaya and at the library. Come join the
fun. Reading is a big part of the emphasis,
since studies have shown that when young
people aren’t engaged in educational activities during the summer, they experience
learning loss.
Reading just five books over the summer can prevent summer learning loss.
Students who participated in a summer reading program had better reading
skills at the end of third grade and scored
higher on standardized tests than students
who did not participate. Plus it is fun.
Activities and crafts will revolve around
science themes and prizes will awarded.
Contact [email protected] (962-6270)
for more information or if you want to volunteer to help staff the program; or ask one
of our wonderful librarians.
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Helping Hands
Northside Women’s Club
By Patti Beaulieu
With the summer months comes a
change in inventory and a change in business hours. We are now open until 4 p.m.
at the Thrift Store and the Barn. We will
be closed on Thursday, June 12 so the volunteers can enjoy our Annual Spring Pot
Luck.
We hope all Moms had a wonderful
Mother’s Day and were appropriately honored by kids and grandkids. Memorial Day
is always a busy time in Groveland and
starts the summer season. Hopefully your
holiday was safe and enjoyable.
This month we have several noteworthy items about several of our volunteers.
The memorial service and Celebration of
Life for longtime volunteer Sandi Graham
was a wonderful event. It was extremely
well attended, which is a testament to how
loved Sandi was by the community, especially her Helping Hands family.
Another longtime volunteer, Betty
Boatman has been dealing with some surgical and health issues. We miss her smiling face and cheery disposition and hope
she is feeling ‘good as new’ soon. Husband
Willie, also a volunteer, is taking excellent
care of her.
Susie Polek, yet another veteran vol-
By Rhonda Howard
unteer, and her husband Tom will be moving off the hill to be near family. She was
our ‘toy lady’ for years and also kept us
laughing and well fed. Her homemade
sourdough rolls and strawberry jam are
legendary amongst Helping Hands volunteers.
Finally, we say good-bye to charter
member and one of our founders, Jackie
Abbott. She has been a continual volunteer since its inception and has decided to
retire. This is a well-deserved retirement
since Jackie has worked at least 3 days a
month for the last several years. We wish
her a wonderful retirement.
We thank you all for your donations
and especially thank those that do not leave
items when we’re not open. Our donation
hours are 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday –
Saturday at the Store and 11 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. Wednesday – Saturday at the Furniture Barn.
Summer weather will be here soon
and we have an excellent selection of summer clothing and shoes, as well as anything
you need to equip or entertain your out of
town visitors and house guests.
Happy shopping!
Sierra Professional Artists
By Liz Reinhard
Yosemite Highway Herald The Sierra Professional Artists will
be celebrating their 21st Annual Art Show
and the 150th Anniversary of the Yosemite
Grant signing. The events will take place at the
Historic Groveland Hotel front patio and upper terrace Saturday, July 5
and Sunday, July 6 from 10 a.m. till
4 p.m. each day. Admission is free.
The group was formed by some of the
finest artists in the Sierra’s and will be displaying photography, works in pastels, oil,
water color, acrylic and colored pencil. New this year will be hand painted Rock Art. There will be miniature
and larger masterpieces many with
Yosemite views as the subject matter.
Several of the artists will be demonstrating their specialties, so plan on spending
the day chatting with the artists stroll the
lovely shaded site while viewing the art. A lovely way to spend a summers day!
The Groveland Hotel is located at 18767
Main Street (Highway 120) Groveland. Phone is 209-962-4000. Call for the
restaurant hours. For information call Liz
Reinhard at 209-962-0239.
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Serving Groveland, Don Pedro & Coulterville
P.O. Box 127, Coulterville, CA 95311 • Email: [email protected]
Our annual Spring Fling Fashion
Show was a big success. The models were
great, the food was delicious and great fun
was had. The money raised from this event
and other fund raisers will go toward our
scholarship fund. Numerous $1000 scholarships will be awarded to local graduating seniors or continuing college students.
To qualify you must live in the 95311 zip
code or 878 telephone prefix area. Please
call Irene Rhyne at 878-3569, Cathy Cotner at 878-3839 or check with your local
school office to get an application. All applications must be submitted by June 20.
Our Thrift Store located at Fiske
Road has been closed for remodeling. After much planning and lots of hard work,
we are ready to reopen. We are open Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2
p.m. We are a nonprofit organization and
we totally stock our thrift store with the
generous donations from our community.
Kiwanis Club
By Sandy Smith
Each year, Kiwanis presents a Distinguished Service award to someone who
is outstanding and dedicated in his or her
community. This year the California Nevada Hawaii District awarded it to our own
David Holcomb. Congratulations Dave!
An honor well deserved. Serving as president of Groveland Kiwanis, and also the
Patriotic chairman for many years. Dave
lives the mission of Kiwanis, service to
children one community at a time.
Relay For Life is another community
event that Kiwanis is involved with. Held
each year in May. Many Kiwanis from all
over the county participated. This year the
theme for the Groveland group was “Research to End Pancreatic Cancer”.
Did you know that 80% of the monies raised by the walkers is put right back
into Tuolumne County? A high five to all
of those who walked, bless your tired feet,
and bodies. Also a huge thank you to all
We take general household items, crafts,
men’s, women’s and children’s clothing,
collectables, jewelry, toys and misc. Sorry,
we cannot take furniture or electronics.
Donations can be made during store hours.
Our club meets on the third Wednesday of each month at noon in the Senior
Annex at 10332 Fiske Rd.
The Northside Senior Citizens’ Club
meets the second Thursday of each month,
except January and February. We have a
potluck at 4:30 p.m. and then a short meeting.
In June, we are going to have an ice
cream social after the potluck and then
play some games. In July, we will have our
annual steak barbecue for our members.
Anyone over the age of 50 is eligible
to join. It is held at the Sr. Center at 10332
Fiske Rd. in Greeley Hill. For more information, call President Marguerite Johnson
at 878-0730.
those that sponsored those that walked.
Kiwanis and kids go hand in hand in
communities around the world. One of the
services we offer for kids, starting in 6th
grade thru high school are clubs to help
them prepare to be in the adult world.
Kids Kiwanis for elementary students
gives them opportunities to work together
on service projects, develop leadership potential, and create strong moral character.
Builders Club for youth provides students with opportunities to develop leadership, improve self-esteem, understand
community involvement, and learn life
skills thru service. Key Club is the oldest
and largest organization for teens. Teaches
leadership thru service to others.
Groveland Kiwanis meets each Tuesday, 4:30 p.m. at the Pizza Factory. The
meetings last approximately 1 hour, so you
can still be home in time for dinner.
Come out and be a part of what we are
doing within our community. Check out
the website for more information: www/
Kiwanis.org
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STCHS Wine Tour
Should I say it, oh why not, June is
busting out all over. It is a great month
to enjoy getting outside before it gets too
hot. Also a great time to consider what you
will be doing this time next year, the Quilt
Stroll! Yea!
Our June Guild meeting will be installation of new officers: President - Wina
Helm, Vice President - Julie McVickers,
Secretary - Mary Bruederle, and Treasurer
- Sandra Menacho. Congratulations to all.
Looking forward to a wonderful new year.
We will be meeting on Tuesday,
June 17 at 6 p.m. under the library. You
can get your tickets for the beautiful Opportunity Quilt, (Opie) and enjoy an evening with friends and neighbors.
The Block Party will be on Thursday, June 19 to continue with our ongoing
community outreach program by making
little quilts for CNVC. We meet in Deana’s
garage from 1-3 p.m. If you are interested
Another sell-out and successful
STCHS wine tasting cruise.
To our hosts and hostesses, wineries,
caterers, boat captains, committee chairs,
dockworkers and all the other backstage
and front-stage persons and personalities
that it took to make this year’s Wine Tasting Cruise a huge success and fun for all,
our thanks to every one of you.
When we say “We couldn’t have done
it without you,” it is a fact, and the Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society is
very grateful for your help, participation,
and generosity.
This was truly an effort of many, many
generous people, each one of whom was
essential to the success of the event and the
enjoyment of all.
The wines were well chosen and well
received, the food was delicious, the boat
captains were both skillful and entertaining, the dock workers were trusted and
true, the homeowners were so hospitable,
the sponsors so willing, and all those workers who contributed in all those ways did
their jobs unselfishly and with a smile.
Thanks to our wonderful wineries:
By Sandy Smith
in helping with this project give me a call
962-4950. You do not need to be a quilt
member to participate.
A little bit of quilting history for you.
The Sunbonnet Sue pattern with the distinctive little girl wearing a large bonnet
first appeared in the late 1800’s. A favorite since the 1920’s and 1930’s, it is also
known at “Dutch Doll and Sun Bonnet
Babies.” The little bonnet girls were appliquéd to muslin cloth and outlined with
black embroidery floss. The pattern was
often made as a “Charm Quilt” with each
dress and bonnet made from different fabric, a personal favorite. There are books in
our Guild Library for you to browse thru if
you are interested.
A couple of websites that are interesting and fun for you to enjoy: SweetPeasAndAngels.com and SewGreatTours.
com
See you on Tuesday, June 17.
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Yosemite Cellars, Four Winds Cellars,
Frog’s Tooth Vineyards, Gianelli Vineyards, Chuck Hovey, Mount Brow Winery,
Irish Family Vineyards, and Chatom Vineyards.
Thank you to our terrific food providers: Dori’s Tea Cottage, the Grill at Pine
Mountain Lake, the Groveland Hotel, Two
Little Pigs BBQ, The National Hotel, and
Kevin and Randi’s Meat Market.
Special thanks go to our Sponsors:
Down to Earth Construction and Nursery, Abney Carpet, Black Oak Casino,
Edward Jones Investments/Mary Caporale, Modesto European, Mr. Electric, Reimers Construction, Waters Plumbing and
Yosemite Bank.
Precision Optics, Body Beautiful Salon, Sierra Repertory Theatre, and Black
Oak Casino donated prizes for our drawing.
Thanks go too to Pine Mountain Lake
Association and the wonderful staff in
PML Administration.
We are already looking forward to
next year’s event – the 11th annual.
Study Art
By Jim Leitzell
Jim Leitzell is offering two classes in
Groveland beginning Monday, June 2.
Leitzell, an award winning artist, taught
for Columbia College until his retirement
in 2011. He now teaches privately.
Monday mornings we will paint at
Mountain Sage Nursery, and afternoons
we’ll be drawing at the Little House Senior
Center at Merrill Road and Highway 120.
We will use the beautiful grounds at Mountain Sage as inspiration for painting in watercolor, acrylics, oil paints or pastel. Raw
beginners are welcome. Monday afternoons we will meet at the Little House for
a very basic drawing class. Easy exercises
help you learn the four skills every artist
needs to draw with confidence. Beginners
are encouraged, but more advanced artists
are welcome.
Painting meets from 9 a.m. to noon,
and drawing from 1 to 4 p.m. Fee for each
12 week class is $180. Seniors and students
pay only $150. Students may pay for the
entire class, for 4 weeks at a time, or by
the week.
Call Jim Leitzell at 878-0935 or email
[email protected] for more information,
or to enroll and get a list of supplies.
Dee Small
Longarm Quilter
Let me help you ﬁnish your quilt tops.
Choose from basic all over designs to
custom quilting.
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Groveland, CA 95321
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Tuolumne County Supervisor
By John Gray, District 4
First I would like to apologize for not
providing an article last month. I have no
good excuse other than I just hit a wall
when trying to finalize the draft.
The problem that I always have is
in deciding on the subject to cover. This
is where the readers can be of help. Two
items that I would like to begin with are
both subjects suggested by readers.
The first subject is broadband availability. Recently I attended a Broadband
Summit at the Black Oak Hotel. There
were many speakers there that talked on
the subject and went over what is available in our region. Not to anyone’s surprise
was the fact that there simply is not enough
coverage. Darrell Slocum, Marketing Director for the Central Sierra Connect, a
grant funded organization working through
ATCA, is working to help improve broadband in our region. I asked him to provide
me with some information that I could pass
along to you in order to get us all more involved to help improve broadband availability in our region.
Darrell stated that one way everyone
can aid in this effort is to visit the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
Broadband map to see what kind of coverage the State “says” you already have. The
map may or may not be correct! Check
it out by first running a speed test. Go to
www.speedtest.net and follow the instructions. Do this for your residence and again
for your business.
Once you have your results available,
please visit www.groadbandmap.ca.gov
and click on the “interactive map” application. There, you can fill in the form with
your address and move along the process.
Please note that this map is riddled with
errors.
Why? It is primarily due to the larger
internet providers overstating their coverage. Yes, these errors are detrimental to
our region. The mechanism for correcting these errors is literally in your hands?
It is essential that you communicate any
broadband mapping errors via the CPUC
mapping program. If a provider is shown
for your home or business and they do not
offer service, it is very important to click
on the “send feedback” button and share
the correct information.
Do this as soon as possible. Encourage friends, neighbors, business associates
and everyone you know to do the same.
The importance of this action cannot be
overstated. And best of all, this is something we can do that will positively impact
our area. It’s within our control!
By the way, running the speed test is
fun. However, it can be deflating to learn
how poorly your own internet access per-
See Tuolumne County on page 25
Used Oil Recycling
By Karen Dusek
Mariposa County residents who bring
used motor oil and/or filters for recycling
to NAPA Auto Parts in Mariposa, Greeley
Hill True Value, the Mariposa County
Landfill or the Don Pedro Transfer Station
will receive a free oil recycling container.
This program, sponsored by Mariposa
County Department of Public Works and
funded by a grant from the Department of
Yosemite Highway Herald ONICA
Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), will continue while supplies
last.
Improperly disposing of oil by pouring it onto the ground, down drains or into
the trash can pollute surface and ground
water and the soil. For more information
about recycling used motor oil call the
Landfill, 209-966-5165, or see the website
at www.calrecycleca.gov/UsedOil
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By Merlin Jones, District 2
I am writing this article with the
weather getting warmer and the fire danger
getting higher, so everyone needs to be extra careful this year. I just was at a SWIFT
meeting yesterday and we were told the
snowpack is a lot less than last year and the
moisture in all the vegetation is at an all
time low for this time of year. There is no
precipitation in the forecast.
On the 17th of April, I attended the
Friends of the Fair meeting. This is a
group that helps raise money so our county
fair can survive. The county doesn’t get
any money from the state but the county
is still bound by all the state regulations in
running the fair. Please get involved and
keep this fun country fair alive in Mariposa
County. After leaving Mariposa, I went
down to the Trail Blazer meeting in Lake
Don Pedro. This is an active organization
that keeps the trails and horse parks maintained in their area. I am hoping to bring
before the B.O.S. an item about the indemnity coverage of the P. & E. trails for discussion and direction. As soon as I know
the date I will get it out for all who want to
voice their opinion.
I had a meeting on April 18th, with a
company interested in putting up internet
towers in all of District 2 which would
make internet service much faster. We are
very close to an agreement. On the 21st of
April, I had a meeting about improving the
sidewalks in downtown Mariposa. After
that meeting, I met and had lunch with the
Mariposa Chamber of Commerce president
regarding the visitor center in Coulterville.
It was a good meeting and I felt we were on
the same page.
On Tuesday, April 22nd, the B.O.S.
was long. I got home about 8 PM.
I met with the Grand Jury on the 23rd.
They are doing a good job and I take their
report seriously. After that meeting, I was
a witness at a wedding in front of the old
court house for some friends of mine. The
county employee who performed the ceremony did a wonderful job and made it very
personal. There is no blood test needed,
no waiting time and one can pick up their
marriage license the same day.
On April 24th I attend a broadband
summit in Sonora where I was educated
on the new technology and how we can all
work together to get better service.
I attend a ribbon cutting at the Greeley
Hill True Value Hardware store, on April
28th. The USPS opened a village post of-
See Mariposa County on page 25
EcoSummit
By Regina Hirsch
Learn, Play and Party at the Annual
Ecosummit in Groveland June 21 – 22!
On June 21 and 22, Mountain Sage in
Groveland will host the annual Sierra EcoSummit. This Family Friendly Event kicks
off on Saturday, June 21 with 30 free seminars focused on science, land practices,
community building, farming, local foods,
health and entertainment. This year’s Summit will have a strong focus on water and
drought and will feature UC Berkeley’s
Lynn Ingram, author of The West without
Water, as the key note speaker. In addition
to the seminars, there will be food, artists
and yoga. Stick around after the Saturday
seminars and dance to some blue grass
and country music with Willie Tea and the
Good Luck Fellas.
Sunday, June 22 will feature hands
on workshops for greywater system installation, composting toilets, rainwater collection and more. Registration is required
for all Sunday workshops.
Learn, play and party in Groveland on
June 21 and 22. Go to sierraecosummit.org
for more information.
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Mountain Sage Concert Series
Mountain Sage and Telele Foundation
are proud to present Jelly Bread with Bootstrap Circus at the Live at the Sage Summer Concert Series May 31 at 5 p.m.
Award winning Jelly Bread is a gospel
funk band, best described by Teresa Thomas of the Mail Tribune: “Jelly Bread can
play rollicking Americana, churchy gospel,
swampy blues or alt-rock, but somehow its
“deep-fried funk” always surfaces.” Jelly
Bread’s musical alchemy blends a dash
of alt-rock with soul and funk, yet is thoroughly steeped in Rock-Americana. The
band’s chameleonic playlist is highlighted
by dual vocals, four part harmonies, in-thepocket drum and bass grooves, swampy
lap steel guitar, dirt under the fingernails
guitar licks, and take-’em-to-church organ
that is downright appetizing. Jelly Bread
has emerged with a high-energy calling
card that melds elements of desert twang
Stars Above and Below This June!
and the urban tones of funk & rock, balanced by exceptional songwriting and storytelling. It is a band for all ages, guaranteed to be one of the funniest family nights
in Groveland!
Save the date for other June concerts
include bootstomping Hot Buttered Rum
following the Farms of Tuolumne County
Tour June 14, as well as Good Luck Thrift
Store wrapping up Sierra EcoSUMMIT &
Festival June 21. The Grammy nominated
band The Duhks wrap up Sunday, June 29
in their ecletic jazz, zdyeco powerhouse
styles.
As always, bring a blanket and a friend
(but leave your dog at home) and come
enjoy the music in the garden. Tickets are
available at www.mountainsagemusic.org
for $17 advance and $20 at the door. Kids
tickets 6-12 years of age are $6. See you
there!
Garden Club Clippings
By Maddie Sousa
Time is quickly going by and our 9th
Annual Garden Tour is almost here. The
theme of this year’s tour is “Go Native --From Drought to Beauty”. It is always a
sell out so be sure to call Barbara Coldren
at 962-5168 to purchase your tickets for
the tour. Tickets are $20 for members and
$25 for non-members.
This year we have five lovely gardens
and the “Old Jail” on the tour. Be sure to
visit the “Old Jail” even if you have visited
before, as we will be handing out special
tickets at the jail for a very special raffle
prize. The garden will be at its peak season
for the tour and there are several new additions.
We are all looking forward to seeing
the lovely gardens, the beautifully set tables, the luncheon, the raffles, and the door
prizes. This is our one fund raising event of
the year and it funds the upkeep and beautification of the “Old Jail” for our whole
community. So don’t forget to bring some
raffle money for this annual event!
June 9 we will meet at the Lake
Lodge:
9 a.m. – Check in and view tables
9:30 a.m. – Carpool and leave for Garden Tour
12 p.m. – Return to the Lake Lodge
for lunch & program
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Now that it’s finally summer (we
hope!) it’s time to enjoy the show. What
show, you may ask? Well, it turns out there
are three star-studded shows this June that
you won’t want to miss!
Many of you may recall that a feature
film was shot here in Groveland last August. “The Road Within” stars Dev Patel,
Zoe Kravitz, and Robert Sheehan as three
friends on a journey of personal growth.
Parts of this road trip include Yosemite,
and of course Groveland. The director,
Gren Wells, was listed as one of Variety’s
“Ten Directors to Watch in 2014.” Wells
recently announced that “The Road Within” will premiere at the LA Film Festival
on June 18.
As of this writing, tickets are still
available, but very limited. For more information, visit www.LAFilmFest.com
The second star-studded show is literally made up of stars. There are many local
stargazing opportunities available all summer long, especially as part of Yosemite’s
night programs.
The Yosemite Guide is published
online and may also be picked up at the
Chamber of Commerce office across from
the historic jail on Ponderosa Street. If
you’d rather not travel the park roads in the
dark, Yosemite Rose B&B on Ferretti Road
offers stargazing workshops also. Contact
them for a schedule at 962-6548.
Of course, no summer in Groveland
would be complete without the Yosemite
Courtyard Cabaret, where the stars come
out to perform just for you… under the
stars!
On Saturday, June 14, “The Man
in Black” returns. James Garner portrays
Johnny Cash in this dynamic tribute show
which is back by popular demand. Past
guests have marveled at just how much
he sounds like Cash himself, so close your
eyes and be swept back in time as he performs these songs as close to Cash’s origi-
nal authentic sound as possible.
The Ventura Star Free Press says,
“Garner and the Cash Tribute Band give
concertgoers their money’s worth. This
act is seasoned enough to go anywhere and
will not disappoint the people who wish to
resurrect that classic Johnny Cash voice
and rhythm.”
Next, it’s a celebration of Americana
when the second annual Vintage Day returns on July 5. The morning begins with
the 20th annual Sierra Professional Artists
Art Show and Sale, complimented by a
delightful lunch service featuring special
dishes from the 1930s, and patio bar service with wine, beer, and vintage sodas in
glass bottles.
As last year, dinner service will be
authentically 1930s themed, from appetizers to desserts. Back by popular demand
are free dance lessons of the era, starting
at 4:00 pm. Learn the foxtrot, swing, and
the Charleston, then put those steps to good
use after dinner when vintage band Swing
Gitane takes the stage at 8:00 pm.
The Legends of Rock Review takes
the stage on July 26, featuring the music
of Roy Orbison, Elvis, Ricky Nelson, The
Big Bopper, Dion and the Belmonts, Buddy Holly, and more of your favorites from
the era.
Taking inspiration from the “Million
Dollar Quartet” show in Las Vegas, the
performers start the show as individuals,
then come together for the second half in
a harmonious blend of sound sure to have
everyone dancing the night away.
All shows are on Saturday nights and
start at 8 p.m.. Dinner service begins at
5:30 p.m.
All tickets are $22 for all seats, all
shows. Call 209-962-4000 now to ensure
you get exactly the seats you want. We’ll
be seeing You… enjoying all the stars this
June!
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Symposium – from page 1
John Muir Festival – from page 1
Presenters:
- Dr. Natalie Rogers, Psychologist and
Faculty in the Expressive Arts Certificate
Program, Sofia University, author of The
Creative Connection for Groups: PersonCentered Expressive Arts for Healing and
Social Change, brings us practical, theoretical, and spiritual joining of the expressive
arts and the person-centered approach for
groups.
Dr. Dario Nardi, UCLA Fellow and
EEG- researcher, author of Neuroscience
of Personality, Multiple Intelligence & Personality Type, 8-Keys to Self-Leadership
(and others), discovered that people with
different personality types don’t merely rely
on different brain regions – they use their
brains in fundamentally different ways.
- Penelope Andrade, LCSW, author of
Emotional Medicine Rx, teaches how emo-
Yosemite from – page 1
Visionary Americans like Abraham
Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir,
and Galen Clark understood that the wonders of the American wilderness are not
only our inheritance, but our responsibility. Now, 150 years later, the promise of
the Yosemite Grant endures as this beloved
national park opens its arms to over four
tions are medicine when you know how to
use them. Former host of Transformational
Talk Radio and founder of the San Diego
Center for Psychosynthesis, Penelope studies and integrates the best of traditional and
alternative psychotherapies by letting the
body lead the way to emotional healing.
Dr. Ann Schafer will moderate The
BodyWise Symposium and create “the
Psychosynthesis bridge.” CE information
available upon request.
For information and/or to register:
www.aap-psychosynthesis.org/2014-symposium/ – Telephone: 209-962-1984.
The Association for the Advancement
of Psychosynthesis (AAP) was established
in 1995. It is the first professional psychosynthesis organization in North America
dedicated to the evolution of wholeness
and spiritual integration world-wide.
For Kids Only - Muir Adventure:
Free workshops on how to journal, how
to sketch, create crafts with nature-found
resources, rock wall, and other fun youth
and adult activity booths. In keeping with
the theme “Nature Hikes Heal the Body &
Soul”, sign up for free hikes or the special
Warrior Hike led by Sean.
You won’t go hungry. Great food vendors and some serious shopping opportunities are offered at the art, photography,
woodworking, natural crafts and other
booths showing off their wares.
Coulterville, 5 p.m.
Odd Fellows Hall - See a special showing of the award-winning film Nature Kids
and opportunity to meet and talk with its
award winning producer Kenny Ballentine.
VFW Post - Vets & friends will meet
with Sean Gobin to share stories.
million people annually who marvel at the
awe-inspiring beauty and gain a new understanding of the importance of preserving our wild lands.
150th Activities
Yosemite’s partners and friends are
helping the park honor the 150th anniversary of the Yosemite Grant Act, the landmark bill signed by Abraham Lincoln that
became the genesis for our national park
system.
Don’t miss the fun - check out the anniversary activity calendar or, pick up a
paper copy in a community visitor center,
at any of the community events, or in the
park. We hope to see you at one or more
activities over the coming months: www.
nps.gov/yose/anniversary
JMGC Center - Cindy Ross will be
showing photos of her epic family hikes
across America with opportunity for one
on one sharing.
Tickets for both events may be purchased on our website www.johnmuir.us/
jmgc-events or at the Geotourism Center
on Main Street.
May 30- $50 per adult, $20 for under 21 and children under 12 free with an
adult. May 31 - $10 adult, $8 Senior, under 12 free with an adult, and Adult combo
ticket $55.
If you would like to have a booth, donate items for the silent auction, sponsor
a youth activity, or volunteer, please call
the center 209-878-3501 or email info@
johnmuir.us
Bring your family and enjoy the activities.
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Seasonal produce delivery
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Daily harvests from our own farm
Tree ripened fruits
Local seasonal pasture raised and grass finished meats
Artisan cheeses and breads
Dates and honey, nuts and grains
Gourmet fresh mushrroms and
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Nutrient dense superfoods
Healthy oils and coconut products
Seasonal deli items, fress made
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Moving Ahead.
The legacy of John Muir’s first walk
in California to Yosemite and his “First
Summer in the Sierra” is now benefiting
travelers throughout the Northern California Gateway communities; especially
Coulterville, Greeley Hill and Groveland.
It began this year with visitors joining the (JMGC) John Muir Geotourism
Center’s tour of scholars who attended the
(UOP) University of the Pacific’s esteemed
symposium in March. Scholars traveled
through Coulterville and back through
Groveland on a UOP scholar’s field trip.
One of the scholars wrote: “I’m just
back from a rock-climb above Muir’s cabin
site in Yosemite Valley and was thinking
about how important and rather moving it
was for me to appreciate Muir’s approach to
the Valley from your inspirational tour, the
first time I saw the potential of geotourism
to bring people closer to Muir’s values and
valuing of the Sierras. (Terry Gifford Ph.D.,
acclaimed author and editor of John Muir:
His Life and Letters and Other Writings)
The momentum has continued with
the Fifth Annual John Muir Festival and
Coulterville Claim Jumpers. It’s coming! The Coulterville Claim Jumpers Annual Chinese Dinner.
Mark your calendars and get your tickets for Saturday, June 21 at the VFW Post
downtown Coulterville. Dinner is served
from 4 to 8 p.m.
Adults are $17.00 and children under
12 is $12. Tickets are available at the Old
Johnny Haigh Saloon or you can call 878-
By Monty Thornburg
the mission of becoming a resource to
Geo-Travelers and Youth, is being realized.
Strong ties have been formed throughout
the region with universities and other institutes such as history centers and schools
focusing on experiences in nature.
The future is in education, and as the
summer progresses youth and adult education programs in collaboration with many
of these partners will be forthcoming.
The speakers at this year’s festival
highlighted the educational mission of the
JMGC, beginning with Robert Hanna’s
presentation on his great, great grandfathers legacy and continued with a spectacular field of naturalists, hikers, authors,
nature film makers and activists: Len McKenzie, Cindy Ross, Kenny Ballentine and
Marine Corp Captain, Sean Gobin whose
activism on behalf of “Wounded Warriors”
inspired the theme of the Festival: “Nature
Hikes Heal Body & Soul”.
Visit us at 5016 Main Street, in
Coulterville. Our website can be seen via
www.johnmuir.us where you can watch the
programs progress.
Let us know if you would like to participate by calling 209-878-3501
Visit our newspaper website
www.yosemitehighwayherald.com
3874. We are a non profit group and put
on two dinners a year to generate funds to
buy our supplies for our downtown re-enactment old west shootouts. We appreciate
all the support from everyone that comes to
our dinners.
If you haven’t seen our shows, you can
catch them every Saturday May through
September. Come see “Where History
Comes Alive”
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209.372.0200
2014 Household Hazardous Waste
Event for Groveland/Big Oak Flat
Saturday, June 28
Call 1-800-811-2435 to make an appointment
Event closes at 2 p.m.
• Bring no more than 15 flowing liquid gallons or 125 pounds per trip.
• More than one trip is OK. NO BUSINESS WASTE
• The maximum container size is 5 gallons.
• Seal the waste in non-leaking containers. Do not combine different wastes into one container.
• Use boxes or crates with newspaper or kitty litter to transport the waste.
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Groveland Community Services Unit
Open House
By Judy Walsh
safety information.
The Community Assistance Patrol
(CAP), which operates throughout the
week, performs a multitude of duties that
include serving subpoenas, vacation and
welfare checks, handicap parking enforcement, and motorist assistance. You may
also see us directing traffic at events, and
patrolling area lakes.
Please join us in Groveland for light
refreshments during our Summer Open
House on Saturday, June 21 from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m. at 12740 Par Court, Pine
Mountain Lake - Groveland, CA 95321.
Call 209-962-6974 or visit www.tuolumnecounty.ca.gov/index.aspx?NID=347
Learn why it is a good idea to keep
a copy of your child’s fingerprints, and
about our other services. We also have a
limited supply of gunlocks available at no
charge.
We look forward to meeting you and
hope you will consider becoming a part of
our team.
From the Garage and Workshop
Gasoline • Thinners • Motor Oil and Filters • Art Supplies • Wood Preservatives
Photo Chemicals • Solvents • Polishes • Glues & Adhesives • Paints
• Waxes • Engine/Brake Parts Cleaners
From the House
• Household Cleaners • Oven Cleaners • Non-empty Aerosol Cans
• Shoe Polish • Nail Polish Remover
From the Yard
• Pesticides • Pool Chemicals • Fungicides • Weed Killers
• Small Compressed Propane Cylinders (5 gal or less)
What NOT to bring
• Ammunition & Explosives • Biological Waste • Asbestos • Medical Waste
• Radioactive Waste • Non-hazardous Waste • Tires • Large Compressed Gas Cylinders
• PCB Containing Waste
Please Note:
Electronic waste (TVs, computers, etc.), batteries,
fluorescent tubes, cell phones, and latex paint
may now be taken to the transfer stations year
round during operating hours. Qualified small
businesses may participate by appointment & for a fee.
Call 209-533-5588 for info on appointments.
Questions? Call 209-533-5588 or visit
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You might have seen us at work providing support during last year’s Rim Fire
or around town in the Community Patrol
Vehicle; we are your neighbors and members of the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office Community Service Unit. (CSU)
With five offices throughout the County, Groveland, Jamestown, Sonora, Twain
Harte and Tuolumne City, the Community
Service Units are teams of trained community volunteers formed to assist the Sheriff’s Office with a variety of services.
Our Groveland team is growing; our
office is currently open on Saturdays from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Tuesday 10 a.m. to
4 p.m.
We offer child fingerprinting, providing parents/guardians with a personal
identification card with their child’s fingerprints for safekeeping (no copies are
retained), take orders for reflective address
signs and offer a variety of information on
topics of interest such as Senior Safety,
Fire Preparedness, Megan’s Law and other
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June 2014, Page 20
Volunteer Day at Camp
By Virginia Gustafson
On April 26, Camp Tuolumne Trails welcomed a great
group of volunteers who helped get ready for our special
needs campers this summer.
Mike Ireland and Ron Selvey did a great job pulling out
yards and yards of extremely old fencing. Austin Parlette,
Vince McNamara and Paul Purifoy were a great team pouring footings for a new shed for the donkeys. Mike and Susie
Horvath, Debbie Triplett and Hope Gladden tilled, raked and
weeded the vegetable garden. Susan Dompe, a new volunteer
from San Jose, painted all the doors on cabins 4-6.
The team from Hope’s Tree Service, Mark, Bob, Denzel
and Christina worked hard brushing and burning, and they
also stacked blocks to edge our new asphalt driveway. Tom
Lucido and John Infelise also tackled a brush and burn project. Patty Peebles did a great job touch-up painting throughout the Great Hall, while Stan Bruederle weed-whacked all
around our MiWuk village.
At the campfire area, Leon Liebster weed-whacked the
whole area while Pauline Turski, and new volunteers Colleen Lucido, Petra and Amelia Hendersen and Maria Tortorelli raked, spread grass seed and wood chips, and lopped
branches, generally making the area much prettier.
Jerry Baker, Bill Bent, Jay Warshauer and Don and Adrienne Sabin made lots of progress on the observation deck.
Our wonderful kitchen goddesses, Pat Fernandez and Patti
Warshauer, prepared a yummy camp lunch, including the
steak stew donated by Vince McNamara of McNamara’s
Steak and Chop House in Dublin.
We really appreciate to all our wonderful volunteers –
new and repeat. You make such a difference!
Photo by Virginia Gustafson
Yosemite Highway Herald Mike Horvath, Debbie Triplett, Susie Horvath and Hope
Gladden busy in the garden
Photo by Virginia Gustafson
Pat Fernandez and Patti Warshauser preparing
a wonderful lunch
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
A Stagecoach to Yosemite – Stopping Places
Across
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7. Willing to face danger
13. A dusty purplish pink
color
15. Anagram of "CIA pies"
17. Anagram of "I do soap"
18. Some cooking pots and
pans
19. Famous US chair designer
Charles ____
20. Dragnet's Joe Friday, e.g.
22. Stagecoach stop: _____
Flat
23. Highlander, e.g.
24. Retailer ____ 1 Imports
25. Broadcast last week
26. One trillion (10^12): Com.
form
27. "I can't ___ on you
anymore"
28. "Get a ___of this!"
29. "Wise up don't be a ___!"
30. Forceful and insistent
advertising
32. Most Iranian Muslims: var.
34. Electronic button
37. Blurred or obscured
41. Judicial ___ Order
43. Indonesian resort
45. Homer's Odyssey, e.g.
46. More than a few, but not
all
47. Anagram of "Islam"
48. 19th Century cartoonist
Thomas ____
49. Govn't guy
50. NCIS Special _____
51. Internet news feed abbr.
52. Anagram of "Arhart"
53. Express sympathy
55. Rome: The _______ City
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58. "Thank you for your
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59. Limestone sinkholes, e.g.
60. Halloween sounds
Down
1. Stagecoach stop: ______
Station
2. Skin diseases of the face
with flushed appearances
3. Any similar crystalline
substance
4. Another name for catnip
5. New Mexico ski resort
6. Cupid's disease: abbr.
7. See 1 Down
8. Imitate uncritically
9. Umpire's error
10. Anagram of "lost ires"
11. Anagram of "air sac"
12. Sealed in a can or jar
14. Not so difficult
60
16. Like premium Scotch
whiskey
21. Castrate a young colt
24. Outrigger canoe of
Micronesia: var.
30. See 1 Down
31. Upright or vertical
33. Any resident of 43 Across
35. Diva's downfall?
36. See 22 Across
38. Anagram of "centre"
39. April 15th professionals
40. Booes or razzes
42. Mollifies or placates
43. See 22 Across
44. Egyptian sun god
46. Feed a cold, ____ a fever?
47. Burlap gunny ____
52. German "Mister"
54. Illuminated
56. Computer whiz or geek
Answers on page 29
Mountain Lutheran Church News
By Eric Braswell
The Groveland Farmer’s Market returned on May 24, for it’s 9th year and is
bigger and better than ever! Located at the
front of Mountain Sage on Main Street in
Groveland, the market starts May 24 and
will run through September. The market
will have new hours of Saturdays only
from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.
This year brings even more purveyors
of quality produce, eggs, baked goods, speciality foods such as olive oil and vinegars,
and many fine crafts. Among the new vendors this year are Sierra Family Farms with
By Pastor Ginger DuMars
herbs, spices, and olive oils, Farm Girl’s
Place with jams and crafts, Renee’s Repurposed Clothing with innovative clothing
from re-purposed materials.
Fresh fruit and vegetables will again
be offered by Sanford Farms and Hopping
Rabbit Farm while a wide variety of baked
goods are sold by Mountain Mama’s.
The market can be accessed from either the front entrance right on Main Street
or the back of Mountain Sage. Extra parking can be found at the rear of Mountain
Sage.
Poetry Celebrations
By Rachel Phillips
This year’s poetry celebrations, spread
over three days, delivered more that 160 poetry anthologies to published poets, artists,
photographers, and story writers from Big
Oak Flat/Groveland school district schools.
Winners were selected as best from
each class. High school was counted as one
class. Kayla Eckhart’s art is featured on the
books cover. A huge thanks goes to sponsors who were Groveland Rotary, Friends
of the Groveland Library, GAINs, Garrote
Lions, and Big Oak Casino.
We are also grateful to the teachers
who collected the items to be published:
Mrs. Wolf, Mrs. Smith, Mr. Egger, Mrs.
Jeffrey, Mrs. Hawkins, Mrs. Hanchett, Mrs.
Martinez, and Mrs. Shuey.
Etty Garber and Virginia Gustafson
helped Rachel Phillips with scoring. Virginia
and Barbara Broad helped with proof reading. Parents and others interested in our local
students can be proud of such creativity. Tenaya Elementary School
Grade 1: Desirae Pretzer
Grade 3: Logan Price; Harley Lennon
and Mary Hersom
Lim
Grade 4: Maisy Pearlman and Lianna
Grade 6: Josh Kappl; Brian Harelson;
Jesse Danberger; Seth Pearlman; Keri Miller
Grade 8: Abbey Burkart; Joclyn Wright
Tioga High School: Greg Stires and
Jessica Davis
Lake Don Pedro High School: Austin
Barker and Jalasia Jensen
June 8 begins the long Season of Pentecost when Lutherans and Episcopalians
celebrate the Birthday of God’s Church!
The Day of Pentecost, Sunday, June 8, is a
celebration of the Gift of God’s Spirit given
to the First Christians shortly after Jesus Ascension to Heaven! We also celebrate and
count on God’s Spirit given to & living in
all Christians who believe in Jesus Christ.
So, during this long Season of Pentecost we emphasize the work of God’s Spirit
growing our Faith & our Christian Love in
Action in our daily lives.
On Sunday, June 15 we will also
celebrate Holy Trinity Sunday during our
regular 10 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship
Service & Refreshment Time afterward.
Come and Worship and Celebrate with us.
Everyone is most welcome!
Pr. John Van Dyck from Twain Harte
will be back at our church to preach and
preside for workship on June 1 and 15. It’s
always a joy and inspiration to hear him and
to be with him.
The next 5th Sunday Community Gospel Sing will be hosted by Mountain Lutheran Church on June 29 at 6 p.m. Erma
Cherry has agreed to play for us so we’ll be
blessed by God’s Spirit worshipping with us
and in us through music!
Everyone is invited to come & sing
their favorite gospel hymns and then gather
for a simple BBQ supper and fellowship at
7 p.m. We’ll serve hot dogs (meat and veggie dogs) and salads.
Mountain Lutheran Church is located
at 13000 Down to Earth Ct., just off Ferretti
Road (near Down to Earth Nursery). Look
for our new bright blue & white church sign
by Down to Earth Court.
June 2014, Page 21 Farmer’s Market
Tangled Hearts Bakery
By Lauren Nickell
Great news for Groveland! A new bakery is in the works. This is an exciting new
endeavor for Amelia (Amy) Nickell, a 3
year culinary arts student at Columbia College whose dream to ‘own her own bakery’
is soon to be become a reality. She has been
honing her skills this past year baking for a
prominent area B&B. Partner Steven (Bubba) Manly brings to the venture 10 years experience working in professional kitchens.
Amelia has been perfecting her recipes
for her opening in May. Some of the anticipated offerings are expected to include
fresh baked breakfast pastries, meal-worthy
muffins, gourmet cookies, decadent brownies, and cheesecakes! Weekly specials and
a few mealtime items for hungry rafters
will be available, plus hot and cold coffees,
and teas. The focus will be on fresh, house
made, quality food, quick and easy for folks
on the go. There will be a few gluten-free
selections. The heart of ‘Tangled Hearts
Bakery’ will be the delectable food made
from scratch, freshly prepared and appealing!
The shop is on the way to Yosemite,
8 minutes east of Groveland, at 24000 La
Casa Loma Road, the ‘river rafter’ starting
point, situated at the intersection of Highway 120 and the east end of Ferretti Road.
The bakery will cater wholesale to local B&B’s and restaurants, and advance
phone orders are welcome. For more information, locals deals, and special offers check the web site: www.TangledHeartsBakery.com or give them a call at
209-962-0907. Stop by and try out something yummy!
Hours: Sunday and Monday 6 a.m. to
1 p.m. Closed on Tuesday. Wednesday and
Thursday 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Friday and Saturday 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Church in the Park
By Sandy Smith
YHH Staff Photo
Service begins at 10 a.m., and Jack
Woodland will be teaching from the book
of Galations, and Childrens Church will be
provided. Lots of fun, and games. The will
be learning from the book of Genesis, “In
The Beginning God. . .”
If you don’t have a church home or just
want to worship in the great outdoors come
and join us starting June 8. See you there.
Tenaya School Winners with Rachel Phillips
It is June so that means it is time for
Church in the Park! Our services on Foote
street will be moved to the park for the
summer.
Mary Laveroni Park is a great place for
travelers, and those just wanting to worship
in this unique setting. Come as you are, and
enjoy snacks, and fellowship with believers
from all over the world.
June 2014, Page 22
Yosemite Highway Herald Travel Management Agreement
Graduation
A settlement agreement on the 2010
litigation of the 2009 Stanislaus National
Forest (NF) Motorized Travel Management decision was filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California today and is effective immediately.
The U.S. Forest Service and the plaintiffs to the litigation (The Wilderness Society; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; and the Central Sierra
Environmental Resource Center) reached
an agreement that balances the plaintiffs’
concerns while retaining the majority of
motorized Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV)
routes made in the 2009 decision for recreational use.
The agreement does involve temporary route closures, but these closures do
not affect the existing road system.
Trail closures affect about 14 percent
of the OHV trail system.
“Diverse riding and driving opportunities for motorized recreation and dispersed
camping still abound on the forest with
over 230 miles of OHV trails available,”
said Susan Skalski, Forest Supervisor,
Stanislaus NF.
As part of the settlement agreement,
for an interim period of time until other
analysis is completed, the Forest will
close to motorized use 40.34 miles of
routes (86 OHV trail segments) on three
ranger districts: the Calaveras, Mi-Wok
and Groveland. 18.19 miles of routes (49
OHV trail segments) currently open will be
closed effective May 23.
Twenty-two and a quarter miles of
routes (37 trail routes) that are not currently open because mitigations required in the
Forest Supervisor’s 2009 Record of Decision are not complete, will remain closed.
“Enforcement during the initial closure and implementation period will focus
on facilitating change through advising
visitors and providing information to
public land users,” said Heidi Rieck, Law
Enforcement Patrol Captain, Stanislaus
NF. “We understand it takes time for people to become familiar with changes. After
Air Force Airman Andrew J. Artmen
graduated from basic military training at
Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive,
eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air
Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training
earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Artmen is the son of Jim Artmen of La
Grange, Calif., and grandson of Debra Artmen of Winston, Ore.
He is a 2012 graduate of Don Pedro
High School, La Grange, Calif.
By Rebecca Garcia
the initial educational period, we will start
to incorporate other enforcement actions.”
Officers do have and will apply enforcement discretion in issuing citations to
forest users.
In order to address the court’s concerns, during the closure, the Forest will
take steps to show how it is applying the
Forest Service’s 2005 Travel Rule minimization criteria to the 2009 Decision. When
making decisions to designate routes for
public motorized use, the 2005 Travel Rule
requires the Forest to consider the effects
on Forest resources with the objective of
minimizing damage. It has not been determined how long this analysis may take or
how long the routes will be closed. A new
Motor Vehicle Use Map has been published
and can be obtained at any Stanislaus NF
district office or the Forest Supervisor’s
Office.
The Stanislaus National Forest (STF)
is actively engaged in management of its
transportation system. The objectives of
transportation planning are to: provide access to recreation facilities and opportunities for the public and partners; access for
resource management, including fire protection and suppression; and to maintain an
affordable/manageable transportation system while meeting the management needs
of the Forest. The Forest is guided by the
Travel Management Rule (36 CFR Part
212) and the Forest Service Manuals and
Handbooks (7700).
Information regarding litigation of the
2009 Motorized Travel Management decision, the decision and the settlement agreement with the list of trails will be posted on
the Stanislaus NF website by May 31.
For more information about this news
release or to speak with a Visitor Information Specialist about forest information and
recreation opportunities, call the Stanislaus
Supervisor’s Office at: 209-532-3671;
Calaveras Ranger District at 209-7951381; Groveland RD at 209-962-7825; MiWok Ranger District at 209-586-3234; or
Summit Ranger District at 209-965-3434.
Yosemite Gateway Partners Quarterly Meeting
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Garden Terrace Room
Yosemite Lodge
Yosemite National Park
www.yosemitegatewaypartners.org
By Joint Hometown Service
GAINs Nominations
By Barbara Broad
GAINs is seeking nominations for the
annual Community Service Awards, one
for an adult and one for a youth. We hope
you will have a nomination to submit.
Do you know someone who contributed something very special to the community in 2013? GAINs is inviting the community to nominate adults and youth for the
ninth annual service awards. The purpose
is to encourage community service and to
recognize deserving members of the area
who have made outstanding contributions
for the betterment of our community during the calendar year 2013.
Awards will be given to an adult and a
youth who have worked through an organization or through individual effort on a
voluntary basis, for specific projects during
2013.
The awards will be presented at the
‘49er Festival in September. In addition,
there is a plaque honoring recipients in
the foyer of the Groveland Museum and
Library building. Past adult award recipients include Jerry and Paula Baker, Peter
Barsotti, Kay Glaves, Eric Heuerman, Jim
Knudson, Jerry Rose, Kathy and Steven
Ryan, Jim and Donna Thayer, and Alex and
Isobel Wyllie.
Use the nomination form, and we hope
you will nominate someone. Our deadline
for nominations is Tuesday, July 1. For
more information contact Barbara Broad at
[email protected] or 962-7730.
Nominations may be sent to GAINs,
P. O. Box 179, Groveland, 95321, emailed
to [email protected], or dropped
off at the Groveland Library in the nomination box.
Questions? Contact Barbara Broad
at [email protected] or call
209-962-7730.
California Deer Association
By John Keifer
The 10th anniversary banquet for the
Western Sierra Chapter of the California
Deer Association is well ahead of the planning stages with a revised and enthusiastic committee. The event is scheduled for
Saturday, July 27.
Donations are coming in slow thus far
and thanks to the CDA being a non-profit
organization (93-1220467) your financial
contribution can be fully tax deductible!!
Though they would accept any donation
you may be comfortable with.
The devastating Rim Fire of 2013
damaged over 402 square miles of prime
deer habitat in the D6 zone.
Contact John Kiefer 209-962-6192 or
Ronnie Hobbs 209-984-3015 for banquet
information or making a donation.
My Rim Fire Experience
By Kristy Brower
By Carolyn Botell
“The United States District Court for
the Eastern District of California, Yosemite
Division hereby presents to Haley Brower
a Certificate of Recognition for drafting
the winning essay on the importance of
the rule of law in creating and protecting
Yosemite National Park.
Whereuopon, I hereunto set my name
and seal this second day of May in the year
two thousand and fourteen. Michael J.
Seng, United Sates Magistrate Judge.”
Haley is a self-motivated young lady
with incredible drive to succeed to the best
of her abilities. She strives for perfection
in all she does. Haley is also outgoing,
friendly and always willing to help others
achieve right along with her. She has an
infectious giggle that escapes often. She is
a joy to have in a classroom with her positive, helpful nature!
Significance of the Yosemite Grant Act
By Haley Brower, Tenaya Elementary
Teacher: Mrs. Hawkins
Courtesy photo
and carbon uptake from the copious plant
life. Fourth, parks preserve critical wildlife
habitat. Fifth and finally, they epitomize
the American tradition of preserving public lands.
National parks are important to me
for several reasons as well. As a local in
Groveland, California, I grew up having
Yosemite in my backyard. I live and interact with the different wildlife on a day-today basis. Being surrounded by such beautiful scenery really makes one appreciate
national parks even more. National parks
are also very crucial to my survival. If it
wasn’t for Yosemite, the town I call home
wouldn’t exist and my family would be out
of work. We depend on Yosemite for our
survival, just as it depends on us for its survival.
In order to keep protecting national
parks, we need to inspire future generations
to support the ideas born in the Yosemite
Grant Act. We can do this by educating the
children about all the different benefits we
get from national parks. Another big thing
we can do is take the children to go see the
parks themselves. If they see how magnificent places like Yosemite are with their
own eyes, then they will truly realize how
crucial it is to preserve and protect them.
The Yosemite Grant Act has opened
millions of people’s eyes. We now see that
we need to appreciate and protect National
Parks, as they are an integral part in our
lives. This is the same idea Abraham Lincoln had 150 years ago, the same one we
are still following today, and hopefully the
same one we will be following for many
years to come.
In the middle of August on a hot summer day, I had just heard about the small
blaze starting in the canyon a few miles
from where our house is located in Pine
Mountain Lake in Groveland. There is a
steep trail that leads down to where the
headwaters of the Clavey River meets the
Tuolumne River and this is where the fire
started.
Having fires in our area was nothing
unusual because we have fires in our area
on a regular basis. They are usually contained when they are relatively small and
do not get too big. This particular fire was
in such a steep canyon, that it was hard to
fight with just hand crews and spread very
quickly due to the steep terrain. It was
windy the day the fire started and my dad
said, “This doesn’t feel right, that fire must
be getting hard to fight”. I was in my house
in Groveland when I heard about the rapid
increase in size of the fire. I started to wonder how big this fire could get.
The next day, I heard that the fire
jumped from fifteen thousand acres to
fifty thousand acres in just one day. With
that, I knew this was no ordinary canyon
fire. The fire grew rapidly in size each day
and by this point, the fire was out of the
canyon and heading towards populated areas. After three days of the fire, the county
closed the Highway 120 because the fire
was heading very close to the road. Also,
at this point, many firefighters were coming from all over the United States to help
fight the blaze and there were multiple air
attack defenses.
The fire started to endanger homes
and people’s safety, so the Tuolumne
County Sheriff started to send out mandatory evacuations and certain residential
sections had to leave the area.
A lot of the other areas had voluntary
advisory evacuation notices, but were encouraged to leave so that everyone was
not trying to leave at the same time. Many
people did leave the area because the air
quality was so bad with the thick smoke.
The smoke was so thick that it made our
whole house smell like smoke. The fire
was split into three sections. The three sections were all going in opposite directions.
One of the sections was heading towards
Tuolumne City.
The other section was headed towards
Groveland, and the third section was heading towards the main tourist attraction of
Yosemite National Park. The people of
Tuolumne City broke into panic, and some
sections had to be evacuated. Most of the
people in our neighborhood in Groveland,
did not evacuate from our houses and
stayed to watch the fire action.
Our house is located on top of a
hill and right around the corner from our
house, you could watch the fire and air
tankers DC-10 planes, helicopters, and
other planes drop retardant and water on
the fire. When I was on the hill a friend
walked up to look at the fire too. We chatted for a while and then she said, “You can
be the lookout guy who can keep us updated on the fire”. I said, “Well, I am the
only one with the binoculars”
I went back down the hill and had a
discussion with my family. We all decided
if the fire got one more ridge over then, we
would all evacuate, but luckily it never did.
Meanwhile, up in Yosemite, the Sequoia
groves were being threatened by the fire
and the Hetch Hetchy water system was
also a concern.
Due to the extremely large size of the
fire and the tremendous damage and loss
from the fire, Governor Jerry Brown called
our area a state of emergency and we were
able to get even more help. There were several thousand people assigned to the Rim
Fire at the height of the fire. At this point,
the fire did get closer to our house, and the
smoke was very unhealthy to breathe, so
we gathered up our pictures and important
papers and came down to Sonora. There
was a lot of smoke in Sonora also, but it
somehow did not seem as bad. Yet, places
like Walmart had to shut down because of
health issues with the smoke.
When we went back up to Groveland
to retrieve more important items, I found
myself in a simply unbreathable environment of thick smoke. Even though there
was black smoke everywhere we had to
bear it because there were still plenty of
important items, that had to be brought
down to our Sonora house. As the family
was packing precious items, I slipped outside to go get a look at the fire from my
hilltop vantage point. As I slowly walked
up to my vantage point, I peered over the
hill and saw the most dreadful thing: the
See My Rim Fire Experience – on page 28
On May 17, 1864, junior senator John
Conness of California proposed a bill to
Congress that would change the fate of the
world forever: a bill to preserve and protect
the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove.
Then on June 30, during the Civil War,
President Abraham Lincoln recognized
how salient it was to protect the tranquil
areas, so he signed the bill, making it law.
The law states that “the premises shall be
held for public use, resort, and recreation”.
It also forbids trespassing, the cutting of
trees, settling without authority, and other
egislation in American history.
With commercial interests becoming
a threat to all available land, legislation
became requisite to protect places like
Yosemite. Just think about what Yosemite
would be like today if we hadn’t used legislation to preserve it. The plant life would
be destroyed, the animals would have no
habitat, litter would cover a majority of the
land, and pollution levels would increase
dramatically. This is why we had to go as
far as creating a law to protect the natural
beauty of Yosemite and places like it.
Today, Yosemite is a National Park.
Even though it didn’t start out as one, the
Yosemite Grant Act helped it become one
by becoming the basis for the National
Park Service. National Parks are incredibly
important to America for a number of reasons. First, they give millions of people the
opportunity to be physically active. Second, the parks have economic benefits by
creating steady jobs. Third, they keep our
environment healthy by providing floodplain protection, natural sound barriers,
Josh is 13 years old and in 7th grade. He is a 4.0 student and his Rim Fire story was
published in a Hickman writing seminar book. He wrote the story as an assignment for
school, and was chosen to go to the Hickman seminar. He lives in Pine Mountain Lake,
Groveland and goes to the Connections Academy of Performing Arts at the Summerville
High school in Tuolumne City.
June 2014, Page 23 Special Recognition
June 2014, Page 24
THE COMPUTER GUY
AT&T and
DirectTV
Merger: Net
Neutrality
By Marv Dealy
Two subjects of interest today. First,
the attempt of AT&T and DirecTV to
merge. Warren Buffet—largest shareholder
in DirecTV—cheers the move, saying it’s
a great move for both companies’ shareholders. But what about both companies’
customers?
We depend on these behemoths to
bring us Plain Old Telephone Service, cell
phone service, Internet access, and TV signals since the analog signals disappeared.
We depend on DirecTV for television
programming since no cable company has
seen fit to spend the gazillions of dollars
necessary to string fiber everywhere in our
part of the words, and satellite TV can get
you a signal unless you live in a cave.
With AT&T taking the position that the
company doesn’t have a plan for providing
better Internet access to people who choose
not to live in San Francisco or some other
location, it’s interesting to hear the heads
of the two companies push the merger to
potential interested regulators as good for
improving Internet access for those of us
in the woods.
Just how this will play out, coming
on the heels of the proposed Comcast/
Time Warner merger, is anyone’s guess.
Advocates say this will benefit customers
by finally giving DirecTV a plug into the
Internet.
Of course, they’ll have to figure out
how to actually deliver it, hopefully a lot
better than HughesNet. Other proponents
point to the combined networks potential
to better serve customers on the go.
Opponents point to the proposed
mergers of AT&T/DirecTV and Comcast/
Time Warner as a dangerous consolidation
of control of too much of the media we are
pummeled with every day.
I don’t suppose it will do any good
to remind everyone that AT&T promised—when the California State legislature
agreed to approve the merger of Pacbell
and AT&T--that the merger would allow it
to bring fast Internet in the form of DSL
to every home and business in California
within seven years of the merger.
The merger happened almost ten years
ago now and you have just to look around
to see how that AT&T promise played out.
The proposed mergers in both instances
will take some twelve to eighteen months,
so we’ll be revisiting this subject in the future.
Net neutrality has been in the news
again because proposals made by the FCC
to begin the move to a tiered approach to
Internet access brought howls of protest
from both free speech advocates and giant
Silicon Valley companies such as Google.
The fight is over whether or not some
Internet content companies will be able to
pay Internet service providers to route their
traffic faster than the Internet traffic coming from, for example, your local school or
organization’s website.
If Really Big Media Company says to
Comcast, we’ll pay you money to route our
traffic to our viewers ahead of the Internet
traffic from a really small content provider that doesn’t have the budget to “pay to
play,” what’s the real harm?
Opponents say that we lose freedom
of speech if the giant telecoms are allowed
to charge more for delivery of certain content, or even refuse to deliver it at all if they
disagree with its message.
These folks would prefer that the government step in and regulate the Internet
providers, like they regulate the telephone
companies such as AT&T already.
Opponents of network neutrality claim
that Internet service providers don’t have
any plans to block content or make some
network traffic move faster than other network traffic, despite examples where Comcast has done just that to Peer to Peer traffic
on its network.
The FCC decided on May 14, 2014
to proceed with studying two very different options: first, to permit both basic and
premium broadband traffic lanes, which
would compromise network neutrality,
and second, to reclassify broadband as a
telecommunication service, preserving net
neutrality by regulating the industry.
How this question will play out is anyone’s guess and of interest to all of us who
use and depend on the Internet. Again, stay
turned as this develops.
That’s it for this month from The Computer Guy—e-mail me at marv.dealy@
throck.com
Marv Dealy has written more than a
thousand columns about technology. He
founded Throckmorten Enterprises in San
Francisco in 1988 and moved the company to Big Oak Flat in 1996, and in April
of 2013 to Groveland. In addition to support for a large Silicon Valley company’s
webinar group, the company offers wireless Internet access in some areas and
provides computer repairs. Hours Monday thru Friday, 8 to 4-ish. 209 962-7308
www.Throck.com
Fast Internet from $30/mo.
Mac and PCs repaired.
18800 Main St. (Highway 120)
Groveland, CA 95321
209-962-7308
Since 1988
Yosemite Highway Herald The Little House – from page 3
of assistance”, remarked Tyndall.
How will it work? To participate in the
Village, an individual or family will have
to reside in the greater-Groveland area, be
age 50 or older, complete an enrollment
application, and pay a monthly membership fee. The fee will be adjusted based
upon the income level of the member in
an effort to make the services of the Village available to everyone who has a need
and an interest in participating. Fees collected from Village members will be used
to offset the costs of staffing, insurance and
other overhead expenses.
Volunteers will provide the services
We’ve moved — now in Groveland,
between the car wash and fire station
throck.com
provided to Village members. “Our hope is
that we can capture a portion of the tremendous volunteer spirit of the community and
direct those resources to serve the needs of
seniors in our community who elect to become Village members,” remarked Harms.
“We have confidence that the community
will respond to the need for volunteers to
provide services to Village members in a
similar manner to the fabulous volunteer
support we have seen from the community
for the WHEELS transportation program.”
What happens next? Planning for the
Groveland/Big Oak Flat area Village will
occur over the next 9-10 months, followed
by a 2-month pilot program in early 2015
and implementation in April 2015. During
that time, the Village Steering Committee
will be working with Board members from
The Little House and with community
members to define the geographic area to
be served by the Village, to better describe
the types of services that will be provided
through the Village, to identify and recruit
volunteers, and ultimately, to enroll individuals to become members of the Village.
What can you do? The success of the
Village will depend on the willingness of
people to volunteer their time and talents
to this effort. Over the next few months we
need community members who have an
interest in this project to help us plan the
specific programs and services that will be
offered to Village members.
Work groups are now being formed
to address the following broad service categories: personal services, health/wellness,
transportation, household services, and administration/operations. If you have an interest in volunteering for any of those work
groups, or would like to learn more about
any aspect of the Village program, please
contact The Little House at 209-962-7303.
Visit us at 11699 Merrell Rd. & Highway 120. Email: [email protected]
Call: 209-962-7303 or see www.thelittlehouse.org
forms compared to the norm. The CPUC’s
definition of broadband or “high speed” internet is 6 megabits per second (mbps) for
download and 1.5 mbps for upload. Now,
go see how you compare and become a part
of the solution!
If you have any questions or need additional information, please feel free to
contact Darrell Slocum at darrellslocum@
gmail.com or 209-770-5777. He is the expert.
The second subject I was asked to address is to explain what type of emergency
notification system Tuolumne County has?
The short answer is a brand new system that is, in my opinion, one of the very
best. It should be on line by June 1, 2014.
It’s called “Everbridge System”. It was
chosen for mass emergency notification because of its detailed interactive features. It
would take an entire page to fully describe
everything this system will do. To learn
about this system, please go to http://everbridge.com. This website will provide you
with all the information you need. I think
you will be impressed. Once launched, the
system can be accessed on the Tuolumne
County website page at www.tuolumnecounty.ca.gov.
This next topic is one that affects our
county on a personal and economic level.
You have probably read in other papers recently that the San Francisco Public
Utilities Commission (SFPUC) has denied
the request to hold the annual Strawberry
Music Festival at Camp Mather citing
water supply and safety concerns. The
Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors
sent a letter to SFPUC requesting they reconsider. The answer was a polite, “No”.
Everyone that has businesses along the 120
corridor understands what a benefit this
event has always been to the economy and
to Tuolumne County as a whole.
The United States Forest Service also
cited safety concerns originally when receiving the permit request. To their credit,
they have in fact reopened the campgrounds on the Highway 120 corridor and
Evergreen Road. They looked at the opening as a priority for economic reasons as
well as a benefit to the residents of the region.
So, now that we seemed to have addressed the safety concerns that the SFPUC
voiced in their denial, the other challenge
was not having enough water available
for domestic use for a crowd of over 7000
festival attendees. I know a little about the
water supply at Camp Mather. I was going over some old family photographs and
there was a picture of my father standing
next to the water tank at Mather. He was
leaning on his 1928 Chevy Convertible. I
believe the year was 1930. Why I mention
this is that it reminded me of how far we
have come with technology. Not just the
car but the redwood tank with its metal
strapping.
The City and County of San Francisco, the SFPUC and the Hetch Hetchy
systems have access to some of the best
engineering minds and advanced technology in the world. Instead of a “NO”, maybe
they could challenge their teams to find a
solution to the water issue. It’s not much to
ask a City and County that has garnered $$
Billions of Dollars$$ in revenue from the
sale of water from the Tuolumne River. In
the big scheme of things, the Strawberry
Music Festival is obviously not important
to the City and County of San Francisco
but it sure is to many people in our County.
Just my opinion!
** As I began writing on this topic I
was informed that the organizers of this
event have entered into an agreement with
Nevada County to hold the Strawberry Music Festival for 2014 at the Nevada County
Fair Grounds from Sept.11th through Sept
16th.**
The Board of Supervisors fear that
once this event is lost, it may be gone forever! The impact of its potential loss would
be greatly felt by the county and the Highway 120 businesses.
As always, I look forward to your
comments and suggestions, and please take
time to look at the new Tuolumne County
website at www.tuolumne.ca.gov.
Due to conflicting committee assignments it has been difficult to hold consistent office hours in Groveland and Don
Pedro. If you would like to discuss any
County Issue, I would be happy to meet
with you in person by appointment.
John L. Gray, Tuolumne County Supervisor, Fourth District. 209-533-5521
[email protected]
fice that will serve the community. One
can purchase stamps and also mail specific
boxes there.
That afternoon I attended a meeting as
to whether the county should raise the TOT
tax. If it will be a guarantee to maintain and
improve our roads, It is a good idea. Let me
know your opinion on this.
I attended the Greeley Hill Gold Rush
Charter School annual open house and tri tip
dinner. The tri-tip and beans were excellent.
The school is doing great and the children
are happy and getting a good education.
On May 2nd I helped with the auction at the Butterfly Festival in Mariposa.
The event was successful and raised a lot
of money.
On the first Sunday of the month, May
4th, I attended the Greeley Hill breakfast.
Food was good and it was nice visiting
with members of the community. It was
good to see some of the candidates, who
are running for office, attend this event.
On the 5th of May, my first meeting
was with the head of Human Services about
the department. After that meeting, I met
with another Supervisor about some upcoming items.
We, as Supervisors, have to always be
aware of the Brown Act Laws, which put a
restriction on talking to more than one board
member, but this makes all discussions more
transparent and in public view.
On May 6th, the B.O.S. along with the
C.A.O., County Counsel and the Clerk of
the Board served lunch at the Senior Center. It is always enjoyable and fun to see
how active these seniors are.
We continued on with the Dept. Head
Reviews on May 7th & 8th. Mariposa
County is fortunate to have so many dedicated department heads. Most employees
working for the county are dedicated, hard
working people who could make more
money working in another county, but they
love Mariposa. “Thank you” to all employees.
After the Department Head Reviews
that night. I attended the Greeley Hill
Gold Rush Charter School Board meet-
ing. They hold one board meeting every
year in Greeley Hill. What a great board of
educators and business people dedicated to
the education of our children. They run the
charter school in the black!
On Mothers Day, I attended the
Northern Mariposa County History Center Breakfast at the old school house in
Coulterville. They had a special omelet
breakfast and carnations for the ladies. It
was a packed house for Mother’s Day!
After breakfast I had a meeting with
the president of the John Muir Geotourism Center about their upcoming event on
May 30-31.
The May 13th B.O.S. meeting proved
to be an all day event. That afternoon was
the counting of the CSA-3 revote on the
$80 fee which helps support our new fire
trucks and stations. The vote passed by
61% “For” and 39% “Opposed.” This will
help us move ahead and finally get a stations completed. The mistake and over
budget costs have got to stop on projects
like these. I’m going to do everything I can
to make sure it does.
I would like to thank all the county employees and county volunteers for all their
hard work and dedication, If it weren’t for
the volunteers our county couldn’t survive
financially.
New items in Dist. 2: Check out the
new gate way sign on Highway 132 below
Hayward Road; the new Mariposa Event
Center on Ranchito Road; the renovated
Hugh Martin Park; and the beautification
project in Coulterville. Keep your eyes
open for some new road work that will be
happening in our area.
Always remember I am working
for you, the people of Dist. 2 and Mariposa
County. Call me any time at my office in
Mariposa 209-966-3222 or my home in
Greeley Hill 209-878-3158. Don’t forget to
vote June 3rd. This is what is great about
our country. This is only a sampling of the
meetings I attend and what is going on in
the county. My usual 6 p.m. dinner is now
commonly 8-9 p.m.
By Scott Gerhman
For a limited time, Lasting Adventures, Yosemite’s premier, nonprofit guide
service, will be offering 50% off all trips
for young adventurers in the Yosemite
Gateway communities. After the Rim Fire
last year, this is our way of giving back to
the community that has so graciously supported us over the last few years. Lasting
Adventures is committed to providing safe
and exciting opportunities for our community’s youth to be active and healthy while
exploring the iconic Yosemite National
Park in their very own backyard. This discount will apply to any of our youth summer camp programs that travel from the
vistas around Tuolumne Meadows to the
Yosemite Valley proper. We are able to
make this offer due to the generous grant
that we recently received from Clifbar &
the Clif Family Foundation.
In this upcoming 2014 summer season, Lasting Adventures will be running
weekly summer camp programs from June
15 through August 15. All youth summer
camp trips run from Sunday through Friday. The cost on our sessions is $700 per
week. With this discount, the cost would
only be $350. Please use coupon code
“GATEWAY50” when registering online.
Spaces at this discount are limited and first
come first served. Proof of residence will
also be required.
Lasting Adventures, Inc. is a non-profit
dedicated to positive youth development in
the outdoors since 1997. We specialize in
day and overnight adventures for youth,
families, individuals, schools, groups, and
corporations. Visit us online at: www.LastingAdventures.com or call 800-513-8651.
Camping Discounts
Yosemite Adventure Summer Camps
for Gateway Youth. For our youth living in
the Yosemite Gateway communities there
has never been a better time to, as John
Muir put it, “throw a loaf of bread and a
pound of tea in an old sack and jump over
the back fence!”
Mariposa County Supervisor – from page 10
June 2014, Page 25 Tuolumne County Supervisor – from page 10
June 2014, Page 26
Yosemite Highway Herald Current and Upcoming Community Events
AA - Tue. & Thur, 7pm, Church of Christ, 18829 Foote Street, Groveland
AA - Mondays, 6-7pm, Greeley Hill Library, Fiske Road, Greeley Hill
AA - Thursdays, 6:30-7:30pm, 5026 Broadway, Mariposa Behavioral
Health Building, Coulterville, contact Inez at 209-966-4487
Al-Anon - Saturdays, 9:30-10:30am, Little House on Merrill Rd.,
Groveland, contact Lori 925-846-5420
ATCAA Food Bank, Monthly Produce Only - 1st Tuesday, 10-12.
LDP Baptist Church, 4175 Abeto St., La Grange - 852-2029. 1st.
Thursday, 9:45-11:30am, Mary Laveroni Park, Hwy 120, Groveland;
2nd Friday, 10-11am, Coulterville Christian Fellowship, 5033 Main
St., Coulterville
Big Oak Rebekah Lodge - 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 7pm, IOOF Hall,
Big Oak Flat
Community Food Pantries - Groveland Evangelical Free Church, 9627584 – Independent Church of Christ, 962-7654. Lake Don Pedro
Baptist Church, 852-2029
Coulterville Community Club - 1st Tuesday, 6:30pm, Old School
House, Coulterville
Coulterville Fire Brigade - 3rd Monday, 6pm, Coulterville Volunteer
Firehouse, 209-878-3739
Coulterville Rebekah Mystery Lodge #175 - 2nd Monday, 9am, IOOF
Hall, 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 10am2pm. 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 Hall
HICAP Health Insurance counseling - 1-800-434-0222 for appointment
Hilltop Stitchers - 2nd Tuesday, 1:30pm, Groveland Library, downstairs
High Country Line Dancers - Every Tuesday, 7pm, Groveland
Community Hall ($2), call Sue Salnick at 962-4155
Historical 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 Annex
IOOF - Coulterville Lodge #104 - 2nd Wednesday, 7pm, IOOF Hall
IOOF - 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
IOOF - Yosemite Lodge #97- 4th Thursday, 7pm, Big Oak Flat IOOF Hall
Kiwanis - Tuesdays, 5:30pm, Pizza Factory, Groveland
La Grange Improvement Association - 2nd Tuesday, 6:30pm, LaGrange
Firehouse meeting hall, behind museum, Call 209.853.2128 for info
La Grange Rebekah Lodge #323 monthly bus. meeting - 2nd Sunday,
11am, LaGrange Odd Fellows Hall. Call 209.853.2128 or 853.2082
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& Thursdays,
1-4pm, Fiske Road, Greeley Hill.
Meals on Wheels - Tuolumne County. Call 209-533-2622 to sign-up for
Groveland delivery.
Mother Lode Spinners and Weavers Guild - 2nd Tuesday, 10am, Eagle
Cottage, Columbia State Park, 878-3000.
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, 209-8783015. 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 1-877-2565465 or [email protected] for information.
Northside Pet Connection - Board meeting 1st Monday of each month,
1:30 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 - 4th Thursday, 12 noon lunch and 12:30
meeting, Greeley Hill Senior Annex (no meetings in July & August)
Overeaters Anonymous-Call Betty 209-962-7786, Sondra at 962-6444.
PML Computer Users Group - 3rd Tuesday, 7pm, PML Lake Lodge
Pine Mountain Garden Club - 2nd Monday, 3pm, PML Lodge.
Red Cloud Library - Summer Hours: Tues., Wed., Fri. & Sat., 10am3pm, Winter Hours: Tues., Wed., Fri. & Sat., 11am-3pm, Fiske Rd.
Greeley Hill.
Scrapbooking - 1st Tuesday, 5-9pm, Greeley Hill Senior Annex
Sheriff Doug Binnewies - Mondays & Thursdays 1-4pm, Station 1,10549
Fiske Rd., Greeley Hill, Sheriff’s Department 800-774-8314
Sierra Professional Artists - 2nd Friday, 10am, Yosemite Vista Estates
clubhouse, contact Jean & Bill Hammond 209-962-6477.
Sierra Red Hatters - 3rd Thursday, 1pm, contact 209-962-6769 for
location.
Soroptimist International - 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 12noon, Groveland
Library, downstairs, contact Liz Mattingly 209-962-7648 for
membership information.
Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society (STCHS) Program 3rd Saturday, 7pm, except September, it moves to 2nd Saturday Groveland Community Hall.
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. 9-10, 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
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.
Yosemite Chamber of Commerce Mixers - 4th Thursday at different
locations, [email protected].
Yosemite Foothills Fire Safe Council - 2nd Tuesday, 7pm, every month,
Groveland Library, downstairs meeting room.
Let’s Eat
Coulterville 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
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 Monthly Breakfast - 2nd Sunday, 7am-1pm.
Includes biscuits & gravy, sausage, eggs any style, potatoes, French
toast, coffee and OJ for $6, contact 209-853-2128 or 209-853-2508
Upcoming Event
John Muir Festival. Friday and Saturday, May 30-31 - Coulterville. For
information call 209.878.3501
EcoSummit. Saturday and Sunday, June 2 - 22. - Mountain Sage,
Groveland. Free seminars and workshops. Music also. For
information see sierraecosummit.org
SERVICE DIRECTORY
For Lease
For Rent
Commercial or retail space
available for lease on Main St.,
Groveland. Located next to the
Firehouse lower floor with easy
access. Approx. 1200 sq. ft. all or
part, floor plan flexible, heating and air, plenty of parking.
Excellent location. Contact: Bud
Edner 530-304-4453 (6-14)
Big Oak Flat: Large 2 bedroom,
2 bath modular home for rent.
$695 per month, plus utilities.
Spacious modern kitchen and
oversized tub in master bathroom. Newer carpet. Private
deck with mountain view. Two
space carport. 209-962-0435
For Sale
(7-14)
For Sale
Ski Boat. Reinell 1997,
170BRXL, 16’2”. Runs. Needs
some work. Bimini top and
trailer. Volvo Penta 3.0L, open
bow. $1,750 OBO. Call 209-9625119 after 4/10/14 (6-14)
Hand Knotted Woolen Durie
Rug 100% Wool Pile Rug,
10’x14’ $7000 OBO - Excellent
Condition
A00% Wool Pile. Quality: 9/45
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Color: Ivory & Light Blue
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Original Tag Still Attached
Dimensions: 10’ x 14’
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(6-14)
Call 209-962-1984 Wood for sale. Call Bob
McDow at 209-962-6662 4 Oak Swivel - Counter chairs
$85 ea. - Call 209-962-0445 (6-14)
Furnace. Williams, 30,000 BTU/
hr. Direct vent propane wall.
$275 OBO. Call 209-962-5119
after 4/10/14 (6-14)
(6-14)
Wood for sale. Support Rim Fire
restoration by purchasing naturally downed Rim Trail Ranch
firewood. Local woman-owned
business. Seasoned oak/pine,
16”, delivered.
Phone 209-962-6583. E-mail:
[email protected] (6-14)
Baby Grand Piano. 1931
Schroeder & Son. 5 feet-Walnut.
$1,500 - 209-962-4698 (6-14)
Eastlake Antique Settee. 60”
wide, mauve velveteen. Very
good condition, casters $300.
209-962-4698 (6-14)
Rustic floor lamp 70” H, glass
bowl surrounded by antlers. $200
Call 209-962-4698
(6-14)
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By Pam Lagomarsino
Have you ever dreamed of becoming a
secret special agent? Now, we have a mission for you, if you choose to accept it.
Wildwood Community Chapel invites young agents to the International Spy
Academy Vacation Bible School during the
week of June 23-27.
This dynamic event is for Agents in
Training who are entering Kindergarten
through the 6th grade. Each day from 9
a.m. to 12 p.m., your mission will be to explore evidence, decipher clues, and crack
the case by participating in music, drama,
exciting games, snacks, and engaging Bi-
ble stories.
So grab your gadgets and prepare for a
thrilling adventure at the International Spy
Academy where you’ll learn to become a
special agent for the One True God! This
special event is completely free.
Wildwood Community Chapel is a
non-denominational church located at
10348 Fiske Road in Greeley Hill. Sunday
service begins at 10 a.m. each week and
includes Children’s Church. For more information, please call Pastor Tony Perez at
209-878-3610. We would love to have you
join us.
Gateway Monument
By Chris Renwah
The town of La Grange is proud to invite the public to the dedication of our new
Gateway Monument, Saturday, June 14
in a ceremony starting at 10 a.m. It’ll be a
full morning and afternoon of celebration
of Town Pride in La Grange, the gateway
to the area’s Gold Rush history.
The new sign, made of burnished steel
in the form of an arch, stands at the 4-way
stop intersection of State Highway 132 and
La Grange Road (J-59) just west of the
town proper. At its base you’ll also see a
stone monument with marble plaque telling some of the history of this Gold Rush
town. A long time in the planning process,
the Gateway sign and monument has been
a joint effort by the La Grange Improvement Association and the Estanislau Chap-
ter of the E Clampus Vitas, a service organization widely known as the Clampers.
The 10 a.m. ceremony will include
participants from Stanislaus County, and
State government, Clampers, and LGIA
members who were so instrumental in the
planning, fabrication and installation of the
sign. We invite La Grange area citizens to
help us celebrate the accomplishment of
this monumental project.
After the ceremony there will be many
other activities around town at the Museum, Louie’s Place Saloon and Grill and the
Odd Fellows Hall.
We’re still formulating the plans so if
you want more information call
Chris at 209-853-2128 or Susan at
209-853-2908.
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My Rim Fire Experience – from page 23
fire had crossed over the second to last
ridge which meant that the fire was only
one ridge away from our little neighborhood. I watched the DC 10 air tanker drop
a big payload on the ridge, so I waved and
said thank you.
I knew that the ground and air firefighters were working so hard to put the the fast
hot blaze out, but it was like trying to cut
open a metal safe with a pair of scissors, no
matter how hard you try you’ll only make
little dents. The helicopters were like little
glasses of water being dropped onto a twohundred -thousand- acre fire with threehundred- foot- flames. It was the same way
for the other little planes, but the only air
defense that did any good was the jumbo
jet DC 10 dropping tons of retardant on
trees, houses, and fields.
My family and I were worried about
the fire burning our beloved summer
house in the quiet and peaceful town of
Groveland. Our house was only under an
advisory evacuation, but the fire was still
burning towards our house, Tuolumne
City, and it had already went into Yosemite
National Park.
These three places seemed like they
had an atomic fire bomb coming straight
towards them. It seemed the three mentioned places were doomed. At this point it
was probably the highest point of the raging fire where the fire was beyond out of
control. My family and I went back to the
Sonora house thinking we were going to
lose a house full of family memories.
The next morning I heard that that the
firefighters got a big enough line to save
the three endangered places. The fire was
thirty percent contained and it was just getting better from there.
The fire was getting more contained
by each day and firefighters were getting to
go home and see their families. The DC 10
was not fighting the fire anymore because
it was no longer needed to save homes. My
family and I were very relieved that the fire
was not going to burn down our summer
vacation house. However, honestly at this
point, I was still concerned about the fire
because there was still wind and thought
the fire could somehow jump the line and
continue roaring on through the dense forest. My mom wanted to take all the pictures back to the house; so we loaded them
up in the car and took them back up. When
we got there, I slipped away to my hilltop
vantage point and what I saw was a whole
bunch of white smoke coming from smoldering logs and trees that were cooling off
from being burned severely. Thankfully
many trees were saved especially the Giant sequoias at the Tuolumne Grove in
Yosemite.
The rim fire was announced one hundred percent contained on September 25,
2013. The Rim Fire had burned hundreds
of thousands of trees and today logging
companies on the United States Forest Service land areas are cutting down the salvageable trees so they can be lumber for
new houses.
The fire thankfully only burned 11
structures and no human beings were severely injured during the fire. The fire’s
cost was 127 million dollars in fire fighters, air attack, food shelter, burnt homes
and trees. The Rim Fire burned 400 square
miles and 257, 135 acres. It was the second largest fire in California’s history. I
will never forget this fire and I’m sure it
left an everlasting scar on the citizens of
Tuolumne County. I’m just thankful that
out of 257,135 acres neither of my houses
were burned.
It has been almost nine months since
the Rim Fire and still the aftermath of the
fire will haunt us for many years to come.
It is true the forest can regenerate itself and
will over time.
Thank You again firefighters for saving our towns!
June 2014, Page 28 Wildwood Community Chapel
By Ryan Dutton
We have used the money to purchase
classroom programs and lab equipment
for science classes, sports equipment for
kids that can’t afford items, weight and
cardio equipment for our P.E. program,
and funds for student council used for
school store and activities assistance.
This is just to name a few! We also
will have our “Go Green” recycling cans
at the Pine Mountain Lake Marina this
summer, where you can drop your recycling there and the students get the donated material to our campus for sorting!
Thank you to all of you who participate and donate your recycling for our
school and its students! We hope you all
have a happy and safe summer
World Book Night
By Virginia Gustafson
On April 23, Friends of the Groveland
Library gave a free brand new book to every high school student in Tioga and Don
Pedro high schools. The books are provided by publishers and World Book Night, an
international nonprofit, based in London.
World Book Night is an annual celebration dedicated to spreading the love
of reading, person to person. Each year,
thousands of people go out into their communities across the US and give away halfa-million free World Book Night current
bestsellers. Why is World Book Night important?
Reading changes lives, improves employability, social interaction, and can have a
positive effect on mental health and happiness. Or more simply put, books are fun—
and they can be life-changing.
Friends of the Groveland Library was
chosen as a giving club and we chose to
give books to the high school students.
We hope that the kids will enjoy these free
books and continue reading throughout
their lives. Come to the Groveland Library
and explore all the great books we have for
any reading level and any interest.
Summer is upon us once again and that
means some great opportunities to help out
Tioga High School!
We have our recycling trailer and collection center at the high school which allows you to drop off all aluminum, glass,
and plastic that allows for a CA refund or
has the CA CRV label on it.
Unfortunately, we cannot get money
for the school for cardboard, paper, wine &
liquor bottles, and plastic food containers.
Beer bottles, aluminum cans, and plastic drinking containers are the best bet for
our kids to be able to use your donation for
$$$ and in turn use it for our school.
The school uses your donations
for a variety of projects and programs.
Tioga High School
By Susan Gambaro & Jude Hawkins
By Gordon Giedt
Student of the Month
Natasha Garcia has been selected as
Tenaya’s Student of the Month.
Natasha has matured into a wonderful
young lady. She is always smiling, cheerful
and fun to be around.
In our classrooms, Natasha is a hard
worker who completes all assignments and
volunteers to help others. She frequently
is assisting with the younger children on
campus as well.
Natasha is an all-around talented girl,
she sings, dances and plays sports all the
while doing well in school.
We are proud to have Natasha as the
8th grade student of the month.
Tioga High School Recognition
By Emily Hanchett
Tioga students participate in any number of clubs, which vary over the years
based on student interest. New this year,
almost half of Tioga students joined T-Rad
(Tioga Rising Against Drugs), a peer-support and drug prevention club that has had
an outstanding impact already. The drug
and alcohol abuse, bullying, fighting and
cliques that plague larger schools are virtually non-existent here.
Tioga students compete successfully
in speech and poetry competitions and take
field trips as far away as Oregon.
We offer soccer, volleyball, crosscountry, basketball, track, baseball, softball and golf. Many of our teams have
been league and section champions over
the years. And, what’s more, every kid on
the team gets to play the game.
80% of our teachers have graduate degrees. We’ve been educated at UC
Berkeley, UCLA, UCSB, University of
Minnesota, University of the Pacific, CSU
Stanislaus and San Jose State.
Community service organizations
are incredibly supportive of our students
providing seniors with amazingly generous scholarships to help them transition to
adult life and acting as mentors throughout
the school year.
We provide students with a strong
sense of community and close interaction
with adults in small classes where students
get extra help and attention. We’re family.
What we don’t provide our students
with is a two-hour daily commute to a typical large high school where students get
lost in the crowd, or spend a sports season
sitting on the bench. The best place for our
kids – including my own two sons - is right
here on the hill.
Student of the Month
Tioga High School is proud to select
senior Adrien Malicay as our student of the
month. Adrien moved to Groveland and
started Tioga last fall. In the short time he
has been here teachers have all remarked
how pleasant and respectful Adrien is. He
is always one of the first to get his schoolwork done and his grades are among the
top of the senior class. Adrien hopes to attend CSU Humbolt in the fall. One of the
final hurdles was his foreign language requirement, which Adrien managed to successfully complete by doubling up online
courses in one semester!
Lastly, Adrien is quite a snappy dresser, and has several oversized headphones
to match with his color choice of the day.
Tioga Landscape Program
By Ryan Dutton
The Tioga High School Landscape
class has finished its patio project!! It was
a great design by the kids and they have
worked hard throughout the spring to complete it for the end of the school year! We
are now looking to put some patio style
furniture onto it for all Tioga students to
enjoy! If anyone would like to donate to
our project, we would love table and chairs
to add to our patio and ones with umbrellas would make us extra happy since you
can see how much natural shade our patio
currently gets from the pic! We will also
be implementing plants/shrubs around the
patio project and would like some potted
plants on the patio as well. If you have
any plants that you would like to put to
some great use, we would be glad to
transplant! The Landscape class will be
constructing an arbor eventually that will
host climbing vines to eventually provide
some shade for the kids. Call the school at
962-4763 or email [email protected]
if you have anything you would like to donate. We can give you tax receipt upon
donation if you would like!
Thank you for your time and generosity!
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teaching at Tioga and find myself the senior member of the staff. Out of the many
changes that have buffeted our small district the last few years, one fact remains
constant – Tioga is an excellent high
school.
50% of our seniors this year have
been accepted to a four year college – as
far away as Western Michigan University
and as close to home as CSU Stanislaus.
Past graduates include physicists, physicians, professors, teachers, small business
owners, nurses, fashion models, fire fighters, EMTs, geologists, photographers, and
contractors. Recent graduates are flourishing at UC Davis, Sonoma State, Chico,
Stanislaus and Humboldt.
Students at Tioga have a wealth of opportunities. With a healthy mix of classes
offered on site and online, Tioga students
could potentially graduate with an AA
degree before they graduate high school.
64% of juniors and seniors are enrolled in
Advanced Placement English. Next year,
they’ll be able to earn even more college
credit through AP Spanish and AP Literature taught on site. Almost half of all our
students, grades 9 -12, are involved in online learning both at the community college and high school levels. Students can
also participate in Academic Decathlon
- our team of nine students did very well
at the county competition – bringing home
nine medals. In addition, AcaDec students
receive three units of college credit from
Sacramento State.
Our education program provides students more opportunities to take higherlevel classes – meeting all the UC/CSU
college entrance requirements as well as
career-oriented classes.
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We use repetitive drilling and testing
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Following Brainy Groveland’s philosophy of financial rewards for effort and
achievement, the students earn $1 for each
level of addition or multiplication tables
they master.
During the winter term every student
made progress, and 15 out of the class of 27
met a higher goal (number of tests passed)
to qualify for a chance to win a brand new
Android tablet computer.
The tablet was donated by Brainy
Groveland and won by Amelia Hendersen
who passed eleven math tests during the
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driveway already cut in.
Public water and sewer.
Quiet area, but less than
a mile to the lake and
beach.
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road maintained by BLM.
Spring fed Little Jackass
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