Santa and Mrs. Claus Christmas Faire FOGL New Officers

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Santa and Mrs. Claus
FOGL New Officers
Santa and Mrs. Claus came to
Groveland December 14, making a quick
stop at the Community Hall and brought
many smiles to the young and old alike. The
children were able to sit on Santa’s lap and
Friends of the Groveland Library
(FOGL) are pleased to announce their new
officers for 2014. About 100 FOGL members support the Groveland library and its
activities in the school and community. New
members are always welcome.
Our president for 2014 is Harriet Codeglia, assisted by vice president Etty Garber,
secretary Rachel Phillips and treasurer Phyllis Gschwend. All four have been active volunteers and leaders in the FOGL organization
By James Nagle
have their pictures taken while telling Santa
what they wanted for Christmas. All of Santa’s Elves were in attendance handing out
a gift to each child along with Lions Club
serving their delicious hot chocolate
JANUARY 2014
By Virginia Gustafson
and we look forward to a productive year.
Our activities include raising money;
primarily through weekly used book sales,
to keep our library open five days a week.
Our volunteers also provide several literacy
and reading programs at Tenaya Elementary
and at the library, as well as a summer reading program for local students.
For more information, or to join Friends
of the Groveland Library, please come to the
library desk anytime.
Photo Courtesy of Digipix Rudy Manzo.
Seated Santa, Mrs. Claus and elves. Standing. Left to right Carolyn Botell, James Nagle,
Wanda Day, Cathy Leetham, Laurie Nagle, Muffy and Mike Breaux
Christmas Faire
By Sandy Smith
The Christmas Craft Faire of 2013 was
a big success. Thank you once again to our
wonderful community of Groveland for
supporting this event. Also to all of the vendors, good job.
We have the greatest Santa ever, thank
you Malcom. Many families come every
year to have their picture taken with Santa,
lots of fun memories. If you have never done
this come down to the firehouse on Saturday
of Thanksgiving weekend and make some
great memories.
Courtesy photo
New FOGL officers (L to R): treasurer Phyllis Gschwend, secretary Rachel Phillips, vice president Etty Garber and president Harriet Codeglia.
A huge thank you also goes out to Jeff
Sanders, Battalion chief, and the fire guys at
the Groveland fire station. When you plan
an event things don’t always go as planned,
they were so willing to pitch in and help us
get things running smoothly. Thanks again.
The Faire provides a way to give back
to the community each year. Donations are
made to the Community Thanksgiving Dinner, The Little House, and CNVC. It is a
great time to enjoy living in our community.
Happy New Year everyone.
Regular Features
Community Events................................................................. 2
Church and Other Events........................................................ 8
Classifieds.............................................................................. 25
Crossword Puzzle.................................................................. 21
Calendar and Upcoming Community Events........................24
Service Directory................................................................... 25
January 2014, Page 2
Hill Top Musical Kids
By Louise Turney
The Hill Top Musical Kids performed
the musical “Charlie and the Cherub
Cheerleaders” and celebrated their first
‘birthday.’
About thirty delightful children from
pre-school to 8th grade levels challenged
each other and their adult leaders.
Once again, the Free Evangelical
Church site was provided to the group for
their awesome practice and two-days performance on December 19 and 20.
The group is supported by generous
donations. No admission is charged.
The play was produced and directed
by Louise Turney, under sponsorship by
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel church.
Crew members reognitions: Sound,
Richard McKey, Tony Kash and Bob LeBarre. Poster and programs, Maddie Souza.
Photography and Publicity, Miguel Maldonado. Prompter, Lorna Troutman. Musical Director, Maggie Rogers. Costumes
and props, Mary Ann Kash, Maggie Rogers, Karen Foltz and Sam Park.
Special thanks go to the Groveland Library for their support..
There is a new musical ready to be
distributed in January 2014. The name is
“VoiceMessage”
A ‘sneak preview’ free script can be
downloaded, as well as audio clips for
wonderful songs.
Visit kudsworksmusic.com and click
on ‘musicals.’
Ladies Club
Yosemite Highway Herald By Darlene Brown
The PML Ladies Club welcomed the
holiday season with a wonderful Christmas
brunch, held at the Grill on December 4.
Community Christmas Basket co-chairs
Patti Beaulieu and Dar Brown were on
hand to thank the ladies for their incredible generosity donating toys for the baskets. A delicious brunch of quiche, scones
and fruit was followed by a hilarious visit
by Charlie McCarthy in the capable hands
of Charlie Stoll, and a sing-a-long of traditional Christmas songs led by the beautiful
voice of Linelle Marshall and accompanied
by Fred Fiaella on the accordion.
The house came down when it was
suggested that Barbara Coldren, with her
incredible organizational skills, should run
for political office and sort out Washington
for us all. Huge kudos to event chair Joyce
Smith and her committee for a perfect way
to start off our holiday season. Thanks also
to our cart drivers Mike Bozzo, Al Silva
and Larry Woodruff who, despite the chilly
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cars right to the front door.
The new board for 2014 will be Maddie Sousa, President, Barbara Lacy, co-VP
with Mary Chapman, Wanda Patterson,
Secretary, and Claudette Williams, Treasurer. Thank you ladies for stepping up to
make 2014 another great year.
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L-R: Outgoing President Bev Oakley, Co-Vice-President Barbara Lacey, Secretary
Wanda Patterson, Co-Vice-President Mary Chapman, President Maddie Sousa
By Joyce Smith
The Pine Mountain Garden Club met
at The Grill on Sunday, December 8, for
our annual installation of officers and dinner. It was a cold, cold night, snow everywhere, but roads were clear. It was a very
good turnout.
The tables and decorations were lovely. Red tablecloths and green napkins accented with assorted centerpieces. It was a
festive sight. Linda Glenn was the installing person, using signs of the zodiac for
each officer, sometimes bring “groans or
laughter.” Officers installed were: President-Lonnie Roman (unable to attend due
to a snow covered driveway); Vice Presidents-Marlene Johanson and Sharon Hunt;
Treasurer-Barbara Coldren; Recording
Secretary-Terre Passeau; Corresponding
Secretary-Michalene Martrin; and Parliamentarian-Louise Turney.
Thanks are in order to the Grill staff;
we enjoyed a great dinner and lovely eve-
ning; our President Louise Turney and
Board; and all committee Chairs for the
2013 year. Special thanks to Maddie Sousa
for her interesting programs, Arlene Vorce
for her timely horticulture reports and Linda Flores for her tireless work at the jail.
I need to thank Joe Balch from
Coulterville for his September presentation on Iris. I was away and did not give
Mr. Balch proper mention in my October
article. I heard he was very knowledgeable
about his topic. Sorry I missed the meeting.
We have had a very enjoyable year. We are
proud of our Jail garden and the work we
have done there,
We are always happy to have new
members join us, or if you want to visit us,
we meet the second Monday of the month
at the Lake Lodge. We do not meet in January. This is the time our new officers are
planning the new year.
Watch for your newsletter for February meeting information.
Happy New Year! Hope to see you at
the Lake Lodge.
Pine Cone Singers
By Linelle Marshall
The Pine Cone Singers are taking their
well-deserved Winter break after yet another set of great Christmas performances in
mid-December. Under the direction of interim director Mike Kambeitz, and graced
with the expert accompaniment of pianist
Diane Day, our community was treated to
a joyous collection of holiday carols, seven
solo/ensemble pieces, four traditional anthems, three soulful reflections on Winter’s
chill, two Grinch tunes, a quirky Deck the
Halls with a hitch in its giddy-up, a couple
of traditional spirituals, and a “We Wish
You a Merry Christmas” clocking in at under two minutes. Sorry – no partridge in a
pear tree.
Thank you to the many PCS members
and friends who helped make these concerts such a success. Behind the scenes,
a lot goes on leading up to and after our
shows: music librarians Barbara Klahn and
Susan Fisher; wardrobe managers Frank
Jablonski and Darlene Hoagland; concert
set-up – Frank Oyung and crew; refreshments – Joanne Hanson; sunshine – Karen
Lopes; rehearsal pianists and extra rehears-
als – Linelle Marshall, Sandra Menacho &
Anita Millard; tickets – Anne & Bill Mingus; production manager – Sally Salinas;
flyers & programs – Delia Self; printing
– Zoo-phonics, Inc.; community outreach
– Gloria Young; cast party – Nikki Grimes;
sound – Richard McKey; video – Bruce
Carter. Board members Bob Swan, Shirley
Brasesco, Barbara Klahn, Sandra Menacho
and Anita Millard meet regularly to plan
and discuss choir projects.
Rehearsals for our Spring concert will
begin on Tuesday, January 28, 2014, under the direction of our new music director,
Ron Randall (we’ll introduce him to you
next month). So if you were inspired by our
concert to get back into singing, come join
the fun at 3 p.m. in the Community Hall.
Flash – word has it that the Pine Cone
Players have just read through the script
for a melodrama entitled “As the Stomach
Turns”, directed by Jim Soderberg. Look
for more details about this production
planned for late April 2014 in future issues
on this paper.
January 2014, Page 3 Garden Club
Courtesy photo
Garden Club Board: Terre Passeau, Barbara Coldren, Michalene Martin,
Louis Tourney, Sharon Hunt and Marlene Johanson.
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at www.yosemitehwyherald.com
YHH Staff photo
Pine Cone Singers take a break while preparing for their concert.
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Helping Hands Facts
By Patti Beaulieu
Here are few factoids about Helping
Hands Thrift Store and Furniture Barn that
you may not know.
- We have been in existence as a nonprofit organization continually since 1982.
- Our current location is our 4th – we
started upstairs in the Hetch Hetchy Admin
Building in Moccasin; moved to where
the Firefall Coffee House is now, then to
where the Foothills Church is now and our
longest home, our current location.
- We are currently open at the Thrift
Store Monday–Saturday and at the Furniture Barn Wednesday–Saturday.
- We have a web site (www.helpinghandsofgroveland.com) and a Facebook
Page (Helping Hands of Groveland Thrift
Store and Furniture Barn) that posts the
sales each week as well as our hours, what
can and cannot be donated and other useful
information.
- At any time there are between 75
and 80 volunteers that work at least once
a month, and many work more often than
that. Many have been volunteers for at
least 10 years.
- We have 3 current volunteers that are
founding members and have worked continually since the beginning – Jackie Abbott, Hanna Bodle and Dale Elliott.
- Each day there is at least a 4 person
team that works the store, in addition to a
barn volunteer when it’s open.
- We have department managers that
do specific areas: jewelry; books, movies
& music; toys; linens; crafts; electronics
and appliances.
- We only pay 1 person, our custodian,
and all others are volunteers.
- There is a Board of Directors made
up of 7 volunteers, who also work in the
store, barn or both.
is about 25,000 lbs., or 12.5 tons per year.
- Unfortunately, although we get literally tons of wonderful donations each year,
we have quite a large garbage bill. Many
donations are not up to our standards, are
broken, or just need to be thrown away.
- We don’t purchase anything except
our supplies – everything we sell is donated.
- Items we take are: adult, children and
infant clothing, shoes, purses, collectibles,
house wares, home décor, books, VHS
tapes, CD’s DVD’s, cassettes, linens, toys,
jewelry, sporting goods, small electrical
appliances, craft supplies, fabric, furniture, holiday items – All in good condition,
please.
- What we don’t take: magazines, record albums, computer hardware, large
electrical appliances, mattresses, cribs,
snow skis, anything broken, dirty or in bad
condition, BBQ’s, construction or plumbing materials (sinks, toilets, etc) TV’s,
microwave ovens, exercise machines, children’s car seats, encyclopedias, text books,
home recorded VHS tapes, pianos, food.
Kiwanis Activities
Lions’ Bingo
By Kay Glaves
Come join your friends and neighbors in a relaxing game night of Bingo,
sponsored by the Garrotte Lions Club of
Groveland. Game is played every first
Thursday of the month. Our next game is
on Thursday, January 2, at the Groveland
Community Hall. Early Bingo starts at
6:30 p.m. and regular game at 7 p.m.
This session only: The person(s) buying the 10th and 20th set of cards will re-
- Except for our operating expenses
and our custodian, we give our revenue
back to the community, including the local
schools.
- We accept all seasons of donations
all year long - if they’re out of season, we
store them.
- We cannot have donations left when
we are not open – it’s actually against the
law, especially to leave things in front of
the barn and the store, which is on a state
highway.
- We only have room in the store to put
out the current season’s clothing, even at
that, we are quite crowded.
- We’ve had 2 giveaways each year
since 2005 in which we give away at least
100 - 33 gallon bags of out of season clothing and overstock items at each one– that’s
been approximately 1800- 33 gallon bags
of items given away so far (approximately
45,000 lbs. or 22.5 tons!).
- We supply InterFaith in Sonora with
clothing that is sub-standard for our store,
but still in good condition, giving them
about 100 - 33 gallon bags a month, which
By Erma Holcomb
ceive a complimentary gift and will play
free.
If you want to join us for a spaghetti
dinner prior to Bingo, the Lions offer a
delicious spaghetti dinner for $5.50; starting at 5:30 p.m. Meals are limited so come
early.
Come on out, we would to hear you
call “Bingo” and receive a reward for your
good fortune.
Spaghetti Dinner. You are invited to
a fundraiser for Kiwanis local community
service projects on Saturday, January 11,
5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Community Hall.
Tickets purchased in advance will be $12
or $15 at the door. This will be a good opportunity to break the boredom, and get out
of the house after the holidays. Be prepared
for good food, fellowship with local friends
and good raffle prizes. For more information call Beverly Reeves-Francois at 209605-0275 or Earl Wright at 209-534-9548.
Did you receive a new coat for Christmas? If so, would you consider donating
your old, but gently used garment to our
coat drive? Look for the barrels marked
“Kiwanis Coat Drive” and drop your coats
in through the month of January. There will
be a barrel in front of the Mar-Val Market,
Groveland, Greely Hill Market and inside
the Pizza Factory in Groveland.
We could especially use more children’s coats, all ages. These coats will be
saved to provide a coat at our annual “giveaway” in October. Thank you all for your
generous donations.
For more information call Earl Wright
at 209-534-9548 or Erma Holcomb 209962-5127.
Red, White and Blue Ball
Yosemite Highway Herald By Rudy Manzo
Get ready to kick off 2014 at the
Groveland Rotary Red, White and Blue
Ball. It is time again to break out your finest eveningwear and join the festivities.
This function is scheduled to take place
January 25, 2014 at the Pine Mountain
Lake Grill. This event will feature dinner,
fancy footwork and having fun time visiting with your friends.
The Groveland Rotary Club members
are busy preparing for the event and they
guarantee all shall have a fun time. Once
again, “Home Grown” will provide music.
Their entertaining music promises to give
everyone a chance to shake it up on the
dance floor. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. There
will be a no-host bar followed by dinner
and dancing.
This is a major fundraiser for the local
Rotary Club and proceeds will help with
Tioga High School Scholarships and other
community projects.
Check with your local Rotarian and
get your tickets before the event sells out.
See you at the Red, White and Blue
Ball.
January 2014, Page 5 4H Pancake Breakfast
By Donna Wice
Mark your calendar for Sunday, February 2, 2014 for the annual 4-H Pancake
Breakfast from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
4-H members and leaders from across
the county will cook & serve the Mariposa
County 4-H Club Council’s annual pancake breakfast at the Mariposa Fairgrounds
Cafeteria. The meal consists of pancakes,
eggs, sausage, coffee, tea, & juice. This
breakfast is affordable at just $8.
All proceeds go back to help our 4-H
youth and leaders attend conferences, 4-H
scholarships, attend camps, community
service projects, and 4-H activities. Tickets
can now be purchased at the UCCE office,
which is at the Mariposa Fairgrounds, purchase tickets from a 4-H member or leader
or purchase at the door.
Please support your local 4-H Youth
Development Program while taking out
your loved ones to a Sweetheart breakfast.
For more details call 966-4829 or drop
by the UCCE Office at 5009 Fairgrounds
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Is pleased to announce the opening of his
new podiatry practice.
Located at 20767 Ferretti Road
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Practice limited to diseases of the foot and ankle.
Diabetics welcome. Most private insurances accepted.
Little House Lights the Season
By Sydney Avey
The night was cold and clear, the
crowd was small due to weather, but our
celebration was big when we saw our
beautiful holiday tree light up the evening
sky. In addition to holiday carols around
the tree, we also performed a lovely candle
lighting ceremony. The lights honor the
memories and appreciation we have for
people we love.
This year we memorialized or honored
180 people, twice the number as last year.
That is due to all of you who helped spread
the word about a meaningful tradition. We
hope that people will be reminded of those
who have been honored when they see the
tree as they come and go during the holiday
season.
A long list of people contributed to the
success of this event. First, we appreciated
Peggy Mosley being present as we dedicated the new tree, which Peggy donated
in the memory of her late husband, Grover.
Others who worked to make this event a
success:
David Volponi - tree lights; Down to
Earth Nursery - tree planting; Alan Moore
Property Development - snow plowing;
Kay Glaves - enthusiastic supporter; Pine
Cone Singers – entertainment’ Alan Craig
- parking
Light the Season Committee (Sydney
Avey, Linda Craig, Judy Gravino, Cheryl
Harms, Luci Tyndall, Isobel Wylie)
Please put Light the Season on your
list of holiday activities next year, and tell
your friends. Let’s keep this heartwarming
tradition going.
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Genealogy Resolution
Museum Happenings
Genealogy – A Resolution for the
New Year.
Whether you are a novice or have been
researching your family for several years,
there is always something new to learn and
there is help right here in Groveland.
Do you need assistance getting started
or better organized? How about tips on using the Internet to further your research or
access to free and/or subscription genealogy sites on the web?
Everyone is welcome to attend the genealogy workshops held from 1– 3 p.m. on
the 4th Friday of the month. We meet in the
With the hustle and bustle of the holidays behind us, why not take time to come
into the museum and enjoy our theater. The
seats are comfy and the sound system is
state of the art. You can choose from over
100 viewing selections. Would you like to
know more about the history of Yosemite?
We have just the DVD for you. Perhaps
John Muir interests you. We have awardwinning features that will enlighten and
educate you.
Perhaps you missed attending one of
the monthly speaker programs. Most of
them are videotaped for your viewing pleasure. Just let us know what you’d like to
watch. You can also borrow DVDs of our
monthly speakers to watch in the comfort
of your own home. Just ask the docent.
And while you are in the museum,
don’t forget to vote for your favorite photograph in the annual Tenaya School Photo
Contest. Voting continues through the end
of January.
Last month’s historical archive photo
was of the Margaret Simmons Home. A
horse drawn wagon is seen crossing the
bridge over Garrote Creek, which runs on
the west side of the house. The transitional
Neoclassical-to-Craftsman style house was
built in 1899 by Edward Cobden, who is
credited with the construction of several of
Groveland’s prestigious Victorians.
Margaret Lenan was born in 1839 in
By Karen Davis
History Resource Center (HRC) housed
above the Groveland Yosemite Gateway
Museum. Other arrangements can be made
if climbing stairs is an issue.
Though most of us have a fairly comprehensive knowledge of basic American
genealogy there are several in our group
that have extensive knowledge in both
American and European research. Please
contact either Karen Davis at kidkaren@
att.net or Peggy Andrews at pmlandrews@
sonnet.com so we can be better prepared
for your visit.
GAINs Directory 2014
By Barbara Broad
Is your business or group in the only
directory for southern Tuolumne and northern Mariposa counties? Over 1400 copies
of the free 100-page directory have been
distributed annually since 2003. This is the
tenth printing. If you haven’t seen it, pick
one up at the Groveland Library or GCSD.
These local directories sit by phones
in our neighborhoods, including the rentals. When you want information on local
services or your customers want to buy
something or need service, the answer is
there.
People tell us they use it as a local
phone book and like all the additional information. If you’re not there, they wonder
why.
In addition to contact information, you
can write up to 100 words about your business or service. It’s not just another telephone directory. For-profit businesses pay
$35 and can be listed in four categories.
Other entries are free. All the money collected goes to the printer.
If you’re in the 2013 Directory, you
should have received an entry form in the
mail. Otherwise, get in touch with GAINs.
Forms and 2013 directories are available at
the Groveland Library and G.C.S.D.
Need a form or have questions? Contact Barbara Broad at grovelandgains@
gmail.com or 962-7730. Your form should
be back to GAINs by January 31. The
directories will be distributed free in
Groveland, Big Oak Flat, Greeley Hill, and
Coulterville in April.
Book Launch
Survival Club
The community is invited to stop by
Dori’s Tea Cottage on Saturday, January
25 from 4-6 p.m. to join Nadine Pedron and
Sydney Avey in celebrating the publication
of their books, Lily’s Own and The Sheep
Walker’s Daughter. If you have copies of
these books you would like the authors to
sign, bring them along. The authors will
also have copies available for purchase.
A complimentary glass of something
bubbly will be served, along with appetizers. There will be giveaways and drawings
for prizes.
For more information, please contact
event co-sponsor Friends of the Library’s
representative Vice President Etty Garber
at 209-962-5205 or ettyg@sonnet.com
Our December 8 Survival Club meeting was a success. We had a very good
turn out. Survivalist Alex Encoyand spoke
about basic survival skills. Alex has an extensive background in wilderness survival
skills and has lived it out, venturing out
into the desert for a year with only a knife.
Come see Alex at our next meeting on
Sunday, January 12, at Sierra Survival
and Outdoors. He has some great information to share with us.
Our store is located at 5086 Main
Street, Coulterville, CA. For more information call 209-878-3793.
We are open Monday-Thursday and
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p,m,, and Sunday
from 12 to 5 p.m. Come and visit us.
Yosemite Highway Herald By Sydney Avey
By Carrie Carter
Ireland and arrived in New York by ship
in 1857. In New York she married Mathew
Coyle in 1859 or 1860 and had daughter
Mary Ann. By August 1863, the family was
living on Moccasin Creek in Tuolumne
County. There Walter, Charles, Thomas,
and Kitty were born.
Margaret was widowed in 1867 when
Mathew Coyle died of “miner’s consumption”. With five young children to support,
Margaret took a position as a housekeeper
for Robert Benton Simmons in Deer Flat.
They were married in May 1869 and had
four children, Robert, Margaret, Edward,
and Elizabeth.
In 1892, Margaret was widowed for
the second time. By 1900 she moved into
the house her sons Walter and Thomas
Coyle had built for her and lived there until
1929 when she died at age 90. Margaret is
buried at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Big Oak Flat. Margaret Simmons’
home was extensively renovated in 1999
and is now operated as the All Seasons
Groveland Inn Bed & Breakfast. 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 25% off any single item from
the Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum
gift shop during the month of January (one
gift per family).
By Stacy Botani
Do you recognize this building?
STCHS archives photo
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Pine Needlers Quilt Guild
Away we go to a New Year. It seems as
if the holidays were just a blur. Everything
seemed to happen all at once.
Anyway, we are beginning a new year
and we wish the best to all of you. We appreciate your continuing help in giving
so freely your donations and patronage to
Helping Hands. Please see our store manager, Patti Beaulieu’s article about Helping
Hands in this issue. It will be an interesting
and surprising accounting of what Helping
Hands is all about.
If you were in the store and/or barn
during December you are well aware of all
the Christmas items we had. This is in addition to all the usual things we have, so
when you need something check us out.
Our Christmas Party for volunteers
was a great time. Good food, good friends
and lots of fun with our gift exchange. Sorry we had to take a shopping day (Dec. 11)
to close for this, but it’s an important time
for us to get together. We have new people
joining us and some leaving. We need time
A very Happy New Year to everyone. 2014 promises to be a fabulous year
for quilting. New fabric lines and fun
web sites, a great combination. Just think
a whole year to think about the Stroll in
2015, and what to make.
Pine Needlers Quilt Guild meets the
3rd Tuesday of each month. Consider this
a personal invitation to come on down and
join us in the fun. We meet under the library
at 6 p.m. on January 21. Show and tell is
obviously the best part of the meeting but
we do so much more. The guild does many
things in the community, including the
sharing at the library and at the book sale.
There are many quilters in our community
who volunteer to help in various ways. A
big thank you from all of us.
The Block Party will be on Thursday,
January 23, 1 p.m., at Deanas. We meet
together once a month to make little quilts,
for CNVC (Center for a Non Violent Community). If you would like to help with this
project just let me know. I can provide you
with the kits so you can put them together
or tie those that are completed. It is lots of
fun and well worth your time and effort.
Also there is a group of quilters who help
with the Bags of Love. If you are interested
in either please contact me at 962-4950.
You do not need to be a guild member to
help out.
Check out these two little quilt sites,
they are interesting: alittlefabricstore.com
and happyapplequilts.com Enjoy exploring
of both sites.
When you embellish your quilts here
is a simple idea, add a metallic thread with
your colored thread. It gives a real sparkle,
you will love it. One more idea, have you
ever tried making your own buttons using polymer clay? It is great fun and many
possibilities to make your quilt look super
with one of a kind buttons.
Attention all Guild members check
your newsletter for the particulars regarding the annual Holiday Potluck Dinner.
One little clue, Right Left Center. See you
soon and Happy New Year.
cents concluded a busy year of activities
in 2013 with a festive Holiday decorating party at the museum. Complete with
yummy snacks, mulled wine and punch,
the group made lovely glass ornaments to
adorn the museum’s Christmas tree and
added finishing touches to the holiday decorations and displays. These ornaments, as
well as many other beautifully hand crafted gift items, were all for sale in the museum’s gift shop during the holiday season.
Looking Forward. After a month’s hiatus, the Docent program kicks off with a
“New Docent” training program on January 21. Then, on Wednesday, February
5 all of the museum’s docents will get a
preview tour of the new displays as part of
the Docent Appreciation luncheon beginning at 10 a.m. The following month, on
Tuesday, March 11, the NMCHC docents
shall journey north for a special tour of the
Angel’s Camp museum, another popular
museum located along Highway 49 Gold
Chain Route.
Anyone interested in becoming a docent can contact the museum at 209-8783015 or Helen Bauman at 209-878-3483.
The commitment is for only 3 hours a
month and you receive many benefits such
as the above mentioned gatherings which
give you a chance to get to know a great
group of dedicated volunteers.
By Joyce Smith
to get to know our fellow workers.
I would like to welcome new volunteers Jan Holt and Cindy Selvey. Jan will
be working two days in the sorting room
and Cindy will be working in the front. We
look forward to having you as part of our
group.
We will be closed on Thursday, January 9 for our Annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon at The Grill. So all you
volunteers mark your calendar. Shoppers,
we will be closed that day. We will also be
closed on Wednesday, January 1.
Leaving donations. We appreciate
your help. Donations should be made on
days we are open only, and before 2:30
p.m. If you have large items for the barn,
call first. We might not have room at that
particular time for your items. Never, ever,
leave items outside of buildings. It is an
‘eyesore’ to our town.
Happy New Year. See you at the store
or barn.
By Sandy Smith
January 2014, Page 7 Helping Hands Happenings
History Center News
By Dale Silverman
History Center Breakfast. Happy New
Year everyone. Now that the Holidays are
behind us, it can be pretty quiet around
here. Don’t disappear entirely… come on
down to the Old Schoolhouse on Sunday,
January 12 for the Northern Mariposa
County History Center Breakfast. Enjoy a
great breakfast of pancakes, eggs cooked
to order, ham or sausage and fresh fruit
from 8-11 a.m. Adults are $5, children $3
and a family of four (2 adults, 2 children) is
just $15. The Old Schoolhouse is located at
the corner of Broadway and Cemetery St.
Proceeds of this monthly event are
used to cover operating expenses of the
museum. So enjoy a hearty meal, say good
mornin’ to your friends and neighbors…
and help out your community’s museum.
A great way to start the New Year off right.
Contact 209-878-3015, info@coultervillemuseum.com for additional information.
History Center’s Gala Reopening –
Saturday, February 8 – Save the date.
“Boots ‘n Bling” is the theme for this
year’s Gala Museum re-opening, scheduled from 2-5 p.m. There will be wine and
a traditional tea service plus lots of wonderful finger food and pastries. A raffle
and auction are also planned. Tickets are
$15. While the museum office hours will
be irregular during January, you can easily
obtain tickets by calling 209-878-3750 or
emailing info@coultervillemuseum.org
Docent Program. The NMCHC Do-
Health Program
Helping Hands Troops Update
By Marilyn Wilcox
Come to 19585 Elder Lane for a complementary catered dinner on Thursday,
January 9, at 5 p.m. to learn about the
free lifestyle seminar beginning in January.
Good health is everyone’s goal. Everyone
deserves some encouragement.
Come and join others who have been
working toward good health habits. You
may make reservations by January 3 for
the dinner by calling 209-962-0778 or 209589-9945.
You will meet the volunteers whose
goal is to make you aware of simple lifestyle changes that can benefit overall health
By Shirley Carman
and avoid preventable diseases. They will
present the latest information to inspire
you to eat more healthfully, move more
often, and believe you are worth it. At the
dinner you will learn about the activities
that are planned for you during the course.
The class meetings will be held on
Monday and Thursday, the hour to be decided, for four weeks beginning on January 20. Good fellowship and the right information can inspire you to choose good
health. The program is held in the Fellowship Hall of the Groveland Seventh-day
Adventist.
Roast Beef Dinner
By Elaine Marquardt
There was no Roast Beef Dinner at the
Coulterville Methodist Church in December due to the Christmas holidays.
We’ll be back Saturday, January 25,
2014. Hope to see you then.
We wish you a Happy New Year.
Yosemite Gateway Partners
By Bob Asquith
Yosemite Highway Herald Our regular quarterly meeting will
take place on Thursday, January 9 at the
Garden Terrace Room, in the Yosemite
Lodge area.
The meeting is schedule from 9 a.m. to
2 p.m., with a sumptuous lunch catered by
Delaware North company.
You will have an opportunity to network with other participants between 9-10
a.m. The regular meeting starts at 10 a.m.
Registration can be done on-line via
http://tinyurl.com/yosemitepartners
As you register, you will receive an
immediate e-mail acknowledging your
registration. A second message will be sent
to confirm that your data was correct.
Our twin topics for the agenda are:
Rim Fire post analysis and reports. Also a
special screening of the Ken Burns film —
Yosemite: A Gahtering of Spirit screening.
The second part of the agenda, after
lunch, is a report from Yosemite National
Park Superintendent, Don Neubacher and
his management team.
The All Committees Anniversaries
meeting will be held at 2 p.m. immediately
following our regular meeting in the same
room.
It is time to register to reserve space
and lunch for yourself and guests. Fee is
$20 per person. Lunch reservations must
be made by Monday, January 6 at 3 p.m.
You can pay at the door, send a check
to PO Box 888, Grovewland, CA 95321,
or pay on-line.
We look forward to see you.
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facial washes, lotions, microwave popcorn,
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soup that water is added to, and oatmeal
cups that water is added to. We do not need
any magazines or candy as we have tons of
them right now. Helping Hands only pay
for the shipping of the box, but relies on
the community to bring items to Helping
Hands to be sent to the troops. Please be
generous and thank you.
Helping Hands will continue with the
troops program for the year 2014. It has
been a wonderful experience for me doing the troops program for the last several
months, but Mary Brown has graciously
consented to do the program for 2014,
thank you, Mary. We get the names, addresses, number of soldiers in a unit, where
their unit is from, and the items they are
asking for from AnySoldier.com. These are
some of the items they have recently have
been asking for: toiletries, card games,
Thanksgiving Dinner
By Jo Anne Bacci
The 26th annual Thanksgiving Feast
was a great success.
Over 375 guests enjoyed the traditional meal served at the community hall
in Groveland. Thank you to everyone who
helped in serving and preparing the feast.
Because of the generosity of all we
will be able to have another feast in 2014.
Also donations from Rebekah, Oddfellows, Country Mountain Riders. Quilters
Guild. Helping Hands and Kiwanas insured our success.
A special thank you to Groveland Rotary for the purchase of a new freezer for
the community hall. It will be used for future Thanksgiving Feasts.
Gift of Forgiveness Seminar
By Ken Haigh
Have you ever been hurt by someone
and found it difficult, if not impossible, to
forgive that person for what they did? Do
you struggle with anger, depression, suicidal thoughts, pornography or other addictive behaviors? Have you gone through
a divorce or had a spouse cheat on you?
Maybe you have suffered from some type
of abuse that has left you scarred. All of
us at one time or another; have been the
victim of someone else’s actions.
You need to know how genuine Biblical forgiveness can free you from the pain
and limitations and how it can heal broken
relationships. Statistics have shown that
over 90% of people do not know how to
forgive correctly. Foothills Community
Church, therefore, is pleased to be able
to offer an in depth seminar on the topic
of forgiveness. This seminar will be held
January 24 and 25, 2014. The cost of the
seminar is only $15 per person. To reserve
your space at the seminar or for more information please call 209-768-6798. You
can also visit our website at www.fccgroveland.org for details on the seminar.
Give yourself the best gift ever in 2014 by
attending and unwrapping the Gift of Forgiveness.
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By Jim Leitzell
Come join artist and teacher Jim
Leitzell for an experimental painting class.
We’ll try some weird and wonderful goofy
art projects designed to get your creative
juices flowing. Have you ever thrown paint
at a piece of paper or squashed paint between two pieces of waxed paper?
These are just two of the experimental painting techniques we’ll be using to
make art. Bring your favorite paints and
several pieces of paper to the first class. It
meets from 1-4 p.m. for 12 weeks starting
Monday, January 13 at the Little House
Senior Center, Merrell Road and Higway
120 in Groveland. Fee is $180, with a $30
discount for seniors and students, making
the fee $150. That’s just $12.50 a lesson.
Pre-registration is advised, as class size is
limited to 12. To register or for more information call Jim at 878-0935.
Become a Volunteer
By Danielle Herhart
Help your local State Park-Become a
volunteer. Columbia State Historic Park
Docent Class 2014.
Have you ever wondered how you
can give back to the community and help
one of your local California State Parks at
the same time? Become a Columbia State
Historic Park docent. A docent is a volunteer who has completed a training program
with the park, including history lectures,
park etiquette and rules, costuming guidelines and more. Columbia is recruiting for
For your peace of mind
call
High Country Line Dancers
By Sue Salnick
Did you have a little too much “cheer”
over the holidays? Feeling a bit like a
couch potato? Well, we have the right
medicine for you. High Country Line
Dancers will get you up off that couch and
“pushing your tush.” The group meets every Tuesday night from 7-8:30 p.m. at the
Groveland Community Hall.
We will start new beginner lessons
on Tuesday, January 7, from 7-7:30 p.m.
Following is intermediate and advanced
dancing from 7:30-8:30 p.m. We have a
lot of fun, it gets us off the couch, and we
exercise our bodies as well as our brains.
All are welcome, men, women, teens, kids,
and no partner is necessary. We ask only a
$2 donation. Hope to see you at the Community Hall some Tuesday night very soon.
costumed interpreters to help teach history to its visitors through reenactments,
staffing exhibits and assisting with special
events. A costume loan may be available to
those interested.
The current docent program includes
more than 60 active docents and an additional 100 volunteers from around the
state who help on special event days. The
park depends on its volunteers to staff
certain buildings and be open for the public. You can help by donating your time!
Fully-trained docents are asked to commit
to eight hours a month or 96 hours total
throughout the year. Shifts vary depending
on job duty and seasons.
The park is now accepting applications through January 15 for interested
individuals. Call the park office at 209588-9128 or stop in at the museum to pick
up an application. Training begins the last
week in January and will run for five consecutive Saturdays. If you are a motivated
individual who is interested in helping one
of our beloved California State Parks, fill
out an application today.
January 2014, Page 9 Experimental Painting Class
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By Kari Cobb
Yosemite National Park is conducting
a “Youth in Yosemite” Short Film Contest.
This contest is open to anyone 25 years of
age or younger who is motivated to create
a video about their connection to Yosemite
National Park. The deadline to submit the
short films is 5 p.m. on Friday, January
10, 2014.
Film themes should be focused on
Celebrating Nature or What Yosemite
Means to Me and be no more than 15 minutes in length. Each theme is designed to
celebrate art, beauty, inspiration, the nature
of Yosemite, and a personal connection to
the park. Contest winners will be notified
by phone after the deadline whether their
film was selected.
A select group of submitted films will
be recognized during an award ceremony
in Yosemite Valley on Saturday, March
1, 2014. The top films will be screened at
the event, and a winner will be selected.
By Robin K. Cleveland
Additionally, contest participants may
have their work publicly displayed or used
in Yosemite National Park publications,
website, or other park products.
For more information, contest guidelines, and entry forms, please call 209-3759505 or send an email to yose_education@
nps.gov
This event is a part of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the
Yosemite Grant. The park is honoring the
sesquicentennial, which will culminate on
June 30, 2014, the day in which Yosemite
Valley and the Mariposa Grove were protected for all time. For a list of all anniversary events, please visit www.nps.gov/
yose/anniversary
Yosemite Conservancy, The Ansel Adams Gallery, and the National Park Foundation provided support for this student
inspired project.
YES Project
By Barbara Broad
Yosemite Highway Herald Substance abuse and suicide are problems with youth in our community, and the
YES Partnership in Sonora is preparing a
proposal for a Federal Drug-Free Communities grant for $125,000 a year for five
years, renewable.
This project would serve southern
Tuolumne and northern Mariposa Counties. YES has addressed this in Sonora for
28 years and have a number of programs
we can use, including the very successful
Friday Night Live option for healthy activities.
The grant proposal is due in March,
and GAINs has put together a working
committee to get started. As required by
the grant, they will be establishing a com-
ONICA
munity coalition of people representing at
least 12 specific sectors of the community.
This group will meet monthly to consider
recommendations from the committee,
which means only about 90 minutes a
month.
The working committee chair is Miriam Martin, and members are Shelly Beeman, Lynn Bonander, Etty Garber, John
Infelise, Judy Myers, Tom Radanovich,
Steve Ryan, Luci Tyndall, and Mark Watts,
with Dave Urquhart, Susan Moffitt, and
Bill Silva from the schools.
Anyone interested in this project
should contact any member of the working
committee or Barbara Broad at grovelandgains@gmail.com or 962-7730.
By Jeanne Ridgley
The first Wednesday of the month,
Jeanne Ridgley leads a Bird Walk at the
Groveland Community Services property
at 18966 Ferretti Road, in Groveland. The
property encompasses an area of more than
200 acres of oak, pine and willow habitat
with three water storage ponds. 136 species of birds have been seen there since
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Registration is required though there
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with 12 Canada Geese.
Dates for upcoming trips are January
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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.
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California starting in January 2014.
The goal of the webinar series is to
explore issues related to reforestation in
California including the current needs and
the ecological, social and environmental
benefits.
Issues in California reforestation to be
addressed include the effectiveness of various practices used to re-establish trees, the
large backlog of land requiring planting,
wide variability in costs and limited availability of planting stock.
Speakers will address techniques and
case studies for replanting conifers, oaks,
and riparian tree species; describe reforestation of burned areas in different regulatory and institutional situations including
private land, state parks and federal land,
and give information on financial and other incentives available to land owners and
managers contemplating reforestation.
This program is aimed at foresters,
land managers, land owners and others
involved in planning and executing reforestation, afforestation and restoration projects.
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Have you ever wondered what your
dreams might be trying to say to you? Have
you had recurring dreams, or perhaps just
an occasional dream so memorable that it
sticks in your mind? Here’s your chance to
learn how to work with the powerful images and feelings that our dreams can evoke
in us.
“Dreams and Their Messages” is one
of three 6-week experiential groups beginning in January in Groveland. Psychotherapist and facilitator Ann Daws, owner of
Ohana Counseling, will also offer “Aging
with Grace” to address the question of how
we can approach the process of becoming
elders with joy, humor and an appreciation
for the gifts that aging can provide. A third
group will focus on therapy for adults molested as children (AMAC).
Daws recently relocated to the
Groveland area after thirty years living and
working as a therapist in Hawaii. She has a
particular interest in dreams and their role
in informing our lives, as well as more than
a decade spent as a therapist in a sex abuse
treatment program in Honolulu. During
those years she worked with sex abuse
Elvis’ Birthday Bash and Winter Magic at The Groveland Hotel.
January brings fresh greetings and
wishes for all that is best and bright, a new
year filled with dreams and opportunities.
We hope for good health, jobs, marriages, as we quietly wonder what the new year
will bring. From Peggy Mosley and each
one at the Groveland Hotel and Cellar Door
Restaurant, we wish you 365 days full of
laughter, peace, and joy. Happy New Year.
Just in case you worry January will
be too boringly quiet after the excitement
of the holiday season, let me reassure you
we have two action packed events to keep
your spirits bouncing in the new year.
First on the list is Elvis’ Birthday Bash
on Saturday, January 11. We’re delighted
to present Rob Ely in the feature role as Elvis. You are invited to come party with The
King. The star of our summer Yosemite
Courtyard Cabaret in his tribute to Elvis
last September, Rob Ely’s amazing energy and talented portrayal of Elvis’ music,
moves and southern gallantry charmed and
entertained everyone.
The Birthday Bash includes a threecourse dinner, including Memphis BBQ,
and a full-on Elvis show. Seats are limited
to our indoor dining area, so reservations
are on a first come-first served basis! Make
your dinner reservations now! The Elvis
Show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $45 per
person. Tax and gratuities are additional.
Our Winter Magic Dinner Theater
series continues with Heather Rogers on
Saturday, January 18 at 7 p.m. Heather
describes herself as a Heart-Magician and
Humorist and brings impersonations, mind
reading, audience participation, and card
manipulation to the show. Yelp reviews
of Heather include the words, dazzling,
flawless, and stellar. $10 per person cover
charge with dinner.
By Ann Daws
survivors of all ages, and led groups for
AMAC clients.
“I’ve found that using activities like
storytelling, drawing, painting, journaling
and active imagination helps people work
with their concerns in a more intuitive, creative way” she explains. “It gets our overworked analytical brain out of the way so
that valuable information can come from a
deeper place in us”.
Each group will meet weekly; the cost
for each 6-week session is $60. Please refer to the schedule below. The dream group
and the aging group will be open to all. The
AMAC group will be offered to people
who are receiving, or wish to begin, individual therapy for these issues.
“Aging with Grace” starts Tuesday,
January 14 (5-6:30 p.m.)
AMAC group starts Wednesday,
January 15 (5-6:30 p.m.)
”Dreams and Their Messages” starts
Thursday, January 16 (5-6:30 p.m.)
Each group will run for 6 consecutive
weeks. Please phone 962-1862 for further
information and to enroll.
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By Joni Gerking
Heather’s journey to professional magician has been a serendipitous experience
from featured performer in the Pickle Family Circus, Technical Director of the San
Francisco Mime Troupe and Oliver Entertainment, teaching performance skills, performing in a professional dance company,
and writing and producing 5 one-woman
shows in many well-known San Francisco
theaters. Heather says, “The discovery of
sleight of hand magic was a revelation to
me because it elegantly joined together my
love of performing, craft and my inquiry
into the nature of consciousness.”
The Groveland Hotel has an exceptional offer on TripAdvisor: Explore
Yosemite in Style ~ 2 nights lodging, $35
dinner voucher, 4 chocolate covered strawberries, bottle of champagne, Gianelli wine
tasting, $100 voucher for couple’s massage
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Additional charge for extra guest(s). This
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Make reservations for the Elvis Birthday Bash and Winter Magic Dinner Theater with Heather Rogers by phone; call
our Reception Desk at 209-962-4000 or
800-273-3314.
Contact the Reception Desk for more
information via email at: guestservices@
groveland.com. Find the Groveland Hotel and Cellar Door Restaurant online at:
www.groveland.com
On the Groveland Hotel’s February
calendar are our annual Valentine’s Day
Dinner on Friday, February 14, and the
final Winter Magic Dinner Theater show
Saturday, February 22 with Magic Castle
magician and master of ceremonies, Robert Baxt, bringing hilarious and innovative
showmanship in a command performance.
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The Joint Commission,
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The Marvelous Mind class focuses on
understanding and responding to depression, using a whole person approach. This
nine-week class runs January 7 through
March 11, 2014, and will meet Tuesday
evenings from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Sonora
Regional Medical Center in Conference
Room 1. Learn about the healing power of
the brain, facts about depression, changing your lifestyle and much more. Space is
limited. Please call 536-3727 or 352-8776
to register or obtain more information.
Sonora Regional Medical Center is a
not-for-profit 152-bed health care facility
including 72 acute beds, 12 swing beds, 68
skilled nursing beds and a large network of
clinics, owned and operated by Adventist
Health/Roseville, California. In addition to
emergency and acute care services, other
Sonora Regional Medical Center services
include advanced cardiac care, cancer
center, diagnostic imaging, home health,
hospice, intensive care, obstetrics, rural
health, surgical services, wellness center, wound care and hyperbaric oxygen,
and over 20 primary care, urgent care and
specialty clinics. The Medical Center provided care for a total of 4,500 admissions,
528 deliveries, 22,994 emergency department visits, 288,542 outpatient visits and
37,225 home care visits in 2012. Staffed
by over 165 physicians, 1,260 employees,
and 175 volunteers, Sonora Regional Medical Center is the largest private employer
in Tuolumne County.
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Attitude of Gratitude
By Debbie Cook
What a year! As the end of 2013 approaches, I wanted to take a moment to
reflect on how grateful I am to all of you.
I know that most likely I will forget someone and I absolutely hate when that happens. Just know that if you were a part of
my life this year, you have contributed to
some amazing things.
My first thank you goes out to all the
media folks. Without your support, no one
would have the chance to read this message and most events, announcements and
news would be missed by many. Thank
you, Foothill Express, Mariposa County
Chamber of Commerce, Mariposa Gazette,
Sierra Sun Times, Yosemite Highway Herald and Yosemite/Mariposa County Tour-
ism Bureau. Publishing articles, sending
e-blasts, promoting at conferences and
business expos truly makes a difference.
To the 150 Mariposa County Fire Ambassadors, thank you for sharing the safety
articles with family, neighbors and friends.
Your commitment to safety has been an
inspiration. If you are interested in sharing safety messages, email me and I will
get you on the list. Thank you to all members and residents that have participated in
Mariposa County Fire events. It has been a
wonderful year of successes. Thank you to
MCFD office staff for being there for us.
To the Coulterville Fire Brigade, thank
you for your support of our local firefighters through the annual barbecue and for
dollar for dollar!
To Coulterville merchants and organizations, I want to say WOW! The energy
is flowing and there is no limit to what can
be accomplished. A new wall, crosswalks,
lighting, Coyotefest, John Muir Festival,
Trunk or Treat, Christmas in Coulterville,
VFW 9-11 and Memorial and Veteran’s
Day ceremonies, history center and museum breakfasts and wine and roses,
weekend gunfights, great food and coffee,
quaint flower shop, outdoor and survival
store, Lil’s mercantile, IOOF, Hotel Jeffery
and Rose Cottage, a new bakery…and the
list goes on and on. Thanks to all of you
and what you bring to town, Coulterville is
becoming a destination. Happy New Year!
CDF Fire Protection
Doctors Honored by Author
Christmas trees are a popular holiday
decoration this time of year, but fire officials warn that Californians must take several steps to ensure they don’t become an
increased fire hazard inside the home. In
mere seconds, a fire can spark and quickly
engulf a Christmas tree.
“The holiday season brings an increase
of hazards into the home,” said State Fire
Marshal Tonya Hoover, CAL FIRE – Office of the State Fire Marshal. “The key to
a safe Christmas tree is keeping it watered
and away from heat sources.”
Christmas tree safety begins when
you purchase your tree. When selecting a
tree from a sales lot, do the “tap test”, lift
the tree up and tap it on the ground. If any
needles fall off, it’s already too dry and you
should look for another tree.
Cut trees can need as much as a gallon of water a day to help keep them from
drying out too fast. Having your tree located too close to heat sources dries the tree
quicker, making it a greater fire hazard.
Here are some additional fire safety
tips:
• Choose a fresh tree with green needles.
• Recut the trunk at least two inch above
the old cut as soon as you get it home.
This allows it to continue to pull moisture into its foliage.
• Keep the trunk in water immediately
after it is recut. Moisture is the key to
keeping the tree fresh and thereby enhancing its fire resistance. If the tree
will be kept outside for a few days,
Tom Madigan, a former race car driver, has found a unique way to show his appreciation for three local doctors. Following his career as a race car driver, Madigan
discovered that writing was his true calling
and he spent the next 30 years as an editor for many car and racing related magazines. Madigan had also published eight
books and was working on his ninth when
he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
As he was nearing completion of successful treatment for the prostate cancer with
urologist Eric Freedman, MD, he was then
diagnosed with colon cancer. “I was in big
trouble,” says Madigan. General surgeon
Sheila Hodgson, MD, brought him in for
emergency surgery the day before Easter
and fellow surgeon Kimberlee Reed, MD,
provided follow up care.
Thankfully all of the medical care Madigan received at Sonora Regional Medical
Center helped him beat both cancers and
finish his ninth book – Follmer - American
By Daniel Berlant
Yosemite Highway Herald bringing Santa to town each December
at Christmas in Coulterville. For 40 plus
years you have been there for us and I am
so proud of all of you.
To the Board of Directors of the John
Muir Geotourism Center, I am grateful for
your commitment to the mission. Our goal
is a lofty one! To Ken and Teri Pulvino
many thanks for funding the operation of
the Center and believing in the dream. To
the Bailey family, thank you for your generous contribution and continued support.
And, to our members, your contribution is
an assurance that we can continue to offer
workshops and programs. I must share that
memberships are available! Visit www.
johnmuir.us. All memberships are matched
stand it in a bucket of water until you
are ready to bring it indoors.
• Check the water levels daily... Never
let the water level go below the bottom of the trunk. Commercial floral
preservatives can also be added to the
water to help keep the tree fresh.
• Locate any tree at least 3 feet away
from sources of heat. Avoid placing
any tree, live or artificial, near a heater
outlet, wood stove or fireplace. If tree
does dry out and become a hazard remove it from the home even if it’s not
yet Christmas. Its not worth the risk.
• Never place tree where it blocks exits.
• Use only UL approved and properly
operating/maintain lights on trees.
Don’t overload outlets or light sets
by connecting too many together. Use
multi plug circuit type plug to prevent
heat build up.
• Remove the tree immediately after the
holidays. Even a properly cared for
live tree will eventually die. Take it
to a recycle center or leave for your
refuse collector.
For more Christmas tree and holiday
decoration fire safety tips visit the CAL
FIRE website at www.fire.ca.gov
Chief Pimlott and the men and women
of CAL FIRE wish everyone a safe and
happy holiday season.
By Gail Wiotzlsteiner
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Certified Diesel Mechani
Wheel Man – a coffee table book filled
with photos and stories depicting the life
of George Follmer, a famous auto racing
champion. The book was released in December.
“Without their help I would not have
been able to come back and finish this
book,” explains Madigan. To acknowledge
the doctors who treated him, Madigan
has dedicated his book to Drs. Freedman,
Hodgson and Reed. The inscription reads,
“Thank you for saving my life.”
After all he went through with these
physicians, they have all become friends.
Dr. Freedman enjoyed a day at the Infineon Raceway, borrowing Madigan’s racing
suit and riding in a few different race cars,
thanks to Madigan. Madigan also followed
Dr. Hodgson’s progress as she served six
months deployed to Afghanistan. Madigan
recognizes that “in a big city you wouldn’t
be able to do that,” and truly appreciates
the care he received here in Sonora.
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By Veronica Garcia
Location: Groveland Ranger District
Type of Burn: Pile Burning.
Approximately 150 acres of hand and
machine piles. Pile burning-machine and
hand piles generated by thinning operations.
General and specific location:
Multiple locations on the Groveland
Ranger District: Ferretti Road, Smith
Station Road, Shingle Hill, Holtzl Road,
Monotti Hill, and Date Flat.
Projected duration: Beginning in early
December 2013 through April 2014.
Objectives:
- Reduce the buildup of flammable
forest fuels from timber sale created slash
and natural accumulations.
- Reduce the threat of uncontrolled,
large and damaging fires.
- Improve protection of life and property in the communities.
- Enhance and protect wildlife habitat.
- Restore health and resiliency of wet
meadows.
Prescribed burning is an effective cost
efficient method of reducing flammable
forest fuels, improving firefighting capabilities, and reducing the impacts of large
uncontrolled damaging wildland fires.
Prescribed low-intensity fires enhance
wildlife habitat, protect and maintain water
quality and soil productivity, improve forest ecosystem health, and reduce the threat
of uncontrolled conflagrations.
The Sierra Nevada is a fire dependent
ecosystem, where fire is part of the natural
forest process.
Prescribed low-intensity fires enhance
wildlife habitat, protect and maintain water
quality and soil productivity, improve forest ecosystem health, and reduce the threat
of uncontrolled conflagrations.
For more information, please call
209-835-3671, extension 243 or visit the
website at www.fs.usda.gov/stanislaus
Stop Smoking Class
By Gail Witzlstein
Sonora Regional Medical Center is offering a seven-week Freedom from Smoking course for anyone who would like to be
smoke free in 2014. The course begins on
Monday, January 13. Classes will meet
from 4:30-6:30 p.m. each Monday and one
Wednesday at the Live Well Be Well Center in Sonora.
Class participants will learn how to
overcome tobacco addition and start enjoy-
ing the benefits of better health. Topics will
include: medicines that can help with quitting, lifestyle changes that make quitting
easier, preparing for quit day, managing
stress, avoiding weight gain, developing a
new self-image and staying smoke free for
good.
For more information or to register for
the course, please call 209-536-3726.
Stanislaus National Forest
New Deputy Forest Supervisor
By Veronica Garcia
improvement program.
He also served as the North Zone Hydrologist on the Black Hills National Forest in western South Dakota and served as
the District Hydrologist on the Diamond
Lake Ranger District on the Umpqua National Forest in Oregon.
”I am looking forward to meeting the
people and engaging in the issues on the
Stanislaus. This is an exciting move for
me,” said Tangenberg.
Mr. Tangenberg earned a Master’s Degree from University of Utah in 2000 and
a Bachelor’s Degree from University of
Colorado in May 1997, both in Geology.
New NCN President
Jeff Eller has been named president of
the Northern California Network (NCN),
according to Bill Wing, senior vice president of Adventist Health. Eller will replace
Terry Newmyer who announced his resignation in October 2013. Eller will leave
his current position as CEO of Sonora Regional Medical Center to assume this role,
effective February 3, 2014.
“I am looking forward to working with
the excellent caregivers in the Northern
California Network to expand Adventist
Health’s mission and reputation in Northern California,” said Eller.
“Jeff’s emphasis on growth and quality along with his administrative experience
and strong record in clinical operations
makes him an excellent fit for the position
of President of NCN,” said Wing, “Also,
his strength in team building, physician
relations and community relations will be
great assets to the organization.”
The NCN includes Howard Memorial Hospital, St. Helena Hospital Center
for Behavioral Health, St. Helena Hospital
Clear Lake, St. Helena Hospital Napa Valley and Ukiah Valley Medical Center.
Eller served as the CEO of Sonora Regional Medical Center, a 72-bed acute-care
facility, for five years. During his tenure,
Eller expanded services in Tuolumne and
Calaveras Counties by opening 10 additional network clinics with 22 new physicians and 3 mid-level providers, a second
retail pharmacy and a Pediatric Clinic to
serve Medi-Cal patients. He added Hospice Services, acquired an Ambulatory
Surgery Center, opened the Live Well Be
Well Center, established the Center for
Joint Replacement and opened the Women’s Breast Health Center.
In addition, Eller successfully turned
around the financial position of the hospital
and led in acquiring the property adjacent
to the medical center with plans to construct a 65,000 square feet medical pavilion
to meet the community’s growing health
care needs. Under his leadership, SRMC
significantly improved patient, physician,
employee satisfaction scores and quality
core measure results. This earned SRMC a
spot among the top 18 percent of hospitals
nationwide as one of the Top Performers
on Key Quality Measures by Joint Commission.
Prior to assuming his current duties,
Eller served as vice president for Glendale
Adventist
Medical Center. In addition, he served
as executive director of diagnostic and support services at San Joaquin Community
Hospital and held a variety of administrative positions at Shawnee Mission Medical
Center and Kettering Medical Center.
Eller is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).
A graduate of California State University,
San Bernardino, he received his M.B.A.
with an emphasis in Human Resources. He
also holds a B.S. from Loma Linda University. He is currently on the Board of Directors for the Tuolumne County Business
Council, and a member of the Hospital
Council of Northern California. Eller and
his wife, DeeAnna, have two adult sons.
Eller will initiate a search to fill the
position of President and CEO at the three
St. Helena campuses.
He and his wife have three children and
reside in Big Bear, California and now are
planning the big move to Sonora, in California’s Mother Lode gold country.
He expects to begin work on the
Stanislaus National Forest on January 6.
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Scott Tangenberg, who currently
works as a District Ranger at the Mountaintop Ranger District on the San Bernardino National Forest, will be the new
Deputy Forest Supervisor on the Stanislaus
National Forest in Sonora, California.
“Scott is known for building coalitions, and working collaboratively with
partners,” said Stanislaus Forest Supervisor Susan Skalski. “He will be a great addition to our leadership team.”
Prior to serving as Mountaintop District Ranger, Mr. Tangenberg led the watershed program on the Lassen National Forest where he coordinated a large watershed
Adventist Health
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Explore the World
Special Christmas Gift
Explore the world from your home.
Host an exchange student.
Families who want to learn more
about the world but can’t afford the time or
airfare to travel can have the world come
to them - by hosting an exchange student.
Nacel Open Door, Inc. (NOD), an international, nonprofit, exchange organization based out of St. Paul, Minn, will welcome nearly 2000 international high school
students from more than 30 countries in to
the United States for the upcoming school
year. Applications are now being accepted
for families interested in hosting a student.
During their stay, students attend high
school in the host family’s community.
Students have their own health insurance
and spending money. Host families simply
provide room and board and help share the
“American experience” with these students
who are interested in improving their English language usage and developing their
role as citizens of the world.
Nearly 500 of these students come on
NOD’s Academic Year Program. These
students come on a J-1 Visa, allowing them
enterance to the U.S. for five or 10 months
for a cultural exchange. In this program,
NOD is a sponsor under the designation
of the U.S. Department of State, following
federal regulations and protocols.
Michael Freitas, a long-time resident
and local business owner in Valley Springs,
is receiving a special gift this Christmas.
Freitas, who is only in his early 50s, suffers from arthritis so severe in both hips
he walks with two canes and has difficulty
just sitting in a chair because of severe restrictions in flexibility. In order to regain
his mobility and flexibility, Freitas needs
both hips replaced. But as a small business
owner, he does not have health insurance
to pay for the surgery and rehabilitation.
“We hadn’t seen Mike in a few months
and when we saw him he could hardly
walk up to the house,” recalls Stephanie
Hull-Goldberg, a family friend. “We knew
we had to do something.” Hull-Goldberg,
who owns An Affair to Remember, a local
events and catering business, decided to organize a fundraiser for Freitas.
Over 300 people attended the fundraiser which included a silent auction and
golf putting and chipping contest. Together
they raised over $15,000.
“Mike is one of the kindest and most
giving people,” explains Hull-Goldberg.
“He is someone who will give back to the
community once he is better.”
Even with his painful hips, Freitas
still goes to work every day at the cast iron
foundry his family has run for four generations. He took over the business in 1987
when his father required hip replacement
surgery. Freitas looks forward to getting
back to working and running the business
with his new hips.
By Carol Berger
NOD also has a full listing by the
Council on Standards for International Education Travel (CSIET), complying with
an annual audit of standards set forth to
maintain student and family safety.
Families interested in hosting an exchange student should contact Carol or
Susan Berger by e-mail at arielpdog@sbcglobal.net or by calling 209-863-2194.
More information about hosting with any
of NOD’s programs can be found at www.
nacelopendoor.org
About Nacel Open Door:
Nacel Open Door, Inc. (NOD) is dedicated to promoting international understanding and language education. NOD
believes it is essential for young people to
develop a deeper awareness of their role
as citizens of the world through direct experience in other countries and languages.
Home-stays are the foundation of most
NOD programs.
The friendships that result from living as a member of a host family encourage continued communications and understanding of other peoples. NOD is
committed to providing accessible and affordable programs.
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the year 2013.
Have a happy and
safe holiday
season and a
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Freitas had his surgery Monday, December 16. His orthopedic surgeon, Airell
Nygaard, MD, explains that most patients
have one joint replaced at a time to allow
for better recovery and ability to participate in physical therapy. “However, because of his severe restrictions in flexibility
and mobility, Michael is having both hips
done at the same time which allows us to
get him up and moving right away,” says
Dr. Nygaard. Freitas was able to stand and
walk the day after surgery.
Freitas had his procedure at Sonora
Regional Medical Center’s Center for Joint
Replacement.
To help ensure Freitas receives the
medical care he needs, the Medical Center, Dr. Nygaard and the medical device
company are all offering their services at
a substantially reduced cost. “I was a little
nervous about having surgery but everyone
has been so nice,” says Freitas. “I would
like to give a big thanks to everyone involved.”
To continue helping with some of the
costs for Freitas’s surgery, hospitalization,
and rehabilitation, Hull-Goldberg sold
over 200 raffle tickets for a catered dinner
for 10.
The drawing was held on Wednesday,
December 18, at Sonora Regional Medical Center. Dr. Nygaard drew the winning
ticket from Freitas’s hospital room. The
winning ticket belongs to Linda Jacobson
of San Andreas.
See photo on page 26
National Parks Free Admissions
Via Carolyn Botell
Circle the dates on the calendar and
plan your trip - America’s 401 national
parks will offer free admission on nine
days in 2014, including several holidays!
The 2014 entrance fee-free days are:
January 20: Martin Luther King Jr.
Day
February 15-17: Presidents Day
weekend
April 19-20: National Park Week’s
opening weekend
August 25: National Park Service’s
98th birthday
September 27: National Public Lands
Day
November 11: Veterans Day
“America’s national parks welcome
more than 280 million visitors a year. To
say thanks for that support and invite every
American to visit these treasures that they
own, we are declaring nine days of free ad-
mission next year,” said National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis. “Whether
it’s that once-in-a-lifetime family trip to
Yellowstone or taking a daily walk along
the National Mall in Washington, D.C., or
the moment at Central High School that
your child suddenly understands what civil
rights are all about, national parks offer
places for unforgettable experiences.
“National parks not only protect and
preserve the places we most value; they
also add enormous economic value to
nearby communities and the entire nation.
Visitor spending represents a $30 billion
annual benefit to the national economy and
supports more than 250,000 jobs,” said Jarvis. “Fee-free days are a great way to both
thank those visitors and introduce parks to
first-timers who can find a new place to call
an old favorite.”
See Parks on page 23
By Nick Stavrianoudakis
Dr. Angela Fairchilds has accepted an offer by the
Yosemite Community College District (YCCD) Board
of Trustees to become the new president of Columbia College effective February 1, 2014. Fairchilds will
succeed Interim Columbia College President Dr. Leslie
Buckalew. Newly elected YCCD Board Chair Dr. Lynn
Martin formally announced Dr. Fairchilds as Columbia
College’s next President at the YCCD Board of Trustees
meeting. The decision was unanimous.
Dr. Fairchilds has over 30 years of experience in
higher education including fourteen years as a leader in
community colleges. Fairchilds is currently President of
Woodland Community College in the Yuba Community
College District, where she has held that position since
2006. While at Woodland, Dr. Fairchilds led the college
to achieve Initial Accreditation through the Accrediting
Commission for Community and Junior Colleges to become the 110th community college in California.
The Yosemite Community College District (YCCD)
Board of Trustees elected Trustee Dr. Lynn Martin of
Sonora as the new YCCD Board Chair through November 2014 at its annual organizational meeting. Martin
has served on the YCCD Board since 2010, representing
YCCD Trustee Area 1, which includes Tuolumne County,
eastern Stanislaus County and areas in Calaveras County.
Martin will also remain as the Board’s representative on
the Columbia College Foundation. Martin succeeds outgoing Chair Abe Rojas of Turlock.
The Board also elected Don Viss of Waterford (representing YCCD Trustee Area 2, which includes Oakdale,
Riverbank, Waterford and eastern portions of Modesto)
to serve as Vice Chair.
In other action, Trustees Abe Rojas and Linda Flores
were appointed to serve on the Stanislaus County Committee on School District Organization and the Association of Stanislaus County School Boards as member and
alternate, respectively. In addition, Abe Rojas will represent the Board with the Valley Insurance Program/Joint
Powers Agency, Trustee Anne DeMartini with the Great
Valley Museum, and Mike Riley with the Modesto Junior
College Foundation.
Holiday Sharing
By Gail Witzlstein
Yosemite’s Native People
Across
1. A painful muscular
contraction
6. Tosca, e.g.
11. Web site visual
technology: Abbr.
14. Cut and ____
15. Nasty little critters
16. Hip's partner
17. Yosemite's Native People
in 1847
19. Joe Namath's Super Bowl
20. Winston Churchill's
trademark
21. Sea floor wreckage worth
recovery
23. The Golden Dome of
Notre ____
26. Not clergy, secular
28. 1994 Treaty
29. Signatory to 28 Across
30. The IRS up North
32. Oklahoma Native Person
33. Mangy mutt
34. One way to cook tuna
38. "....to the shores of _____"
40. Bohemian brewery city
43. Every editor's main task
45. Between chicken and king
46. Famous Pope of 461 AD
48. Greek alphabet’s 7th letter
49. Tibetan beast of burden
50. Goose genus
52. Tube of a tobacco pipe
55. Six ____ freeway
56. Wipes out
58. Forbidden
60. "There outta be a ___!"
61. Rivals of 17 Across
66. Gastrointestinal membrane
antibody: Abbr.
67. Madison Ave. executive
By Tuolumne Tom
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69. Irish airline ___ Lingus
70. Sheds tears
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2. Bear or cat's ___
3. Hardwood tree - Fresno en
Español
4. Barrel segment
5. Feline noises
6. Greek alphabet’s 24th letter
7. Pleasant meals in the park
8. East African nation: Abbr.
9. Where an angler stores line
10. Treaty org. for Vietnam,
Indonesia, etc.
11. Leader of 17 Across
12. "You need not ____ all the
details"
13. Bark beetle family
18. Nada in Nottingham
22. British jails
23. Type of adhesive tape
24. Ancient Assyrian city on
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31. Operatic highlight
34. Dove sound
35. Soothing balm ingredient
36. Checks and sorts carefully
37. Not young
39. Makes a rude inquiry
41. Flair or panache
42. Garden tool
44. Spring-loaded rodent killer
46. Orchid genus
47. Make violently angry
51. Cut it a second time
53. Brings in
54. Swanky Harvard degree
55. France's longest river
57. Border or margin
59. Leave out
62. Uncle: Archaic
63. "There once ___ a man
who… "
64. Giant Mel ___
65. Nat'l Anthem composer
Answers on page 23
SRMC employees donated over 10,500 pounds of
food during their annual holiday food drive, for a total
of 12,665 pounds of food for 2013. Food was distributed
just in time for Thanksgiving through Interfaith, Adventist Community Services, Lighthouse Ministries at the
Red Church and the ATCAA Food Bank.
The Medical Center has also coordinated Christmas
Wishes, a gift drive which was kicked off at the Medical
Center’s annual Christmas banquet on Tuesday, December 10. Employees donated new toys, clothing and other
gift items for children of all ages as well as adults. Christmas Wishes has collected over 376 gifts, to be given to
people served by several local organizations.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
January 2014, Page 21 Yosemite Community
College News
THE COMPUTER GUY
Smart
Phones
Troubles
By Marv Dealy
I miss my bag phone. It had a real
phone-type device to hang on to, like you
still find on office phones today for the
most part. It was analog and packed about
a five-watt radio, so it actually got service
nearly everywhere I went up here in the
hills.
Eventually, I had to switch over to a
digital phone and grudgingly made the
transition to a so-called smart phone, just
to make phone calls.
For years I used my cell phone for two
things—to call ahead to see that the Chinese food takeout would be ready, or to
very occasionally call for AAA roadside
service.
One day, it became apparent that I
needed to learn how to text as that was
the best way to call someone with whom I
wanted to stay in occasional touch. I didn’t
rush out to get a phone just for this—the
one I’d had for some time had this capability all along, it is just that I wasn’t interested in texting someone in the same room
any more than I was interested in talking to
someone by cell phone who was one aisle
over in the store.
I learned that due to the fact I live
where the cell phone signals never shine
that I needed an app to be able to text from
home through my Internet connection, but
still using the cell phone that didn’t have
any connection.
I began to use the contact app to keep
track of phone numbers or gate codes that
I needed while out on the road. One day,
while waiting on a dentist’s appointment
that was really delayed, I discovered the
Internet browser and wasted away the time
with that, despite the fact that the screen
was small and hard to see.
Eventually I downloaded a free copy
of the Angry Birds game (think app, again)
and have from time to time wasted away
a few minutes thusly occupied, hating the
small screen the whole time.
I do take some pictures with my phone
occasionally, although the quality isn’t
very good, you can’t control the camera
very well and you can’t slap on a telephoto lens. And good luck trying to put your
smart phone on a tripod for any reason.
It came as quite a surprise when I
learned that a friend had wiped out all his
information on his iPhone by upgrading
the system software in the phone. Further,
it turned out that he didn’t have a backup of
the key information—contacts and phone
numbers. Fortunately, he’d just copied all
his numerous photos to his computer.
This set me back in my seat as it had
never occurred to me that I needed to back
up anything on my smart phone, despite
the numerous times I’ve preached the gospel of backing up your computer.
After a bit of research I learned that
my contacts were automatically backed up
to my Google Gmail account, which I’d associated with this phone to get that texting
at home app to work.
It occurred to me that some of you
out there might never have thought about
backing up whatever it is on your phones,
either. If you have an iPhone, every time
you plug it into your computer it’ll synch
with iTunes or iCloud, thereby backing up
all your stuff. If you have a different type
of phone, you can associate it with a Gmail
account and get backups that way, although
it turns out you can’t easily restore—you’ll
need more apps for that.
Fast Internet from $30/mo.
Mac and PCs repaired.
Yosemite Highway Herald 18800 Main St. (Highway 120)
Groveland, CA 95321
209-962-7308
Since 1988
Sean Magg, Owner
11384 Columbia Village Dr
Sonora, CA
seanmaag@sbcglobal.net
We’ve moved — now in Groveland,
between Curves and the car wash
throck.com
S e a n ’ s S pa & W h i r l p o o l B at h
R e pa i r S e r v i c e
We repair any make or model
Cell: 209.559.4044
Office: 209.532.1701
If you don’t have a Gmail account,
you can look for an app—just Google
“app backup and restore” and you’ll have a
number to choose from. I haven’t tried any
of them so I’m not going to recommend
any in particular.
Looking for a new phone? CNet has
released their list of phones you shouldn’t
buy, and why. They list the Samsung Galaxy Ring and several others to stay away
from in an article I found at SFGate.com,
the San Francisco Chronicle online. Read
the story at tinyurl.com/m49u946.
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
and how he hates computers. He founded
Throckmorten Enterprises in San Francisco in 1988 and moved the company to
Big Oak Flat in 1996, and in April of this
year to Groveland. In addition to support
for a large Silicon Valley company’s webinar group, the company provides computer
repairs and offers wireless Internet access
in some areas. Hours Monday thru Friday,
8 to 4-ish. 209 962-7308 www.Throck.com
Honor Roll Recognitions
By Debbie Cook
By Rhonda Crow
4th Grade Honor Roll
Haily Kampe, Jennifer Ramon Guevara,
Caitlyn Fagundes, Jesse Danberger, Melanie Radanovich, Sierra Kersey
3.5-3.99 GPA
Dakota Strickler, Joleen Stires, Dustin
Arista, Jacob Cassaretto, Maisy Pearlman,
Ember Harris, Clay Wooldridge, Amber
Fagundes
3.35-3.49 GPA
Kira Radanovich, Jillian Radanovich,
Shawnee Taylor
4.0 GPA or Above
Amelia Hendersen
3.35-3.49 GPA
Yasmine Martinez, Beaumont Cook,
James Navarro
4.0 GPA or Above
Trey Hawkins
3.5-3.99 GPA
Ira Klein, Ani Loh, DeJuan Martinez,
Haley Pollock, Allison Sands, Danny Timmins, Ayden Haire, Ashton Bias
3.35-3.49 GPA
Taylor Herrick, Allondra Barajas, Austin
Weeks
3.35-3.49 GPA
Richard Park, Brenda Pike, Katelyn Trevino, Charissa Williams, Justin Warner
4.0 GPA or Above
Haley Brower, Samanda Beeman
4.0 GPA or Above
3.5-3.99 GPA
Josh Kappl, Riley Hessler, Keri Miller,
Seth Peters-Pearlman, Jaydon Spires,
3.5-3.99 GPA
Luke Salazar, Natasha Garcia, Gabriela
Infelise, Samantha Sewald
3.35-3.49 GPA
Joclyn Wright
Parks from page 20
See puzzle on page 21
Yosemite Native People - solution
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With more than 84 million acres of
spectacular scenery, 17,000 miles of trails,
5,000 miles of shoreline, 27,000 historic
and prehistoric structures, and 100 million
museum items and an infinite number of
authentic American stories to tell, national
parks offer something for every taste.
Those in search of superlatives will
find them in national parks including the
country’s highest point (in Denali National Park) and lowest point (in Death Valley
National Park), deepest lake (Crater Lake
National Park), longest cave (Mammoth
Cave National Park), tallest trees (Redwood National Park), and highest waterfall (Yosemite National Park).
Normally, 133 national parks charge
an entrance fee that ranges from $3 to $25.
The entrance fee waiver does not cover
amenity or user fees for things like camping, boat launches, transportation, or special tours.
Other Federal land management agencies that will offer fee-free days in 2014
are: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of
Reclamation, the U.S. Forest Service and
the Army Corps of Engineers. Please contact each for details.
The National Park Service, U.S. Fish
& Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, and the
U.S. Forest Service also participate in
the America the Beautiful National Parks
Pass and Federal Recreational Lands Pass
programs. These passes provide access to
more than 2,000 national parks, forests,
wildlife refuges, grasslands, and other federal lands. Four passes are available:
free annual pass to current military
members and their dependents.
- free lifetime pass for people with
permanent disabilities.
- $10 lifetime senior pass for those
aged 62 and over.
- $80 annual pass for the general public.
About the National Park Service.
More than 20,000 National Park Service
employees care for America’s 401 national
parks and work with communities across
the nation to help preserve local history
and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Visit us at www.nps.gov, on
Facebook www.facebook.com/nationalparkservice, Twitter www.twitter.com/
natlparkservice, and YouTube www.youtube.com/nationalparkservice
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contribution: Art and Barbara Laursen and
helpers for the beautiful and festive table
decorations, Figueroa family for the tasty
prime rib and sides, Coulterville Fire Brigade for the yummy desserts and Station
31 for supplying all the dinnerware and
beverages and last, but not least all the
people that stayed for cleanup at the end.
The evening was joyous. 3.5-3.99 GPA
Nick Weeks, Aki Loh, Lucas Fristad, Nikki West, Leo Sweeney, Sha’nece Martinez,
Merana Haven, Diego Medina, Curtis
Ellis, Lacey Deiters, Joshua Follmer
4.0 GPA or Above
Jacey Haskins, Lucy Hessler
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Members from Mariposa County Fire
Stations 24, 26 and 31 and support personnel gathered in Greeley Hill at the Community Club for their annual Christmas dinner
celebration.
It was an evening of gratitude for the
time and effort these members and their
families give to the community.
Thank you to the following for your
January 2014, Page 23 Firefighters Celebration
Tenaya Elementary School
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 - 3rd 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, 209-878-3015.
Museum is open: Wednesday to Sunday, from 10am to 4pm
North Mariposa County Family Enrichment Center Advisory Council
- 1st Tuesday, 3pm; odd months meet at Red Cloud Library; even
months at Old Schoolhouse, Coulterville, call toll-free 1-877-256-5465
or msfi@sti.net 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,
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 – Board Meeting. open to all, 4th Wed. 9-10:30am –
Blood pressure readings, 1st & 3rd Thurs. 10am-noon – Mah-jong,
Wed. 1-4 – Crafts, Thur., 10:30-1:30 – VA info sessions, contact Dr.
Emily Lawrence at 209-588-2618. Strength for Life exercise class,
Tuesday and Thursday, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. 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 - 8522029.
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, info@groveland.org.
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 Rebekah Breakfast - 3rd Sunday, from 7am to 11am. $5 for
biscuits & gravy, ham & cheese omelet, pancakes, coffee & OJ. Call
209.853.2082 or 852.0220 for information
La Grange Odd Fellows Monthly Breakfast - 2nd Sunday, 7-11am.
Includes biscuits & gravy, sausage, scrambled eggs, potatoes
O’Brien, French toast, coffee and OJ for $6, contact 209-853-2128
or 209-853-2508
Upcoming Events
Lions Club Bingo. First Thursday. January 2 - 5:30 spaghetti dinner.
Bingo starts at 6.30
Kiwanis Spaghetti Dinner. Saturday, January 11, at Groveland
community hall. 5-30 to 6:30 pm. Call 209.605.0205 or 209.536.9548
Stop Smoking Class. Begins Monday, January 13, for 6-weeks, in
Sonora, from 4:30 t0 6:30pm. Call 209.536.3726 for information
Yosemite National Park Fee Free Day. January 20 National Parks Fee
Free Days: To honor Martin Luther King Jr Day
Rotary Club Red, Whiteand Blue Ball. Saturday, January 25 at PML
Grill, 5:30pm
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For Sale
For Rent
Motorcycle. 1995 1100 Honda
Shadow, 23,306 miles. New battery. Repair manual. Blue Book
$3K - Price $2,400 Call 209878-3628 (1-14)
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.
(1-14)
Baby Grand Piano. 1931
Schroeder & Son. 5 feet-Walnut.
$1,500 - 209-962-4698 (1-14)
Eastlake Antique Settee. 60”
wide, mauve velveteen. Very
good condition, casters $300.
209-962-4698 (11-13)
For Sale
Portable Generator. Gentron
3500 watt, propane fuel. Used
less than 20 hrs, used less than
5 gal. propane. 3 yrs-old. $300.
Call Blaine at 962.7189 (1-14)
2 Bar Stools. Like new. Rod iron,
wood back, cushi0n seats.
$75 and Elna Sewing Machine.
Free
All attachments and instructions.
2 AKC registered - Male and
$150. 209-962-4477 (1-14)
female English bulldogs free to
a new good home, They have
Bedroom Furniture. Retro
current shots and play along
twins corner group w/table $40;
with children and other animals.
twins maple finish wood $60.
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Paints, lumber, home
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January 2014, Page 25 CLASSIFIEDS
YCC Annual Dinner
Good-bye Chief & Lynn Wilson
YCC Annual Christmas Mixer: The
Hwy. 120 Yosemite Chamber of Commerce held their Annual Christmas Mixer
at the Hotel Charlotte on December 12 with
a full house. Those attending were treated
to a wonderful oriental dinner followed by
a tasty dessert. Joining the evening’s event
were two celebrity guests from the Cirque
DuSoleil, which is now playing in Las Vegas.
When dinner was finished, President
Tomas Hernandez gave a brief overview
of all that had taken place during 2013.
He stressed the fact that local businesses
had suffered as a result of the Rim Fire,
Yosemite National Park shut down and
At Tuesday, December 17 Board of
Supervisors meeting, there was standing
room only when Chief Wilson received his
resolution and tile plaque recognition upon
his retirement as Fire Chief. At his side
at the ceremony and for the past 46 years
stood his beautiful wife Lynn who received
many accolades for her support to the department and the community.
Members of the department and supervisors spoke of their appreciation for
all that both Chief Wilson and Lynn have
accomplished these past seven years as
well as congratulations and best wishes.
From new equipment, to grants, to the 9-11
Memorial, to prevention and community
education, to building a department that is
ready and willing to serve their communi-
By Rudy Manzo
By Debbie Cook
other problems during the year. He asked
for everyone to support the local merchants
and make 2014 a better year. The hopes are
that the newly launched Wild Fire To Wild
Flowers program will bring new visitors to
the community and aid in the recovery.
The meeting was then turned over to
Linda Flores to tell about “Positively Pampered”, which was the Business Of The
Month. Following her presentation the
closing raffle was held and when finished
everyone departed for home in the brisk
weather and icy roads.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year.
L to R: Tara Dycus, Rabobank; Gina Giampietro Hernandez,
PML Realty and Tom Hernandez, Yosemite Chamber President
ty, speakers shared the importance of what
Chief Wilson has contributed.
Chief Wilson gave a thank you
speech that first gave credit to his wife
for her years of support and partnership.
He shared that the department is successful because of teamwork and how nothing
happens by one person’s actions alone. As
usual, he graciously accepted the awards
presented to him and was grateful to everyone for their support and kind words.
Jim and Lynn will retire in Washington and build a home there near their
daughter and grandson. They will take
some time to travel and enjoy their family. Thank you again for all you have done.
You both will be missed and remembered
for many years to come.
Staff photo
From Special Christmas Gift, from page 20
Lynn and Chief Jim Wilson
Yosemite Highway Herald ‘Rebirth of our Forest’
Courtesy photo
L-R: Paul Goldberg, Marie Freitas, Michael Freitas, Dr. Airell Nygaard (orthopedic
surgeon), Tina Hunter (representative from DePuy, which supplied the hip prostheses)
See article on page 20
Yosemite Hwy 120 Chamber Mascot
Courtesy photo
Greeley Hill Gold Rush Charter School
By Vicky Bradshaw
By Deana Lessleyaw
Student of the Month
Jalasia Jensen, Junior is a highly qualified candidate for student of the month. She
is an outstanding student who has incredible intrinsic motivation and a desire to be
ultra-successful in whatever endeavor she
partakes. Jalasia’s work ethic is amazing
and she constantly challenges herself and
her teacher’s. Her work is impeccable and
her drive to succeed is off the charts. She
is an absolute pleasure to be around and
teach. She is planning her post high-school
education as well as her future career. She
has an amazing competitive talent as an
FFA judge. She is also a Student Body
Association Rally Commissioner, participated in girls’ volleyball and cheerleading
and is also actively involved in class and
school fundraisers. Her hobbies include:
drawings, designing, cooking, and baking.
She resides in Don Pedro with her aunt and
uncle Vickie & Shea Bradshaw. We are
very lucky and extremely proud to have
Students of the Month
such a driven young women attending Don
Pedro High.
Jalasia was nominated by Mr. Houghton, Teacher
Lily Tarkowski is a kindergarten student in Ms. Keller’s class. Lily has been
working hard, she is learning to read fluently and she loves school. She is kind and
helpful in class and on the playground. She
always has a positive attitude and brings
joy to the classroom. Congratulations Lily,
you have been chosen the student of the
month!
Third grader, Nicholas Powell was selected as Ms. Lee’s student of the month.
Nicholas is a kind student who is willing to
help others. Nicholas demonstrates respect
for his peers and teacher and has consistently demonstrated good behavior during
this school year. He is a friend to all of the
students in his class. Congratulations to
Nicholas Powell!
Congratulations to Kiersten Rehling,
she is Mr. Glazier’s student of the month.
She is diligent and completes her work on
time. She is respectful, outspoken, and always willing to do what needs to be done.
Kiersten has an A+ in behavior and a desire
to succeed in school. Mr. Glazier said, “It
is a pleasure to have Kiersten in my class.”
January 2014, Page 27 Lake Don Pedro High School
Tenaya Elementary School
By Rhonda Crow
Tenaya’s Student of the Month is third
grader Aubrey Harris. Her teacher, Mrs.
Jennifer Smith says “Aubrey is a kind
hearted little girl who is always willing to
help and be a friend to her classmates. She
is responsible and excels in all academic
areas.”
Aubrey is the daughter of Charles and
Rachel Harris of Coulterville
L-R: Kiersten Rehling, Lily Tarkowski and Nicholas Powell
By error, Aubrey’s photo was listed as
Brooklyn Blue on our December issue
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Marta Ramon-Guevara is an outstanding student and contributor to our
school’s community. Every assignment,
no matter how small, gets the full force
of her attention; she excels habitually
and routinely and will graduate at the
top of her class.
But she doesn’t just keep her nose
to the grindstone. She knows how to
have fun with her group of close friends
and has been known to waste a lunch
hour (or two or three) watching soap
operas. She plays basketball, runs track,
paints and draws beautifully and is vice
president of the student council.
Marta has completed over 100 hours
of community service volunteering at
Sonora Regional Hospital. She is dedicated to her goal of becoming a doctor, and
is ready to embark on what is sure to be a
successful college career.
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