vol. 4 no. 4  Sierra County California News Online Weekly   Home of the Free and Brave

25 January 2012                      
Sierra County Prospect: News, Analysis, Opinion, Folderol 
                                              


Call with the news 448 9092  or email to:
meditor@sierracountyprospect.com   
The news you need, and have time to read  
Winter: the days are growing longer

New News
Wednesday 012512
The absolutely not an indication that freedom and wildness have returned to California edition
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The Board of Supervisors Steps Up on Water Issues
But, can we afford what we need?
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Reminder: Chili Cookoff is the First Saturday in March
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Jerry Brown's Budget Hits Local Schools
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Sierra County Schools Public Meeting!
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Wolf OR7
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Gabby: How to Get Rid of that Pesky Tooth
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We Get Mail!

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Guest Editorial: Independence Lake Untangled part 5
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Wednesday 011812
The rally behind the elephant whose interest most aligns with ours edition
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Blackout
The Prospect brings the 1%
to its knees

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Guest Editorial from
Brian J. Trautman on
NDAA

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For Martin Luther King’s Birthday we offer this interesting link, thanks to RT 

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Occupy the Courts
Occupy and Move to Amend are going to Occupy the Courts on Friday.  Occupy Quincy is going to the court house in Quincy; over 130 other cities will have demonstrations.  The date is the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that corporations are persons and have a free speech right, which has allowed huge funds for candidates this year, candidates corporations like.

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District Attorney Larry Allen

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Board Notes
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A Proper Horizon to Correct the America We've Made
(Warning: Too Many Words!)
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We Get Crackpot Mail!

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Great Sierra County Photos from local photographer/ peace officer John Evans
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 Opportunity to Nominate Advisers on Land Management Planning

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Reader Story for Cooter and Java: Give the Dog a Bone
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Alliance for Workforce Development presents:

The 2012 Labor Law Update Workshop

Loyalton Senior Center,  302 First St.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

10am to 12pm

The cost of this workshop is $39 per person, pre-registration is required.  All mandatory posters and pamphlets will be available for order at this workshop. 

Register today  to find out how the new 2012 State Labor Law Updates affect your business:

·         NLRB-Notification of Employee Rights

·         Meal & Rest Period Update

·         Pregnancy Disability Leave SB299

·         Notice of Pay Detail AB469

·         Independent Contractor SB459

·         What laws apply to your business

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Important Information about Doing Business with the Sheriff's Office
(link)

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Sierra Valley  Gun Club
Youth Program Raffle

This year's rifle is a Remington model 700 CDL in 30-06 caliber with a stainless steel fluted barrel and really nice walnut stock, valued at about $1,300.  This rifle is a real beauty and is on display at the local Portola Motor Parts store (NAPA) on hwy 70 in Portola.  The winning ticket for this drawing will be drawn on February 1st. 2012.
Our youth program is a very important and vital program and has been part of Sierra Valley Gun Club for many years.
Tickets are $10 ea.
Please make any checks or money orders payable to Sierra Valley Gun Club, or SVGC. (mark youth drawing in your memo).
Submit to:    Sierra Valley Gun Club (SVGC) P.O. Box 399 , Portola, CA. 96122
Remember to include your name, phone number and address to receive your  paid ticket stub, (one per each $10).
Ticket Sellers ~ Ron De Persia 832-1560,   Ralph Howell 832-4648,   Dave Lake 832-4186, Christa Ketchum in Loyalton area, 993-0226,   and Napa Auto Parts ~ Portola  832-5573
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The Sheriff is giving everyone their fall reminder: move your car!

The Sierra County Sheriff’s Office and the California Highway Patrol would like to remind the public to please do your part in keeping the roadways clear during this winter season to assist the Sierra County Road Department in keeping them clear for your safe travel.  Additionally, we’d like to remind all that unregistered vehicles shall not be parked on public roadways.  Please let this announcement serve as a courtesy notice that any vehicles reported to be prohibiting snow removal or to be found on public roadways will be towed at the owners’ expense.

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Small Pets Make You Happy! 
Get a hamster or parakeet today! 

This is a public service announcement paid for by the Mountain Messenger Newspaper, Sierra County’s leading animal bedding for over 159 years.

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 Just as sure as the old world spins, Winter is headed our way...
Get your winter warmth early, before the prices climb!
Seasoned Firewood
Call 530 906 2737
Local delivery available/ Valley and Canyon
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Live Gold Prices


Sierra County Democrats
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For 50 years your location for everything from bolts to bullets, from doors to drills, from fittings to fixtures, from paint to plumbing to pocket knives.  They've got it at SVHC!
411 Main,  Loyalton   (530) 993 4331 
svhc@digitalpath.net
Kim Folchi, FFL; order and receive firearms.

Fire Safe and Watershed Council
Life saving reflective sequence signs just $12
Click HERE for more information


ASK JERUSHA...

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discussions about growth, development,
and sustainability.

 



 Sierra Show and Sell Classifieds


Proprights.org/Plumas-Sierra

Come to Sierra Valley 
Birds, Barns, Cows, Cowboys, Clouds
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Come to
Sierra County

You'll find fantastic scenery, fresh air and cool temperatures, pristine lakes, and nice local folks

Buy Sierra County Gold


 

Link!

Jobs:

Sierra County Employment

Eastern Plumas Health Care

and application

Feather River College

Sierra Show'n'sell


 
Vicki’s Blue Moon Bakery
700 Main St. Loyalton (530) 993-4634
Home made soups, lunch specials
There's a reason people drive from Reno to buy our
Yummy breads, donuts, cakes and delights
We’ll go to the moon and back for you!




Know your weeds
(Download this beautiful and informative poster: link)

Scroll down for
Cooter-
He's a good boy!

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HORSE PROPERTY IN CALPINE:
(1) $1,650/Month - 2 bedroom/2 bath (1,400 square feet of living space), seven-stall barn with hay room and separate tack room on 21-fenced acres backing to U.S. Forest Service land trails. Two decks with gorgeous views, central heat, wood stove, washer/dryer, two corrals. Enormous garage.  Located in the Sierra Valley in Calpine, CA.  Call (916) 719-0167.
 
(2) $2,300/Month - 5,600 sq/ft house with two-car attached garage. Contains five master bedroom/bath suites, huge gourmet chef's kitchen, dining room, living room, reading room, children's play room, central heat with three separate thermostats, woodstove.  Entire house sits on 21 wooded acres w/ pine trees and meadows backing up to U.S. Forest Service trails.  Includes use of seven-stall barn with hay room and separate tack room, two corrals.  (Note: Contained w/in the 5,600 sq/ft. house is an attached 800 sq/ft in-law quarters w/ separate entrance w/ two master bed/bath suites, separate kitchen, washer/dryer woodstove, and living room).  Located in the Sierra Valley in Calpine, CA.  Call (916) 719-0167.
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 Live and Work in Sierra County

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Notice is hereby given That the Office of the Sheriff-Coroner is in the process of establishing an eligibility list for future job openings within the department.  Applications for placement on the eligibility list and job descriptions may be obtained at www.sierracounty.ws.

Employer: SIERRA COUNTY SHERIFF-CORONER

Position: Deputy Sheriff II & III

Full Time and Part Time

Salary:

Dep. II $3,521.57 $4,280.29

Dep. III $3,805.52 $4,625.63

Position: Correctional-Communications Officer I, II, & III

Full Time and Part Time

Salary:

C/O I $2,792.37 $3,394.14

C/O II $2,970.41 $3,610.55

C/O III $3,208.19 $3,899.58

SIERRA COUNTY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Final filing date: Friday, February 17, 2012 * 5:00 PM

Submit applications to: Sierra County Sheriff-Coroner at 100 Courthouse Square, P.O. Box 66, Downieville, CA 95936-0066



Professional Position: Director, Sierra County Health and Human Services

Download the announcement HERE

 SIERRA COUNTY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER



NEW LINK: Sierra Writer Blog
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January PDF is up! (link)



Lee Adams
Supervisor, District 1

(530) 289-3506 Phone
supervisor1@sierracounty.ws

Peter W. Huebner
Supervisor, District 2

(530) 862-1004 Phone
(530) 862-1005 Fax
Peter4actions@gmail.com

Bill Nunes
Supervisor, District 3

(530) 994-3222 Phone
supervisor3@sierracounty.ws

Dave Goicoechea
Supervisor, District 4

(530) 993-4059 Phone
supervisor4@sierracounty.ws

Scott Schlefstein
Supervisor, District 5

(530) 993-4900 Phone
(530) 913-9218 Mobile
Email: supervisor5@sierracounty.ws


More Cooter HERE.
Cooter Dog 
He's a good boy!

Mittens?  How cute!  Go ahead, try to do something with them on.  Ha!  Now you're in my world, pal.
JAVA

It's bad enough Wally and Bear see me like
this. Tank and Mya walk by too. You humiliate me in front of other dogs... why do you have to publish it for the world... and why can't my pink blanky be on top... I am a girl dog.

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Sierra City Fine Arts
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The sign of fine dining in Sierraville:
Los Dos Hermanos
Incomparable Mexican food and a friendly bar
101 Batelle Street, Sierraville, CA, 96126
(530) 994-1058
closed Mondays



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