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Friday, July 30, 2010
 
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Suspected embezzlement played a role in demise of Ace Hardware

Friday, July 30, 2010

By Scott Thomas Anderson

John Weins knew that watching his business close would be hard. He knew that seeing 10 of his employees lose their jobs in a bad economy would be even harder. The one thing that Weins did not know was that, 13 months after Ace Hardware in Pine Grove shut its doors forever, an arrest would make the w...
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Ashley Alaway

Supes agree to reduce pet adoption fees

7/30/2010

By Matthew Hedger

The costs to adopt cats and dogs from the county animal shelter will be reduced in an effort to reduce a burgeoning number of homeless animals - an on...
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FFA, boosters raise money to fund agricultural education at Argonaut High

7/30/2010

By Stephanie Minasian

Some positive news was brought forth at the Amador County Unified School District school board meeting Wednesday, when Future Farmers of America/Agric...
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NEWS HEADLINES

Supes give go-ahead to land stewardship proposal

AWA rate increase approved

Jackson appoints sewer committee

FOAC appeals federal wastewater permit

Decision to move Jackson Elementary autism class to be made today

OPINION

Making the transition back to school - safely

7/30/2010

- Robin Valencia — Amador Child Abuse Prevention Council

Hard to believe, but in only three weeks our kids will be back in school. Here are suggestions on how to make the transition back to school more enjoy...
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E. Peterson & Company

Varsity A&A Shooters are national champions

7/30/2010

By Kathleen Lynch

Amador County trap shooters break 985 out of 1,000 targets
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Women's golf scores - July, 2010

7/29/2010

Castle Oaks Women's Golf Club

Tuesday, July 6

- Carol Lipchik had an exceptional golf day, with the lowest numbe...
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Mitchell to dangle on burning rope as intro to Sunday's Destruction Derby

7/29/2010

By Jerry Budrick

Having miraculously survived his foolhardy, .08-second bull ride during the Four Star Rodeo bull-riding event at last year's Amador County Fair, Ledge...
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SPORTS HEADLINES

Sports Briefs for the tail end of July into August and September, 2010

Argonaut tennis courts ready for action — tourney Sunday

World's fastest drag racers battle for supremacy

Castle Oaks ends kids' golf week in tourney

Amador East Little League All-Stars end historic post-season run


An Irish immigrant dreams in gold

7/30/2010

- Gwen Johnson

Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series on the Kennedy Gold Mine.

In 1856, eight years after James Marshall discovered gold along the...
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Your Weekend for July 29-Aug. 1

7/27/2010

1. Amador County Fair

The Amador County Fair, Thursday through Sunday, offers an endless variety of free entertainment, food, carnival rides,...
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Adventure awaits at the Amador County Fair

7/27/2010

The tiny western town of Plymouth, with its boardwalk and old storefronts, is home to the Amador County Fairgrounds. Throughout the summer and fall, t...
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LIFESTYLES HEADLINES

Wolin brothers honored for decades of involvement with Amador County Fair

Mother Lode Music expands, moves two doors down

'The Ghost Towns of Amador' takes readers to the county's long-lost places

Your Weekend for July 16-18

Local author, Gold Rush historian to serve on board of the California State Library Foundation


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