It is with great interest, fascination, and wonderment when I read the three- part article about John Sutter submitted by Renate Voelcker. 

Drink or swim lightly

Soroptimist’s Live Your Dream Awards program is a unique education award for women who provide the primary financial support for their families. The Live Your Dream Awards give women the resources they need to improve their education, skills and employment prospects. Every year, Soroptimist …

I am a keeper of the past 

Amador County Animal Control and Adoption Center Employee, Andrea, contacted me to ask about a cat that had been surrendered. This cat was semi feral and had been found unresponsive on the ground by Waid and Loretta who had been feeding him.

today, I took things in, 

As they have said, it has been quite a year! But rather than focus on all the obstacles, issues and problems that transpired, this month we had a chance to celebrate as two Sutter Creek businesses celebrated their anniversary in February.

Rudolf Hoess was the commandant of the death camp at Auschwitz. He bragged that he was a good clean German who had been taught to strictly obey orders. After the war was won and Hitler was defeated, Hoess explained his extreme obedience to Hitler. He wrote, “I obeyed instructions and I perso…

Scholarships Available! For Upper Division/Graduate and Re-Entry Students through AAUW

The Wood Angels located on Silver Drive in Pioneer, are hosting a “Wood Yard Clean Up Day” Friday, February 26th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers are needed to assist in: gathering up broken pallets, making burn piles, finish emptying out and cleaning up areas for next season’s wood bins, wo…

The USS North Dakota (SSN 784) conducted a closed-door change of command ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut on Friday, February 12. 

Saturday, February 13, Amador County Dispatch received a 911 call from a very smart ten year old boy. He and two of his friends went exploring in the wooded area North of the Oaks Manufactured Home Community in Jackson Valley and ended up losing their way. 

C.S. Lewis wrote a book titled, The Weight of Glory. He told about a woman in Spain who gave birth to a baby boy while a prisoner in a dungeon. Together the mother and son lived in this dungeon, and for many years they never saw the outside world. The little boy never saw a sunset, or a rose…

The Amador Resource Conservation District wants Amador county residents to begin preparing for the coming fire season. To help, they are administering a residential chipping program available to all Amador county residents. This program will help Amador residents reduce hazardous fuels and w…

suspended in the times of illusions of winter’s dormancies,