Saturday, March 22, 2014

There Is Still Time To Register For The Sugarloaf Stampede

There is still time to register for the Sugarloaf Stampede!  The run benefits the Sugarloaf Station Foundation and will be held on the El Dorado Trail at the Jacquier Road trail head on March 29.

It is an out and back course that is part-paved, part-dirt over what was once the historic Southern Pacific Railway line. 

The run consists of three course lengths:  a 5K run/walk, a 10K and 10 mile run.  The run will be chip timed by J & J Sports Productions.  Registration is open at: jandjsportsproductions.com/events/sugarloaf-stampede.

The Sugarloaf Stampede will be a fun event for families as well as serious runners.  The event will feature vendors, post-race food and drawstring tote bags for the first 250 participants.  Technical t-shirts are included in the registration price of $45.00 (student registration is $35.00).  Same day registration for $50.00 will be available, but there is no guarantee of shirts or bags.

Sugarloaf Fine Arts Camp is supported by the Sugarloaf Station Foundation; a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Foundation that provides partial scholarships for campers. 

In its 53rd year, Sugarloaf brings a unique camp experience to the students of El Dorado County.  Sugarloaf is an overnight camp that runs Sunday to Saturday for both of two summer sessions where campers are given the opportunity to expand their fine arts skills and to experiment with new ones.  The camp takes place at the beautiful Sly Park Environmental Education Center in Pollock Pines, California, and is administered by the El Dorado County Office of Education. 

Camp staff includes many El Dorado County teachers and Sugarloaf alumni.  Eligible campers must have completed fifth grade and not yet completed twelfth grade by July of the year of camp.

For more information about the Sugarloaf Stampede, contact the El Dorado County Office of Education Personnel Services Department at (530) 295-2250.

Blog Post information and picture courtesy of the El Dorado County Office of Education and Sugarloaf Fine Arts Camp.
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Friday, March 21, 2014

Master Gardener Class April 5 — Tomatoes: From Seed To Table

Tomatoes are a favorite in the spring and summer garden, and are the reason many people get started gardening in the first place!

El Dorado County Master Gardeners first April class will be on April 5th, entitled Tomatoes: From Seed To Table.

MG Zac Dowell will show you how to choose the right varieties, deal with insects and diseases, properly water, care for, and harvest your tomatoes. 

In the second half, MGs and MFPs Cindy Young and Judi Johnson will talk about what you can do with your harvest: canning, dehydrating and freezing.

This class is FREE to the public.
  • What:  Tomatoes: From Seed to Table      
  • When:  Saturday, April 5,  9 a.m. – noon.
  • Where: Veterans Memorial Building, 130 Placerville Dr, Placerville 
For more information, please call 530-622-5512. Be sure to check out El Dorado County Master Gardeners Facebook page here.

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Living History: Women's History Day in Old Sacramento March 29th

In honor of “Women’s History Month,” the Historic Old Sacramento Foundation is proud to present a special Living History event. 

Women’s History Day events will take place throughout Old Sacramento State Historic Park on Saturday, March 29.  Dressed in 19th century period attire, men and women will show how men’s and especially women’s fashion has changed throughout the decades.

Living History re-enactors will showcase their hand-made historic attire from the 1850s, 60s, 70s and 80s.

The origins of “Women’s History Month” as a national celebration date back to 1981 when Congress identified a week in March as “Women’s History Week.”  In 1995, the celebration was expanded to the entire month and the tradition continues. 

What:  Living History: Women’s History Day

Where:  Sacramento History Museum, Old Sacramento State Historic Park
 
When:  Saturday, March 29
         
Time:  11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
          
Cost:  FREE!

For more information call 916-808-7059 or visit historicoldsac.org.

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Shuttle Transportation To Assist Seniors In El Dorado County

The El Dorado County Senior Shuttle is a volunteer driven van available to assist seniors 60 years and older with grocery shopping and small day trips.

They are currently offering weekly scheduled shopping trips to various locations in Placerville and Cameron Park. 

The service has a suggested donation of $2.00 for round trip local service from your home, and $5.00 for trips outside of the County. 

Seating is limited, so call and make your reservation today (530) 621-6369.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Applications Now Available For Placer SPCA’s 2014 Humane Kids Camp

Do your kids love animals? Applications are now available for Placer SPCA’s 2014 Humane Kids Camp!

WHAT:  Humane Kids Camp is a fun-filled way for young people to learn about responsibility, kindness and respect for all living things. Each camp session will include guest speakers and animals, hands-on activities, games and videos about animals, animal-related craft projects, animal behavior and training information and more.

COST:  Due to the popularity of our Humane Kids Camp program, Placer SPCA utilizes a lottery system to determine enrollment for each camp session. To enter the lottery, they require a $50 deposit at the time of registration. Camp fees are $125.00 for children 8 and 9 years of age and $165.00 for children 10 through 12 years of age.

WHEN:  Registration ends Thursday, March 27 at 7:00 p.m. Payments in-full are due Wednesday, May 14 by 7:00 p.m. Camp dates and times are as follows:
  • Ages 8-9 (9 a.m. – 12 p.m.); Ages 10-12 (8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)
  • June 17th – 20th
  • June 9th – 13th
  • July 15th – 18th
  • July 7th – 11th
  • July 21st – 25th
WHERE:  Placer SPCA in Roseville, 150 Corporation Yard Road
                         
Applications and more information can be found at placerspca.org/kids or contact Placer SPCA Humane Educator, Kathryn D’Anjou at humaneedu@placerspca.org or (916) 782-7722 Ext. 118.

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Monday, March 17, 2014

The Pink Floyd Experience! Live In Concert March 23 At The Harris Center

Two years ago the music of Pink Floyd filled the Harris Center for the Arts to capacity audiences. This year’s The Pink Floyd Experience! is complete with a dazzling new light show, giant screen HD Video, full quadraphonic sound and six brilliant musicians dedicated to bringing you the most authentic Floyd experience possible, it’s “a must-see for any Pink Floyd enthusiast!” (C-News, Northampton, MA).
 
The music of Pink Floyd is more than simply an echo of days past. Pink Floyd continues to gain new fans. Nearly 1,000,000 Pink Floyd catalog albums are sold each year worldwide. On average, more than 8,000 copies of “Dark Side Of The Moon” are scanned each week in the U.S. alone, and “Wish You Were Here” and “The Wall” are also stalwarts on the Billboard Top Pop Catalog chart. Since the band's contemporary fans have long since replaced, or added to, their vinyl Pink Floyd collections with CD versions, clearly new generations are discovering the intense, cinematic, epic rock of Pink Floyd.

Without question, Pink Floyd remains one of the most influential rock bands of all time. Their record-breaking status is legendary. Today, years since their last live performance, Pink Floyd’s appeal continues and spans the generations. Their shows were described as theatrical with mind-blowing lights and unsurpassed sound. The show is not only onstage…it engulfs the audience!  In keeping with this tradition, The Pink Floyd Experience! is a full-on sensory assault   This is the show for the ultimate Floyd Fan, and it gets closer to the true Pink Floyd concert experience every year!

In this two-hour show, performed with over $2.5 million worth of production equipment on stage, The Pink Floyd Experience! should come with a warning for potential “retinal damage.” But fans won’t turn their heads away as the massive light show and HD projection brings the show right onto their laps. Even the icons that Pink Floyd have made their own – from the blinking eye to the marching hammers – have all been translated into clever hooks along the ride. Imagine your hair literally swept up by the helicopter that introduces their next song.

Hear the cash registers in “Money” or the clocks in Time run around the room in full quadraphonic sound. And not to leave the fans wanting for more, the show finishes with a 12-foot long Pig blimp that flies over the audience and balconies in final homage to Pink Floyd’s most familiar image! There’s much, much more from the classic airplane crash to floating eyeballs in the crowd...but we better leave a few surprises for the actual show!

The Pink Floyd Experience will take place on Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 2 & 7 p.m. Tickets are $39-$59; Premium $69. Tickets are available online at harriscenter.net or from Harris Center Ticket Office at 916-608-6888 from 10 a.m to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and two hours before show time. Parking is included in the price of the ticket. Harris Center is located on the west side of Folsom Lake College campus in Folsom, facing East Bidwell Street.

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