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Baseball Boras Classic Oak Ridge 4, Rodriguez 1 — Austin Root pitched a complete-game three-hitter Thursday, striking out eight, as the Trojans finished 2-2 at the spring break tournament. Oak Ridge took the lead for good with two runs in the bottom of the second inning. Ross Dwelley went 2-for-3 with a home run for Troy. [...]
Congratulations to the Ponderosa High School Academic Decathlon team. Not only did the team bring home a 21st consecutive victory in the El Dorado County competition, the team scored big at the state level. The annual competition tests knowledge in 10 academic disciplines. Cody Hannah earned a bronze in economics; Joey Costello won a silver [...]
Luck o’ the Mercury As any good art director knows, much depends on how you frame things. Mercury has been moving backward in Pisces, encouraging us to envision the past differently and find a helpful, empowering viewpoint. Now Mercury punctuates the Irish celebration of luck and life by ending his retrograde and moving forward in [...]
MORNING COMES TOO EARLY: John Chapman provided the following T-shirt statement: “I could be a MORNING PERSON, if morning happened Around Noon.” John and I agree with this statement. Don’t call us before 9:30 a.m. HELP FROM THE DA’s OFFICE: On March 8, from 5 to 7 p.m., District Attorney Vern Pierson and members from [...]
A KID’S LOGIC: Carlyn White forwarded the following “Children Are Quick” statement: “TEACHER: Clyde, your composition on “My Dog” is exactly the same as your brother’s . . . Did you copy his? CLYDE: No, sir. It’s the same dog. (I want to adopt this kid! ! !).” PANEL DISCUSSION FOR HOMELESS: A panel discussion [...]
THINKING CAN BE HARD: Clara Neilsen provided the book “Live and Learn and Pass It On.” In this book, people ages 5 to 95 offer life lessons, such as the following one: “I’ve learned that it’s a lot easier to react than it is to think.” — Age 55 FREE VACCINATIONS: Free vaccinations for children [...]
The Gift of the Present We are always moving forward, even when we’re not consciously aware of it — so why push ahead? Needing to push life into the future can be rob you of the moment, which is very hard to enjoy when you’re constantly thinking about changing it into something else. Mercury and [...]
Continuing exhibitions “Approaching Infinity: The Richard Green Collection of Meticulous Abstraction” Through May 5, 2013 By focusing on artists who have taken a meticulous approach to abstraction—many of whom explore notions of complexity, iteration, and time-based creation—local collector Richard Green has composed a history of and an introduction to art of the 21st century. Drawing [...]
HILLARY CLINTON T-SHIRT: My buddy John Chapman provided the following T-shirt statement: “I’M NOT CLUMSY! The Floor Just Hates Me, the Table & Chairs are Bullies and the Walls Get in My Way.” GET RID OF WRAPPING PAPER: Cardboard shipping boxes and gift boxes can be recycled. If you have curbside recycling, these items and [...]
Around Chistmastime, there will always be someone willing to step up. At least that’s what we hope every year as the holidays promote a season of giving by nature. Move America Forward, the “nation’s largest grassroots pro-troops organization,” a charity based in Sacramento, had over $5,000 worth of care packages (120 care package orders) stolen [...]
Headquarters 101st Airborne Division Office of the Division Commander 24 December 1944 What’s Merry about all this, you ask? We’re fighting, it’s cold we aren’t home. All true, but what has the proud Eagle Division accomplished with its worthy comrades of the 10th Armored Division, the 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion and all the rest? Just [...]
The community is invited to a showing of the award-winning Union Mine Marching Band’s Field and Parade Show 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, in the Union Mine High School stadium — rain or shine. This show is free to the public. The Union Mine Marching Band participated in four Field Shows and Parade competitions this [...]
EDITOR: I am one of the coordinators of the Welcome Home Slow Ride. I want to thank all whom participated in the event. It was very heartwarming to see folks standing by as we passed. It was also very rewarding to see folks join in as we passed. A special shout out to the El [...]
THE WRONG KIND OF MOTIVATION: Check out the “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” calendar, and you will discover the following thought: “Think of stress and frustration as distractions to your success. Many people assume that stress and success are linked in the same way that glue sticks to paper. People think of their stress as [...]
The Virgo sun and the Capricorn moon work together like a first-rate executive team, inspiring and motivating us to do the work that’s necessary to get to the place we need to be. There’s a sense that others will hold us accountable to our word, and the potential for social validation is enough to keep [...]
At 6:05 p.m. on Aug. 19, a Marine, noticeably taller than his fellows, quietly began issuing orders. The Marines slowly walked to the back of a hearse parked behind Faith Episcopal Church in Cameron Park. They slowly raised their hands in salute as bagpipes played in the background. They carefully moved the flag-wrapped casket containing Staff Sgt. Sky R. Mote to a waiting caisson. The pallbearers took positions on either side of the caisson and the procession began moving, the gathered crowd of a few hundred Marines, law enforcement and members of the community fell in behind the family, all led by a CHP cruiser.
As drivers endure the steady ascent of fuel prices nationally, Toyota, the most fuel-efficient full-line auto manufacturer in the United States, has strengthened its portfolio of efficient cars with five recently introduced vehicles that offer an average combined fuel economy of 44 mpg. The Scion iQ (EPA rated 37 mpg combined), Camry Hybrid (EPA rated [...]
On the first full day of the Cancer solar journey of 2012, you may start to wonder whether your house is in order. The clean surfaces of your surroundings are both a reality that brightens your thinking and a symbol that all is well. In the coming weeks, expect to delve into the deeper levels [...]
Deborah Maier, a 2008 Ponderosa High School graduate, is making her marks for the Cal Bears. Maier, a junior who competes in indoor track, waited until the Payton Jordan Invitational last month to make her outdoor debut. Competing in the 10,000 meters, Maier turned in a record-setting time of 32 minutes, 12.47 seconds, earning the junior [...]
There are times when confusion and tension only add to the magnitude of attraction, and this is one of those times. Mercury and Saturn are in opposition during this luscious Full Scorpio Moon, promising that what’s exchanged will strike at the very core of relationships. It’s not about the words; rather, it’s the overall dizzying [...]