The year 2012 will probably be a good year to buy a new car, truck or SUV. It could be one of the last years to get a standard size car for a reasonable price. After that the offerings of the automotive industry will start changing in ways an average buyer may not like. Unless [...]
Aug. 22, 1930 — Oct. 23, 2011 Reno Eugene Zandonella passed peacefully at Western Slope Health Care Center on Oct. 23, 2011. A family graveside service was held at Westwood Hills Memorial Park in Placerville. Born to Iginio and Albina (Pilatti) Zandonella on Aug. 22, 1930, he was raised in the Ringgold area, where he [...]
Ron Thompson started in the automotive business at age 17 as the “wash boy” for the Frank Hurling Chevrolet dealership in Sacramento. “They had 600 cars, plus RVs,” he said. He worked his way up in the company, step by step, until he finally reached the top after 26 years and became general manager. His [...]
I’m having a bit of trouble with the notion of using spending cuts on the order of 3 or 4 trillion dollars as the way to get our financial house in order. No doubt there is waste enough to target that would save many, many millions and billions. A lot, but is it enough? Think [...]
The people will have their say Saturday, July 2, as 14 music acts compete in the Amador County Fair Foundation’s “Amador Fair Aid,” sponsored by KVGC AM 1340, the Amador Ledger Dispatch, TSPN TV and the Jackson Rancheria Resort and Casino. Following the Trucks, Tractors and Trikes Parade in downtown Plymouth at 11 a.m., 14 [...]
The family home has been evolving for thousands of years. Early hunter/gatherers were nomadic and traveled in small family groups. When they found a particularly attractive camping spot with a good water and food source, they might stay there for a while before moving on. Perhaps they carried with them a few animal hides for [...]
Clinton Gardner is 93. He’s lived in the same house high above Main Street for 71 years and he remembers when there was a Placerville Times newspaper as well as the Mountain Democrat. The Placerville Times was absorbed by the Democrat in 1958. Gardner doesn’t remember when he first began reading the Mountain Democrat, but before [...]
