*CV NEWS: SUMMER 2011
Date: August 25, 2011 9:34:07 PM PDT
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MESSAGE 1:
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
~ Steve Jobs
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MESSAGE TWO:
From: angela@warnerspringsrealty.com
Subject: for newsletter
Date: August 25, 2011 1:33:34 AM PDT
I am copying a thank you letter I recently wrote our fire department, and thought our neighbors would like to know what great dudes we have nearby at our service when we have accidents!!!! :)
Angela
August 19, 2011
Dear Sunshine Summit Fire Department:
On August 4 a few weeks ago, I had an accident while lighting my stove and sustained 1st and 2nd degree burns on my face, hands, arms and chest. You were the first to respond and take care of me, and I just wanted to send you sincere thanks for everything you did.
You were all very professional and prompt, and you almost immediately put me, and my family, at ease. I am about 6 months pregnant and you were great about taking measures to make sure the baby was not in jeopardy, mostly by calming me down and explaining to me what was happening. The treatment of my burns from you was more than I received from the paramedics OR from the emergency room that night. You were all very knowledgeable, personable and amazing, and I am just so grateful you are nearby, providing the services you do!
Thank you so much for everything!!!
Angela Acosta
Chihuahua Valley, Warner Springs.
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angela m. acosta
angela.acosta@stanfordalumni.org
760.533.9137
36651 highway 79
warner springs, ca 92086
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MESSAGE THREE (edited):
From: dials@juno.com
Subject: Re: CV NEWS: July 26, 2011 (3-messages)
Hi Doug -
I just wanted to pass on how much I appreciate your e-mail newsletters
from the valley. It's a great way to keep in touch with things there,
and you do a fine job....
Mike
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MESSAGE FOUR:
From: nina@ninak.info
Subject: The latest on our "fire"fee
Date: August 24, 2011 8:09:24 PM PDT
Fire Districts Association of California
August 23, 2011
The latest on California politics and government:
(Originally distributed by Capitol Alert.)
*State board approves maximum $90 fee on rural homeowners
A state board responsible for rural fire protection on Monday approved a maximum $90 fee per house in sparsely populated areas, significantly below the $150 charge envisioned by state lawmakers in their June budget. (Download the board's SRA fee emergency regulations.)
Under the emergency regulation passed by the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, the full $90 fire prevention fee would apply to homeowners in extreme fire zones. Those living elsewhere in state responsibility areas would pay $70 each year.
Monday's regulation includes $65 in credits that would reduce those fees, including $45 for those who already pay for local fire prevention through district fees or taxes.
The regulation appears to raise nowhere near the $50 million that lawmakers are counting on this fiscal year, and certainly not the $200 million projected annually thereafter.
Board executive officer George Gentry estimated that the regulation would generate about $30 on average for each of the 850,000 homes in state responsibility areas. That would equal $25.5 million before subtracting new administrative costs that could be as high as $12 million annually.
The fee structure is far from final. Gov. Jerry Brown has called for clean-up legislation that would allow the state to apply funds to firefighting costs rather than fire prevention measures. Board members acknowledged that their fee proposal was essentially a first draft since they must follow up with a permanent regulation later this fiscal year.
Fiscal conservatives, meanwhile, have vowed to sue the state to block the fire fee from ever taking effect. They believe the law is unconstitutional and represents a tax that should have been passed on a two-thirds vote, rather than a majority.
"I think we're going to find out those areas that we need to come back and talk about in October because we're going to get an earful," said Stan L. Dixon, the board chairman and former Humboldt County supervisor, referring to anticipated public reaction. "I don't think anybody expects that this package could be anywhere near perfect."
Posted by Kevin Yamamura
Fire Districts Association of California
FDAC - 1215 K Street, Suite 2290, Sacramento, CA 95814. 800.829.4309
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Nina Karavasiles
(951) 767-7005
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MESSAGE FIVE:
From: drwillhite@earthlink.net
Subject: "Economic growth is over. Let's move on!"
Watch this brief, animated YouTube video, "Who Killed Economic Growth?", and you'll know more about real economics than our politicians and TV & Radio pundits combined!
Please pass it on.
thanks,
doug
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Message SIX:
*Enjoy and share Mountain Communities of Resilience's newsletter
Would you like a printout? Copies of this and future newsletters will be available at ERA Realty office @ 56070 Highway 371 and at Overland Realty office @ 56030 Highway 371, Anza, CA
Aug/2011 MARK YOUR CALENDAR
The Swap Meet/Farmers' Market Project is going high-tech. The M-COR STORE (until we think of a better name) now has books for sale at Amazon.com. Now you can shop 24/7. Please check it out. http://www.amazon.com/shops/A33PMKEQ3VJQLB
RECYCLING EFFORTS
At the M-COR Swap Meet Booth or take your items to the General Meetings
We accept dead alkaline BATTERIES for responsible disposal; CELLPHONES are collected as a fundraiser as well as SNEAKERS! Your old smelly sneakers are collected and sent off to a fundraising center, which pays us money (about 50cents/pair). And now CORKS from wine bottles are also sent away to a recycling center that turns them into things like cork soles or bulletin boards. So start your collections at home. Questions: ask Eve at 951-491-5622
Tuesday, September 26th @ 6:30 pm
Featuring guest speaker, Tom Murphy, an associate professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego who will discuss the predicament we face managing resource limitations, energy production, climate change, and economic growth.
M-COR IN THE NEWS
(Although this isn't a story about M-COR we are proud to include Ed in our network. Be sure you check out his excellent article). Anza Valley to be future Wine Country? by Ed Walls http://www.anzavalleyoutlook.com/story/58045/
A LETTER FROM IDYLLWILD TOWNCRIER: free listings in new Idyllwild Guide
Dear M-COR folks:
I'm gathering information for the winter/spring Idyllwild Guide that will be published in October. I invite you to submit any events for M-COR, as well as any other business and organization that you are a part of and/or help spread the word about. Also, please feel free to let others - musicians, artists, organizations, etc.) know about this opportunity to be included in Idyllwild's most comprehensive calendar of events.
Include events from October 2011 through May 2012. Please include name of event, date, time & location. Deadline for submission is September 1. Best regards, Beth Nottley, Idyllwild Town Crier beth@towncrier.com
LINKS
Green builder Adam Katzman wanted to experiment with building a "constructed wetland" to process sewage. Then he wanted to make the whole thing float. His paddle-boat-toilet, parked at a marina in Queens, demonstrates how rainwater and human waste can be converted to plants and clean water. It's a zero-waste waste disposal system http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/201108193
Low-Till Forage Production Taking Hold among California Dairies. Method saves fuel, labor and equipment costs, also reduces soil disturbance and dust http://www.agweb.com/article/low-till_forage_production_taking_hold_among_california_dairies/
A watershed moment for Obama on climate change. By Bill McKibben http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-watershed-moment-for-obama-on-climate-change/2011/08/16/gIQAGX3zJJ_story.html
Pedal-Powered Bus is Almost Too Cool for School. http://inhabitat.com/pedal-powered-kids-bus-is-almost-too-cool-for-school/
Natural Cleaning Recipes.http://greenlivingideas.com/2008/04/27/natural-cleaning-recipes/
This link is an article written by Tom Murphy who is September speaker. http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-07-18/galactic-scale-energy
Training for Transition - Joshua Tree, CA Friday, October 14, 2011 - 6:00pm - Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 5:30pm http://www.transitionus.org/event/training-transition-joshua-tree-ca
Visit our website at www.m-cor.org If you like to link your Google Calendar to ours, our Calendar ID is mountaincor@gmail.com. Use the following address to access M-COR's online calendar in any web browser.
https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=mountaincor%40gmail.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles&pvttk=693d66826716c12851f13fa8ad308e52
We also have an updated Facebook profile at www.facebook.com/MountainCOR, which will have M-COR & community updates, photos and events. Please 'LIKE' us.
Comments and suggestions are welcome. Send your articles, links or updates to info@m-cor.org
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M-COR
Mountain Communities of Resilience
info@M-COR.org
(888) 834-9005 x 4 voicemail
(888) 834-9005 fax
www.M-COR.org
www.facebook.com/MountainCOR
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MESSAGE SEVEN:
"How to disinfect a water well" document: http://www.ct.gov/dph/lib/dph/environmental_health/private_wells/pdf/Well_disinfection.pdf
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MESSAGE EIGHT:
From: Mcclairew@aol.com
Subject: CV NEWS: June 14, 2011
Date: July 15, 2011 11:34:21 AM PDT
Hi! We are enjoying the E-mail news you send out to us.
We want to thank all the people in Chihuahua Valley who were so supportive for us during our sale of the ranch. Warren Dershem is the new owner and we know he will love living in the valley. We loved living with all of you and hope we can continue driving to the Valley to visit as much as possible. Jerry is now playing golf again with his sons who live near us. My dear Judi passed away last December 21st, so it has taken time to know I have time for me now. Am reading again and wanting to take water color after working on a book of poems I now have in the making. Had a bout with Pneumonia but am getting better so I can have my right knee replacement in September. Like Helen Mitchell said to me"Join the Club!" Comes with age!!!! We miss the closeness of all our friends there. You are and always will be special friends to us. Jerry will be eighty eight in three months so it is time for him to play golf again!!!!
Lovingly,
Vi & Jerry
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MESSAGE NINE:
From: "janna patton"
Date: July 25, 2011 2:40:49 PM PDT
Subject: Vic Chynowith
Hi everybody,
Many of you have heard already but I wanted to forward a message that Vic has passed away after having lung cancer. He was a wonderful friend and neighbor and will be greatly missed.
For those of you that are in the area and would like to provide food for the family, it would really be appreciated...
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MESSAGE TEN:
From: nina@ninak.info
Subject: Winds shift: 11,000 acre Eagle Fire now burning to northwest
Date: July 25, 2011 6:10:36 AM PDT
Hello All,
Here is some info on the fire.
Nina
WINDS SHIFT: EAGLE FIRE NOW BURNING TO THE NORTHWEST
Greetings!
July 24, 2011 (San Diego's East County)-Cal-Fire is now battling the 11,000 acre Eagle Fire in a unified command with the Bureau of Indian affairs and the California Department of Parks and Recreation.
"The fire is burning in a mix of grass, brush, oak and pine trees in steep, rugged terrain on the Los Coyotes Indian Reservation and the Anza Borrego Desert State Park," said Cal-Fire's Roxanne Provaznik. "The fire is moving toward the northwest and is visible from the desert community of Borrego Springs. Firefighters took advantage of the increased relative humidity and made significant progress. The Borrego Palm Canyon Campground and Trail have been closed, along with the Lost Valley Boy Scout Camp."
As of 8 p.m., the fire is 40 percent contained. There is no estimate yet on when full containment may be attained. A total of 1,771 personnel are fighting the fire that began in the vicinity of ERTC (Eagle Rock Training Center). Presently 82 fire crews, 67 engines, 13 helicopters, 6 air tankers, and 14 bulldozers are involved in the effort.
Citizens Oversight Projects has forwarded links to videos which show the start of the Eagle Fire:
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/anim-a2/hpwren-iqeye20/dates/20110723-Q4.mp4
Other videos can be found on this page, see links at the bottom for the most recent videos.
http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/anim-a2/hpwren-iqeye20/dates
There have been five minor injuries to firefighters. Thus far firefighters have limited structural loss to one outbuilding, according to Cal Fire. There are currently no road closures or evacuation orders.
Cooperating Agencies include CAL FIRE, San Diego County Fire Authority, US Forest Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, San Diego County Sheriff's Department, California Department of Parks & Recreation, Cal EMA, California Conservation Corps, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and the California Air National Guard.
There are many additional details available in articles on our website at
www.EastCountyMagazine.org.
Residents who need more information can contact the Eagle Fire Information Line at (619) 590-3160, or go to
www.fire.ca.gov
Do you have photos or eyewitness accounts? If so please email
editor@eastcountymagazine.org or post in the comments section at the bottom of the article on our homepage.
If you received this alert from a friend, sign up to get our free
wildfire/emergency alerts sent directly to you. Encourage friends and family to sign up, too!
visit www.EastCountyMagazine.org.
You can also follow ViejasAlerts at www.Twitter.com to receive brief text alerts on your cell phone or mobile device.
For major wildland fires, visit the County emergency website at http://www.sdcountyemergency.com/
Best wishes,
Miriam Raftery, Editor and Founder, East County Magazine, and
Mark Hanson, PhD, Cedar Fire Survivor and Director, Heartland Foundation
Published by Heartland Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization
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MESSAGE ELEVEN:
From: dacarrotts2942@netzero.net
Subject: meat rabbits for sale
We now have Californian meat rabbits available for sale in CV. We have both breeders and babies. We sell them dressed (processed) upon request.
Please phone us at (951) 767-1928.
Thanks
Carole & Dave Coito
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