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Friday, March 13, 7 p.m., Stage 3 – Blues Box Bayou Band – The Blues Box Bayou Band, Sonora’s own rockin’ mix of Cajun, Zydeco and American Roots music will launch the Stage 3 2009 Music Series. Stage 3 is located at 208 S. Green St. in downtown Sonora. Seating is limited to 60. Tickets are $10. For information or reservations, call 536-1778 or visit www.stage3.org.
Saturday, March 14, 4 to 7 p.m., Jamestown Sherriff’s Posse – Suicide Awareness Benefit Dinner and Raffle – Sonora High Senior Sara Mitchell is helping raise suicide awareness in the community by hosting a benefit dinner and raffle at the Jamestown Sherriff’s Posse at 19130 Rawhide Road in Jamestown. Pre-ordered tickets will be $10 a person and $25 for a family of four. Tickets at the door will be $15 per person and $30 for a family of four. Suicide awareness T-shirts are being sold for $10 and bracelets for $3. All proceeds will go to the Josh Ditler Foundation of Hope. For tickets, T-shirts, bracelets or donations call, 984-3425, 533-1121 or 532-4933.
Saturday, March 14, 5 p.m., Sonora Elks Lodge – TuCARE’s Annual Dinner and Auction – TuCARE Celebrates 20 years with a tri-tip and chicken dinner. Following dinner a live auction will take place. It will be an event to honor great men and women, and to look back at some incredible and memorable moments in Tuolumne County. This is TuCARE’s main fundraiser of the year. Feel free to donate items for the auction. Tickets are $25. For more information, call 586-7816.
Tuesday, March 17, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Unity Church – Writer’s Support Group – Unity Church in the Mother Lode at 16997 Wagon Wheel Rd (just off 108 and Soulsbyville Road) in Sonora is offering a Writer’s Support Group starting March 17th and continuing on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. It will be open to writers of all genres: fiction, non-fiction, biography, drama, short stories, novels, etc. For more information, call 533-2860 or email gailclark3@hotmail.com.
Tuesday, March 17, 7 p.m., Stage 3 – St. Paddy’s Day Spectacular – Celebrate with a genuine Irish buffet of corned beef and cabbage, hoist a brew or two and enjoy Irish music from Ned O’Allatt, Sean O’ Brennan, Elida O’Ickes, Julie O’Johnson, Lillian McLeod, Daniel O’Connell, Doug O’Parrish, Bill O’Schneiderman, Michael O’Severin, Virginia O’Sutherst and Doug O’Vanderberg. Stage 3 is located at 208 S. Green St. in downtown Sonora. Seating is limited to 60. Tickets are $15. For information or reservations, call 536-1778 or visit www.stage3.org.
Wednesday, March 18, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Telele Lodge (Old Black Oak School Campus) – Family Bingo Night – FFEE Kids Reach and BOTH parents group are having a Family Bingo Night and all proceeds will go to help the kids at Twain Harte-Long Barn School District. Refreshments will be available to purchase and a St. Patrick Day theme prize for best costume and hat.
Wednesday, March 18 through Friday, March 20, various times, Black Oak Casino – Entertainment – On Wednesday at 8 p.m. New Found Road will perform; on Thursday at 8 p.m. comedian Mark Pitta will perform; and on Friday, Jimmy Buffet tribute band, Garratt Wilkin and the Parrotheads will perform at 9 p.m. (tickets are $10).
Thursday, March 19, 6 p.m., Sonora Hills Clubhouse – AAUW Meeting – The Sonora Branch of the American Association of University Women will gather for the Guest Night Talent/Variety show at the Sonora Hills Clubhouse. Sonora’s own Phyllis Diller (aka Laurel Leslie) will be the M.C. for the evening. Sonora AAUW is open to women with an Associate or Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college. New members and guests are welcome. For more information, call 928-5744.
Friday, March 20, 5 to 7:30 p.m., High Country Sports Arena – Youth Skate Night – Friday Night Live and the Tuolumne County Recreation Department presents a skate night for K-8th graders at the Sports Arena at 14934 Camage Road in Sonora. Cost is $5 for children, includes entry fee and skates ($4 if they have their own skates). Skating parents pay $1 if they come with a child. Non-skating parents are free. Everyone is entered to win an MP3 player or a family night at Black Oak Casino. For more information call 533-5663.
Saturday, March 21 and Saturday, March 28, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Twain Harte – Free Youth Musical Workshop – Meyer Hideout, Inc. Youth Musical Theatre Group is holding a free workshop on March 21 and 28 at the upper Black Oak School Campus, Telele Lodge, in Twain Harte. It will involve various theatre and music activities for ages 8-17. From June 29 to August 7 they run a musical theatre summer camp at Telele Lodge from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday for ages 8-17. The cost is $400. Activities include music, theatre, dance, and swimming and field trips. On July 30, 31 and August 1 they will be performing “Seussical Jr.” at 8 p.m. at Summerville High. This is their 6th summer season in Twain Harte.
Saturday, March 21, noon to 5 p.m., Wrights Tire in Sonora – Fundraiser Car Wash – Twain Harte 8th grade students will have a car wash fundraiser for their graduation trip and dance. They will be holding another one at same time and location on April 18th. For more information, call Carol Baldwin at 586-2526.
Saturday, March 21, 6 p.m., Sonora Opera Hall – Chinese Dinner and Auction – An annual fundraising event to benefit the WATCH program will include a Chinese buffet catered by the China House Restaurant in Twain Harte. The main event of the evening will be an “Auction” with 25 prizes. Ticket price includes the 25 Chinese coins that you’ll need to play the game. There will also be a silent auction. Join them in the fun and dress to win the optional costume contest. All proceeds benefit people with developmental disabilities living in the community. Tickets are $35 each which includes 25 Chinese coins to participate in the 25 item ‘Chinese’ Auction. For tickets, call, 533-0510 x10.
Sunday, March 22, 1 to 4 p.m., Sonora Senior Center – Meals on Wheels Fundraiser – The Country Classics Band will be donating their time to play country, Latin, ballroom and swing music for dancing and listening pleasure the third Sunday of every month from 1 to 4 p.m. in Sonora’s Senior Center. This Meals on Wheels Fundraiser is for all ages and costs $4 per person. For more information, call 536-9280 or 532-9054.
Sunday, March 22, 10:30 a.m., Sonora Elks Lodge – Spay/Neuter Fundraiser – Tickets are selling quickly for the Humane Society of Tuolumne County’s Bone Appétit Spring Champagne Brunch fundraiser, benefiting their Spay/Neuter Voucher Program. The event’s highlights include: a high scale menu, a boutique and vendor area for a wide variety of shopping and services, and live entertainment with vocalist Kerry Tweedy and pianist Krista White. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at the Humane Society’s Thrift Store in East Sonora (533-2963), their shelter in Jamestown (984-5489), or you can print the PDF file from their website at www.hsotc.org. Although space is not guaranteed, tickets will be on sale at the door for $22. For more information, call 984-5489.
Sunday, March 22, 2 to 3:30 p.m., Murphys – Calaveras County Great Discussion Series – The Calaveras County Great Decisions discussion series will take place at the First Congregational Church at 509 N. Algiers St. in Murphys. Dr. Fred Moody, consulting engineer and professor with expertise in Thermal-Hydraulics and Nuclear Energy, will lead this discussion. “Great Decisions “is a nation wide discussion series sponsored by the nonpartisan Foreign Policy Association and facilitated in Calaveras County by the American Association of University Women. The discussion series is free to the public. For more information, call 795-3798 or diskc@aol.com.
Monday, March 23, 11 a.m., Pine Tree Restaurant – Women’s Republican Meeting – The Tuolumne County Republican Women Federated will meet Monday at the Pine Tree Restaurant at Mono Way East and Hess Avenue in Sonora. At 12:30 p.m. the speaker will be the County Administrator, Craig Pedro. Deadline for reservation is Friday, March 20th. For more information, call 928-3002 or mdc@goldrush.com.
Monday, March 23, 7p.m., Stage 3 Theatre – Storytelling Concert – The Mother Lode Reading Council and Delta Kappa Gamma present the 7th annual “For Adult Ears Only” Evening Storytelling Concert with The Story Quilters at Stage 3 Theatre at 208 South Green Street in downtown Sonora. This event is a fundraiser for community literacy projects. Tickets will be available at the Mountain Bookshop, from Mother Lode Reading Council and Delta Kappa Gamma members, or at the door. The $15 price includes an elegant dessert served by Delta Kappa Gamma members. If you are interested in the group’s events or wish to join the MLRC, please contact President Debbie Cowan, cowzin@shenandoahvalleyca.com or call 245-3707.
Tuesday, March 24, 6 p.m., Twain Harte Golf Course Clubhouse – Soroptimist Award Banquet – Soroptimist International of Twain Harte will be honoring the recipients of their three annual awards at the Twain Harte Golf Course Clubhouse. The Violet Richardson Award recognizes young women for their volunteer action, and this year’s winner is Gina Rutter, a student at Summerville High School. The Women’s Opportunity Award gives women the resources they need to improve their education, skills and employment prospects and Laura Davis of Tuolumne and a student at Columbia College is this year’s award recipient. The Making a Difference for Women Award honors women who, through their professional or personal efforts, are making extraordinary differences in the lives of women or girls, and this year’s recipient is Jo Ann Rios, of Sonora Regional Medical Center, for her work with women’s heart health. A donation will made to the charity of Jo Ann’s choice. The awards do not stop at the local level and these women will all be eligible for regional and higher awards. For tickets and information, call 586-5565.
Get in the Game: The Tuolumne County Library offers adults the “Get in the Game” activity at all five libraries every week for two hours. Board games, puzzles, and other activities are offered, with the Wii game featured at one of the libraries each week. Twain Harte Branch Library offers it each Thursday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. MiWuk Branch Library offers it each Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuolumne City Branch Library offers it each Friday from noon to 2 p.m. Sonora Library offers it each Friday at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Groveland Branch offers it on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays in the Community Room at the library from 2 to 4 p.m. The Wii games will be at the Tuolumne Branch on Friday, March 13. For more information, or to volunteer, call 533-5507.
Peer Help Center Meetings – Mental Art meets every Monday at 11:30 a.m., Spirituality group meets every Monday at 12:30 p.m. and O.C.D. meets every Monday at 2 p.m. Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance meets every Tuesday from 2 to 3 p.m. Therapy Art meets every Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to noon and WRAP group meets every Wednesday at 2 p.m. Career Development meets every Thursday at 1 p.m. and PTSD meets every Thursday from 2 to 3 p.m. Every Friday is game day at 10:30 a.m. E.A. group meets at 12:30 p.m. D.R.A meets every Friday from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. and Communications meets every Friday from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. These meetings take place at 310 Stockton Rd. in Sonora. For more information, call 533-6695.
LEGAL NOTICE: ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME. CASE NUMBER: CV 54485. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF TUOLUMNE 41 WEST YANEY AVENUE SONORA, CALIFORNIA 95370
PETITION OF: LINDSEY KAY RAYMOND
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Lindsey Kay Raymond filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as followed: PRESENT NAME LINDSEY KAY RAYMOND TO PROPOSED NAME LINDSEY KAY WARNOCK
Continued on attachment 1. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated blow to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least tow court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING: DATE: 5/7/2009 AT 9:30 A.M. IN DEPT. 2 ADDRESS OF THE COURT IS: TUOLUMNE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT; 41 WEST YANEY AVENUE SONORA, CA 95370
A COPY of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive dates prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN TIMES
DATE: 3/9/2009 /s/: James A Boscoe Judge of the Superior Court
MARCH 13, 20, 27, APRIL 3, 2009
