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CSD: Chlorine conspiracy allegations not true
March 9 – Two local ranchers, including the wife of a board member, asked the Lake Don Pedro Community Services District last month to investigate reports of multiple incidents of large water releases, including one that smelled strongly of chlorine.
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SOS launches plan for LDP charter school
March 9 – Lake Don Pedro’s Save Our Schools committee had some bad news and some good news for local residents at a meeting last month.
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King proposes closing DPHS
March 9 – The Big Oak Flat–Groveland Unified School District board and the audience discussed and debated on several ways to reduce the district expenses for the 2010/2011 school year during a special meeting February 24.
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What's your storm story?
February 1 – Approximately 1,800 PG&E customers in the Lake Don Pedro, La Grange and Coulterville area were affected by a power outage caused by the onslaught of last week’s storm.
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Golf course homes were without power longer than others
February 1 – Lake Don Pedro resident Janet Wilmeth reported that the area near the golf course, which totaled 133 homes, was without power even longer than other parts of the community. Their homes lost power on Wednesday at 12:06 pm and didn’t get it back on until Saturday at 2:45 pm.
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AARP offers free tax assistance
February 1 – The American Association of Retired Persons Foundation continues to sponsor a free tax filing program though the IRS and California Franchise Tax Board.
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CSD wants population figures a bit lower
February 1 – Ever wonder just how many people live in the Don Pedro area? Official figures set it at about 3,300, more or less. But for purposes of the Lake Don Pedro Community Services District, “less” is better than “more.”
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School trustees revise budget in face of severe financial problems
January 19 – The beleaguered Big Oak Flat Groveland School Board of Trustees, already reeling from lawsuits, restraining orders, controversial hirings and firings and an irate Don Pedro community, now finds itself facing a ever graver problem ... money, or a lack thereof.
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School board members demand Malloy's resignation
December 7 – The Big Oak Flat Groveland Unified School Board of Trustees, whose members assumed office last spring pledging to refocus the district’s attention from politics to academics, ironically now finds itself rocked with controversy, threats and legal maneuvers.
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Letter: Thanks for Soap Box Derby
November 13 – I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped make this year’s derby what it was.
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Local girl joins AmeriCorps
November 2 – This year Don Pedro High School graduated its first senior class in the school’s new multi-purpose/gym. Read Story
CSD hires interim GM
October 19 – This year Don Pedro High School graduated its first senior class in the school’s new multi-purpose/gym. Read Story
School boards meet to discuss future of DPHS
October 5 – Two local school boards will hold a joint meeting next week to discuss the future of Don Pedro High School.
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Chuck Day appointed to CSD board
Sept. 21 – Charles “Chuck” Day of Don Pedro was appointed this week as the newest member of the Lake Don Pedro Community Services District Board of Directors.
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LDP Country Club closes its doors
Sept. 21 – The doors of the Lake Don Pedro Golf and Country Club have closed due to a dwindling economy and forces beyond its control.
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49er Festival returns to Groveland
Sept. 1 – The annual Groveland 49er Festival is bigger and better than ever, with a much larger offering for youth than we have seen before – and all these new and awesome offerings are free.
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Move to censure director draws crowd to CSD meeting
August 12 – Lake Don Pedro Community Services District directors faced a standing-room-only crowd of angry residents, some of them booing and hissing, at a special meeting August 10.
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CSD president resigns
August 12 – Letter from CSD President Steve Marquette. Read Story
Future of DPHS is uncertain
August 12 – Don Pedro High School is slated to remain open this year, but with only two teachers instead of the five they had last year.
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CSD board votes against hiring general manger
July 31 – For the second time in as many months, the Lake Don Pedro Community Services District board of directors has decided not to pursue hiring a general manager.
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Mariposa County reports first case of H1N1 'Swine Flu'
July 31 – The Mariposa County Health Department has reported a case of Pandemic H1N1 (previously known as “Swine Flu”) in Mariposa County, based on laboratory testing.
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COLUMNS
Cause of local animal sickness and death ...
March 9 – A reader of this column contacted me because he was having trouble with county animal control officers seizing two llamas that were out on a public road.
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'Later' can quickly turn into 'too late' ...
February 15 – Have you ever told yourself, or had someone tell you, “You really should …,” but you didn’t, only to regret it later on?
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Reduced hours for trash disposal
March 9 – For all those who use the Coulterville Transfer Station for the discarding of your trash, starting March 1 the transfer station will only be open on Saturdays.
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