Shingle Springs News

Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, July 24, 2008 Story appeared in El DORADO FOLSOM RANCHO CORDO section, Page G2 A "Gathering for Change," sponsored by the Foothills Democratic Club, is set for 7 to 9 p.m. ...

Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, July 24, 2008 Story appeared in El DORADO FOLSOM RANCHO CORDO section, Page G2 A "Gathering for Change," sponsored by the Foothills Democratic Club, is set for 7 to 9 p.m. ...

Here's what you'll find in Thursday's issue of the Tahoe Daily Tribune: Bears in the woods It was front page news, above the fold, in the Tahoe Daily Tribune in 1972: Bear rips through neighborhood.

Bipolar Insights, a non-profit organization, is hosting a fundraiser picnic noon to 7 p.m. July 26 at Cameron Park Lake.

Apple employees at Sacramento Apple in the Arden Fair mall prepare for the rush of customers planning to purchase iPhone G3, which went on sale this morning.

Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, July 10, 2008 Story appeared in El DORADO FOLSOM RANCHO CORDO section, Page G2 The Women's Ministry at Shepherd of the Hills Church will hold a breakfast meeting at 10:30 a.m. ...

The El Dorado Irrigation District announced that it has been informed by attorneys for Voices for Rural Living that the citizens group would file a lawsuit asking the court to nullify the district's agreement ...

" Amy Sept from Cameron Park, and Kaile Braike, from El Dorado Hills have been awarded scholarships to William Jessup University.

Board of Supervisors Face Delicate Balancing Act of Competing Interest. After too many years of work and debate, the El Dorado County Winery Ordinance inches closer to fruition.

As the Red Hawk Casino nears completion, some people are worried the venue will attract too much traffic and worsen water quality.

Red Hawk Casino opens a temporary employment and training center Monday in El Dorado Hills to begin processing applications for some 1,750 jobs, everything from dishwashers to dealers, cashiers to maintenance ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a compact Tuesday with the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok allowing the tribe up to 5,000 slot machines for their Red Hawk Casino .

The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians is going to pay the state the largest share of revenue by any California tribe from slot machine winnings.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced today the signing of an amended compact with the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians.

A 56-year-old Shingle Springs woman who said she was mauled in the lobby of the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office and then stun-gunned in jail goes on trial this week in Placerville.

It will be the big serve against the big heart in today's singles final of the $15,000 Freight Solution Providers Tennis Championships in Shingle Springs.

Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, June 26, 2008 Story appeared in El DORADO FOLSOM RANCHO CORDO section, Page H2 Vocalist and songwriter Bree Noble of San Dimas will be the guest speaker at the Shingle Springs ...

Searching for early-season tomatoes, we took a drive up Highway 50 to visit the Wednesday-morning certified farmers market at Burke Junction Shopping Center in Shingle Springs.

RE-RIDE YEAR 2008 SCHEDULE
NATIONAL PONY EXPRESS ASSOCIATION
SACRAMENTO , CALIFORNIA - ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI
JUNE 18 - 28, 2008

The National Pony Express Association will once again conduct a Re-Ride of the Pony Express Trail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, June 18 to 28, 2008.

This re-ride will be a 10-day, 24-hour a day, non-stop event by over 500 riders and horses. The 1,966 mile route will be over the Pony Express National Historic Trail from California, through Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas to Missouri.  It is the longest event held annually on a historical trail in the nation, even surpassing the famed Iditarod.

The event commemorates the Pony Express of 1860-1861. The Central Overland and California Pikes Peak Express Company carried letters and telegrams for 19 months to prove the Central Route through Salt Lake passable year round. The owners hoped to win a federal mail contract on that route. Pony Express history is preserved in the federally designated Historic Trail, administered by the National Park Service, in museums, Pony Rider monuments, books, and the annual re-creations by the NPEA.

Riders will carry Commemorative Letters in a Mochila, Pony Express style. The cachets, honoring Pony Express history, will be available for purchase by NPEA members, historians, and philatelists. The envelopes will show they were carried by the Pony Express and the first class postage will have a special US Postal service cancellation. Only the number of letters purchased will be carried.

Communications between Riders and Ride Captains are provided by amateur radio operators in the states of California, Nevada, and Utah. Links to their web pages are listed below. Also, for the first time, a GPS unit will be carried in one of the cantinas on the Mochila. The size of a deck of cards, the GPS unit will transmit the location of the Mochila every five minutes to a satellite. The unit will be active for the entire length of the Re-Ride. 

*** [ Anyone wishing to see the Pony Express riders should be aware that they may be anywhere from two hours ahead to two hours behind schedule ! ] ***