Just returned from a week in Eugene Oregon with family. With 4 sports minded nieces and nephews from age 10-15, it was non-stop practices and games to attend. No time to blog!
Anyway, when I got home Robert Crabb told me that Satuday night before Super Bowl, there were many mail boxes throughout the shores creamed by vandals. Also, someone (?) dumpted two sofa's at the corner of Pasquale and BHQ, by the store. That's quite a spree. What's up? Vandalism is actually pretty rare here. Anybody on their way to the dumps that wants to take a few sofas? They look pretty trashy out there.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Propane Prices/Membership 2009
Just took a 5 gal tank to be refilled at Surburban. With the membership price of $1.88 a gal, it took only $8 and change to fill the tank. Then went across the street and noticed that at the refill station it would be $21.99! What a savings. The Homeowners Assn hopes to increase membership from last years 183 to 200 this year, increasing the savingings with Surburban even more (200 homes is a price break goal). Be sure to join or rejoin this year to benefit us all!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Wild and Scenic Film Festival
DID you go? It just gets better every year. I volunteered with a friend to seat kids/parents at the Nevada Theatre on Sat. morning. The place was PACKED and the kids were just enthralled with the films (all geared to kid audience). One really good film was "a day at the Yuba river" as told by 3 dogs, (no sound, just dogs in river bliss set to music) with lots of underwater scenes. The dogs in the film were there for Q & A afterward. Went back Sunday for my "must sees." Lots of Cascade Shores folks in town for the events. Saw Matt and Michelle Margoles with their handsome boys, and Chuck and Marvina Jaffee. Chuck lives on Mt. View and does the movie reviews for the Union, and had the best Oscar party I've even been to. He is my movie "Guru" and I love to talk film with him.
4 Way Stop/Chipping/Small Town
Sunday: did you see the CHP hanging around the 4 way stop by the store? He said there have been complaints of drivers running the 4 way stop signs at full speed, so we will be seeing some CHP down here to write tickets. You've been warned . . .
Well, to all of you who have neatly stacked brush out on the street, bad news. Looks like the chipping program won't be funded this year (heard from Chief David Ray). The CSHA is trying to look into an alternative to having to haul all the way to Mc Courtney dumps. This is looking to be another dry year, and fire hazard will be high. We're all going to have to find a way to get the stuff chipped or removed to reduce the danger.
I went to Farmers Insurance by SPD to pay a bill, and the receptionest said, "hey, Wanda (Mertons) has chickens and too many eggs. Want to buy a dozen fresh eggs for $1.50?" Had to pass cause I just got some, but I'll be back. Anyway, love the small town feel of that. AAA in the Bay Area never offered me eggs.
Well, to all of you who have neatly stacked brush out on the street, bad news. Looks like the chipping program won't be funded this year (heard from Chief David Ray). The CSHA is trying to look into an alternative to having to haul all the way to Mc Courtney dumps. This is looking to be another dry year, and fire hazard will be high. We're all going to have to find a way to get the stuff chipped or removed to reduce the danger.
I went to Farmers Insurance by SPD to pay a bill, and the receptionest said, "hey, Wanda (Mertons) has chickens and too many eggs. Want to buy a dozen fresh eggs for $1.50?" Had to pass cause I just got some, but I'll be back. Anyway, love the small town feel of that. AAA in the Bay Area never offered me eggs.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Is there a dirt bike "problem" in Cascade Shores?
Despite what you may have read in the Union, or rumors within the Shores, The Homeowners Assn. board members have no opinion/stand on what some locals are calling a "dirt bike/noise pollution" problem in the Shores and Gas Canyon area. Only a very small number of residents (3) have made negative comments to CSHA, and it is not within their realm to get involved. Law enforcement has no reports of vandalism or crime in the area associated with riders. No great light was shed on the problem, if it does exist, at the monthly meeting.
As far as I am concerned, personally, this is a recreational area and there is expected to be boaters, bikers, ATV's. Unfortunately there are also folks driving way too fast. A community like this is made up of all kinds of folks with all kinds of noisy hobbies. Can we concentrate on the positive? It's still paradise to me. . . . imperfections and all . . . . kids of all ages love two wheels, 3 wheels, and 4 wheels . . . so do I (I have a 750 Honda for my kicks). It is OK to ride on private property without permission? No. Is it OK to go 50mph in a 25? No, uncool, and dangerous. But, we will never have CHP down here to site speeders, (they say they don't have the resources) so how do we create awareness? There will always be those to whom the laws don't apply. I watch people of all ages every day speed up and down the hill, . . . . cars, trucks, delivery vehicles, bicycles (doin 35!) and motorbikes. Whadda do? Are you part of the solution, or part of the problem?
As far as I am concerned, personally, this is a recreational area and there is expected to be boaters, bikers, ATV's. Unfortunately there are also folks driving way too fast. A community like this is made up of all kinds of folks with all kinds of noisy hobbies. Can we concentrate on the positive? It's still paradise to me. . . . imperfections and all . . . . kids of all ages love two wheels, 3 wheels, and 4 wheels . . . so do I (I have a 750 Honda for my kicks). It is OK to ride on private property without permission? No. Is it OK to go 50mph in a 25? No, uncool, and dangerous. But, we will never have CHP down here to site speeders, (they say they don't have the resources) so how do we create awareness? There will always be those to whom the laws don't apply. I watch people of all ages every day speed up and down the hill, . . . . cars, trucks, delivery vehicles, bicycles (doin 35!) and motorbikes. Whadda do? Are you part of the solution, or part of the problem?
Future Improvements to Pasquale/Sewer Plant News
A few incouraging items from last nights meeting with Dist. 1 Supv. Nate Beason:
1. Some area's will be widened to provide better turnouts starting spring 2009.
2. New technology type guard rails will be installed in some area's in 2010, with $100K budget
3. Though Pasquale is considered a "secondary road" (Red Dog is a primary) and though there are only 400 homes out here, it does receive a great deal more attention than any other secondary road in Nevada County.
4. Plow begins plowing once there is 2" of snow on ground. Sanding trucks sand every 10-12 hours during storm/icy conditions. They always try to hit them early in am for commuters.
Nate reminds that despite the above, Pasquale will always be a narrow, curvy road with a 3000+ elevation, subject to icy conditions. Use your head when deciding to travel it during icy stormy conditions. ONLY SO MUCH CAN BE DONE by the county to make it travelable. Most folks at the meeting agreed that this years plow drivers did a great job of creating burms and pull-outs on the road, and driveways and mailboxes were far more excessable than in former years. I am trying to get the name of the drivers to let Doug Farrell of public works know who much we appreciate the plow guys attention to the above this year. (2 guys working 12 hr shifts)
SEWER NEWS: for you 83 homesites that are serviced by the sewer, you should be online with the new facility as of 1/21/09. Finally. Now, go tell your commode the good news! For the rest of us on septic (approx 300 homes in Cascade Shores) better keep up with the new regulations coming down the pike on septics. Watch for articles in the Union, KNCO and YubaNet.
1. Some area's will be widened to provide better turnouts starting spring 2009.
2. New technology type guard rails will be installed in some area's in 2010, with $100K budget
3. Though Pasquale is considered a "secondary road" (Red Dog is a primary) and though there are only 400 homes out here, it does receive a great deal more attention than any other secondary road in Nevada County.
4. Plow begins plowing once there is 2" of snow on ground. Sanding trucks sand every 10-12 hours during storm/icy conditions. They always try to hit them early in am for commuters.
Nate reminds that despite the above, Pasquale will always be a narrow, curvy road with a 3000+ elevation, subject to icy conditions. Use your head when deciding to travel it during icy stormy conditions. ONLY SO MUCH CAN BE DONE by the county to make it travelable. Most folks at the meeting agreed that this years plow drivers did a great job of creating burms and pull-outs on the road, and driveways and mailboxes were far more excessable than in former years. I am trying to get the name of the drivers to let Doug Farrell of public works know who much we appreciate the plow guys attention to the above this year. (2 guys working 12 hr shifts)
SEWER NEWS: for you 83 homesites that are serviced by the sewer, you should be online with the new facility as of 1/21/09. Finally. Now, go tell your commode the good news! For the rest of us on septic (approx 300 homes in Cascade Shores) better keep up with the new regulations coming down the pike on septics. Watch for articles in the Union, KNCO and YubaNet.
Monday, January 5, 2009
CSHA BOARD MEET WED/POLAR BEARS?
A reminder, this Wed. meeting (1/7) at the Firehouse, 6:30. Supv. Nate Beason will be there to listen to and speak of road safety/winter road issues. Nate has been a big supporter of Cascade Shores, putting in countless hours and finding countless solutions for our sewer problems. Let's all join together to find solutions to make Pasquale Road safer in the winter. Amen. It was hairy out there during the Christmas 2008 storm.
Be sure to click on PolarBears? on home page to see the video of the "plunge." No, it is not sped up. That's how fast you can get in and out of the lake when necessary!
Be sure to click on PolarBears? on home page to see the video of the "plunge." No, it is not sped up. That's how fast you can get in and out of the lake when necessary!
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