UPDATE: Pete's services are to be held at Hooper Weaver Mortuary on Wed. 12/5/12. There is a viewing from 10am-1pm, with a service at 2pm. You are invited to gather at the Cascade Shores firehouse at 4pm for refreshments and memory sharing (potluck).
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Our dear friend and neighbor, Peter Athanasopoulos, aka Pete the Greek departed this earth and Cascade Shores today at 1:15pm, or thereaboust.
Pete was one of the true Pioneers of Cascade Shores. He purchased his lot at the corner of Cascade Loop and Sadie D wayyyy back in the late 60's. He hand build his tidy A frame a board at a time, driving up from San Mateo every weekend. He spent many hours dredging on the Yuba and
Feather Rivers with his buddies, mostly with Herman, and had quite a bit of the shiny gold stuff to prove it!
Without Pete and the other retiree's that settled here in the early 70's, there would be no Lost Mine Lake, no Firehouse. They were the ones that put those deals together. His friends Lloyd and Dorothy Honey donated the land the firehouse sits on, and somehow they put together the building.
Pete was a bit of a McGuyver, who could make a building out of a few odd boards, rubber bands and chewing gum. On time and on budget. He taught me how to demo and how to build, how to use a sawsall, how to pipe a water system. And he did it all sitting in an easy chair and giving directions. And it worked. Pete was that good.
Pete took care of his lovely wife Anna for 10 years when she was in a coma. He lovingly cared for her every day till her last. I saw that first hand, as I met Pete when he needed a little help with Anna when he was preparing for his own back surgery. His kindness and tenderness with her was a site to behold.
After Anna passed away, Pete ran into some amazing luck. Our beautiful mail carrier, Terry Grebbens befriended Pete, and a few years later, she agreed to be Mrs. A. That was a very lucky day for Pete, as Terry is one of the kindest, sweetest and fun friends I've ever had too! Over the past decade they've traveled and gardened, chopped wood and shared grandchildren. It's been a good run.
So many of the "old timers" are now gone from the Shores. Pete, having lived to 86 has seen many of his friends pass away. That's never fun. With age comes wisedom, and he took it in stride. Pete was a proud Greek man till the end, and a great scrabble player. Pete will missed by his brothers, his sisters in law, son Pete, grandchildren Eve, Jason and Melissa, and great-grandkids Amelia and Adreon. Our hearts go out to his wonderful wife Terry and her family.
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES PETE! Sitting at the lake and watching the sunset, we will see you in our hearts. Memorial pending.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Nice dusting of the white stuff Fri and Sat
Hi all,
Cascade Shores is just beautiful with a wonderful dusting of our first snow overnight, (plus a little yesterday). Hope you got your fire wood collecting done, kindling collected and starter stuff dry.
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The Halloween Party was well attended by about 30 kids. Great activities, great snacks and darling little ones proudly dressed as their favorite super-hero or fantasy character. Big smiles, and probably big belly aches the next day. Thank you ladies of the Womens Club for putting on this safe Halloween activity each and every year.
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The Womens Club also wo-Manned the polling station for the big election at the Firehouse up on the hill last Tuesday. This pays the group $450 which them immediately put into the "kitty" to help pay for future parties and causes here in the shores. It's hard work but somebody's gotta do it. Club President Sharon Hughes headed the team, which means her day started at 5:30 am and ended at about 10pm. Thanks Sharon and team Cascade Shores.
Below is an interesting article from YubaNet about our voting results. 79% of registered voters voted. Good going Nevada County!
rNevada County Election Tally Continues - Turnout Is Nearly 80%; Mail-Ins Top 16,000
Published on Nov 8, 2012 - 4:06:13 PM
Like what you just read? Help us bring you more news: es for a job well done. All went smoothly and no voter was turned away.
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Cascade Shores is just beautiful with a wonderful dusting of our first snow overnight, (plus a little yesterday). Hope you got your fire wood collecting done, kindling collected and starter stuff dry.
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The Halloween Party was well attended by about 30 kids. Great activities, great snacks and darling little ones proudly dressed as their favorite super-hero or fantasy character. Big smiles, and probably big belly aches the next day. Thank you ladies of the Womens Club for putting on this safe Halloween activity each and every year.
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The Womens Club also wo-Manned the polling station for the big election at the Firehouse up on the hill last Tuesday. This pays the group $450 which them immediately put into the "kitty" to help pay for future parties and causes here in the shores. It's hard work but somebody's gotta do it. Club President Sharon Hughes headed the team, which means her day started at 5:30 am and ended at about 10pm. Thanks Sharon and team Cascade Shores.
Below is an interesting article from YubaNet about our voting results. 79% of registered voters voted. Good going Nevada County!
rNevada County Election Tally Continues - Turnout Is Nearly 80%; Mail-Ins Top 16,000
Published on Nov 8, 2012 - 4:06:13 PM
November 8, 2012 - Nevada County election officials were busy today counting more than 18,000 unprocessed ballots to add to the county's election-day tally of 31,275.
"It takes time because more than 16,000 of these ballots are mail ballots, plus nearly 2,000 provisional and damaged ballots, all of which must be carefully scrutinized by our ballot team," said Gail Smith, Assistant Registrar of Voters for the county.
"Our goal," she said, "is to assure that everyone who voted properly has his or her ballot counted correctly."
"I am extremely proud of the excellent service of our elections staff and the more than 340 volunteers who worked diligently on this election," said Registrar of Voters Gregory Diaz.
Diaz said balloting, processing and tabulating has gone nearly perfect thus far. "We have discovered just two anomalies in the tabulating process," he said. "At one precinct in Grass Valley, and another in Truckee, poll workers punched an incorrect button on a voting machine, resulting in a total of 69 provisional ballots mingling with regular ballots.
"We carefully processed the qualifications of the provisional voters and found that only three of the 20 in Grass Valley and 14 of the 49 in Truckee were not qualified to vote," Diaz said. "Because this small number of unqualified provisional votes — 17 in all — cannot possibly influence the outcome of any of the contests in which these votes were cast, I have determined that we will count all of these provisional ballots along with the regular ballots."
"The important principle here is that no one — not one single person — was denied the constitutional right to vote."
Many of the mail-in and provisional ballots came to the election headquarters in a late surge, explained Smith. "While we were able to process many of these ballots that came in early, it wasn't possible to verify the validity of all of them during the surge. But we are working hard to accomplish that task."
When all of the ballots are verified and tabulated, the total vote in Nevada County will be more than 49,000, or approximately 79 per cent of all registered voters. By way of comparison, in the 2008 election, 88 per cent of registered Nevada County voters cast ballots.
On Tuesday, Election Day, workers in the election office tabulated a total of 31,275 votes by 1 a.m. that night. Early next morning, the staff began the monumental task of going through numerous boxes of mail-in, damaged and provisional ballots that had accumulated, many on Election Day. Each voter's registration status must be confirmed by verifying the signature on the mail-in envelope and also assuring that the person didn't vote somewhere else as well. On provisional ballots, the staff must verify a set of requirements for each voter, including registration status and signature verification.
Processing each of the estimated 18,000 ballots will take several days, but Smith said the Diaz team will work as rapidly as possible while being extremely careful to process each ballot correctly.
"By law," Smith said, "we have until Dec. 4 to complete our tally and submit our final results to the Secretary of State. A week later, on Dec. 14, the Secretary of State must have certified the results of the election."
"It takes time because more than 16,000 of these ballots are mail ballots, plus nearly 2,000 provisional and damaged ballots, all of which must be carefully scrutinized by our ballot team," said Gail Smith, Assistant Registrar of Voters for the county.
"Our goal," she said, "is to assure that everyone who voted properly has his or her ballot counted correctly."
"I am extremely proud of the excellent service of our elections staff and the more than 340 volunteers who worked diligently on this election," said Registrar of Voters Gregory Diaz.
Diaz said balloting, processing and tabulating has gone nearly perfect thus far. "We have discovered just two anomalies in the tabulating process," he said. "At one precinct in Grass Valley, and another in Truckee, poll workers punched an incorrect button on a voting machine, resulting in a total of 69 provisional ballots mingling with regular ballots.
"We carefully processed the qualifications of the provisional voters and found that only three of the 20 in Grass Valley and 14 of the 49 in Truckee were not qualified to vote," Diaz said. "Because this small number of unqualified provisional votes — 17 in all — cannot possibly influence the outcome of any of the contests in which these votes were cast, I have determined that we will count all of these provisional ballots along with the regular ballots."
"The important principle here is that no one — not one single person — was denied the constitutional right to vote."
Many of the mail-in and provisional ballots came to the election headquarters in a late surge, explained Smith. "While we were able to process many of these ballots that came in early, it wasn't possible to verify the validity of all of them during the surge. But we are working hard to accomplish that task."
When all of the ballots are verified and tabulated, the total vote in Nevada County will be more than 49,000, or approximately 79 per cent of all registered voters. By way of comparison, in the 2008 election, 88 per cent of registered Nevada County voters cast ballots.
On Tuesday, Election Day, workers in the election office tabulated a total of 31,275 votes by 1 a.m. that night. Early next morning, the staff began the monumental task of going through numerous boxes of mail-in, damaged and provisional ballots that had accumulated, many on Election Day. Each voter's registration status must be confirmed by verifying the signature on the mail-in envelope and also assuring that the person didn't vote somewhere else as well. On provisional ballots, the staff must verify a set of requirements for each voter, including registration status and signature verification.
Processing each of the estimated 18,000 ballots will take several days, but Smith said the Diaz team will work as rapidly as possible while being extremely careful to process each ballot correctly.
"By law," Smith said, "we have until Dec. 4 to complete our tally and submit our final results to the Secretary of State. A week later, on Dec. 14, the Secretary of State must have certified the results of the election."
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Little white dog missing in Cascade Shores
Leslie King lives on Summit Ridge. In the halloween rain, new new little Maltipoo ran away. He is about 9 lbs, little white dog. IF you find him please call me at 265-8680. Leslie is out of town. He has an OLD microchip, from the person in Bakersfield who abandoned him, so please don't call them~If you even see him, please call me, or try to catch the little guy.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Recent Burglaries on Quaker Hill
I just had a neighbor report to me that there has been some burglary activity on Banner Quaker Hill above the shores. The assn. there has been meeting with local sheriff in an attempt to identify and catch the suspect. The info. being shared is that the person seems to switch between a black Honda and a white truck, apparently switching lisc. plates. The MO is to approach the home and knock on the door, and if answered, the ask for directions to Idaho Maryland. If no one is home, they enter the home through the back side (away from the street). They are mostly taking jewelry and gold items, and sometimes expensive pictures/frames.
If you see any activity as described, please try to get a good description of the vehicle and the person. So far this has been described as a male, age 25-45 yrs.
There is nothing more violating than having someone enter your home and take things you have worked long and hard for. Let's come together and see if we can end this threat to our security and sense of peace. Sorry to have to report this. We like to feel like our "cocoon" here in the shores is safe. It may be that this person is living here in the shores. It seems the vehicles may be the key to catching this person. Lock your doors! Don't be an easy "hit."
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TOnight is the Scooters Pals silent auction and spaghetti feed (flyer on my last post). This is a great opportunity to have fun, purchase some services and gifts (Christmas is only months away!) and support this wonderful dog rescue organization. Scooters is run 100% by volunteers, so every dime goes to the dogs~
If you see any activity as described, please try to get a good description of the vehicle and the person. So far this has been described as a male, age 25-45 yrs.
There is nothing more violating than having someone enter your home and take things you have worked long and hard for. Let's come together and see if we can end this threat to our security and sense of peace. Sorry to have to report this. We like to feel like our "cocoon" here in the shores is safe. It may be that this person is living here in the shores. It seems the vehicles may be the key to catching this person. Lock your doors! Don't be an easy "hit."
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TOnight is the Scooters Pals silent auction and spaghetti feed (flyer on my last post). This is a great opportunity to have fun, purchase some services and gifts (Christmas is only months away!) and support this wonderful dog rescue organization. Scooters is run 100% by volunteers, so every dime goes to the dogs~
Monday, October 15, 2012
SRA (State Responsibility Area) tax bill $115.00
Hi fellow residents of a "high fire risk" area, which of course is true. By now you should have received your much disputed and unfair tax bill. You are probably grumbling, and begrudgingly paying the bill. If you don't, unfortunately a lien can be placed against your property, and heavy late interest and fines levied.
If you did not read the papers today, you might be delighted to know that the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. has filed a class action lawsuit (in conjunction with others) regarding what appears to be an illegal and "double taxation" issue.
If you agree that you are being unfairly targeted, do yourself a favor and go to firetaxprotest.org. and follow the steps to protest this tax. This includes paying the bill in a timely manner, and marking your check "paid under protest" and completing the protest form they have provided. Be sure to follow all the steps as outlined. This tax will again be charged in 3/13, so it is important that this matter be addressed as soon as possible. If the class action suit is successful, you will only receive a refund if you have followed the steps on firetaxprotest.org.
Many in the know feel that this is just an attempt of the state to grab a few bucks wherever they can. It appears the money would go to a "general fund" and not into any fire protection fund. I hope you will educate yourself on this matter and if you agree, take time to file the protest. Good luck.www.firetaxprotest.org
also www.hjta.org (howardjarvistaxassn)
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I've got tickets for Spaghetti Feed at Scooters Auction if you want . . . . . great place to purchase services and fun stuff, and 100percent goes to the pups . . . . .
If you did not read the papers today, you might be delighted to know that the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. has filed a class action lawsuit (in conjunction with others) regarding what appears to be an illegal and "double taxation" issue.
If you agree that you are being unfairly targeted, do yourself a favor and go to firetaxprotest.org. and follow the steps to protest this tax. This includes paying the bill in a timely manner, and marking your check "paid under protest" and completing the protest form they have provided. Be sure to follow all the steps as outlined. This tax will again be charged in 3/13, so it is important that this matter be addressed as soon as possible. If the class action suit is successful, you will only receive a refund if you have followed the steps on firetaxprotest.org.
Many in the know feel that this is just an attempt of the state to grab a few bucks wherever they can. It appears the money would go to a "general fund" and not into any fire protection fund. I hope you will educate yourself on this matter and if you agree, take time to file the protest. Good luck.www.firetaxprotest.org
also www.hjta.org (howardjarvistaxassn)
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I've got tickets for Spaghetti Feed at Scooters Auction if you want . . . . . great place to purchase services and fun stuff, and 100percent goes to the pups . . . . .
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Recent home sales
Looks like homes in Nevada County are starting to move again. About time. I see that a few have sold in Cascade Shores recently. So, new home buyers, if you are reading this be sure you check with CSHAssn about joining and getting a great discount on propane from our alliance with Surburban. Your membership of $100 a year (volunteer) helps maintain our community lake (Lost Mine Lake) and give a voice to Cascade Shores when county issues arrive via our dedicated Board.
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Housesitter in place and all loose ends tied, I'm off for 2 glorious weeks of no cares/no cooking/no responsiblity except to find the bar, restaurant, pool and views. Can't wait to meet the cousins in Boston and jump on the cruise ship. Have a great beginning of fall ya'll.
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Con't miss the opportunity to participate in the Cascade Shores yard sale. Get your place on the map. Or, if maybe you are a new home owner of a vacation home, cruise the shores picking up all the things you need to make if comfy.
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The 18th annual Celebration of Life Triathlon is here (Scotts Flat Lake and throughout Cascade Shores) on 9/16/12. This is a great event to raise funds for breast cancer imaging assistance. I have had 2 dear friends battle cancer over the last 12 months, and lost my sister to BC 2 years ago. Early detection is so important, and this event raises funds to make sure we women stay healthy and get diagnosed early, even if you don't have insurance for an exam. So, swim, bike and run, or sponsor an athlete if you can. Let's end this cancer madness!
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Help has arrived
Wow, not posts since July. Where have I been? That is along dry spell.
Well, global warming aside, feels like it's finally starting to cool off a bit (just a bit). I have been planning my 1st real vacation in about 6 years. This year is a big number for the hubby, so we're gonna try the cruise thing. Boston to Montreal, via Bar Harbor, Maine, Halifax, NovaScotia, Quebec City. Then will drive through New Hampshire and Vermont and back to Boston. So, getting ready to leave has been a task, as there are so many "honey do's" not yet done. Which is what I'm leading up to. I have been SAVED. Last year I bragged about the great job Jeremy Pastre did painting my house, on time and on budget. Once again he has saved my bacon, and came over and built the long awaited dog run, and repaired all my failing fencing. He always finds me the best materials at the best price, and does the work quickly and efficiently, happily. He's skills are too many to list, so let's just call him builder/handyman extraordinaire. Did I mention affordable? Anyway, I'm going to give you his number, and I hope you are wise enough to use it if you need some help with your "honey do's." Jeremy lives right here in the shores, and you can reach him at 264-7215.
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So sad to hear that Olivia Diaz and her hubby Ernie are leaving the shores. Ernie just loves living in Paris, France, and Olivia likes to split her time between here and there. Nice job if you can get it. Olivia is enjoying watching her granddaughter Ava grow up (she's just a toddler) so is naturally torn. They plan to rent their home on Pasquale, so if you know anyone looking for a great rental, look for the sign to go up. A nice condo in town is their new home, easy to shup up and take off for the lights of Paris!
Well, global warming aside, feels like it's finally starting to cool off a bit (just a bit). I have been planning my 1st real vacation in about 6 years. This year is a big number for the hubby, so we're gonna try the cruise thing. Boston to Montreal, via Bar Harbor, Maine, Halifax, NovaScotia, Quebec City. Then will drive through New Hampshire and Vermont and back to Boston. So, getting ready to leave has been a task, as there are so many "honey do's" not yet done. Which is what I'm leading up to. I have been SAVED. Last year I bragged about the great job Jeremy Pastre did painting my house, on time and on budget. Once again he has saved my bacon, and came over and built the long awaited dog run, and repaired all my failing fencing. He always finds me the best materials at the best price, and does the work quickly and efficiently, happily. He's skills are too many to list, so let's just call him builder/handyman extraordinaire. Did I mention affordable? Anyway, I'm going to give you his number, and I hope you are wise enough to use it if you need some help with your "honey do's." Jeremy lives right here in the shores, and you can reach him at 264-7215.
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So sad to hear that Olivia Diaz and her hubby Ernie are leaving the shores. Ernie just loves living in Paris, France, and Olivia likes to split her time between here and there. Nice job if you can get it. Olivia is enjoying watching her granddaughter Ava grow up (she's just a toddler) so is naturally torn. They plan to rent their home on Pasquale, so if you know anyone looking for a great rental, look for the sign to go up. A nice condo in town is their new home, easy to shup up and take off for the lights of Paris!
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