Truffles anyone?

Went to the Firehouse at 1:30 today for a Chocolate Truffle class given by Linda Lumos. This was a Womens Club event. Paid $10 for materials, left with a dozen big fat truffles, and most importantly, the knowledge to make LOTS more! There were about 10 of us attending. Thanks CSWC! Next event is a group lunch at Diego's in Grass Valley (yum) and they are planning the kids Easter Party at Firehouse. There was also talk of volunteering as a group for election day, and donating the $ you get paid to CSWC to help with the events planned for year. Great group of ladies!
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WOKE up to 3" of fresh fluffy stuff. What a suprize. It was in the 20's at 6am. Burrrr, but sunny and beautiful by afternoon.

2:30 on Monday and it's coming down!

Whew, just in the last 10 minutes the sky opened up and some heavy mix of snow/hail/ice is coming down fast! Already saw a tow truck on the big hill, so be careful out there coming in or out of the shores!
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5pm. Still coming down and cable just went down. They're taking it slow on the hill. Looking like a black & white photo out there. March is such a fooler. One day you are basking in the sun, next day looking for the snow shovel!

New Goddess of the Lake

At the CSHA meeting last week, the outgoing members unofficially handed their duties to the soon to be confirmed members. My job as Supervisor of Lost Mine Lake (I prefer to be referred to as Goddess of the Lake) has been joyfully handed over to Pam Herrenkohl. Pam also works for County of Nevada, rescues Great Danes, has a big beautiful family and LOVES Cascade Shores. She'll do a great job. She's on facebook and has a great profile page if you want to know more. Chuck Jaffe is taking over my duties as Web content manager. Chuck is one half of Chuck and Marvina, 2 of the most fun and interesting people I have met here in the shores. He is also the film reviewer for The Union, & produces his CampChuck Reviewer annual movie newsletter. I know he'll keep the website fresh and interesting, with the assistance of Walt, our great Webmaster (Walt is invisible, kind of a wizard of Oz guy, that you never actually meet, as he lives in cyber-space, or Yuba City, same difference). Chuck has a facebook profile too if you want to check him out. Harry Wander (our roads dude) will take over the Presidency from Kent Rees. Kent's term was very successful, and he totally got our budget under control amongst other important accomplishments. I'll report more on the changes after the annual meeting.
I'm planning on continuing this blog, maintain the Firehouse book exchange, and attend Lake events and such as a visitor. I think I've been with the Board in come capacity for 8 years, so it's time to lay off and give other folks a chance to make things happen. I've had a lot of fun, it's been a lot of work, but I just love this community, and look forward to seeing what the new Board will tackle.
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Snow gone, but it's still c-o-l-d out there. 30 degrees this morning. Brian Harrison, of Harrison Construction, who did an amazing living room addition on our house a year and a half ago (that long already) is ripping out our old bathroom and making us a shiny new one now. We have a nice gaping hole to the crawl space for a few days, and that makes it even COLDER in the house. Oh well, ya gotta break eggs to make an omelete, right? Brian's the best, and big fun to work with, and I can't wait to see the end product. If you have any construction needs, he's THE MAN!

Cascade Shores General Store update

Had the luck to be walking by the store this afternoon and encountered the ERA Cornerstone Realtor Ron Nevis, who sold the place. He says escrow has closed, and progress has begun. According to Ron, the new owners have 6 other grocery stores, in Penn Valley, Grass Valley, Lake of Pines and Alta Sierra, and are very community oriented. He is confident that they will make every effort to provide exactly what the community wants, as soon as they figure out what that is exactly. If I can catch the owner, will invite him to the Cascade Shores Homeowners Assn. annual meeting, which by the way is the first Saturday in April ( 3rd). The community is always encouraged to attend. 4 new members of the Board will be installed, and hot dogs will be served to all. It would be nice to see you all there!

Snow Falling on Cedars!

Snow started falling at 8:30 am today (Wed). By 11:30 we have about 3". Plower is plowing, and cars are coming down the hill, S-L-O-W-E-L-Y. Heard the intersection of Pasquale and Red Dog got jammed up this am with sliding cars. Be careful out there! Looks like a beautiful black & white postcard out my picture window. Went for a walk. Quiet as a library and peaceful out there. Dixie coming over to watch Hurt Locker on-demand. Trying to fit in all my Oscar Nominees before Sunday night awards. Note to Chuck Jaffee: I agree totally on all your winner picks this year. Kinda a no brainer, but it's not over till the fat lady sings, right?
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Happy 4th Birthday to my pal Jadon Balan-Bingham over on Nuggett. Smartest, cutest 4 year old on the planet! Hope it's a great day buddy!

Last Meeting of the current CSHA Board

Tomorrow (wed) night at Firehouse 6:30, is the last meeting of the current board of CSHA. In April new officers will be installed at the Annual Meeting. The annual meeting is a great opportunity to see democracy in action. Come down and voice you opinion/concern/thanks? to the outgoing, and hopefully show support for the new board. Ballots should be in the mail soon for the officers to be. Vote early, vote often.
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Union and Yuba Net have reported that Nev County Sheriff's Office is applying for a grant of $64K for Off-Highway Vehicles to patrol various area's from July-June next year. Area's include Greenhorn Creek, Steephollow Creek, Chalk Bluff (that's us) Deadman's Flat, Jackass Flat, & town of Washington. Also areas in Truckee area. Olivia Diaz shared that Chief Fike says that one way a Cascade Shores Fire could be lit is when the Greenhorn crowd gets together, and lights a truck on fire that had rolled. Now, that sounds like a "you might be a redneck" moment. Gee, Bobby Lee, ya rolled yer truck. What say we light that SOB on fire and pop a Budweiser! Oh yeah . . . .

Got room for a foster dog? & cool website

Susan Wallace just contacted me that she has 2 dogs needing a temp. foster home while looking for a 4ever home. One is a Great Dane named Moracco, about 40 lbs, removed from NC shelter as he was scheduled to be euthanized the next day. He is sweet and smart, has jaw problems, can eat but not bite, so he can't defend himself, and will have surgery if it can help his problem. He is in a foster home that has to crate all day while they work. He needs a foster home where he is not crated so much. Are you listening Pam, you Dane lover?

Also a pit mix that is being boarded, $600 per month that Susan/Scooters Pals cannot really afford. Susan says the dog is happy, healthy and gets along with other dogs. Not sure how she is with cats.
If you know anyone who wants to help (temporarily) please contact Scooters Pals, 265-9335. Adoptathons are held 2nd Saturday of month at Incredible Pets in Grass Valley 11am-2pm.
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If you go to Californiapreservations.org website, click on events/nevada city and you will see a very cool slideshow of all the BEAUTIFUL historical buildings of Nevada City and Grass Valley. See how many you recognize!