UPCOMING DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR

Isn't one of your New Year's Resolutions to be prepared and organized for 2012?  Let me help you. :)

Add these Fire Auxiliary* dates to your Calendar (Community Events) and come on out to support your community and meet your neighbors:

Friday, May 18th          FASHION SHOW
Friday & Saturday, May 25th and 26th          RUMMAGE SALE
Saturday, June 30th     PANCAKE BREAKFAST
Saturday, Sept 1st        SPAGHETTI DINNER

These events are all fundraisers for our fire department.  Please come out in support of this great community and our great fire fighters!!!!

*The Mi Wuk Sugar Pine Fire Protection District Auxiliary is the largest, most active, and most supportive in the Mother Lode.  Chief Randy Miller loves us and the support he and the department receive from us.  At our meeting yesterday we approved a large expenditure for 'turnout' equipment for the 6 interns who are a now part of our station.  They can't fight fires without proper (fitting) clothing and gear!  And they are our future fire fighters.

We can always use, and we always need, new members.  New members mean new ideas and new energy.  Contact Pat Bremicker, 209-586-7347,  for a Membership Application OR go into the Fire Station on Hwy 108, and pick up a set of forms.  They're near the desk as you walk into the Great Room.  It's only $15/year and we would love to have you join us as active (if/when you're "in residence") or inactive (when you're away from the area) members.

And I'm wishing for this:

C.A.S.T. MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE FIRE STATION

A C.A.S.T meeting will be held at 7:00 pm, Thursday, at the Hwy 108 fire station.

Contact your neighbors, friends and family, who might be interested in this program. We all know how much it takes to support our Community and Fire Department and provide assistance to assure that we get the biggest bang for our tax dollars.

When our department goes on a call or needs assistance during storms and/or power outages, we can help by answering phones, going to the scene, when directed, to provide transportation of equipment or personnel, etc. When we have major storms or power outages we can assist by manning warming centers or advising where road problems are.

We can't help if we are not trained and know how to handle a situation.

The CAST program (Community Assistance and Support Team) is one way we can be prepared, trained and ready to assist.

This may be the last time we can show that there is interest in the Community to get this program off the ground and functioning. Hope to see you and other interested people at the meeting.

Kirk Wallace is heading up this effort.  Russ and I will be out there for the meeting, and hopefully you will be too!

HIGH WIND -- NO BURNING -- ADVISORY!

INFORMATION
The National weather service has issued a Fire Weather Watch for our area. 

The wind advisory is now in effect until 6 pm pst this evening.

Winds: Northwest to north wind 15 to 30 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.
Timing: Strongest winds will occur from late this morning through mid afternoon with the wind starting to decrease by this evening.

Strongest wind will be along western portions of the sacramento valley towards the coastal mountains and into the delta and will include Sacramento International Airport, Vacaville and Fairfield.  (comment from Blythe:  I heard on the TV news that that wind area does include the Sonora area.)

Precautionary/preparedness actions: 
A wind advisory means that sustained wind of 25 to 39 mph are possible with gusts to 40 mph or greater. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Residents should secure outdoor items that may be affected by the wind.

Please do not discard any fire place ashes out side unprotected. TODAY IS A NO BURN DAY. Don't plan on burning till we see a significant amount of rain or snow.

Stay Safe
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MY INFORMATION CAME FROM FIRE FIGHTER NEIL GAMEZ WHO IS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FOLLOWING FACEBOOK GROUP PAGE.  

MI WUK SUGAR PINE F.P.D


Neil frequently posts articles/comments of interest to our area so if you are on FaceBook, put that name, MI WUK SUGAR PINE F.P.D  (<<--no period after the D) in the search box at the top of each FB page and ask Neil to 'friend' you. 

Have a great and safe weekend.

HAPPY NEW YEAR---A DAY LATE ALREADY!

I hope you have all enjoyed a safe and sane New Year and that you're ready for 2012.  I don't think we are!

I got some good information from our neighbor Bob Feretta in an email today:

After being down for 13 months, Weather Underground MiWuk weather is back on line.  There are also links on this site to Cal Trans road info, Cal Fire info and the Dodge Ridge snow report.  There is also a web cam for the area of the station.  Info is updated every 30 minutes.

Check it out here.  It looks like it's going to be partly cloudy all week.  That's depressing.  The url is http://www.miwukweather.com

Bob and his wife and Russ and I finally actually MET at the MAHA Holiday Gathering at the Mi Wuk Library and Community Center early in December.  After chatting for a few minutes, we started to connect the dots and realized that HE was BOB and I was BLYTHE from the Mi Wuk Blog!  Just like old home week!!!