Camino Sawmill Closure
June 13, 2009
News 10 Sacramento Coverage of Camino Sawmill Closure.
Rep. McClintock Statement on Camino Sawmill Closure
June 11, 2009
Todays closure of the Camino mill is one more blow to hard-working middle class Californians. At a time when government is spending unprecedented amounts of money it doesnt have and taking over industry after industry, private sector jobs are disappearing. Camino now joins Quincy and Sonora as mountain towns that have each lost 150 direct and 350 indirect jobs due to litigation over forest thinning operations. As the sawmills disappear, the threat of catastrophic wild fires grows stronger.
In order to examine the regulatory and legal issues that have led to the closure of the mills, I held a community forum May 11 in Quincy with Rep. Wally Herger and Rep. Rob Bishop, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on National Forests and Public Lands. That led to a June 11th Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands hearing in Washington where union officials, industry executives and foresters testified.
The information gathered will be used as the basis for legislation that we are developing to rein in the out-of-control lawsuits that decimated these communities.
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Dippermouth Blues Allotria JB 1985
June 13, 2009
Dippermouth Blues Allotria JB 1985
In the eighties Munich’s Allotria Jazz Band always has been one of the most popular jazz bands at the Sacramento annual jubilee. I went through a video of many bands at the 1985 jubilee and unfortunately I found most of the filmed bands very disappointing. Loud, technical, fast, trying just to please the crowd for whatever sake, which usually was the musical content and I decided to use nothing for youtube purposes.
Then I came across this clip of the Allotria and became intrigued again.
Here they are playing the Dippermouth Blues. Rainer Sander, the clarinet and sax player is their leader and a medical doctor by profession. I have seen the band several times in Sacramento and was always impressed by the trombone player, a beer brew master by the name of Fritz Stewens. Pit Mueller is the trumpet player with the tropical helmet and I remember seeing their drummer Gregor Beck.
Interesting that in this clip obviously Gregor had a substitute. No other than Charlie Antolini, one of Europe’s most famous drummers.
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Old West Medley
June 13, 2009
Madame Gigi’s Outrageous French Cancan Dancers at the Old West Festival in Batavia, Ohio
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VOLTAJE NORTENO, TROPICANA NIGHT CLUB, SACRAMENTO CA
June 13, 2009
VOLTAJE NORTENO
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