Diamond Springs News

Diamond Springs - When Diane and Dan Prockish, of Fallon, purchased their black labrador Misty more than a year ago, they had no idea the pup would be blind in her right eye within a few months.

But once they discovered her blindness, due to a birth defect called Persistent HyperPlastic Primary Vitreous Anterior, or basically blood restriction to the back of they eye, Diane said, the couple began doing everything they could to preserve the eyesight in her left, including purchasing a pair of dog sunglasses for her.

They found a brand made especially for dogs, called Doggles, at the PetSmart in Reno.

It was a bit of a struggle to get Misty to wear them at first -- at least for a few days.

"She wanted to pull them off with her paw," Diane said. "She didn't like them when we first put them on."

But after a few days, the struggles ended. Misty wore the Doggles, essentially dog goggles, when she went on ATV trips with the Prockishes. The glasses kept the dust out of her eyes and keep her from being poked by pine needles while she rode, a major concern of the Prockishes.

"She loves to ride the quads with us and my husband built her a high-sided dog box so that she won't get disoriented and fall off," Prockish said. "We found that she kept biting at the pine tree limbs as we went by. I was concerned that she would end up poking her good eye, so we purchased the Doggles and she wears them with no problem. Even if I'm just riding her up to the trap range in the evening to watch my husband shoot, I put them on her to protect her eyes from the dust. We get lots of smiles and thumbs-up as we go by."

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From: Diamond Springs, CA
Topic: Native Trees
Title: Trimming oak threatening fence in California
Author: Barbara Medford

Question: I live in Diamond Springs,California,I have a large oak tree growing between my neighbors' house and mine. A large branch is cracked and in danger of falling on my fence,I would like to lighten it up by trimming it up,any certain time of year? It's in a spot called a green belt, between houses-between fences,it won't hurt his but would wipe mine out. Any suggestions ?

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DEAR SHOPPING: My name is Garry, and I live in Folsom. My sister in Butte, Mont., sent me a box from a Pond's product she uses that is no longer available where she lives.

An accident involving multiple motorcycles closed Pleasant Valley Road east of Diamond Springs near Placerville for about an hour this morning. The accident occurred just after 10 a.m. this morning near Combo Court, and at least one victim was transported by ambulance to Marshall Hospital in Placerville, the ...

An accident involving multiple motorcycles closed Pleasant Valley Road east of Diamond Springs near Placerville for about an hour this morning.

The El Dorado County Department of Transportation will hold a workshop from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Diamond Springs to discuss plans for realigning and widening Sly Park Road at the Clear Creek Bridge.

The company is utilizing EPC Gen 2 tags to monitor the production of communications hardware for the aerospace and defense sectors.

RE-RIDE YEAR 2008 SCHEDULE
NATIONAL PONY EXPRESS ASSOCIATION
SACRAMENTO , CALIFORNIA - ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI
JUNE 18 - 28, 2008

The National Pony Express Association will once again conduct a Re-Ride of the Pony Express Trail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, June 18 to 28, 2008.

This re-ride will be a 10-day, 24-hour a day, non-stop event by over 500 riders and horses. The 1,966 mile route will be over the Pony Express National Historic Trail from California, through Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas to Missouri.  It is the longest event held annually on a historical trail in the nation, even surpassing the famed Iditarod.

The event commemorates the Pony Express of 1860-1861. The Central Overland and California Pikes Peak Express Company carried letters and telegrams for 19 months to prove the Central Route through Salt Lake passable year round. The owners hoped to win a federal mail contract on that route. Pony Express history is preserved in the federally designated Historic Trail, administered by the National Park Service, in museums, Pony Rider monuments, books, and the annual re-creations by the NPEA.

Riders will carry Commemorative Letters in a Mochila, Pony Express style. The cachets, honoring Pony Express history, will be available for purchase by NPEA members, historians, and philatelists. The envelopes will show they were carried by the Pony Express and the first class postage will have a special US Postal service cancellation. Only the number of letters purchased will be carried.

Communications between Riders and Ride Captains are provided by amateur radio operators in the states of California, Nevada, and Utah. Links to their web pages are listed below. Also, for the first time, a GPS unit will be carried in one of the cantinas on the Mochila. The size of a deck of cards, the GPS unit will transmit the location of the Mochila every five minutes to a satellite. The unit will be active for the entire length of the Re-Ride. 

*** [ Anyone wishing to see the Pony Express riders should be aware that they may be anywhere from two hours ahead to two hours behind schedule ! ] ***

The California Highway Patrol is recommending that prosecutors charge a big-rig driver who crashed into four cars and killed a man on Highway 12 on Saturday with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, CHP ...

An Illinois man died and several others were hurt Saturday on a notorious Delta stretch of Highway 12 after the driver of a big rig plowed through a line of traffic stopped for an open bridge.

An Illinois man waiting to cross a drawbridge on State Route 12 west of Lodi died Saturday afternoon when his vehicle was struck by a big rig.

Published 10:30 am PDT Friday, May 23, 2008 El Dorado County officials say they aren't ready to shut off the spigot, but they will re-evaluate the flow of county funds to small, rural fire districts.

“It's a good program, but I won't be using it”

Published 10:08 am PDT Thursday, May 15, 2008 Automated garbage collection will come to Placerville this summer, with separate wheeled carts for household trash, yard waste and recyclable items. via Sacramento Bee Newspaper

One man was killed and another was injured about 6 p.m. Friday when the boat in which they were riding flipped end-over-end and sank near Hobie Cove on Folsom Lake, according to authorities.

As many of you are aware, Waste Connections is a private company that has a "franchise" agreement with the county to collect our residential and commercial solid waste and recyclable material.

“I think our kids are doing so well, their facilities need to match that”

Published 10:10 am PDT Sunday, April 13, 2008 While it may not be the proper time to ask the public for money, supporters of a school bond in El Dorado County say funds are critically needed to renovate and ... via Sacramento Bee Newspaper

UPDATE: A volunteer firefighter who lit wildfires in El Dorado County has pleaded guilty to two felony counts of arson and will serve a year in jail , the district attorney's office said.

Published 12:00 am PDT Saturday, March 22, 2008 Story appeared in BUSINESS section, Page D2 The publishers of Playboy magazine have asked a federal judge to dismiss copyright infringement claims by Diamond ... via Sacramento Bee Newspaper

“There aren't three people on earth who could have gotten away from him. Every woman on the planet should be proud of her.”

Published 12:00 am PDT Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Story appeared in METRO section, Page B2 Charles A. Bailey, left, with public defender Robert Banning, is charged with murder, attempted murder and domestic ... via Sacramento Bee