Knights Ferry News Section
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KNIGHTS FERRY NEWS At the last Community Club meeting, new officers were elected. President is Linda Morris, Vice President is Allan Oberst, Secretary is Kim Whittey, and Treasurer is Lisa Dolling. Carol Watson is the new cleaning person. Allan Oberst reported on the inspection by the Fire Department, only a few things need to be fixed. Raffle prizes are being collected for the March 20 Spaghetti Dinner by Gayle Lund and ... |
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KNIGHTS FERRY NEWS Thursday, March 4th is the Knights Ferry Community Club meeting at 7:00p.m. at the clubhouse. It is a dessert meeting. Please bring any raffle prizes you have collected so far for the spaghetti dinner. Gayle or Lisa will be collecting the prizes. The spaghetti dinner will be March 20th at the clubhouse at 5:00p.m. after the last Civil War battle. The Civil War will ... |
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KNIGHTS FERRY NEWS Get out your calendar, electronic or on paper, and jot down these March happenings: March 4th – Community Club dessert meeting at 7:00 p.m. at the clubhouse, finalizing Spaghetti dinner plans. March 7th – Breakfast Sunday at the Odd Fellows Hall on Main Street. March 10th – Garden Club at Elaine Holts home. March 11th – School Board meeting at 6:00 p.m., March 13th – Benny’s ball feed ... |
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Knights Ferry News for February 17, 2010 The “Ground Hog” dinner was great fun. After eating the ground hog and other delicious items, the raffle of the “White Elephants” began. There were 102 items, some good, bad or ugly. It was a lot of fun! |
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Valley Home News for February 17, 2010 Valley Home members of the Oakdale Garden Club, Beverly Berridge, and Glenn & Laura Burghardt, joined other members and representatives of the Knights Ferry Garden Club in hosting the Valley Lode District meeting on February 9th. The event was held at the Masonic Center in Oakdale which through the artistic hands of Club members was turned into a tropical paradise for the event which was ... |
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Knights Ferry News for February 10, 2010 Here is the Knights Ferry School “B” Renaissance list: Mario Arias, Jenna Armario, Madeline Freitas, Sergio Garcia, Aleesha Harden, Julia Nilsson, Madison Page, Ray Patton, Taylor Viera, Megan Willis, Justin Doyle, Salvador Limon, Aron Palacios, Madison Willis, Kyle Baize, Marina Braaton, Dustin Darnelle, Fury Mancuso, Zachary Mooneyham, Eron Roen, Cleo Wilson, Annette Arias, Kaitlin Burke, Jaycee Harden, Andie Jones, Araceli Limon, Nathan Lute, Chris Roek, Leah Armario, ... |
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Knights Ferry News for February 3, 2010 Don’t forget the Knights Ferry Community Club meeting and dinner Thursday, Feb. 4th at 6:30 in the clubhouse. After the meeting the tables will be set up for the Ground Hog dinner. |
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Knights Ferry News This past week found not much damage (that I could see) from the wind and rain in the Ferry. It was great to stay by the fire and vegetate! ***** |
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Knights Ferry News At the Knights Ferry School Board meeting Seventh Grader Andi Jones gave a power point presentation. The class read “The Giver” and had to interview someone older to get his or her memories. Andi chose her mother, Paige, and showed her presentation to the Board. It was well done and we found out some interesting things about Paige! The Board also changed their meeting date to the second ... |
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Knights Ferry News At the Knights Ferry Community Club meeting, the “Ground Hog Dinner” was discussed. The dinner will be February 6th at the clubhouse. Doors open at 5:30. The club will provide the main dish and members will provide sides and desserts. The most important thing to bring is a “White Elephant” to raffle off. All should bring at least one item. Last year was so much fun and lots ... |
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Knights Ferry News As the year 2009 passed, so did long time Knights Ferrian Walt Taylor. Walt was raised in the Ferry, attending the Knights Ferry School with his three siblings, as did his parents, Bert and Mildred. He was a well-known cattleman, raising Charolais cattle. Walt was a 57 year member of the Knights Ferry I.O.O.F. Lodge, where he served up many a breakfast on the first Sunday of the month. He leaves behind his loving companion ... |
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Knights Ferry News for December 30, 2009 Christmas Eve there was a large gathering on the outdoor patio of the River’s Edge for the Knights Ferry Community Church’s Christmas Eve service. The Frymire’s lit cross shone down on all. Alex Ray, Jordan Ray, Kylea Coston and Amber Coston played the opening prelude. The church’s Choir, directed by Peggy Van Vliet, sang “Emmanuel, Emmanuel.” Pastor Leverne Tanis welcomed all and led the opening prayer. The ... |
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Knights Ferry News for December 23, 2009 Birthday greetings for the month of December go out to: Betty Rogers, Owen Haskell, James Haskell, Greg Haskell, Dylan Mack, Katie Feichter, Amanda Wright, Denise Ray, Marissa MacDonald, Charles Wong, Kim Konberg, Lisa Frymire, Fred Dolling, Dennis Hitch, Chris Lewis, Beckie Rorabaugh, Charlie Mynatt, Tom Crom, Haley Page, Nicole Brunker, Helga Kaiser, Annette Arias, Christian Baker, Brandon Carroll, Pam Fondse, Colby Wallace-George, Reba Morgan, Jordan Haycock and ... |
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Knights Ferry News for December 16, 2009 The Ulrich family held their annual Christmas party at the I.O.O.F. Hall last Saturday. There were 4 generations represented, with a lot of children this year. Betty Rogers was the oldest Ulrich in attendance and Paisley Vargas was the youngest. Laura Simons led the children in singing Christmas Carols, accompanied by Rick Starbuck on guitar. Taryn Goehring announced her engagement. Bobby McCoy is in Iraq and was ... |
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Knights Ferry News for December 9, 2009 Good news! Leslie Raggio Kappler is alive and well, not dead as reported November 25th. Bad news - it was her husband Jim that died. Thanks to Virginia for the correction! |
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Knights Ferry News for December 2, 2009 The Feast the Knights Ferry School Eighth Graders put on for the community was well attended and the food was terrific. Oskar Nilsson liked cutting the turkey, Kit Foster liked playing while he worked, Peyton Paul liked meeting the people, and Leah Armario liked preparing the food and helping serve the people. Their teacher, Shelli Johnson, thanked her aide, Cheryl Hodge, for helping put it all together ... |
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Knights Ferry News for November 25, 2009 Congratulations go out to Shasta Duckworth for passing his Heating and Air College tests. Mom Lynn says now he needs to find a job! |
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Knights Ferry News for November 18, 2009 As your reporter types this column, (Sunday), hubby Lee is still in the hospital, hoping to come home soon. He had a slight glitch in his recovery but is fine now. Remember to call with your news as I will not be out much - 881-3314. |
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Knights Ferry News for November 11, 2009 Birthday greetings for the month of November go out to: Bob Brunker Jr., Phil Frymire, John Krick, Freddy Mesker, Matt Holcomb, Sara Mesker, Alex Krippner, Roger Ray, Elise Seeds, Bill Carr, Bill Higgins, Ben Cassinetto, Dorothy McKinsey, Wyatt Dickens, Ian Carroll, Paris Thompson, Brittlynn Waggoner, Elissa Simons, Megan Miller, Andie Jones, Kim Mediros, Jasmin Olvera, Frank Rossi, Tristan McCarthy, Presley Wilson, Zachary Harbottle, Ivan Merza and Megan ... |
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Knights Ferry News for November 4, 2009 The Main Street in Knights Ferry was lined with parents, friends, grandparents, family and strangers last Friday for the annual costume parade of the KF school children. Younger siblings joined in, as did young town folk. There were some great costumes, including a box of popcorn and a person on an outhouse! Candy was handed out and the children trooped back up the hill to find out ... |
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Knights Ferry News for October 28, 2009 Thanks go out from Knights Ferry School to Lynn Duckworth for donating and installing a converter box for the television in the cafeteria. They get over 20 channels now. |
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Knights Ferry News for October 21, 2009 The world famous Knights Ferry Pumpkin Roll is coming to Main Street on November 1st. This event is always a fun time. The day starts with the I.O.O.F. breakfast, $5 for ham, eggs, pancakes juice and coffee. There will be a craft fair in the clubhouse and on the tennis court (including caramel corn). The Orange Blossom 4-H will have children’s games on the tennis court. The ... |
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Knights Ferry News for October 14, 2009 It is definitely October; the Hitch’s Witch has run into the telephone pole on Orange Blossom Road! After all these years you would think she would look where she was going! |
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Knights Ferry News for October 7, 2009 At the Knights Ferry Community Club meeting, Sheriff Adam Christianson was the speaker. He gave an update on the budget; 10 million dollars were cut from the budget. They have 600 employees in the department and instead of cutting personnel, the department cut costs. The Sheriff helicopter is parked, too costly to run. Adam himself took a pay reduction. Sheriff Christianson discussed the early release of prisoners, ... |
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Knights Ferry News for September 30, 2009 Tomorrow, Thursday, October 1st is the Knights Ferry Community Club meeting at the clubhouse at 6:30 p.m. It is a dinner meeting. Sheriff Adam Christianson is to be the guest, if he isn’t called out on business. |
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Knights Ferry News for September 23, 2009 Congratulations Knights Ferry School Student Council officers for this school year: President, Andie Jones, Vice President, Sophie Jones, Secretary, Meghan Caron and Treasurer, Kaitlin Burke. Have a great year! |
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Knights Ferry News for September 16, 2009 |
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Knights Ferry News for September 8, 2009 Lee Winton, Oakdale Rural Fire Department’s new Chief, was the speaker at the Knights Ferry Community Club’s meeting. He introduced himself, told about his previous job and how his first week on this new job was going. Club Secretary, Kim Whittey, was back on the job after recovering from a horrible car crash in March. The upcoming Zero Party was discussed. This party honors all that have ... |
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Knights Ferry News for September 2, 2009 It’s rattlesnake number 12 for the Noe family. It was by the dog pen at night and had 12 rattles and a button. Rattlesnakes add a rattle every time they shed their skin, young snakes might shed 4 times a year, less as they age. Randy Noe had to weed whack the yard for granddaughter Aubrey Mendonca’s third birthday party so there would be no hiding places ... |
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Knights Ferry News for August 26, 2009 Welcome to Knights Ferry School’s Kindergarten Class: Avalea Yates, Emalee Watson, Dakota Voortman, Sophia Thompson, Anthony Sofge Neely, Lorin Odom, Angel Patterson, Ivan Meraz, Maddox Link, Maribel Limon, Gregory Lewis, Elijah Elting, Emily Dubiel, Luke Dickens, Tate and Hayden Cassaretto, Breanna Banks, Morgan Ballard and Dylan Anderson. May you have a great year! ***** The Knights Ferry Post Office has new hours, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. You can mail packages, letters, buy stamps etc. at our ... |
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Knights Ferry News for August 19, 2009 Anna Perrone, KFS Seventh Grader, had an exchange student from Japan spend the summer. Her name was Karin Watanabe and she was 12 years old. The Perrone family, Mark and Monica and son Paul, along with the girls toured Yosemite, San Francisco, Ironstone, the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, went to a Giants game and did the local scene. This exchange program is through the California 4-H family Cultural International Exchange and LABO Development in Japan. Monica ... |
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Knights Ferry News for August 12, 2009 Oakdale Rural Fire Department has a new Fire Chief - Lee Winton, who is retired from Cal Fire. Acting Chief, Rob Hoyer, wanted to go back to fighting fires, not office work. Lee will start in September. Find out all about him at the next Fire Board meeting to be held in Knights Ferry Thursday, August 20th at the clubhouse at 10:00 a.m. Welcome Lee!*****Happy birthday wishes for the month of August go out to: ... |
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Knights Ferry News for August 5, 2009 The Saturday morning fire in the 15000 block of Orange Blossom Road sent a big black plume of smoke into the air. The Ali family warehouse was completely destroyed. They conducted their wholesale floral business from that building. The first on the scene was Dave Rorabaugh with his backhoe, (he lives behind there on Horseshoe Road), to make a fire break. Many fire engines responded to the ... |
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Knights Ferry News for July 29, 2009 The mountain lion was sighted again, this time Bryce Hobbs, son of Bridgette and Dusty, was walking the dogs on the Rushing Rapids Trail near dusk (south side of the river) when he heard some sound like yelping and the lion stepped onto the trail. Bryce held the dogs and then the lion went into the brush. The Fish and Game were going to look into this, as maybe the sound was young lions or ... |
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Knights Ferry News for July 22, 2009 The mountain lion has been sighted again! Don Diltz on Grape Arbor spotted the cat coming from the Cemetery and running full speed behind Jeff’s property and down to the irrigation ditch where it disappeared in the tall reeds. Keep your eyes open!*****Congratulations go out to Hannah Holland on her softball team’s victory. Hannah plays A ball, 12 and under R and R Gold. They won all four games (Hannah got 3 hits) to win ... |
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Residents Revive Knights Ferry Building In the early 1980s, a group of Knights Ferry residents orchestrated the purchase of a dilapidated building in the downtown area on the corner of Sonora Road (Main Street) and Dean Street and set out to give it new life. 
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Knights Ferry News for July 15, 2009 Birthday greetings for the month of July go out to: Gordon Griesner, Kathy Mangante, Diane Boyer, Kay Martinelli, Bonnie Witzke, Vira Segni, Beverly Brunker, Tasha Sweet, Shasta Duckworth, Shae Serpa, John Simons, Joey Miller, Riley Miller, Sue Barrett, Horst Kaiser, Jean Naccarato, Kylea Coston, Sophie Schwandt, George Pineda, Daniel Lubeck, Devin Odom, Daniel Roberts, Kaitlin Burke, Emilie Crossman, Daisy Munoz, Chris Roek, Mackenzie Weiglein, Kaitlin Van Ryn, Lina Nilsson and Darla Moon. ***** New at ... |
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Knights Ferry News for July 8, 2009 Angie (Martinelli), husband Richie Studer, and son Pete are out from Switzerland visiting the Martinelli family. Bill and Kay took them in their 5th wheel to the wine country and then up to Gold Beach, Oregon. The men enjoyed a free fishing trip on the Rogue River. They journeyed across Oregon and up to Priest River, Idaho to see Mickie Martinelli’s children, Rossi and Will. Rossi has a summer job at a water park and ... |
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Knights Ferry News for July 1, 2009 At the MAC meeting California Highway Patrol Officer Daniels spoke to the lack of stopping at the stop signs and he has been camping out and the problem seems to be solved. Brian Sutton, Animal Control Officer, told of 14 citations in the area. Raul Mendez, MAC Coordinator for Stanislaus County, told of the time line for elections. There will be two seats open, with Kasandra Ingram giving up her seat because they are moving. ... |
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Knights Ferry News for June 24, 2009 The Knights Ferry Municipal Advisory Committee (MAC) will meet Thursday, June 25th at the clubhouse at 7:00 p.m. The Sheriffs Department and Animal Control are to speak. Also on the agenda is the Northern Corridor, the new route of the Oakdale Bypass coming from Salida and entering the highway around Lovers Leap, and the 500 kilovolt transmission lines that is proposed to come up the highway and go through Buena Vista on its way to ... |
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Knights Ferry News For June 17, 2009 Birthday greetings for the month of June go out to: Bob Brunker, Eric Sinkevich, Patty Albarico, Greg Borba, Johnathan Borba, Jeff Donnelly, Audrey Mack, Landon Burns, Caitlin Hitch, Bailey Hitch, Katelyn Hunter, Amanda Mesker, Josh Johnson, Maggie Van Vliet, Chris Alexander, Carl Shafer, Ben Konberg, Ava Schulz, Rawlin Hixon, Lauren Odom, Preston Page, Madison Dickens, Pete Studer, Aleesha Harden, Dalton Crawford, Mikayla Largent, Araceli Limon, Leah Armario, Rachel Munoz, Oskar Nilsson, Zeke Spani, Luke Tanner, ... |
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Knights Ferry News By Mary Sue Shearer The Knights Ferry School Graduation took place on the hill overlooking the town Thursday evening. The clouds were scudding above and a rainbow was seen, along with some lightning. After the Kindergarteners sang, their Diplomas were presented. Speaker for the evening was Mrs. Barbara Burroughs, substitute teacher and community member. In her speech she read the yearbook dedication of the 2009 class — to the United States Armed Forces. She also read a letter from ... |
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