Live Breaking News & Updates on Sierra Friends Center|Page 4
Stay updated with breaking news from Sierra friends center. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
The healing power of music: Living with the reality of fire theunion.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theunion.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The face of a lion, carved into an ornate 1880s desk, sits in Veronique Sepulchre’s Rough and Ready home. Sepulchre, who has worked in local schools as a French language instructor for many years, moved to Rough and Ready from Belgium decades ago with a number of special pieces of furniture, many of which have a long history in her family. As she now plans to return to Belgium, she will not be bringing them with her, and is looking for new homes for them. Photo: Elias Funez Rough and Ready resident Veronique Sepulchre says she wants to pass on the pieces of history which she brought with her from Belgium over three decades ago. ....
Rotarian Tom Milam works on restoring the irrigation system at The Woolman Center’s organic farm in Nevada City. Last summer’s Jones Fire destroyed 19 structures at the Center, including farm buildings, fencing and irrigation. In August 2020, the Jones Fire raged through the South Yuba River Canyon up Jones Ridge near Nevada City, devastating lands and buildings in its path. The Woolman at Sierra Friends Center campus was hit hard. The fire destroyed 19 structures including the farm buildings, fence and irrigation. Now the Center is looking to rebuild and replant under the direction of Malaika Bishop, a local farmer and stewardship associate with Sierra Harvest. ....
By Elias Funez | Multimedia Reporter California Office of Emergency Services representatives tour the Woolman at Sierra Friends Center off Jones Bar Road in Nevada City Wednesday morning, marking the beginning of a state-funded clean-up effort on the six-month anniversary of the start of the Jones Fire. The fire burned 705 acres and a handful of residences and many outbuildings. Photo: Elias Funez A state funded cleanup has begun in the wake of the 705 acre Jones Fire, which started six months ago after a lightning strike lit a fire near the South Yuba River the morning of Aug. 17. Representatives from the California Office of Emergency Services and Nevada County Office of Emergency Services toured the cleanup efforts Wednesday morning off Newtown and Jones Bar roads, where the majority of the fire’s damage to structures occurred, including at the historic Woolman at Sierra Friends Center location. ....