Reminding you that, "Give a man a fish and he has food for a day; teach him how to fish and you can get rid of him for the entire weekend," it's time for Brian "The Rodfather" Conway and the weekly Mother Lode Fishing Report. Before you go fishing, take a listen.

Take a listen to Otis Redding III — He’ll be playing at Sutter Creek Theater, with a show you won’t want to miss. It’s a quick look at what's in the Tuesday, June 25, 2019, edition of the Ledger Dispatch. To subscribe to the Ledger Dispatch, visit our offices at 106 Water Street in Jackson (CA), email [email protected], or call (209) 223-8761.

Roylene Brown of Martha’s All Natural introduces Ledger Dispatch Publisher, Jack Mitchell, to "Killer" Chocolate Sauce and a wonderful product line that, while available the world over, is produced and manufactured in Amador County. If you love baked goods, chocolate, salts, spices, cakes, pancakes, waffles, cornbread, and well, so much more. Check out Martha’s All Natural, like their Facebook page, visit their website at www.marthasallnatural.com, shop locally, or place your order through Amazon. It’s the latest, and most delicious, business spotlight — Martha’s All Natural.

Take a listen to Willie Watson — He’ll be playing at Feist Wines, with a show you won’t want to miss. It’s a quick look at what's in the Friday, June 21, 2019 edition of the Ledger Dispatch. To subscribe to the Ledger Dispatch, visit our offices at 106 Water Street in Jackson (CA), email [email protected], or call (209) 223-8761.

Join Doug Carnahan, an experienced paranormal investigator of 35 years and an extreme haunting survivor, at the reportedly haunted old Amador County Courthouse and Jail for a hair-raising trip through the over 150 year old halls and cells during Doug’s exciting Lock-Down Tours. Eight brave souls took the challenge and were visited, sensed, and saw glimpses of, and communicated with, many spirits.

For event information or to schedule a tour, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/2205723263013212/

Reminding you that, "Fishermen are born honest, but they get over it." It's time for our weekly audio feed from Brian "The Rodfather" Conway with this week's Mother Lode Fishing Report. Take a listen.

The Dance Academy - You've seen stories about the difficulty finding a place to hold performances in Amador County. With a little ingenuity, and a caring community, anything is possible. Meet Ciara Hernandez and a very special group of volunteers as they transform The Call Church, 18400 Ridge Road (Pine Grove, CA), into the perfect location to hold the annual free The Dance Academy recitals that will take place on Friday, June 21 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. The performances are free and everyone is invited!

Earlier this month, Kevin Collins brought us a VHS recording of "Weeknight in Jackson." After a bit of work, we managed to clean it as best we could, transferred it, and digitalized it. Thanks to the generosity of KCRA 3 Sacramento, we've been given permission to share it with you in this post all these years later. Make some popcorn, get a beverage of choice, sit back and relax — welcome to the city of Jackson in the year 1983.

A quick look at what's in the Tuesday, June 18, 2019 edition of the Ledger Dispatch. To subscribe to the Ledger Dispatch, visit our offices at 106 Water Street in Jackson (CA), email [email protected], or call (209) 223-8761.

Amador County residents are finding themselves in the similar predicament occurring in Paradise, Napa and many regions of Northern California — as contractors hired by PG&E rush to cut down trees to protect the community from devastating wildfire, a fresh new problem has been created: piles of timber.

As PG&E is gearing up and pushing to remove trees near, and seen as a danger to distribution lines, landowners are not getting notified, environmental review for the proposed work has been brought to question, and locally, PG&E’s acceleration of the enhanced vegetation management efforts has left homeowners in danger.

Take a look at a property on lower Ridge Road, where a contractor dropped 77 trees, left behind a war zone, and according to homeowners increased the potential for wildfire. Does PG&E know what its contractors are doing? Will clearing around distribution lines require homeowners to pay for clean-up of trees that were dropped, but not removed?

Many problems need to be quickly addressed, as one homeowner in our interview wasn’t even notified of the work that occurred on his property. Here’s a Ledger Dispatch interview from Friday, June 14, 2019, with property owners on lower Ridge Road and the problem they are facing.