The Fiddler

A publication of the Fiddletown Community Center and the
Fiddletown Preservation Society

Summer 2008 Edition - Delivered FREE to our Neighbors

Fiddletown Community
Center

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

This year is going by at "warp-speed,"
--------- I can almost feel the g-force.
There has been a bit of activity at the
hall. We finally accrued the funds to
repair the kitchen wall, which seemed in
danger of falling into the neighbor's yard.
We are also putting a new vinyl floor in
the kitchen and making a few minor
changes in that area. It is our hope that
all of this will make the facility more
useful and efficient.

The Fiddletown Community Center was,
again, the recipient of a donation from
Supervisor Brian Oneto's recreation
fund. This year Supervisor Oneto
donated $1,500.00 to help us with our
expenses. We really appreciate his
support.

We still have community activities
coming up. As you may have noticed
from our sign at the park, we are
trying to have service groups in to
speak at our meetings. This is to help
us all to know what programs are
available to us in Amador County. We
won't have another speaker until our
October meeting, due to the prepara-
tions for the Fiddlers' Jam on
September 20th.

Please, check the calendar elsewhere
in this newsletter to get the dates for
the Thanksgiving Potluck and other activities coming up. I hope to see
you at a meeting, the jam, and/or
the potluck.

Best Wishes,

Dan Slater

Fiddletown Preservation
Society

The past few weeks have been very
busy for the FPS. Over 450 people
attended the Heritage Day event in
early April, which featured numerous
activities including reenactment, lots
of musical performers, presentations
and lectures on the area, as well as a
local wine tasting competition. I want
to thank everyone involved, particular
those who volunteered and help put on
the event as well as those who came
and spent some time with us during
the day. We look forward to seeing you
again next year.

Last week we had our annual meeting
and you elected most of the current
board including myself to run the FPS
for the coming two years. Again, we
thank you for your support and look
forward to working with you through-
out the coming year.

I do need to ask for your help in two
areas:
First, and most importantly, we need
to resolve our plumbing hookup issue
for the schoolhouse. This building is
basically restored, thanks to the help
of many people in the area, and yet
we cannot use this building in the
community because we cannot hook
the plumbing up to any waste system.
If anyone has access to earthmoving
equipment and can help us with
excavation, or they live near the school
and can help us with the hookup
situation, please contact me directly
at 209-296-6476 for more information.

Secondly, the Heritage Day event has
grown to the point where we are seek-
ing a volunteer coordinator in the area
that can work throughout the coming
year to help us ensure that all the
details of the event are planned and
executed in order that the Heritage Day
can continue to grow and help raise
much needed funds for the efforts to
preserve Fiddletown. If you would like
to help us with that task, please contact
me or any FPS member.

Once again, we thank everyone for
their support, work on the two buildings
at the end of town starts in May...!

Roger Nunn, President
www.fiddletown.info