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out-of-state interviews Pat Lakey Staff writer It has been 42 days since Placerville police reported they expect findings from an autopsy on an 11-year-old boy whose January death was termed “suspicious.” Back on Roman Anthony Jan. 14, police Lopez told reporters

“The pathology report is not taking any longer than most cases.”

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Bill Bryant with Squadron Area One, Post 119, El Dorado and Placerville of Sons of the American Legion, awaits donations outside of the VFW Hall in Placerville Tuesday Feb. 18, where he set up his Helmets for Heroes collection tent.

— Cmdr. Kim Nida, Placerville Police Department and the public that it would take “four to six weeks” for the coroner to complete tests and release resultant findings, long weeks that have faded the flowers and covered with dust the stuffed toys comprising a makeshift memorial for Roman Anthony Lopez that graces the sidewalk at the corner of Bee and Coloma streets in Placerville. It is thought the boy died at the house next-door to the red-brick church on the corner, the small house at 2892 Coloma St. where Roman and seven other children apparently were living when the 11-year-old was reported missing Jan. 11. Except for a Sacramento TV station reporting this week that the FBI has become involved in the case — in an apparently limited capacity — there is no new information forthcoming from the Placerville Police Department. Commander Kim Nida did confirm to the Mountain Democrat that local police sought FBI n

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Helping veterans one helmet full of change at a time

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distributed around state, county Dawn Hodson Staff writer

t may have been a tad windy Tuesday but that didn’t stop Bill Bryant from setting up his colorful easy-up in front of the Veterans Memorial Building in Placerville and collecting donations for veterans through his Helmets for Heroes fundraising campaign. Bryant, the vice commander of Squadron Area One, Post 119, El Dorado and Placerville of Sons of the American Legion, is not a veteran

himself but his father was and Bryant is proud of his father’s service and that of other veterans. With a goal of helping past, present and future veterans, Bryant said the campaign, which he started in this county in early 2018, had already collected $5,000 between Sep. 18 and June 19. Since then he’s collected $4,500 more. A statewide fundraising effort, Bryant said Sons of The American Legion collected $42,000 last year and expect to collect even more this year. The funds collected go to veterans service organizations like the California American Legion Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Foundation. Bryant said he will be attending events to raise money for his Helmets for Heroes campaign — setting up his

easy-up at an upcoming olive festival as well as American Legion events and biker events. “Bikers are very generous when it comes to veterans,” he said. Bryant has also put out more than 100 helmet banks that have a slot in the top for inserting change. So far he said he’s placed more than 100 of them at different supermarkets, convenience stores, feed stores, restaurants, gas stations and gun shops — anywhere people have change they’d like to contribute to help a veteran. People can also purchase a helmet bank for $25 which will go toward the cause. “I’m having fun doing it,” Bryant said, but added that he’s also doing it because a lot of veterans need help. n

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New terms move Serrano Village’s J7 project forward after appeal Roundabout could ease traffic concerns around the 12.5-acre park

Dylan Svoboda Staff writer After an appeal from County Auditor-Controller Joe Harn, Serrano Associates is moving forward with its Serrano Village J7 project under new conditions. In early December Harn appealed the original El Dorado County Planning Commission’s approval of the project because, he said, the park construction

requirements were vague and with a “good faith” agreement of the nearby Bridlewood planners failed to require regarding future construction Canyon neighborhood. satisfactory traffic mitigation of the park, EDHCSD and But any future roundabout efforts of the developer. Serrano Associates agreed on hinges on the compliance Now Serrano of Bridlewood Associates and residents. “We were told that Bass Lake Road county staff Serrano have worked out would be fixed ... that was 25 years ago.” Associates an agreement has pledged — Debra Simon, Bridlewood Canyon resident centered on a to contribute potential Bass $200,000 Lake Road roundabout and a deal to dedicate park design toward the roundabout. an arrangement between and construction rights to the Department of Transportation the county, El Dorado Hills agency. Director Rafael Martinez Community Services District County planning manager indicated that the county and developer aimed at finally Mel Pabalinas said the would seek a similar amount, getting the park built. agreement should bolster but wasn’t yet ready to give a Recent efforts have moved the timing of the park’s specific total. all parties involved closer to construction. Martinez estimated that the constructing the 12.5-acre County staff is aiming to roundabout project would park, county staff noted. remedy traffic concerns with cost about $2.3 million in After nearly moving forward a roundabout at the entrance total.

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Bridlewood Canyon Homeowners Association leaders, who are concerned over future area traffic flow, have shown willingness to potentially dedicate funds to the project, according to a letter from county planning manager Mel Pabalinas. The funds would provide key “seed money” that could be used to obtain additional outside grants, which could then be used to fully fund the project, according to Department of Transportation Director Rafael Martinez. The roundabout would provide a safer environment for nearby residents, Martinez n

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instance, there is virtually no difference in the total compensation of a number of department heads and their subordinates. The cost of each employee’s CalPERS benefit is included on the list, but the reported retirement cost should be reviewed with some skepticism. CalPERS has intentionally understated the actual cost of its retirement programs statewide the auditor said. Undoubtedly, higher costs for the county’s retirement program and retirees’ health stipend will need to be paid in the future, according to Harn.

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transparency involves placing all financial information online in a readily understandable manner. Government transparency allows taxpayers to see how our county is spending tax money and gives El Dorado County residents the ability to hold us accountable. The internet is a great place to enhance transparency.” As expected, the two highest compensated employees were mental health professionals: the county’s mental health director and a psychiatrist II. The list highlights some problems with the county’s compensation policies. For

El Dorado County AuditorController Joe Harn has updated the list of the county’s highest compensated employees for the calendar year 2019. The list of the top 100 compensated employees based on the cost of total salaries and benefits is available on the county’s website, edcgov.us/ auditor-controller. Click on Top Paying Positions under the menu. “Posting the list to the county’s website is part of the ongoing effort to increase transparency in our county government,” Harn said. “The best government

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8:21 p.m. A 29-year-old man was arrested on Broadway for having outstanding warrants and providing false identification to officers.

Feb. 15 12:32 p.m. A 55-year-old man was arrested on Texerna Court on outstanding warrants. 2:35 p.m. A 23-year-old man was arrested on Wilstse Road on outstanding warrants. 7:20 p.m. A 34-year-old man was arrested on Coloma Court for disobeying a court order. 9 p.m. A 34-year-old man was arrested on Forni Road on suspicion of public intoxication and violating his probation.

Feb. 16 8:30 a.m. A 41-year-old man was arrested on Broadway on an outstanding warrant.

5:17 p.m. A 59-year-old man was arrested on Placerville Drive on suspicion of public intoxication and violating his probation.

12:42 p.m. Vandalism was reported on Schnell School Road.

5:45 p.m. A 36-year-old man was arrested on Placerville Drive on suspicion of public intoxication and violating his probation.

2 a.m. A 27-year-old man was arrested on Placerville Drive on an outstanding warrant.

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6:39 a.m. A 41-year-old man was arrested on Cardinal Drive on suspicion of making criminal threats.

4:19 a.m. A 32-year-old man was arrested on Placerville Drive on suspicion of burglary.

LAKE LEVELS Loon Lake, as of Feb. 18 Water elevation 6,385.8 feet Storage level 39,410 acre-feet Percent full 57% Inflow 27 cfs Outflow 60 cfs

Inflow 8 cfs Outflow 8 cfs Echo Lake, as of Feb. 21 Water elevation 0 feet Storage level 0 acre-feet Percent full 0% Inflow 4.94 cfs Outflow 4.94 cfs

Ice House, as of Feb. 18 Water elevation 5,410.8 feet Storage level 20,920 acre-feet Percent full 48% Inflow 21 cfs Outflow 14 cfs

Caples Lake, as of Feb. 21 Water elevation 41.44 feet Storage level 11,024 acre-feet Percent full 49% Inflow 4.03 cfs Outflow 5 cfs

Union Valley, as of Feb. 18 Water elevation 4,822.1 feet Storage level 150,430 acre-feet Percent full 56% Inflow 173 cfs Outflow 0 cfs Stumpy Meadows, as of Feb. 19 Water elevation 4,262.01 feet Storage level 20,000 acre-feet Percent full 100% Inflow 15.30 cfs Outflow 4.01 cfs Lake Aloha, as of Feb. 21 Water elevation 4.39 feet Storage level 0 acre-feet Percent full 0%

Silver Lake, as of Feb. 21 Water elevation 2.03 feet Storage level 524 acre-feet Percent full 6% Inflow 5.62 cfs Outflow 5 cfs Sly Park, as of Feb. 21 Water elevation 109.38 feet Storage level 33,874 acre-feet Percent full 82.6% Inflow 38.9 cfs Outflow 18.8 cfs American River, as of Feb. 21 Flow 36.40 cfs

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GDPUD GM resigns Georgetown Divide Public Utility District News release On the morning of Feb. 5, Steven Palmer resigned as general manager of the Georgetown Divide Public Utility District. Palmer’s resignation is effective March 1. “I am extremely grateful for the dedication and support I have received over the last three years. We accomplished a lot in a short amount of time and we all should be proud of the district’s

accomplishments and the positive impact they have had on district customers,” said Palmer. GDPUD Board of Directors President Dave Souza stated, “The board thanks Mr. Palmer for his hard work and contributions to the district, leadership to district staff and service to the community. He will be difficult to replace.” The board has initiated the process to appoint an interim general manager to serve while the district conducts its search for a new general manager.

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Dawn Hodson Staff writer After a testy exchange involving board members and those in the audience, the Georgetown Divide Public Utility District Board of Directors voted to freeze both treated water and irrigation water rates at its Feb. 11 meeting with treated rates frozen until July 1 and irrigation rates frozen for the entire 2020 irrigation season. The board’s vote follows last year’s action when rates were also frozen despite recommendations of staff and a water financial analysis that was completed at the end of 2017 by the Rural Community Assistance Corporation. The recommended increases for 2020 were set to begin in the January-February billing cycle. Treated water rates were to increase 5%. That equated to an increase of $1.47 per month for the monthly base charge and an increase of $.0013 per cubic foot for the usage rate. Staff estimated that a customer using an average of 2,100 cubic feet of water per billing cycle would expect their bill to increase by $5.67. For irrigation customers the rate was set to increase 10% with the cost of one miner’s inch of water increasing by $15.40 per month. One miner’s inch of water equals 16,156 gallons of water per day. Over the five-month irrigation season, the average customer receiving a miner’s inch of water would spend around $850. Because approximately 70 percent of the water used by GDPUD customers is used for irrigation, that group was well-represented at the meeting. GDPUD General Manager Steve Palmer presented an analysis of the impact of last year’s rate freeze on revenues as well as the financial impact that another rate freeze would have this year. In the 201920 fiscal year, Palmer estimated the freeze resulted in a revenue loss of $210,093 in 2019 and a total of $881,304 over the period 2018-22. Palmer predicted if rates were frozen again for all of 2020, district revenue would be $434,609 less than projected and the impact of two successive rate freezes would reduce revenue by $1.5 million over a five-year period. Such revenue losses, said Palmer, would mean delaying planning capital improvements and would make it more difficult to qualify for loans or grants to carry out other infrastructure projects. In the discussion that followed, GDPUD’s finance committee was asked for its recommendation. Committee member

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3,200 linear feet of GDPUD’s canals were lined with gunite to reduce leakage and erosion. Steve Miller said a six month rate freeze was recommended so members could have more time to review the additional information they had requested. However it was pointed out that freezing irrigation rates only until July 1 would complicate the billing process as the irrigation season extends beyond that date. Taking the opposite side was Director Dane Wadle who argued an increase in revenue was needed for the long-term viability of the district. Director David Halpin initially appeared to agree with Wadle, saying the district faces capital improvement obligations and deferring needed maintenance means the cost of that maintenance will be higher later on. Director Cindy Garcia suggested the issue be returned to the finance committee to study and make a recommendation. Audience members weighed in, speaking against any kind of rate hike with irrigation users particularly incensed at the proposed raise in the cost of water. In the end the board voted 4-1 to freeze treated water for six months and irrigation water for the season. President Dave Souza and Directors Michael Saunders, Cindy Garcia and David Halpin voted for the measure and Director Dane Wadle voted no.

Sweetwater update Consulting Engineer George Sanders reported everything is working well at the Sweetwater Treatment Plant, a new water treatment facility in Auburn Lake Trails that has been in operation for approximately four months now. The final inspection of the plant was conducted Jan. 30 and the project was deemed complete. The board then unanimously approved a resolution accepting the notice of completion for the plant to be filed with the El Dorado County Recorder. An amendment to Sander’s contract

for $10,800 was also approved by the board. He has been the project manager during the design and construction of the plant. The extension allows Sanders to close out any remaining tasks associated with the new water treatment plant including collecting needed manuals and documents, making any remaining payments and training.

Canal lining and more Another project that has been completed is the Main Canal Reliability Project. Palmer noted that 3,200 linear feet of the canal has been lined with gunite, reducing leakage and erosion. Water flowing through the ditch feeds into the Sweetwater Treatment Plant and is used for irrigation. Palmer said he expects to bring a notice of completion of the project to the board’s next meeting. The board went on to approve a five-year professional services contract with Coastland Inc. for project management services at a cost of $402,909. Consultants with the firm will manage various capital improvement projects including the rehabilitation of the upcountry ditch, recoating of water storage tanks, lining the main canal, implementing the automated meter replacement project, replacement of a pump station and demolition of the old Auburn Lake Trails Water Treatment Plant. The board also unanimously adopted a debt policy patterned after one developed by the California Special District Association. Adoption of the policy was needed in order to qualify for a loan from the state. The loan will be used to pay for the automated meter reading and meter replacement project. President Souza announced there are several vacancies on the finance committee.

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The Balancing Act

Ignorance is bliss

n El Dorado County Board of Supervisors agenda item originally calendared for last December — an appeal regarding the Planning Commission’s approval of a development near Bass Lake Road and Serrano Parkway called Serrano LARRY WEITZMAN Village J7 — was based on several issues. The two most important being: 1) substantial changes to the area (the population has grown from 6,400 to more than 42,500) since the last environmental impact report and 2) Bass Lake Road four-lane widening plan had been eliminated from the county’s capital improvement program — a decision approved by the board in December 2016. Regarding the first issue: No new EIR had been done in 30 years and the California Environmental Quality Act (sections 15182 and 15162) states that if substantial changes have occurred since the first EIR, a project requires a new or revised EIR. And on the second issue, at the December 2019 hearing on the appeal, after three hours of contentious “testimony,” including nearby residents citing Bass Lake Road as unsafe, the developer claimed he was within his right to the development but didn’t agree any safety improvements were desperately needed. County staff appeared at a loss for answers and board members, not wanting to offend anyone, continued the matter to Feb. 11 on a motion by Supervisor John Hidahl, in whose district the proposed development is located. At the Feb. 10 Taxpayers Association of El Dorado County meeting Serrano Village J7 came up for discussion. Coincidentally, John Hidahl was the featured speaker at the morning meeting as a candidate for re-election to his District 1 board seat. As the agenda item was written, it appeared the board would overrule the appeal and grant the go-ahead with the Parker Development project based on CEQA code section 15182, which states the project is exempt from a new or revised EIR if the project is part of a specific plan and an EIR was done after Jan. 1, 1980. But 15182 specifically refers to section 15162, which states the exemption with respect to a new or revised EIR only exists if there haven’t been substantial changes since the original EIR was written. Hidahl was specifically asked if he read CEQA code section 15182 and the substantial change requirement of 15162. He said no. It’s not difficult to read. I found those two sections in about 10 keystrokes of my computer and, believe it or not, the sections are written in rather plain English instead of the usual legalese. But Hidahl, the rocket scientist, had not done so at that time and wouldn’t have done so unless the question was asked. For some reason the board wanted to go ahead with the project of 65 new homes without any remediation of the already overloaded and dangerous traffic situation. Bass Lake Road also has no sidewalks to handle the increase in pedestrian traffic with the new Safeway shopping center nearly ready to open. And this was in spite of pleas ■

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Letters to the Editor Romney’s ‘courage’ EDITOR: loved Kathy Smith’s letter praising Romney for being true to his faith and voting against Trump at the Senate impeachment trial — going on about how honorable and principled Romney is. You might have had more success for that argument if Romney had not gone to Trump, hat in hand, begging for the secretary of state position in his new cabinet. So all of a sudden, the guy who wanted the job of promoting Trump’s policies all around the world and then got turned down for that job finds that God wants him to vote against Trump in the Senate. Yeah, right. GEORGE ALGER Placerville

Veterans representation EDITOR: am a resident of Tom McClintock’s 4th Congressional District. Just days after Veterans Day the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.R. 3734 — the “Successful Entrepreneurship for Reservists and Veterans Act” — with strong bipartisan support. This bill prioritizes small business opportunities for our veterans. What could be more important than promoting business and especially in our 4th district? Yet our representative Tom McClintock did not even bother to show up in Congress to vote. Thankfully the bill passed, but no thanks to Mr. McClintock. Instead he was on television that day not talking about this issue. There are more than 76,000 veterans in the 4th District, nearly 10% of the population. We deserve better. We deserve a representative who will support us and our success. His opponent, Ms. Brynne Kennedy, cares about veterans. She would not be absent during votes. We need a change. KATHLEEN MUSCHIO Shingle Springs

McClintock refuses to see constituents EDITOR: om McClintock cannot represent people he refuses to see. A search of Congressman McClintock’s website reveals that the last town hall he held was

on Sept. 20, 2017. That’s nearly two-and-a-half years ago. This is not normal. Constituents of California’s 4th congressional district are entitled to be heard by their representative in order to solve the vital issues affecting the 10 counties in which we live. Among them are wildfires and the insurance crisis, rising taxes, crumbling infrastructure, jobs, housing, rural broadband and healthcare. In the unfathomable absence of town halls, I’ve submitted five scheduling requests through McClintock’s government website to meet with a small group. All requests have been denied without explanation. Meeting with McClintock’s staff is an unacceptable substitute. They are unable to answer constituents’ questions, even at follow-up meetings. Nevertheless, I attend monthly staff hours often and the message is crystal clear: Since Tom McClintock was elected he can pursue his own agenda without listening to the input of all voters. Now we must send a strong message by rejecting McClintock’s un-representation with a vote for Brynne Kennedy. She understands the responsibility a congress person has to every resident of the district she represents. GINA ABRAMS El Dorado Hills

Measure U was measure them EDITOR: he El Dorado County Board of Supervisors consists of people who could not pass a human resources screening to become executives of organizations having revenues a 10th the size of the county budget. But their base pay is $76,877 per year, excluding perquisites. Worse, they insist on using their lack of education and executive acumen to micromanage a competent chief administrative officer and various department heads. Successful boards delegate, not pontificate. Contrary to widespread belief, there is no such thing as real term limits for county supervisors. They can, and some have, serve two consecutive terms followed by a four-year vacation followed by two more consecutive terms until death, incapacity or court order. This pseudo term-limit policy is periodically endorsed by a Charter Review Committee appointed by the board. In 2018 Measure U was placed on the ballot to increase supervisors’ terms. But Measure U was

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Kiley’s Corner

A smarter, more compassionate approach to homelessness

omelessness in California is at a breaking point. Our homeless population now surpasses 150,000, with a 16 percent increase just last year. Californians are rightly demanding answers as they see KEVIN homeless individuals not getting the help they need and the quality of life in many communities deteriorating. In a recent Public Policy Institute of California survey, respondents of all political parties cited homelessness as the most important issue for the governor and Legislature to address in 2020. Gov. Gavin Newsom, to his credit, appears to now be facing this crisis with the sense of urgency it requires. But with his recent proposal to spend an additional $1.4 billion on the problem, he risks making the same mistake that has plagued our homelessness policies for years:

equating money spent with people helped. Spending more money is an easy way for political leaders to look proactive, but does not lead to automatic improvements. Despite $2.7 billion in new homelessness-related spending the last two years, homelessness is KILEY only getting worse — growing by as much in California as the rest of the country combined. Before making any additional investments we need to ask in a rigorous, evidence-based way: Where are these dollars going and how can we make sure they help as many people as possible? That’s why I have proposed a statewide audit of homelessness spending to help us better understand what is and is not working in our use of existing resources. This proposal is set to be considered by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee Feb. 26. Among other things, the audit will review the nearly $3 billion

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in state spending on homelessness over the past two years and task the state auditor with identifying what outcomes resulted from these expenditures. My proposal has overwhelming public support. The USC Price School of Public Policy released a statewide poll showing 87.5 percent of Californians support my request for a homelessness spending audit — the strongest support for any proposal from a state or local official and a level of consensus rarely seen in politics. The audit request also gained support from a recent report by the nonpartisan legislative analyst, which warns that the new funding proposed by Gov. Newsom “could quickly dissipate without demonstrating much progress if investments are made without a clear plan.” The report concludes that the governor’s current approach, lacking useful data as guideposts, “is less likely to make a meaningful ongoing impact on the state’s homelessness crisis.” Finally, the governor’s own Homelessness Task Force, led by Sacramento Mayor Darrell

Steinberg, recognized the need to evaluate current spending. Its report concludes: “In order to expand access to mental health and substance abuse treatment for individuals experiencing homelessness, the state should work in tandem with counties to ensure that existing funding ... align[s] with the state’s goals to improve access to treatment.” California as a state produces more wealth than all but four countries in the world. Yet more than 150,000 of our residents are living — and often dying — on the streets. A homelessness spending audit will help us turn the page on ineffective policies and measure progress in the way that matters: helping people transition out of homelessness or avoid it altogether. That’s why a smarter approach to homelessness is also a more compassionate one. Spending billions without a clear strategy is neither. Assemblyman Kevin Kiley represents the 6th Assembly District, which includes parts of El Dorado, Placer 24and Sacramento counties. You can follow him on Twitter @ KevinKileyCA.

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Fraternal twins Kim and Mark Quicksall help lead the El Dorado High School basketball program as captains of the boys and girls squads. 2019-20 season. Mark, averaging 8.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.1 steals, plays stingy defense for the Cougars. “Mark takes great pride in playing tough defense,” said El Dorado head coach Tom Spencer.

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from local residents, especially those in the nearby Bridlewood development. One Bridlewood resident said at the Feb. 11 hearing that they (Bridlewood residents) “have had it with Bass Lake Road … County planning has been inefficient and awful.” Another resident said, “Decisions get made on near-term expediency while they should be made based on health and safety. You should plan for change in advance.” But the board apparently didn’t care. Hidahl had his conscience assuaged when he asked deputy county counsel Breann Moebius why this project is exempt from a new (or revised) EIR as 15162 (Hidahl was effectively reading from a memo I sent to the board) requires one when there has been a substantial change. Moebius said DOT staff had said the traffic is effectively “OK” and that this one particular project doesn’t create a substantial change. Here is the problem with that explanation: There has been a substantial change in the Bass Lake area, especially for the residents of Bridlewood, The Hills and other, older developments (20 or more years old) along Bass Lake Road. What has happened is that these newer developments over the last several years, while not individually creating a substantial change, have

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Kevin Christensen Staff writer Sports teach valuable lessons that last a lifetime. For the El Dorado High School senior basketball twin tandem of Mark and Kim Quicksall lessons learned early in life have a foundation rooted on the basketball court. The fraternal twins got an early start in basketball in local El Dorado County parks and recreation leagues. Mark first bounced a basketball at the age of 7; Kim began shooting at 8. The siblings went on to play for Camino Middle School, as well as local Amateur Athletic Union basketball. At the high school level each has played three-offour years on the boys and girls varsity Cougar squads. As youngsters learning the game, a rivalry developed that helped sharpen their skills. “We did play one-on-one when we were younger and we definitely had a rivalry,” Mark said. “Kim really pushed me to get better. We don’t really play each other anymore though.” The El Dorado siblings primarily play center for the Cougars (Kim stands at 6-feet tall and Mark is 6-feet-4-inches) and both were voted captains by teammates and coaches for the

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really measure them. Fortunately, it was defeated but the career supervisor gig is still bad. Supervisors re-elected to just two four-year terms will accrue an annuity and perquisites worth more than $200,000. Three terms is $300,000 and so on. By contrast, a one-term supervisor gets zero retirement benefits. Why do county supervisors get re-elected after one term? Do we really think that experience in the county’s oligarchy is that valuable? Having served on the grand jury, I, for one, think that continuing to rub shoulders on the Board of Supervisors after one term is likely more damaging than beneficial. “Those with whom we assemble, we soon resemble.” The solution lies in our collective ability to replace supervisors at a rate adequate to avoid metastasizing the “power corrupts” idiom and creating outrageous retirement benefits that continue to accrue. El Dorado County is fortunate to have department heads whose collective education, background and experience are far superior to any member of the Board of Supervisors. They need oversight provided by us in the form of executives willing to give back for a short time. We do not need to continue to tether and abuse a talented management team. Let’s replace elected officials regularly and focus on documented and verifiable qualifications, not rhetoric and back-slapping ability. Re-election of those on the current, or prior, boards is an ipso facto approval of a dysfunctional, self-serving ideology that should not be sustained. Our political parties have a responsibility to find and support people who want to serve and leave a positive leadership legacy culture – then get out of the way. Look for executive acumen, integrity, independence, energy, intelligence and a desire to give back rather than insist on a continued place at the increasingly costly trough. KEN SCHONIGER Pollock Pines

as a whole caused substantial change. The board has let each one slide through piecemeal without the necessary improvements. At some point the individual 40-, 50- and 65-unit development subdivisions combined to create a substantial change. The supervisors, especially those who represent this area, should remember the Chinese proverb: “Death by a thousand cuts.” That is exactly what has happened in the Bass Lake area ... and the death could be someone’s child walking to Safeway. The mistake of removing Bass Lake Road improvements from the CIP — all for a momentary reduction in traffic impact mitigation fees for El Dorado Hills — and putting the onus of this CIP on taxpayers countywide will affect every resident. Instead of developers paying to mitigate their traffic impacts, eventually we taxpayers will pay for it. Just remember what your supervisors and county staff are doing to you. There is an election coming. Ask the right questions of the candidates. A good one: How are we going to pay for the eventual improvements required for Bass Lake Road so a child doesn’t get hit by a car because there are no sidewalks where needed? Larry Weitzman is a resident of Placerville.

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El Dorado alum prepares for final collegiate baseball season the next step,” Dillon said. “He wanted to be ahead of everyone else. We started working out together and kept each other accountable.” Smith and Dillon threw, hit and talked baseball for hours to prepare for the season. It paid Thomas Frey off and Smith found himself Staff writer fifth in the lineup when the team opened its season Feb. 19 Matt Smith stood at Auburn University. on the on-deck In the eighth inning, with the circle inside Alex Hornets trailing 10-4, Smith Box Stadium on came up to the plate with a the campus of runner on second. He was Louisiana State hitting against Casey Mize, who University in front two years later, became the top of 11,094 fans in selection by the Detroit Tigers the ninth inning of in the 2018 MLB Draft. Smith Sacramento State’s was hitting pitches about 96 baseball game Feb. miles per hour and drove in 27, 2016, preparing a run against the future top for an at-bat that pick. kids dream of. “That was definitely Smith had been 0-4 interesting,” Smith said. with four strikeouts “Looking back on it to this and the Hornets day, knowing I faced the were trailing the No. 1 overall pick as fifth-ranked a freshman, it’s kind LSU Tigers of unreal.” 4-3 in his sixth “Looking back on it to this day, knowing I faced After his freshman career game. As the No. 1 overall pick as a freshman, it’s kind of season in which he Smith walked to finished third on the plate with unreal.” the team in batting runners on first – Matt Smith, Sacramento State senior outfielder average, Smith and second and went up to Victoria, nobody out, he Jays’ minor league system. British Columbia to play fully expected to be bunting. “From the start, I knew he summer baseball. Diving for a He was surprised he was even would be a guy I didn’t have to ball in left field he dislocated his walking to the batter’s box and push to give the team his all,” shoulder and tore his labrum. that he wasn’t lifted for a pinch Dillon said. “His work ethic was Smith was hurt but he worked hitter. at the top even at a young age.” diligently with Sac State athletic “He brought that up years Once Dillon graduated and trainer Erin Greenwald to get later about how he was 0-4 and went to Sac State, Smith was the back to the field. how he thought he was going to top hitter for the Cougars for his “Matt is a tough kid, he was get pinch-hit for,” said Sac State remaining three years. Smith hit head coach Reggie Christiansen. .338 as a freshman, and then hit able to take his injury in stride and do everything he could “That just never crossed our .524 in his final three years. In to get back to full baseball mind to pinch hit for him. He his senior year, he had 14 home participation,” Greenwald said. was the best hitter for us in the runs and he became a defensive “He maintained a positive fall that year, the best hitter asset in the outfield. attitude throughout and started when we came back in January.” “He evolved into being a to embody the “Coach Matt” Smith and his 6-foot, 4-inch, good defensive outfielder and role helping his teammates in 210 pound frame stepped to the that was something he had to any way he could while he was plate, he was given the signal put a lot of work into because unable to physically be on the to swing away. He took a deep it did not come as easy to field with them.” breath, looked at the pitch and him as the hitting part,” said Smith missed the 2017 season roped the baseball into right Rusty McDonald, Smith’s head but stepped back on the field field to tie up the ballgame. baseball coach at El Dorado. in time for the 2018 season. “It was a real confidence Smith ended his career at He was second on the team booster knowing I had the El Dorado with a .485 career in batting average, fourth in head coach’s approval to still batting average, 41 doubles, five runs batted in, tied for second swing away even when I was triples, 17 home runs and 127 in doubles and tied for first in struggling,” Smith said. runs batted in. triples and stolen bases. Success has been something “Erin Greenwald did a great Smith has had since 2012 when Sacramento State job getting me back to full he became a staple in the El Smith decided to take his strength and making sure that Dorado High School varsity talents down Interstate 80 to when it came time to get back lineup. play for Sac State because of his on the field, I was ready and relationship with the coaches, El Dorado High School was at 100 percent,” Smith teammates and particularly said. “I thank her with all my As a high school freshman, Justin Dillon who was entering heart making sure I could play Smith was second on the Cougar his junior season. baseball again.” roster in batting average behind “The summer before his During his junior season senior teammate Justin Dillon freshman year of college, he who is now in the Toronto Blue asked me how to prepare for n See Matt Smith, page A7

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while controlling the paint for the Lady Cougars. “Kim can play in the middle or on the perimeter,” Lady Cougar head coach Larry Gray shared. “Kim is strong and fast which makes her very versatile.” The brother and sister hoops duo said they love the game, but scholastics is their primary focus – both carry a 3.4 GPA – emphasized by their parents, Lorraine and Steve. Mark, with hopes of continuing his basketball dreams at San Francisco State University wants to study government. Kim likes history/ english and plans to study forensic psychology after high school while playing basketball at Sierra Junior College in Rocklin. “Kim and Mark know they are student-athletes first,” Lorraine shared. “Their education is the most important thing. We are proud of them for being selected captains this year because it shows their fellow players and coaches respect them as leaders of the team.” The Quicksall twins credit their parents for encouraging and supporting their success on the court and in the classroom. “They helped me keep playing when at times I felt like quitting,” Kim shared. “My parents have done so much for me to succeed,” added Mark. “I couldn’t be more grateful.” Playing basketball since they were young has resulted in many noteworthy moments, but the El

Dorado High School basketball siblings remembered special ones they won’t ever forget. “Winning the Gold Dust tournament was my best moment,” Mark recalled. “It had not been done by a varsity team in five years.” “My most memorable basketball moment was grabbing 29 rebounds in one game,” Kim said. As their Cougar basketball careers come to an end with them playing in the Division IV Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs this week, Kim and Mark have bittersweet feelings about leaving El Dorado High School. “I will miss my teammates and coaches,” Kim shared. “But I also look forward to the next stage.” Mark said it’s “truly going to hurt leaving the Cougar program” and he will “never forget the memories of playing for El Dorado.” Lorraine said basketball has been a vital part of her children’s maturation that will guide them in the future. Steve and Lorraine have consistently told their children how team sports teach lessons to prepare one for life. “We have told them as they struggle with a team or coach problem that it’s great practice for when you get a job,” Lorraine explained. “Learning how to approach your coach with a problem will give them confidence to do the same in the workplace.” While the Quicksall twins are similar in many ways their

gratification and fulfillment from basketball is different. Each take away their own unique satisfaction from the game they love. “I enjoy the process not just the success of winning and how to get along with people you may not always see eye to eye with,” added Kim. “It’s easy to make excuses why I missed a layup or failed a test. But playing a sport you come to realize it is you that makes it happen,” Mark concluded. “You must own up to what you haven’t done and practice enough or study enough to get the results you want.” Lorraine said her children have very different personalities and Kim is more upbeat where Mark tends to be more serious. She added in ways they are alike and both are very competitive, but friendly with a diverse group of friends. “One thing I noticed at games is when there is a timeout neither of them are able to stand still,” Lorraine recalled. “They both move their feet the same, rocking back and forth, as if they just can’t wait to get back in the game.” Mark and the No. 4-seeded Cougars played at home against Calaveras High School Friday, Feb. 21, and Kim and the No. 2-seeded Lady Cougars continue their playoff run tonight at 7 p.m., also against Calaveras High School, as they vie for a Division IV Sac-Joaquin Section championship.

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in 2019, Smith led the team in five offensive categories including batting average and played some of his best baseball in the Western Athletic Conference tournament with the winner being awarded a trip to an NCAA regional. The Hornets lost their first game in the tournament, which meant they had to win their final six games to win the tournament. “Everyone wanted to play,” Smith said. “Everyone was like, ‘if you need me to do something, I can do it. Whatever you need, let me help the team win.’ It was big and you can’t win without that.” The Hornets won the next five games to set up a date with Grand Canyon University in the championship. Tanner Dalton, now in the Chicago

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Cubs organization, pitched five stellar innings while Smith went 4-5 with a home run to win the championship 5-4. “We were going to play our heart out and a major factor in that was Tanner Dalton and Bronson Grubbs who were seniors. If we lost, their career was over. We didn’t want it to end like that. We wanted to get them one more ring, continue playing and go to a regional,” Smith said. The Hornets won and advanced to the Stanford regional where they won one game before falling to fourth-ranked Stanford.

Future Smith is 53 hits away from setting the school record. He is also 37 RBIs from a school record

future Village J7 park across from the Bridlewood neighborhood. Still, construction conditions for the roundabout and park are too flimsy for Harn. “I like conditions that provide an assurance that the problem will be dealt with,” he said. “This is not the kind of land-use planning the people of El Dorado County expect.” The updated agreement doesn’t

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No stranger to fundraising, Bryant helped raise money for hospice for years. He said he started a fundraising effort called Riding for Hospice in 2004 where for $35 people would get a t-shirt, a ride pin, lunch and a motorcycle ride. He said the event continued through 2011, raising $300,000 for hospice. For more information about Helmets for Heroes visit the California American Legion Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Foundation’s website calvar.us.

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assistance, but only insofar as helping to question individuals “in other states.” “The FBI was not involved at the onset” of the investigation into Roman’s death, wrote the commander in an email. “We requested their assistance with interviews ...” That request was made as a “courtesy,” so that local police would not have to shoulder the financial burden of having its own investigators fly to various locations back East to conduct questioning deemed pertinent. Questions by the newspaper regarding how many individuals were to be interviewed by the FBI, how long that process might take and which states might be visited by the federal investigators went unanswered as of press time Friday. Nida also was asked whether the coroner’s findings are taking longer than her department anticipated but she said that was not the case. “The pathology report is not taking any longer than most cases,” Nida said Friday. “This is typical and we are not concerned.” The death of Roman Anthony Lopez has been disturbing and depressing for the local community, however, prompting a candlelight vigil Jan. 23 that included attendance by Roman’s mother, Rochelle Lopez, who flew in from Milwaukee, Wis., for the event on the El Dorado County Courthouse steps in downtown Placerville. Through a family spokeswoman at the vigil, Roman’s mom, who reportedly was intending to try to regain custody of the boy she lost to his father, said the family was fine with law enforcement progress thus far. Roman’s father, Jordan Piper, reportedly brought the boy and seven other kids across the country

to Placerville, where a job was said to have been waiting. He was accompanied by his wife Lindsey. Roman was reported missing on Saturday, Jan. 11, prompting a search by law enforcement officers and volunteers who combed the neighborhood into the night looking for the youth. The next day, Placerville police issued a statement saying the boy had been found and thanking all those who had knocked on doors and participated in the earlier search. Mere hours later, however, police had called for a press conference at the station on Main Street, with TV reporters and other media converging at the parking lot to hear police say Roman actually was dead and that the death was “suspicious.” “We will take no questions at this time,” said an officer, following the brief announcement. Since that time, the community on social media, in coffee shops and grocery stores has speculated wildly as to what the cause of the boy’s death might have been. Worries that a “child killer” could be in the area were quickly quelled by police, who explained that a shooting two days prior to the press conference — an incident that occurred no more than a quarter-mile away from the house where it is believed Roman was discovered deceased — was not connected to the boy’s passing. A young man thought to be in his late teens was wounded and hospitalized in that earlier incident, a shooting in which no suspects had been reported arrested as of press time Friday. Police have said they will issue a press release when the coroner’s findings regarding the “suspicious” death of Roman Anthony Lopez are reported back to their office.

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KNOW MONDAY, FEB. 24 Want to feel good and experience personal growth? If you are 55 years and up, Senior Peer Counseling of El Dorado County offers an opportunity for volunteers to become peer counselors and join the team. Call (530) 621-6304 for more information. Applications are being accepted now. Training begins in March. El Dorado County Older Adult Services is currently looking for volunteer drivers for its Senior Shuttle program. Senior Shuttle volunteer drivers generally help once a month, picking up seniors and delivering them to designated locations in El Dorado County, including shopping centers and other places of interest. Anyone interested in volunteering may pick up an application at the El Dorado County Senior Center, 937 Spring St. in Placerville or call (530) 621-6151. A copy of the volunteer application may also be downloaded at: edcgov.us/Government/ HumanServices/Pages/ volunteer_opportunities. aspx. Junior high and high school athletes can experience injuries just like professional athletes. Marshall Medical Center’s Outpatient Rehabilitation Department is now offering a free clinic for these student athletes who have suffered a nonconcussive injury within the past two weeks. The clinic is open Monday afternoons from 4-6 p.m. Located at 1000 Fowler Way, Suite 6, in Placerville, athletes receive an assessment by Bruce Akinaka, PT, ATC, as well as instructions for self-care at home and directions for healing and returning to their sport. Call (530) 3445430 for an appointment, walk ins are also accepted. Poetry in Motion is from 6-7 p.m. at the Placerville Senior Center, 937 Spring St. in Placerville. Poetry open read-around, bring your own poems to share, read from your favorite poets or just come to listen. All ages welcome. For more information call (530) 295-3496.

TUESDAY, FEB. 25 The Widows Club meets at 9 a.m. every Tuesday morning at the Golden Waffle Café, 1449 Broadway in Placerville. The club is created to give support and friendship to help people through the grieving process. For more information call Don at (530) 363-7476 or Nancy at (530) 622-8276. Tuesday at Two, every Tuesday from 2-3 p.m. in the large craft room at the Placerville Senior Center, 937 Spring S. in Placerville. This is an informal poetry workshop in which all ages are welcome. For more information call (530) 2953496.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26 The Widows Club meets at 9 a.m. every Wednesday morning at Beef ‘N’ Brew, 4232 Fowler Lane in Diamond Springs, and Denny’s, 3446 Coach Lane in Cameron Park. For more information call Don at (530) 363-7476 or Nancy at (530) 622-8276. The Random Strangers hosts the singer/songwriter n

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Kathryn Carner, Doris Kiss and Zirko Petkovic, left to right, tell their stories in “The New Colossus” coming to Harris Center for the Arts March 3 and 4.

‘The New Colossus’ comes to the Harris Center “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free” — it’s a personal story in “The New Colossus,” as cast members share the stories of their families coming to America Harris Center for the Arts

n this intensely physical production, cast members from The Actor’s Gang tell their ancestors’ stories in 12 different eras, all woven into a single narrative about escaping an oppressive homeland and being drawn to the beacon above Ellis Island. The play was workshopped during the Obama years in a reaction to the Syrian refugee crises. Director Tim Robbins told the Los Angeles Times, “I looked around at our company and we have people from all over the world, so I asked everyone to really think about their own families and how they found their way here.” The national tour of “The New Colossus “ comes to the Harris Center for the Arts, 10 College Parkway in Folsom, Tuesday, March 3 and Wednesday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. both days. Come experience an in-depth discussion led by Academy Award winner Tim Robbins following each performance of his play “The New Colossus.” After each performance, Robbins is scheduled to lead the cast and audience in a conversation centering on the immigrant and refugee experience, during which audience members will be encouraged to share their own personal stories, as well as their immediate reactions to the work. The northern migration after the Civil War is where the story starts, with a woman, a freed slave, who heads north, up the Mississippi River, to escape the death squads of the KKK; a Finnish woman flees the Russian invasion in 1904 and winds up in Superior, Ariz.; a Jewish woman escapes the Nazis and arrives in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1938; a Malaysian child acrobat, born into a family of performers, escapes the Japanese invasion and makes her way

to San Francisco in 1944; a Hungarian flees Communism in 1950; a woman risks her life to escape Vietnam after Saigon falls and comes to Los Angeles in 1978; an Iranian whose family is in danger after the revolution in 1979 comes to Colorado; a Mexican woman who fears for her life in a town run by a drug cartel flees to California in 1993; and a Turkish dissident attempts to flee Istanbul in 2017. Performed in 12 languages with live music, poetry and kinetic movement, the play concludes with a question — who are we as a nation? Set between 1868 and today, “The New Colossus” is an homage to the strength, resilience and dignity of the immigrants and refugees who left their homes behind and risked their lives to find a better life. Robbins said, “The story of our ancestors’ journeys to freedom are epic stories of survival, full of difficulty, danger, distrust, camaraderie and courage, of insurmountable obstacles overcome by hope and heroism. ‘The New Colossus’ is a story of resilience, of extraordinary people living through extremely difficult challenges, holding on to their desire to survive, to live and breathe in freedom.” “The New Colossus” shares a title with the sonnet written by poet Emma Lazarus in 1883 for an exhibit to raise funds for the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty, which opened in 1886. Even though the Statue of Liberty was not conceived as a symbol of immigration, Lazarus’ “The New Colossus” reinvented the statue’s purpose, turning Liberty into a welcoming mother, a symbol of hope to the outcasts and oppressed of the world. Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door! “In every generation, there’s a new wave of people who hold so much hope and so much passion for the idea of freedom that they leave everything they know and love behind and risk their lives to attain it. This is a story that unites us from our beginnings until now,” added Robbins.

About Tim Robbins For the past 38 years Robbins has served as artistic director for The Actors’ Gang, a theater company formed in 1981 that has more than 150 productions and more than 100 awards to its credit. Begun in 2006, The Actors’ Gang’s groundbreaking Prison Project now provides rehabilitative programming to incarcerated men and women extensively in the Los Angeles area. Robbins’ credits include the current Focus Pictures release, “Dark Waters,” as well as “Mystic River,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” “The Player,” “Bull Durham” and “Jacob’s Ladder” and the current Hulu series “Castle Rock.” As a producer/writer/director, credits include “Dead Man Walking,” “Cradle Will Rock” and “Bob Roberts.” Robbins has won the Academy Award, Golden Globe, Sag Award, Humanitas Award, the Prix d’Interprétation Masculine at the Cannes Film Festival and French Officier de L’Ordre Des Arts et Des Lettres. Tickets are available online at HarrisCenter.net or from the Harris Center ticket office at (916) 608-6888 from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and two hours before show time. Parking is included in the price of the ticket.

Marshall Medical Center is all heart Attendees will be treated to wine tasting from Madroña healthy heart is Vineyards, Lava Cap the foundation of Winery and Miraflores a healthy life. Winery. Bella Bru Café To celebrate the from El Dorado Hills is National Heart bringing heart-healthy Awareness month of appetizers to support the February Marshall cause. Medical Center is “It’s important for pumping heart-healthy us to educate and give wisdom through the back to the community,” veins of El Dorado explained Brittany County at the seventh Garcia, Marshall Medical Affair of the Heart event. Center marketing Affair of the Heart communications is a free public healthspecialist. “A healthier focused event presented community means by Marshall Medical a more thriving and the Cameron Park community.” Community Services Garcia said the Democrat file photo community event is a District from 4:30-7 p.m. Michael Sutherland, clinical operations manager at Marshall Medical Center, takes a blood strategy by Marshall to on Wednesday, Feb. 26 sugar reading for Kriondal Presson of Placerville at last year’s Affair of the Heart. The event take a “preventive and at the Cameron Park Community Center, 2502 this year is Wednesday, Feb. 26 at the Cameron Park Community Center. proactive approach to Country Club Drive in community health.” testing, hearing tests and weight/body fat Cameron Park. The evening will include two Marshall analysis as part of the effort to combat The heart-healthy community event is Medical Center cardiologists, Dr. Lena heart disease in the county. providing health screenings, glucose level n See MARSHALL, page B6 Kevin Christensen Staff writer

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New leadership in Diamond Springs ward Lori Mortensen Democrat contributor

hange in leadership is a familiar, yet important event in the lives of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Unlike other churches that depend on paid clergy to lead worship services and serve the needs of their congregations, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints depends on a lay ministry which consists of the bishop and his two counselors. Since it’s a demanding responsibility — bishops take on these extra duties in addition to working and supporting their own families — this leadership role is limited to about five years. Diamond Springs Ward recently received a new Bishopric — Scott Minnick, as bishop, and Brent Edwards and Tim Mortensen, as first and second counselors.

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The new Bishopric of Diamond Springs Ward, left to right, Brent Edwards, first counselor; Bishop Scott Minnick; and Tim Mortensen, second counselor are eager to serve the community. “I have had the pleasure of caring for the physical needs of the members of our region for more than 20 years as a doctor of nurse anesthesia,” Minnick said. “Now as the Bishop of the Diamond

Springs Ward, I’m able to focus on the spiritual needs of the members of our community as well.” As the spiritual leader of the ward, the bishop helps all members of the community draw closer

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to Jesus Christ through service and by caring for them with love, concern, compassion and charity. “We are a church of action,” Minnick said. “We believe that through serving our fellow man,

we can follow the example of Jesus Christ. As such, we are anxious to engage with community leaders and partners in improving our community and inviting all to come unto Christ.” A recent example of service involved several teenage members who gave up a part of their Saturday to visit the home of an elderly widow and help prepare and construct a new, safe walkway into her home. A small gesture but something that made the world of difference in this woman’s life. The youth received no payment or other physical reward for their service — well, except for a few doughnuts. “I would like the community to know,” Minnick continued, “that our doors are always open and we invite all to attend sacrament meetings on Sundays, 1 p.m. for English speakers, and 3 p.m. for Spanish speakers.

he Rite Aid Foundation has selected Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Sierra to participate in its 2020 KidCents program, which annually supports a select group of nonprofit, kid-focused organizations committed to improving the health and wellbeing of children living in the communities Rite Aid serves. “We are so grateful to the Rite Aid Foundation for their generous support of one-to-one mentoring in our community,” said Lindy Schasiepen, BBBS events coordinator and fund development team. “In addition to being selected as a KidCents charity, we will receive a $5,000 grant, which will be used to increase the number of children in our programs. This is our first year with the KidCents Foundation and our second year of applying for this grant. How delighted we were to receive the notice that we had been selected in 2020.” The Rite Aid Foundation welcomed a total of 481 nonprofits to its 2020 KidCents class — its largest class ever. The number of KidCents charities has more than doubled since the program’s inception in 2014, when 204 nonprofits comprised the inaugural class. Over seven years, the Rite Aid Foundation has contributed a total of more than $34 million to KidCents charities across the country, thanks to members of Rite Aid’s loyalty program, wellness+ rewards, rounding up their in-store or online purchases to donate to KidCents. “More than 3 million Rite Aid customers actively choose to make meaningful contributions to help children in their communities through KidCents. The program’s growth is a testament to their generosity and commitment to building safer, stronger and more supportive communities for youth across the country,” said Jessica Kazmaier, president of the Rite Aid Foundation and Rite Aid chief human resources officer. “The 2020 KidCents class has the opportunity to prove that change adds up exponentially and we look forward to helping them achieve their goal of giving kids better lives and brighter futures.” For a full list of KidCents charities and to learn more about how Rite Aid’s wellness+ rewards members can support charities in their own communities visit kidcents.com.

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About Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Sierra Big Brothers Big Sisters is a nationwide organization that matches children who for one reason or another, might benefit from being paired with a mentor. Local offices are in Cameron Park and Grass Valley, with administrative offices in Truckee. This enables the organization to assist children in Western Nevada County and North Lake Tahoe. The mentors are called “Bigs” and are older adults

or high school students who have pledged their time and effort to helping these children called “Littles” by providing companionship and guidance, facilitated by spending a certain amount of time each month with them, for one on one personal interaction. It is estimated there are 9 million children who might benefit from such a relationship. Statistics reveal the positive repercussions of mentoring: 46 percent of those in the program versus those not were less likely to use illegal drugs 27 percent less likely to begin using alcohol prematurely 52 percent less likely to skip school and 37 percent less likely to skip a class 33 percent less likely to physically assault another person Other benefits from participating in the program and hanging out with a Big include increased self-confidence and better personal relationships with family members. These figures are derived from a 1995 study by Public/Private Ventures, an independent Philadelphia-based national research organization. Whether put at risk from single-person households, parent incarceration, abuse or other factors detrimental to their development, these children have a greater chance of making better choices by having someone to guide them with their life challenges. It is clear these one on one relationships where Littles are matched with suitable Bigs can make a big difference in the lives and futures of these children. With safety as an utmost concern when matching adults with children, the Big Brothers Big Sisters’ program is carefully administered and held to the highest of standards. The program strives for matches that are not only safe and well suited to each child’s needs, but also harmonious, highly beneficial and structured for long-term viability. About the Rite Aid Foundation Since its inception in 2001, the Rite Aid Foundation has awarded more than $68 million to nonprofit organizations. Additionally Rite Aid, through the efforts of its customers, supplier partners and associates, has also raised more than $92 million for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals across the country since 1994.

About the KidCents program Through the KidCents program, which is the Rite Aid Foundation’s charitable giving program dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of children living in the communities Rite Aid services, members of Rite Aid’s loyalty program, wellness+ rewards can round up their in-store or online purchases to the nearest dollar and donate their change to KidCents. Members can also choose to direct their change to a specific KidCents charity by visiting kidcents.com. For more information visit kidcents.com.

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El Dorado County Health And Human Services Agency El Dorado County Older Adult Services is currently looking for volunteer drivers for its Senior Shuttle program. “Our volunteer drivers provide a valuable service for local seniors,” said Jennifer Cullen, Program Coordinator for Older Adult Services. “Without the Senior Shuttle, many seniors wouldn’t be able to get to places like the grocery store for essential goods.” Senior Shuttle volunteer drivers generally help once a month, picking up seniors and delivering them to designated locations in El Dorado County,

including shopping centers and other places of interest. Volunteers are currently needed for routes throughout the county, but are especially needed in Cameron Park, Pollock Pines and Placerville. “This is a perfect volunteer opportunity for someone who enjoys meeting new people, driving to new places and giving back to the community,” said Cullen. Volunteers use the County’s Senior Shuttle van, not their own vehicle. Volunteers are required to have a current California driver’s license and copy of their DMV driving record, and pass a background check.

Anyone interested in volunteering may pick up an application at the El Dorado County Senior Center, 937 Spring Street in Placerville, or call (530) 621-6151. A copy of the volunteer application may also be downloaded at: https://www.edcgov.us/ Government/HumanServices/ Pages/volunteer_opportunities. aspx The Senior Shuttle program is a service of the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency. For more information about older adult services in El Dorado County, please visit edcgov.us/SeniorService.aspx.

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‘Jasper’ blends the desert, history, geology and adventure Wendy Schultz Democrat contributor

urfryn Owen, a Welshman fleeing from the horrors of the Great War, comes to the California desert with stars in his eyes and gold fever in his blood. The tenderfoot gets a little assistance from new friends in his prospecting endeavors, even though they are convinced Owen is years too late and much too naïve to be successful. As reality replaces romance, Owen changes his name to Jasper and embarks on a 50 year adventure in deserts throughout California, Nevada, British Columbia and Mexico. Jasper, could be any man who has experienced war and fought a battle with his own abhorrence of aggression to serve his country. Forever changed, Jasper chooses a nomadic life that few could survive for any length of time, but it is one that brings him freedom and peace as well as riches he didn’t expect. The story winds its way from WWI through The Great Depression, WWII and the 1960s. Through Jasper’s adventures, the reader experiences the beauty of the desert and the many changes that history and society undergo over the 50 years of Jasper’s life as a prospector. In “Jasper” the reader will meet prospectors, monks, pilots, a feisty female lawyer, a wise and self-educated Native American who longs to be a scholar, a generous grocer who wants to expand and a couple of canny burros.

The gentle blend of history, geology, desert flora and fauna and adventure in “Jasper” comes from the wide interests of author, Michael Easterling. The Pleasant Valley author has four other books to his publishing credit and most of them deal with history in some form, including myths and legends. The depiction of desert plants in “Jasper,” especially the wildflowers, stems from Easterling’s own love of the desert and many years of hiking in the desert. “Were it not so hellishly hot in summer, I would live in the desert,” said Easterling. “… We live in a very violent time and I find solace in returning to the desert, to places that have little changed and where peace is to be found.” Wife Lisa, helped with the accuracy of desert flora and fauna, as well as the geology, as she was a botany/biology major in college and Easterling’s hiking partner. But, it was from a prospector who is now the caretaker of the Cerro Gordo mine in the mountains above Owens Lake that Easterling learned about the three-day process of assaying. The prolific Easterling is working on a musical adaptation of “The Cricket on the Hearth” and a new novel, “The Dreams of Gerontius,” which he may publish by the end of this year. “Jasper,” like all of Easterling’s books, can be found online at Amazon.com in both softcover and Kindle versions. Locally it can be purchased at The Bookery or at Placerville News Stand, both on Main Street in downtown Placerville.

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2020 is New Morning Youth & Family Services 50th year anniversary. Throughout the year there will be 50 years’ worth of stories about the New Morning Shelter. Readers will see stories from staff and board of directors as well as stories about the children who the agency has served through the eyes of the staff and some stories directly from the clients.

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ichael hardly knew his father and his life with his mother was substandard. Michael was formally removed from his mother’s care at age 15 after experiencing years of physical and emotional abuse and severe neglect. Michael was placed with his maternal grandmother. Shortly after this placement Michael’s mother unexpectedly died. Over the years Michael has learned to cope with his life by becoming very independent having virtually raised himself. He was withdrawn and disengaged from the world around him. Michael was failing in school and demonstrated little or no interest in any other activity or hobby. Adding to this was a feeling of intense grief at the loss of his mother and conflicts with his grandmother over rules and conditions

for his stay. It was under these conditions that Michael began seeing a New Morning therapist. Michael spent nearly eight months working with his therapists exploring his grief, resolving conflicts with his grandmother and learning to make choices that would impact his emotional development. Michael’s therapist helped him focus on his strengths and attributes and over time Michael learned to come out of the protective shell he had created for himself. Over the past months Michael has become very successful in school and has begun exploring a wide range of recreational and development activities including: beekeeping, gardening, fishing and reading. For 50 years New Morning has provided a safety net of services to youth and their families in El Dorado County, including the only 24-hour emergency youth shelter in the county for homeless, runaway and in-crisis youth. The nonprofit provides professional counseling services to children age birth to 18 and supports children and youth who are victims of abuse, struggling with alcohol and drug issues, experiencing trauma and facing school failure. Other services include parent education, assist youth aging out of foster care and Latino outreach.

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Commission on Aging seeks members News release he El Dorado County Commission on Aging currently has three vacancies and is accepting applications from interested residents of the county. The commission strives to attain a balanced geographic representation and applicants are being sought from all areas of the county, including South Lake Tahoe. Preference will be given to individuals aged 60 years and older. The deadline to submit a member application is March 15. For additional information and to obtain a membership application form contact Yasmin Hichborn at (530) 642-4833 or via email

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at yasmin.hichborn@edcgov.us. Commissioners play a very important advisory role in the provision of services to El Dorado County seniors. The commission acts in an advisory capacity to both the Area Agency on Aging and the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors on matters concerning senior residents of the county. The commission focuses its efforts on such issues as development of community centers in strategic areas of the county to ensure accessible services to all senior residents, promotion of services that enable seniors to remain in their homes for as long as possible and identification and prevention of elder abuse.

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MEDICARE What Medicare does (and doesn’t) cover

edicare helps pay for a wide variety of medical services and goods in hospitals, doctor’s offices and other healthcare settings. But it doesn’t cover everything and it’s useful to know what is and isn’t covered. Services and goods are covered either under Medicare Part A or Part B. If you have both Part A and Part B, you can get many Medicare-covered services whether you have Original Medicare or a Medicare health plan, such as Medicare Advantage. Part A is Hospital Insurance and it helps pay for:

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Cate Kortzeborn Medicare Regional Administrator • Inpatient care in hospitals; • Inpatient care in a skilled nursing facility (but not custodial or long-term care); • Hospice care; • Home health care; • Inpatient care in a religious nonmedical health care institution. Part B (Medical Insurance) helps cover medically necessary doctors’ services,

outpatient care, home health services, durable medical equipment such as wheelchairs and walkers and other medical services. Part B also covers many preventivecare services, such as vaccinations and cancer screenings. You can find out if you have Parts A and B by looking at your Medicare card. If you have Original Medicare, you’ll use this card to get your Medicarecovered services. If you join a Medicare Advantage plan, in most cases you must use the card from the plan to get your Medicarecovered services. Under Original Medicare, if the yearly Part B deductible ($198 in 2020) applies, you must pay all costs (up to the Medicare-approved amount) until you meet

the Part B deductible before Medicare begins to pay its share. After your deductible is met, you typically pay 20 percent of the Medicare-approved amount of the service, if the doctor or other healthcare provider accepts assignment. (“Accepting assignment” means that a doctor or other provider agrees to be paid directly by Medicare, to accept the Medicare payment amount for the service and not to bill you for more than the Medicare deductible and coinsurance.) There’s no yearly limit on what you pay out-ofpocket under Original Medicare. If you’re in a Medicare Advantage plan (like an HMO or PPO) or have other insurance, your costs may be different. Contact your plan or

benefits administrator directly to find out about the costs. Under Part B, Medicare pays for many preventive services that can detect health problems early when they’re easier to treat. You pay nothing for most covered preventive services if you get the services from a doctor or other qualified provider who accepts assignment. However, for some preventive services, you may have to pay a deductible, coinsurance or both. Medicare doesn’t cover everything, of course. If you need certain services that aren’t covered under Part A or Part B, you’ll have to pay for them yourself unless: • You have other insurance (including Medicaid) to cover the costs; • You’re in a Medicare

Advantage plan that covers these services. Some of the services and goods that Medicare Parts A and B don’t cover are: • Most dental care; • Eye exams related to prescribing glasses; • Dentures; • Cosmetic surgery; • Massage therapy; • Routine physical exams; • Long-term care; • Concierge care (also called concierge medicine, retainerbased medicine and boutique medicine); • Hearing aids and exams for ﬁtting them. Cate Kortzeborn is Medicare’s regional administrator for Arizona, California, Nevada, Hawaii and the Pacific Territories. Get answers to Medicare questions by calling 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227).

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open mic, 7:30-10:30 p.m. at Powell’s Steamer Co., 425 Main St. in Placerville. For more information call (530) 626-1091. Placerville Public House, 414 Main St. in Placerville, hosts Karaoke with One Leg Chuck every Wednesday, 8-11 p.m. Sing a song or simply sing along. For more information call (530) 303-3792.

THURSDAY, FEB. 27 Face in a Book, 4359 Town Center Blvd., Suite 113, in El Dorado Hills, hosts storytime for toddlers, preschoolers and their big people Mondays and Thursdays, 10-10:30 a.m. For more information call (916) 941-9401 or go to getyourfaceinabook.com.

— Join Pamela Flick, the senior California representative for Defenders of Wildlife, for an overview of the natural history of the gray wolf and its ecological role and current distribution in California and North America from 6-7:30 p.m. The discussion highlights efforts to bring back the wolf to the Rockies and implications of wolf recovery in the western states. For more information email julie@ARConservancy.org or

call (530) 621-1224. Gamblers Anonymous meets from 7-8:30 p.m. every Thursday evening at the Firefighters Memorial Hall, 3744 China Garden Road in Diamond Springs. For more information call Jon S. at (530) 409-6243, the hotline at (855) 2225542 or go to gamblersanonymous.org.

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Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) is accepting applications for full time and substitute Cafeteria Assistants based at the Sly Park Conservation and Environmental Education Center in Pollock Pines, CA. Sly Park is a residential environmental education school in the El Dorado National Forest, approximately 50 miles east of Sacramento. Please apply at www.scoe.net (916)228-2332. Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) is accepting applications for, Substitute School/Staff Secretary and Office Assistants based at the Sly Park Conservation and Environmental Education Center in Pollock Pines, CA. Sly Park is a residential environmental education school in the El Dorado National Forest, approximately 50 miles east of Sacramento. Please apply at www.scoe.net (916)228-2332.

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El Dorado Transit Equipment Technician I/II Equipment Technician I Hourly Salary: $19.09 $25.59 with benefits Equipment Technician II Hourly Salary: $21.08 $28.25 with benefits California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) El Dorado County Transit Authority invites applications for the position of Equipment Technician I/II. Application and job description available at Transit Office, 6565 Commerce Way, Diamond Springs, CA 95619, (530) 6425383 or www.eldoradotransit.com. Filing deadline: Friday, February 28, 2020 at 4:00 P.M. A Current Department of Motor Vehicle official K-4 printout of your driving record must accompany your application, run no more than 60 days prior to the date your application is received by Human Resources. EOE Looking for a full time experienced Dental Hygiene Treatment plan coordinator in our fast pace Friendly dental office in Cameron Park. We are offering Medical, dental and 401K benefits with competitive salary and bonuses. Candidate must have minimum 1 year experience in a dental office. Please email your resumes to faratafshar@yahoo.com

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Employment Civil Service Commission Member County of El Dorado Are interested in public service? If you live in El Dorado County and have vast experience in the areas of discipline; complaints of unlawful discrimination in personnel matters; and other matters that may be provided for in Personnel Rules, Memoranda of Understanding, Board Policy, or similar regulations; the County of El Dorado invites you to submit an application to be a member of the County’s Civil Service Commission. Compensation: $100 for each in-person meeting, plus applicable travel expenses. To submit your application, please visit the website below: https://www.edcgov.us/ Government/BOS/ Documents/Civil%20Service% 20Commission%2010-1-19.pdf Deadline: March 2, 2020

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ASK A CARE MANAGER The choices are overwhelming: How do you know who to trust?

arla Jones and her husband lived a quiet life in their home for the past 60 years. They had four children — two live out of the area and the remaining are running around from work to their children’s activities. The Jones children and grandchildren visit frequently but their parents are doing well and are fiercely independent. One day Mr. Jones was taking down Christmas lights and fell off the ladder. He was transported via ambulance to the hospital where he received treatment for a fractured hip and a head injury. After surgery, Mr. Jones was sent to rehab. He was progressing slowly. He was no longer able to walk by himself, needed assistance with bathing and was having issues with his memory. The discharge planner approached Mrs. Jones with a list of options for when her husband was discharged. The list included, contacting a placement agent who would assist with finding an assisted

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Liz Heape-Caldwell, Bs, Mba, Cmc Elder Options living facility, home care agencies who would assist when Mr. Jones was home and finally a referral to a care manager. Where should she start? Who was who? Like in the case above, when a crisis occurs, the amount of choices are overwhelming. How do you know where to start and who to trust? Perhaps, you are considering assisted living for your loved one and want to know more about placement agencies. These organizations are located around the country and advertise their services as “free” to the older adults/ families. But, are they truly free? The way that placement agents work is through agreements with specific housing facilities. The facilities they are contracted with pay up to and over 100 percent of one month’s rent when the individual was placed.

Placement agents are usually not healthcare professionals but, sales people who evaluate the older adult and make recommendations to a facility. They limit the facilities that are shown to clients/families and only recommend to those that will pay their fees. So, you have decided that placement is not your desired choice and you would like to bring your loved one home. You have received a long list of home care providers in your area but, how do you tell who is more equipped to handle the needs of your loved one? When evaluating home care agencies, it is imperative to do your research and ask questions, such as how long has the company been in business? Are the caregivers employees of the company or are they independent contractors? If they are independent contractors, the client/family becomes the employer. Who supervises the caregivers and what is their training/expertise? Is the company licensed, insured and bonded? Now, that you have evaluated placement agencies and home care companies, you are still feeling like you are missing guidance. If your choice is homecare,

how do you transition your loved one home? What supports will you need to ensure he or she comes home safely? Maybe you would like to consider assisted living but, your weary about someone who will only show you contracted facilities and doesn’t have any credentialing. You have now moved down your referral list to a care manager. So, who is a certified care manager and how can they help? A certified care manager is an educated and experienced human service professional, such as a gerontologist, registered nurse, social worker or mental health professional, who works with clients, families and care staff to ensure quality of care and an optimal life. Certification of care managers is issued only by the National Academy of Certified Care Managers, which has stringent guidelines on education, supervisory experience and direct client contact. These credentialed professionals are experts in: • Health and disability • Financial and insurance matters • Housing and homecare • Family dynamics/ concerns • Local, state and

federal resources • Advocacy • Legal issues • Crisis intervention So, what do care managers do? These credentialed experts work with clients in numerous settings to include private residences, assisted living facilities, skilled nursing and hospitals for transition care. Care managers: • Understand the clients/families and their expectations. • Evaluate the client from health, emotional, memory and physical perspective. • Identify client needs and develop a plan of care. • Assure the resources sought are appropriate and cost-effective. • Develop a care plan specific to the needs and wishes of the older client and family. • Coordinate and monitors the implementation of needed recommendations. • Act as a liaison between family members to assure good communication and understanding. • Provide knowledgeable resources and referrals so you can focus on other priorities. • Evaluate and recommends other housing options when living at home is no longer possible.

• Provide advocacy and education of community resources available to an older family member. • Offer counseling support to help relieve caregiver stress and burnout. • Help families adjust and cope with the challenges within the process of aging. Now that you know who is who and what each service offers, you can make an informed decision on how to proceed. As the aging population increases, more service providers enter the marketplace to meet the demand. It is imperative to understand the services that are offered and to plan for the future. Planning ensures that when a crisis occurs, you know your best course of action and who you can trust. Liz Heape-Caldwell, BS, MBA, CMC is the COO and a certified care manager with Elder Options Inc.HeapeCaldwell has more than 18 years of experience in the fields of aging and disability and serves on the Western Regional Chapter of the Aging Life Care Association. Her passion for care management comes from the ability of helping all those who need assistance regardless of age of socioeconomic status.

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Placerville Public House, 414 Main St. in Placerville, hosts Thinkin’ and Drinkin’ Team Trivia hosted by the very interesting and amazing Abadashery every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. There will be fun themes, music trivia and unusual tie-breakers. For more information call (530) 303-3792. Eclectic Americana outfit Dustbowl Revival will perform at 7 p.m. a Harlow’s, 2708 J St, Sacramento, in support of the Jan. 31 release of its new album “Is It You, Is It Me” (Thirty Tigers). The Los Angeles-based ensemble has spent a decade pushing the boundaries of American roots music, creating songs that meld folk, funk and soul and performing transcendent live shows.

FRIDAY, FEB. 28 The Widows Persons Club is created to give support and friendship to help through the grieving process. The once a monthly luncheon and meeting is scheduled on the Fourth Friday at 11:30 a.m. at Cold Springs Country Club in Placerville. The menu is lasagna and Caesar salad for $14. Try to have the correct change or write a check when paying for lunch. For more information call Don at (530) 363-7476 or Nancy at (530) 622-8276. Artist Susan B. Keale is having an exhibition at Gold Country Retirement Community, 6041 Golden Center Court in Placerville, through April 22. For more information call (530) 621-1826.

Imagination Theater, 100 Placerville Drive on the El Dorado County Fairgrounds and Events Center, presents “Moon Over Buffalo” through March 1. For more information call (530) 6420404 or go to ImaginationTheater.net.

The Stage at Burke Junction, 3300 Coach Lane in Cameron Park, presents “Brilliant

The fabulous Liars will perform at Placerville Public House, 414 Main St. in Placerville, 8-11 p.m.

Public Notices  NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JACKIE LOUISE HAAGS AKA JACQUELINE LOUISE HAAGS AKA JACKIE L. HAAGS CASE NO. PP20200023 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of JACKIE LOUISE HAAGS AKA JACQUELINE LOUISE HAAGS AKA JACKIE L. HAAGS. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by SHERRY ANN LAROCQUE in the Superior Court of California, County of EL DORADO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that SHERRY ANN LAROCQUE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The WILL and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 04/08/20 at 8:30AM in Dept. 8 located at 295 FAIR LANE, PLACERVILLE, CA 95667 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. In Pro Per Petitioner SHERRY ANN LAROCQUE 8028 POULSON STREET CITRUS HEIGHTS CA 95610 2/21, 2/24, 2/28/20 CNS-3343901# THE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT 2/21, 2/24, 2/28 7515

Traces” by Cindy Lou Johnson and Chris Smith. The play runs on weekends though March 1. In the middle of rural Alaska, during a particularly violent snow storm, a mysterious bride with cold feet arrives at a hermit’s cabin, jolting both man and woman to share their past agonies, passionately wrestle their painful present and consider the possibilities of love’s healing touch. For more information go to stageatburke.com.

APN: 101-162-001-000 TS NO: CA05000759-19-1 TO NO: 191082063-CA-VOO NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d) (2).) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED December 16, 2015. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On March 19, 2020 at 01:00 PM, Main Entrance, El Dorado County Superior Courthouse - Placerville Main Street Branch, 495 Main Street, Placerville, CA 95667, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on December 28, 2015 as Instrument No. 2015-0060076-00, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of El Dorado County, California, executed by RUSSELL C MCDOWELL, AN UNMARRIED MAN, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, as nominee for FINANCE OF AMERICA MORTGAGE LLC as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 5742 MARJORIE WAY, POLLOCK PINES, CA 95726 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $237,175.19 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such

SATURDAY, FEB. 29 UCCE Master Food Preservers of El Dorado County is having a Cheese Making, Make and Take Workshop from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 29 at the Bethell-Delfino Agricultural Building, 311 Fair Lane in Placerville. Lasagna for dinner. Yes. Oh no, we don’t have any cheese. In this Make and Take Workshop learn how to make mozzarella and ricotta cheese in time to use it for a lasagna dinner. It is a quick and easy process. Cost is $20 to cover supplies. Preregistration is required at ucanr.edu/feb29makentake. UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County presents a class Propagation from Seed at the Sherwood Demonstration Garden, ■

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funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call Auction.com at 800.280.2832 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Web site address www.Auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA05000759-19-1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 02/11/2020 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA05000759-19-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone:949-252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Frances DePalma, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT www. Auction.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Auction. com at 800.280.2832 Trustee Corps may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for that purpose.Order Number 69831, Pub Dates: 02/24/2020, 03/02/2020, 03/09/2020, MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT 2/24, 3/2, 3/9 7516

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020A0000201 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: US VALVE SUPPLY, located at 1815 Hillside Ct., Placerville, CA 95667/ Mailing Address: 4641 Post St. PO# 4516, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Kenneth K. Jahn, 1815 Hillside Ct., Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: January 28, 2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Kenneth K. Jahn KENNETH K. JAHN I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on February 14, 2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 2/24, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16 7523 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020A0000214 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COURTYARD COWORKING, located at 550 Main St. Suite B2, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): NUBRAND LLC, 550 Main St. Suite B2, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company , State of LLC: 201507210136. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: February 19, 2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Adam Paine ADAM PAINE, CEO I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).)

This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on February 19, 2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 2/24, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16 7525

BULK SALES NOTICE (NOTICE PURSUANT TO UCC SEC. 61 05) February 18, 2020 To: All known Creditors of Garrett and / or Jasmin Sanders dba Love Birds Coffee and Tea Co. Please take notice that Garrett and / or Jasmin Sanders dba Love Birds Coffee and Tea Co. (the Seller) of 1390 Broadway Ste C, Placerville, California 95667 shall make a bulk sale or transfer of its goods and business to The Ugly Mugs Coffee and Tea, Inc. (the Buyer) of 3425 Santos Court, Cameron Park, California 95682. To the knowledge of the Buyer, the Seller has not done business under any other name during the past three years. The assets being sold are generally described as supplies and equipment necessary to run a coffee shop and are located at 1390 Broadway Ste C., Placerville, California 95667. All debts of the Seller pertaining to the Coffee Shop located at 1390 Broadway Suite C. Placerville, CA 95667 shall be paid in full as they fall due as part of this bulk sale. The anticipated sale date is March 6, 2020. The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2. Creditors are directed to send all bills to Garrett and / or Jasmin Sanders dba Love Birds Coffee and Tea, lnc. at 2797 Forebay Road, Pollock Pines, California 95726. The last day for filing claims by any creditor shall be March 5th, 2020 which is the business day before the anticipated sale date specified above. The sale shall occur ten or more days from the date of this notice. This notice is provided in order to allow the opportunity to immediately raise the matter of any outstanding account. Sincerely, /s/ Terry Stewart (Signature of Buyer) Terry Stewart for The Ugly Mugs Coffee and Tea, Inc. 2/24 7527 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020A0000216 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FIRE SAFE PROS, located

at 805 Pleasant Valley Road, Diamond Springs, CA 95619 Registered owner(s): Jagtar Chima, 805 Pleasant Valley Road, Diamond Springs, CA 95619 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: February 19, 2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jagtar Chima JAGTAR CHIMA I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on February 19, 2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 2/24, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16 7526

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Pursuant to the California Self-Service Self-Storage Facility Act (Beg. at 21700 of B&P code), Ray’s Stor-All, located at 5714 Pleasant Valley Road, El Dorado, CA 95623, will hold a PUBLIC Auction as outlined below: Items to be sold: Furniture, appliances, tools, household items. Unit: Tenant: 27/79/89/ Ron Tarasiewicz 92/103 177 M. Kiblinger 70 D. Polhemus 120 G. Francis 259 S. Vasquez 245 E. West 206/243 J. Chasteen 74 C. Turley 72 K. Krohn 73 S. Gil 121 R. Florence LIEN SALE WILL BE HELD: Date: Saturday, March 7, 2020 Time: 10:00 A.M. Successful bidders must present a valid ID (CDL. etc.), be prepared to pay CASH for goods, and (possibly) provide a REFUNDABLE cash cleaning deposit. 2/24, 3/2 7528

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Thanks to the efforts of the Arbor Day Foundation, forests are replanted.

n TUNDRA by Chad Carpenter

Receive 10 trees for spring planting from foundation

n RUBES by Leigh Rubin

Arbor Day oining the Arbor Day Foundation is an ideal way to get in the mood for spring planting. Anyone who joins the foundation in February will receive 10 free Norway spruce trees or 10 free redbud trees to plant when the weather turns warm. The free trees are part of the foundation’s Trees for America campaign. “These trees will help beautify your home for many years to come,” said Matt Harris, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “The trees will also add to the proud heritage of your state’s existing Tree City USA communities.” The Tree City USA program has supported community forestry

throughout the country for more than 40 years. The trees will be shipped postpaid at the right time for planting, between March 1 and May 31, with enclosed planting instructions. The 6- to 12-inch trees are guaranteed to grow or they will be replaced free of charge. Members also receive a subscription to the foundation’s colorful bimonthly publication, “Arbor Day” and “The Tree Book,” which contains information about planting and care. To become a member of the foundation and receive the free trees visit arborday.org/February or send a $10 contribution by Feb. 29 to: Ten Free Norway Spruce Trees or Ten Free Eastern Redbud Trees, Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City, NE 68410.

Baha’is host annual celebration News release

n SPEED BUMP by Dave Coverly

he Baha’is of El Dorado County will be hosting their annual Ayyami-Ha celebration on Saturday, Feb. 29 at 6 p.m. at the El Dorado Baha’i Center, 484 Main St., Suite 6, in Diamond Springs. There will be a pot luck dinner, followed by a white elephant exchange for the adults. There will be presents and games for the children. Ayyam-i-Ha is a four or five (in leap year) day period at the end of February, in which Baha’is around the world visit, share small gifts and engage in charitable activities. This period comes directly before the 19-day period of fasting in which Baha’is (ages 15 - 70) refrain from eating or drinking from sunrise to sunset. The fast, ends on Naw Ruz (Baha’i New Year), the first day of spring March 20 or 21. The celebration is open to public. For more information call Jane Williamson at (530) 306-4699.

Program needs new volunteers El Dorado County Health And Human Services Agency

SUDOKU Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9

he El Dorado County Senior Nutrition Program is currently looking for a community volunteer to help at its congregate dining site at the Diamond Springs Lions Hall, 4107 Missouri Flat Road in Placerville, as a sign-in desk volunteer from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Senior Nutrition Program provides nutritious lunchtime meals for people age 60 and older

Marshall

Solutions to puzzles in Classified section of newspaper.

HOROSCOPE by Holiday Mathis n TODAY ARIES (March 21-April 19). You express yourself without worrying whether the other person approves of or agrees with you. This is true confidence. Continue in this manner the entire day and you will, by day’s end, have a handful of new fans. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You have many potential futures, and whichever you choose, destiny will have a hand in it, too. (It’s why many possible routes wind up at the same party on the same night.) Just pick one and enjoy your choice. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You love a good challenge. So why is it so hard to believe that others do as well? Turn things into a game, and invite people to play. If you happen to benefit from their efforts, then it’s a double win.

landing in such a position, steer conversations toward the things of true interest and add a dash more honesty than is comfortable. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You are right to suspect anyone working too hard for your approval or trust. You, like other trustworthy people, don’t give a lot of thought to the matter because you’ve nothing to hide and only good intentions. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Jellyfish don’t have brains, technically speaking, though their neural networks have intelligently kept the species alive for 500 million years. Likewise, you’ll execute much brilliance today without thinking.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Saying yes when you want to say no doesn’t have to cause resentment. Chalk it up to experience and heart. If you only did things that seemed like things you’d do, you’d be a very limited person indeed.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Maybe you believe you must succeed in a task, and that’s a motivating thought. Just keep an open mind as to what success looks like. Success has a habit of changing costumes for the second act.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ve been wronged. Holding onto this won’t teach the other person a thing. It won’t, in fact, diminish their life in any way. But it will wreak havoc on your own. Let it go.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Security-seekers want you to believe the contracts of life are ironclad when in reality life is a constant negotiation. Things change moment to moment. There’s a way to keep your commitments without being trapped by them.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Structure is proof of a higher thought process, and there’s nobility in its execution. What you need is a plan — better yet, a system you can follow repeatedly and that works every time. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Many will get out of an obligation the same way they got into it, with a polite lie. To avoid

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). This is how it’s always been — strife out there, complications in here and varying degrees of turmoil in the middle. Your acknowledgment of the normalcy of this state will help you make good decisions calmly.

for a suggested donation of $3 per meal at eight congregate meal sites throughout the county. The program provides an opportunity for older adults to socialize and connect with others and learn about community resources, other senior activities and more. To volunteer or learn more about the Senior Nutrition Program call (530) 621-6160. Senior Nutrition Services is a program of the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency, edcgov.us/hhsa.

Continued from B1

Avedissian and Dr. Stanley Henjum, speaking on a variety of topics of the vital organ. Avedissian will be focusing on how signs of heart disease differentiate between men and women while touching on the risks and symptoms. Henjum’s topic is spotlighting how individuals can commit to a lifestyle that prevents heart disease and promotes wellness. Henjum has served for 27 years as a cardiologist for Marshall Medical. Prior to his career at Marshall, Henjum performed a cardiology fellowship at the Navy Hospital in San Diego as well as the University of California, San Diego. “I have spent 27 years attempting to keep people out of my hospital and office,” explained Henjum, who has attended every Affair of the Heart event and spoken at four. “Events like this help to accomplish that goal.” Henjum shared that a large portion

of the evening will allow for a question and answer period with both he and Avedissian. “It’s important for us to let people ask questions about the latest diets and fitness tips we have for a healthy heart,” Henjum said. “The healthcare industry is always evolving and people need the information.” He added that his goal as a physician of the heart has always included taking care of the person and not just the heart. “Whether it be depression, diabetes or cancer it’s important to know the body is connected and the heart can be affected. I hope to help people maintain a healthy and active lifestyle so they can be engaged in life for as long as possible.” For more information on Affair of the Heart visit marshallmedical. org/Classes-Events/Event-Details. aspx?Event=114 or call Garcia at (530) 626-2816.

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Continued from B5 Following the presentation, participants will have an opportunity to plant seeds to take home. Seeds and containers are provided; bring clean gloves to participate. There is a $2 parking fee. For more information call (530) 621-5512.

6699 Campus Drive in Placerville, from 9 a.m. to noon. Weather permitting participants are invited for a presentation on the selection and germination of seeds, starting media, containers, growing out, hardening off and transplanting seedlings.

Madroña Vineyards, 2560 High Hill Road in Camino, is having Portopia. There are three sessions with Madroña’s New-World Port featured in a variety of ways — paired with delicious food like blue cheese macaroni and cheese or arugula pesto pizza with

figs and prosciutto or paired with chocolate, walnuts and blue cheese. There are also marinates, dressings and reduction sauces. It’s not just after-dinner wines. There is the dry expressions of Portuguese blends as well. The menu for 2020 is shaping

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Tiny Beautiful Things @ 7pm San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post Street, San Francisco

Sunday Feb 16th

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L’Elisir D’Amore by Gaetano Donizetti, Sun Feb 16, 2020 at 3PM Vallejo CA

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@ 3pm / Free-$25 Bay Terrace Theater, 51 Daniels Avenue, Vallejo. events@mirathe‐ atreguild.org, 510-967-5476

@ 7:30pm / $18.50 Punch Line Comedy Club - Sacra‐ mento, 2100 Arden Way, Sacra‐ mento

L’Elisir D’Amore (The Elixir of Love) is a beloved comic opera with beautiful and

memorable music. The Village Boy, Nemorino, is hopelessly in love with the wealthy ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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Dixon Gun Show Angamardana - Isha Hatha Yoga in Sacramento @ 5:30pm / $200 Feb 14th - Feb 15th Angamardana - Isha Hatha Yoga in Sacramento Ma‐ sonic Center, 1000 Duchow Way, Folsom. sacramento@ishausa.org, 916-629-4742 Crush SF - FRIDAY @ 7pm / $60-$65 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, 99 Grove Street, San Francisco

@ 9am / $10 Feb 15th - Feb 16th We’ll have over 150 tables full of ri�es, pistols, shot‐ guns, ammunition, gun parts, optics, tactical clothing, knives, �ash‐ lights and much, much more! Representatives will be on hand from the Sol Dixon May Fair, 655 South First Street, Dixon. DixonGunShow@‐ gmail.com, 916-542-8010 Hamilton

Adina. She rejects him, but fortunately Doctor Dulcamara arrives on the scene with a “magical love potion.” The situation takes a turn when the handsome sergeant, Bel‐ core, arrives to recruit men for his troop. Adina decides she will marry the bombastic sergeant. Distraught, Nemorino buys a second bottle of elixir, but he can only afford it by enlisting! Who will win the heart of the lovely Adina? //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 7:30pm / $18 Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Avenue, San Francisco

Antibalas @ 8pm The Independent, 628 Divisadero St., San Francisco

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@ 7pm San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post Street, San Francisco

Gloria

Locals Night Feat: Nate Lopez 8-string guitarist

The Last Ship

@ 7:30pm / $40.82 South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 89449

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Pauly Shore

@ 7:30pm / $25 Punch Line Comedy Club - Sacra‐ mento, 2100 Arden Way, Sacra‐ mento

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Joel Kim Booster

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@ 7pm / $5-$12 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main Street, Napa 1 Day California Motor‐ @ 9am / $197 Stable Cafe, 2128 Folsom Street, San Francisco

Ani DiFranco with special guest Jesca Hoop

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Food Addicts in Recovery (FA) Meeting Monday 8AM9:30 AM Walnut Creek

@ 7pm Orpheum Theatre-San Francisco, 1192 Market St., San Francisco

@ 7:30pm / $25 Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Avenue, San Francisco

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Gloria

Magic Fusion Starring Robert Hall

@ 7:30pm Strand Theater-CA, 1127 Market Street, San Francisco

@ 7pm / $32-$42

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@ 7pm Cafe Du Nord, 2174 Market St, San Francisco

Dance Innovations

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Dijon

The Dales

@ 8pm War Memorial Opera House, 455 Franklin St., San Francisco

@ 8pm / $10-$20 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Blue Note Napa, 1030 Khai Dreams Main Street, Napa //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 8pm Pauly Shore Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St., San //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Starbenders "Love @ 8pm / $25 Francisco DevOps Certi�cation Potions" Album Release Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 7:30pm Training in San Francisco, bus Avenue, San Francisco Tiny Beautiful Things Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 1710 CA, USA ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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@ 8pm

@ 7:30pm / $16 Ace of Spades, 1417 R St., Sacra‐ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// mento

@ 7:30pm Golden Gate Theater, 1 Taylor St., San Francisco ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

@ 9:30am / $15 Cathedral of Saint Mary of the As‐ sumption, 1111 Gough Street, San //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Francisco

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@ 8pm War Memorial Opera House, 455 Franklin St., San Francisco

Tones And I

Diane Keaton

@ 7:30pm Crest Theatre - Sacramento, 1013 K Street, Sacramento

Tiny Beautiful Things

Village Way, South Lake Tahoe

@ 8pm San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post Street, San Francisco

Gasolina Featuring Fvme

Albert Cummings

Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes St, San Francisco

Presidents' Day Organ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Crawl with the Palo Alto/ Dance Innovations Peninsula Chapter in SF

Tiny Beautiful Things

@ 7pm / $32-$42 The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe

Mon 2/17

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Laurie Kilmartin

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Hamilton

St Paul's Episcopal Church, 1924 Trinity Avenue, Walnut Creek

@ 7pm / $32-$42 The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe

@ 7pm / $15 Woodland Public Library, 250 1st Street, Woodland Magic Fusion Starring Chipper Lowell

@ 7:30pm Strand Theater-CA, 1127 Market Street, San Francisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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@ 7:30pm / $25 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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@ 9pm Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission Street, San Francisco

Magic Fusion Starring Chipper Lowell

Wed 2/19

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DRAKE PARTY - FAKE LOVE featuring HOF //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 7:30pm / $18 Laurie Kilmartin

After Hours at the Library: Sip &amp; Paint with Sylvia!

@ 7:30pm //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

The Ellevation Tour: Elle Varner with Special Guest //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// J. Brown Hamilton

Chris Pierce w/ special guest Jack West @ 7pm / $19 JaM Cellars Ballroom at Margrit Mondavi Theatre, 1030 Main Street, Napa

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Magic Fusion Starring @ 1pm @ 7pm Robert Hall Orpheum Theatre-San Francisco, //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Holy Diver, 1517 21st @ 9pm / $32-$42 1192 Market St., San Francisco Hamilton Street, Sacramento The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 7pm Village Way, South Lake Tahoe Dance Innovations Orpheum Theatre-San Francisco, Editor's Pick //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 2pm 1192 Market St., San Francisco Encore Performance! An Evening At the Improv War Memorial Opera House, 455 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 9pm / $22.71 Hannah Gadsby: Douglas Franklin St., San Francisco The Purple Ones Insatiable Harveys Cabaret at Harveys Lake @ 8pm / $39.75-$59.75 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Tribute to Prince "Kiss" Tahoe, 18 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Tiny Beautiful Things Valentine's Day Concert w 89449 Street, San Francisco @ 3pm guest DJ Spooky Calavera

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Hilton San Francisco Union Square, 333 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco

Mission Street, San Francisco

Sacramento Comedy //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Dance Innovations

Showcase

@ 8pm / $12 Punch Line Comedy Club - Sacra‐ mento, 2100 Arden Way, Sacra‐ mento ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

@ 7:30pm Francisco War Memorial Opera House, 455 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Franklin St., San Francisco Reaching New Heights in

@ 8pm San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post Street, San Francisco

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An Evening At the Improv

@ 8pm / $22.71 Harveys Cabaret at Harveys Lake //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Tahoe, 18 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV @ 8pm / $109 The Devil's Music:Life & 89449 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Dr. Dog Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main Street, Blues of Bessie Smith @ 10am / $30 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 8pm Napa An Evening At the Improv @ 7:30pm Salvio Pacheco Square (2nd Floor), THE INDEPENDENT, 628 Di‐ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Lyle Lovett and his @ 8pm / $22.71 Margaret Lesher Theatre, 1601 2151 Salvio Street, #299, Concord visadero St, SAN FRANCISCO Harveys Cabaret at Harveys Lake Pigeons Playing Ping Pong Acoustic Group Civic Drive, Walnut Creek //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Tahoe, 18 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV @ 8pm / $70-$115 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// w/ Goose Pilates Nashi Habbad The Devil's Music:Life & 89449 Uptown Theatre Napa, 1350 3rd St, @ 8:30pm Contra Costa Editor's Pick //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Blues of Bessie Smith Napa The Regency Ballroom, 1290 Sut‐ @ 10am / $20 @ 8pm //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// And That's Why We Drink ter Street, San Francisco Tinkle Time: A Comedy 1671 Newell Ave, 1671 Newell Av‐ Margaret Lesher Theatre, 1601 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Alter Bridge - Walk The Here For The Boos Tour! Extravaganza enue, Walnut Creek Civic Drive, Walnut Creek @ 8pm / $32 Afroman @ 8pm / $18.50 Sky Tour //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Ace of Spades, 1417 R St., Sacra‐ @ 9pm / $20 Punch Line Comedy Club - Sacra‐ @ 8pm / $40 Foot Massage (02-17-2020 Julia Bullock mento MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa, 55 mento, 2100 Arden Way, Sacra‐ MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa, 55 starts at 10:00 AM) @ 8pm //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Highway 50, South Lake Tahoe, NV mento Highway 50, South Lake Tahoe, NV @ 10am / $100 Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van 89449 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 89449 Dark Star Orchestra Verlocal, 109 Bartlett St, San Fran‐ Ness Ave., San Francisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 8pm Gallant w/ VanJess cisco, CA 94110, USA, #203 to get //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// War�eld, 982 Market St., San Fran‐ Vicki Barbolak @ 8pm JG the FREEMIND in., San Francisco Zach Deputy cisco Great American Music Hall, 850 O'‐ @ 9:45pm / $25 @ 9pm / $15 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 8:30pm //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Farrell St., San Francisco Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Hands On Massaging Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 1710 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// bus Avenue, San Francisco Smino Mission Street, San Francisco Workshop (02-17-2020 Mission Street, San Francisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 9pm //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Dylan Leblanc starts at 10:00 AM) //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 1015 Folsom, 1015 Folsom Street, Laurie Kilmartin @ 8pm @ 10am / $170 An Evening At the Improv San Francisco @ 9:45pm / $24.50 The Chapel, 777 Valencia Street, Verlocal, 109 Bartlett St, San Fran‐ @ 9pm / $22.71 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Punch Line Comedy Club - Sacra‐ San Francisco cisco, CA 94110, USA, #203 to get Harveys Cabaret at Harveys Lake Featured mento, 2100 Arden Way, Sacra‐ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// C.W. Stoneking in., San Francisco Tahoe, 18 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV mento @ 9pm Everything Iconic Podcast //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 89449 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The Chapel, 777 Valencia Street, @ 8pm / $30 Infant Massage (02-17//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// San Francisco Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ 2020 starts at 10:00 AM) Magic Fusion Starring //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// bus Avenue, San Francisco @ 10am / $100 @ 8pm / $40-$60 Uptown Theatre Napa, 1350 3rd St, Napa

Will Downing

2020! - The Vision Workshop

Sat 2/22

Sun 2/16

Magic After Dark Starring Robert Hall

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

@ 9pm / $32-$42 The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe

@ 1pm Curran Theatre, 445 Geary St, San Francisco

Verlocal, 109 Bartlett St, San Fran‐ cisco, CA 94110, USA, #203 to get in., San Francisco

Chipper Lowell //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Collie Buddz

@ 8pm / $25 MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa, 55 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Highway 50, South Lake Tahoe, NV Couples Coaching for the //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 89449

@ 9pm / $32-$42 The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe

Celebrating Black History Month

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Magic City Hippies w/ The

@ 12pm / $10 Join us as we celebrate @ 1pm Encore Performance! Black History Month with @ 10am / $250 Orpheum Theatre-San Francisco, Hannah Gadsby: Douglas fun, entertainment and po‐ Verlocal, 109 Bartlett St, San Fran‐ 1192 Market St., San Francisco @ 8pm / $39.75-$59.75 @ 9:45pm / $25 cisco, CA 94110, USA, #203 to get etry! Learn about the //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ in., San Francisco "champions of justice", in‐ Magic City Hippies, the Tiny Beautiful Things Street, San Francisco bus Avenue, San Francisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// spirational �gures who Palms @ 2pm //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Re�exology (02-17-2020 have helped shape Amer‐ @ 9pm San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post Laurie Kilmartin Dr. Dog starts at 10:00 AM) August Hall, 420 Mason St, San ica. Light snacks and re‐ Street, San Francisco @ 9:45pm / $25 @ 8pm @ 10am / $120 Francisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// freshmen Mc Bride Senior Punch Line Comedy Club - Sacra‐ THE INDEPENDENT, 628 Di‐ Verlocal, 109 Bartlett St, San Fran‐ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Magic Fusion Starring Center, 91 Town Square mento, 2100 Arden Way, Sacra‐ visadero St, SAN FRANCISCO cisco, CA 94110, USA, #203 to get //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Robert Hall Place, Vacaville. mento in., San Francisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 4:30pm / $32-$42 Locals Night Feat: Nate kristin.milliken@cityofva‐ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Editor's Pick Lopez 8-string guitarist caville.com, 707-469-6685 Pediatric Massage (02-17Editor's Pick Village Way, South Lake Tahoe @ 8:45pm / $5-$12 Flavors and Murals of the 2020 starts at 10:00 AM) //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// San Francisco Airship Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main Street, @ 10am / $100 Mission (2020-02-21 starts Will Downing Acoustic: Celebrating Napa Verlocal, 109 Bartlett St, San Fran‐ at 9:30 AM) @ 6:30pm / $109 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Jefferson Airplane Really Funny Comedians (Who Happen to Be Women)

Hamilton

21st century (02-17-2020 starts at 10:00 AM)

Palms //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 9pm August Hall, 420 Mason St, San Francisco

Fri 2/21

Sun 2/23

@ 11pm / $12 Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission Street, San Francisco

Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main Street, Napa

Sat 2/15

Money Tour

cisco, CA 94110, USA, #203 to get in., San Francisco

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Surya Kriya @ 9am / $200 Feb 15th - Feb 16th Surya Kriya Masonic Center-Fol‐ som, 1000 Duchow Way, Folsom. sacramento@ishausa.org, 916629-4742

@ 7pm / $49.50-$99.50 The Masonic, 1111 California St, San Francisco

Mickey's Search Party

@ 12pm / $20-$106 Golden 1 Center, 500 David J Stern Walk, Sacramento

@ 7pm Holy Diver, 1517 21st Street, Sacramento

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<P>TomKat</P>

@ 12:30pm / $30 San Francisco, CA, San Francisco

Acoustic Sunsets Feat: Jaleh + Clementine Darling

KARAOKE Wednesdays

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Team Building with Sushi! (02-17-2020 starts at 3:00 PM)

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The Movement

@ 9:30am / Free-$89 Verlocal, Dynamo Donut & Coffee, 24th Street, San Francisco, CA, USA, Departure Point 2760 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA, San Francisco

@ 3pm / $143 Verlocal, San Francisco, CA 94110, United States, Mobile (We will go to your of�ce) or book a location with extra fee, San Francisco

@ 9pm / Free Retro Junkie, 2112 North Main Street, Walnut Creek An Evening At the Improv @ 9pm / $22.71 Harveys Cabaret at Harveys Lake Tahoe, 18 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 89449

Sally Maxwell Winter Show

@ 12pm / Free Marcus Ashley Gallery, 4000 Lake Tahoe Boule‐ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// vard, #23, South Lake Tandem Massage special! Tahoe (02-17-2020 starts at 4:00 Skillet Midnight Crush PM)

@ 5pm Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main Street, Napa

Editor's Pick New Legacy Project concert

Thu 2/20

@ 6pm Admission is free and so is the blessing. Please join for a wonder‐ ful night of music and fellowship. @ 6pm / $36.50 @ 7pm @ 4pm / $160 Sunday February 23, 2020 at 6:00 Ace of Spades, 1417 R St., Sacra‐ Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main Street, Verlocal, 109 Bartlett St, San Fran‐ p.m. A love offering is taken. Come mento Napa cisco, CA, United States, #203 to //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// early as seating is limited. I El Do‐ get in., San Francisco rado Community Church, 4701 Hamilton Hamilton //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Church Street, El Dorado County. @ 7pm @ 7pm sievert20@yahoo.com, 530-622Orpheum Theatre-San Francisco, Orpheum Theatre-San Francisco, 3657 1192 Market St., San Francisco 1192 Market St., San Francisco

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