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letter-writing campaign launched recently by opponents of the plan apparently is what won the — Michael Saragosa, mayor of Placerville day Tuesday. County Board of Supervisors, with Health and participation by city officials, Human Services Director resulted in the idea of Don Semon, who attended using the old armory near both meetings, told the the county fairgrounds in City Council the county Placerville for a homeless supervisors had decided shelter being declared all but to become “silent on the dead. armory,” indicating that no Morris explained that the longer is being considered costs estimated to renovate a viable option in dealing the building off Ray Lawyer with the local homelessness Drive have been determined to be prohibitive — but a n See homeless shelter, page A7
“If we don’t have a location … beds somewhere … we cannot do great enforcement. We’re never going to be able to get them out (of illegal campsites) — that’s the reality.”
While one member of the Placerville City Council Tuesday night expressed disappointment over the former National Guard Armory building essentially being taken out of consideration for use as a homeless shelter, another said that wherever a facility ultimately may be located — he hopes the Upper Room goes there, too. The council heard from City Manager Cleve Morris Democrat file photo by Dylan Svoboda Homeless camps dot the hillside along upper Broadway in Placerville not far that a meeting earlier that day of the El Dorado County from the Upper Room dining hall.
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With all the masked passers-by below trying to ward off the coronavirus, Hangtown’s famous hangman George recently got the notion to don a face mask as well while he keeps watch over the heart of Placerville from his second-story perch at his historical spot — the storied Hangman’s Tree. With reports of more recovered coronavirus cases than active cases, El Dorado County may be on its way to the other side of the pandemic’s curve.
The number of COVID-19 cases in El Dorado County sits at 35, with seven cases remaining active. County health officials reported one additional case of the coronavirus Tuesday evening in the South Lake Tahoe area. The uptick brought the number of cases in the Tahoe Basin to 11. There are 14 cases of COVID-19 in El Dorado Hills and five in the greater Placerville area, according to data provided by the county. Three cases have been found in the Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/ Rescue area and two cases have been found in the north county. No cases in Camino, Pollock Pines, Diamond Springs, El Dorado or the south county area have been reported as of Wednesday evening. The county reported Wednesday that 28 COVID-19 patients have fully recovered from the virus. There have been about 1,350 tests n
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No lighting up at end of tunnel — pot sales delayed in Placerville Pat Lakey Staff writer Tokers, step away from your lighters — despite earlier news that three recreational-marijuana stores were poised to open soon in Placerville, a tiny bug is causing all pot-related grand openings to be delayed indefinitely. The coronavirus pandemic has led to changes in the way the Placerville City Council conducts its meetings — remotely, where no one is in the same room — and that would not be conducive to clearing the air over which businesses ultimately will be allowed to offer recreational marijuana sales, city officials told council members this week. As a result, the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to vacate
“... the current circumstances are not conducive to an efficient, thorough hearing where all sides can fully present their positions.” — City manager’s report to council hearing dates eyed for later this month regarding appeals of the selection in January of three cannabis outlets chosen from among more than a dozen applicants. Four appeals had been filed in the wake of City Manager Cleve Morris naming the three given the nod to set up business within city limits: Sacred Roots at 651 Main St., Chuck’s Cannabis Collective at 1318 Broadway and Reserve House at 560 Placerville Drive. Morris also listed three alternates, should any of the top three not proceed with opening for business.
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The city manager had been tasked with making the final selection, after hearing from a committee regarding the licensing for the first time ever in Placerville of the selling of recreational cannabis. A professional consulting firm also advised Morris prior to his decision. The City Council in 2018 approved sales of recreational cannabis (different from medical marijuana), recognizing that the passage in 2016 of state Proposition 64 showed a majority of voters favor such businesses being allowed.
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Opposition locally to allowing marijuana stores to open was vociferous — but once the council settled on approval of the brandnew enterprise, the city received applications from 13 hopefuls. At that time the options were: The city could allow up to three such stores, fewer than that — or none at all, according to the council’s decision and direction given by city staff. City manager Morris kept his “final decision” close to the vest for months, with some speculating the zero option ultimately might be exercised, simply because the process was taking so long. But Morris surprised observers when he chose a total of six potential marijuana store locales, with the top three and three alternates announced
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Charlene Margery Lee February 1941-April 8, 2020
Charlene Margery Lee left this world for heaven on April 8, 2020. She passed peacefully at home. She was born in February, 1941 in Cicero, Ill., to Lillian Jakopec (nÊe Seps) and Charles Jakopec. She is survived by her best friend and husband of 58 years, Don, her sons Charles and David, daughterin-law Tara, and four beloved grandchildren. Additionally, she is survived by her younger brother, Carl. Charlene was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, mother-in-law and grandmother and a devoted friend to all those that knew her. She was a very caring person whose calling was the medical field. She was a registered nurse who spent many years working in operating rooms and emergency rooms, where she could help people when they needed it most. The final years in her career were spent supporting a private surgeon’s office. Charlene was an avid reader who loved language, puns, and history. One of her most enjoyable literary activities was to read biographies of the U. S. presidents. She also loved to bake, a hobby much appreciated by her family. Her specialty was houska, a Czech sweet bread. Additionally, she also enjoyed many hours in the kitchen preparing recipes from her grandmother, mother and friends. While Charlene’s passing weighs heavily on their hearts, her family continues to carry with them the blessing of her unconditional love and support. Our time on earth has been made better because of Charlene. The family would like to thank the many caregivers from Home Care Assistance El Dorado Hills and Sutter Care at Home who helped us. Alzheimer’s made for a long journey in the final years, but many wonderful caregivers eased the burden for us all. A celebration of Charlene’s life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, if you would like to make a contribution, the family requests you to please make a donation to a charity of your choice in her name. Donations made to organizations that support research into Alzheimer’s would be aligned with Charlene’s lifelong focus of using medical science to make people’s lives better.
Elaine Irene Hamilton
June 1, 1948-March 29, 2020
Elaine Hamilton was born to William and Ethel Hamilton in Placerville June 1, 1948. She graduated from El Dorado High School. She passed away on March 29, 2020 in Victorville, Calif., of cancer. She worked for the city of Brea as a bookkeeper and retired after 25 years. She is survived by her mother Ethel Hamilton, brothers William Hamilton II and Jeffery Hamilton; son Scott Babcott and grandsons Brice and Scott Babcott of Pinon Hills, Calif. She was preceded in death by her father William and her daughter Guen Babcott. Due to the coronavirus, a memorial service will be held at a later date.
DEATH NOTICE Gene Allen Countryman Jan. 4, 1944-April 5, 2020
Your absence is a constant presence. After a long illness, Gene was set free. His wife, Sylvia, was by his side.
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Gene Allen Countryman, born Jan. 4, 1944 in Syracuse, N.Y., died April 5, 2020 in Folsom, Calif., from pneumonia. He grew up in the small town of Baldwinsville, N.Y., where he filled his days fly fishing and hunting. At the age of 17 he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served as the captain of the Marine Corps Rifle Team. After completing four years in the Marines, he was promoted to corporal. Gene then moved to Jackson, Calif., with his sister Lee and brother-in-law Junior. He fell in love with the next door neighbor Brownie Williams and after a short courtship they were married May 25, 1965. In 1967 their first-born son Paul Countryman was born in Jackson and a short time after they moved to what they referred to as home, Placerville, Calif. Their second son Duane Countryman was born in 1972 in Placerville. Two years later they built their forever home just outside of Placerville. In 1966 Gene found a new passion in stock car auto racing where he began racing at the newly built Hangtown “Placerville� Speedway. During his racing career his fellow competitors became his nearest and dearest friends. He raced competitively until 1976 then became a crewman for his best friends Ray and Sue Whitney. From then on the two families were inseparable and in the winter season the families enjoyed snowmobiling. As his boys got older Gene enjoyed watching them run cross country and participate in basketball and football — there was no bigger fan than Gene. His other hobbies included camping, fishing and hunting, along with sharing popcorn with his birds Bocephus and Babs and ice cream with his cat Thailand. Gene and Brownie were always the center of attention on the dance floor at parties and racing banquets. Every Friday night you were sure to find Gene and Brownie with the Whitneys at the Placerville Denny’s lounge for dinner and a cocktail. Gene was a man of many trades from his first job at a brick plant and then he began his lumber career for the next 25 years at Placerville Lumber Mill. After that, he spent 20 years working for ABC Services as an underground pipe inspector and finally ended his career with the city of Placerville. Gene was preceded in death by his loving wife of almost 34 years, Brownie Countryman in 1999. He is survived by his son Paul (Kristin) Countryman, two step-grandchildren Amanda and Geoff Hale and grandson Andrew Countryman, son Duane (Thea) Countryman, grandson Jacob and granddaughter Alyssa Countryman.
The following is from El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office logs:
April 4
12:03 a.m. A 53-year-old-man was arrested in Highway 50 near Fresh Pond on suspicion of public intoxication. 4:41 p.m. Grand theft was reported on Golden Spur Drive in Placerville.
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April 5
2:41 p.m. Theft was reported on Golden Spur Drive in Placerville.
12:58 a.m. Vehicle burglary was reported on Main Street in Greenwood.
3:21 p.m. A 67-year-old man was arrested on Starmount Way in El Dorado Hills for reportedly using pepper spray unlawfully.
5:23 a.m. A suspect entered a vehicle on Canterbury Circle in El Dorado Hills and stole a key. 6:05 a.m. An exterior office door of a business was broken into on Francisco Drive in El Dorado Hills and a security system and hard drive were stolen.
4:45 p.m. Construction equipment was stolen on Bayne Road in Coloma. 10:18 p.m. Vehicle burglary was reported on Toyan Drive in Diamond Springs.
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conducted on county residents, according to the data. Women have made up 18 of the 35 cases in the county. The median age of the patients is 47. Over half the cases — 51% — involve patients between the ages of 18 and 49. About 40% are aged 50-64. There are three cases involving those 65 years or older, the age group at highest risk. There are 24,424 confirmed coronavirus cases across California with 821 deaths, according to data updated Wednesday by the state Department of Public Health.
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Alfred Eugene “Gene� Fredrickson passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. at his home in Placerville after a long battle with cancer at the age of 80. Gene was preceded in death by his parents Peter Alfred Fredrickson and Lillian Fern Carter Fredrickson as well as his brothers Robert Edward Fredrickson and William Lee Fredrickson. He is survived by his loving wife Kathleen McCullough. They were married on Sunday Dec. 9, 2018 in Placerville. He was a devoted father to four children: William “Fred� Fredrickson, Sharon Sherman, Diane Kawamura and Erick Fredrickson. Gene had 7 grandchildren; Ferron Kawamura, Samantha Kawamura, Julianna Sherman, Emily Sherman, Nathan Sherman and Darryn Fredrickson. Gene was also a great grandfather to Lilliana Kawamura and Amelia Scott. Gene was born in Stockton and he was a lifelong resident of California. He worked at MacKay & Somps much of his career doing civil engineering and mentoring young architects. Gene also owned his own company where he designed and built several houses in this area. He was happiest mentoring and designing. He was an avid athlete enjoying tennis, skiing, waterskiing, golf and bowling. Gene was the kind of person that made you feel better no matter what kind of mood you were in. He knew how to make everything he did fun and playful. He made everyone around him feel special. We will miss him greatly, but we will carry on and have fun whether we like it or not! In lieu of flowers, please make donations to The American Cancer Society. Memorial will be held on Saturday Aug. 22, 2020 at 1 p.m. at Cold Springs Church 2600 Cold Springs Road Placerville, Calif.
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Home care providers adapting amid pandemic Kevin Christensen Staff writer
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Visiting Angels owner Gail Lohmann leads a virtual meeting with her home care staff.
Statistics show a majority of deaths resulting from COVID19 are among elderly patients with underlying health conditions. As a result El Dorado County home care providers are adapting services for the safety of the people they care for and their employees. Home care assistants help to make their patients’ lives easier and more comfortable. Their duties, in general, include transporting patients to doctor’s appointments, making beds, doing laundry,
Poor Red’s OK’d to add music events Dawn Hodson Staff writer Last Thursday’s planning commission meeting covered more than just cannabis related issues as it ventured into barbecue, music, oil changes and signs. On the agenda was a request by Poor Red’s Bar-B-Q to add more musical events at its venue in El Dorado, going from 10 live music events to a total of 35 per year from March to November in its outdoor dining patio. Staff recommended approval of a conditional use permit for events. The volume at which the music was to be played was a primary consideration given that Poor Red’s is located in an area surrounded by commercial and residential properties. Included in the staff report for the permit were the results of a professional acoustics assessment conducted last year by Bollard Acoustical Consultants. The study concluded that noise from music events would not exceed allowable levels. Staff noted there were no complaints from neighbors regarding previous music events and Poor Red’s application included several letters from neighbors saying they were not opposed to the permit. The Diamond Springs and El Dorado Community Advisory Committee also expressed unanimous support for the project although there were some questions about crosswalk safety. One of the conditions of the permit included in the staff report was that the restaurant owners buy a sound level meter and monitor sound levels during the music events to ensure they stayed within the allowable range as well as keep a log of their findings. The issue of noise generated a lengthy discussion as did the amount of available parking for patrons. Some commission members brought up the idea of requiring Poor Red’s owners to conduct professional noise studies during at least three of its music events. It was also proposed that the number of allowed events be limited to 25 to lessen impact on neighbors. Not all commissioners agreed with those changes.
Commissioner Gary Miller said he didn’t favor any changes to the conditions of approval and Commissioner Jeff Hansen called the demand for the additional noise assessments “draconian.” Paul Bollard, owner of the company that conducted the acoustical study, offered to train staff at Poor Red’s on how to do a noise assessment so the owners wouldn’t have to hire someone. Invited to comment, Poor Red’s owner Jeff Genovese said he was agreeable to cutting back the number of music events from 35 to 25 but objected to additional noise studies, calling them unfair and costly. Co-owner Mike Hountalas agreed, saying they try to be good neighbors which is why they went to the
trouble of renovating Poor Red’s after they bought the historic site. Neighboring Brookshire Gardens Wedding and Events Center owner Kurt Sommerdyke said while he supported Poor Red’s getting the permit, he wanted to coordinate the dates when the music events were held to avoid conflicts with his business, adding that he thought he should be given priority in setting those dates and there should be a written agreement to that effect. With some issues left for the different owners to work out, the permit was unanimously approved by commissioners with some changes. Instead of 35 music events Poor Red’s was approved for 30 per year with each event limited to the hours of 6-10 p.m. on weekdays and no more
than six hours per day between the hours of 12 p.m. and 10 p.m. on weekends and holidays. Conditions of the permit include a twoyear review by staff along with completion of another professional noise study. In addition staff were to be trained in how to take sound readings during at least one typical-sized event.
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Fast Freddy’s ran into different problems with the planners voting to continue his request to a future meeting. The owner of the Shingle Springs oil change business had proposed expanding his existing operation by adding two additional vehicle service bays in an adjacent vacant building. Services were to be limited to light repairs. Concerns brought up by the commission ■
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anytime.” “We have no idea what is around the corner,” added Pawson. “It’s a changing situation we are constantly monitoring with the state.” Home care businesses like locally based Waterfall Home Care and Visiting Angels are taking precautions mandated by public ■
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OPINION
Richard B. Esposito Publisher/Editor
Noel Stack Opinion Page Editor
Krysten Kellum Associate Editor
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he media tell us China “beat coronavirus.” I don’t believe it. The Chinese government lies. AEI’s Derrek Scissors argues that they’ve underreported the number of COVID-19 cases by millions. Still, it’s possible that John Stossel China has the virus under control. But at what cost? Most of us in America now practice “social distancing.” I’ve barely left my house in a month. I do that voluntarily. Forty-two states do have some sort of shelterin-place orders, but most of Americans’ social distancing is voluntary. Not so in China. China’s dictators are quick to take extreme measures against whatever they see as a problem. They locked down Wuhan — closed roads to the city, stopped public transit and banned private cars. Chinese police have even welded people into their homes to keep them inside. They’ve tied people to posts for not wearing face masks. China spies on every citizen, using more than 200 million cameras and social media tracking. Electronic eavesdropping lets them analyze every person’s political leanings and social interactions. They use that to give everyone a trust score. Your “trust” score drops if you criticize the government — or the trust score system. You lose points if you do things like play “too many” video games, watch porn or have friends with low scores. Then the government punishes you by doing things like slowing your internet speed, keeping your kids out of good schools or stopping you from getting good jobs. Now some Americans say our government should be more like China’s. “Still no nationwide stay-at-home order!” complains MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow (even though that would be unconstitutional — the 10th Amendment leaves such things to states). Frightened people push bad laws. “You’re walking toward the communists voluntarily! That scares me,” said Li Schoolland, an immigrant from China I interviewed before the pandemic. “After I came to the United States I thought, no more politics. I’m in the land of the free!” she recounts. But after she saw some Americans embracing authoritarian ideas, she thought, “No, I have to tell the American people, ‘Don’t let this happen.’” Schoolland survived China’s Great Leap Forward, Great Famine and Cultural Revolution. Her parents were doctors, “intellectuals,” which meant they, and she, were sent to horrible work camps where they received communist “re-education.” I thought this repressive era of communism was over. Starting in the late 1970s, China’s leaders modernized their economy and became a major trading partner with the United States. But no, “The repression is not over,” says Schoolland. China’s spying on people to create “social trust” scores is an example of it. “The control of people’s mind, people’s mouth, people’s pen, never stopped.” n
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Letters to the Editor Our state leadership in action EDITOR: he recent media sessions centered on Gavin Newsom’s response to the COVID-19 situation left no doubt about his position: he stated clear ownership over the lack of statewide testing and the speed at which testing was rolled out to communities. Yes, he “owns” it — to use his own words. Let’s hope he can managing “owning” two state-engineered crises at the same time since the north winds of spring are signaling the potential of mandated Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) again. Last year he claimed he “owned” the PSPS situation and intended to address it before the 2020 fire season was upon us here in Northern California. But there isn’t any news on forward progress and the economy and mandatory shelter-in-place orders have certainly slowed PG&E subcontractors from making needed progress. Waiting for May or June to restart efforts won’t stop PG&E lawyers and state of California judges safely tucked away in their corporate offices and courtroom chambers within San Francisco from deciding it is in the interest of “safety” to turn off electricity for extended periods of time. We the ratepayers and taxpayers get the insult and the injury of a dysfunctional economy and potential power shutdowns right at the time the state of California is proclaimed “open” by the governor. Imagine the turmoil and suffering of potential shelter-in-place orders during the fall 2020 COVID-19 season combined with PSPS outages. Ouch. Perhaps he can shrug off his response of the COVID-19 shelter-in-place shutdowns as being unpredictable. But the north winds of spring and fall are as predictable as they have always been. Newsom’s preoccupation for public safety at all costs could be the biggest hazard we face. MATT SILVEIRA Placerville
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disorders and a complete and utter disregard for even the simplest of society’s standards. Most are there by choice, as nothing more than an easy way out, leaving piles of trash in their wake. Fundamental principles, long accepted by civilized human beings, are blatantly ignored by this relatively small group of social malcontents. I don’t mean to sound un-compassionate, but this is not our problem, but theirs. We’re just the ones paying for it. A simple solution might be difficult to establish since there are those who would just continue to give them anything they want, without regard for the consequences. It’s not helping, only justifying their total lack of moral fiber, responsibility and self-motivation. Maybe some of those who wish to help could take a few into their own homes. Maybe we could set up a work camp where these denizens of vagrancy could actually find purpose, to earn what they’re handed instead of all take, no give. There are many civil projects that could use the help. The question is, would they? We’ve all seen panhandlers outside stores with a help wanted sign in the window. Come on now, really? I’ve personally helped out several friends and family members who had fallen on hard times for one reason or another, but to continue shoveling money and handouts to one suffering from nothing else but the scourge of pure laziness would be irresponsible on my part. It defeats the purpose and causes greater harm by growing the problem instead of solving it. Now the county and city want to build a homeless shelter right in the heart of our town. This would probably be the biggest mistake they could ever make and end up creating a much larger problem than the one they’re trying to solve. Do any of you want your kids playing in needle park? Does anybody mind being regularly accosted for money? Would your car be safe in the parking lot? What about the trash and litter? Who’s going to clean that up? Them? These people aren’t all bad and I truly wish there was an easy solution. But, the fact remains there is a certain element within their ranks who just cannot be trusted. We all know this to be true. This misconception of “helping” with a serious misallocation of funds badly needed elsewhere is just plain wrong. For many of these “homeless” would, quite literally, bite the hand that feeds them. n
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The Not So Weekly Daley
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he president has made it alarmingly clear he does not appreciate a coronavirus update gathering that may include nasty “questions” from any number of “thirdrate” and/or “terrible reporters.” Chris He said he would like to answer “nice questions” from people who like him for a change. Well, who wouldn’t? Toward that end, he has prepared a large sampling of nice questions that will be distributed to specific journalists before they enter the briefing room. As sometimes happens, a frequent source of mine in the D.C. area has forwarded a copy of those questions and the president’s planned responses to me. I now share them with you. Very Good Reporter: “Thank you, Mr. President. Can you remind the American people about how early you recognized the threat of this coronavirus?”
Donald J. Trump: “Of course. Very nice question, by the way. I’ve always known about pandemics, way before anyone else knew. A lot of people don’t know how smart I am about things like pandemics.” Darn Good Reporter: “Mr. President, would you say we are almost Daley out of the woods on this thing?” DJT: “Great question. You’re a Darn Good Reporter. I could give you an exact day, date and hour on that, but we’ll see what happens over the next period of time, you understand.” VGR: “A follow up please? Are you thinking of May 4 at approximately 2:15 in the afternoon ...?” DJT: “Democrats only care about open borders and trying to make me look bad, so I won’t tie myself down to May 4 at two-ish in the afternoon. Let them choke on that for a while.” Okay Print Journalist: “Mr. President, what do you say to those reporters who won’t ask you nice questions?”
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DJT: “I say, ‘You’re a terrible reporter.’ Nobody knows more about things than your favorite president. Go ahead, ask me a hard question, but a nice one too.” OPJ: “How many people attended your inauguration?” DJT: “Thank you. That’s a good one. Most people tell me it was the biggest inauguration in our history. Honestly, I believe it was even larger than that. A lot of people don’t know that I can count faster and higher than just about anyone. I counted them all at the same time I was reciting the oath of office.” DGR: “How high are your ratings for these virus updates?” DJT: “They’re through the roof, way up there, to be honest — the best anyone has ever seen. And how about that Electoral College landslide and Crooked’s missing emails.” OPJ: “Sir, sir Jared was a brilliant choice for czar of just about everything. Have you considered dumping Mike Pence and appointing Jared vice president?” DJT: “I can tell you, we’ll see what happens. The president’s authority is total, as you now know. A lot
of people didn’t know that before Monday.” VGR: “Isn’t it true that you save millions of lives just by telling us every day how you save millions of lives?” DJT: “Absolutely, no question about it. But the Democrats want everyone to die, you know that. They especially hope I’ll get sick and die. Not on my watch, I can tell you. I can cure myself. A lot of people don’t know that. And the military. The shelves were bare. Our great military. Remember how I ended that drought in California?” DGR: “Didn’t you heal several people who had COVID-19 just by telling them they would get well soon?” DJT: “Not many people know that. They don’t want you to know about it either.” DGR: “I don’t think anybody’s done that in more than 2,000 years.” DJT: “You’re right about that. And you know who did it. So, let’s call it a day. Great questions everyone. Nice questions. OK? See you all tomorrow.” Chris Daley is a biweekly columnist for the Mountain Democrat.
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That’s something to think about now in America, when so many politicians are eager to do more. Florida set up checkpoints on highways and planes, requiring people who enter from coronavirus hot spots, like New York and Louisiana, to self-quarantine for 14 days. Travelers must give officials contact information so officials can check up on them. In Rhode Island, police went door to door, checking on people with New York license plates. Colorado police handcuffed a man for playing softball with his daughter in a park. Father and daughter were more than 6 feet apart, but the officers clustered together to make their arrest. California police ordered a group of young men to sit on the ground while they photographed them and fined them $1,000 each because they bought beer at a 7-Eleven that was an hour away from their homes. Of course, in a pandemic, some extreme measures are needed. But repressive government controls like China’s should not be our role model. The virus began in
China and spread farther because their autocrats suppressed information, denied the virus could spread between people and punished scientists who told the truth. Even people who post opinions about the virus may be locked up in China. I’m glad I live in America, where I’m free to say anything I want about the virus — or my government. John Stossel is author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.”
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If somebody can come up with a legitimate plan that does not cost an arm and a leg or become a victim of contempt and corruption, a plan that would actually work while providing security for the community as well as a decent refuge for the homeless, but outside of town, I’m all in favor. JIM ALLEN Placerville
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health officials with workers adhering to social distancing protocol and requiring all employees to wear masks and gloves when working at client homes. “Luckily I ordered masks and gloves that arrived in a timely manner,” said Visiting Angels owner by Gail Lohmann. “The issue now is distributing them to our caregivers because of the shelter-in-place orders. But all our staff are required to wear them every shift.” Lohman added that if a client is showing any symptoms of illness, home care workers are to have them too wear protective gloves or face masks. “We are not medical providers and can’t care for someone if they have COVID-19 but we do take every precaution until we know,” said Lohmann. “Someone could have allergies, a common cold or something not related to COVID-19.” Though business has dropped off “slightly” and “fluctuates” on a daily basis, Visiting Angels is currently hiring, according to Lohmann. Some Visiting Angels employees have opted to shelter in place for their safety while others are forced to take time off to take care of children home from school. The changing environment around COVID-19 has some families deciding to care for their loved ones on their own, Lohmann said.
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problem. He candidly said the hundreds of letters from opponents weighed heavily in the matter. City Manager Morris recited a list of pros and cons, as far as the armory’s use, listed in letters and emails submitted to the county and city by those wishing to halt that particular plan and from those hoping to see it go forward. Morris added that he just that afternoon received a letter from county Sheriff John D’Agostini stating his opposition, with the sheriff touting instead a working model from San Antonio, Texas, that reportedly involves a locked-down facility where the homeless are counseled and treated for addictions and trained for employment. The county and city will now work hand-in-hand in crafting a “homeless strategic plan” and finding a site for homeless services in the area. According to a joint policy statement from the two agencies, the facility could provide temporary housing, rehabilitation services, mental health counseling, help to find permanent housing, employment counseling, meals and other services. The effort is part of a long-term plan to fight homelessness on the Western Slope, according to county spokeswoman Carla Hass. County officials are still working through their COVID-19 response toward housing at-risk homeless individuals, she added. During Tuesday’s board meeting, county supervisors and staff indicated that the former Placerville juvenile hall site is a possibility for a future homeless services site. Councilwoman Kara Taylor, listening to Morris’ summation of what had happened at the earlier Board of Supervisors meeting, said she is a bit disheartened. “I’m somewhat disappointed that the armory was taken out of consideration,” began Taylor, who explained she thought that site was going to be included among other possible locales, all part of a joint county-city feasibility study whose goal would be to pinpoint the most suitable location. “I would have preferred to find what is the best property and then try to mitigate with the neighbors …” Taylor added that regardless of where the city and or county chooses to establish a homeless shelter, there is bound to be backlash from surrounding residents and businesses. With the armory apparently no longer being eyed, Councilwoman Taylor said she feels progress has been lost. “I felt like we were going in a direction … and now it’s vague,” she said, adding that she realizes drug and alcohol abuse rehabilitation needs to be part of any shelter program. “But I don’t think that doing nothing is an option.” Placerville Vice Mayor Dennis Thomas said he feels the process of providing beds and shelter for the local homeless population is actually progressing at a rate that’s to be expected, adding that the public suffers from “misperceptions” about what is being done. “The reality is that there is so much information and it’s changing rapidly,” said Thomas, recounting that the armory once was positioned to become a site for “affordable housing,” then Gov. Newsom declared that abandoned armories statewide could and should be used for sheltering the homeless — and then, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the state began backtracking a bit. Councilman Thomas said he heard the armories might have to revert to their original use — to house National Guard troops should the shelter-in-place orders by the state be determined to require stronger enforcement. Thomas said the process of involving the county and city in the homelessness issue has arrived, exactly on time, and that with those two entities working with the already established Continuum of Care whose mission is strictly that of dealing with the transient population, the result is one of “natural progression.” The vice mayor said he favored setting up scoping meetings next, that he wished for the council to vote for and sign the joint policy statement that earlier had passed muster with county
supervisors. Not so fast, said Councilman Mark Acuna, who told the meeting participants he would like to have the statement contain a clause that would require the Upper Room, which serves free meals daily to the homeless or anyone needing help, to relocate to wherever a shelter is established. “I have watched the operation there at the Upper Room (over several years) and have seen how the services have changed,” began Acuna, who said he recalls when the Upper Room provided counseling and family services, with single women with children often among its core clientele. That’s no longer true, he said. “I would suggest that the clientele today is mostly adult males,” said the councilman. Acuna pointed out the location is a poor one, on upper Broadway nearly to the eastern border of city limits, “not central” to other services and amenities. Thus, he propounded, the growth like mushrooms on the muddy hillside above Broadway of tent cities built by the homeless, within walking distance of the free meals at the Upper Room. The facility reportedly is operated by the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento, its sole purpose “to feed the hungry,” according to one council member. City Attorney John Driscoll, asked for advice in the matter of inserting a clause ordering relocation into the joint policy statement, said, “We (the city) can’t go in there and say, ‘You gotta move.’” It was mentioned that city-issued permits would negate such removalon-demand, but Acuna, a longtime Placerville resident who has served numerous times on the City Council, said no such permits ever were bestowed to sanctify the operation of the Upper Room. “The Upper Room is not there by (authority of) any use permit — it simply opened,” he charged during Tuesday’s meeting. “To be quite blunt, all the homeless camps on upper Broadway, Airport Road, having people camping in the mud…” exist because of the proximity of the free meals, said Acuna. If the city and county intend to establish a homeless shelter anywhere, “Why wouldn’t we want (the Upper Room) to be relocated,” the councilman asked. City Manager Morris suggested a compromise, that a letter could accompany the joint policy statement saying that city and county officials “feel strongly that any (homeless shelter) facility should try to incorporate the Upper Room.” The vote was 4-1 to approve the citycounty joint policy statement, along with the suggested letter after the city manager, mayor and vice mayor work on its language. Councilman Acuna cast the dissenting vote. The Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on the policy statement. Mayor Michael Saragosa reminded the panel that unless and until the city and county have a shelter that includes a bed to offer to transients camping on public lands — often causing grave wildfire risk — there is little hope of enforcing anti-camping laws. A court decision out of Boise, Idaho, recently upheld by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal whose district includes California, makes it illegal to criminalize those camped on public property unless the offender is offered an alternative — shelter and a bed for the night. Placerville’s nomadic shelter program where five area churches open their doors for all but two nights a week, during the harshest months of fall and winter, does not satisfy the legal standard, the mayor said. “The nomadic shelter beds don’t count,” said Saragosa. “If we don’t have a location … beds somewhere … we cannot do great enforcement. We’re never going to be able to get them out (of illegal campsites) — that’s the reality.” A point-in-time count conducted in January 2019 found 613 homeless people in El Dorado County. The count represented a slight increase from two years earlier when officials counted 602 homeless people in the county.
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horoscope by Holiday Mathis n today ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ve been thinking about how to get what you want, and it’s clear you’ll need to make a special request. Timing is everything. It will be better to ask after nightfall or tomorrow. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You are mysterious and all the more attractive for your secrets. You’ll be nudged, and downright bothered, to reveal them. Resist. There’s more power in keeping them to yourself. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll have a heightened awareness of what arises from your subconscious, whether it be in the form of dreams, creativity or the assimilation of subtle clues you’ve picked up along the way. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Life has its own set of navigational rules. To understand it, you have to look backward; to live it, you can only go forward. Also, you can only feel what it’s like to be inside it when you’re standing still.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It’s like you’re trying to move a couch into a room with a small door. Once inside, everything will work out nicely. But getting through this tight squeeze will take some doing. What needs to be released in order to move forward? SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Visualizing alone can’t make things true, but it can motivate action that feels natural and familiar instead of labored and difficult. As you visualize the future, you lay its groundwork. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The ancients believed that the soul resides in the area between the heart and the solar plexus. The soulfire in you radiates a sense of warmth and anticipation from this space today. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ve been generous and that generosity boomerangs back to you today in the form of unexpected help that allows you to accomplish more than you thought possible.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There was a time you didn’t believe that you could actually change your circumstances by merely observing them differently. Now you believe it, and you do it on a daily basis. Today brings proof.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Why return to projects that were not enormously successful the first time around? You’d rather move on, and move on you will, after a brief bit of business is handled. Dive in and get it done.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The messiness of life is the best part. Maybe it won’t make the edit for social media, and that’s why the insider’s view is always the best. Intimacy is about knowing another person’s mess.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Just because something goes unspoken doesn’t mean it’s unspeakable. Words will be like the keys to a cage. You’ll communicate and free yourself.
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days prior to the Jan. 9 City Council meeting that made it official. Placerville’s City Code dictates that appeals such as those filed in the recreational marijuana issue must be heard within 90 days — so late April was when the hearings, anticipated to be lengthy and complex, were to be held. Not only do those four separate appeals challenge the method in which the city manager reached his decision, they include in some instances “reasons” the appellant feels the three given the OK are not qualified to be the winners. That means those three, if they chose to do so, would have the right to counter such charges, leading to even more hearings before the City Council. City staff realized the hearings were likely to be intense and involved, something they do not see as being effectively handled through the current setup of social media-assisted meetings. Mentioning the state, county and city emergency directives regarding the coronavirus, a report from the city manager and prepared by City Attorney John Driscoll spells out the concerns: “City Council meetings are no longer open to the public ... council members are participating in meetings via video/teleconferencing,” states the report that was read during Tuesday’s council meeting. “City staff time and resources are necessarily strained and focused on providing essential governmental services ... in light of the current emergency. “Accordingly, the current circumstances are not conducive to an efficient, thorough hearing where all sides can fully present their positions,” states the report. Driscoll and Morris also point out that to fully air the appeals and give the respondents the opportunity
to be heard, as is their right, any meeting where that would occur sufficient to the satisfaction of all parties would undoubtedly involve a sizable number of people, together in one room. “Allowing a large group of people to gather at this time in order to conduct a fair hearing on the appeals would present an unreasonable risk to public health and safety,” states the report. One of the appellants has put forth a novel idea in writing, a letter that was accepted for the record by the city clerk Tuesday. Max Del Real of applicant TREZ Placerville urges the city to approve all seven remaining applicants for recreational marijuana sales — and forget about the appeals process. Del Real points out that “the city could see an overnight increase in local construction jobs and new permit fees” as the stores got ready to open their doors, something he predicts in his letter could happen within 90 days for TREZ Placerville. He adds that the pot dispensaries “would add new and exciting ... jobs for the Placerville community.” “We thank you for the opportunity to submit this win-win proposal,” concludes the letter, which was not considered for action Tuesday because it was not on the agenda. The City Council heard from the city manager that a similar letter had been received from Element 7, another of the applicants that didn’t make the final cut; the same advice was given by the city attorney that no action could be taken Tuesday night and that the panel should “disregard” both letters at the present time. Driscoll said the letters could be resubmitted during the upcoming appeal hearings — hearings that have been continued to dates indefinite due to the coronavirus.
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KNOW Honor students Names of students who have made the Scholastic Honor Roll Winter term have been announced by Oregon State University. A total of 1,910 students earned straight-A’s (4.0). Another 5,529 earned a B-plus (3.5) or better to make the list. To be on the Honor Roll, students must carry at least 12 graded hours of course work. Local students on the Honor Roll include: • Cameron Park: Brittany C. Taggart, senior, electrical & computer engineering. • Cool: Gabrielle A. Gutierrez, senior, kinesiology. • El Dorado Hills: Reese A. Benson, senior, computer science; Brandon Y. Bollengier, senior, business administration; Trevor A. Engle, senior, construction engineering management; Carson P. Hewitt, sophomore, university exploratory studies; Samantha G. Short, freshman, university exploratory studies; Abigail J. Shultz, sophomore, fisheries & wildlife sciences. • Pollock Pines: Paige R. Levi, sophomore, psychology. • Rescue: Victoria A. Houdeshell, senior, accountancy; John H. Behman, senior, electrical & computer engineering. • Shingle Springs: Austin J. Wilmoth, senior, computer science.
Virtual wine events Learn, taste and laugh with local winemakers from the comfort of your own home with virtual adventures. For more information visit eldoradowines.org. • Saturday, April 18: Skinner Vineyards — Deconstructing GSM with winemaker Adam Smith • Thursday, April 23: Crystal Basin Cellars — Triumphant virtual blending with owner Mike Owen • Friday, April 24: Bumgarner Winery — Bordeaux varietals with winemaker Brain Bumgarner • Sunday, April 26: Via Romano Vineyard — Flagship favorites with owners Leanne Davis and John Chewning And on Mondays at 7 p.m. Russ Reyes from Kilt & Cork hosts special events on Facebook.
• April 20: Exploring Pleasant Valley with special guest winemakers Josh and Carrie Bendick from Holly’s Hill and other guests to be announced. • April 27: Exploring Camino with special guest Paul Bush from Madroña Vineyards and other guests to be announced. C. G. Di Arie Vineyard and Winery hosts a virtual tasting — tasting a flight of three vintages of highly acclaimed worldclass cabernets — on Facebook Live at 3 p.m., Tuesday, April 21. For more information call (530) 620-6500 or email info@ diariewines.com.
April 17 Support New Beginnings at a pick-up-and-go fundraiser. Head to Old Town Grill, 444 Main St. in Placerville, 6-8 p.m. and a portion of the purchase will support the nonprofit. Curbside pick-up is available. Each meal purchased will include a surprise goodie bag. n
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Thanks, Big Bro! Service to others leads to Big Brother of the Year award for veteran Thomas Frey Staff writer
“Richard goes above and beyond to organize experiences that will inspire his Littles.”
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ichard Salas forged a successful life through a work ethic built during his 20-year career in the U.S. Air Force. He flew C-130s in Korea, transported Marines out of Okinawa and was in the Middle East for eight months during Operation Desert Storm. Service to his country translated in to service to others when Salas retired six years ago after he ran into an acquaintance who was a mentor for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Sierra. That person saw Salas was a college graduate, a military veteran and someone who just finished a successful career as a pilot for Delta Airlines and told Salas he should become a mentor. The 30-year Placerville resident called Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Sierra and signed up. A few weeks later he was mentoring Angel, who was 9 at the time. About four years later
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Sierra Big Brother of the Year Richard Salas poses with his Littles — Angel, left, and Jordan. Angel’s younger brother Jordan needed a new mentor and Salas took him on. The trio was recognized earlier this
year when Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Sierra named Salas Big Brother of the Year. “I’m very happy to contribute to the
community and I’m very happy with the two young men I’m mentoring,” Salas said. “It’s worked out pretty good with both kids,” he continued. “(They’re) very polite, one of the traits handed down by their mom. Their mom is a very nice lady. They do have a lot of respect for their mom and their dad.” Salas studied political science at San Francisco State and emphasizes the importance of education. He has taken his Littles to the Folsom Lake College–El Dorado Center, which is very close to where the kids live, so they can see it is an option. Salas said the young men are probably tired of him saying it, but he encourages them to know the requirements to graduate high school and to qualify for college. He said both have a B+ averages in school. Angel is a
freshman at Union Mine High School while Jordan is an eighthgrader. Angel enjoys track and Jordan wants to play basketball. “Richard goes above and beyond to organize experiences that will inspire his Littles,” said Dawn Luddy, program manager for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Sierra. “For example, he arranged for the boys to meet an engineer and get a VIP tour of the Intel Folsom Campus.” The mentor has three daughters and one of his daughters’ boyfriends works at Intel and helped set up the tour. “It was something the kids enjoyed very much,” Salas said. “They were able to see the whole facility and talk to a lot of the employees at Intel. We were invited to lunch and they sat down with some of the n
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Local museums say ‘Let’s get virtual’ Traci Rockefeller Cusack Sacramento Association of Museums
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ith popular museums and destinations temporarily closed and families currently sheltering in place, many local area museums have risen to the occasion and gone virtual with fun and free activities for families to do at home. While more educational, informational and amazing online offerings continue to be added each week, a sampling of the virtual activities include the following: Aerospace Museum of California — Tapping into creative expertise provided by museum staff and team members, the Aerospace Museum offers hands-on activities and tutorials that are fun for children and families. Easy-to-replicate demonstrations are available on the museum’s Facebook page @ AerospaceMuseumCA. For additional online events, including Hubble’s 30th Birthday Celebration, visit aerospaceca.org/events. California Museum — The museum has launched a new distance learning program providing educational materials for K-12th grade students aligned with Common Core and California State Content standards. A state symbols coloring Book and a series of five California Indians oral history worksheets are currently available. Additional activities furthering learning on the state’s diverse history, culture and arts are scheduled for release through the end of the 2019-20 school year, both as downloadable PDF files and as
paperless, shareable assignments in Google Classroom. For details or to access activities visit californiamuseum. org/distance-ed. California State Railroad Museum — All aboard, as the museum offers virtual versions of All Aboard for Story Time! at 11 a.m. Mondays with local influencers reading children’s railroadrelated books via Facebook Live. Each week live and previously recorded book readings are available for viewing on both the California State Railroad Museum & Foundation Facebook pages or its website. Center for Sacramento History — the center offers original film productions, a “Staff Favorites” section with new film clips updated regularly and recordings of past Speaker Series events such as: • “Devoted to the Union: Sacramento and the Civil War” by Dr. Glenna Mathews • “The Time is Now: The Civic Life of Sacramento’s Nathaniel Colley” by Dr. Mark Brilliant • “Red Menace! The Sacramento Conspiracy Trial of 1935” by Dr. Kathryn Olmsted To access the 100plus history-rich films and video the Center for Sacramento History YouTube page. Crocker Art Museum — The museum provides relaxing, refreshing and uplifting art experiences online. Virtual art and gallery tours and activities for all ages are available on the museum’s blog at crockerart.org/ oculus, the Google Cultural Institute, on the museum’s YouTube channel as well as on its social media channels @crockerart. The
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The Aerospace Museum of California has numerous activities online that will keep kids engaged at home. community is invited to spend “Thursday Nights In” this April with alternative ways to experience Crocker programs including a spring film series, ArtMix and a prerecorded Global Rhythms concert featuring Jessica Fichot.
CrockerCon Goes digital on April 17 as the museum celebrates comic book art and family-friendly virtual cosplay. For more information visit the Crocker blog and social media channels for details and updates. Museum of Medical
History — Online users can access a virtual tour (originally launched 10 years ago) that highlights many intriguing medical artifacts and interesting tidbits at ssvmmh.org/ virtual_tour/FloorPlan. n
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Paramount Pictures chose to release the film on digital to allow us all to catch an early peek at HHH the film before it lands PG, 1 hour 39 minutes on physical media in Action, Adventure, mid-May. When dealing with a Comedy video game adaptation Now playing on digital viewers can be a bit platforms and coming Joshua B. Porter finicky. They want their to DVD/Blu-Ray/4K childhood memories Democrat correspondent May 19 represented in a way f you played video games between that doesn’t deviate too far from the 1985-1995 you were either a look and feel of what they remember, Nintendo or a Sega kid. Back while always blazing its own trail with in the dark ages of entertainment of something fresh for modern audiences. the late-80s there were four main After a bit of production growing pains, television stations, expensive cable to “Sonic the Hedgehog” is successful on give you a couple dozen more and two both fronts. major video game companies fighting This film first started getting heavy it out. publicity for all the wrong reasons. This While Nintendo was what most past summer the first teaser poster kids were playing with their Mario and trailer were released, showing and Zelda cartridges (hunks of hard everyone what the “live action” version plastic that you would place inside of Sonic looked like. The verdict? He a toy-looking machine to boot up a looked like ... something. After fans game), I was always a Sega guy. This gave a unanimous thumbs down the started in 1986 when my parents filmmakers delayed the release from bought me a Sega Master System, a November until February, went back to video game console that was having its the drawing board to redesign (make lunch handed to it by the immensely him look more like the video game more popular Nintendo Entertainment version) the title character and make System. I was the only kid in the longtime fans happy. neighborhood that had one. In 1990 I found this a bit precarious. FilmI got a Sega Genesis and soon after makers need to have the breathing the game company introduced the room to place their vision of a story or world to a small, blue Hedgehog as character at the forefront without the its mascot. After that, pretty much interference of the public, who haven’t everyone I knew had a Sega until the read the script or have any context as to Sony Playstation came along in 1995 why a character looks the way he does. and wiped the floor clean with both Next, audiences will be convincing companies. studios to change casting decisions If you would have told me 30 years once they’re announced. Could you ago that the little blue blur would have imagine if Warner Bros. fired Heath the highest-grossing video game movie Ledger after the outcry that came with adaptation of all time (not adjusted him being cast as the Joker in 2006? for inflation) I would have wondered Admittedly, Sonic did not look good where the Mario Bros. were hiding. The in early trailers. I don’t know if they Italian plumbers did have their own big were trying to give him a more realistic screen debut in 1993, but unlike Sonic look, but his old look came across as the film was a critical and commercial a frizzy haired animal with human flop. The less said about 1993’s “Super dentures. All the hard work the FX Mario Bros.” the better. Sonic, however, team put in the last six months has paid off. He may not be as textured as sped to the second highest-grossing film of 2020 and, unless we all get back they would like with the heavy time to the cineplex sometime in the coming crunch, but he looks the way Sonic the Hedgehog should. months, it may stay that way. The film itself is fun, entertaining and Due to the COVID-19 crisis causing an easy escape for the family. Writers movie theaters to shut down, “Sonic Patrick Casey and Josh Miller fill the the Hedgehog” was forced to end script with enough nods to the original its theatrical window a bit early but
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games to keep older fans happy, while director Jeff Fowler keeps the film moving at a fast (no pun intended) pace while essentially making a buddy cop movie between the furry title character voiced by Ben Schwartz and James Marsden’s Sheriff Tom. The movie never takes itself too seriously, keeping the comedy front and center. I certainly chuckled at a few of the one-liners and having Jim Carrey as the evil “Dr. Robotnik” helps elevate not only the comedy (even if it is hamhanded at times) but the film itself with Carrey’s star power. For a film like this children are
sometimes the best critics. For his part, my little one loved the film, declaring, “Sonic went so fast and beat bad guy! I want to do it again!” That means he loved it and wants to watch it five times a day for the next two weeks. High marks for a kid who’s never heard of the character before. Hey, he’s three-and-a-half. Joshua B. Porter is a writer/director/ producer. His most recent project, the music video “When You Know” by the band Sunny State, can now be streamed on Youtube.com. He can be reached at @joshuabporter or joshuabporter@ mtdemocrat.net.
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Co-production with American Stage | 2018 Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle Awards Winner for Outstanding Play Oct. 14 through Nov. 15 Sherri Rosen-Mason is head of the admissions department at a New England prep school, fighting to diversify the student body. Alongside her husband, the school’s headmaster, they’ve largely succeeded in bringing a stodgy institution into the 21st century. But when their only son sets his sights on an Ivy League university, personal ambition collides with progressive values with convulsive results.
ACRAMENTO — Capital Stage’s 16th season will be the fifth season at the helm of Producing Artistic Director Michael Stevenson. Cancelations of last season’s “Admissions” and “Pass Over” due to the coronavirus pandemic will not discourage Stevenson’s determination to bring these cutting edge pieces to the Sacramento public. They will both be included in this upcoming season, set to begin Aug. 26. These six remarkable stories speak to us about characters who hold true to their beliefs and each of these stories reveals the hope and courage of the human spirit. Subscriptions are available now by contacting the box office at (916) 995-5464 or visiting capstage. org. Single tickets will go on sale Aug. 1. Current subscribers who renew before June 15 will enjoy the subscriber benefit of seating priority, either to keep their seats or request different seats before the
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Sacramento premiere 2018 NY Times Critics Pick April 28 through May 30, 2021 Moses and Kitch stand around on the corner — passing the time and hoping that maybe today will be different. As they dream of their promised land, a stranger wanders into their space with his own agenda and derails their plans. Emotional and lyrical, “Pass Over” crafts everyday profanities into poetic and humorous riffs, exposing the unquestionable human spirit of young men stuck in a cycle just looking for a way out.
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Sacramento premiere Jan. 20 through Feb. 21, 2021 During World War II Gordon Hirabayashi, a student at University of Washington in Seattle, fights the U.S. government’s orders to forcibly remove and mass incarcerate all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. As he struggles to reconcile his country’s betrayal with his passionate belief in the U.S. Constitution, Gordon begins a 50-year journey toward a greater understanding of America’s triumphs — and a confrontation with its failures.
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Public Notices ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PC 20200138 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Samantha Christen filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: SAMANTHA CHRISTEN PEGGY LAVENE WHEELER PEGGY WHEELER RAGLAND PEGGY SAMANTHA CHRISTEN P. SAMANTHA CHRISTEN PEGGY LAVENE BROWN PEGGY BROWN PEGGY RAGLAND PEGGY WHEELER PEGGY LAVENE WHEELER Proposed name: SAMANTHA LAVENE CHRISTEN SAMANTHA LAVENE CHRISTEN SAMANTHA LAVENE CHRISTEN SAMANTHA LAVENE CHRISTEN SAMANTHA LAVENE CHRISTEN SAMANTHA LAVENE CHRISTEN SAMANTHA LAVENE CHRISTEN SAMANTHA LAVENE CHRISTEN SAMANTHA LAVENE CHRISTEN SAMANTHA LAVENE CHRISTEN 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: MAY 1, 2020, 8:30 A.M. DEPT. 9 AT SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF EL DORADO, 3321 Cameron Park Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682. 3. A copy of the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Mountain Democrat. This order has been filed on MARCH 6, 2020. /s/ Dylan Sullivan DYLAN SULLIVAN, Judge of the Superior Court. 3/27, 4/3, 4/10, 4/17 7630 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000290 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ESQUE RECORDS, located at 2687 Coloma Ct., Placerville, CA 95667/Mailing Address: 2487 Coloma Ct., Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Kurt Travis, 2687 Coloma 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: March 6, 2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Kurt Travis KURT TRAVIS 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 March 6, 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) 3/27, 4/3, 4/10, 4/17 7642 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000281 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: POlYNESIAN GIRl, located at 3000 Gopher Hole Rd., Placerville, CA 95667/Mailing Address: PO Box 298, Somerset, CA 95684 Registered owner(s): Island Girl Wines, LLC, 3000 Gopher Hole Rd., Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company, State of LLC: California. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: January 17, 2017. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jeremy Vander Velde JEREMY VANDER VELDE, MANAGING MEMBER 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 March 5, 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) 3/27, 4/3, 4/10, 4/17 7643 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000284 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PROMO SWARM, located at 3941 Park Dr. Ste. 20-570, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): EFFECTIV MARKETING, 701 San Marino Ct., El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company , State of LLC: CALIFORNIA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Ashley Rybar ASHLEY RYBAR, MANAGING MEMBER 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 March 5, 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) 3/27, 4/3, 4/10, 4/17 7644 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000313 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SHAMASH SOlUTIONS, located at 3781 Coon Hollow Road, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): 1. Jennifer Stott, 3781 Coon Hollow Road, Placerville, CA 95667, 2. James Stott, 3781 Coon Hollow Road, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by a Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: March 13, 2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jennifer Stott JENNIFER STOTT 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 March 13, 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) 3/27, 4/3, 4/10, 4/17 7645 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000315 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EURO TIlE, located at 3440 Tah Nee Way, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Marcel V. Sangeorzan, 3440 Tah Nee Way, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: March 16, 2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Marcel V. Sangeorzan MARCEL V. SANGEORZAN 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 March 16, 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) 4/10, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1 7654
El DORADO IRRIGATION DISTRICT ADVERTISEMENT TO BID El DORADO MAIN (EDM) #1 PRESSURE REDUCING STATION (PRS) #5 UPGRADE PROJECT NO. 17016.01 CONTRACT NO. E20-01 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed Bids will be received no later than 3:00 p.m., local time, on May 13, 2020, at the Lobby Desk of the El Dorado Irrigation District Office, 2890 Mosquito Road, Placerville, CA 95667 for Construction Services for the EDM #1 PRS #5 Upgrade, Project No. 17016.01. Bids must be delivered before the submittal deadline, at which time they will be publicly opened and read. District will reject all Bids received after the specified time and will return such Bids to Bidders unopened. The work shall consist of rehabilitating a pressure reducing station on El Dorado Main #1 including SCADA and electrical improvements. Bidding Documents contain the full description of the Work. A California Classification A contractor’s license is required. A mandatory pre-bid meeting and site visit is scheduled for 9:00 a.m., local time, Friday, April 24, 2020 at the Lobby Desk of the El Dorado Irrigation District Office, 2890 Mosquito Rd., Placerville, CA 95667. PUBLIC WORKS LAWS. The project is a public works project subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). To be qualified for this project, a contractor must be registered with the DIR. In addition, pursuant to prevailing wage laws, copies of the prevailing wage rates are on file at the District’s principal office and are available on request. Contract documents and drawings are only available electronically. Contract Documents may be obtained on the District’s website located at http://www.eid. org/doing-business-with-eid/procurementand-contracts. The Engineer’s Estimate is between $650,000 and $700,000. Questions regarding this project should be directed to the Project Manager by emailing Mr. Patrick Wilson at pwilson@ eid.org, or by calling 530-642-4079. Dated this 3rd day of April, 2020 EL DORADO IRRIGATION DISTRICT /s/ Elizabeth Dawson Elizabeth Dawson, P.E. Engineering Manager 4/3, 4/10, 4/17 7657 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ERWIN H. lUTZ CASE NO. PP20200052 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ERWIN H. LUTZ. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by SUSAN DIDRIKSEN in the Superior Court of California, County of EL DORADO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that SUSAN DIDRIKSEN 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: 06/03/20 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
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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. Attorney for Petitioner ROBIN C. BEVIER - SBN 127999 THE LAW OFFICES OF ROBIN CLARK BEVIER & ASSOCIATES PC 2479 SUNRISE BLVD GOLD RIVER CA 95670 4/10, 4/13, 4/17/20 CNS-3358003# THE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT 4/10, 4/13, 4/17 7667 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000347 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TC POWER EQUIPMENT REPAIR, located at 6673 Merchandise Way, Diamond Springs, CA 95619/Mailing Address: 6671 Merchandise Way, Diamond Springs, CA 95619 Registered owner(s): Thordsen Customs LLC, 6671 Merchandise Way, Diamond Springs, CA 95619 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company, State of LLC: California. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: March 5, 2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Alan Thordsen ALAN THORDSEN, MANAGING MEMBER 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 March 31, 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) 4/10, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1 7670
PUBlIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE - In accordance with Sec.106 of the Programmatic Agreement, T-Mobile West, LLC plans to upgrade an existing telecommunications facility at 3170 Gold Nugget Way Placerville, CA 95667 . Please direct comments to Gavin L. at 818-898-4866 regarding site SC09143A. 4/17, 4/20/20 CNS-3358894# THE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT 4/17, 4/20 7671 PUBlIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE - In accordance with Sec.106 of the Programmatic Agreement, T-Mobile West, LLC plans to upgrade an existing telecommunications facility at 2585 Cold Springs Road Placerville, CA 95667 . Please direct comments to Gavin L. at 818-898-4866 regarding site SC14644Z. 4/17, 4/20/20 CNS-3359894# THE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT 4/17, 4/20 7676 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000350 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CAMERON PARK FAMIlY TAEKWONDO ACADEMY, located at 4100 Cameron Park Dr. #123, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): James Wright Carswell, III, 4100 Cameron Park Dr. #123, Cameron Park, CA 95682 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: March 27, 2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ James W. Carswell, III JAMES W. CARSWELL, III 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 April 2, 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) 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8 7677
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PC 20200182 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Matthew Bogert filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MATTHEW DANIEL BOGERT Proposed name: MATTHEW DANIEL REIMER 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: JUNE 26, 2020, 8:30 A.M. DEPT. 9 AT SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF EL DORADO, 3321 Cameron Park Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682. 3. A copy of the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Mountain Democrat. This order has been filed on MARCH 27, 2020. /s/ Dylan Sullivan DYLAN SULLIVAN, Judge of the Superior Court 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8 7678
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000355 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MOBIlE HOME MATTERS, located at 4410 Dust Cloud Dr., Shingle Springs, CA 95682/Mailing Address: PO Box 737, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): 1. Shareen Baker, 4410 Dust Cloud Dr., Shingle Springs, CA 95682, 2. John Baker, 4410 Dust Cloud Dr., Shingle Springs, CA 95682 This business is conducted by a Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: March 31, 2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Shareen Baker SHAREEN BAKER /s/ John Baker JOHN BAKER 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 April 3, 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) 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8 7679 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000330 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN, located at 2264 Lake Tahoe Blvd. #6, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 Registered owner(s): V and K Food Corp, 2264 Lake Tahoe Blvd. #6, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 This business is conducted by a Corporation, State of Incorporation: CA. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: March 12, 1984. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Lisa Kern LISA KERN, TREASURER 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 March 20, 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) 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8 7680
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PC 20200186 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Wayne Allen Kuhlman filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: WAYNE ALLEN KUHLMAN Proposed name: WAYNE ALLEN KUHLMANN 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: JUNE 26, 2020, 8:30 A.M. DEPT. 9 AT SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF EL DORADO, 3321 Cameron Park Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682. 3. A copy of the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Mountain Democrat. This order has been filed on APRIL 8, 2020. /s/ Dylan Sullivan DYLAN SULLIVAN, Judge of the Superior Court 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8 7681 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF HElEN A. POWEll AKA HElEN ANN POWEll CASE NO. PP20200061 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of HELEN A. POWELL aka HELEN ANN POWELL A PETITION for Probate has been filed by VICKI PALMBERG in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that VICKI PALMBERG 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: June 24, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 8 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. Attorney for Petitioner: DONALD P. MADSEN Wheatley, Sopp & Madsen, LLP 81 Blue Ravine Rd., Ste. 230 Folsom, CA 95630 (916) 923-9347 4/17, 4/24, 5/1 7682 ORDINANCE NO. 5120 AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A FEE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE OF A BODY BY THE CORONER THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF EL DORADO DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: ORDINANCE AMENDING EL DORADO COUNTY ORDINANCE CODE TITLE 8 – PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, SECTION 8.20.100 - CORONER FEES Sections amended: 8.20.100 – Coroner Fees Section 1. El Dorado County Ordinance Code Title 8 – Public Health and Safety, Chapter 8.20 – Cemeteries, section 8.20.100 – Coroner fees, is hereby amended in its entirety as follows: Chapter 8.20 – CEMETERIES Sec. 8.20.100 – Coroner fees. A. The fee to be charged for embalming or cremation of bodies which have been taken into custody of the County Coroner pursuant to law shall be authorized by statute or Board of Supervisors resolution. In those cases where the decedent’s next of kin cannot be located within a reasonable period of time after the body has been taken into custody by the Coroner, the fee shall be authorized by statute or Board of Supervisors resolution. B. Whenever the Coroner takes custody of a body pursuant to law, the Coroner shall charge and collect from the person entitled to control the disposition of the body, including those specified in Health and Safety Code Section 7100, a fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00), as authorized by Government Code Section 27472 and increased pursuant to Government Code Section 54985, for removing the body from the place of death and keeping the body until its release to the person responsible for its internment. Said fee shall not be charged in any of the following circumstances: 1. The person entitled to control of the disposition of the body claims and proves to be indigent; 2. The body is that of a person under the age of fourteen (14); 3. The Coroner ascribes the death to the criminal act of another unless the Coroner has reasonable cause to believe that the deceased was involved in any criminal activity which contributed to his or her death; or 4. The Coroner takes custody of a body over the objection of the person entitled to control its disposition and the Corner later determines, at the Coroner’s sole discretion, that it was not necessary to take custody of the body. C. The fee authorized by paragraph B of this section, if not paid, shall be considered a part of the funeral expenses and paid as a preferred charge against the estate of the decedent, pursuant to Government Code Section 27472. D. Remains will be stored in the Morgue facility at no charge up to forty – eight hours (48) after notification to the next of kin that remains are released for disposition. If the remains are not picked up forty - eight hours (48) after notification a storage fee of twenty dollars ($20) per day will be assessed to off-set costs associated with storing the body. Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and shall become effective thirty (30) days following adoption hereof. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of El Dorado at a regular meeting of said Board, held on the 14 day of April , 2020, by the following vote of said Board: Ayes: Hidahl, Frentzen, Veerkamp, Parlin, Novasel Noes: None Absent: None ATTEST Kim Dawson Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By /s/ Tabetha Smith Deputy Clerk /s/ Brian K. Veerkamp Chairman, Board of Supervisors APPROVED AS TO FORM DAVID LIVINGSTON COUNTY COUNSEL By /s/ Stephen L. Mansell, Deputy County Counsel 4/17 7684
PUBlIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAl IMPACT REPORT AND NOTICE OF PUBlIC SCOPING MEETING FOR THE PERMIT 21112 PROJECT In accordance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq., and the State CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 15, Section 15000 et seq., the El Dorado Irrigation District (District or EID) will be preparing an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for its proposed modification of Water Right Permit 21112 (proposed project or project). The purpose of this Notice of Preparation (NOP) is to provide an opportunity for the public, interested parties, and public agencies to comment on the scope and proposed content of the EIR. If you are a Responsible or Trustee Agency with jurisdiction by law over natural resources held in public trust, the District needs to know what environmental information germane to your statutory responsibilities should be included in the EIR. A description of the proposed modification of Water Right Permit 21112, the location of the components related to Water Right Permit 21112, and a listing of probable environmental effects of the modification of Water Right Permit 21112 are provided in the NOP. The District has determined that the project may result in potentially significant environmental effects and, consequently, an EIR is required; therefore, an Initial Study has not been prepared. The EIR will address the full range of potentially significant environmental effects of the proposed project and feasible alternatives to the proposed project that meet CEQA requirements. DOCUMENT REVIEW & AVAIlABIlITY: The 30-day public review period begins on April 17, 2020 and ends on May 18, 2020. A copy of the NOP is available for public review at 2890 Mosquito Road, Placerville, CA 95667, or online at http://www.eid. org/regulatory/environmental-docs-ceqanepa-. PUBlIC SCOPING MEETING: The District will conduct a public scoping meeting to inform interested parties about the project, and to provide agencies and the public with an opportunity to provide comments on the scope and content of the EIR. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the scoping meeting will be convened via a teleconference format. The public is invited to participate in the scoping meeting by recorded teleconference via the instructions provided below. Members of the public who observe the meeting via teleconference will be given the opportunity to ask questions and/or provide comments on the scope of the analysis to be included in the environmental impact report. The meeting materials are available for download from the District’s web site at www.eid.org. The meeting will be held on April 30, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. To join the meeting using your phone: United States: 1 310-372-7549; Access Code: 281391 PROVIDING COMMENTS ON THIS NOTICE OF PREPARATION: Comments on this NOP must be provided within 30 days. Written and/or email comments on the NOP should be provided at the earliest possible date, but must be received by 5:00 p.m. on May 18. If you wish to comment on the contents of the upcoming EIR, please send your comments (including, if applicable, the name of a contact person in your agency) to: El Dorado Irrigation District 2890 Mosquito Road Placerville, CA 95667 Attn: Brian Deason, Environmental Resources Supervisor Phone: (530) 642-4064 E-mail: P21112@eid.org Comments provided by email should include the name and mailing address of the commenter in the body of the email and include “Water Right Permit 21112 Project” in the subject line. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and California law, it is the policy of the El Dorado Irrigation District to offer its public programs, services and meetings in a manner that is readily accessible to everyone, including individuals with disabilities. If you are a person with a disability and require information or materials in an appropriate alternative format; or if you require any other accommodation for this meeting, please contact the EID ADA coordinator at 530-642-4045 or e-mail at adacoordinator@eid.org at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. Advance notification within this guideline will enable the District to make reasonable accommodations to ensure accessibility. 4/17 7685
NOTICE OF PUBlIC HEARING Pursuant to California Government Code section 25124(b) (1), the County of El Dorado Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing in the Board of Supervisors Meeting Room, 330 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 on May 5, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. to consider the second reading and final passage of proposed amendments to the Title 130 Zoning Ordinance, Section 130.14.260 (Outdoor Medical Cannabis Cultivation for Personal Use). The proposed amendments will make the County’s cannabis cultivation for personal use ordinance consistent with state law, which allows for the cultivation of no more than six cannabis plants per residence for either medicinal use or recreational use by adults over the age of twenty-one. The proposed amendments will provide the reasonable regulations for up to six cannabis plants per residence for personal use only, with indoor cultivation allowed in all zones allowing for residential uses and outdoor cultivation allowed in all zones allowing for residential uses except Multi-unit Residential. The existing ordinance provides for outdoor cultivation for only medicinal use based on square footage. The proposed amendments would no longer distinguish between cannabis grown for medicinal use versus recreational use by adults over the age of twenty-one and would instead impose consistent regulations for all cannabis grown for personal use. The proposed amendments also make changes to the existing civil enforcement program for cannabis. (County Contact: Creighton Avila) (Exemption pursuant to Sections 15061(b)(3), 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3), 15305, and 15308 of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines.) The Planning Commission recommended approval of the proposed amendments at a public hearing on April 9, 2020 and also recommended that the Board of Supervisors review the policy in one year. A full and complete copy of the full text of the proposed Ordinance is available for viewing in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors at 330 Fair Lane, Placerville, California. All persons interested are invited to write their comments to the Board of Supervisors in advance of the hearing. In light of COVID19, all persons are encouraged to observe and participate in the hearing remotely, and in-person attendance may be restricted depending on the current COVID-19 recommendations as the hearing date approaches. For the current remote options, including whether in-person attendance is allowed, please check the meeting Agenda no less than 72 hours before the meeting, which will be posted at https://eldorado.legistar.com/ Calendar.aspx. If you challenge the application in court, you may be limited to raising only those items you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing. Any written correspondence should be directed to the Board of Supervisors at 330 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 or via e-mail: edc.cob@edcgov.us. COUNTY OF EL DORADO PLANNING COMMISSION TIFFANY SCHMID, Executive Secretary April 17, 2020 4/17 7683
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April 29 Make-A-Wish of Northeastern & Central California and Northern Nevada hosts a virtual Toast to Hope starting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 29. Enjoy incredibly inspiring and hopeful stories during this first online event. Join Make-A-Wish on your computer, tablet or Smart TV and participate live on Youtube, Facebook and more. For more information and to RSVP visit facebook. com/events/533460894027258/.
Rescheduled The date of the Placerville Shakespeare Club’s 2020 annual Giant Rummage Sale has been changed to Friday, Sept. 11, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 12, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 2940 Bedford Ave. in Placerville. In addition, a Saturday only garden sale will begin at 8 a.m. For more information visit placerville-shakespeare.com. Imagination Theater on the El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville has rescheduled its production of “Frozen Jr.” Opening night will be Friday, Sept. 11, and the show will run through Sept. 27. For more information visit imaginationtheater.net.
Cancelation The North Auburn Artists will not host its annual Mother’s Day Weekend Tour this May. It does, however, plan to open studios for the Father’s Day weekend, June 20 & 21. Updates will continue to be provided online at northauburnartists.com.
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scientists there. It was a fascinating tour, not just for them, but for me too.” After the tour, the boys were both “gung-ho” about future careers at Intel. On the second Sunday of each month Salas takes the boys to breakfast at the veterans building in Placerville. While they enjoy the fresh fruit, eggs and pancakes they particularly enjoy the stories they hear. “Some of them are 70 to 80 years old,” Salas said. “They get to talk to them and just gain a little different perspective about life. It’s such a wonderful opportunity for them to learn something about other people.” Salas said he came from a lowincome household and wants to show
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the boys that by putting in hard work and being persistent nothing can limit their future. “He reminds his Littles that a humble beginning does not in any way limit their potential,” Luddy said. Salas said when he was young he hadn’t strayed too far from where he lived until a middle school teacher took the class on a field trip to a different part of San Francisco. It opened up his mind up to the possibilities out there and he’s sharing that message with the boys. Nearly every place he goes with them is somewhere they haven’t been before. The Big and his Littles have gone to Sacramento Kings games, attended
the California Capital Airshow and watched performances at Imagination Theater and the Harris Center for the Arts, among other activities. Away from Angel and Jordan, Salas helps out in the BBBS-NS office and at events to teach mentors. He translated all the office’s forms to Spanish, assists in communicating with Spanishspeaking families and helps inspire his fellow mentors at mentorship events. About six months ago, Salas’ wife Kathy became a Big Sister. “If anybody wants to do it, I think they need volunteers all the time,” Salas said. “There’s a lot of kids out there who need somebody to show them the way.”
feature 50-minute digital walking tours through the Historic City Cemetery and Old Sacramento Waterfront highlighted by 10 stops at each location. The tours can be accessed at sachistorymuseum.org or downloaded free of charge from the App Store or Google Play by searching Anytime Tours. In addition, the museum has launched a robust “Home Made History” series of at-home activities that include games, videos, coloring pages and more. New programs are added each week and can be accessed at sachistorymuseum.org. For more information about upcoming activities offered by Sacramento area museums, “like” them on Facebook at Facebook. com/SacMuseums, follow them on
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