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Highway for a hero Declaration of Eric Jaramishian Staff writer
A stretch of Highway 50 in Placerville is now the Deputy Sheriff Brian “Ish” Ishmael Memorial Highway. The El Dorado County Sheriff ’s Office unveiled signs for the memorial highway Monday morning as Ishmael’s family, friends and colleagues gathered at the sheriff ’s headquarters for the Courtesy photo special event. El Dorado County Sheriff John D’Agostini speaks to a crowd gathered at the sheriff’s headquarters for the unveiling of the Deputy Sheriff Brian “Ish” Ishmael Memorial Highway sign. n See Hero, page A8
Independence
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
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he unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by See Declaration of Independence, page A13
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Saluting our States DELAWARE
Statehood: Dec. 7, 1787
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Statehood: Dec. 12, 1787
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• Motto: Virtue, Liberty & Independence
• Bird: Blue Hen Chicken
• Flower: Mountain Laurel
• Drink: Milk
• Bird: Ruffed Grouse
• Bug: Ladybug
• Dance: Polka
• Marine Animal: Horseshoe Crab
• Insect: Firefly
Statehood: Dec. 18, 1787 • Flower: Common Meadow Violet
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Foundation in it for the long run Eric Jaramishian Staff writer The El Dorado Community Foundation’s effort to help county residents impacted by the Caldor Fire disaster has not stopped and probably will not stop for another three years, according the nonprofit’s Executive Director Bill Roby.
“We’re still accumulating more financial revenue so we can continue through the next couple of years because they are going to need financial assistance,” Roby told the Mountain Democrat. “(There) will be a lot of work to do when it comes to gravel, tree removal, generators and water lines.” Some 5,000 evacuees applied and were approved for the organization’s relief
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