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Second COVID19 death reported in El Dorado County Dylan Svoboda Staff writer El Dorado County officials on Monday reported a second death caused by COVID-19.

The victim, a Placerville man between the age of 50 and 64, died in an out-of-county hospital.

The county’s first coronavirus-caused death came July 17. A South Lake Tahoe man older than 65 died.

El Dorado’s second COVID-19 fatality comes as active cases in the county appear to be falling, though a glitch in the state’s coronavirus tracking system may be skewing those numbers.

After reporting 26 new cases and 36 assumed recoveries, known, active coronavirus cases in El Dorado County are down to 158 after creeping up over 200 in late July.

The county reported one additional hospitalization and two additional ICU patients, bringing totals to four and three, respectively.

Since the first case was reported March 20, a total of 755 coronavirus cases have been found in county residents as of Tuesday morning.

Schools oppose state’s new funding policy n Public charters file

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Senate Bill 98, the California budget bill passed in June 2020, is rubbing John Adams Academy Executive Director Joseph Benson the wrong way. So much so that he and students, parents and school leaders from four public charter school organizations formally filed a joint lawsuit against the state last week to stop one part of the complex legislation, which denies n

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A crowd gathers along Placerville Drive in Placerville Friday to demand a recall of Gov. Gavin Newson and show support for local law enforcement and President Donald Trump.

Rally calls for recall

& support for the badge Dawn Hodson Staff writer

waving American flags.

“I’m here for my dad, my brother and my friends who are or were in law enforcement,” said Peggy Phillips.

“I feel like they are under attack,” she continued. “When I was little my dad would put on his badge every day to protect us. He risked making my mom a widow and us orphans to protect us. He fought the bad guys so we didn’t have to.”

Other people held up signs supporting Trump and carving the state of

Supporters of local law enforcement, President Donald Trump and of impeaching Gov. Gavin Newsom gathered in Placerville Friday afternoon.

Carrying flags and signs and sporting plenty of red, white and blue, approximately 100 people stood on Placerville Drive waving to passersby, many of whom honked Volunteers collect signatures at the rally to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom. and waved back.

One supporter was Bruce Radditz of El Jefferson out of California.

Dorado Hills. “I’m here to support law enforcement.

Terry Gherardi, one of the key organizers of the rally, Our sheriff ’s department is fantastic. They have a lot along with Todd White, both members of the El Dorado on their plate and I appreciate them.” n See Rally, page A3 Nearby a woman stood with her daughter, both

November ballot might be shorter than tribe hoped Pat Lakey Staff writer It appears that issues regarding Placerville’s future and a “sacred site” that a local Native American tribe was trying to have placed before voters in November’s election did not make the deadline and won’t be on the ballot.

Tribal authorities are crying foul and promise to bring the matter before the Superior Court, alleging the city could still have the questions sent to voters — if the city wanted.

Wopumnes Nisenan-Mewuk spokewoman Lisa Perdichizzi pointed out the city recently was considering placing on the ballot the question regarding whether a hangman’s noose should be on city stationery and other property — without the city having to collect signatures from registered Placerville voters as is required for the general public — and thus the process is unfair.

Perdichizzi said with the constraints born of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been difficult to gather “wet” signatures, where there has to be face-to-face

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“The tribe will be seeking a court order … to include a stay to cease and desist on (our) sacred site to ensure the public has a chance to vote …”

— Lisa Perdichizzi, Wopumnes tribe spokeswoman contact with people as they are asked to sign the petition, as opposed to gathering them electronically.

That process was something members of the public often asked about in the past few weeks as petition circulators worked local farmers markets and other venues, according to Perdichizzi.

“Voters asked whether they could sign the petition online, not realizing ... state law requires gatherers must personally attest they witnessed each signature,” she explained.

“Due to the reverberations of the shelter-in-place and social-distancing orders, along with the weekly protests by Black Lives Matter, signature gathering has been slower than expected,” said Perdichizzi,

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conceding that the required 895 signatures per ballot issue had not been collected as of Monday.

The ballot questions regard a site on upper Broadway where the city is building a bikeway that the tribe said encroached on an ancient site, causing damage; whether the Druid Monument at Cedar Ravine Road and Clay and Main streets should be moved; what prescribed uses will fall to the two historical buildings that comprise “Old City Hall” on Main Street; the future of a historical district; and conferring upon the Wopumnes tribe legal “consultant status” so they may be officially recognized on questions regarding city actions pertinent to their interests.

Placerville City Manager Cleve Morris said the matter is simple: The tribe did not make the deadlines involved and even if Placerville officials had a way of pushing for the questions to appear on the ballot El Dorado County Elections does not have time to make that happen. The deadline for items to appear on the Nov. 7 ballot has passed. n

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Donald Eugene Huey Jr.

Phyllis Cook

Donald Eugene Huey Jr. of Shingle Springs died on Aug. 1, 2020 in Placerville, Calif., due to complications from prostate cancer. Don was born in LaPlata, Md., on April 16, 1945.

He was 75-years-old.

With the exception of Marine Corps-related family moves in his childhood and early teens and his time as an IBM auditor in Southeast Asia, Don lived his life in California. He attended Folsom High School, where he played varsity football and basketball. In his senior year, Don was a two-way starter on the undefeated Bulldog football team and was named Best Defensive Lineman. The 1962 Folsom Bulldogs won the Golden Empire League title and were ranked No. 1 in Northern California at season’s end. Don was voted to the Sacramento County all-conference team. In 1965, Don played for the Fullerton Junior College national champion football team.

Don graduated from California State University, Sacramento in 1968 with a bachelor of science in industrial management and immediately went to work for IBM. He received his master’s degree in psychology from Pepperdine University in 1982 and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from International College in 1985. Don’s career combined work as an administrative manager, international auditor and a psychologist, often doing seminars for managers and staff on anxiety, stress management and motivating employees to do their best work. Don’s marriage to Patricia Morrison Huey ended in 1984 and he never remarried.

Even before retirement, Don began his work with the homeless in Orange County, cooking at the Orange County Rescue Mission in the early morning hours before work. He continued these volunteer activities after retirement. In 2016, Don “moved back home” to the Sacramento area, buying a beautiful house on a tree-covered hillside in Shingle Springs. It was here that Don reconnected with old friends and teammates, made new friends in his neighborhood and worked at “Common Ground,” a wonderful food and clothing distribution program at the Green Valley Community Church.

His coworkers at Common Ground became Don’s extended family and the clients and their families warmed his heart. In the end, even as his cancer worsened, Don found his greatest happiness when he was spreading joy to others. There is a message in that for us all.

Don is survived by his sisters; Kay (Huey) Grable of Roseville, Calif., and Susan (Huey) Labate of Littleton, Colo., his brothers Steven Huey of Austin, Texas and Michael Huey of Gainesville, Fla.; brother-in-law John Labate and sister-in-law Fontaine (Reischman) Huey and 16 nieces and nephews. He also leaves behind scores of friends and admirers and, of course, his beloved cat Jake.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Col. Donald E. Huey Sr. and Margaret D. (Heil) Huey, and his sisters Donna Jean (Huey) Beers and Lynne Marie (Huey) Colver.

Don’s celebration of life will take place outdoors on Saturday, Aug. 29 at 11:30 a.m. at Green Valley Community Church, 2500 Missouri Flat Road, Placerville, CA 95667. There will be appropriate physical distancing and we ask that all attendees wear a mask or face covering. There will be a light outdoor luncheon after the celebration. Dress is casual. For those unable to attend, the service will be videotaped. In lieu of flowers (which frankly, Don couldn’t have cared less about), the family asks that you consider a gift to Common Ground at the Green Valley Community Church. Every donation will bring a smile to Don’s face and the faces of the individuals and families who depend upon Common Ground to make ends meet during these extraordinary and difficult times. For additional obituary and service information, go to greenvalleymortuary.com.

Phyllis Cook was born on Feb. 1, 1926 in Riverside, Calif., and left this world on July 26, 2020 at the age of 94. She was a beloved member of the Placerville community, having worked for Mother Lode Bank, Bank of America and Security Pacific for many years. She was married to Roland Cook for 70 years before his death in 2016.

She lived in Placerville for more than 62 years and even though she was raised in Southern California, Northern California was her true home.

She had an overwhelming love of family and friends. Her life was filled with camping trips, fishing and hunting trips and sightseeing trips throughout the U.S. She was dedicated to her family and even though she worked most of her life, she was always ready to pack and cook for a trip and be ready to go. Looking back, it is hard to think how she selflessly was able to do that.

Phyllis was a voracious reader and crossword puzzle fanatic. Sadly, she thought it would keep her from getting Alzheimer’s and yet the last 9–10 years robbed her of her usual day-to-day activities with this dreaded disease. She spent the last eight years at Gold Country Retirement Community in skilled nursing. She kept her sense of humor and was a whiz at trivia questions and answers. The staff of Gold Country were truly angels on earth, providing her with dedicated love and care. We are forever grateful for the amazing care she received there. A special thank you to Gilbert Contreras for being a constant familiar friend to mom when everything else seemed so confusing.

During World War II, Phyllis worked at March Field and that is where she met the love of her life, Roland. They met on a blind date and were married six months later on Oct. 20, 1945. She is survived by a son, Darron Cook, a daughter, Gale Pirtle; two grandchildren Sean Pirtle (Alese) and Shelly Blair (Dan) and two great-grandchildren, Jesse and Amy Blair. She is predeceased by her father (Lester Cundiff ), mother (Cecile Myers Cundiff ), stepmother (Nancy Stewart Cundiff ), brothers, (Roland and Don Cundiff ) and many aunts, uncles and cousins and friends.

Phyllis will be greatly missed by those who knew her. She lived a very full life and is dancing with Dad in heaven right now. Rest in Peace. Because of the coronavirus there was a very small gathering at the graveside on Aug. 5 at 10 a.m. As things settle down, we are hoping to have a celebration of life to reminisce about a life well lived and share pictures and memories at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Snowline Hospice, 6520 Pleasant Valley Road, Placerville, CA 95667 or to the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Bernie E. Beller passed away July 26, 2020. He was born Aug. 27, 1930 in Muleshoe, Texas. He leaves behind his wife Betty of 69 and 3/4 years and his son Ron (Sharon) of Minden, Nev. and daughter Linda (Steve) of Ione. He retired after 33 plus years at Bank of America and 20 years of calling for Hangtown Twirlers and did square dancing for 50 years.

At his request no services will be held. Burial will be at Dixon Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Bernie and Betty moved to Ione in July 2018 to be closer to Linda and out of the snow.

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12:36 a.m. A 19-year-old man was arrested on Crooked Mile Court in Rescue on charges of reporting a false emergency to law enforcement.

10:09 a.m. A 41-year-old man and convicted felon was arrested on Zandonella Road in Oak Hill after a traffic stop allegedly revealed he had a suspended diver’s license and was in possession of ammunition.

11:57 a.m. Vandalism was reported on Morrill Court in El Dorado Hills.

12:23 p.m. Deputies were dispatched to a report of theft from a vehicle on Beechwood Drive in El Dorado Hills.

12:45 p.m. Theft was reported in the Greenstone area in Placerville where a suspect stole jewelry during an open house.

12:54 p.m. Vehicle theft was reported on Valley View Parkway in El Dorado Hills.

1:18 p.m. Vehicle burglary was reported on Highway 50 near Placerville.

July 27 7:50 a.m. Two men, ages 32 and 46, were arrested on Missouri Flat Road in Placerville for allegedly possessing illegal drug paraphernalia; one reportedly also possessed large quantities of marijuana and an electric scale.

10:10 a.m. Vandalism was reported on Mother Lode Drive in El Dorado.

10:54 a.m. A victim in Cameron Park reported items were stolen from two vehicles.

12:45 p.m. A 23-year-old man on probation was arrested on Highway 50 near Cameron Park on charges of driving with a suspended license and possessing an unauthorized credit card.

5:47 p.m. An 18-year-old man was arrested on Pony Express Trail in Camino after he was reportedly discovered to be carrying a loaded handgun.

July 28 9:18 a.m. Burglary was reported on Stellar Lane in Pollock Pines.

10 a.m. Trespassing was reported on Cameron Park Drive in Cameron Park.

9:25 a.m. Vehicle burglary was reported on Cimmarron Road in Cameron Park.

11:42 a.m. Vehicle burglary was reported on Red Hawk Parkway in Shingle Springs.

4:45 p.m. A 32-year-old man was arrested for allegedly attempting to enter multiple vehicles on Mother Lode Drive in Shingle Springs.

10:30 p.m. A 44-year-old woman with an outstanding warrant was arrested on Highway 50 near El Dorado Hills after a vehicle stop revealed the vehicle she was traveling in with two other passengers contained illegal narcotics.

7:08 a.m. A 48-year-old man was arrested on Durock Road in Shingle Springs for reportedly being in possession of illegal drug paraphernalia and driving while under the influence of narcotics.

9:06 a.m. A suspect reportedly used a fraudulent check in the amount of $2,000 on Missouri Flat Road in Placerville.

11:51 a.m. A garage was burglarized on Deer Valley Road in Rescue and four firearms were stolen.

12:21 p.m. Vandalism was reported on Gateway Drive in Georgetown.

8:20 p.m. A 23-year-old man was arrested on Park Drive in El Dorado Hills for reported disorderly conduct due to alcohol intoxication.

July 31 11:50 a.m. A 31-year-old woman was arrested on South Shingle Court in Shingle Springs for allegedly trespassing at a business and possessing a controlled substance.

4:13 p.m. A suspect attempted to break into a residence on Hassler Road in Camino.

9:09 p.m. A 40-year-old man was arrested on Oakmont Lane in Shingle Springs on suspicion of attempting to enter an occupied residence and public intoxication.

9:48 p.m. A 32-year-old man was arrested on Sunset Lane in Shingle Springs on suspicion of damaging property.

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Hit-and-run in Placerville turns fatal Thomas Frey Staff writer

The driver of this Ford Escape struck a tree on Forni Road in Placerville Friday. Despite life-saving efforts by medics the man was pronounced dead upon arrival at Marshall Hospital.

A hit-and-run collision in Placerville Friday afternoon turned fatal.

Placerville resident Martin Miele, 69, the driver of a maroon 2005 Ford Escape, fled the scene of a hit-and-run near Main Street and headed up Forni Road past Fulmer’s Auto Body & Paint at a frantic pace, according to investigators with the Placerville office of the California Highway Patrol.

As Miele drove up Forni Road, which has just one lane in each direction, he failed to control his vehicle and swerved to stay on the road, states the CHP report. He crossed over the eastbound lane, sideswiping a silver Dodge Ram. Miele’s vehicle then traveled off the north edge of Forni Road and struck a tree around 2:51 p.m. Within minutes emergency crews were on scene to aid Miele who was pinned inside the vehicle. Life-saving efforts were attempted by medics as Miele was being transported to Marshall Hospital, but Miele was pronounced deceased upon arrival.

Details about what Miele first hit near Main Street were not available as of press time as the CHP continues to look into the incident. Alcohol has not been ruled out as a contributing factor and the cause of the collision is still under investigation.

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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — A man who became separated from his boat drowned Monday afternoon at Lake Tahoe.

South Lake Tahoe first responders were notified at about 3:40 p.m. that two adult males became separated from their boat approximately oneand-a-half miles offshore, with one of the victims severely injured, according to a press release.

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California DAs ask NFL to pull Stephon Clark PSA El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office Press release The California District Attorneys Association last week asked National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell to pull a video produced by the league as part of its new Inspire Change campaign because it “misrepresents the facts”

of the 2018 officerinvolved shooting death of Sacramento resident Stephon Clark.

Entitled “Stephon Clark’s Legacy” (youtube.com/watch? v=4sJhNoFbcdY), the video features Stephon’s mother, Sequette Clark, speaking about the tragic death of her son who died after being shot by Sacramento police officers in 2018

following an escalating confrontation that ended in the backyard of his grandmother’s home. Noting the video “clearly and poignantly shows the devastating impact Mr. Clark’s death had on his mother,” El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson said, “if the enormity of her grief alone was the content of the video or the purpose behind

the NFL campaign, you would not be hearing from us.”

“Though wellintentioned, the video performs a disservice instead of a public service by omitting the crucial facts which preceded Mr. Clark’s tragic death,” said Pierson who is also the president of the California District Attorneys Association.

Lengthy independent investigations by the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, the California

Attorney General’s Office and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California cleared the officers involved of wrongdoing in the tragedy.

Pierson said the video fails to put into context the circumstances surrounding Stephon’s death and ignores what Attorney General Xavier Becerra described as the “critical facts.”

In part the Attorney General found “evidence establishes that Mr. T:4.7" Clark committed

several unlawful acts by breaking the sliding glass door on a neighboring home as well as breaking into cars and this fact was broadcast by police helicopter.”

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County Republican Party, was collecting signatures to recall Newsom under the shade of a pop-up tent.

“There’s been a steady flow of traffic since early this morning,” she said.

Part of a grassroots effort, there were about 30 teams of supporters throughout the state holding similar rallies, according to Gherardi. Some are an offshoot of different Republican groups.

Others, like Bay Area Conservatives, are people looking, as they describe it, for “a different kind of hope and change.”

“The volunteer force is incredible this year,” Gherardi said, noting their goal is to gather two million signatures.

Gherardi said the deadline for gathering signatures is Nov. 7. If they qualify, a special election will be held.

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Richard B. Esposito Publisher/Editor

Noel Stack Opinion Page Editor

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he March primary election was rough on advocates of new taxes.

Hundreds of tax hikes — sales and parcel taxes, mostly — were placed on the ballot by cities, counties and school districts whose finances were being squeezed.

DAN WALTERS However, voters rejected roughly half of them, reversing what had been a recent trend.

The election occurred as the COVID-19 pandemic was erupting, followed by widespread economic shutdowns to curb the disease. The March election results, the pandemic and the deep recession that resulted gave pause to local officials hoping to place tax increases on the November ballot and one by one, local governments have throttled back on their plans.

Amidst that situation, a state appellate court last month issued an opinion that could make passage of new local taxes easier in the future. The state constitution’s two-thirds voter approval requirement for single-purpose taxes doesn’t apply, the threejudge panel declared, if they reach the ballot via initiative petitions signed by registered voters.

The decision is the latest wrinkle in a legal California voters squabble over such taxes may see a slew arising from a somewhat ambiguous 2017 state of new local tax Supreme Court decision proposals after called “Upland” because a state appellate it dealt with a ballot measure on taxing court ruled that marijuana in that the two-thirds Southern California city. vote requirement Writing the 5-2 majority opinion, doesn’t apply Supreme Court Justice to those placed Mariano-Florentino on the ballot via Cuéllar declared, “Multiple provisions of initiative petitions. the state constitution explicitly constrain the power of local governments to raise taxes. But we will not lightly apply such restrictions on local governments to voter initiatives.”

He thus implied that special purpose taxes placed before voters via initiative may not be affected by the two-thirds vote requirement for taxes sought by governments themselves.

Thereupon, advocates of new taxes quickly turned to the initiative process, hoping that Cuéllar’s opinion would allow them to succeed with only simple-majority votes. Several tests of the theory emerged from the 2018 elections, but trial court judges differed sharply on whether they should be validated.

Two of the tests were San Francisco taxes placed on the ballot via initiatives personally sponsored by members of the city’s Board of Supervisors, one for early childhood education, the other to battle homelessness. Both received less than two-thirds

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Letters to the Editor Thank you, Chief Wren EDITOR: would like to thank Placerville Police Chief Joe Wren for joining modern law enforcement practices by banning the carotid neck hold in Placerville.

The Placerville Police Department is correctly joining other California agencies such as Long Beach, San Diego and San Ramon to ban the practice.

Our state and country need more law enforcement leaders like Chief Joe Wren.

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Armory infrastructure EDITOR: amara Janies’ letter of July 22 overlooks a potential benefit to the community. I’m talking about using the state-owned armory in Placerville as a catalyst to refresh this important part of town.

Given the potential to upgrade affiliated infrastructure, this is Placerville’s chance to be in the driver’s seat on what kind of project would best benefit the city. The city could apply for a State Infill Infrastructure Grant if an affordable housing element is part of the plan. Eligible improvements include development or reconstruction of parks, streets, roads and sidewalks. There is a limit of $7.5 million per qualifying infill project.

Couldn’t we use some re-imagining and upgrades of infrastructure by the fairgrounds? Imagine a more attractive venue for visitors with updated sidewalks connecting the history museum to small businesses near Raley’s, for example. This could go a long way to making the county’s history more accessible to visitors.

While I am an officer of the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors’ appointed Community Economic Development Advisory Committee, I submit these comments as an individual.

FELICITY CARLSON Cameron Park

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political in nature and tries to convince us that those that wear masks are politically motivated to sow fear in society. While Mr. Pease denounces the directive to wear masks as politically driven by the left, he further polarizes this important topic with views from the right, if not the far right.

The pandemic is not about politics. Which makes me wonder why the Mountain Democrat supports Mr. Pease’s foray into health care. Why not carry guest editorials by public health professionals — people who have dedicated their lives to the care of others. The CDC is a good source. It is a worldrespected public health organization that has served through both Republican and Democrat administrations.

Mr. Pease notes that no one can cite anyone they know that has died from the virus. And that supports his theory that the pandemic is a hoax created solely for political reasons? That we shouldn’t pay attention? Instead I would suggest that everyone probably knows someone that is a health professional. Go talk to them, ask them for their views. I hope the Mountain Democrat will do the same. Your readers deserve an objective view.

As for me, I wear a mask. I don’t like it. They are hot, they fog up my glasses, but I wear a mask. It has nothing to do with my political motivations.

I’m a Republican and I wear a mask. Yes, to protect myself, but also to protect others in case I get infected and am asymptomatic. I don’t see it as fear-mongering; I see it as common sense. To me it is simple respect for others.

DON FULLER Shingle Springs

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e should be afraid, but not of wearing a mask. We should be afraid of COVID19. With 4 million cases and more than 140,000 people dead, no vaccine and no effective treatments, fear of this virus is more than justified.

For the Mountain Democrat to give Harold Pease space to give medical advice is an assault on intelligence. The Democrat claims Pease to be an expert on the Constitution. That does not make him credible to give medical advice. To claim that the advice to wear a mask is some kind of left-wing lie against the president to terrorize people is just plain nonsense and does what he accuses others of doing — politicization of this pandemic.

Let’s go back to some old advice: “An ounce of ■

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value. Both commercial alifornia and residential property properties are taxed owners have at 1 percent of that benefitted sales price and annual from Proposition 13 increases are capped at for so long it’s hard to 2 percent. Properties are remember the time only reassessed when before it — when sold or substantially property taxes shot improved. It’s the most up unpredictably year consequential and after year, forcing successful tax reform in seniors from their TED GAINES California history. homes, blowing up But the billions of family budgets and dollars Prop. 13 has saved families and crushing businesses. That ugly past businesses is precisely why it’s become could be in California’s future if the a target for ravenous special interests Proposition 15 “split roll” initiative who want to wring every possible passes this November. Defeating it must be the highest priority for the penny from taxpayers. agriculture industry and everyone who Prop. 15 would undo Prop. 13’s cares about farming and ranching in protections and require annual California. reassessment of some commercial Prop. 13 put the brakes on those wild properties, leading to the same property tax wild west that inspired increases and for the past 42 years it Prop. 13. It would extract up to $12 has guaranteed stable and predictable billion in new, additional taxes from annual property taxes. It mandates Californians. Commercial landowners that property tax assessments are based on a property’s sales price, which will see their taxes skyrocket. Small gives a concrete data point to establish business owners who pay “triple net” The Mountain Democrat welcomes letters up to 300 words. Letters may be edited. We reserve the right to edit submissions. Include your name, address and phone number for verification purposes.

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leases, where they are required to pay their portion of the property tax for the space they rent, will see those costs filter down to them and their already challenged bottom lines.

But, as bad as that would be for the economy overall, split roll takes special aim at agriculture and would sweep across farms and ranches like a wildfire.

Prop. 15 exempts agricultural land from these annual reassessments, but it makes a devious change to the definition of “land.” Currently agricultural “land” includes the land itself, improvements and fixtures.

Prop. 15 eliminates fixtures and improvements and exposes them to annual reassessment.

What does that mean? It means that irrigation systems will be subject to annual tax increases. It means that barns, dairies, fences, processing plants, silos, refrigeration units, storage sheds and much, much more will be subject to annual reassessment.

Incredibly, it will also expose mature fruit and nut trees and vineyards — by the millions — to annual

reassessment. Prop. 15 will turn farms into a tax collector’s playground.

Agriculture is a $50-billion industry in California that supports hundreds of thousands of jobs. Around 90 percent of California farms are still family owned. The industry, as with so many others, is straining from the shocking and unforeseen effects of coronavirus. This massive jolt in tax costs could be the blow that leads to mass sales and closures of family farms and destroy legacies that stretch back more than a century.

California is blessed with some of the world’s best farmland but it’s cursed by some of the worst public policy.

Prop. 15 would only make it harder and more expensive for agriculture to flourish in our state.

Protect farming and ranching by voting “No” on Prop. 15 this November.

Board of Equalization Member Ted Gaines represents nearly 10 million people in California’s First Equalization District. He is the highest-ranking Republican in the state.

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votes, but a local judge, Ethan Schulman, validated them anyway.

However, Fresno Superior Court Judge Kimberly Gaab went the other way on a sales tax measure to improve city parks that received just 52% of the vote. Gaab wrote, “The two-thirds vote requirement applies to all special tax proposals, regardless of the proponent of the proposal.”

Alameda County Superior Court Judge Ronni MacLaren agreed with Gaab, declaring a 2018 Oakland parcel tax for education a failure with 62% of the vote. “Allowing Measure AA to be enacted with less than two-thirds of the votes would constitute a fraud on the voters,” MacLaren wrote.

Given the obvious conflict posed by those and other trial court decisions, the issue was destined to hit the appellate courts and the first to make it was the San Francisco measure imposing new taxes on

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business to battle homelessness.

It resulted in last month’s declaration by San Francisco’s First District Court of Appeal that Cuéllar’s Upland decision does, indeed, mean special taxes proposed in initiatives require only simple-majority passage, not supermajorities.

It was a setback for antitax groups, but other cases are still pending, including one involving Oakland’s education parcel tax. So it’s certain that the issue will eventually make its way back to the Supreme Court for an unambiguous decision.

If the San Francisco tax’s validity is upheld, as seems likely, voters will see a cavalcade of new special tax measures in future elections.

Dan Walters is a journalist and author who writes for CALmatters.org, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.

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know someone who died from COVID-19. What a prevention is worth a pound of cure.” We have no heartless point of view. Thank goodness we don’t. cure so a little prevention seems like a good idea.

Our governor’s plea for us all to “wear a mask, I don’t want it to kill my family, my friends and wash your hands, avoid large gatherings” gives people in my beloved community. us an ounce of prevention. I don’t care that he is I do care and want to protect other people where a Democrat. This virus doesn’t belong to either I can so I wear a mask. political party.

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Our mission is to advance gender equity for women & girls. Science & Math Camp Scholarships, Speech Contests, monthly programs & interest groups. Call Melanie 530-306-6604 or Laurel 530-417-7737 eldorado-aauw.ca.net El DORADO COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Dedicated to all aspects of ham radio. Meetings held on the fourth Thursday of each month at Federated Church, 1031 Thompson Way, Placerville, 7:15 pm. Visitors and non-hams welcome. Info at www.edcarc.net CANTARE CHORALE of the Sierra Foothills performs all styles of choral music and is always looking for talented new members. For information, audition, or to schedule an event see www. cantarechorale.com, call (530) 677-8463. or (530) 676-4432.

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Fleet Reserve Assoc, Br 275, Active Duty or Retired Veterans, USN, USMC, Coast Guard. Regular meeting on 4th Wednesday each month, social 5:30 pm, dinner 6:00 pm, and meeting 7:00 pm.

Veterans Memorial Building 130 Placerville Drive, contact Larry (530) 677-3925 GOLD RUSH CHORUS now welcomes both men and women to share the joy of singing four-part harmony in the barbershop style.

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Includes monthly social activities. (925) 250-4656.

MARINE CORPS LEAGUE DET 697 Marines & FMF Corpsman social hour 6 pm, meeting 7 pm, second Wednesday monthly.

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Placerville Senior Softball Club. Welcomes all men and women ball players, slow pitch, 55 and older. Season is April through Sept. Contact Dean Panell simplefolk1028@yahoo.com (530) 620-4755, or Kelly Heavin sfd5r5ter@aol.com (530) 919-0386 POLLOCK PINES-CAMINO ROTARY CLUB is seeking people interes ted in community service and interested in exploring a Rotary club of friendships, reasonable dues and endless satisfaction. Please call 530305-0872 for information regarding Rotary and an upcoming meeting.

Retired Public Employees Association (RPEA) for CalPERS retirees and spouses meets at Denny’s Restaurant, Placerville, January 20, March 16, May 18, July 20, September 21 and November 16, 2020 at 11:30 am. For information and programs call (530) 919-7515.

Senior PEER COUNSELING Seniors 55 and over who are grieving, depressed or having issues related to aging can meet one-on-one with a caring senior, professionally supervised and trained to listen and encourage. Call (530)621-6304 to leave a message and get started.

Soroptimist International of Placerville Become a Soroptimist today and change the world. When you join Soroptimist you get the opportunity to help the women and girls of your community, and beyond, realize their dreams. You will make life-long friends; lead a happy and healthier life; and, have a lot of fun! Soroptimist Intl of Placerville meets monthly the 2nd Wednesday night at 6:00 PM and the 3rd and 4th Wednesdays at Noon.

Please contact us at 530344-1476 or siplacerville@ soroptimist.net TOPS Club, Inc. meets Tuesday 8:00-11:00 am, Veterans Hall (downstairs) 130 Placerville Dr. For more information call Bonnie (530) 644-4668 Helping millions take off pounds sensibly since 1948.

UPPER ROOM DINING HALL located at 1868 Broadway, Placerville. Feeding the hungry 365 days a year.

Food served from 4 to 5:30PM daily. Hall opens at 2 pm, open all holidays.

Avail for families, seniors, veterans, and any who need a meal. Help us Feed the Hungry. Volunteers and monetary contributions always welcome P.O. Box 484, Placerville CA 95667 or (530)497-5146.

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On July 30, at 13 years old, Savage became the youngest person to complete the 12-mile, true-width swim, also known as the “Godfather” swim, from Cave Rock to the Godfather Mansion in Homewood.

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Savage’s older brother was on the recreation club swim team in Los Banos and when Savage turned 5, his mom Jillian Savage asked if he wanted to join too. He said no.

She finally convinced him to join but he said he refused to swim backstroke or butterfly. She didn’t care if he did or not but after trying them, he ended up breaking the country record for both.

His brother eventually quit the team but Savage continued on, asking his mom if he could swim year-round, not just during the summer swim season. Four months later he went to the Junior Olympics.

When he turned 8, James saw a commercial for Alcatraz and decided that not only did he want to start open-water swimming but that he wanted to swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco.

“When he said he wanted to do open-water, I freaked out, I’ll be honest,” Jillian said. “When your 8-year-old says, ‘I want to swim from Alcatraz’ how many people say, ‘yes?’”

Once he got in the open-water, he never looked back.

“I like open water more because you get to explore more places,” James said. “You can explore other pools but all pools are pretty much the same, it’s a blue line you’re looking at at the bottom but in open water you get to explore places like Tahoe and other different kinds of clear waters and oceans.”

He’s completed several open-water swims and has many more he wants to check off.

“Most mornings it’s him waking us up saying, ‘Let’s go to the lake; let’s

go swim,’ and I just want my coffee and there’s plenty of times where I’ve been in my pajamas in my kayak balancing coffee between my knees trying to keep up with him,” Jillian said. “But there’s a lot of things a 13-year-old could be doing and I will gladly go out there with him every day if it keeps him out of trouble.”

The swim The morning of James’ swim the Savages woke up at 1 a.m. and ate pancakes. They arrived at Cave Rock at 3:45 a.m. and he was in the water by 4:30 a.m.

James said he felt good until around miles 4 and 5 when he started swimming noticeably slower.

“That’s because I wasn’t feeding a lot so once I started eating more, I started picking up my speed,” James said.

He said his support boat really helped him at that point. The support boat consisted of his mom and dad, Capt. Tom Linthicum and his training partner/official observer Meg Omainsky.

While his first goal was to be the youngest person to complete the swim, his secondary goal was to finish between six and seven hours.

His finish time was six hours and 59 minutes, completing both.

After he finished they went to Bert’s Cafe, he took an hour-long nap and then he rode bikes until 10 p.m. This is a reminder that even with his major accomplishments, he’s still a 13-year-old who likes to do “normal kid stuff,” as he puts it.

James’ goal is to be the youngest person to complete the Tahoe Triple Crown, a record currently held by a 15-year-old.

Last year, James completed the first swim, the 10.5-mile Vikingsholm Swim from Cave Rock to Emerald Bay. With the completion of the Godfather swim, the only one left is a 21.3-mile swim that starts at Camp Richardson and ends at the Hyatt Regency beach in Incline Village.

He’s planning that swim for next summer.

To keep up to date on James’ swims, follow him at facebook.com/ SavageSuperduck.

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Attorney General Becerra observed on the video, “a bright light near Mr. Clark’s person, it was clear he had something in his hand.”

Pierson said the findings of the investigations by the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office revealed Stephon had been involved in a domestic violence incident with the mother of his child less than 48 hours earlier and that Stephon was despondent.

The findings, Pierson noted, were supported by the helicopter video, radio traffic and the officers’ body cameras. An autopsy revealed that Stephon was under the influence of multiple drugs at the time of his death, Pierson said.

“By omitting these critical facts (the NFL) missed the opportunity to address issues faced by our

communities including drug addiction, mental health struggles and domestic violence,” Pierson said, adding “by failing to account for the full set of circumstances surrounding (Stephon Clark’s) death, you are undermining the very foundation of meaningful conversation around unlawful police overreach, brutality and wrongdoing.”

The letter cites recent remarks by former President Barack Obama about the power of honesty and evidence. “Speak the truth,” Obama said. “Speak it clearly. Speak it with compassion. Speak it with empathy for what folks are going through. The biggest mistake any of us can make in these situations is to misinform.”

Pierson asked Goodell to “reexamine the factual findings of Mr. Clark’s death and produce a video that accurately depicts the conduct of all concerned in an officer-involved shooting. Sadly there are far too many that better illuminate just how far we must go in reaching the lofty ideals we cherish and venerate as a nation.”

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“By state law the deadline for the city to submit initiatives or referendums to the county for the November ballot is Aug. 7, so it is my understanding they would not be able to get these on the November ballot now due to the deadline passing,” said Morris this week. He added, “There are no exceptions to the state Elections Code,” that he is aware of.

The city manager said Placerville officials have let the tribe know they would be happy to help the Wopumnes achieve consultant status, but must abide by the law.

Projects requiring a “sign-off ” by such entities as local Native American tribes include only those tribes sanctioned by the Native American Heritage Commission. That commission at present does not recognize the Wopumnes Nisenan-Mewuk as a tribe with that legal standing.

Morris said he has gone so far as to ask to meet with tribal authorities so the city might be able to streamline that recognition process.

“I have offered on two separate occasions to meet with the Wopumnes tribe to talk about ways to move forward to work with them, including how we may address a letter to the NAHC to help them gain tribal recognition,” said Morris. “They have declined meeting with me each time.”

It was the Wopumnes tribe that in April alerted the city to the fact that the city’s heavy equipment was

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about to “destroy” the Broadway site that contains at least one grinding rock, despite the fact that California Environmental Quality Act clearance was in place. The tribal authority that had been legally consulted regarding the bike path project is the same tribe that runs Red Hawk Casino; CEQA documents show they stated no concerns regarding the project.

As part of the referendum the tribe wishes to have on the November ballot, the Wopumnes are asking that their chosen archeological experts from UC Davis be brought in to evaluate the historical significance of the site and “properly care for” the artifacts. The city has said it intends to use the experts already on contract to determine the best way to preserve and protect the site, which lies on private property not owned by the tribe.

The Wopumnes and their supporters say they are trying to keep the city from “canceling the culture” of the Old West history in which Placerville and the surrounding area are steeped, pointing to the city’s pondering removing the hangman’s noose from city property as being indicative of “a lack of conviction” on the part of municipal leaders.

Perdichizzi said the ballot questions were intended to show the “community’s response to the ‘cancel culture’ invasion from the out-of-town protestors and the Placerville City Council’s lack of conviction (regarding) the General Plan describing these

historical resources as assets to the town’s Old West, historical character, promoting the economic interests” of its residents, including all of El Dorado County.

Perdichizzi said the tribe thinks the state Elections Code gives the city authority to put both the referendum and the initiatives on the ballot “without a single signature being collected” and time extensions could be granted, if the city chose.

“There is nothing stopping the city from taking a ‘public concern’ … and putting it on the ballot,” she said. “The California Constitution … describes referendums and initiatives as a right of the public to ask a governmental agency to reconsider their (actions).

“The tribe will be seeking a court order … to include a stay to cease and desist on (our) sacred site to ensure the public has a chance to vote on them,” she said.

Perdichizzi added that once signatures began being collected for the referendum regarding the historical site on upper Broadway, “the city ignored the stay that a referendum gives during the … (collection) process and went ahead with … further desecrating the tribe’s sacred site.”

City officials in April called an immediate halt to work in the area of that site; work on other parts of the $6 million bike path project continues.

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funding for students newly enrolling in a public school.

“In a time when educators are trying to remediate the loss of learning, establish equity and close the achievement gap under the strains of a global pandemic, we are handed, on the eve of a new school year, a public education policy that exacerbates these issues,” Benson states in a press release announcing the lawsuit.

John Adams Academy is a tuitionfree, TK-12 classical leadership education public charter school network with campuses in El Dorado Hills, Roseville and Lincoln.

SB 98 makes changes to existing rules allowing for online learning while seeking to add a level of accountability for distance instruction. However, it is this very accountability that provides the rub. With pandemic-induced school shutdowns in the spring, many schools failed to track attendance. The new standards introduced in the bill are meant to address inconsistencies among districts and schools as well as a guarantee that school funding will be maintained even for off-campus students.

Education funding has traditionally been based on the number of students attending per day. This was suspended during the shutdowns and districts

were paid as if students were still on campus. A provision in SB 98 dictates that districts will get the same funding as last year, based on their student enrollment numbers at the end of February 2019, with no regard to increased or decreased enrollment this fall.

Although proponents laud the bill’s preservation of educational equity by ensuring adequate funding to the most disadvantaged areas, those fighting the bill contend it undermines school choice and can force top-performing schools into turning away students looking for a better option. The state’s decision is seen as a blow to communities of color who rely on the social and academic services at these public schools to close performance gaps and break the cycle of poverty.

“I created Fortune School to close the black achievement gap in my hometown of Sacramento by preparing kids for college starting in kindergarten,” explained Margaret Fortune, president and CEO of Fortune School, which operates charter schools in California serving predominantly low-income, black students. “As a result, more and more Black and Latino parents are choosing Fortune School because we are effective and they want a high quality education for their

children … The state budget changes all that and is a slap in the face to the many hard-working Black and Latino parents who want the best opportunity for their children to obtain a good, high quality education.”

“The moment per-pupil funding stops following the child you have no equity or equality. SB 98 protects schools with declining enrollment at the expense of children. It holds the child and their funding hostage to the school where they previously attended,” said John Adams Academy Director of Outreach & Compliance Norman Gonzales.

“All of our campuses have grown each year that they have been in operation.

Unlike other public schools, we as a charter public school have paid for our facilities with bonds from private investors and make our bond payments from the per-pupil funding that we receive for each enrolled student,” shared Gonzales. “This year our academies will welcome approximately 763 new students whose education the state will not fund. That is the equivalent of approximately $6.5 million of state funding that we will not receive.

“El Dorado and Placer counties, where our schools are located, are blessed with a number of highperforming schools,” Gonzales

continued. “There are approximately 50,000 students in California that will have their educations defunded by SB 98 simply because they changed schools.”

At the signing of the bill, Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged a realization of its harm to expanding schools. “By not funding those expansions, families enrolled in those schools may be displaced, with impacts exacerbated by the uncertainties caused by COVID19. I urge members of the Legislature to pursue targeted solutions to these potential disruptions and will work with you in the coming weeks to enact them,” he pledged.

To date, no legislation has been provided.

“This is about choice, equality and justice under the law. The state has chosen not to fund a child’s constitutional right to a free public education.” said Dean Forman, founder of John Adams Academy, which has nearly completed a new 96,000-squarefoot facility to accommodate the hundreds of new students enrolling in its Lincoln program this fall.

“To simply sign legislation and ask for a fix later leaves families and educators lost in the balance,” Forman insisted.

“The state defunding students hurts families when they need relief the most.”

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News Bite The Placerville Area Chess Club uneventfully passed its 25th anniversary Aug. 1. It began Aug. 1, 1995, with 13 players at Denny’s Diner on Fair Lane in Placerville and has met there weekly since. Due to the pandemic, the club has not met for several months but meetings will resume when it is safe to do so. For more information call Neville Arroues at (53) 6429043.

Now Foothills Chapter of the California Dressage Society has partnered with Bokeh Creatives in El Dorado Hills for a portrait fundraiser through Sept. 1. For more information visit foothillscds.org/portraitfundraiser.

Aug. 12 El Dorado Community Health Centers hosts a Facebook Live session at 1 p.m. with Gina Reed, LCSW. This week’s guest speaker is Susan Scott, MS, LAADC. She will cover the topic of opioids and will be answering questions.

Aug. 13 The Shingle SpringsCameron Park Chamber of Commerce hosts a Zoom mixer at noon with Animal Outreach. An email blast coming out Aug. 12 will share the link to the event.

Aug. 14 Cordova Community Council presents Friday Moonlight Movies, 8:30 p.m. at Village Green Park, 3141 Bridgeway Drive in Rancho Cordova. Admission is free but reservations are required. The next show is “Finding Nemo.”

Make a reservation at cordovacouncil.org/ friday-moonlight-movies.

Aug. 15 Try wildlife shooting (no guns please) hosted by the American River Conservancy. Local safari host, photographer Ken Mahar, will point out wildlife while traversing a mild hike (location TBD), 8 a.m. to noon. Maher will give step-by-step photography instructions to participants. Camera isnot necessary. Maher is a local photographer who has led several African safaris and generously volunteers for ARC. Ages 12 and older welcome.

Suggested donation $5/members or $10/ non-members. Contact ARC to sign up and for meeting location at julie@ARConservancy.org or (530) 621-1224.

American River Conservancy volunteer Tom Dodson leads an exploration of the Granite Chief Wilderness Area from the Grayhorse Valley Trailhead, Grayhorse Valley Trail (15E11).

Hikers will start off the day with a hike up to the end of the Grayhorse Valley up to the saddle.

From the east the group will be able to see the Granite Chief Wilderness.

The group will hike down Shanks Cove Trail which has beautiful waterfalls and pools and camping at Whisky Creek for the evening.

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El Dorado Hills muralist Tracy Ross works on her nature-inspired mural on an old Bass Lake Road barn.

Muralist beautifies Bass Lake barn and beyond Sel Richard Staff writer

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aised on a horse ranch in Sloughhouse, artist Tracy Ross has been surrounded by natural splendor since her earliest memories.

“I was always inspired by the beauty of the foothills and Sierra Nevada mountains,” she said of her childhood years in the quiet countryside.

Now Ross resides in El Dorado Hills with her 9-year-old son Ryder and creates splendor via murals throughout the county. Her father’s name is Bob Ross who, although a painter, is definitely not the same Bob Ross of television fame, she shared, explaining that her interest in art started early through her dad’s influence and by 17 years old she created her first mural depicting a giant chicken on the side of a feed store in Oakdale.

“Tackling such a big project was daunting at the time but it brought me such a feeling of accomplishment,” she recalled. “I just love painting big spaces. It’s something that feels really special to me about taking a building that might even be worn down and rusted

out and creating a space that a community or family can look at and enjoy for years to come.

I feel like art brings people together.”

Her current mural is on a sheep barn commissioned by El Dorado Hills locals Tom and Mary Lusi. The painting is 8 feet by 50 feet and covers two sides of a barn that sits on a hill overlooking Bass Lake Road.

Ross has created a landscape of rolling foothills, majestic mountains, a lake with oak trees and a river.

With past projects, Ross said she sometimes endured uncomfortable or precarious situations such as 100-plusdegree temperatures at the height of summer.

One assignment had her painting a chimney atop a tile roof. Although Ross acknowledges that she encounters challenges with almost all of her ventures, the sheep barn has been surprisingly stress-free.

“This one has been nothing but sweet to me,” she shared.

“No scaffolding, no heat, just breezes and butterflies.

Usually I have a sketch that I start with but (with) this one, my clients have let me just create the mural as I go.

Tracy Ross’ beautiful mural depicts a foothill-inspired scene.

Which during this time with the coronavirus has been very therapeutic and peaceful.

“My inspiration is all the simplest things that I find beauty in on a daily basis.

Springtime brings this feeling of new beginnings, with all the wildflowers and rolling green hills; I feel like we all need a new beginning at this time in our world,” Ross mused.

Despite the fact that her current mural is a landscape, Ross said her deepest interests lie elsewhere.

“My passion has always been portraits, anything from painting them on guitars

to charcoal or pencils,” she divulged. “I also do a lot of animal portrait commissions.”

Ross uses mostly acrylic to paint her murals, but will sometimes employ oils. And she sketches her portraits with tools as mundane as a blue Bic pen as well as graphite or Prismacolor pencils.

Locals who have taken notice of her work are consistently delighted and amazed. “Her current work on the side of a barn off of Bass Lake Road — in terms of depth, color and presence, I n

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Wondrous watercolorist joins Gold Country Artists Gallery D. Lee Reyes Special to the Democrat

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old Country Artists Gallery, an award-winning artists’ cooperative in Placerville is pleased to introduce new watercolor artist Mary Sue Palmquist.

Palmquist is a child of the arts with her artistic nature nurtured by her grandfather, an oil painter. She has a bachelor’s degree in art with an emphasis on drawing, graphics, printmaking and watercolor. Her life’s journey led her to a career managing her family’s performing arts theater in Illinois but she still followed her heart by taking art classes at night, where she especially thrived in painting and calligraphy.

When Palmquist’s career with the theater came to an end, she pursued a master’s degree in art therapy. Sometimes it is easier to express deep feelings through creativity rather than with words alone and art therapists are guides on this path to healing.

Palmquist has invested herself in many classes and workshops to improve her techniques in abstract painting, portrait painting and pet portraits, as well as mixed media. She attended an international calligraphy conference where she rekindled her love of script, brushstroke and modern mark-making.

A fascination with sea life and ancient creatures that inhabit the ocean has led Palmquist to a series of paintings

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“Sea Turtle” by Mary Sue Palmquist depicting jellyfish, octopuses, shells and other sea beings.

“The medium of watercolor, with its translucency and immediacy, gives me a feeling of a mystery in the making,” the artist explained. “Watercolor is the perfect medium to reveal the movement of these creatures. I find it exciting to see how each image takes on a life of its own.”

At first, Palmquist’s painting “Dancing Alone” appears to be an abstract image, an organic, fluid collection of shapes and

wavering, translucent colors centered upon a sea of white. At the top of the image admirers see a dome-shaped bulk of watery grays and yellows, with a touch of red — surprisingly cool looking for a warm color. The beautiful colors and shapes soon reveal themselves to be a watercolor painting of a single jellyfish floating in the ocean.

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he Crocker Art Museum is delighted to welcome to its collection six, hand-carved carousel animal sculptures by top makers from the golden age of carousels. The menagerie includes a deer, giraffe, horse, goat, bear and greyhound, and is a generous gift from the renowned collection of the Freels Foundation.

The golden age of carousels spanned the 1880s through the 1920s, when resorts and cities throughout the United States and England featured them in their amusement parks. Most carousel animals were horses and were based on the French 17th-century origins of the ride. Additional menagerie animals were later added, including lions, tigers, giraffes, deer, rabbits, goats, pigs, ostriches, bears and dogs.

The best carousel carvers were highly trained, their work literally sculpture in motion. Today, carousel sculpture is grouped into three basic carving styles: the Philadelphia Style, the Coney Island Style and the County Fair Style, the latter being smaller, more simply carved animals intended for traveling fairs.

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As discussed in “Fascinating butterflies” in the July 29 issue of Mountain Democrat, many species of butterflies are disappearing due to chemical use and loss of natural habitat, but you can help save them by planting a butterfly garden. It can be any size, from a few small pots or a window box to a large section of your yard, but be sure to include the components listed below to support the complete butterfly life cycle. And, most importantly, refrain from using chemicals and insecticides as butterflies are extremely sensitive to chemicals and many toxins will kill them.

The life cycle of a butterfly is made up of four parts: egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis) and adult.

An adult butterfly feeds on flower nectar, juice from rotten fruit, sweat or liquid animal waste.

Although many species use flower nectar as their main food source, they get the salts, amino acids and minerals they need by alighting on moist, sandy areas or mud. This is called puddling.

With this in mind, here is what to provide to sustain butterflies’ complete life cycle:

Sun Locate your butterfly garden where plants receive plenty of sunlight so butterflies will be able to warm themselves in sunshine.

Nectar plants: Most adult butterflies feed only in the sun so your key nectar sources should be planted where they will receive mid-morning to midafternoon sunshine.

Perennials like sedums, yarrow, salvias, daylilies, bee balm, coneflower and lantana will draw butterflies to your garden. Other excellent nectar sources are milkweed, butterfly bush, lilac, ironweed,

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Color and continuity Adult butterflies are attracted to red, yellow, orange, pink and purple blossoms, flat-topped or clustered, with short flower tubes. They need a constant source of nectar throughout the adult phase of their lifespan so select and plants for continuous blooms. It is best to plant species that bloom in late summer and early fall because this is when butterflies are the most numerous.

Host plants A butterfly garden needs to provide host plants on which butterflies will lay eggs.

Young caterpillars then feed on the host plants until they pupate and become adult butterflies. First, you will need to determine which species of butterflies are in your area. Then decide which host plants belong in your garden. Online information and your local nursery can help with this.

A puddling spot Choose a location that gets shade or early-morning sun but does not get hot in the afternoon. Place a shallow pan or dish on a pedestal or wall to keep it off the ground. Fill the dish with natural sand, mix in a small amount of organic manure, add a few smooth rocks as resting spots and sprinkle a small amount of organic sea salt on the sand mixture.

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another work, “Sea Turtle,” where a jeweltoned creature drifts in a sea of marbled greens and grays and is an outstanding example of her favored subject and mastery of watercolor painting.

Gold Country Artists Gallery is operating under a temporary schedule and will return to its regular hours when it is safe to gather in groups.

At this time the gallery is open every day except Tuesday, noon to 5 p.m. The gallery, 379 Main St. in downtown Placerville, features the work of many award-winning regional artists working in fields as diverse as fine jewelry, photography, fused glass, wood turning, pastels, colored pencil, scratch board and watercolor, acrylic and oil painting.

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Having the right plants in your garden could invite beautiful butterflies into your yard. minerals from it but do not let the water pool in the dish. Sprinkle a small amount of salt on top of the sand mixture every few weeks.

A feeder Hang a paper plate from a tree, preferably in the shade. Add a few slices of rotting fruit (bananas, oranges, strawberries or watermelon). Keep the dish clean and free from mold.

A place to rest Butterflies need sun for orientation and to warm their wings for flight. Place flat stones around your garden so they can rest and bask in the sun. But stones absorb heat so make sure to place them where butterflies can get morning sun but not blazing afternoon rays.

A seating area Whether you want to sit in the midst of your butterfly garden or you prefer to watch from the sidelines, a seating area will allow you to comfortably enjoy your visiting butterflies.

Choose a spot that will give you a good view and will provide some shade for you, too.

By following these tips, including the right host and nectar plants for your garden and

adding a puddler and a feeder, you will help save butterflies and create a wonderful place in your yard to enjoy all season long.

The county is in phase 2 resumption of activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Master Gardener events will for the foreseeable future be limited. Check the calendar of events for learning opportunities.

The Sherwood Demonstration Garden, 6699 Campus Drive in Placerville, is open to the public, 9 a.m. to noon Fridays and Saturdays.

State and county public health guidelines require visitors limited to 10 at a time (including docents) and ask that they practice social distancing and wear face coverings.

Restrooms will not be open. Check mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/ Demonstration_Garden for more information.

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ena and Grace Brasil volunteer with Hands4Hope, a nonprofit in El Dorado County, and celebrate children’s birthdays every month at White Rock Village, an affordable housing apartment complex.

When the shelter in place was issued in California, the program was cancelled but they wanted to continue to offer something for the kids and came up with the idea of donating party boxes for families to be able to celebrate their kid’s birthdays.

The boxes, provided by Team Celebrate, contain everything a family needs to celebrate their child’s birthday at home. There is a present for the birthday boy or girl, plates, napkins, forks, cake mix, frosting and more.

“We really wanted kids to be able to celebrate and feel special during this time,” Eddie Zacapa, resident services coordinator at White Rock Village

said. “Parents may be having a hard time getting party supplies and kids may feel bummed that they can’t have friends and family over to have a big party.”

White Rock Village, a property of Mercy Housing in El Dorado Hills, provides affordable housing to create stable and healthy communities by developing, financing and operating affordable, program-enriched housing for families, seniors and people with special needs who lack the economic resources to access quality, safe housing opportunities.

“This was definitely a lighthouse in the fog and calm in the storm,” Eugene Duka, a parent who picked up a party box for his son, said.

Jena and Grace Brasil plan to continue preparing boxes for families throughout this COVID-19 pandemic with Hands 4 Hope and look forward to bringing more smiles to kids faces. Hands4Hope is a nonprofit organization that encourages youth to volunteer and give back to their community.

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HOROSCOPE by Holiday Mathis ■ TODAY ARIES (March 21-April 19). Acknowledge the good you are doing, which will be substantial, even as it is very small. You cannot predict the ultimate result of a ripple which may very well be immeasurable.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You wouldn’t normally point out the ways you make another person’s life easier; however, note it to yourself. Later, you will want to ask for something, and it will give you a confident footing to remember the good you’ve done.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). People going out of their way to work with you or be with you is about the biggest compliment you could receive. Even so, it could take extra effort and attention, perhaps more than you feel you have.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You appreciate and are inspired by the interesting ways people around you have changed through their commitments. You’ll double-down on one of your goals as you see how this will keep you growing as a person.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Some jobs come complete with performance metrics that you can measure yourself next to, but most of the jobs and roles require you to come up with your own bars to hit. You’ll decide what matters and check yourself today.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). What you do for duty is impressive, but what you do out of curiosity, love, challenge, integrity, hustle or sheer initiative is the stuff that makes you unique and interesting.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’re a valued contributor and an asset to the group. That’s why you’ll be invited to the table so to speak. Accept the honor with gratitude but not so much gratitude that it seems like you’re not sure you belong there.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Before, you felt like you were steadily accomplishing what needed doing. Now, because you got used to hitting a certain level, you may have gotten desensitized to your own evidence of progress.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Limitations spark untold creativity. So, don’t be afraid to take on a strange challenge or a project with a difficult deadline or an impossible co-worker. Such things will bring out your best.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). In order to finish a thing, you have to first know where you’re starting. With goals that are too big, or without mentors or examples, this is a problem.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The essence of strength is knowing what to give your soft heart of care to, and staying solid and upright about anything not in that category.

Because those who care too much about everything are, essentially, weak.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Keep track of your success, if only privately. It reminds you that you have been effective and will be again. It breeds confidence. And it gets you ready to make a case for yourself when the opportunity comes up.

he Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis announces a new Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) program. Funded by a $2.6 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the program provides tuition support to disadvantaged students in the school’s entry-level nursing program.

“A mission of this school is to achieve health equity by embracing the voices and perspectives of people from diverse backgrounds and experiences,” said Piri AckermanBarger, associate dean for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and director for the new scholarship program. “This tuition support mitigates barriers to students applying to graduate school and takes some of the financial pressure off of students enrolled in the program, which sets them up for success for graduating and giving back to society.”

School administrators focus strongly on recruiting, admitting and retaining a high percentage of underrepresented minority students with the potential for clinical excellence and advanced leadership from rural and underserved areas. Toward this end, the SDS tailors recruitment activities to the needs of disadvantaged and underrepresented minority students, enhances retention activities for all students and provide specialized services to disadvantaged students and increases student exposure to primary care and community health settings and careers while increasing graduate employment in Medically

Underserved Communities.

To successfully recruit students to the Master’s Entry Program in Nursing, Ackerman-Barger and the school’s education team develop resources to help disadvantaged students navigate the admissions process. The team also conducts a prenursing course for undergraduate UC Davis students who seek a career in nursing, as well as collaboration with advisers at other undergraduate institutions, including UC Merced, and local community colleges.

“Our faculty and staff play a crucial role in our commitment to recruiting and retaining students from underrepresented populations,” Dean Stephen Cavanagh added. “A new ambassador program supports prospective students who may require additional guidance, especially those who are first in their family to earn a college degree.”

Other key initiatives of the SDS include a tutoring program, general learning assistance with targeted delivery to disadvantaged students; a yearly survey among new alumni to, gauge the school’s diversity climate and annual faculty development sessions that focus on inclusion excellence.

“Inclusive learning environments are necessary to ensure that underrepresented students not only survive school, but also thrive and reach their full potential,” AckermanBarger said. “Diversity is central for all health professions to mitigate health disparities and improve patient outcomes.”

For more information on the School of Nursing and its other programs, visit nursing.ucdavis.edu.

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peration Backpack, Volunteer of America’s (VOA) annual school supply drive for students in need, collected more than $97,000 in a virtual drive to purchase school supplies for more than 2,100 children through a collaborative effort between 19 local businesses, nine corporate sponsors and 1,000 donors.

COVID-19 has presented many challenges and changes to education for students everywhere and it has been especially difficult for those living in transition from homelessness, in foster care or in low-income communities. Operation Backpack provides supply-kits with brand new, grade-appropriate school supplies to all of the families and children in VOA’s shelters and programs. Additional supply kits will be distributed to 14 partner agencies, nonprofits and school districts, including Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, Healthy Start Family

Resource Center, and the Youth Service Bureau. VOA’s longstanding partnerships in the community ensure as many children as possible get the tools they need to start the school year off on the right foot.

“Having new school supplies provides confidence and helps a child’s self-esteem,” said Ana Bankert, director of development, VOA. “Feeling prepared alongside every other child in the classroom is crucial to their ability to thrive. VOA is very grateful to work with sponsors, partners, volunteers and donors who understand the importance of this cause and the children it supports.”

Operation Backpack would not be possible without the support and generosity of campaign partners CBS, CW13 and Good Day Sacramento and sponsors Sutter Health, Niagara Bottling, American River Bank, Kids Care Dental, Phoong Law and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield as well as individual donors and businesses who have hosted.

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Since 1987, RedRover has focused on bringing animals out of crisis and strengthening the human-animal bond through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and humane education.

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believe it’s the work of genius,” said Bruce Riseman, former owner of Placerville’s Mama D Carlo’s Italian Kitchen.

Some of Ross’ other work can be found at Crystal Basin Cellars, where she illustrated a landscape of Apple Hill on an old, rusted, 8-foot-by-30foot shipping container.

On the patio at Poor Reds BBQ she painted a clawfoot tub and part of an old metal fence line.

Ross also painted the portrait of Amy Winehouse inside 36 Handles Restaurant and Pub. Ross credits much of her success to her friendship with fellow artist Robert Gilbert.

“He has been a huge support in my

art business and it’s always so nice to have someone to bounce ideas off of,” she said.

When she’s not painting, Ross enjoys camping, fishing and hiking with her son.

And her favorite read, “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,” gives a sneaky clue to her guiltiest of pleasures.

“I love riding my motorcycle. I’ve got a Honda Shadow and a dirt bike,” she said. “There’s nothing better than getting out and feeling the wind on my face.”

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Aug. 19 The El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency offers a TED Talk at 1 p.m. via Zoom. Restore Your Brain with Nature: Professor David Strayer has been researching brain-based measures of cognitive restoration.

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Aug. 20 Lunafest, a program of short films all by, for and about women, will be held virtually for 24 hours — 7 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 20 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21. Films celebrate unique, touching and inspirational roles of women in local, national and international communities. This year also features an online auction and a “movie box” with food and wine. Funds support education, especially for women and girls, including the Soroptimist International of Cameron Park/El Dorado Hills’ annual Live Your Dream Awards for women who are the primary breadwinner in the family and are returning to school against steep odds. Funds also support local agencies working to stop human trafficking in the Sacramento and El Dorado County areas. For ticket information go to mailchi.mp/25613807c718/2020cameron-park-virtual-lunafest-screening-at-your-home.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020A0000605 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FLUTOPIA, located at 2159 Cardiff Circle, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Francesca Anderson, 2159 Cardiff Circle, 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: July 16, 2020.

Signature of Registrant: /s/ Francesca Anderson FRANCESCA ANDERSON 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 July 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) 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12 7959

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020A0000537

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020A0000626

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PC 20200244

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LOVE BIRDS COFFEE AND TEA COMPANY, located at 4181 Highway 49, Ste. 100, Diamond Springs, CA 95619/ Mailing Address: 3790 Sheridan Rd., Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): 1. Garrett Sanders, 3790 Sheridan Rd., Cameron Park, CA 95682, 2. Jasmin Sanders, 3790 Sheridan Rd., Cameron Park, 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: June 1, 2020.

Signature of Registrant: /s/ Garrett Sanders GARRETT SANDERS 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 June 23, 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) 7960 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COOL LEARNING CENTER INCORPORATED, located at 2968 Hwy 49 Ste. D, Cool, CA 95614 Registered owner(s): Cool Learning Center Inc., 2968 Hwy 49 Ste. D, Cool, CA 95614 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: July 16, 2020.

Signature of Registrant: /s/ Kelley Wilson KELLEY WILSON, PRESIDENT 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 July 24, 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) 7/29, 8/5, 8/12, 8/19 7986

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Terica Lynn Larson filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: TERICA LYNN LARSON Proposed name: TERICA LYNN PRATT 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: SEPTEMBER 4, 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 MAY 18, 2020. /s/ Dylan Sullivan DYLAN SULLIVAN, Judge of the Superior Court 8/5, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26 8008

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020A0000607 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 1. PORTILLO RANCH, 2.

PORTILLO CHRISTMAS TREE FARM, 3. WEST COAST ADVENTURE PARK, 4. WEST COAST PRO SHOP, located at Green Valley & Greenwood, 323-640-001, 323-640-006, Placerville, CA 95667/Mailing Address: 3061 Rancheria Ct., Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Portillo Ranch LLC, 3061 Rancheria Ct., Shingle Springs, CA 95682 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: July 6, 2020.

Signature of Registrant: /s/ Eric Portillo ERIC PORTILLO, MANAGER 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 July 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) 7961 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020A0000553 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TROPICAL DAYDREAMS TRAVEL, located at 2660 Cambridge Rd., Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Stephanie Webber, 2660 Cambridge Rd., 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: April 1, 2020.

Signature of Registrant: /s/ Stephanie Webber STEPHANIE WEBBER 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 July 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) 7964 7/22, 7/29, 8/5, 8/12 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020A0000578 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TIGER AEROSPACE, located at 2060 Danske Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Gregory C Forbes, 2060 Danske Lane, 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: N/A. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Gregory C Forbes GREGORY C FORBES 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 July 10, 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) 7/29, 8/5, 8/12, 8/19 7985

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020A0000619 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BIG OAK COTTAGE FOODS, located at 1540 Big Oak Rd., Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): 1. Ann Shreeve, 1540 Big Oak Rd., Placerville, CA 95667, 2. Bryant Shreeve, 1540 Big Oak Rd., 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: July 20, 2020.

Signature of Registrant: /s/ Ann Shreeve ANN SHREEVE /s/ Bryant Shreeve BRYANT SHREEVE 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 July 22, 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) 7/29, 8/5, 8/12, 8/19 7987 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020A0000618 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FOLSOM LAKE MOBILE NOTARY, located at 2668 Aberdeen Lane, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762-5665 Registered owner(s): Cameron Philip Yee Cespedes, 2668 Aberdeen Lane, El Dorado Hills, CA 957625665 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Cameron Philip Yee Cespedes CAMERON PHILIP YEE CESPEDES 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 July 22, 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) 7/29, 8/5, 8/12, 8/19 7988 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020A0000627 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EL DORADO LOCK & SECURITY, located at 4256 Diamond Meadows Way, Diamond Springs, CA 95619 Registered owner(s): 1. Briana Justine McCormick, 4256 Diamond Meadows Way, Diamond Springs, CA 95619, 2. Mitchell Ray McCormick, 4256 Diamond Meadows Way, Diamond Springs, CA 95619 This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Mitchell Ray McCormick MITCHELL RAY MCCORMICK 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 July 24, 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) 7/29, 8/5, 8/12, 8/19 7989

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020A0000643 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: L.W.J. GLOBAL CONSULTING, located at 3097 Cedar Ravine Rd., Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Werner J. Von Boenisch, 3097 Cedar Ravine Rd., 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: July 29, 2020.

Signature of Registrant: /s/ Werner J. Von Boenisch WERNER J. VON BOENISCH 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 July 29, 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) 8/5, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26 8009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020A0000648 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE PLANNER EXCHANGE, located at 2665 Morrene Drive, Placerville, CA 95667/Mailing Address: 685 Placerville Dr. #1087, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Amber M. Fernando, 2665 Morrene Drive, 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: N/A. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Amber M. Fernando AMBER M. FERNANDO, OWNER 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 July 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) 8/5, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26 8010

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF FANNIE MAE SHOCKLEY CASE NO. PP20200119 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of FANNIE MAE SHOCKLEY, also known as FANNIE SHOCKLEY A PETITION for Probate has been filed by KAREN MARIE HARRIS in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado.

THE PETITION for probate requests that KAREN MARIE HARRIS 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: October 7, 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: GEORGE APPELBAUM Attorney at Law 2980 Whitethorn Road Shingle Springs, CA 95682 (530) 676-5396 8/5, 8/12, 8/19 8011 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY (NON-FORECLOSURE) CCP 701.540 Court Case#: PCL20160332 Sheriff’s File # 20000290 Under a WRIT OF EXECUTION issued by the Superior Court, County of El Dorado, State of California on 11/25/2019 on a judgment rendered on 04/26/2018 In Favor of: Auburn Lake Trails Property Owners Association And against: Reka K Maximovitch For the sum of: $132,823.37 I have levied upon all the right, title, claim and interest of the judgment debtor(s): Reka K Maximovitch real property in the county of El Dorado described as follows: Common Street Address: 3081 Sweetwater Trail Cool, California 95614 The land referred to is situated in the unincorporated area of the County of El Dorado, State of California, and is described as follows: Parcel 1003A, as shown and designated upon that certain Parcel Map entitled “A Merger of Lots 1003 and 1004, Auburn Lake Trails Unit No. 5, filed for Record May 20, 1986 in Book 35 of Parcel Maps, at Page 59. APN: 073-203-09-100 Minimum Bid Amount (if applicable) $382,500.00 PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS SHOULD REFER TO SECTIONS 701.510 TO 701.680 INCLUSIVE OF THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURES FOR PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE TERMS, CONDITIONS AND EFFECT OF THE SALE AND THE LIABILITY OF DEFAULTING BIDDERS. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will proceed to sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash in lawful money of the United States, all the right, title, claim and interest of said judgment debtor(s) in the above described property, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy said judgment, with accrued interest and costs on 09/02/2020 at 9:30 am at the following location: El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Placerville, 200 Industrial Drive, Placerville, CA 95667 Directions to property location may be obtained from the levying officer upon written or oral request.

Dated: 07/28/2020 at city of Placerville John D’Agostini, Sheriff County of El Dorado State of California By: /s/ Bonita Strain Sheriff’s Authorized Agent Angius & Terry LLP 3001 Lava Ridge Court Suite 130 Roseville, CA 95661 (916) 567-1400 8/12, 8/19, 8/26 8012 EL DORADO IRRIGATION DISTRICT REQUEST FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION OF BIDDERS FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT FLUMES 30, 45 ABUTMENT, 45 SECTION 3, 45A, 47A, 47B, 52A AND SPILL 3 CRIB WALL PROJECTS PROJECT NUMBERS - MULTIPLE RFQ20-11 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed APPLICATIONS will be received no later than 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, local time, at the District office located at 2890 Mosquito Rd., Placerville, CA 95667 for the Flumes 30, 45 Abutment, 45 Section 3, 45A, 47A, 47B, 52A and Spill 3 Crib Wall projects, Project Nos. - Multiple (“Project”).

Only pre-qualified firms will be eligible to bid on the Project. A California Classification A contractor’s license is required. The anticipated work of the Projects generally consists of replacing Project 184 flumes and associated work therein. All projects are located near Pollock Pines, California. The estimated construction costs and dates of construction can be found in the RFQ. 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.

Interested firms may obtain a copy of the Request for Pre-Qualification (RFQ) from the District’s website at www.eid.org. Note that the reference procedure requires the reference information be sent directly by the reference to EID no later than 3:00 PM on September 9, 2020.

Questions regarding this project should be directed to the Project Manager by emailing Mr. Cary Mutschler, Senior Civil Engineer at cmutschler@eid.org, or by calling 530-642-4182.

Dated this 5th day of August, 2020 EL DORADO IRRIGATION DISTRICT /s/ Cary Mutschler for Elizabeth Dawson, P.E. Engineering Manager 8/5, 8/12, 8/19 8013 TRUSTEE SALE NO. 131165-5 LOAN NO. RIVERTON TITLE ORDER NO. 95312829 APN 011-110-023-100 TRA NO. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 04/10/2013. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES, INC. as the duly appointed Trustee WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state) all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, described as follows: Trustor(s): WAYNE A. FARRENS AND RICHARD A. LAWTON AND NICHOLAS D. LIGGETT Deed of Trust: recorded on 05/13/2013 as Document No. 2013-0023957-00 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of El Dorado County, California, Date of Trustee’s Sale: 08/25/2020 at 10:00 AM Trustee’s Sale Location: At the Main Street entrance to the County Courthouse at 495 Main Street, Placerville, CA 95667 The property situated in said County, California describing the land therein: PARCEL ONE: Portion Of The Northeast One-Quarter Of The Southeast One-Quarter (NE Of SE) Of Section 30, Township 11 North, Range 14 East, M.D.B.& M., Bounded And Described As Follows: Beginning At The East Quarter Corner Of Section 30, Extending South Along East Line Of Section For 1074 Feet To The North Boundary Of Right Of Way Of The Placerville-Lake Tahoe State Highway; Thence Continuing Westerly Along The North Boundary Line Of Said State Highway Approximately 250 Feet South 75 ° West 100 Feet; South 82 ° West 100 Feet; North 80 ° West 100 Feet; North 60 ° West And 594 Feet; North 42 ° West To Point 30 Feet From Edge Of South Fork Of American River At Riverton Bridge; Thence Extending Northwesterly Along A Line Parallel To And 30 Feet Distant At All Points From The Edge Of A Highwater Mark On The South Fork Of The American River To An Intersection With The West Line Of This Forty; Thence Northerly Along Said Line To The Northwest Corner Of The Forty; Thence Easterly Along The North Line Of Said Forty To Point Of Beginning.

Excepting Therefrom That Certain Parcel Described As Follows: Commencing At The Quarter Section Corner On A Line Between Sections 29 And 30, Said Township And Range; Thence South 60 ° West 17.50 Chains, Intersects The Northeast Corner Of Ground; Thence South 4 ° West 100 Links; Thence North 82 1/2 ° West 210 Links; Thence North 46 ° West 50 Links; Thence North 5 ° West 237 Links; Thence North 19 ° East 43 Links; Thence South 71 ° East 86 Links; Thence

South 5 ° East 180 Links; Thence South 82 1/2 ° East 166 Links To The Place Of Beginning. PARCEL TWO: That Portion Of The Northeast One-Quarter Of The Southeast One-Quarter Of Section 30, Township 11 North, Range 14 East, M.D.B.& M., Lying South Of The Present South Boundary Of The State Highway Bounded As Follows: Starting From A Point On The East Line Of Section 30 Located Approximately 1060 Feet South Of The East Quarter Corner Of Said Section 30 And Also On The South Boundary Of The State Highway Right Of Way; Thence South 0 ° 19` West 178 Feet Along The East Line Of The Section To The Southeast Corner Of The Northeast One-Quarter Of The Southeast One-Quarter Of Section 30; Thence North 88 ° 26` West 1197 Feet Along The South Boundary Of Said Northeast One-Quarter Of The Southeast One-Quarter To Its Southwest Corner; Thence North 4 ° 12` East Along The West Boundary Of Said Northeast One-Quarter Of The Southeast One-Quarter Of Section 30, A Distance Of 645 Feet To A Point 195 Feet From The South Boundary Of The State Highway Right Of Way; Thence From This Point South 85 ° 48` East, A Distance Of 180 Feet To An Intersection With The South Boundary Of The State Highway At The Highwater Mark Of The River; And Thence Easterly Along The South Boundary Of The State Highway A Distance Of About 1320 Feet To The Point Of Beginning. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: *VACANT LAND, POLLOCK PINES, CA 95726. *Directions may be obtained pursuant to a written request within 10 days of the first publication of this notice.

Please contact: Jon Jaime Baer & Teresa Lynn Baer, as Trustees c/o Mortgage Lender Services, Inc., 11707 Fair Oaks Blvd. #202, Fair Oaks, CA 95628. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $83,237.42 (Estimated). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The Beneficiary may elect to bid less than the full credit bid.

The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.

You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 or visit this Internet Web site www. nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 131165-5.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Date: July 29, 2020 MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES, INC. 11707 Fair Oaks Blvd., Ste 202 Fair Oaks, CA 95628 (916) 9623453 Sale Information Line: 916-939-0772 or www.nationwideposting.com Lauren Meyer, Vice President MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES, INC. MAY BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NPP0371035 To: MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT & PLACERVILLE TIMES 08/05/2020, 08/12/2020, 08/19/2020 8/5, 8/12, 8/19 8017 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES CLOSING DATE: Proposals must be received by August 27, 2020 by 4:00 p.m.

PROJECT TITLE: “Fire Adapted 50 Phase IB - Wildland Fire Protection Program” CONTACT PERSON: Mark Egbert District Manager El Dorado Resource Conservation District 100 Forni Road, Suite A. Placerville, CA 95667 Mark.Egbert@ca.usda.gov (office) 530-295-0120, (Direct) 530-3035328, (Cell) 530-957-3472 The Fire Adapted 50 Phase IB - Wildland Fire Protection Program (Project) is Phase B of the Fire Adapted 50 series of projects identified by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), U.S. Forest Service, the El Dorado Resource Conservation District and the Georgetown Divide Resource Conservation District.

The purpose of this solicitation is to acquire environmental consulting services to assure Project compliance with all Federal, State and local rules and regulations; including but not limited to, all things associated with CEQA/NEPA compliance (evaluation, surveys, consultations, communications, information exchange, reporting, monitoring, mapping and document management, etc.).

The full RFP can be found at: www. eldoradorcd.org 8/10, 8/12, 8/14 8030 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL FORESTER (Consulting) CLOSING DATE: Proposals must be received by August 27, 2020 by 4:00 p.m.

PROJECT TITLE: “Fire Adapted 50 Phase IB - Wildland Fire Protection Program” CONTACT PERSON: Mark Egbert District Manager El Dorado Resource Conservation District 100 Forni Road, Suite A Placerville, CA 95667 Mark.Egbert@ca.usda.gov (p) 530-295-0120 (Direct) 530-303-5328 (cell) 530-957-3472 The Fire Adapted 50 Phase IB - Wildland Fire Protection Program (Project) is Phase B of the Fire Adapted 50 series of projects identified by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), U.S. Forest Service, the El Dorado Resource Conservation District and the Georgetown Divide Resource Conservation District.

The intent of the “Fire Adapted 50 Phase IB - Wildland Fire Protection Program” is to reduce undesirable under story, trees, brush and existing slash through the use of mechanical mastication and/or by the use of hand held equipment, chipping and pile burning and to establish shaded fuel

breaks where appropriate. Implementation/ construction work will be performed by qualified contractors and/or State hand crews.

Work will be completed on Federal and non-federal lands.

The El Dorado Resource Conservation District (RCD) is soliciting proposals from qualified Registered Professional Forester(s) to provide the services described in the Request for Proposal (RFP) which can be found at: www. eldoradorcd.org.

8031 8/10, 8/12, 8/14 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020A0000666 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COLOSSUS PAVILION, located at 2361 Bass Lake Rd. #123, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Nancy Warner, 2361 Bass Lake Rd. #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: August 6, 2020.

Signature of Registrant: /s/ Nancy Warner NANCY WARNER 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 August 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) 8/12, 8/19, 8/26, 9/2 8032

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF PAUL WARUN CASE NO. 20-PRO-00952 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of PAUL WARUN A PETITION for Probate has been filed by JENNIFER LISA WARUN in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN MATEO. THE PETITION for probate requests that JENNIFER LISA WARUN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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: September 10, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept. 28 at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063 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: INGRID BERGER Berger, Nicholson, LLP 870 Market Street, Suite 652 San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 559-0298 8033 8/12, 8/19, 8/26 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2020A0000601 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: A LITTLE PIECE OF PARADISE, located at 4200 Bronco Trail, Placerville, CA 95667/Mailing Address: PO Box 184, Somerset, CA 95684 Registered owner(s): 1. Dawn A. Lopez, 4200 Bronco Trail, Placerville, CA 95667, 2. Ricardo Lopez Jr., 4200 Bronco Trail, 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: N/A. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Dawn A. Lopez Dawn A. Lopez 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 July 15, 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) 8/12, 8/19, 8/26, 9/2 8034

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on 1 September 2020 at 6 pm at Fire Station 44, Quartz Drive, El Dorado, CA for the purpose of establishing by Resolution 2020-03, the annual budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year for the Golden West Community Services District.

The proposed annual budget for 2020-21 will be $194,095. It will be available for review at the meeting. At the meeting the Golden West Community Services District Board will consider all comments by interested persons.

8/12, 8/14 8035

B8 Wednesday, August 12, 2020 Mountain Democrat mtdemocrat.com

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