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Lakeview Elementary School students line up to wash their hands before heading to their classrooms.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Sierra held its eighth annual Golf For Kids’ Sake fundraiser at Serrano Country Club in El Dorado Hills earlier this month. Above, Dan Awe, a golf instructor at Cold Springs Golf and Country Club in Placerville, competes in the putting contest. A highlight of the event is the ball drop, at right. Contestants provided a $20 donation for each pre-numbered golf ball entered in the helicopter drop contest. Before the shotgun start, the crew from Sierra Air Helicopters in Auburn dropped the balls from randomly packed bags over the 9th hole. Dennis Myrmyr was declared the winner for having the closest ball to the hole.
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Miss El Dorado County runner-up Morgan Lowder of Shingle Springs and Miss Central California Teen Morgan Young of El Dorado Hills, above left, were part of the royal court who volunteered during the Golf For Kids’ Sake event. Above right, Hoa Tran of Roseville enjoys a cold beverage before the shotgun start. The extreme heat did not deter golfers.
As Friday marked the end of an unprecedented first week of school, an unusual sight started the morning. Every single student arriving at Marina Village Middle School is masked. “Learning incoming sixth-graders’ names is hard when all you see is their eyes,” admitted Principal Levi Cambridge. “I’m relying a lot on hairstyles right now.” It is Cambridge’s third year at the middle school, but in his 20 years in education he said he has never seen anything like what’s happening now. Marina Village is one middle school within the Rescue Unified School District, which has opened up this school year offering both distance learning and a hybrid option for students. “It’s been a big shift but our staff has such a desire to provide an excellent program and to support students that they’re working really hard and doing a great job,” Cambridge said. “They’re being innovative and creative and our students are happy to be here.” Only 25% of Marina’s students chose the distance learning option with the bulk of the school population spearheading the program that has the students broken into a morning and an afternoon group, keeping classes small to allow for social distancing. P.E. and band classes have larger numbers as there is more room for kids to spread out. Students spend half a day in school only going to half their classes, alternating daily with another half-day going to the rest of the classes. The other half of n
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EDH Rotarians and owners of West Coast Events Jan Parker, left, and David Maestas, right, teamed up with Charls McDonald, center, earlier this year to feed guests at The Upper Room.
Rotary Club of El Dorado Hills’ meetings might look more like “The Brady Bunch” intro these days but its mission has not changed — serve the community. Members have missed gathering for breakfast every Wednesday morning but they haven’t let their meal funds go to waste. For the last several months money that would normally pay for eggs and bagels instead went to The Upper Room Dining Hall in Placerville, which serves the homeless and anyone else who needs a good meal. Food is served 365 days a year. Honorary EDH Rotarians and the expert chefs behind West Coast Events, David Maestas and Jan Parker, took delicious food to the nonprofit April through July — barbecued chicken, bratwurst, home-
made salads and much more. With Rotarians’ funds, they provided 2,979 meals. “It think the best part of it was the quality of the meals was excellent,” said Upper Room Executive Director Charles McDonald at a recent Rotary Zoom meeting. “Our guests enjoyed it.” “We are glad to be able to donate and help,” said EDH Rotary Club President Aaron Palm. EDH Rotary/West Coast Events’ donation is one of several acts of goodwill for which McDonald said he’s very grateful. COVID-19 put a lot of pressure on the organization — volunteers backed out, demand for food (now served to-go) went up and fundraisers were canceled. A Facebook plea yielded about $130,000 in donations, “which blew us away,” McDonald said. “It was a good feeling to see the community step up like that.” For more information visit upperroomdininghall.org.
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