Mountain Democrat, Friday, September 13, 2024

A heartfelt thank you

Running for the Division 3 director’s seat on the El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors is Bradley Popejoy.

Born and raised in El Dorado County, Popejoy describes himself as a blue collar entrepreneur who has been his own boss most of his life.

He currently owns and operates Popejoy’s Water and Trucking. Popejoy said when he’s not working, he takes an active role in supporting the community by assisting those who have been impacted by wildfires and other natural disasters, setting up services to help those displaced by natural disasters and, along with his family, feeding those in need.

Popejoy said hard work has not only made his own company successful, he has also poured his

Details emerge in county jail AIDS death lawsuit

Odin Rasco Senior staff writer

New information has come to light related to a lawsuit filed against El Dorado County which alleges the AIDS-related death of a county jail inmate was caused by inadequate medical care services.

As previously reported by the Mountain Democrat, lifelong county resident Nicholas Overfield developed AIDS and died at the age of 38 shortly after a two-month stint in the county jail in 2022. Nick had been diagnosed with HIV in 2017 and had been prescribed an antiretroviral medication to keep his condition from worsening, according to his mother Lesley

Overfield.

Nick’s last stint in jail began when he was arrested for failing to appear in court in February 2022 for a burglary charge. Although Wellpath, the company contracted to provide medical services at the jail, had been made aware of Nick’s health condition — and had provided necessary treatment to him during a previous stay in jail — Lesley claims they failed to provide him proper treatment while in custody in 2022, leading to his developing AIDS and dying just 63 days after entering the jail. On Jan. 12, 2024, Oakland-based law firm Pointer and Buelna LLP filed a civil rights suit

Mountain Democrat photo by Eric Jaramishian

El Dorado Adventist School students and staff welcomed U.S. service members and law enforcement during the Placerville school’s annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony. Above, students line up to give members of the military tokens of appreciation for their service and sacrifice to the United States.

ESSENTIALS

Danna Pimental

Jan. 31,1954 – Aug. 30, 2024

Danna Pimental, born on January 31, 1954, in Vacaville, California, passed away on August 30, 2024, in Cedar Grove, California, where she died peacefully in her sleep. Growing up in Vacaville, Danna was known for her vibrant spirit and kind heart. After high school, she moved to Cedar Grove to create a life with her husband, Rod Pimental, who she was married to for 50 wonderful years, and together they built a lifetime of memories filled with love and laughter. Danna was a dedicated employee at Raley’s in Placerville, California, where she worked for 20 years and made many lasting friendships along the way. Danna is survived by her husband, Rodney Pimental; her daughter, Lynda; her husband, Vernon, and their two children, Alexia and Cameron. She also leaves behind her mother, Norma Moss; her siblings: Cheryl Bear and her family, Pam Markley and her family, and brother James “Jimmy” Jackson and his family. Danna was preceded in death by her father Paul Jackson, her cherished son Marc Pimental and her brother Roger Jackson. Danna will be remembered for her unwavering love for her family, her hard work and dedication, and her ability to bring people together. Her infectious laughter and generous spirit touched the lives of many, and she will be deeply missed by all who knew her. A celebration of life will be held on September 21, 2024, from 12 PM to 4 PM at Pleasant Valley Community Hall, located at 4765 Pleasant Valley Grange Rd., Placerville, CA. All are welcome to join the family in honoring Danna’s memory. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Diabetes Foundation.

Richard Carl Klein

Sept. 10, 1934 – Aug. 10, 2024

Beatrice (Bea) Cadenhead (Nee Martin; Smith, Andersen)

1925 – 2023

Beatrice (Bea) was the last of six children born in Placerville, CA to John and Margaret Martin of Sacramento Hill. She also was the last of these siblings to die—this in a Bay Area care facility on the last day of summer, 2023.

Bea graduated El Dorado High School as class valedictorian then headed to Oakland where she contributed to the World War II e ort working in the shipyards. She returned to Placerville shortly thereafter where she spent all but the latter years of her adult life. She then moved into assisted living at Cameron Park followed by a nursing care facility in Los Altos, CA.

Bea and late husband, Placerville native George M. Smith, raised three children: Dr. Terry L. Smith of Tacoma WA, Marty Smith of Newport, OR, and Denny Vivian of Twin Falls, ID. She was the grandmother of Dr. Tony Smith of Encinias, CA, Keith Vivian of Clovis, CA, and Kevin Vivian of Twin Falls, ID as well as great grandmother of Ashley Vivian, Kaelen and Addison Smith.

Bea was a working mother who was variously employed at the old “Fruit House,” Florence’s Dress Shop, a Placerville physician’s o ce, Mother Lode Bank, and private home-care provider to elderly relatives. She attended many churches in the area and participated in various study groups.

Her joy in later life was her marriage to the late Rolf “Cadie” Cadenhead. They were the epitome of a couple deeply in love.

Richard Carl Klein (Dick) was born on September 10, 1934, in Seattle, Washington, to Mathew Klein and Alice Lee Klein, nee (Giddens). He and his family moved to San Bruno, CA in 1947. He finished grammar and middle school there. He started San Mateo Union High School but chose, in 1952, to join the apprenticeship machinist program at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard; while in that program, he received his GED. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in November 1954. He did boot camp at Fort Ord, and was assigned to LA and Texas bases before being shipped out to Germany. Luckily, he was bumped from a military fight to Germany as the plane crashed in New Jersey on Friday the 13th. He married Margaret L. Brown of San Mateo while in Germany in 1957. Upon returning to the USA, they resided in San Bruno, California. Their son, Richard C. Klein II, was born there on March 17, 1958. Dick went back to work at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard from October 1957 to 1960 and became a Journeyman Machinist. When the shipyard closed, he was on one of the last work groups left at the yard. He transferred to the U. S. Naval Radiological Lab on Hunter’s Point in San Francisco. Because of his training on high vacuum systems, he worked on the Cyclotron. When the Rad Lab closed, he transferred to the San Francisco Mint. He planned, developed, and worked on high-speed packaging lines. At the Old San Francisco Mint, which survived the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fire, he was given a large crate of pieces and parts to a German-made press. There were no directions. You can now use the press to print your own coin while on a tour of the facility. After being upgraded to Model Maker, he transferred to Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland, CA, in 1988. There, he designed and made prototype biomedical equipment. During his work years, he attended classes at the College of San Mateo, City College of San Francisco, and the University of California. Dick was a long-time member and o cer in the San Bruno and Pacifica Lions Club, as well as the American Legion Posts of both towns. He was a volunteer at the San Bruno Police Department. After a chase with a juvenile delinquent, Dick decided to help teenagers before they became delinquents. He became a Scout Master and Commissioner. He organized one of the first co-educational scout troops in the Bay Area and enjoyed teaching backpacking and cooking. His pies and rolls on a homemade reflector oven were first class. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Margaret (nee Brown); son Rich, daughter-in-law Shelley, grandson Richard Klein III (Lil Rich), wife Brandi (nee Stern) and his children, Austin and Payten Klein; Granddaughter Megan Klein and husband Matt Lawes of Blackfoot, ID and their children, Mia, Memphis and Madi Jo. Foster daughter Claudia Lewis, and her husband Gary, and their children Christopher and Erica in Scottsdale, AZ. Eleven great-grandkids in all. He lived a good life and gave back to the community.

Bea and her young family first made their home on Upper Main Street followed by homes on Wiltse and Baker Roads. She then briefly lived in Diamond Springs before building her dream home back atop Sacramento Hill where she had spent her childhood. Over a period of years, she developed the bare lot around her newly built home into a landscape of beautiful, well-maintained gardens.

Bea had an uncanny knack of winning prize drawings; but she said she would only win when she bought tickets. Over the years her “take” included a chest of drawers full of linens when she was a new bride, a Shetland pony for her young children, a cedar chest, a case of mixed fifths of liquor, and a set of elegant Holiday mantle decorations, just to name a few of her more noteworthy winnings.

No services were conducted; and Bea’s cremains are to be distributed on Carson Pass, Highway 88, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Sharon Johnson

Dec. 2, 1943 – Aug. 25, 2024

Sharon Johnson passed away at her home on Sunday, August 25 with family by her side. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Melvin Johnson. She leaves behind their two boys, Timothy Johnson and Eric Johnson along with 2 grandchildren. Sharon and Mel resided in Placerville since 1977. Sharon primarily was a homemaker, but also worked part-time as a noon duty aide at Herbert Green Middle School and then worked in Extended Day Care at Indian Creek elementary prior to her retirement. Sharon enjoyed traveling in the fifth-wheel with Mel and their beagles visiting various national parks. She also enjoyed gardening and bird watching. Most recently, she was active in her church, Discovery Hills Church in Shingle Springs. A memorial to honor Sharon’s life is being held Saturday, September 14 at 2:00 PM at Discovery Hills Church.

LEGISLATORS’ ADDRESSES

Richard B. Esposito (530) 344-5055 / resposito@mtdemocrat.net EDITORIAL STAFF Noel Stack Editor 530-344-5073 / nstack@villagelife.net

Mimi

Touching tribute to El Dorado County’s fallen

Staff Sgt. Sky Mote, Sgt. Austin Ramsey, Sgt. Kyle Dayton, Sgt. Joshua Hardt, Sgt. Timothy Smith, SPC. Mathew Taylor, Staff Sgt. Eric Schenck, Lance Cpl. Brad Shuder, Staff Sgt. Michael Elledge, SPC. Garrett Font, SPC. Randall Landstedt and PFC. Phillip Williams. The cenotaph was constructed by Rescue Boy Scout Troop 700 member Matthew Woodin for his Eagle Scout project. Commandant of the Sky Mote Det. 697 Marine Corp. League Joe Thuesen, at right, recounts the story of how Sky Mote gave his life in service of his country during the Afghanistan War in 2012. Mountain Democrat photos by Eric Jaramishian

Illegal sewage dumper busted

Odin Rasco

An El Dorado county-based septic service company may find itself knee-deep in trouble for illegally dumping raw sewage off the side of the road in the Eldorado National Forest.

Following up on reports claiming the septic company had dumped raw sewage along Wrights Tie Road in the Pacific Ranger District, Forest Service Law Enforcement contacted the company. The staff

reportedly admitted to dumping a load initially collected from Loon Lake Campground and Ice House Campground along the road in order to “save time,” according to a Forest Service social media post.

The owner/operator of the business has been issued a federal summons to appear in court, and the case against them is pending.

Because the investigation into the incident is ongoing and has not been adjudicated, further details are not yet publicly available according to a Forest Service representative.

Command Sgt. Major Man Adams, a Vietnam veteran, above, speaks to a crowd about his time in Vietnam. Other speakers at the function recounted their memories on where they were when 9/11 occurred while stressing the importance of honoring and sharing the stories of those who served in the U.S. military.

Senior staff writer

Civil Air Patrol Squadron 85 members Hogan Neilon, Nehemiah Feusi, Hudson Musial and Mason Kelley prepare to retire the colors as they march by a sea of American flags during the event.

DENTAL Insurance

Tribe seeks to place more land into trust

Eric Jaramishian Senior sta writer

The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors are forming an ad hoc committee that will address a Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians request for a fee-to-trust land acquisition.

The land the tribe is requesting to be put into trust, which would transfer land titles from the tribe to the federal government in a trust on its behalf, is located north of Echo Lane o Highway 50 and includes Indian Creek Ranch land.

The tribe is seeking to put the land into trust for tribal member housing. The tribe purchased Indian Creek Ranch properties from Echo Lane Investors LLC for approximately $8.8 million in 2022.

The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Chairwoman Regina Cuellar sent a letter to the Board of Supervisors requesting the county support the fee-to-trust acquisition and asked county leaders to send a letter to Congressman Tom McClintock to include the Indian Creek Ranch property in upcoming legislation.

Cuellar’s letter states the Tribe will pay an upfront, lump sum of $750,000 to compensate for lost revenue and other expenses.

Normally a fee-to-trust acquisition takes years, according to Chief Administrative O ce analyst Alison Winters. However, H.R. 2388, legislation authored by McClintock, helps streamline that process, Winters told the Board of Supervisors during the Sept. 10 meeting.

“In the last couple of years, we have kind of gone over a couple groups of parcels for the Tribe,” Winter said. “The fee-to-trust process is a long process. It has taken five to 10 years, depending on the parcel they are wanting to put in a trust.”

The ad hoc committee, which now consists of Board Chair Wendy Thomas and District 4 Supervisor Lori Parlin, will discuss the contents of the letter and all related fee-to-trust issues with tribal representatives. Both supervisors expressed interest in discussing any trust acquisition.

“I think it’s a great opportunity to continue working on that relationship with the Tribe, which I think has gotten a lot better over the last several years,” Parlin said.

A couple of members who spoke during public comment on the meeting’s agenda item were against streamlining the fee-to-trust process.

“Once it goes to trust, you have no control and whatever you agree to can be thrown out the window,” said one member of the public, who did not reveal their identity.

“This more than covers what the tribe would pay in property taxes for the time it would take to move the Indian Creek Ranch land into trust through the Bureau of Indian A airs process,” states the letter. “We believe this o er makes the county whole for supporting our housing project.”

The Tribe is also willing to comply with conditions required by the board when the final map is adopted. The Tribe assures no gaming activities will occur on the site and “no economic ventures will be constructed or operated” except for essential services.

“While the Tribe and county are not always in agreement on issues, I believe we can all agree on the importance of housing,” the letter states. “This Indian Creek Ranch property is needed to provide homes for the 170 tribal members currently on the Tribe’s housing waitlist.

“We hope that the county will support us and provide Congressman McClintock with a letter of support,” the letter adds.

skills, knowledge and experience into helping other budding entrepreneurs start a business.

Popejoy said his decision to run for o ce came after everything he went through legally with what he described as “our dirty district attorney.” Popejoy was tried and ultimately found not guilty in March 2022 of brandishing a firearm “in an angry or threatening manner” at three teenage girls who made obscene gestures as they drove by his Placerville home in 2020.

“I realized how bad the politics are up here and felt like I’m being pushed into it. I feel that God is wishing me that way so I want to get involved. If I’m going to live here, I want to make a di erence,” Popejoy told the Mountain Democrat. “I feel like people are just lining their pockets and it’s not about the people anymore, it’s about the politicians.”

Ultimately Popejoy said he would like to become a county supervisor. Asking for his assessment of EID, Popejoy said he doesn’t think people should have to pay for infrastructurerelated costs. “I don’t know why, if EID has been putting money aside for infrastructure improvements over the last 30 plus years, … why all of a sudden the need for all these infrastructure improvements?”

He said he considers the work on Forebay Dam to be a complete waste of money. “They redid the dam when the leak was in the canal above the dam,” he said, adding he thought the sta needed to do more research before undertaking similar projects. Complaining about the need for district water tanks to be recoated and the roofs replaced, he said the contractors told EID the roofs would last 100 years and EID should go back to the contractors for the expenses.

The supervisors’ collective stance is to form the committee, not stating if they support putting the lot of land into a trust.

“I always think that conversation and getting to understand each other is better than ignoring things and letting it go, but I am very cognitive of what the public has stated, and we haven’t had any leverage when it comes to the few items, so I think this is an opportunity to have a conversation,” said District 5 Supervisor Brooke Laine. “It’s not an obligation. I think going the route of the ad hoc is probably the best way to go, and not act on their requests today but let the ad hoc get some legs on this.”

Winters noted impact fees and property tax relating to the property, which assumes a 2% growth, would total approximately $8 million. The Tribe has paid nearly $2,000 for park land dedication and $27,000 for oak canopy removal.

“It’s a cost that never should have happened.”

He said he wonders if the agency uses grant money to give raises to people or puts it toward infrastructure improvements and promised to look into this if he is elected.

Popejoy also voiced frustration with the cost of water, which he says is higher in the county than down the hill, and asked why county residents can’t use as much of it as they want since it originates here.

Regarding any possible conflicts of interest between his business and serving on the board, he said none exist.

“My business doesn’t make money o of EID. I’d say in the last two years it’s been 2% to 3% of my business,” he shared. “I sold my potable truck years ago because I didn’t have time for it. I haven’t done anything with EID water this year or in the county. I’m solely doing this because we need new blood involved in the county.”

As for funding, he said his campaign is largely self-funded although he has been holding some fundraising events. “I’m doing this because I want to help the community,” he stressed. “I’m not benefiting from this.”

Calling water one of El Dorado County’s most significant assets and challenges, Popejoy noted, “This area’s water impacts everyone’s lives through their homes, work, recreation, safety and water rates.”

He promised as a board member he would encourage water a ordability so that the whole community benefits from this valuable resource. To achieve this, he promised to vote against unnecessary rate increases. “I can’t be bought and won’t be intimidated. I make my decisions based o what’s best for the people of this county.”

Lawsuit Continued from A1

against the county, Wellpath and jail employees claiming Nick’s death was the direct result of substandard care provided to him while in custody.

“This is not just negligence; it’s a death sentence carried out by people who knew exactly what was at stake,” Patrick Buelna states in a recent press release. “Nick’s life was in their hands and they chose indifference over duty.”

An amendment to the suit was recently filed which names specific Wellpath and El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office employees believed to have had a hand in Nicholas’ treatment. Wellpath employees

Dr. Ross Chapman, nurses Emily Walker and Daryl Lauffer and health services administrator Abdurrahman Bilal were specifically named in the new complaint alongside EDSO Lt. Stephen Kowalczyk and Cpt. Matthew Foxworthy.

When first taken into custody in February, Lesley recalls her son asking her to bring his medicine to the jail and specifically mentioning his condition to the arresting officer.

“When he was being arrested he said to me, ‘Don’t forget my medicine, Mom,’” Lesley explained. “I made sure he had it; both of us had made sure to tell the police he needed it.”

The lawsuit claims Nick’s requests for medication were ignored, with a doctor delaying his first visit for two weeks despite medical records on file indicating his need for antiretroviral medication. A press release from Pointer and Buelna claims Wellpath documents show nursing staff pushed off a critical blood test for over a month and continued to not provide prescribed medication. The press release additionally claims a third-party witness saw a Wellpath employee tell Nick, “You’re not taking care of yourself on the street; why should I take care of you in here?”

While in custody, Nick’s health deteriorated rapidly, according to this mother; in April, staff twice found him disoriented and lying on the floor of his cell, unable to stand. The first occasion, staff elected to not send him to the hospital and

Mansfield

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Mansfield said after college he managed a $20 million agricultural portfolio for a private equity firm when he lived in Sonoma County. Later he and his wife decided to move to El Dorado County to raise their children and help run the farm started by his father, Ron.

Ron Mansfield, who died earlier this year, had made his mark as a stone fruit and grape farmer and helped put El Dorado County and the Sierra foothills on the map as a wine destination. A legend in the wine industry, at one time Ron worked at EID and helped develop its irrigation management system, which is still considered by many as the industry’s gold standard for irrigation conservation.

Continuing the tradition, Mansfield said he’s running for the EID board because he feels the agency is at a crossroads and it’s important for someone from the agricultural industry to be on the board so “they don’t forget what the ‘I’ stands for in EID.”

Citing issues facing EID, Mansfield noted, “We are in an inflationary cycle, have aging infrastructure and have a challenging four to five years ahead of us in terms of revenue and bridging the gap of projects that need to be completed without the fear of a rate shock for our ratepayers.”

Supportive of the recent decision by EID’s board to spend $1.25 billion on infrastructure over the next 20 years, Mansfield stressed paying particular attention to projects that need to be completed over the next five years and designating which ones are of the highest priority.

Mansfield is especially interested in once again making the county into a powerhouse of agricultural production, saying El Dorado County has one of the biggest reserves of choice agricultural soils and productive timberlands in the state. At present he estimates that only 20% to 30% of county soil is in agricultural use. The El Dorado County Water Agency is in the process of assessing the exact amount and how much water would

the second they did not approve transport until a deputy was available to transport him more than 12 hours later, the lawsuit claims. Valree Payne, a nurse at Barton Memorial Hospital, spoke with Walker in late April 2022 and wrote in her notes, “Nick had not been provided his HIV medication for his entire time,” according to the lawsuit. Instead, he had been prescribed multivitamins, a nutrition shake, medications for oral thrush, Tylenol, Imodium and Zofran.

Less than 24 hours after Nick had been taken to the hospital from jail, Barton staff had him flown to San Francisco for advanced medical care. He was treated for two months, but doctors determined his case was terminal. Nick was transported back to Barton for hospice care so he could be closer to his mother in his final days. He died on June 21, 2022, of encephalitis varicella zoster virus, an AIDS-defining condition. He is survived by his mother and two sons.

Lawyers question if the hesitancy to provide medical care was a financially-motivated decision.

Pointer and Buelna claim Wellpath has been paid more than $25 million since the company began offering medical services through the jail in 2019.

“Was Nick’s death about protecting Wellpath’s profit?” Buelna asks.

“Juluca [the antiretroviral medication Nick was prescribed] is one of the more expensive antiretroviral drugs on the market. And sending people to hospitals is one of the most expensive parts of jail health care. Perhaps that is why there was such resistance and foot dragging to get Nick the care he deserved but was ultimately denied.”

This case is not the only one alleging improper care at the county jail causing death. Another suit filed against the county claims 31-year-old Jonathan Madrigal exhibited signs of an overdose but was not given proper treatment and died in October 2022.

Wellpath and El Dorado County representatives declined to comment on the ongoing litigation.

be needed if most or all of the soil is put back into agricultural production. At present agriculture uses roughly 10% of the water distributed by EID.

Mansfield said he believes one way to make better use of the county’s resources is to encourage closer cooperation between the county’s leadership and boards, EID and EDCWA when it comes to General Plan and element updates.

As one example of that, he said agricultural properties under the Williamson Act can’t be split but have lost their agricultural water rate because the land is fallow. The cost of putting the land back into agricultural use would be prohibitive but the land can’t be split and part of it put to residential use. He ultimately believes those differences can be ironed out.

Already actively involved in many boards, Mansfield is presently a member of the El Dorado County Agricultural Commission, the Placerville Fruit Growers Association and the El Dorado Winegrape Growers Association. He is funding his own EID campaign.

“I like to participate in all these boards and agencies but I view the EID board position as a nonpartisan position and the lifeblood of our community,” he said. “Water connects us and drives our economy. It’s a public service to serve on this board and almost a non-starter to be beholden to any party or entity.”

Interested in protecting the rural feel of the county, Mansfield said he really wants to focus on the strategic development of the west slope with more sync between the General Plan and EID.

“We need to reduce costs, implement long-term efficiencies and invest in wise developments,” he told the Mountain Democrat. “EID is unique because it has multiple business lines with electrical generation and water transfers that help generate more revenue. We also need to expand our search for grants. Unaffordable water would cost us jobs and that’s true for residential and agricultural ratepayers.”

InLoving Memory

With all their love, Roger and Cyndi share:

Shari Sue (Mimi) meant so much to so many and was loved by all. She was the light that shined bright for all of us… always supportive and giving, sharing laughter, love and infectious smile, her quick wit, positive attitude and caring spirit. She was magnetic, whether it be family, friends, or folks she just met, she brought us together to create new and wonderful memories. Our beacon on shore no longer shines bright, but will always guide our path home.

Shari began her highly successful 48-year telecommunications career at the Western Electric (AT&T) Regional Operations and Engineering Center in Sunnyvale 1966. Before her retirement in 2014, she had managed signi cant projects to provide cell telephone coverage throughout the S.F. Bay Area, Reno/Tahoe, Southern CA, and Minnesota.

Shari was always on the move! And, she loved to shop! She often just got in her car to roam. This adventurous spirit led to travel. Initially her travels were mostly to Mexico and Canada with husband Charlie and friends. Following were an African Safari in Botswana and Zimbabwe and a cruise of the Baltic featuring the State Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia, with dear friends Jim and Pam. Following were an Alaskan cruise highlighted with a helicopter landing on the Mendenhall glacier and a cruise from Rome to Venice and a cross-country tour of Italy.

Writes Pam:

Shari was a giver and collector of people. When rst meeting Shari, you fell in love with her generous spirit and great humor. She loved connecting with people and she did this through her many talents and crafts. She was a gifted artisan. To have the honor of her friendship included being the recipient of beautiful quilts, engraved towels, food and a myriad of other items. This is how her love for others was expressed. Shari was a giver to all. When looking at her beautiful crafts is to look at the love of Shari expressed to all she encountered. She is greatly missed!

As a craftsperson for decades, in the early days, everyone wanted a Shari Santa. More recently, her focus was in quilting. Now, everyone wanted a Shari Quilt. Through that interest, she developed a specialty in embroidery. Now everyone wanted Shari’s towels, apparel, quilt-personalization labels, and more! She loved her hub of friends and customers at Debbie Cagnata’s High Sierra Quilters in Placerville.

Shari was very proud of her Osage ancestry and worked extensively to assure appropriate tribal registration for her family members. She traveled to the Osage Reservation centered by Pawhuska, OK, to personally see the collection of her ancestral memorabilia.

In remembrance of our very special Shari, donations may be sent online to Susan G. Komen.

Shari’s family and friends will gather to celebrate her life in the fashion Shari would --in ip- ops! Come tell your favorite memory of her at the open mic.

Celebration of Life – Shari Sue Fairweather Pace

September 14, 2024 1 – 5 pm 4031 Blackhawk Lane, Placerville Food, music, pictorial memories, residence tour

Please RSVP: Sharipacememorial@gmail.com

Email your name and number of guests in your group (photos and memories may be sent as well)

* Our beloved Shari Sue Fairweather was born December14, 1948, and passed away June 5, 2024. Her 75 years started at the U.S. Naval Dispensary in Seattle, WA with parents Donald Fairweather and Earlene Crouse Fairweather (our Gada). Donald was transferred to Mo t Naval Airbase in Mountain View, CA, and Shari became a Californian forever. She graduated Fremont High School in Sunnyvale in 1966. By then, she had already developed friendships that would last her lifetime. In 1971, Shari married William Gogue. From that marriage, Kimberlee Lynn Gogue and Brian Kenneth Gogue were born. In 1983, she married Charles Pace and she determinedly added Doug Pace (Shirlene) and Roger Pace (Cyndi) to her family. With the very unfortunate early passing of her sister, her only sibling, Shari openly welcomed nephews Scott and Jason (now deceased) as her own. So the family grew. Adding grandchildren was a Shari delight: Stephanie (Devin), Emily (Cortland), Ti any (Rhys), Savannah, Dillon (Maggie), Sierra, Kaitlin, and Kendall. Other favorite and loving survivors are cousin Wendy Picinich (Dave). Somewhere in the family growth, Shari became Mimi Shari.

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OPINION

California Commentary

Good Zuck, bad Zuck

Last week, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg made headlines over his mea culpa for caving to pressure from the BidenHarris administration to suppress content related to the COVID pandemic and other news disfavored by the political establishment.

“I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it,” Zuckerberg wrote in a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan. This was a clear admission that, in fact, Facebook (now referred to as Meta) yielded to pressure from the Biden-Harris administration to censor American citizens on a wide array of subjects, including Meta’s throttling of content related to the New York Post coverage of the infamous Hunter Biden laptop.

While a few political observers and o cials had lukewarm praise for Zuckerberg coming clean, most were having none of it. Howard Kurtz, Fox News media reporter stated, “It’s good for Zuck to accept some degree of responsibility, but it’s kinda too late. By about three years.”

Letters to the Editor

Trump’s aws

EDITOR:

There is an old adage that may contain a lesson for Gary Ross and others who think that Donald Trump simply needs to change his rhetoric to become a suitable candidate: “If it walks and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck.”

Biden administration Democrats and the Jacobinled French Revolution of 1789. We are witnessing a revolution similar to the French Revolution. Calls to remake the U.S. Supreme Court because the left doesn’t like its decisions such as stopping forgiveness of school loans are just the beginning. This is a short list of the Jacobins’ “notable achievements”:

Zuckerberg’s and Chan’s relentless attack on California taxpayers is di cult to understand. It appears they are just part of the political elite cabal who want to run — or ruin — the lives of everyday Californians.

Even more harsh was law professor and First Amendment advocate Jonathan Turley, who wins the award for the best take on Zuckerberg’s letter of apology: “For those of us who have criticized Facebook for years for its role in the massive censorship system, Zuckerberg’s belated contrition was more insulting than inspiring. It had all the genuine regret of a stalker found hiding under the bed of a victim.” Was the apology the result of actual contrition? Or was it driven, in part, by e orts of Chairman Jordan who, last year, threatened to hold Zuckerberg in contempt for failing to turn over internal company documents subject to congressional subpoena?

No matter. The real benefit to “democracy” from Zuckerberg’s newly discovered moral compass is his promise to refrain from spending “Zuckerbucks” this November to convert a public election process into a private plaything. For that, those concerned with election integrity can be thankful.

Other Zuckerberg news from last week is not so pleasant.

Mark’s wife, Priscilla Chan, dropped some big time cash into the Yes on Proposition 5 e ort. According to a Late Contribution Report filed last week, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, LLC (Mark Zuckerberg) made a $2.5 million campaign contribution to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy — Yes on 5 (Nonprofit 501(c)(4)) committee.

Proposition 5 is the worst measure on the November ballot for taxpayers. It would repeal an

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The Not So Weekly Daley

What better day than Friday the 13th to review and revisit all those long ago AND all recent slights, insults, digs, insinuations, physical, verbal and mental abuses, isolation and social exclusion, indi erence and a total world of hurt, loneliness and despair — especially on this unluckiest of days.

I heard a law enforcement analyst on CNN the day after the 14-year-old shot up his school in Georgia. The former FBI agent used a term I don’t think I had ever heard, “grievance collector.” I could guess what it meant, more or less, that the kid was unable to get relief from a lifetime of real or imagined neglect, abuse, exclusion,

A duck waddles and sounds like it does because it’s a duck, and that’s what ducks do. Trump does what he does (disrespects military heroes and veterans) and says what he says (makes sexist and racist remarks) because he’s Trump, and that’s what Trump does (and will always do). Speaking in a di erent manner more acceptable to normal Americans will not change the flawed essence that is at Trump’s core.

Either change your vote or get used to the fact that your candidate is a “duck.”

JOHN O’SHEA Pollock Pines

The Jacobin Democrats

EDITOR:

Victor Davis Hanson, classics professor and Hoover Fellow, has written extensively about the similarity of government by the

Price controls — The Jacobins instituted price controls on goods on Sept. 29, 1793, leading to high inflation and shortages. VP Harris has floated the idea of price controls to stop “price gouging.” Nixon price controls brought us inflation that hit 15% per annum in 1979.

Comprehensive law of suspects – This passed Sept. 17, 1793, to arrest anyone who showed by their conduct, contacts, words or writings that they opposed the revolution or were “enemies” of liberty. The Democrats have colluded with Facebook and the former Twitter to suppress comments against their policies.

Wars — The Jacobins instigated wars against France’s neighbors to spread the revolution and take control of the countries. The Democrats created the ongoing war in Ukraine and have

hurt, loneliness and despair. And he took it out on a group of mostly unknown “easy” targets who somehow represented all those “guilty” people he couldn’t figure out how to get at to settle the score. According to reports, he’d only been at that school for a couple of weeks and absent quite often. So, not a lot of history there, one might assume.

A quick online check turned up comparable descriptions of the “grievance collector” personality type. The similarities are pretty clear. Consider “injustice collector” and “wound collector.” While each di ers somewhat in specific characteristics, a common thread binds them together. They generally include rumination,

rage, the need and a plan for vengeance, payback and redemption. That the real or imagined “abusers” aren’t necessarily the actual targets of choice doesn’t appear to matter much. Anyone and everyone is guilty in some way or another. Evidently, it’s the act of revenge itself that provides the needed and hoped-for relief.

It’s hard to imagine a 14-year-old having collected such a high level of grievance as that child must have acquired compared to, say a 40- or 50-year-old. It’s not impossible given the number of adolescent and early 20s school-shooters in the last few years, but 14 would be near the bottom age for such calculated “retribution.”

I won’t bother trying to get into the gun debate at this point. But I will refer back to a notion I discussed a few weeks ago — the parent as enabler, procurer and clearly the irresponsible party in this and other similar tragedies. The father in this

case bought his son an AR-15 type rifle last Christmas (unclear if that’s what the boy actually wanted instead of a skateboard or video game player). An assault weapon for a 14-year-old?

According to a bunch of court reports, the father could be eligible for 180 years in prison as a result of that holiday gift, likely given with fatherly love and devotion. He faces involuntary manslaughter and seconddegree murder for starters. Under Georgia law the son will be tried as an adult.

If following those laws would actually go a step toward solving this country’s mental health and ready gun access problems, I’d congratulate our legal system and those who legislate and administer it.

Meanwhile, we need to protect ourselves from “grievance collectors” and those who enable them.

Chris Daley is a biweekly columnist for the Mountain Democrat.

CHRIS DALEY

JON COUPAL

financed the war against Israel by removing sanctions on Iran. We’re funding Russia’s war in Ukraine and Hamas’ war against Israel with our idiotic energy policies.

The reign of terror — The Jacobins made the guillotine famous. They arrested or killed people who didn’t support the revolution. The Biden Justice Department has investigated parents who protested at a school board meeting in Loudoun County, Va., created four fabricated lawsuits against Trump after he declared he was running for the presidency and thrown pro-life protestors in jail. No such action was taken against the BLM rioters in 2020 that took the lives of 19-plus people and caused damages in excess of $1 billion from Seattle to New York City.

Destruction of Christianity — The revolution’s leaders were committed to the destruction of the Church. In fact, the Jacobins wanted to destroy French society and rebuild the government from the ground up. The result was utter chaos as we are seeing in the United States in many places. The progressives are not friends of the religious.

Destroy history — The revolution’s leaders wanted to destroy French culture to build a new utopia. They created a republican calendar that started from the inauguration of the new French Republic on Sept. 22, 1792. They engaged in the destruction of the church and its images. They removed the word “saint” from street names. The radical left in America wants to destroy all vestiges of our history

that it objects to.

Modern revolutionaries have studied the French Revolution. The 20th century was one of the bloodiest in history when the communists murdered tens of millions of people. We’re not there yet but there are clear warning signs that we’re headed in a bad direction. A lot is at stake on Nov. 5.

DARWIN THRONE El Dorado Hills

Kiley’s

stance on debates

EDITOR:

How do you learn about the candidates in an election? Many voters carefully read the voter pamphlet. Others read newspaper articles or check out the websites of candidates. Many have conversations with friends. But it is our responsibility as voters to learn as much as we can about the candidates.

An excellent way to learn about opposing candidates’ positions is in a debate or forum where they are asked the same question or asked to address a particular issue. Then you can decide which candidate best matches your own values.

Jessica Morse, running for our CD-3 Representative for U.S. Congress, is eager to debate our current Congressman Kevin Kiley — anywhere, and any time. Representative Kevin Kiley, however, has declined the invitation to a candidates forum

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sponsored by the venerable League of Women Voters of five counties (Nevada, El Dorado, Placer, Plumas and Sacramento), which represents 350,000 people.

The voters need to know where Kiley stands on pertinent issues such as women’s reproductive rights, birth control, certifying elections, whether the 2020 election was stolen, reducing wildfire risk, gun reform safety, etc.

Kiley, who visits these counties to speak when he thinks he can garner votes, seems afraid to tell us his values, why he has voted on important issues the way he has and how he’ll vote on important issues in the future.

His opponent, Jessica Morse, is happy to debate him anywhere, any time.

What do you think about a candidate who turns down an invitation to debate from the venerable League of Women Voters? Why is he afraid to debate Jessica Morse? Makes me wonder ... Perhaps Kiley is not up to a debate with Morse. But every voter should be able to make that decision themselves after seeing the two of them in a forum. I encourage every voter, regardless of party affiliation, to contact his offices and urge him to participate in the forum: Washington, D.C. (202) 225-2523; Rocklin (916) 724-2575.

MARY ELLIOTT-KLEMM

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important taxpayer protection in Proposition 13 (and in earlier versions of the state Constitution) that requires a two-thirds vote of the electorate before a city, county or special district can issue bonds.

Local bonds are repaid with higher property tax taxes. Those charges continue for decades, and each new bond measure that is approved by voters is added on top of previous charges, in addition to the basic property tax of 1% of assessed value.

Chan was also a big contributor in support of Prop. 15 (2020), the infamous “split roll” initiative, a direct attack on Prop. 13 that would have cut the iconic 1978 property tax limitation in half. It was defeated by a broad based coalition of taxpayers, property owners and businesses. Now that same coalition is mobilizing to ensure the defeat of Proposition 5. Zuckerberg’s and Chan’s relentless attack on California taxpayers is difficult to understand. It appears they are just part of the political elite cabal who want to run — or ruin — the lives of everyday Californians. Voters would be well-advised to send this billionaire couple a strong message this election: They may have more dollars, but taxpayers have more sense.

Jon Coupal is president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.

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“Racers start your engines!” is something you normally hear at an automobile race like NASCAR or the Indy 500.

cereal box

Be an engineer and create your own Gravity Racer! Here are instructions to get you started.

4 plastic bottle caps

2 bamboo skewers 2 straws

Cut a 6” x 9” rectangle out of a cardboard cereal box.

Decorate your Gravity Racer.

ruler paint or markers

Cut another rectangle, 6” x 4” and fold as shown.

But, what if a car had no engine? How would it move? Could it still be a race car?

Are you an eagle-eyed reader? Read the articles below and correct the eight spelling errors you find. The first one is done for you.

What happens when you put a car on a ramp? It will roll down to the ground. An invisible force is pulling it down: gravity

he E in STEM is for engineering. Engineers are changing the world all of the time. They dream up creative, practical solutions and work with other smart, inspiring people to invent, design and create things that matter.

Tape the angled hood onto the larger rectangle.

Hot glue a bamboo skewer to the inside center of a plastic bottle cap.

how to y

Susan and Taylor each made a gravity-powered car. Gravity has the same amount of pull on all of the cars in a race down a ramp. Each kid is using science to make his or her car go faster.

Susan is using weight. She has glued some pennies to her car to make it heavier. But its boxy shape has drag which slows it down.

Gravity always pulls objex towards the central of the Earth. Even if you are walking up a flight of stares, gravity pulls you toward the centre of the Earth.

Builders of buildings use this fact to halp them build walls that are vertical.

Taylor has engineered his car to have less drag. When a car moves through the air, it causes friction. Friction causes drag, a force that slows a moving object. Streamlined and smooth objects have less drag than jagged or flat ones.

smooth ha than jagged or fla

Insert skewer through straw to create an axle. Hot glue bottle cap to other end of skewer.

Tape straw axles to bottom of car body. Make sure the wheels spin freely.

Roll your gravity racer down a ramp. Measure how far it rolls. What happens if you add weight to your racer, such as taping pennies to it? What else can you do to make it roll farther?

Look through the newspaper to find:

A numeral over 1,000

A numeral less than 10

A telephone number

A Roman numeral

An address

An age

A zipcode

The score of a game Tomorrow’s forecast

A plumb bob, which is a wait on the end of a string, is a tools builders use to see if a structure is vertical. They hang the plumb bob next to the structure. If the string and structure are parallel, the structure in vertical.

Find the words in the puzzle. Then look for each word in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities.

This week’s word: VERTICAL

The adjective vertical means straight up and down or upright.

Melody likes to wear shirts with vertical stripes.

Try to use the word vertical in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members.

© 2014 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 30, No. 22

COMICS

n SHOE by Jeff MacNelly

Flag football finds a home at Oak Ridge

Malachi Parker Staff writer

One of the newer sports introduced to the California Interscholastic Federation is gaining yards across El Dorado County.

Girls flag football was introduced in February 2023 via unanimous decision by the CIF board. Popularity and participation in the sport did not take a lot of time to materialize.

“We have 70 schools playing girls flag football right away,” CIF Assistant Commissioner Will DeBoard said in an episode of “A Teaching Touchdown” released earlier this year.

Oak Ridge joined the sports program this school year, under the guidance of varsity head coach Eric Cavaliere, who was the boys’ varsity head coach for 15 years plus 10 years of being an assistant. He possesses all the tools to lead this team.

“I tell them all the time they are pioneers of the sport,” Cavaliere said. “You never know where the sport will be years from now.”

n TUNDRA by Chad Carpenter

n RUBES by Leigh Rubin

n SPEED BUMP by Dave Coverly

“It feels special to be part of the first team here,” senior Sofia Williams said. “I’m so grateful I got this opportunity.”

The Oak Ridge Trojans are a team deep with bodies and talent as they field a roster of 30 girls. With playmakers all over the field and a strong coaching staff, they are able to compete at a high level.

n See TROJANS, page A10

Big Trophy Night caps speedway’s championship season

Gary Thomas Placerville Speedway

What started out in April will finish up this Saturday, Sept. 14, when Placerville Speedway plays host to Coors Light Big Trophy Championship Night. All four track champions will be crowned on Saturday and main event winners go home with the 6-foot-tall trophies as part of Big Trophy Night.

Placerville Sprint Car veteran Jimmy Trulli will also call it a career on Saturday after 38 years behind the wheel of his his No. 33T.

Going into Saturday the title race is still a close one when it comes to the Thompsons Family of Dealerships

Winged 360 Sprint Cars. Auburn’s Andy Forsberg holds onto a slim ninepoint lead over Bubba Decaires with one race left.

Forsberg is in search of championship No. 10 on the red clay, while Decaires looks to join his father as a Placerville Speedway title winner. Modesto’s Tony Gomes put on the charge last week and is still within striking distance, sitting just 22 markers back in third.

Placerville’s Shane Hopkins and Sacramento’s Austin Wood round out the top five in points heading into the finale. Wood is fresh off his first career Sprint Car victory this past Saturday.

n See SPEEDWAY, page A10

ARIES (March 21-April 19). If you think there’s something about you that should be acknowledged, it’s OK to be the first to draw attention to it. Maybe you feel you shouldn’t have to, but it’s the quickest way to teach people how you want to be treated.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll respond to the tone your loved ones use while giving the verbiage much less credence. You’ll also sweeten your song to contribute to an improved mood and create your preferred atmosphere.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Even transactional relationships can be helped by a sense that human connection has value beyond what is being exchanged. Be careful not to rush to the accounting.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Ever-aware of how people are driven by their own needs and perceptions, you will take no opinion as the truth. Instead, you’ll consider each view and glean what’s useful to you and to the current situation.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Beauty hits numerous criteria at once -- so many the effect becomes impossible to quantify or explain, so we sum it up with phrases like “je ne sais quoi” or “X-factor.” You’ll know it when you see it today.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Your resources are expanding so notably that soon your “make it work” ethic will no longer be as relevant. If an individual, location or object fails to reciprocate the effort you invest, move on.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). If you’re making mistakes, it’s a good sign that you’re in the right league. If it’s big enough for you, it won’t be immediately easy. Remember that mistakes are cause for celebration, not humiliation. Humor will help you find your way.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Stick with people who lean toward the positive but don’t lie down in it. A balance of optimism and realism will inspire your best productivity. A dash of pessimism keeps it spicy.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Sometimes you don’t even know your thoughts until you share them. Another bonus from expressing yourself will be finding out how popular or unpopular the idea is and who agrees.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Because you want people to tell you the truth, you’ll lower the obstacles that prevent them from honest talk. Let them know that you sincerely want to improve and that you need their input.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). No one has a personality at birth. It’s an ever-evolving work of

Mountain Democrat photos by Malachi Parker

Sophomore receiver Laurel Smart plucks a ball away from a defender on an Oak Ridge 2-point conversion.

Freshman defensive back Ilyana Lampe evades Bulldogs on her way to return an interception for a touchdown.

Photo by Tim Holland

Championship racing action wraps up for the season at Placerville Speedway on Sept. 14. Head to the El Dorado County Fairgrounds to see who takes home the 6-foot-tall trophies.

WE WILL NEVER FORGET

Public safety workers, veterans recognized for their service

Kellee Sellwood

Buckeye Union School District

Buckeye Elementary School in Shingle Springs held a heartfelt ceremony to recognize Patriot Day, remembering the tragic events of 9/11 and honoring local heroes who serve the community. Students, staff and community members gathered together to show respect for the sacrifices made by first responders, veterans and safety workers.

The event began with an overview of the events that occurred 23 years ago on 9/11, followed by a moment of silence. In attendance were local firefighters, police officers, veterans and other safety workers, who received special recognition for their ongoing service and dedication to keeping the community safe. Students came forward by grade level and

presented the special guests with pictures and cards they made in class. This was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and the singing of the National Anthem.

“Today is a day of reflection and gratitude. We remember the lives lost on Sept. 11 and honor the courage of the first responders who risked their lives to help others,” Principal Kevin Cadden said in his Patriot Day address. “It’s important for all of us, especially our students, to understand the significance of their bravery and what it means to serve with honor.”

Buckeye Elementary School is committed to instilling the values of respect, gratitude and community service in its students, and this annual Patriot Day ceremony is a meaningful way for students to connect with their local heroes and learn the importance of patriotism and service.

LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS SALUTE THE FALLEN

Several firefighters from the El Dorado County Fire Protection District and Diamond Springs El Dorado Fire Protection District participated in the 9/11 Stair Climb in Sacramento. Firefighters climbed to honor the lives of firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice on 9/11/2001. Firefighters ascended 110 flights of stairs at the Esquire Tower on K Street that culminated in presenting the nameplates of those who died to a Twin Towers structure and honoring that individual with a salute, as done by Wyatt

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The Mountain Democrat Ltd. Late Model season has been dominated by Martinez driver Anthony Slaney. The driver of the Xtreme No. 4x has rocketed his way to five wins in the seven events contested during 2024.

Slaney holds a 28-point lead over Lincoln’s Dan Brown Jr. at the top of the standings. Garden Valley’s Jay Norton, Placerville’s Tyler Lightfoot and Yuba City’s Rod Oliver rank third through fifth, respectively.

The pit gate will open at noon, with the front gate opening at 3 p.m. Happy Hour is offered when the gates open until 6 p.m in the grandstands featuring live music along with discounted Coors Light and Coors Original at the beer booth. The pit meeting will be held at 4:45 p.m. with cars on track at 5:15. Hot laps, qualifying and racing will follow. For those who can’t make it to the track, calidirt.tv will provide live flagto-flag coverage of every Placerville Speedway point race this season. The live streaming service also includes each event with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour.

Oakley’s Nick Baldwin looks to wrap up his sixth Red Hawk Casino Pure Stock championship on Coors Light Big Trophy Night. Baldwin claimed his sixth feature victory of the campaign during a wild main event this past weekend.

Diamond Springs’ Kevin Jinkerson has also put together a solid season with four wins and is 26 points behind Baldwin for the top spot. Placerville’s Tyler Lightfoot, Orangevale’s Tommy Sturgeon and Cameron Park’s Jason Ramos complete the top five.

Placerville’s own Mike Miller has been the man when it comes to the Mountain Democrat Mini Truck division once again. Miller has won five of the six races and looks to cap off his third truck title at the track.

Pilot Hill’s Luke Costa goes into Saturday ranking second, ahead of Nevada racer Howard Miller and Placerville drivers Paizlee and Paige Miller.

Grandstand seating is general admission except for the reserved seats marked for season ticket holders. Online tickets can be purchased at eventsprout.com/event/psr-091424

Trojans

“We’re

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playmakers out it space where the athleticism can show itself,” Cavaliere added.

Trojans put Bulldogs in the doghouse

True to Cavaliere’s word, the Trojans threw the ball 30 times when they took on the Folsom Bulldogs and started their league play with a 41-0 win on Sept. 10.

The Trojans did everything they wanted to offensively, from short passes to bombs down the field and even trick plays. The flag footballers scored relentlessly as well; they had two interceptions that they returned for touchdowns. When Oak Ridge’s second unit went in later in the game, they kept the momentum going by scoring at will and keeping the shutout intact.

“It’s league and this is when you want to be playing your best and that is what’s happening,” Cavaliere said after the match.

Courtesy photo

Students hand out cards to local firefighters, police officers, veterans and other safety workers during a Patriot Day event.

Bartsch,

Photos courtesy of the EDC Fire Protection District

Participating first responders from the Sacramento region line up to honor their fallen brothers and sisters lost on 9/11; 343 courageous FDNY firefighters and paramedics made the ultimate sacrifice as they rushed into the ill-fated iconic Twin Towers.

PROSPECTING

IN THE KNOW

Now

Sutter Street Theatre presents “The Producers” through Sept. 15. For tickets and more information call (916) 353-1001 or visit sutterstreettheatre.com.

B Street Theatre presents “Pickleball” at The So a in Sacramento through Sept. 22. For tickets and more information call (916) 4435300 or visit bstreettheatre. org.

Valhalla Tahoe presents “The Guys” by Anne Nelson through Sept. 22 at 4 p.m. For tickets and more information visit valhallatahoe.com.

Big Idea Theatre in Sacramento presents “The Beauty of Queen Leenane” through Sept. 28. For tickets and more information visit bigideatheatre.org.

Imagination Theatre at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds presents “The 39 Steps” through Sept. 29. For tickets and more information go to itplacerville.org.

Capital Stage in Sacramento presents “Fairview” through Sept. 29 as it kicks o its 20th anniversary season. For tickets and more information call (916) 995-5464 or visit capstage.org.

Arts and Culture El Dorado, in collaboration with the El Dorado County Historical Museum and Placerville News Company, hosts Specters on Glass: Studio Portraiture in Early 20th Century Placerville at the Switchboard Gallery through Oct. 6. The collection is a broad sampling of local citizenry captured on glass dry plate negatives, and sits rmly at the intersection of histories of place and histories of technology.

Sept. 13

The El Dorado Veterans Stand Down takes place 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 13 & 14 at the Veterans Memorial Building, 130 Placerville Drive in Placerville. The event will feature dental and vision services, veteran informational booths, great music, food and more. For more information call (530) 621-5146.

Rocklin Souls will perform at 5 p.m. at HWY 50 Brewery in Camino. For more information visit hwy50brewery.com/livemusic.

Del no Farms in Camino presents Folk on the Farm, 6-10 p.m., with Jalen Ngonda (Sept. 13) and Margo Cilker (Sept. 14). For more information visit del nofarms.com/ folkonthefarm.

Kirk Basquez Band will perform at the Red Hawk Casino Stage Bar, 8 p.m. to midnight. For more information visit redhawkcasino.com.

Michael Massé will perform at The So a in Sacramento. For tickets and more information call (916) 4435300 or visit bstreettheatre. org.

Sept. 14

UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County hosts Bringing Birds to Your Garden, 9 a.m. to noon at the Sherwood Demonstration Garden in Placerville. Master Gardener and bird watcher

Pat Trimble will discuss our common backyard birds and share strategies for attracting them to our gardens with plants. Other means of

Admire the art of

Summer’s End

Art on the Divide Cooperative Gallery

News release

As summer ends and a new season begins, thoughts turn to autumn. The days are shorter, bathed in a golden light. The longer nights and harvest time approaching are on the minds of the community.

It’s a time for reflection of summer fun, the past and the future.

Art on the Divide Gallery members’ show for September, Summer’s End, celebrates this time. See paintings, drawings, woodcraft, jewelry, ceramics, gourd art and more, depicting the change from summer to fall.

The show runs through Sept. 30 at the gallery, 6295 Main St. in Georgetown. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Monday. For more information visit artonthedivide. com.

El Dorado Transit rolls out another bus art contest

Submissions are now being accepted for the 2024-25 El Dorado Transit Design a Bus Wrap Contest. This exciting art contest is open to middle and high school students (grades six through 12) who attend a physical school or reside in El Dorado County.

The winning art design will be featured on an El Dorado Transit bus as a “wrap” and will be displayed at the winning student’s school in early 2025. Their artwork will also be featured in the Placerville Christmas Parade.

The submission deadline is Friday, Sept. 27.

Guidelines:

• Artwork must be an original piece of nonelectronic art (no photography or computer generations).

• This is the 50th-year anniversary of El Dorado Transit and the artwork should depict this year’s theme: Then and Now: 50 Years and Beyond for El Dorado Transit.

• Size: 8.5 inches by x 11 inches

• Submissions must be received by Friday, Sept. 27, at the El Dorado County O ce of Education, 6767 Green Valley Road, Placerville, CA 95667, attn: Communications. On the back of each submission include the student’s name, grade and school (including public, charter, private, homeschool, etc.). Need more info? Go to eldoradotransit.com or call (530) 642-5383.

“Sunset at Fort Bragg” by Christine Springer

“Weighing for Pie” by Doris Gorin

“Sunflowers” by Carol (Cj) Nelson

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Valley View Charter Montessori student Nevaeh Smith’s winning art is displayed on an El Dorado Transit bus.

Roy Rogers brings his music, his band to Drytown

News release

DRYTOWN — The Drytown Social Club hosts Roy Rogers, one of the world’s preeminent master Delta slide guitarists. Rogers will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, with his long-time band, The Delta Rhythm Kings.

With over 20 recordings to his credit, Rogers has garnered eight Grammy nominations for producing, as a recording artist and as a songwriter. His collaborations have garnered major media accolades globally for producing critically acclaimed recordings for John Lee Hooker and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, as well as collaborations with Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana, Bela Fleck, Allan Toussaint, Sammy Hagar & Ray Manzarek, among others. He is known worldwide for his searing performances.

“The guitar master is one of the greatest slide guitar players anywhere.” observes the San Francisco Chronicle of Rogers. Rolling Stone writes of him, “One of the rare guitar heroes

who values feeling over flash.”

“I’m the guy that always likes to push the envelope,” Rogers said at home in

Northern California. “We have always covered a lot of ground with other artists that I have had synergy with

our musical tastes, and my band has been with me for many years. I’ve been very fortunate through the years to collaborate with many gifted artists that I admire and consider longtime friends.” Born in Redding in 1950 and named after Hollywood’s King of the Cowboys, Rogers grew up in the Bay Area. He started playing guitar at age 12 and became entranced by the recordings of the blues, especially Robert Johnson. By age 13 he was playing in a local R&B band and quickly became a young blues fanatic, hitting the San Francisco’s ‘60s club scene — even once taking his little brother to see Jimi Hendrix perform. When Hooker asked him to go on tour in 1982, it changed his life. Forty years later he continues to be an inspired player bringing audiences to their feet across the globe. The Drytown Social Club is located at 15950 Highway 49 in Drytown. Tickets are available at feistwines.com or at the door.

Documentary festival in South Tahoe seeks to light up the soul

Katelyn Welsh Tahoe Daily Tribune

STATELINE, Nev. — Organizers

of a new film festival planned at the Tahoe Blue Events Center on Oct. 4-6, hope the event causes a spark in its inaugural year.

“We’re featuring films that light up the soul,” said festival director and filmmaker Michelle Ficara. That’s Lake Tahoe Documentary Film Festival’s tagline and its full line up of 63 soul-illuminating films just dropped.

“A lot of inspiring stories,” Ficara added. The documentary-based film fest features environmental and outdoor-adventure films, social justice documentaries and many familyfriendly films.

Some of the documentaries were selected to ignite broader conversations with post-screening Q-and-A sessions and panels, potentially with film directors there in person, Ficara shared.

It’s these in-between film activities that make it a festival, she said. Organizers have parties planned every night in addition to workshops and daily activities, roasting marshmallows being one of them.

“You know, really, film festivals are all about community,” Ficara expressed. “It’s bringing people together. It’s having that shared experience of watching films and being able to talk about them afterward.”

Local festival-goers can look forward to films hand-picked and curated with them in mind. And with the event at the Tahoe Blue Events Center, all the films are presented

in the same location, which helps cultivate community.

“In the same vicinity, everyone has their passes around their necks,”

Ficara said. “You can go grab coffee and you see someone with their pass and you ask what film they went to.”

Something unique about this festival is all the films are documentaries. “... what’s special about documentary is that they’re non-fiction, right?”

Ficara said. “So we all see a little bit of ourselves in these films that we watch and learn a little bit about ourselves and the people around us from watching them.”

Ficara unintentionally fell into filmmaking while traveling abroad in the Peace Corps and living with an indigenous community in Latin America. “I was finding it increasingly more difficult to explain to my family

and friends back home what my life was like down there.”

She instead decided to show them.

“I found filmmaking as a way to connect my community that I was living in with my family and friends back home.”

This led her to pursue a graduate degree in social documentation at University of California, Santa Cruz.

“I just found it to be an incredibly powerful tool to break down those boundaries and create empathy and build friendships,” Ficara explained.

The born-and-raised South Tahoe filmmaker saw an opportunity to do this on a larger scale, at home.

“Bring in these 63 films from all over the world to our tiny community that, you know, doesn’t have access to these types of cultures and stories normally, and be able to share them

through a really powerful medium of non-fiction filmmaking and hopefully create some empathy and awareness,” Ficara said.

“Who knows who it may inspire to travel the world and make some more stories, or just change minds or create a conversation,” she added.

While the festival brings global films to the Tahoe stage, it will also spotlight stories of the Tahoe community, made by those who live there with its Local Lens program.

One of these films features the well known South Tahoe character, Christmas Carol. Director Rosie Frederick takes the viewer through many milestones of Christmas Carol’s life.

Another Local Lens comes from Tahoe’s Brian Walker. The local videographer, photographer and cinematographer created a film documenting growth from personal loss and destruction after the Caldor Fire. The film is narrated by Jenna Dramise-Smaine.

The festival’s very own Ficara co-directed the recently PBS circulated documentary “Momentum,” which features born-and-raised Tahoe mixed martial artist Chris Cocores and his wrestling coach Ryan Wallace on their journey of Cocores’ comeback after tragedy.

Two Truckee based directors, Dominic Gill and Nadia Gill, created “Planetwalker,” a film covering John Francis’ walk across America in silence after the 1971 oil spill in San Francisco.

“I’m happy that we’re able to support the local community and

New theater collective shines with haunting, inspiring performace

ACRAMENTO — The Ooley Theatre, a newly minted nonprofit performance venue,

presents “Radium Girls” by D. W. Gregory as its first production for the 2024-25 season in association with Award winning EMH Productions & The Artist’s Collective.

This dynamic piece, directed by Artist’s Collective Member Joanna Johnson, has a powerful message with a diverse ensemble cast of local community theater talent. This play has long been on the radar for several of members in the collective acting the show.

In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity and luminous watches the latest rage — until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, “Radium Girls” traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court to come before it is too late for her and her fellow dial patients.

Grace is just another one of the girls, but as she begins to sicken, she realizes she must stand up for herself and her fellow dial painters against the company who is systematically killing them. Based on true events from the 1920s, this piece will haunt you, move you and inspire you. There is nothing more compelling than a woman in the right, fighting for that right to just exist.

“I write plays that examine our American Culture — our obsessions with image, privilege and our fundamental sexism, implicit racism and propensity to violence and, ultimately, our collective optimism,” D. W. Gregory states on her webpage.

Elise Hodge, creative director and

theater owner as well as head of EMH Productions and founder of The Artist’s Collective, has been producing theater in Sacramento for 14 years, now working from her own space, The Ooley Theatre.

“It is with great joy that I provide a space for local Northern California talent to present their craft from this cozy 35-seat theater,” Hodge shared. “In years past, I have only been able to present shows when weather permitted as well as Mr. Ooley, but with his retirement and his gracious handing over of his keys to this little gem, I am now able to produce year round.”

Hodge said she’s excited about the 2024-25 season that will feature eccentric, moving, humorous, evocative, memorable, heartfelt plays by local playwrights as well as published plays. Upcoming shows include “Murder on the Nile” and “Heathers: The Musical.”

“Theater is the heart that beats inside us all, our own drum that tells us we are alive, we are human and we are forever,” she added.

“Radium Girls” will run Sept. 19 through Oct. 5 at The Ooley Theatre, 2007 28th St., Sacramento. Tickets can be reserved at emhboxoffice.com, by emailing emhshowtickets@gmail.

Photo by Hayden Belluomini

Blues legend Roy Rogers continues his musical journey with a stop at the Drytown Social Club on Sept. 14.

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South Tahoe character Christmas Carol shares her story in a documentary that will be shown at the Lake Tahoe Documentary Film Festival.

Symphony explores a ‘new world’ of music

News release

The Folsom Lake Symphony and Maestro Peter Jaffe begin the 21st season with music from two composers responsible for some of America’s most symphonic melodies

— Antonin Dvorak’s “New World Symphony” and George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F.

The concert will take place at the Harris Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct 12, with pianist Gabriela Martinez as the guest soloist.

Under the banner of “new world,” the evening opens with Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, which premiered Dec. 3, 1925, in New York’s Carnegie Hall with Gershwin at the piano. Following the success of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” which had been orchestrated by Ferde Grofe, Gershwin wanted to orchestrate his own concerto and spent several months studying orchestration and getting feedback from other talented arrangers and orchestrators. Many people thought the rhapsody was only a happy accident, but according to Gershwin, “I went out to show them that there was plenty more where that had come from.”

The Concerto in F is a work dominated by rhythm, mood, and atmosphere and a perfect vehicle for Venezuelan pianist

Martinez who has a reputation for the lyricism of her playing, her compelling interpretations and her elegant stage presence. She’s performed with the San Francisco, Chicago and Houston symphonies, and was the first prize winner of the Anton G. Rubenstein International Piano Competition in Dresden and a semi-finalist at the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

Dvorak’s “New World Symphony” is an anthem to American roots. A celebrated Czechoslovakian composer, Dvorak arrived in New York in 1892, an immigrant thrown into a new world and new sounds. In interviews with New York newspapers before the premiere, he said, “The music of Native Americans and Black people would be the real source of folk music on which to base an American national style.” The symphony’s popularity has endured and is remarkable for the sheer number of memorable tunes, many of them the kind you hum going home from the concert.

Tickets for the New World concert on Oct. 12 are available on the symphony’s website, folsomlakesymphony. com, by phone at (916) 608-6888 or at the ticket office on the Folsom Lake College campus, 10 College Parkway. The Folsom

Virtuoso guitarist performing in Sac

Acoustic Guitarist of the Year and celebrated singer/songwriter Christie Lenée is more than a musician; she’s an experience. Symphonic compositions flow from her fingertips effortlessly, with sound ranging from transcendental folk-pop to virtuosic instrumentals.

See Lenée live on Sept. 20 at the Sofia in Sacramento.

Lenée has been described as “Dave Matthews meets Joni Mitchell and Michael Hedges,” integrating melodic pop lyricism with catchy hooks and percussive, harmonic textures. Since achieving first place at the International Fingerstyle Guitar Championship in 2017, her captivating performances have been seen on stages with Tommy Emmanuel, Tim Reynolds (Dave Matthews Band), Andy McKee, Amy Ray (Indigo Girls), Melissa Etheridge, Antigone Rising, Kaki King, Jake Shimabukuro and Christopher Cross, to name a few.

“Christie Lenée is a wonderful spirit making beautiful music on the guitar. She has epic compositions that take one on a journey through time,” said Reynolds.

Lenée’s current album, “Coming Alive” reminds devout listeners of her spiritual and sublime songwriting, inspirational lyrics and, of course, sensational guitar playing. The first line of the intro n See LENÉE, page B4

Lake Symphony is the resident orchestra at the Harris Center for the Arts.

About FLS

The Folsom Lake Symphony was established in 2004 to bring beautiful symphonic music to the Folsom Lake region. Through the commitment of its three founders — Bruce Woodbury, Dick Merz and Marsha Williams — along with the first music director, Michael Neumann, dedicated musicians and scores of hardworking volunteers, the symphony has become the premier orchestra for the community.

The mission statement contains two important goals: present highquality symphonic performances for audiences and educate young people to enjoy and appreciate classical music. With the retirement of Maestro Neumann, who remains as music director emeritus, FLS began its 11th season with a new music director and conductor, Peter Jaffe. Maestro Jaffe continues to lead exciting symphonic performances while bringing some new musical experiences to the patrons.

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Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Martinez will join the Folsom Lake Symphony for its season opener on Oct. 12.

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Singer/songwriter Christie Lenée brings her joyful music to The Sofia on Sept. 20.

title track (“I’ve got a feeling deep inside”), tells you everything you need to know: Lenée’s sixth album is a chronicle of joy and hope, of self-confidence and empowerment and of renewal and light.

“Coming Alive” features iconic guitar hooks and powerhouse vocal performances. She collaborated with a bevy of talented musicians on the album, including co-producer Matthew Odmark (Jars of

Clay), drummer Keith Carlock (Steely Dan, Toto, Sting, John Mayer), bassist Adam Nitti (Kenny Loggins, Carrie Underwood, Susan Tedeschi), and keyboardist Charlie Lowell (Jars of Clay). It was a dream lineup put together to create Lenée’s quintessential statement piece.

Christie was recently featured in Go Magazine, Americana Highways, Bluegrass Situation, Country

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Queer and Acoustic Guitar Magazine. With a new album in hand, she’s “Coming Alive” — right on time.

“The message in the music of Christie Lenée is crystal-clear and unambiguous. And that message is a celebration of life, love and joy. The elation in her voice, the ever-present smile on her face, her warm and embracing lyrics, her wonderful between-songs anecdotes and her brilliant guitar playing all point directly to that message,” noted Scott Hopkins, MusicFest News.

The Sofia is located at 2700 Capitol Ave. in Sacramento. For tickets and more information visit bstreettheatre.org/shows.

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local filmmakers and give them a platform and an audience to watch their work,” Ficara said, “but also hopefully it will inspire the youth and other potential filmmakers in town.”

Youth are a large focus of the festival with youth workshops and programs funded through a grant from the Tahoe Women’s Fund. The festival is open to all ages.

All access passes are available for $99 on the festival’s website at ltdff.eventive.org/welcome. The pass provides access to all films as well as activities. Individual documentary tickets are also available for purchase.

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providing food, shelter, and water will also be featured. Parking permits are required, purchase a $2 permit at any kiosk. Register online at https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=42881.

In partnership with Snowline Hospice, the Alzheimer’s Association, El Dorado County’s Area Agency on Aging and the Del Oro Caregiver Resource Center, Marshall invites everyone to attend Two Fronts, a no-cost dementia healthcare and home support symposium, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cameron park Community Center, 2502 Country Club Drive. Register online at marshallmedical.org/events-calendar.

UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County hosts Rock Painting for Kids, 9:30 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. at the Sherwood Demonstration Garden in Placerville. Learn how to paint garden rocks. Paint one to add to our resident rock snakes and one rock to take home to add art to your own garden. Ages 5-12. Parking permits are required, purchase a $2 permit at any kiosk. Register online at https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey. cfm?surveynumber=43437%20.

The Coloma Community Market takes place 1-4 p.m., drizzle or shine, the second and fourth Saturdays at Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park. Find great local products while enjoying live music, food, beverages and more. Parking is free during the market hours. Sutter Street Theatre, 77 Sutter St. in Folsom, presents the Olde Tyme Radio Show at 4 p.m. Get tickets at the door and enjoy classic radio programs and music from the 40s and 50s performed live and in costume. Tickets sold at the door.

Join 1850 Wine Cellars and Myka Estates for the monthly concert series featuring live music and a pre fixe dinner menu by Chef Lisa Scott —Motown meal with FBI Band. For tickets and more information visit 1850winecellars.com/pages/events.

Reggae in the Vineyard takes place 3-8 p.m. at Mellowood Vineyard in the Fair Play area. Find tickets and more information on eventbrite. com.

The Swingmasters will perform at 4 p.m. at HWY 50 Brewery in Camino. For more information visit hwy50brewery.com/live-music.

The EDH Summer Fest, hosted by the El Dorado Hills Community Services District, will provide a magical end-of-summer bash for the community at Community Park. This year’s theme is folklore and fairytales. The event runs 4-9:30 p.m. For more information visit eldoradohillscsd.org.

Bumgarner Camino Tasting Room hosts Trivia Night at 5:30 p.m. RSVP for guaranteed seating. Call (530) 303-3418.

Ramble Ensemble, a Led Zeppelin cover band, will perform at Sierra Vista Vineyards & Winery in the Pleasant Valley area 5:30-8 p.m. For more information call (530) 622-7221 or visit sierravistawinery.com/ event/ramble/.

The Stage at Burke Junction presents Bill Roby’s 90-minute Tsunami of Change educational discussion, 6-7:30 p.m. As part of the UC Davis Center on Regional Change, Roby will share what has been learned and the impact on businesses, politics, community development and changing demographics of El Dorado County in the next 10 years. For tickets and more information visit stageatburke.com/tsunami-ofchange.

1850 Wine Cellars in Placerville hosts Wine, Dine & Vibe, 6-8:30 p.m. featuring a delicious dinner, music by FBI Band and wonderful wines. For reservations visit 1850winecellars.com/pages/events.

Mastroserio Winery in the Fair Play area hosts Jazz Night with the Mastroserio Winery Jazz Band, 6-9 p.m. To RSVP text (530) 4174321 or email mastroserio.winery@gmail.com.

Take Cover and Cross will perform at The Green Room Social Club in downtown Placerville. Doors open at 6 p.m., show at 8 p.m. For tickets and more information visit clubgreenroom.com.

Inverness 95 will perform at the Red Hawk Casino Stage Bar, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. For more information visit redhawkcasino.com.

Watch the Knight Foundry crew fire up an antique blacksmith forge, pour and craft hot metal during its monthly demonstration day. Visitors can tour at their own pace, meeting and talking with enthusiastic and knowledgeable docents throughout the complex. Hours: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. No reservations are needed. Knight Foundry is located at 81 Eureka St., Sutter Creek. Learn more by emailing info@ knightfoundry.com or call (209) 560-6160.

The Hot Licks will perform at Sutter Creek Theatre in Sutter Creek. For tickets and more information call (916) 425-0077 or visit suttercreektheatre.com.

The Crocker Art Museum presents Conversations on the Collection: Simphiwe Ndzube. For tickets and more information visit crockerart. org.

Sept. 15

El Dorado Western Railroad offers excursion rides with trains running on the hour, 10 a.m. through 1 p.m., weather permitting, at the Shingle Springs Station. For more information visit facebook.com/ ElDoradoWesternRailroad.

Social commentator, humorist Lebowitz brings wit to The Center

Leila Srouji News release

GRASS VALLEY — The Center for the Arts presents Fran Lebowitz: A State of the Union Conversation in the Marisa Funk Theater on Sept. 20. In a cultural landscape filled with endless pundits and talking heads, Lebowitz stands as an insightful social commentators. Her essays and interviews offer her acerbic views on current events and the media — as well as pet peeves, including

tourists, baggage-claim areas, aftershave lotion, adults who roller skate, children who speak French or anyone who is unduly tan. Her writing — pointed, taut and economical — is equally forthright, irascible, and unapologetically opinionated. Lebowitz worked odd jobs, such as taxi driving, belt peddling, and apartment cleaning (“with a small specialty in Venetian blinds”), before being hired by Andy Warhol as a columnist for Interview. Her first book, a collection of essays

titled “Metropolitan Life,” was a bestseller, as was a second collection, “Social Studies.” By turns ironic, facetious, deadpan, sarcastic, wry, wisecracking, and waggish, Lebowitz’s prose is wickedly entertaining.

Lebowitz has long been a regular on various talk shows.

Hosting the evening is Dona Apidone, who spent more than 20 years as “Morning Edition” host on NPR, she is the author of “DriveTime Meditations,” and her first book “TransforMissions” is a path

the month from 4-7 p.m. Stop by for some good food and good tunes. For more information call (530) 626-1091.

Mike Dryden will perform at 6 p.m. at Smith Flat House, 2021 Smith Flat Road in Placerville. For more information call (530) 621-1003.

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Grammy-nominated performer Michael Feinstein will perform Because of You: My Tribute to Tony Bennett featuring the Carnegie Hall Ensemble at the Harris Center for the Arts. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. For tickets and more information visit harriscenter.net or call (916) 608-6888.

Storytelling Sunday will be held at The Green Room Social Club in downtown Placerville. Doors open at 3 p.m., the event begins at 4 p.m. For tickets and more information visit clubgreenroom.com.

Sept. 17

Powell’s Steamer Company and Pub, 425 Main St., presents Eric Hill and Jonny Mojo for Taco Tuesday on the first and third Tuesdays of

Broadway At Music Circus presents “Company” at the UC Davis Health pavilion in Sacramento from Sept. 17 through Sept. 22. For tickets and more information call (916) 557-1999 or visit broadwaysacramento. com.

Sept. 18

Snowline Health Dementia Connection hosts Caregiver Support and Activity Enrichment groups for people with memory loss, 11:30-3 p.m. at Green Valley Church, 3500 Missouri Flat Road in Placerville.

El Dorado County is updating the Community Wildfire Protection Plan for the west slope, and public participation participation is important. Join the Camino Fire Safe Council for a discussion about the plan at 6:30 p.m. at the Cal Fire Amador-El Dorado Unit headquarters, 2840 Mt. Danaher Road in Camino.

to purpose. Apidone is a recipient of the 2023 Artistic License Awards from California Lawyers for the Arts. Her long-running series of author interviews captivated audiences and merited rave reviews from best-selling writers.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20, at The Center for the Arts, 314 West Main St. in Grass Valley. For tickets and more information visit thecenterforthearts.org or call (530) 274-8384.

Iona Fyfe will perform at The Sofia in Sacramento. For tickets and more information call (916) 443-5300 or visit bstreettheatre.org. The Crocker Art Museum presents Kingsley Lecture Series: Stan Padilla. For tickets and more information visit crockerart.org.

Valhalla Tahoe presents Witches Night Out, 5-10 p.m. For tickets and more information visit valhallatahoe.com.

Exhibit presents new insights into beloved artist’s approach

n Interrelation of gender, labor and modern life are examined

News release

SAN FRANCISCO — The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco present Mary Cassatt at Work, a major loan exhibition focused on the great woman Impressionist, Oct. 5 through Jan. 26, 2025 at the Legion of Honor.

The exhibition presents Cassatt (1844–1926) as a fiercely professional artist and an aesthetically radical painter, pastelist and printmaker who helped shape the French Impressionist movement and transformed the course of modern art. Cassatt produced images of “women’s work” — knitting and needlepoint, bathing children, nursing infants — that also testify to the work of the woman who made them: the marks of her brush, etching needle, pastel stick and even fingertips.

Juxtaposing paintings, pastels and prints, Mary Cassatt at Work explores the artist’s activity across media, revealing the daring, iterative methods she used to give form to her ideas. In addition to 93 objects on loan from institutions including the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the exhibition presents a group of distinguished works, including Cassatt’s magisterial oil portrait of her mother and recently acquired pastels from the Fine Arts Museums’ collection.

The first North American retrospective of Cassatt’s work in 25 years, this exhibition’s sole West Coast venue will be the Legion of Honor.

“Mary Cassatt at Work disrupts any preconceived notion that Cassatt was a sentimental painter and sheds fresh light on her groundbreaking practice,” remarked Thomas P. Campbell, director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. “It is fitting that this exhibition, which celebrates Cassatt’s daring and modernity, will open our yearlong centennial celebration of the Legion of Honor. The Legion of Honor

was cofounded in 1924 by another intrepid female pioneer, Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, who shared Cassatt’s deep attachment to French culture and bold vision for the future of art in America.”

The exhibition shows Cassatt’s multifaceted exploration of modern life, particularly focusing on the roles and inner worlds of women and children during the late 19th century. It begins with groundbreaking Impressionist works portraying women in the audience at the Paris Opera. Moving through Cassatt’s career, the exhibition includes depictions of bourgeois women engaged in various tasks, acute portrayals of children and revolutionary color etchings inspired by Japanese woodblock prints. It delves into Cassatt’s process, challenging conventional notions of finish and emphasizing experimentation and revision in both printmaking and painting. Mary Cassatt at Work concludes with the artist’s persistent return to the theme of women and children in the “modern Madonnas” of her final decade. Often stereotyped as sentimental, these pictures in reality reveal Cassatt’s ability to extract infinite variation from a single motif.

“In a sense, the mother-and-child theme was to Cassatt’s final decades what water lilies were to Monet’s or apples to Cézanne’s. Because this motif is and was so freighted with gendered meaning, it’s been too easy to write these pictures off as sweet or sentimental, when in fact they’re formally rigorous, engaged in an ever-deepening conversation with tradition and an ever more experimental handling of paint,” said organizing curator Emily A. Beeny. “Given the social realities of Cassatt’s time, it’s perhaps useful to reflect on the fact that these works are all, in some sense, brought to us by Cassatt’s own childless state. The ambition and scope of her career were, alas, quite incompatible in the late 19th century with marriage and childbearing, even for a woman of her elevated social class.”

For more information about the exhibit and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco visit famsf.org.

About the artist: Mary Cassatt

(1844–1926) was among the leading figures of the French Impressionist movement and the most celebrated woman artist of her era. Initially trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Cassatt pursued further studies in Europe, developing exceptional draftsmanship uncommon for women artists of her era. Her early submissions to the Paris Salon were accepted, but as her style grew more radical, her reception waned within the academic art establishment. Edgar Degas invited her to exhibit with the Impressionists in 1879, marking a significant turning point. Over the years, she contributed to four of the Impressionists’ famed group exhibitions and became an ambassador for the movement in the United States.

Cassatt’s focus on the mother-andchild theme and her engagement with European Old Master precedents earned her patronage from American collectors. She painted her final pictures in 1915 and showed a group of them at an exhibition in New York supporting women’s suffrage, a cause to which she devoted considerable time and energy in her later years, even as she went progressively blind.

Images courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

“Little Girl in a Blue Armchair” by Mary Cassatt, 1877–1878, oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon.

“Lydia at a Tapestry Frame” by Mary Cassatt, 1881, oil on canvas. Flint Institute of Arts, gift of The Whiting Foundation.

“A Kiss for Baby Ann (No. 3),” by Mary Cassatt, 1887, pastel on paper. ine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase, gift of an anonymous donor in celebration of the Legion of Honor centenary.

Midtown Sacramento to host energized activities

Traci Rockefeller Cusack News release

SACRAMENTO

— Complete with entertaining music, Latin dancing lessons, graffiti art in action, welding artistry demonstrations and more, the Midtown Association presents another reinvigorated Second Saturday on Sept. 14.

Expected to draw 15,000 visitors to Midtown each month, Midtown Second Saturday activations start early in the day at the Midtown Farmers Market and continue well into the evening hours. A diverse and eclectic variety of energized activities will span Midtown with dedicated activations at Muir Park or Fremont Park (depending on the month), the Midtown Central and Midtown Sutter restaurant districts, along 16th Street from C through P streets and at select multifamily residences.

Second Saturday fun

• All day/evening (timing and locations vary) — Galleries, studios and theater activations may include special performances and receptions, “meet the artist” opportunities

and behind-the-scenes studio tours.

• 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

— Midtown Farmers Market family-friendly yard games and putting green provided by Tipsy Putt at Market Square (20th & K), a fashion show in the Merchant Market produced by FIG Mobile Fashion at 10:30 a.m., and live music performed by SOCK from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Market Square.

• Noon to 4 p.m. —

Fun and free, hands-on art activities for families and youth at Muir Park (1515 C St.).

• 2-8 p.m. — New this year, a curated Midtown Second Saturday Art Walk route is available with up to 12 local stops at galleries, studios, restaurants, bars and multifamily properties and includes pop-up art experiences.

• 4-8 p.m. — Lively Midtown Second

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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 AUGUST 20, 2024. /s/ Gary Slossberg GARY SLOSSBERG, Judge of the Superior Court 8/23, 8/30, 9/6, 9/13 13610

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2024-0810 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ON THE SPOT! JANITORIAL , located at 4278 Diamond Meadows Way, Diamond Springs, CA 95619 Registrant’s

A complete job description and Application materials are available online at www.cityofplymouth.org. Completed Application materials can be emailed, mailed or handdelivered to Plymouth City Hall, City Manager’s Of ce, 9426 Main Street; P. O. Box 429, Plymouth, CA 95669; emailed to: vmchenry@cityofplymouth.org.

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The Midtown Farmers Market features a variety of vendors.

Saturday Continued from B7

Saturday experiences, complete with buskers and pop-up activities, are available throughout the district in the early evening. Specifically, attendees are encouraged to stroll along 28th Street from J to N streets and enjoy art markets and live performances at 20th and K streets as well as 24th and K streets. • 10 p.m. and later — Six pre-approved e-permit holders will host Midtown Second Saturday After Parties with live performances, comedy, dance and more. O cial After Party locations include Barwest, Der Biergarten, Faces Nightclub, Mango’s, The Cabin and The Golden Bear. For more information about Sutter Health’s Midtown Second Saturday visit midtownsecondsaturday.com; a helpful and userfriendly Second Saturday FAQ is available at exploremidtown.org/second-saturday-faq.