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Clubhouse, pool, tennis & more 4975 Del Mar Drive, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 916-304-9711 | Lennar.com/Sacramento Pursuant to the Fair Housing Act, this housing is intended for occupancy by at least one person 55 years of age or older per home. Plans to build out this neighborhood as proposed are subject to change without notice. Features, amenities, floor plans, elevations, and designs vary and are subject to changes or substitution without notice. Items shown may contain options that are not standard on all models or not included in the purchase price. Availability may vary. Prices do not include closing costs and other fees to be paid by buyer (including a builder fee as described in the purchase agreement) and are subject to change without notice. This is not an offer in states where prior registration is required. Void where prohibited by law. Copyright © 2022 Lennar Corporation. Lennar and the Lennar logo are U.S. registered service marks or service marks of Lennar Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. Lennar Sales Corp., CA DRE Broker #01252753 (Responsible Broker: Joanna Duke). BMR Construction, Inc., CA CSLB #830955. CalAtlantic Group, Inc., CA CSLB #1037780. Lennar Homes of California, Inc., CA CSLB #728102. Date 09/22
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In addition to donating a vehicle to veteran Richard Ocanes, Chris Whitaker, center, of the Gilmore Hero Foundation surprises Ocanes’ four children Lindsey, Mia, River and Silas with bicycles Nov. 3. The Gilmore Hero Foundation is dedicated to donating vehicles to veterans in need such as Ocanes and has plans to expand its services all across Northern California.
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El Dorado County Veterans Alliance 2023 Veteran of the Year James “Jim” Goodspeed, who served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, will be recognized for his military service and service to veterans during Veterans Day ceremonies Nov. 11 at the El Dorado County Veterans Monument in Placerville.
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hris Whitaker gets into the driver’s seat of a Nissan Sentra and heads north on Ponderosa Road in Shingle Springs, followed by a black truck carrying four bicycles. Whitaker, along with Austin Warner and Stephen Chollet, sporting their Gilmore Hero Foundation polos, were on their way the afternoon of Nov. 3 to meet with veteran Richard Ocanes and his four children to deliver the Sentra and bikes. Ocanes, a retired Navy air traffic controller, has been diagnosed with stagefour colon cancer and he and his children, ranging in age from 7 to 17, were previously homeless. While the Ocanes family has found housing,
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Richard Ocanes receives the pink slip to his donated Nissan Sentra from Gilmore Hero Foundation Executive Director Chris Whitaker. the Gilmore Hero Foundation helped fill a gap in their day-to-day activities — a means of transportation, along with a special gift of bicycles for the children. “This is such an amazing thing that can happen for veterans. We really needed a vehicle to get around, to get to doctors’
appointments and stuff like that,” Ocanes said. “This is going to make things so much easier. It’s unbelievable what they (the Gilmore Hero Foundation) do for veterans.” The mission of the Gilmore Hero Foundation, a nonprofit founded by local Air Force veteran Darrin Gilmore in 2019, is
to financially assist veterans such as Ocanes, as well as active military and first responders in El Dorado County and all across Northern California by donating vehicles or assisting with repairs to existing vehicles. “Being able to n See gilmore, page A9
Residents from across the county are poised to gather Saturday, Nov. 11, at the El Dorado County Veterans Monument at 360 Fair Lane in Placerville to honor those who have served their country both abroad and back home. The ceremony will begin at the symbolically important time of 11 a.m. — the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month being the official beginning of the armistice that marked the close of World War I in 1918. The ceremony will be led by master of ceremonies U.S. Coast Guard Reserve Lt. Commander Peter Wolfe and feature flyovers of restored World War II
airplanes led by local pilot Chuck Wahl and a parade of flags carried by local Scout and veterans groups. “Since the monument first opened, the parade has always been what I’m most proud to see — when the scouts and veterans carry all of those flags,” said Gary Campbell, president of the El Dorado County Veterans Alliance. “The perception is that Veterans Day is only for the older people, but when the young people are involved they get to understand a part of what the veteran culture is all about.” Proclamations in recognition of Veterans Day are be delivered by Placerville Mayor n See Ceremonies, page A11
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