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Patty Borelli still plans to serve

Andrew Vonderschmitt Staff writer

After 16 years on Placerville City Council Patty Borelli is retiring from city politics but not from serving her community.

When it came down to it her decision not to run for re-election was about family.

“I just couldn’t commit to another four years,” Borelli shared. “Mostly it has to do with living by the calendar and not being as spontaneous sometimes as I would

like to.”

With kids and grandkids from Connecticut to Hawaii, family travel is on her list for immediate plans. However, Borelli has not given up her dedication to the community.

“I just can’t sit still,” she said, noting she will join the El Dorado County Fire Safe Council on which she has served as the city of Placerville’s representative.

Borelli added that she also plans to continue her work with groups like Save the Graves and

Seedling season’s greetings

Odin Rasco Staff writer

The Eldorado National Forest Placerville Nursery (located in Camino) started winter packing operations earlier this month, an undertaking that will result in more than 3.5 million tree seedlings being sent to forests throughout California.

A majority of those baby trees will go toward reforestation efforts following a decade of particularly devastating wildfires, according to nursery manager Gary Cline.

In an average day more than 39,000 of the sprouting trees are prepared for transport, noted

The fields at the nursery can yield 10 million seedlings a year and current capacity for containergrown seedlings is around 3 million, said Cline. However, recent budget changes for reforestation efforts may lead to expansion of the nursery’s capabilities.

Since 1980 national reforestation efforts were given a budget out of the Reforestation Trust Fund that was capped at $30 million a year. The money

red Hawk’s t he apex reaches finish line

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Odin Rasco Staff writer

Red Hawk Casino is angling to overtake its competitors by changing lanes. With the opening of The Apex, Red Hawk’s new multi-attraction entertainment facility, the casino

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Georgetown’s Irene Smith dies

Editor’s note: Longtime Georgetown resident, real estate agent and Jeepers Jamboree and Jeep Jamboree USA organizer Irene Smith died Dec. 13 at the age of 96. Published in Sept. 2019, this article by former Mountain Democrat writer Pat Lakey tells the life story of Irene and her husband Mark, who pioneered off-road adventuring, including on the worldfamous Rubicon Trail.

As Irene Smith’s modern-day swashbuckling husband Mark would head for the next jungle or remote mountain river he wished to conquer,

Harrison Kuuskvere, a U.S. Forest Service employee who has helped oversee packing operations over the past three years.

U.S. Forest Service employee Harrison Kuuskvere inspects

seedlings being packaged at the Eldorado National Forest Placerville Nursery Dec. 20. The nursery has a set of standards that all seedlings must meet in order to be sent out.

Mountain Democrat photo by Odin Rasco

Photo by Andrew Vonderschmitt

Patty Borelli was elected four times to serve on the Placerville City Council.

introduced a draw for families and individuals who may not have an interest in slot machines or card tables.

new entertainment complex, located above the casino’s parking structure and connected to the main

Racers take a downhill corner on the indoor electric go-kart track at The Apex on Monday. Red Hawk Casino leadership hopes The Apex will be a draw for families looking for entertainment in the Sacramento area.

Mountain Democrat photo by Odin Rasco

Irene Smith is pictured in her Georgetown home in 2019. Irene and husband Mark brought the Buffalo Hill Center as well as four-wheeling notoriety to the Divide.

Mountain Democrat file photo by Shelly Thorene

Donald Bailey Thorne

Donald Bailey Thorne passed away unexpectedly, Dec. 7. Don was born in Fresno, Calif., and was raised in Merced. He has been a resident of Placerville since 1964.

He served two years in the Marine Corps where he spent his time in Japan. He worked 33 years for SMUD at Fresh Pond. Restoring old cars was his passion as well as working out on his property tending to his fruit trees and garden.

He is survived by his loving wife Mona Thorne of 61 years, sons Je rey (Sherri), Rick (Julian), grandchildren Aaron Thorne, Courtney Larrick (Rob), Brandon Thorne (Ti any), 7 great grandchildren and many friends.

He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He will be missed by many, but our memories of him continue on.

There will be a Celebration of Life Feb. 3, 2023 at 11:00 A.M., at the Federated Church in Price Hall, 1031 Thompson Way, Placerville, Calif.

In lieu of flowers please send a donation to El Dorado Boys and Girls Club, Attn: Juan Nunez, 2840 Mallard Lane, Placerville, Calif. 95667, (530) 719-3120 a scholarship fund for a sponsored youth in El Dorado County.

Marjorie L. Comer

Dec. 1930 – Dec. 2021

The day after celebrating Christmas with her family, Marjorie Comer passed peacefully away in her sleep. She was a devoted daughter, sister, mother, aunt, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

Marj graduated as Valedictorian at El Dorado High School and named the Yearbook, “The Ri e,” a mining term which describes the fine flakes of gold which emerge from sluicing; a poignant metaphor which illustrates the high regard she had for her fellow students and the high school itself. She graduated summa cum laude from University of the Pacific in Education.

Marj was a celebrated teacher, teaching elementary students in Menlo Park, at Buckeye School, and for Louisiana “Petey” Schnell at Sierra School. She maintained adult friendships with many students she taught in the sixth grade. Marj went back to school, completing her Master’s Degree at CSU San Jose. She taught Library Sciences at CSU Sacramento and retired from El Dorado High School as their Librarian in 1991.

Besides being an avid reader, Marj loved to participate in play readings, sing with friends, cook, travel and learn about other cultures, and cherished her time with friends and family. Marj was a “Giver,” regularly “adopting” an older friend and providing them with meals, transportation and company. Even at age 91, Marj loved her ability to give back to the Community by helping others through the El Dorado County Senior Peer Counseling program.

As Marj, a ectionately called “Nani” by her children and grandchildren, would say, “You’ll never know how much I love you.” And yet, those who loved her do understand, for we loved her and continue to love her with this same devotion.

As an avid supporter of the Arts, remembrances may be made to the Sugarloaf Station Foundation, 6767 Green Valley Road, Placerville, CA 95667. A memorial service will be held 2:00 pm, Sunday, January 22, 2023, at the Federated Church. Friends are invited to bring a favorite story to share.

Denise Hayes

Aug. 19, 1956 – Dec. 23, 2022

Denise Hayes passed away on December 23rd, 2022, at the age of 66. She is survived by her husband Kenneth Hayes, her daughters Jennifer Dermer and Kelly Dermer, and her three grandchildren, Avery Rose, Adeline Rose, and Ameila Rose.

Denise lived her life in the town of Placerville California where she worked as a dental assistant on Main Street until her retirement.

As a teenager, Denise drove cars in the demolition derbies in her hometown of Red Blu . Denise enjoyed fishing and camping and has visited the Emergency Room to have a fishhook removed from her ear. Her greatest joy was spending time with her Grandchildren. Denise was a bright soul, with a smile and laugh that will never be forgotten

NaDee Harrison Davidson

July 27, 1934 – Dec 23, 2022

NaDee Harrison Davidson, 88, a 26-year resident of Placerville passed away on Friday, Dec. 23.

Before retiring to El Dorado County, she and her husband of 64 years, Jack, lived in Hawaii, where she raised six children and managed a travel agency. She personified the spirit of Aloha, always making everyone around her feel valued and appreciated. Up until the day she died, NaDee displayed a supernatural ability to provide perfectly timed, unexpected acts of love and service that aligned exactly with the needs of the recipients.

NaDee will be forever honored by her children and their spouses, Jacque and Trace Kirk, Richard and Jacki Davidson, Eileen and Je Tuttle, DeAnn and Sid Walch, Daniel and BaBette Davidson, and Je rey and Shain Davidson, her twenty-nine grandchildren, and her fifty-eight great-grandchildren, as well as numerous friends and relatives throughout the world. NaDee’s life and legacy will be commemorated on Saturday, December 31, 2022. Please refer to www. greenvalleymortuary.com for details.

Supes to consider CAO salary hike

Noel Stack Managing editor

In the thick of recruiting a new chief administrative o cer, El Dorado County o cials could sweeten the pot to entice potential candidates.

Next Tuesday the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors will consider approving a pay increase for the top job. In 2022 the CAO earned $274,643 in wages plus $18,000 in deferred compensation, according to the Auditor-Controller’s O ce. Per the state Controller’s O ce website, the county paid another $52,247 in benefits in 2021 (the most recent figure available).

“As you all know, the labor market is tough, particularly in our e orts to locate a new CAO,” notes EDH Human Resources Director Joseph Carruesco in a memo sent to department heads earlier this week.

“Generally, other counties pay higher salaries for their CAOs and also o er other benefits, such as retiree health coverage, auto allowances, etc.,” the memo continues. “To that end, and in order to be more competitive, the board will be considering an approximate 15% pay increase to the CAO classification.”

The increase would bring the CAO salary to $315,840 (plus deferred compensation).

A similar increase is proposed for the county counsel position, though the county isn’t currently recruiting for that job.

Carruesco shared that other counties (Sacramento, Placer, Yolo, Napa and Butte) have the county counsel salary set higher than the sheri and district attorney positions and below the CAO. To align more with that model, a 15% increase is proposed. Per 2021 figures, county counsel earns $234,043 in wages plus $48,443 in benefits for a total of $282,486.

The board of supervisors will consider these salary increases at a virtual meeting beginning at 9 a.m. Jan. 3. Visit eldorado.legistar.com for a link to the meeting.

Transit to operate only Tahoe bus Jan. 1

El Dorado Transit

El Dorado Transit’s business o ce and dispatch center will be closed and Dial-A-Ride service will not operate Sunday, Jan. 1, for the New Year’s holiday.

Normal service will resume Monday, Jan. 2.

The Sacramento/South Lake Tahoe Connecting bus will operate on a holiday/weekend schedule. For more information or to reserve a ride on the South Lake Tahoe Connector visit eldoradotransit. com or capitolcorridor.org.

For more information visit El Dorado Transit’s website eldoradotransit.com or call El Dorado Transit at (530) 642-5383.

The following was taken from El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office logs: Dec. 17

8:32 p.m. Deputies booked into jail a 54-year-old woman suspected on multiple counts of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of battery on Forni Road in Placerville. She was listed in custody in lieu of $25,000 bail as of press time.

8:43 p.m. Battery was reported on Sliger Mine Road in Greenwood.

9:07 p.m. California Highway Patrol officers booked into jail a 20-year-old woman suspected of DUI and driving without a license on Highway 50 east of Paul Bunyan Road. She was later released Dec. 18

12:36 a.m. A residential burglary was reported on Gregory Lane in Placerville. One suspect was arrested.

3:51 a.m. Deputies booked into jail a 42-year-old man suspected of burglary, making criminal threats, false imprisonment and resisting arrest on Rancho Montes Drive in Kelsey. He was listed in custody

in lieu of $75,000 bail as of press time.

11:25 a.m. Vandalism was reported on Shangrala Lane in Camino.

12:44 p.m. Battery was reported on Dianthus Lane in El Dorado Hills.

4:22 p.m. Deputies booked into jail a 38-year-old man suspected of multiple probation violations on Schnell School Road in Placerville. He was listed in custody in lieu of $9,000 bail at press time.

5:52 p.m. Burglary was reported at a storage facility on Capitol Avenue in Diamond Springs. A suspect was cited.

7:17 p.m. Battery was reported on Sanders Drive in Pollock Pines.

8:59 p.m. Deputies booked into jail a 34-year-old man suspected of vandalism and multiple counts of possession of a controlled substance on Pony Express Trail in Pollock Pines. He was released on $22,750 bail.

10:55 p.m. Deputies booked into jail a 33-year-old woman suspected of battery on Placerville Drive. She was released on $12,500 bail.

Christmas Eve road rage at Tahoe leads to arrest

Ashleigh Goodwin Tahoe Daily Tribune

A road rage incident in South Lake Tahoe on Christmas Eve sent one man to jail and another to the hospital.

Sgt. Scott Crivelli with the South Lake Tahoe Police Department said Anthony Bell, 34, of Stockton was arrested after road rage led to a physical altercation.

The victim, an unnamed South

Lake Tahoe resident, suffered nonlife threatening injuries and was transported to Barton Memorial Hospital.

“Bell left the scene but was found and stopped by CHP, where we responded and arrested him,” Crivelli added.

Bell remained in custody at the El Dorado County Jail Wednesday on one enhanced felony charge of battery with serious bodily injury. Bail was set at $340,000.

Man injured in shooting after dispute with uncle

Ashleigh Goodwin Tahoe Daily Tribune

A man was arrested Dec. 23 in South Lake Tahoe for allegedly shooting his nephew.

South Lake Tahoe police said that at approximately 9 p.m. officers responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon on the 800 block of Gardner Street, near Tahoe Valley.

Authorities reported that the victim, a South Lake Tahoe man, called 911 and reported that his uncle, 67-yearold Randolph Michael Klitsch, had shot him.

Sgt. Doug Sentell said officers

arrived on scene and announced their presence at which time Klitsch exited the residence and was detained without incident.

Alcohol is suspected to be a factor in the dispute.

After the suspect was taken into custody officers were able to enter the home to render aid to the victim to treat gunshot wounds, Sentell said. The victim was transported to Barton Memorial Hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.

Klitsch faces charges of felony aggravated assault with a firearm. He has since been released from the El Dorado County Jail with bail listed at $100,000.

Person sought in EDSO retail theft investigation

Eric Jaramishian Staff writer

El Dorado County sheriff’s detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying a person of interest thought to be connected to a theft that occurred at a Placerville retail store.

The Sheriff’s Office shared surveillance video Dec. 28 of an individual walking into what appeared to be the Ross Dress For Less on Missouri Flat Road. Due to the ongoing investigation, sheriff’s officials were not able to share the date and time the video was captured or details of what was stolen.

The person appears to be female and can be seen with long, dark hair, wearing glasses and a dark-colored sweater. She drinks from a beverage before picking up a blue shopping basket and walking further inside the store.

Anyone with information regarding the identity of the individual should contact Det. Aaron Lopez at (530) 642-4715 or Lopeza@edso.org. See the surveillance video at bit.ly/ personsought.

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Surveillance footage shows a person of interest sought in connection to a theft at a retail store in Placerville.

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California Matters

The real cause of California’s homelessness crisis

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The reasons often o ered include a moderate climate, the availability of generous welfare benefits, mental health and drug abuse. However, a lengthy and meticulously sourced article in the current issue of Atlantic magazine demolishes all of those supposed causes.

Rather, the article argues persuasively California and other left-leaning states tend to have the nation’s most egregious levels of homelessness because they have made it extraordinarily di cult to build enough housing to meet demands.

Author Jerusalem Demsas contends the progressive politics of California and other states are “largely to blame for the homelessness crisis: A contradiction at the core of liberal ideology has precluded Democratic politicians, who run most of the cities where homelessness is most acute, from addressing the issue.

A new article in Atlantic magazine lays bare the real reason California and other blue states have a homeless crisis while red states don’t.

“Liberals have stated preferences that housing should be a ordable, particularly for marginalized groups … But local politicians seeking to protect the interests of incumbent homeowners spawned a web of regulations, laws, and norms that has made blocking the development of new housing pitifully simple.”

Demsas singles out Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area as examples of how environmentalists, architectural preservationists, homeowner groups and leftleaning organizations joined hands to enact a thicket of di cult procedural hurdles that became “veto points” to thwart e orts to build the new housing needed in prosperous “superstar cities.”

While thriving economies drew workers to these regions, their lack of housing manifested itself in soaring rents and home prices that drove those on the lower rungs of the economy into homelessness.

“The small-c conservative belief that people

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The Constitution is dead

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But while America is fixated on this argument, the powers that be have destroyed our First Amendment rights. The revelation that Twitter employees were shadow banning Republicans isn’t the big story. It’s the fact that the government coordinates daily with the Democratic Party and the national media to silence anything negative against the government, cancel conservative points of view and purposely disrupt our election process.

Because the government controls the media, the First Amendment is dead. I don’t think we’ll ever get that right back again and the Democrats celebrate this fact.

KEN STEERS Cameron Park

here is a Grand Canyon-sized rift between Republicans and Democrats regarding the Constitution. What appears to be the most significant disparity is the Second Amendment right to bear arms. The left is hell-bent on changing this right from being able to defend one’s family from tyranny to hunting ducks, as if that’s what our founding fathers thought when they wrote the Constitution.If the latter is the case, I believe that you have lost any sense of reality, of proportion, any sense of decency, to suggest that an American democratic political party would consider using such means. However, having read your letters to the editor over the years, it does not surprise me to see you follow in the footsteps of a former president.

ULRICH B. HACKER Camino

Kennedy assassination

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t’s no surprise that all the John F. Kennedy assassination files have yet to be released. To do so would reveal who was involved.Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed that in a Dec. 16 tweet in which he accused the CIA of murdering his uncle, calling it a “successful coup d’etat.” The conspirators also arranged for the assassination of Robert Kennedy and more than likely the plane crash that killed John Kennedy Jr. and his wife.

Those conspiring to kill Kennedy included attorney Allen Dulles, the head of the CIA from 1953 to 1961 and someone Kennedy fired. Dulles also helped draft the o cial lie about who killed Kennedy by being on the Warren Commission, the body set up to investigate the assassination.

Sense of decency

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Then, based on Twitter “revelations” — a reliable source of political news — he sees censorship and oppression of the opposition on the part of the FBI and the Democrats. Following a variation of Godwin’s Law, he suggests that the Democrats, to be more e cient along those lines, might “modernize along this model” of establishing a single agency — the Nazi Gestapo.

Mr Alger, I see two possibilities: either you don’t know what you’re talking about, or — more sinister — you are aware that the Gestapo was a terror organization that tortured and killed without restraint and created an atmosphere of absolute and pervasive fear and terror in Germany.

Another conspirator was the FBI’s Director J. Edgar Hoover, who was in Dallas for what he termed “the big event.” Hoover knew Kennedy planned to fire him as well.

r. Alger states in his letter captioned “E ciency” of Dec. 21 that the Democrats “established the Ministry of Truth in the Department of Homeland Security to ‘squelch’ disinformation” and he conveniently forgets — creating an alternative fact — to mention that the Disinformation Governance Board within DHS was already terminated in August of this year, after only a few months in operation.Then there was Lyndon Johnson. Kennedy planned to replace Johnson as vice president when he ran for a second term. Johnson worried that without the protection of being vice president he faced political ruin and potential prison time.

But all these people were merely front men for the real power behind the throne like the Rockefellers and their cronies.

David Rockefeller admitted as much when he said: “The super-national sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national auto-determination practiced in past centuries.” … “Some even believe we (the Rockefeller family) are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as ‘internationalists’ and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure — one world, if you will. If that’s the charge, I stand guilty and I am proud of it.”

Guest Column 2023 —

Whatever the amount, it will grow if you are faithful each week and month of setting money aside. You can always find a place to spend money. Even if you don’t need it, you have it just in case you might.

What do you want to accomplish in 2023? If you do not have a goal of some kind you will accomplish nothing. Maybe your goal is to just enjoy each day. Enjoy your food. Enjoy your family and friends. Make the best of each ay. These are good goals.

Be good to yourself in 2023.

ou can lose about 1 pound a week if you try. If you don’t try you won’t lose any. If you need to save some money then you need to pay yourself first. If you have a paycheck coming in then set a goal for $500 a month, if possible.Love others as you love yourself. If you don’t love yourself, it’s almost impossible to love others. Recently we have heard of more people committing suicide. They had given up on themselves but wanted to hurt or kill others before they killed themselves. It’s tragic when people so hate themselves that they want to hurt others. If people love themselves more then they won’t have so much venom and hate for others.

One of the tools of the devil is to bring your life down to where you hate all the things you’ve done. He brings it up to you often so you can feel horrible about your life’s mistakes. People often have trouble forgiving themselves so they begin to binge drink, take drugs and hurt themselves to try to deal with their life’s pain. God has forgiveness and

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hope for all. People don’t always forgive but God forgives As God forgives you then you must work on forgiving yourself, loving yourself and forgiving and loving others. You see, that’s a great formula. God forgives us, loves us and we are to forgive and love ourselves and then o er this same forgiveness and love to others.

countries need to step up to the plate. America cannot fight everyone’s war physically or financially. We must get control of our border. Our nation is being overtaken by millions of undocumented immigrants. Who are these people? Do they all really have noble intentions in America? We must bring back our jobs from China in 2023.

My prayer for our nation in the year ahead is that we might see politicians work together to accomplish worthy goals that will benefit our country. I hope Ukraine can overcome Russia but other

Throughout this year may you have a continuation of what we talk about and pray for during the Christmas season. May it be ongoing every day and may we share it with all along the way. Peace on Earth and good will to all people. May you first find it in your life so you can extend it to others.

2023 = Love

Dr. Glenn Mollette is a national columnist and the author of 13 books.

Snail Mail: Letters to the Editor P. O. Box 1088, Placerville 95667

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In 2023 you might do something di erent. Maybe you want to embark on an adventure, change careers or just do better with all you have been handed. Often, all we need to do is focus on what we already have to do and do it a little better.

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My prayer for our nation in the year ahead is that we might see politicians work together to accomplish worthy goals that will benefit our country.

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Local cyclist climbs way to million-foot mark

Odin Rasco Staff writer

Imagine riding a bicycle up 100,000 flights of stairs and you’ll have a good idea of how much climbing Placerville resident Rod Rozman did while riding his bike this year.

Rozman climbed more than 1 million feet, which is just shy of 190 miles. A notable achievement for anyone, Rozman’s feat is made all the more impressive given he is 65 years old.

“A few people hit 1 million every year but they’re all young professional cyclists,” Rozman said.

Dennis Plessas, a member of the Body Concepts Bicycle Racing Team that Rozman belongs to, was eager to voice how impressed he was by Rozman’s achievement.

“Rod did this feat in a relatively short amount of miles; it’s just remarkable,” Plessas said. “I wish I could do that but it’s just way off the charts for me. I hit half a million and I was exhausted.”

While looking over data collected by his Strava, a biking data computer, Rozman noticed last year he had hit more than 800,000 climbing feet

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who already live in a community should have veto power over changes to it has wormed its way into liberal ideology,” Demsas writes. “This pervasive localism is the key to understanding why officials who seem genuinely shaken by the homelessness crisis too rarely take serious action to address it.”

The syndrome that Demsas details is well known in California political circles and Newsom and the Legislature have taken some steps to reduce — or bypass — the procedural hurdles to increasing construction of new housing, particularly projects to serve the working class families most in danger of being priced out of the market and therefore becoming homeless.

The state is finally enforcing the quotas it sets on regional and local governments for zoning enough land for needed housing. It has also exempted some forms of housing from local zoning rules and has talked about cracking down on cities that impose impossible land use or design criteria on developers. However, the state’s mostly Democratic politicians have largely been unwilling to put their ideological brethren and allies, such as environmental groups, on the hot seat.

That reluctance is symbolized by their persistent reluctance to make a much-needed overhaul of the California Environmental Quality Act, which is often misused by anti-growth activists and labor unions to tie up housing projects.

It should be embarrassing to California officials that while their state deals with a seemingly intractable homelessness crisis, red states, as Demsas points out, don’t have similar problems because they don’t have structural aversion to construction and therefore don’t have the high housing costs that drive people into streets.

The governor, legislators and others who profess commitment to ending homelessness in California should begin by reading the message of truth to power provided by Atlantic, whose own ideological bent is also to the left.

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

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Kennedy didn’t support those plans, which is why he had to be killed. Now do you know why all the Kennedy files have not been released?

MARIAN FIELDCREST

Diamond Springs

Walters

Mountain Democrat photo by Odin Rasco

Rod Rozman goes for a spin in Cameron Park on a recent sunny December day. Rozman achieved the feat of biking more than 1 million climbing feet this year.

to be more active with the El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce “especially now that I have a little more knowledge of what’s going on and realize how we all just need to work together to make it all happen.”

Patty comes to Placerville Borelli’s father co-owned a bakery in Sacramento when she was just a babe. In 1949 he purchased a Placerville bakery and moved the family to town when Borelli was in the fifth grade. She went through the local school system and graduated from El Dorado High School. Borelli briefly escaped the “shackles of her small hometown” for a time, just as so many small-town kids do, when she enrolled in college in Sacramento.

“I always had a yearning to get out of Placerville,” she admitted. “I never, ever thought I would come back.”

Borelli earned an associate degree in business at Sacramento Junior College and stayed in the city after graduating.

As it happened, Patty returned to Placerville to help when her mother was sick. She met Carl Borelli and her life’s trajectory changed.

“We got married in 1960,” she recalled fondly. Their firstborn Dario came along the following year, four years later Darcilyn joined the family and Domica arrived in 1969.

“Once I had kids I knew this was where I wanted to be,” Patty said.

Throughout her high school and college years she was involved in student government. It is no surprise she became involved in local politics.

“It was always something that I had an interest in,” she said.

Carl served on Placerville City Council for an unprecedented 24 years until he was elected county supervisor in 2000. Carl died in 2003 after two years on the Board of Supervisors.

Before Carl’s time in local government, the Borellis were respected owners of several businesses beginning with Vesuvio’s Pizzeria on Main Street.

“Carl was great at calling me up and saying ‘I have an idea,’” she said of their business endeavors. These included a bowling alley and restaurant, a deli on Broadway, the commercial building Venture Village on Placerville Drive and a fish

market.

Patty was always involved and assisted “from the sidelines.”

“I can remember being downtown flipping hamburgers, raising money to put flower baskets downtown,” she reminisced.

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When Carl died Patty continued to run their business ventures and at the behest of friend and councilwoman Marian Washburn, she eventually ran for a City Council seat in 2006.

Patty told the Mountain Democrat she knew what she was getting herself into, “kind of,” but admitted she had a lot to learn.

“It’s a learning cycle,” she said, noting the continued education one receives as a City Council member. “You learn a lot.”

During her third term as a city councilwoman the nation was experiencing a recession.

“And when that happens very little gets done,” she noted.

She considered retiring after her third term but could see the economy starting to turn around so she stuck it out.

“There were too many things that I wanted to see happen,” she said. “And I felt that I would have input.”

Among these accomplishments were Measures H and L sales tax ordinances — game changers, according to Patty.

“It was a godsend. We’ve gotten so much done,” she said.

To date the measures have enabled the city to accomplish more than 25 capital improvements that might not have been funded otherwise.

In her last term Patty saw turbulent times. The pandemic forced city officials to adjust to virtual public meetings. Nationwide protests and civil unrest reached city limits. City leaders voted unanimously to remove the depiction of a noose from city branding after months of debate and controversy.

Through it all, Patty said she is proud of the work accomplished and progress the city has seen. She credits much of the work to city staff.

“The city is only as good as its staff and I don’t think they get enough credit,” she said, lauding city employees for doing the “real work” in recent years.

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Seedlings

in the fund was procured through import tariffs placed on wood products. In 2021 the passage of the REPLANT Act removed the cap on funds given to reforestation efforts by the tariffs and effectively quadrupled the annual budget, according to information on the act provided by the U.S. Senate.

There is a proposed contract that would use some of the new funds made available by the REPLANT Act to nearly double the container-growing capacity of the nursery, according to Cline. He expects the contract to be awarded mid-summer 2023 and also lead to installation of solar panels to provide power for the nursery’s operation.

Established in 1958, the nursery serves as the birthplace of many of the trees planted in the 18 national forests across the state. Seeds gathered from California’s national forests are stored at the nursery, where they are grown before being sent to the various forests and land managers who put in orders for seedlings.

“We’re not like a typical nursery, where someone can just come up and say, ‘Oh, I want this tree or that one,’” Cline said. “All the seedlings we grow

here are planted to meet orders put in by the various clients.”

Some tree species are better suited for being transported “bare-root” and are planted on the nursery’s 157-acre field, while others are grown in containers.

Planting typically begins in early-mid March for container-grown trees and in April for trees that will be grown in the fields.

Cline noted it was climate and soil that brought the nursery to Camino.

“At 2,800 feet, it’s not too high, not too low, and has a good, long growing season,” he said. “With the changes in the climate conditions over the past 60 years it has become a little harder to grow here than before but we’re still able to manage things.”

Cline listed the tree species grown on the premises — Douglas fir, incense cedar, red fir, white fir, giant sequoia and a variety of pine trees including Ponderosa, Jeffrey, Coulter and sugar pine. When the lifting and packing season begins — Cline explained lifting is the term used to describe harvesting — workers come to the nursery and start the process of removing the trees from the fields and containers and sending them to their forever homes.

without aiming to. He saw this as an opportunity for a new challenge to take on and set out to hit at least 1 million feet this year. Though 1 million feet can seem a daunting undertaking, Rozman broke it down into a manageable goal.

“I figured that if I just hit 100 feet of climbing every mile and my typical ride is 60 miles every other day, I should hit my goal,” Rozman said.

Taking on new challenges has been a lifelong habit of Rozman’s, he said.

“My whole life, I try to challenge myself,” Rozman said.”‘Can I climb that hill? Can I ski that nasty slope?’

The important thing is having those challenges to reach for.”

When asked what the next challenge would be now that he has met the milestone he set for 2022, Rozman joked, “I don’t know, maybe double it for next year?”

Rozman’s passion for biking started when he moved to California in 1984 work for Intel. He met some

coworkers who were into the hobby and soon after got himself a nice bike he has been riding since.

“I fell into it, lucky for me,” Rozman said.

Rozman thinks living in El Dorado County was a notable factor in his ability to hit 1 million feet. Between an abundance of hills providing many chances to get those climbs in and California weather making biking a year-round option, Rozman said he finds it hard to imagine leaving the area.

Despite his achievement Rozman is humble.

“Rod’s a great guy,” Plessas noted. “He’s not your typical cyclist. He doesn’t boast or anything like that.”

If there’s anything Rozman wants from this achievement, he said it’s to show that it can be done by people older than 20 or 30.

“I hope folks who read this article see that you can do it, that its possible, you don’t have to be 25,” Rozman said.

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21). If you believe it’s your job to make others feel better, people around you will sense this and gravitate to you, expecting you to fix things. Instead, be a guide for those who are willing to do the work it takes to help themselves.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). This day is like a tricky recipe. Additional ingredients can throw it off and so can elements that are missing or happening in the wrong amounts. Go by the book whenever possible and stay aware so you can improvise if necessary.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll understand how to explore deeper into relationships. You’ll separate who people really are from what you assume about them. You’ll forget your story of people and listen to the one they tell.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’d be hard-pressed to find an endeavor that won’t benefit from a lighter touch. For instance, a mild crush is fun, but a hard crush will squash your joy. Distractions can prevent you from getting overly obsessed with any one thing.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It turns out that someone else’s framing has strongly influenced a vision you thought was uniquely your own. Since framing can change everything, including your understanding of the truth, investigate other ways of seeing it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Loyalty is the fine quality that brings people together and makes the group stronger as a unit than the sum of individual strengths. A culture of trust is essential to fostering loyalty and therefore to the strength of the group.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ll solve whatever problem comes up and you won’t fuss over who it technically belongs to. If you can help, you will. Your lack of pettiness will earn you a place with the best and brightest.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The effort needed will feel small and repetitive, but that doesn’t make it futile.

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a dropintheocean.Buttheoceanwouldbelessbecause of that missing drop.” — Mother Teresa

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It feels like the decisions are more important than they are. Take the pressure off. Give yourself the leeway to experiment and explore. There are multiple ways through this labyrinth.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Charm cannot be achieved through ordinary discourse. It delivers something unexpected. Even very charming people don’t hit that note every time. The unrehearsed freshness comes with an element of risk.

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n TUNDRA by Chad Carpenter

n RUBES by Leigh Rubin n SPEED BUMP by Dave Coverly

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HOROSCOPE by Holiday Mathis

Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9

Solutions to puzzles in Classified section of newspaper.

Continued from A1

Rozman Continued from A5

Thousands of seedlings grown in styrofoam containers, above, are ready to be shipped out from the Eldorado National Forest’s Placerville nursery Dec. 20. Workers can package more than 39,000 seedlings in a day, left photo.

Mountain Democrat photos by Odin Rasco

gaming floor at the elevator lobby, held its opening event Monday. Hosting a quartermile indoor go-kart track, 18-lane bowling alley, virtual reality games and golf simulator bays, as well as a restaurant and sports bar, The Apex provides activities whichever direction you may look.

Brian deLugo, Red Hawk’s chief executive officer, sees The Apex as an opportunity to differentiate the casino in the increasingly crowded Northern California gaming market.

“I’d say this is a strategic pivot; we’re seeing competition from these other casinos and we thought we could differentiate ourselves from the concert route most other casinos have been taking,” deLugo said. “Familyfriendly entertainment is lacking in the Sacramento and El Dorado County areas, and this (The Apex) provides options for families who might have no interest in gambling.”

Though there are multiple diversions for guests at The Apex, the multi-level go-karting racetrack — the only one of its kind in California — seems designed to draw the most attention. The track that loops in, on and over itself is encased by glass walls, placing it on prominent display from the moment one enters The Apex. Electric go-karts speed by in sevenminute-long races. A single race will cost $35, with discounts available for multiple race packages. There is no age limit for karting but guests must be at least 48 inches tall.

Though Red Hawk representatives declined to comment on how much was spent for construction of The Apex, information available from 360 Karting, the company that collaborated on the track construction, places the cost of a similar karting attraction alone at $1,500,000 as a very conservative estimate.

For those guests who feel a need for speed beyond what a go-kart can offer, two CXC racing car simulators are set up near the racetrack and offer a racing experience usually reserved for professionals, according to Johnny Wadsworth, an employee at The Apex.

“The CXC simulators have a selection of 400 cars to pick from, three screens to really give you the feel of being in the driver’s seat and a hydraulic system that moves you and the seat as you turn and even gives you that feeling of resistance when you brake,” Wadsworth said. “It’s the same simulators that professional racers use to train when they aren’t on the actual track.”

The sports bar nestled by the virtual golf bays and a smattering of slot machines at the far end of the facility provides a view of the land surrounding Red Hawk — if guests are able to pull their attention away from the sports games playing on the many screens nearby. Sports fans can expect to see a fair share of soccer and basketball games on those screens in the future, as Red Hawk has recently entered into multi-year partnerships with both the Sacramento Kings and Sacramento Republic FC.

“Our partnerships with the Kings and Sac Republic are a perfect kind of synergy,” deLugo said. “Their fans and what we’re aiming for here are a perfect fit.”

The virtual reality experiences offered cover a range of activities; the golf bays give guests the chance to work on their swing without a trip to the golf course, the Hurricane is a virtual roller coaster that simulates a variety of wild rides and the arcade hosts a number of immersive games. Golf bays provide simulations of a variety of courses from across the globe and even have different types of turf surfaces to provide a deeper level of realism when swinging out of a sand trap. Golf bays are priced by the hour and cost between $35 and $45 depending on the day.

The bowling alley at The Apex will be only the second on El Dorado County’s West Slope, with Knotty Pines Lanes being the first. The lanes are integrated with the Spark Experience, a projector and computer system that augments players’ experiences while bowling, according to The Apex bowling alley staff member Israel Rodriguez. The Spark Experience allows for customizations to score screens, animated tracking of the path a bowling ball follows down the lane and a number of themed games such as Angry Birds. There is a separate VIP bowling area for groups looking to play with a little more peace and quiet. Lanes are priced by the hour, with prices ranging between $40 and $45 most evenings and $5 on weekdays before 5 p.m. VIP lanes are $75 per hour, based on availability.

The Apex has created 60 permanent positions for employees and management is still looking to hire more employees to staff it, according to Red Hawk Marketing Director Emily Cady.

Following close on the heels of The Apex, deLugo said Red Hawk’s five-story hotel is set to open in the first quarter of 2023. After that? DeLugo shared that a concert venue isn’t off the table as the next addition to Red Hawk.

Mountain Democrat photos by Odin Rasco

The VIP bowling area is set apart from the rest of the lanes to provide guests more privacy while they play.

The Apex’s grill and sports bar servers Daisy Navarro and Ethan Sprock wear referee uniforms.

Attendees of The Apex’s grand opening ride the Hurricane, a virtual reality roller coaster simulator.

she recalled that her woman friends would exclaim in mild outrage: “I would divorce my husband if he ran off like that!”

Irene would smile and wonder at the ladies’ remarks: “I always thought if someone wants to do something, they should do it,” she said.

But this story isn’t about Mark, it’s about the woman who willingly stood in the shadow of a man admired and respected worldwide for his jaunts into the unknown, mounting a Jeep or other rugged vehicle to tackle the next challenge. Irene stayed home and faced her own battles, making sure the four children she and Mark brought into the world would be raised properly and making sure all the details that allowed her husband to take on the arduous adventures were handled from behind the scenes.

Like holding down jobs that included selling real estate during the beginning days of Mark A. Smith real estate — a name that became synonymous with professional handling of transactions involving some of the most prime properties on the Georgetown Divide over several decades. Daughter Patti Smith carries on the tradition today with Patti Smith Real Estate.

Despite the name Mark A. Smith real estate, Irene said her husband was quite amazed, after coming back from one of his adventures, that while he was gone, his wife had accumulated a client list that was nothing if not impressive.

“The company used his name in getting started but I got my real estate license and had such big deals going that it shocked him,” Irene recalled.

Mark worked hard too, Irene added, taking on a job as a timber man when the couple first settled in Georgetown shortly after they married.

“It rained the day of our wedding, so instead of going to Las Vegas as planned, I said why don’t we go up to my sister’s cabin in Georgetown,” recalled Irene. “It was the second time Mark had ever been up here — and he fell in love with the area.”

So that they could stay, Irene landed a job in Kelsey and Mark hit the woods — but it wasn’t long before he’d impressed the local county sheriff and became the resident deputy in Georgetown.

Mark was lucky that a lovely lady named Irene ever gave him the time of day, after he spotted her at a convention both were attending in Fresno.

“I was 19 years old, an office worker for the Pacific Food Exchange and running for governor of an association of business girls,” said Irene. “Mark was there with a friend and he tried to buy me a drink, but I wouldn’t do it,” Irene recalled, eyes mirthful. “Then he told us that he had extra tickets for dinner at their table.”

Irene and her female colleague eventually acquiesced and joined the gentlemen, with Mark apparently completely taken by the brunette beauty called Irene.

“He was waiting in the lobby the next morning,” she recalled. “He told me he had just gotten his pilot’s license and that it wasn’t too far” for him to fly to meet her where she lived in Lodi, “just for friendship.”

Mark had learned that Irene still was mourning the loss of her high school

sweetheart, Clarence Mettler, who had been killed toward the end of World War II after stepping on a land mine in Europe. It had been more than a year since the tragedy, but Irene made it clear her heart was not available.

But as these things go, with Mark’s persistent flights in his BT-13 airplane to Lodi to take Irene to lunch, their friendship became something much more — leading to decades of joys and triumphs, sadness and sorrow — a life together, making their mark on the Georgetown Divide.

And on the world, if you consider how far-reaching are the Jeepers Jamboree and Jeep Jamboree USA.

In 1953 Mark had a seed of an idea, a sort of experiment into the logistics of traversing the Rubicon region, trying to create an event that could add to Georgetown’s economy. Mark met with other movers and shakers of that time to see what they could get going. Irene recalled her role in the whole shebang.

“They met at our home and I fed them,” she said, adding that her voice, while heard by her husband, seemed to fall on unreceptive ears regarding the other men, most of whom eventually would comprise the board of directors of what became a runaway hit: The Jeepers Jamboree.

“Mark even would say, ‘I get all the credit and Irene does all the work,’ but they decided there would be no women on the board,” recalled Irene.

The annual Jeepers Jamboree that begins in Georgetown and takes fourwheel drive vehicles (almost all Jeeps) through some of the most amazing wilderness in the Rubicon River watershed, with a pit-stop at Rubicon

Springs where an all-out, sometimes legendary, party is held before winding on to Tahoe and the end of the trail — continues to this day.

But Irene wasn’t a partier— her heart was with children, not just her own but others, who to her chagrin rarely were a part of the rowdy Jeepers Jamboree gatherings. That’s why Irene one day announced she was dedicating all her future efforts to Jeep Jamboree USA, a move that has been welcomed by off-roading families worldwide.

“We’re in 40 states now,” smiled Irene.

Mark and Irene also created the Buffalo Hill Center that offers not only creatively designed retail space but also historical and remarkable memorabilia throughout.

Mark and Irene had four children — two boys and two girls who grew into accomplished men and women. Mark Robert, Gregory John, Patti Irene and Jill Irene would admire their father’s exploits while being nurtured by their capable and careful mother.

“The kids were very proud of their father,” said Irene.

And Irene was proud of Mark, too, although she said she never really got over her high school sweetheart, Clarence. But Mark understood that as well, she said.

Mark died in 2014, after suffering a stroke that took him quickly, she said.

Irene was known as a “git ‘er done gal” with the no-nonsense attitude that comes with being one of seven siblings.

No doubt Mark Smith spotted that quality early on, too, making the winning of Irene’s heart his first major accomplishment.

IN THE KNOW

Dec. 30

Vitalant will hold an El Dorado Hills Stadium 14 & IMAX Theater blood drive, noon to 4 p.m. at 2101 Vine St. El Dorado Hills. The Bloodmobile will be parked near the movie theater on the north side. Make an appointment at donors.vitalant.org and use blood drive code SMFM486 or call (877) 258-4825 and mention the same code. Walk-ins will be accommodated if space allows.

Dive into the Cameron Park Community Center’s heated pool, 2502 Country Club Drive, during Santa Swim, 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Attend the Green Tie Ball with Golden Cadillacs at The Green Room Social Club in downtown Placerville at 8 p.m.

For tickets, tables and livestream access visit tickets.clubgreenroom. com.

Dec.

31

Ring in 2023 at the Red Dirt Ruckus East Coast New Year’s Eve Party at The Green Room Social Club in downtown Placerville at 7 p.m.

For tickets, tables and livestream access visit tickets.clubgreenroom. com.

The Neon Moon Band performs at Roosters Bar and Grille in Mt. Aukum, 8 p.m. to midnight.

Slingshots, 3300 Coach Lane, Suite B1, Cameron Park, hosts a New Year’s celebration with Xstadic performing classic rock-nroll. Music starts at 8 p.m. and hors d’oeuvres will be served the first hour.

For more information call (530) 676-9915.

David Verdugo Trio will perform 8:45-11:45 p.m. at the Coloma Club in Coloma.

Jan. 1

Soulful Sunday Sound Healing and Intention Setting takes place 3-6 p.m. at The Green Room Social Club in downtown Placerville. For tickets, tables and livestream access visit tickets. clubgreenroom.com.

Carol Tuttle & the Jazz Trio perform at 5 p.m. every Sunday at Smith Flat House in Placerville.

For more information call (530) 621-1003 or visit smithflathouse.com/ events.

Jan. 3

Homebrew and microbrew masters are invited to enter upcoming El Dorado County Fair competitions, Jan. 3-23.

For rules, deadlines and more information visit eldoradocountyfair.org/

‘Amituofo’

Monks coming back to Placerville

Placerville Friends of Tibet

The Sacred Arts Tour of Gaden Shartse Norling Monastery returns to Placerville, Jan. 2-14.

Placerville Friends of Tibet has hosted this arts and culture tour since 2003 and will usher in 2023 with a 20th year commemoration. Along with the monks of Gaden Shartse Monastery located (in exile) in Southern India, who know and love the Sierra Foothills and surrounding communities, the tour is deeply grateful to the founders, organizers, community and partners that have made this possible over the years.

During the tour the monks will share their arts and culture and Tibetan

perspectives on the Buddha’s teachings as well as o er empowerments, astrology readings, healings and blessings for individuals, families, businesses, pets and the community at large.

The opening ceremony and Dharma talk explaining this sand mandala will begin at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 2, at the historical Federated Church, 1031 Thompson Way in Placerville. Buddhist monks will create the eight auspicious Buddhist symbols mandala representing the creation of positive potentials. This mandala can be used externally to help in successfully benefiting others in auspicious ways. The symbols are the umbrella, yellow fish, vase, lotus, white conch shell, glorious peu, banner and

Jan. 3

Dharma chakra.

The public can view the daily progress of the mandala from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The sand mandala creation culminates with a closing mandala dissolution ceremony at 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14.

This tour helps support Gaden Shartse Monastic College, which is situated in the remote countryside of southern India. It was founded in 1969 as an e ort to re-establish one of the great monastic traditions of Tibet — the Gelug tradition followed by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. A small group of elder monks and 15 young boys, all of whom had managed to escape the destruction in Tibet, settled

SACRED ARTS TOUR OF GADEN SHARTSE NORLING MONASTERY SCHEDULE

• Blessing at MORE, 399 Placerville Drive in Placerville, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

• Tibetan Buddhism 101 at Federated Church, 6-7:30 p.m.

Jan. 4

• Senior Series talk (aging with grace and joy) at Federated Church, 10:3011:30 a.m.

• Dharma talk (4 Noble Truths) at Federated Church, 6-7:30 p.m.

Jan. 5

• Senior Series talk (how to gently navigate grief) at Federated Church, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

• Healing Ritual (special prayers for the deceased) at Federated Church, 6-7:30 p.m.

Jan. 6

• Blessing at Mercy Hospital in Folsom, 10-11:30 a.m.

• Tibetan Cultural Night (a day in the life of a monk – debate demonstration chanting), 6-7:30 p.m.

Jan. 7

• Pet blessing at Federated Church, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Meditation workshop (learn the foundations of Tibetan Buddhist meditation to help you start a new

practice or enrich your existing practice) at Federated Church, 3-4:30 p.m.

• Empowerment (long life) at Federated Church, 6-7:30 p.m.

Jan. 8

• Butter sculpture & calligraphy workshops at Federated Church, 1-3 p.m.

• Interfaith dialog at Federated Church, 3:30-5 p.m.

• Healing Ritual (Vajravidarin –Buddha of purification) at Federated Church, 6-7:30 p.m.

Jan. 10

• Afternoon blessing at Federated Church, 1-3 p.m.

• Dharma talk (dependent arising –emptiness and the lack of inherent existence) at Federated Church, 6-7:30 p.m.

Jan. 11

• Afternoon blessing at Federated Church, 1-3 p.m.

• Dharma talk (patience: the antidote to anger) at Federated Church, 6-7:30 p.m.

Jan. 12

• Children’s story time with the monks

File photo by Laurie Edwards

Geshe Jampa Lobsang, left, and Gelong Tenzin Lekshey, right, watch Geshe Jampa Wangchuk add blessed sand from India into the mandala sand pile during

last year’s visit to El Dorado County. Each year the monks create a beautiful mandala and then sweep it away, giving the blessed sand to guests.

new Year’s eve debut Fall under the sway of HipNosis

Special to the Mountain Democrat

HipNosis –fronted by a tight, powerful horn section and soaring, soulful vocals –brings its mesmerizing sound this New Year’s Eve to the Gold Trail Grange on Highway 49 in Coloma.

HipNosis musicians have experience in bands that foothill and Sacramento residents have danced to for decades, and these allstars have shared the stage with some of the greats in modern music history.

For the evening benefiting the Gold Trail Grange, doors open at 8 p.m. Dec. 31; music begins at 9 p.m. No-host bar and refreshments are provided. Purchase tickets at the door and online at hypnosisband. eventbrite.com. More information is available at GoldTrailGrange. com/nye-hipnosis.

HipNosis is the vision of multi-instrumentalist Bob Hansen, who has played with numerous local bands, including Aftershock, Late for Dinner, The Pickups and the Deb Smith Band. For Hansen, the band is a culmination of 45 years of music, realizing his dream of pulling together the best

artists and using his artistic vision to guide and provide unique arrangements of classic danceable songs.

“I’ve played in an uncountable number of different groups over the years,” said Hansen, who recalls performing at the El Dorado County Fair, Wagon Train and countless events with the Deb Smith Band back in 1980-90s. Smith is a vocalist with HipNosis as well as continuing her own solo work.

“We owned the gig and loved the music,” he continued. Both Hansen and Smith bring that commitment and experience to HipNosis.

“I know how well Deb sings,” Hansen said of Smith. “I knew she would add a new sound to this group. Having a female vocalist in there makes all kinds of more music possible. She’s ready to go and works really hard.”

When Smith moved to Washington for a time, Hansen explained,

“Aftershock was really a dream for me. It got me back into playing sax. And the fusion jazz pulled me back to my roots. It was a home-grown El Dorado County band, not dissimilar from HipNosis.”

Aftershock was where Hansen got his taste for arranging classic tunes and new music, producing a CD for the band. It also gave him a taste for working with excellent players and planted the seed for

HipNosis.

The COVID-19 pandemic was a time to hone horn skills and plan the next moves. This band is based on “more interesting arrangements and the absolute best performers I can find,” Hansen shared.

“We’re not just covering great horn tunes but going beyond. I spend a lot of time researching material and put charts together for the whole band. We leave standard

arrangements behind and play in a unique, brand-new way,” he added. “These excellent all-stars have really gone for it.”

The vibe is more concert-like, less bar band. Arrangements highlight sections of the band, solo passages and feature different members of the band on different songs.

“We play these interesting arrangements. People will recognize the songs. At the same time, they will be surprised and excited about how different they sound — all played by the best musicians around,” Hansen said. “It’s unique material and a different approach that is very rare in Northern California. We’re hoping it gains traction.”

Gerald Jonutz, a saxophone pal from Aftershock, brings a long history of performance in the region.

“He’s always excited, always positive, always pushing forward,” Hansen said. Jonutz has backed Lydia Pense and toured with some of the greats in modern music history.

Another Aftershock alum, guitarist Bill Vallaire, “is an amazing

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Roadside bar turns speakeasy for New Year’s Eve party

DRYTOWN — Beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31,

The Drytown Social Club in the heart of Amador County’s wine country will transform to a 1920’s speakeasy nightclub, offering an elegant dinner, live music, dancing and champagne.

The evening’s vibe will combine bright and glittery and dark and mysterious with refined, understated style. Harkening to Prohibition times, guests will enter the venue through a side door with a password paying homage to the secretive nature of a prohibition-era gathering.

As well as indoor seating there is a heated outdoor patio adorned with string lights and vive spirit.

Formal attire and ’20s-era gowns are suggested. Waiters serving champagne and oysters on the half shell will kick off the evening.

At 8 p.m. The Blowbacks, a ninepiece band, will take up residency for the evening. This high-energy,

horn-driven dance band plays big band, blues and rock ‘n’ roll. Made up of the gold country’s most seasoned musicians with guitar, bass, trombone, saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, keyboards and drums as well as striking vocals, the band’s music fills the room. The club will offer a large dance floor.

Susan Feist was inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby” and Jay Gatsby’s proclamation to host the party. “I love large parties; they’re so intimate. At small parties, there isn’t any privacy.”

The dinner is offered at $78 per person and will consist of Hog Island oysters on the half shell, crab cakes, endive salad with heirloom apples, beef bourguignon and chocolate mousse bombe by local pastry chef Ingrid Fraser. A wine pairing is offered at an additional charge. Door entry without dinner is offered at $20 per person pre sale and $25 at the door. Tickets are available at feistwines.com or at The Drytown Social Club.

Mother Hips jam at Harlow’s

SACRAMENTO — Northern California’s The Mother Hips rings out 2022 with two shows at Harlow’s in Sacramento, Dec. 30 & 31.

The Hips is gearing up for the Jan. 27 release of “When We Disappear.” For the album, the Hips headed to New Mexico, spending time at Ghost Ranch before settling in at Jono Manson’s Kitchen Sink studio in Sante Fe in late 2021 for the sessions. Self-produced, “When We Disappear” features nine cosmic new tracks co-written by co-founders Tim Bluhm and Greg Loiacono, a collection of compelling, guitardriven songs inspired by psychology and literature.

Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as “one of the Bay Area’s most beloved live outfits,” The Mother Hips’ headline and festival performances have became the stuff of legend, finding the musicians sharing stages with everyone from Johnny Cash and Wilco to Lucinda Williams and The Black Crowes. Rolling Stone called the band

“divinely inspired,” while Pitchfork praised its “rootsy mix of ’70s rock and power pop” and The New Yorker lauded the group’s ability to “sing it sweet and play it dirty.”

Founded more than 30 years ago while Bluhm and Loiacono were students at California State University, Chico, The Mother Hips caught its first big break before the musicians even graduated from college when legendary producer and industry icon Rick Rubin signed the band to his American Recordings label. In the decades to come, the group has gone on to release 12 critically acclaimed studio albums and cement itself as architects of a new breed of California rock and soul — one equally informed by the breezy harmonies of the Beach Boys, the funky roots of The Band and the psychedelic Americana of Buffalo Springfield.

Doors open at 8 p.m. for Friday’s show that begins at 9 p.m. The New Year’s Eve show begins at 10 p.m. with doors opening an hour prior. Harlow’s is located at 2708 J St. For tickets and more information visit harlows.com/events.

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The Mother Hips will perform Friday and Saturday night at Harlow’s.

Bundle up, head to ‘Frozen’

SACRAMENTO — From the producer of “The Lion King” and “Aladdin,” “Frozen,” the Tony-nominated Best Musical, is now on tour across North America and comes to the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center in downtown Sacramento Jan. 4-15. “Frozen” features the songs audiences love from the original Oscar-winning fi lm, plus an expanded score with a dozen new numbers.

An unforgettable theatrical experience fi lled with sensational special e ects, stunning sets and costumes and powerhouse performances, “Frozen” is everything wanted in a musical: It’s moving. It’s spectacular. And, above all, it’s pure Broadway joy.

Young sisters Elsa and Anna thrive amid warmth and love in Arendelle but an accident with Elsa’s magic pulls the close sisters apart. Years

later, Elsa is crowned Queen and a sudden engagement sets o an eternal winter when Elsa lets her powerful magic go.

Will Anna, with the help of Kristo and his trusty reindeer Sven, as well as the magical snowman Olaf, be able to save Elsa and Arendelle?

Expanding on their seven songs from the fi lm, songwriters Kristen AndersonLopez and Robert Lopez wrote an additional 12 songs for the Broadway adaptation. Many of these songs focus on deepening the characters of Anna, Elsa, Hans and

Kristo — and their relationships with each other.

Hear them all at the performing arts center, with matinees and evening shows available. For tickets and more information call (916) 557-1999 or visit BroadwaySacramento. com.

Tahoe Paradise Park seeks event vendors

Tahoe Daily Tribune

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — Tahoe Paradise Park, also known as Tahoe Paradise Recreations and Park District in Meyers, is seeking an event vendor to assist with its long running Friday night music summer series program in 2023 and has published a request for proposals for interested parties.

Tahoe Paradise Park prefers Music-in-the-Park events to have a similar look and feel to past events. For this RFP the park prefers to work with businesses and contractors located within a onehour drive of the park site to further support the economy of the region.

The park looks forward to continuing Music in the Park in 2023, along with several weekend events to complement the music program and the community.

Bids will be welcome through Jan. 6, questions will be accepted through Jan. 3, with the award being announced on Jan. 19.

The park has developed the request from vendors to host the following specific events at the park in 2023:

Music in the Park — Fridays, June 16, June 30, July 28, Aug. 11, Sept. 1

Special event to be proposed by vendor — Saturday, Sept. 2, Saturday/Sunday Oct. 7-8

Event proposals must meet the following objectives and guidelines:

• Event entry shall be free for the general public.

• Vendor shall bear all event costs, including:

Tahoe Paradise Park venue fee, Band expense.

• Parking lot rental (at LTE Magnet School).

• Appropriate additional restroom facilities (porta-potties) for any anticipated event attendance above park facility capacity.

• Event management, parking management, event supervision and event security.

• Any required county, state or jurisdictional permits and fees.

• Event preparation and clean-up.

The park provides venue space, including the full parking lot and park grounds as required. Handicap parking or drop-o /pick-up zone and fire lane access shall be maintained for all events. The use of the clubhouse is not specifically included but can be negotiated on an event caseby-case basis.

Proposals must be sealed and delivered to the park by mail at: TPRPD, Attn: RFP, PO Box 550575, South Lake Tahoe, CA., 96155.

Drop o and confirmation of receipt of proposal may be coordinated with Board Chairperson Joe Cardinale jkcardinale@yahoo.com prior to the proposal due-date.

Sealed vendor proposals shall be opened in a special public meeting to be held the week of Jan. 9.

Interested vendors may reach out via email to both jkcardinale@yahoo.com and tommeyer001@ gmail.com.

For more information visit TahoeParadisePark. com/rfp.

on land given to them by the Indian government in Mundgod, Karnataka.

Today the college is at the forefront of the revival of Tibetan Monastic education with more than 1,600 resident students, teachers, scholars and spiritual practitioners. More than 70% of the members are between the ages of 10 and 25 and 80% of these were born in Tibet. To this day, young monks arrive at the monastery weekly from Tibet, seeking shelter and education. Due to the success of the academic program and the quality of the teachers at the monastery, Gaden Shartse has established a reputation as being the leader in the field of Buddhist and Tibetan studies.

Placerville Friends of Tibet is a group of dedicated volunteers who, since 2003, have committed their time, energy and resources to sharing the culture of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism with the communities of El Dorado County, the Sierra Nevada foothills and the greater Sacramento region. This group is an incubator partnership with Arts & Culture El Dorado. For more information visit placervillefriendsoftibet.org.

at Federated Church, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

• Momo dinner at Federated Church, 6-7:15 p.m. Tibetan monks of Gaden Shartse will cook the most scrumptious dinner imaginable, highlighted by the hundreds of handmade “momos” or Tibetan stuffed dumplings along with fresh salad and hot soup and chai.

Jan. 13

• Youth dialog with the monks at Federated Church, 3:30-5 p.m.

• Empowerment (Four-armed Chenrezig – Buddha of compassion) at Federated Church, 6-7:30 p.m.

Jan. 14

• Dissolution ceremony at Federated Church, 4-6 p.m.

Worship Directory runs each Friday in the Mountain Democrat. Call Elizabeth Hansen at 530-344-5028 regarding advertising information and to place your ad.

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Elsa brings her winter magic to Sacramento with the Broadway tour of “Frozen,” Jan. 4-15.

Boys and girls run up and down the paved trail, a long-ago railway whose narrow gauge cut a path for hikers and dogs.

The Maidu people slept on this earth, wait under layers of soil and sand.

Still so close to the heavens, the children believe the past is buried beneath the trail,

EL DORADO TRAIL

the dead leaving their bones here in this spot. No, their mothers say, no, these bronze plates lining the way are not gravestones, just memories.

Bethany 1987, Nathan 1989 without a breath, entrusted to angels Claude 1901-1995 reunited with Kathleen 1910-1994, Barbara Jean, you’ll never walk alone.

And the unscribed names, a Nisenan echo swallowed by gold, Quail Feather, Little Fawn, Lone Willow, Weaver Woman. Shining Star.

The children know. Below these empty graves ancestors whisper the truth.

* Version of “El Dorado Trail” first published as “Recollection” in “Shadowlines.” Irene Lipshin, 2006, Rattlesnake Press.

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Irene Lipshin is a local writer who tells stories through the written and spoken word of poetry. Family, politics, environment, love and loss find their way into her poems. She often combines poetry and photography, exhibiting locally and digitally. An El Dorado County resident since 1971, Irene raised her family here and loves the natural beauty of lakes, rivers and trails and a vibrant arts community. A member of the Red Fox Poets and El Dorado Arts Council, Irene’s poetry has been published and shared. She taught in city and county schools from 1980 to 2009 and has coached students for the National Poetry Out Loud Contest and El Dorado County Oral Interpretation. She was a member of the Delegation of American Poets 2017 Festival Internacional de Poesia de la Habana in Cuba and is inspired by world travel, European and Asian adventures and routes of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain and Portugal. Read her blog, online: “Walking Through the Ages.” Irene trains in the mountains of El Dorado County, sometimes writing poetry as she walks up and down the hills.

Talk to feature Snowshoe Thompson

Tahoe Daily Tribune

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — The Eastern Sierra speaker series at Wylder Resort continues this weekend with a presentation on Snowshoe Thompson — Mailman of the Sierra.

Thompson carried the mail across the Sierra Nevada winter snows for 20 years. He would travel the 180-mile round trip in just five days on his hand-crafted snow skates (skis) with nothing

more than a jacket, dried meat, matches and his 80-pound bag of mail. Thompson was one of the most compelling figures to have called the Sierra Nevada home.

The program, at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 1, is free and will be at the Wylder General Store, located just east of the resort on California State Route 88 in Hope Valley.

For more information call David Woodruff at (760) 920-8061.

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musician, comfortable with anything you want to throw at him,” the band leader shared. Vallaire, who has his own recording studio in Cameron Park, brings his experience performing in the San Francisco Bay Area with the late Sista Monica and Blues at Eleven.

Vocalist and keyboardist Aaron Gayden “has got a huge amount of experience. He just soars with these vocalizations and scats like a crazy man,” Hansen said. The band leader added they share the same mindset with the new arrangements of classic tunes.

And of course, it’s all held together by drummer Rob Rinnger and bass player Peter Mancini. Rinnger, a multi-instrumentalist, contributes to arrangements and runs Rinngerstudios with his wife Brooke, a vocalist.

Mancini brings the funk to the band “and comes on super strong,” said Hansen, who also pointed out how talented Mancini is in multiple genres. “He’s a really wonderful anchor.”

Horn players Paul Simmons and Dave Johnson on brass and vocalist Martin Beal round out the band.

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Powell’s Steamer Company and Pub, 425 Main St., presents Eric Hill and Jonny Mojo for Taco Tuesday, 4-7 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Stop by for some good food and good tunes. For more information call (530) 626-1091.

Jan. 4

Broadway Sacramento presents “Frozen,” Jan. 4-15 at the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center, 1301 L St. in Sacramento. For tickets and more information visit broadwaysacramento. com.

Jan. 5

The Shingle Springs-Cameron Park Chamber of Commerce hosts a mixer at 5:30 p.m. at Tres Calaveras, 3300 Coach Lane, Suite A5, Cameron Park. For more information visit sscpchamber.org.

Uncommon Ground performs a free show 7-10 p.m. at The Green Room Social Club in downtown Placerville. For tickets, tables and livestream access visit tickets.clubgreenroom.com.

The Placerville Area Chess Club meets every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Denny’s in Cameron Park, 3446 Coach Lane. For more information call Neville Arroues at (530) 642-9043.

Jan. 6

The Neon Moon Band performs 7-10 p.m. at The Green Room Social Club in downtown Placerville. For tickets, tables and livestream access visit tickets.clubgreenroom.com.

Jan. 7

The El Dorado Hills Community Services District hosts a one day only Christmas tree recycling event, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at EDH Community Park’s north parking lot. For more information visit eldoradohillscsd.org.

Sherwood Demonstration Garden, 6699 Campus Drive in Placerville, is open for a free public tour on the first Saturday of each month, starting at 9 a.m. While some of the garden has entered its winter’s rest, there are cold/hearty plants that bloom and offer interest. After the approximate one-hour tour, wander around the 16 individual gardens at your own pace or ask docents for help and more information. Garden may be closed for inclement weather or poor air quality. Check before visiting at ucanr.edu/sites/EDC_Master_Gardeners/ Demonstration_Garden.

Boys & Girls Club of El Dorado County Western Slope hosts Heroes Night at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville. Enjoy dinner and dessert, silent and live auctions and more. For tickets and more information visit bgce.org/heroes.

Jan. 8

Painting & Vino classes are now at The Green Room Social Club in downtown Placerville, 1-4 p.m., featuring succulents (Jan. 8) and birch trees (Jan. 22). For more information visit tickets.clubgreenroom.com.

The VITA Academy presents Great Composers Chamber Music Series featuring Rising Stars of Chamber Music at 2 p.m. at Harris Center for the Arts, 10 College Parkway in Folsom. For tickets and more information call (916) 608-6888 or visit harriscenter.net.

Jan. 9

Vitalant will host an El Dorado Hills community blood drive noon to 4:30 p.m. The Bloodmobile will be located in the parking lot near the baseball fields at the El Dorado Hills Community Services District, 1021 Harvard Way, El Dorado Hills. Donors will be entered into a drawing for a trip for two to the Big Game which includes airfare, hotel, game tickets and other perks. Go to vitalant.org/BigGame for details. Must be 21 years old to be eligible to win. The winner will be announced Jan. 23. Make an appointment at donors.vitalant.org and use blood drive code SMFM019 or call Vitalant at (877) 258-4825 and mention the same code. Walk-ins will be accommodated if space allows.

Jan. 11

The El Dorado Hills Chamber of Commerce hosts a Business Builder Blender, 5:30-7 p.m. at Mexico Lindo, 3375 Bass Lake Road, Suite 100, El Dorado Hills. For more information visit eldoradohillschamber.org.

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The Stormy Weather exhibit at Gallery at 48 Natoma in Folsom runs through Jan. 12 in the main gallery with the Folsom focus Photography Contest in the community gallery through Jan. 10. For more information call (916) 461-6601.

The history-based scavenger hunt Miners on Main has begun. The game features 10 prominent historical figures of the El Dorado County Gold Rush for participants to discover as they walk a loop along Main Street, Placerville. There are 10 medallions “hidden” between Sacramento and Clay streets. Each medallion will include a unique QR code that participants can scan with their phones to learn about the individual who had some historical significance during the California Gold Rush. A clue will be provided to find the next Miner on Main. Clue sheets for those who want to play without using a smart device will be available at some shops and the El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce office, 542 Main St., Placerville. For more information call (530) 621-5885.

DEFENDANT’S: By virtue of an order of the Superior Court of El Dorado, of the State of California, made on the 19th day of August, A.D., 2022, in a certain special cause wherein Mary Margaret Beaver is the Plaintiff and Judgment Creditor, and you are the defendant’s, you are required to pay each and individual sum of the settlement in the amount of $2,696,423.00, not to exceed $11,000,000.00 per defendant, according to the TITLE CODE 42 USCS 2000(h)(1): DOUBLE JEOPARDY in the Court Case No’s PC20210482 and 00UD0154 for damages caused to Mary Margaret Beaver and offspring in the means of, but not limited to “Writ of Execution and Writ of Possession, Sasisie execution, Wage garnishments, Account garnishments and Liens on real and personal properties and in pending actions,” within accordance of the Summary Claim/Judgment and Compensation recovery filed on the 5th day of August, A.D., 2022 was to be satisfied by (90) ninety days after filing which ended on the 12th day of November, A.D., 2022. Therefore, as of this date, these lawfully filed and “Unrebutted, Uncontested and Unchallenged documents” have now become the “Absolute Unchallenged Judgment in Commerce” in this matter in favor of Mary Margaret Beaver. Consequently, as of this date,

THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 12/9, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30 11188

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2022-1268

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: C SPENCER ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, located at 3900 Oro Ct, Camino, CA 95709 Registered owner(s): The Westwind Company LLC, 3900 Oro Ct, Camino, CA 95709

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company, State of LLC: CA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Signature of Registrant: /s/ Casey D Spencer CASEY D SPENCER, MANAGER I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

(A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).)

This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 12/05/2022.

NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 12/9, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30 11189

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LIBERTY TACTICAL FIREARM SAFETY TRAINING located at 3657 Blueberry Hill Dr., Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Peter T Zimmerman, 3657 Blueberry Hill Dr., Shingle Springs, CA 95682 This business is conducted by an Individual The registrant commenced to

transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/23/2022

Signature of Registrant: /s/ Peter Zimmerman PETER ZIMMERMAN, OWNER I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 11/23/2022.

NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 12/9, 12/16, 12/23,