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El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Lauren C. Bowers, left, is sworn in by Presiding Judge Suzanne Kingsbury Dec. 20, 2021.

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Bowers EDC’s “G newest judge Mountain Democrat staff Lauren C. Bowers has been appointed to serve as an El Dorado County Superior Court judge.

Gov. Gavin Newsom in November announced Bowers’ appointment and she was sworn in Dec. 20, 2021. Judge Bowers began her assignment in Department 5 of the Main Street, Placerville courthouse Jan. 31, where she presides over family law matters. Bowers fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Warren C. Stracener.

Prior to her appointment Bowers, 42, of Rancho Cordova, was employed with the El Dorado County Office of the County Counsel.

During her eight-year tenure as a deputy county counsel she practiced in South Lake Tahoe, handling juvenile dependency, public guardian and animal services matters, as well as writing responsive briefs for juvenile dependency appeals and writs. These appellate briefs were filed in the California Third District Court of Appeal and the California ■

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reater love has no one than this: To lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

— John 15:13 Gold Country Baptist Church Pastor and retired Sacramento Sheriff Cliff Peppers recited these words honoring the life of fallen Elk

Grove motor officer Ty Lenehan.

“It happens too often when an officer is called on to give his or her all in a line of duty,” Peppers said.

Ty Lenehan’s family, friends and colleagues, paid tribute to Lenehan at a public funeral Tuesday at Bayside Church Adventure Campus in Roseville and on Wednesday at Gold

Country Baptist Church in Shingle Springs.

Lenehan, 44, a Cameron Park resident, father and husband, was killed in a crash by a wrong-way driver on Highway 99 while riding a motorcycle on his way to work Jan. 21.

Pastors Phil Layton, Corey Millican and Peppers were the opening speakers at his memorial service at the

TY LENEHAN Shingle Springs church, sharing memories of Lenehan and his journey as a Christian.

“Ty was a good law enforcement officer, a good partner and an outstanding motor officer, one who could be trusted to have the back of the men and women with whom he served in the El Grove Police Department and his community around him,” Peppers said.

“More importantly, Ty was a man committed to his faith in Jesus Christ.”

The pastors described him as committed

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Elk Grove Police Department motor officer and Cameron Park resident Ty Lenehan’s flag-draped casket is surrounded by family, friends and colleagues in a memorial service at Bayside Church Adventure Campus in Roseville Tuesday.

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Cameron Park hit with vandalism, pool woes Jana Rossi Staff writer Residents might notice some changes at two of the Cameron Park Community Services District’s popular attractions — the community pool and skatepark.

The pool has been out PLACE ADDRESS LABEL HERE

of service since early December. Parks and Facilities Superintendent Mike Grassle told the Mountain Democrat the shutdown was due to a propane supply issue occurring when the facility’s 2,000-gallon propane tank froze.

“There are several factors that could have led the tank to freezing over,” Grassle shared.

“The district is working with several professionals to determine the exact cause. In the meantime, the district is working with our propane vendor to install a vaporizer that will help with tank thaw and prevent this from happening again.”

The district does not have an estimated date on when the pool will re-open.

The skatepark at Christa McAuliffe Park has been the target for recent vandalism.

Areas damaged include the restrooms, security

cameras and perimeter fencing. Residents and staff have reported finding needles and other drug paraphernalia.

Necessary repairs have been completed.

Grassle said the El Dorado County Sheriff ’s Department has been notified and has been extremely supportive, but the district understands the skatepark is not a priority. That’s why Grassle said the district is asking Cameron Park residents to support efforts to keep the skatepark a clean, family friendly space and asks for more community involvement to help with these ongoing issues.

Those who would like to volunteer at the skatepark or to find out more information on how to help the district prevent vandalism, contact the CSD front office at (530) 677-2231 and leave your name, number and an email address.

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Firefighters set controlled burns as part of the French Meadows Forest Restoration Project, a test case for effectiveness in improving fire resilience and overall health of the watershed.

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Thomas Harold Burkhart

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July 16, 1949 – Dec. 16, 2021

Tom, aged 72, died Dec. 16, 2021 in Spokane, Wash. He was born at the Placerville Sanatorium to Russell and Evelyn (Tatum) Burkhart, both now deceased and also predeceased by his brother David (aka Caveman) Burkhart.

Tom was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2020 and outlived his one-year life expectancy by four months.

Tom is survived by his wife of 48 years Cris (Marcelli) Burkhart; children Jake Burkhart (Stephanie) and Amy Burkhart and grandchildren Blaine and Kaid Burkhart, all of Spokane.

He is also survived by his sisters Marilyn Burkhart Taylor (Larry) of Placerville and Lynette Burkhart Rush of Las Vegas. Angela Taylor Somers, Mark Taylor and Michelle Rush Lieder survive their beloved Uncle Tom. Tom and his three siblings lost their father in 1952 to a logging accident while working for Harvey West up the American River Canyon. The four Burkhart children grew up in much less than ideal financial circumstances, relying on food supplements from county welfare, social security payments and the odd jobs their mother picked up, including ambulance driver and part-time Mountain Democrat correspondent.

Upon graduation from El Dorado High School in 1967, Tom worked at various jobs then attended Sacramento City College for a time, but then the Selective Service Administration made Tom a job offer he couldn’t refuse; serving in the U.S. Army for two years. He was posted stateside at various bases for those two years, remarkably avoiding duty in Vietnam in the early 1970s.

Upon discharge from the Army, Tom returned to the Placerville area, enrolling and attending UBR (University behind Raley’s) thanks to the GI Bill.

While there, Tom was turned on to geology, thanks to instructor George Wheeldon. Through a friend Tom met and soon fell in love with Cris Marcelli, whom he married in October 1973. With his twoyear degree in hand, he and Cris moved to Reno where he enrolled at the University of Nevada. With Cris already a college graduate working full-time and Tom part-time while he attended UNR, he obtained his degree from UNR’s Mackay School of Mines.

His standing at the School of Mines and the school’s renown within the nation’s geology community saw Tom being sought out by various companies with job offers in hand. He signed with Gulf Minerals, his first post-grad employer, one of several employers in his career to come as a gold geologist.

Because of his career, Tom traveled the world (South America, Mexico, Canada and Europe), thus venturing far from any expectations he might have had as a country boy growing up in Pollock Pines.

Tom rose to Vice President for Exploration with two major gold mining companies; Pegasus Gold based in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, and Argonaut Gold based in Reno.

At one point Tom began homestudy of Spanish, plus spending some time immersed in a Spanish speaking only environment with a family in Mexico.

He was so successful with learning Spanish that his employer at the time, Pegasus Gold, assigned him the task of opening its new South American office in Mendoza, Argentina, where he relocated with his family for a couple of years. While there he had the opportunity to address a gold mining symposium in Spanish at Buenos Aires.

Until his retirement Tom traveled many times, especially to Peru and Mexico to explore gold mining opportunities and to check on on-going operations.

Tom and family had set down roots at three primary locations over time: Camino, Reno and Spokane. It was to Spokane that Tom and Cris settled nearing his retirement, to be near their kids and grandkids and to build their retirement home on the 20 acres they had previously purchased.

There are so many special anecdotes about this special man. We, his Placerville family, have recently shared many, without repeating one. Tom was respected by all who came to know him. He will be dearly missed for the rest of our lives. As he wished, no services were, or will be held.

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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s cannabis enforcement program has released year-end numbers for 2021.

In operations where CDFW was either the lead agency or in a support role data shows: • 2.6 million illegal cannabis plants eradicated • 487,270 lbs. of illegal cannabis flower destroyed • 1,125 search warrants served • 794 firearms seized • 32,230 lbs. of trash removed from public lands • 404 illegal water diversions removed Illegal cannabis cultivation continues to move away from public land operations to private property, according to statistics from the Department of Justice’s Campaign Against Marijuana Planting program.

In 2018 the ratio of illegal

activity was approximately 80% on public lands and 20% on private property. The number of illegal cannabis grows on public lands has continued to decrease steadily over the last few years and in 2021, the DOJ’s CAMP program cited less than 30% of illegal cultivation activity on public lands.

CDFW investigates illegal cannabis cultivation operations to uncover and curtail operations that result in significant environmental damage. Some of the most serious environmental issues involve unauthorized streambed alterations with water diversions, habitat destruction, illegal use of pesticides and poaching. CDFW does not typically investigate water theft but will assist county law enforcement partners in such investigations as needed.

“Illegal operators who are trying to bypass the legal system are a threat to California’s fish

CRIME LOG The following was taken from Placerville Police Department logs:

2:57 p.m. A 37-year-old man with a felony warrant was taken into custody on Placerville Drive.

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10:35 a.m. A 31-year-old man reportedly assaulted another man with a BB gun on Placerville Drive and then fled the scene.

9:08 a.m. A suspect cut a hole into the fence of a Placerville Drive business. It was unknown if anything was stolen.

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Jan. 28

12:35 a.m. A 27-year-old man who was reportedly driving recklessly led officers in pursuit on Highway 50.

12:06 p.m. Assault between two men, aged 41 and 54, was reported on Clark Street.

10:15 p.m. A 26-year-old man was arrested on Main Street on suspicion of public intoxication.

2:45 p.m. A 25-year-old man was arrested on Ray Lawyer Drive on child abuse charges.

2:25 p.m. A 64-year-old man was arrested on Marshall Way on assault and battery charges.

9:12 p.m. A 66-year-old woman suspected of being drunk in public was arrested on Main Street.

6:15 p.m. Items were reported stolen from a vehicle on Broadway.

Jan. 31

WEATHER STATISTICS Stumpy Meadows Reservoir as of Feb. 2 Water storage 18,808 acre-feet Percent full 94% Inflow 7.66 cfs Outflow 2.21 cfs Folsom Reservoir as of Feb. 3 Water storage 531,937 acre-feet Percent full 54% Inflow 1,953 cfs Outflow 2,241 cfs Union Valley as of Feb. 3 Water storage 193,356 acre-feet Percent full 73% Inflow 0 cfs Outflow 0 cfs Loon Lake as of Feb. 3 Water storage 38,571 acre-feet Percent full 42% Inflow 27 cfs Outflow 0 cfs Ice House as of Feb. 3 Water storage 33,803 acre-feet Percent full 78% Inflow 27 cfs Outflow 0 cfs

Lake Aloha as of Feb. 3 Water storage 3,470 acre-feet Percent full 69% Inflow 3 cfs Outflow 3 cfs Caples Lake as of Feb. 3 Water storage 18,274 acre-feet Percent full 82% Inflow 7.10 cfs Outflow 7.10 cfs Echo Lake as of Feb. 3 Water storage 63 acre-feet Percent full 3% Inflow 3.85 cfs Outflow 5.36 cfs Silver Lake as of Feb. 3 Water storage 3,835 acre-feet Percent full 44% Inflow 9.73 cfs Outflow 11.40 cfs Sly Park as of Feb. 3 Water storage 30,308 acre-feet Percent Full 73.9% Inflow 54.60 cfs Outflow 15.20 cfs American River as of Feb. 3 Flow 233.7 cfs

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Before her work with County Counsel Bowers was employed for eight years by the Law Offices of Dale Wilson. There, she represented indigent parents in juvenile dependency proceedings. In her time there she quickly moved up through the ranks to become one of the lead attorneys at Parent Advocates of Sacramento.

Throughout her time as an attorney Bowers has provided training to Court Appointed Special Advocates, in both El Dorado and Sacramento counties. She also served as co-chair for the Spring 2021 statewide County Counsel child

welfare training, presenting on the topic of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act and the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.

In 2004 Bowers earned her juris doctor from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. While at McGeorge, Bowers served as an assistant comment editor for the Transnational Lawyer. She was a campus ambassador, liaising between prospective students and the McGeorge community.

During her final year of law school, Bowers interned with the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, where she

worked as a law clerk in the Juvenile Division.

After law school she worked as a graduate recruiter for McGeorge. In 2007 she returned to the McGeorge classroom as an adjunct professor, teaching practical and persuasive legal writing.

Judge Bowers graduated from California State University, Stanislaus, earning a bachelor of arts degree in political science and a minor in history.

While attending Stanislaus State, she sat on the University Student Union Board of Directors, served on a variety of committees and acted as a resident advisor.

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“Our wildlife officers did an exceptional job in providing public safety alongside our federal, state and county partners and I could not be prouder of their dedication and commitment to protecting the environment. Our year-end numbers are a testament to all their hard work throughout the year.”

CDFW has 68 dedicated cannabis enforcement officers who work with county, state and federal partners to combat illegal cultivation activity.

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Rate plan changes coming for some PG&E customers News release PG&E will move approximately 20,552 El Dorado County eligible residential electric customers currently on a tiered rate plan called E-1 to a time-of-use rate plan in April 2022.

PG&E officials say that on the time-of-use rate plan when customers use energy is as important as how much they use. Higher-priced, peak pricing is 4-9 p.m. every day.

Customers can choose another rate plan at any time and are encouraged to update their contact information to ensure they receive important program updates. To view a customized rate plan comparison, customers can visit their account online at pge.com/TOUchoice. PG&E does not profit from this change.

The time-of-use rate plan change will effect approximately 2.5 million PG&E customers across 11 counties — 38,648 customers in San Joaquin, 30,337 in Placer, 19,771 in Yolo, 10,941

in Tuolumne, 10,165 in Calaveras, 6,479 in Amador, 4,380 in Stanislaus, 606 in Sacramento, 568 in Sierra and 215 in Alpine. Customers began receiving notice by mail in December 2021 to allow them ample time to make a choice if they prefer another rate plan.

All California investor-owned electric utilities are required to automatically transition customers to the time-of-use rate plan to support a cleaner, healthier and more reliable energy grid.

Some customers will not automatically move to the time-of-use rate plan, including those enrolled in the medical baseline program.

“To ensure our customers are fully aware of the transition to the time-of-use rate and how the program works, we’re communicating this change more than 90 days ahead, and we’ll continue to share information before each regional transition takes place,” said Marlene Santos, PG&E’s chief customer officer. “And, customers can choose the rate plan that best fits their needs and lives at any

time.”

Customers who automatically transition to this time-of-use rate plan will receive risk-free bill protection for the first 12 months on the delivery portion of the bill. If a customer pays more on the time-of-use rate plan than they would have on their previous rate plan, PG&E will automatically credit the customer the difference for the first year.

More about time-of-use rate plans Customers on these rate plans can choose to shift and reduce some energy use to lower-cost time periods (19 hours) every day, including weekends and holidays. The hours of 4 to 9 p.m. are higher priced (peak times). All other times are lower priced (off-peak). Environmental advocacy groups such as the Natural Resources Defense Council support the transition to timeof-use rates as the plans help build healthier communities.

Grant to bring sustainable workforce housing to Tahoe Tahoe Daily Tribune SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — The city of South Lake Tahoe, in partnership with Related California and Saint Joseph Community Land Trust, announced last week that the Sugar Pine Village project has been awarded $17,359,470 by the California Strategic Growth Council’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program.

The AHSC program funds affordable housing development and capital transit improvement projects that reduce greenhouse gases. The grant is a critical piece of a complex funding structure that will provide essential financing to develop the 248-unit multiphase workforce affordable housing project in South Lake Tahoe.

Sugar Pine Village, which will be affordable to a family of four earning between $27,200 and $72,500 was selected by the highly competitive program under the rural innovation project areas category for its

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expansion and improvement of local bike and pedestrian trails, as well as its proximity to one of the region’s main transit hubs.

The award includes funding for local bike and pedestrian improvements that will allow residents to use active forms of transportation. Coupled with funding for a solar power system at the city’s transit-related facilities, the award represents real progress toward the city’s sustainability goals.

“This award exemplifies the team effort associated with a project this size. The city is honored to work with such a dedicated team of state, regional, private and nonprofit partners to help bring this project to fruition,” said South Lake Tahoe Mayor Devin Middlebrook.

“Recent funding awards and a focused effort of the entire team and City Council has made this a viable project.”

The grant application included an approximate $995,000 local contribution approved by the

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The Sugar Pine Village project will be the largest multi-family development constructed in the city and is the result of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Executive Order N-06-19 directing the California Department of General Services, California Tahoe Conservancy and the California Department of Housing and Community Development to identify and aggressively pursue sustainable, innovative, cost-effective housing projects on state-owned excess sites.

Related California and local nonprofit housing developer Saint Joseph Community Land Trust were selected by the state to develop the South Lake Tahoe site for affordable workforce housing, combating the acute affordable housing supply shortage in the Tahoe Basin.

“We are appreciative of Gov. Newsom and the Strategic Growth Council for their prioritization of the development of sustainable and affordable housing in California,” said

CEO of Related California’s NorCal Affordable and Northwest Divisions Ann Silverberg.

“We are thrilled to deliver hundreds of units of affordable workforce housing to the South Lake Tahoe community, particularly amid rapidly escalating home prices in the region — and we thank our partners the city of South Lake Tahoe and Saint Joseph Community Land Trust for making this possible.”

The mixed-use, affordable housing development is to be built on two parcels of California Tahoe Conservancy surplus land in the Tahoe Valley area. The project will deliver much-needed affordable, workforce housing to residents earning 30-60% of the area’s median income.

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Richard B. Esposito Publisher

Noel Stack Managing Editor

Krysten Kellum Editor

California Commentary

Sore winners in Sacramento

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e all know what a sore loser is — someone who lacks grace in defeat. But strangely, in California politics we have sore winners.

Last month Senate Constitutional Amendment 6 was Jon Coupal introduced in the California Legislature.

If passed, it would substantially weaken the right to recall elected officials.

Under current law, voters have the power to recall a state officer by majority vote and, in the same election, elect a successor with a plurality of the vote. The Constitution specifically prohibits a public official who is the subject of a recall election from being a candidate for successor.

In the event an officeholder is removed in a recall election, SCA 6 would require that the office remains vacant until a successor is elected in a special election or, if there is insufficient time to hold a special election, the office would remain vacant for the remainder of the term. The measure would allow the officeholder subject to the recall election to be a candidate in the special election.

But the rule would be different for a gubernatorial recall. If a governor is removed from office in a recall election, SCA 6 provides that the lieutenant governor will become governor for the remainder of the unexpired term. In a oneparty state like California, this renders a recall for governor nearly pointless.

The motivation behind SCA 6 is progressive anger directed at the backers of the failed recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom. This makes little sense to us.

Gov. Newsom, allowed by law to raise unlimited campaign contributions for his effort to defeat the recall, rode to an easy victory assuring his political survival. For the political establishment to attempt more restrictions on direct democracy after the recall was soundly defeated would be like the Super Bowl winner demanding rule changes after the big game.

But the mere fact that millions of California voters wanted to bounce Newsom for leading us down the path of a failed state was too much for progressives who believe that the rights of direct democracy — initiative, referendum and recall — are bothersome impediments to their right to control all levers of political power.

Those who wish to weaken the power of the right to recall claim that such elections are too costly. But these are the same politicians who don’t hesitate to resign their offices so that they may run in special elections for even higher offices. Those special elections are very expensive as well, but we rarely hear complaints about it from hopscotching politicians and their allies.

Although the Newsom recalled failed, there might be another motivation behind SCA 6. It was introduced by state Sen. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton, who, unlike Newsom, had a bad experience with the recall process. Ten years ago he was successfully removed from his state Senate seat due to his support of a massive increase in California’s highest-in-the-nation gas tax. But since then, he has been on a roll of political n

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Letters to the Editor To the mayor EDITOR:

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oulton Drive, Spear Street and Canal Street from the high school to Combellack are in very sad shape. Some longtime residents say it has been many years since anything was done to alleviate the situation.

The roads are heavily used by parents bringing their children to the high school and middle school and picking them up after school. There is no relief when school is out because the same cars deliver the children to and pick them up from the playing fields and stay to watch them.

You can’t do anything about the air quality, but perhaps you can fix the potholes and the broken pavement.

ELIZABETH CAFFREY Placerville

Blatant ignorance EDITOR: eorge Alger, in his letter in the Jan. 19 Mountain Democrat, equates the Jan. 6 assault on our Capitol with the Black Lives Matter protests. There is no comparison.

He mentions BLM and Antifa as one and the same. They are not. They are separate and widely different.

BLM is a non-violent organization that protests (among other issues) the injustices inflicted on nonwhites by law enforcement. The right to protest is protected by our Constitution. Any protest can be infiltrated by opportunists (looters, extremists, terrorists, saboteurs).

The Jan. 6 attack was an assault on our Constitution, not a constitutional right. The participants had no cause. Their purpose was the disruption of the business of government in order to overturn a presidential election. Their intent was violence.

SYLVIA MEDLEY El Dorado

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While the new general manager might be a nice person and very well qualified to his chosen field, he has never held a position like the type Cameron Park needs as general manager. His background lends him to being a recreation supervisor replacement not the head of this CSD. If you look at his professional overview he has been in parks and recreation since 1990. He has served local and state boards for the California Park & Recreation Society; is a Certified Park and Recreation Professional; and on the Board of Regents for NRPA’s Revenue Development & Management School. Nowhere does he state that he has any upper management experience, experience in interacting with a county on issues like the division of tax revenues, dealing with an agency like LAFCO, dealing with developers and the fees they pay, tackling unfunded liabilities like the CPCSD has, addressing rising wage or pension costs or, most importantly, dealing with a fire department.

When the board was given the opportunity to hire a person for the GM position who has been on the CPCSD board, the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors, a voting member of LAFCO, a representative from the county to the statewide LAFCO agency and has run a successful local business ... they declined. Instead the board hired a parks supervisor for the general manager’s position.

They could have hired a person who knows and has good working relationships with everyone on the county level the CPCSD needs to work with but they didn’t. This is nothing short of a farce and utter travesty.

I understand the reason for this travesty was several members of the CPCSD board were, shall we say, jealous and intimidated by the former board member. I can see this, being as how this current board has demonstrated that they possess the maturity level and the mental acuity of a lesser simian on more than one occasion.

GERALD LILPOP Cameron Park

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n almost 60 years weighs “just” 600,000 of flying and pounds at takeoff with more than 3,000 about 35,000 gallons of hours, there is fuel. But the C-17 is still a lot to talk about. I a very big airplane. have already shared the While I once saw story of “Can you see the first Douglas me now?” and “Flying Globemaster known Pacific Southwest.” as the C-74, I actually Perhaps that wasn’t got to go inside a C-124 saving the best for last, Globemaster II at a but there are other Douglas open house in Larry Weitzman El Segundo when I was good stories and this one revolves around 8 years old. It had big, another encounter with a military front entry clamshell doors and you aircraft — this time a Douglas/ walked up a front entry ramp. The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III. It’s inside seemed cavernous ... and it not the biggest aircraft in the Airlift was, as it had a troop capacity of 200. command; that title belongs to the It was powered by four Pratt and ginormous Lockheed C-5 Galaxy.

Whitney 28-cylinder reciprocating And dimensionally, the C-5 is still engines developing 3,800 hp apiece. smaller than the Howard Hughes Known as the “corn-cob” because Spruce Goose or H-4 with a 320-foot of its four rows of seven serpentine wingspan. And even the Galaxy is not cylinders, it was the largest piston aircraft engine ever developed. The the world’s biggest transport; that same engines (eight of them) were distinction belongs to the Russian used on the Spruce Goose.

AN-225, which weighs in at more I have been aboard a C-17 a few than 1.4 million pounds and carries times, at the California Capital about 100,000 gallons of fuel. These Airshow, at Oshkosh (AirVenture) numbers dwarf the C-17, which

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They keep coming at us and we are wondering do they even see us? I don’t know how they could miss us with our red, white and blue paint job. and at the Lake Tahoe Airshow. It is huge with a cargo compartment almost 90 feet long, more than 18 feet wide and more than 12 feet tall.

I would need an elevator to get to the cockpit. It can carry twice the load in weight of the C-124 Globemaster II, but Douglas built 50% more of the Globemaster IIs (about 450) than they have of Globemaster IIIs. So, there I was flying over the southern Nevada desert near “Area 51” in an airspace known as a Military Operations Area (MOA), which are legal to fly into but with the proviso that military flying might be going on. It is also known as the Tonopah Bombing range, which is south and east of Tonopah, Nev., where many F-117s are mothballed.

Much of this Area 51 is in restricted airspace and there is a large 12,000foot runway known as Tonopah Test Range (TNX). Most of this area is

called Groom Lake because of a large dry lake within these several, contiguous restricted areas. My route of flight is just a couple miles outside the northern boundary of these restricted areas but it is a clear day and you can see for 50 miles, especially at 11,500 feet.

About 5 miles off to our right, at our 2 o’clock position my “co-pilot” and wife-to-be Becca spots a couple C-17s doing what must have been practice approaches to that TMX landing strip. We continue on, saying, “Wow, those are big suckers, even from 5 miles.” A few minutes later it happens. Off to our left at our 9 o’clock, coming straight at us, are two C-17s — one behind the other maybe two miles away when we first see them. C-17s aren’t rocket ships but they can do airliner speeds, meaning

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victories, including reclaiming the Senate seat he lost in the very next election.

Recall elections are difficult to mount and significant percentages of voters must be engaged for such an election even to take place. In the case of the Newsom recall, the failure of recall proponents to coalesce around one candidate didn’t help. A big name like Schwarzenegger wasn’t on the ballot and Gray Davis was much more unpopular. Newsom remains a darling of most progressives and a compliant fourth estate.

If any changes to the recall power are needed, they should level the playing field, not tilt the balance even further away from the rights of direct democracy. For that reason, we are pleased to see

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that Assemblyman Kelly Seyarto, R-Murrieta, has introduced Assembly Bill 1693 that would require an elected state officer to comply with the contribution limits for campaign contributions to oppose a recall.

If there is any good news about SCA 6 it is that, as a proposed constitutional amendment, it would have to be approved by a majority of the statewide electorate. And while that electorate decided to keep Newsom as governor, at least for now, this should not be interpreted as a dissatisfaction with the right of recall.

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a top speed of 670 mph and cruise speeds in excess of 500 mph, and these guys look like they are not penny pinching on the fuel. I am moseying along at my 200 mph at 11,500 feet.

They keep coming at us and we are wondering do they even see us? I don’t know how they could miss us with our red, white and blue paint job. The lead C-17 gets to within about a quarter mile, wags his wings and goes behind and under us by maybe half a mile and we see them off to our right at the

4 o’clock low position turning in for another TMX approach. They had to have been having some fun with us. I guess all airplane drivers have a little fighter pilot in them.

Seeing one of those big boys close up, in flight, makes you so proud to be an American knowing we have not only the best airplanes and systems, but the best and the brightest flying them.

Larry Weitzman is a resident of Placerville.

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

Veterans Memorial Building 130 Placerville Drive, contact Larry (530) 677-3925 Save America Freedom Car Caravan. Bring your flags support Conservative Values First Saturday of every month. Hwy 50 Ray Lawyer Park and Ride, Placerville to Watt Ave and back. Meet 11:30A.M. Depart 12:00 noon 530-240-5896 GOLD RUSH CHORUS now welcomes both men and women to share the joy of singing four-part harmony in the barbershop style.

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

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Ponderosa junior Dylan Richardson tries to escape Placer defender Justin Federico.

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horoscope by Holiday Mathis n today ARIES (March 21-April 19). The opportunity is time-sensitive, so if you hesitate or question your instincts, you’ll miss it. Decide, act, and you can make adjustments along the way. As you move forward, the clouds will lift, and the sun will light your path.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The better you know yourself, the more fun and relaxed you’ll be with others. You’ll reacquaint yourself with what makes you laugh, captures your interest and stirs your curiosity.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There’s someone who you’d like to connect with but for whatever reason, you’ll have trouble hooking it up. Don’t let this discourage you forever. The timing just isn’t right yet. Try again in three days.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Influence by example is not only the best way but it may also be the only way now, as many will be stubborn to instruction and resistant to language. This is an opportunity to be the person you wish they were.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Data scientists believe human behavior is more than 90% predictable, with a large enough data sample to establish the patterns. You’ll be in that unpredictable 10% today as you follow poetic impulses to express your unique humanity.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). While you like to stay busy, there are parts of your work that will deliver no satisfaction.

It’s a perspective and timing issue. So walk away. Things will be different when you come back to it tomorrow.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’re drawn to do research.

Perhaps this is a nice way to say you feel rather nosey on a certain subject. The world couldn’t spin without curiosity.

You’ll channel it respectably.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). We’re only on the second month of the year and already it feels like a vacation is needed. Plan some version of a break. And don’t forget to plan for the vacation from the vacation because the recovery stretch will be essential.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Look at how often you’ve done just what the situation required. And when you didn’t, you learned from those mistakes. So go forward with confidence; the evidence suggests you can trust yourself.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). At the buffet of life, you appreciate all that catches your eye, but to consume it all would be to cause yourself pain. Today you’ll show restraint, gravitating to only the most delicious dish and enjoying it to its fullest.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ll cooperate with others to achieve a joint ambition. The work won’t seem difficult with everyone doing it together. Small groups are your forte now.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The minute you define yourself, you will change into something other than that. Since capturing your essence is impossible, this is a good day to think about other things, like how you can best support your crew.

The Ponderosa boys soccer team came into the 2021-22 season with big shoes to fill.

The team graduated seniors responsible for 41 of 54 goals in last season’s league championship season and the 2021-22 Bruins team is heavy on firsttime starters.

Eighteen games later Ponderosa is heading to the playoffs after battling through a difficult Foothill Valley League with leaders who learned from experience.

“Nobody thought we would even contend for the playoffs,” said Ponderosa head coach Brad Silverbush.

The Bruins clinched a playoff spot Jan. 31 in their second-to-last game of the regular season despite losing 6-3 to rival Placer, who won the league championship.

Ponderosa started the game by scoring in the fourth minute. Three Placer goals followed before the first half whistle blew.

“The one thing about this team is they believe they can win no matter what the score is,” Silverbush said.

The Bruins quickly cut the lead to 1 by scoring five minutes into the second half on a goal from Leo Munoz.

“We were putting the ball where we needed to and taking the chances we had,” said senior Reece Fletcher.

Placer again opened up a 2-goal lead in the 68th minute before Ponderosa answered in the 74th minute with a goal by Jack Perri, his second of the game and fourth of the season.

“We stay together as a team but sometimes we get too hard on ourselves through 80 minutes,” said junior

Ponderosa senior Yahir Ruiz, left, battles for a possession over Placer's Jaxon Ramirez Jan. 31 in Hillmen country. The Bruins clinched a playoff spot despite losing to Placer 6-3.

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Placer scored two goals in the final six minutes of the game to win 6-3.

“We’ve just got to keep each other’s back and move on to the next one,” Perri said.

“The most important thing is we played our hearts out tonight.

I think the fact we persevered and never gave up means a lot and it defines this team very well.”

The loss to Placer wasn’t the first time the team has been disappointed. On Dec. 6 the Bruins went on the road to Oakmont and tied 0-0.

“We just had to come out on the next day of practice and move on from it — clear our minds and just motivate ourselves to get it next time,” Perri said.

Two days later the Bruins battled rival and fellow playoff team Lincoln, winning 3-1.

“The past two years it’s been us three (Placer and Lincoln) battling for league and

it hasn’t really been close,” said Marcelo Kulik, who has five goals this season.

Team members are already working for redemption following the Placer loss by beating Rio Linda 3-0 in the season finale.

“I really wanted to win (the Placer) match but sometimes it doesn’t happen,” said senior Yahir Ruiz, who has three goals and three assists this season. “We’ve got to learn from our mistakes and just improve.”

Ruiz and the coaching staff said the loss to a rival like Placer could definitely help the team this season but also off the pitch in the long run of life.

“I’m not worried about it, it’s only our second loss all year,” Silverbush said. “It’s good for the boys sometimes to feel that pain of a loss.”

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Goalkeeper Seth McCracken directs the Bruin defense. McCracken and fellow junior goalkeeper Preston Parsons combine to average less than one goal per game this season.

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at high intensity. Eager to reduce the risk to hydroelectric assets, water quality and biodiversity from future fires, Placer County Water Agency joined with Placer County, The Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Forest Service, American River Conservancy, Sierra Nevada Conservancy and the Sierra Nevada Research Institute at the University of California, Merced, to form the French Meadows Partnership.

The project spans more than 22,000 acres of federal land, nearly 7,000 acres of private land and is a test case for effectiveness in improving fire resilience and overall health of the watershed.

To learn more about the French Meadows Forest Restoration Project visit and tour the project’s story map at tinyurl.com/4rtjesnm.

facilities. Additionally, the partners repaired more than 4 miles of roadway and culverts to reduce sedimentation.

Overall, this year the project employed up to 20 local contractors.

“Year after year this project continues to demonstrate its merit not only in the improvements made to the land but in the benefits to the community,” said American River District Ranger Mary Grim with the U.S. Forest Service. “This project is a reminder of what can be accomplished with a shared sense of stewardship of our forests and natural resources.”

The catalyst of the French Meadows Forest Restoration Project was the 2014 King Fire, which burned more than 97,000 acres in the American River watershed, much of it

Forest, areas managed similarly to the French Meadows Project were found to slow the fire’s progression, lessen the fire’s severity and provide refuge for firefighters and wildlife.

As part of this season’s efforts, the partnership also reforested 95 acres within the footprint of the devastating King Fire to reestablish the Sierra Nevada’s mixedconifer ecosystem. The reforestation involved planting approximately 200 trees per acre of one-year-old ponderosa pine, sugar pine and incense cedar seedlings in areas prepped in 2020.

To help offset the project’s restoration costs, the partnership brought in more than 1.5 million board feet of overstocked timber fuels to a local mill and more than 195 tons of biomass to local renewable energy

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overall record of 10-2-6 and a league record of 7-2-3. Junior goaltenders Seth McCracken and Preston Parsons have virtually split the minutes with one playing one half and the other playing the next half almost every game. The goalkeepers have combined to shutout their opponents in 67% of matches.

Each has excelled under the immense pressure of penalty kicks this season, which could be key for the postseason when seasons will continue or end based off penalty kicks in overtime.

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“But I have to apologize for I did not make good on my promise to bring Ty home safely,” Albright said. “But I know you join me, as do275119 many of you, in the blessing that Ty is home … Rest easy hero, we’ll take it from here.”

Albright recalled Ty’s career. He joined the U.S. Air Force after graduating high school in 1996. Following his service he began his law enforcement career with the Citrus Heights Police Department, later joining the Galt Police Department and then the Elk Grove Police Department in 2016.

Lenehan was laid to rest at a private graveside service in Rescue following Tuesday’s memorial.

A fund has been set up for the Lenehan family at tinyurl.com/2p8tmzu5.

In addition to his wife Jessica, Ty leaves behind two children, Austin and Sydney, as well his parents Randy and Debbie.

The suspect who crashed into Ty was arraigned in court Jan. 25 on murder charges.

Jermaine Walton, 31, of Sacramento reportedly did not enter a plea but has a history of DUI offenses.

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shattered Jessica’s life,” she said. “But I know Jessica’s character, which is she works hard at everything. She is going to rebuild and be happy again.”

The outpouring of support Ty Lenehan’s family has received has been outstanding, according to family members.

At Bayside in Roseville Tuesday many of Ty’s colleagues spoke.

Elk Grove Police Department Lt. Lindsay Goesch said the motor officer and his family made the “ultimate sacrifice.” She also acknowledged all of the support the police department has gotten that has helped them through this difficult time.

“You have all reminded us why law enforcement is such an honorable profession,” she said.

“Our bond is woven in such strength that cannot be broken and for your continued fellowship, we are forever grateful.”

Elk Grove Police Chief Timothy Albright said Ty will be remembered for his selfless approach to all aspects of life, his “infectious smile,” his “pure heart” and the love he had for everyone and everything he did.

“I’ve been attending law enforcement memorials for nearly three decades, I never envisioned myself here,” said Albright. “Frankly I was terrified to be here.”

Albright told the Lenehan family they “are a part of this family forever.”

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to his community, compassionate and unfailing in his faith.

As a member of Gold Country Baptist Church, Lenehan was part of the church’s security team, a greeter and would outreach to spread the word of Christ in downtown Placerville.

“Ty wanted to see his life conform to the image of Christ so he can be the kind of husband that Christ wanted to be, the father that his children needed, the kind of police officer his community needed and the kind of gospel witness that our world needed,” Millican said.

“If Ty were standing here, these are the kinds of things he would tell you.”

Lenehan’s siblings Gerry Lenehan, Kyle Lenehan and Melanie Clarke described him as a “bubbly” child growing up and shared childhood memories of camping, biking, inside jokes and Ty’s carefree nature.

“We can see that he touched your lives like he touched ours,” Kyle said to mourners gathered in Shingle Springs Wednesday. “It’s really cool to see that impact that he has had on ours.”

“He’s just a good person. I think he spent his entire life sending goodness out into the world. At his core, he wanted to make people happy.”

Gerry shared a story about riding bikes with his brother until they got lost and would have to find their way home.

“He was the same from the day he was born until the day that he died,” Gerry said tearfully. “He was my closest friend growing up.”

Melanie told those at the Gold Country memorial it was difficult to find pictures of Ty alone because his siblings were always in them.

“It made me remember our whole lives growing up. We didn’t have the internet, we didn’t have these devices that our kids have now. All we had was each other doing all kinds of crazy things together,” Melanie said.

The grandmother of the fallen officer’s wife Jessica also spoke, describing Jessica’s life as “always very happy” before her husband’s death.

“When I heard about Ty being killed, it just made me mad because they built such a wonderful, beautiful family and I thought this senseless accident just

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KNOW Stellar students Congratulations to Isabella Veffredo of Placerville, who was named to the fall 2021 Dakota Wesleyan University Dean’s List.

Congratulations to Andrew Bellas of El Dorado Hills, who was named to the fall 2021 Miami University President’s List.

Feb. 7 Auditions for “As You Like It” by William Shakespeare and adapted

by Jamie Van Camp are scheduled 6-9 p.m. Feb. 7 & 8 at the El Dorado Center fitness building, 6699 Campus Drive in Placerville. Callbacks are scheduled 6-9 p.m.

Feb. 9 by invitation only.

This production will be presented through Folsom Lake College, El Dorado Center and performed outdoors at the David Girard Vineyards in May. For more information visit falconseyetheatre.com.

Feb. 8 Vitalant will hold a Georgetown community blood drive, 1:30-5:30 p.m. at the Oddfellows Hall, 6240 Main St. Donors are encouraged to make an appointment at donors.vitalant.org and enter blood drive code SMFM028 or call Vitalant at (877) 258-4825 and mention blood drive code SMDM028. Walk-ins will be accommodated if space allows.

Feb. 9 UCCE Master Gardeners host Gardening in Small Spaces, 9 a.m. to noon at the Cameron Park Community Center, 2502 Country Club Drive in Cameron Park. Master Gardener Mike Pavlick will cover site location, design, raised bed options, container gardening and other methods that will allow anyone to have a vegetable garden in a small backyard setting. This free class will be limited to 25 attendees due to the ongoing pandemic.

All public health mask mandates apply. For more information visit ucanr.edu/ edmg.

Feb. 10 El Dorado Disposal hosts a ribbon cutting at its new Materials Transfer Building, 11;30 A.M. at 4100 Throwita Way in Placerville.

Food, refreshments and tours will be offered.

Smith Flat House, 2021 Smith Flat Road in Placerville, presents music

by Hugh Hoeger. For reservations and more information call (530) 6211003.

The Cameron Park Community Services District hosts a charcuterie class at 6 p.m. This board will feature special valentine chocolates and don’t forget your wine.

For more information visit cameronpark.org.

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‘downtime’ degrees Jana Rossi Staff writer he Los Rios Community College District offers high school students age 16 years and older with a qualifying GPA the opportunity to take advanced education courses at any of its four Sacramento-area college campuses while continuing with high school classes.

Two Ponderosa High School students decided to use unexpected, pandemic-caused downtime to take advantage of this offering and get a head start on their college education, earning multiple AA degrees in the process.

Meet 17-year-old friends and classmates Amelia Warzecha and Alyssa Seeley, who will be Folsom Lake College graduates three days before they receive their PHS diplomas.

Amelia currently holds a 4.0 GPA at Folsom Lake College where she is on her way to completing her third AA degree, having earned her first two in 2021. This top-of-the-class high school senior/college graduate also tutors, is a volunteer for the Hands4Hope’s Ponderosa chapter, an officer for the California Scholarship Federation and is vying for valedictorian honors, according to her mom Maribelle Warzecha.

Alyssa, dubbed the “Singing Princess” as a result of her beautiful voice and having played the role of Belle in Pondo’s production, “Game of Tiaras” will soon earn two AA degrees. In addition, she’s on track to receive the Girl Scout Gold Award for her project, Kids Helping Kids Tutoring Club. She started the program out of the Cameron Park Library, where free tutoring for elementary and middle school students is offered, taught by top-performing students from local high schools. Alyssa is also in line to earn the Girl Scout Rose Award — “an award for being

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Alyssa Seeley, left, and Amelia Warzecha have a unique distinction — each earning college degrees before receiving their high school diplomas. well balanced in all ways of life.”

Both high-achieving seniors are also engaged in PHS clubs, including The Mock Trial Club, where they currently participate on the inaugural team, and the Academic Decathlon.

Curious mind From birth it appeared Amelia was eager to have a head start on life. She and her twin sister Natalia were born before their third trimester and at just 2 pounds. “We were told to stimulate their brains and bodies,” said Maribelle, who holds a degree in child development. She said they played and read a lot, leading Amelia to be reading before kindergarten.

She describes her daughter as curious, asking questions about muscle and tissue layers at age 6, winning the Mental Math Bowl in second grade and summiting Half Dome four times.

Amelia told the Mountain Democrat she thought the FLC classes sounded interesting.

Theater arts, psychology and early development courses piqued her interest and, as an added bonus, she found out they could be paired with her AP exam credit, making her eligible to earn an AA degree ... or three. Her new goal then became to graduate college before high school. Her most difficult class so far? High school AP calculus.

While Amelia said she is uncertain exactly what field of study she will pursue, she does know it will be math or science related. She has already been accepted to several colleges, a few offering full scholarships, but she said she has her sights set on a service academy.

Summer well spent Alyssa told the Mountain Democrat, “Instead of sitting at home and waiting for life to get back to normal, I started two college classes. This choice was the best way I could have spent my summer.”

She said she worked twice as hard keeping up her high school and college grades once

she realized that both she and Amelia could receive an AA degree within two years.

She said she considers her college experience “a major achievement,” adding she has always known she wanted to go to college. “But to graduate from college before I graduate high school has to be the most exciting thing that has ever happened to me,” Alyssa shared. “Graduating this May from both Ponderosa High School and Folsom Lake College is a dream come true.”

“I am beyond proud of my daughter Alyssa,” her mom Jennifer Seeley added. “She is such an amazing person and accomplishes so much in school. Not many young women can say they received two AA degrees during high school, so what an amazing accomplishment. I love her so much.”

Alyssa said she plans to attend a four-year university after high school as a biology major with a minor in chemistry before heading to pre-med and medical school, ending with a career as a neurosurgeon.

New SSCP Chamber president has an ‘open door policy’

Chamber board welcomes a New member

Jana Rossi Staff writer

As chamber president, Colette said she hopes to bring about a level of familiarity and trust to s 2021 wrapped up the chamber business members. “I Shingle Springs/Cameron have an open-door policy. I want Park Chamber of Commerce them to feel comfortable reaching welcomed a new president. Vice out to me,” she explained.

President Colette Thiel stepped up She also hopes to get out to fill retiring President Rebecca and introduce herself to those Endres shoes in December. business owners not showing Thiel is no stranger to being active up for chamber events, with the in her community. She shared with goal to achieve a 20% growth in the Mountain Democrat that after membership. moving into her home in Cameron “Not huge, but doable,” Colette Colette Thiel Park over a weekend in 2019, she shared, adding that she’s excited joined the chamber the following about the increase in businesses Monday, highlighting the importance she thinks a opening in Cameron Park like Mom and Pop chamber is to small businesses.

Chicken Shop off Green Valley and Cambridge Colette and her husband Michael Thiel moved roads. from Simi Valley, where they run a small boutique In an effort to maintain the “small town feel,” real estate brokerage, and opened a second office Colette and the other board members are working in Cameron Park. The move was decided when on bringing back events that at one time helped her oldest son married a Cameron Park native the community come together and thrive, like and decided to call Northern California home, Thunder in the Park set to be held this fall at at the same time her daughter was graduating Cameron Park Lake; re-launching business mixer from California State University, Sacramento, and luncheons held every fourth Wednesday; and was also looking to stay local. It made sense for forming small committee groups to ensure more the Thiels to make the move up north as well, a participation. testament to how important family is to this mom “I want to work in partnership with the of three (her other son lives in Austin, Texas) and members,” she said. “The more they get out of it grandmother to four. the more active participants they will be.”

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In his five previous novels — Authored by Michael “The Water at the End of the Easterling World,” “Jasper,” “Rambling Published by Valley Oak Red,” “Sweet Hope: An Publications, November 2021 Appalachian Ghost Story” Hardcover, paperback and and “Christmas Eve on the Kindle versions, 204 pages Underground Railroad and Other Christmas Stories” at lovers rejoice! At — Pleasant Valley author last there is a book Wendy Schultz Easterling, has delighted in testifying to the Mountain Democrat transforming old legends intellectual superiority of cats. correspondent and folktales into novels with That being said, “The Dreams plausible, engaging characters of Gerontius” is not a book whose lives enact the legends. This is also about cats. It’s a book with cats in it, about true in “The Dreams of Gerontius.” In the the human experience and how we often become stuck, by our own habits and lack of book, Michael and Serena’s dreams range from an herbalist whose hatred of her spiritual energy, into living a life that is not father poisons her own life to Cawdallor our best life. the Rat King, and from ancient Armenia According to Socrates, “The unexamined to Baghdad, from mining towns to Dutch life is not worth living.” villages. And, yes, there is a cat in every Although Socrates was not a cat, the cats dream. in Michael Easterling’s newest book would “I drew from legends and folktales from agree. Gerontius the cat has an assignment many countries,” said Easterling. One to help humans take the first step — legend, from Cornwall, is about Joseph of examining their lives and their beliefs — Arimathea who the Cornish tin miners claim through their dreams. came to Cornwall to purchase tin, bringing The main character, Michael, is not an with him his young nephew, Jesus. Another, introspective kind of guy. But when he finds from India, deals with a hermit afraid of his his cat, Gerontius, at Serena’s apartment, own shadow. the two neighbors discover they have both “It’s not like my other novels,” said had some very vivid dreams since Michael Easterling. “This is a more philosophical rescued Gerry-Cat from the animal shelter. book.”

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Heart disease is often thought to be more of a health issue affecting men.

However, it’s the most common cause of death for women in the United States, causing about 300,000 deaths annually. Because symptoms in women can differ from those in men, it can be more difficult to spot the signs. By understanding the symptoms and making healthier lifestyle choices, you may help prevent your risk.

Heart disease doesn’t just occur in older women. Young women, especially those with a family history of heart disease, should also take precautions.

Knowing the symptoms, risk factors and heart-healthy lifestyle tips may help protect you.

Heart disease symptoms for women may range from the common signs like pressure in the chest, which is similar for both men and women.

However, women are more likely than men to experience a variety of other symptoms.

This may be because women tend to have blockages in smaller arteries, as well as their main arteries.

Symptoms to watch out for include nausea, vomiting, sweating, lightheadedness or fatigue. Other symptoms are pain or discomfort in the

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Making the choice to start a heart-healthy lifestyle is one way to help lower your risk of heart disease. neck, jaw, shoulder, upper back, abdomen or back.

Women also may not experience any symptoms if their heart disease is “silent” meaning they may not know they have heart disease until they experience a heart attack, arrhythmia or heart failure.

While there may be risk factors you can’t control, making the choice to start a heart-healthy lifestyle is one way to help lower your risk of heart disease. In fact, studies

show that healthy choices have resulted in 330 fewer women dying from heart disease per day.

Consider these changes to help lower your risk of heart disease: • Quit smoking. Smoking amages the heart and blood vessels, which may cause heart disease. Even long-time smokers may see rapid health improvements and reduce their heart attack risk, if they quit.

• Exercise regularly. The

American Heart Association recommends adults get at least 150 minutes each week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity or 75 minutes each week of vigorous aerobic activity to help stay healthier.

• Eat healthier. A diet emphasizing fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, poultry, fish and nuts may help control your weight, cholesterol and blood pressure. Limit saturated fats, trans fats, sodium, sweets and

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• Manage your stress. The most common types of stress that can impact your heart include, workplace stress, financial stress, caregiver stress and disaster-related stress. Sleep, exercise and meditative breathing can all help ease stress.

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The Salvation Army also provides housing and food to program participants at no cost to them.

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News release SACRAMENTO — The Salvation Army of Sacramento has condensed its Construction Training Program to help individuals secure higher paying jobs in less time and help ease the current labor shortage. The nonprofit is partnering with LiUNA! Laborer’s Training Center of Northern California to offer this course to adults at no cost. The Salvation Army chose to cut the program down from six to four weeks in order meet the growing need for skilled workers during the pandemic.

Bo Cassell, program administrator for The Salvation Army of Sacramento, said the goal is to get folks trained and off to work quicker than before.

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Chews and choose are homonyms–words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Find five words in the newspaper that are homonyms. Write the matching word that is pronounced the same but means something different, next to each word.

3. Stre-e-e-tch the gum and stick it on the wax paper.

Make it as long as you can, then measure it.

DIAMETER SNEAKERS STUBBORN HOMONYMS MYSTERY BUBBLE BROKEN CHICLE CLUES GNOME BLOWN BLOB WALL GUM SAP

Start with a simple sentence like: Bobby blew a bubble. Then, look through the newspaper for words you could add to that sentence to make it longer.

For example: Bobby, a bright and brawny boy, vigorously blew a beautiful, pink, shining bubble.

Try stretching these sentences: Tobias stepped on gum. Alison walked the dog.

Push the gum up to the front of your mouth.

Stretch out a thin spot with the tip of your tongue.

Blow a steady stream of air. It takes a lot of practice!

Try blowing a small to medium-sized bubble, then seal off the end in your mouth by pressing your lips together. Next, start blowing another bubble with the gum left in your mouth to make a bubble inside a bubble!

Then try for a triple!

(This trick might take a few pieces of gum.)

H O M O N Y M S S S

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This week’s word:

CULPRIT

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The noun culprit means a person who is guilty of doing something wrong.

W S N B I S O A R T N S A H L B Y W N E

The police caught the culprit leaving the bank.

S T C P E E R M Y R

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

ANSWER: A blowfish.

Timmy and Mondo interviewed mom and dad. They left clues in the gumballs below for Cecil. Write down every other letter to discover who broke the gnome.

2. Blow a bubble and measure the diameter.

Can you figure out the circumference?

How has science made your life better?

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drink per day for women. Excessive drinking may lead to increased heart health risks.

• Monitor your blood pressure. Blood pressure numbers of less than 120/88 mm Hg are considered within the normal range. If your numbers are outside of the normal range, home blood pressure monitoring may be beneficial to help keep tabs on your health, but don’t substitute it for regular visits with your doctor.

• Prioritize sleep. Poor sleep can be linked to an increased risk for high blood pressure, which may cause heart disease. The AHA found most people need six to eight hours of sleep each day. Too much above or below that range may have an effect on your heart.

During this year’s American Heart Month in February, it’s the right time to learn more about the disease and if you may be at increased risk. Don’t wait for the symptoms to appear — take preventable action to help maintain your heart health.

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Gail Lohmann, owner of Visiting Angels In-Home Care based in Cameron Park, and her team recently received the 2022 Best of Home Care – Leader in Experience Award from Home Care Pulse.

Visiting Angels Gold Country receives award News release Visiting Angels In-Home Care recently announced it received the distinguished 2022 Best of Home Care – Leader in Experience Award from Home Care Pulse, the leading firm in experience management for home care. The Leader in Experience Award is the highest recognition awarded by Home Care Pulse and is given to select home care businesses that consistently rank among the very highest in 10 or more quality metrics.

As a Leader in Experience, Visiting Angels is now recognized among the top 10% of home care providers participating in the nationwide Home Care Pulse Experience Management Program.

This accomplishment demonstrates Visiting Angels’ long-term dedication to excellent care and quality improvement. To qualify for this award, 10% of Visiting Angels’ clients and caregivers were interviewed each month by Home Care Pulse.

Over a 12-month period, Visiting Angels received high client and caregiver satisfaction ratings in

areas such as caregiver training, compassion of caregivers, communication, scheduling, client/ caregiver compatibility and more. Using feedback from clients and employees, as well as quality benchmarks from Home Care Pulse, the Visiting Angels management team set goals to reach the highest level of experience possible.

“I am so blessed to have found a business that allows me to do what I love most — serving my community and our seniors,” said Gail Lohmann, president and founder of Visiting Angels Gold Country. “What an incredible honor to be awarded the Leader in Experience designation. This award represents the hard work and commitment of our office team and our wonderful caregivers which has been especially challenging during the pandemic.”

The Best of Home Care – Leader in Experience Award highlights the top-performing home care businesses in the nation.

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Employment The Georgetown Divide Public Utility District invites applications for the position of: OFFICE/FINANCE MANAGER SALARY RANGE: $42.50 to $52.00 per hour, depending on qualifications.

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First review date for applications will be held on February 22, 2022.

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Return a completed application to the District office, or mail to: Georgetown Divide Public Utility District P.O. Box 4240, 6425 Main Street, Georgetown CA 95634 A completed application can also be emailed to Stephanie Beck at slbeck@gd-pud.org.

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Meet the artists at MACC Mountain Democrat staff Mills Station Arts & Culture Center’s February Upstairs Spotlight Artists are Celeste Budd and Johyne Geran.

Using glass, beads and fiber these two artists work will fill the upstairs gallery at MACC, 10191 Mills Station Road in Rancho Cordova, as part of the Quilt Codes: Fact or Folklore – A look through glass, beads and quilts exhibit running through Feb. 19.

Attend the Artist Talk with Celeste Budd and Johyne Geran in the upstairs gallery at 6 p.m. Feb. 10. Find out what inspires them, how long they have been honing their craft and what

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Also on display at MACC is Danny Lyon: Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement. From 1963 to 1964, photographer Lyon traveled the South and Mid-Atlantic regions documenting the Civil Rights movement. See his stirring images and learn about the stories behind them in this exhibit.

MACC also hosts a movie night, showing “Harriet” — a biographical film about freedom fighter Harriet Tubman — at 6 p.m. Feb. 11.

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Public Notices  NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE ESTATE OF DONALD JOSEPH BRACCO, A.k.A., DONALD J. BRACCO, DONALD BRACCO, DONNIE BRACCO, AND DON BRACCO (NAME) DECEDENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS 1. (Name): MARIE LAWRENCE (Address)1: 91 Sand Creek Road, Suite 220 Brentwood, California 94513 (Telephone): (925) 240-1040 is the personal representative of the ESTATE OF (name): DONALD JOSEPH BRACCO, a.k.a, DONALD J. BRACCO, , who is deceased.

2. The personal representative HAS BEGUN ADMINISTRATION of the decedent’s estate in the a. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF (specify): EL DORADO STREET ADDRESS: 295 Fair Lane MAILING ADDRESS: 295 Fair Lane CITY AND ZIP CODE: Placerville, CA 95667 BRANCH NAME: b. Case number (specify): PP20190004 3. You must FILE YOUR CLAIM with the court clerk (address in item 2a) AND mail or deliver a copy to the personal representative before the last to occur of the following dates: a. four months after (date): May 23, 2019, the date letters (authority to act for the estate) were first issued to a general personal representative, as defined in subdivision (b) of section 58 of the California Probate Code, OR b. 60 days after (date): January 7, 2022, the date this notice was mailed or personally delivered to you.

4. LATE CLAIMS: If you do not file your claim within the time required by law, you must file a petition with the court for permission to file a late claim as provided in Probate Code section 9103. Not all claims are eligible for additional time to file.

See section 9103(a).

EFFECT OF OTHER LAWS: Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

WHERE TO GET A CREDITOR’S CLAIM FORM: If a Creditor’s Claim (form DE-172) did not accompany this notice, you may obtain a copy of the form from any superior court clerk or from the person who sent you this notice. You may also access a fillable version of the form on the Internet at www.courts.ca.gov/forms under the form group Probate-Decedents’ Estates. A letter to the court stating your claim is not sufficient.

FAILURE TO FILE A CLAIM: Failure to file a claim with the court and serve a copy of the claim on the personal representative will in most instances invalidate your claim.

IF YOU MAIL YOUR CLAIM: If you use the mail to file your claim with the court, for your protection you should send your claim by certified mail, with return receipt requested. If you use the mail to serve a copy of your claim on the personal representative, you should also use certified mail.

Note: To assist the creditor and the court, please send a blank copy of the Creditor’s Claim form with this notice.

1/31, 2/7, 2/14 9888 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2022-0052 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE GETAWAY, located at 2021 Oak Knoll Ct, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Keri L Kelly, 2021 Oak Knoll Ct, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/08/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Keri Kelly KERI KELLY, 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 01/12/2022.

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) 1/17, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7 9896

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-1379 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SIERRA & SEQUOIA CENTRAL VACUUM SYSTEMS, located at 3941 Park Dr., Ste 20694, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): 1. Larry Daggett, 1151 Los Robles Rd, Placerville, CA 95667, 2. Nicole Daggett, 1151 Los Robles Rd, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/26/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Nicole Daggett NICOLE DAGGETT, 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 12/30/2021.

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) 1/17, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7 9897 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2022-0050 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EARTHWORkS CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, located at 3262 Woodleigh Lane, Cameron Park, CA. 95682 Registered owner(s): Timothy E Watts, 3262 Woodleigh Lane, Cameron Park, CA 95682 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/11/2022 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Timothy E. Watts TIMOTHY E. WATTS, 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 01/12/2022.

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) 1/17, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7 9898 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2022-0013 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FRONT YARD RV AND BOAT STORAGE, located at 5801 Mother Lode Dr, Placerville, CA 95667/Mailing Address: 3005 Venture Rd, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Wilkinson Portables, Inc., 3005 Venture Rd, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by a Corporation, State of Incorporation: California The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/01/2022 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Chad Wilkinson CHAD WILKINSON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF WILKINSON PORTABLES, INC. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

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“The Dreams of Gerontius” will also introduce readers, if they aren’t already familiar, to the sin of acedia, a spiritual malaise prevalent throughout the modern world.

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care businesses create an experience that goes beyond client and caregiver expectations,” said Todd Austin, president of Home Care Pulse. “When we see agencies like Visiting Angels that have so effectively provided outstanding care and employment experiences, we know we’re on the right track. Visiting Angels has

worked extremely hard to prioritize high-quality care and employment and its work hasn’t gone unnoticed.

This award allows Visiting Angels to show proof of quality to potential clients and caregivers.”

To find out more call (530) 6774400 or visit VisitingAngels.com/ GoldCountry.

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(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 01/04/2022.

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) 1/17, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7 9900 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2022-0046 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GHEOREN, located at 3160 Fort Jim Rd, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Mihai Gavriliu, 3160 Fort Jim Rd, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Signature of Registrant: /s/ Mihai Gavriliu MIHAI GAVRILIU, 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 01/11/2022.

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) 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21 9916 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2022-0041 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HEALTHCARE AND MORE, located at 540 Pleasant Valley Rd., Suite 103, Diamond Springs, CA 95619/Mailing Address: 705 Pleasant Valley Rd., #108, Diamond Springs, CA 95619 Registered owner(s): Myra Lynn Moore, 540 Pleasant Valley Rd., Suite 103, Diamond Springs, CA 95619 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 02/03/2017 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Myra Lynn Moore MYRA LYNN MOORE 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 01/11/2021.

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) 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14 9928 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 22CV0013 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Emily Kate Kessler filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: EMILY KATE KESSLER Proposed name: EMILY KATE HUSUM 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: MARCH 4, 2022, 8:30 A.M. DEPT. 9 AT SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF EL DORADO, 3321 Cameron Park Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682.

3. A copy of the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Mountain Democrat.

This order has been filed on JANUARY 7, 2022. /s/ Vicki Ashworth VICKI ASHWORTH, Judge of the Superior Court 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14 9927 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2022-0084 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LUX HOMES REALTY, located at 2812 Royal Oaks Dr, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762/Mailing Address: 10063 Folsom Blvd, Ste C, Sacramento, CA 95827 Registered owner(s): Paul Prok, 2812 Royal Oaks Dr, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/19/2022 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Paul Prok PAUL PROK, 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 01/20/2021.

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) 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14 9929 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2022-0015 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAVVY PRINT SOLUTIONS, located at 2120 Portsmouth Drive, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Savvy Print Solutions, Inc., 2120 Portsmouth Drive, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 This business is conducted by a Corporation, State of Incorporation: California The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 9-2-2011 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Shelley Vasquez SHELLEY VASQUEZ, CFO 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 01/04/2022.

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) 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21 9945 NOTICE TO BIDDERS SALMON FALLS BOOSTER PUMP STATION THE PROJECT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by ALTO, LLC; OMNI FINANCIAL, LLC; DIAMANTE DEVELOPMENT, LLC; LA CANADA 143-25, LLC, collectively referred to as “THE PARTIES”, that plans and specifications for work in accordance with the Project Plans (Plans) and Contract Documents designated: SALMON FALLS BOOSTER PUMP STATION; EID PROJECT NUMBER 3049DEV will be available by email starting January 25, 2022, at the offices of CTA Engineering & Surveying, 3233 Monier Circle, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742, Phone: 916-638-0919. Email Connie Peach at cpeach@ctaes. net. The bid due date is February 15, 2022 no later than 3:00 P.M., at which time bids will be publicly opened and read. Hereinafter, the term “THE PARTIES” and the term “Owner” are synonymous as they pertain to the Project No Bid may be withdrawn after the time established for receiving bids or before the award and execution of the Contract, unless the award is delayed for a period exceeding sixty (60) calendar days. Bids shall be executed in accordance with the instructions given and forms provided in the bound Contract Documents furnished by CTA ENGINEERING & SURVEYING, INC. The Proposal shall not be detached and shall be submitted with the Contract Documents bid package in its entirety. All bids must be clearly marked on the envelope: “PROPOSAL FOR SALMON FALLS BOOSTER PUMP STATION; EID PROJECT NUMBER 3049DEV” TO BE OPENED AT 3:00 P.M. on February 15, 2022 at the offices of CTA Engineering & Surveying, 3233 Monier Circle, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 LOCATION/DESCRIPTION OF THE WORk: The project comprises the construction of a new water booster pump station that is on lands of the El Dorado Irrigation District (EID) and located west of and adjacent to the existing EID Salmon Falls Water Storage Tank in El Dorado Hills as shown.

A. Bids are required for the entire Work described herein.

B. The Owner reserves the right to award; or reject all bids. The Lump Sum amount of the bid will total sum for the Contract work.

C. The contract working time for SALMON FALLS BOOSTER PUMP STATION; EID PROJECT NUMBER 3049DEV shall be 160 WORKING DAYS from notice to proceed.

D. For bonding purposes, the anticipated project cost is less than $1,500,000.

O B TA I N I N G CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: The Contract Documents and Plans will be available for review/pickup starting January 25, 2022, and may obtained via email link from CTA Engineering & Surveying, Inc., 3233 Monier Circle, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 Engineering & Surveying (hereinafter the Construction Manager (CM).

PRE-BID MEETING: There is a MANDATORY pre-bid meeting scheduled to be held onsite at the location of the EID Salmon Falls Tank on February 8, 2022 at 10:00 A.M.. Pre-bid Request(s) For Information (RFIs) are due on or before February 9, 2022. No RFIs will be considered after the due date.

CONTRACTORS LICENSE CLASSIFICATION: Bidders shall be properly licensed to perform the Work pursuant to the Contractors’ State License Law (Business and Professions Code Section 7000 et seq.) and shall possess a CLASS A license or equivalent combination of Classes required by the categories and type of Work included in the Contract Documents and Plans at the time bids are submitted.

CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION: No contractor or subcontractor may bid on any public works project, be listed in a bid proposal for any public works project, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code

sections 1725.5 and 1771.1.

An inadvertent error in listing a subcontractor who is not registered pursuant to Section 1725.5 in a bid proposal shall not be grounds for filing a bid protest or grounds for considering the bid nonresponsive if the requirements of Labor Code section 1771.1 are met.

BUSINESS LICENSE: The County Business License Ordinance provides that it is unlawful for any person to furnish supplies or services, or transact any kind of business in the unincorporated territory of El Dorado County without possessing a County business license unless exempt under County Ordinance Code Section 5.08.070. The Bidder to whom an award is made shall comply with all of the requirements of the County Business License Ordinance, where applicable, prior to beginning work under this Contract and at all times during the term of this Contract.

REQUIRED LISTING OF PROPOSED SUBCONTRACTORS: Each Proposal must have listed therein the name, contractor’s license number and address of each subcontractor to whom the bidder proposes to subcontract portions of the Work in an amount in excess of 0.5% of the total bid or $10,000, whichever is greater, in accordance with the Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act, commencing with Section 4100 of the Public Contract Code. The Bidder must also describe in the Subcontractor List the Work to be performed by each subcontractor listed.

At the time bids are submitted, all listed subcontractors must be properly licensed to perform their designated portion of the Work. The bidder’s attention is directed to other provisions of the Act related to the imposition of penalties for failure to observe its provisions by using unauthorized subcontractors or by making unauthorized substitutions.

An inadvertent error in listing the California Contractor license number on the Subcontractor List will not be grounds for filing a bid protest or grounds for considering the bid non-responsive if the Bidder submits the corrected contractor’s license number to David R. Crosariol via hand delivery or email (dcrosariol@ ctaes.net) within 24 hours after the bid opening, provided the corrected contractor’s license number corresponds to the submitted name and location for that subcontractor.

NONDISCRIMINATION: Attention is directed to the following Notice that is required by Chapter 5 of Division 4 of Title 2, California Code of Regulations and the following.

NOTICE OF REQUIREMENT FOR NONDISCRIMINATION PROGRAM (GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 12990) Attention is further directed to the “Nondiscrimination Clause”, set forth in Section 7-1.02I(2), “Nondiscrimination,” of the Standard Specifications, which is applicable to all nonexempt State contracts and subcontracts, and to the “Standard California Nondiscrimination Construction Contract Specifications” set forth therein. The specifications are applicable to all nonexempt State construction contracts and subcontracts of $5,000 or more.

P R E VA I L I N G WAGE REQUIREMENTS: A. In accordance with the provisions of California Labor Code Sections 1770, 1773, 1773.1, 1773.2, 1773.6, and 1773.7, the general prevailing rate of wages in the county in which the Work is to be done has been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. These wage rates appear in the California Department of Transportation publication entitled General Prevailing Wage Rates. Interested parties can obtain the current wage information by submitting their requests to the Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Statistics and Research, PO Box 420603, San Francisco CA 94142-0603, Telephone (415) 7034708 or by referring to the website at http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/PWD. The rates at the time of the bid advertisement date of a project will remain in effect for the life of the project in accordance with the California Code of Regulations, as modified and effective January 27, 1997.

B. Copies of the general prevailing rate of wages in the county in which the Work is to be done are also on file at the Department of Transportation’s principal office, and are available upon request.

C. In accordance with the provisions of Labor Code 1810, eight (8) hours of labor shall constitute a legal day’s work upon all work done hereunder, and Contractor and any subcontractor employed under this Contract shall conform to and be bound by the provisions of Labor Code Sections 1810 through 1815.

D. This Project is subject to the requirements of Title 8, Chapter 8, Sub-chapter 4.5 of the California Code of Regulations including the obligation to furnish certified payroll records directly to the Compliance Monitoring Unit under the Labor Commissioner within the Department of Industrial Relations Division of Labor Standards Enforcement in accordance with Section 16461.

BID SECURITY: A bid security shall be provided with each bid. Bid security shall be in an amount of not less than ten percent (10%) of the total lump sum amount in Price Legal notice continued on the next page

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Public Notices  Schedule ‘A’ and shall be cash, a certified check or cashier’s check drawn to the order of the Owner or a Bidder’s Bond executed by a surety satisfactory to the Owner on the form provided in the Proposal section of these Contract Documents (do not detach the form).

AWARD OF CONTRACT: Bids will be considered for award by the Owner. The Owner reserves the right after opening bids to reject any or all bids, to waive any irregularity in a bid, or to make award to the lowest responsive, responsible Bidder and reject all other bids, as it may best serve the interests of the Owner. As a condition of award, the successful Bidder will be required to submit bonds and evidence of insurance prior to execution of the Agreement by the Owner. Failure to meet this requirement shall constitute abandonment of the Bid by the Bidder and forfeiture of the Bidder’s security. Award will then be made to the next lowest responsible Bidder.

The Contract will be awarded based upon the lump sum total in Schedule ‘A’.

RETAINAGE FROM PAYMENTS: The Contractor may elect to receive one hundred percent (100%) of payments due under the Contract from time to time, without retention of any portion of the payment by the Owner, by depositing securities of equivalent value with the Owner in accordance with the provisions of Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code. Securities eligible for deposit hereunder shall be limited to those listed in Section 16430 of the Government Code, or bank or savings and loan certificates of deposit.

PROJECT ADMINISTRATION: All communications relative to the Contract Documents and Plans shall be directed to David R. Crosariol, PE at CTA Engineering & Surveying at dcrosariol@ctaes. net. No oral responses to any questions concerning the content of the Plans and Contract Documents will be given. All responses will be in the form of written addenda to the Contract Documents and Plans or written responses to bidder’s inquiries. Responses to bidder’s inquiries and addenda will be communicated solely via electronic group email to each bidder’s provided email address. It will be the responsibility of the bidder to provide accurate email addresses and will be their responsibility to check all group emails for responses and addenda during the bid period.

BY ORDER OF CTA Engineering & Surveying Authorized by the “THE PARTIES” By: /s/ David R. Crosariol David R. Crosariol, PE Construction Manager 1/28, 1/31, 2/2, 2/4, 2/7, 2/9 9952 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2022-0108 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AMAZING GRACE ESTATE lIQUIDATIONS, located at 3516 Leonardo Way, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): 1. Kriss G Usherwood, 3516 Leonardo Way, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762, 2. Emilee Z Usherwood, 3516 Leonardo Way, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/01/2022 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Kriss Usherwood KRISS USHERWOOD, CO-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 01/25/2022.

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) 9958 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 22CV0048 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Antonio Maldonado filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ANTONIO MARTINE MALDONADO Proposed name: ANTONIO MARTINE-MALDONADO PASIOLES 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: APRIL 1, 2022, 8:30 A.M. DEPT. 9 AT SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF EL DORADO, 3321 Cameron Park Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682.

3. A copy of the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Mountain Democrat.

This order has been filed on JANUARY 20, 2022.

/s/ Vicki Ashworth VICKI ASHWORTH, Judge of the Superior Court 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21 9959 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2022-0030 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 4 BEES CUSTOMS, located at 1031 Bridgeview Dr, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Tiffany Sayre, 1031 Bridgeview Dr, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/1/21 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Tiffany Sayre TIFFANY SAYRE 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 01/07/2022.

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) 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21 9960 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2022-0112 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AMERICAS BEST VAlUE, located at 3444 Coach Lane, Cameron Park, CA 95682/ Mailing Address: 1812 Polk Street, Concord, CA 94521 Registered owner(s): 1. Abdul R Patel, 1812 Polk Street, Concord, CA 94521, 2. Zarin Patel, 1812 Polk Street, Concord, CA 94521 This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/01/2022 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Abdul R Patel ABDUL R PATEL, 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 01/26/2022.

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) 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21 9961 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2022-0113 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CAMINO AUTOWORKS, located at 4136 Carson Road #C & D, Camino, CA 95709/Mailing Address: 1390 Broadway Suite B #354, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Stephen W Tolentino, 800 Spring St, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/26/2022 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Stephen W. Tolentino STEPHEN W. TOLENTINO, 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 01/26/2022.

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.

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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) 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21 9962 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2022-0111 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KOCHI SUSHI & JAPANESE GRIll, located at 2205 Francisco Dr #110, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Elly Sun Corporation, 2205 Francisco Dr #110, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 This business is conducted by a Corporation, State of Incorporation: CA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/02/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Hui Juan Sun HUI JUAN SUN, PRESIDENT I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

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

This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 01/26/2022.

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) 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21 9963 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 22CV0030 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Katherine Huff filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: KOBE SCOTT BOYD Proposed name: KOBE SCOTT HUFF 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: FEBRUARY 25, 2022, 8:30 A.M. DEPT. 9 AT SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF EL DORADO, 3321 Cameron Park Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682.

3. A copy of the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Mountain Democrat.

This order has been filed on JANUARY 12, 2022. /s/ Vicki Ashworth VICKI ASHWORTH, Judge of the Superior Court 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21 9964 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF KAREN JAYE OlSON CASE NO. 22PR0017 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of KAREN JAYE OLSON A PETITION for Probate has been filed by CHRIS J. OLSON in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado.

THE PETITION for probate requests that CHRIS J. OLSON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: March 2, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 8 at 295 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the

date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: PAUL T. ESTRADA Law Office of Paul Estrada 101 W McKnight Way Ste. B PMB 290 Grass Valley, California 95949 (530) 273-3529 1/31, 2/7, 2/14 9965 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2022-0132 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KBM lANGUAGE SOlUTIONS, located at 6770 Marshall Road Unit B, Lotus, CA 95651/Mailing Address: PO Box 905, Lotus, CA 95651 Registered owner(s): Ekaterina Borschov-Badano, 6770 Marshall Road Unit B, Lotus, CA 95651 This business is conducted by an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/01/2022 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Ekaterina Borschov-Badano EKATERINA BORSCHOV-BADANO 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 02/01/2022.

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) 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28 9991 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2022-0137 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TC FABRICATION AND WElDING, located at 6192 Enterprise Dr Ste G, Diamond Springs, CA 95619/Mailing Address: 6110 Enterprise Dr, Diamond Springs, CA 95619 Registered owner(s): TC Fabrication and Welding, LLC, 6110 Enterprise Dr, Diamond Springs, CA 95619 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: 3-1-2003 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Susan Coyle SUSAN COYLE, MANAGING MEMBER 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 02/02/2022.

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) 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28 9992 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2022-0143 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FOOTHIllS DANCE, located at 4050 Durock Rd Ste 8, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Leticia Avila, 7673 Maralee Way, Sacramento, CA 95824 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/01/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Leticia Avila LETICIA AVILA, 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 02/02/2022.

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) 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28 9993 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2022-0075 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MY DAD’S ClEANING SERVICES, located at 5587 Spanish Flat Rd., Garden Valley, CA 95633/ Mailing Address: 5515 Pacific St. Ste. 254, Rocklin, CA 95677 Registered owner(s): Monique Davis, 5587 Spanish Flat Rd., Garden Valley, CA 95633 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: January 1, 2022 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Monique Davis MONIQUE DAVIS 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 01/18/2022.

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) 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28 9994 NOTICE OF SAlE OF REAl PROPERTY NO. PP20200153 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CAlIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF El DORADO PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT DON SEMON, Public Guardian, representative of this conservatorship estate, will sell at private sale, under the terms and conditions specified below, the real property of the estate, situated in the County of El Dorado, California, more commonly known 3426 Red Lake Rd., South Lake Tahoe, CA: and described as follows: (LOT 11, OF TRACT 126, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP ENTITLED, “BIJOU PARK ACRES,” FILED MAY 15, 1951, IN BOOK “A” OF MAPS, AT PAGE 96, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF EL DORADO COUNTY).

(APN: 025192-011-000).

Please contact Realtor Sally Long Johns, of Century 21, at telephone number (530)-3060821 or Toll Free 866-SALLYRE. Written offers for this property will be received at the realtor’s office on or before February 16, 2022. Sale will be made on or after February 26, 2022, to the person making the highest and best offer for the property.

EL DORADO COUNTY SPECIFICALLY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS, EITHER IMPLIED OR EXPRESSED CONCERNING THE CONDITION OF THIS PROPERTY. SAID PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD ON AS IS BASIS. The terms and conditions of sale are all cash to seller in lawful money of the United States of America to be paid on close of escrow, which will close 10 days after court confirmation of sale. The personal representative reserves the right to reject any bid that is less than $360,000.00. For further information, please contact the Realtor.

All sales are subject to confirmation by the Superior Court and no sale may be consummated, and no deed may be recorded and delivered to a purchaser until court confirmation has been acquired by the personal representative.

February 3, 2022 Don Semon Public Guardian David A. Livingston County Counsel TDT (February 7, 2022; February 11, 2022; February 16, 2022) 2/7, 2/11, 2/16 9995 NOTICE OF ElECTION TO BE HElD JUNE 7, 2022 IN THE COUNTY OF El DORADO STATEWIDE DIRECT PRIMARY ElECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the qualified electors of the County of El Dorado that the Governor proclaimed and the Secretary of State attests that the regularly scheduled Statewide Direct Primary Election will be held on June 7, 2022, at which the following offices are to be nominated: STATE AND DISTRICT OFFICES Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State

Controller Treasurer Attorney General Insurance Commissioner Board of Equalization Member District 1 United States Senator (Full Term) United States Senator (Partial/ Unexpired Term) State Senate District 4 CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE United States Representative District 3 United States Representative District 5 LEGISLATIVE OFFICES State Assembly Member District 1 State Assembly Member District 5 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that at the Statewide Direct Primary Election, candidates are to be nominated for the following nonpartisan office: Superintendent of Public Instruction NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that at the Statewide Direct Primary Election in El Dorado County, candidates are to be nominated for the following county offices, to which candidates are to be elected at the ensuing general election: Superior Court Judge – Office 7 Superior Court Judge – Office 8 County Supervisor, District IV County Supervisor, District V Assessor Auditor-Controller District Attorney Recorder-Clerk Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator Surveyor Superintendent of Schools Treasurer-Tax Collector NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the declaration of candidacy period for elective offices is February 14, 2022 to March 11, 2022 and will be extended through March 16, 2022 for any qualified person other than the incumbent, if the incumbent has not filed nomination papers by 5:00 pm. on March 11, 2022.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that nomination papers for all offices will be available at the County of El Dorado Elections Department located at 2850 Fairlane Court, Placerville, Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm beginning February 14, 2022 through March 11, 2022.

To schedule an appointment, call or email Kim Smith at (530) 621-7490 or kim.smith@edcgov.us NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that polls will be open from 7 am to 8 pm on June 7, 2022.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the processing of vote by mail ballots will begin no earlier than May 9, 2022 in the County of El Dorado Elections Department located at 2850 Fairlane Court, Building C, Placerville, CA. The public is invited to observe.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Election Day ballot tabulating will commence at 8 pm, on June 7, 2022, at the central counting site located in the County of El Dorado Elections Department located at 2850 Fairlane Court, Building C, Placerville, CA. The public is invited to observe.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Pre-election logic and accuracy testing of election equipment will commence on or after April 4, 2022. Please contact the Elections Department to confirm the date, at (530) 621-7480.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Official Canvass of the election will commence on June 9, 2022 and conclude no later than July 7, 2022 at the County of El Dorado Elections Department located at 2850 Fairlane Court, Building C, Placerville, CA. The public is invited to observe.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that post-election random selection of precincts and post-election manual tally of votes cast will commence on or about June 9, 2022. Please contact the Elections Department to confirm the date, at (530) 621-7480.

Bill O’Neill County of El Dorado Registrar of Voters January 27, 2022 2/7 9996 NOTICE OF ElECTION TO BE HElD JUNE 7, 2022 IN THE COUNTY OF El DORADO STATEWIDE DIRECT PRIMARY ElECTION THE KNOLLS PROPERTY OWNERS CSD MEASURE B NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the qualified electors of the The Knolls Property Owners CSD that the Board of Directors has called for an election to be held June 7, 2022.

“Shall the measure increasing the maximum annual Voter Approved Special Tax assessed by the Knolls Property Owners Community Services District by $300.00 per parcel per year, such that the total Voter Approved Special Tax may be increased from $300.00 per year to a maximum of $600.00 per parcel per year (+CPI), be adopted?

This increase in the Special Tax for Road Work will raise as much as $8,400 annually+CPI, in perpetuity.”

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this measure shall be called Measure B. Arguments for and against this measure may be submitted by Friday, February 18, 2022. Primary arguments for and against this measure shall not exceed 300 words in length and shall not be accepted unless accompanied by the name(s) and address(es) of the person(s) submitting them. Person turning in an argument MUST be a registered voter in the district. No more than five signatures shall appear with any argument and original signatures are necessary.

BE FURTHER ADVISED that rebuttal arguments for or against said measure must be submitted no later than Monday, February 28, 2022.

Rebuttal arguments shall not exceed 250 words in length and follow the same laws as primary arguments with regard to names, signatures and argument submission. All arguments and rebuttals must be submitted in person, or by certified mail to the Registrar of Voters, Elections Department, 2850 Fairlane Court, Placerville, CA 95667.

The Elections Department shall be open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, June 7, 2022.

The ballots will be tabulated at the Elections Department, 2850 Fairlane Court, Placerville, beginning at 8:00 p.m., following the close of the polls.

The public is invited to observe.

If you have any questions, please call (530) 621-7480.

Bill O’Neill Registrar of Voters County of El Dorado Dated January 24, 2022 2/7 9997

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the community center, 6-8:30 p.m. Purchase tickets in advance at cameronpark.org.

J Woody performs, 8-11 p.m. at Placerville Public House, 305 Main St. in Placerville. For more information visit placervillepublichouse.com.

Feb. 12 Sierra Ridge Interact Club hosts a Community Breakfast on the Second Saturday, Feb. 12, March 12, April 10 and May 14, 8:30-10:30 a.m. at the Pollock Pines-Camino Community Center.

Enjoy pancakes, biscuits and gravy, sausage, eggs, coffee and hot chocolate.

The Sherwood Demonstration Garden is open to the public, 9 a.m. to noon, 6699 Campus Drive in Placerville. Come out to see the many plants, trees, succulents, natives and more that grow in our region — understand how to care for your garden in winter. Admission is free. Walk the 16 individual gardens at your own pace or ask a docent for help. For more information visit ucanr.edu/sites/EDC_Master_Gardeners/Demonstration_Garden.

Miraflores Winery in Placerville hosts A Sweet Day of dessert wine pairings with delicious bites, barrel tasting and more, 11 a.m. to 5 pm. Reservations are required. Call (530) 647-8505 or email info@mirafloreswinery.com.

Andis Wines in Plymouth hosts sip and snack events with local food trucks, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. featuring Blue Stone Pizza Oven (Feb. 12), Cousins Maine Lobster (March 6) and Buenos Aires Grill (April 9). No reservations necessary. For more information visit andiswines.com.

Findleton Estate and Vineyard in Camino hosts Valentine’s Day lunch, noon to 2:30 p.m. Feb. 12 & 13. Reservations are required.

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and good tunes. For more information call (530) 626-1091.

Shadow Ranch Vineyard in Fair Play hosts A Gift from the Heart, a Valentine’s Day event with romance novelist Renee Bernard at 1 p.m. Call to make your reservation at (530) 620-2785.

The Sierra Renaissance Society presents “Skiing the John Muir Trail” by Art Baggett, 1-3 p.m. at the Diamond Springs Lions Hall, 4701 Missouri Flat Road. Masks are required. Admission free for members; public invited to attend two meetings free. The Sierra Renaissance Society of El Dorado County is dedicated to lifelong learning and hosts presentations and workshops throughout the year. For more information visit srsedc.org.

Folsom Lake Symphony presents Heartbeats, a concert featuring pianist Sheng Cai, 7:30 p.m. at Harris Center for the Arts, 10 College Parkway in Folsom. For tickets and more information call (800) 595-4849 or visit folsomlakesymphony. com/tickets.

Uncommon Ground performs, 8-11 p.m. at Placerville Public House, 305 Main St. in Placerville. For more information visit placervillepublichouse.com.

Feb. 13 Sierra Vista Vineyards & Winery in the Pleasant Valley area hosts a Valentine’s Day brunch with two seatings, 10:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30-2 p.m. Space is limited and reservations are required by Feb. 10. Call (530) 622-7221 or visit sierravistawinery. com/product/valentinesbrunch.

Toogood Winery, 7280 Fairplay Road in Fair Play, is having Private Port Tastings with two seatings at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

To make a reservation call (530) 620-1910. Taste 12 ports in one visit. Ports will be paired with an assortment of cheeses and sweet bites.

Feb. 14

Sentivo Vineyards & Winery in Somerset hosts a Valentine’s Day Mimosa Brunch, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Enjoy amazing Sentivo Brut Sparkling Wine along with delicious egg casserole, cheesy potatoes, Sentivo salad, chardonnay pork loin and the dessert bar. Make reservations online at sentivovineyards.com/Events.

Smith Flat House, 2021 Smith Flat Road in Placerville, is having a Valentine’s Day Dinner starting at 5 p.m. For reservations call (530) 621-1003.

Gwinllan Estate in Fair Play is having a Valentine’s Day Celebration Chocolate and Wine pairing Feb. 12 & 13 from noon to 4 p.m. Call (530) 723-2879 for more information.

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 the month from 4-7 p.m. Stop by for some good food

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Feb. 17 The Divide Women’s Club will resume its monthly meetings at 10 a.m. the Georgetown Community Center, 6329 Lower Main St., Georgetown. Since it has been decided to not have the annual spring fashion show this year, the agenda this month will include discussion about other suggested fundraising ideas and plans.

For more information contact Ali Wenger at (510) 579-7960 or Carol Davis at (530) 320-0822.

Now Sutter Street Theatre presents “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” through Feb. 14 at 717 Sutter St. in Folsom.

For tickets and more information call (916) 353-1001 or visit sutterstreethteatre.com.

Mills Station Arts & Culture Center, 10191 Mills Station Road in Rancho Cordova, presents Quilt Codes: Fact or Folklore – A look through glass, beads and quilts through Feb. 19. An Artis talk with Celeste Budd and Johyne Geran in the upstairs gallery at 6 p.m. Feb. 10. For more information visit rmacc.org.

Sutter Street Theatre presents “Pinocchio” through Feb. 20 at 717 Sutter St. in Folsom. For tickets and more information call (916) 353-1001 or visit sutterstreethteatre.com.

B Street Theatre presents “Broke-Ology” through Feb. 20 at The Sofia, 2700 Capitol Ave. in Sacramento. For tickets and more information call (916) 443-5300, visit bstreettheatre.org or email tickets@bstreettheatre.org.

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