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More than 70 years ago Al Macys charmed Helen on the dance floor. The forever valentines will celebrate their 67th wedding anniversary this year.
Al and Helen Macys sing each others praises
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saw her and I thought, ‘She’s pretty cute,’” reminisced Al Macys of the Philadelphia hayride in 1949 that had him asking a pretty brunette for a turn on the dance floor. “He asked me to dance and I remembered it because he did not step on my feet,” laughed Helen. “Most of the other guys, the younger guys, when you danced with them they would step on my feet.” Al and Helen are 14-year residents of El Dorado Hills’ Four Seasons community. And more than 70 years ago, Al’s nimbleness was enough to get 16-yearold Helen thinking. She decided to ask him to her high school sorority’s Valentine’s dance the following spring. That’s when the trouble started. First, there was the gossip about Al having to borrow money to cover his bill on a date with another girl. “Here I asked this guy to go the dance with me and he’s broke,” she said. Then, thinking he was being considerate, Al called and asked what kind of flowers Helen liked.
During a leisurely stroll, one might enjoy a blooming crepe myrtle, a crimson sunset or, better yet, the thunder of a diesel truck roaring by. Residents near the proposed Capital SouthEast Connector project in El Dorado Hills say they expect just that, with road noise from the White Rock Road corridor raising concerns. Impacts from the project would potentially cause a decibel level higher than what some think is already untenable. For the past 14 years, residents of Four Seasons, Stonebriar, Sierra Monte, Shadow Hills and Springfield Meadows have been alarmed by decisions of the Capital SouthEast Connector JPA, of which El Dorado County is a member, to complete road segments they worry will
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Al and Helen Macys toast at their 1954 wedding. “I said carnations and he brought me an orchid,” Helen remembered. “So I guess he’s not broke. I was a little irked.” “Who wants carnations?” Al shrugged. “She wanted the carnation because of the gown she was wearing. When I came in with this white orchid, she was irked because it didn’t go with what she was wearing.”
Al goes on to describe, in detail, Helen’s pink dress, which floors her. “Oh my gosh, you remember it?” exclaimed Helen. “Damn right I do,” replied Al. “She didn’t like me because of my looks; she liked me because of my feet. It took me a while to ■
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El Dorado County District 1 Supervisor John Hidahl has been appointed as a director and District 2 Supervisor Lori Parlin as an alternate to the Pioneer Community Energy Board of Directors. Previously the El Dorado County Board JOHN HIDAHL of Supervisors requested membership in Pioneer Community Energy, a community choice aggregation and alternative to PG&E, and approved an amended and restated joint exercise of powers agreement with Pioneer. One element of the agreement was the county’s participation on the Pioneer Board of Directors. The Pioneer JPA consists of seven voting members, two from Placer County and one each from the cities of Auburn, Colfax, Lincoln, Loomis and Rocklin. The city of Placerville also voted to join the JPA and will have an opportunity to appoint one person to serve ■
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When was your first kiss together?
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“After we went to my daughter’s party, we cut out early and went to the car to make out.”
“It was in San Diego and I was dropping him off at the base after a date at Balboa Park.”
“In the dorms when we first met, 13 years before we got married.”
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“It was at Sienna Restaurant about eight years ago.”
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The El Dorado Hills Community Services District pool renovations are complete and Feb. 8 Oak Ridge High School swimmers were expected to dive in. “We’ll be recruiting lifeguards and other pool staff to get this operation back up to full speed — with safety precautions related to COVID-19 — as we enter March and beyond,” reported EDHCSD General Manager Kevin Loewen.
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Dawn Hodson Staff writer The El Dorado County Fair, which usually takes place in June but was canceled last year and at risk of the same this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been scheduled for Sept. 23-26. Fair organizers say the fair will feature the full carnival, animal exhibits in the barns, food and commercial vendors and entertainment with the theme “Stars and Stirrups.” The livestock show will still be held June 18-20 with the annual Junior Livestock Auction (hopefully live) taking place June 19 at 4 p.m. “After seeing the county’s plan to have everyone who wants to be vaccinated by summer vaccinated, we felt that we would be able to have mass gatherings,” said Jody Gray, CEO of the El Dorado County Fair and Event Center. “We wanted to give a buffer to that time frame; that is why we chose the end of
Hidahl on Pioneer’s board. Pioneer’s governing board previously approved its amended JPA and an implementation plan, effectively expanding its service area to the unincorporated West Slope of El Dorado County and to the city of Placerville. After the California Public Utilities Commission approves the implementation plan, which is expected to occur this spring, the JPA will begin purchasing power in order to provide service to customers in El Dorado County begin-
September.” Gray said they knew their typical June fair would not work as vaccinations will not be complete for the general population in time. “We were not sure a fair at all would be able to happen,” she said. “The vaccination schedule has given us hope for a fall fair.” Excited that planning is going forward, Gray noted holding a fair will still depend on whether the state will allow mass gatherings at the time. “There is a lot of planning to put on a fair and there is some risk that it may not happen,” cautioned Gray. “However, we are staying positive about it.” A Monster Truck Show is scheduled to take place at the speedway Friday, Sept. 25, and Saturday, Sept. 26. Anyone who purchases a pre-sale ticket for the event will be admitted to the fair as well. Fair staff are also working with the Placerville Kiwanis Club on holding the traditional John M. Studebaker Wheelbarrow Races Sunday, Sept. 26.
Continued from A1 ning in 2022. As a Community Choice Aggregation, Pioneer chooses the power generation source on behalf of its customers. By aggregating purchasing power it negotiates contracts with power generators with the goal being to lower costs and give Pioneer more control of the energy mix, including offering “greener” generation. Energy customers in El Dorado County will still have a choice to either stay with PG&E or go with Pioneer.
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Noise increase the noise level, causing environmental damage as well as a decrease in home values. At January’s El Dorado Hills Area Planning Advisory Committee meeting, Vice Chair John Raslear pointed out several factors that support the need for an updated noise report for the connector tying Elk Grove to El Dorado Hills, including the influx of traffic from several major developments such as Folsom Ranch, Sierra Monte and Heritage. “All of these things could not have been appreciated or taken in consideration when the original noise study was done,” he asserted. Raslear also mentioned the new Empire Ranch interchange from White Rock Road to Highway 50 and the banning of truck traffic on East Bidwell, which, he speculated, would increase truck traffic on White Rock Road. These and other issues were illustrated by the White Rock Road Noise Study Report Subcommittee, formed to study noise levels stemming from the future JPA SE Connector Project, specifically the segment beginning at the Sacramento/El Dorado County line to Latrobe Road. Raslear indicated that not only are existing traffic studies outdated, only a 40 mph speed limit was used for modeling whereas the current speed limit is 55 mph. The communities of Stonebriar, Shadow Hills and Springfield Meadows have 5-foot-tall privacy walls and Four Seasons has 8-foot walls whereas recent development along Latrobe Road has
Continued from A1 sound walls of more than 12 feet. The proposed four-lane thoroughfare could, in some cases, be only 24 feet from residential property. “Back in the days those walls were built, they were more what we consider privacy fences … and typically did not take in consideration noise abatement,” explained Four Seasons resident and retired traffic engineer Jeff Lewis, adding that for some homeowners, the noise prevents them from sitting in their backyard. Lewis argued that inconsistencies in the original report show a decrease in noise levels despite additional lanes of traffic. “With new noise studies, updated with the evolution of all the development, I’m pretty sure you’re going to see those noise readings consistently jump up to where the taller walls would be warranted,” he said. “Noise walls should be considered for retrofits.” “It’s incumbent upon them to do a survey to find out what the neighbors feel about the noise that’s there now and how they would like to see it mitigated,” insisted Raslear. “This noise barrier can be looked into and funding done for it now. If we wait, six or seven years out it would increase the cost by seven to eight times.” The current noise report expires in 2035. Voting APAC members in attendance unanimously, 9-0, supported the subcommittee’s findings. The recommendation will be passed on to the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors for consideration.
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get over that.” Although Helen was almost four years younger than Al, she was different than any other girl he had dated. She was interesting, fun and he was smitten. Despite some competition with a handsome West Point cadet, Helen ultimately discovered she was smitten back. An accomplished pianist and already accepted to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Helen decided instead to attend Penn State where Al was already studying mechanical engineering. Since her parents were adamant that Helen finish college before marrying, they waited four years to tie the knot on Aug. 28, 1954. They will celebrate their 67th wedding anniversary this year. “I know I can’t be without her,” Al declared. “Every day that she comes out here, that makes my day. I never get tired of her being around. I enjoy her being around even when she gets irked with me.” Helen is obviously proud not only of her husband’s accomplishments, but also his insistence on helping at home. While working full time, Al managed to rack up two additional degrees in electronic physics and engineering sciences. “I just love being with him and doing things with him. He’s always been very positive,” she said. After retiring, Al asked to take over in the kitchen. “He has been doing the cooking ever since.” The Macys have three children; their
traveled to 12 countries throughout the world. “Everywhere we would go in any new country or significant place I would have somebody take a picture of my kissing her,” said Al. From St. Petersburg to Paris, Al the Kissing Bandit struck again and again. Even after Al and Helen decided to follow their oldest, Sandra, to El Dorado Hills, music continued to play a major role in their lives, from singing in the Foothills Church choir to karaoke at the Gilmore Senior Center. “I like Sinatra ballads,” Al said, also mentioning the likes of ABBA and Queen. He said he doesn’t understand JLo, but Cole Porter is a longtime favorite. “I think that we were both interested in music really kept us together for all these years,” Helen said. And the other secret behind their lasting relationship? “Helen’s tolerance,” quipped Al, but then got serious. “We never let a disagreement be more than a temporary thing. It’s the respect you have for another person’s ideas. And each night, before we go to sleep, we tell each other ‘I love you.’ She’s my No. 1 person that’s always been in my life and that’s the way it’s always going to be.” “Well, you’re my No. 1 person too,” Helen replied, leaning over to catch one more kiss.
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Tradition dictates a kiss ... everywhere they go. Here Helen and Al Macys share a smooch at the Colosseum in Rome. middle child, Susan, was born brain damaged. It was through Susan that Helen eventually became president of The Association for Retarded Children in Pennsylvania and was instrumental in advocating for special education schooling. In 1973 the Macys moved to Los Gatos, where Susan was able to attend special programs in San Jose. Sadly,
Susan died 20 years ago. “She was the core of our lives,” said Helen, adding that their other children, Sandra and Robert, were indispensable in taking care of Susan. Along with their involvement with special education, music has been a constant for Al and Helen. Through singing for three major choral groups, they
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Assemblyman Kevin Kiley pens ‘Recall Newsom’ Dawn Hodson Staff writer Calling him the most corrupt governor in the United States, Assemblyman Kevin Kiley lays out the case for why Gov. Gavin Newsom should be removed from office in his new book, “Recall Newsom.” Kiley describes Newsom’s leadership failures, particularly in how he has handled the COVID-19 pandemic as well as legislation and policies that Kiley said have harmed the average resident and turned California from a place
of opportunity to one of the worst run states in the country. Newsom is a captive of special interests like the California Teachers Association, PG&E and other big corporations and unions, according to Kiley. “In his first year in office I watched him hand over the keys to the Governor’s Office to special interests that spent millions electing him. He signed one of the most corrupt laws ever passed in the United States, Assembly Bill 5, which put tens of thousands of independent contractors out of work. “The bill’s purpose was to eliminate a large, non-
revenue-generating sector of the workforce: independent workers whose paychecks aren’t subject to union dues,” explained Kiley. In “Recall Newsom” Kiley writes, “California’s Capitol is not truly run by elected representatives but by what’s known as the ‘Third House.’ That’s the term for a corps of special interest lobbyists, with offices encircling the Capitol, that accounts for the vast majority of political funding in California. It’s called the Third House because these lobbyists control the first two houses, the Assembly and Senate. And they
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certainly control the governor.” Kiley reports that Gavin Newsom’s 2022 reelection account has more than $19 million in funding from unions, associations and major corporations with registered lobbyists. Newsom views the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity for a “new progressive era,” according to Kiley, who writes that the governor has used the pandemic as an opportunity to consolidate power so “decisions are made by him and bureaucrats that he controls without any opportunity for public input, any opportunity for the legislative process. It allows direct control over people’s lives by the state without any input from local communities, institutions or local government.” Last fall Kiley and Assemblyman James Gallagher launched a lawsuit challenging Newsom’s executive orders as an overreach of power. Judge Sarah Heckman, who sits on the Superior Court of Sutter County, ruled that one of Newsom’s executive orders overstepped his authority and impinged on the state Legislature. The decision is on hold after it was appealed by the governor. In an interview Kiley said he wrote the book because the recall represents an opportunity for a fundamental course correction and to reverse “what has been a sustained period of decline
which has gone into a total freefall for Gavin Newsom.” Kiley said COVID-19 has exemplified everything wrong with politics in California and Newsom has managed the worst COVID19 response in the country. “Recalling Newsom would not only stop him from doing any further damage,” said Kiley, “but would repudiate everything he stands for.” It’s people in California saying “enough is enough and taking matters into their own hands,” con-
tinued Kiley. “Our political class has failed us and we need to right the ship.” A petition to put Newsom’s recall on the ballot as of press time had more than 1.4 million signatures with 1.5 million valid signatures needed to qualify. “Recall Newsom” can be purchased digitally or in paperback at blog. electkevinkiley.com/ recallnewsom. Kiley said proceeds go toward the recall effort.
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