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County formula business ordinance shot down Dawn Hodson Staff writer An urgency ordinance proposed by El Dorado County Supervisors Lori Parlin and George Turnboo that would restrict formula businesses in the county was shot down Tuesday at the Board of Supervisors meeting. Parlin and Turnboo proposed the ordinance based on concerns the rural character of the county was threatened by formula businesses like Dollar General and other chain stores. The ordinance would have imposed restrictions on chain stores pending a study that considered zoning and other land use regulations where the projects were proposed. Both Turnboo and Parlin represent districts that include rural areas where Dollar General has tried to

move in. Three Dollar General stores have been proposed in the county in recent years. A Dollar General was planned for Georgetown by developer SimonCRE Abbie but was abandoned after a lawsuit would have forced the builder to prepare an environmental impact report. Another project application for a Dollar General in Cool is currently being processed by the county. Woodcrest Companies plans to build a 9,100-square-foot retail store on Northside Drive and lease it to Dollar General. After hearing opposition from residents and because of a design overlay on the property, the Board of Supervisors last summer directed Woodcrest to conduct a “focused” environmental impact report on n

See Formula Businesses, page A8

Mountain Democrat photo by Dawn Hodson

An empty lot near the corner of Fairplay Road and Mt. Aukum Road is where a Dollar General is planned for Fair Play. At Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting the board turned down a proposed urgency ordinance that would have temporarily blocked the Dollar General from being built.

COVID-19 cases trending down

Unmasked intentions

Dawn Hodson Staff writer

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A large banner hung in front of Apple Bistro off Highway 50 in Placerville states the restaurant’s no-mask policy despite state requirements amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The bakery/eatery’s health permit was pulled in late July after it continued to operate in violation of state COVID-19 health code. Each day Apple Bistro continues to operate without a permit a fine of $500 is incurred, according to El Dorado County officials. As of March 1 Apple Bistro has racked up $98,200 in fines.

In the latest COVID-19 update to the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors, Public Health Officer Dr. Nancy Williams said the most recent three-month trend shows there has been a significant drop in the number of cases in the county. The case rate varies by region with South Lake Tahoe, Placerville, El Dorado Hills and the Shingle Springs/Cameron Park having the highest case rates and south county having the lowest, according to county data. Deaths reported through March 10 total 103. During the first nine months of the pandemic there were four deaths; over the next four months there were 96 deaths. Williams said the deaths are related to the extent COVID-19 was circulating in the community at the time. El Dorado County remains in the red, second-most restrictive tier of the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy. Asked by Board Chairman John Hidahl how soon the county will be in the next less-restrictive tier, the orange tier, Williams said the state may begin to n

See covid cases, page A9

Arrest made in attempted arson Bloomin’ lovely Democrat staff A Mt. Aukum/ Outingdale area man who reportedly poured gasoline on an elderly woman’s Mt. Aukum home, waved a hammer around and banged on the door was arrested March 4 after leading El Dorado County sheriff ’s deputies in a pursuit that ended with the suspect crashing his vehicle. Before fleeing, Brian Steffes, 33, lit pieces of paper on fire in an attempt to ignite the gasoline, sheriff ’s officials said. While in route to the Mt. Aukum home, deputies encountered Steffes driving a Ford pickup. Steffes then reportedly tried to

Brian Steffes evade deputies but he drove the truck off the roadway, hitting an embankment and rolling the vehicle onto its side. Steffes was taken into custody and later booked at the El Dorado County Jail on charges of misdemeanor evading, criminal threats and attempted arson. His bail was set at $177,000.00.

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The attempted arson suspect fled the scene in this Ford truck, reportedly trying to evade law enforcement before colliding into an embankment.

Blossoms burst from a pear tree along Main Street in downtown Placerville, pictured on a sunny afternoon last week, as winter’s bare branches wake up to spring. Spring is on its way in El Dorado County with daylight saving time beginning at 2 a.m. Sunday morning and the first day of spring March 20.

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ESSENTIALS Susan Mercy Stinson

OBITUARIES Obituaries on this page are written and paid for by the families or funeral homes. They are edited minimally by the Mountain Democrat. To submit an obituary, call (530) 622-1255, e-mail obits@mtdemocrat.net, fax (530) 344-5092, or visit mtdemocrat.com under “Submission Forms” at the bottom of the website. Include contact information with all submissions.

Gregory Twist

Gregory Twist, 67, of Georgetown, Calif., went home to be with the Lord Thursday March 4 from complications due to COVID-19. Greg is born in Fort Belvoir, Va., to Geneva Ray and Werth Twist Jr. Greg grew up alongside his brother Steve and sister Michelle and became a mechanic in the Air Force during Vietnam. After leaving the Air Force, he worked as a landscaper before going back to school and getting a degree at American River College, going to work for the Department of Water Resources for the State of California. He loved wood-working, fishing and treasure hunting. Gregory was survived by his loving wife Jeannie Twist (Georgetown), his daughter Ginger Twist (Citrus Heights), his son Trevor Twist (Oakland), his grandchildren Triston and Tahoe Haverty (Chico and Citrus Heights), his mother Geneva Ray (Georgetown), his brother Steve Twist (Georgetown), his sister Michelle Twist (Sacramento) and his many friends. There will be an outdoor service held at Lotus Park, March 27 at 11 a.m. He will be buried at Georgetown Cemetery. A memorial fund has been set up to help cover his memorial and medical expenses: gofund.me/37da17eb.

Gerald “Jerry” Carl Burkhart

June 5, 1938 - March 4, 2021

Jerry passed away peacefully after a long illness surrounded by family. Born in Oulu, Wis., his family moved to Pollock Pines, Calif., when Jerry was 8 years old. He attended local schools including El Dorado High School. He started his land surveying career as a young man with Prescott Engineering. While land surveying was his trade, Jerry’s passion was gardening. The lush green lawns that carpeted his property hosted weddings, anniversaries, birthdays and many other family events. His vegetable gardens grew bountiful harvests that were shared with friends, family and neighbors. In recent years he took an interest in growing huge tomatoes and massive pumpkins for which he won many contests. High Hill Ranch in Apple Hill was commonly the recipient of the giant pumpkins that were displayed for visitors. Jerry is survived by his wife of almost 61 years, Linda Burkhart and children Tina Archipley (Tom) and Corinna Zollars (Joel). He was “Papa” to grandchildren Michael Archipley, Colin Archipley, Cory Archipley, Walter Archipley, Brandon Zollars, Megan Hellam, Kali Archipley and Andrew Burkhart as well as nine great-grandchildren. Jerry was preceded in death by son Arthur Burkhart and brother Darrell Burkhart. He is also survived by siblings Gloria Harris, Janet Turner, Jim Burkhart and Tim Burkhart and many nieces and nephews. A gathering to celebrate Jerry’s life will be held at a later date. The family would like to express their sincere appreciation to Snowline Hospice for the excellent care they provided.

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Susan, more widely known as Susie, was a beloved daughter, granddaughter, sister, mother, grandmother and friend. She could light up a room with her strident voice and booming laughter. For those of you whom experienced my mother’s exuberant presence, even in silence she would fill the room. The ultimate life of the party! When she was with her one and only granddaughter; you could see and feel the pure joy radiating from her. They were besties! Susan Mercy Stinson, 66, of Fairplay, Calif., passed away Monday, Feb. 1, at 2:20 p.m. She was born Oct. 23, 1954 in Placerville, Calif., the daughter of Augustine and Mercy Avila whom preceded her in death. Susan is survived by her loving daughter and granddaughter Victoria and Aria Stinson; sister Barbara Martinez; brothers Leonard, Teddy and Steve Avila and aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends and frenemies. Susan lived most of her life in Fairplay, though she spent some time in her teens in Stockton where she attended Stagg High School. She enjoyed a brief period of time in Sutter Creek and in her final days dwelled in Diamond Springs, Calif., where she passed away at home in her own bed. Susan claimed a life of adventure, having traveled the entire United States in 30 days by herself. She boasts many other adventures far and wide. In her younger years she took great pleasure in her cake making hobby, creating masterpieces to behold and delight in. I am sad to inform the casinos around the world that they have lost an avid fan and player. Grocery stores will no longer suffer the ceaseless coupons and Walmart.com can finally take a break. Susie worked hard, played hard, loved fiercely and fought her battles to the very end. She was her own greatest hero and so much more to so many others. She loved so many and was loved by so many more. Her energy was that which, with even just one encounter, you would remember her for life. Susan was known for her volunteering, jokes, story-telling and tarot readings. She will be missed by all who knew and loved her. Services will be held “tentatively” on May 15. The rosary and mass will be held at St. Patrick Church at 11 a.m. From there we will proceed to the Fairplay Cemetery to lay her ashes to rest in the place she labored with love for umpteen years, she will be at peace with her mother and father. Following the cemetery, we will hold Susie’s Last Hurrah at the Mt. Aukum Grange Hall. Please contact Victoria Stinson for any further details (530) 391-2532. Videos and photos are greatly desired.

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Duncan Jordan Purcell

Duncan Jordan Purcell, 61, passed away peacefully at his Camino home Sunday, Jan. 10. He battled non-smoking lung cancer for three courageous years. Rock-N-Roll Attorney Duncan held a Gibson Les Paul in one hand and his Juris Doctorate in the other. He was a brilliant and extraordinary self-taught musician who decided to enroll at Lincoln Law School at age 50. In June 2015, he was admitted to the California Bar. Duncan, one of the guitarists and lead singers with the 3Gs & Friends band, loved every rehearsal and every performance at local wineries and Main Street Placerville establishments. The Few. The Proud. The Marines. From Jan. 1978 - Jan. 1982, Duncan advanced to corporal in the United States Marine Crops and both lived and believed Semper Fidelis to his core. He served his four years stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C., deploying to both the Mediterranean and Baltic seas aboard the USS Iwo Jima, USS Shreveport and USS Guam. And the Diploma is Awarded to: Following the Marine Corps, Duncan returned to Sacramento determined to earn a bachelor of rrts degree. He graduated from University of California, Davis in 1991 with a BA degree in Russian. He was honored with a scholarship to the Moscow Finance Academy in the summer of 1991. Fortunately, Duncan left Moscow just two weeks before the Russian coup. Duncan always held down jobs while attending classes at American River College and UC Davis: night shifts at John Q’s, Sheepherder Inn or Hungry Hunter dinner houses. Back to the Baseline Rancho Cordova provided a childhood playground for Duncan and his younger brothers, Doug and Don. Many days were spent in and along the American River. Duncan’s love for Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer all began there. Duncan attended Williamson Elementary, Rancho Cordova Elementary, Mills Junior High and Cordova High School (Class of 1977). Livin’ the Dream Duncan discovered a love for learning about the title and escrow industry while working at Inter-County Title in Placerville. For Duncan it was the perfect career and ultimately became his law specialty. Fidelity National Title Group fondly became his “work home” from 2000-2020 where he served as the Advisory Chief Title Officer for Napa, Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino and Marin County operations. Proud. Proud. Proud. A look at Duncan’s family history reveals he is related to John Alden, one of the members of the Passenger List for the Mayflower. Duncan took great pride in his certified membership in the Mayflower Society and a lifetime membership in the Alden House of Duxbury, Mass. Home life For almost 37 years, Duncan built a home and marriage with his devoted wife, Janet. They met at the Sheepherder Inn and turned a summer romance into a lifetime commitment of hard work, fun and colorful travels. Duncan is survived by his loving wife, Janet; his brothers, Doug of Virginia and Don of Alaska; his mother Marilyn of Virginia; his father and stepmother William and Grace of Montana; brother-in-law Ray Kanter of California and stepsister Brooke Woody of Montana. In lieu of flowers, please feel free to remember Duncan through these organizations: Marshall Cancer Center, marshallfound.org; Quilts of Valor Foundation, Placerville Chapter, c/o 3727 Montclair, Cameron Park, CA 95682 or Alden Kindred of America, Inc., alden.org.

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Snow blankets the shores of Jenkinson Lake in Pollock Pines. A few inches of snow piled up in Camino and Pollock Pines after a storm moved through the area Tuesday evening, dropping temperatures as well as the white stuff.

Pioneer gets OK to add Placerville, EDC Pioneer Community Energy News release The California Public Utilities Commission on March 8 certified Pioneer Community Energy’s amended plan to expand its services to the city of Placerville and El Dorado County. The addition of the two jurisdictions will increase Pioneer’s account base by approximately 68,000 to a total of approximately 161,000 accounts. “The addition of Placerville and El Dorado County is great news,” said Jim Holmes, Placer County supervisor

and Pioneer board chair. “El Dorado and Placerville’s request to become part of Pioneer is a testament to the success of our program and our commitment to electricity ratepayers in our service area.” While Pioneer has received approval to provide service to El Dorado County and Placerville, actual service (electricity supply) will not begin until 2022. Several administrative and regulatory steps must be taken, including customer notifications of enrollment. Customers eligible for Pioneer service will receive notices 60 days

and 30 days prior to enrollment. Customers will have the option to stay with Pioneer or return to PG&E. Meanwhile, a representative from each of the new jurisdictions will join the Pioneer Community Energy Board of Directors in March, taking the board from seven members to nine. “In our discussions prior to the expansion we found that El Dorado County and Placerville shared the same interests and priorities as the current Pioneer board,” said Holmes. “We look forward to welcoming them.” Pioneer is a local

government, not-forprofit partnership between the cities of Auburn, Colfax, Lincoln, Rocklin, the town of Loomis and Placer County, serving more than 93,300 residential and commercial accounts throughout the county. Pioneer was formed to provide electric generation at stable rates, while offering programs that deliver economic and workforce benefits for the local community.

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Placerville Police Dept. Office crime log The following is taken from Placerville Police Department logs:

Patrol officers had recovered the vehicle prior to the owner knowing it was missing.

Feb. 19

5:58 p.m. A 29-year-old man was arrested on Conrad Court on suspicion of public intoxication.

5:53 a.m. A 47-year-old man was cited for trespassing on Main Street.

Feb. 23

8:13 a.m. An unlocked trailer was taken from behind a business on Broadway.

11:33 a.m. Hypodermic needles were found on Forni Road and seized.

11:01 a.m. A 40-year-old woman was arrested on Main Street on suspicion of public intoxication.

4:02 p.m. Trespassing was reported on a property on Stonecrest Road. A 27-year-old man was contacted and a statement was taken.

5:46 p.m. A 36-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance after a verbal altercation on Main Street.

Feb. 20

8:51 p.m. A known suspect entered an occupied dwelling on Pintail Lane without consent and attacked a resident with a large mechanics wrench. A 35-year-old man was arrested.

9:22 p.m. A wedding ring was reported stolen at Marshall Hospital. An investigation is ongoing.

Feb. 24

Feb. 21

6:57 a.m. A 52-year-old woman was arrested on Davis Court on charges of physical assault.

12:46 a.m. A 53-year-old man was arrested on Main Street on suspicion of public intoxication. 1:59 p.m. A vehicle was reported stolen from a residential garage on Wiltse Road. California High

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Editorial

Don’t increase crime by ending cash bail

few nights in jail. That prospect prevents countless Americans from driving drunk, shoplifting, trespassing, using illicit drugs, vandalizing property and more. More than 90% of Americans lead their lives without getting locked up for a moment. They so prefer sleeping on their own terms, even on the ground, they dissuade themselves from indulging in common temptations forbidden by the law. The carrot-and-stick proposition of freedom vs. confinement has served this country well for centuries. That appears lost on left-wing activists who want to fix what is not broken. In their push to change a country most of the world envies, progressives want to lower consequences for suspected criminal behavior. They want suspects on more equal terms with victims of crimes and those suspected of nothing. In typical fashion, socialists want equal outcomes for all — no matter what anyone chooses to do short of a brutally vicious crime. These are the same social justice warriors who would “defund the police” at a cost to the safety of people in low-income, high-crime neighborhoods. Senate Bill 62 Rather than end cash “prohibits a peace officer from arresting bail, a cornerstone of a person based the criminal justice solely on the alleged commission of a system, we should traffic offense; petty do more to end offense; municipal offense; misdemeanor abject poverty. offense; a class 4, 5, or 6 felony; or a level 3 or 4 drug felony.” Tell the victim of identity theft the perpetrator committed a low-level crime that warrants no arrest. Tell the parent of a young drug addict how the dealer committed a minor crime that triggered a citation. Not having $100 represents a multitude of problems. It means one cannot afford food, rent, a mortgage or fare for a ride. It means the suspect has no good foundation of friends, colleagues, secular or religious peers and no caring relatives or neighbors. Rather than end cash bail, a cornerstone of the criminal justice system, we should do more to end abject poverty. Legislators should not tie the hands of law enforcers who need the discretion to handcuff and jail someone suspected of driving recklessly, dealing drugs, or stealing what belongs to someone else. Without the threat of jail to deter run-of-the-mill crimes, we will get more of them. Consider Denver drug lawyer Rob Corry after he helped legalize recreational marijuana for consumption in private. “Oh, (expletive) off, cop. It’s a citation only,” Corry said, as quoted in a Denver police report after he refused to stop smoking pot in a crowd at a Colorado Rockies game. Aurora, Colo., Mayor Mike Coffman learned of a 70.6% increase in motor vehicle theft in his city after law enforcement quit arresting car-theft suspects during the pandemic. Suddenly, there was less downside in the risk-reward equation one considers before stealing a car. A friendly summons does not strike fear in the heart of a thief like the thought of handcuffs. Even the American Civil Liberties Union, which n

See Editorial, page A5

Letters to the Editor We can take care of ourselves EDITOR: gain with the noose? I see from the front page of the March 1 edition of the Mountain Democrat that the assault on that poor noose continues. This time a score of racial justice and civil rights organizations have decided to interject themselves into this local issue by sending an open letter to the City Council. If you read the article you know that they demanded that the City Council vote to immediately delete all written and illustrative references to the nickname “Old Hangtown.” Although these organizations may be noteworthy in their own fields of endeavor, in this particular issue their demand is totally inappropriate because they apparently know nothing about this community and its residents otherwise they would not be making such demands. They would know that in the consciousness of most members of the community the “noose” and the subsequent “Hangtown” nickname have nothing to do with racial justice or injustice. Rather, they are symbols of a time when Placerville was uncomplicated, straightforward and decisive as we like to think we are today. Besides, this community is perfectly able to make our own decisions about local matters without the unwanted interference and perceived influence of outside organizations. Leave us alone. ANTHONY ARJIL Placerville

Hangman’s noose EDITOR: t seems like more and more people are making a career out of being offended. They spend every waking moment endlessly looking for things to be offended by. I am sick and tired of these people. They should live in bubbles like those people with no immune system. We probably can’t have a town named Placerville either because placer refers to placer mining and I’m sure these professional thin skins can find some environmental issue with that. Sacramento refers to sacrament, which has religious implications, so we can’t have a city named that. And San Francisco which means Saint Francisco is totally out of the question.

Too bad these people who make a life out of being offended can’t be placed in preschools with the toddlers so that all the crying and moaning can be confined to one place. GEORGE ALGER Placerville

Open letter to the City Council EDITOR: ur town leadership is under enhanced scrutiny for no reason. Organized external forces are demanding that they bend to today’s cancel culture and remove Old Hangtown from all things Placerville because of the hidden racial impression they feel it suggests. That would entail removing the images of a noose, oak tree and related symbols and phrases from the town seal, logo, emblems, stationary etc. — and never speak of it again. Council members, you know full well that racial inequality and discrimination simply does not exist here. Placerville should be shown as a model of how to construct a safe and hearty community. Placerville is not a place to be brandished for bigotry. Placerville too has a history, as with all American communities. Ours is one of hardened people living through rough times and sometimes rugged weather in seek of the richness of gold. Defiant men often crossed the threshold of criminal activity. Such was the case in 1849 for three men who were tried in a court and found guilty of robbery, attempted murder and murder. They were duly sentenced to death and dispensed by the rule of the day — hanging. Their ethnic origins aren’t known. It is beyond irksome to have someone who we don’t know, who does not live here nor contribute one iota of anything to Placerville, have the unmitigated gall to tell us what we must do. The so-called racial justice and minority advancement groups attempting heavy handed blackmail on Placerville are the same ones who parade for a pay day, not for the people. Give way to them and they will from then on own you. Make no mistake, City Council, the fact that Placerville is known as Old Hangtown makes no difference what-so-ever to the radicals who are

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Guest Column

Government demands override the real vaccine experts

America’s. he vaccine George Mason rollout crawls University economist forward. Most Alex Tabarrok helped of us will convince British health spend weeks, or months, officials to try the “firstwaiting. dose-first” approach. Great Britain did But he couldn’t convince better. As of March 10, American officials. one-third of the English “We have given out are already vaccinated, more than 20 million twice as many as in second doses,” Tabarrok America. John Stossel complained in my new Why? video. “Those could have A big reason is that been first doses!” our government decided to rigidly Had they been, 50% more follow its regimen for the Moderna Americans would have received a and Pfizer vaccines: two doses, about a month apart. vaccine by now. But why insist on two doses? “Why would we believe you, rather The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines than these specialist doctors?” I asked. “Physicians (are) not necessarily are about 90% effective after one thinking about the person who is dose, according to clinical trial data. not their patient,” he replied. “An British officials sensibly decided to economist, you’ve gotta be thinking give people one dose, before insisting about everybody.” that everyone get a second dose. It It’s not too late for America to worked. Once people got a first dose, change policy. But our government’s the coronavirus cases began to level planners won’t change without “a off. Although COVID-19 was worse proper study.” In the time the study in Great Britain than in America, British cases have now dropped below will take, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, “We

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will already be in the arena of having enough vaccines to go around anyway.” Tabarrok, wisely, said in a national emergency we should skip that study and give one dose a real-world test. “You have to act quickly. Bureaucrats are just not used to doing that.” On TV, Fauci once said, “You can do both! You can get as many people in their first dose at the same time as adhering within reason to the timetable of the second dose.” But we can’t do both. There are tradeoffs in life. “We have to take into account scarcity,” said Tabarrok. “This is what economists are good at: thinking about scarcity and thinking about tradeoffs.” America’s bureaucratic medical approval process is all about following certain rules. “They’ve been too slow. They’ve made mistakes,” complained Tabarrok. “The FDA did not allow private companies to start testing.” That meant that for weeks, labs sat idle. The bureaucracy also slowed the distribution of vaccines.

“We had the doses stockpiled ... ready to go. The state governments weren’t ready. They didn’t have websites ready,” Tabarrok pointed out. “Even though they’d been told months and months this is coming, vaccines are coming ... get ready. And they said, ‘Oh, we don’t have enough money.’ Give me a break. They have tons of money.” “They acted more quickly than they usually do,” I pointed out. “Not fast enough,” replied Tabarrok. Fortunately, people outside government stepped up. Olivia Adams, a software engineer in Massachusetts, got frustrated with her state’s vaccine website and built a site that makes it easier to find COVID-19 vaccine appointments. So did Huge Ma, an engineer in New York. “It’s been amazing to see how much expertise there is in the world, outside the usual expert channels,” said Tabarrok. “The government has just been behind the virus every single step of the way.” Fortunately, big, greedy corporations

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s skier Iain Fregoso prepared to make his second run in the ski slopestyle event at the Futures Tour hosted by the United States of America Snowboard and Freeski Association in Park City, Utah, at the end of January, he was looking out at a course bigger than what he was used to competing on while the wind whipped and snow kept coming down. The 16-year-old Ponderosa High School student changed his goggles twice due to conditions but the inclement weather didn’t force him to change his approach. His coach, Jeremy Witters, a ski coach at Sierra-at-Tahoe, said he has seen many competitors change plans and begin to overthink, which can lead to a wipeout, but Fregoso wasn’t about to change what he had worked so hard on for years. “I was able to land the run I wanted and my competition was at a level I had never competed in,” Fregoso said. “Some of the guys I was competing against have been competing at a much higher level than me for years.”

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Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Coach Jeremy Witters, left, stands with Ponderosa sophomore Iain Fregoso prior to the 16-year-old’s first event in the Futures Tour in Park City, Utah, in late January. In the face of extreme elements, Fregoso recorded a second place finish. The Futures Tour is a three-stop, open class event created to provide an avenue for up-andcoming skiers and snowboarders 13 and older into the national and world level of the sport, according to Witters. The next stop will be March 17-19 in Winter Park, Colo., and the third competition will be the following week in Mammoth March 23-25. Success in The Futures Tour can eventually jumpstart competitors into bigger events like the Rev

Tour, Dew Tour, World Cup, X-Games and the Winter Olympics. El Dorado County’s own Jamie Anderson and Maddie Bowman each trained at Sierraat-Tahoe growing up and each went on to win gold medals in the Olympics. Fregoso has been downhill skiing since he was 4 years old and he caught the park skiing bug when he was 13. Park skiing uses a different type of ski, one that is more maneuverable and has a wide platform to land a jump with. “He is considered a n

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A skier hits the rail in the Village Terrain Park at Diamond Peak Ski Resort in Incline Village.

Terrain parks are hard work, big fun Laney Griffo Tahoe Daily Tribune

or some skiers and snowboarders, riding the rails or getting big air in a terrain park is a big draw. While the parks take up a relatively small area on a resort’s mountain, the amount of time spent planning, designing, building and maintaining the parks is enormous. “Terrain parks are enhanced snow features or steel features that provide an added value to resorts,” said Mike Bettera, owner of Effective Edge, an advisory company that consults with resorts on all things terrain parks, including building, maintaining and staffing. Parks may use similar features, jumps, rails, boxes, etc., but the layout of each park is determined by natural features of the mountain and trends in the industry. In the summer, long before the snow flies, terrain park design is already under way. When designing parks Bettera, who works with several local mountains, including Sierra-at-Tahoe, recommends resorts consider two things — who they are trying to cater to and the runs and pitches of the mountain. Brendan McGraw, terrain park manager at Kirkwood Mountain

Resort, said his team will start with hand drawings or computer designs of the potential park. At Diamond Peak Ski Resort, Matt Melilli, slope maintenance manager, said they’ll start building the features and will sometimes start moving dirt to build up the base of jumps. “A big part of the planning is before you even take the snow cat out, before you make the snow, having a mental idea of what kind of features you want in the park and where they’ll go,” Melilli said, adding that some features have to be placed in certain places to allow people to build up speed to hit a big jump. Melilli has a lot of experience in park building. Before joining Diamond Peak, he worked at the parks at Keystone and Boreal and has designed parks for the U.S. Open in Burton, Vt., and Dew Tour. There are some components all parks have. The National Ski Areas Association and Burton Snowboards have created the Park SMART standard. SMART stands for start small, make a plan, always look, respect and take it easy. Terrainparksafety.org features a SMART video for users and resorts to view as well as safety signs for display. Parks are also separated, usually n

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newcomer to the sport since most of the athletes he competes with began park skiing at a much earlier age,” Witters said. Despite being a newcomer, he is ranked No. 4 in the country in his age group for ski cross and No. 16 in the country in his age group for slopestyle. “I enjoy the creativity and the ability to do whatever tricks I want and to progress at my own pace,” Fregoso said. Fregoso has trained with Witters for two years and said his coach is an incredible help. “I want to thank Coach Witters for all of his help and being at the top of the course with me and pushing me to be better,” Fregoso said. “My progression has been because of what he has taught me.” Witters said skiing is much more than just a winter sport. During the summer when it’s too hot to even imagine snow exists skiers and boarders do drills on trampolines and in foam pits. It allows for the athletes to safely progress through

their maneuvers. Being active in other sports like mountain biking, swimming, dance, dirt biking and hiking are all sports Witters says improves performance on the slopes. Fregoso also competes in swimming and water polo at Ponderosa. He said being active in the pool has helped him develop core strength while helping keep his body strong and preventing injuries. The Pondo sophomore competes at Sierra-at-Tahoe with Graydon Ross and Piper Arnold, both eighthgraders at South Tahoe Middle School. Ross and Piper are also ranked top 10 nationally after two competitions in their respective events and age groups. Fregoso said the first leg of the Futures Tour was eye-opening. “This was an amazing experience to be out there and see how different it was than what I have experienced here in Tahoe,” Fregoso said. “I’m really looking forward to competing in Winter Park on the 17th and Mammoth on the 24th.”

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District, El Dorado Water Agency, Placer County Water Agency and Nevada Irrigation District formed the CABY JPA to facilitate mutual cooperation in developing and implementing projects under the CABY IRWMP. The JPA purpose was to help fund plan updates, apply for project funding and provide a lead for projects to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act. But water agency officials say it has since conducted limited business and is no longer useful or necessary to accomplish the purposes for which it was formed. Further because of guideline changes by the Department of Water Resources, even if the CABY JPA is dissolved, CABY can still exist and EID staff can continue to participate in CABY’s governing body without the ongoing membership costs

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the project’s traffic and public safety impacts. The draft is complete and the EIR is now being finalized, according to county Planning Department staff. Design overlays require specific design standards be met in a designated area to protect the character of the area or to create a character beyond the base zoning. A third Dollar General, also to be built by Woodcrest Companies, has been proposed for Fair Play near the corner of Fairplay Road and Mt. Aukum Road. The lot is zoned commercial but it has no design overlay requirements and doesn’t need to go before the Planning Commission, according to county staff. Robert Peters, deputy planning director, said a building permit for the Fair Play Dollar Store was under review, with the review expected to be completed within a few weeks. Once finished the company can begin construction. Providing background on the growing controversy, Parlin noted that in the 1970s and ’80s the county created area plans for more than 20 communities, including Georgetown, Cool-Pilot Hill and the Fair PlaySomerset-Mt. Aukum area. But those plans were shelved when the General Plan was developed. Citing the Dollar General proposed in 2019 for Cool and the Dollar General proposed in 2021 for Somerset as examples of the county’s failure to subsequently put in place policies that protect its rural character while accommodating reasonable growth, Parlin said she planned to ask the board to add a Formula Business Ordinance to the 2021 Long Range Planning Work Plan but the recent Dollar General applications forced her hand, resulting in her proposing that an urgency ordinance be passed to give the county time to study if it wants such an ordinance on the books. Turnboo said he had already received over 300 emails from residents in his district opposed to a Dollar General. A petition is also reportedly circulating in the community against it. “Small businesses are trying to survive,” he said. “People out there do not want it,” he continued, adding that there are concerns the store would bring trash and drugs to Pioneer Park, more traffic and water and septic are also issues as EID does not provide service to the area. An email from Daniela Devitt, president of the Fair Play Winery Association, states, “The Fair Play Winery Association, representing 22 wineries in the Fair Play/Somerset area, strongly opposes Dollar General’s effort to move into our area. We are a lovely rural community that attract visitors because of the areas’ beauty and uniqueness. Over the past several years, we have made progress to make our area unique and attractive. One of the exceptional qualities of our area is that we consist of small businesses. Our area does not have commercial franchises or chains. To the contrary, without exception, our wineries and business are smaller, family owned and regionally focused … “ Supervisor Sue Novasel questioned why Parlin didn’t bring the issue to

the board two years ago. In response, Parlin said she didn’t know “we’d be inundated with Dollar Generals” but had planned to bring it before the board. Novasel also said she didn’t like that the urgency ordinance applied countywide rather than to just certain areas of the county. Joining Novasel in objecting to the formula business urgency ordinance, Supervisor Wendy Thomas said that while the county needs design standards for different communities, what Parlin was proposing was an economic policy and that was different. Supervisor John Hidahl also objected, arguing that while there were many urgent activities in the county, the urgency ordinance was the wrong vehicle to deal with them. Economic Development staff said such an ordinance would prohibit a lot of formula businesses in the future if passed. People calling in to the meeting were almost unanimous in their support of the urgency ordinance, expressing their opposition to the Dollar Store. Issues raised included traffic impacts, light pollution from overhead lights and the potential pollution of Perry Creek from water and sewage generated by the store. One of the owners of gas station and mini-mart Gray’s Corner, which is located in front of the site where the Dollar General store would go, said, “Big business may put me out of business and everyone here would lose their jobs.” Owners of the store for 14 years, she said she worries about the trash and homeless people Dollar General would attract as well as its impact on other local stores in the area. She said she also wondered where Dollar General would put the leach field for its septic tank. A longtime resident, who asked their name be omitted, was more philosophical, saying while he won’t shop at the Dollar Store, the free market will determine if the store is successful or not. “I don’t really like it,” he said, “and I won’t give it my business. But it’s their property and this is free market capitalism. It’s their right … And if people don’t shop there, they won’t stay open.” A representative of Woodcrest Real Estate did call in to ask supervisors to deny the ordinance. County Counsel David Livingston noted the county had received a letter from the developer threatening legal action if the ordinance passed. Laurel Brent-Bumb, CEO of the El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce, also opposed the ordinance. “If we aren’t growing, we are dying,” she said. In the closing discussion among supervisors Parlin insisted that rather than kicking the issue down the road, the board needed to act. Novasel continued to oppose the ordinance, saying it was too much to impose on the entire community and instead should be addressed individually by those communities affected. Up for a vote, the motion to approve the urgency ordinance failed on a 2-3 vote with Supervisors Parlin and Turnboo voting yes and Supervisors Hidahl, Novasel and Thomas voting no.

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with orange fencing, so no one can accidentally end up there. There are also “slow” signs at the end of the park so users can safely merge back into the slopes. Once winter comes the building starts. Melilli said Diamond Peak will use man-made snow while at Kirkwood, McGraw said they like to wait for natural snow. Both say it takes a lot of effort and coordination between day crews and night crews to get the terrain park built. McGraw said it’s a lot of trial and error. The staff will run through the parks multiple times — the fun part of their job — and they’ll also watch how guests react to the park. On opening day of one of Kirkwood’s parks McGraw watched guests go around a large rail feature that didn’t flow well with the rest of the park. He directed staff to remove the rail that night and do a little reconfiguring. Melilli said it’s a similar process at Diamond Peak. “A lot of times I’d love to say a terrain park is blueprinted out … but when you go to build it, sometimes you find that the speeds are not right for a feature,” Melilli said. “So you have to change up what you’re doing kind of on the fly to assess safety, rideability; all those things can factor in when you’re actually going to put a park together.” Kirkwood has two terrain parks. Buckaroo has extra small features and is used for terrain park introduction and teaching. It has boxes flush with the snow so people can practice going from snow to box, preparing people for jumps. The Bandit park has small and medium features. While everyone

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drops in at the same place, it splits into two lines for different ability levels. McGraw said Kirkwood is planning to open a third park next year, Outlaw, with large features. Kirkwood’s director of skier services Justin Hartwell said he often uses the terrain park to teach new skiers basic skills. “Kirkwood has a good, solid progression and the terrain park adds features from the low end to the high end,” Hartwell said. Kirkwood is unique in that it has so many natural, technical features such as drops, off-piste and chutes. So McGraw said he wants the terrain park to set people up to ride the whole mountain. “Every feature in the terrain park will help you elsewhere on the mountain,” Hartwell added. “The park can help you learn spacial awareness, balance and how to move.” Bettera, McGraw and Melilli all said they’ve seen a shift in who is using the park. While parks used to be about going big and were catered to thrillseekers and risk-takers, there is now a focus on being more accessible and having better skill progression. “Terrain parks used to be scary and had a bad name,” Bettera said. “Now we’re trying to make them more welcoming.” Bettera said he’s seen more families and more women than ever enjoying the parks. “Families don’t want to go to the mountain and separate,” Bettera said, so now he recommends parks have features for all skill levels. “We want everyone to be comfortable in the terrain parks,” McGraw said. “The key word is park.”

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associated with the JPA. Dissolving the JPA will also not limit EID’s eligibility for IRWMP implementation grant funding.

Weather forecast In addition to that action, the board heard a presentation on the long-term weather forecast for the area, snowpack and reservoir conditions by Dan Corcoran, EID’s director of operations. While precipitation in the northern Sierra is at 50% of average, Corcoran noted the snow water content for the central region of California is about

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69% of average for this time of year, which means the snowpack is dense with water and will slowly release that water with the snowpack acting as an additional reservoir for the area. Looking ahead to what the weather will be like in coming months, there is a chance of more rain toward the middle and latter part of March, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. However, based on a three-month forecast from NOAA, there is a tendency for drought conditions to persist throughout most of California through the end of May.

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take into account the number of people vaccinated in shifting the boundaries for the different tier levels. Work is going on behind the scenes related to this, Williams assured Hidahl, but nothing has been announced yet. Williams also reported the state announced it has set aside 40% of vaccine doses for the hardest-hit communities and established a vaccine equity metric to increase vaccinations in communities in the lowest quartile of what’s called the Healthy Places Index. That includes mostly communities in the Central Valley. El Dorado County is not included because it rates too high on the index. On March 15 vaccine eligibility will be expanded to inmates, the homeless and others. Williams said El Dorado County continues to use all vaccine doses it receives. The county now has the new vaccine from Johnson and Johnson and will likely start administering it next week. That vaccine only requires one shot as opposed to the ones produced by Pfizer and Moderna, which require two. Vaccination clinics have been held

at Red Hawk Casino, Safeway/CVS/ Walgreens, the El Dorado Hills Fire Department’s Station 86 and Barton Health held a mass clinic at Lake Tahoe Community College. The El Dorado County Office of Emergency Services is planning to open a large clinic in South Lake Tahoe that will serve about 500 people a day. Williams said more information on those clinics will be posted on the county’s webpage once the details are solidified. Regarding schools, Williams said some safety review requests have been approved or are pending approval at different schools that are open but weren’t able to maintain the minimum 4 feet distance of spacing. Those schools include Indian Diggings, Black Oak Mine Unified and El Dorado Union High school districts, as well as Summitview Academy. Williams reported some variants of the virus have been detected in Yolo and Butte counties but there have been no outbreaks there yet. The emphasis in fighting the disease, said Williams, continues to be on masking, effective use of testing, contract tracing, quarantining and isolation.

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KNOW Now The Cordova Community Council is accepting submissions for its upcoming Black & White + One art show. In this show, artists can only use black and white and one other color. Colors may be blended to make other colors or hues, or the artist can paint or draw in black and white and add one other color as a glaze or accent. Photographers can digitally enhance a black and white photo with a “pop” of one color. Submission deadline is 6 p.m. March 29. For more information email cheryl@ cordovacouncil.org. Mills Station Arts & Culture Center presents Facing the Inferno: The Photography of Kari Greer, a special exhibit with Shane Grammer through March 20. Admission to the center is free. For more information visit rcmacc. org. El Dorado County wineries welcome visitors to outdoor tastings in their picturesque vineyards. Safety remains a top priority so the COVID19 protocols remain in effect with adherence to sanitization and social distancing. In order to accommodate as many guests as possible make reservations ahead of time. Also, be prepared to wear a mask until you are seated. Start by visiting eldoradowines.online, choosing your wineries and then making reservations. Amador County wineries are open for outside tasting and ordering favorite Amador County wines with just a few clicks, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Many of the member wineries are offering spectacular shipping incentives and discounts. Visit amadorwine.com/ wineries. Share the love this season with Love What Is, the Center for Violencefree Relationships’ latest fundraiser; 100% of proceeds directly support survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Purchase a T-shirt online at wewearbecausewecare. org/purchase-we-wearshirts. The El Dorado County Senior Nutrition Program is looking for volunteers to help prepare cold packs for home-delivered meals and the take-out meal service, Monday through Friday, 7:30 to 9 a.m. About 700 cold packs are prepared each day at the Placerville Senior Center, 937 Spring St. Volunteers may sign up for one or more days of the week, as interested. For more information call (530) 621-6160. The Senior Nutrition Program is a n

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A call to artists “Cozmic Soda,” oil painting by Margie Lopez Read

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lacerville Arts Association is inviting all artists to join its Spring Virtual Members’ Show. PAA will accept works for the spring show from members and non-members through March 31. Works will be accepted in the following categories: Landscape/Seascape, Photography, Digital Art, Portraiture, Abstract & Mixed Media (2-D) and Mixed Media (3-D). Works must be submitted online with jpg format photos. The entry fee for each image is $8 and artists can submit up to five images, with sale prices, if desired. Non-member submissions will be accepted without prejudice. However, only PAA members will be eligible for judging and awards. This virtual show will be posted at placervillearts.com April 15 through June 14. The exhibition prospectus (rules and details regarding submissions) and the link to view the exhibition will be available on placervillearts.com n

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“Yertle,” alcohol ink painting by Valerie Bye

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leven young composers have created 11 original and unique musical compositions to share with the world in an online concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 14. Poetry in Song features new works for voice and one instrument using a poem of the composer’s choice that they have set to music. All pieces were written by local youth, ages 12-18. The students have been challenged this season with keeping up with their current regimen of online schooling, as well as finding time and energy for online music studies. This season’s students are Baraka Anderson, Ari Cook, Kieran Dickson, Jaxon English, Eva Floyd, Athena Giuliani, Nikita Khryapin, Levi Krautkramer, Noah Prescott, Jamie Thomas-Rose and Kate Thoreson. During the first semester of the ninemonth composition course, ICS Education Director and instructor Mark Vance asked students to select a poem, decipher it, research the author and internalize the entire piece to help them discover a musical structure that they find works well with the words. In the classical music tradition, this style of setting poetry to music may be referred to as an art song. The performances of their finished works were filmed on Feb. 23 & 24 in the beautiful Stone Hall at the Miners Foundry in Nevada City by videographers Larry Huntington and Mark Triolo. The performers who brought the works to life are accomplished local singers Christi Colombo, Robbie Merchant, Sara Noah, Erin Thomas-Rose, Jordan Thomas-Rose, Stan Thomas-Rose and Julie Tillinghast, as well as professional musicians Ken Hardin and Lynn Schugren, piano; Sage Po, harp; and Kristen Autry, viola. Vance, a published composer and noted educator, created this

Erin Thomas-Rose, vocals, and Kristen Autry, viola, perform composer Jaxon English’s piece based on the poem “Don’t Quit” by Edgar Albert Guest.

Mark Vance, ICS education director, left, and young composer Jaxon English go over the score during rehearsal. unique and treasured course and has taught it for more than 20 years. The Composers Project is a ninemonth program that explores all aspects of composition, including music theory, notation, finding inspiration, conducting, music history, writing for instrument families and public speaking. The

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YOUNG COMPOSERS PROGRAM Baraka Anderson, composer “The New Colossus,” poem by Emma Lazarus — Christi Colombo, vocals • Lynn Schugren, piano Ari Cook, composer “Where the Sidewalk Ends,” poem by Shel Silverstein — Sara Noah, vocals • Lynn Schugren, piano

Thomas-Rose, vocals • Ken Hardin, piano Kate Hershberger, composer “The Wall,” poem by Laura Kasischke — Christi Colombo, vocals • Sage Po, harp Nikita Khryapin, composer “The Conqueror Worm,” poem by Edgar Allan Poe —Jordan Thomas-Rose, vocals • Ken Hardin, piano

Kieran Dickson, composer “Ghost House,” poem by Robert Frost — Jordan Thomas-Rose, vocals • Sage Po, harp

Levi Krautktamer, composer “The Butterfly,” poem by Heather Adamkiewicz — Julie Tillingast, vocals • Sage Po, harp

Jaxon English, composer “Don’t Quit,” poem by Edgar Albert Guest — Erin Thomas-Rose, vocals • Kristen Autry, viola

Noah Prescott, composer “I Sleep in My Inkwell and Wave to the Distant,” poem by Zakia el-Marmouke (translation Jennifer Jean and Amir Al-Azraki) — Robbie Merchant, vocals • Lynn Schugren, piano

Eva Floyd, composer “What Kind of Times Are These,” poem by Adrienne Rich — Sara Noah, vocals • Ken Hardin, piano Athena Giuliani, composer “Annabel Lee,” poem by Edgar Allan Poe — Stan

Jamie Thomas-Rose, composer “The Perception of Truth,” poem by Anita Atina — Robbie Merchant, vocals • Lynn Schugren, piano

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Democrat correspondent oming To America” (1988) is one of those films from childhood that I will always remember exactly where I was the first time I saw it. A neighbor had a few of us over and put on a VHS tape (yes), claiming we were going to love the new Eddie Murphy movie. I wasn’t particularly interested until about four minutes in when some of the salty humor reared its head. Sold. Hey, we were 10! It also didn’t hurt that Murphy’s talents were not only at their commercial but creative peak in the late ’80s. He had two extremely successful stand-up specials (1983’s tear-inducing “Delirious” and 1987’s very funny “Raw”) as well as several box office hits ranging from “Trading Places” to “Beverly Hills Cop.” But it was the John Landisdirected flick where Murphy stretched his star power — conceiving the story and starring as several characters for the first time. It remains hysterical to this day. Now 33 years later the much anticipated sequel that few asked for has finally dropped on Amazon Prime after the streamer purchased the film from Paramount Pictures for an estimated $125 million due to the pandemic making a theatrical window impossible. The gamble certainly paid off for Amazon, as the film scored the top opening weekend for any streaming service in the past year. The main issue I have with this film is the cardinal sin for movies like this: it’s just not very funny. It’s not a bad film. Far from it. A lot of effort went into this film, from casting to the production design. The film looks great and certainly feels like a “Coming To America” film, but it just falls a bit flat in the laugh category. It feels safe. Neutered. It’s not that I think this film needed to be rated R like the original. I see a lot of people have issues with the new film being “only” PG-13. I think this argument misses the point. The first film had a few moments with the “F-bomb” and a bit of nudity in one scene, but a majority of it didn’t require the higher rating to be funny. Did singer Randy Watson swear in the first movie? No. Did Reverend Brown push the R rating? Not at all. Funny was funny. The original film worked because it had heart and some wonderfully funny, larger-than-life-characters whom people quote to

that is forced upon us and we know little about. The filmmakers had a great opportunity to take advantage of the daughter storyline but for some reason they went a different route. Fowler is a very talented actor but his side story is one of the slower (and unfunny) aspects of this script. In comedy, if you make them laugh the audience will forgive almost anything, be it a cheesy story, bad photography or average performances. If you bring the funny you will have a successful film. “Coming 2 America” does the opposite. It is competently directed by Craig Brewer (“My Name Is Dolemite”), looks great, should get nominations for costume and design and is well cast but there isn’t more than a couple of laughs in the entire runtime. I don’t know if the filmmakers were playing it safe — swinging for the rafters might have brought a different outcome that some might not like — but this approach is a forgettable experience. Joshua B. Porter is a writer/director/producer. His most recent project, the music video “When You Know” by the band Sunny State, can now be streamed on Youtube. He can be reached at @ joshuabporter or joshuabporter@mtdemocrat.net.

this day. “Coming 2 America” is well intentioned and has many of the same wonderful characters, but that’s part of my problem with this new chapter; It recycles almost every character, moment and troupe from the first film. Rarely does a sequel succeed without swinging for the fences. With comedy it’s even harder. Where were all the new, outlandish characters for Murphy and Arsenio Hall to play? Besides one or two, every character they play here was featured prominently in the first film so this new movie becomes more of a waiting game to see when certain characters we first saw in 1988 will show up. Been there. Done that. As far as the new actors and characters, we get some true talent with the likes of Leslie Jones (who steals every scene she is in), Tracy Morgan (always funny), Wesley Snipes hamming it up as “General Izzy” and Jermiane Fowler as Murphy’s long, lost son, but we don’t really care. We want to see Murphy’s King Akeem and Sheri Headley’s Queen Lisa (whom he fell in love with in the original) dealing with familial problems like their daughter resenting not having the chance to succeed him as heir, but we are instead forced to spend 30 minutes caring about the son character

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CDFW seeks artists for duck stamp contest News release

he California Department of Fish and Wildlife invites artists to submit their original artwork to the 202122 California Duck Stamp Art Contest. Submissions will be accepted April 26 through June 4. The artwork must depict the species selected by the California Fish and Game Commission, which for the 2021-22 hunting season is the gadwall. These common dabbling ducks are similar in size and shape to a mallard, with both males and females donning somewhat muted coloring. Despite lacking the bright colors typical of other male ducks, male gadwalls exhibit intricate feather patterns with subtle yet striking color variations of brown and gray ending in a black patch at the tail. The winning artwork will be reproduced on the 202122 California Duck Stamp. The top submissions are traditionally showcased at the Pacific Flyway Decoy Association’s art show in July, but this year’s show status is pending due to

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The glass slipper fits ... for fairytale Davis show News release

he Davis Musical Theatre Company announces the opening for its virtual musical, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” Friday, March 12. This is a wonderful family musical directed by Steve Isaacson with musical direction by Kyle Jackson and choreography by Arianna Manabat (underwritten by Suzy Goldschmidt in honor of David Goldschmidt). The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the Rodgers & Hammerstein hallmarks of originality, charm and elegance. Originally presented on television in 1957 starring Julie Andrews, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” was the most widely viewed program in the history of the medium. Its recreation in 1965 starring Lesley Ann Warren was no less successful in transporting a new generation to the miraculous kingdom of dreams-come-true and so was a second remake in 1997, which starred Brandy as Cinderella and Whitney Houston as her Fairy Godmother. With such wonderful Rodgers & Hammerstein’s songs “In My Own Little Corner,” “10 Minutes Ago,” “Stepsisters Lament” and the beautiful “Do I Love You,” the hearts of children and adults alike still soar when the slipper fits. Virtual performances are scheduled at 8 p.m. March 12, 13, 19 & 20 and 2 p.m March 21. Tickets are $10 per device or $20 for a Family. Tickets are available at dmtc.org.

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he de Young has reopened to the public with CalderPicasso, the first major museum exhibition of its kind that features more than 100 sculptures, paintings, drawings and graphics by Alexander Calder (1898-1976) and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) — two of the most innovative and influential artists of the 20th century. With his mobiles, Calder animated sculpture and engaged the viewer in a dynamic dialogue with the ever-evolving artwork. Alternating between representation and abstraction, Picasso revealed and explored the infinite potential inherent in both styles, often in the same work of art. Conceived and curated by Alexander Calder’s grandson Alexander S. C. Rower and Pablo Picasso’s grandson Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, this exhibition juxtaposes artworks by the two artists, revealing both the intriguing parallels between these great innovators and the unique visions that make each distinctive.

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Pablo Picasso, “Nu couche” [Reclining Nude], 1932. Oil on canvas, 51 3/16 x 63 11/16 in. Musée National PicassoParis, Pablo Picasso Acceptance in Lieu, 1979. Calder sought to capture the unseen and unknowable forces that lie beneath and beyond the three visible physical dimensions, in order

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‘Wounded Heroes’ offers hope to PTS sufferers News release In the “Wounded Heroes Documentary” released March 5, PTS sufferers are finally getting their voices heard as they speak out about their mistreatment by the healthcare system, the medications making them worse and the new, proven therapies giving them back their lives. An alarming statistic by the Department of Veterans Affairs report anywhere from 17 to 22 veteran suicides happen every single day. Many feel it does not need to be that way. After learning about this statistic and the serious side effects of overmedicating veterans, California filmmaker Michael Gier went on a mission to find successful, alternative, nondrug treatments that restore lives from the destruction of PTS. “Post-Traumatic Stress among our veterans is a serious problem,” said Gier. “Most are given prescription medications, or drug

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Also on display Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving has been extended through May 2. Museum guests can immerse themselves in Kahlo’s vibrant artistry through a treasure trove of her personal belongings and artworks. “Uncanny Valley: Being Human in the Age of AI” looks at philosophical, political and poetic

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Rotary Club of Cameron Park presents a St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser at Los Pinos, 3420 Palmer Drive in Cameron Park. Choose from a selection of Mexican dinners with appetizers, dessert and more with proceeds going to feed the hungry at The Upper Room and to scholarships. Go to bit.ly/cprotary3-17 and sign up for a pick up time. For more information call Mike at (530) 676-7860.

Music in the Mountains presents Imani Winds, a virtual concert, at 7 p.m. RSVP online at app.arts-people.com/index. php?show=121171.

March 13 Toogood Estate Winery, 7280 Fairplay Road in Fair Play, is having a Bottle Your Own Wine event March 13 & 14. Become a winemaker for a day. Reservations are encouraged and can be made by calling (530) 620-1910.

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for everyone interested. Frank Ordaz will judge the show. Ordaz attended the University of Southern California and graduated from the Art Center College of Design in 1980. He began painting for George Lucas’ Special Effects Company, Industrial Light and Magic, where he worked on Oscar-winning motion pictures such as “E.T.” and “Return of the Jedi.” In 1986 he was recognized with an Emmy for his matte paintings in an Ewok movie. The member submission judged Best of Show will be awarded $50 and a ribbon. Artists awarded first, second and third places in each category of submission will be honored with ribbons. An

awards reception will be held April 18 during the PAA monthly Zoom meeting. A Zoom link for the reception will be sent to the email address of all entrants. Member artists awarded ribbons will be invited to show their winning pieces at Gold Country Senior Center, May 1 to June 30. Unfortunately, the senior center may not be able to accommodate large 3-D and 2-D pieces at the facility. Gold Country Senior Center will make the final decision regarding artists invited to participate in the live art show. Additionally, information regarding joining PAA, ongoing events and membership benefits can be found on the frequently updated website.

Public Notices  FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0142 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE KNOLLS AT GREEN VALLEY APARTMENTS, located at 3301 Cimmarron Road, Cameron Park, CA 95682/Mailing Address: 3007 Douglas Boulevard, #170, Roseville, CA 95661 Registered owner(s): Cimmarron/Cambridge, LP, 3007 Douglas Boulevard, Suite 170, Roseville, CA 95661 This business is conducted by a Limited Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 2005 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Samuel G. Stamas SAMUEL G. STAMAS, COUNSEL OF GENERAL PARTNER 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 02/02/2021. 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) 8682 2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12 SUMMONS CASE NO. PC 20190261 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: VAUGHN COOK; and, Does 1 - 10 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLANTIFF: CATHERINE RENNER NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. The name and address of the court is: EL DORADO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 3321 Cameron Park Drive Cameron Park, CA 95682 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: JOHN C. MILLER, JR. (S.B. 143323) MILLER INJURY ATTORNEYS 875 Embarcadero Drive, Suite 2 El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 (916) 888-9999 (916) 357-7764 DATE: May 21, 2019 Clerk, by /s/ I. Vechtomov, Tania G. Ugrin-Capobianco, Deputy 8683 2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0196 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: POMME ROUGE RESORT AND DAY SPA, located at 2452 Apple Vista Lane, Camino, CA 95709 Registered owner(s): POMME ROUGE, 2452 Apple Vista Lane, Camino, CA 95709 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: Not Applicable Signature of Registrant: /s/ Mckenzie Diegle MCKENZIE DIEGLE, 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 02/16/2021. 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) 2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12 8684 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0178 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BJMITCHELL CONSULTING, located at 4360 Greenstone Road, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Barbara J Mitchell, 4360 Greenstone Road, 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: 02/01/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Barbara J. Mitchell BARBARA J. MITCHELL 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 02/11/2021. 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) 2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12 8685 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0198 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: INTELLISCRIPT TRANSCRIPTION, located at 1066 Pacifico Lane, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): ISUPPORTU, LLC, 1066 Pacifico Lane, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 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: 02/15/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Bruce G Schueller BRUCE G SCHUELLER, 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 02/16/2021. 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

PAA is currently launching its annual membership drive and hoping new and continuing members will join in the many benefits PAA offers. Membership benefits include frequent art workshops, plein air paint outs, juried art shows and awards, monthly meetings, art tours, outreach campaign, holiday brunch and more. PAA has continued to conduct many of these activities virtually for public safety but members look forward to returning to in-person gatherings and activities. To join, visit placervillearts.com, complete the membership data form and submit it with the annual fee.

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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) 2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12 8686 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LINDA CAROL HOWERTON CASE NO. PP20210018 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of LINDA CAROL HOWERTON A PETITION for Probate has been filed by SHANNON EMERSON STANGER in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that SHANNON EMERSON STANGER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 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: April 7, 2021 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. Petitioner: SHANNON EMERSON STANGER PO Box 1451 Capitola, CA 95010 (831) 251-0138 2/26, 3/5, 3/12 8690 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0226 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FOOTHILL COACH AND CARRIAGE, located at 5979 French Creek Rd, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Daniel Ditrich, 5979 French Creek Rd, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/26/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Daniel Ditrich DANIEL DITRICH, 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 02/22/2021. 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) 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19 8705 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0227 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ARFDD, CEUS, ARF RCFE, ARF RCFE CONSULTANTS, DEVELOPERS, located at 5899 Dolomite Dr, El Dorado, CA 95623/ Mailing Address: 2201 Francisco Drive, Suite 140-281, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): 88DD INC, 11010 International Dr, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 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: 02/20/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Vincent Amayun VINCENT AMAYUN, 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 02/22/2021. 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) 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19 8706 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0229 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NEST HOME, located at 3791 Greenstone Rd, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Nest Home LLC, 3791 Greenstone Rd, Placerville, CA 95667 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: 12/15/2019 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Maria Caldwell MARIA CALDWELL, 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 02/22/2021. 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) 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19 8707 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0233 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: STEEL ROSE MILLWORKS, located at 4060 Stage Ct. Unit G4, Placerville, CA 95667/ Mailing Address: 220 Arroyo Vista Way, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Daniel E Schwarzberg, 220 Arroyo Vista Way, 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: 02/23/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Daniel E Schwarzberg

DANIEL E SCHWARZBERG, 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 02/23/2021. 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) 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19 8708 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LINDA JOYCE MCFALLS CASE NO. 34-2020-00289718 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of LINDA JOYCE MCFALLS A PETITION for Probate has been filed by KIMBERLY TRUESDALE in the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento. THE PETITION for probate requests that KIMBERLY TRUESDALE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 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 18, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept. 129 at 3341 Power Inn Road, Sacramento, CA 95826 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. Petitioner: KIMBERLY TRUESDALE 1649 Janrick Ave Sacramento, CA 95832 (916) 519-3327 2/26, 3/5, 3/12 8709 SUMMONS CASE NO. 20CECG02364 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: JEANNIE DAY, individually and as Co-Trustee of the Robert A. Sinclair and Dorothy L. Sinclair Living Trust, dated March 3, 2011; JESSIE ELLIS, individually and as Co-Trustee of the Robert A. Sinclair and Dorothy L. Sinclair Living Trust, dated March 3, 2011; and DOES 1 through 20, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLANTIFF: LAURIE SINCLAIR and PATTI GLASCO ALLEN NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for

your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. The name and address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA - COUNTY OF FRESNO 1130 O Street Fresno, CA 93721-2220 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: LEIGH W. BURNSIDE #192159 Dowling Aaron Incorporated 8080 N. Palm Ave., Third Floor Fresno, CA 93711 (559) 432-4500 DATE: 8/12/2020 Clerk, by /s/ J. Nelson, Deputy 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0228 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SUN COUNTRY GARDENS, located at 916 Goldenwood Glenn, Placerville, CA LI 95667 Registered owner(s): Lynn G Hoag, 916 Goldenwood Glenn, 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/ Lynn Hoag LYNN HOAG, 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 02/22/2021. 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) 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19 8713 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0231 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EJ GLOBAL, located at 2730 Aberdeen Lane, El Dorado Hills, CALI 95762 Registered owner(s): Ellene Jisook Sim, 2730 Aberdeen Lane, El Dorado Hills, CALI 95762 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/ Ellene Jisook Sim ELLENE JISOOK SIM 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 02/23/2021. 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 Legal notice continued on the next page

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Public Notices  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) 8714 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0230 File Number of Fictitious Business Name Statement: FB2021-00007 Date Fictitious Business Name was filed in El Dorado County: 01/05/2021 Fictitious Business Name(s) to be abandoned: HELP FOR THE HOLIDAYS Fictitious Business Name Street Address: 6303 Dean Road, Mount Aukum, CA 95656 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) HAVE ABANDONED THE USE OF THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME: Registrant name(s) & address(es): Linda L Lange, 6303 Dean Road, Mount Aukum, CA 95656 This business was conducted by Joint Venture. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Linda Lange LINDA LANGE, GENERAL PARTNER 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 02/23/2021. The Statement of Abandonment of Fictitious Business Name must be published in a newspaper once a week for four successive weeks and an affidavit of publication filed with the county clerk within 30 days after publication has been accomplished. The Statement should be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the principal place of business is located. The Statement should be published in such county in a newspaper that circulates in the area where the business is conducted (Business & Professions Code 17917). Any person who executes, files, or publishes any fictitious business name statement, knowing that such statement is false, in whole or in part, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) (Business & Professions code 17930) 8715 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0206 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PACK STRING WINES, located at 2100 Sherry Ridge Ln., Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Frostwood LLC, 2100 Sherry Ridge Ln, Placerville, CA 95667 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: 09/01/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Danielle Frost DANIELLE FROST, MANAGER I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 02/17/2021. 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) 8718 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0259 File Number of Fictitious Business Name Statement: FB2018-0490 Date Fictitious Business Name was filed in El Dorado County: 04/16/2018 Fictitious Business Name(s) to be abandoned: SALON BELLISIMO Fictitious Business Name Street Address: 3161 Cameron Park Dr 107, Cameron Park, CA 95682 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) HAVE ABANDONED THE USE OF THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME: Registrant name(s) & address(es): Rozanne Sanchez-Bartee, 2648 Roxana St, Placerville, CA 95667 This business was conducted by an Individual. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Rozanne Sanchez-Bartee ROZANNE SANCHEZ-BARTTEE, 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 03/01/2021. The Statement of Abandonment of Fictitious Business Name must be published in a newspaper once a week for four successive weeks and an affidavit of publication filed with the county clerk within 30 days after publication has been accomplished. The Statement should be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the principal place of business is located. The Statement should be published in such county in a newspaper that circulates in the area where the business is conducted (Business & Professions Code 17917). Any person who executes, files, or publishes any fictitious business name statement, knowing that such statement is false, in whole or in part, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) (Business & Professions code 17930) 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26 8737 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0260 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HAIR BY ROZANNE BARTEE, located at 3695 Missouri Flat Rd., Placerville, CA 95667/ Mailing Address: 2468 Roxana St., Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Rozanne Sanchez-Bartee, 2468 Roxana 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: 03/01/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Rozanne Sanchez-Bartee ROZANNE SANCHEZ-BARTEE, 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 03/01/2021. 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) 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26 8738 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0210 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HANGAR 31 DESIGNS, located at 3114 Boeing Road, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Elise Snow, 3114 Boeing Road, 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: 2/1/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Elise Snow ELISE SNOW 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 02/18/2021. 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) 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26 8739 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0252 The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: EL DORADO HILLS SOUTH LAKE TAHOE PLACERVILLE CERTIFIED FARMERS MARKET ASSOCIATION, located at 1560 State Hwy 49, Placerville, CA 95667/ Mailing Address: P.O. Box 981, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Placerville-South Lake Tahoe-El Dorado Hills, 1560 State Hwy 49, Placerville, CA 95667 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: 03/05/2001 Signature of Registrant: /s/ James E. Coalwell JAMES E. COALWELL, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares

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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 03/01/2021. 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) 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26 8740 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0261 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 1. BETTER CARS, 2. BETTER CAR INSPECTIONS, located at 3535 Heck Dr, Rescue, CA 95667/Mailing Address: 3196 Life Way, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): 1. Beau M Lemire, 3196 Life Way, Placerville, CA 95667, 2. Amy N Knieriem, 3196 Life Way, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 08/01/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Beau Lemire BEAU LEMIRE, GENERAL PARTNER 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 03/02/2021. 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) 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26 8741 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0263 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AXEHOLE, located at 594 Main St, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): 1. Kenneth R Bell, 3945 Inagahee St, Pollock Pines, CA 95726, 2. April J Bell, 3945 Inagahee St, Pollock Pines, CA 95726 This business is conducted by a Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Signature of Registrant: /s/ April Bell APRIL BELL 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 03/02/2021. 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) 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26 8742 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0262 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RADON AGENCY, located at 940 Bliss Ct, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Carter Kash, 940 Bliss 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: 03/01/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Carter Kash CARTER KASH, 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 03/02/2021. 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) 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26 8743 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0280 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HEARTFELT TOGETHER, located at 6940 Kona Drive, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): James E Fyfe, 6940 Kona Drive, 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: 03/05/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ James E Fyfe JAMES E FYFE, 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 03/05/2021. 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) 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 4/2 8761 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0289 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SHINGLE SPRINGS INDIAN RESERVATION, located at 4076 Presley Lane, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): 1. Wesley R Yielding Jr., 3552 Georges Lane, Diamond Springs, CA 95619, 2. Louie L Smith III, 4076 Presley Lane, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 This business is conducted by a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 03/09/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Wesley R Yielding Jr. WESLEY YIELDING JR., GENERAL PARTNER 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 03/09/2021. 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) 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 4/2 8762 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0219 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KWEDH REFCO, located at 3907 Park Drive, Suite 220, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): BMD Realty, Inc., 3907 Park Drive, Suite 220, 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: 01/5/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Beverly Steiner BEVERLY STEINER, 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 02/19/2021. 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) 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 4/2 8763 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ROY ARNESEN CASE NO. PP20210040 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ROY ARNESEN A PETITION for Probate has been filed by RICHARD LAWRENCE ARNESEN in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that RICHARD LAWRENCE ARNESEN 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: April 28, 2021 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: PENELOPE A. CHANGARIS, ESQ. Guth & Changaris, A Prof. Law Corp. 474 Century Park Drive, Suite 300 Yuba City, CA 95991 (530) 674-9841 3/12, 3/19, 3/26 8764 EL DORADO IRRIGATION DISTRICT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RESERVOIR A WATER TREATMENT PLANT (WTP) PLC REPLACEMENT – CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES PROJECT NO. 19033.01 RFP21-02 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that PROPOSALS will be received via e-mail no later than 3:00 p.m. on April 8, 2021, local time, to the El Dorado Irrigation District at ContractManagement@eid.org. The work shall consist of providing construction inspection services during construction including electrical, network, and SCADA improvement work. The Request for Proposal is available on the EID website at www.eid. org/contracts. PUBLIC WORKS LAWS. The project is a public works project subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). To be qualified for this project, a contractor must be registered with the DIR. In addition, pursuant to prevailing wage laws, copies of the prevailing wage rates are on file at the District’s principal office and are available on request. Questions regarding this project should be directed to the Project Manager by emailing Ms. Liz Carrington at lcarrington@eid.org or by calling 530-642-4077. Dated this 12th day of March, 2021 EL DORADO IRRIGATION DISTRICT /s/ Elizabeth Dawson Elizabeth Dawson, P.E., Engineering Manager 3/12 8765

NOTICE OF PUBLIC LIEN SALE

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to California Business and Professions Code, Chapter 10,21700-21716, The following will be sold at Public Auction. Sale will be conducted on March 25, 2020 at 1:30pm at Placerville Self Storage Located at 1066 Locust Ave Placerville CA, 95667. All purchases are sold as is, where is, and must be removed within 48 hours from the close of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of a settlement between owner and obligated party. Unit #87 – Karen J Rowe – Barrels, Wood, Hobby Equipment, Suitcases, Collectibles, Appliances, Refrigerator, Stroller, Bedroom Furniture, Dresser, Night Stand, Air Conditioning, and Books. Unit #175 – Fred Delmer – Tools, Hobby equipment, Lamps, Clothing, Bathroom Items, Vacuum, Desk, Office Supplies, 30+ boxes Unit #249 – Chelse M Angel – Toys, Tools, Hobby equipment, Collectibles, Rope, Carpet, around 10 boxes Unit #370 – Margaret Dunaway – Dishes, Utensils, Fragile items, 25 + boxes Unit #383 – Randa J Myers – Power Tools, Tools, Dining Table, Appliances, Entertainment center, Lamps, Microwave, Mattress, Book case, Desk Unit #543 – Margaret Dunaway – 10+ Bags, UPS boxes, Office Supplies 8766 3/12, 3/19 PRE-PASSAGE SUMMARY OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 5126 ORDINANCE NO. 5139 Pursuant to California Government Code section 25124(b)(1), the Board of Supervisors for the County of El Dorado will hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of Urgency Ordinance 5139. This Urgency Ordinance amends Urgency Ordinance 5126, extending the term to be effective until rescinded by the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors or December 31, 2021, whichever occurs first. Urgency Ordinance 5126 adopted amendments to the County’s Zoning Ordinance to temporarily ease restrictions on outdoor dining and outdoor retails areas and implement a County of El Dorado Temporary Outdoor Dining and Retail Sales Program. This Urgency Ordinance extends the Temporary Outdoor Dining and Retail Sales Program adopted in Ordinance 5126, but does not make changes to it. In an effort to lessen the adverse economic impacts as a result of COVID-19, the County is recommending this extension of the Zoning Ordinance amendments to allow County businesses to continue to operate in a safe manner while preserving the health and safety of County residents. If adopted, the Urgency Ordinance will take effect immediately pursuant to Government Code sections 25123(d) and 25131. Consideration and adoption of this ordinance will be heard by the Board of Supervisors on March 23, 2021 at 2:30 PM, in the Board Meeting Room, 330 Fair Lane, Placerville, California, or virtually via Zoom. A full and complete copy of the full text of the proposed Urgency Ordinance is available for viewing in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors at 330 Fair Lane, Placerville, California. This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption hereof. 8767 3/12 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JANE ALMA HENNING CASE NO. PP20210031 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JANE ALMA HENNING A PETITION for Probate has been filed by TAMARA YOUNG in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that TAMARA YOUNG 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: April 21, 2021 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: LAURA ROSE NELSON Becker Nelson Center & James 263 Main Street Placerville, CA 95667 (530) 617-1692 3/12, 3/19, 3/26 8768

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