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Body cams to bring ‘modern approach’ to EDSO Chris Daley Mountain Democrat correspondent El Dorado County supervisors at Tuesday’s board meeting authorized a move to bring body-worn cameras to the Sheriff ’s Office. As directed, Chief Administrative Officer Don Ashton said he will include a partial element of the item in his development of the preliminary budget between now and June. It will be partial because the fiscal year will already be nearly half over by the time a final

or recommended budget is accepted in mid-to-late September. Sheriff John D’Agostini summarized data from a letter and presentation he had sent to the board for the meeting. “It’s become very clear to me that it is time for us to adopt this kind of program,” he began. “Technology has caught up and the costs and extra duty for staff are warranted.” He continued explaining that “it’s expected in this day and age and the bottom line

for the board now is the cost.” Studies were conducted on two fairly comparable systems, he said and recommended the county adopt the Watchguard system, noting that “its technology seems more affordable and is the easiest to use.” Acknowledging budget issues, D’A’gostini further explained, “It’s possible that downstream, the district attorney and public defender would stream video evidence as well.” County District Attorney Vern Pierson called in to

“It’s time to adopt the technology and the transparency … ” — John D’Agostini, El Dorado County sheriff the meeting and stated, “I definitely think it’s time for it.” He said the public defender would probably agree. “Now is the time. It’s the industry standard, the modern approach to law enforcement. I understand the budget concerns,” D’Agostini concluded. But, “it will have to be fully funded by

the Board of Supervisors.” Supervisor Sue Novasel from South Lake Tahoe and District 3’s Wendy Thomas weighed in praising the Sheriff ’s efforts “for following technology and for gratitude for his thoroughness.” Dsitrict 2 Supervisor George Turnboo pointed out that body cameras n

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EID’s Folsom territory to be developed Michael Raffety Mountain Democrat correspondent El Dorado Irrigation District’s territory extends across the county line to a small piece of Folsom — a total of 190 acres. A developer is planning to turn that acreage into a subdivision. Currently the property is all range land and there is no request for water service. The earliest that water service could be requested may not be until 2023. El Dorado Irrigation District has been a multi-county agency since the early 1980s, according to Jesse Saich, EID communications manager. The 190 acres was annexed to EID’s territory so that the district would qualify for an exemption from the state raiding the district’s property tax allocation. That property tax allocation subsidizes the cost of water and sewer rates. The environmental documentation has already been approved as part of Folsom’s south of Highway 50 project, according to EID Director of Engineering Brian Mueller. Subdivision plans will be submitted in parallel to Folsom and EID, Mueller said. EID will review pipeline sizes, require a water booster, add a sewer lift station as well as upgrade an existing lift station, Mueller said. Finally hookup fees will be paid once building construction begins. Called Folsom Heights, the proposal includes 407 single-family residential units, 123 multi-family units and 11.4 acres of commercial development, according to information from EID General Manager Jim Abercrombie. He also noted, “Buildout time will depend on market conditions and could take three to five years or more once the water and sewer lines are put into service.” The district understands that mass pad grading may begin in spring 2022, followed by installation of underground utilities in fall 2022, Abercrombie said. EID has a firm yield of 63,500 acrefeet of water, according to the 2019 Comprehensive Financial Report. That same report lists 23,133 acre-feet of metered consumption, down from 27,000 acre-feet in 2010. Total raw water diversions are 31,906 acre-feet in 2019. Real and apparent losses total 5,811 acrefeet. The El Dorado Hills Water Treatment Plant, which will eventually serve Folsom Heights, currently serves 13,100 connections. In August 2020 its average water production

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Folsom Reservoir, which is filled by the American River watershed, is at 38% of its storage capacity with about 369,000 acre-feet of water. Last year at this time Folsom held 737,000 acre-feet.

Depleted snowpack runoff lands 41 counties in drought Mountain Democrat staff SACRAMENTO — El Dorado County has been added to the state’s list of counties declared to be in a drought. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday expanded his April 21 drought emergency proclamation to include Klamath River, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Tulare Lake watershed counties where accelerated action is needed to protect public health, safety and the environment. Forty-one counties are now under a drought state of emergency, representing 30% of the state’s population. Leaders say climate-change-induced early warm temperatures and extremely dry soils have further depleted the expected runoff water from the Sierra-Cascade snowpack, resulting in historic and unanticipated reductions in the amount of water flowing to major reservoirs. “We’re working with local officials and other partners to protect public health and safety and the environment, and call on all Californians to help meet this challenge by stepping up their efforts to save water,” said Newsom. In April Newsom signed an emergency proclamation directing state agencies to take immediate action to bolster drought resilience across the state and declaring a state of emergency in Mendocino and Sonoma counties due to severe drought conditions in the Russian River watershed. The expanded drought emergency proclamation

adds the following 39 counties: Del Norte, Humboldt, Siskiyou, Trinity, Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Modoc, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo and Yuba counties. Extraordinarily warm temperatures in April and early May separate this critically dry year from all others on California record, according to the Governor’s Office. California experienced an accelerated rate of snow melt in the Sacramento, Feather and American River watersheds, which feed major reservoirs and federal water projects. This was exacerbated when much of the snowpack, sitting on very dry ground, seeped into the earth rather than flowing into rivers, streams and reservoirs. State officials also said warming temperatures prompted water diverters below dams to withdraw their water much earlier and in greater volumes than typical even in other recent critically dry years. These factors reduced expected water supplies by more than 500,000 acre-feet, enough to supply up to one million households with water for a year. The governor’s proclamation directs the State Water Board to consider modifying requirements for reservoir releases and diversion limitations to conserve water n

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Richard Dale Wilson Dec. 4, 1935 - April 20, 2021

On Tuesday, April 20, Richard Dale Wilson passed away in his home in Diamond Springs, Calif. with his companion Patty Harris by his side. They shared many great interests and enjoyed spending time together. Richard Dale Wilson was born Dec. 4, 1935 to Ray Albert Wilson and Lillian Goldie (Gray) Wilson. He was born in Antioch, Calif. Richard leaves behind his brother David Wilson of Port Orchard, Wash. Richard was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, Pauline Wilson in 2014. They built a family together with five children; Lori Boes, Steven Wilson, Larry Wilson, Greg Wilson and Pamela Honesto. They loved dearly all 10 grandchildren and 20 greatgrandchildren and nephews Christian and Matthew Wilson. Richard served in the U.S. Air Force from January 1955 – January 1958. He was a guided missile technician during his time in the service. Richard lived most of his life in Santa Clara County working as an electronic engineer, with a specialty in defense electronics. He traveled the world with his job and loved to share his adventures with all those that could sit through all his beautiful photos and stories. He even developed and patented one of the first pagers when working for Meta Systems in Sunnyvale, Calif., in the mid 1980s. Next to his family, Richard’s other passion was fishing. After purchasing a boat, he and his father, Ray Wilson converted a 24 foot cabin cruiser into a commercial fishing boat. In 1974 he moved his family from Santa Clara to Brookings, Ore. He soon took to the seas and worked as commercial fisherman on his boat named the Penguin. During the off season he had a TV and radio repair shop he ran out of the home. By the end of 1975, the family sadly returned to the Bay Area. In the years to follow, he purchased a second fishing boat and moored it in Moss Landing. The last boat he purchased was in Everett and fished the sound. The dream to be on the water and to fish the ocean never left him. After a brief retirement, Richard and Pauline relocated from Everett, Wash., to Diamond Springs in 2009. Together they enjoyed traveling, spending time with the family and friends. Their greatest adventure was when they traveled the United State and into Quebec ,Canada to research Pauline’s family. They stopped and visited grandchildren and greatgrandchildren in Minnesota and met new family in Quebec. It was not too long after moving to Diamond Springs that Richard became involved with Roots & Dust Genealogical Society in El Dorado County. He studied, met with organizations and soon he was an accomplished genealogist and served as president of the Roots and Dust Genealogical Society for several years. Richard loved to share his passion with friends and family and all others who were interested in learning how to research and build their own family history and how to document all the details. His family books are a treasured gift for the family for generations to come. Our Dad was the kindest father … He had a gentle soul, with love in his heart. He was firm, but not too firm, he was gentle but not too gentle and was always the best with a kind word, great advice and a very loving heart. He will certainly be missed by all that knew him. His gentle soul and kind heart will live in us forever. Services will be held at Chapel of the Pines, Saturday May 15 at 11 a.m. with burial immediately after at Westwood Hills Cemetery.

Donald R. Cook

Dec. 9, 1940 - Jan. 7, 2021

Don was born, a proud direct descendant of the Mayflower, in R.I., to Edward and Rose Cook. He grew up loving the outdoors: hunting, fishing, trapping and motorcycle riding. After high school he enlisted in the Coast Guard. At every opportunity, he would travel to the gold country of California and prospect for gold. Upon his discharge from the military, he moved to a small mining town outside of Grass Valley, Calif., to continue prospecting. Soon after, he got a job in the logging industry. In 1963, he met his wife to be, Sandra Ward and in May of 1964 they welcomed their first son, Edward. A few years later, in 1970, the family moved to Strawberry, Calif. Don and Sandy were blessed with their second son, David, in 1974. Don continued working in the timber industry until the early 1980s when he started his own tree service. After many physically laborious years cutting trees, he “retired” working in finance and cell tower management. Don was happy to spend the last 15 years of his life at the family ranch getting to know his grandkids and great-grandkids very well. He was just about as social as they come and he always had a story or a joke to tell anyone who was willing to listen. He was, in his words, “an equal opportunity offender.” Many referred to Don as the “Mayor” of the American River Canyon, having lived there for over 50 years. Don lived life on his own terms, always. His passing is a huge loss for his family and community. He is survived by his brother Ken; son Ed and his wife Susan; son David; granddaughter Morgan and her husband Brad; granddaughter Erika and her husband Brian and great-grandchildren JT, Thys, Haley and Eddie. A celebration of life for Don will be held at the Strawberry Lodge May 30 from 2-5 p.m. 17510 Highway 50. Please join us and share your favorite Don Cook story or joke.

J B Pitts

Aug. 14, 1935 - April 13, 2021

J B Pitts went to be with the Lord peacefully in his home April 13. Born to parents Clayton (Bud) and Elizabeth Pitts on Aug. 14, 1935, J B is survived by his brother Wendell Pitts of Seminole, Okla. and sister Lindabeth Swearingen, of Pensacola, Fla; his wife of 64 years, Glenda Pitts; his adult children; Bobbi Akers, (Rob) daughter and Jim Pitts (Lorilee) son. Daniel Akers (Rachel), Patrick Akers, Elizabeth Earwicker (Jeremy), Megan Bowling, Sierra Ravera and Christian Pitts, grandchildren; Denver Akers, Carter and Cain Earwicker and Charlie Ravera, great-grandchildren. J B retired from his position as west-coast regional fleet manager for Cablecom (Burnup and Sims) in 2001. He enjoyed life to the fullest and especially loved riding his quad with the 3-Aces club. He attended Placer Heights Baptist Church where he was an active member and volunteered for many years. Services were held at Placer Heights on April 17 with numerous friends and family in attendance. He will truly be missed by all who knew him. Rest in Peace Poppa.

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Firefighters save cats in Camino house fire Andrew Vonderschmitt Staff writer While battling a fire that nearly destroyed a two-story residence in Camino Sunday firefighters saved the lives of two cats who narrowly escaped the inferno. Capt. Jason Snyder was at a training event with El Dorado County Fire Protection District Engine 19 when report of a house fire came in. Being the fourth engine on scene Snyder’s crew was assigned to animal rescue while other firefighters attended to the

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structure. They located three dogs and one rabbit that had already succumbed to the smoke and fire but eventually discovered two cats immobilized and in critical condition, Snyder said. The cats found shelter in a bedroom further away from the source of the fire. Snyder has attended to numerous animal rescues in his 16-year career and he said that each time an animal is in peril he looks at it as if they were his kids’ cats or dogs and as a trained paramedic he uses his medical knowledge to do his best to save lives. In order to maintain the vitals of the cats until animal rescue workers arrived Snyder and crew employed special respirators made for cats and dogs to deliver oxygen efficiently. “Both cats are alive and doing much better,” said Snyder The pet respirators were donated by the Hangtown Kennel Club about five years ago and are aboard all five El Dorado County Fire Protection District front line engines. There are three mask sizes per kit, plus oxygen tubing that is compatible with all standard oxygen regulators and cylinders. The entire lower floor of the structure was damaged while the upper floor remained mostly untouched. The residents were not home at the time of the incident and there were no other injuries reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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April 12 2:20 a.m. A 37-year-old woman was arrested on Broadway in Placerville after a traffic stop on an outstanding warrant. 8:30 a.m. A purse was stolen from a vehicle on Bass Lake Road in El Dorado Hills. The purse was recovered and returned to the victim.

3:01 a.m. A 57-year-old man was arrested on a misdemeanor warrant on Red Hawk Parkway in Shingle Springs. During the search deputies located various drugs and paraphernalia. The man was transported to the county jail where additional drugs were found concealed on his person.

April 16 1 p.m. While serving two misdemeanor warrants on a

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April 17 1:34 a.m. A 40-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication on Greenleaf Drive in Placerville. 9:04 a.m. A 28-year-old woman was arrested on Missouri Flat Road in Placerville for being under the influence of a controlled substance. 9:41 p.m. A 19-year-old man was arrested on Larkin

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April 19 3:00 a.m. A 27-year-old man was cited for possession of a switchblade knife on Black Rice Road in Diamond Springs. 2:19 p.m. A 19-year-old man was arrested on Coach Lane in Cameron Park for forcibly entering an adjacent hotel room through an

interconnecting door and removing a flat-screen TV affixed to the wall. 2:23 p.m. Cyber crimes were reported on Otter Court in Cool. 4:15 p.m. Deputies conducted a suspicious circumstance investigation in Shingle Springs. 7:30 p.m. A 32-year-old man reported he was in a bar fight the week prior on Highway 49 in Lotus where he suffered a fractured orbital socket.

PLACERVILLE POLICE CRIME LOG The following is taken from Placerville Police Department logs:

April 15 6:31 a.m. A 41-year-old man was arrested on Main Street for reportedly being under the influence and in possession of a controlled substance. He was also reported to have been in possession of drug paraphernalia and in violation of probation. 8:57 a.m. A 36-year-old man with outstanding warrants was taken into custody on Quartz Mountain Drive. He was also found to be trespassing and in possession of

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April 16 8:45 a.m. Counterfeit money was reported at a business on Broadway. 6:24 p.m. A wallet was found on Main Street.

April 17 8:28 a.m. A man, 31, was taken into custody on Placerville Drive for reportedly trespassing and being in possession of narcotics. 12:57 a.m. A 36-year-old man was arrested on Forni Road in Placerville on an outstanding warrant. He was also found to have used syringes in his possession. 7:38 p.m. A woman, 36, who was reportedly jumping in and out of traffic on Broadway and under

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April 18 5:25 p.m. A tenant on Oak Terrace Road reported their landlord was taking things from their living area. 6 p.m. A 27-year-old man was arrested on Point View Drive where he was inside a residence without the owner’s permission.

April 19 6:39 a.m. A 22-year-old man was arrested on Point View Drive on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance. 11:25 a.m. Vandalism was reported on Main Street leading to the arrest of a 26-year-old man. 7:40 p.m. A 33-year-old man was arrested on Main Street on suspicion of starting two fires.

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here’s a sucker born every minute and two to take him.” The maxim is traditionally ascribed (probably erroneously) to the great P.T. Barnum of 19th century entertainment fame. His name is synonymous with development of the circus and accompanying sideshows of iffy provenance. Numerous variations of the premise are extant in history and literature, including by Mark Twain, John Dos Passos, gamblers, humbugs, hoaxers and even scripture quoters. Some suggest it was broadly applied during the infamous “Cardiff Giant” affair from upstate New York in the latter half of the 1800s. It occurred to me that maybe I resembled that dunce recently as I scrolled through page after internet page trying to discover why it is recommended that folks “traveling alone” should put a “plastic bag over their car’s sideview mirrors.” Not only that mystery, but also the one about the fellow who rescued the three drowning bear cubs — you know the one where, in gratitude, the mother bear took him out for dinner and a movie. Then there’s the Russian boaters who spotted an absolutely alien creature adrift on a huge iceberg in Lake Baikal. “What could it possibly be way out in the vastness of the world’s largest lake,” they wondered. Thirtyeight pages later it was revealed to be a perfectly normal, garden-variety arctic

chris daley fox. It was a little unusual for the beast to be stranded on a floating iceberg, but it was in Siberia after all — a fairly unusual and out-of-the-way place. I followed the scandalous chapters of the mom who got suspicious after seeing a photo of her daughter’s new fiancé. Theories abounded throughout the story. Was the guy the long lost son she’d given up as a 13-year-old mother? Gasp! Was he related to that mother bear? Yikes! Did he have some nefarious reason for wanting to marry her innocent little girl? The shame! Pictures of the sweet child traced a history of family vacations at the beach in Croatia or France or somewhere like that. Mom could not shake the feeling that something unexplained was afoot. As far as I could tell, the daughter did not appear to be overly concerned. Had the villain mesmerized her? Was she about to fall fully into his clutches like iron to a powerful magnet or a moth to flame? What could a frantic mother possibly do? Oh, she looked at some of the old vacation photos again and realized the young man had been the daughter’s beach playmate all those summers before — all grown up now. Neither n

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Letters to the Editor Revise your rules EDITOR: believe some attention needs to be focused on the recently passed TRV code 5136. This was passed with four-fifths major support from the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors. Thank you. An issue in the application and instituting of this TRV permit at the time it is presented is the “requirement for the unit to be placed on a cement/ concrete slab.” Written in the code shown below is hard durable surface but when the application is presented it is “required” on a cement/concrete slab. How in the real world do you require a permanent structure for a temporary application? I thought the reason behind this was to help people in need with financial issues and you are requiring an extra expense in the thousands. Some RV parks have cement pads and some have pavement or other hard packed surface like gravel. To randomly select a requirement of a cement/ concrete pad foundation is absurd for a temporary permit. Your code states: Sec. 130.52.050 - Temporary Mobile Home Permit D. (5) “The parking site for a TRV used for temporary housing must be located on the lot and shall be paved with hard durable surface with adequate drainage; and ...” Please address this to allow a hard packed surface like, rock, gravel, paved bricks, paved surface as stated in your code but not a cement/concrete pad. May I restate, you are requiring a permanent foundation for a temporary application. MARIA CAPRAUN Georgetown

Replace ‘The Balancing Act’ EDITOR: suggest that the Mountain Democrat could significantly improve the quality of its content by replacing “The Balancing Act” column. The edition I just read online, presumably published

May 3, is full of unsupported claims, incorrect and misleading assertions and juvenile name-calling. I will mention three examples. The column states, “What creates more tax revenue is lower taxes. When Ronald Reagan in 1981 lowered taxes with the highest marginal tax rate dropping from 70% to 50% to 28% by 1988 and capital gains were cut by about 25%, federal tax revenues grew at the fastest rate in our country’s history ...” Here’s what David Wessel of the Brooking Institution wrote about that 1981 tax cut: “The tax cut didn’t pay for itself. According to later Treasury estimates, it reduced federal revenues by about 9% in the first couple of years.” Wessel also wrote, “As projections for the deficit worsened, it became clear that the 1981 tax cut was too big. So with Reagan’s signature, Congress undid a good chunk of the 1981 tax cut by raising taxes a lot in 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1987.” Another statement from the column: “But the socialist Democrats will spend like there will be additional revenue. They did that in 2009-2012, amassing a total federal deficit of about $5 trillion.” This grossly misrepresents reality, by omitting the fact that those were the years following the Great Recession, which started near the end of an eightyear Republican administration. The recession decreased federal revenue by more than 16% from fiscal year 2008 to 2009, and revenue didn’t recover to the previous level until FY 2013. The size of those deficits was primarily a consequence of the Republican recession, not Democratic spending. Finally consider the statement: “And Democrats think they’re going to pay for it with business killing tax increases? It has never worked in the past and it won’t work in the future.” According to PolitiFact: “Employment rates grew a healthy clip through the mid 1990s after Clinton’s tax hike, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.” And don’t forget that the last federal budget surpluses were near the end of the Clinton administration. Your readers deserve better. LARRY PARKER Camino n

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Pending bill opens door to pension corruption at CalPERS

too many scandals, N SUMMARY including a huge one A pending bill that sent CalPERS’ top would allow the administrator to prison California Public for accepting bribes. Employees Retirement CalPERS, which is System to make direct sponsoring the bill loans and shield their with support from details from public some unions and local scrutiny. governments, claims Assembly Bill 386 that the exemption is recently sailed through no big deal since the the Assembly Judiciary Dan Walters money it lends through Committee on an “alternative investment unanimous vote with vehicles” such as venture capital virtually no discussion about its funds and hedge funds is already provisions. partially exempted from disclosure. The measure also received express However, there is a big difference. treatment a few days earlier from the Using out side entities to invest Assembly committee that deals with means they have skin in the public employee matters. game. Direct lending by CalPERS Given its cavalier handling, one means that its board members, might think that AB 386, carried administrators and other insiders by Assemblyman Jim Cooper, an would be making lending decisions Elk Grove Democrat, is just another minor change in law. In fact, however, on their own without outside scrutiny. it would allow the financially CalPERS’ rationale is that using shaky California Public Employees alternative investment partners is Retirement System (CalPERS) to costly because of their fees, and semi-secretly lend out untold billions that direct lending could potentially of dollars by exempting details from result in higher earnings. However, the state’s Public Records Act. it says, disclosing loan details would Potentially it opens the door to discourage many would-be borrowers insider dealing and corruption in an from seeking CalPERS loans, thus agency that’s already experienced

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limiting potential gains. Underlying that rationale is that CalPERS’ $440 billion in assets are, by its own calculations, only about 71% of what’s needed to make pension payments that state and local governments have promised their workers. It has ratcheted up mandatory “contributions” from its client agencies to close the gap, but it’s also been chronically unable to meet its self-proclaimed investment earnings goal of 7% a year. During the fiscal year that ended last June 30, CalPERS saw a net return of 4.7%, blaming the shortfall on the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. “What started out as a health crisis turned into an economic crisis and severely affected investors everywhere, including CalPERS,” Yu (Ben) Meng, CalPERS chief investment officer, said at the time. One sub-par year would not be cause for alarm, but CalPERS officials have repeatedly said that meeting the 7% goal over time would be impossible without getting more aggressive in its investments. Meng was brought aboard to juice up investment strategy but shortly after reporting disappointing 201920 results was forced to resign due to

complaints that he had a substantial personal investment in a New York financial firm, Blackstone Group, with whom he had placed $1 billion in CalPERS funds. The Meng situation illustrates the perils should AB 386 become law and CalPERS officials be allowed to loan money to corporations and individuals without having to disclose all-important details. The potential pitfalls were pointed out in an extensive analysis of the bill by the Judiciary Committee staff. It mentioned the Meng case as well as the scandal that sent chief executive Fred Buenrostro to prison for taking bribes from Alfred Villalobos, a former CalPERS board member who became a “placement agent” for hedge funds. Villalobos committed suicide rather than face prosecution in the scandal. One might think that members of the two Assembly committees that rubber-stamped AB 386 would have at least discussed those scandals and the potential downside. But they couldn’t be bothered to do their jobs. Dan Walters is a journalist and author who writes for CALmatters. org, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.

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villain nor scofflaw, axe murderer nor con man, he is just a nice guy they hadn’t seen in a long time. So they got married and are living happily ever after, one assumes. Word on the street is they even adopted an arctic fox from the Irkutsk animal pound. Believable? Not even to me. As shaggy dog stories go, I guess I’m hooked till further notice. I draw the line, however, at satanworshippers drinking children’s blood, living forever and only voting for Democrats.

FYI: You put plastic bags over those mirrors to keep them from freezing in winter. The 50 pages I read didn’t ever explain that and the story just ended, but I Googled it and got an answer right away. No word on why it’s for those traveling alone. But be assured I’m not done with any of this. Chris Daley is a biweekly columnist for the Mountain Democrat.

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Farmers market is back EDITOR: ur wonderful Saturday farmers market is back. There is a new, improved location in the parking lot by the theater complex on Placerville

Drive. You can find your favorite vendors from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays and there is a good, walkable layout for shopping with adequate parking adjacent to the market. I was pleasantly surprised when I went on Saturday. My understanding is

that the Sunday farmers market is in that same location this year. It is definitely an improvement over the last few years of markets on the El Dorado Trail and behind the Post Office. SUE RODMAN Placerville

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Thomas Frey Staff writer As Ponderosa High School senior outfielder Alyssa Rodne steps into the batter’s box at the top of the Bruins batting order, she is looking for a walk or a knock — anything to get on base to give the high-powered offense a chance to score. Rodne said one of the team’s greatest strengths is communication and when one or more Bruins are on base, that communication comes alive and the runs come in at a pace of more than one per inning. It’s a combination of speed and power from a mixture of all four grade-levels that makes the offense click. “It’s great to see that (the underclassmen are) really good players at such a young age,” said senior Millie Wojcik, who is hitting .350 this season and .321 in her career. “I can’t wait to see where they are in a few years when they’re in our position.” Ponderosa will lose five seniors when they graduate this spring. Kaylee Hunter and Tegan Oas grew up playing softball with Wojcik and Rodne while Kristin Blake has fit right into the program since making the varsity team as a sophomore. Hunter has been the Bruins’ top pitcher since she first stepped into the circle as a freshman. Since, she has been nothing but lights out by

winning 35 games and striking out 311 batters. She has had nine games where she struck out 10 or more batters. “She’s been a great four-year starter for us on varsity,” said Ponderosa head softball coach Dwayne Brekke. “When she is on we know that if we score a few runs, we have a really good chance of winning.” She won 10 games as a freshman as the Bruins narrowly missed qualifying for the playoffs. In her sophomore year she was joined on varsity by Blake, Rodne and Oas as the team made a deep postseason run before falling in the section semifinals. Those playoff games helped the Bruins gain experience and exposure to better players and teams. As a junior Wojcik joined the team and Ponderosa started the season with a record of 7-1 after a 14-4 win over Cordova March 11, 2020. Blake was hitting .593, Oas had a .368 clip, Rodne was batting .538 and Hunter had a 6-1 record. The Bruins won games by an average of more than six runs. As they prepared for their next game, all action came to an abrupt halt due to COVID-19. “We were pretty disappointed because we were doing well and we all worked really hard to get that chance,” Oas said. What started as a postponement ■

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Shane Golobic takes the checkered in winged 360s Gary Thomas Placerville Speedway Fremont’s Shane Golobic put on a clinic through lapped traffic en route to a clean sweep of the night during the Mother’s Day Madness showcase at Placerville Speedway Saturday. Sharing victory lane with Golobic at the event were Dan Jinkerson with the pure stocks, Austin Struthers in the mini trucks and Craig Holsted with the Bay Cities Racing Association. A total of 64 cars were on hand for another night of championship auto racing in Old Hangtown. Golobic drew the pole position for the 25-lap winged 360 feature and never looked back. Following a red flag on the start a long greenflag run followed and Golobic pulled away from the field. At times the reigning NorCal Posse Shootout winner was able to put five lapped cars between himself and the rest of the pack. Colfax driver Willie Croft jumped into the runner-up spot. A caution waved with 19-laps complete and in the ensuing restart all eyes were on Justyn Cox, who blasted to the outside of the speedway. Cox made an exciting move around Andy

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Driver Shane Golobic of Fremont won Saturday night’s winged 360 feature at Placerville Speedway. Forsberg and Croft to grab second, only to suffer a rear end issue that ended his race on lap 21. After that yellow flag period the final four circuits clicked off without incident and Golobic drove away to record his 10th career winged 360 victory at the track. Croft was second to the checkered. Aromas’ Justin Sanders originally lined up 12th and was a man on a mission during the last restart, thrilling the crowd by running the high, scary side of the bullring. Sanders came from seventh with four laps remaining and challenged Croft on the final corner but had to

settle for third at the stripe. Forsberg and Templeton’s Kaleb Montgomery completed the top five in the feature. Rounding out the top 10 were Tanner Carrick, Blake Carrick, Joel Myers Jr., Michael Faccinto and Andy Gregg. Montgomery won the B-main, while heat race victories went to Golobic, Gregg, Blake Carrick and Myers Jr. The pure stock division put on a 20-lap feature that went right down to the wire. Diamond Springs wheelman Dan Jinkerson held the lead but felt pressure from two-time track ■

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Fans to be allowed at celebrity golf tourney Tahoe Daily Tribune STATELINE, Nev. — Fans will be allowed to return this year to the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament, officials confirmed Thursday morning. Tickets go on sale May 17 for the 32nd annual event that features Justin Timberlake, former backto-back champ Tony Romo, Tahoe favorite Charles Barkley, NFL superstar Patrick Mahomes and defending champ Mardy Fish who last year broke the course record. The tournament takes place July 7-11 at Edgewood Tahoe Resort in Stateline. More information can be found online at americancenturychampionship.com. The battle for the 2021 title and $600,000 purse will include standout golfers like three-time winner Mark Mulder and PGA Tour Champions exemption competitor John Smoltz. Newcomers to the tournament are New Orleans Saints star Taysom Hill, Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott, Los Angeles Rams offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth, two-time New York Giants Super Bowl Champion Justin Tuck and former New York Yankees star pitcher CC Sabathia. Newly retired future Hall of Fame quarterback Drew Brees is among the contingent of 39 current or former NFL players, coaches and Hall of Famers who will tee it up. Active players Larry Fitzgerald, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Kyle Fuller, Robbie Gould, Travis Kelce, Patrick Peterson, Golden Tate and Adam Thielen all play the event as a final respite before

the opening of NFL training camps each year. All told, the field collectively represents 16 Hall of Famers, 13 Most Valuable Player awards and 15 Cy Young Awards. Last year’s tournament was safely conducted albeit without spectators amidst the global pandemic. The entire purse of $600,000 was donated to COVID-19 and social justice charities while the event fulfilled its commitment to promote the Lake Tahoe region in what is the destination resort’s biggest week of the year. This July’s event anticipates the return to a semblance of normalcy as organizers work with state, regional and health authorities for spectator access – estimated at half the 60,000 fans who typically line the fairways as well as lakeside in boats next to the famed 17th hole. Multiple precautions will be taken by event officials and sponsors to ensure health and safety for all participants and attendees. Lake Tahoe tourism authorities have enacted various “Know Before You Go” protocols as well as the Lake Tahoe Take Care Travel Pledge to reinforce mindful and responsible travel efforts. Tickets will only be available online and only in advance. To promote social distancing and avoid lines, gate sales during tournament week have been suspended. Tickets are $30 each day, for the practice round Wednesday, the Celebrity-Am Thursday, and for each round of the n

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Ponderosa’s five seniors — Millie Wojcik, Kristin Blake, Tegan Oas, Alyssa Rodne and Kaylee Hunter, from left, after an 8-6 win over Rio Linda May 4. The seniors have four games left on their schedule, including a rivalry matchup at home against Lincoln May 20.

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of games led to the season and the postseason getting canceled. Unsure if they would get to play as seniors, the 2021 season began March 23 — with no postseason. “We’re all bummed,” Hunter said about not having a postseason this year. “We wanted to play, especially as seniors. It’s our last year here so of course we wanted to play.” Ponderosa sits with a 11-5 record with four games to play, including a matchup Monday at Antelope High School and a home game rival with Lincoln Thursday. Instead of giving up on a season without playoffs, the Bruins tightened their batting gloves and got to work. Brynn Escobar and Chase Mueller are both major contributors to the team as freshman. Escobar has a knack for getting on base and has scored six runs this season while Mueller is hitting .465 with seven doubles. Whitney Montoya, Tatum Silva, Ana Niles and Jenna Joyce all start as sophomores. Montoya hits .379

and has scored 10 runs; Niles has a .435 batting average with three home runs while playing gold glove caliber defense at third base; Tatum Silva is hitting .441 with 11 runs batted in. Silva has scored 21 runs behind Jenna Joyce who has crossed home plate 23 times. When Joyce gets a hit, 36% of the time it’s been for extra bases. Juniors Samantha Ream, Emilia Miehe and Bailey McGovern all can do anything asked of them. Miehe can get on base with ease and has also hit a home run this year. McGovern has pitched more than 39 innings this year and has an earned run average of 3.23 with 34 strikeouts. Ream was an outfielder the past two seasons but when the team needed a catcher she eagerly stepped into the role this season, a natural transition since she played the position in her earlier years. Ream also has a .297 batting average this season. “Samantha has just been a great team player,” Brekke said. “We needed her to catch and she has stepped in and done a wonderful job.” Senior Tegan Oas fields a groundball during a Ponderosa practice. Oas has been on varsity since her sophomore year and she has a career batting average of .283.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The cause of stress is thinking, “This should be something other than what it is.” Stress relief is a matter of adjustment. Either you can control the circumstances better, or you can manage your expectations of it. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The work worth doing centers around your energy, perception and ability. Focus there, and so much else will naturally come together. Focusing elsewhere will be ineffective. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). As you look around, you’ll notice how very few people seem to possess the thing you want. Don’t let the numbers scare you! They don’t attain the thing because they don’t seek the thing. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll realize that a certain line of reason no longer holds water. Put a line through it and replace it with something new. Don’t know what yet? Just try anything then and see how it feels. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The helpless, quite simply, aren’t. Don’t buy into lies that keep you working on someone else’s agenda. What about your plans? Get back to them. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Heavy topics and serious matters just don’t have appeal to you now, though you’re quite excited by novelty and the lighter side of life. This mood is perfect for building rapport with others.

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Kids to ride the red clay Gary Thomas Placerville Speedway Placerville Speedway will host one of its more anticipated events of the season this Saturday — the annual Mountain Democrat Kids Bike Night at the races. All kids 10 and under receive free admission Saturday. Upon entry each child will also receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win a brand-new bike. As is tradition children in attendance are invited to race their bikes on the track’s red clay following heat race competition. Those that participate must wear a helmet and shoes. “This is always a great show for the kids and families to come out and enjoy a night of racing at Placerville Speedway,” said Russell Motorsports Inc. President and track promoter Scott Russell. “Kids Bike Night has been one of the longstanding events here and we’re happy to allow those 10 and younger into the races for free Saturday. When it comes to the future of our sport the younger generation is extremely important so we hope everyone can bring

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their kids and maybe even some of their friends this weekend.” As noted, kids 10 and under are free, while all other tickets cost $15. Pit passes are available and can be purchased at the Pit Booth or ahead of time via the Pit Pay Mobile Pit Pass App. “If you are a kid and love the races, there is nothing more meaningful than having the chance to be on the track with your favorite drivers and all the fans cheering you on,” said seven-time track champion Andy Forsberg. “I remember back in those days growing up. It was a lot of fun and now it is even better as a driver helping these kids during Kids Night. This is a great event for newbies, every family in the county should come and check it out.” Divisions set to converge at the Placerville Speedway Saturday include the winged 360 sprint cars, limited late models, pure stocks and the mini trucks. It marks the first time in 2021 all four of the track regulars are in action the same night. Point leaders heading into this weekend n

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54-hole tournament Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Fans can purchase up to four tickets each. An adult purchasing a ticket can bring in one child aged 10 years or younger for free. While the celebrities have indicated obvious enthusiasm for the return of fans, health precautions for everyone will prohibit autographs, selfies, handshakes and fist bumps. Fans are asked to respect the necessary space and distance protocols in place. A complimentary ticket will be available for military plus a guest on a tournament day of their choice. Pre-event registration will be required with details and a link announced June 1 on the tournament website. The American Century Championship has donated over $5 million to nonprofits throughout tournament history. The tournament will be televised live by NBCSN from 2-5 p.m. Friday, July 9, and on NBC from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The 2021 American Century Championship will utilize the Modified Stableford format whereby points are awarded as follows: 10 for a double eagle, 8 for a hole in one, 3 for a birdie, 1 for par, 0 for bogey, and minus 2 for double bogey. American Century Investments, the title sponsor of the championship since 1998, continues its role in partnership with NBC Sports, the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority, Edgewood and the South Lake Tahoe community.

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are “not only good for the citizens but also for the safety of our deputies.” Board Chairman John Hidahl noted a “broader need for staffing over the next few years” and suggested considering leasing the devices initially rather than going all-in and buying them. Hidahl further described research into how other counties have already

or are currently developing body-worn camera systems. He noted 75% of state jurisdictions have or are working on acquiring cameras. Likewise, 67% of the state’s sheriff’s offices are at some stage of development. D’Agostini wrapped up the presentation telling the board, “we are very blessed to have our community’s

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champion Nick Baldwin. The two stock car favorites at speedway raced closely as the laps wound down. When flagman Ron Stahl waved the white flag Baldwin tucked up behind the leader. As the duo headed into turn three for the final time Baldwin drove it deep to the inside but could not quite make the move. Jinkerson hit his marks and accepted the checkered flag over Baldwin, Kevin Jinkerson, Ryan Peter and Chris Mcginnis. Russ Murphy, Ken Bernstein, Jonathan Walsh, Jason Palmer and Chris D’angelo completed the top 10. The mini trucks put on a 20-lap contest as well. Early on it was a threetruck battle for the top spot between Austin Struthers, Thomas Jensen and three-time winner this year Wyatt Lakin. The trio ran inches apart until Lakin stalled off turn two, bringing out a caution at the halfway point. He

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Cathedral Gorge State Park in eastern Nevada provides a peaceful camping location and great hiking.

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raveling has always been part of our lives. When my husband and I had our first son, who is now 35, we traveled to Utah for a family gathering. On our return we passed through what was to become the Great Basin National Park. We actually helped to designate portions of the area to camping and hiking. At that time, we signed up to receive information on the progress of the park. Questionnaires came in the mail and that’s how we helped establish some of the criteria for the park. We’ve never been back until this year. In early April we decided to make the sojourn east and visit the park again. We were not disappointed and in fact, drove 10 days and 1,250 miles across Nevada, south, west and back up through Highway 395 visiting petroglyphs, old mining towns and geological beauties. April proved to be just the right time to visit this part of the country.

In the beginning Highway 50, also known as the Lincoln Highway and “the loneliest road,” began our trek. Built by the administration of President Dwight Eisenhower, the highway parallels the historical Pony Express Trail, where horseback riders traveled 1,800 miles in 10 days from Missouri to California delivering mail. “Stations” along the highway provide visitors with historical information and even a place to rest. Staying overnight at a rest area, trailhead or one of these stations is our favorite form of travel-camping, which is why we decided to get a self-contained, cabover camper rather than a trailer. Although short pristine parts of what is believed to be the original trail are only seen in Utah and

California, Nevada also has taken an interest in establishing Pony Express stations. With its sparsely populated central plains, it’s no wonder that Nevada has more developed Pony Express landmarks than other more populated states. The National Park Service, which oversees the Pony Express Trail, states that 120 sites may eventually be developed for the public with 50 existing Pony Express stations or station ruins along the way.

Many positives Best things about Nevada are its friendly nature toward recreational visitors, toward its commerce, its resource use and its own residents. Nevada State Parks charges its native visitors less in camping fees than those from other states and compared to California, the fees for visitors are about a third of what a camper would pay on the California coast.

And then Traveling east through the most boring part of north-central Nevada we ran into a huge dust storm just west of Sand Mountain. A popular off-road recreation destination, it’s not a place I often visit, but it is entirely possible that Sand Mountain was the source of that storm. As the storm approached, I felt a sense of doom like in a terrible natural disaster movie. It was intensely disturbing to watch the thickened air get closer and closer until the red-yellow dust even blocked out the setting sun. While I have traveled this stretch of Highway 50 in the past, this time I experienced it in a completely different light. The 50-miles between the small towns of Austin, at the north edge of the Shoshone Mountains and Eureka, on the n

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Placerville Arts Association Spring Member Virtual Art Show, available online through June 14, features 134 art works from members and nonmember artists. They were judged in multiple categories by Frank P. Ordaz, California landscape and portraiture artist. Ordaz grew up in Southern California. He attended University of Southern California and graduated from the Art Center College of Design in 1980. He worked for George Lucas’ special effects company Industrial Light and Magic in Oscar-winning motion picture productions including “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” “E.T.” and “Return of the Jedi.” Ordaz was honored with an Emmy in 1986 for his matte paintings in

First place, photography, “Sunrise Splash” by Kenneth E Mahar the Ewok. Ordaz appeared virtually at the last PAA member meeting to discuss his critique of awarded works and the exhibition submissions overall. First place was awarded to Linda Heath Clark (Best of Show), Darby Patterson (3-D), Lucia Rothgeb (Abstract and Mixed Media), Linda Heath Clark (Animal), Homer

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hit “The Drowsy Chaperone,” the show comes to life onstage, as he wryly comments on the music, story and actors. The characters appear in his dingy apartment and it is transformed into an impressive Broadway set with seashell footlights, sparkling furniture, painted backdrops and glitzy costumes. Along with the narrator, the audience will be transported to this play-within-a-play, crammed full of every cliche, gag and gimmick from the golden age of musicals. Livestreamed entirely on the STHS/ TADA Theater stage, COVID-19 compliant, this performance is sure to make everybody smile.

PERFORMANCE DATES Friday, May 14 – 7 p.m. Saturday, May 15 – 7 p.m. Sunday, May 16 – 2 p.m. Friday, May 21 – 7 p.m. Saturday, May 22 – 7 p.m. Sunday, May 23 – 2 p.m Tickets for the livestream performances may be purchased at showtix4u.com, search for South Tahoe High School.

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ast week I returned to the movies. It was a long time coming between the pandemic, a quick “reopening” back in September 2020, teases of different colored tiers and, eventually, a soft reopening of just 25%. Getting back to a movie theater wasn’t easy. Screenings aren’t really happening live for critics yet (thank goodness for the digital kind) and cineplexes are so understaffed and unsure of how many tickets they can or actually will sell that there are only a few screenings of any particular movie per day, with the last one usually earlier in the evening than usual.

Joshua B. Porter Democrat correspondent So I was stuck trying to figure out the best movie and the best time to see a film in-person. Enter: the Crest Theater in downtown Sacramento. A few years ago, when I was living in Los Angeles, you could throw a rock and hit a classic movie house playing older movies. Of course that was Hollywood and the hub of the entertainment industry would be

expected to have numerous cathedrals to cinema playing classic films constantly. But most cities have a few theaters doing the same in their respective regions. How about Sacramento? Sacramento has two theaters capable of honoring the traditions of screening old cinema: the Tower and the Crest. The Tower does a great job of continually playing current independent and foreign cinema. The Crest? For the last several years when I would visit the area I would wonder what kind of screenings the Crest was having, only to look online and see just one event a week. Surely this was not sustainable to keep that classic theater running, right? A couple years back new management took over the theater and they hit the ground running. Classic movie screening started being scheduled multiple times a week. Live events, including concerts, comedy shows and the like, would be featured just as often. Whoever the new programmer was, they were doing God’s work for movie lovers. Then COVID-19 hit. To say the Crest and other independent theaters were hit hard by the shutdowns would be an understatement. All movie screening and live events were canceled, rescheduled and then canceled again. The Crest didn’t know if it would survive the multiple closures, hanging hopes on the tease of a potential opening sometime down the road. It was the same mental anguish all

small businesses have experienced these last 14 months. Then, by the grace of Grabthar’s Hammer, some restrictions were lifted for movie theaters in California, allowing upwards of 25% capacity. It wasn’t much but it was a lifeline to throw the doors open and sell some tickets. I immediately had my eye on the Crest, wondering what its formally prolific programmer would have in mind. Then I saw it; “The Iron Giant,” scheduled for a Sunday afternoon in early May. The animated movie, directed by Brad Bird (who’s gone on to great success with “The Incredibles,” “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”) in his directorial debut, was a bit of a clunker at the box office in 1999. It wasn’t a Disney or Pixar film and didn’t seem to get a lot of marketing push from Warner Bros. at the time, but those who saw it loved it. I didn’t see it when it came out but over the years I constantly heard about it as its following grew on home video. My 4-year-old already loved it — a movie starring a giant robot from space and a boy who befriends him? You could ask him to write his own movie and that premise would be pretty darned close to what already appears on screen. We bought him the Blu-Ray a year ago and he’s watched it dozens of times. I would catch a little bit with him, but I always wanted to find the time to really sit down and take it in since it is so beloved in movie circles. So when the Crest

announced that this would be on the first slate of films when it opened up again I had to get tickets. Most importantly, this would be my son’s first experience going to the movies. He was now the right age for that, but due to the pandemic we had to delay it a bit. I figured a movie that he knew and loved would be a smart way to show him how to watch a film and behave in a theater. If it was something he’d never seen, his curious little mind would ask about a million questions, which is fine unless you are sitting near people trying to watch the movie as well. The screening went off without a hitch. We got a small bucket of popcorn and a Sprite and made the walk into the auditorium; for a little kid, we might as well have been turning the corner and revealing a rocket ship or a football stadium. It was a big deal for him. He asked about the big curtain in the front (which the screen was hidden behind) and all the other people in the room. When I instructed him to find our seats, he politely went to the first one at the end of the row. Of course I took that opportunity to teach him that going to the middle of the row, center of the screen was the best place to sit. The movie started about 15 minutes late and the anticipation was killing him, but that didn’t get his spirits down. He quickly got to work eating half his bucket of popcorn before the movie even started. Once the lights went down he did ask a

few questions, but was pretty much in awe of the size and sound of the movie in front of him. When we drove home he zonked out in the back seat within minutes. It was the kind of sleep where your head is leaning over and your mouth is wide open. Pure exhaustion. But my boy had a blast. As movies and other businesses open up, these are the experiences we should never take for granted again. Sure, we can watch a movie at home with our large screens and good sound systems, but nothing replaces sitting in a theater with other humans, watching a movie on a screen the size of a building and eating overpriced popcorn. I loved “The Iron Giant” but that’s not what was important. My first time back to the movies coincided with my son’s first movie theater experience ever and I don’t think either of us will forget it. There are plenty of businesses that need our support right now, but keep in mind the little art house and independent movie (and live!) theaters as well. We need them around for the experiences I was lucky enough to have with my boy a couple of weeks back. He even got a Crest T-shirt. How can you beat that? 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.

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t’s celebration time in Georgetown. The public is invited Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. to stop by the Main Street Mercantile, 6271 Main St. in Georgetown, for its one-year anniversary. Meet the vendors, have some refreshments, listen to live music and shop to your heart’s content. There will be a number of historical presentations at various times during the two days. There will also be a drawing at 3 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. This charming, eclectic “step back in time” store was imagined by its owners Cliff and Judy Habig. There were about 30 local vendors when it opened March 1, 2020 — which has grown to about 58 vendors today — offering a wide selection of goods including many items for the kitchen from placemats to kitchen décor, selection of hats, household décor. Many items are hand-crafted. Several local blacksmiths have created hand-forged barbecue tools, home décor items and more. There is a great selection of clothing, jewelry (including some artisan jewelry), wall art and attractive signage, edibles, screen-printed T-shirts with local images and so much more. If you can imagine it, you’ll find it in the Main Street Mercantile. Its Facebook page features lots of pictures of the current items. The original building that the store occupies dates back to the 1850s, but was destroyed by fire with the rest of the town a number of times. The present building was built in the late 1890s. Through the years, the building has housed a courthouse, grocery store, pharmacy and antique store to name a few. As shoppers walk through the door, they are immediately transported back to the 1850s. It’s so reminiscent of the “if you need it, we got it” feel of the shops of those days. There is an endless collection of goods that can be only found while traveling across the country or around the world. Judy Habig said this is not an exaggeration and invites everyone to come and see and enjoy. The shop is also graced by a museum presented by the Georgetown Preservation Society that is open to the public. It is filled with a rich collection of historical information, images and items of Georgetown’s part in the California Gold Rush and the history of the Georgetown Divide. For a complete list of presentations and activities that will take place and for pictures of some of our current selection of goods visit the Facebook page facebook.com/Main-StreetMercantile-107228857488719.

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he Sierra Master Chorale eagerly awaits the opportunity to sing together again. Meanwhile, at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 16, InConcert Sierra presents the final virtual concert of the 2020-21 Third Sunday season featuring an online screening of the May 2018 performance of the Sierra Master Chorale and Orchestra. This virtual concert presents the final spring performance for the SMC’s former music director and conductor, Ken Hardin. The program includes favorites of both Hardin and the choir and explores a variety of ways composers have considered the timeless texts of the “mass” throughout history such as a “Kyrie” by Anton Bruckner, “Gloria” by Franz Schubert, “Sanctus” by Gabriel Fauré, “Credo” by Joseph Haydn and the “Cum Sanctu Spiritu” by Antonio

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Enjoy a free, rousing 2018 Sierra Master Choral concert online this Sunday. Vivaldi. The program also includes famed choral works of great composers such as Johannes Brahms’ “Schicksalslied,” Frederic Handel’s exciting “Zadok the Priest” and Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Ruins of Athens.” The

program concludes with Leonard Bernstein’s showstopper, “Make Our Garden Grow” from “Candide.” “The music was challenging and absolutely beautiful,” said Hardin. “The choir sang with inspiration. Although it is

disappointing that we can’t enjoy live concerts together, it has been a treat to revisit our archived past performances. I get a little nostalgic but reliving treasured memories has been a pleasure.” Hardin is the artistic director of InConcert

Sierra; however, his choral baton was handed to the new SMC Music Director and Conductor Alison Skinner as of January 2019. Unfortunately, Skinner only conducted the SMC’s May 2019 and December 2019 concerts before the pandemic brought everything to a halt. Skinner, the SMC members and the orchestra are all anxious to return to singing together and performing this fall — fingers crossed. The concert may be viewed online at inconcertsierra.org or on the InConcert Sierra YouTube channel. All the 2020-21 InConcert Sierra virtual concerts are free of charge. InConcert Sierra will begin its Third Sunday series for the 2021-22 season with live concerts beginning Sept. 19. The nonprofit organization, whose tagline is “Classical Music to Rock Your World,” will be celebrating its 75th anniversary season.

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May 12 UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County presents Heat Illness Prevention/ Environmental Hazards in Your Garden with Master Gardener C. Mankins, 9-10:30 a.m. Prevention is key to avoiding heat related illnesses and potential injuries and illnesses associated with environmental hazards, such as rattlesnakes, poisonous plants, skin cancer, insect bites, etc. Join Mankins to learn tips on preventing illnesses and injuries in your garden. Registration is required for this free, virtual class. Visit

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May 14 The Tahoe Chamber hosts a 2021 Tahoe Works Virtual Job Fair, sponsored by El Dorado County and ADVANCE, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Attendees can apply directly for jobs, set up interviews and live video chat with employers from in and beyond the Tahoe Basin. With more than 20 businesses offering fulltime, part-time and seasonal positions, the Tahoe Works Job Fair offers an opportunity for job seekers to find

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western edge of the Diamond Range, were some of the most desolate highway miles I have ever traveled. Thankfully, a stopover site coming down off of Hickison Summit at 6,465 feet and about half-way between the two towns, exposed us to the Hickison Petroglyphs Recreation Area. The ancient petroglyphs, created by indigenous people as far back as 10,000 years ago and as recent as 1,500 years ago, are open year-round and only a half-mile walk from the campground, which features 16 campsites, a day-use area, grills, picnic tables, trash cans and toilets, but no water. Many other hiking trails lie within the area maintained by the Bureau of Land Management, and although there are few towns, Highway 50 cuts its way through the area with enough of a transient population to cause some damage to the rock writings. The park features views of the Toquima and Toiyabe mountain ranges, the Simpson Park Mountains and the Big Smoky Valley in this high desert region.

A different view In the east, Nevada’s terrain takes on an entirely different perspective than its western side. Aside from the fact that it is less populated, eastern Nevada has some of the highest peaks in the state. The high plains

or high desert are surrounded by peaks between 9,000 and 13,000 feet. Wheeler Peak, a focal point in Great Basin, stands beautifully covered in snow above Snake Valley at 13,061 feet and the area provides a home for some 5,000 year-old bristlecone pines. Hiking Lehman Creek Trail was gratifying, climbing from 7,700 feet to more than 9,000 feet at Wheeler Peak campground (which unfortunately was still closed when we were there). Reservations are recommended or even required in the high volume summer and early fall months.

A change in altitudes Altitudes took us from our home at roughly 2,000 feet to just over 8,000-foot summits, so weather was bound to change. Freezing mornings to pleasantly warm afternoons graced every day, but the temperature never rose above 85 degrees and that was after we dipped down into Cathedral Gorge, one of Nevada’s 24 state parks, at about 5,000 feet. Cathedral Gorge, approximately 120 miles south of Wheeler Peak off Highway 93, is noted for its slot canyons and naturally carved spires that look like pipes on an organ. This was one of the first four state parks in Nevada developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the

1930s. With its amazing volcanic landscape of eroded mountains created over millions of years, Cathedral Gorge provided some great, easy hiking. The majesty of the area captivated us for three days. Although Nevada has 24 official state parks, six lie in the southeastern region of the state. We bypassed several even though they were on our path, as we had spent so much time in Cathedral Gorge. We heard that Echo Canyon is spectacular for fishing, as is Beaver Dam, both in the general area we traveled. Kershaw-Ryan and two others also are established state parks near the tiny railroad town of Caliente. Being there in early April, we did not get the full effect of the town’s name, which is the word “hot” in Spanish.

Phenomenal area Moseying along west on Highway 93, we passed Oak Springs Summit at 6,273 feet and picked up Highway 375 south of the small hamlet of Hiko. We also ascended Hancock Summit at 5,592 feet and Coyote Summit at 5,591 feet before making our connection with Highway 6. Earlier I mentioned Highway 50 being given the moniker of the “loneliest road,” but a close second would have to be this stretch of Highway 375 and its hook-up area with Highway 6 between Warm

Springs and Tonopah. This part of Nevada skirts the Cactus Range, Belted Range and the long-established nuclear testing site in the state. It’s Area 51! The stretch of highway was also called the Extraterrestrial Highway for good reason. With no nearby cities or towns, little light affected the area’s night sky. UFOs and other space phenomena have been reported along this patch of Nevada, which features the town of Rachel and the Alien Research Center, a large quonset hut that is nothing more than a gift store. A detour from the main highway will take visitors to Lunar Crater, formed from volcanic action in the area. We bypassed this attraction although Nevada’s Official Visitor’s Guide reports that the 430-foot crater was used by astronauts in their training for landing on the moon. We stopped at a very lonely rest area right off the highway where we could drive into the southern portion of the Toiyabe National Forest, whose finger of green on the map reaches north toward Highway 50 and Hickison Summit (Hickison Petroglyphs). Although mountain peaks rising as high as 9,000 feet surrounded us, toward the south we could see the lights of Las Vegas some 80 miles away that night. ■

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Bids now open for Crocker’s 2021 Art Auction Season Crocker Art SACRAMENTO — The Crocker Art Museum announced bidding is open for the 2021 annual Art Auction Season. Hosted virtually through Bidsquare. com, more than 300 works from the region’s most prominent, established and emerging artists are now available for art collectors of all levels. “Proceeds from Art Auction Season will support the museum’s acclaimed exhibitions and education programs,” said Chelsea Larson, director of development. “These programs serve thousands of children and adults throughout the community each year.” Art Auction Season includes: Big Names, Small Art — A virtual silent auction of artworks 12-inches by 12-inches or smaller, with bidding on each starting at just $25 regardless of the work’s fair market value, making BNSA an excellent opportunity for art aficionados, as well as those who are new to art collecting. Online bidding for BNSA closes Saturday, June

5. Bid now on Bidsquare at bit.ly/3tA2Cqd. Silent Auction — A auction featuring more than 100 original works of art by the region’s most renowned artists. Bid online now on Bidsquare at bit.ly/3vX6CCy. The silent auction closes Sunday, June 6. Live Auction — A spirited live auction webcast of 15 artworks takes place June 5 and features the evening’s fund-a-need. Tune in to see the livestream and get ready to raise your virtual paddle on Bidsquare at bit. ly/3uD7bkW. The Crocker will feature all Live Art Auction and Silent Art Auction works in its annual Art Auction Exhibition. In addition to providing bidders a chance to browse the works at their leisure, the exhibition allows museum visitors to view spectacular works by many of the region’s most distinguished artists, some of whom are represented in the Crocker’s permanent collection. The exhibition will run May 23 to June 6. Tickets must be purchased in advance. To learn more about Art Auction Season visit crockerart.org/artauction.

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“Fallen Flowers,” mixed media by Hung Liu and David Salgado Trust, 2013.

“Still Life with Apricots, Wheat, and Poppies,” oil on canvas by David Ligare, 2021.

Nature’s Solace 8th Invitational Art Show call to artists

Gallery artist CJ Nelson created this poster for the show.

Art On The Divide

rt On the Divide Gallery in Georgetown is excited to announce the theme for the 8th Invitational Art Show to be held in September. “Nature’s Solace” is particularly fitting as many have embraced nature this past year as COVID-19 has kept everyone away from many of the people and things that they cherish. One definition of “solace” means “comfort in times of distress.” The show will challenge artists to develop art that represents their feeling of comfort from nature. Perhaps it is art that brings

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Public Notices  ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PC 20210172 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Eric Jason Sampson filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ERIC JASON SAMPSON Proposed name: ERIC JASON THOMAS 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: MAY 21, 2021, 8:30 A.M. DEPT. 9 AT SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF EL DORADO, 3321 Cameron Park Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682. 3. A copy of the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Mountain Democrat. This order has been filed on APRIL 6, 2021. /s/ Dylan Sullivan DYLAN SULLIVAN, Judge of the Superior Court 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 8916 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0472 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EL DORADO IMAGING, located at 2574 Raleigh Way, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): El Dorado Imaging LLC, 2574 Raleigh Way, 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: 01/01/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Valerie Rondone VALERIE RONDONE, CEO 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 04/20/2021.

“Apple of Discord and Many Selves,” acrylic ink, graphite and collage on paper by Geralyn Montano, 2016

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) 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 8917 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0479 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TESTAMENTO LEGAL DE CALIFORNIA, located at 5170 Golden Foothill Parkway, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Puerto Dorado, Inc., 5170 Golden Foothill Parkway, 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: Not Applicable Signature of Registrant: /s/ Grey Lund GREY LUND, 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 04/22/2021. 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.

remembrance about a walk in the woods or on a beach, a swim in a favorite lake, fishing, exploring wildlife, smelling flowers, gardening or working with elements from nature such as wood and precious metals. The possibilities are limitless and the artwork will be diverse. The artists at the gallery hope you will join them as you explore this theme and develop your art. This is the official announcement for a “call to artists.” Visit the Gallery, 6295 Main St. in Georgetown, to pick up an application or download a copy from the website artonthedivide.com. Gallery hours are Friday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 8927 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0485 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PETLEY PLUMBING, located at 2921 Maple Ave, Pollock Pines, CA 95726 Registered owner(s): Chase Petley, 2921 Maple Ave, Pollock Pines, CA 95726 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/ Chase Petley CHASE PETLEY, 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 04/26/2021. 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) 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 8933 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0486 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SIERRA MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION, located at 5465 Merchant Circle, #2, Placerville, CA 95667/Mailing Address: 4101 Starlite Drive, Greenwood, CA 95635 Registered owner(s):

Sierra Mountain Telecom Inc, 4101 Starlite Drive, Greenwood, CA 95635 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: 04/11/2016 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jason Smith JASON SMITH, CFO I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 04/26/2021. 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) 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 8934 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0482 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LITTLE GREEN CONSULTING, located at 4767 Wilderness Way, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Ashley James, 4767 Wilderness 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: 01/01/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Ashley James ASHLEY JAMES, 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 04/23/2021. 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) 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 8935 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0402 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CREATION STATION, located at 3192 Country Club Dr, Cameron Park, CA 95682/Mailing Address: PO Box 872, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Terri Forester, 8216 Oakenshaw Wy, Orangevale, CA 95662 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A Signature of Registrant: /s/ Terri Forester TERRI FORESTER 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 04/05/2021. 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) 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 8936 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0431 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NORTHSTAR SERVICES, located at 4171 Starkes Grade Road, Placerville, CA 95667/ Mailing Address: PO Box 1430, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Northstar Supported Living Services INC, 5181 Cameron Dr, Cameron Park, CA 95682 This business is conducted by a Corporation, State of Incorporation: California The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 1/1/99 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Claudia Bolton CLAUDIA BOLTON, CEO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 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 04/13/2021. 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) 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 8937 Legal notice continued on the next page

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Public Notices  FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0484 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DIRTY DOG PET SALON, located at 6198 Pleasant Valley Road, El Dorado, CA 95623/ Mailing Address: 2325 Bear Rock Road, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Kim A Holdgrafer, 2325 Bear Rock 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: 04/25/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Kim Holdgrafer KIM HOLDGRAFER, 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 04/26/2021. 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) 8938 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0483 File Number of Fictitious Business Name Statement: FB2018-1065 Date Fictitious Business Name was filed in El Dorado County: 09/07/2018 Fictitious Business Name(s) to be abandoned: DIRTY DOG PET SALON Fictitious Business Name Street Address: 6198 Pleasant Valley Rd, El Dorado, CA 95623/Mailing Address: PO Box 761, Diamond Springs, CA 95619 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) HAVE ABANDONED THE USE OF THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME: Registrant name(s) & address(es): Sandra Lee Findleton, 1500 Combo Ct, Placerville, CA 95667 This business was conducted by an Individual. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Sandra Findleton SANDRA FINDLETON 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 04/26/2021. 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) 8939 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF CHERYL ANN HARNAGE PIERROZ CASE NO. PP20210058 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of CHERYL ANN HARNAGE PIERROZ A PETITION for Probate has been filed by KRISTEN S. HARNAGE in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that KRISTEN S. HARNAGE 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: May 26, 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: DAVID L. BROWN, ESQ. Beyer Pongratz & Rosen 3230 Ramos Circle Sacramento, CA 95827 (916) 369-9750 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 8940 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0438 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EL DORADO TILE & FLOORING, located at 3965 Durock Rd, Ste B, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): EDCX2 LLC, 3965 Durock Rd, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company, State of LLC: CA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Signature of Registrant: /s/ Melissa Fisher MELISSA FISHER, 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 04/15/2021. 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) 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 8941 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the County of El Dorado, State of California, that sealed Proposals for Project-Based Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) Vouchers in accordance with RFP #21-918-009 are being accepted for the County of El Dorado, Health and Human Services Agency. Proposals will be accepted from Property Owners and Property Developers who are interested in providing affordable housing units to the County’s veteran population. Please see page 12 for instructions on submittal of questions and page 13 for instructions on submittal of responses. The RFP can be downloaded from our website at: http://edcapps. edcgov.us/contracts/invite.asp 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 8942 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JACK TRUXELL KESTNER CASE NO. PP20210071 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JACK TRUXELL KESTNER A PETITION for Probate has been filed by RICHARD VERNON KESTNER in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that RICHARD VERNON KESTNER 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: May 26, 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

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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: JOHN B. PALLEY Meissner Joseph Palley & Ruggles, Inc. 1555 River Park Drive, Suite 108 Sacramento, CA 95815 (916) 920-5983 4/30, 5/7, 5/14 8944 COUNTY OF EL DORADO, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the County of El Dorado, State of California, that sealed bids for Work in accordance with the Project Plans (Plans) and Contract Documents for 2021 VARIOUS WEST SLOPE PAVEMENT REHABILITATION PROJECTS, CONTRACT No. 5513, will be received by the County of El Dorado, Department of Transportation through Quest Construction Data Network (Quest), until MAY 27, 2021 at 2:00 PM, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read by the Department of Transportation. The bid opening will be held virtually through Zoom. The virtual meeting can be accessed via the following: https://zoom. us/j/99082887835 / Meeting ID: 990 8288 7835 / (669) 900 9128 (San Jose) / (346) 248 7799 US (Houston) / (253) 215 8782 US (Tacoma). No Bid may be withdrawn after the time established for receiving bids or before the award and execution of the Contract, unless the award is delayed for a period exceeding sixty (60) calendar days. Bids must be executed in accordance with the instructions given and forms provided in the Contract Documents furnished by the County of El Dorado Department of Transportation through Quest Construction Data Network (Quest). The Proposal including the Form 590, Payee Data Form, Bidder’s Security, and any other required documents shall be submitted through Quest. The Project is located in the Placerville, Cameron Park, and Pollock Pines area of El Dorado County. The Work to be done is shown in Exhibits A, B, C, and D and generally consists of, but is not limited to the removal and replacement of hot mix asphalt roadway sections, raising and lowering of iron and construction of ADA compliant curb ramps. Other items or details not mentioned above, that are required by the Contract Documents must be performed, constructed, or installed. - The Contract time is FORTY (40) WORKING DAYS. For bonding purposes the anticipated Project cost is less than $900,000. - A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for this Project on May 18, 2021 at 1:00 P.M. at the County of El Dorado Department of Transportation, 2441 Headington Road, Placerville, CA. Requirements for masks and social distancing will be enforced. Attendance at the pre-bid meeting is not mandatory. - This Project is being formally bid in accordance with Public Contract Code 22032 and County of El Dorado Ordinance Code section 3.14.040. The Contract Documents, including the Project Plans, may be viewed and/or downloaded from the Quest website at http://www.questcdn. com. Interested parties may also access the Quest website by clicking on the link next to the Project Name or entering the Quest Project #7723290 on the Department of Transportation’s website at http:// www.edcgov.us/Government/DOT/ pages/BidsHome.aspx. Interested parties may view the Contract Documents, including the Project Plans, through the Department of Transportations’ website at no charge. The digital Contract Documents, including the Project Plans, may be downloaded for $30.00 by inputting the Quest Project #7723290 on the websites’ Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at (952) 233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in free membership, registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. To access the electronic bid form, download the project/request documents and click the online bidding button at the top of the advertisement screen. To be included on the planholders list, receive notification of addenda, and to be eligible to bid interested parties must pay for and download the Contract Documents, including the Project Plans, from Quest. Those downloading the Contract Documents, including the Project Plans, assume responsibility and risk for completeness of the downloaded Contract Documents. The Contract Documents, including the Project Plans, may be examined in person at the Department of Transportation’s office at 2850 Fairlane Court, Placerville CA. However, the Department of Transportation will no longer sell paper copies of the Contract Documents. CONTRACTORS LICENSE CLASSIFICATION: Bidders must be properly licensed to perform the Work pursuant to the Contractors’ State License Law (Business and Professions Code Section 7000 et seq.) and must possess a CLASS A license or equivalent combination of Classes required by the categories and type of Work included in the Contract Documents and Plans at the time the Contract is awarded, and must maintain a valid license through completion and acceptance of the Work, including the guarantee and acceptance period. Failure of the successful Bidder to obtain proper adequate licensing will constitute a failure to execute the Contract and will result in the forfeiture of the Bidder’s security. CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION: No contractor or subcontractor may bid on any public works project, be listed in a bid proposal for any public works project, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code sections 1725.5 and 1771.1. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (DBE)

PARTICIPATION: The County of El Dorado affirms that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation. P R E VA I L I N G WAGE REQUIREMENTS: In accordance with the provisions of California Labor Code Sections 1770 et seq., including but not limited to Sections 1773, 1773.1, 1773.2, 1773.6, and 1773.7, the general prevailing rate of wages in the county in which the Work is to be done has been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. Interested parties can obtain the current wage information by submitting their requests to the Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Statistics and Research, PO Box 420603, San Francisco CA 94142-0603, Telephone (415) 703-4708 or by referring to the website at http://www.dir.ca.gov/ OPRL/PWD. The rates at the time of the bid advertisement date of a project will remain in effect for the life of the project in accordance with the California Code of Regulations, as modified and effective January 27, 1997. Copies of the general prevailing rate of wages in the county in which the Work is to be done are also on file at the Department of Transportation’s principal office, and are available upon request. In accordance with the provisions of Labor Code Section 1810, eight (8) hours of labor constitutes a legal day’s work upon all work done hereunder, and Contractor and any subcontractor employed under the Contract must conform to and be bound by the provisions of Labor Code Sections 1810 through 1815. This project is subject to the requirements of Title 8, Chapter 8, Subchapter 4.5 of the California Code of Regulations including the obligation to furnish certified payroll records directly to the Compliance Monitoring Unit under the Labor Commissioner within the Department of Industrial Relations Division of Labor Standards Enforcement in accordance with Section 16461. AWARD OF CONTRACT: As a condition of award, the successful Bidder will be required to submit bonds and evidence of insurance prior to execution of the Agreement by the County. Failure to meet this requirement constitutes abandonment of the Bid by the Bidder and forfeiture of the Bidder’s security. Award will then be made to the next lowest, responsive, responsible Bidder. RETAINAGE FROM PAYMENTS: The Contractor may elect to receive one hundred percent (100%) of payments due under the Contract from time to time, without retention of any portion of the payment by the County, by depositing securities of equivalent value with the County in accordance with the provisions of Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code. Securities eligible for deposit hereunder are be limited to those listed in Section 16430 of the Government Code, or bank or savings and loan certificates of deposit. Reference the Contract Documents package, which includes the Notice to Bidders, Plans, Specifications, Draft Agreement and Proposal for contractual requirements not listed in this “Notice to Contractors” newspaper advertisement. 5/3, 5/5, 5/7, 5/10, 5/12, 5/14 8950 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0519 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OASIS BACKYARD DESIGNS, located at 2161 Bear Rock Rd, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Zack H Brenner, 2161 Bear Rock Rd, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 05/03/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Zachary Brenner ZACHARY BRENNER, 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 05/03/2021. 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) 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 8967 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0524 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 1. OAKSTONE WINERY, 2. OBSCURITY CELLARS, located at 6470 Irish Acres Rd, Fair Play, CA 95684/Mailing Address: 6971 Mitchlen Ct, Sloughhouse, CA 95683 Registered owner(s): Climbing Vines LLC, 6971 Mitchlen Ct, Sloughhouse, CA 95683 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company, State of LLC: CA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Signature of Registrant: /s/ Courtney Russell COURTNEY RUSSELL, 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 05/04/2021. 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) 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 8968 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0529 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: J G QUALITY HOME REPAIR, located at 2378 Cascade Trail, Cool, CA 95614 Registered owner(s): Jeff Gant, 2378 Cascade Trail, Cool, CA 95614 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 05/04/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jeff Gant JEFF GANT, 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 05/04/2021. 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) 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 8969 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0517 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MAGIC HAMMER HANDYMAN, located at 3099 Spanish Ravine Rd., Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Jose Rodriguez, 3099 Spanish Ravine Rd., Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jose Rodriguez JOSE RODRIGUEZ, OWNER/ OPERATOR 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 05/03/2021. 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) 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 8970 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0515 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 1. PROGRESSIVE MAINTENANCE, 2. PROGRESSIVE LANDSCAPES MAINTENANCE, located at 334 Green Valley Rd Ste D, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): J and D Maintenance Inc, 334 Green Valley Rd Ste D, 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: 03/23/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Donald Devorss DONALD DEVORSS, CEO 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 04/30/2021. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 8971 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0518 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HANNAHS BEAUTY SHOP, located at 674 Pleasant Valley Rd, Diamond Springs, CA 95619/Mailing Address: 5120 Turkey Track Rd, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Hannah E Ruth, 5120 Turkey Track 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: 04/30/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Hannah Ruth HANNAH RUTH 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 05/03/2021. 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) 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 8972 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0532 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CAL CPR, located at 5049 Courtney Way, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Hai M Nguyen, 5049 Courtney Way, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 05/02/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Hai Nguyen HAI NGUYEN 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 05/04/2021. 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) 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 8973 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0413 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TUMBLE TIME GYMNASTICS, located at 2568 Meadow Lane, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Tumble Time Gymnastics, LLC, 2568 Meadow Lane, Cameron Park, CA 95682 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company, State of LLC: California The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious

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Public Notices  business name or names listed above on: N/A Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jennifer M. Peters JENNIFER M. PETERS, SECRETARY 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 04/07/2021. 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) 8974 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28 PUBLIC NOTICE Gold Trail Union School District Provisional Trustee Appointment Pursuant to Government Code 6061, the District is announcing the following trustee provisional appointment. Pursuant to Education Code 5092, this notice contains: date of the occurrence of the vacancy: April 13, 2021; and full name of the appointee: Nathaniel Grgich; the date of appointment: May 4, 2021; and statement notifying the voters that unless a petition calling for a special election pursuant to Education Code 5091 is filed in the office of the County Superintendent within 30 days of the provisional appointment, it shall become an effective appointment. 8977 5/7, 5/14, 5/21 COUNTY OF EL DORADO, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the County of El Dorado, State of California, that sealed bids for Work in accordance with the Project Exhibits (Exhibits) and Contract Documents for ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS, CONTRACT No. 5415, CIP No. 72195, will be received by the County of El Dorado, Department of Transportation (Department of Transportation), through Quest Construction Data Network (Quest) until June 4, 2021 at 2:00 P.M., at which time bids will be publicly opened and read by the Department of Transportation. The bid opening will take place virtually through Zoom. The virtual bid meeting can be accessed via : https://zoom. us/j/93641196165, Meeting ID: 936 4119 6165, call in numbers: 669-9009128, 253-215-8782, 346-248-7799. No Bid may be withdrawn after the time established for receiving bids or before the award and execution of the Contract, unless the award is delayed for a period exceeding sixty (60) calendar days. Bids must be executed in accordance with the instructions given and forms provided in the Contract Documents furnished by the County of El Dorado Department of Transportation through Quest Construction Data Network (Quest). The Proposal including the Bidder’s Security, Form 590, and Payee Data Record shall be submitted through Quest. The Project is located along various roads, in the County of El Dorado. The Work to be done is shown on the Exhibits, and generally consists of, but is not limited to removal of existing pavement striping and markers; installation of high friction surface treatment, new enhanced wet-night thermoplastic striping, raised pavement markers, and advanced warning signs. Other items or details not mentioned above, that are required by the exhibits, Standard Plans, Standard Specifications, or these Special Provisions must be performed, constructed or installed - The Contract time is THIRTY-FIVE (35) WORKING DAYS. For bonding purposes the anticipated Project cost is less than $1,200,000. - A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for this Project on May 26, 2021 at 2:00 P.M. at the County of El Dorado Community Development Services, Department of Transportation, 2441 Headington Road, Placerville, CA. The meeting will be held in the downstairs conference room. Attendance at the pre-bid meeting is not mandatory. - This Project is being formally bid in accordance with Public Contract Code 22032 and County of El Dorado Ordinance Code section 3.14.040. The Contract Documents, including the Project Exhibits, may be viewed and/or downloaded from the Quest website at http://www.questcdn. com. Interested parties may also access the Quest website by clicking on the link next to the Project Name or entering the Quest Project # on the Department of Transportation’s website at http://www.edcgov.us/ Government/DOT/pages/BidsHome. aspx. Interested parties may view the Contract Documents, including the Project Exhibits, through the Department of Transportations’ website at no charge. The digital Contract Documents, including the Project Exhibits, may be downloaded for $30.00 by inputting the Quest Project # 7600533 on the websites’ Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at (952) 233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in free membership, registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. To access the electronic bid form, download the project/request documents and click the online bidding button at the top of the advertisement screen. To be included on the planholders list, receive notification of addenda, and to be eligible to bid interested parties must pay for and download the Contract Documents, including the Project Exhibits, from Quest. Those downloading the Contract

Documents, including the Project Exhibits, assume responsibility and risk for completeness of the downloaded Contract Documents. The Contract Documents, including the Project Exhibits, may be examined in person at the Department of Transportation’s office at 2850 Fairlane Court, Placerville CA. However, the Department of Transportation will no longer sell paper copies of the Contract Documents. CONTRACTORS LICENSE CLASSIFICATION: Bidders must be properly licensed to perform the Work pursuant to the Contractors’ State License Law (Business and Professions Code Section 7000 et seq.) and must possess a CLASS A license or equivalent combination of Classes required by the categories and type of Work included in the Contract Documents and Exhibits at the time the Contract is awarded, and must maintain a valid license through completion and acceptance of the Work, including the guarantee and acceptance period. Failure of the successful Bidder to obtain proper adequate licensing will constitute a failure to execute the Contract and will result in the forfeiture of the Bidder’s security. CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION: No contractor or subcontractor may bid on any public works project, be listed in a bid proposal for any public works project, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code sections 1725.5 and 1771.1. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (DBE) PARTICIPATION: For Federalaid projects, DBE requirements of Title 49 Part 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations (49 CFR 26) apply. Bidders are advised that, as required by Federal law, the County of El Dorado has implemented Disadvantaged Business Enterprise requirements for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE). Comply with Section 2-1.12 and Section 5-1.13. In accordance with 49 CFR 26, Bidder will take all necessary affirmative steps to assure that minority firms, women’s business enterprises and labor surplus area firms are used when possible. The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Contract goal is 8%. P R E VA I L I N G WAGE REQUIREMENTS: In accordance with the provisions of California Labor Code Sections 1770 et seq., including but not limited to Sections 1773, 1773.1, 1773.2, 1773.6, and 1773.7, the general prevailing rate of wages in the county in which the Work is to be done has been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. Interested parties can obtain the current wage information by submitting their requests to the Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Statistics and Research, PO Box 420603, San Francisco CA 94142-0603, Telephone (415) 703-4708 or by referring to the website at http://www.dir.ca.gov/ OPRL/PWD. The rates at the time of the bid advertisement date of a project will remain in effect for the life of the project in accordance with the California Code of Regulations, as modified and effective January 27, 1997. Copies of the general prevailing rate of wages in the county in which the Work is to be done are also on file at the Department of Transportation’s principal office, and are available upon request, and in case of projects involving Federal funds, Federal wage requirements as predetermined by the United States Secretary of Labor have been included in the Contract Documents. In the case of Federally funded projects, where Federal and State prevailing wage requirements apply, compliance with both is required. This Project is funded in whole or part by Federal funds. Comply with Exhibit D of the Draft Agreement and the Copeland Act (18 U.S.C. 874 and 29 CFR Part 3), the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 3141-3147 and 29 CFR Part 5), and the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 3701 and 29 CFR Part 5). If there is a difference between the minimum wage rates predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and the general prevailing wage rates determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations for similar classifications of labor, Contractor and subcontractors must pay not less than the higher wage rate. The Department of Transportation will not accept lower State wage rates not specifically included in the Federal minimum wage determinations. This includes “helper” (or other classifications based on hours of experience) or any other classification not appearing in the Federal wage determinations. Where Federal wage determinations do not contain the State wage rate determination otherwise available for use by Contractor and subcontractors, Contractor and subcontractors must pay not less than the Federal minimum wage rate which most closely approximates the duties of the employees in question. AWARD OF CONTRACT: As a condition of award, the successful Bidder will be required to submit bonds and evidence of insurance prior to execution of the Agreement by the County. Failure to meet this requirement constitutes abandonment of the Bid by the Bidder and forfeiture of the Bidder’s security. Award will then be made to the next lowest, responsive, responsible Bidder. RETAINAGE FROM PAYMENTS: The Contractor may elect to receive one hundred percent (100%) of payments due under the Contract from time to time, without retention of any portion of the payment by the County, by depositing securities of equivalent value with the County in accordance with the provisions of Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code. Securities eligible for deposit hereunder are be limited to those listed in Section 16430 of the Government Code, or bank or savings and loan certificates of deposit. Reference the Contract Documents package, which includes the Notice to Bidders, Exhibits, Specifications, Draft Agreement and Proposal for contractual requirements not listed in this “Notice to Contractors” newspaper advertisement. 5/12, 5/14, 5/17, 5/19, 5/21, 5/24 8994 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0548 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PLAN IT UNDERGROUND, located at 3440 Wedge Hill Rd, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s):

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Gregory A Rezak, 3440 Wedge Hill Rd, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 05/10/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Gregory Rezak GREGORY REZAK, 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 05/10/2021. 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) 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4 9000 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0561 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RIGHTEOUS HEART, located at 4870 Woodland Dr, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Nina L Abbott, 4870 Woodland Dr, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/01/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Nina Abbott NINA ABBOTT, 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 05/11/2021. 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) 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4 9001 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, SITTING AS THE JUVENILE COURT PUBLISHED CITATION WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTIONS 294 & 366.26 In the Matter of: LUCINDA KATHERINE GRANADOS Minor born: 11/1/18 Case No.: 240305 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO: TRAVIS COLETON PETHERICK, OR ANYONE CLAIMING TO BE THE FATHER OF THE ABOVE-NAMED LUCINDA KATHERINE GRANADOS, FEMALE CHILD BORN ON 11/1/18 TO TARA VIGDOR, THE MOTHER PUBLISHED NOTICE OF HEARING AND NOTICE TO PARENT OF RIGHTS AND PROCEDURES PURSUANT TO WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTIONS 294 and 366.26 1. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT on 7/20/2021, at 8:30 a.m. in Department 134 of the Sacramento County Juvenile Court, Superior Court of California, located at 3341 Power Inn Road, Sacramento, CA 95826, a hearing will take place pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code, Section 366.26, to either terminate your parental rights or to establish a guardianship for your child or to place your child in longterm foster care. 2. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, currently there is no public access to the courthouse. However, this may change at any time. We strongly encourage you to contact the assigned social worker, Cynthia Forbes, at (916) 875-3646 prior to the court hearing date to verify whether the hearing will be held in person or through teleconference or videoconference should the court remain closed at the time of your scheduled hearing. The zoom hearing (videoconference) information is https://saccourt.zoom. us/my/dept134. If you opt to call in (teleconference), the telephone number is: (888) 475-4499 Meeting ID: 390-818-8878. 3. You are further notified that the Sacramento County Department of Family, Child and Adult Services, Petitioner, will recommend the following action: termination of parental rights permanently and a court order that the above-named minor be placed for adoption. 4. You have the right to personally appear in court and be heard in this matter. 5. On the above date the Court

will determine the best permanent plan for your child. Evidence will be presented. After hearing the evidence presented by the parties, the Court will make one of the following orders: a. Terminate your parental rights permanently and order that the child be placed for adoption; b. Without permanently terminating your parental rights, identify adoption as the permanent placement goal and order that efforts be made to locate an appropriate adoptive family for your child for a period not to exceed 60 days; c. Without permanently terminating your parental rights appoint a legal guardian for your child and issue letters of guardianship; or, d. Order that your child be placed in long-term foster care, subject to the regular review of the Juvenile Court. 6. You may have the right to have an attorney represent you at the hearing. If you cannot afford an attorney, the Court will appoint an attorney for you, unless you knowingly and willingly waive your right to representation by an attorney. You have the right to present evidence at the hearing. 7. You have the right to request a trial on the issue of what permanent plan is best for your child. You have the right to present evidence. You have the right to use the Court’s power to compel the attendance of witnesses to testify on your behalf. You have the right to confront and crossexamine any adverse witnesses. You have the right to confront and cross-examine the preparers of any reports submitted to the Court by the Sacramento County Department of Family, Child and Adult Services, Petitioner. You have the right to assert the privilege against selfincrimination. 8. Any Order of the Court permanently terminating your parental rights shall be final and you shall have no legal rights to the care, control or custody of the child. 9. The Sacramento County Department of Family, Child and Adult Services, Petitioner will prepare and file an assessment report containing its recommendation in this matter at least ten (10) calendar days before the hearing. You have the right to be provided and obtain a copy of the report. You should immediately contact the social worker assigned to your child dependency case or your attorney if you have any questions or if you would like to read and obtain a copy of the report. 10. If you fail to appear at the hearing, the Court will proceed in your absence to adopt one of the above-mentioned permanent plans. Such proceedings may include the termination of your parental rights so that your child may be placed for adoption. If you have any questions regarding this procedure, please contact the specified below or an attorney. DATE: May 6, 2021 Michelle Callejas, Director Penelope Peters, Paralegal Department of Family, Child and Adult Services Paralegal Services (916) 875-4822 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4/21 CNS-3469792# THE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4 9002 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING EL DORADO COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT The El Dorado County Fire Protection District will conduct a public hearing on Thursday May 20, 2021. The hearing will take place at 1:00 P.M at 549 Main Street, Placerville California, 95667. The purpose of the hearing is to adopted Resolution 2021-02, Establishing, the 2021-2022 Tax Appropriation Limits as described in article XIIIB of the State Constitution. The proposed Appropriation limits are $ 21,889,344.68. The information will be available for review at the District’s Administrative Office, located at 4040 Carson Road, Camino, California. (M-F 8-4:30) Any individual may appear via Zoom at said hearing and be heard regarding any matters pertaining to the Approval of the Tax Appropriation Limits. Tim Cordero Fire Chief 5/14 9003 PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a public meeting of the Golden West Community Services District (GWCSD) will be held on the 1st day of June 2021 beginning at 6:30 pm at Station 44, Quartz Drive, El Dorado, CA 95623 for the purpose of establishing by Resolution 202101 the 2021-22 annual budget for the GWCSD. The proposed budget will be available for review on the district’s web site (gwcsd.org). At the meeting the GWCSD Board will consider all comments by interested persons. 5/14, 5/17 9004 PUBLIC NOTICE A Timber Harvesting Plan is being prepared in portions of sections 16, 17 and 20, T09N, R13E all MDBM. Potentially affected watercourses include the Steely Fork of the Cosumnes River, unnamed watercourses that are tributary to the Steely Fork of the Cosumnes River, and unnamed springs in the above noted area. This notice is in request of information on domestic water supplies from aforementioned water bodies as well as any intakes or conveyances, within the project area or within 1,000 feet downstream of the project boundary. If any such uses are known, please respond to the address listed below within ten days of the publication date of this notice. Jefferson Resource Company ATTN: Ricky Shurtz 4232 Fowler Lane, Suite 201 Diamond Springs, CA 95619 5/14 9005 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0530 File Number of Fictitious Business Name Statement: 2019A0000447 Date Fictitious Business Name was filed in El Dorado County: April 10, 2019 Fictitious Business Name(s) to be abandoned: AMERICAN RIVER CHERRY COMPANY Fictitious Business Name Street Address: 2240 Dias Drive, Placerville, CA 95667 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) HAVE ABANDONED THE USE OF THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME: Registrant name(s) & address(es): 1. Reginald D. Rice, 2240 Dias Drive,

Placerville, CA 95667, 2. Shirley J. Rice, 2240 Dias Drive, Placerville, CA 95667 This business was conducted by a Married Couple. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Reginald D. Rice REGINALD D. RICE, 5-4-21 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 05/04/2021. 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) 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4 9006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0531 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AMERICAN RIVER CHERRY COMPANY, located at 2240 Dias Dr, Placerville, CA 95667/ Mailing Address: 2351 Dias Dr, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): 1. Krisha I Torgerson, 2351 Dias Dr, Placerville, CA 95667, 2. Shane L Torgerson, 2351 Dias Dr, 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: 05/01/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ ________ KRISHA I. TORGERSON 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 05/04/2021. 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) 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4 9007 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0551 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 1. CLEARVIEW SCREENS & SHADE, 2. ADVANCED GARAGE & CLOSET, 3. CLEARVIEW OF SACRAMENTO, 4. CLEAR VIEW SCREEN & SHADE OF SACRAMENTO, located at 4822 Golden Foothill Parkway, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762/Mailing Address: 4822 Golden Foothill Parkway Suite 3, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Craig Roberts Home Improvements Inc, 4822 Golden Foothill Parkway Suite 3, 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: 01/05/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Craig J Roberts CRAIG J ROBERTS, 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 05/11/2021. 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) 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4 9008

STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL FROM PARTNERSHIP OPERATING UNDER A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO. FB2021-0550 File Number: FB2018-0884 Fictitious Business Name was filed in El Dorado County: 07/18/2018 The Fictitious Business Name for the Partnership filed in El Dorado County: SWELL HOME STAGING & DESIGN Fictitious Business Name Street Address: 3474 Covello Circle, Cameron Park, CA 95682 NAME & ADDRESS OF WITHDRAWALING PARTNER: Karen Silar, 1720 Red Fox Road, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by General Partnership Signature of Registrant: /s/ Karen Silar KAREN SILAR 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 05/11/2021. The Statement of Withdrawal from Partnership 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) 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4 9009 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0495 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SALT X SUN THE LABEL, located at 7100 Chaparral Dr, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Brittney M Herrera, 7100 Chaparral Dr, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 04/27/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Brittney Herrera BRITTNEY HERRERA, 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 04/27/2021. 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) 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4 9010 PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 6:30 pm at Fire Station 44, 6109 Quartz Drive, El Dorado, CA 95623 for the purpose of establishing by resolution, appropriation limits for the 2021-22 fiscal year for the Golden West CSD as described in Article XIII B of the State Constitution. At this hearing the Golden West CSD Board will consider all comments by interested parties. 5/14, 5/17 9016 PUBLIC NOTICE Sale of National Forest Timber The Forest Service, because of the need to avoid timber deterioration, intends to advertise for 15 days salvage timber designated for cutting in the following proposed timber sale area on the Eldorado National Forest. The Trident Fire Salvage timber sale contains approximately 640 acres. The sale is on the Pacific Ranger District within Sections 3-5; 7-10, 17 and 18, T13N R14E; MDB&M. This sale contains an estimated volume of 5,700 MBF (29,100 ccf) of salvage timber designated for cutting. This will be a FS-2400-6 Timber Contract. This advance notice is to afford interested parties time to examine the sale area prior to formal advertisement. Interested parties are furthermore advised that secondary road access within the project area is very limited due to winter blowdown. The eastern portion of the project area is accessible via the Icehouse Road (Eldorado County Road 63 and Forest Service Road 17N12. Interested parties may obtain information and maps about the sale area(s) from the Pacific District Ranger, 7887 Highway 50, Pollock Pines, CA 95726 or Forest Supervisor, 100 Forni Road, Placerville, CA 95667. The final advertisement will contain final minimum stumpage rates, bidding provisions, and other sale conditions. 5/14 9017

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Sojourn

Continued from B1

Heading west The next morning we made our way further west toward Tonopah, known for its Mizpah Hotel, Central Nevada Museum and Historic Mining Park. We gassed up and continued north-west toward Highway 395. The Eastern Sierra to the west and the various mountain ranges that blend together on the east, including the White Mountains, where another group of bristlecone pines make their stand, provide a majestic backdrop traveling this highway. Highway 395 runs through the once fertile Owens Valley, made mostly desolate from Los Angeles’ thirst. The salinity of the valley from the drain of the river’s water is visible in the white dust covering the surface. Plenty of hot springs in the area brought in people of all walks. By this time we were back in California, but Nevada also has its fair share of natural hot springs and fewer people who congregate at them. I love hot springs, but during this time of a pandemic, we opted to stay away for our personal health and well-being. Nearing the end of our 10-day adventure, we found a sweet place in another portion of the Toiyabe National Forest to camp.

A rocking time The next morning the wind picked up and by the time we made Lee Vining at Mono Lake, the gale force gusts were up to 60 miles per hour. We were stopped by official road crews at the bottom of Conway Summit (8,128 feet) until such time as the wind died down. From noon until 8 p.m., we rocked and rolled with the blasts buffeting our camper and truck as we waited.

Finally, the winds suddenly stopped and we were able to travel over the summit. On the way up, two big rigs that had been blown over, were still lying on their sides. Topping off the wind adventure was a winter storm warning. Our little radio that we carry with us provides a NOAA weather channel and it reported a major winter storm coming through after midnight. We thought we would get over the summit and below the snow line before making camp. Thinking we were below the possibility of snow, we pulled off along the Western Walker River at Little River Road, where we saw a federal campground sign. Although we never found the actual campground, we found a flat spot where we parked for the night. The next morning we woke up to 2-inches of snow, a beautiful and pristine sight. Getting back to the highway was no problem and we discovered we were still at 7,000 feet when we stopped for the night. Stretching our last day out, we spent the final night of our journey in familiar territory along the Carson River below where highways 4 and 89 meet. The end of an adventure is always bitter sweet and leaves me with a void. Spring had blossomed while we were gone and although we were assured our place was still here, our return also brought with it all the chores of springtime — weeding, watering, mowing and the usual household duties. Needless to say, we can’t wait to do another get-away with our own living quarters, bathroom and kitchen. As my husband says, our camper has everything we need, except space. But then, isn’t that what the great outdoors is for? Until we travel again …

Photos by Rebecca Murphy

One of the more developed Pony Express Stations off Highway 50.

Highway 50, the loneliest road, lives up to its moniker.

JUST IN TIME FOR YOUR

MEMORIAL DAY BBQ

What’s In Your Water? Hard Water - Iron - Odors - Bacteria - Viruses

STEP 1 � Let’s find out � Bring in a sample for your

FREE BASIC WATER TEST

STEP 2 � Treatment needs are different. We can

DETERMINE BEST SYSTEM FOR YOU Providing safe water without the use of chemicals. UV purification and conditioning, Economical and simple to operate.

WHY GO PRIMO?

The Science Behind Primo’s Patented Oval Design offers

MULTIPLE COOKING METHODS GRILLING & SEARING Direct Cooking One Zone - cook directly over charcoal fire

Oval and Kamado Charcoal Grills

GRILLING & ROASTING Direct & Indirect Cooking Two zones - grill on one side, roast on other

Primo Ceramic Grills patented shapes offer superior cooking efficiency and accessibility. Prepare large meals for the family, or have space to grill nearly anything just for yourself.4 Sizes to choose from

$799

FREE CASE OF Butcher BOX Steaks

With Extra Large Primo Ceramic Grill Purchase*

With Primo Grill Purchase* 4 to choose from

* See us for details, limited time offer.

POOL SUPPLIES and TOOLS

SHOCK ~ CHLORINE ACID ~ ALGAECIDES STABILIZERS ~ NETS BRUSHES ~ TEST KITS

PREMIUM USA MADE LUMP CHARCOAL IN STOCK NOW

FREE GRILLING ACCESSORY

Luxurious soft water with years of trouble free operation. Simple, safe, 24 volt, electronic control & more. Constantly recharging battery maintains the time of day setting during power outages for up to 2 weeks.

We have every everything you need for a proper spring pool & spa start up!

BAKING, ROASTING & SMOKING Indirect Cooking One Zone - or use as an oven or smoker.

Lifetime Limited Warranty Call about our In-Store Specials Starting at only

Well water can be hard & municipal water can need treatment as well. At Primo Supply we carry water treatment systems that will meet your exact water condition at prices you can afford.

FREE

TEST STRIPS While Supplies Last

FREE

TABLET FEEDER

With purchase of 50lbs of chlorine tablets

FREE

POOL WATER TESTING 866-626-7867

Online since 1999

3970 Durock Road SHINGLE SPRINGS Open Mon-Fri 8a-

See our products at www.PrimoSupply.com Water Pumps, Water Treatment, Fire Equipment, Fountains, Grills Shop our showroom, online or call us for curbside pickup