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Sel Richard Staff writer While many stood in long lines on the off chance of scoring a coveted pack of toilet paper from Costco during the height of the coronavirusinduced shortage, the company has quietly continued to contemplate expansion. Although an application has yet to be filed to build a store in El Dorado Hills, Costco has just entered into a purchase agreement with EDH52 property owners for the west parcel along Silva Valley Parkway and Highway 50. After studying every other Highway 50 interchange in El Dorado County, Costco officials determined the connection at Silva Valley Parkway is the only Class A interchange that would accommodate a warehouse store. With approximately 42,000 people in El Dorado Hills, only 18,000 in Cameron Park and 11,000 in Placerville, the EDH52 location offers an immediately profitable location. Costco has been eyeing the EDH52 parcel since last March when the company initially proposed a store on the east side of Silva Valley Parkway with a fueling station across the street. n

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That’s no practice run, that’s an actual Placerville Speedway race taking place Saturday without spectators filling the track’s grandstands. The speedway got the green flag to begin its racing season minus one not-so-small thing — fans. Due to current social-distancing guidelines to stop the spread of COVID-19, drivers at Placerville’s quarter-mile, like at many tracks across the country, have to race on in absence of their cheering fans. The night’s events, including the limited late models pictured here, were broadcast through Speed Shift TV. Find the results of Saturday’s races on page A6.

New rules could impact Central EDH plans Sel Richard Staff writer Residents hoping for resolution on Parker Development’s Central El Dorado Hills Specific Plan will have to sit on their hands a little longer. The proposal for approximately 1,000 residential units along El Dorado Hills Boulevard was continued to Sept. 24 at the latest El Dorado County Planning Commission meeting. The most contentious portion of Parker’s plan hinges on a county General Plan amendment to redesignate the old executive golf course from recreational facilities, high-intensity to residential zoning. The plan has been through three Planning Commission hearings, including one held at District Church this past January when almost 500 residents turned out to protest various aspects of the development proposal. The hearing to determine the commission’s final recommendation to the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors has been rescheduled multiple times since implementation of coronavirus-induced shelter-inplace orders.

“This project itself may be seriously altered and we’d be almost looking at a brand-new project when it comes around.” — Gary Miller, El Dorado County planning commissioner However, a new wrench in the works comes in the form of a traffic evaluation called VMT or Vehicle Miles Traveled. A calculation to replace Level of Service, VMT thresholds have not yet been established by the supervisors, nor has Parker Development completed traffic studies to fulfill this area of its environmental impact report. Deputy county counsel Breann Moebius explained that VMT was added to state guidelines to take effect in July, potentially putting the project before the board after VMT thresholds are established. “Any project specific analysis we would do for VMT of this project could potentially be inconsistent with the county thresholds that will be adopted likely by the time the board hears this project,” she said. County Director of Transportation Rafael Martinez said he hopes to present the board with

preliminary VMT thresholds by June 30, but adoption would not be final until Aug. 4. He noted that the applicant’s analysis could take one to two months once thresholds are published. With an additional month of staff analysis, it could be a total of three months before VMT analysis could be completed for the project. Serrano Associates land use counsel Mike Cook maintained that without VMT analysis, Parker would not have a defensible document. “For the commission to take action in advance of VMT analysis would be unfair,” he said, explaining that if action is taken prior to the county’s adoption of a VMT policy, it would be sending the board a “halfbaked analysis and telling the board, ‘You finish it.’” Regarding the possibility of taking the project off the docket, El Dorado County Planner Mel Pabalinas indicated it would require a re-noticing of the project, similar to last November. “So that would be an effort to basically starting over,” he said. Serrano Associates Director of Government Relations Kirk Bone also revealed to the n

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Stevante Clark, left photo, walks through a crowd of demonstrators gathered at the Cameron Park for Justice event Sunday outside the Cameron Park Library. Stevante, brother of Stephon Clark, who was killed by Sacramento police in 2018, made the trip up the hill as the featured speaker at the rally organized in part by Ponderosa High School grad Gagan Choongh, right photo, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. View more photos online at mtdemocrat.com.

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Carol Lonbaken is celebrating face to face with our King and all of Heaven. She is greatly loved and will be missed deeply but our God is well and able to see us through. It brings such peace knowing she is rejoicing with our Creator! Family and friends, know that she loved you and because of His grace through salvation, we will see her again. She was proceeded in death by father Roy Laughlin, mother Rosemary Laughlin and brothers Ronny Laughlin and John Laughlin. Carol is survived by her husband of 44 years Clifford Lonbaken, daughter Shawn Umphred and son-in-love Patrick Umphred; sons Todd Irish and Clint Lonbaken; brothers Larry Laughlin and Robert Laughlin; sisters Mary Triplett, Sharon Willis and Kathryn Laughlin and five grandchildren Dominic Adame, Ian Umphred, Cody Lonbaken, Molly Lonbaken and Samantha Umphred. Carol was born in Windsor, Mo. Her family moved to Marysville, CA, in 1950. Carol loved family; over the years she nurtured strong relationships with her siblings who she adored. Cliff, Carol and family moved to the Placerville area in 1976. Where Carol served the Lord faithfully, loved her husband dearly and was an amazing mother not only to her children but the neighborhood kids too. To say Carol thought the world of her grandchildren is only hitting the tip of her love for each of them. Carol loved children and put her gift to use as an incredible preschool teacher and director at Green Valley Christian Preschool for 20 years. Carol had a full life and cherished her friendships. She always found time to listen, pray and play!

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coordinating with other water agencies to complete respective refill agreements to ensure they are consistent. GDPUD updates Nelson reported that the El Dorado County Water Agency included in its new budget $50,000 toward the cost of eligible planning and/or design projects for GDPUD. The agreement with Myers and Sons, the firm that constructed the new Sweetwater Treatment Plant, is also close to being closed out. With the building of the new plant, the district is now in compliance with the state. Nelson and the board on June 1 held a Zoom meeting to discuss a draft budget for next year. They plan to meet again June 17 at noon to discuss it further. Residents can find instructions

Announced at the June 9 meeting of the Georgetown Divide Public Utility District Board of Directors, the water agency is close to finishing a water transfer agreement with Westlands Water District. The agreement will call for selling up to 2,000 acre-feet of water to Westlands, the largest agricultural water district in the United States, made up of more than 1,000 square miles of farmland in western Fresno and Kings counties. Westlands promised to send a check for $40,000 to the district to cover its initial payment for the water, according to Interim General Manager Jeff Nelson. District staff is also

Edwin Theodore Carpenter was born in Okanogan, Wash., to Russell and Edith Carpenter. He was the second of five children and is preceded in death by his siblings Fern, Ronnie, Viola and Clarence. Edwin was married to Dodi Carpenter on July 13, 1951. They were married for 68 years. Throughout his life he worked as a mechanic and engineer on oil rigs off the coast of Africa and for El Dorado County Department of Transportation. He was a jack of many trades and would always say, “Why buy a screw when you can make one?” Edwin built a home for his family in Shingle Springs, where his wife Dodi currently lives. He will be remembered for his old-fashioned morals, common decency and consistent respect for his fellow man. Edwin is survived by his wife Dodi; children Rex Carpenter, Joe Carpenter, Kim Carpenter and Jill Maxwell; nine grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren. He is preceded in death by his daughter Sandy Carpenter.

Dylan Svoboda Staff writer El Dorado County officials reported four new coronavirus cases and four recoveries over the weekend. As of Monday there were 22 confirmed, active COVID-19 cases countywide. The county has now had 117 confirmed cases since its first COVID-19-positive test result was found March 20. Active cases hit 34 in early June, according to data

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The GDPUD board debated whether or not to continue having a standing finance committee. At a previous meeting the board discussed reinstating the finance committee with roles and responsibilities outlined in a resolution to that effect, modifying current finance committee policy, disbanding the committee or taking no action. Nelson noted that at present staff spends anywhere from 22 to 36 hours a

month meeting with members, preparing and posting finance committee agendas and responding to requests for information. Any expansion of its duties would require more staff time. Director Dane Wadle suggested suspending the committee, saying the board has sufficient expertise to carry out the finance committee’s job. Director Dave Halpin agreed, saying he didn’t like a standing committee and instead favored convening one only when it was given a specific task. Opposed to that idea, Directors Garcia and Mike Saunders voted instead to revise the policy governing the finance committee. Disagreeing, residents

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Oak Ridge High School graduates John Reimer, Ian Koopman, Kevin Benevides and senior Alex Wolff raised the stars and stripes to commemorate the new Veterans Memorial in El Dorado Hills Sunday — Flag Day. The flag pole and monument were installed next to Promontory Community Park. Reimer installed the concrete pad and flagpole, while Koopman spearheaded the First Responder Memorial and Wolff’s Armed Forces Memorial is in the works. Benevides pitched in on the installation of the pathway to the memorial. The Eagle Scout project took more than two years of soliciting permits and securing funding from the EDH Promise Foundation, Veterans Association, Rotary Club of El Dorado Hills and the Danny Oliver Foundation.

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Steve Dowd and Mike Thornbrough both called in and asked the board to retain the finance committee. Put to a vote, President Dave Souza and Directors Wadle and Halpin both voted to rescind the finance committee policy.

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The board also approved a resolution to hold the election of two board members at the same time the general election is held in November. Board members Dane Wadle and David Halpin, whose terms expire Dec. 4, will be up for re-election. The board went on to unanimously approve letters of recognition

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air warning. What you are about to read is the briefest possible summary of one of the most arcane features of government finance in California, albeit one that involves hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars and illustrates how financial DAN WALTERS decisions over four decades interact to create quagmires that defy rationality. To begin at the beginning, in 1978 California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 13, which limits property taxes on homes and other real estate. It reduced property taxes that had supported local agencies and shifted the primary burden of financing schools and community colleges to the state government. Decades later, in 1998, voters passed Proposition 98, a very complex measure aimed at giving each school district a guaranteed revenue stream. Generally, the state would add enough money to each school district’s share of local property taxes to meet a minimum revenue floor based mostly on student enrollment. Just a few years later, Republican Pete Wilson became governor and almost immediately faced a severe economic recession. As state revenues declined sharply, Wilson and the Legislature struggled to meet their Proposition 98 obligations to schools and some demented genius dreamed up the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF) as a way out of the dilemma. It required county auditors to give their local school districts much bigger slices of their property tax pools, thereby reducing what the state budget had to contribute under Proposition 98 and forcing counties, cities and other local agencies to eat the resulting revenue reductions. Eventually the state’s voters, at Wilson’s behest, somewhat offset their losses by approving a statewide boost in sales taxes that were given to local governments under the guise of improving public safety services. It was a political shell game, of course, but nevertheless, ERAF remains in law to this day, although occasionally tweaked to ease the perpetual conflict between state and local officials over money. It’s also spawned a political tug-of-war between state officials and five Bay Area counties over how ERAF’s division of property taxes is being administered. The five counties — San Francisco especially — have enjoyed soaring property tax revenues in recent ■

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Letters to the Editor Four horseman EDITOR: 020 might go down in the history books as the worst year for mankind. First, we get the news that a virus is galloping among us. Alongside this comes the second rider, the economy, ever so fragile. Toppling. As if that weren’t enough we get four bad men in Minneapolis doing a very bad thing. Third rider, third strike. No mercy there. Is it possible that the next wave of COVID-19 will be the fourth and final horseman? Time will tell. I’m praying and I’m not religious. JENNIFER THOMAS Georgetown

Narcissism in the age of Trumpism EDITOR:

illions around the world believe that Trump is an over-the-top narcissist. Narcissus is a mythological Greek shepherd who fell in love with himself. By stuffing the administration with sycophants, Trump feeds his pathological need for constant admiration and compliments. His chutzpah in turning any conversation into praise for himself; his inability to accept suggestions, much less criticism; and his documented violent temper, are, inter alia, clinical symptoms of narcissism. On the web site ‘QUORA’ someone asked: “Why do some British people dislike Trump?” A reader answered: “(Trump) has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no honor and no grace — all qualities with which his predecessor, Mr. Obama, was generously endowed.” Given time and space, it would be easy to cite chapter and verse illustrating Trump’s lack of character and his failures as a leader and as a human being.

The opposite of narcissism is empathy. Obsessively conceited and egomaniacal kings, tyrants, dictators and autocrats like Trump are blinded by their extreme self-love and are emotionally incapable to feel empathy for others. The lack of empathy’s ugly twin is cruelty. Genghis Khan, Henry VIII, Kim Il Sung, Pol Pot, Hitler and Stalin were narcissists before becoming dictators. Trump verbally assassinates his enemies, real or perceived, by using a bully’s tactics. He exhibits his cruelty during press conferences. His reaction to questions he doesn’t like is to insult, mock and denigrate those not in a position to fight back. Can anyone forget his mockery, during his campaign, of a paraplegic reporter? His recent dismissal, without cause, of four inspectors general is an example of a bully lashing back at those who may search the dark corners of the Trump family operations. JOHN GARON Placerville

To catch a mockingbird EDITOR: young couple was looking for a home. After much searching, their Realtor took them to a house that was “perfect’’ — except for the fuchsia family room and the green shag carpet. But the neighborhood was great So what should they do? They decided to buy the house, replace the carpet and paint the family room. Fast forward to their discussion (years later) about the state of their state. The legislative representation was more deplorable than the people. What to do? One solution was to create a new state. But that would be tough. So (after more thought) they decided to change the state Constitution to give the people more representatives. Brilliant! (That was tough, too, but everyone lived happily ever after.) DOUG ROSCOE Shingle Springs

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and 100s. n March Congress One mathematician added $2.3 gave us a very practical trillion to the way of evaluating our national debt with outstanding debt. One the stimulus package. trillion $1 bills stacked Most were jubilant to atop each other (not receive a stimulus check. end to end but flat) But what does this would reach nearly mean? Just to pay this 68,000 miles into space back today would cost — a third of the way each taxpayer $18,863 to the moon (See CNN (compare U.S. Debt HAROLD PEASE newscast, Feb. 4, 2009). Clocks Nov. 2019 with If so, the debt thus far April 2020). incurred by the coronavirus alone, In May the Treasury Department announced that it will borrow another $5.3 trillion, would reach to the moon and two-thirds back to Earth. $3 trillion this quarter making our Sen. Mitch McConnell gave another total coronavirus indebtedness $5.3 trillion and thus what we owed for the illustration just as awe-striking. He calculated that if we spent a million smaller loan more than doubles (Matt dollars every day since Jesus was born, Egan, “The U.S. is becoming the king we still would not have spent a trillion of debt. It’s a necessary risk,” CNN Business). To pay both loans in August dollars — only three-fourths of a trillion dollars (Ibid). would be more than $37,726 per U.S. Who will pay these two coronavirus taxpayer. loans? Since we never liquidate our Those who pay no federal taxes, debt — only increase and pass it on which is about 50% of American to posterity — our grandchildren adults, are not assessed. “The latest yet unborn will be saddled with this spending packages are estimated to debt plus the interest on it. How can be worth about 14% of the country’s I prophesy with such certainty? The economy … the national debt soared United States has not been free of above 100% of GDP” (“Coronavirus: debt since Warren G. Harding 98 U.S. to borrow record $3 trillion as years ago (“U.S. Debt by President by spending soars,” BBC News, May 4). Dollar and Percentage Who Increased So what is a trillion dollars? To begin with a trillion is the number one the U.S. Debt the Most? Depends on How You Measure It,” by Kimberly followed by 12 zeros. A trillion dollars Amadeo Updated Nov. 4, 2019). is a thousand billion and a billion is Yes the coronavirus is a massive a thousand million. These numbers mean very little to the average person, rogue wave that has sunk many businesses in its path but following who count their money in 10s, 20s

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closely behind it is a tsunami almost six times its size — the national debt — that is and will bring down this country because our children cannot pay it either. Our national debt has soared to $25.5 trillion and with the newly announce $3 trillion loan to $28.5 trillion. Our debt in $1 bills laid flat atop each other will now go to the moon and back almost five times. I ask students, “Who gets to go without so that this debt can be paid?” “Go without!?” That is a concept foreign to this generation. They do not know and neither do their parents and grandparents who laid it on their backs. When they are told that their share to liquidate this debt is not just $37,726 for a coronavirus, but $205,440 per taxpayer — due immediately — they get angry (see USDebtClock.org). Someone should have told them that government handouts are not free. The 13th Amendment ending slavery has been rescinded; they are America’s new slaves. Bondage was given them before their birth, or while they were in the womb or before they were old enough to know what it meant to be sold. The past generation wanted nice, costly programs for free and were willing to sell their children to have them. Worse, the older generation is still anxious to incur even more debt on our defenseless children and grandchildren. Are we not the most debt addicted, insensitive generation in U.S. history? Yes, these are hard times and, in such, adding to a national debt

is said to be justified. What isn’t justified is that in prosperous times, of which most of the last 70 years have been, we should have and could have liquidated that debt. Then a $5.3 trillion debt to handle a virus could have been repaid in the next prosperous time or perhaps by the children, but not now. We have squandered our wealth in foreign endless wars, foreign aid and domestic welfare. I had hoped with the robust Trump economy (the best in several decades) that we could get to paying back the debt. I previously published that we could survive and turn things around if we did three things: made significant cuts in our top six major expenditures, did not elect a big spending Congress and did not incur a big funding event. Unfortunately, we made no major cuts in spending, maintained a big spending Congress and did incur a big funding event — the coronavirus. Trump remains our only hope for rebuilding the economy because he already did it once, but chances of removing even the coronavirus portion of the national debt enslaving us is slim. Dr. Harold W. Pease is a syndicated columnist and an expert on the United States Constitution. He has dedicated his career to studying the writings of the Founding Fathers and applying that knowledge to current events. He taught history and political science from this perspective for over 30 years at Taft College.

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Subsequent to community outcry over the proximity of the store to Oak Meadow Elementary School, Costco presented new plans for a single footprint on the west side with an underground parking garage. Area Planning Advisory Committee Chair John Davey recently revealed that Costco hopes the El Dorado Hills

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studies, as well as allow for lengthened county application, approval and permit periods. “They are still dedicated to doing this project,” Davey reported. “They are also uncertain where the county is at and want to make sure everyone is on board. But they intend to pursue this. It just might be a little longer.”

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years as the taxable values of homes and other Mostly, Petek says, the five county auditors property rocketed skyward. Thus they experience are not counting charter school students in what is known as “excess ERAF,” since property their calculations, as state law requires, and taxes are often sufficient to finance their schools miscalculating the additional property taxes that without additional state aid. resulted from the abolition of redevelopment, a The Legislature’s budget analyst, Gabe Petek, program to improve blighted neighborhoods. He issued a report in March alleging that auditors in pegs the erroneous shift at $350 million a year. those five counties have been violating state rules on A provision of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised how local property tax revenues are divided, shifting state budget, released last month, would expose additional funds into local government coffers by the errant counties to lawsuits and impose steep shorting schools. financial penalties on those that don’t follow the “We recently learned that a few counties have state’s rules on property tax allocations. The affected made changes to the way they calculate excess counties are trying to derail it. ERAF,” Petek wrote. “The changes would increase It’s a conflict 42 years in the making. the amount of property tax revenue shifted from Dan Walters is a journalist and author who writes schools to other local agenciesThe by hundreds of for CALmatters.org, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation millions of dollars per year.” venture explaining California policies and politics. 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 For Release Wednesday, June 17, 2020

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Clarksburg’s Justyn Cox has had a knack for winning opening night in the winged 360 sprint cars as of late. In 2017 and 2019’s season openers he returned home victorious. Last night as the Placerville Speedway opened its 55th anniversary campaign the 26-year-old did so yet again, taking the lead on lap eight, en route to his eighth career winged sprint car triumph at the track. A pit area packed full of 93 total race cars greeted the speedway for opening night. Sharing victory lane with Cox were reigning limited late model champion Ray Trimble of Auburn, Placerville’s John Ewing with the pure stocks and Waterford’s Dakota Albright with the Bay Cities Racing Association midget lites.

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When the green flag waved in the 30-lap winged sprint car feature it was Modesto’s Tony Gualda jumping into the lead over Justyn Cox, Foresthill’s Ryan Robinson and Auburn’s Andy Forsberg. The quartet used multiple lines on the quartermile putting on a great show over the early stages. Forsberg eventually grabbed the lead with four laps complete, prior to Cox overtaking him on lap eight down the front stretch. Heading into the first and second corners on that lap Forsberg got sideways and made contact with Robinson with nowhere to go. Forsberg sustained enough damage to end his night while Robinson continued on. When going back green Cox held command out front aboard the C&M Motorsports No. 7c Sprinter as eyes turned to the action behind him that was heating up. Ninth starter Michael Faccinto was making moves, carving his way into second before closing the gap between himself and the leader. With Cox mirrored in traffic Faccinto raced up to the rear tail tank of the leader and kept him honest for several laps, until a caution waved with three circuits remaining. On the restart Cox drove away from the field to take the checkered flag. Roseville’s Colby Copeland battled up front all race long and was able to make a bold move on the final lap, getting past Faccinto who was coming to the line for second. Faccinto’s third-place effort marks a career best at Placerville Speedway. Rounding out the top 10 were Ryan Robinson, Gualda, Blake Carrick, Sean Becker, Mitchell Faccinto,

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Last season Ray Trimble captured three victories on his way to the limited late model championship and for the second straight year scooped up the win on opening night for the division. Trimble fought back the challenges of Dan Jinkerson early in the feature, running the low line out front. Jinkerson, who claimed nine pure stocks wins last year, was in search of his first late model triumph and didn’t let Trimble get too far out front over the duration of the contest. Trimble would not be denied however and crossed the stripe to record his 15th career limited late model victory at Placerville Speedway, which is good enough for third alltime. Jinkerson, Clark Gougliomani, Jay Norton and Tyler Lightfoot completed the top five. Heat race wins went to Jinkerson and Trimble.

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The 20-lap pure stock feature ultimately saw John Ewing battle his way to the front to claim his third career Placerville Speedway win. Galt’s Clarence Holbrook held a steady lead early on and looked to be the favorite but caution bunched the field up and Ewing, who started eighth, sliced his way by Holbrook to grab the top spot that he would never relinquish. Following him across the checkered were Holbrook, Nick Baldwin, Les Friend and Kevin Jinkerson. Heat race wins with the Pure Stocks were claimed by Les Friend and John Ewing.

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The 20-lap Bay Cities Racing Association midget lite main event was all about Dakota Albright who dominated the contest to earn his eighth career victory at Placerville Speedway. The win tied Albright for second on the all-time list with Doug Nunes and Jason Sneep. Fellow veteran Scott Kinney raced his way forward to snag second at the finish followed by AJ Binder, Brent Sexton and Eric Greco in the top-five. Rounding out the top-10 were James Turnbull, Danika’jo Parker, Dominic Del Monte, Terry Bergstrom and Hunter Kinney. Heat race wins went to Brent Sexton, David Bezio and Jeff Griffin. A field of 22 midget lites signed into the pit area during the event.

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commission that the developer has had a series of informal meetings with the El Dorado Hills Community Services District. “We believe we are making progress on a variety of issues,” he said. “We are finding ourselves in a very constructive mode with the CSD.” Bone also mentioned conversations with county staff on alternative land uses. “By the end of the month we’ll probably have some alternative land uses that we would like to discuss that will be consistent with the underlying zoning.” “This project itself may be seriously altered and we’d be almost looking at a brand-new project when it comes around,” Commissioner Gary Miller observed. “Maybe we need to give the Board of Supervisors, the staff and the applicant as much time as they need rather than pushing it.” Although Commissioner James Williams initially recommended a Nov. 12 continuation date, the final date was motioned by Commission Chair Jon Vegna and voted in 3-1.

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Color by numbers to discover what each color represents. 18 - 3 = BLUE 20 - 3 = WHITE 11 + 5 = RED 12 + 2 = YELLOW

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Local favorite singerguitarist Deb Smith brings her songs and stories to the Smith Flat House, 6-8 p.m. Reservations are suggested for patio seating. Call (530) 621-1003.

June 18 Vitalant (formerly known as BloodSource) will hold a community blood drive at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds, 100 Placerville Drive in Placerville, 12:305:30 p.m. There is currently a critical need for all blood types. Participants who have a successful blood donation will receive a COVID-19 antibody test. Donors will have access to test results 10 to 14 days after donation. To ensure social-distancing practices donors are asked to make an appointment by going to donors.vitalant.org and use blood drive code SMFT155 or call Vitalant at 877-2584825. Music in the Mountains kicks off its Virtual Summerfest with a Live Home Piano Concert with Steinway Artist Natsuki Fukasawa on YouTube at 7 p.m. To learn more or RSVP visit musicinthemountains. org.

June 19 Bob Rawleigh will perform live, 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Beef ’n’ Brew, 4232 Fowler Lane in Diamond Springs. Reservations required by calling (530) 344-7296. Log on to juneteenthfestivalonline.com, June 19-28, for the annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival featuring music, the exhibit booths, workshops, seminars and interactive fun all online.. Enjoy famous 20-30 Club tacos at the El Dorado County Taco Rescue event, June 19 & 20, at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds. Pre-order your tacos via email at order2030tacos @gmail.com or drive up. Tacos will be served 11 a.m.10 p.m. both days.

June 20 Main Street Theatre Works hosts “Kong’s Night In,” a virtual stage reading at 7 p.m. live on Facebook. For more information visit mstw.com.

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Jessie Perez is all smiles as a parade moves past her El Dorado Hills home in celebration of her 100th birthday.

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EDH resident celebrates 100th birthday Jana Rossi Staff writer

ne hundred years ago the life expectancy for women was 54.6 years. Jessie Perez beat that by 45.4 years and last week the community celebrated her 100th birthday — drive-by style. With a car parade that stretched over a mile, scores of neighbors, family and the El Dorado Hills Fire Department drove through Perez’ Blackstone neighborhood where she lives with her daughter and son-in-law. Sitting in a decorated chair befit for a queen, a radiantly smiling Perez waved to the passersby who joyfully honked and wished her heartfelt birthday wishes. Perez told Village Life she doesn’t feel a day over 70 and she doesn’t look a day over either. Jessie Duran Perez was born in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, immigrating to the United States in 1933. She has survived three husbands and raised four children. She married her first husband in 1941 and made a promise to him to care for his ailing mother before his passing in 1947. She kept her promise, all while raising three young children as a single mom. To support her family she worked as a cashier at the World Theater in Sacramento — movies were just 10 cents in 1950. n

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Centenarian Jessie Duran Lopez, center, poses with her daughter Addie Monterubbio, left, and granddaughter Alexandria Monterrubio at her birthday celebration.

Healthcare heroes for our four-legged friends Celia Orona Staff writer

hey are members of our family – four-legged furry ones; finely feathered birds; our favorite appaloosa; the alpacas, sheep and goats out in the fields. We care about them. But sometimes, our love is not enough and so, we turn to our local veterinarian for help. Just as humans need health care providers, veterinarians are essential when it comes to our pets and their well-being. The need for care continues no matter what is going on in the world. However, the road to becoming a veterinarian is not an easy one as he or she must be able to treat all types of diseases, disorders,

injuries as well as recommend practical, preventive care. The journey begins with four years of undergraduate work (heavy in the sciences) and is followed by four more years of study and clinical experience. The program at UC Davis, for example, provides “… a broad foundation of knowledge and skills in comparative veterinary medicine before choosing a species-specific stream in small or large animals.” Will the career choice focus on small or large animal care? Perhaps the graduating veterinarian will opt for public health or research. The college degrees, however, are only n

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his week on Zoom, the Placerville History Channel welcomes Jonathan and Matthew Burgess from Sacramento, who will be sharing information about their family in a two-part program. This Thursday they will

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focus on Rufus Burgess, Jonathan and Matthew Burgess’ great-greatgrandfather who came to California in 1850 at the age of 23 with his parents. They were slaves who traveled by wagon train and were granted freedom soon after they arrived. “There are a lot of untold stories,” said Jonathan. The death of Rufus Burgess was reported in the Mountain Democrat on Aug. 4, 1900: “Rufus Burgess died at his home in Coloma … at the age of 73 years. Mr. Burgess was one of the best known colored men in the county, highly esteemed by all and an honest, industrious citizen. He was a pioneer resident of Coloma; he owned and operated the blacksmith shop for

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Twin brothers John, left, and Matthew Burgess hold a picture of their great-great-grandfather Rufus Bell Burgess of Coloma. many years. Deceased leaves a wife and 3 young sons to mourn

his loss. The funeral occurred at Coloma Sunday afternoon and

was largely attended. Rev. E. P. F. Dearborn of Georgetown conducted

the services and interment was in the Coloma Cemetery.” Jonathan, a fire department battalion, and Matthew, a law enforcement officer, are twins and will be co-presenters on the Placerville History Channel. In addition to their public service, the Burgess brothers are also entrepreneurs in the food and hospitality industry and philanthropists who support youth and community programs. The story of the Burgess Family will be presented in a twopart program on Zoom at 6 p.m. for the next two Thursdays. Each week, the Placerville History Channel offers a 30-minute presentation, followed by a 30-minute n

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temperature using a thermometer. Your food stored in the freezer can lose quality due to enzymes, air, ice crystals and moisture. Try to minimize as much air from packaging as possible to prevent food from browning. Also, keeping the temperature at zero or below will help to prevent the formation of ice crystals. One thing I have found helpful is to rotate freezer items. We have a deep freezer so a lot of food can easily get lost in there. When I come home from the grocery store, I label n

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COMICS n SHOE by Jeff MacNelly

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Jessie Perez waves to a friend during her 100th birthday celebration parade, above. The whole neighborhood knew about the milestone thanks to the decorative signs in the front yard, below.

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Century

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When Perez was 47 she married for the third and last time. Her daughter Addie Monterrubio said that was when her mom truly started to live. The newlyweds were known as Fred and Ginger, being the first to arrive on the dance floor and last to leave, and were active in the Hispanic community in Sacramento. Perez said she owes her good fortune to the Lord, although good genes have also played a role; her own mother lived to be 100 after surviving the Spanish flu. Monterrubio attributes her mom’s good health to her great faith, walking an hour every day and not drinking or smoking. The proud daughter acknowledges that her mom has left many imprints on not only her life, but so many others. “There are no words to express my heartfelt love and appreciation for all she’s done for me and my siblings. She is an amazing woman with a heart of gold who loves the Lord,” Monterrubio

shared. “I am the woman I am today because of her guidance, wisdom and sacrifices.” Perez’ granddaughter, Alexandria Monterrubio, said her grandmother’s presence has always played a big role in her life and she has fond memories of playing games of hide-and-seek with her, usually tiring out before her grandmother. These days Perez enjoys watching one of her three favorite shows: “Moving Art,” “America’s Got Talent” and “World of Dance,” during which she loves to comment on Jennifer Lopez’ earrings and the vibrant costumes. Addie describes her mom as somewhat of a fashionista, who in her earlier days enjoyed wearing wigs and brandishing spiked heals into her 90s. When asked a favorite memory Perez responded, “God has been good to me so I have a lot of good memories. I am blessed with everything. I can’t say just one thing.”

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HOROSCOPE by Holiday Mathis n TODAY ARIES (March 21-April 19). There are better and worse methods to the goal. In the end, it’s the way you get it done that defines you, not the result. If you can’t figure out how to love the process, it’s not the right process for you. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Just as you mix new foods and environments into your life, it’s important to add new faces. Different people bring out other sides of you. With change comes growth; with growth comes change. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Solving problems for others feels like a calling. There does come a point in each relationship when doing too much makes the other person helpless. Watch for that. CANCER (June 22-July 22). It’s easy to look back and think, “That was then. This is now.” But the nature of history is repetition. If it hasn’t done that yet, it will. The question is: How ready are you? LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re like the kitten that, after some sudden frenzy, finds itself high up the tree without a clue as to how to get down. Don’t wait for the firefighter with a ladder. Try and do your last dozen motions in reverse. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It’s not enough to get it done, hit the marks, cover the bases... you want to put your stamp on it, too. This is not about approval or applause, though. This is about style, not attention.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The gossip doesn’t have to be about you for you to feel hurt by it. Backbiting offends your sensibility. Go where people have nice things to say about each other. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’re well aware of the ways you get off track. There’s an art to redirection, a way to lead yourself back to productivity. It will be easier to change your environment than to change your thoughts. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You may feel like if you let one thing go -- a token, a possession, an idea, a relationship -- you’ll lose a part of yourself, too. What’s yours is yours. Trust your ability to keep what’s in you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ve shared enough of your inner world to know who gets you, and who doesn’t and may never. Luckily, you don’t require people to understand you in order to love and accept them. Your circle just keeps growing. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). In-screen action is fascinating to you, but it’s your real-life action that is attractive to others. You’ll enjoy the physical and intellectual vigor of the day as you cultivate your hobbies outside of the digital world. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You are a talent to be reckoned with. To doubt, affirm or dwell on that fact will be a waste of time. Just get working. Everything comes to fruition through work, not through thinking or talking about work.

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the beginning. As a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), he or she faces yet another hurdle: a seven-hour test to become licensed to practice. Certification in a specialty (such as anesthesia, dentistry, oncology or critical care) means even more study and clinical practice. According to the Veterinary Practice News, “…11,000 veterinarians in the U.S. have been recognized as specialists in 40 distinct areas of veterinary medicine.” Reaching a final goal, veterinarians may work out of their own clinic, in an animal hospital, research center or zoo. Did I mention it’s a long hard road?

Local vets on the job Today, there are approximately 26 vet clinics in El Dorado County, several of which specialize. For example, Foothill Mobile Veterinary Service and Slate Creek Animal Hospital (both located in Placerville), care for large animals such as horses, alpacas, goats and sheep. One unique service, Avian Health Services, specializes in the care of birds as well as reptiles. Located in Diamond Springs with a satellite office in Carmichael, the clinic treats birds of all types including hawks and owls. Dr. Jeanne Smith, avian specialist, made veterinary medicine her calling at age 11. At the time, she owned a parakeet which became ill. She was able to meet with a specialist who diagnosed her bird’s condition on the spot: a tumor. The vet’s expertise and gentle care for her tiny bird left a lasting impression. She knew this was the profession she wanted to follow and since 1988 — she has done just that. Fast forward to 2020 and there are many changes facing Smith as well as other veterinarians due to COVID-19. Today, for example, taking the pup in for a checkup is no longer a matter of the owner walking into the clinic. Instead, clinics now practice “parking lot pet collection.” Owners wait in their car until an assistant comes out to gather information and then, takes the animal into the clinic for an exam and/or treatment. Follow-up information is provided in the parking lot or later on by phone. The protocol is the ‘new normal’ for vet appointments. Other unanticipated consequences from the virus include the increase in appointments. Melodye Alicea, office manager for Avian Health Services,

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described the worries that faced the office early in the pandemic. “We thought we would have to cut back on our hours, but it’s been the opposite. We are swamped.” Several other clinics, such as Goldorado Animal Hospital (Cameron Park) and Green Valley Animal Hospital (El Dorado Hills) have seen the same results: an increase in visits to the vet. Marney Spellman, partner of Green Valley offered some likely reasons for the uptick. Because many pet owners are home more than is typical (either because they are working from home or they have been laid off ), they see symptomatic behavior that may have been missed before. Moreover, some owners use the at-home time by jogging with their dogs, a situation that may cause injury to the family pet. Just as the world has been turned upside down for humans, so, too, has COVID-19 changed life for our pets. Apparently, the pandemic is creating stress among pets as their routines are disrupted with owners being home 24/7. Stephanie Borns-Wells, of Tufts University, stated that many pets are “… acting needier than usual and this may include being constantly underfoot.” In general, there is a difference between dogs and cats in this behavior. Borns-Wells noted that “while dogs are more apt to turn toward us when they’re feeling stressed, cats are more prone to turn away and avoid members of the family.” She recommends giving pets quiet time and boundaries. “To put it in human terms, they may start to feel like they’re always on call.” In addition, our pets may also pick up the anxiety that we humans are feeling. Whether we own a dog or cat (or both); love to ride our horse; enjoy the antics of baby goats; or “chat” with our parrot — animals are an important part of our lives and often relieve our stress. Our family pet health care provider is an essential part of the picture. In addition to treating our pets, many veterinarians volunteer their time and talent to community organizations such as Sierra Wildlife Rescue and/or to Animal Outreach (spay/neutering animals). Veterinarians and their staff deserve a round of applause for their care and dedication. June 18 is Veterinarian Appreciation Day. Have you thanked your vet lately?

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Above, veterinary assistant Linda Daugherty, left, and Dr. Jeanne Smith work with two white-bellied caique. Below, the bird doesn’t seem to mind Smith’s gentle touch.

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notice some degradation in quality. “Sell by dates” are found on perishable items like milk, meat and seafood. They are used as a guide so stores know how long to safely display them. If they have been stored properly they can be consumed after this date, see guide extension.wsu.edu/foodsafety/ content/decoding-food-dates/. Store home canned foods in a cool, dark, dry place between 50-70 degrees. Remove jar rings 12-24 hours after canning. Wipe jars and do not stack, that way if there is a break in the seal you will see it. I like to put my jars in the original boxes so I can easily store them on storage racks in my pantry. I also label jars at this point so I know when I made it and what it is. Following these guidelines, home preserved food will have its best quality

Public Notices  FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000415 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JM SIZEMORE & SON CONSTRUCTION, located at 1700 Saint Garth Way, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): 1. Jerry M. Sizemore, 1700 Saint Garth Way, Shingle Springs, CA 95682, 2. Christopher J. Sizemore, 1700 Saint Garth Way, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 This business is conducted by a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: May 26, 1999. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jerry M. Sizemore JERRY M. SIZEMORE 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 May 6, 2020. 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) 5/27, 6/3, 6/10, 6/17 7764 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000414 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SOUTH lAKE TAHOE MINI STORAGE, located at 1030 Industrial Ave., South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150/Mailing Address: 3950 Civic Center Drive, Suite 300, San Rafael, CA 94903 Registered owner(s): Mini Management LLC, 415 Coloma Street, Sausalito, CA 94965 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: N/A. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jeff Hines JEFF HINES, MANAGER OF MINI MANAGEMENT LLC 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 May 6, 2020. 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) 6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24 7799 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000457 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE MEADOW, located at 7502 Green Valley Road, Placerville, CA 95667/Mailing Address: 1140 Gold Strike Dr., Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Katie Combellack, 1140 Gold Strike 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: May 26, 2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Katie Combellack KATIE COMBELLACK 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 May 26, 2020. 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) 6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24 7800 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000439 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SIGNATORY CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, located at 2531 Sierra Vista Rd., Rescue, CA 95672 Registered owner(s): 1. Antone Hernandez, General Partner, 2531 Sierra Vista Rd., Rescue, CA 95672,

safely maintained for one year. After that it is still safe to eat but you may find that there may be loss of quality. In response to California Department of Public Health and El Dorado County Health & Human Services guidelines, UCCE Central Sierra is not offering in-person Master Food Preserver public classes until public health guidelines change. UCCE Master Food Preservers are available to answer home food preservation questions; leave a message at (530) 621-5506 or email edmfp@ ucanr.edu. For more information about Master Food Preservers and events, visit ucanr.edu/edmfp. Sign up to receive the ENewsletter at ucanr.org/mfpenews/ and find UCCE Master Food Preservers of El Dorado County on Facebook.

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2. Catherine Hernandez, General Partner, 2531 Sierra Vista Rd., Rescue, CA 95672 This business is conducted by a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: April 1, 2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Antone Hernandez ANTONE HERNANDEZ 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 May 14, 2020. 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) 6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24 7801

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JARITT MElVIN BECK CASE NO. PP20200086 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JARITT MELVIN BECK A PETITION for Probate has been filed by MATTHEW OWENS in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that MATTHEW OWENS 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: August 5, 2020 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: JON L. ZITOMER Zitomer & Roberts, P.C. 3420 Coach Lane, Ste. 8A Cameron Park, CA 95682 (530) 676-8041 6/10, 6/17, 6/24 7824 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000480 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OFF THE GRID, located at 4800 Union Mine Road, El Dorado, CA 95623/Mailing Address: PO Box 524, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Kelly Johnson, 4800 Union Mine Road, El Dorado, CA 95623 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/ Kelly S. Johnson KELLY S. JOHNSON 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 June 3, 2020. 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) 6/10, 6/17, 6/24, 7/1 7825

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 SIlVA VAllEY PKWY BIKE PATH DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT will be received either through Quest Construction Data Network (Quest) or at the front counter of 2850 Fairlane Court, Building C, Placerville, California, until July 2, 2020 at 2:00 PM, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read by the Department of Transportation. 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. The Proposal including the Bidder’s Security, Form 590, and Payee Data Record shall either be submitted through Quest or submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked: “PROPOSAl FOR SIlVA VAllEY PKWY BIKE PATH DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT” CIP NO. 72313, CONTRACT NO. 4750 TO BE OPENED AT 2:00 P.M. ON JUlY 2, 2020 The Project is located along Silva Valley Parkway and the Silva Valley Parkway Class I Bike Path, in El Dorado Hills in the County of El Dorado. The Work to be done is shown on the Plans, and generally consists of, but is not limited to: Constructing drainage improvements along the Silva Valley Parkway Class I Bike Path. Drainage improvements include construction of interceptor swales, HMA shoulder ditches, HMA overside drains, pipe drainage inlets, plastic pipe culverts, hydroseeding, rock slope protection, HMA dike, and HMA paving. Other items or details not mentioned above, that are required by the plans, Standard Plans, Standard Specifications, or these Special Provisions must be performed, constructed or installed. -Bids are required for the entire Work described herein. -The Contract time is THIRTY (30) WORKING DAYS. -For bonding purposes the anticipated Project cost is less than $230,000. -A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for this Project on June 17, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. via Zoom. The meeting information is as follows: https://zoom.us/j/94826246043, Meeting ID: 948 2624 6043, (669) 9009128 US (San Jose), (346) 248-7799 US (Houston), (253) 215-8782 US (Tacoma). 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 # 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, on the Quest website at no charge. The digital Contract Documents, including the Project Plans, may be downloaded for $30.00 by inputting the Quest Project #6870072 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 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. The Foundation Reports, Cross Sections, and Revised Standard Plans will be provided in pdf format as Supplemental Information, on Quest’s website, to all planholders who acquire the Contract Documents digitally through Quest. 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. D I S A D VA N TA G E D BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (DBE) PARTICIPATION: For Federal-aid 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 17 %. PREVAIlING 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

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Public Notices  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. 276a to 276a-7 and 29 CFR Part 5), and the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327-330 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 payment and performance bonds along with 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. 6/10, 6/12, 6/15, 6/17, 6/19, 6/22 7828 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000432 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KEY2lIFE JANITORIAl, located at 4260 Monk Rd., Placerville, CA 95667/Mailing Address: PO Box 2070, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Jennifer Gutierrez, 4260 Monk 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: May 1, 2015. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jennifer Gutierrez JENNIFER GUTIERREZ 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 May 11, 2020. 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) 6/10, 6/17, 6/24, 7/1 7830

COUNTY OF El DORADO, CAlIFORNIA CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE FACIlITIES DIVISION NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the County of El Dorado, State of California that sealed bids for work in accordance with the Contract Documents, Construction Task Catalog®, and Technical Specifications designated: COUNTY OF El DORADO JOB ORDER CONTRACTING (JOC) ClASS B – GENERAl BUIlDING CONTRACTOR BID #20-968-050 BID #20-968-051 BID #20-968-052 All bids must be received by the Chief Administrative Office, Procurement & Contracts Division, located at 330 FAIR lANE, PlACERVIllE, CAlIFORNIA, NO lATER THAN 3:00 P.M. on JUlY 15, 2020. The time stamp clock located in the office of the Chief Administrative Office will serve as the official time clock. Bids will be opened publicly and read by the Chief Administrative Office, Procurement & Contracts Division. No Bid may be withdrawn after the time established for receiving bids or before the award and execution of the Contract, unless the award is delayed for a period exceeding sixty (60) calendar days. Bids shall be executed in accordance with the instructions given and on the forms provided in the Contract Documents furnished by the County of El Dorado, Chief Administrative Office, Procurement & Contracts Division through Quest Construction Data Network (Quest). All bids must be clearly marked on the envelope: “BID FOR JOB ORDER CONTRACTING” BID #20-968-050 or BID #20-968-051 or BID #20-968-052 Three (3) bids are being advertised simultaneously utilizing the same Project Manual and Construction Task Catalog®, with one (1) bid form package. lOCATION/DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK: A Job Order Contract is an indefinite quantity contract pursuant to which the Contractor may perform an ongoing series of individual projects involving repair, remodel, or other repetitive work for any County department on existing County property at different locations throughout the County. The work shall not include new construction, design, or contract drawings. The bid documents include a Construction Task Catalog® containing construction tasks with preset unit prices. All unit prices are based on local labor, material, and equipment prices and are for the direct cost of construction. The Contractor will bid FOUR (4) sets of adjustment factors to be applied to the unit prices. One set of Adjustment Factors for West Slope general facilities/

property, one set of Adjustment Factors for West Slope secured facilities/property, one set of Adjustment Factors for nonsecured facilities/property located in the Tahoe Basin and one set of Adjustment Factors for secured facilities/property located in the Tahoe Basin. Each set of Adjustment Factors will include an Adjustment Factor for performing work during Normal Working Hours (6:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday through Friday) and an Adjustment Factor for performing work during Other Than Normal Working Hours (6:00 pm to 6:00 am Monday through Friday and all day Saturday, Sunday and Holidays). All Adjustment Factors apply to every task in the Construction Task Catalog®. All Unit Prices listed in the Construction Task Catalog® are priced at a net value of 1.0000. The Adjustment Factors shall be an increase or decrease to all the Unit Prices listed in the Construction Task Catalog®. For example, 1.1000 would be a 10% increase to the Unit Prices and 0.9500 would be a 5% decrease to the Unit Prices. Bidders who submit separate Adjustment Factors for separate Unit Prices will be considered non-responsive and their bid will be rejected. Thereafter, as projects are identified the Contractor will jointly scope the work with the Project Manager. The Project Manager will prepare a Detailed Scope of Work and issue a Request for Proposal to the Contractor. The Contractor will then prepare a Proposal for the project including a Job Order Price Proposal, Schedule, Sketches or Drawings, a list of subcontractors, and other requested documentation. If the Proposal is found to be reasonable, a Job Order may be issued. A Job Order will reference the Detailed Scope of Work and set forth the Job Order Completion Time, and the Job Order Price. The Job Order Price is determined by multiplying the preset unit prices by the appropriate quantities and by the appropriate Adjustment Factor. The Job Order Price shall be a lump sum, fixed price for the completion of the Detailed Scope of Work. A separate Job Order will be issued for each project. Extra work, credits, and deletions will be contained in additional Job Orders. The County selected The Gordian Group’s (Gordian) Job Order Contracting (JOC) System for their JOC program. The Gordian JOC Solution includes Gordian’s proprietary eGordian® JOC Applications and Construction Task Catalog®, which shall be used by the Contractor to prepare and submit Job Order Proposals (using the Unit Prices defined in the Construction Task Catalog®), subcontractor lists, and other requirements specified by the County. The Contractor shall be required to execute Gordian’s JOC System License and Fee Agreement, and pay a 1% JOC System License Fee to obtain access to the Gordian JOC Solution. A. Minimum and Maximum Contract Values: There is no Minimum Contract Value. The Maximum Contract Value is $2,500,000, with one option to increase the Maximum Contract Value to the amount currently authorized by the California Public Contract Code during the term of the Contract. The Contractor is not guaranteed to receive this volume of Job Orders. B. The contract term commences ninety (90) days after Contract execution OR upon first Notice to Proceed, whichever occurs first. C. The term of the Job Order Contract will be either for one year or when issued Job Orders totaling the Maximum Contract Value have been completed, whichever occurs first. All Job Orders must be issued but not necessarily completed within one calendar year of the commencement date of the first Job Order. All Job Orders issued during the term of this Contract shall be valid and in effect until work has been completed and accepted by County. All terms and conditions of the Contract apply to each Job Order. D. Each Job Order shall set forth the Job Order Completion Time which is the amount of time allotted for the Contractor to complete the Detailed Scope of Work. E. The successful Bidder(s) shall be required to furnish both a payment bond the amount of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) and a performance bond in the amount of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) on the forms set forth in the Contract Documents. Prior to beginning additional work, Contract holders will be required to re-bond for an additional amount as determined by County for anticipated work for both the payment and performance bonds once the total of completed and outstanding Job Orders reaches $1,500,000, the amount of the original bond. A Pre-Bid Meeting is scheduled for this Contract on June 24, 2020 starting PROMPTlY at 10:00 a.m. in the County of El Dorado’s Board of Supervisors Meeting Room located at 330 Fair lane, Placerville, California. ATTENDANCE AT THE PRE-BID MEETING IS NOT MANDATORY. The County will post on the Quest website such Addenda as the County in its discretion considers necessary in response to questions arising and information presented at the Pre-Bid Meeting. Oral statements shall not be relied upon and will not be binding or legally effective. Addenda issued as a result of the Pre-Bid Meeting shall constitute the sole and exclusive record and statement of the results of the PreBid Meeting. QUESTIONS: Questions will be accepted in writing only, through submission to the Quest website under the Quest Project #6918956 “Project Q&A”, by email, or in hard copy, until 5:00 P.M. ON JUlY 1, 2020. Questions can be emailed to: kady. leitner@edcgov.us with 2020 Job Order Contracting – Question as the subject; or in hard copy delivered to: County of El Dorado, Procurement & Contracts, 330 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667, 2020 Job Order Contracting – Question. Answers to questions deemed relevant and appropriate will be posted on the Quest website on or about 5:00 P.M. ON JUlY 6, 2020. OBTAINING OR INSPECTING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: The Contract Documents may be examined: • Online 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 and entering the Quest project #6918596 after navigating to the link for: Projects Currently Out to Bid: QuestCDN on the Chief Administrative Office, Procurement and Contract’s website at http://edcapps. edcgov.us/contracts/invite.asp. • Interested parties may view the Contract Documents on the Quest website at no charge. The digital Contract Documents may be downloaded for $15.00 by inputting the Quest project #6918596 on the websites’ Project Search page. Please contact Quest CDN.com at 925.233.1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance with free membership, registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. • Physical paper copies of the Contract Documents, including Plans, may be examined at the County of El Dorado, Chief Administrative Office, Procurement & Contracts Division located at 330 Fair Lane, Placerville, California; however, the Chief Administrative Office will no longer issue paper copies of the Contract Documents to bidders. To be included on the planholders list and receive notification of addenda, interested parties must download the Contract Documents from Quest. Those downloading the Contract Documents assume responsibility and risk for completeness of the downloaded Contract Documents. CONTRACTORS lICENSE ClASSIFICATION: Bidders shall be properly licensed to perform the Work pursuant to the Contractors’ State License Law (Business and Professions Code Section 7000 et seq.) and shall possess a Class B – General Building Contractor’s license and shall 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 shall constitute a failure to execute the Contract and shall result in the forfeiture of the Bidder’s security. BUSINESS lICENSE: The County Business License Ordinance provides that it is unlawful for any person to furnish supplies or services, or transact any kind of business in the unincorporated territory of El Dorado County without possessing a County business license unless exempt under County Ordinance Code Section 5.08.070. The Bidder to whom an

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award is made shall comply with all of the requirements of the County Business License Ordinance, where applicable, prior to beginning work under this Contract and at all times during the term of this Contract. REQUIRED lISTING OF PROPOSED SUBCONTRACTORS: No subcontractors will be listed with the bid. Each individual Job Order under the Contract shall have listed therein the name and address of each subcontractor, to whom the Bidder proposes to subcontract portions of the work in an amount in excess of 1/2 of one percent of its total Job Order Price Proposal in accordance with the Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act, commencing with Section 4100 of the Public Contract Code. The Bidder shall also describe in the Subcontractor Listing the work to be performed by each subcontractor listed. The work to be performed by the subcontractor shall be shown by listing the description of the work, and portion of the work to be performed by the subcontractor in the form of a percentage calculated by dividing the work to be performed by the subcontractor by the lump sum bid price. At the time the Job Order Price Proposal is submitted all listed subcontractors shall be properly licensed to perform their designated portion of the work. The Bidder’s attention is invited to other provisions of the Act related to the imposition of penalties for a failure to observe its provisions by using unauthorized subcontractors or by making unauthorized substitutions. Pursuant to recently enacted legislation (SB 854, Stat. 2014, Chapter 28), no contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for public works project (submitted on or after March 1, 2015) or awarded a contract for a public works project (awarded on or after April 1, 2015) unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code Sections 1771.1(a), 1725.5. NONDISCRIMINATION: Attention is directed to the following Notice that is required by Chapter 5 of Division 4 of Title 2, California Code of Regulations. NOTICE OF REQUIREMENT FOR NONDISCRIMINATION PROGRAM (GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 12990) PREVAIlING WAGE REQUIREMENTS: In accordance with the provisions of California Labor Code Sections 1770 et seq., the general prevailing rate of wages in the county in which the Work is to be done has been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. These wage rates appear in the California Department of Transportation publication entitled General Prevailing Wage Rates. Interested parties can obtain the current wage information by submitting their requests to the Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Statistics and Research, P.O. Box 420603, San Francisco CA 94142-0603, Telephone (415) 703-4708 or by referring to the website at http://www.dir.ca.gov/ dlsr/PWD. The rates at the time of the bid advertisement date of a project will remain in effect for the life of the project in accordance with the California Code of Regulations, as modified and effective January 27, 1997. 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 Chief Administrative Office, Facilities Division, and are available upon request. In accordance with the provisions of Labor Code 1810, eight (8) hours of labor shall constitute a legal day’s work upon all work done hereunder, and Contractor and any subcontractor employed under this Contract shall conform to and be bound by the provisions of Labor Code Sections 1810 through 1815. BID SECURITY: A bid security shall be provided with bid. Bid security shall be in the amount of $25,000.00 and shall be cash, a certified check or cashier’s check drawn to the order of the County of El Dorado or a Bidder’s Bond executed by a surety satisfactory to the County of El Dorado on the form provided in the Proposal section of these Contract Documents. AWARD OF CONTRACT: The County may at its sole discretion, award up to three (3) individual Contracts, each with a maximum amount of $2,500,000. Bidders may bid separately on any or all of the JOC Bids; however, only one Contract may be awarded to any bidder. Award will be made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder on each JOC Bid. The lowest responsive and responsible bidder on a bid will be excluded from consideration for award of each successive JOC Bid. The County of El Dorado reserves the right after opening bids to reject any or all bids, to waive any irregularity in a bid, or to make award to the lowest responsive, responsible Bidder(s) and reject all other bids, as it may best serve the interests of the County. No Bidder is to be awarded more than one Job Order Contract under this solicitation. The Purchasing Agent will recommend the bids for award by the Board of Supervisors. As a condition of award, the successful Bidder(s) will be required to submit bonds and evidence of insurance prior to execution of the Agreement by the County. Failure to meet this requirement shall constitute abandonment of the Bid by the Bidder and forfeiture of the Bidder’s security. Award will then be made to the next lowest responsible Bidder. BIDDERS PROTEST PROCEDURES: The Chief Administrative Office, Procurement & Contracts Division, will notify all bidders in writing of its recommendation for award or rejection of bids, and the date and time on which the recommendation for award will be considered and acted upon by the Board of Supervisors (“Notice of Intent to Award”). All bidders may attend the Board of Supervisors meeting, address the Board, and be heard. Within 5 working days from the date of the Notice of Intent to Award, the Bidder protesting the recommendation for award must submit a formal written protest to the Procurement & Contracts Division, stating in detail the basis and reason for the protest. The Bidder must provide facts to support the protest including any evidence Bidder wishes to be considered together with the law, rule, regulation, or criteria on which the protest is based. The Bidder may attend the Board of Supervisors meeting at which the recommendation and bid protest will be considered. If the Bidder is not in attendance at that time, the bid protest may be dismissed by the Board of Supervisors without further consideration of the merits and the decision of the Board of Supervisors on the bid protest shall be final. PAYMENTS: Attention is directed to section 6.2 APPLICATIONS FOR PAYMENT of the Conditions of the Contract. 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 shall be limited to those listed in Section 16430 of the Government Code, or bank or savings and loan certificates of deposit. PROJECT ADMINISTRATION: All communications relative to the Contract Documents and Plans shall be directed to Michele Weimer, Purchasing Agent, County of El Dorado Chief Administrative Office, Procurement and Contracts Division, 330 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667, telephone: (530) 621-5670. No oral responses to any questions concerning the content of the Contract Documents, Construction Task Catalog®, and Technical Specifications will be given. All responses will be in the form of written addenda to the Contract Documents and/or Construction Task Catalog® and/or Technical Specifications. BY ORDER OF the Board of Supervisors, County of El Dorado, State of California. 6/17, 6/24 7845 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF GENE COUNTRYMAN CASE NO. PP20200079 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of GENE COUNTRYMAN A PETITION for Probate has been filed by KATHRYN CAIN in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that KATHRYN CAIN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the

Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: August 5, 2020 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: HEATHER R CHUBB The Chubb Law Firm 1833 Iron Point Road, Suite 120 Folsom, CA 95630 (916) 241-9661 6/17, 6/24, 7/1 7846 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000498 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EVERMORE STEEl, located at 2866 Grandview Street, Placerville, CA 95667/Mailing Address: 101 N Brand Blvd., 11th Floor, Glendale, CA 91203 Registered owner(s): Bryan P. Chase, 2866 Grandview Street, 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: N/A. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Bryan P. Chase BRYAN P. CHASE 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 June 11, 2020. 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) 6/17, 6/24, 7/1, 7/8 7848

El DORADO IRRIGATION DISTRICT REQUEST FOR PRE-QUAlIFICATION OF BIDDERS FOR PUBlIC WORKS PROJECT SlY PARK WATER TREATMENT PlANT (RES A) PlC REPlACEMENT 19033.01 RFQ20-07 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed APPLICATIONS will be received no later than Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at the District office located at 2890 Mosquito Rd., Placerville, CA 95667 for the Sly Park Water Treatment Plant (RES A) PLC Replacement Project, Project No. 19033.01 (“Project”). Only pre-qualified firms will be eligible to bid on the Project. A California Classification A or C-10 contractor’s license is required. The anticipated work of the Project generally consists of installing networking equipment and cabling, modifying existing PLCs, installing new PLCs, PLC programming, and SCADA programming at the Reservoir A/Sly Park Water Treatment Plant. The project is located at 5560 Sly Park Road, Pollock Pines, California. The estimated construction cost is $600,000. The estimated date of construction is November 1, 2020 through April 1, 2021. PUBLIC WORKS LAWS. The project is a public works project subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). To be qualified for this project, a contractor must be registered with the DIR. In addition, pursuant to prevailing wage laws, copies of the prevailing wage rates are on file at the District’s principal office and are available on request. Interested firms may obtain a copy of the Request for Pre-Qualification (RFQ) from the District’s website at www.eid. org. Note that the reference procedure requires the reference information be sent directly by the reference to EID no later than 3:00 PM on July 15, 2020. Questions regarding this project should be directed to the Project Manager by emailing Mr. Patrick Wilson at pwilson@ eid.org, or by calling 530-642-4079. Dated this 17 day of June, 2020 EL DORADO IRRIGATION DISTRICT \s\ Jon Money for Elizabeth Dawson Elizabeth Dawson, P.E., Engineering Manager 6/17, 6/24, 7/1 7849 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000478 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KPG MANAGEMENT, located at 2261 Ashford Place, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762/Mailing Address: 2201 Francisco Dr. #140-359, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Jeremy Karpel, 2261 Ashford Place, 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: March 1, 2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jeremy Karpel JEREMY KARPEL 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 June 1, 2020. 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) 6/17, 6/24, 7/1, 7/8 7850

APN: 101-100-030-000 TS NO: CA07000695-19-1 TO NO: 190902953-CA-VOI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SAlE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/ or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(2).) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED September 18, 2017. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On August 6, 2020 at 01:00 PM, Main Entrance, El Dorado County Superior Courthouse - Placerville Main Street Branch, 495 Main Street, Placerville, CA 95667, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on September 20, 2017 as Instrument No. 2017-0041715-00, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of El Dorado County, California, executed by SHELBY CERA SCHAPPERT, A SINGLE WOMAN AND CHASE W JOHNSON, A SINGLE MAN AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, as nominee for VITEK REAL ESTATE INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC. DBA VITEK MORTGAGE GROUP ITS SUCCESSORS AND/OR ASSIGNS as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 5498 GILMORE ROAD, POLLOCK PINES, CA 95726 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $269,202.65 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call Auction.com at 800.280.2832 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Web site address www.Auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA07000695-19-1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 6-1020 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA07000695-19-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone:949-252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Frances DePalma, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT www. Auction.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Auction. com at 800.280.2832 Trustee Corps may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for that purpose. NPP0370524 To: MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT & PLACERVILLE TIMES 06/17/2020, 06/24/2020, 07/01/2020 6/17, 6/24, 7/1 7851 APN: 325-380-002-000 TS NO: CA07000091-20-1 TO NO: 200018058-CA-VOI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SAlE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d) (2).) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED November 3, 2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On August 13, 2020 at 10:00 AM, at the Main Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 495 Main Street, Placerville, CA 95667, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on November 8, 2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0076461-00, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of El Dorado County, California, executed by HAZEL M. HANKS, TRUSTEE OF THE HAZEL M. HANKS REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST OF 2006, DATED MAY 1, 2006, as Trustor(s), in favor of FINANCIAL FREEDOM SENIOR FUNDING CORPORATION, A SUBSIDIARY OF INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B. as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 3151 LIFE WAY, PLACERVILLE, CA 95667 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability

for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $397,401.63 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call In Source Logic at 702-659-7766 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Web site address listed below for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA07000091-20-1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. June 12, 2020 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA07000091-20-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone: 949-252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Frances DePalma, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www. insourcelogic.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: In Source Logic AT 702-659-7766 Trustee Corps may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for that purpose. Order Number 71969, Pub Dates: 06/17/2020, 06/24/2020, 07/01/2020, MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT 6/17, 6/24, 7/1 7852 NOTICE OF PUBlIC MEETING July 8, 2020 at 3:00pm PST El Dorado County Community Health Center (EDCHC) Public Meeting https://www.gotomeet.me/EDCHC/ edchc-public-meeting (meeting ID: 225-113-837) EDCHC is a primary health care center that serves El Dorado County and provides a full range of family practice services. The Center’s focus is to provide exceptional health care for all. Services available to our patients include primary care, behavioral health, dental, medication assisted treatment (MAT), patient advocacy, a pharmacy program with patient assistance program for medications, podiatry, and referrals to collaborative organizations within the community. EDCHC is a Federally Qualified Health Center 501(c) (3). This health center is a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH), receives some HHS funding and has Federal Public Health Service (PHS) deemed status. EDCHC current Health Center offices are located at: 4327 Golden Center Drive, Placerville, Ca. 95667 4641 Missouri Flat Road, Placerville, Ca. 95667 3104 Pointe Morino Drive, Cameron Park, Ca. 95682 3100 Ponte Morino Drive, Ste. 120, Cameron Park, Ca. 95682 Future Health Center site is located at: 4212 Missouri Flat Road, Placerville, Ca. 95667 El Dorado County Community Health Centers (EDCHC) is applying for a USDA Loan to assist in the construction of a new 30,000 square foot health center building to be constructed at 4212 Missouri Flat Road in Placerville, California. EDCHC plans to break ground on the construction of the new facility in the Fall of 2020. Per the requirements of the USDA loan application process, EDCHC is required to post public notice and provide a public meeting. The public meeting must be no fewer than 10 days after the public posting of the intent to submit for a project loan. EDCHC will hold a public virtual meeting on July 8, 2020 at 3:00 pm PST via GoToMeeting to further expand on the nature of the project, answer any questions, and to provide an opportunity for the community to comment on the project. Please join the public meeting by logging in at https://global.gotomeeting. com/join/259653885 (meeting ID: 259653-885). This notification is intended to serve the purpose of providing El Dorado County’s community with the USDA required posting. For more information, please contact Terri Stratton, MPH – EDCHC, CEO at 530621-7700 6/17 7853 NOTICE OF PUBlIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the General Manager of the Knolls Property Owners Community Services District (KPOCSD) has prepared a proposed final budget. The KPOCSD will hold a public hearing at a Board meeting on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 7:00p.m. at 4001 Lakeview Dr., Placerville, CA before adopting its final budget for Fiscal Year 2020-2021. Appearances of the Public are welcome but must meet the CDC criteria for appearing in person (see posted agenda: Item 1-Conditions and Manners of Attendance). Any member of the KPOCSD may appear in person, by telephone or by Zoom and be heard regarding any item in the budget or regarding the addition of items to the budget. Copies of the preliminary budget will be available at the usual four groups of mailboxes on Lakeview Dr. and Hillock Dr. in the Knolls commencing by June 15, 2018. 6/17 7854

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ands4Hope’s passion is to motivate youth to become a community of socially responsible citizens. Often it’s adult volunteers who shine as the most inspiring examples of what that looks like when the community is in crisis. Former Hands4Hope Board of Directors Chair Doug Busch didn’t have to think twice when he heard about the critical shortage of Personal Protective Equipment for first responders and healthcare workers and knew that he had the right mix of resources and experience to make face shields in his home workshop. So far he has produced and distributed 325 face shields and helped another group by producing parts for an additional 200. “When the pandemic ramped up and care providers were desperate for PPE, I started thinking about how I could help,” said Busch, adding that he was inspired when his wife Julie started sewing personal masks for donation. “I realized that I had the equipment and some capabilities that could produce face shields and decided to develop a design and prototype it.” He was able to pull from his many years of work experience in medical device design and manufacturing in order to understand the requirements needed for the Emergency Use Authorization issued in light of the pandemic by the FDA. This allows for unregulated face shields to be used by clinicians if the right requirements are met. The project wasn’t without challenge as Busch said material for producing the transparent part of the face shields was in very short supply. “I actually had to revise the design and the manufacturing process twice,” he said. Quick to share the credit, he added, “I was able to build on work others had done and designed a face shield that could be made with the equipment I have and the materials I could source.” It is with that collaborative spirit that Busch is doing this project in conjunction with Hands4Hope — Youth Making A Difference. “I was able to support and extend awareness of the Hands4Hope organization and mission locally and spread awareness further in the state.” Currently he has purchased material to make another batch of 200 shields and will mentor several Hands4Hope youth through the manufacturing

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Doug Busch models one of the face shields he designed and manufactured for healthcare workers and first responders during the COVID-19 health crisis. process. In addition Hands4Hope youth will help distribute those face shields to local companies or organizations between Folsom and Placerville. Recipients of the already completed face shields include Westview Healthcare Center in Auburn, College Oak Nursing and Rehab Center in North Highlands, Adventist Health White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles and Tahoe Forest Hospital in Truckee. Busch said it was particularly rewarding when he donated a batch to a medical transport company in East Los Angeles, where the pandemic has caused a disruption in appointments for regularly scheduled vaccinations. Busch was told the PPE was desperately needed for a drive thru vaccination clinic for underserved infants and children. If someone wants to make a difference like that, Busch emphasized a workshop and technical expertise are not required. They can simply look at what they have to give, such as people skills, cooking or mentoring and use it to help others. Busch leads by example here as well, as he stepped in as a math tutor for Hands4Hope youth using Zoom calls during the recent distance learning. It’s the Hands4Hope mission he believes in that teaches students. “When you see something that needs to be done and you can meet that need,” he said, “you just do it.”

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Anniversary Robert & Jacqui Fogle Robert (Bob) and Jacqui Fogle have been married for 60 years. They met at Redondo High School in Redondo Beach in September 1958. They were engaged in August 1959. Bob entered the army in December 1959. On June 10, 1960, Bob came home on medical leave and they decided to get married June 17. With only a week’s notice, they set up a church wedding with 100 guests. Jacqui graduated high school on June 15. Their honeymoon was one night since Bob had to be back in Spokane, Wash., on Monday. They set up an apartment in Medical Lake, Wash. They have grown boys, nine grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.

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The Horse Resource Horses, People, Community: Meet the West Coast Equine Foundation

or more than 20 years, the West Coast Equine Foundation worked quietly behind the scenes at the Murieta Equestrian Center, providing annual scholarships to local college and college-bound students. Those times have changed and WCEF has taken flight with an expanded board of directors, a growing list of community partnerships, and a nearly year-round calendar of events and fundraisers!

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