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Village Life photo by Sel Richard
Heidi Hannaman has been selected to serve on the EDHCSD Board of Directors, filling a seat previously held by Allan Priest.
Hannaman joins EDHCSD board
Photo by Mike Lewis/USA Swimming
Bryce Mefford, above wearing his Cal Berkeley swim cap, swims his way into the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Oak Ridge High School graduate is the first Trojan to earn a spot on Team USA. He reached the milestone Friday, coming in second behind Olympian Ryan Murphy in the 200-meter backstroke final with a time of 1:54.79. “It was a great swim. I felt great doing it,” Mefford said in an interview after the race. Other local swimmers made a splash at the Omaha, Neb., olympic trials, including Colby Mefford, Patrick Sammon, Ben Dillard and Matt Klotz.
Sel Richard Staff writer
Village Life file photo by Mark Studyvin
Representing Oak Ridge High School at a 2017 swim meet, Bryce Mefford gives his all during the race. The entire community will undoubtedly be cheering for this talented young man during the Tokyo Olympic Games, July 23 through Aug. 8.
She may not have been born here, but Heidi Hannaman was certainly raised in El Dorado Hills, having moved to the Crown Village neighborhood prior to entering the third grade at Jackson Elementary School. Her sunny smile is ready evidence of her delight in being appointed as Allan Priest’s replacement on the El Dorado Hills Community Services District board — a seat vacated due to Priest’s relocation to Placerville. “I definitely feel a huge responsibility being someone who has grown up here,” said Hannaman, who said she is personally invested in the impact of the board’s decisions on her community. “When I go home at night ■
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County surveyor remembered for his humor, sense of adventure Andrew Vonderschmitt Staff writer El Dorado County Surveyor Phil Mosbacher unexpectedly died June 10. He was the first of his 15 siblings to be born in Placerville. His parents Howard and Lucille Mosbacher moved the family from Los Angeles to the foothills in 1959, packing up nine children and heading for a new home, sight unseen. Phil grew up with the wilderness at hand and loved the outdoors so much that later in life he graduated from California State University, Humboldt, with a degree in forestry. In his younger years he was known to be curious and fearless. And though the fearless spirit never abated, it was accompanied by careful thought and consideration in later years. Sister Eileen Cleland, two years
his junior, recalled that Phil and his younger brothers were always to be found in the woodshed building “some kind of unsafe contraption.” “He was a genuine, beautiful soul,” she said. “If there was anyone who was a special person, it was Phil.” A graduate of El Dorado High School, Phil was a skilled high school athlete, playing both soccer and football. In 1977 he earned his place on the all-league football team. He also spent a large part of his youth in the 4-H program raising pigs. Sue Mosbacher, Phil’s wife of 19 years, reminisced about their first meeting on a church singles bike ride. “He would zip up and go off-trail and grab elderberries for us to snack on,” she said. “He basically was a big kid in a grown man’s body, just full of energy.” ■
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Village Life file photo by Gray Baker
Phil Mosbacher, with family at his side, is sworn in as El Dorado County surveyor by Judge Suzanne Kingsbury in January 2019.
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