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“Year over year our customers have saved (water),” said Director Alan Day. “Save your trees.”
One additional EID reservoir is Weber Reservoir, first built in about 1929 and since rehabilitated twice. The reservoir is full and not needed for release to Folsom Lake because the district has a U.S. Bureau of Reclamation allocation of about 7,500 acre-feet and 17,000 acrefeet of its own water rights currently available to pump out of Folsom Lake.
At the EID Board of Directors meeting June 27 directors also received the annual audit. Director Pat Dwyer said over the last 10 years hookups have averaged 600 annually. “We’re doing more with less,” he noted, adding that the water supply will last 10 years.
Corcoran said, “Year over year demand is down 30% for May and 21% projected for June.”
Those figures will not be repeated as summer heats up, though some slight savings are still anticipated, Corcoran indicated.
Corcoran also noted that letters have been sent to commercial, industrial and institutional customers regarding the State Water Resources Control Board’s non-functional turf irrigation ban.
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fastest laps of the race. A total of 18 late models competed during the night.
Jinkerson is routinely one of the drivers to beat whenever he straps into a pure stock and on Saturday night he reminded everyone of that. The “Diamond Springs Dynamite” lined up from the pole and easily won the 25-lap main event, much of the time leading a full straightaway. The action behind him though started out hot and heavy with at least five cars racing for the runner up position.
Kevin Jinkerson, Nick Baldwin, Scott Grunert and others raced back and forth before things started to settle down over the waning circuits. Not even a couple of late restarts could slow the fast-moving Dan Jinkerson though, as he raced off to record his 36th career pure stock triumph at Placerville Speedway. The win paid an even $1,000.
Kevin Jinkerson, Baldwin, Grunert and Craig Nieman completed the top five. The remainder of the top 10 was filled out by Les Friend, Jason Poppert, Jason Armstrong, Ryan Parkhurst and Jacob Bright. A stout field of 33 pure stocks signed into the pits at the Carnett Clash. All cars that started the A-main took home a minimum of $500.
The 25-lap winged sprint car feature began with rookie driver Caeden Steele snagging the lead, in what was his first career start on the red clay. The surface had slicked off nicely, which led to several back-and-forth races with plenty of slide jobs thrown in. Steele led until contacting the front stretch wall and getting into a wild 360-degree spin. Somehow, he continued in third, as Jodie Robinson now found herself out front with Chase Majdic in second.
Roseville’s Colby Copeland then made a couple of swift moves to jump into second prior to a caution waving on lap 19. On the restart Copeland shot to the lead but was called for a jumped start and docked two positions on the ensuing attempt. When things went back green Majdic made a bold move on the outside to grab the top-spot heading into turn one.
Robinson tried a counter move through three and four but it ultimately saw contact that flattened her left front tire just as the red flag waved for an incident in turn two. Robinson kept the lead and continued with the flat tire but on the restart Majdic made the move to slip underneath for the lead. The “Magic Man” then withstood a final lap charge from Copeland to record his first Placerville Speedway victory, which came during his initial start in the No. 83v.
Copeland finished second, followed by Steele, 12th starter Justyn Cox and Michael Ing in the top five. Completing the top 10 were Michael Pombo, 17th starter Kyle Hirst, Jimmy Trulli, Robinson and Justin Bradway. A stellar field of 36 winged sprint cars competed on Saturday night.
So far this year the Nor-Cal Dwarf Car Association has made three appearances at Placerville Speedway and all three have been captured by Ben Wiesz. The Colfax racer dominated much of Saturday and weathered a closing Dylan Shrum at the end for the triumph. Shawn Whitney, Corey Eaton and Josh Wiesz finished third through fifth, respectively. Rounding out the top 10 were Kevin Bender, Isaak Geil, Brian Quilty, Dan Geil and Tom VanTuyl.
Placerville Speedway returns to action on Monday July 4 with the annual Independence Day Freedom Fireworks event.
Foundation Continued from A1
The money comes through a series of donors and grants, according to Roby.
In a presentation to the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors Roby noted the El Dorado Community Foundation donated about $80,000 to Grizzly Flat residents in April and about the same amount for June.
Nearly 180 households have applied for this relief. Others looking to apply for financial assistance can through disaster case managers hired by the county who recommend applicants to the foundation for final approval.
The case managers can be contacted at the Cameron Park Library.
It has also racked up about $350,000 in donations toward construction of a new community center in Grizzly Flat.
It’s not enough since the project will cost around $3 million, Roby explained.
“The Ford Foundation opened a community hall grant process where they allocate $2.5 million to build one. I read about it and it stopped at Siskiyou County in Southern Oregon,” Roby said. “But we will keep watching for other opportunities. We have a lot of other charitable (organizations) out there that know we are looking, so if they come across anything, we’ll get an email.”
The El Dorado Community Foundation has collected around $3.5 million in donations and grants and has dispersed more than $1.7 million to help Caldor Fire survivors.
The organization, eager to help the Grizzly Flat community in the aftermath of this disaster, has received much appreciation, according to Roby.
“We received lots of ‘thank you’ notes. The ones coming now are really impactful, saying ‘Thank you for staying with us. Thank you for still being here,’” Roby said. “It’s providing hope to people knowing that we are not just a one-off.
“I personally have a deep appreciation for my fellow employees of the foundation, who have not forgotten (the Grizzly Flat community) and continue to work very hard to make sure we bring all the possible support mechanisms we can to assist them and rebuild their lives.”
Those looking to donate can do so at edcf.fcsuite.com.
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