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Michael Raffety Mountain Democrat correspondent Outingdale’s water diversion on the Middle Fork of the Cosumnes River stopped spilling Saturday, July 24, and the El Dorado Irrigation District began trucking in water Monday, July 26. Each 6,500-gallon water tanker carries 5,000 gallons of water four to five times a day from a treated water connection on Pleasant Valley Road 5 miles to Outingdale. Outingdale has 200 service connections with 193 of those active, according to Operations Manager Dan Corcoran, though there may be a few extra water users on the weekend. Monday morning EID General Manager Jim Abercrombie declared a Stage 4 water emergency for Outingdale, which the EID Board of Directors later that morning approved unanimously. Stage 4 limits bimonthly billing to 401 cubic feet of water per person, which is approximately 3,000 gallons of bimonthly water per person or 50 gallons per day per person. Automatic sprinklers are prohibited; watering must be done by hand with a shutoff valve or through drip irrigation system. The water is being delivered by El Dorado Water and Shower at a cost of $145 an hour. With no mobilization fee, it was the low bidder out of three trucking services. At an estimated 11 hours a day the cost per day will be $1,595. The contract is day-to-day but estimated to last 120 days for a total cost of $191,400. As of July 1, tankers delivering potable water must be certified by the Division of Drinking Water. Corcoran said water hauling will continue at least till Halloween. Meanwhile, a report by Corcoran said voluntary conservation efforts are beginning to show. The governor has declared a drought emergency in 50 of 58 counties and requested 15% voluntary reductions in water consumption. “We asked for a voluntary 15% reduction and the governor immediately copied us,” quipped Director Alan Day. Day also observed, “Some voluntary n
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Colton Hein ropes a calf at the National Junior High Finals in Iowa, where he finished first in goat tying and 15th in tie-down roping.
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olton Hein was saddled on his horse and ready to compete in the National Junior High Finals Rodeo in Des Moines, Iowa, with more time to think about the event he was about to partake in, goat tying, than the entire event would take. As soon as the 14-year-old from Placerville and his horse entered the arena at the Iowa State Fairgrounds they sprinted toward a goat, Colton jumping off his horse and tying up that goat in 8.54 seconds. “They had my time up on the big screen,” Colton said. “I saw it and I knew I did really well and that I won as long as my goat stayed tied.” Of the 201 routines completed at the Iowa State Fairgrounds during that event, Colton’s 8.54 sat at the top and won him a national championship. He won a Cinch Scholarship, a Gist Silversmiths gold and silver belt buckle, a Yeti ice chest and a saddle from Slone Saddles embroidered with “2021 World Champion Boys Goat Tying.” “It was rewarding after all the hard work I put into it,” Colton said. Colton said he practiced goat tying every day and then once every one to two weeks he would spend about two hours learning to step off a galloping horse — one of the hardest parts of the rodeo sport, he said. The future Union Mine High School freshman also competes in tie-down roping, team roping, chute dogging and ribbon roping. You might also recognize Colton as a past El Dorado County Fair Mutton Bustin’
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New Serrano subdivision’s fate up in the air Sel Richard Staff writer Parker Development’s proposed residential subdivision on the west side of Silva Valley Parkway between Russi Ranch Drive and Tong Road was met with a recommendation for denial from the El Dorado County Planning Commission due to requests for modifications to minimum lot size, minimum lot dimensions and building setbacks. The Serrano Village A-14 35.78-acre parcel houses 51 single-family residential lots ranging from 3,760 to 10,362 square feet, five landscape lots, one open space
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lot, three remainder lots and one 20.25acre lot for the approved Serrano Village C, Phase 2. The proposed design waivers modify improvement standards including roadway rights-of-way and improvement widths for sidewalks and curbs; reduce a 100-foot centerline curve radii in two areas; modify the standard road encroachment to allow for an entry gate and landscaping median at Russi Ranch Drive and future Country Club Drive; and reduce the standard lot frontage width of 60 feet to 47 feet. Despite these modification requests, county planner Tom Purciel assured that the waivers are typical of virtually
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