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Friday, August 6, 2021
FLC campus to require vaccination Mountain Democrat staff Students and staff at Folsom Lake College’s El Dorado Center will have to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination this fall to participate in campus activities or access facilities. The Los Rios Community College District Board of Trustees on Tuesday, Aug. 3, voted to require vaccinations. Los Rios Community College District includes Folsom Lake College, which has campuses in Placerville, Folsom and Rancho Cordova, as well as American River, Cosumnes River and Sacramento City colleges. All Los Rios employees and students who access district and college facilities must have received at least one dose no later than Oct. 1. “This decision comes as we are facing a new wave in this pandemic with case numbers, n
See Vaccination, page A3
Warren to lead Environmental Management Eric Jaramishian Staff writer The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously July 27 to appoint Jeffrey Warren as director of Environmental Management. His first day on the job was July 31. Greg Stanton, who led the department for a decade, retired in May. Since Stanton’s retirement Warren has been serving as interim director of Environmental Management. Before that he served as manager of Environmental Management beginning in October 2016. Warren’s experience includes more than 25 PLACE ADDRESS LABEL HERE
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Avalon Katzman, 6, of Rescue gets behind the wheel of an El Dorado County sheriff’s vehicle at a National Night Out party Tuesday in Rescue. National Night Out events across the West Slope brought first responders and residents together for a night of barbecue, fun and games and getting to know the community.
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Jeffrey Warren years in the environmental health field, working for 20-plus years in Orange County as a supervising environmental health specialist in consumer protection, bio-terrorism/ preparedness and database management. He is a registered environmental health specialist with the California Department of Public Health. “It is a crowning point in my career of an environmental specialist. I’m very proud to be here,” said Warren. “I had great leadership before I came here to fill in the shoes of Greg Stanton. He’s been a great mentor and I look forward to carry on the tradition here.” His salary is set at $142,376 a year. An Arizona State University graduate with a bachelor of science in biology, Warren and his family live in Placerville.
El Dorado County was abuzz Tuesday night as the community connected. From Pollock Pines to Rescue and nearly everywhere in between, neighbors and businesses fired up their grills and organized parties as part of the annual National Night Out. In Placerville, police officers, City Council members, city staff and fire safe council members rallied at the police department before splitting up and heading out to eight street parties planned throughout town for National Night Out. The National Association of Town Watch established National Night Out in 1984 as a “take back the streets” crime prevention program. That year 2.5 million people from 400 communities spanning 23 states participated. Fast forward 38 years and 38 million individuals from 16,000 communities in every state in the nation roll out the block party carpet on the first Tuesday in August to come together with public service professionals to build safer neighborhoods and stronger bonds. Placerville has participated each year and boasts recognition for its efforts. “We are very proud of our efforts in National Night Out,” said Police Chief Joseph Wren. n
See NNO, page A7
Mountain Democrat photo by Andrew Vonderschmitt
Placerville Mayor Dennis Thomas gives remarks during a briefing at the Placerville Police Department before National Night Out.
Mountain Democrat photo by Andrew Vonderschmitt
Alexandra Taylor and her neighbors on Northridge Drive in Placerville serve up eats for National Night Out partygoers, including Placerville police officers and city officials.
Garden Valley’s National Night Out party takes over Garden Valley Park.
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