Mountain Democrat, Friday, September 30, 2022

Green sentenced in 1985 cold case killing

Judge Suzanne Kingsbury on Sept. 27 sentenced Michael Green to 15 years to life in prison for the 1985 murder of Jane Anker Hylton.

In late July Green pleaded no contest to second-degree murder for the killing — a crime once thought committed by another man, Ricky Davis, who undeservedly served 15 years in state prison.

“Justice has been served, but it took too long and some awful mistakes were made in the past to get to this moment,” said El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson, who discovered the wrongful conviction and, along with the California Innocence Project, led the e ort to exonerate Davis. “I have personally apologized to Ricky Davis and also want to say we are sorry to Jane Hylton’s family for the

mistakes in handling this case in the past.”

Ricky Davis called the Mountain Democrat in August, saying he was struggling personally and homeless.

Davis said the “wheels of justice turn slowly.”

In August 2020 he filed a claim seeking $18 million from El Dorado County. The claim states “various o cers and members of the county, Sheri ’s O ce” caused the wrongful conviction and imprisonment of

Trip to Green returns

Mountain Democrat staff

Highway 50 tra c

signals through Placerville will be set to green 8 a.m. to 8

p.m. this Saturday and Sunday as part of the Trip to Green pilot program. It’s the last of three weekends this fall selected for the tra c experiment that aims to alleviate seasonal tourist congestion.

Northbound and southbound travel across Highway 50 at Canal Street, Spring Street (Highway 49) and Bedford Avenue will be closed to public tra c, allowing emergency vehicle access only, according to the El Dorado County Transportation Commission. Right-in and right-out access will remain available at Spring Street, Center Street and Bedford Avenue.

On Canal Street

access in the north and southbound directions across Highway 50 will be prohibited for the duration of Trip to Green.

Detours around Highway 50 will remain in place for Main Street, Broadway and Placerville Drive. Travelers may use these roads to travel east and west. To cross Highway 50 they can take Placerville Drive, Ray Lawyer Drive, Clay Street, Carson Road, Mosquito Road and Schnell School Road.

Pedestrian/bicycle crossings on Highway 50 will be detoured from Canal Street and Spring Street for safety. Alternative access is provided at the

Davis.

In August 2020 he filed a claim in the Eastern District Federal

Permit backlog addressed

Eric Jaramishian Staff writer

The El Dorado County Planning and Building Department is making changes to address a backlog in approving building permits, including hiring more sta .

As of June 30 more than 10,000 building permits have yet to be processed from the 2021-22 fiscal year.

More than 13,800 new building permit applications were sent to the building division in 2021-22, a 30% increase from last fiscal year.

The building division received around 10,000 permits in 2020-21 and 2019-20.

Planning and Building Director Karen Garner shared these statistics with the Board of Supervisors during a regular Tuesday meeting Sept.

27.

“I think that is primarily reflective of the strong housing market and strong economy overall in addition to all the new homes, tenant improvements and remodels coming through,” Garner said.

District 1 Supervisor John Hidahl noted the number of permits in process from fiscal year 2021-22 jumped by 69% from the previous year and questioned if a bottleneck in issuing permits had been identified.

“I know sta ng has been short but whenever you see that kind of increase it’s almost like we need to start looking at a closer timeframe, because if this thing is growing unexpectedly then we need to figure out why and what we can do to respond,” Hidahl said.

“That response time needs to be fairly quick and we can’t wait until the end of the year to look at it again.

“The more we can get ahead of that and understand the trending, I think we are going to be better o in understanding (if) we need to ... start hiring now, recognizing that we probably have a lag time of three to six months in being able to hire anyone.”

Garner said while her department has no control over market needs and demands,

shines

Tahoe Daily Tribune photo by Ashleigh Goodwin

Michael Green appears in a South Lake Tahoe courtroom Sept. 27 to hear his sentence.

Mountain Democrat staff

Jane Anker Hylton

Photo by Mitchell Weitzman

Cameron Park resident and pilot Julie Clark climbs out of her Beechcraft T-34 to applause from attendees of Props, Cops & Rodders Show & Shine Fly-In Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Cameron Airpark. Clark, an air show aerobatic aviator, took to the sky with some of her fancy flying. See more photos on page A7.

OBITUARIES

Michael McKinney

May 16, 1962 - Sept 8, 2022

Michael Joseph McKinney, 60, born in Sacramento, resided in Pollock Pines Calif., as a general contractor. Born May 16 1962, left us on Sept. 8, 2022.

Mike attended El Dorado High School; he played short stop and pitcher for the baseball team and nose guard on the football team.

Mike continued to play softball for many years at Lions Park in Placerville. Well loved by everyone that knew him. He is survived by his wife, Kerry McKinney; his two boys and his beautiful daughter; Mathew McKinney, Nathan McKinney and Dallas McKinney. 7 brothers and sisters and his mother, Mary Curtis. Mike was a great guy and will be greatly missed.

Family and friends gathered for services at Lions Park, 3633 Cedar Ravine Rd., Placerville Calif., 95667 on Sept. 29, 2022.

Reba Kathryn Kimzey

Aug. 9, 1922 - Sept. 25, 2022

Reba Kathryn Kimzey, age 100, passed away peacefully in Lafayette, Colorado on Sunday, September 25, 2022. Reba was born August 9, 1922 in Grant City, Missouri to Maurice Glenn and Gaylie “Gladys” (Black) Landon. She graduated from high school in Osceola, Iowa in 1940. Within a few months Reba fell in love and married Victor Kimzey on January 11, 1941. Within months after they eloped, they moved to Hayward, California to start their family. Together they had three children. Reba and Vic work side by side in the auto repair business they owned until 1966. She then worked as a cook in school cafeterias in Newark, CA until 1976 when they retired and moved to Placerville, CA. There Reba and Vic built their dream retirement home together and spent almost 27 years enjoying their home and garden. They also loved travelling in their RV. Reba and Vic were married for 62 years until his death in 2003. In 2007, Reba moved to Longmont, CO to be near family and start a new adventure.

Reba loved gardening, her friends and above all else, she loved her family. Reba supported Veteran groups and actively volunteered most of her life. She was a life member of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 119 in Placerville, CA. She also was a life member of VFW Auxiliary 2601 in Longmont, CO.

Reba was predeceased by her husband Victor Kimzey, son Patrick Kimzey, daughter-in-law Barbara Kimzey and granddaughter Michelle Richards. Also passing before her were her parents, Maurice and Gladys Landon, sisters Clella Hogg and Josie Overton, and brother Charles Landon.

She is survived by her son, James (Pamela) Kimzey and daughter Beverly (Joseph) Richards. She is also survived by grandchildren Cynthia (William) Huston and Brian (Shannon) Kimzey, and great grandchildren Ryan, Joseph, Abbigail, Sophie and Madeline. Also surviving are sisters Lennis Allen, Mary Yeo and many nieces and nephews.

At Reba’s request, a private inurnment will be held when she is reunited with Victor in Placerville, CA.

Susan Jessie (Newell) Niedert

April 18, 1940 – Aug. 7, 2022

Susan was born April 18, 1940 in Hollywood, Calif. She was the daughter of David C. Newell and Katharine (Lewis) Newell, both of whom were actors in the motion picture industry. Susan grew up in the San Fernando Valley graduating from Van Nuys High School in 1957 and attending one year of college at Los Angeles Valley Community College.

Susan’s mother passed away in 1949 and Susan remained in Southern California until her father passed away in 1980. At that time, she moved to El Dorado County in Northern Calif. where she worked for the state of California, retiring after 21 years in 2002 as analyst for the Bureau of Automotive Repair.

In 2004 Susan became a STAR. (Sheri ’s Team of Active Retirees) volunteer until she took medical leave in 2021. She also was a volunteer on the Memorial Team with Green Valley Community Church for several years.

Susan was married twice and was preceded in death by both husbands. She was also preceded in death by her sister Cynthia Shiba, her niece Katharine Richter and her nephew David Richter.

She is survived by her nephew Stephen Richter, his wife Jame, great nieces Jessica Roy, Kaitlyn Trudeau, Ti any Parker, Haley Richter and great nephew Trevor Richter along with several great great nieces and nephews. Susan dearly loved her family and enjoyed spending time with them.

A special thank you to her neighbor of 30 plus years, and “adopted daughter”/best friend Dawn Moseley for the care and compassion shown to Susan during her illness.

A memorial service will be held at Green Valley Community Church in Placerville, Thursday, Oct. 6, at 1 p.m.

Dian Rae Graves

Oct. 18, 1933 – Sept. 4, 2022

Dian Rae Graves was born in Seattle, Wash. on Oct. 18, 1933 to Edwin and Helen Eckern. She was the oldest of two daughters. She graduated from Lincoln High School in 1951. She graduated from Washington State College and was a member of Kappa Delta Sorority.

On April 7, 1956, she married Warren Lee Graves in Seattle, Wash. They relocated to Livermore and Los Gatos for a short time until they settled into their home in Los Altos in 1965.

With loving hearts, Warren and Dian adopted their three children. Kirk Eaton Graves, Dara Lee Graves (Bellino) and Teresa Ray Graves (James).

Dian loved being a “stay at home” mother to raise their three children until she decided to go back to work as an o ce manager in the hotel industry in 1976 then worked for a law firm in Palo Alto.

Warren and Dian were active members of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Mountain View for many years and were active volunteers servicing for those in need.

Upon retiring in 1991, Warren and Dian relocated to Georgetown, Calif. where they built their dream log home. They soon joined the El Dorado Sams RV group and spent much of their days creating friendships and traveling. They were active members of Faith Episcopal Church along with other social groups within the area.

After Warren passed away in September 2011, Dian continued with her social functions, going to church, senior lunches, and traveling and playing cards with friends.

Dian passed away peacefully on Sept. 4, surrounded by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Dian is survived by her children Kirk Graves, Dara Bellino and Teresa James (Ken), her grandchildren, Kyle Graves (Nicole), Cameron Graves (Hannah), Luke Heebner, Katie Graves and Kevin Graves, along with six great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her loving husband of 55 years Warren Graves and her sister Molly O’Leary.

A Celebration of Life will be held at Faith Episcopal Church in Cameron Park on Oct. 22, at 11 a.m. Her ashes will be interred at Chico Cemetery in the Eaton family plot.

If you are moved to make a memorial gift in Dian’s name, the family recommends Snowline Hospice of El Dorado County, or Faith Episcopal Church.

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CORRECTION

The Placerville City Council candidate forum Oct. 5, hosted by the League of Women Voters at Town Hall in Placerville, is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m., not 7 p.m.

Eugene R. (Ollie) Olivier

Sept. 17, 1947 - Sept. 17, 2022

Johanna and Raymond Olivier, of Stickney, S.D., brought Gene into this world on Sept. 17. He grew up in Stickney, working on the family farm and later moved to California when he was 17. Gene was known to many as Geno, Ollie, Pa Gene, Popa and Pops. He is survived by his wife, Madiliene; son, Robert Olivier of Oakdale, Calif.; daughter, Jolene (Jimmy) Trulli of Placerville, Calif.; son, Heath Cantrell of Auburn, Calif.; sister, Nancy (Chuck) Vandever of South Dakota; brothers, Rodney (Marlene ) Olivier, of South Dakota, David (Nancy) Olivier of lowa, Calvin (Jeannie) Olivier of South Dakota; granddaughters, Jordyn and Jaryn Trulli and Sydney Cantrell, and grandsons, Ty and Logan Olivier; along with his nephews, nieces and cousins. Gene is preceded in death by his first wife, Cheree Olivier; daughter, Heather Cantrell Cole; and his parents and many other aunts, uncles and friends.

He was a Navy veteran serving in the Vietnam Crisis 1964-68 on the USS Enterprise; a long-time concrete truck driver (driving for Henningson’s Concrete and then Sierra Ready Mix). Gene was a huge fan of car racing as his son-in-law Jimmy Trulli drives sprint cars. In his younger years he loved the rodeo, riding bareback broncs and bulls. He was an avid bowler and loved to play poker. He was a faithful fan of the 49ers and the San Francisco Giants. One of his favorite pastimes was watching sports on TV.

He also was a huge supporter of his grandchildren in all of their many sports at Union Mine High School. For the last seven years or so he battled with COPD, and other lung/heart disease. He took his last breath at home knowing his family was with him. He will be missed by so many and he loved his family and friends dearly.

In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made in his name to Donations@ COPDFOUNDATION.ORG or call l-866-7312673, ext. 387, or Snowline Hospice, (530) 6217820 snowlineHospice.org. Interment is private at Westwood Cemetery in Placerville. A Celebration of Life will be scheduled at a later date.

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CRIME LOG

The following information was taken from El Dorado County sheriff’s reports:

Sept. 18

10:26 a.m. Shots were reportedly heard at a residence on Pleasant Valley Road in Diamond Springs.

12:23 p.m. Deputies booked into jail a 38-year-old man suspected of possession of a controlled substance on Missouri Flat Road in Placerville. He was later released.

1:17 p.m. Deputies booked into jail a 36-year-old woman suspected of driving without a license on Pony Express Trail in Pollock Pines. The woman also reported had a bench warrant. She was released on $3,500 bail.

5:30 p.m. Vandalism was reported on Countryside Drive in Placerville.

Sept. 19

8:45 a.m. Vandalism was reported on Bass Lake Road in El Dorado Hills.

12:04 p.m. Grand theft was reported on Lupin Lane in Pollock Pines.

12:21 p.m. Battery was reported at a restaurant on Francisco Drive in El Dorado Hills.

4:32 p.m. Grand theft was reported on Valley View Road in Rescue.

7:12 p.m. Deputies booked into jail a 40-year-old man suspected of assault with a deadly weapon, vandalism and resisting arrest on Country Club Drive in Cameron Park. He was listed in custody in lieu of $116,000 bail.

Sept. 20

10:38 a.m. Battery was reported on Bryant Road in Shingle Springs.

12:11 p.m. Vandalism was reported on Kentucky Flat Road in Georgetown.

3:07 p.m. Deputies booked into jail a 56-year-old woman suspected of shoplifting on Coach Lane in Placerville. She was later released.

4:14 p.m. The California Highway Patrol booked into jail a 43 yearold man suspected of possession of a controlled substance, shoplifting and possession of drug paraphernalia on Cambridge Road in Cameron Park. He was later released on $11,000 bail.

4:40 p.m. Grand theft was reported at a camp on Wentworth Springs Road in Georgetown.

5:18 p.m. Burglary was reported at a restaurant on Highway 50 in Placerville.

8:51 p.m. Deputies booked into jail a 43-year-old woman suspected of disorderly conduct on Francisco Drive in El Dorado Hills. She was later released.

9:17 p.m. Deputies booked into jail a 44-year-old man suspected of disorderly conduct on Francisco Drive in El Dorado Hills. He was later released.

10:02 p.m. Deputies booked into jail a 51-year-old man suspected of vehicle theft on Cambridge Road in Cameron Park. He was listed in custody in lieu of $10,500 bail as of press time.

10:03 p.m. Battery was reported on Highway 49 in Lotus.

10:50 p.m. A vehicle burglary was reported on Town Center Boulevard in El Dorado Hills.

Sept. 21

8:36 a.m. Battery was reported on Fairchild Drive in El Dorado

FINALLY, Medicare & Most Insurance Companies Pay for Treatment of Neuropathy!

Peripheral neuropathy is a result of damage to the nerves often causing weakness, pain, numbness, tingling, and may also lead to serious balance problems.

This damage is commonly caused by a lack of blood ow to the nerves in the hands and feet. If not properly treated this lack of blood ow may cause the nerves to degenerate. As you can see in Figure 1, as the blood vessels surrounding the nerves become diseased they shrink and shrivel. This process hastens the ow of vital nutrients to the nerves required to remain healthy. When these nerves begin to “die” it could lead to balance problems, pain, numbness, tingling and burning symptoms in the hands and feet.

Drug Free Treatment

Placerville, CA – Currently the most common method most doctor’s recommend to treat neuropathy is with the use of prescription drugs.

Although these drugs may temporarily reduce your symptoms they may cause a feeling of discomfort and in some cases lead to a variety of terrible unwanted side effects. We have a different method!

The treatment to increase blood ow utilizes a specialized low-level light therapy (not to be confused with laser therapy) using light emitting diode technology. This technology was originally developed by NASA to assist in increasing blow ow.

The low level light therapy is like watering a tree. The light therapy will allow the blood vessels to grow back around the peripheral nerves and provide them with the proper nutrients to heal and repair. It’s like adding water to a tree and seeing the roots grow deeper and deeper.

The amount of treatment needed to allow the nerves to fully recover varies from person to person and can only be determined after a detailed neurological and vascular evaluation.

“My feet hurt so bad after sitting I could barely take the rst few steps. I have had 11 treatments and no longer feel sharp or shooting pains and most of the tingling is gone. I now have full balance and can walk without pain. As Dr. Mooney explained the treatment is not painful, nothing uncomfortable, and is actually very relaxing.” – Neuropathy Pain Patient

In order to effectively treat your neuropathy 3 factors must be determined.

Our advanced treatment method has 3 main goals

What is the underlying cause?1

much nerve damage has been sustained?2

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Healthy Blood Vessels

Diseased Blood Vessels

Nerves Shrivel when Blood Vessels Weak and Disappear

Figure 1

Healthy Nerve

Photo courtesy of Diamond Springs-El Dorado Fire Protection District

Cal Fire Amador-El Dorado Unit and Diamond Springs-El Dorado Fire Protection District firefighters extinguish a vegetation fire on Pleasant Valley Court in Pleasant Valley Wednesday afternoon. No structures were damaged before fire crews were able to get a handle on the flames. Details of what may have caused the small blaze were not available as of press time.

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Tax-the-rich dynamics are different this time

There’s a ditty that captures Californians’ attitudes about taxes: “Don’t tax you, don’t tax me, tax the fellow behind the tree.”

It explains why California voters are usually willing to impose new taxes on the state’s most affluent residents and why the state has, by far, the highest income tax rates of any state, topping out at 13.3%.

In this century, the syndrome has been evident in three elections, beginning in 2004 when Darrell Steinberg, then a state legislator and now mayor of Sacramento, and mental health advocacy groups proposed boosting the tax rate on incomes over $1 million by one percentage point to expand services to the mentally ill.

Eight years later, in 2012, Gov. Jerry Brown sponsored a ballot measure that added four new tax rate brackets on incomes over $250,000 for seven years, saying the proceeds, about $6 billion a year, were needed to keep the state budget solvent.

Letters to the Editor

Persecution of Bahá’í Faith

EDITOR:

F or those of us with the bounty of living here in El Dorado County, with the freedom to support or decry almost every aspect of life in this great land, it is often difficult to imagine the injustices that others live by around the globe. These tragedies in far-off places can seem completely removed from life on the Western Slope.

Thus, what difference could a program designed to eliminate the Bahá’í Faith, the largest minority religion in Iran, mean to us?

parties, condemning its treatment of the peace loving Bahá’ís. Some might say, “What’s the point if they still keep up the persecutions.” But it has helped ease the suffering. We hope and pray that Congress will do this again until Iran lives up to its signature on the UN’s Declaration of Human Rights and all Iranians: Bahá’í, Christian, Jewish and Moslem can worship God (or not) in freedom, as we are able to do here in El Dorado County.

LINN WILLIAMNSON Placerville

What’s important

EDITOR:

Summary

Four years later, a coalition of public employee unions and program advocacy groups backed another measure to extend Brown’s temporary increase until 2030.

All were successful, in part because the wealthy people who would pay the additional taxes didn’t mount any opposition campaigns.

Once again, California voters are being asked to impose more taxes on high-income taxpayers, but this time the dynamics are markedly different.

Proposition 30, primarily sponsored by the Lyft ride service company but with support from environmental and health groups, would raise the rate on incomes of $2 million or more by 1.75 percentage points, pushing California’s top rate to just over 15%. Proceeds would support climate change resistance efforts.

This time, however, wealthy Californians are donating heavily to a campaign against the measure. At least one reason might be that under a 2017 federal tax overhaul, they can no longer deduct state and local taxes (SALT) over $10,000 on their federal tax returns.

It turns out it means a lot for the nearly 100 Bahá’ís living in this county, especially for those with relatives still living in Iran. For them, the situation of the Bahá’ís in Iran is terrifying. The local Bahá’ís are devastated with the latest news of the escalating persecution of their family members, friends and former classmates who are being subjected to the harsh conditions of being a member of the Bahá’í Faith in Iran.

The Iranian government has, since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, conducted a state-sponsored campaign to eliminate the Bahá’í community, falsely believing that it poses a threat to Islam. The government has fired Bahá’ís from state jobs and barred students from higher education. It has shut down businesses and denied Bahá’ís their livelihood. It has imprisoned Bahá’ís who have worked for the betterment of Iranian society through medicine, industry and education. In return for their work, these individuals have been charged with being spies for Israel (the Bahá’í World Center is in Haifa) and enemies of Islamic society.

Recently more Bahá’ís were arrested and charged with “propagating the teachings of the fabricated Bahá’í colonialism and infiltrating educational environments” including kindergartens. The mention of kindergartens seems to target a number of Bahá’ís who are preschool teachers.

In early August news arrived that 200 Iranian government agents had sealed off a village in Mazandaran inhabited by a large number of Bahá’ís and had used heavy equipment to demolish their homes.

For many decades now the Congress of the United States has sent a number of resolutions to the government of Iran, sponsored equally by both

In Rob Purdie’s letter excoriating Trump’s handing of sensitive documents he says Trump, who has declassification authority and privilege that Hillary didn’t have, dismissed Hillary’s email scandal as just careless handling of her emails.

Bad news, Mr. Purdie, there is video of FBI Director Comey outlining the number of cases of Hillary being guilty (guilty is Director Comey’s words) of exactly what Trump is being hammered for. Not to mention her violent acid and hammer destruction of evidence. Imagine if Trump had done that.

No, Mr. Purdie, when you support one standard of justice for your side and another for those with whom you disagree you will only be wasting your breath just preaching to your choir.

Now let’s get to what really matters to the people. When you walk in shock around a supermarket, thank a Democrat. When you pull up to the pump and almost need a loan to fill your tank, thank a Democrat. If you like 9% inflation over 2%, vote for the Democrats that gave it to you.

GEORGE ALGER Placerville

It’s time to cool California’s crust

EDITOR:

D ear California governor, There must be at least 1,000 dry creeks in California that flow with rain/snow fresh water every winter and spring. Why not take, say, up to 50% of that clean water and inject it directly

If not the money … what’s in it for those guys?

The concept is as old as time itself. If you want to know who’s in charge and/ or who benefits or is likely to benefit from any particular action or policy, you “follow the money.” It was easy when the money pretty much went to and stayed with the same people or family or entity for generations if not centuries.

Organized religion and organized political power were probably the two most common beneficiaries of the “money,” because they were the ones that made and enforced the rules of society. It was no mystery that the folks inside the castle walls and those worthies who had solid gold altars in their cathedrals were where the money trail was bound.

Such has pretty much always been humankind’s reality. The term “follow the money,” however, wasn’t generally popularized until the 1970s when it served as an unofficial catch-

phrase in the Watergate investigations.

And while the “haves” have maintained the status quo for eons, their castles are more widely dispersed and better disguised now and hardly anyone has their own solid gold cathedral altar any more.

Without those brick and mortar structures on a hillside or the blinding radiance of a thousand-pound block of gold, it’s been more challenging to figure out where the money actually goes nowadays.

For instance, I’ve been wondering for several years now who benefits from the anti-abortion movement in general and ultimately the recent overturn of Roe v Wade. How does someone make any money from requiring a woman or young girl to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term?

What’s in it for me or anyone else sitting here in Northern California

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if a woman or girl in South Carolina has an abortion? One can apply any number of extreme (and zany) examples of who has a legitimate stake in promoting population growth by eliminating abortion.

Preschool and early childhood care providers could conceivably be leading the so called “pro-life” charge. Likewise toy manufacturers, crib and bib makers, tricycle builders and sugary cereal producers all could have a prodigious interest in keeping the babies coming. Extending the provision of goods and services over an average American’s lifetime could be a potent driver of anti-abortion thought and deed. As such, it should be relatively easy to identify them by following the money. But, it doesn’t seem to be.

The old white guys who dominate the state legislatures that craft most of the laws limiting or prohibiting

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abortion (and potentially other family planning and healthcare practices in future) can’t all be in the sugary cereal or finger-paint business.

So what’s in it for all those old white guys? They can’t all live in mansions with solid gold fixtures. They can’t all drive Bentleys or Lamborghinis and jet about in their own Gulfstreams or Learjets.

If it’s not about the money directly maybe it’s the belief that a position of power could eventually lead to the money some day. Otherwise, I would have to assume that all those old white guys are actually following a deep commitment to “life” under all circumstances. But that’s an assumption I just can’t make, so I’m left with the unanswered question of “what’s in it for them?”

Chris Daley is a biweekly columnist for the Mountain Democrat.

Main Office: 2889 Ray Lawyer Drive Placerville 95667

ChrIS DaLEy

DaN WaLTErS

Once again, California voters are being asked to raise income taxes on the state’s most affluent taxpayers, but this time around the dynamics are different and the outcome less certain.

It was no mystery that the folks inside the castle walls and those worthies who had solid gold altars in their cathedrals were where the money trail was bound.

Richard

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into California’s underground, fresh water aquifers of permeable stratum soils using gravity flow? No power required. Thus, within about five years time, bring that underground water table back up as high as it was prior to the late-1930s’ level.

During winter and spring it is estimated of today’s dry creeks, over 70% of the water ends up in the Pacific Ocean.

Next to each dry creek install 10-inch, underground well casings through each hardpan layer down into coarse sand. Equip the casings’ tops with 3-foot-diameter, lockable debris water screens. Install 8-foot-diameter donut screens around the injection casings to collect silt from dry creek water flows. Reusable screens shall be cleaned once a year and replaced using specially equipped service trucks before fall storms emerge.

The cost to stopping lowering of the land mass (subsidence) would be one-tenth the cost of rebuilding valley water canals that will continue to fail without stopping land subsidence. The subsidence can be stopped.

Bringing underground water tables higher than the Pacific Ocean will bring a halt to sea salt intrusion. The underground seepage will block the

ocean’s salt and save our agricultural lands. Costs on existing diesel and electrical underground water pumps in about five years will drop more than 70% with underground water tables back to 1930s’ level.

ELLSWORTH ROSE Placerville

Social safety net

EDITOR:

T here was a time when our counties in California had mental institutions. Housed with the mentally ill were people with Down Syndrome and epilepsy. Electro-shock and frontal lobotomy were thought to be the best cures — not good places at all.

Institutions were replaced with giving people money and left to their own devices. This has created many problems that make California look like a third-world nation with no social safety net.

Our society has learned a lot in these past 50 years and it’s time to address this issue again with the knowledge we’ve garnered.

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In e ect, that means that California’s highincome taxpayers now feel the full brunt of state tax increases.

The SALT cap also encourages some of the state’s wealthy to leave California for low- or no-income tax states such as neighboring Nevada, Texas or Florida — electric car tycoon Elon Musk most spectacularly.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic politicians have been trying to scrap the SALT deduction limit on behalf of California and other high-tax states, such as New York, but so far have failed.

Last week saw another unusual wrinkle in the perpetual e orts to increase taxes on the wealthy: The campaign against Proposition 30 is broadcasting an ad in which Gov. Gavin Newsom denounces the measure, citing Lyft’s sponsorship.

“Don’t be fooled. Prop 30’s been advertised as a climate initiative,” Newsom says. “But in reality, it was devised by a single corporation to funnel state income taxes to benefit their company. Put simply, Prop 30 is a trojan horse

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9 a.m. Battery was reported at a school on Green Valley Road in Placerville.

that puts corporate welfare above the fiscal welfare of our entire state.”

It bolsters the opposition campaign’s contention that Lyft wants the new money for climate change programs because it would subsidize a state mandate that it and other ride companies convert their fleets to zero-emission vehicles.

Newsom’s opposition is just one of the strange bedfellows makeup of campaigns for and against Proposition 30. His Democratic Party has endorsed the measure, as have groups that have been Newsom allies on climate change. But the California Teachers Association joins him in opposition, improbably aligned with the state Republican Party and anti-tax groups.

This time around, therefore, one cannot say that raising taxes on the rich will be an easy sell.

Dan Walters is a journalist and author who writes for CALmatters.org, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.

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37 Cheney of politics 41 Scottish sheepdog, informally 42 Small-screen milestone of the 1950s 44 Extra periods, for short 45 Cozy 46 Popped up

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Saturday,

10:44 a.m. Grand theft was reported on Back Street in Coloma.

10:47 a.m. Grand theft was reported on Aspen Grove Court in El Dorado Hills.

10:47 a.m. Vandalism was reported on Alhambra Drive in Cameron Park.

10:48 a.m. Grand theft was reported on Aragon Court in El Dorado Hills.

10:50 a.m. Grand theft was reported on Rimini Way in El

11:57 a.m. Deputies booked into jail a 29-year-old man suspected of robbery, receiving stolen property and a probation violation on Pony Express Trail in Pollock Pines. He was listed in custody in lieu of $50,000 bail as of press time.

12:45 p.m. Battery was reported at a laundromat on Green Valley Road in Cameron Park.

2:06 p.m. Grand theft was reported on Rimini Way in El Dorado Hills.

4:06 p.m. Burglary was reported on East Carey Drive in Georgetown.

Announcements

AL-ANON is here for you if you are bothered by someone else’s drinking. Call for meeting times. (916) 334-2970. https://sacal-anon.blogspot. comt

El DORADO COUNTY AMATEUR

RADIO CLUB Dedicated to all aspects of ham radio. Meetings held on the third Tuesday of each month at the El Dorado Sheriff’s office, 200 Industrial Drive, Placerville, 6:30 pm. Visitors and non-hams welcome. Info at www.edcarc.net

LEARN & PLAY CRIBBAGE Cribbage is a fun, fast paced game that will surely keep you on your toes! **All skill levels **Learn to play by ACC Rules (American Cribbage Congress) **Beginner instruction available **Compete in weekly Cribbage tournaments. Call 916-768-4452 for more information. Gold Country Cribbers play Thursday afternoon 1:00 pm at the Moni Gilmore Sr Center, 990 Lassen Lane, El Dorado Hills, CA. 95762

Ready for real change?

CELEBRATE RECOVERY meets Wednesday nights at 6:30 pm at Bayside Church of Placerville, 4602 Missouri Flat Road, Placerville. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. We are a Christ centered recovery program to find healing and recovery from our hurts, habits, and hangups. Email elebratercovery@ baysideplacerville. com. Facebook: https:// www.facebook.com/ CRBaysidePlacerville.

Struggling with life? CELEBRATE RECOVERY is for any Hurt, Habit or Hang-up. We are a faith-based recovery program for life’s issues and struggles. Join us Thursday nights at 6:30pm at Green Valley Church, 3500 Green Valley Rd, Placerville. Doors open at 6:15pm. Children’s programs are available for ages 3 months to

18 years old. Email: celebrate@ greenvalley.church. Find us on Facebook: https://m.facebook. com/crgvcc/

DEMOCRATS – Come meet with the United Democrats of El Dorado County at Round Table Pizza–Missouri Flat Rd. in Placerville at noon on the 3rd Thursday of the month. Call (530)391-6414 or see edcdems. org for more information.

GOLD RUSH CHORUS now welcomes both men and women to share the joy of singing fourpart harmony in the barbershop style. To learn more or to book a performance, call Howard at (530) 647-6513 or Kent (530) 651-3575

Hangtown Women’s TENNIS Club. Join fun-loving women Wednesdays 9am-11am at El Dorado High School. Lessons, social events, only $35/year. Call Cindy 805-540-8654.

SENIOR PEER COUNSELING of El Dorado County is seeking volunteer counselors. Do you possess such qualities as warmth, empathy and nonjudgement, as well as having varied life experiences, and being over the age of 55? If you do and would like to help and listen to fellow seniors who are dealing with age related issues such as loneliness, isolation, health and grief, we would love to talk to you. Counselors receive training and are supervised by a professional in the field. SPC Clinical Supervisor Jayann Askin, MFT, shares “We are looking for volunteers who are interested in psychology, counseling, and mental health and would like to be a part of a supportive group of ongoing learners in this field.” For more information on this greatly rewarding volunteer opportunity, please call 530-621-6304

UPCOMING EVENTS

THE ROBERT CRAY BAND

Saturday, October 15, 8:00 PM

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your attractive qualities shine. The people you’re interested in are likely to be excited about your curiosity. Use this good luck by noticing what’s missing in your social life and asking yourself, “Who do I want to know?” TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Remember when that bit of life you expected would change everything just didn’t? You can’t always tell what’s going to matter or how you’re going to feel. All the worry and doubt might be for nothing. Just do the thing, then see.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Cheerleaders are nice to have, but if you don’t have them, make sure you at least have competition. Nothing motivates you as much as a formidable opponent. When it comes to success, rivals are more essential than fans.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). The graceful balance you achieve between feeding your interests and serving the interests of others will contribute to your happi ness. For the inconvenient giving you do today you will receive a dose of joy.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll witness impressive feats and get curious about how they do it. If you ask, they’ll tell. But if you hang back and observe a while first, you’ll see that the best questions aren’t so obvious. You’ll ask what matters and learn a lot more.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll respond best to work that’s quantifiable and people who are clear in their intentions. Your mind wants to categorize things today. If a thing defies categorization, it may default to your mental trash can.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Things like hunger and desire are the enemy of intelligent strategy. It’s easier to see which is the smart option when you don’t need or want anything. How can you approach the game from a more neutral place?

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). In music, the end of the song is not the point of the song. Likewise, the pay check, trophy or prize is not the entire reason for your effort. If you’re not enjoying the process, you’ll go find work that is more fulfilling.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Some seem to have more of the good stuff. Whether it’s actually true is irrelevant. Envy can teach you what you want. You’ll extend your imagination to the fantasy and extract the motivation to work harder and smarter.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ve tried to move past some obstacles lately, and though it may have felt awkward, there’s a kind of music created by all the challenge and disruption. It’s the rocks that make the brook sing.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Strong feelings can be a gift, but immediately acting on them is often a mistake. Take the time to cool down and assess your position first so you can choose your next move from a place of calm.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You may not completely know what you offer the world yet, but it is valuable and may have mass appeal. Anyone who leads you to believe you are an acquired taste is seeding doubt to gain power. Don’t be fooled.

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existing pedestrian/bicycle overcrossings located at Coloma Street/Center Street and at Bedford Avenue.

The county Transportation Commission approved the Trip to Green program in June 2021.

Plans were set for the lights to go green in 2021 during the weekends of Sept. 17-19 and Oct. 15-17 but instead the strategy was put to use in August to help move Caldor Fire evacuees through Placerville.

Highway 50 sees nearly 50,000 vehicles per day and on peak/holiday weekends it is even higher than that, according to data shared by the EDCTC.

When traffic backs up it spills onto local roads such as Broadway, Main Street, Airport Road, Pacific Street and other routes, which locals say makes it hard to get around. Business owners also have voiced concerns that travelers are not stopping once they get to Placerville because of travel delays.

State, city and county leaders point out that permanent improvements take time to plan,

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they plan to hire additional staff.

The bottleneck is the result of increased applications submitted in fiscal year 2021-22. Staffing levels and the process in which applications are processed remained the same that fiscal year.

“We don’t have a way to increase that output, so they are getting backed up a little bit,” Garner explained.

Garner also cited the COVID19 pandemic and the Caldor Fire as factors in slowing down processing.

Steady numbers of permits have been finalized in the years since 2018, which Garner chalked up to the number of staff and the process staying the same.

Out of 13,832 permits, 7,348 were finalized in the 2021-22 fiscal year.

design, fund and ultimately construct. Until a long-term solution is identified, Trip to Green is a lower-cost solution. It will also demonstrate how potential infrastructure improvements could improve traffic flow through Placerville.

Some residents have asked EDCTC officials why the signals must stay green all day instead of just extending the length of time signals are green. Turns out Caltrans has been working on extending the green signals for more than 10 years to help mitigate traffic congestion. It’s currently set at 120 seconds/two minutes max in the east/ west direction and that’s the longest setting that can be implemented safely, according to Caltrans officials. This is because of the lengthy vehicle stacking/queueing that occurs on the side streets of Bedford, Spring and Canal. When signals are held longer than two minutes, drivers at Canal/ Spring/Bedford have been known to think the signal itself has malfunctioned and violate the red lights, creating very unsafe and illegal cross-traffic movements.

Garner said smaller projects get processed quicker, often times on the same day, while larger projects take more time to get approved.

While Garner said her department is starting to get a handle on finalizing permits, the bottlenecks sent red flags to supervisors.

“That gives me more concern if you are saying there are actually projects that are quicker than others because this seems like a huge bottleneck and we are only getting out half as many as we are putting in,” District 5 Supervisor Sue Novasel said. “We are getting way behind on this.”

County building inspectors conduct 10 inspections per day. They inspected a total of 32,226 buildings in 2021.

Garner confirmed there are more county inspectors on the

West Slope than in the Tahoe region. As of press time there were 44 building division staff.

Garner said her department plans to hire additional staff in the Tahoe office, to use salaries for unfilled “extra help’’ positions to convert to full-time positions and will regularly monitor building permit processing times and staffing to inform additional changes as needed.

Garner’s department is also looking into their permit processing software TrakIT to make sure the program is both user and customer friendly.

“When I talk about staffing and our process being the same, TrakIT is that piece where the process can really improve and we should be able to speed things through more quickly,” Garner said.

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Photo courtesy of Union Mine Athletics

The Union Mine High School varsity cross country girls pose for a victory picture Sept. 14 after outrunning, as a team, the El Dorado High squad, the first time in 11 years. It was the first league meet of the year. El Dorado won the varsity boys’ race.

California Highway Patrol Officer Ramirez from the Capitol Protection Section Mounted Patrol Unit and his trusted steed Moose, a towering Belgian Brabant, greet folks at the Props, Cops & Rodders Show & Shine Fly-In.

Photos by Mitchell Weitzman

Chuck Wahl of Cameron Park takes off in his restored North American T6/SNJ-5C Texan.

Corey Jensen, 7, from Placerville takes a look inside Cal Fire’s new Sikorsky Fire Hawk helicopter. The Firehawk is the firefighting variant of the famed Blackhawk military helicopters.

Mike Tillison cruises down the runway in his custom California Roadster golf cart that’s modeled after a 1932 Ford. He’s a Cameron Airpark resident and flies a Cessna 182.

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Cold case

Court seeking $18 mil lion from El Dorado County. The claim states “various officers and members of the county, Sheriff’s Office” caused the wrongful convic tion and imprisonment of Davis. The lawsuit names the county and three former detectives as defendants — Richard Strasser, Rick Fitzgerald, Bill Wilson and Larry Hennick, as well as pathologist Robert Anthony.

Eastern District Federal Court documents show defendants in June filing motions to dismiss the pending case.

Davis could not be reached for comment following Green’s sen tencing.

Interrogation techniques

At the sentencing Hylton’s daughter Autumn Solbrack (née Anker) gave her victim impact statement, telling the court “aggressive, confession-driven detec tives” induced a false confession from Davis’ then-girlfriend Connie Dahl. Solbrack described her mother’s murder as violent, vicious and animalistic.

In a news release the DA states the primary evidence against Davis was the false confes sion of a co-defendant obtained through the use of aggressive inter rogation techniques now known to be more likely to produce false confessions. Pierson now spearheads a nationwide campaign to change the way investigators interview suspects and witnesses.

“This case has been a game changer,” Pierson said. “It has forced me to push back against some long-held interrogation practices among investi gators and has set me on a path toward changing the way our office and prosecutors across the country find the truth using a better, scientifi cally proven method. We need to make changes now so that false confes sions don’t lead to any more innocent people getting wrongfully imprisoned.”

Solbrack recalled that in 2005 two detectives came to her home and told her they found the people involved in her mother’s murder. She said she was then repeat edly accused of biting her mother and helping move her bloody, lifeless body from the floor to the bed.

Solbrack asked, “If I hadn’t said the word lawyer, at that point in the interrogation, who’s to say how much further the tactics of intimida tion would have been used?”

Pierson has issued a new policy for his office that he said he hopes will become a standard among pros ecutors, the news release continues, and the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office will now limit the filing of criminal charges on any case where the primary evidence against the suspect consists of a con fession obtained through the use of threats, decep tion or psychologically manipulative interroga tion tactics.

“False confessions result in the wrongful convictions of factually innocent individuals while allowing the actual perpetrator to evade justice,” said Pierson. “Investigators should use a rapport-based information-seeking approach because the

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science shows it’s more effective.”

Children speak

Hylton’s children stood up one by one to describe the “unforgivable loss” Green had inflicted on their family.

“The why (it hap pened) and how differ ent my life could have been will haunt me forever,” Heather PurvisMcConnell said. “My mother can finally rest in peace. Let the healing begin.”

Hylton’s fourth child Ardythe Brandon asked what Green would feel or say if it was his mother who had been stabbed 29 times, “What would you do if you received an early morning call to tell you your mother is dead?”

The prosecution’s deputy district attorney Jay Linden read a state ment to Green on behalf of the family.

“You beat her. She had numerous blunt force wounds about her head and face. By your own words you kicked her jaw. You bit her on the shoulder. Why was that? Was she trying to get away from you? You took out your knife, opened your blade and then you inflicted 29 sharp force wounds. She was stabbed in her head. She was stabbed in the neck, the front and the back. She had defensive wounds on hands and arms and tried to keep you from murdering her. You didn’t just kill Jayne that night but destroyed numerous other lives as well. Jayne was 54 years old and here you are the same age she was when you killed her.”

Linden asked Green if he had given any thought to who Hylton was. “She was from Canada, work ing on her real estate license, a journalist for El Dorado Hills,” he told Green. “She wrote articles about social events. She had six chil dren. She was a woman who would write poems for each of her children: Mary Jane, Sue Ann, Heather, Ardythe, Ian and Autumn.”

The murder case

Green’s no-contest plea came 37 years after Hylton’s death and two years after DNA evidence led authorities to his 2020 arrest in Roseville. Green’s DNA was har vested from Hylton’s nightgown, where she was bitten by him the night she was murdered.

Hylton’s body was dis covered at 2848 Stanford Lane in El Dorado Hills on July 7, 1985. At the time of the murder Green was 17 years old, according to Savannah Broddrick with the El Dorado County District Attorney’s office.

Green is said to be one of three young men who hung out with Hylton’s then 13-year-old daugh ter Autumn the night of the murder. Hylton and Autumn were staying at the El Dorado Hills home of Ricky Davis’ mother after Hylton sought a safe haven from her husband, to whom she had been married for about a year. Hylton’s husband had a solid alibi, according to inves tigators.

On the night of July 6, 1985, Davis and his girl friend Connie Dahl went to a party and when they returned to the home they found Hylton bru tally murdered.

The mid-’80s murder investigation went cold until 1999, when cold case detectives with

the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office picked up the trail, starting with an interview with Dahl as she sat in an Oregon jail on drug charges.

Based on evidence given by Dahl against Davis, the case was taken to trial. An initial jury declared impasse and the panel was dismissed. The DA’s Office refiled charges and after a second trial, as well as a near impasse with the second jury, Davis was convicted in 2005 and sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. Dahl died in 2014.

Davis always main tained his innocence and in February 2020, after a motion was filed by the Northern California Innocence Project out of Santa Clara University, he walked out of an El Dorado County Superior courtroom a free man. DNA recovered at the El Dorado Hills crime scene had been processed using modern techniques and the results pointed to Green.

Sentence rendered Because he was a minor at the time of the crime, Green had to first go through the juvenile system before the case was moved up. Nearly two-and-a-half years after his arrest he sat in front of Judge Kingsbury and pleaded no contest to second-degree mur der. By making the plea, Green gave up his right to a jury trial — at which he would have faced a first-degree murder charge.

The defense argued that due to Green’s age at the time of the murder, as well as the lack of a history of violence before and after the murder, he should be considered for probation.

Psychological science professor Dr. Elizabeth Cauffman was called to the stand to educate the court on adolescent development. Also testifying were several witnesses from Green’s childhood, some who maintained relations with him into adulthood, as well as Green’s exwife.

Witnesses agreed they were shocked to learn their friend had inflicted any harm, let alone taken someone’s life.

“There’s just not a bad bone in Mike,” ex-wife Karen Green told the court.

But Kingsbury main tained that “the court is not going to put him on probation.”

Kingsbury noted over the years she has pre sided over a multitude of murder cases and heard arguments on adolescent development.

“After 26 years on the bench this stands out as the single most brutal act that I can imagine just based on the sheer num ber, quantity and type of wounds Miss Hylton sustained. This woman fought and fought and fought and fought for her life,” she said.

“I hope that everyone is able to heal as best as they can,” Kingsburg continued. “I have no doubt that’s what your mom would have wanted.”

Green was remanded into the custody of the El Dorado County Jail until he is transfered to the Department of Rehabilitation. Restitution is to be decided after further consideration by the court.

Tahoe Daily Tribune reporter Ashleigh Goodwin contributed to this report.

Work planned

News release

El Dorado County’s Department of Transportation will be constructing an improved access ramp to the El Dorado Trail on the west side of Missouri Flat Road in Placerville, approximately 350 feet south of Golden Center Drive. Work will begin Monday, Oct. 3, and is scheduled to be completed by Nov. 4.

During this time a short segment of the El Dorado Trail immediately west of Missouri Flat Road will be closed. Adjacent segments of the El Dorado Trail further west and on the east side of Missouri Flat Road will remain open for public use. Trail users are advised the southbound shoulder of Missouri Flat Road from Golden Center Drive to the El Dorado Trail access point will be closed or have limited space available for parking due to construction. Trail users may use the parking area on the east side of Missouri Flat Road for access.

For questions contact the DOT main line at (530) 621-5900 (select Option 3 for Engineering).

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NowFat Cat City hosts a canned food drive in September. The canned food not only helps provide extra nourishment and moisture to recovering cats, some seniors or previously neglected cats have little or no teeth.

Donate at Lee’s Feed in Shingle Springs and El Dorado Hills, Bark Avenue in El Dorado Hills, sbarkles in Folsom and Petco in Folsom and Cameron Park.

The Images of Hope Quilt Auction runs through noon Friday, Sept. 30. The auction includes 18 quilts and one set of four table runners. Visit biddingowl. com/ImagesofHope to place a bid.

The El Dorado Chapter of the California Native Plant Society hosts its Fall Plant Sale through Oct. 1. This is your chance to select plants that grow well in the area. And fall is definitely the best time of year to plant them. Visit shop.eldoradocnps.org to browse the plants available then purchase them. All proceeds from the sale benefit the educational outreach efforts of CNPS.

There are a few openings for Volunteer Tax-Aide counselors for the next tax season to provide free personal income tax assistance in El Dorado County, for seniors and low- to moderate-income residents under the AARP Tax-Aide program. The program operates Feb. 1 through April 15, 2023. Volunteers are asked to work a minimum of six hours per week. Self-study materials are provided in November. Classroom training on federal and California income taxes and form preparation takes place in November and January. Computer knowledge is required as all returns are prepared with software provided by the IRS for electronic filing. Contact George Samaniego prior to Nov. 1 at TaxesElDorado@gmail. com or (916) 933-8537.

High School students may apply now for the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange program to study abroad in Germany. ASSE is one of four well-established international exchange organizations that administer this prestigious program, which is jointly sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the German Bundestag. ASSE has 50 scholarships available to American youth from the western and northwestern regions of the USA. Students are encouraged to learn more and apply at UsaGermanyScholarship. org. The deadline to apply is Dec. 1.

The beauty of Stormy Weather

Cynthia Abraham Gallery at 48 Natoma

Remember the cool days of autumn, when the smell of rain is in the air? The leaves change color and a walk on the beach is brisk with crashing waves. These senses all come rushing back with the Gallery at 48 Natoma exhibit Stormy Weather, featuring watercolors by Juan Pena, pastels by Marianne Woosley and glass by Barbara Grauke, Sept. 30 through Jan. 12, 2023.

Pena is an experienced plein air painter who has participated in many invitational events. The watercolors in this show were all painted on location or from his imagination. These paintings were painted with the use of the three primary colors (plus an occasional use of white). Pena can mix and match most manufactured colors ( watercolor, acrylic and oil.)

“Painting outdoors is my excuse for being outside and loving every minute, whether it’s stormy, cloudy or sunny; be it an ocean, river, town, city, animals or people,” he explained.

As well as an award-winning artist, Pena is a published author, instructor and internationally collected.

Woosley refers to the French philosopher Paul Desjardins in 1889. who described the messy medium of pastels, “Pastel is the lightest, most fugitive of techniques –like the pollen of a lily or the dust from a butterfly’s wing that an artist scatters and fixes on paper.”

Taking a sketchbook and watercolors along on hikes, being less fragile and more compact, the artist captures the scenes around her sketching and painting trees, flowers and landscapes. With the great coastal California weather and subject diversity, she does most of her pastel painting outdoors. Woosley has received numerous awards form plein air and pastel painters groups.

Grauke lives near the Pacific Ocean, where she often observes and imagines the undulating cosmos under the sea. Her many years of working with di erent forms of glass materials culminated with her recent venture with glass powders. Like a painter and their canvas, she uses her powders on a palette of fiber paper.

Her previous years as a glassblower taught her how to see a piece for its shape, thickness, translucency and color. This extensive training in the world of glass work has allowed her to understand the intricacies of all aspects of her glass powder pieces.

Grauke’s education has been both formal with a BFA at the Tyler School of Art and with workshops at the Pilchuck Glass Center and Penland Craft Center.

The popular Folsom Focus Photography Contest will be on display in the Community Gallery, Oct. 7 to Jan. 10, 2023. This contest encourages amateur photographers of all ages to submit their favorite photos that showcase Folsom from their own unique perspective.

Contestants are not required to be Folsom residents, but all photographs submitted must be an image taken in Folsom and identifiable as such. Categories include outdoors, wildlife, urban and macro photography. This year’s judges are Sally Cullen, Terrie Gray and Kathy Kayner.

Don’t miss the annual Glass Pumkin Patch at the Art Center. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 8 & 9.

An opening reception for both exhibits is planned 6-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14. Entrance is free and open to the public with live music by Peter Morgan. Complimentary refreshments will be provided.

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“Snowbirds” by Juan Pena

“Blue Boat Waiting” by Marianne Woosley

“Waves” by Barbara Grauke

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EDC Community ConCErt AssoC. terrific line up this season

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The El Dorado County

Community Concert Association, the oldest performing arts organization in El Dorado County, is thrilled to return with a full line up of exceptional artists after a two-year hiatus. The association relies on memberships to present the concerts and now is the time to renew your membership or join for the very first time.

The first concert of the 2022-23 season is Thursday, Oct. 6, with Hot Club of San Francisco, which will take concert goers back to the smoky jazz clubs of 1930s Paris and to the refined lounge of the famous Hotel Ritz.

The second concert of the season on Tuesday, Nov. 8, will be by Take3 — best described as rigorous classical musicians meet rockstar charisma performing pop, jazz plus classical interpretations.

The third concert in the series is Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, featuring Golden Bough. Rooted in the traditional music of the seven Celtic nations, Golden Bough is popular on both sides of the Atlantic.

The fourth concert in the series, on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, brings Folk Legacy Trio hailed as “the living library” of the great folk era of the ‘50s-’70s with signature dynamic vocals and instrumental arrangements.

The fifth concert of the season on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, is

a performance by Alias Brass — critically acclaimed for being captivating, diverse and innovative chamber music of the future with something for everyone.

The sixth and last concert of the season is Moanin’ Frogs on Thursday, April 20, 2023. Bending genres and uplifting spirits, The Moanin’ Frogs offer an electrifying approach to chamber music.

The coming season’s prices remain very affordable at $70 per adult membership and $20 per student membership for the six-concert series. A family membership option is also available for $160, including two adults and two K-12 students.

For those who cannot attend every concert, subscription prices still make the concert series very affordable.

All El Dorado County Community Concerts begin at 7 p.m. and will be performed at a new venue — Placerville Seventh-day Adventist Church, 6831 Mother Lode Drive in Placerville.

To learn more about the upcoming season — and how to become a member — call (530) 556-9498 and/ or visit ElDoradoCommunityConcerts. com where you can click on the artist’s website for a sampling of their music.

The El Dorado County Community Concert Association is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization. Dedicated members donate many hours of their time and talents to keep administrative costs low.

Limbs fly in ‘evil Dead’ musical

Allen Schmeltz News release

Sutter Street Theatre invites mature audiences to an unforgettable show complete with blood, jokes, cheesy effects and really awesome musical numbers.

“Evil Dead The Musical” takes all the elements of the cult classic films, “The Evil Dead,” “Evil Dead 2” and “Army of Darkness,” combining them for one of the craziest, funniest and bloodiest theatrical experiences of all time. The show opens Sept. 30 in Folsom.

Five college students go to an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s all up to Ash (a housewares employee turned demon-killing hero) and his trusty chainsaw to save the day. Blood flies. Limbs are dismembered. Demons tell bad jokes … and all to music.

Audience members don’t need to be a fan of Evil Dead to love this show. They don’t need to be a fan of horror to love this show. They

don’t even need to be a fan of musicals to love this show. Plus, it’s the only show with a “Splatter Zone” — a section of the audience that gets covered in fake blood.

The show features music by Frank Cipolla, Christopher Bond, Melissa Morris and George Reinblatt with book and lyrics by George Reinblatt. This production is directed by Mike Jimena with

“Evil Dead The Musical” runs Sept. 30 through Oct. 31 with performances at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 7 p.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. select Mondays and Thursdays at the theater, 717 Sutter St. in Folsom. Make a reservation at SutterStreetTheatre.com or call (916) 353-1001.

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The El Dorado County Community Concert Association season opens Oct. 6 with Hot Club of San Francisco.

musical direction by David Williams and choreography by Connie Mockenhaupt.

Photo by Allen Schmetlz

The living and the undead face off in “Evil Dead The Musical,” now playing at Sutter Street Theatre.

Poem ofthe Month

SOUL LOSS

as water smooths stone over time the weight of the Sky wears thin the layers of rock causing soul loss when even the bones of a mountain seem insubstantial

Beatrice Pizer, born in London, UK, received her bachelor’s degree in fine arts painting from Hornsey College of Art, London, and earned a master’s in psychology of symbols from Sierra College, San Francisco. She was awarded an Italian government scholarship for painting in Rome, served as editor of Laguna Honda Hospital’s Arts and Poetry magazine, San Francisco, and was a creative writing teacher at Women’s Wisdom ARTS program, Sacramento (2001). Some of Pizer’s poems and flash fiction will soon be published in “VOICES 2022 Anthology,” Cold River Press. She lives with her husband, small dog and big cat in Placerville, where she works as a shamanic practitioner and writes poetry and short fiction.

Written in one of Poet Laureate Lara Gularte’s Firehouse Ekphrastic Poetry Workshops, this poem is a response to a painting entitled “Face of a Woman Stained with Tears” by local artist Loren Christofferson, while also expressing a deep concern about climate change.

Soul-searching Salgado comes to Folsom

Alligator Records News release

A ward-winning vocalist, instrumentalist and songwriter Curtis Salgado, the man NPR calls “an icon” with “a huge voice,” will perform with his band at the Powerhouse Pub in Folsom Sunday, Oct. 2. Salgado’s latest album, “Damage Control,” is being hailed as the best of his long career. Produced by Salgado, “Damage Control” is packed with soul-searching, street-smart, vividly detailed, instantly memorable songs.

With a career spanning more than three decades, Salgado, a seven-time winner of the Blues Music Award for Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year (most recently in 2022), is a one-ofa-kind talent whose music is as compelling as his story. From co-fronting The Robert Cray Band to leading his own band (and recording nine solo albums) to helping transform John Belushi into “Joliet” Jake Blues to touring the country with Steve Miller and Santana, he is a true musical giant.

Salgado is revered worldwide for his ability to wring every ounce of soul out of every song he performs. He is famed not only for his powerhouse live shows and 10 previous albums, but also for his songwriting. In 2018 he won the Blues Music Award for Song of the Year for “Walk A Mile In My Blues” from “The Beautiful Lowdown.” In total, he has won 10 Blues Music Awards, including the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year. DownBeat calls his songwriting skills “an impressive gift.” Billboard says Salgado’s music is “inspired and powerful.”

With “Damage Control,” Salgado has created what he calls “a rock ’n’ roll record with lyrics that hit.” The album was produced by Salgado and recorded in studios in Tennessee and California with three di erent groups of world-class, road-tested blues and roots musicians. Salgado’s vocals weave, bob and soar, at times jabbing with nuance, and then striking with unlimited power. Of the title track, he said, “Life is all about damage control ... trouble and then some. It’s about dealing with what gets thrown at you and saying, ‘I ain’t finished yet.’”

Born in 1954, Salgado grew up in Eugene, Ore., with music all around him. By his 20s he was already making a name for himself in Eugene’s bar scene with his band The Nighthawks

After Salgado and Cray parted ways in 1982, Curtis fronted Roomful Of Blues, singing and touring with them 1984-86. In 1995 he spent the summer touring as vocalist for Santana. He released the first of his 11 solo albums in 1991.

Salgado’s Alligator Records debut, “Soul Shot,” was released in 2012 to widespread critical acclaim. Blues Revue said Salgado’s music is “triumphant, joyful, blues-soaked R&B” and declared him to be “one of the most soulful, honest singers ever.” He followed up with “The Beautiful Lowdown” in 2016 and “Rough Cut,” the stripped-down acoustic album (with guitarist Alan Hager) in 2018.

Salgado has performed at Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival, The Chicago Blues Festival, The Tampa Bay Blues Festival, The San Francisco Blues Festival, Memphis’ Beale Street Music Festival, Denver’s Mile High Blues Festival as well as

on The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise. Internationally he’s toured in Saipan, Guam, Canada, England, throughout Europe, Brazil, Chile, Panama, The Philippines, Thailand and Hong Kong. According to Blues Revue, Salgado’s performances “start at excellent before segueing into goose bumps, ecstasy and finally nirvana.”

Salgado has always lived life to the fullest, but he’s also faced adversity, overcoming multiple health challenges. Both of these things inform “Damage Control.” He battled back from liver cancer in 2006 and lung cancer in 2008 and 2012. In March 2017 he underwent quadruple bypass surgery. He’s not only come back stronger each time, he’s also become a prolific songwriter, going from writing a few songs per album to writing or co-writing full albums of original songs.

“You can dance to them,” Salgado said of his songs, “but the words have to carry the weight.”

See Salgado at 3 p.m. Sunday, at Powerhouse Pub, 614 Sutter St. in Folsom. For tickets and more information visit powerhousepub. com.

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and later as co-leader of The Robert Cray Band, where he found himself sharing stages with many of his heroes, including Muddy Waters, Bobby Bland, Albert Collins and Bonnie Raitt.

Photo by Laura Carbone

Curtis Salgado performs at Powerhouse Pub this Sunday.

Tahoe event celebrates the area’s diversity

News release

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — The city of South Lake Tahoe, along with the Multicultural Alliance Committee, will host the inaugural Multicultural Celebration, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at Bijou Community Park.

This one-day event celebrates the diversity of cultures in the community through art, music, food and entertainment. It will also feature cultural displays, kids’ activities, food trucks, vendor booths and more.

“We are excited to bring this event to our community, to learn more about the diverse cultures among us and to be able to connect on a deeper level with one another,” states City Manager Joe Irvin in a new release.

The multicultural celebration will feature music and dancing throughout the day. A lineup of performers includes local groups Ballet Folklorico and Tinikling Dancers as well as regional performers — Eagle’s Wings Pageant Dancers, Gboze Drum & Dance and Don Gato Latin Band.

To view the entertainment schedule and learn more about the event visit cityofslt. us/1251/Multicultural-Celebration.

City Theatre presents Spanish comedy

News release

SACRAMENTO — City Theatre at Sacramento City College begins its 2022-23 season with “Life is a Dream” by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, in a modern translation by Nilo Cruz. Roberto Pomo and Christine Nicholson are co-directors for this beautiful classic comedy, which asks some of the same questions about reality and dreams we are asking now.

The play

First published in 1636, “Life is a Dream” has been described as “the supreme example of Spanish Golden Age drama.” It is a philosophical allegory regarding the human situation and the mystery of life.

The story focuses on the fictional Segismundo, Prince of Poland, who has been imprisoned in a tower by his father, King Basilio, following a dire prophecy that the prince would bring disaster to the country and death to the king.

Basilio briefly frees Segismundo, but when the prince goes on a rampage, the king imprisons him again, persuading him that it was all a dream.

The play’s central themes are the conflict between free will and fate, restoring one’s honor, dream

vs. reality and the conflict between father and son.

“Life is a Dream” remains one of Calderón’s best-known and most studied works and has been listed as one of the 40 greatest plays of all time. The play has been adapted for other stage works, for film and as a novel.

The playwright

Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño (Jan. 17, 1600 – May 25, 1681) was a Spanish dramatist, poet, writer and knight of the Order of Santiago. He is known as one of the most distinguished Baroque writers of the Spanish Golden Age, especially for his plays.

Calderón de la Barca was born in Madrid, where he spent most of his life. He was born on a boat in the Manzanares River, thus the name “de la Barca” added to his father’s last name. During his life, he served as soldier and he was a Roman Catholic priest. Born when the Spanish Golden Age theater was being defined by Lope de Vega, he developed it further, his work being regarded as the culmination of the Spanish Baroque theatre. As such, he is regarded as one of Spain’s foremost dramatists and one of the finest playwrights of

world literature.

The production

“Life is a Dream” will be directed by Roberto Pomo (California State University, Sacramento) and Christine Nicholson (“Another As You Like It Reunion,” “Mr. Burns, a Post Electric Play”). The cast will feature Lauren Graffigna, Brianna Petri, Drew Woolley, Kevin Armer, Thomas Larkin, Shawn Ali, Rene Mickel, Angus McNay, Mariah Coburn, Jonathan Blum, Caylin Bach, Lauren Ormond, Joseph Dennis, Christian Vang, Nick Friedrich, Petra Tafoya, Sonny Alforgue, Racine Strong and Johnna Wood. The artistic team will include Shawn Weinsheink (scenic and lighting design), Nicole Sivell (costume design) and Scott Bailey (sound design).

The production opens Friday, Sept. 30, and plays through Sunday, Oct. 16. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 30, Oct. 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14 & 15 and at 2 p.m. Oct. 2, 9 & 16. Performances will be held in the main auditorium of the Performing Arts Center on the Sacramento City College campus at 3835 Freeport Blvd. in Sacramento. Tickets may be purchased online or in-person one hour before a performance. Details and tickets are available at CityTheatre.net.

Hauling

Come one, come all to the Roaring ’20s Jubilee

Traci Rockefeller Cusack News release

OLD SACRAMENTO

— Live banjo, ragtime and jazz music will fill the air and delight visitors to the Old Sacramento waterfront when the Roaring ’20s Jubilee takes place over the course of three funfilled days and evenings starting Friday, Sept. 30, and running through Sunday, Oct. 2. With nearly 60 talented musicians ranging in age from 12 to 95 with some from the local area and others from as far away as Costa Rica, the inaugural event is highlighted by free live music at various venues in the daytime and special ticketed performances in the evenings.

The line-up of entertaining musicians includes talented local youth performers such as the New Traditionalists (TNT), Tower Bridge Trad and Syncopating SeaMonkeys to some of the top banjo players in the country, including Bill Dendle & “Fast” Eddie Erickson, Dave Marty, Tyler Jackson, Bill Lowrey and Steve Peterson, just to name a few.

Three years in the making (due to the

impacts and delays resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic), the Roaring ’20s Jubilee is a true labor of love for the event promoter.

“Our goal is to help bring live music back to Old Sacramento and we’re thrilled to have so many top caliber musicians confirmed for our inaugural year,” said Rex Inglis, Roaring ’20s Jubilee event promoter. “We look forward to entertaining music enthusiasts of all ages with energizing performances as well as introducing a love of jazz, banjo and ragtime to entirely new

Stage Nine hosts Disney guests

Traci Rockefeller Cusack News release

OLD SACRAMENTO — Stage Nine Entertainment, located in the heart of the historical district at the Old Sacramento waterfront, welcomes three special guests — former Disney Imagineer Peggie Fariss, Disney archivist Kevin M. Kern and Disney marketing veteran, book author and historian Tim O’Day — 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1. The fun-filled in-store celebration coincides with the start of National Book Month and National Archives Month and is timed to coincide with the fabulous Walt Disney World 50th anniversary celebration.

During the one-day special event, all three Disney guests will be on-site at Stage Nine to meet and greet the community, sign books and take photos with fans. Stage Nine guests can sign up to attend special storytelling sessions to hear about their magical Disney experiences and recent book projects. The storytelling sessions are being offered at 1 p.m. with Fariss and at 3 p.m. with both O’Day and Kern. While free to participate, space is limited, and advance reservations are required for the storytelling sessions by visiting stagenine.com.

Fariss enjoyed a diverse 50-year career at The Walt Disney Company. After starting in 1965 as an attractions hostess on the Storybook Land Canal Boats attraction at Disneyland, her career included hosting the 1969 Press Conference to announce phase one of Walt Disney World, planning meetings at Walt Disney World, joining WED Enterprises for the planning of Epcot conferences, researching 40,000 years of communications history for the original Spaceship Earth attraction, show producing the Disney Gallery, guiding the integration of corporate branding in Disney Parks around the world and leading Imagineering at Disneyland Paris. Also, Fariss is featured in the book “Women of Walt Disney Imagineering: 12 Women Reflect on their Trailblazing Theme Park Careers.”

With a fascinating perspective of everything Disney-related, archivist Kern has worked with the Walt Disney Archives for over a decade. As the group’s manager of research, he primarily works with historical documents and artwork and helps to facilitate company legacy and outreach projects. In addition, Kern regularly hosts special event programming for The Walt Disney Company and has had his writing featured in numerous publications, including as a co-author of “A Portrait of Walt Disney World: 50 Years of The Most Magical Place on Earth.”

O’Day is a successful writer, public relations executive, ideation consultant and events producer. Among his accomplishments, he was the creative spark behind many aspects of Disneyland’s 50th-anniversary celebration, including creating an Olympic-sized lap pool at Disneyland for U.S. Olympian swimmers, procuring a Disneyland star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, placing Dumbo in the Smithsonian and having the pardoned presidential White House Thanksgiving turkeys retire to the Disney Parks, to name a few. He is currently seen in the popular Disney+ series “Behind the Attraction.” O’Day has written many

audiences along with a new generation of visitors. Everyone is welcome.”

Free musical performances are

scheduled to take place in four locations throughout the historical district — Our Place

Event Space & Kitchen, 1107 Firehouse Alley;

Steamers Bakery & Cafe, 101 K St.; Sacramento History Museum, 101 I St.; and inside the B.F. Hastings Annex, located next to the Sacramento Visitors Center at 1002 Second St. — on Friday and Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. These free performances are open to the public, all ages are welcome and advance registration is not required. Friday and Saturday evenings, 6-10 p.m., exciting live banjo shows take center stage at three locations, including at Hoppy’s Railyard Kitchen & Hopgarden, Our Place Event Space & Kitchen and inside the Sacramento History Museum (Friday evening only). Event badge holders are able to move freely between the venues if they want

to follow their favorite performers who rotate among the participating locations. Wrist badges will be available for purchase at all the locations on Friday and Saturday as well as in the evening at the door of each venue for the night shows as space allows.

The Roaring ’20s Jubilee is proudly presented by the Peninsula Banjo Band and the youth bands portion is sponsored by the Sacramento Jazz Education Foundation. In addition, invaluable support has been provided by Bill Lowrey, president of Peninsula Banjo Band, and Patti Jones, executive director of Sacramento Jazz Education Foundation. For more information visit peninsulabanjoband. org/roaring-20-jubilee.

SUDOKU SOLUTIONS

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Dental of ce in Placerville looking for DA/RDA to work 3 to 4 days a week. Please email resume to sn4jonesdds.@gmail.com

El Dorado Truss Co., Inc seeks Design Manager in Placerville, CA. Req’d: 3 yrs. experience as Design Manager. Knowledge of drafting, architectural/wall panel design or CAD applications, Ability to read and understand blueprints and architectural drawings.

Pro ciency in MiTek software is required. Mail resume: El Dorado Truss Co, Inc. 300 Industrial Dr. Placerville, CA 95667

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Senior Civil Engineer

Date Opened: July 15, 2022- Amended 9/9/2022

Filing Deadline: Open until filled.

will

reviewed as they are received.

The Human Resources Department is currently accepting applications for the position of Senior Civil Engineer in the Engineering Department.

visit our website at www.eid.org or call 530-642-4074.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

El Dorado Irrigation District is seeking:

Property Management and Maintenance Technician

Salary: $29.17-$35.46 per hour

Date Opened: September 23, 2022

Filing Deadline: Open until filled. First review of applications on October 11, 2022.

The Human Resources Department is currently accepting applications for the position of Property Management and Maintenance Technician to fill one open position in the Recreation Division of Operations.

For a complete job description and the REQUIRED application, please visit our website at www.eid.org or call 530-642-4074.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

2890 Mosquito Road Placerville, CA 95667

Fax: (530) 622-1134

El Dorado Irrigation District is seeking:

Temporary Utility Worker — Recreation (90-day Assignment)

Salary: $23.90 per hour

Date Opened: September 13, 2022

Filing Deadline: Open until filled.

First review of applications on September 21, 2022.

The Human Resources Department is currently accepting applications for several Temporary Utility Worker positions within the Recreation Division of Operations.

These are temporary positions and employees are employed for a period not-to-exceed three months from date of appointment.

For a complete job description and the REQUIRED application, please visit our website at www.eid.org or call 530-642-4074.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

2890 Mosquito Road Placerville, CA 95667

Fax: (530) 622-1134

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Banjo music will entertain the crowds during the Roaring ’20s Jubilee in Old Sacramento this weekend.

Along the edge

West, where land meets sea is where I traded in smoke for coastal fog and oppressive heat for hikes in higher humidity. Our rugged foothill trails still own me, but the sand dunes and beaches of the coast were a needed reprieve. Each spring I chase spring up to our Sierra Nevada mountains but when the last of the flowers are gone and the grasses are brown, I turn a new direction.

Mary West Outdoor columnist

Bodega Bay less than 200 miles, about three hours from home. We take Interstate 80 to CA37 to Highway 1. There is a curve on Highway 1 that tells me I am on the coast and I instinctively roll down the windows and breathe the ocean air. Eucalyptus trees hang with bright green moss, windswept cypress appear to hug the fog, their scent filling the air.

Windows down you can hear the crash of waves against the coastline. This is where I walk along the edge. The Bodega Headlands are dotted with regional parks and Sonoma State Park is nearby.

The invasive ice plant is colored bright red and still hosts blooms. It’s a challenge to resent the succulent but I remind myself of the hard work and success Doran Beach celebrates at its removal and welcomes back pockets of coyote bush, yarrow, pickleweed and endangered Point Reyes Bird’s Beak.

Searching out tidal pools, I find starfish, hermit crabs, mollusks, sea anemones and more. Sea birds patiently hunting are never far away.

With so much to see and do, and cooler weather to rejuvenate my mind, the north coast is my favorite

hiking getaway.

Mary West is author of the book series “Day Hiker – Gold Country Trail Guide I, II and III” (available on Amazon), a collection of the Day Hiker columns where West shares her longtime love of the outdoors, favorite hikes in Northern California’s Gold Country

and beyond. West is the recipient of the 2017 and 2019 CRAFT Award for Best Outdoor Column and the 2020 Craft Award for her second book “Day Hiker – Gold Country Trail Guide” series by the Outdoor Writers of California. Follow West on Facebook and Instagram.

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She does not have a filmography for you to peruse but she has an almost twin, Ashley. Both F Black DSHs 2yr.

Toby & Teva are just 2 of the kittens coming up for adoption soon. Check www.petharbor.com for the new additions.

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The north coast of California is a great getaway with many fantastic places to hike.

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The association’s vision is to keep quality music alive for future generations in El Dorado County, accomplished through a variety of community and student outreach programs. Donations, in excess of season memberships, are gratefully accepted and are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law.

For further information or to inquire about sponsorship opportunities call (530) 556-9498.

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48 Natoma St. in Folsom. It is managed by the Folsom Parks and Recreation Department and displays art by regional and national professional artists, area museum collections and traveling exhibitions — offering high quality, original art exhibits to the community that otherwise may not be experienced in this area. More information is available at folsom.ca.us , the Gallery at 48 Natoma.

The Folsom Art Center and Gallery at 48 Natoma are open to the public Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and evening hours from 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; call (916) 461-6601 for current hours or to reserve a free tour appointment time. For more information contact Gallery Director Cindy Abraham at cabraham@folsom.ca.us.

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popular Disney books, including being a co-author of “A Portrait of Walt Disney World: 50 Years of The Most Magical Place on Earth,” which is available for purchase at Stage Nine.

In addition to the special guests to the Old Sacramento Waterfront, Stage Nine will have a collection of vintage artifacts and memorabilia on display from Walt Disney World’s early days and that span its history over the course of five delightful decades. As a highlight, guests will love to see the four-seater Mr. Toad car, an original from Walt Disney World’s Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride from Stage Nine’s impressive collection.

Located at Front & K streets, Stage Nine Entertainment showcases approximately 20,000 unique items related to movies, television, toys, and pop culture. For more information call (916) 447-3623 or visit stagenine.com.

Sept. 30

El Dorado Veteran Resources powered by the Military Family Support Group rolls out the red carpet for eligible veterans and their families at the El Dorado Veteran Stand Down, Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 at the Veterans Memorial Building, 130 Placerville Drive in Placerville.

The event will provide a one-stop shop for veterans to access their benefits, services and other medical support. For more information, volunteer opportunities and registration visit eldoradoveteransstand. org or call (530) 621-5146.

Visit the Sherwood Demonstration Garden, 6699 Campus Drive in Placerville, open to the public, 9 a.m. to noon Fridays and Saturdays. See the many plants, trees, succulents, natives and more. Wander through the 16 individual gardens at your own pace or ask a docent for help. Check the website before visiting: ucanr.edu/sites/EDC_ Master_Gardeners/Demonstration_Garden.

RevolutionBeat – Tribute to the Beatles will perform at the Placerville Elks Lodge No. 1712, 6-9 p.m. Enjoy an evening of FABulous Beatles music at the lodge, 3821 Quest Court in Shingle Springs.

Creamery Station comes to The Green Room Social Club, 251 Main St. in Placerville, 8-11 p.m. For tickets and more information visit tickets.clubgreenroom.com.

The California Capital Airshow comes to Mather Airport in Rancho Cordova, Sept. 30 through Oct. 2. For tickets and more information visit californiacapitalairshow.com.

Oct. 1

UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County hosts Fall into Gardening with Master Gardeners, 9 a.m. to noon at the Sherwood Demonstration Garden, 6699 Campus Drive, Placerville. Presentations on a variety of topics will be given throughout the day. Visitors can come for one class or stay all day. There will also be activities for kids, community booths and UCCE program information. Admission is free.

The second Walk With Austin TRY-athlon is scheduled 8-11 a.m. at El Dorado Hills Community Park and the EHD pool. Kids with special needs up to age 18 are invited to participate in this adaptive swim, bike, run event. For more information visit walkwithaustin.org/events.

The Shingle Springs-Cameron Park Chamber of Commerce presents the Thunder in the Park Car Show, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Cameron Park Lake. Enjoy raffles, food trucks, a live DJ, vendor booths and more and this family friendly event.

AAUW Foothills of El Dorado hosts a luncheon prepared by Chef Eileen Burke-Trent open to the public starting at 11:30 a.m. at Park Community Church, 3901 Chaparral Drive, Shingle Springs. This will feature seventh- and eighth-grade El Dorado County girls the branch sponsored at a one-week STEM camp on the campus of UC Davis. For reservation contact Norma (530) 295-9056 or Laurel (530) 417-7737. Sponsorships and donations also welcome.

Lotus Hocus Pocus hosts Hip Nosis, a high energy nine-piece band, featuring a horn section and outstanding vocals. This House Concert will be held in a beautiful garden setting in Lotus, 7-10 p.m. All net proceeds go the the musicians. There will be an opportunity to meet the musicians and share drinks and desserts at the intermission. Those interested must request an invitation to attend this concert. Email houseconcerts@lotushocuspocus.com or call (530) 622-4914 to receive an invitation.

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as: D DESIGN & INTERIORS , located at 6003 Western Sierra Way, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762

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The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 08/29/2022

Signature of Registrant: /s/ Dana Gettelman

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(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 09/06/2022.

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.

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IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.

A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, (cashier’s check(s) must be made payable to National Default Servicing Corporation), 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 Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state; will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to

The sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Krystal Lynn Pettit, an unmarried woman Duly Appointed Trustee: National Default Servicing Corporation Recorded 04/13/2018 as Instrument No. 2018-001385300 (or Book, Page) of the Official Records of El Dorado County, CA. Date of Sale: 10/27/2022 at 1:00 PM Place of Sale: Main Entrance to El Dorado County Superior Courthouse - Placerville Main Street Branch, 495 Main Street, Placerville, CA 95667

Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $346,746.36 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 4944 Meadow Glen Dr Grizzly Flats, CA 95636 A.P.N.: 041-602-011-000 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. 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. The requirements of California Civil Code Section 2923.5(b)/2923.55(c) were fulfilled when the Notice of Default was recorded.

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

Oct. 2

The local chapter of Pony Express will host the national convention next year. To help raise funds, chapter members will hold a rummage sale and tack sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the El Dorado Savings parking lot on Pony Express Trail. Those who want to rent a boot are asked to contact Cindy at (530) 391-7652 or cindyshields1016@gmail.com.

El Dorado Western Railroad offers train rides at the El Dorado Station, 4650 Oriental St. Trains leave on the hour beginning at 10 a.m. with the last train departing the station at 1 p.m., weather permitting. For more information call (530) 663-3581.

The Niello Concours at Serrano in El Dorado Hills, celebrating the British Marques, takes place at Serrano’s Village Green, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For tickets and more information visit theconcours.net.

Shadow Ranch Vineyard in Somerset hosts live music by Rayana Ragan with Cashel Barnett on guitar and wood-fire pizza, 2-5 p.m. RSVP atshadowranch.com/Events/Rayana-Music.

Sugarloaf Station Foundation hosts a fundraiser 2-6 p.m. at Sierra Vista Vineyards & Winery in Placerville. The team party event will include teas, cakes, prizer drawings, live music and more. For tickets and more information visit sugarloafstationfoundation.org.

Oct. 5

League of Women Voters hosts a live Zoom candidate forum featuring the Placerville City Council, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Town Hall in Placerville.

Oct. 6

Women’s Fund El Dorado will celebrate its members who have collectively granted more than $1 million to local nonprofits over the last 15 years at a special event, 5-8 p.m. at the Forni Building on the El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville. Tickets can be purchased at womensfundeldorado.org.

The Placerville Area Chess Club meets every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Denny’s in Cameron Park, 3446 Coach Lane. For more information call Neville Arroues at (530) 642-9043.

Oct. 7

The Cameron Park Community Services District hosts the Smash Bros Tournament for Teens, ages of 13-17, at the Cameron Park Community Center at 6 p.m. Length of tournament depends on participation sign up. Top three participants will win a trophy. Bring your own controller or borrow ours. For more information and to register visit cameronpark.org.

Oct. 8

Hands4Hope – Youth Making a Difference hosts its Fall Festival at the EDH Town Center waterfront, Oct. 8 & 9, featuring hay rides, games, an obstacle course and more. For more information visit hands4hopeyouth.org/fallfestival.

Kilt & Cork Presents the Main Street Oktoberfest in downtown Placerville, 3-9 p.m. Admissions free. Beer, wine, food and snacks will be available for purchase. Enjoy local beers, German food, a kid zone and a performance by the Hasenpfeffer Oktoberfest Band. For more information visit kiltandcork.com/oktoberfest.

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been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call or visit this Internet Web site www.ndscorp.com/sales, using the file number assigned to this case 19-01300-CE-CA. 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.

NOTICE TO TENANT*: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 888-264-4010, or visit this internet website www.ndscorp. com, using the file number assigned to this case 19-01300-CE-CA to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. *Pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code, the potential rights described herein shall apply only to public auctions taking place on or after January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2025, unless later extended. Date: 09/07/2022 National Default Servicing Corporation c/o Tiffany & Bosco, P.A., its agent, 1455 Frazee Road, Suite 820 San Diego, CA 92108 Toll Free Phone: 888-264-4010 Sales Line 855-2198501; Sales Website: www.ndscorp. com By: Gabriela Sanchez, Trustee Sales Representative 09/16/2022, 09/23/2022, 09/30/2022 CPP353143 9/16, 9/23, 9/30 10863

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: September 28, 2022 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. Petitioner: CARRIE K. SCHROEDER 6990 Tamalpais Road Garden Valley, CA 95633-9511 (707) 888-4435 9/16, 9/23, 9/30 10877

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ShARON STONER CASE NO. 22PR0208

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of SHARON STONER A PETITION for Probate has been filed by PAM WEICK in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado.

THE PETITION for probate requests that PAM WEICK be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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 D. LYDELL Lydell & Lydell 5050 Sunrise Boulevard, Suite C-1 Fair Oaks, CA 95628 (916) 966/1966 9/23, 9/30, 10/7 10897

INVITATION

The County of Amador is seeking sealed bids for the furnishing of all labor, tax, bonds, insurance, permits, premiums, shipping, transportation, services, disposal, equipment, materials, and appurtenant facilities for ADA

the Amador County Sheriff’s Department.

Qualified bidders

bid

at the office of General Services Administration located at 12200-B Airport Road, Martell, CA 95654 (209) 223-6375. A $75.00 non-refundable deposit (payable by exact cash or check only) for each hard copy Bid Document set is required, or can be download for no charge from the Public Purchase website http://www.publicpurchase. com/amadorco,ca A mandatory Pre-Bid

Limited Liability Company, State of LLC: CA

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/12/2022

Signature of Registrant: /s/ Monica Hendrix MONICA HENDRIX, CEO 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 09/19/2022. 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) 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14 10900

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2022-1012

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SOURCED FlIGhT located at 3266 La Canada Dr Apt 8, Cameron Park, CA 95682

Registered owner(s): Daniel E Riedling, 3266 La Canada Dr Apt 8, Cameron Park, CA 95682

This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/18/2022

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of MARK C. MCNULTY aka MARK CHRISTOPHER MCNULTY

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: November 30, 2022 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 the office of the Director of General Services Administration, located at the above Martell address. Bids received late, will be rejected and returned unopened. Telegraph, Facsimile (FAX) and E-Mail bids will not be considered Questions regarding this bid should be referred to www.publicpurchase. com 9/23, 9/30 10899

Signature of Registrant: /s/ Daniel E Riedling DANIEL E RIEDLING 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 09/19/2022.

1080 Old Neumann Road,

95672

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

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MARk C MCNUlTy

MARk ChRISTOPhER MCNUlTy CASE NO. 22PR0099

A PETITION for Probate has been filed by CARRIE K. SCHROEDER in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado.

THE PETITION for probate requests that CARRIE K. SCHROEDER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

Hear some soul-tingling blues in Sutter Creek

News release

Robert Jon & the Wreck bring southern rock and blues to Sutter Creek Theater Friday, Sept. 30.

Robert Jon & The Wreck are a double shot of southern rock with a blues chaser. Roots rock jams, whiskey drenched lyrics and fervent stage shows only scratch the surface of what makes RJ&TW one of the best live bands to emerge from Southern California in years, with a growing discography and billings alongside the likes of Joe Bonamassa, Sturgill Simpson and Peter Frampton.

Reigning from Southern California, Robert Jon & The Wreck take the southern rock sound from the east coast and make it their own. Since their inception in 2011, these five native Californians; Robert Jon Burrison (lead vocals, guitar), Andrew Espantman (drums, background vocals), Steve Maggiora (keyboards, background vocals), Henry Schneekluth (lead guitar, background vocals), Warren Murrel (bass) have been electrifying audiences all over the world with their soaring guitar

leads, rich vocal harmonies and memorable tunes.

Fueled by this success, RJTW took the road again delivering fierce performances, emblazoned with commitment and dripping in a rawness that’s impossible to fake. Simply put, it is di cult to ignore when these five musicians take the stage. Little wonder they have made an impact on audiences across the world, where they’ve played a run of sold-out shows and proudly shared bills with talent the likes of Joe Bonamassa, Walter Trout and Rival Sons.

The Wreck found its flow with yearly tours, returning to California and prolifically releasing new music. 2021’s studio album “Shine A Light On Me Brother” gained worldwide acclaim. Its latest single releases “Waiting For Your Man” and “She’s A Fighter” are available now via bluesrock titan Joe Bonamassa’s KTBA Records.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Sutter Creek Theatre is located at 44 Main St. in Sutter Creek. For tickets and more information visit suttercreektheatre.com.

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Music News calls Robert Jon & the Wreck “gut-busting and rambunctious bit of soul-tinged rocking blues.”

Performers to showcase the ‘Soul of Country’

News release

GRASS VALLEY — The Center for the Arts welcomes back Lolo’s Lounge Show Oct. 2.

Lorraine Gervais and her very special guest Jenn Knapp are excited to sing together again, this time kicking up their heels with the soul of country. They’ll be looking back to the beginnings of southern blues and country in the early 1900s and how it influenced the path of modern country music.

From pioneer musicians like Blind Willie Johnson and Memphis Minnie, to Hank Williams and Kitty Wells, Dolly Parton, Ray Charles, Patsy Cline to Beyoncé and more, Gervais and Knapp will be sharing the stories of life, love and hardships of traditional American roots music. Knapp’s daughter, China Kopp, will join them for the first time onstage to add her singing talents and perspective to this timeless music. The band is a great combination of players from

both Knapp’s band, “BuckStar” and from Gervais’ regular band members.

Gervais and Knapp have sung together through the years at The Center for the Arts in various tribute shows to Aretha, Fleetwood Mac, Lou

Reed and more. As assistant vocal coach in the long running weekly Community Music Jam (funded by the Irvine Foundation to The Center), Knapp helped Gervais direct the 30 singers who were a regular part of the larger

60-piece community members band who came to experience playing music together with the help of professional musicians. They’ve always had a great time singing together in whatever band or venue or style of music.

Knapp is a true local, born and raised in Alleghany, she inherited her grandfather’s ’67 Martin guitar and has been making music with it ever since. As front woman and songwriter to rock bands the “Cheatin Buzzies” and “BuckStar,” she has released six albums, played hundreds of shows and inspired audiences throughout the region. Music and its power to tell a story and invoke true connection is her passion. After watching the Ken Burns documentary “Country Music,” Knapp said she was inspired to dig into the roots of American music, thus creating a new dimension of her career to share with audiences.

Lolo’s Lounge — Soul of Country Show takes place at The Center for the Arts Marisa Funk Theater, 314 West Main St. in Grass Valley Sunday, Oct. 2. Doors open at 6 p.m and the show begins at 7 p.m. For tickets and more information visit thecenterforthearts.org/event/ lolos-lounge-ft-jenn-knapp or call (530) 274-8384.

Doo Wop Project brings its harmonies to Crest Theatre

News release

SACRAMENTO — The Doo Wop

Project will perform on Friday, Sept. 30, at the Crest Theatre.

The Doo Wop Project begins at the beginning, tracing the inception of group singing developed by inner city African Americans performing tight harmonies on a street corner to the biggest hits on the radio today. In its epic shows DWP takes audiences on a journey from foundational tunes of groups like the Crests, Belmonts and Flamingos through their influences on the sounds of Smokey Robinson, The Temptations and The Four Seasons all the way to DooWopified

versions of modern musicians like Michael Jackson, Jason Mraz and Maroon 5.

Featuring stars of Broadway’s smash hits “Jersey Boys and Motown: The Musical,” the Doo Wop Project brings unparalleled authenticity of sound and vocal excellence to recreate — and in some cases entirely reimagine — some of the greatest music in American pop and rock history.

The Crest Theatre is located at 1013 K St., Sacramento. This show is for all ages and begins at 8 p.m. with doors opening at 7 p.m. For tickets and more information visit TheDooWopProject.com.

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and rock history.

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See Jenn Knapp, left and Lorraine Gervais perform country hits and more, plus share stories from their lives at The Center for the Arts this Sunday.