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‘Emergency brake’ puts county in purple Democrat staff El Dorado County will be moved to the most restrictive purple tier this week as Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday said he was pulling the “emergency brake” in the state’s efforts to reopen its economy amid a growing number of coronavirus cases. Those restrictions became effective at noon Tuesday, according to El Dorado County officials. In the purple tier businesses must modify operations with wineries and restaurants moving their service to outdoors only and retail stores

“I think our businesses were hanging on at 50% and even at 25%, but in the purple we will lose businesses.” — Laurel Brent-Bumb, El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce chief executive officer reducing to 25% capacity. Churches must hold service outside. Hair salons and barbershops, nail salons, tattoo parlors and body waxing businesses may stay open with modifications. Bars, pubs, brewpubs and breweries may operate outdoors if they offer sit-down, outdoor meals. Outdoor operations may be conducted under a tent, canopy or other shelter as long

as no more than one side is closed. All but 17 California counties are now in the purple tier. “We are sounding the alarm,” Newsom said in a statement. “California is experiencing the fastest increase in cases we have seen yet — faster than what we experienced at the outset of the pandemic or even this summer. The spread of COVID-

19, if left unchecked, could quickly overwhelm our health care system and lead to catastrophic outcomes. That is why we are pulling an emergency brake …” The move to the purple tier will not impact schools in El Dorado County, according to a statement from El Dorado County Office of Education. “El Dorado County schools are following comprehensive plans for providing in-person instruction that are in alignment with state n

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El Dorado Hills/Rescue Fire Chief Maurice Johnson, right, hands awards to Veronica and Scott Morrison, who saved a neighbor’s life last year while risking their own safety.

Heroic efforts celebrated Sel Richard Staff writer

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hree intrepid souls who saved a motorist from his burning car were honored at the Rescue Fire Department last week. Scott and Veronica Morrison and Jacob Hathaway are the reason Ray Jerrett is alive. In August 2019 Jerrett careened off the road into a rock near the intersection of Deer Valley and Rough Ridge roads. Within minutes flames were licking the crumpled metal, pinning a semiconscious Jerrett into a burning cage. “Somebody just hit a tree,” Scott recalled telling his wife. He and his wife Veronica were watching television that night when he heard the crash. “She jumped in the truck with me and we gassed it up the hill. We came up around the corner at Rough Ridge (and) there it was.” Veronica called 911 as Scott leapt over a barbedwire fence toward a car quickly succumbing to a growing blaze. “I got to the passenger door and I finally get the door open and I find Ray stuck under the dash,” Scott recounted. “I had to leave him in the fire and climb on top of him and get his feet undone. I couldn’t pull him by his arms because I kept pulling the skin off his arms so I had to turn around and pull him by his feet.” As he was pulling Jerrett to safety, Scott not only got stuck in barbed wire, but also suffered thirddegree burns on his left ankle. “Ronnie actually threw me a jacket at one point,” he said. “I’m trying to put out the fire and the jacket caught fire.” Hathaway arrived on the scene and helped Scott drag Jerrett over barbed wire and up to the road as emergency crews arrived. Eleven minutes after the initial call, the vehicle was completely engulfed in flames. “There was Rescue, Cameron Park, El Dorado Hills, Cal Fire, the prison crew, highway patrol, the sheriff — the only thing we didn’t have was a hot dog stand,” Scott said, able to joke about the incident more than a year later. Jerrett remained unconscious for two days and required an almost month-long hospital stay. “I had third-degree burns over 20% of my body and skin grafts on my arms,” he said at the ceremony with his wife Deanna and his son n

Memorials dedicated at site of future veterans park

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he skies were blue and bright as crowds gathered last week to honor veterans at a Promontory Park Veterans Day dedication event. U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Robert Leon (ret.) welcomed community members to the unveiling of the new first responders and veterans memorials at the future site of the 1.2-acre Veterans Memorial Park in El Dorado Hills. On the brisk morning Leon expressed gratitude for the numerous contributors to the memorial project, including the Rotary Club of El Dorado Hills, EDH Promise Foundation as well as El Dorado Hills Community Services District board and staff. As the El Dorado Hills Fire Department Honor Guard ceremoniously performed the posting of colors, young and old stood silently in respect for the men and women who have served and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. The dual memorials are the culmination of an Eagle Scout project by Boy Scout Troop 645 members Ian Koopman and John Reimer, both freshmen at University of Nevada, Reno, and Oak Ridge High School senior Alex Wolff. Koopman created the First Responders Memorial, a project that originally began as a bronze plaque to be installed at the EDHCSD pavilion. “Thank you everyone for coming to this monumental occasion, pun intended,” Koopman quipped, going on to explain that

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Sydnie Burton AKA “Granny” of Garden Valley passed away peacefully at her Garden Valley home. She is survived by her brother Dan Mainwaring and family, her five children, eight grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, five stepchildren and their extended families. Born in Placerville, Calif., to Sidney Mainwaring and Abbie DeGraw. She moved to Sacramento in adulthood, then to Grass Valley for retirement and full circle back to El Dorado County for the last 23 years. She frequented the Mother Lode Church in Lotus and developed heartfelt friendships with almost everyone she met. She enjoyed traveling, along with sewing, crafts and just spending quality time with her extended family and friends. She was kind and thoughtful to all and truly was everyone’s Granny. God Bless, we will miss you.

A Placerville man suffered fatal injuries Thursday when a woman reportedly hit him while backing an SUV out of a parking space in the Rite Aid parking lot on Green Valley Road in Cameron Park. Ernie Taylor, 66, was walking through the pharmacy’s parking lot at about 1:15 p.m. when a 90-yearold Shingle Springs woman driving a 2016 Lexus RX 450 began backing the vehicle from the front of store, according to reports from the Placerville office of the California Highway Patrol. Reversing in a

southerly direction, the woman, whose name was not released by CHP, struck Taylor with her vehicle. Taylor was transported to Sutter Roseville Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries. Ernie’s family reached out to the Mountain Democrat Monday, with daughters Holli and Tawni Taylor sharing that their father was “passionate about family” and a loving “Poppa” and caregiver to grandchildren Radley and Tesla. Ernie was a retired construction worker and a local resident of 37 years. Investigating officers note conditions were clear and dry at the time of the incident.

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CAMINO — Burn permit suspension in the Cal Fire Amador-El Dorado Unit service areas was lifted at noon today. Cal Fire Amador-El Dorado Unit Chief Scott Lindgren formally canceled the burn permit suspension. Those possessing current and valid agriculture and residential burn permits can resume burning on permissible burn days. Today is a permissible burn day, according to the El Dorado County Air Quality Management District. Agriculture burns must be inspected by Cal Fire prior to burning until the end of the peak fire season. Inspections may be required for burns other than agriculture burns. This can be verified by contacting local air quality management districts. The use of a burn barrel is illegal in Amador and El Dorado counties. For tips on residential landscape debris burning safety or other fire and life safety topics visit the Cal Fire website at fire. ca.gov. To acquire a burn permit go to burnpermit.fire. ca.gov where applicants must watch a video that reviews burning requirements and safety tips. Then fill in the required fields, submit the form and a residential debris burn permit will be created. Applicants must then print and sign the permit.

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COVID-19 cases continue to rise in El Dorado County Democrat staff A few hours after Monday’s announcement that El Dorado County would be bumped into California’s most restrictive purple tier, 64 new COVID-19 cases were reported by public health officials. The new cases came from test results reported over Saturday, Sunday and Monday, revealing an average of about 21 per day. Out of those cases 24 were found in the Lake Tahoe region, 18 in El Dorado Hills, eight in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, four in greater Placerville, four in north county, three in Pollock Pines/

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Camino/Kyburz and one in Diamond Springs/El Dorado. There are two cases waiting for address confirmation. There were also 35 assumed recoveries, putting the active case count at 299. The 64 new cases came from 850 tests. The county has been averaging about 23 cases per day over the last week. El Dorado County on Nov. 10 appealed to stay in the orange tier after the state had announced it had been assigned to the red tier, but on Monday found out the county had been moved into the even more restrictive purple tier. There are three hospitalizations in the county and

all in intensive care. Four residents have suffered coronavirus-related deaths since the county’s first positive test result was returned March 20. El Dorado County has two COVID-19 test sites sponsored by the state. One is at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville and the other at Lake Tahoe Community College in South Lake Tahoe. Testing is available by appointment only. To sign up for a test in Placerville visit projectbaseline.com/study/covid-19/eligibility or for an appointment in South Lake Tahoe go to lhi.care/ covidtesting. The Tahoe Daily Tribune contributed to this report.

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and local health guidance,” said Superintendent Dr. Ed Manansala. “Due to their thoughtful implementation, partnerships with students and their families, and the dedicated efforts of our educators, El Dorado County schools have demonstrated that they are among the safest places for students to be at this time.” El Dorado Union High School District schools opened Oct. 8 for hybrid learning, which includes a mix of in-person and distance learning, after being closed entirely to in-person instruction in March at the onset of the pandemic. Just last week the district announced it was considering opening campuses to four days of in-person instruction that would begin Jan. 11. “Now more than ever we need our community’s individual efforts to take precautions and band together to decrease these new-case rates. We will need this to happen to progress further with in-person schooling as well as to keep students and parents employed and businesses open,” said El Dorado County Public Health Officer Dr. Nancy Williams. Management at Beef ‘N’ Brew in Diamond Springs was already making plans Monday to expand its outdoor dining area into a nearby breezeway, asking Facebook followers if they had any outdoor heaters to loan. Some businesses have already switched over to curbside, take out and delivery service of their products. The manager at Sourdough & Company in El Dorado Hills said a lot of their customers, especially at lunchtime, regularly come by to just pick up lunch anyway. Contacted on Tuesday morning, El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Officer Laurel Brent-Bumb said she was very frustrated at the governor’s broad-brush approach. “I believe we could have more local control in evaluating those areas we need to be more proactive,” she said. “I think our businesses were hanging on at 50% and even at 25%, but in the purple we will lose

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Across California 41 counties are now in the state’s most restrictive purple tier. Coronavirus cases statewide increased 51% over 10 days. businesses. It’s perplexing to me that people can go to Costco and Raley’s but can’t go to a momand-pop shop on Main Street.” For more information on the tiers and guidance for various business sectors see the state’s blueprint for a safer economy at covid19.ca.gov/ safer-economy. Mountain Democrat staff writer Dawn Hodson and the Tahoe Daily Tribune contributed to this report.

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EDH/Rescue Fire Chief Maurice Johnson, Capt. Joel Warman, Engineer/Paramedic Isaac English, Ray Jerrett, Victoria and Scott Morrison and Rescue Volunteer Fire Association Secretary Curtis Darnell pose for a photo at the ceremony honoring the Morrisons and fellow rescuer Jacob Hathaway, who saved Jerrett’s life after a solo vehicle accident. Warman and English were two responders at the crash site.

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Emilio, a student at Lake Forest Elementary, and his daughter Arissa, a Marina Village Middle School student. Strangers before the accident, the Morrisons and Jerretts discovered they live less than a mile from each other and now visit several times a week. “They’re like extended family now; we’re super close. I gained a great friend out of it,” said Jerrett. “We were all super thankful for Scott.” Friends and family gathered in the equipment bay of the Rescue Fire Department as Rescue Volunteer Fire Association Secretary Curtis Darnell presented Morrison with the Rescue Citizen of the Year Award for 2019. “There can be no greater sacrifice than to risk death to save another,” Darnell said. Darnell also honored Veronica for her role in the night. “Veronica was the one who made the call to 911 and helped to extinguish her husband and the other gentleman,” he said. “It was definitely a team effort. I am in awe of your heroism and your lack of hesitation.”

“You went down there, there was a life in danger, you acted and because you acted there’s a person alive today,” said El Dorado Hills/Rescue Fire Chief Maurice Johnson, who presented Morrison with the Citizen of the Year award and Veronica with a Civilian Life Saving Award from the Rescue Fire Department. Johnson then presented a plaque to Hathaway, who was on a phone hailing from Boise, Idaho, where he now attends medical school. Holding the phone was Hathaway’s father, EDH Fire Captain Ryan Hathaway. It was a poignant moment when Jerrett thanked Jacob, whom he had never met. Rescue residents for more than 30 years, the Morrisons were joined that evening by their daughters Sarah and Rose. Scott, a former concrete truck mechanic, said he feels lucky he and his wife were able to save Jerrett. “Thirty or 40 seconds later, I would never have gotten into that car,” he admitted. “Ever since then we’ve been good friends.”

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e should never fear election fraud in the United States. We have journalists, an institution of professionals who make up the “Fourth Estate,” to watch, police and protect the process. We call the media “The Fourth Estate” because it ostensibly keeps three branches of government — the executive, legislative, and judicial — in check. This nonregulated establishment of free-market competitors purportedly has no agenda other than the truth. We expect journalists to follow leads, instincts, intuitions and smells. The media establishment spent more than four years scratching, clawing, digging, interrogating, and using every resource it had trying to find evidence — any smidgen of it — that might indicate collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and the Russian government. Its tenacity gave implicit credibility to what otherwise sounded like a crackpot conspiracy theory. Journalists did their jobs. They never let go of the possibility the 2016 election was rigged and led to the illegitimate election of President Donald Trump. They reported no compelling evidence but never stopped trying to find it. Fast forward to November, and our journalistic sleuths are slouching on the job. An unprecedented election of nationwide mail-in voting and other new procedures has raised potentially credible concerns. Mailboxes served as ballot boxes, circumventing by default traditional polling place security measures. Nationwide, for the first time, voting began weeks in advance of Election Day. It leads to concerns and questions society should examine. We cannot know the truth about charges of election mistakes and/or fraud any more than anyone knew conclusively for years if rumors of 2016 Russian collusion were true or false. The Heritage Foundation maintains a database of election fraud cases from recent years. It documents 1,298 proven cases that led to 1,121 criminal convictions. At least some evidence, including allegations in multiple lawsuits, suggests this election potentially consisted of mistakes and fraud, regardless of that information’s validity or relevance to the outcome. Without passing judgment on the outcome, and whether it was fair, any reasonable person supporting either major candidate should support the need for objective inquiries by the Fourth Estate into the election’s integrity. The media did this throughout Trump’s first term and should continue today. Instead, the public gets a steady stream of offhand dismissals from the country’s more elite media organizations. Examples: • “There is no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election,” declared The Associated Press on Tuesday, offering no source or documentation to support the unprovable declaration of a negative n

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Letters to the Editor Mask up, neighbors EDITOR: l Dorado County residents are headed toward purple. And, no, that doesn’t mean we will anytime soon be a “swing” county politically, moving from Republican to Democrat and back with the vagaries of each election cycle. This reference to purple is more ominous, as it denotes the most serious classification of COVID19 infection rates. Last week we were orange and this coming week we are likely to be in the red zone. Purple is next. The deeper the color, the deeper the crisis. It will mean further business closings, schools in shutdown mode and possibly prohibitions against large gatherings — all serious restrictions. And all avoidable had people exercised a little more personal responsibility, a little more common courtesy. We would not be in peril had more of our friends and neighbors followed the science, accepted the facts and not been bullied by deniers and resistors. And, by the way, these latest warnings come not from some nefarious, “deep state” operative hiding in his/her basement in faraway Washington, D.C. They are not the work of Gov. Gavin Newsom, the made-for-TV handsome guy so many MAGA hat-wearing activists want to recall. Nope. These figures, these facts come from our local public health officials — folks with no political axe to grind, no ideological manifest to impose, no hostility to the right or the left. These warnings are based on science, not mythology, on facts, not fiction, and principles, not politics. But speaking of politics, it’s time for our local elected officials — county supervisors, City Council members, state legislators and, yes, even Congressman Tom McClintock, to step up and do the right thing. They must advocate and enforce compulsory mask wearing. They must encourage social distancing. And they must stop undercutting and ridiculing those already abiding by rules and guidelines and who will obey additional orders if it means curbing the virus’ spread. Beyond the political world, business owners and managers have to do more to protect their customers. Local businesses’ signs state masks are required for entry but no one enforces the requirement. At no time over the duration of

the COVID-19 pandemic have I seen one store manager confront a non-mask wearing customer. That is both gutless and dangerous to public health. To fight the pandemic and to prevent needless suffering and deaths, all of us need to do more. At a minimum we need to “mask up.” It may muffle one’s political rants (what a shame!) but it will save lives. LES FRANCIS Camino

Going too far EDITOR: etters to the editor are always interesting and thought provoking if one takes the time to fact check and read with an open mind. After all, they are opinions. However, when opinions are set up in big black print as factual (even if it is supposed to be an attention grabber) that is disturbing ... and when fact checked to be fragmented and taken out of context, it’s disgusting. (“Electing a felon as president of U.S.,” Nov 2. column by Larry Weitzman.) It is very obvious that there are those who contribute frequently who only watch one TV station and refuse to realize that other viewpoints just may have merit. But when views come close to slander, it is just plain ugly. Free speech is going too far these days and I am disappointed that the Mountain Democrat published it. KATHERINE ALLEN Diamond Springs

Wooden nickels EDITOR: ecently I read about the plight of a young woman who was required to wear a mask eight hours a day, five or six days a week on her job. She avoided the dreaded COVID-19 but deprived of fresh air; as a result of re-breathing her expelled carbon dioxide and other self-made contaminants, she developed pleurisy and only the emergency room saved her. Every day I see hoards of people walking the

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California Matters

Election winners celebrate while losers rationalize

although he’s filing a t’s been more flurry of lawsuits to than two weeks contest close outcomes since Election in several states. Day and while Truth is, Trump did there’s a modicum much better than preof doubt about some outcomes as ballots election polls indicated continue to be counted, in both popular and overall results are electoral vote tallies, pretty well settled. denying Biden and The immediate postthe Democrats the election period is a landscape-altering Dan Walters time for celebration by landslide they sought. the winners but one of And the closeness of finger-pointing and rationalizations the race tells us that Trump has only himself to blame. among those who lost, including Had he acted decisively when soon-to-be ex-President Donald the COVID-19 struck, it’s likely Trump. that he would have won re-election Trump continues to insist that he’s easily. Instead, he downplayed the victim of massive voter fraud the pandemic, belittled health made possible by widespread use of authorities and refused by both word mailed ballots and that a fair count and deed to take command of the would re-elect him over Democrat crisis that was frightening millions Joe Biden. of Americans. “The American people are entitled House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to an honest election: that means meanwhile, is the object of much counting all legal ballots, and finger-pointing from fellow not counting any illegal ballots,” Democrats for losing seats as Biden Trump said in a statement after the was defeating Trump and could outcome in Pennsylvania delivered be forced to step down. Critics are victory to Biden. But Trump and his apologists don’t chiding her for refusing to make a offer any proof of such manipulation, deal with the White House on a big The Mountain Democrat welcomes letters up to 300 words. Letters may be edited. We reserve the right to edit submissions. Include your name, address and phone number for verification purposes.

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pandemic relief package. It would be ironic indeed if both Trump and Pelosi, mortal political enemies, were to lose power over their handling of the crisis. There’s no shortage of postelection angst in California, particularly over the failures of Democrats, labor unions and other liberal interests on major ballot measures even as Biden was outpolling Trump by a 2-to-1 margin. The rejections of Proposition 15, a big property tax hike on commercial real estate, and Proposition 16, which would have reinstated affirmative action in California, and the passage of Proposition 22, allowing Uber and other app-based transportation services to continue using contract drivers, were the most notable examples. “What this cycle showed, maybe more than any other, is that you can pay for a law if you don’t like something that’s going on,” Democratic political strategist Gale Kaufman told the Los Angeles Times said. “With brute strength, you can buy yourself virtually any law you want or defeat any law you want.” Kaufman, the go-to campaign

consultant for unions, lost on Proposition 22 and Proposition 25, a referendum by the bail bond industry to undo a state law eliminating cash bail. Kaufman did face big money — more than $200 million from Uber, et al — in trying to defeat Proposition 22. However while money is obviously a big factor in ballot measure campaigns, it’s not the only one, as demonstrated by the defeat of Proposition 16, the affirmative action proposal placed on the ballot by Democratic legislators. Proposition 16’s advocates outspent opponents by about 20-to-1 and also enjoyed virtually unanimous endorsements by key Democratic politicians and newspaper editorialists. However, it lost by a wide margin. The post-election rationalizations prove again the old adage, “Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan,” coined by Count Caleazzo Ciano, an Italian diplomat and son-in-law of Benito Mussolini. 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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conclusion. • “The president and his allies have baselessly claimed that rampant voter fraud stole victory from him,” states The New York Times, which never used any form of “baseless” even after four years of inquiry failed to support the Russian election conspiracy theory. • “Trump’s barrage of new claims of voter fraud have been disproved,” claims a Washington Post headline. • “President Trump continues to baselessly contest the election results,” CNN assured the world Wednesday. These are the same media organizations that never stopped pursuing the tin-foil-hat Russian interference claim. Even after a years-long special

investigation found no credible evidence to support the hypothesis, these companies never used the words and phrases “disproved,” “no evidence” and “baseless” to describe the Russiacollusion hoax. This time, a week past the election and in advance of any formal investigative process, the elite media has ruled on the conﬂict. All lawsuits, including those not yet ﬁled, have no merit because “there is no evidence” and there never will be because we ain’t gonna look. Americans on both sides of the political divide deserve better than this. They need the country’s biggest media players to objectively search for the truth and relentlessly ensure our elections are fair. Reprinted from the Colorado Springs Gazette.

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streets and/or driving alone dutifully masked. Thousands of others are served the wrong lunch at the local eateries because of the resultant garbled communication. So don’t leave home unless you really have to. Don’t answer the door. Beware that the guy next door may be breathing. The old song says it all:

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The house at 3095 Cedar Ravine Road in Placerville is just a pile of rubble after it was torn down Saturday despite an effort by local history advocates to preserve the structure, which was built around 1867. The Placerville City Council determined much of the house was rebuilt and that it wasn’t historical. Those appealing approval of the demolition permit argued the house held historical value as it was located in the Cedar Ravine Historical District and at one time was the home of Janet Turney and Agnes Blair, members of the Blair timber family.

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Communty members and veterans take a moment of silence to reflect on the selfless and tireless dedication of veterans.

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his purpose for the memorial was to recognize first responders for keeping the community safe. “To all first responders, thank you.” Reimer spoke of the American flag as an important symbol in his life. “I’m just extremely grateful that I and these other Scouts have had the opportunity to kick start this Veterans Memorial Park,” he said, acknowledging those who helped him along the way, in particular with the permitting required to construct a flagpole next to two nearby power lines. “It’s quite a bit harder than you would think,” Reimer admitted. Along with creating the Veterans Monument, Wolff helped his fellow Scouts with the construction of the pathway access. “Missing time with your family, holidays and birthdays, facing the hardships of war and the willingness to sacrifice yourself and your brave brothers and sisters is truly the most brave and selfless act one can do and I cannot be more thankful,” he said. “I know it’s not much compared to your sacrifice, but I hope it can be a place to reflect and feel appreciated by our community.”

EDH Fire Chief Maurice Johnson presented the three Scouts with official EDH Fire patches and fire chief ’s coins. CSD Board President Ben Paulsen, who said his father served two tours of duty in Vietnam with the Army, was excited about the dedication as well as the future park, conveying appreciation for the many veterans in attendance. “I’ve just always admired what that’s given him and his discipline in his life,” he said. “This monument is a small but important sign of our community’s desire to recognize and remember our veterans,” said EDH Promise Foundation president Allan Priest. “These young men are a great example of how our youngest generation can help us all remember to appreciate those who have valiantly served our great nation.” “This means a lot to me,” U.S. Army Sgt. Simon Huber said of those congregated to help commemorate the new monument. “As you see I’ve got my two young daughters here and I see a lot of kids in the crowd … I just want to thank this entire community for this support and getting us here today.”

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Having too little to do doesn’t feel good to you. Having too much is worse. There’s a sweet spot in the middle -- just enough stress to keep you on your toes and not enough to drain you. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your cosmic boon: wellcalibrated confidence. You’re realistic about what you can achieve and seeing the smiles you elicit along the way will give you just the right amount of confidence. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Today’s decisions aren’t major, but they’re tricky. There are consequences to be had, and they’ll happen on many levels. Check around, research, put in the deep thought. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll be doing some forecasting. The more specific you are in your predictions, the less prepared you’ll be for a variety of outcomes. Make contingency plans. Allow for uncertainty. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You can’t wait for something to be over, but don’t let the anticipation rob you of appreciation for the stage you’re in right now. The finish line is an illusory delineation. The end of this journey is the threshold of the next. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Disagreement won’t be an obstacle to progress. In fact, it’s an essential tool in improving things. Today’s disagreement has a way of balancing out errors and promoting more expansive thinking.

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KNOW Now The Christmas elves at Indian Rock Tree Farm in Camino are once again collecting names of local servicemen and women serving overseas during the holiday season so they can send care packages to the local heroes. Names and addresses are needed as soon as possible. For more information or to give a name contact indianrock@directcon. net or call (530) 6224087. Donations to help with the shipping are also appreciated. Checks should be made out to “Indian Rock Trees for Troops.” The online application for the 2021-22 Friends of the California State Fair scholarships is open. The Friends of the California State Fair Scholarship Program is a collaborative effort between the Friends of the California State Fair, the California Exposition & State Fair, the California State Fair Agricultural Advisory Council, the Ironstone Concours Foundation and Blue Diamond Growers. This program seeks to motivate well-rounded, high academic achievers. Visit calexpostatefair.com/ participate/friends-of-theca-state-fair. The Food Bank of El Dorado County is looking for reliable volunteers to help on a food rescue route and in the warehouse 4-6 hour shifts weekly. If you want to dedicate some time to a good cause here is your chance. For more information call (530) 621-9950, email info@ foodbankedc.org or visit foodbankedc.org. Apply now for the prestigious CongressBundestag Scholarship study abroad program to Germany. 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. This holiday season El Dorado County Child Protective Services will collect gift cards and distribute the cards to foster children and youth living in the community. With the community’s generous support the agency hopes to provide gift cards to 350 children for the holiday season and to give throughout the year for special occasions. Some great options include: Target, Walmart, Starbucks, Ross, Tj Maxx, Old Navy, Amazon, Subway, fast food, gas cards or any other local national chain stores. Donate gift cards by Dec. 5. For questions and/or to drop off cards call the clerical staff at Child Protective Services at (530) 642-7100 or email Debbie Allwine at debbie. allwine@edcgov.us. The Fiddletown Community Center is looking for donations — stocking stuffers, toys and more — for the Help for the Holidays Boutique planned Dec. 12. For more information call (530) 409-6180. The El Dorado Hills Chapter of National Charity League Inc., the nation’s premier mother-daughter volunteer organization, announces its annual membership drive and has begun accepting applications from n

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ore than 55,000 residents in El Dorado county are 60 or older and of those more than 8,500 live alone. Many have no access to transportation, either because they can no longer drive or they live far from public transportation. With little to no social connections, it is not uncommon for the individual to lose confidence, become withdrawn, even experience cognitive decline. For too long there has been little recognition by the general public as well as health care professionals that social isolation and loneliness can result in declining health. However, countries around the world are now beginning to acknowledge loneliness as a healthcare problem (See sidebar). Dr. John Cacioppo of the University of Chicago was a pioneer of loneliness research and described loneliness as an “aversive signal much like thirst, hunger or pain. Denying you feel lonely makes no more sense than denying you feel hunger.” Feeling lonely is not the same as being “The volunteers provide alone, having solitude, he emphasized. In fact, companionship, support one can live in a large, active family and still feel lonely or walk along a busy city street and and socialization to feel socially disconnected. lessen the loneliness Dr. Carla Perissinotto, a geriatrician at the University of California, San Francisco, began and isolation that is to study loneliness when she sensed there often experienced by were factors affecting her patients’ health those who live alone.” she was missing. Her concern resulted in a study of more than 1,600 patients, 60 years — Phyllis Wild, Friendly Visitors or older. Findings showed that 43 percent program director reported feeling lonely. By the end of the sixyear study the same patients had a higher rate of declining mobility as well as other negative differences in health. In fact, according to research, chronic loneliness can impair the immune system’s ability to fight infections and is linked to functional and cognitive decline. Fortunately for El Dorado County residents there is a program that addresses the issue of loneliness. Friendly Visitors of El Dorado County is a “volunteer support system which exists for the primary purpose of keeping seniors socially connected to the community.” Program director, Phyllis Wild, described the process: “We screen and train volunteers to visit with older adults in the comfort of their own homes for about an hour a week. The volunteers provide companionship, support and socialization to lessen the loneliness and isolation that is often experienced by those who live alone.” Volunteers are matched to the older adult as common interests and hobbies are explored, she explained. During this year’s pandemic “visits” may be via Zoom or phone calls, although Wild said some volunteers opt for safe visits. “This is all checked with the players involved. We want to keep everyone safe.” Health professionals agree people need face-to-face interactions to thrive. Although useful during this time of COVID-19, technology in the form of social media cannot replace human connection. Being with others is fundamental to good health, attesting to the need for a program like Friendly Visitors. The program was actually in place until 2008 when the country went through a recession and funding was lost. The need remained, even more so now with the pandemic. Last year Wild began to research how other counties were able to fund a program like Friendly Visitors. Undeterred, she wrote a grant proposal and submitted it for Mental Health Services Act funding. In April she was notified that the program would be funded. With the program now up and running, this means a need for volunteers as well as a need to get the word out to those who will be served. Wild has been working non-stop to get the program rolling: recruiting, interviewing and training. A long-term resident of El Dorado County, Wild provides the kind of energy needed to launch a program. She describes herself as “tenacious, organized and dedicated,” just the right combination to make the program a success. “One thing that is frustrating is that I know we could get more help but so many organizations are down due to the pandemic and it’s hard to do outreach,” she said. Nevertheless, she is undaunted by the challenges and reaches out to everyone she meets. Obviously, volunteers are needed, but she is optimistic because “there are good, kind people who want to help seniors in their community.” Those looking for a volunteer opportunity can get more information about the process by contacting Wild at (530) 409-5878 or (530) 391-4520. Although referrals for those who need support typically come from social workers and healthcare professionals, she encourages any senior who feels the program could help in alleviating isolation and loneliness to call the numbers listed.

recognition of loneliness as a health problem There is growing recognition that social isolation and loneliness is more than a psychological problem. Feeling disconnected from others can lead to real physical consequences such as a weakened immune system, cognitive decline and reduced mobility, according to numerous studies. Healthcare professionals around the world see the correlation between loneliness and declining health. One large-scale study recently published the percentage of individuals who experienced loneliness in their respective countries. For example, 62% of adults older than 65 living in Greece reported feeling lonely; while in Italy, the response was 47%. Sweden and the U.S. had a 30% self-report of adults older than 72 years feeling lonely (See: Ortiz-Ospina and Roser, 2020). In England the Silver Line Helpline, a 24-hour call center for older adults, has been created to fill a very basic need: contact with other people. Paul Cann, founder of The Campaign to End Loneliness, said, “Loneliness has to be everybody’s business.” Public awareness in England has grown to the point that, according to Cann, “Even fire brigades have been trained to inspect homes not just for fire safety but for signs of social isolation.” Sophie Andrews, chief executive of The Silver Line, described her surprise at how many calls are coming in. One center receives approximately 1,500 calls a day, according to data from a New York Times article. Countries bring their own cultural norms to the ways in which loneliness is addressed. The Friendship Bench is a program developed in Zimbabwe by Dr. Dixon Chibana. It is simple but effective. Chibana recruited and trained grandmothers in the community to support and listen to those in need. Simply put, benches were placed in strategic places that were readily accessible by merely walking to them and sitting, an indication of a need for help. A community health worker arrives for a one-on-one therapy session. While both sit on the bench, the health worker addresses issues of mild to moderate depression, often a consequence of loneliness. It is a therapy session but outdoors. Once screened, the individual is introduced to a group, called Circle Kubatana Tose (or holding hands together). The trained grandmothers bring empathy, a sense of belonging and connection. Although unorthodox, the practice of the Friendly Bench is now being used in New York City. Social connection can lower anxiety and depression and actually improve our immune system. “To connect to others is a biological need. It ties back to the idea that to be part of a group is adapted to survival.” — Aspen Ideas. In Australia Men’s Sheds provide space and opportunities for people to make new friends, learn a new skill or refresh an old one. Originally for older retired men, the program has expanded as younger men (and women) are getting involved. Working with wood or metal taking art classes or other activities — each shed offers unique ways to be part of a community. More than 100 sheds now exist in Western Australia (Govt. of WA Mental Health). In the past eight years the number of lonely people older than 45 has gone from 42.6 million to 47.8 million, according to AARP research, and the number could be even greater due to the COVID-19 crisis. Dr. Holt-Lunstad, a professor at Brigham Young University, said, “In the U.S. there isn’t much recognition in terms of public health initiatives or the average person recognizing that loneliness has to do with health” (New York Times). Studies have found that while social media is helpful, its effects to alleviate loneliness are temporary and do not fully address the human need to be socially connected with human interaction and mutuality.

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Dusting of snow in El Dorado wine region signals the 2020 harvest finale Lee Hodo Special to the Democrat

he harvest of 2020 was complete in El Dorado wine region vineyards and a sure sign was a slight dusting of snow the weekend of Nov. 7 & 8. Snow, a rare entry in the lexicon of California grape growing, is a positive development for farmers and winemakers in the mountain vineyards of the El Dorado American Viticultural Area. The region, compared to many other wine regions in California, was unscathed by disaster in 2020 — no smoke taint or wildfires and moderate temperatures for most of the pick. Very warm temperatures, some days hotter than 100 degrees, in October and into November however did threaten vintners that vines would force new budding. Paul Bush, winemaker owner of Madroña Vineyards and Rucksack Cellars said this was the earliest he has seen snow in the Camino district of the region but added, “It is exactly what our vineyards needed to push vineyards toward dormancy.” Nolan Jones of Lava Cap winery said, “Knowing there was a strong chance of rain,

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Snow in the vines marks the end of another great grape-growing season in El Dorado County. we harvested the last of our estate cabernet sauvignon two weeks ago.” Both Bush and the Jones family, owners of Lava Cap Winery, agree the snow is beneficial. “The rain and cold weather are great to get our cover crops growing,” Jones added. “Since all of our vineyards are situated on slopes, we do not till in between our rows during the summer. Instead we seed cover crops in the fall and leave the grasses to prevent erosion during the winter and spring months. “Particularly important when we are in years of drought and heat, the permanent presence

of grass also prevents soil compaction due to tractor activity, allowing for greater soil water permeability and healthier vine root structure,” he continued. From the view inside El Dorado cellars, cooler temperatures may make malolactic fermentations slow down a bit. “Luckily most of the wines are already through malo, so the chance few, like our nebbiolo that aren’t through malacotic, will be moved to a warming room,” said Bush. At Lava Cap, Jones explained, “Grapes came in cold and as a result went through an extended cold soak, only now reaching peak fermentation.”

No snow is predicted in the next week in El Dorado but it will remain cooler with a chance of rain. Typically, the region’s vineyards are blanketed in snow off and on through the winter months. El Dorado wine region, a Sierra Foothill American Viticultural Area, is unique for its mountain vineyards from 1,100 to higher than 3,000 foot elevation. The AVA successfully farms more than 70 wine grape varietals. El Dorado county wine tasters can taste classic to obscure varietals at more than 50 wineries as well as take in the region’s wealth of local farm fresh products and outdoor recreation.

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over crops crop seed, warm or cool season, soils. Grasses have are a great make sure you protect it from deep, finger-like resource for bird predation using mulch, a roots that reach home gardeners. floating row cover or anything into the soil and They are essentially in between. Birds just love break up hard a ground cover succulent sprouts when the soils like the clay for an area in the Elissa Bunn seasons are changing. Another found in El Dorado garden that might thing to consider is timing — UCCE Master Gardener of County. These otherwise be bare wait too long to plant in the root systems can El Dorado County for a season. They fall and your cover crop will improve drainage, can be used in be fighting cold temps while especially after the both cool and warm seasons. surface grasses are cut and tilled germinating; plant too early and Gardeners plant cool-season lack of rainfall might create the in. cover crops ranging from need to irrigate. Warm-season cover crops legumes (peas, beans, clover, Which cover crop will be best are used less in our climate vetch, etc.) to grasses (rye, for your situation? Use the because we love our tomatoes barley, triticale, etc.) for a variety and peppers and want plenty information above, do some of purposes. research and try it out. Mix and of garden space for them. All cover crops should Nonetheless, some warm-season match or buy a pre-mixed seed; be sown, sprouted and cut there are many options. We cover crops include the legume down before any flowering or often get discouraged and quit cow peas and the “not-a-grass” seeding begins. You want to after one try but, remember, this buckwheat. Both have deep get maximum greenery instead is gardening. There are so many roots and great green foliage. of letting the plants put their variables. Don’t give up after a The same rule of cutting them energy into flowering and down before flowering applies to disappointing result. After three seeding. The cut-down plants years I have finally figured out warm-season cover crops. can be tilled into the soil as the right cover crop for my home Less common cover crops to food for decomposer organisms, garden. Keep experimenting and break up hard soil are daikon which break down and release you will find the best cover crop radishes, mustard and other tap the plants’ nutrients into the for your garden too. root plants. These plants can soil, or they can be shredded Due to the pandemic, Master usually be seeded for cool or and left on the top of soil if Gardener events will for the warm season; just make sure to you prefer the no-till approach. read your seed information. Either way, you are helping ■ See CROPS, page B3 When planting your cover improve the health of your soil and health of microorganisms in that soil. Now for more specifics on different kinds of cover crops. Legumes help fix nitrogen in soil through a symbiotic relationship with a bacterium. When the bacteria attach to the legume roots, the contact creates small bubble-like nodules that make a ready-to-use form of nitrogen. In a garden bed that has had heavy nitrogen feeder crops like tomatoes, squash, broccoli or lettuce, a legume cover crop could be seeded and cut down to help restore nitrogen for the next growing season. Getty Images Grasses help aerate and Pea plants make great cover crops but all cover crops should be sown, sprouted and perforate dense, poorly draining cut down before any flowering or seeding begins.

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Congratulations to the 2020 El Dorado Hills Fire Department’s poster contest winners for artistically capturing all the elements of this year’s fire safety theme: “Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen!” Top winning posters by Amanda Rossi (Jackson Elementary, first-third grade winner), left, and Dean Kermani (Lake Forest Elementary, fourth-fifth grade winner) will be displayed on EDH Fire’s community risk reduction vehicles.

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Mary West Outdoor columnist ferns in winter and wild grape vines in summer. A thick area of mint, in its season, begs you to pick a leaf or two. Be aware that poison oak and blackberry vines crowd the trail in many areas. Snails and lizards

also call this area home so make sure you look beneath your feet as well as up to the canopy of trees to get the full effect of this trail. At the bottom of the 1.7-mile trail, you find Hobokin Creek. Water cascades over boulders and fallen trees. The trail continues across the creek so, depending on your schedule, you can continue your trek to Dead Truck, RuckA-Chucky, Dru Barner and Western States Trails, among other destinations. The 2-mile hike to Dead Truck from the trail head is a gentle, n

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Surviving the pandemic one week at a time The following article is a work of fiction based on an amalgamation of anecdotal data and fantasy; the result is a creation of a family and the effects the pandemic is having on them. It’s a snapshot of what many county residents are experiencing. The part from the business front is real. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Celia Orona Special to the Democrat

eet Tim Whidby, a 68-yearold native of El Dorado County, now retired from a back-breaking job on road maintenance. Don’t ask him about it; he gets cranky. Except for a stint in the military, he has lived all his life in the county. Monday we are sitting on the porch with his wife, Lauren, 66, seemingly three friends having iced tea. Well, two iced teas and one beer. He and Lauren live on several acres outside Diamond Springs. Both are active in the community and both are used to being busy. Tim explains their volunteer work in the community. “Idle hands, you know ….” He has good relationships with his neighbors and tries to help out when he can. But lately, he is starting to feel his age. “Used to be I could go all day working. Didn’t mean a thing. Now …,” he sighs. A tall, wiry man with a slight paunch, he puts out his hands and they are rough with wear. Still, he jumps in when there is work to be done both at home and in the community. Lauren is also retired. She was a grade school teacher and enjoys her free time volunteering in various organizations, growing roses and keeping in touch with her grandchildren. Lauren and Tim have two adult children. Trevor, now 35, has a 7-year-old daughter, Mia. Daughter Ashley, 33, got married 10 years ago, moved to Oregon and never looked back. She and her husband, Rod, have two children. She, too, went into teaching; Rod is an accountant. Lauren begins the conversation by describing her frustration. The organizations she once volunteered for have shut down. “No meetings, no gatherings, no fundraisers. I have too much time on my hands,” she declared. “That leads to trouble.” Tim grunted and said, “She’s right.” Lauren is very social and has tried Zoom but said, “It’s not the same. I

Small home projects became the focus. Tim complained, “How many shelves can you build in the garage?” miss my friends. I miss the meetings and planning events or going out to lunch with friends. Not only that, I need a good haircut!”

Keeping busy Both have been trying to fill their days keeping busy and it’s getting hard. They admitted the time together 24/7 created some tense moments. Tim declared, “Married people shouldn’t be together this much. It’s bad for our marriage.” He was only mildly kidding. Tim and Lauren have underlying health problems although you would not know it to see them. Both have high blood pressure; Lauren admits to being overweight and “other” issues which she would not discuss. So they try staying home as much as possible. Lauren said, “At first, it wasn’t so bad. I baked a lot — that got old. I tried out new recipes; some didn’t go over too well. And then it hit me: this is going to last a long time, get used to it. But it’s hard.” Small home projects became the focus. Tim complained, “How many shelves can you build in the garage?” So far Tim has replaced shelving; gone through the house and oiled all squeaky doors; repaired leaking faucets, shored up several posts on the south fence, cleaned out his truck, pulled out dead brush and burned it. He built a new dog house for their sheltie, SweetPea, reorganized his tools in the garage and made several dump runs. Which brought out another topic — long lines at the disposal site. “Everyone’s doing the same thing. Who would have thought we all had so much crap?” he asked. “If I’m not waiting in line at the dump then I’m waiting in line to load up lumber — everything is taking longer than usual. It’s sort of slowing us down and I guess that’s not a bad thing. But I’m not used to it.” On Lauren’s part, she cleaned out their clothes closets, filling several boxes of clothes that no longer fit her or are out of style. “I don’t know why I’m keeping them. So out they went. Or at least, I tried to get them out,”

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she said. She described her first trek to several thrift stores only to find signs saying “No donations, please.” She came back home with her boxes of clothes and household items that now sit in a big storage shed they call “The Barn.” Then Lauren went through the kitchen cabinets. “Who knew I had two bottles of molasses?” She described other items she found while cleaning out cupboards, including old appliances that no longer work. “It doesn’t even pay to try and get them fixed. Why am I hanging on to them?” In the meantime Tim has made numerous trips to the local hardware store only to find that many of the parts that he needs are out of stock. “What is this? Everyone seems to be doing the same thing. It’s crazy. Lauren wanted one of those soaker hoses — none in stock,” he said.

Shopping Both Tim and Lauren are beginning to order many of their needs online. It began with groceries and Lauren found it convenient at first. Then she realized that she missed going to the supermarket and checking out the sales, picking out the fruit and vegetables for herself. “But I worry. We’re on a fixed income and I see prices going up. And if the price isn’t going up, the amount in the box or package is getting smaller. Still, I guess I shouldn’t complain but it all seems unfair and crazy. I feel helpless,” she said. This far along into the pandemic she now goes shopping during the senior hours. “Got my mask and some plastic gloves. We even have a set up in the dining room where I set the groceries and wipe down those that need it,” she said.

New routine Slowly, a routine was created as Tim and Lauren adjusted to the changes in their lives. Like so many others, life is different in many ways. They no longer go to restaurants and they miss dinner with their friends. Sometimes, Lauren takes SweetPea for walks on the trails just to get away from the house. But for the most part, they try to stay busy at home. The news gets them down. “It’s a push-pull thing. I want to know what’s going on and then I’m sorry I watched. It’s too depressing,” Lauren said. They now count two friends from Arizona who have died from the virus. “It’s not a topic for discussion, so we need to move on,” Lauren said. They would not talk about the way things are going “virus-wise.” I ask about their daughter, Ashley. Tim said, “I leave that to Lauren. They’re in touch all the time about school, about recipes and kids — all that stuff. But it’s good. We feel in touch.” A pause; then he continues: “Now, you take Trevor. He’s 35, going on 17.” I could tell it was time to change the subject. So I moved on.

“It’s a push-pull thing. I want to know what’s going on and then I’m sorry I watched. It’s too depressing.” Tuesday — Trevor Trevor lives on his folks’ property and tries to stay out of their way. He lost his job as a mechanic at a dealership in Sacramento and with no savings but plenty of bills, he was forced to ask for help. Fortunately, his folks had a fifth-wheeler on their property that he now calls home “until I can get back on my feet.” He picks up some money on the side by working on friends’ or neighbors’ vehicles (including motorcycles). Times are tough for him in more ways than one. His parents were not around and he talked freely about how things have turned out for him. “Man, for a while, things were fine,” he said. “I had a good job and even though I’m divorced, at least, my ex and I are friends and I get to see my daughter, Mia.” We were standing outside near the front door. Tall and thin like his dad, he looked dejected. Clearly, this was not going to be a feel-good story. Trevor continued, “Now, I’m behind in child support and I keep bugging my old boss about going back to work but there isn’t any. People aren’t going anywhere so their cars or trucks don’t need work. Or, like, if they’ve lost their job or hours cut, how can they afford to have work done on their

car?” He looked expectantly at me as if I might have an answer. I didn’t. I ask how he gets through the days and he described what he called his lifesaver —his Harley. A floodgate opened; his face lit up and Trevor was on a roll. “My Harley keeps me sane. My dad is on my case all the time,” Trevor said. “Oh, he doesn’t say anything but I can tell he is not happy with me. He doesn’t get it — I hate that I can’t work. I feel like a failure. What am I supposed to do? Aside from not having any money to speak of, there’s nothing to do, nowhere to go. When Mia is with me on weekends, we hang out here and thank God for my mom. She takes Mia and will show her how to make bread or cookies or things like that. Anything to keep her busy but also, sort of teaching her stuff. You know?” I nod. “I can’t get out of here fast enough, so at first I would go to bars, but that’s out now,” he continued. “I get on my bike — no one to hassle me. Just riding my bike. Away from people.” He paused for just a second. “If I’m not riding it, I’m working on it. I have an old bike and I have to keep on top of it. I try to help my old man around here. But working on my bike is my therapy. There’s always something coming loose — they vibrate a lot, you know. So, I have to tighten things up; keep checking. You don’t want to end up on a long ride and break down. Tighten tail lights; mirrors — any type of wiring. My buddy had to tie down his gas tank — it got loose.” For the only time in our conversation, he laughed. “It’s constant maintenance but I love it. It’s what keeps me going.” And just as fast, the smile faded. “Like I said, in the beginning, it was OK — I went to bars, watched TV and drank a lot, smoked some weed. Just hanging out with other guys, it helped. But then … I don’t know. You can only do that for so long, you know? I feel depressed all the time now. I didn’t think it would last this long. Like it would just be a month or two. Now they’re talking next year. “ There was no stopping him. “This wasn’t the way I thought my life would go,” he said. “Divorced, living with my folks, no work and no money. It’s a downer. You know? I’m used to working. I guess I shouldn’t complain. I mean, like, I’m not homeless. And someday I’ll be able to get back to work, I hope. My ex-brother-in-law, he really got screwed. Poor guy.” He looks over my shoulder; I’m not sure he sees anything at all. With a soft voice, he shared, “I don’t know how long I can do this.” The interview ends as his voice fades and he said, “Nice talking to you.”

Wednesday — Jeremy, the ex brother-in-law A phone call: Jeremy: “Yeah. Trevor told me you’d call. I only have a few minutes before I go to work,” he explained. He jumped right in and kept going. “I’m lucky. I got a part-time job working on computers. I was finishing up at Sac State and if I had graduated this year, I was going to Berkeley for a master’s in double E. But everything turned to …” He pauses, “you know.” I ask: double E? “Electrical engineering. Everything I worked toward — it’s up in the air,” he said. “I even planned a big trip this summer but obviously didn’t happen. So now I try to stay positive by going out. Me and some buddies, anything to be busy and be outside. Plus, I don’t have to deal with all the issues around wearing a mask and staying away from people. In winter I’ll be snow boarding at Tahoe. I love the outdoors, which is kind of nuts considering I love numbers and math and technology. It’s like magic to me and I get to be the magician.” I ask about expenses and relationships; how has the pandemic affected him? “My folks are great,” he shared. “They understand. And I do have a way to earn money if push comes to shove. I’m not involved with anyone — at least, not seriously. I’m really focused on my degree and training. I really am itching to get back to school, something I never thought I’d say. Right now I am totally laser focused on keeping up with my studies. I’ve worked hard to get here and I’m not stopping.” He sounds positive and full of energy and talks about a world with robots and new ways to create energy. n

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Los Rios colleges planning 2021 semesters News release The application period is now open for summer and fall 2021 admissions to the Los Rios colleges — American River, Cosumnes River, Folsom Lake and Sacramento City. The application process is free and all who apply are guaranteed admission. “Whether you are a high school senior taking your first step in college or someone who wants to pursue a better future, we invite you to apply now,” said Los Rios Chancellor Brian King. “We know choosing a college is an important decision, so we welcome you as you plan your next great move.” The summer 2021 semester is scheduled to begin June 7, 2021. Fall is slated to start Aug. 22, 2021. Enrollment for summer classes is currently expected to take place in early March, with enrollment for fall classes set to begin in late April. The spring 2021 semester is online and the college district is planning for different possibilities for fall based on public health conditions. Students can choose a main or home Los Rios college and still take classes at any of the four colleges with one application. There also is the advantage of the Los Rios Promise program, which combines local, state and federal financial aid and scholarship opportunities to make it easier than ever to afford college. Los Rios can help students make sure they take advantage of every single dollar.

To be eligible for the Los Rios Promise, students must: • Be a California resident • Be a first-time college student • Maintain a minimum of 12 units per semester Residents simply submit their financial aid application to see if they qualify for free tuition — no separate application is required. To get started go to losrios.edu and apply.

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Public Notices  FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-0919 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 1. GOLDKEY BOATHOUSE, 2. GOLDKEY MARINE, 3. GOLDKEY STORAGE, 4. GOLDKEY BOATHOUSE & MARINE SERVICE CENTER, 5. GOLDKEY STORAGE & MARINE SERVICE CENTER, 6. BILL KETTELKAMP, located at 1120 Suncast Lane, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): El Dorado Hills Boat Wine & Self Storage LLC, 1120 Suncast Lane, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company, State of LLC: CA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 05/25/2016 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Craig Stafford CRAIG STAFFORD, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER 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 10/09/2020. 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) 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18 8322 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-0924 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PARAMOUNT FLOORING SOLUTIONS, located at 3025 Crystal View Drive, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Michael Alexander Bradburn, 3025 Crystal View Drive, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/01/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Michael Alexander Bradburn MICHAEL ALEXANDER BRADBURN 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 10/12/2020. 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) 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18 8323 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-0969 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TAHOE MOUNTAIN AIKIDO, located at 1089 Magua Street #5, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150/Mailing Address: 1591 Grizzly Mountain Dr., South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 Registered owner(s): Matthew Fluty LLC, 2409 21 Street, Sacramento, CA 95818 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company, State of LLC: CA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/16/2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Matthew Fluty MATTHEW FLUTY, OFFICER 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 10/20/2020. 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) 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18 8328 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-0972 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FURNITURE MEDIC BY GOLD RUSH WOODWORKS, located at 1026 Olson Ln #614, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): James Matthew Carlson, 1026 Olson Ln #614, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/21/2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ James Matthew Carlson JAMES MATTHEW CARLSON, OWNER 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 10/22/2020. 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) 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18 8329 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-0994 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SUDS CAR WASH & DETAIL, located at 4620 Post Street, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Sparkles Carwash LLC, 18290 Commercial Street, Lathrop, CA 95330 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company, State of LLC: CA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Gagandeep Kaur GAGANDEEP KAUR, MEMBER 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 10/29/2020. 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) 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25 8353

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PC 20200550 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Frances Mary Phleger filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: FRANCES MARY PHLEGER Proposed name: FRANCINE MARY JIOIA 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: DECEMBER 18, 2020, 8:30 A.M. DEPT. 9 AT SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF EL DORADO, 3321 Cameron Park Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682. 3. A copy of the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Mountain Democrat. This order has been filed on OCTOBER 19, 2020. /s/ Dylan Sullivan DYLAN SULLIVAN, Judge of the Superior Court 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25 8355

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Nov. 18 Vitalant will host a Shingle Springs Community blood drive to meet the community’s need for blood and blood products, 1:30-5:30 p.m., closed for lunch 3-3:45 p.m. The blood drive is sponsored by the Placerville Elks Lodge No. 1712 at 3821 Quest Court. Vitalant requires all donors to wear a mask or face covering. Donors are encouraged to make an appointment by calling Vitalant at (866) 822-5663 or go to donors.vitalant. org and choose Advanced Search and use blood drive code SMFM551.

Nov. 19 El Dorado County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Ed Manansala is scheduled to speak to the Rotary Club of Cameron Park via Zoom at 4 p.m. He will discuss how COVID19 is impacting our local schools and what is being done to ensure a safe learning environment. Will our schools ever return to “normal?” What agencies are involved in deciding when schools can re-open and resume activities? How are restrictions impacting students, parents and teachers? Guests are welcome. If you wish to attend, contact club President Mike Dugan at mtdugan@comcast.net or Vice President Jim Buckley at jasbuck@att.net for the meeting link.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-0923 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HUMMINGBIRD RIDGE FARM, located at 6961 Grizzly Flat Rd., Somerset, CA 95684/Mailing Address: 3200 United Dr. #C, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): 1. Ryan Bell, 3200 United Dr. #C, Cameron Park, CA 95682, 2. Skyla Bell, 3200 United Dr. #C, Cameron Park, CA 95682 This business is conducted by a Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/1/2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Ryan Bell RYAN BELL 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 10/12/2020. 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) 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2 8368 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1028 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GOLDEN HILLS EYECARE OPTOMETRY, located at 3840 El Dorado Hills Blvd Ste 103, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762/Mailing Address: 3240 Collingswood Dr, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Joshua Baer OD INC, 3840 El Dorado Hills Blvd Ste 103, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 This business is conducted by a Corporation, State of Incorporation: CA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Signature of Registrant: /s/ Joshua Baer JOSHUA BAER, PRESIDENT 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 11/06/2020. 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) 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2 8369

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PC 20200547 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Tatjana Thorne filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: TATJANA THORNE Proposed name: TATJANA THORPE MARTIN 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: JANUARY 8, 2021, 8:30 A.M. DEPT. 9 AT SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF EL DORADO, 3321 Cameron Park Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682. 3. A copy of the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Mountain Democrat. This order has been filed on OCTOBER 27, 2020. /s/ Dylan Sullivan DYLAN SULLIVAN, Judge of the Superior Court 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2 8370

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Unless all rents and fees are paid by 11/21/ 2020, the belongings of the following tenants, which are currently stored in the respective units, at Affordable SelfStorage, 1900 Highway 49, Placerville, CA 95667, will be sold at this location at NOON on 11/21/2020 for CASH ONLY for high Lien Sale bid. All interested parties, please call our Office at 530/622-8143. UNIT# TENANT ADDRESS INS111Mary Anne Cortez General Delivery Pahoa, HI 96778 INS22 Margot Pace PO Box 613 Laytonville, CA 95454 123 Craig Traylor 3090 Baco Dr. Placerville CA 95667 11/11, 11/18 8371 NOTICE OF PUBLIC LIEN SALE Notice is hereby given that pursuant to California Business and Professions Code, Chapter 10,21700-21716, The following will be sold at Public Auction. Sale will be conducted on November 23, 2020 at 1:15pm at Placerville Self Storage Located at 1066 Locust Ave Placerville CA, 95667. All purchases are sold as is, where is, and must be removed within 48 hours from the close of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of a settlement between owner and obligated party. Unit #41 Leslie D Gwinnup – Toys, Entertainment center, Sofa/Love seat, Baby furniture, Bedroom furniture, Clothing, Dresser, Book Case Unit #87 Karen J Rowe – Barrels, Wood, Hobby equipment, Suitcases, Collectibles, Appliances, Refrigerator, Stroller, Dresser, Mattress, Night stand, Air conditioner, Books. Approx. 30 boxes Unit #196 Sheri K Harmon – Cleaners, Collectibles, Statue, Clothing, Pictures, paintings. Approx. 6 boxes Unit #362 Joshua D Hines – Tool Box – Dishes, Clothing. Approx. 4 boxes 11/11, 11/18 8374 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF GREGORY FELTS CASE NO. PP20200050 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of GREGORY FELTS A PETITION for Probate has been filed by KEVIN TILDEN in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that KEVIN TILDEN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to 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: January 6, 2021 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. Attorney for Petitioner: STEPHEN W. VALENTINE 3300 Coach Lane, Suite B-5 Cameron Park, CA 95682 (530) 677-4188 11/11, 11/18, 11/25 8375 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1041 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROJECT, located at 3334 Cessna Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Donelle Raye Anderson, 3334 Cessna Drive, 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: 11/10/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Donelle R. Anderson DONELLE R. ANDERSON, OWNER 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 11/12/2020. 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) 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9 8387 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1040 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RADON ADS, located at 5170 Golden Foothill Pkwy, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Carter Kash, 940 Bliss Ct, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Signature of Registrant: /s/ Carter Kash CARTER KASH, OWNER 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 11/12/2020. 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) 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9 8388

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (SECS. 6104, 6105 U.C.C.) ESCROW NO. P-445387 Notice is hereby given to creditors of the within named seller that a bulk sale is about to be made of the assets described below. The names and business addresses of the Seller are: Jonathan L. Verbitsky 3625 Omo Ranch Road Somerset, CA 95684 The location in California of the chief executive office of the seller is: (If “same as above”, so state.) same as above As listed by the seller, all other business names and addresses used by the seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the buyer are: (if “none”, so state.) None The names and addresses of the Buyer are: 3625 Omo Ranch LLC, a California Limited Liability Company and/or assigns PO Box 254 Kirkwood, CA 95646 The assets to be sold are described in general as: All of the stock in trade, merchandise, supplies, fixtures, equipment, goodwill and trade and are located at: 3625 Omo Ranch Road , Somerset, Ca 95684 The business name used by the seller at that location is: Golden Leaves Vineyard The anticipated date of the bulk sale is December 8, 2020 at the office of Placer Title Company, located at 193 Fulweiler Avenue Auburn, CA 95603. This bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2. The name and address of the person with who claims may be filed is Debbie Yue. Placer Title Company, @ 193 Fulweiler Avenue Auburn, CA 95603, Escrow # P-445387 and the last date for filing claims shall be December 7, 2020, which is the business day before the sale date specified above. Dated: November 12, 2020 BUYER: 3625 Omo Ranch LLC, a California Limited Liability Company By: /s/ Alex E. Henderson, Managing Member SELLER: /s/ Jonathan L. Verbitsky 11/18 8392 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1042 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 1. VISIONARY REALTY GROUP, 2. VRG, 3. VRG PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, 4. TEAM ENVISION, 5. VISIONARY REALTY GROUP INC, located at 3420 Coach Lane Suite 9, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Visionary Realty Group Inc, 3420 Coach Lane Suite 9, Cameron Park, CA 95682 This business is conducted by a Corporation, State of Incorporation: CA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 02/01/2010 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jesse Crawford JESSE CRAWFORD, OWNER 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 11/13/2020. 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) 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9 8393 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1044 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS, located at 1588 Sean Drive, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Thomas K Burke, 1588 Sean Drive, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/01/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Thomas K. Burke THOMAS K. BURKE, OWNER 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 11/13/2020 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) 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9 8394

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The County of El Dorado Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing in the Supervisors Meeting Room, 330 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 on December 8, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., to consider a request by N.C. Brown Development, Inc. appealing the Planning Commission’s November 12, 2020 denial of Tentative Subdivision Map Revision TM-R19-0002/ Bass Lake North requesting a revision to approved Bass Lake North Phased Tentative Subdivision Map (TM14-1522) amending Condition of Approval No. 66, reducing the required constructed quantity of park-and-ride parking spaces from 100 to 50 and phasing the remaining 50 spaces as a condition of approval for future subdivision(s) within the Bass Lake Hills Specific Plan area. The property, identified by Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 115-400-006, 115-400-007, and 115400-008, consisting of 38.57 acres, is located on the east side of Sienna Ridge Road approximately 800 feet east of the intersection with Bass Lake Road, in the El Dorado Hills area, Supervisorial District 1. (County Planner: Tom Purciel, 530621-5903) [Statutory Exempt pursuant to Section 15182 of the CEQA Guidelines (Residential Projects with an EIR Pursuant to Specific Plan; Bass Lake Road Study Area Final Program EIR and subsequent Addenda, State Clearing House No. 1990020375)] All persons interested are invited to write their comments to the Board of Supervisors in advance of the hearing. In light of COVID-19, all persons are encouraged to observe and participate in the hearing remotely, and in-person attendance may be restricted depending on the current COVID-19 recommendations as the hearing date approaches. For the current remote options, including whether in-person attendance is allowed, please check the meeting Agenda no less than 72 hours before the meeting, which will be posted at https://eldorado.legistar. com/Calendar.aspx. If you challenge the application in court, you may be limited to raising only those items you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing. Any written correspondence should be directed to the Board of Supervisors at 330 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 or via e-mail: edc. cob@edcgov.us. PLANNING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT TIFFANY SCHMID, Director November 18, 2020 11/18 8395

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Berry Compote: 1 cup raspberries 1 cup blackberries 1 cup blueberries 2-3 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 dash lemon zest or juice whipped cream Preheat waffle iron to medium heat. In medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt. In separate bowl, blend egg yolks (reserve whites), milk, sweet potatoes and 2 tablespoons oil until smooth. Add flour mixture to egg and milk mixture; blend until no clumps remain. In separate bowl, whip reserved egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold egg whites gently into batter. Using pastry brush, oil waffle iron then add batter and cook until waffle removes easily. Repeat with remaining batter. To make berry compote: Wash raspberries, blackberries and blueberries. Drain but do not dry. In small saucepan over medium-low heat, warm berries. Add sugar and lemon zest or juice. Cook until berries have broken down and juice reaches low simmer. Serve warm over waffles and top with whipped cream.

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downhill stroll on a well-maintained trail. As you walk deeper in the trees seem taller and vines hang more densely. In winter the ferns grow all along the canyon wall. The moss on the trees is heavy with rainwater. You can hear the rush of the creek below. At the first switchback you find a sign reading several trail options. Turn away from the sign and continue down the switchback. After a couple of short switchbacks, you will come to a similar sign. Instead of turning on the switchback look at the sign straight ahead of you on the trail. This sign will show Dead Truck 1-mile. Your journey will continue deeper into the woods with the sound of Canyon Creek keeping you company. Soon you come to Canyon Creek with Hobokin Creek right behind it. I can in no way encourage you to cross these creeks if you do not feel confident doing so. This is a lovely spot to pull up a rock and listen to the gentle babbling of the creek over stones as it continues downstream. The trail narrows in places. Downed trees and hanging branches may be hurdles along the way. Wet leaves and slick mud are also common hazards. At 1.9-miles you reach another sign, showing you at the foot of Dead Truck Trail marked STEEP. Facing the sign, turn 180 degrees and you will see a footpath over to the creek and a cliff face blanketed in green in the wet season. Take the path and you can hear the falls get louder the closer you get. Shuffle down to the pool below. Again, I cannot suggest

you cross the creek this last time, but the view of the falls is from the other side. When the water is low there are exposed rocks, but with heavier flows a crossing can be treacherous. If you choose to cross you earn the prize of a view of the waterfall. Once you have enjoyed the falls, the pool and the peace and quiet of this trail, prepare for your return. The 2-mile hike out is moderate due to the uphill climb back to Gate 3. Take your time, drink plenty of water and watch for slugs and newts in the wet season. Take care crossing the creeks and before you know it you will hear the cars coming into the gate and your adventure will be at its end. To get to American Canyon Trail follow Highway 49 into the town of Cool. At the stop sign in Cool turn onto Highway 193. Drive 5 miles to Pilgrim Way. Turn left to Gate 3 of Auburn Lake Trails. Just before the gate you see room for three or four cars on your right. Park and you see the trail sign marking the trailhead. Mary West is author of the book series “Day Hiker – Gold Country Trail Guide,” a collection of the Day Hiker columns in which West shares her longtime love of the outdoors and favorite hikes in Northern California’s gold country and beyond. West was the recipient of the 2017 and 2019 CRAFT Award for Best Outdoor Column and the 2020 Craft Award for “Day Hiker – Gold Country Trail Guide II” by the Outdoor Writers of California. Follow West on Facebook and Instagram.

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Only too soon, he said, “Gotta go. I’m due at work.”

Thursday — Ashley Another phone call: I had asked permission to speak to Ashley and, as it turned out, she called me. The conversation was not only brief, the central topic was not what I expected. Ashley began by saying, “We’re going through what you are down in California. I’m worried about going back to teaching. I miss the kids but I’m concerned about their safety. No one really knows how all this will play out. And we keep getting different information.” I ask about the family situation. “Well, Rod is lucky. He works from home and his boss has even asked if he would like to continue doing that ‘post-pandemic,’” Ashley said. “He only goes in once every couple of weeks to check on the books from other departments. I’m the one with the issues. I want to teach but I’m scared.” Because of Rod’s salary and the plans they have made for the future, there is a possibility that Ashley will quit teaching. “I can’t stand the thought of something happening to me or to my family,” she said. “Maybe we’ll move somewhere else. But the ones I really

worry about are my folks.” Surprised, I ask, “How so?” “They don’t take care of themselves,” Ashley said. “Oh, I know, they wear masks. That’s not what I mean. The way they eat — oh my god, all the fat. And then, no exercise. I know they work hard around the property but not ‘exercise-exercise’ something to get their heart going. “I think my dad drinks too much but no one will say anything,” she added. “My guess is he’s way more worried than he lets on. He grouses; he complains, but I think he’s afraid — just won’t say it. They haven’t been to the doctors in months and I wonder how his blood pressure is. Really, if you want the truth — they’re the ones I worry about. “My god, don’t let them know. They will be genuinely pissed off if they know I’ve been talking to you like this. And my mom worries about Trevor; she knows he’s depressed. She’s afraid he’ll lose it and do something stupid,” she continued. “Sometimes, I am glad I’m away from all the family drama and the problems, but I can’t help but think about it when I wake up in the middle of the night. So far, so good. But how long can their luck hold out?” That question ended the conversation. I thanked her and said goodnight.

Friday — the business end By the end of the week, phone calls were made to some local businesses. Thrift stores all had the same response: As fewer customers are coming in to make purchases along with hundreds of residents like Lauren who are dropping off their no-longer-needed items, donations are often problematic. Warehouses are filled and some thrift stores are going through each box and/or bag to designate which items they will accept and which ones will have to go back home. On the other hand, local hardware and home improvement stores reported that sales were up. One manager said, “We are seeing our ‘regular’ customers more often; on top of that, we are seeing new ones coming in.” Another manager added, “Everyone seems to be putting in gardens and lots of homeowners are getting to projects they’ve been putting off. They have the time now.” He described some of his customers as unsure as to how to handle a project. “We are getting customers in who don’t know what they are doing but this is the great part of our business. We are like teachers, showing them how to use certain tools or what not.

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The rest I try to ignore,” he said. “The rest” is the issue of masks. No one I interviewed was willing to talk about it but it was obviously the most sensitive topic to bring up and a real cause of stress for managers and their staff. As to the long lines at the disposal site, a spokesperson said once the pandemic hit, “… it has been busier with self-hauling ... We have collected about 3,000 more tons of trash in the last four months from homes …” It was stressed, “Disposable masks, gloves and disinfectant wipes be bagged and thrown in the trash bin — not the recycle bin.” Good news for those residents who have found themselves in long lines. According to one of the coordinators at the disposal site, “Waste Connections is now in the process of installing a webcam so people can see how long the line is before they arrive at the facility.” So, families are clearing out their garages and closets and home projects are under way. Couples are getting on one another’s nerves. Local hardware stores are doing fine but the detritus from home cleanup is clogging up the landfill and thrift stores. Lots of activity in El Dorado County, but probably not what anyone envisioned how they would be spending their time in 2020.

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