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Homekey explored for Pollock Pines hotel Eric Jaramishian Staff writer Pollock Pines Realtor Lauralee Green remembers a time when the community opposed a homeless shelter for women and children going in at the old Emigrant Trail Elementary School, proposed in 2008.

Now, more than 13 years later, El Dorado County officials are eyeing to convert the Best Western Stagecoach Inn in Pollock Pines into a homeless shelter as part of Project Homekey. The hotel is currently being used as part of Project Roomkey to shelter homeless individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Similar to the approach we’ve taken to Roomkey, we focus on older adults and veterans. We’re just looking for a place to house them while we can provide stabilization services, and then eventually get them permanent housing somewhere out in the community,” Health and Human Services Director Don Semon said.

County officials instructed Health and Human Services staff to start an appraisal process for the Pony Express Trail hotel in May 2021 to determine if the property would make a viable option for Project Homekey. If so, the county would use state funding to purchase the hotel. The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors will hear an updated appraised value for the property Dec. 7 and will decide at a later time if the county will use the property for Project Homekey.

Pollock Pines residents say transparency is a concern, just like in 2008 when the faith-based nonprofit United Outreach proposed its homeless shelter.

“If it was such a great idea, the Board of Supervisors would be very public about it,” Green said.

In a phone call to the Mountain Democrat Tuesday, Semon explained that community engagement has not started yet since the county is ■

Mountain Democrat photo by Eric Jaramishian

El Dorado County is assessing the Best Western hotel in Pollock Pines, used to house medically vulnerable homeless people since April 2020, to see if the location is a viable option for a more See HOTEL, page A8 permanent homeless shelter.

Ashworth next presiding judge News release El Dorado County Superior Court’s next presiding judge will be Hon. Vicki Ashworth and Hon. Michael J. McLaughlin will serve as assistant presiding judge.

The presiding judge and assistant presiding judge serve a two-year term, to commence Jan. 1. Ashworth is the current assistant presiding judge to Judge Suzanne Kingsbury, who plans to retire at the end of the year.

She was elected to the El Dorado County Superior Court bench in 2014. Currently sitting in Department 1 of the Main Street courthouse, she has presided over criminal, traffic, family and civil matters as well as the Veterans Court.

Ashworth has also been appointed to serve on the Work Group on Homelessness established by California Supreme Court Chief PLACE ADDRESS LABEL HERE

VICKI ASHWORTH Justice Tani CantilSakauye in October 2020.

Prior to her career as a judicial officer, Ashworth earned a juris doctor degree from McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento.

Her legal career began as a deputy district attorney with the Amador County District Attorney’s Office in 1997.

In 1999 she joined the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office as a deputy district attorney until her election to the bench in 2014.

Judge McLaughlin serves as the presiding judge of the Juvenile Court for El Dorado County Superior Court.

He was appointed to the bench by former Gov. Edmund G. Brown in 2018.

Currently sitting in Department 4 of the South Lake Tahoe courthouse, he presides over juvenile, criminal, family law, civil and probate matters. Prior to his career as a judicial officer, McLaughlin earned a juris doctor ■

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Mountain Democrat photos by Thomas Frey

Levi Moeller, 6, shows his brother Luke, 4, a tree he thinks would fit well with presents underneath it on their visit to Twin Pines Christmas Tree Farm in Georgetown last Friday. Jim and Jamie Hawkins have owned the farm for seven years and have delicious hot apple cider available for free made using a recipe passed down from the previous owners.

Green Friday on El Dorado County’s back roads

Thomas Frey Staff writer

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utting down a live Christmas tree in El Dorado County the day after Thanksgiving is a family tradition unlike any other.

It’s a day spent in the great outdoors that makes the transition from Thanksgiving to the Christmas season seamless.

The most visited tree farms sit in Camino but ones off that beaten path also have lots to offer.

From the moment you pull into Twin Pines Christmas Tree Farm in Georgetown it feels like you are arriving home for the holidays.

Folks are immediately greeted by owners Jim and Jamie Hawkins, who ask, “How have

Jim Hawkins nets a Christmas tree at his Twin Pines Christmas Tree Farm in Georgetown. you been? Would you like anything to drink?”

The grounds were busy last Friday with people enjoying the spirit of the season, yet relaxed with more than enough room to browse through the pines and

firs.

The Hawkinses were sheet metal workers before they retired seven years ago. They bought the tree farm from a ■

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Linda Marie Gaskin

Nov. 15, 1952 – Nov. 15, 2021

Linda was 69 years old. Born in San Francisco, Calif.

Beloved wife of Chuck Gaskin, Mother of Charlie Gaskin and the late Michelle Searcy.

Sister of Bob Burger, Marlene Davenport and Sandy Piggit, aunt to many nephews and nieces.

Grandmother of Katie Gonzalez, Anthony Searcy, Madison Searcy and Mason Searcy.

Family and friends are invited to attend services Thursday, December 16, 11 a.m. at Green Valley Mortuary, 3004 Alexandrite Drive, Rescue, Calif.

Reception following at the Gaskin home.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made in her honor to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

Lavila Dorrell Hicks

Dec. 24, 1923 – Nov. 10, 2021

Lavila Dorrell Hicks passed away peacefully at her home in Placerville Nov. 10 in the presence of her family. Lavila was born on Christmas Eve, 1923 in Sioux Falls, S.D., the second child of Lyle and Nora Gibson. Her loving older brother Wayne died in 1973. Nora, Wayne and teenaged Lavila moved to California during the depression in 1938. In 1941 Lavila married Richard Morris of Mitchell, S.D. in a small ceremony in Carson City, Nev. They had a son, Stanley, born in Hayward, Calif., in early 1942 during a blackout shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Sergeant Richard Morris was killed in action in Germany three weeks before V.E. Day. Gold star wife Lavila raised her son while working as a secretary at the Naval Hospital in Oakland and befriended many of the wounded Marines and sailors being treated there during the Korean War. Lavila married Jimmy Lee Hicks in 1951 in Oakland. Their daughter Laurel was born in October 1952 and shortly afterward they moved to Hayward. Jim was a quality assurance supervisor at the Alameda Naval Air Station and Lavila worked for the Hayward School District. As a school secretary in a small school she was responsible for much more than secretarial duties. She also served as nurse, counselor, accountant and grounds supervisor. The school principals conceded that she was the real school manager. Their son Jaime was born in 1959 in Oakland and she continued to work for the school district until her retirement in 1983. Jim and Lavila were involved in many artistic pursuits such as oil painting and stained glass. Jim passed away in 1987.

Lavila moved to Placerville in 1990 in order to be closer to her daughter and her newly born grandson. She joined many clubs in town including the Widow/Widowers association and the Shakespeare Club. She loved being one of the “Shakespeare singers” and made many lasting friendships. Lavila loved art and continued painting for many years. She and her partner Stan Jarvis painted and traveled together to the southwest and elsewhere. She enjoyed travel and her trips included a return to her ancestral home in Norway, a visit with the Dutch woman in Holland who had adopted Sgt. Morris’ grave and attendance at her granddaughter’s wedding in Italy.

Her spiritual home for over 30 years was First Lutheran Church of Placerville. Pastor Foley was able to provide prayers and a blessing shortly before her passing. Despite Lavila’s failing health and vision, she was able to provide guidance, wisdom and instructions to her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her strong will and perseverance through adversity provided a lasting example of courage to her friends and family.

Lavila is survived by her son Stanley of Lyon, France; daughter Laurel of Sacramento; son Jaime of El Dorado, Kan., as well as four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

A celebration of her life will be held in Placerville in March to permit relatives and friends to pay their final respects. Her internment will be at the Chapel of the Chimes in Hayward.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to local charities.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Chapel of the Pines.

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Frank F. Villas

Sept. 23, 1951 – Nov. 10, 2021

Frank left us Nov. 10 and we think he’s up there on a baseball diamond or putting green laughing about life’s absurdities.

Despite his toughness and positive outlook on life, liver cancer got the best of him after an arduous three years.

There’s not enough ink to adequately describe him. He had a big, loving heart and a big crazy laugh. At the drop of a hat he’d break into a song or dance. He was funny, spontaneous, ornery, rambunctious and an outrageous jokester. He loved dogs, baseball, golf, family, Friday night horseshoes with friends, the North Fork of the Cosumnes River, the ocean and his beloved wife of 13 years, Chris Catemis.

In high school he came home and proudly told Mom that he had released all the dogs from the local shelter because no dog should live in a cage.

He shared his ice cream and spoon with Mr. Beans, his rescue dog with the crooked leg.

Baseball was in Frank’s blood. He pitched in Little League when he was a kid, played many wild games at Carpy Field in St. Helena and coached Napa Little League for many years, recognizing each player’s ability after every game.

Frank was an Air Force veteran, serving with his military dog in Thailand during the Vietnam Conflict as an MP with the K-9 Corps. He worked throughout Napa Valley in the wine industry and construction. But what he was most proud of was The Rockin V, the business he built making beautiful items from wine barrels. It was his creative outlet and a way to meet people from all walks of life, which he loved. He had pride too, in “The Girls,” the medicinal marijuana plants he grew and from which he made pain relieving salve.

Frankie loved flour tortillas saying “There’s nothing better than a fresh tortilla with butter on it!” After one lesson with Mom, he started making his own. He also made the fattest peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on the planet.

In addition to his wife Chris, he leaves behind his mother Frances Padilla Brady, aunt Josephine Kane; sons Frank Jason, Michael Apolonio (Megan) and Kevin Catemis, grandson Frank Orion; sisters Carol Villas, Patricia Villas, Deborah Villas Dash and many cousins, nieces and nephews who all have their own crazy Frankie stories.

A Celebration of Life will be at 1 p.m. on Dec. 18 at Saluti Cellars, 7505 Grizzly Flat Road, Somerset.

RSVP to Chris (707) 688-4596.

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degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.

He began his legal career working as a civil litigation attorney in the Los Angeles area before relocating to El Dorado County in 1998, where he practiced in the areas of general civil litigation and business transactions until his appointment to the bench in 2018.

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More forest land opened in Caldor Fire closure area USDA Forest Service Eldorado National Forest officials have reduced the Caldor Fire closure on forest lands. Some areas closed due to damage from the massive blaze reopened Thursday, Dec. 2.

The Caldor Fire is 100% contained and controlled, but it is still not completely out, according to a news release from the U.S. Forest Service. Pockets of fuel will continue to smolder and other hazards are still present from fire-killed trees, damage to the roads and trails system and potential water runoff, debris flows, landslides and rock fall during the wet weather season.

“Fire recovery is a long process but this reduced fire closure represents progress being made to mitigate some of the most urgent hazards,” said Forest Supervisor Jeff Marsolais.

“As more hazard mitigation is completed and the weather becomes more favorable, I anticipate opening additional areas and ultimately lifting the fire closure entirely,” he added.

The Caldor Fire closure order, which can be viewed online at tinyurl.com/4ybwnaes, includes a map and a list of roads and trails within the closure area.

Areas that will reopen include Wright’s Lake that can be accessed only via the Wright’s Lake Tie Road (11N37 or Road 32). The southern portion of Wright’s Lake Road remains closed to Highway 50.

Also reopening are the Iron Mountain, Meiss and Echo Johnson Sno-parks. Several winter recreation special use permit sites including Adventure Mountain, Sierra-at-Tahoe and Kirkwood ski resort will open when their winter operating plans have been received and accepted. Kirkwood officials announced on social media Nov. 29 that they were delaying their opening day as “Mother Nature is not quite ready for it to be winter yet,” and resort management at Sierra-at-Tahoe doesn’t expect slopes there to open before early 2022 due to Caldor Fire damage. And there is much work to be done between now and then.

Mormon Emigrant Trail remains closed but will be reevaluated for possible over-the-snow use later this winter.

Visitors are urged to exercise caution as hazards created by the fire will persist and additional hazards are anticipated with upcoming wet winter conditions.

The forest supervisor will continue to reassess the fire closure and will make adjustments and revisions as conditions allow.

Commercial recreation special-use permit holders and their customers are not exempt from the forest closure; however, commercial recreation special-use permit holders may access their permitted areas under the terms and conditions of their permits to conduct administrative functions and to protect property and related assets. Recreation residence permit holders are also not exempt but owners or lessees of land and residents of such private landholdings, may enter closed areas to the extent necessary to access their land.

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3 county schools to offer limited open enrollment Serena Fuson El Dorado County Office of Education Limited open enrollment will be allowed at El Dorado, Ponderosa and Union Mine high schools for the 2022-23 school year for incoming 9th grade students who reside within El Dorado Union High School District attendance boundaries.

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family who ran it for 28 years.

The previous owners left Jim and Jamie with their special recipe for hot apple cider — the perfect drink to stroll the farm with while picking out that perfect conifer.

Jamie hides a Gumby Santa toy around the farm and when a kid finds it, they are rewarded with a toy of their own.

Farming Christmas trees requires yearround work.

Each March the couple plants about 700 seedlings and then in the summertime bigger trees get a trim.

When Jim and Jamie first eyed the property nearly a decade ago, their eyes were on the home. When they learned it was a tree farm they did some research and decided it was something they wanted to do.

“We thought, let’s give this a try,” Jamie said.

“It’s a lot of work, but it’s a lot of fun.”

Handmade ornaments are also for sale in their Santa Shack, which is full of ornaments and Christmas decor.

Twin Pines sees a mixture of longtime customers and newcomers who visit the farm each year, which Jamie credits partly to the businesses’ Facebook page.

In Placerville at Poverty Hill Tree Farm run by Greg and Darcie Fluckey, the family vibe is very much intact with no traffic jams in sight like what one might find upcountry on Black — or is it green? — Friday.

Greg said he and his dad planted the farm’s first evergreens when he was a kid in the 1970s. Some customers from the 70s still come back each year, now with their kids and grandkids.

When a customer pulls up they are greeted by Greg and Darcie and Christian

Mountain Democrat photo by Thomas Frey

Wyatt Clingman saws down a tree for a longtime customer visiting Poverty Hill. If a customer asks him where a Colorado Blue Spruce is, he will know exactly where to lead them. and Wyatt Clingman, grandchildren of Greg’s high school best friends. Christian and Wyatt cut the trees for customers and are very knowledgeable.

If a customer asks one of them for a certain type of tree, not only will they know if it’s available, but they know where exactly on the farm it can be found.

“He knows the farm better than I do,” Darcie said of Wyatt.

Darcie also sells arts and crafts like garden gnomes and reindeers that will give any yard or space instant Christmas spirit.

Wyatt and Christian’s father Chris Clingman was at home for Thanksgiving and enjoying his time with his boys at Poverty Hill for the first time after being deployed in the Air Force the last four years.

Last year he was stationed in Germany and got a gift from another tree farm — Indian Rock Tree Farm.

It was a Christmas tree and it was part of the Trees for Troops program that the late Larry Hyder and his wife Geri helped start 43 years ago.

“When we got that, it was the greatest thing in the world,” said Chris.

“To sit there and know people thought about us overseas, it was like holy moly, this is awesome.”

Just like Poverty Hill, Hidden Canyon Tree Farm off Newtown Road on the outskirts of Placerville has more than five decades worth of tree farming experience. It’s run

by Tom and Shirley Harshman, who said many of their customers have been coming to Hidden Canyon for more than 40 years.

And at Hidden Canyon it’s also a family affair with the Harshmans’ kids and grandkids helping out.

The trees at Hidden Canyon are grown with care, some even taking upward of 40 years to grow.

“Silver tips are really slow,” Tom said. It’s a passion that takes patience.

Some farms have sold out of trees for the season but farms on or off the beaten path can be found at chooseandcut.com.

For anyone who hasn’t picked out their tanenbaum this year, Poverty Hill should have Christmas trees through at least the end of the weekend — call (530) 622-6766 for more information. At Twin Pines Jim and Jamie expect to have trees through today — call (408) 499-9179 to check availability. Trees will be sold at Hidden Canyon through Dec. 6, according the farm’s Facebook page.

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Richard B. Esposito Publisher

Noel Stack Managing Editor

Krysten Kellum Editor

California Matters

Paying so much to earn so little

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t could be called “diploma creep.”

At the dawn of the 20th century, an eighthgrade education was considered the norm in the United States. Fewer than 7% of public school students even earned high school diplomas in 1900 and tiny numbers DAN WALTERS went on to college.

By the late 20th century, however, anyone who lacked a high school diploma was deemed a failure and college degrees were entry level requirements for white collar jobs.

School systems routinely minimized or eliminated vocational education in favor of requiring college prep curriculums for all students.

As bachelor’s degrees became commonplace, students increasingly sought to juice up their résumés with graduate degrees. Colleges responded accordingly and — one could argue — irresponsibly, hiking the costs of master’s degree programs and encouraging students to take on immense debt.

The absurdity of diploma creep is captured in recent newspaper articles about what’s happening in California.

The Wall Street Journal revealed that the University of Southern California used a for-profit company to recruit students for its online master’s degree program in social work.

“The nonprofit school used its status-symbol image to attract students across the country, including low-income minority students it targeted for recruitment, often with aggressive tactics,” the Journal reported. “Most students piled on debt to afford the tuition, which last year reached $115,000 for the two-year degree.”

The Journal continued, “Recent USC social-work graduates who took out federal loans borrowed a median $112,000. Half of them were earning $52,000 or less annually two years later (and) compared with other master’s-degree programs at top-tier U.S. universities, the USC social-work degree had one of the worst combinations of debt and earnings.”

The former dean of USC’s social work school, Marilyn Flynn, has been indicted for providing a full scholarship and teaching job in 2017 and 2018 to the son of a county supervisor, Mark RidleyThomas, in exchange for his help in steering county contracts to the university. Now a city councilman, Ridley-Thomas also faces charges in the scandal.

After the indictments were announced, the Los Angeles Times revealed that Flynn had also offered a full scholarship, worth $95,000, to Los Angeles Congresswoman Karen Bass for a master’s degree in social work. Bass, who is now running for mayor of Los Angeles, accepted the offer.

So USC was handing out social work master’s degrees like candy to local politicians while charging students $115,000 to obtain them, piling ■

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Letters to the Editor Stand up for what’s right EDITOR: egarding the article about the restaurant owners in Placerville and El Dorado County: How were the exorbitant fines determined? Why so much? How is the business going to pay those amounts? What happens if they can’t? What crime was committed? Where do those fines go? Are they not excessive?

I myself went into the establishments during the time they had been commanded to close. I nor anyone else was forced into the establishments or pushed out. I exercised my choice. The establishments were clean and in compliance with business except for being in compliance with the edict.

Why would local government want to punish and destroy the lives and livelihoods of people trying to support their own lives? Something is terribly amiss when people are working and paying others to work plus providing their own health insurance and retirements and paying taxes to the government and in turn are being punished by that same government who is paying people to not work. The money being paid to the government by those willing to work is given to those who choose not to.

Businesses have literally gone out of business during this whole charade. Many businesses are lucky to make in a month what some public employees make in a week. I’m not talking about the rank-and-file public employees but those who choose to play the emperor.

People fell in line like sheep and followed the Judas goat when the element of fear was instilled by government. Groups and opinions have become divided and common sense thrown out the window. Government decided to choose who was essential and the misery began. We closed churches, schools and whatever else could be deemed nonessential. Local business was closed while chains were allowed to operate.

We have had a court trial with the prosecution presenting its case but no defense allowed and a panel of jurors that will pronounce a verdict because they were told to do so. Time for people to say enough and stand together to put a stop to

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the travesty against the local businesses and the citizens. Show some support for those who stood for their rights.

Remember, next time it could be in your arena.

Some would make this a partisan issue but it is an issue that affects all people. Remember, they can make a criminal out of anyone.

Martin Niemoeller said: “First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.”

LARRY WILLIAMSON Placerville

More misinformation EDITOR: n response to Patricia Ferrell’s Nov. 24 letter to the editor: This letter writer was in full meltdown and stated quite a bit of misinformation regarding the vaccine, mRNA research and the almighty mask. It just goes to show how so many people are brainwashed after listening to Dr. Fauci and mainstream media push the narrative and constantly move the goal post regarding the vaccine and who knows how many boosters going into the future.

The “jab” doesn’t prevent getting COVID19 or spreading it. It may reduce the severity and prevent hospitalization for those who have underlying health issues. That’s it.

The mandate is nothing more than government control of the population and you have fallen for it hook, line and sinker. Once freedom is lost, it’s gone forever. Wise up.

JAY BELL Diamond Springs

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Guest column

COVID vaccinations — a question of character for leaders

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own facts.” He would be unwelcome in El Dorado County were he around to make that hands!” case locally.

That is how one Our supervisors, “led” member of the audience (and I use the term confronted a friend of loosely) by Hidahl, mine who spoke against were pushed into an El Dorado County their position by a Board of Supervisors loud, radical and wellresolution opposing organized collection LES FRANCIS COVID-19 vaccine of county residents mandates, a resolution — a minority bent on that was, unfortunately, approved instilling fear in the rest of us. Their Nov. 16. weapons are hysteria and lies. They In that “blood on your hands” weave conspiracy theories out of statement we can hear the tribalism, myths and misinformation. driven by primal fear, which has As a point of reference, let’s go back to Sen. Moynihan’s admonition about infected our society.

Endless recitation of falsehoods and not confusing opinions with facts.

In early November, the Texas conspiracy theories is not surprising, I suppose. But what was shocking was Department of Health Services — Texas, I repeat ‚ red, conservative the admission by Board Chairman Texas — revealed that both infection John Hidahl that he has not been and mortality rates between vaccinated against the coronavirus vaccinated and unvaccinated people and that “vaccines don’t work.” are vastly different.

Ignorance and cowardice, passing Key findings from the Texas study as leadership, is what we witnessed in showed that Sept. 4 through Oct. 1 of our Board of Supervisors that day. this year: The late, great U.S. Senator Daniel • Unvaccinated people were 13 Patrick Moynihan was fond of times more likely to become infected reminding us, “We are all entitled with COVID-19 than fully vaccinated to our own opinions, but not to our

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• Unvaccinated people were 20 times more likely to experience COVID-19-associated death than fully vaccinated people.

Don’t believe Texans? How about authorities in another rural county in California then?

Shasta County, to our north, presents an interesting case study: • Among a population of just fewer than 80,000 fully vaccinated people (between early August of this year and early November), there were 42 people hospitalized with COVID symptoms and 14 deaths.

• Whereas, among a population of about 72,000 unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated residents, 400 were hospitalized and 141 of them died.

Note to John Hidahl: Vaccination was successful by a factor of ten. The shots work!

Why are we in this predicament?

Actually, there are many reasons, but let us look at just three: First, the political leadership in the U.S. — and elsewhere — failed miserably to recognize soon enough the likelihood of a serious pandemic.

The failure in our country was exacerbated by a president (Trump) who calculated that understating the problem was better for him politically

— ignorance, he reasoned, was campaign bliss.

Second, and even more disturbing, we now live in a society where an alarming number of people resist or deny objective truths, a country wherein we have “democratized facts” and see no harm in fueling and propagating silly myths, blatant untruths and crazy conspiracy theories. And there is no vaccine — save for persistent, relentless discussion and argument — to protect the civic health of our society.

Third, too many political and community leaders are reluctant to, or are afraid to, stand up to the mob.

A loud, highly motivated but distinct minority of the citizenry is seeking to drive public health policy locally and across the country ... and they are gaining traction.

In addition to Moynihan’s wisdom cited earlier, a couple other quotes come to mind as I reflect on what is going on in our county.

One is from Edmund Burke, the Anglo-Irish statesman of the 18th century who observed, “Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.”

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on debt for jobs that paid, at best, lower middle class salaries.

The syndrome is not confined to USC. The San Jose Mercury-News used data from the federal government’s College Scoreboard to point out the absurdity of spending so much to obtain jobs that pay so little.

“Students in Stanford University’s English program can expect to earn roughly $24,000 two years after graduating from the prestigious, private university,” the newspaper reported. “Just down the street, students who earn a two-year associate’s degree through Foothill College in allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions can expect to make about $113,000.

“Philosophy majors at highly selective UC

Berkeley can expect to earn about $21,000 shortly after graduation — after shelling out more than $15,000 a year for the degree. At Cal State East Bay, in Hayward, which costs about $11,000 a year to attend, students who earn a bachelor’s degree in construction management can bank on making about $80,000.”

Meanwhile, the men and women who opted out of college to become skilled workers such as plumbers, mechanics or electricians find themselves in demand and earn much more than college-educated contemporaries who are drowning in student debt.

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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the contemporary conservative writer and commentator David Brooks, who in the introduction to his book, “The Road to Character,” writes about “résumé virtues and eulogy virtues.” As Brooks puts it, “... résumé virtues are the ones you list on your résumé, the skills that you bring to the job market and that contribute to external success.

The eulogy virtues are deeper. They’re the virtues that get talked about at your funeral, the ones that exist at the core of your being ...”I fervently wish our local leaders were more interested in their

“eulogy virtues” and less obsessed with their résumé — or reelection — ones. We would all be better served were it so.

Les Francis is a resident of Camino who spent more than four decades in Washington, D.C., with stints as a staff person on Capitol Hill and in the White House. He also has extensive experience in the private sector as a public affairs consultant for corporations and nonprofits. He is now retired and living with his wife, Shari, and three Brittany spaniels.

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third place finish — the best in school history. Senior and University of California, Davis, signee Kayla Rutz was the first Trojan to cross the finish line, finishing 21st in her second trip to state. Sophomore Samantha Liaty sped in three spots behind her in 24th. The third and fourth Trojans to finish the race were senior Ava Maier in 26th and junior Quinn Walker in 34th, who both made their second trip to state. Maier, who is going to run at University of California, Santa Barbara, finished 23rd as a sophomore while Walker finished 82nd as a freshman.

Junior Brooke Butler rounded out the Trojans’ top five in 81st and she was followed by freshman Addison Clinton and junior Lauren Olson who finished 100th and 122nd, respectively.

The 2021 CIF State Cross Country Championships got off to a scorching start as runners blazed their way across the finish line Nov. 27 at Woodward Park in Fresno.

On the girls side Oak Ridge competed as a team, while seniors Natalie Wieland of Ponderosa and Chloe Gautschi of El Dorado raced as individuals.

For boys, El Dorado qualified as a team and sophomore Joshua Chu represented Ponderosa as an individual.

Andrew Burr, a freshman from El Dorado Hills who attends Sacramento Country Day, finished 13th in the Division V race. He was the second fastest freshman with a time of 16:08.

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Ponderosa senior Andrew Cheney works with wrestling partner Joaquin Sanchez.

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ach afternoon as senior captains Jarin Walker, Jake Wenham, Andrew Cheney and head coach Tyson Escobar lead the Bruins on to the mat for wrestling practice, the goal of winning another section title and reaching the state championships is on their mind.

It’s on their mind when they are maxing out in the weight room and it’s on their mind as they push their bodies to exertion running hills and sprints.

It’s been on their mind since the Bruins in their pine green and white uniforms took home the 2019-20 section championship and for the seniors, this will be the final chance they have after losing the 2020-21 season to COVID-19.

“The worst part for me was losing a year,” Wenham said. “You only get four. So now, this is my last year wrestling.”

Wenham just won a section championship in water polo and leads the 145-pound weight class while Walker leads the 132-pounders and Cheney the 220s. The remaining 11 weight

classes are filled out with hard workers who want to win.

“The strength of our team is we fill every weight class with a high quality wrestler,” Escobar said. “When we go into these section championship matches we know we can put a really good wrestler at every weight class.”

Wrestlers are paired up in practice with a similar sized foe.

“You’ve got to have good workout partners to constantly push you to be better,” Escobar said.

Cheney lines up with senior Joaquin Sanchez while Walker and Wenham match up.

“We just know that we are only going to be as good as the other person is,” Wenham said. “The harder I can push Jarin the better.”

For these seniors, the partnerships have been in place since they first stepped on campus as freshmen and their depth goes beyond the wrestling mat.

“It’s a different bond you have with your wrestling partner,” Cheney said. “You’re always driving them and pushing them and it just kind of gets emotional

sometimes, even outside the wrestling room. You just build a bond with them.”

During practice the many pairs of wrestlers battle until they are told to stop. Sometimes during breaks the wrestlers run and other times they listen to instruction from one of the many experienced coaches on staff.

“We have a really broad coaching staff whether it be lightweights to heavyweights and they bring a knowledge and intensity to the room,” Walker said.

Walker, Wenham and Cheney weren’t voted or selected by coaches to be captains, they just stepped up into the role by setting an example in practice, on road trips and in the classroom and community. It’s been that way throughout Ponderosa’s illustrious history, which includes 47 league championships, including six straight.

“Andrew and Jake both bring a lot of leadership that brings the team together and it’s more like a family instead of a sports team,” Walker said of his fellow captains.

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waiting to determine the outcome of the appraisal process on the hotel, adding that the county also looked at a hotel in Placerville.

“We wanted to get through the due diligence process to know that we had a viable project before we started engaging the community,” Semon said.

“If we didn’t have a valid kind of project, that would make no sense. We learned through due diligence that (the Placerville hotel) wasn’t going to be viable so we pivoted and we didn’t need to engage the community on (Best Western) yet.”

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“The Board of Supervisors chooses a town that has abundant snow, no hospital, no public transportation, no stores of any kind per se, other than walking up to Family Dollar, instead of choosing Placerville,” Green said. “Of course they would never put it in El Dorado Hills and so for them to choose this, it’s like we are the wicked step children again, where the Board of Supervisors does not do very much for us compared to lot of other areas of the county in my opinion, namely El Dorado Hills.”

Semon said while he appreciated those concerns, the Roomkey program does get the resources it needs through Marshall Medical, the Upper Room and two newly employed social workers, who visit project participants weekly and will continue through Project Homekey should a transaction go through.

In addition to resource worries, Pony Express Shipping owners Susan and Bill Cross said there will be one less hotel people visiting or workers can stay in if the county buys the property.

“The (Westhaven Inn) is very expensive and that Best Western was affordable,” Susan said. “PG&E could send their linemen up here to work on the lines up and down Sly Park or Pony Express Trail and there was a place for them to board their guys.

Now they have to search out AirBnBs.” South Lake Tahoe Mayor Tamara Wallace said projects Home and Roomkey, while temporary solutions, are not effective.

She expressed concern that implementing a homeless shelter will only exasperate problems for Pollock Pines, such as more homeless encampments and trash, something the Clean Tahoe Program, a nonprofit dedicated to proper trash management, has been stuck dealing with in Tahoe. There are three Project Homekey properties in South Lake Tahoe.

“It has not cleaned up the encampments in the meadows,” Wallace said. “In fact, they have not improved, if not gotten worse over the last year.”

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Wallace said the Tahoe Coalition for the Homelessrun warm room that used to help the homeless population was more effective for helping the homeless.

“We’ve felt, through other agencies I work with, Clean Tahoe, food pantries and other churches that I speak to, that the warm room actually was more effective than these shelters providing these living situations because they have a finite amount of resources and they’re turning away people who come to them for temporary help.”

However, Semon boasted a 70% exit rate for homeless individuals since Project Roomkey’s start in April 2020, with 83 individuals older than 55 being served.

Seventy-four-year-old Andrea Thomas said she has been utilizing Project Roomkey after becoming homeless and having 13 applications for subsidized housing denied. She praised the Roomkey services and said homeless being served have not caused disturbances due to strict rules and 24-hour security at the hotel.

“The rules are pretty simple,” Thomas said. “No smoking in the room. No drugs or alcohol. Any bad behavior, you’re kicked out. And if you break the rules, you’re out.”

Those in the Project Roomkey program have a curfew of 11 p.m., according to Thomas.

Thomas, who said she had been a homeowner in the county since the ’80s, added that there should be more programs like this in the county.

“If this program were to end, where do I go if I can’t get into housing?” Thomas asked. “Most of us here need subsidized housing because we can’t afford the normal rentals and rentals are so tight right now.”

Thomas noted that those in the Project Roomkey program at the hotel can do their own laundry and utilize the bus service.

“It’s very regulated so it’s a safe program for the community,” Thomas said. “And that’s what the community doesn’t understand.”

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A list will be developed based on this randomized numerical ranking and the first 35 requests for El Dorado and Union Mine as well as the first 25 requests for Ponderosa will be offered enrollment at the requested site. If one of the initial 35 or 25 requests should decline the offer of enrollment, then the next request on the ranked list will be offered enrollment.

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Parents/guardians who have questions regarding the limited open enrollment process may contact the district’s Student Services and Innovations Office at (530) 622-5081, extension 7229 or 7224.

El Dorado’s boys cross country team finished ninth at the 2021 CIF State Cross Country Championships.

Chloe Gautschi finished 29th as an individual in the girls race.

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in 2018, Wieland made the climb back to state as a senior. She took 12th, holding off five runners who finished within 10 seconds of her.

Chu had his mind set on qualifying for the state championships since the offseason and he did more than just participate. He was in 40th after his 4:55 first mile before slowly gaining ground. After the second mile he was in 33rd. In the final mile, he passed 13 runners to finish 20th.

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Gautschi qualified for state for the third time. She likely would have been a four-time qualifier if not for COVID-19.

She started the race in 46th after the first mile but quickly gained steam and was in 39th after the second mile.

The senior who had finished 87th and 64th in her previous two trips to state, jumped up 10 spots in the final mile to finish 29th.

On the boys side the Cougars placed ninth for the best team finish in school history. All seven El Dorado runners ran their first mile between 5-5:10. Junior Benjamin Sallee finished the race in 31st to lead the Cougars while seniors Cody Foxworthy and Coleman Tobin finished in 52nd and 62nd, respectively.

It was the second trip to state for the trio. Sophomore Braidon Campora and freshman Luka Peeters rounded out the top five for the Cougars.

El Dorado’s sixth and seventh runners — Tyler Lynn and Camden Campora — also had strong finishes; both are freshman.

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difficult practices returning wrestlers can be seen encouraging others when they need it.

“The biggest thing for us is that we’re a family,” Escobar said. “It’s an individual sport but we don’t treat it as an individual sport. We win as a team and we lose as a team.”

Escobar said team unity is the squad’s greatest strength whether it be rooting for 106-pound freshmen Alex Mallott and Colton Stanbridge, 138pound sophomore Christian Pebley or juniors like Ben Shadle and Cameron Gott.

“Our ultimate goal this year is to win a league and section championship and then try to get a few of these seniors their pictures on the wall this year,” Escobar said.

A trip to state means that students’ portraits will look over the hallowed wrestling room for eternity. Escobar — a former four-time state participant himself — is one of the 88 portraits on display. The wall includes Ponderosa greats like Justin Danz, Bryce Oglesby and James Campen. Who will be the next Bruin wrestler to earn a spot next to them on the wall?

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). People want to connect with you and if they don’t have a practical reason to do so, they may just invent one. The relationship will be more fruitful when you understand deeper motives.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Though “tree-hugger” is a stereotype, the embrace of nature is a primal need.

The natural world connects people in a way the digital world cannot. Maybe it’s not a tree you want to hug, but hugs will be had today.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). At the very heart of love’s nature is an element of risk. You’re willing to risk yourself in so many ways for loved ones. You’ll risk being disappointed, hurt, feeling foolish and more. Without this risk there is no love.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). For reasons unclear to you, you’ll resist your own plan. Consider this might be your inner wisdom telling you something is not quite right.

Take your mind off this for a while and come back later.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). To invest love is to invest hours, attention and money. So, it is always apparent what and whom you love, just follow where those resources flow and that’s where your love lies.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You feel thrown back to an era when eloquence was a symbol of status. Artful conversations will elevate people while dull exchanges will diminish their position. You’ll choose your words very carefully.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). A noble pursuit is afoot.

You will strive to be the one who gives more, knowing you probably won’t make it, as your taste in people is excellently skewed to generous souls.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Choosing what looks good on paper is best for people who live on paper. As for those in the breathing, feeling world, the rest of the senses are best employed.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). An ongoing argument rears its head in a new way today. The information is nothing that you don’t know already but how it’s presented will be a game changer. Pay attention; your next play is important.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. That is the way it goes in the song and the way it goes in real life too for the careless. You’re not careless and you’ll take extra measures today to prove it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Different areas of your life will prove related in ways you wouldn’t have guessed.

Strangely, everything doesn’t hinge on one element and yet altering one element can still change everything.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Intentions matter, but typically you don’t notice them unless they are followed up by action. People earn a more significant role in your life when they show up for you time and again.

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KNOW Dec. 3 The historical Murer House in Folsom will be decorated for the Holiday Gift Boutique, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dec 3 & 4. Shop for unique and hand-crafted gift items, including fresh herbal wreaths and salts, jewelry, baked goods, elegantly finished purses, special ornaments and organic lemons. For more information visit murerhouse.org.

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old Country Artists Gallery, an awardwinning gallery in Placerville, presents artwork by its newest artist — Caren Halvorsen.

Drawn to the dualities of dark and light, transparent and opaque, smooth and rough, Halvorsen describes her world as one in which “paint on canvas suggests depth, a lump of clay resembles form, rigid metal softens or a jumble of words suggest a story.” It is particularly the “in-between spaces” that intrigue Halvorsen, compelling her to fully explore those spaces in her work, especially in her art jewelry.

At the tender age of 3, early muralist Halvorsen happily decorated her bedroom walls with drawings of imaginary playmates.

As she discovered paint, clay, glass, fabric, metal and gemstones, she firmly set her feet on her artistic path.

She earned a bachelor of arts in English literature on a detour into academia; however, Halvorsen explains “It prepared me for not much of anything and, paradoxically, almost everything.” This includes writing several books and maintaining an online artblog where the homepage reads, “I art, therefore I am.”

Halvorsen’s pursuit of exploring all things art led her to classes and workshops in painting, ceramics, sculpture and designing jewelry. It

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“The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors” by Caren Halvorsen was the jewelry making process that appealed to her sense of dualities and opened a way to capture those spaces in between. Loving the medium and wanting to learn more, she fully immersed herself in the creation of jewelry, handcrafting many of her clasps and ear wires out of sterling silver and other metals using the lost wax casting process.

She also rolls textured paper with sheets of sterling silver through

and Full of Terrors” look like? It’s dramatic and fierce, with dark stones and deep red glass bound with slender silver wire and enhanced with silver beads like the tears of a caged dragon.

Halvorsen also selects pearls of unusual shape and size for her series of earrings and necklaces.

Gold wire encases her square-shaped “Pearls in Bondage” creation.

Her Chrysalis Series suspends teardrop-

a mill which imprints a unique texture into the metal of her jewelry creations.

Her work brings to mind certain qualities found in nature that guide her through her creation process and naming her pieces — i.e.

Jurassic Sparkle Series and Origami Series Jellyfish Earrings. Even handmade cards called Glittergrams pique the imagination. What would a necklace called “The Night is Dark

shaped pearls from hammered gold-filled wire, reminiscent of iridescent butterflies emerging from their cocoons. Halvorsen’s surprising Arachnid Series is a most unique kind of wearable art.

She literally knits fine silver wire with beads and stones into a sumptuous mesh collar that drapes the neck and shoulders — a truly exceptional statement piece.

Halvorsen said she revels in finding the right setting with wire, loop and link for each bead, stone and precious gem. It seems she found the right setting for herself as an artist as well.

“Art is about the journey rather than the destination for me,” she shared. “It’s within the process of becoming where alchemy exists.”

The art of transforming an elemental object into something greater, Halverson’s gift of alchemy transcends that which is already beautiful in nature into distinctive and eyecatching, wearable art.

Gold Country Artists Gallery features the work of many awardwinning regional artists working in fields as diverse as fine jewelry, photography, fused glass, wood turning, pastels, colored pencil, scratch board and watercolor, acrylic and oil painting. The gallery at 379 Main St. in Placerville is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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rtist and curator works to create more opportunities for female-identifying artists Cameron Park native, mixed media artist. and curator Christina Massey attended California State University, Chico, and immediately upon graduation set out to pursue her dream of being a working artist. Landing in Brooklyn, N.Y., Massey has spent nearly 20 years entrenched in the New York art scene. Not only has she become a well-established artist and curator, she creates opportunities for other female-identifying artists.

In 2016, about five years after arriving in New York, Massey started publishing monthly interviews with female artists on her WoArtBlog. Two years later she began curating an Instagram account, @woartblog, that can boast more than 12,000 followers and is dedicated to that same community of artists with the overall goal of more exposure for those artists.

The mission of WoArtBlog: To share the work of extraordinary female-identifying artists.

Although exposure is a focus of WoArtBlog, Massey admits that a major goal for her is promoting and facilitating female-identifying artists getting paid for their work.

“You don’t go to your doctor or lawyer or other professional and ask them to work for free because they’ll get exposure,” she said. “Being an artist is no different than other professions; artists should be paid fairly.”

With this in mind Massey’s latest initiative is a partnership with 1stDibs.com, an online art sales platform where curated shows are presented on WoArtBlog.com with each piece offered for sale via 1stDibs.com.

WoArt (Wo = Women + the sound “Whoa!” + Art) continues to curate all-female shows in partnership with 1stDibs.com. The current offering is titled “Mostly Monochrome” and features artists employing a monochromatic approach that allows the materials, process and composition to speak to the viewer. An open call is also being promoted for the next exhibition, “Full Circle,” in which artists are invited to submit works “that take us on a journey, a completion and return to the beginning,” according to the website.

Massey has curated exhibitions at such venues

Cameron Park native Christina Massey looks over her own mixed media piece. Her blog and online art shows are dedicated to supporting female artists.

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As I watched this almost eight-hour documentary I was enamored by the honesty of the piece. Fans of The Beatles will eat up every second of this project, long runtime and all, but I’m not so sure people who don’t care about this band will be interested, especially due to the length. I could be wrong. I ate up every moment.

The verisimilitude of the material is both a breath of fresh air (especially with two of the band members still alive) and a treat to those interested in the creative process. It can be a brutal enterprise making art (especially when things are not going well) and “Get Back” shows what it’s like to concurrently make an album and shoot a film at the same time.

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Mary Beth Dowd will play piano at the Art On the Divide Cooperative Gallery during holiday festivities Dec. 4.

AODC Gallery joins in the holiday fun News release

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rt On the Divide Cooperative Gallery will celebrate what has become an annual event in Georgetown — Music, Munchies and Marvelous Art — on Saturday, Dec. 4. For early shoppers, the gallery will open as usual at 10 a.m. and then will offer a special extended day of shopping until 7 p.m.

Be sure to visit Main Street Georgetown to participate in all the holiday events, including the lighting of the Georgetown Christmas tree and the light parade. AODC will provide hot drinks and munchies throughout the day and local pianist Mary Beth Dowd will play holiday music on the piano, 2-5 p.m. Stop in to warm up, get into the holiday spirit and, of course, enjoy the marvelous art.

AODC Gallery has a diverse array of art created by local artists.

Jewelry, photography, watercolors, notecards, pottery, prints, leather

sculpture, woodcraft, chainmaille and stained glass are just some of the “artistic treasures” that would make perfect gifts. Special, one-ofa-kind ornaments are also available.

Purchasing local art can help with gift lists as well as support the community.

As a wonderful bonus this year, AODC Gallery offers personal shopping. Call Christine Springer at (530) 210-8858 to arrange a special time to meet with her at the gallery to complete holiday shopping. This service is offered year-round.

Additional days when AODC will be open for the holidays are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 20-23 and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Christmas Eve. Art On the Divide Cooperative Gallery is located in one of Georgetown’s historical buildings at 6295 Main St. Regular winter hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. For more information call 333-2787 (333-ARTS) or visit artonthedivide.com.

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“Messiah,” “The Nutcracker” and “The Polar Express.”

There will be a special appearance by the Northern California Children’s Chorus.

The concerts are at the Harris Center for the Arts in Folsom.

For tickets and concert times visit folsomlakesymphony. com.

allelujah, many beloved events return to the region this holiday season. It’s been a long pandemic and everyone is ready for a bit of cheer.

Holiday boutique

The classic Sacred Heart Holiday Boutique in Sacramento returns Dec. 3-5. This event, held at Sacred Heart The Arts Trip to Toad Hall School, is a shopping extravaganza.

Live theater returns Bring a friend or two (or more!) with a happy musical in production at and shop unique, quality items such the Sutter Street Theatre in Folsom’s as Allie Studio pillows, handcrafted historical district. jewelry, scarves, wreaths, gifts for Young and old will enjoy “The family members and pets and so Wind in the Willows.” Tired of spring much more. The event is well curated cleaning his dismal little home, Mole and the variety of items impressive. ventures up into the Wide World, Sit down for fresh salads, embarking on a series of adventures sandwiches and treats at the with his new companions — the clever boutique’s café and champagne bar Rat, wise old Badger and especially afterward to enjoy the holiday cheer. the motorcar-crazed Mr. Toad. From Proceeds from this event at 856 boating to caravanning to the battle of 39th St. in Sacramento benefit Toad Hall, these are adventures that, scholarships for students at the in the end, still lead back to the home school. No ticket is necessary for always waiting, happy to hear a song admission. sung like willows in the wind.

The production runs Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 12. Visit ‘Holiday Treasures’ concert SutterStreetTheatre.com for tickets Folsom Lake Symphony continues and show times. the cheer the following weekend with two holiday concerts, Dec. 11-12.

Ice skating The “Holiday Treasures” concert with mezzo-soprano Monica Danilov Seasonal ice rinks are back in El includes festive favorites such as Dorado Hills, Folsom’s Historic “Sleigh Ride,” “O Holy Night” and District and Downtown Sacramento.

“The Christmas Waltz.” The symphony Don’t forget indoor ice skating at will also perform selections from Skatetown in Roseville, too.

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Live theater is back. The Sutter Street Theatre musical production of “The Wind in the Willows” is a joyful labor of love that will delight young and old alike. It runs weekends through Dec. 12. Left to right, Natasha Collinski, Jerold McFatter, Michelle Bueb and Dian Hoell are part of the cast.

Meaning of the season Our community’s many houses of worship are open to all once more.

Hanukah started the evening of Nov. 29. The advent season is here.

Christmas is just days away.

As you celebrate these holy days, take a moment to pause for a moment. Shut the negative media

out and look around you. There is so much good in the world — and you, dear reader, are a part of it.

From my home to yours, I wish each of you a very merry Christmas and a sparkling New Year. God bless us, every one!

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The Georgetown Library, 6680 Orleans St., hosts its Holiday Bazaar, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

There will be authors selling and signing books and local vendors selling jewelry, natural cosmetics and creams, as well as Taffy Curtaz with her amazing alpaca creations.

Santa Swim will take place at the Cameron Park community pool, 12:30 p.m. at 2502 Country Club Drive. Enter into the Snow Ball contest, sit by the pool with a hot cocoa in hand or hang with Santa. Register in advance online at cameronpark.org.

tree lighting and the famous Trees 4 Teens all lit together. Local Scouts, the schools, the fire station crews, Santa and so many more bringing this Christmas tradition back to life, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in front of El Dorado Savings on Pony Express Trail.

Check out the Christmas Market, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Main Street in Plymouth. Local vendors will sell their wares. Visitors will also enjoy live music, warm drinks, a visit from Santa Claus, free horse and buggy rides and more.

El Dorado Hills Town Center hosts its annual tree lighting event, 6-7:30 p.m. Come early for the Stuff Your Stocking games at 3 p.m.

The Georgetown community comes together for the tree raising and Parade of Lights.

Georgetown Fire Department crews and other community members go upcountry and cut a tree, hauling it back to Main Street. During the day the tree is set in its special location on Main Street and kids make decorations. Cranes are used to put lights on the tree and it is fun to watch the work. The tree is lighted at dark. The Parade of Lights, sponsored by the Georgetown Rotary Club, follows the tree lighting. Locals decorate cars, trucks and more and drive down Main Street.

The Christmas in the Pines Extravaganza features dancing, music, hot beverages, crafts,

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Dec. 5 Enjoy Breakfast with the Vets! Fleet Reserve Association Branch 275 serves the First Sunday Community Breakfast at the Veterans Memorial Building, 130 Placerville Drive in Placerville, 7-11 a.m. The full menu breakfast is $6 for adults, $3 for kids and all proceeds stay in the county to assist needy veterans and their families.

Looking for Coca Cola collectibles or Norman Rockwell plates? These are among many items you can find at the Sew4Vets’ Odds & Ends fundraiser during FRA Branch 275 breakfast at the Veterans Memorial Building, 130 Placerville Drive in Placerville. The Sew4Vets sale is 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Shoppers will find home décor, knickknacks and one-of-a-kind handmade jewelry — all at great prices. Before or after shopping, enjoy a hot breakfast of eggs, pancakes, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, ham, sausage, coffee, milk and juice prepared by the FRA Branch 275.

Makers Market at the Meadow takes place 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 7502 Green Valley Road in Placerville. Shop local artisans’ work and discover treasures that will make great gifts.

There will also be Lava Cap wine and Totem coffee available.

Music on the Divide Presents Brass Roots Trio, 3-5 p.m. at the IOOF Hall, 6240 Main St. in Georgetown. For tickets visit eventbrite.com/e/

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Dec. 7 Hangtown Branch 275 of the Fleet Reserve Association hosts a Pearl Harbor Day program at the Veterans Memorial Building, 130 Placerville Drive (upper level), 10:30-11:45 a.m.

Also participating are Marine Corps League Detachment 697, DAV Chapter 63 and VFW Posts 10165 and 2680. The public is invited and encouraged to attend.

The El Dorado Hills Fire Department’s annual Santa Run run brings the jolly fellow in red to neighborhoods throughout the community, Dec. 7-11. Visit edhfire.com/santa-run/santa-stops to see the schedule. The fire department has also begun its Holiday Heroes Toy Drive, collecting and distributing toys to families in need. Each of the five EDH fire stations as well as Rescue Fire Station 83 have collection boxes in front. Elves will also collect food and toy donations at all the Santa Run stops.

Powell’s Steamer Company and Pub, 425 Main St. in Placerville, presents Eric Hill and Jonny Mojo for Taco Tuesday on the first and third Tuesdays of the month from 4-7 p.m. Stop by for some good food and good tunes. For more information call (530) 626-1091.

Dec. 9 Nello Olivo Winery presents Sequoia Home for the Holidays, a dinner party and dance, 5-9 p.m. at the Sequoia Mansion, 643 Bee St. in Placerville. For more information call (530) 3033617. To buy tickets visit cellarpass.com/events/ sequoia-home-for-the-holidays-club-memberdinner-party-8233.

Now Gold Bug Park & Mine is open weekends, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more information visit goldbugpark.org.

The River Fox Train’s Magical Christmas Train rides run through Dec. 22 at various days/times at 18095 County Road 117, West Sacramento.

Certain days will have multiple trains. Check the calendar at riverfoxtrain.com/calendar.

Share your list and snap a pic with Santa Claus at the California Welcome Center in El Dorado Hills Town Center, through Dec. 24. No appointment necessary.

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The Robert Cray Band brings its musical talent to the theater Dec. 5 and Canadian songwriter and musician Bruce Cockburn will perform Dec. 7.

With a career spanning over four decades, Cray and his band have recorded over 20 studio releases, 15 of which have placed on the Billboard charts.

The band has toured the world sharing the stage with such esteemed artists as Tina Turner, John Lee Hooker, Keith Richards and many more. Cray has also been honored with five Grammy awards for his outstanding performance of blues guitar, which incorporates R&B and soul.

Cray is touring in support of his band’s most recent release, “That’s What I Heard,” which was issued in

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The Robert Cray Band brings its musical talent to The Center for the Arts’ Marisa Funk Theater Dec. 5.

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“Red Snow,” filmed on Tahoe’s South Shore, including one scene at a local business, is currently touring and winning awards at film festivals across the country. It is set to be released Dec. 28.

The movie won Best Feature a couple weeks ago at the Sacramento Horror Film Festival and will have its Bay Area premier at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 9, at the Another Hole in the Head Film Festival in San Francisco.

The full-length movie features a struggling vampire romance novelist who must defend herself against vampires during Christmas at Tahoe.

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(A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).)

This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 11/08/2021.

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) 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3 9685 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2021-1173 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HOlY ROOTS, located at 3661 Sudbury Court, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): 1. Megan Masten, 3661 Sudbury Court, Cameron Park, CA 95682, 2.

Alyssa Pacheco, 2240 Larch Street, Simi Valley, CA 93065 This business is conducted by a General Partnership The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Signature of Registrant: /s/ Megan Masten MEGAN MASTEN, GENERAL PARTNER 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 11/01/2021.

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

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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) 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3 9686 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2021-1205 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DMI PUMP SERVICE, located at 5030 Hotchkiss Hill Rd, Georgetown, CALI 95634/Mailing Address: PO Box 306, Georgetown, California 95634 Registered owner(s): Joshua A Irvin, 5030 Hotchkiss Hill Rd, Georgetown, CA 95634 This business is conducted by an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/01/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Joshua Irvin JOSHUA IRVIN, 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 11/08/2021.

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) 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3 9687

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2021-1206 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GlO GIRl STUDIO, located at 1010 Camerado Dr Suite 108, Cameron Park, CA 95682/ Mailing Address: 3281 El Encanto Rd, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Ashley R Hobbs, 3281 El Encanto Rd, 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: 11/08/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Ashley Hobbs ASHLEY HOBBS, 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 11/08/2021.

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) 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3 9688 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2021-1203 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DD REFRIGERATION, located at 3328 Linwood Lane, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Daniel P Doyle, 3328 Linwood Lane, 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: Not Applicable Signature of Registrant: /s/ Daniel Doyle DANIEL DOYLE, 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 11/08/2021.

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) 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3 9689 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2021-1200 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAID lAlA, located at 5100 Holly Dr., Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Laura DuPree, 5100 Holly Dr., Shingle Springs, 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: N/A Signature of Registrant: /s/ Laura DuPree LAURA DUPREE 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 11/05/2021.

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) 9690 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2021-1156 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 1. DUE RAGAZZE VINEYARDS, 2. DUE RAGAZZE WINERY, 3. DUE RAGAZZE CEllARS, located at 741 Cold Springs Road, Placerville, CA 95667/ Mailing Address: 4140 Cameron Road, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Due Ragazze Vineyards LLC, 4140 Cameron Road, Cameron Park, CA 95682 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: N/A Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jeffrey P. Bauman JEFFREY P. BAUMAN, LLC 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 10/28/2021.

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 legal notice continued on the next page

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Public Notices  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) 9691 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 21CV0115 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Randi Nicole Sawyer filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: RANDI NICOLE SAWYER Proposed name: RANDI NICOLE DRANTTEL 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 17, 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 NOVEMBER 3, 2021. /s/ Dylan Sullivan DYLAN SULLIVAN, Judge of the Superior Court 9707 11/19, 11/26, 12/3, 12/10 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2021-1201 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CEDAR GROVE TRADING POST, located at 4537 Pony Express Trail, Camino, CA 95709 Registered owner(s): 1. Shannon Cull, 4537 Pony Express Trail, Camino, CA 95709, 2. Gregory Cull, 4537 Pony Express Trail, Camino, CA 95709 This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/5/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Shannon Cull SHANNON CULL 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 11/05/2021.

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) 9708 11/19, 11/26, 12/3, 12/10 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2021-1232 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JOEY ANN SPEYER, located at 5157 China Hill Rd, El Dorado, CA 95623 Registered owner(s): The Speyer Group, LLC, 5157 China Hill Rd, El Dorado, CA 95623 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company, State of LLC: CALIFORNIA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A Signature of Registrant: /s/ Joey Speyer JOEY SPEYER, MANAGING 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 11/16/2021.

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) 9709 11/19, 11/26, 12/3, 12/10

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2021-1231 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: O.P.T. INTERNATIONAl TRAINING, located at 7052 Sinclair Dr, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Adrianna M Kamuchey, 7052 Sinclair Dr, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/30/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/_________ ADRIANNA KAMUCHEY, 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 11/16/2021.

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) 11/19, 11/26, 12/3, 12/10 9719 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 21CV0107 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Andrew Morrison filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ANDREW MORRISON Proposed name: ANDREW M. MILLS 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 17, 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 NOVEMBER 5, 2021. /s/ Dylan Sullivan DYLAN SULLIVAN, Judge of the Superior Court 11/19, 11/26, 12/3, 12/10 9721 ANNOUNCEMENT – PUBlIC NOTICE Vacancy for the position of 2 Board Directors, Mosquito Fire Protection District December 2021 – December 2022 December 2021 – December 2024 This is a volunteer position that will require a commitment to attend monthly meetings. The Directors will be appointed to fill the unexpired terms noted above. All Directors, which compose a five-member board, have a vested interest to operate the business of the District to the best of his or her, ability, and conscience.

If interested, please contact the District Board Clerk at 530-626-9017 or at MFPDCLERK@MFPD.US letters of interest must be received on or Before December 9th, 2021 by 5 PM, in person, via Mail, or email to MFPDClERK@ MFPD.US The Board of Directors will select and appoint the new director on December 23, 2021 during the monthly Board meeting.

More information is available on our website WWW.MFPD.US 11/24, 11/26, 11/29, 12/1 12/3, 12/6, 12/8 9744 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2021-1265 The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: GO-GO DElICATESSEN, located at 3179 Laura Belle Ct, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Jacqueline M McLaughlin, 3179 Laura Belle 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: 11/22/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jacqueline McLaughlin JACQUELINE MCLAUGHLIN 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 11/22/2021.

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

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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) 11/26, 12/3, 12/10, 12/17 9751 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2021-1263 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 1. VAlUE REAlTY CA, 2. 1ST CHOICE MORTGAGE, located at 3204 Rapallo Place, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): MIKILROBIN INC, 3204 Rapallo Place, 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: 11/19/1992 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Ronald T McLaughlin RONALD T MCLAUGHLIN, 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 11/22/2021.

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) 11/26, 12/3, 12/10, 12/17 9752 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2021-1230 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PASTRY BITES, located at 336 Stage Stop Court, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Cigdem Askin, 336 Stage Stop Court, 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: 11/01/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Cigdem Askin CIGDEM ASKIN, 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 11/15/2021.

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) 11/26, 12/3, 12/10, 12/17 9753

COURTHOUSE, PLACERVILLE MAIN STREET BRANCH, 495 MAIN STREET, PLACERVILLE, CA 95667 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 102 LONE STAR COURT, DIAMOND SPRINGS, CA 95619 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $189,261.95 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell.

The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code.

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (800) 280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site WWW.AUCTION.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 086623-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: Effective January 1, 2021, you may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code.

If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (855) 313-3319, or visit this internet website www.clearreconcorp.com, using the file number assigned to this case 086623-CA to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee.

Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale.

Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (800) 280-2832 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 12/3, 12/10, 12/17 9762

T.S. NO. 086623-CA APN: 331-362-04-100 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SAlE

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF KEVIN T. CUFFE CASE NO. 21PR0041

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 6/21/2012. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER On 1/6/2022 at 1:00 PM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 6/29/2012 as Instrument No. 2012-0031964-00 of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of El Dorado County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: RALPH CAMPBELL JR. AND JILL CAMPBELL, HUSBAND AND WIFE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE; AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE EL DORADO COUNTY SUPERIOR

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

THE PETITION for probate requests that KAREN A. MUSIAL be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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 19, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 8 at 295 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of

the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: VICTOR X. BERTOLANI Law Office of Victor X. Bertolani 8801 Folsom Boulevard, Suite 192 Sacramento, CA 95826 (916) 442-8614 12/3, 12/10, 12/17 9767 PUBlIC NOTICE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT HOUSING AQUISITION LOAN PROGRAM GUIDELINE REVISIONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as can be heard, at the Board of Supervisors Meeting Room, 330 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA, to discuss and approve revisions to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) First-Time Homebuyer Loan Program to comply with the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) contractual requirements.

The Planning and Building Department, Housing Community and Economic Development Program, on behalf of the County of El Dorado, administers the Housing Loan Programs and Business Assistance Programs with funding from the State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG).

CDBG programs benefit eligible low- and moderate-income residents in the unincorporated areas of El Dorado County.

A public hearing is required before making any program amendments that constitute a change in policies, standards or criteria for program implementation. The purpose of the public hearing will be to give citizens an opportunity to make their comments known. If you are unable to attend the public hearing, you may direct written comments to the County of El Dorado, HCED Programs, 2850 Fairlane Court, Bldg. C, Placerville, CA 95667, or you may telephone (530) 621-5159.

In addition, information is available for review at the above address between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on weekdays, excluding holidays.

If you plan on attending the public hearing and need a special accommodation because of a sensory or mobility impairment/ disability, or have a need for an interpreter, please call (530) 621-5159 to arrange for those accommodations to be made.

Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the County to make reasonable accommodations to assure accessibility at the meeting.

The County promotes fair housing and makes all its programs available to low- and moderate-income families regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual preference, marital status or handicap.

12/3 9771 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2021-1278 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: R3, located at 3262 Carson Rd, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): 1. Randy James Scroggins, 3262 Carson Rd, Placerville, CA 95667, 2. Ross Karolay Laverde Bardales, 3262 Carson Rd, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/01/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Randy Scroggins RANDY SCROGGINS 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 11/29/2021.

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) 12/3, 12/10, 12/17, 12/24 9768 NOTICE OF lIEN SAlE NOTICE OF LIEN SALE: 11/11/21 DATE OF SALE: 12/17/21 @4pm Notice of Lien Sale: November 11, 2021 Name of person who rented the unit: Diana Usry Unit Number: 23 Palms Anytime Storage 4830 Golden Foothills Parkway, El Dorado Hills, CA 95667 Description: 10x10 unit, tools, rug, personal items, plastic bins, shoes, boxes.

Auction posted on https://www. storagetreasures.com/ 12/3, 12/10 9772 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAlS FOR ANNUAl AUDIT SERVICES TO THE GEORGETOWN DIVIDE RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT RELEASE DATE: November 22, 2021 CLOSING DATE: Bids must be received by 4:00 p.m. on December 17, 2021.

CONTACT PERSON: Mark Egbert District Manager Georgetown Divide Resource Conservation District 100 Forni Road, Suite A Placerville, CA 95667 Mark.Egbert@ca.usda.gov (p) 530-295-0120 The Georgetown Divide Resource Conservation District (District) is requesting proposals from qualified firms of certified public accountants to audit its financial records for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.

The audit shall be conducted according to the generally accepted auditing standards, the standards set forth for financial audits in the U.S. General Accounting Office’s (GAO) Governing Audit Standards, Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB), the provisions of the Federal Single Audit Act of 1984 and U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-128, Audits of State of Local Governments, and the State Controller’s Minimum Audits Requirements for California Special Districts.

12/3 9773 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAlS FOR ANNUAl AUDIT SERVICES TO THE El DORADO RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT RELEASE DATE: November 22, 2021 CLOSING DATE: Bids must be received by 4:00 p.m. on December 17, 2021.

CONTACT PERSON: Mark Egbert District Manager El Dorado Resource Conservation District 100 Forni Road, Suite A Placerville, CA 95667 Mark.Egbert@ca.usda.gov (p) 530-295-0120 The El Dorado Resource Conservation District (District) is requesting proposals from qualified firms of certified public accountants to audit its financial records for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.

The audit shall be conducted according to the generally accepted auditing standards, the standards set forth for financial audits in the U.S. General Accounting Office’s (GAO) Governing Audit Standards, Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB), the provisions of the Federal Single Audit Act of 1984 and U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-128, Audits of State of Local Governments, and the State Controller’s Minimum Audits Requirements for California Special Districts.

12/3 9774

SOUTH TAHOE REFUSE CO., INC. FRANCHISE AREA B NOTICE OF PUBlIC HEARING FOR A PROPOSED RATE INCREASE Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at 10:00 a.m. on December 14th, 2021, by the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors which SOUTH TAHOE REFUSE CO., INC. will be held via Zoom at theFRANCHISE Board ofAREA Supervisors' Chambers, 330 Fair B Lane, Building A,OFPlacerville, California.

The public hearing will consider NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING FOR A PROPOSED RATE INCREASE the request by South Tahoe Refuse Co., Inc. to increase the residential and th Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at 10:00 a.m. on December 14 , 2021, by the El commercial rates by 3.77%.

Towill view thevia complete Agenda Item and full rate Dorado County Board of Supervisors which be held Zoom at the Board of Supervisors' Chambers, schedule, pleaseA,visit the ElCalifornia.

DoradoThe County of consider Supervisor's calendar 330 Fair Lane, Building Placerville, public Board hearing will the request

by South Tahoe RefuseatCo., Inc. to increase the residential commercial rates by 3.77%.

To view the complete website eldorado.legistar.com andandselect the agenda for December 14th, Agenda Item and full rate schedule, please visit the El Dorado County Board of Supervisor's calendar 2021, or contact the Environmental Management Department directly at th website at eldorado.legistar.com and select the agenda for December 14 , 2021, or contact the (530) 621-6623.

Environmental Management Department directly at (530) 621-6623.

Examples of the current and proposed rates, effective January 1, 2021, Examples the current and proposed rates, effective January 1, 2021, are as follows: are as offollows: RESIDENTIAL RATES 1 (32) gallon can 2 (32) gallon cans 3 (32) gallon cans 4 (32) gallon cans 1 (45) gallon can 2 (45) gallon cans 3 (45) gallon cans

Current Monthly Rate $18.60 $24.98 $30.18 $35.38 $21.59 $26.26 $33.51

New Monthly Rate $19.30 $25.92 $31.32 $36.71 $22.40 $27.25 $34.77

COMMERCIAL RATES Per cubic yard Extra yard Per 32-gallon can/bag Extra 32-gallon can/bag Compacted rate per yard Extra compacted yard

Current PerPickup Rate $19.58 $19.58 $5.18 $5.18 $44.52 $44.52

New PerPickup Rate $20.32 $20.32 $5.38 $5.38 $46.20 $46.20

DROP BOX RATES 10 yard 10 yard – special 15 yard 20 yard 33 yard 33 yard – stump 40 yard

Current Monthly Rate $317.36 $557.27 $413.45 $459.74 $712.06 $848.28 $863.38

New Monthly Rate $329.32 $578.28 $429.04 $477.07 $738.90 $880.26 $895.93

*South Tahoe hasnotelected not increase theRates Container Rental *South Tahoe RefuseRefuse has elected to increase theto Container Rental for the 2022 InterimRates Year. for the 2022 Interim Year.

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Hearty, Wholesome Winter Meals

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FAMILY FEATURES

eeking comfort from the cold in the form of a wholesome meal is a perfect way to cap off a day with loved ones. During the winter months when brisk temperatures chill you to the bone, warming up with hearty dishes at the family table can bring everyone together. n

Full of seasonal flavors with top-notch taste, Pecan-Crusted Pork Tenderloin offers a delicious main course you don’t have to feel guilty about. This easy yet elegant entree puts a unique spin on a dinnertime staple thanks to a crunchy pecan crust.

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With cheddar and ricotta cheeses, sour cream and cavatappi noodles, this Mac and Cheese with Pecan Breadcrumbs is an extra creamy, creative twist on the kid-friendly classic. Pair this family favorite with the pork tenderloin for an easy weeknight combination that little ones can help with in the kitchen by stirring together the cheesy goodness.

This family dinner is made possible with tasty pecans, which are among the lowest in carbs and highest in fiber compared to other tree nuts, helping you stay fuller longer. As a nutrient-dense powerhouse, they have 3 grams of plant-based protein and 3 grams of fiber per 1-ounce serving with 12 grams of “good” monounsaturated fat and only 2 grams of saturated fat. Essential nutrients like thiamin, zinc, copper and manganese – a mineral that’s essential for metabolism and bone health – mean you can feel good about serving pecan-infused dishes to your loved ones.

Visit americanpecan.com to find more winter weeknight recipe inspiration.

Pecan-Crusted Pork Tenderloin

Total time: 35 minutes Servings: 6 1 pork tenderloin (about 1 1/2 pounds) salt, to taste pepper, to taste 1/2 cup brown sugar, divided 2 tablespoons soy sauce, divided 2 teaspoons minced garlic 1/2 cup pecan pieces 1/4 cup pineapple juice 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard Preheat oven to 400 F and lightly grease large baking dish. Season pork tenderloin with salt and pepper, to taste; set aside.

In small bowl, stir 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1 tablespoon soy sauce and minced garlic.

Spread mixture over pork.

Press pecan pieces into brown sugar mixture on pork. Bake, uncovered, 20 minutes.

In medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine remaining brown sugar, remaining soy sauce, pineapple juice and Dijon mustard. Bring mixture to boil; reduce to simmer 3-5 minutes then remove from heat.

Slice pork, spoon sauce over top and serve.

Buttered

Pecan-Crusted Pork Tenderloin

Mac and Cheese with Pecan Breadcrumbs

Mac and Cheese with Pecan Breadcrumbs

Total time: 50 minutes Servings: 6 8 ounces cavatappi pasta 1 tablespoon butter 1 block (8 ounces) cheddar cheese 1/2 cup raw pecan pieces 15 ounces part-skim ricotta cheese 4 tablespoons sour cream 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper 1 large egg, lightly beaten Preheat oven to 375 F. In salted boiling water, cook pasta according to package

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“They Shall Not Grow Old,” took half-century-old 16mm footage (that looked awful decades ago) and completely cleaned up and remastered it to not only be able to play in HD or 4K for modern streaming audiences, but did such a great job that a good chunk of it looks like it could have been shot last year. It’s a remarkable technical achievement.

From Paul McCatrney randomly pulling the notes of songs like “Get Back” or “Let It Be” out of thin air when it seemed like nothing was going right during these recording sessions, to the incredible camaraderie between these four men (even as they were a year away from having a difficult, public break up), there are just too many incredible moments to name here.

If you are a fan of music, film, art or history, I highly recommend this film. It may be a long adventure to get through the three episodes (around 2.5 hours each), but if you are a fan you’ll never feel like you know the fab four better than you will after watching this celebration of the greatest band of all time. It is a fascinating experiment 50 years apart — completely different movies made from the same archive of footage — and this new effort is one of the best films of 2021.

Joshua B. Porter is a writer/director/producer.

His most recent project, the feature film “No Evidence OF Man,” is now being submitted to festivals. He still needs more sleep and can be reached at @joshuabporter or joshuabporter@ mtdemocrat.net.

Blues

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Heard,” Cray has said, “We were just killing time [after tour] and then the chords came out. I started playing and everybody fell into it and it was there.

We were in the mood, you know?”

Cockburn is a Canadian singer-songwriter whose style ranges from jazz to blues rock. Truly an advocate, the subjects of his songs hit on equality, human rights and environmentalism. He is the recipient of 12 JUNO awards, which are the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy. He has been performing for more than 40 years and has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

His most recent album is “Four New Songs” released in May of this year. The songs debuted on YouTube to help raise funds for the San Francisco Lighthouse Church to support its work in aiding unhoused peoples as well as Lighthouse Kathmandu, an organization that strives to fight human trafficking.

Both shows will be part of The Center for the Arts’ 12 Nights of Giving campaign. For each of the 12 nights, a local nonprofit organization will be featured and audiences will have the opportunity to donate to that charity. Some of the recipients of the contributions raised from 12 Nights include Bright Futures for Youth, Hospice of the Foothills and Food Bank of Nevada County.

For tickets and more information visit thecenterforthearts.org or call the box office at (530) 274-8384, noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. The Center for the Arts is located at 314 West Main St., Grass Valley. As of press time patrons must present proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test taken within 48 hours of showtime. More information regarding these policies can be found on the website or by calling the venue within business hours.

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instructions. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup pasta cooking water.

Return pasta to pot and stir in butter.

Using box grater, shred cheddar cheese.

Using food processor, process 1/4 cup shredded cheese with pecans to coarse breadcrumb consistency.

Add remaining cheddar cheese, ricotta, sour cream, salt and pepper to warm pasta. Stir until thoroughly combined. Add egg; stir. Add reserved pasta water to loosen mixture; stir until smooth.

Pour into buttered 9-inch square or round casserole dish and top evenly with pecan topping.

Bake 30 minutes.

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Christina Massey looks up at Sui Park’s work in an all women sculpture and installation pop-up exhibition in Brooklyn, N.Y., that she curated.

Artist

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as the Pelham Art Center in Pelham, N.Y.; Cluster Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.; City Without Walls Gallery in Newark, N.J.; Hunterdon Art Museum in Clifton, N.J.; the ISE Foundation in New York, N.Y.; and the BioBAT Art Space in Brooklyn, N.Y. An accomplished artist herself, Massey has exhibited her work in NYC locations like Blackbird Gallery,

Rush Arts Galleries and Dacia Gallery.

Her work has been featured in several publications and she has garnered multiple accolades, including the Brooklyn Arts Fund Grant, Puffin Foundation Grant and the Mayer Foundation Grant Joan Mitchel Foundation Fellowship and Residency and the Guggenheim Fellowship.

Massey’s work can be viewed on her online portfolio at cmasseyart.com.

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