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Santa Claus comes to town

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Karl Weiland has announced his retirement. Weiland was first elected to serve as assessor in 2010.

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The El Dorado Hills Fire Department’s Santa Run rolled through the community last week. Above, Noa and Lia Faber enjoy their moment on a decorated fire engine with mom Sharee during the Santa Stop at Lakeview Elementary School.

County Assessor Weiland makes plans to retire Eric Jaramishian Staff writer

Photos courtesy of EDH Fire

The Santa Run makes its way through the Hollow Oak neighborhood Dec. 9, above left. Santa, Mrs. Claus, elves and The Grinch visited many EDH neighborhoods, spreading Christmas cheer and collecting toys for the less fortunate. At right is a trailer full of donated toys awaiting sorting and distribution.

El Dorado County assessor Karl Weiland plans to retire after his term ends Dec. 31, 2022. As the county assessor, Weiland is responsible for assessing and maintaining inventory of nearly 100,000 parcels in the county, which is valued at nearly $38 billion and generates around $388 million in property taxes, according to Weiland. The assessor deals with regulations imposed by various property tax laws, including Proposition 13, and assesses the value of property under those laws. Assessor Weiland and his staff help residents navigate property laws and regulations and participate in the California Assessors Association, which advises the state Legislature and the California State Board of Equalization on proposed regulations. “I have a great staff and they get a lot of thanks,” Weiland said. “People appreciate what we do. If I go talk to a group, I try to be informative and tell them things about property tax, which is not something they would ■

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Supervisors select redistricting map for adoption Eric Jaramishian Staff writer The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors finalized a map to redraw the supervisorial district boundaries Dec. 7, settling with a revised version of the El Dorado Hills Community Draft Alternative redistricting map. A slight offshoot of the original El Dorado Hills Community Draft Alternative maps presented at the Nov. 16 redistricting hearing, county staff curated the new version in an attempt to address supervisors’ recommendations to keep Rescue north of Green Valley Road in District 4, include the El Dorado Hills Business Park in District 1 and keep the northern portion of Pleasant Valley in

District 2. Staff lumped the community sitting north of Green Valley Road and east of Starbuck Road into District 4. Adjusting the boundary line between Districts 2 and 3 in the Pleasant Valley area would have caused District 2’s population to be disproportionately high, pushing the population differential over the legal requirement, according to geographic information analyst Jennifer Carlton. “Adjusting it to capture just enough population (and) the differential would have meant the residents of Pleasant Valley would be even further split than they currently are,” Carlton said. ■

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WHAT’S HAPPENING Photos with Santa Claus Through Dec. 24: Share your list and snap a pic with Santa Claus at the California Welcome Center in El Dorado Hills Town Center. No appointment necessary.

Christmas fundraiser Dec. 16: The Experience Center hosts A Christmas Experience at 6 p.m. at the center, 6825 Mother Lode Drive in Placerville. The fundraiser includes a silent auction, hors d’oeuvres and desserts plus a Heritage Singers concert at 7 p.m. Money raised will go to Caldor Fire victims.

Carriage rides Dec. 17 & 18: Take a relaxing carriage ride through El Dorado Hills Town Center. Rides are available 6-9 p.m. Friday and 5-9 p.m. Saturday.

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How do you treat yourself during the holidays?

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“I love to see all the lights and decorations on the houses.”

“I like to cook and bake something festive.”

“I like to spend time with family and friends and doing my hobbies. Basically no different than any other time of the year.”

“I enjoy baking, having family over and spending time with my grandchildren.”

“Just staying fit and working out — I ride my bike around.”

Santa Parade Dec. 17 & 18: The Cameron Park Fire Department hosts its popular Santa Parade in the community. Additional details to be announced on cameronpark.org.

‘Nutcracker’ performances Dec. 17-19: Pamela Hayes Classical Ballet Theatre presents “The Nutcracker” with performances at 7 p.m. Friday, 1 & 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 17-19, at Harris Center for the Arts in Folsom. Join Clara and her Nutcracker ■

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

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7:49 a.m. A vehicle burglary was reported at an apartment complex on Valley View Parkway.

3:02 a.m. Trespassing was reported in the area of Lakecrest Drive and Marina View Drive. Deputies did not locate the suspect. 5:39 a.m. Grand theft was reported in the area of Tea Rose Drive and Klondike Way. 12:30 p.m. Trespassing was reported at an El Dorado Hills Town Center store. Deputies did not locate the suspect. 10:33 p.m. Vandalism was reported on Summerfield Court.

6:26 a.m. Grand theft was reported on Cranberry Lane. 9:50 a.m. Vehicle burglary was reported on Avanti Drive. 10:03 a.m. Grand theft was reported at an Olson Drive apartment complex. 11:12 a.m. A vehicle burglary was reported at the EDSO substation on Town Center Boulevard. 2:14 p.m. Grand theft was reported on Fairchild Drive. 4:17 p.m. A vehicle burglary was reported in the Town Center Boulevard parking garage. 5:33 p.m. A vehicle burglary was reported on Post Street.

8:11 a.m. A burglary was reported on Scenic Court. 9:36 a.m. Vandalism was reported on Garlenda Drive. 9:38 a.m. A burglary was reported on Northam Way. 9:43 a.m. A burglary was reported on Salmon Falls Road.

Nov. 12 9:09 a.m. Vandalism was reported on Hollow Oak Drive. 9:18 a.m. A vehicle burglary was reported on Town Center Boulevard. 5:17 p.m. Trespassing was reported on Loch Way. 8:18 p.m. Trespassing was reported at an El Dorado Hills Town Center store. Deputies did not locate the suspect.

Nov. 14 12:52 p.m. Trespassing was reported on Platt Circle.

Nov. 17 9:45 a.m. Vandalism was reported at an El Dorado Hills Boulevard apartment complex. 1:33 p.m. A vehicle burglary was reported on Town Center Boulevard.

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The Rotary Club of El Dorado Hills and Marina Village Middle School recently honored Grace Manfredi as Student of the Year. “She pours her heart into various clubs and activities,” noted Marina Village Principal Levi Cambridge. He called Grace a natural leader and commended her for making new students feel welcome as well as helping all her fellow students when she sees a need. “She’s just a friend to everyone,” Cambridge said, adding he has high hopes for her future. “She’s going places.” Grace received a plaque, illustrated dictionary and $50 from the Rotary Club. Above are EDH Rotarian Mark Hornstra, Grace, Principal Cambridge and RUSD Superintendent Jim Shoemake, left to right.

Man indicted in county bank heists News release SACRAMENTO — A federal grand jury returned an indictment Dec. 2 against John William Boland, 38, of Mammoth Lakes, charging him with five counts of bank robbery and two counts of attempted robbery, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. One of those robberies was in Placerville in addition to an attempted robbery in El Dorado Hills. According to court documents, over a period of five weeks earlier this year Boland walked into seven banks in five different counties and demanded the teller give him money from the “second” drawer. He also cautioned that the money handed over should not contain any dye packs or electronic tracking devices. On at least one occasion Boland indicated to the teller that he had a weapon. On May 1 the Wells Fargo Bank on Broadway in Placerville was robbed. The attempted robbery in El Dorado Hills took place May 3 at Umpqua Bank. Police were able to find and arrest Boland a short

time after an attempted heist May 4 at a Wells Fargo Bank in Rancho Cordova, aided by witness descriptions of the would-be robber and the car in which he drove away. Other robberies include an El Dorado Savings Bank in Sutter Creek March 29, a Wells Fargo Bank in South Lake Tahoe April 1, a Wells Fargo Bank in Truckee April 13 and a Union Bank of California in Redding April 16. This case is the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the South Lake Tahoe Police Department, the Rancho Cordova Police Department, the Redding Police Department, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, the Sutter Creek Police Department, the Placerville Police Department, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office and the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney James Conolly is prosecuting the case. If convicted, Boland faces a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each conviction.

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Carlton said adding the EDH Business Park to District 1 and including the retirement communities south of White Rock Road in District 2 with those north of White Rock Road would not maintain geographic compactness and contiguity. The map splits the community of El Dorado Hills along White Rock Road between Districts 1 and 2. District 1 gets Serrano, Lake Hills and the Bass Lake communities north of White Rock Road while District 2 retains the population south of White Rock Road, including Blackstone, Heritage and Four Seasons. District 2 keeps Cameron Park and much of the south county, including Somerset, Pleasant Valley and Grizzly Flat.

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Weiland normally know.” During his nearly 12-year run as assessor Weiland, 68, has experienced the county’s real property parcels jump nearly $30 billion in value, has worked to help victims of the Angora, King and Caldor fires get property tax relief and witnessed a reduction in staff dependency due to more reliance on technology. “The whole idea of public services really appealed to me since I got here,” Weiland said. “This office has an excellent reputation for public service and it is a very enjoyable place for me to work. I never ever thought I’d be doing property taxes or that I’d end up being an elected official.” Weiland moved to El Dorado County in the

Continued from A1 ’80s after serving in the U.S. Air Force. While running an animal feed store on Pleasant Valley Road, Weiland attended the old community college behind Raley’s. After, Weiland transferred to California State University, Sacramento, to earn his business administration degree in 1984, picking up parttime bookkeeping and accounting gigs at the same time. Weiland worked in the private sector for two certified public accounting firms and a log-home manufacturing company after graduating, before being laid off. It was not until 1991 that he applied for a job as a county senior auditor, a job he did not consider until a friend gave him the scoop on the position.

“I was an accountant, so I knew that end of the business but I had never done taxes,” Weiland said. “I interviewed, they liked me, offered me the job and I have been here since.” Weiland was promoted to assistant assessor under then-Assessor Tim Holcomb before being elected into Holcomb’s role in 2010. “I tell people they were just never able to get rid of me,” Weiland joked. As his time as assessor comes to an end, new prospects are rising to fill the role. Current assistant assessor Danielle Yandow has filed her intent to run as has former county Chief Fiscal Officer Jon DeVille. “I never thought that I would end up working in county government but it has been very reward-

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bout 160 kindergarteners through eighth-graders sang as 95-year-old Barbara Pulliam led the students of Golden Hills School in twopart harmonies. There to be celebrated for her lifelong work with the Girls Scouts organization, Pulliam was just happy to be leading children in song again, music and Girl Scouts being her two major life inspirations. “For the kids to hear about her is a very rewarding experience,” said Mike Shields, who has taught music for 19 years at Golden Hills and organized the Dec. 3 assembly. Shields and Pulliam met at Ponté Palmero, where Pulliam resides and Shields plays piano monthly. “This woman is amazing. I just felt we had to do something.” “Today is really about honoring Barby,” said Girl Scouts Heart of Central California representative Kelly Marshall. “What she started doing with solar cooking has pioneered the STEM programming that we do today. Our council currently today has three STEM centers where we start out teaching girls the basics of solar cooking and then go all the way up to coding.” A Girl Scout since 1936, Pulliam collabo-

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Barby Pulliam leads Golden Hills School students in a song during a special assembly honoring the 95-year-old. rated with Solar Cookers International in educating communities about solar cooking. “I took that technology all around the world,” she said. Pulliam traveled until the age of 82, visiting 42 countries. “I went to places where they were cutting down the trees because they didn’t have any fuel to cook their food. They learned how to make and use solar cookers and they’re still doing it.” Pulliam’s escapades

with the Girl Scouts has afforded her some unique moments, including one with the queen of Tonga. Upon disembarking their plane to teach solar cooking to the Tongan people, she and her husband were told that the queen was waiting for them. “What? The queen is waiting for us?” Pullaim exclaimed. “Well the queen happened to be a Girl Scout. She drove us to the hotel — the queen did! “I’ve had some fantastic

opportunities to meet people and to involve myself in cultures that are not my own,” she insisted. “It’s been wonderful.” After a slideshow on her solar cooking adventures compiled by Pulliam’s daughter Meredy Halen, Pulliam and Shields proceeded to lead the students in song, teaching the older kids a descant — a harmonic melody that is counter to the regular melody.

As the younger cohort sang the original melody, Pulliam fell comfortably into a role she has honed through singing in various groups and teaching classroom music and choir in several El Dorado Hills schools as a volunteer for more than 20 years. In addition, Pulliam directed the Gingerbread Singers, a women’s chorus. Pulliam’s music tutelage started as soon as she was born, when

her father would play recordings for her on his Victrola. He proceeded to enroll her in piano lessons at the age of 3. “He got me good teachers who encouraged creativity and making up my own chords,” she reminisced. “The best part of it was teaching me how to create.” Her most memorable musical accomplishment was directing a song performance of 100,000 Girl Scouts in Washington, D.C. “That was the biggest thing I ever did,” she declared. “As far as the eye could see there were people.” Pulliam coached subsong leaders who in turn directed a portion of the crowd. Equipped with a microphone and earphones, each song leader could hear Pulliam directly without delay. Pulliam planned four coordinated parts sung in rounds and descants. “They told us it ■

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wouldn’t work, singing in parts and I said, ‘Oh really?’” Pulliam laughed, “100,000 girl scouts singing all at once, in tune, in harmony. It was awesome.” The still sharp and feisty Pulliam lives with Carl, her husband of 75 years who she says drove her everywhere and has supported her without fail. They have two grandchildren and four great grandchildren; Halen is their one surviving daughter. Pulliam continues to bring music to those around her, song leading at Ponté Palmero and writing songs too. She plays the ukulele, marimba and piano, not to mention the bugle, which she learned at 15 during a stint as a junior camp counselor. “My camp director came to me one day and said ‘I understand you’re musical and we’ve had to send the bugler home so could you please play the bugle?’” Pulliam shared. “Well I’d

never touched a bugle in my life.” After some raucous attempts and days of practice in the woods, Pulliam performed for her fellow campers. “Out came ‘Taps’ and people recognized it. That was an accomplishment. I wouldn’t say I’m an excellent bugler but I’ve done a lot of bugling since.” It is that willingness to face challenges head on that Pulliam’s daughter Halen says was instilled in herself, having been indoctrinated into Girl Scout activities since birth. “I was born into it,” she said. Both her daughters are Girl Scouts as well. “I always grew up knowing I could do anything I wanted. I could solve any problem. That’s kind of my mother’s attitude in life. We can conquer anything.”

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Hands4Hope teams up with Walk with Austin Grace Brasil Hands4Hope Youth Board Vice President

he Hands4Hope – Youth Making A Difference Youth Board is excited to announce the beneficiary of its 2021-22 youth board service project will be Walk with Austin. After researching two impressive agencies benefiting children with challenges, the board members chose Walk with Austin in order to provide more opportunities for disabled children in the local area by helping raise funds to build an all-abilities playground off Bass Lake Road. The first opportunity to help support fundraising efforts is the carriage rides in El Dorado Hills Town Center; the last Saturday is Dec. 18. The Hands4Hope Youth Board will sell carriage ride tickets 5-9 p.m. in the lower theater plaza outside Cold Stone Creamery. Proceeds will benefit Walk with Austin and the Hands4Hope Education Program. Prices range from $15 for two to $30 for a group of six. The Hands4Hope Youth Board began its service project investigative process in September. Members researched different organizations within the need areas they were most interested in helping, including children with disabilities and children with chronic illness. Through their research, they decided on two organizations they wanted to support — Walk with Austin and Keaton’s Child Cancer Alliance — and invited representatives to speak at a meeting to ensure that they fit the designated criteria and to learn more about them. Holly Reininger,

founder of Walk with Austin, came in and spoke with the youth board and a group of five employees came to speak from Keaton’s Child Cancer Alliance. Although very impressed with both presentations, the board ultimately decided to choose Walk with Austin. Walk with Austin is a fairly new nonprofit created by Reininger to benefit children with disabilities, including her own son Austin. The organization’s goal is to create a park at Bass Lake in El Dorado Hills that will be accessible to all. There are no current parks that meet the needs of children with disabilities in the area and this park would fill that void. Mothers like Reininger are forced to travel as far as the Bay Area in order to find a park that has accessibility and most are still not truly all inclusive. “This will be a pivotal year for us in fundraising for the all-abilities playground as the El Dorado Hill Community Service District hopes to break ground at Bass Lake in late 2022. We’ve currently raised $80,000 and have a goal of $250,000 to supple-

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