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Park plans move forward Eric Jaramishian Staff writer Diamond Springs is one step closer to getting a 40-acre sports park. After nearly two years of community and countyheld meetings, the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors approved the project’s environmental impact report Dec. 12, allowing staff to move forward with construction. Located at 3447 Clemenger Drive, adjacent to Union Mine High School, the park would consist of sports fields, courts, a gymnasium and walking trails. During last week’s Board of Supervisors meeting, a possibility previously undiscussed came up during discussion of the final EIR — a community center for countywide emergency purposes. Recognizing a need for such a facility, Steve Peterson of consultant company Kimley Horn told the board the idea of a community center came about after the Caldor and Mosquito fires forced evacuations for El Dorado County residents who were placed at various parks and other community centers not uniquely purposed for refugees. “That’s something that really informed our process as we went forward after the catastrophic fires that happened a couple of years ago, and the way that Henningsen Lotus Park really turned into a refuge for a lot of folks as well as other parks,” Peterson said. Such a center would be better outfitted and include showers, laundry, toilets and camping space for evacuees. “We wanted to keep that in mind and wanted to have the infrastructure in place at this park and I think all parks in the future should be designed to where our parking lots have the infrastructure facilities available just in case,” said Vickie Sanders, the county’s parks manager. El Dorado County sheriff ’s Lt. Troy Morton noted the area’s central location in the county would be beneficial during emergencies. “We think it would be beneficial to have a county facility to start out with where we can send people for evacuations,” Morton said. For regular park purposes plans include soccer and baseball/softball fields; basketball, tennis and pickleball courts; and a children’s play area. Project maps show parking areas, open turf, lighting,

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Downtown Placerville has a little extra holiday glow in 2023 with a Christmas tree set up for the first time next to the Bell Tower. The tree is a redwood from the Sierra Pacific Industries’ Camino Mill site selected to stand in for the traditionally used coastal redwood at the corner of Main Street and Bedford Avenue that was damaged in the heavy storms of winter 2022-23. Placerville-based photographer Paul Cockrell captured this photograph of the tree and Bell Tower in the early hours of Dec. 7, when there are no cars on the streets.

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Cameron Park Rotary once again partnered with Folsom State Prison to fix up old bikes like new to be given to youth in the region. Through the work of Cameron Park Rotarians, spearheaded by Joe Ryan, bikes and bike parts are collected throughout the year then sent to Folsom Prison to be refurbished by those incarcerated — a program that began in 1986. On Dec. 19 some 165 bikes were rolled out in front of Folsom Prison for pick up. Inmates Charles Nix and Art Hernandez have been busy in the prison’s bike workshop getting the two-

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At Folsom State Prison imprisoned persons Charles Nix, left, and Art Hernandez roll out the 165 bikes they refurbished for pick up by Cameron Park Rotarians. wheelers road-ready. Nix and Hernandez are the perfect duo for the job as they both said they have

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Jack was born to Elmo and Fay Stephens in 1946. He passed away Nov. 30 due to cancer and put up a long fight. He served in the Army for three years and spent a year in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division and stateside with the 82nd Division. His career in banking started with Bank of America and lasted 32 years moving from Redding, Chico, Oroville, Grass Valley, Sacramento, and ended up as a bank manager in Placerville. There he joined the Rotary Club and was a member for many years and became president in 1997. Jack loved to care for and help people until they reached their max potential. He was the type of guy you silently hoped to be paired up with in golf and that is the highest compliment. Jack was a member of the Skins game playing three times a week and won many tournaments. He was very proud of being Senior Golf Champion four years in a row at Cold Springs Country Club. Jack also played in the Bank of America Pro-Am where he played with Frank Nobilio. Although Jack loved his golf, the most important thing to him was family. He married the love of his life, Amy, in Hawaii and they enjoyed travelling back to the various islands. He is survived by his wife, Amy, daughter, Karen Jensen (Scott), sister, Naomi Mikesell (George), brother, Larry Stephens (Darla), sister, Jean Cain (Troy), stepdaughter, Pam Law, and his beloved grandsons Greg and Sam Law. His friends were many and he will be missed dearly by all who knew and loved him. A Celebration of life will take place at a later date. Donations in Jack’s memory may be made to the American Cancer Society or a charity of your choice.

Fraud suspects on the lam Mountain Democrat staff El Dorado County sheriff ’s detectives are on the lookout for a pair of San Francisco residents thought to be connected to a string of identity theft and credit card fraud reports. An investigation launched in October identified Christopher Young and Lacey Nelson as suspects, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff ’s Office. Detectives on Dec. 20 executed a search warrant at Nelson’s San Francisco residence, where they say they found “numerous items of mail and credit cards that were determined to be stolen from El Dorado County.” Embossing machines used to create fake credit cards were also reportedly located. Young and Nelson were not at the residence when sheriff ’s deputies arrived for their search. The two have active warrants out for their arrest and detectives are asking anyone with information regarding their whereabouts or that could help in the investigation to contact Det. Parker Driscoll at (530) 642-4709 or Det. Dominic Flores at (530) 642-4710. Sheriff ’s officials note the investigation is ongoing; detectives will be contacting victims for follow-up reports.

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Karen Kay Mansel (nee Rupp), 1941 – 2023, of Georgetown, CA left this world for the arms of her Savior, Jesus Christ, on December 6, 2023. Karen grew up in Lancaster, CA and married Jim Mansel shortly after high school graduation. She is survived by her family: husband Jim, daughters Kathee Grgich (Steve) of Placerville, Kandee Swindle (Jeff ) of Oregon House, and son Loren Mansel (Christi) of Elk Grove and grandchildren – Nate Grgich (Janae) of Placerville, Michael Grgich (Jenn) of Placerville, Joel Grgich (Laurie) of Camino, Jon Grgich of Placerville, Calvin Mansel of Elk Grove, Andrea Mansel of Elk Grove, Kelsee Swindle of Oregon House and Danica Mansel of Elk Grove and 13 great-grandchildren. Most of her life was spent in San Martin, CA where Karen and Jim were very involved with the San Martin Horsemen’s Association, the Henry Coe State Park Mounted Assistance Unit, Santa Clara County Parks Volunteers, the Evangelical Free Church of San Jose and South Valley Community Church. Karen was active in NATRC competitive trail riding from 1973-89. She was widely respected as a teacher of horsemanship and equine care. Karen and Jim moved to Georgetown, CA in 2006 where they remained active at the Mother Lode Church, Progress House, and Forward Bible Camp. Karen was a welcoming and warm woman who considered everyone a friend. She and Jim were always ready to lend a helping hand anywhere they could. She loved living among the evergreens in Georgetown as she always dreamed of doing since growing up as a child in the desert of Lancaster. A Celebration of Life will be held on January 6 at the Mother Lode Church in Lotus, CA at 1:30 pm. In lieu of flowers, a memorial camp scholarship fund has been established for children to attend Forward Bible Camp (forwardbiblecamp.com).

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There are some cleverly decorated conifers in this year’s Highway 50 Christmas Tree Lane lineup. One such tree is a Douglas fir spray-painted blue by the Lee family of Placerville to look like the “Sesame Street” Cookie Monster, left photo. The family got the idea from Pinterest. Hopefully Cookie Monster doesn’t get to the Christmas Eve milk and cookies before Santa does. Organized by the El Dorado County Chamber with trees from El Dorado County Christmas Tree Grower Association farms, local families, businesses and organizations sign up for a lottery each year to decorate one of the trees. The Grinch won’t be able to steal Christmas this year as it appears he has gotten stuck in one of the Christmas Tree Lane trees, right photo.

BOMUSD forestry gets $400K Cal Fire grant Mountain Democrat staff The Black Oak Mine Unified School District will get more than $430,000 from the Cal Fire Wood Products and Bioenergy Grants Program. Last week Cal Fire announced 16 projects from across the state were selected to receive some of the $15 million allocated to fund expansion in workforce development and businesses involved in creating healthy, resilient forests as outlined in California’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan. The grant awards support private businesses, nonprofits, schools and

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restroom and concession facilities. This would be the first park of its kind in the Diamond Springs/El Dorado area. The EIR addressed aspects of the project such as noise, traffic/ transportation, wildfire danger, hazards, utilities and service systems, among other concerns. “This is such an exciting project that has been years in the making,” said Wendy Thomas, board chair and District 3 supervisor. “What makes this so special is the broad collaboration where the whole community, as well as our county departments, have come together to create something that our community needs and wants.” While approving the EIR, county leaders also officially approved the donation of nearly 30 acres of the land previously owned by healthcare nonprofit Marshall Foundation for Community Health. The rest of the land, approximately 9 acres owned by the Mother Lode Union School District, is proposed for purchase. The original cost to construct the park, which has also been called a sports complex, was $6.8 million. However, with the idea of community emergency infrastructure, another fiscal analysis will need to be completed

to determine the final price tag. District 4 Supervisor Lori Parlin, who casted the only “no” vote to approve the EIR due to multiple reasons, took issue with the lack of knowledge of total project cost. “There are a lot of unknowns with the costs right now and we are being told to tighten our belts, be ready (for) the state deficit, which is concerning and with all of the mandates they are putting on us that are not funded ... I just want to make sure we are not adding to that inadvertently,” Parlin said. Sanders responded stating the money set aside from the General Fund, $4 million, could be used to do the ground work for the park and future money could come from grants from the state government and also local community groups. “You would be right at the top for service grants but I also think you have so many special interest groups that would come forward and build this park for you, in my opinion, if you got the infrastructure done,” Sanders said. “I think you have so many possibilities with the $4 million you have given us so far, I think we’d make great progress and we would go nowhere but upward from there.”

Another issue Parlin, along with other supervisors, addressed is potential traffic implications. Oakdale Drive is the only way in or out of the area, which could potentially cause more traffic congestion on Highway 49 and Pleasant Valley Road. County Department of Transportation staff are looking into an alternative roadway connector, which would cut through the park to the west and onto Argonaut Drive. They are also looking into installing traffic lights, including at Pleasant Valley Road and Forni Road, which would have an approximate price tag of $1.5 million each to construct. Despite multiple residents addressing traffic and gridlock concerns, they seemed to approve the idea of the sports complex for children to use and for El Dorado and other greater Sacramento area leagues and teams to come and compete. “I really want to see this park come through, because our kids don’t have something like this,” said one unidentified man as public comment was taken. “(We need to) get them out there swinging a baseball bat, throwing a softball and have a facility for them to do that.”

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Krysten Kellum Editor

A Christmas message

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

By Francis P. Church, first published in the New York Sun in 1897.

e take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of the Sun: Dear Editor: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, If you see it in the Sun, it’s so. Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O’Hanlon Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The external light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God! He lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. Francis P. Church’s editorial, “Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus,” was an immediate n See Yes, Virginia, page A5

Letters to the Editor Sheriff’s funding EDITOR: lease, let us advocate for increased funding for the El Dorado County Sheriff ’s Office. Our local sheriff ’s deputies are asked to wear multiple hats: front line defense, search and rescue, homeless outreach, part-time social work, counseling, wellness checks, suicide prevention, substance abuse intervention, school safety, crisis negotiation, peace-keeping, fingerprinting/records department, community fundraising and outreach. EDSO deserve increased funding for new hires, training, increased salaries and equipment. I am extremely grateful for the newly funded EDSO helicopter, which will provide enhanced security for El Dorado County, piloted by those who know our county. El Dorado County is actually a vast area, with more than 1,700 square miles, and our local law enforcement deserve appropriate support and compensation for all their public service and personal sacrifice — and for the enhanced security and community outreach programs EDSO provides. We have big city problems but a small budget for the sheriff ’s department. Many of our local deputies and first responders can’t afford to purchase a home, or property, in El Dorado County on their salaries. Deputies work, on average, 12-hour shifts. Let us as a community advocate for increased funding for EDSO. Thank you. The better we support our local sheriff ’s department, the better they are able to serve all of us. I would be so very grateful to all of you in this worthwhile endeavor for the good of EDSO and for the good of El Dorado County, our residents and visitors. FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ Placerville

False accusations EDITOR:

hen a loved one is accused of a crime, you feel helpless. The full force of the government, law enforcement, the District Attorney’s Office, the courts, victim’s advocates, public opinion and the media act in

concert against your loved one and their freedom, their reputation, their family’s stability, their financial wellbeing and their mental health. Imagine your family member is developmentally disabled and has been falsely accused. As a child he learned to apologize when someone was upset and that the police are the good guys. He naively apologized to his lying accuser, not wanting her to be upset. He cooperated when police questioned him at school, believing the truth won’t get you in trouble. The police assumed the apology was an admission of guilt and their questioning established his presence when the alleged crime occurred. He doesn’t know the alleged victim had her friends lie for her. His parents learn about this only after the school has allowed the questioning. Word gets around and he gets harassed at school and arrested at work. He loses his job, risks not graduating from high school or getting his driver’s license and is unprepared to deal with the legal system. His parents have retirement savings, so they pay a bail bondsman to post bail. They hire an attorney, who hires a motivated investigator. Even after the investigator gets a favorable statement from an eyewitness who refused to talk to the police, and gets retractions from two witnesses who lied for the alleged victim, the young man and his family have to wait another six months, wondering what the district attorney is going to do. Charges are finally dropped after two-and-a-half years — without prejudice. They are happy but also learn the arrest can never be sealed. Every time a prospective employer does a background check, their son may have to explain away the arrest, assuming the employer even gives him that chance. Now imagine the parents had no savings. Their son got a public defender, maybe even a really good one. They couldn’t afford a private investigator, and nobody was able to track down those witnesses, so it was his word against everyone else. Without the eyewitness statement and the retractions, the public defender convinced the family their best option was for their son to take a plea deal that included a reduced sentence and everything that came with being a convicted felon. n See letters, page A5

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istening Well, you know what they say about that German blood. Pure poison. It’ll give you recently to heart attacks or worse at an early age. Look what it did to the French, Russians, the former commander in Belgians ... not to mention all those “other” folk. chief, I get why I’ve had so much trouble with a Belgians ... not to mention all those experts refuse to confirm both of his suggests Persian and a wide variety of physical “other” folk. claims. Fake news if I ever saw it. tad of Martian blood, ills and the occasional My first heart attack hit me early More’s the pity. but I wouldn’t swear to mental “condition.” evening April 2, 1999. I was only 54 A puny dose of skin cancer the other that. A brief rundown of the at the time. The second one, not half year provoked a series of light-saberI contracted the first significant physical as serious, arrived mid-evening April like treatments. I’m not sure who is “creeping eruption” at issues I remember starts Chris Daley 2, 2003. God’s truth. German blood, responsible for that, but undoubtedly the age of 8 or nine, with my eyesight. I had it’s attributable to one or more of allegedly from stomping pure poison. to get glasses when I I almost forgot. Back to the eyes. these characters POTUS 45 warns us was part way through the third grade. around barefoot in cow poop on my Got the cataracts early in the ‘90s. about. Doesn’t matter which border uncle John Tripson’s Dairy pastures I didn’t like wearing them, so for Sure, I blamed the Persians and they invade, and I’m good with that in Vero Beach, Fla. I don’t recall the several months I’d take them off on Martians. Sticking with that theme, explanation. actual medical term for it. My dad my way to school. At the report card their rotten blood had to have caused Light saber didn’t really work, but meeting, my parents asked the teacher always just called it the creeping a year or so later a procedure named not just one but two detached retinae eruption. It pretty much cleared up how/if the glasses had helped me in for Geologist Friedrich Mohs sent that in the new century. I’d lots rather when we got home to Belmont (San class. tumor on my neck packing. Mohs, if it was those people who persist at Mateo County). If I were to guess, “What glasses?” She asked. Ha, ha. you haven’t guessed, was a German. invading us through our southern I’d say it was the Holstein cattle that I always wore them after that. Then Sometimes that poison blood works border, “Honest Injuns, Mexicans, poisoned my blood, temporarily the teeth started going south. Dr. opposite from what we expect, but East Asians,” and not the possibly Mervy kept them at home for the next anyway. mostly it doesn’t. innocent Persians and Martians. My maternal grandmother was full decade or so. Everyone knows the “two front My paternal grandfather swore German but born in Franklin Park The British used to be teeth” Christmas song. I can identify, he was half Irish and half Native near Chicago. Well, you know what stereotypically notorious for troubled having lost my remaining two front American (Injun to him). He joined they say about that German blood. dental health. I’m at least one quarter teeth a couple of weeks ago and now the Scranton KKK for a short time British/Welsh and I’m pretty sure it Pure poison. It’ll give you heart after he proved to be too young for the was that combination that poisoned attacks or worse at an early age. Look n See Daley, page A5 Spanish American War. The ancestry my blood teeth-wise. The vision issue what it did to the French, Russians,

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3:51 a.m. Deputies booked into jail a 24-year-old woman suspected of DUI on Red hawk Parkway in Placerville. She was released on $7,500 bail. 11:32 a.m. Grand theft was reported at a mobile home park on Mother Lode Drive in Placerville. 11:33 a.m. Vandalism was reported on Cornada Court in Cameron Park. 11:34 a.m. Grand theft was reported at the casino on Red Hawk parkway in Placerville. 12:49 p.m. Vehicle burglary was reported at an apartment complex on Valley View Parkway in El Dorado Hills. 2:17 p.m. Vehicle burglary was reported at an apartment complex on Valley View Parkway in El Dorado Hills. 3:10 p.m. Burglary was reported at an apartment complex on Bass Lane Road in Rescue. 3:19 p.m. Deputies booked into jail a 59-year-old man suspected of vehicle theft on Cold Springs Road in Placerville. He was released on $25,000 bail. 8:47 p.m. Deputies booked into jail a 40-year-old woman suspected

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getting acquainted with a full upper denture. How’s that for a case of poison blood. Gotta be the British/ Welsh contribution. Oh, jeez, I kind of forgot that a year-and-a-half or Dec. 13 so ago I was walking on a treadmill at Snap Fitness in Placerville. I noticed that I couldn’t hear much Time unavailable: California Highway Patrol officers booked sound on my left side. By the time I got home I into jail a 31-year-old man couldn’t hear at all in my left ear. suspected of DUI on Newtown Marshall Medical Center ENT clinic diagnosed Road in Placerville. He was later “sudden hearing loss.” The full name is a little released. more scientific sounding, but SHL is easier to 2:39 p.m. Grand theft was understand. The doctor said they don’t really reported at the casino on Red know what causes it. I know now. It’s caused by Hawk Parkway in Placerville. some variation of the invaders referred to by the 5:02 p.m. A possible prowler ex-president who are poisoning our good American was reported at an apartment blood. complicit on Market Court in I don’t need any more proof than what he said Shingle Springs. in New Hampshire the other day. It could be 5:29 p.m. Burglary was reported Neanderthal or Australopithecus or even Atlantison a trail on Highway 49 in Lotus. ish stuff that’s poisoning our blood, but Lord knows 8:10 p.m. Battery was reported on I’ve got more than enough and more than anyone Jacobsgaard Lane in Camino. should have. Instead of my two front teeth (too late), I’m Dec. 14 asking Santa for more walls, bigger and stronger 8:34 a.m. Vandalism was reported walls all around this wonderful country we call the at a business on Mother Lode USA. And I sincerely hope you get your two front Drive in Shingle Springs. teeth if that’s what you want for Christmas — and 9:25 a.m. Brandishing was maybe ask for some kind of antidote for poisoned reported on Sand Ridge Road in blood. Placerville. Merry Christmas and happy holidays. 10:10 a.m. Grand theft was Chris Daley is a biweekly columnist for the reported on Forni Road in Mountain Democrat. The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation Placerville. 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 For Release Friday, December 22, 2023 of disorderly conduct on Missouri Flat Road in Placerville. She was later released.

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sensation, and went on to became one of the most famous editorials ever written. It first appeared in the New York Sun in 1897, 117 years ago, and was reprinted annually until 1949 when the paper went out of business. Thirty-six years after her letter was printed, Virginia O’Hanlon recalled the events that prompted her letter: “Quite naturally I believed in Santa Claus, for he had never disappointed me. But when less fortunate little boys and girls said there wasn’t any Santa Claus, I was filled with doubts. I asked my father, and he was a little evasive on the subject. It was a habit in our family that whenever any doubts came up as to how to pronounce a word or some question of historical fact was in doubt, we wrote to the Question and Answer column in the Sun. Father would always say, If you see it in the Sun, it’s so, and that settled the matter.” Virginia O’Hanlon graduated from Hunter College with a bachelor’s degree at age 21. The following year she received her master’s from Columbia and in 1912 she began teaching in the New York City school system, later becoming a principal. After 47 years, she retired as an educator. Throughout her life she received a steady stream of mail about her Santa Claus letter and to each reply she attached an attractive printed copy of the Church editorial. Virginia O’Hanlon Douglas died on May 13, 1971, at the age of 81, in Valatie, N.Y.

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El Dorado County residents, once again, didn’t disappoint with their Christmas decorations. Above, all sorts of Christmas characters greet visitors at this Wentworth Road home in Cameron Park.

Colorful lights dance on the front of this Canal Street home in Placerville.

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A sweet snowglobe and other charming decorations dazzle at this Canal Street home, above, in Placerville. Below, Mickey Mouse and friends make for cheerful decorations at this Hilltop Drive home in Placerville. A pair of glowing reindeer, bottom photo, stand in glitter in snow on Oak Crest Circle in Placerville. Mountain Democrat photos by Noel Stack

Wow in Waterford — Many residents in this El Dorado Hills neighborhood go all out for the holidays. Above, the Grinch and residents of Who-ville at this Sheffield Drive home greet passersby. At right, the entire front yard is aglow at this Lancaster Place home.

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oncert pianist Kiko TorresVelasco will perform Friday as part of the El Dorado County Federated Church’s Make a Joyful Noise! concert series. Torres-Velasco will share a program filled with music by the great composers of classical repertoire and holiday favorites. His skillful playing is sure to delight audiences. The pianist is proud to call Placerville his hometown and said he loves returning to share music with the surrounding community. His humble nature belies an incredibly dedicated and passionate musician. Torres-Velasco received his

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll mingle and mix. You’ll find out quickly who will be a help to you in the weeks to come. Because you’re so aware of how you feel around people, social life is a kind of lab to learn more about yourself and the world. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). There’s no reason you should settle for being the sole responsible person in your group. Let everyone contribute. And if they are not forthcoming with a plan, request what you think is fair. This will apply to cleaning, feeding and financing. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). How much should you let your emotions guide decisions? It depends on the decision. If it’s an issue that will affect what you experience daily, it’s only wise to push your feelings into it and get a sense of what you’re in for. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’re agreeable, empathetic and quick to forgive. You are apt to take note of the mental state of others and try to accommodate. Your patience is a small but meaningful contribution to world peace. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). No single eye is the end-allbe-all point of reference. Since you’re aware that one point of view is not enough on many situations, you’ll assemble a team. Fellow fire signs (Aries and Sagittarius) definitely have a place on it. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). People come in a host of flavors, and you’ll get a sense of what would pair nicely, complement or clash. You will not regret your time spent in observation. You’ll try to know people.

In doing so, you set up your next right move. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Rebellion is not a mood you experience often, but the current changes have stirred something in you. A strict system of living will prompt you to act out, if only to prove that you can. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). As long as you’re making improvements, why not make drastic ones? Think big and beautiful, wild and fantastic... because these unreal ideas may be just as easily applied as the reasonable ones. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Do what it takes to explore your ideas in your own way because your instincts are dead-on. Even though well-intentioned teachers are around, you would be wise to listen to their advice today. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Open your arms and receive. There are all kinds of luck. Dumb luck is rare, fun and ultimately not as satisfying as the kind that requires your effort to drum up. The harder you work, the luckier you get. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Some relationships grow naturally on their own, and others require constant care. High-maintenance connections will be worth their effort now, as they will be highly rewarding in the future. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Each achievement is a culmination of numerous smaller successes. It’s normal to feel uncertain about the details involved; it’s the type of challenge that you gradually navigate and understand as you progress.

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3100 Rodeo Rd., Cameron Park Pastor Alan Sommer, Senior Pastor Pastor Kyle Weeks, Associate Pastor Sunday Worship 8:00 am and 10:45am Sunday School and Bible Study 9:30am 8am Service is live streamed. www.loth.org 530-677-9536

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Employment The Georgetown Divide Public Utility District invites applications for the position of: WATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR II: $30.95 to $37.62 per hour plus benefits, depending on qualifications. OPENING DATE: November 20, 2023 FINAL FILING DATE: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. First review date for applications will be held on December 22, 2023. An application can be printed from the District website at www.gd-pud.org or request an application by emailing Stephanie Beck at slbeck@gd-pud.org. Return a completed application to the District office by mail, or email to: slbeck@gd-pud.org. Georgetown Divide Public Utility District P.O. Box 4240 Georgetown, CA. 95634 For further information call (530) 333-4356 or visit our website at www.gd-pud.org

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Solution to Puzzle 1

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BIRCH WOODWORKS CO INC, located at 5137 Ski Run, Pollock Pines, CA 95726 Registered owner(s): Birch Woodworks Co Inc, 5137 Ski Run, Pollock Pines, CA 95726 This business is conducted by a Corporation, State of Incorporation: CA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious

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Sacramento Theatre Company presents “Home for the Holidays” through Dec. 24. For tickets and more information call (916) 443-6722 or visit sactheatre.org. Sacramento’s River Fox Train’s Magical Christmas Train and the Skunk Train’s The World’s Largest Christmas Tree Train invite families and holiday enthusiasts to create cherished memories during this festive season, now through Dec. 27. For booking and inquiries call (800) 866-1690 or visit riveroxtrain.com. Sutter Street Theatre presents “The Quiltmaker’s Gift” through Dec. 30. For tickets and more information call (916) 353-1001 or visit sutterstreettheatre.com. Apex Toy Drive benefiting Shriners Children’s Northern California takes place through Dec. 31. By contributing one unwrapped toy at The Apex at Red Hawk Casino in Placerville, visitors will receive a $10 coupon applicable for any Apex activity, including karting, bowling, virtual golf and arcade games. For more information call (888) 573-3495 or visit redhawkcasino.com. Capital Stage in Sacramento presents “Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley” through Dec. 31. For tickets and more information call (916) 995-5464 or visit capstage.org. The Gallery at 48 Natoma in Folsom presents Seasons Greetings: Holiday cards by celebrated artists from the Monroe Wheeler Archive exhibit through Jan. 18. More information is available at folsom.ca.us, the Gallery at 48 Natoma. Sending It: Climbing El Dorado at the Switchboard Gallery in Placerville, on display through Jan. 28, examines the unique and n See Know, page B7

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Public Notices  FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2023-1123

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business name or names listed above on: 12/10/2013 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Randy Birch RANDY BIRCH, SECRETARY 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

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clerk of El Dorado County on 11/20/2023. 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) 12/1, 12/8, 12/15, 12/22 12523

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2023-1135 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DARK KRYSTEl, located at 416 Main St, Placerville, CA 95667/Mailing Address: 440 Main St, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Artistic Beads Studio LLC, 440 Main St, Placerville, CA 95667 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: 11/26/2023 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Krystel Rios KRYSTEL RIOS, CEO I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor legal notice continued on the next page

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Public Notices  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 11/27/2023. 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) 12526 12/1, 12/8, 12/15, 12/22 SUMMONS CASE NO. 23CV01965 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: ELEGANT RENOVATIONS, INC., RAYMOND BARTLEY, TEANNA BARTLEY, and DOES 1 - 50 inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLANTIFF: NORCAL LUMBER COMPANY, INC., a California Corporation NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. The name and address of the court is: BUTTE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 1775 Concord Avenue Chico, CA 95928 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: ALFONSO L. POIRÉ 149185 REYNOLDS LAW, LLP 1411 Oliver Road, Suite 300 Fairfield, CA 94534-3425 (707) 425-1255 DATE: 7/19/2023 Sharif Elmallah Clerk, by /s/ V. Strang, Deputy 12/15, 12/22, 12/29/23, 1/5/24 12541 SUMMONS CASE NO. 23CV01958 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: ELEGANT RENOVATIONS, INC., TERRI BROWN, and DOES 1 - 50 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLANTIFF: NORCAL LUMBER COMPANY, INC., a California Corporation NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. The name and address of the court is: BUTTE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 1775 Concord Avenue Chico, CA 95928 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: ALFONSO L. POIRÉ 149185 REYNOLDS LAW, LLP 1411 Oliver Road, Suite 300 Fairfield, CA 94534-3425 (707) 425-1255 DATE: 7/19/2023 Sharif Elmallah Clerk, by /s/ _______, Deputy 12/15, 12/22, 12/29/23, 1/5/24 12542

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2023-1160 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WESTSIDE CHIROPRACTIC, located at 5170 Golden Foothill Pkwy, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762/Mailing Address: 4032 Raphael Dr, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Michael Ludovico Chiropractic Inc, 4032 Raphael Dr., 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: 12/03/2023 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Michael Ludovico MICHAEL LUDOVICO, 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 12/04/2023. 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) 12/8, 12/15, 12/22, 12/29 12555 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2023-1158 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JUST RIGHT LANDSCAPING, located at 3563 Foxmore Ln, Rescue, CA 95672 Registered owner(s): Richard Martin Nessinger, 3563 Foxmore Ln, Rescue, CA 95672 This business is conducted by an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/03/2023 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Richard Nessinger RICHARD NESSINGER 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 12/04/2023. 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) 12/8, 12/15, 12/22, 12/29 12556 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2023-1157 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GOLDEN FISH DESIGNS, located at 140 Lindsey Ln, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Chelsea Fisher, 140 Lindsey Ln, 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: 06/01/2023 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Chelsea Fisher CHELSEA FISHER 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 12/01/2023. 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

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section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 12/8, 12/15, 12/22, 12/29 12557 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2023-1177 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE CARTUNES BAND, located at 4170 Maverick Rd, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Daniel L Morris, 4170 Maverick Rd, 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: 10/30/2023 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Daniel Morris DANIEL MORRIS 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 12/08/2023. 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) 12/15, 12/22, 12/29/23, 1/5/24 12568 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2023-1108 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VETERAN CARE GROUP, located at 4689 Rivendale Rd, Placerville, CA 95667/Mailing Address: 308 N. Curry St., Ste 2, Carson City, NEVADA 89703 Registered owner(s): Veteran Holistic Group, 4689 Rivendale Rd, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by a Corporation, State of Incorporation: CA 4271479 The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Signature of Registrant: /s/ Aaron Augustis AARON AUGUSTIS, CEO I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 11/16/2023. 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) 12/15, 12/22, 12/29/23, 1/5/24 12569 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23CV2145 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Robert William Boartfield, II filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ROBERT WILLIAM BOARTFIELD, II Proposed name: ROBERT WILLIAM HUMPHREY 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: FEBRUARY 2, 2024, 8:35 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 DECEMBER 8, 2023. /s/ Gary Slossberg GARY SLOSSBERG, Judge of the Superior Court 12/15, 12/22, 12/29/23, 1/5/24 12570 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2023-1166 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AMANDAS

GROOMING, located at 27 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667/ Mailing Address: 4730 Oak Hill Rd, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Amanda J. Hingston, 4730 Oak Hill Rd, 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: 12/05/2023 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Amanda Hingston AMANDA HINGSTON, 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 12/05/2023. 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) 12/15, 12/22, 12/29/23, 1/5/24 12579 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23CV1948 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Stacey Sams filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ROBERT ARTHUR PECK III Proposed name: RYAN JOSEPH SAMS 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: JANUARY 29, 2024, 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 9, 2023. /s/ Gary Slossberg GARY SLOSSBERG, Judge of the Superior Court 12/15, 12/22, 12/29/23, 1/5/24 12582 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2023-1182 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: STUDENT SUPPLY, located at 3374 Monier Circle Unit #1, Rancho Cordova, CA 96742/ Mailing Address: 612 Lida Court, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Segura International Service Group, 612 Lida Court, 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: 07/16/2019 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Anthony Segura ANTHONY SEGURA, OFFICER I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 12/11/2023. 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) 12/15, 12/22, 12/29/23, 1/5/24 12583 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2023-1140 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VACAY Candles and Melts, located at 3285 Texas Hill Rd, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): 1. Daran G Dammeyer, 3285 Texas Hill Rd, Placerville, CA 95667, 2. Jennifer A Dammeyer, 3285 Texas Hill 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: 10/01/2023 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Daran G Dammeyer DARAN G DAMMEYER 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 11/28/2023. 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) 12/15, 12/22, 12/29/23, 1/5/24 12584 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2023-1181 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE RED CHAIR, located at 621 Placerville Dr, Placerville, CA 95667/Mailing Address: PO Box 1723, Placerville, CALIFORNIA 95667 Registered owner(s): Victoria A Mott, 2120 Fall Trail 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: 12/07/2023 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Victoria A Mott VICTORIA A MOTT 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 12/11/2023. 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) 12/15, 12/22, 12/29/23, 1/5/24 12585 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2023-1183 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: M&A FINANCIAL SERVICES, located at 4601 Post St, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762/Mailing Address: PO Box 2167, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): 1. Donna M Cirelli, 4601 Post St, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762, 2. Chares A Muller, 4601 Post St, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 This business is conducted by a General Partnership The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/10/2023 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Donna Cirelli DONNA CIRELLI, 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 12/11/2023. 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) 12/15, 12/22, 12/29/23, 1/5/24 12587 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2023-1187 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 1. SWEET PAIRING

BAKERY, 2. GRACIE’S COFFEE & BAKESHOP, located at 681 Main Street Suite L3, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Gracie’s Coffee & Bakeshop LLC, 681 Main Street Suite L3, Placerville, CA 95667 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: 12/11/2023 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Cindy Wysocki CINDY WYSOCKI, 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 12/12/2023. 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) 12/15, 12/22, 12/29/23, 1/5/24 12588 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF KEVIN RAY TRUJILLO CASE NO. 23PR0301 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of KEVIN RAY TRUJILLO A PETITION for Probate has been filed by DONALD TRUJILLO and SHARON TRUJILLO in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that DONALD TRUJILLO and SHARON TRUJILLO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: January 22, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 9 at 3321 Cameron Park Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682 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: DOUGLAS C. SPLETTER Reynolds Law LLP 3001 Douglas Blvd., Ste. 225 Roseville, CA 95661 (916) 679-5550 12/15, 12/22, 12/29 12589 NOTICE OF LIEN SALE

Notice is hereby given that a public lien sale of the following describes personal property will be held online at www.storageauctions.com Auction Date: Friday January 05, 2024 at 9:00 am Location: Placerville Self Storage, 1066 Locust Avenue, Placerville, CA, 95667 The contents of the rental storage units all containing household goods and belonging to the following persons will be sold: Franklin Mccall Joshua Recek Paul Vanderwerf This notice is given in accordance with the provisions of Section 21700 et seq of the Business & Professions Code of the State of California Published: December 22, 2023 and December 29, 2023 The Mountain Democrat 12/22, 12/29 12600

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Use caution: ’Tis the season for button batteries News release Button batteries can be found year round in many common things such as watches, car key fobs and flameless candles. But they are especially prevalent during the holiday season — and they are a big risk for children, according to California Poison Control. These flat, coin-shaped button batteries are in all kinds of holiday gifts and toys They’re even in places you don’t expect to find them, such as musical greeting cards and blinking ornaments. Unfortunately curious children just can’t resist playing with the shiny, tiny button batteries. The sad result is that thousands of children swallow the batteries every year and most have to go to the emergency department. A study published in the September 2022 issue of “Pediatrics” found that every 75 minutes in the U.S., a child younger than 18 visited an emergency room

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Shiny objects are hard to resist. Make sure your little ones don’t accidentally swallow something harmful this Christmas. because of a batteryrelated injury. The study, which analyzed data from 2010 through 2019, also found that 84% of patients were 5 years old or younger.

Button batteries accounted for almost 85% of the visits. “Button batteries are not only choking hazards, but they can also release toxic

metals and acids that can burn holes in the mouth, throat, airways, stomach and intestines. In fact, a swallowed battery can burn through a child’s

esophagus in just two hours. So, ingesting a button battery is an emergency that requires immediate medical attention,” said Cyrus Rangan,

MD, a pediatrician and medical toxicologist with CPCS. “Burns and other injuries can even occur in children who put batteries into their nose and ears.” Prevention is critical. Here are some tips to help you keep your child safe: • Always supervise children when playing with toys containing button batteries. • Don’t insert or change batteries in front of small children — little, shiny objects are irresistible. • Dispose of expired batteries immediately and safely. • Store replacement batteries well out of reach of children. • Secure battery compartments on all products; if possible select products with battery compartments that open only with a screwdriver or special tool. • If a battery is swallowed or placed in the ear or nose call CPCS at 1-800-2221222 immediately.

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world-renowned climbing features perched along Highway 50. For more information visit artsandcultureeldorado.org/gallery.

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with homemade treasures including jams and cheeses, as well many handmade creations.

Dec. 22 The Cameron Park Community Services District hosts an inclusive park pop-up event at Christa McAuliffe Park, 10-11:30 a.m. For more information visit cameronpark.org. Uncovered will perform at 5 p.m. at HWY 50 Brewery in Camino. For more information visit hwy50brewery.com/live-music. Sacramento Master Singers presents A Master Singers Christmas at 7:30 p.m. at Harris Center for the Arts in Folsom. For tickets and more information visit harriscenter.net or call (916) 608-6888. DJ Zephyr with Jacob Sax will perform at 8 p.m. at The Green Room Social Club in downtown Placerville. For tickets and more information visit clubgreenroom.com. Maxx Cabello Jr. will perform at Red Hawk Casino’s Stage Bar 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. For more information visit redhawkcasino.com. Musician Ed Wilson will perform noon to 3 p.m. at Helwig Vineyards and Winery in Plymouth.

Linden Wood will perform at 4 p.m. at HWY 50 Brewery in Camino. For more information visit hwy50brewery.com/live-music.

Later JJ3: Tribute to Medeski Martin & Wood will perform at 8 p.m. at The Green Room Social Club in downtown Placerville. For tickets and more information visit clubgreenroom.com.

Enjoy holiday hayrides pulled by a 1927 Caterpillar tractor through Main Street Placerville, 5-8 p.m. Any donation will be matched by Veerkamp Vineyards, up to $500, and funds collected benefit local Hands4Hope. Rides start at the Belltower.

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Cynthia Renee will perform at 8 p.m. at The Green Room Social Club in downtown Placerville. For tickets and more information visit clubgreenroom.com.

HipNosis will perform at 8 p.m. at The Green Room Social Club in downtown Placerville. For tickets and more information visit clubgreenroom.com.

Sons of Rock n’ Roll will perform at Red Hawk Casino’s Stage Bar 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. For more information visit redhawkcasino.com.

High Fidelity will perform at Red Hawk Casino’s Stage Bar 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. For more information visit redhawkcasino.com.

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Check out the Luke and Kaylee Christmas Eve Show at 2 p.m. at The Green Room Social Club in downtown Placerville. For tickets and more information visit clubgreenroom.com.

Whole Lotta Big Band will perform at 5 p.m. at HWY 50 Brewery in Camino. For more information visit hwy50brewery.com/livemusic.

Sugarplum The Band will perform at 5 p.m. at HWY 50 Brewery in Camino. For more information visit hwy50brewery.com/livemusic.

Capital Jazz Project will perform at The Sofia in Sacramento. For tickets and more information call (916) 443-5300 or visit bstreettheatre.org.

Sacramento Zoo presents UNEXTINCT, the first-of-its-kind adventure that brings 49 extinct and endangered species to life for an immersive experience. For tickets and more information visit unextinctlive.com.

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The El Dorado Hills Town Center Farmers Market takes place year round, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday. Wander behind Nibblers and Trek Bicycle to discover a cornucopia of delights, where local area farms showcase fresh fruits and vegetables. Explore stalls brimming

Broadway Sacramento presents Dr. Seuss’ “How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical,” Dec. 27-31 at the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center. For tickets and more information call (916) 557-1999 or visit broadwaysacramento.com.

The Green Room Social Club in downtown Placerville hosts New Year’s Eve Eve with Red Dirt Ruckus and Ryder Thieves at 7 p.m. For tickets and more information visit clubgreenroom.com. Modern Relics will perform at Red Hawk Casino’s Stage Bar 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. For more information visit redhawkcasino.com.

Dec. 31 Moonshine Crazy will perform at Red Hawk Casino’s Stage Bar 5-9 p.m. For more information visit redhawkcasino.com. Little Hurricane will perform at 7 p.m. at The Green Room Social Club in downtown Placerville. For tickets and more information visit clubgreenroom.com.

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HipNosis will perform at the Gold Trail Grange in Coloma. Doors open at 8 p.m. For tickets visit ticketscandy.com/e/new-years-eve-withhipnosis-3359.

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UPCOMING EVENTS 50th Anniversary Tour

Jesus Christ Superstar

Johnny Cash: The Official Concert Experience

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JANUARY 18-19, 2024

Celebrating its 50th Anniversary, a new mesmerizing production of the iconic musical phenomenon, paying tribute to the historic 1971 Billboard Album of the Year while creating a modern, theatrical world that is uniquely fresh and inspiring.

With video of the “Man in Black” projected on a screen above the stage, a live band and singers accompany him in perfect sync as he performs some of his biggest hits, including “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Ring of Fire,” and more.

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The world mourned the loss of the Buffett in September, but attendees shared a palpable sense of pride. There was no shortage of larger than life characters Thursday morning. Team B. Le handed out aloha and leis to all in attendance from atop stilts, just like every opening before. Friend and employee of Buffett since 1993 Benny Barker said he travels with partner Brittany Le to bring joy to life aboard cruise ships and around the resorts. Barker beamed with pride, sharing, “Some people have jobs. I have family.” Another first for the newly opened mountain Margaritaville Hotel Lake Tahoe location is the brand’s first lodging location in a ski destination and the only all-suite resort in the South Lake Tahoe area. The expansive, open lobby area feeds to a hallway guiding visitors to restaurants and connections to the 399 rooms. The entire property is situated at the base of Heavenly Mountain Resort, walking distance from the lake and the gondola. Nearly hidden in the tourist core of the Stateline area, the resort has two restaurants inside: The LandShark Bar & Grill faces the main stretch of Highway 50 and JWB Prime Steak and Seafood sits right next door. City Manager Joe

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Margaritaville Resort Lake Tahoe has 399 suites and is located at the base of Heavenly Mountain Resort, walking distance from the lake and the gondola. Irvin offered a toast and a tip of the proverbial hat to Buffett by both his words and his Buffett-style outfit. Irvin congratulated and welcomed the team who made what he called one of the “biggest investments in the city in a while.” “It’s not only the entryway to the city of South Lake Tahoe but the great state of California. We look forward to welcoming the guests of Margaritaville,” Irvin said. Margaritaville Resort Lake Tahoe Managing Director Bob Jensch said the ribbon cutting completes eight months of work and more

than $80 million in renovations. Margaritaville Resort Lake Tahoe will host year-round paradise for those seeking a slice of the natural beauty of Lake Tahoe. Outdoor enthusiasts of all ages will find something to enjoy. Features and amenities include stunning views of the lake and mountains, an indoor heated pool and patio plus spacious rooms with living spaces perfect for families or groups traveling together. The resort also features brand-famous signature cocktails and drinks at the License to Chill Bar and Come Monday Café.

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Classic Albums Live takes the greatest albums and recreates them live on stage – note for note, cut for cut. This special concert event features the Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers album, including “Brown Sugar,” “Wild Horses,” and more.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Brickman has amassed 27 Top 40 singles on the adult contemporary charts, including 14 Top Ten smashes. This uplifting concert features his music and stories, including his hit songs “Love of My Life,” “Angel Eyes,” and of course, “Valentine.”

Officially licensed by the Prince Estate, the most celebrated tribute to Prince in the world, delivers his music on the highest level, played live and untracked, while paying respectful visual homage through costuming and likeness.

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