Village Life, February 12, 2020

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Oak Ridge High School Academic Decathlon team co-captain Harleen Bal delivers her gold medal speech at the competition.

Candidates meet the public

ACADEMIC DECATHLON

Trojans take fourth title

Four in the running discuss experience, cityhood, development Sel Richard Staff writer District 1 supervisor candidates fielded constituents’ questions Thursday night at a League of Women Voters of El Dorado County forum at the Norm Rowett Pavilion. Incumbent John Hidahl, El Dorado Hills Community Services District board President Ben Paulsen, attorney and former EDHCSD board member Wayne Haug and former District 4 Supervisor Ron Briggs spoke on issues ranging from cityhood viability, land use, taxes, campaign financing and personal vision. Hidahl opened by citing his 41 years in local government, ranging from roles on the El Dorado Hills Fire Board, the Area Planning Advisory Committee, EDH Community Council, EDHCSD, EDH Incorporation Committee and EDH Action Committee.

Small business owner Paulsen brought up his local government experience within the EDHCSD. As a director he serves on the Parks and Planning Subcommittee as well as several ad hoc committees tackling local issues. An El Dorado Hills resident since 1967, Haug shared a simple message: SOS EDH (Save Open Space in El Dorado Hills). As a fiscal conservative his said goal is to assure the county stays on budget. He also promised to donate his supervisor’s salary to the EDH Promise Foundation for the preservation of open space. “I will not accept donations, but I will accept your vote,” he quipped. Although Briggs has been a county resident for 48 years, he moved to El Dorado Hills only five years ago. The only District 4 supervisor to be reelected in the last 35 years, Briggs told the crowd n

Mimi Escabar Special publications editor The Academic Decathlon team from Oak Ridge High School held off a strong challenge from Ponderosa High School to capture the 2020 El Dorado County Academic Decathlon title. It is a four-peat for the Trojans from El Dorado Hills, scoring 34,881.90 points to earn a spot in the state competition set for March 27 and 28 in Sacramento. Ponderosa earned 34,722.10 coming in second. Third

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Eagle Scout on a great path Jana Rossi Staff writer

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Eagle Scout Ryan Sumida stands on his project site at Golden Hills School, where he improved the school garden area by creating a pathway that won’t get muddy.

yan Sumida is the definition of a go-getter. He obtained his Boy Scout merit badges in record time and at age 13 is one of the youngest Scouts to complete his Eagle Scout project. The Golden Hills School student told Village Life the idea for his project was literally right under his feet. Ryan takes part in the Garden Enrichment program at the El Dorado Hills school and knows firsthand how muddy the garden area gets after it rains. The condition of the garden is what Ryan said he thought kept many students from taking part in this educational and fun outdoor elective. His love of the outdoors and being a Scout also inspired him to enhance the garden area, with the hopes of attracting more students to the program. His idea was to create a pathway

leading directly to the garden, giving students and teachers a clear path so they would avoid walking through the muddy field. In addition, he decided a bench should be added to make the garden complete. He started the project by watching tutorials he found online to learn some of the building basics. He also spoke to Dick Welch from Ponderosa Landscaping, who shared suggestions and tips on how to get the project completed. Using funds he earned from recycling donations, Ryan purchased his needed materials — decomposed granite and flagstone for the path, 2x4s and stain for the bench. An Eagle Scout also must be prepared to manage a group as part of their project. Ryan said he looked to other leaders to emulate when it came time to supervise the building of the bench and n

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