Village Life staff writer AuthorÕs note: This story is about a sanctuary for catsÉ felines. District 4 Planning Commissioner Walter Mathews, as dry a wit as ever voted to approve a special use permit in El Dorado County, suggested the working title for this piece. If you are reading this paragraph, it stuck. Kudos, editors. [...]

Democrat staff writer EL DORADO Ñ Behind eight unanswered second-half goals Tuesday, the El Dorado High boys water polo team broke from a slim two-point lead after two quarters to blitz Rosemont 12-2 at the Aquatic Center on the campus of Union Mine. All it took was a simple change in strategy. The Cougars slugged [...]

Democrat columnist DonÕt you just want to throw up every time a political ad comes on the TV these days? And it will only get worse from now on. Black and white photography, the worst possible expression or look that the target could ever have possibly had. HeÕs a baby molester. SheÕs sleeping with corporate [...]

Special to the Democrat parked my ample butt on the granite steps and waiting in the shade of a campus building. As good as his word, Dan Hanson of Olympus Innov-X came to meet me to show me a real-life device that reminded me of SpockÕs tricorder in Star Trek. When I was a young [...]

Democrat columnist ÒThe sea is as close as we come to another world.Ó Ñ Anne Stevenson At the entrance to the Monterey Bay AquariumÕs Outer Bay exhibit hall, hundreds of sardines swim incessantly within a ring-shaped tank above Anne StevensonÕs statement, as if circling it for emphasis. Their silvery bodies and constant movement form a [...]

El Dorado Hills EDITOR: How long does it take to correct a 14-year injustice of being doubled taxed? The El Dorado Hills Community Services District staff and the EDHCSD Board of Directors seem to be running away from a solution. Yes, there are some 1200+ taxpayers/homeowners in the Wild Oaks Park (WOP) tax assessment district [...]

Cheryl D. Cherrington, 69 of Shingle Springs, Calif., passed away at her home on Sept. 21, 2010. Memorial services will be held on Sunday, Oct. 3 at 2 p.m., at the Foothill United Methodist Church, 3301 Green Valley Road in Rescue. The family requests no flowers but would love to have balloons brought in her [...]