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The Amador El Dorado Forest Forum recognized three of its members posthumously at the Spring Honors Dinner held at the Institute of Forest Genetics in Placerville on April 17. Robert E. “Bob” Flynn, 1919-2011, U.S. Forest Service 1936-1975 Bob Flynn, born in Georgetown, went to work for the Forest Service before he got out of [...]
About 250 people gathered in Lotus Park next to the American River Monday for a memorial for the man killed in Sacramento on New Year’s Eve. “We don’t want to be here today,” an Army chaplain said, beginning the memorial for Spc. Daniel A. Ferrier, noting that Ferrier was “tragically killed.” Ferrier was described as [...]
2012 California wine harvest report SAN FRANCISCO — The 2012 California wine grape harvest yielded generous amounts of high quality fruit, and winemakers across the state are describing this year’s vintage as “excellent,” “outstanding” and “ideal.” “The 2012 vintage will offer consumers in our growing national and international markets fantastic choices,” said Robert P. (Bobby) [...]
“I’m a very lucky lady,” said Cierra Baumunk. “What I had has killed a lot of people and I almost died of it myself.” Surrounded by a house full of children, pets, and her husband, Baumunk tells how she unraveled the mystery of a disease that almost killed her and of the unconventional therapy she [...]
Have a hankering for something lacy and naughty? Then stop by “Dirty Birdy’s.” Owned by 21-year old Brittney Graves, the boutique lingerie store offers an assortment of ruffled and lacy underwear and bras, fish net stockings, corsets, cinchers, tutus, thongs, hand painted silk scarves, nighties, feathered hair extensions, draw bag purses, and vintage romance novels. [...]
NCM Fathom and Sony Masterworks are excited to bring an ensemble of tremendous musical talent to theaters nationwide with “The Goat Rodeo Sessions LIVE” featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer, Stuart Duncan and guest vocalist Aoife O’Donovan, in an exclusive in-theater concert event on Tuesday, Jan. 31. This one-night event will broadcast from the [...]
Music on the Divide will host tenor Nick Palance, Sunday, Jan. 22, in a concert at the IOOF Hall, 6240 Main St. in Georgetown, at 3 p.m. Palance embodies high tenor sounds that navigate effortlessly between delicate moments and full-bodied crescendos. He exemplifies a new ‘popera’ or ‘pop-opera’ form of music that’s sprouted within the [...]
She’ll be 94 this month, but fuzzy-minded or feeble are not words that you would use to describe Ethel Forsyth. This lady is feisty, smart and resilient. Forsyth was born in New Jersey as America entered the Great War in 1917; she survived the death of her mother at age 8 and the breakup of [...]
At 8:20 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, air traffic controllers cleared American Airlines Flight 77 for take-off to Los Angeles. At 8:50 a.m. the pilot reported cruising at 34,000 feet over the Ohio-Kentucky border to an Indianapolis County air traffic controller. After that, the controller lost contact with the plane. No one outside the plane [...]
In the Aug. 23, 1852, edition of the Sacramento “Daily Union,” there is an article about the need for a road or railroad from Sacramento to Placerville. This is followed by a couple of short articles regarding a fire and an accident in the Placerville area. “FROM THE INTERIOR. “Hunter & Co. have furnished us [...]
This is part two of a multi-part exploration of the people, roads and history of Mosquito, Placerville’s northeasterly neighbor. The white man’s arrival in what is now called Mosquito can be traced to 1844, when John C. Fremont, Kit Carson and an expedition of 25 other men staggered out of the mountains nearly starved, having [...]
Democrat staff writer The prince of the night has finally arrived. Move over Bela Lugosi Ñ after more than two years in production Imagination Theater and Porter Media Group, in association with Nicknig Films presents ÒDracula.Ó Based on Richard SharpÕs interpretation of Bram StokerÕs mesmerizing story of ÒDraculaÓ the production is set to open on [...]
Democrat staff writer ItÕs been four years since Isaac Williams played goalkeeper but on two late saves to protect the lead for Union Mine High in its Sierra Valley Conference match with host El Dorado, that and the fact he was making his first varsity start in goal, was hard to tell. One save came [...]
Democrat staff writer ChildrenÕs author and well known local philanthropist Joan Barton Barsotti, 70, died Sunday at her family home in Camino. The name Barsotti is one of the most recognized in El Dorado County because of Barsotti Juice Company Inc. of Apple Hill and the myriad good causes that Joan and husband Gael, 72, [...]
Mother Lode News This is part two of a multi-part exploration of the people, roads and history of Mosquito, PlacervilleÕs northeasterly neighbor. The white manÕs arrival in what is now called Mosquito can be traced to 1844, when John C. Fremont, Kit Carson and an expedition of 25 other men staggered out of the mountains [...]
Democrat staff writer The March shooting of a mental health patient who fled from officers in a stolen ambulance was justified, states a report from the El Dorado County District AttorneyÕs Office. The report, released Thursday night, states Placerville Police officer Nick MaurerÕs use of deadly force against Folsom woman Linda Clark was Òreasonable under [...]
Tahoe Daily Tribune SOUTH LAKE TAHOE Ñ As her abductor lay dying in a hospital bed, Pepper Christie begged, ÒPlease, just tell me who I am.Ó Shirley Berthelot refused, as she had countless times before, taking Pepper ChristieÕs true identity to the grave. At age 4, Christie was abducted by Berthelot, a former family friend. [...]
Democrat columnist Sunday morning, May 23, dawned cold with a smattering of dry, windblown snow. Well, maybe that wasnÕt how it dawned, but thatÕs how it was when we crawled out of the tent a few hours after dawn. We set some coffee to boil on the camp stove and huddled under the EZ-Up. Of [...]
Editor’s note: In 2001 after overcoming physical problems that repeatedly delayed his trip, Somerset’s Norm Stoldt walked the first 1,100 miles of the Appalachian Trail. He returned in 2003 and finished what he’d started. This summer, I backpacked the northern 1,000-mile portion of the Appalachian Trail. The adventure turned out to be much more challenging [...]