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Thirty-four wine judges convened at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville to look, swirl, taste and select the best wines entered in the 25th El Dorado County Fair Commercial Wine Competition presented by the Mountain Democrat. After a full-day of judging on Friday, May 17, the verdicts were revealed at an evening ceremony hosted [...]
At the May 14 Placerville City Council meeting, four local businesses received beautification awards for their efforts in improving the appearance of the city. Mayor Wendy Mattson presented the awards to Dr. Daniel Morrill for Precison Eyecare; Jose Rodriguez, owner of Torino’s restaurant; Lanny Hardy, manager of the Cary House; and Richard Esposito, publisher of [...]
“Will that be paper or plastic?” the grocery store clerk asked. Years ago brown paper bags (or sacks as some folks refer to them) were the only game in town. Growing up in our household, we saved our paper grocery bags. We re-used them to line the kitchen trash container. And at the beginning of [...]
EDITOR: It is nice to be reassured from time to time that our country’s future is in good hands. Recently, I was honored to share the stage with some of El Dorado County’s best and brightest students during the Awards Ceremony for the El Dorado County Academic Decathlon. Teams of nine students from El Dorado, [...]
Hard work and hours of preparation paid off for the Ponderosa High School Academic Decathlon team with a win in the annual competition that tested knowledge in 10 academic disciplines. For Ponderosa this was the 21st consecutive victory scoring 37,412.50 points. Oak Ridge High School placed second with 35,196.90 points, Union Mine High School was [...]
“Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done She gave her father forty-one.” It took the jury less than two hours to acquit Lizzie Borden of the brutal ax murders of her father Andrew and stepmother Abby Borden. Her trial in 1893 was one of [...]
Nine happy winners in the 2012 Mountain Democrat Coloring Contest received their prizes during a special awards party at the Mountain Democrat on Tuesday, Dec. 11. As family and friends watched the winners step forward cheers and applause sounded. In the age group 6 and under Olivia Meyer, 6, Placerville, placed third; Drayven Gallaway, 6, [...]
This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high. — Genesis 6:15 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, [...]
DON’T BE A PAIN: Clara Neilsen provided the following quote from the book “Live and Learn and Pass It On”: “I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be a pain.” – Age 82. PANCAKE BREAKFAST TIME! Tomorrow, Dec. 1, the Cameron Park Fire Department’s pancake breakfast will be served from [...]
Just when you thought it was safe to resume normal life after the election, we’re now facing what could be a crisis of epic proportion. The countdown to the nation’s “fiscal cliff” is winding down. The “fiscal cliff” is what we’ll fall over if the Bush tax cuts don’t get extended and automatic spending cuts [...]
When the Key West Citizen newspaper relocated from the heart of “Old Town” to the less commercialized side of the island in 1988, they had much working in their favor. Property values in the Florida Keys were running higher than the national average and this daily newspaper was sitting on almost a half-block of prime [...]
Since gaining weight I’ve been more inclined to reading the labels on the back of cans. Knowing the ingredients helps in reducing those unwanted and unsightly pounds. On one particular can I found it included fish broth, peas, spinach and sunflower oil. All these appeared to be healthy foodstuffs — for a dog. Ollie, our [...]
CAMERON PARK — It was a hot time at Burke Junction as cooks prepared their chili for the 2012 Chili Cook-off and Classic Car Show on Saturday, Sept, 8. The day was warm, the music by Out of the Blue was definitely hot, the classic cars were smoking’ and the chili heated met expectations. The [...]
THE WRONG KIND OF MOTIVATION: Check out the “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” calendar, and you will discover the following thought: “Think of stress and frustration as distractions to your success. Many people assume that stress and success are linked in the same way that glue sticks to paper. People think of their stress as [...]
In Publisher Richard Esposito’s column Wednesday the takeoff on the Abbott and Costello “Who’s on First” routine was first written by Barry Levinson, producer, writer and director. It is called “The Economics of Abbott and Costello.”
EDITOR: I want to thank Richard Esposito, Bob Billingsley, Mimi Escabar, and all the Mountain Democrat staff, for being so supportive throughout the years that I have been in business. I/we truly appreciate it. My husband Frank and I have to relocate to Pleasanton, as my husband has become ill, and our family wants us near them so [...]
Rachel Anne Gray, the woman critically burned in an accident on the Rubicon Trail during the Jeepers Jamboree, has died.
Longtime friend and family liaison Chris Patton confirmed that Gray, 21, of El Dorado Hills, died away Sept. 1 at 11:45 p.m.
School officials with the El Dorado Union High School District shot themselves in the foot after making the decision to turn over Ammo Depot’s sign on the Ponderosa High School stadium scoreboard. The advertisement was purchased by the Rancho Cordova business to promote the store and help sponsor the school’s football program. Brandon Lungren is [...]
With calls for presidential candidate Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns one might suspect the candidate has more to hide behind his wealth. Just how much is this Republican contender worth? And how much does (did) he pay in income taxes? The clamoring from the left would lead one to believe Mitt [...]
EDITOR: ”Thanks” is not enough to express the heartfelt gratitude I feel during the most horrific time in my life. However, I must give praise to Bob Billingsley, for a thoughtful and elegant eulogy in honor of my late husband, David Viramontes, Jr. (I’ve dubbed Bob the “Eulogist”); to Steve Nichols, and The Diamond Springs, El [...]