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Kyburz memorial celebrates family’s role in history

On a bright Saturday morning during the sesquicentennial year of the nation’s Civil War, Samuel E. Kyburz, a veteran of that war, received a proper military memorial service in the Clarksville Cemetery located on the rocky hill immediately east of El Dorado Hills Town Center, where records show he was laid to rest in 1917 without military ceremony or protocol.

The Clarksville Region Historical Society remedied that situation on May 11, 2013, 96 years late, with help from …

Crime Log: April 28-29

April 28 9:30 a.m. Deputies completed an information report on vandalism done to a vehicle on Tea Rose Drive in El Dorado Hills. 9:30 a.m. Unknown suspect(s) damaged a 26-year-old male victim’s car causing about $6,000 in damage on Knollwood Drive in Cameron Park. 11:16 a.m. A glass door was broken at a business on [...]

Heard over the back fence: Yard sale fundraiser at Airpark Estates

WHAT DO DOCTORS KNOW?  My friend John Chapman forwarded the following T-shirt statement: “Doctors Say I Have a MULTIPLE PERSONALITY, But WE Don’t Agree with Them.” NEIGHBORHOOD GARAGE SALE:  The Friends of Cameron Park Airport (FOCA) are having their Airpark Neighbors Yard Sale at various homes in the airport residential area on Saturday, June 1, [...]

Eleven B – crafting as art

If you thought of handmade crafts as being shells glued onto a cigar box, you haven’t been to Eleven B. The shop at 1234 Broadway in Placerville represents more than 150 local crafters who make everything from exquisite pottery for daily use to jewelry, yard art made of tools and silverware and one-of-kind aprons you’ll [...]

Crime Log: April 20-23

April 20 6:41 a.m. A 70-year-old male victim reported that a male subject 59, brandished a hammer at him during a verbal argument on Tullamore Lane in Georgetown. The victim did not want to pursue any criminal charges. 7:00 a.m.  A canine was pepper sprayed by unknown suspect(s) on Onyx Lane in Pollock Pines. 7:11 [...]

127-year-old family Bible comes home

Lost books are commonplace at the El Dorado Hills Library, but the one Peter Ferraro brought in recently was something altogether new, if a 127-year old Bible can be called new. The former San Francisco sanitation worker pulled the old Bible from the trash back in the 1980s and thought it was time to find [...]

Crime Log: April 30-May 1

April 30 12:14 a.m. Deputies responded to a robbery of a local business on Pony Express Trail in Cedar Grove. Upon further investigation it was determined an attempted burglary had occurred. A suspect, Raymond Martin, 19, was arrested and booked into the jail. 8:00 a.m. An 18-year-old male was accused of furnishing/selling LDS to a [...]

Heard over the back fence: Volunteer for CASA

CREATURE ADVICE:  John Chapman provided the following T-shirt “Advice from a Spider” statement: “Make good connections. Be Web savvy. Patience pays off. Let go of your hang-ups. Show your artistic side. Dew your best. Don’t get strung out!” “LET’S TALK” MEETING:  “Let’s Talk” is a topical, senior discussion group led by Terry Provenza. It will [...]

Time to create defensible space

CAMINO — The time is now to begin working on clearing defensible space around your home. Living in the Sierra comes with a responsibility that many urban/suburban dwellers do not face, from the lower foothills covered in annual grasses that can reach several feet in height, to oak woodlands and on to forests of timber reaching [...]

Crime Log: March 29-30

March 29 9:42 a.m. A 46-year-old male had a weed eater and radio stolen by unknown suspect(s) while he was away for a week from his residence on Silver Drive in Diamond Springs. 9:49 a.m.  Unknown suspect(s) entered a 62-year-old female victim’s residence on Idle Creek Drive in Shingle Springs by using her spare key. [...]

Crime Log: March 27-29

March 27 2:18 a.m. A husband, 41, and wife with children in common were involved in a verbal altercation on Woodleigh Lane in Cameron Park. During the argument, the wife allegedly tried to push her husband down a flight of stairs, then slapped the husband across the face. The husband had no complaints of pain [...]

Senior Day Care provides hope and respite

The greatest generation suffers Alzheimer’s disease and other chronic maladies in unprecedented numbers. Caring for them places extraordinary demands on their families and the public health system. The El Dorado County Senior Day Care Center provides treatment for chronically ill seniors, including those with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, and allows them to live [...]

Where it’s happening

Where else can you read about the changing fire fee boundaries in El Dorado Hills and Cameron Park? Even Board of Equalization Member George Runner quotes the Mountain Democrat on those articles. Or how about the multi-million dollar mom? You may get tired of reading about the Gang of Three and their policy manual mania [...]

Heard over the back fence: Egg hunt in EDH, Bon Voyage soiree in Placerville Saturday

FRIENDS TOA POINT:  John Chapman provided the following T-shirt statement: “I Like You But If Zombies Chase Us I’m Tripping You.” BON VOYAGE FUN!  Placerville Rotary Club is presenting the 36th annual Bon Voyage dinner and dance on March 23 at the Forni Building, El Dorado County Fairgrounds, at 6 p.m. The Grand Raffle will [...]

Cal Fire may change State Responsibility Area

Thousands of El Dorado County homeowners could get relief from the state Fire Prevention Fee if proposed changes to state responsibility area boundaries are approved by Cal Fire and the State Natural Resources Agency. If the new maps are fully signed off by July 1, 2013, the relief would begin in 2014. Proposed changes to [...]

Crime log: March 1-2

March 1 2:37 a.m. A suspect, Michael Tidwell, 54, who had been excluded from a business on Red Hawk Parkway in Shingle Springs allegedly returned and was cited and released for the county ordinance for trespassing. 8:45 a.m. A crime report was made regarding possible vandalism to the front door window of a residence on [...]

Pollock Pines aims for an upgrade

Of late, residents of Pollock Pines have been gathering in Town Hall meetings, learning how to beat the odds in the uncertain business of community improvement. Campaigns for municipal betterment often fall to political or funding exhaustion, particularly if the public is absent from the narrative. Not any more, according to District 5 Supervisor Norma [...]

Things to do: March 8, 2013

ONGOING put pop 308 here Pop Art Gallery and Custom Framing, 254 Main St. in Placerville, is celebrating the upcoming spring concert season. This is a poster for the very popular three-day music and art spring festival named Coachella held in Indio. This year the festival is hosting more than 50 bands. Remember, look out [...]

El Dorado Hills fire station to be torn down and rebuilt

El Dorado Hills Fire Station 84’s days are numbered. The familiar Marina station will be knocked down this summer and rebuilt to modern standards on the same Francisco Boulevard parcel, a quarter mile north of Green Valley Road. Operations will move around the corner into the Lake Forest Plaza, adjacent to the former Round Table [...]

Heard over the back fence: Dance and spaghetti in Shingle Springs

TEACHER OR STUDENT PROBLEM?  Carlyn White provided the following “Children Are Quick”: “TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested? HAROLD: A teacher.” DANCING IN SHINGLE SPRINGS!  The Shingle Springs Community Center is presenting its annual “Spaghetti Feed and Fundraiser” on Saturday, Feb. 23. Dinner [...]

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Search Results for: el dorado hills house fire

Kyburz memorial celebrates family’s role in history

Crime Log: April 28-29

Heard over the back fence: Yard sale fundraiser at Airpark Estates

Eleven B – crafting as art

Crime Log: April 20-23

127-year-old family Bible comes home

Crime Log: April 30-May 1

Heard over the back fence: Volunteer for CASA

Time to create defensible space

Crime Log: March 29-30

Crime Log: March 27-29

Senior Day Care provides hope and respite

Where it’s happening

Heard over the back fence: Egg hunt in EDH, Bon Voyage soiree in Placerville Saturday

Cal Fire may change State Responsibility Area

Crime log: March 1-2

Pollock Pines aims for an upgrade

Things to do: March 8, 2013

El Dorado Hills fire station to be torn down and rebuilt

Heard over the back fence: Dance and spaghetti in Shingle Springs

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