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Wild-Abandon Moon The Sagittarius full moon eclipse breaks through the limits. Its methods are rather simple: Question everything, even your own thinking, (SET ITAL) especially (END ITAL) your own thinking. To do so is not a mark of madness or weakness, but rather of high intelligence and emotional maturity. Just because we think it doesn’t [...]
Gemini Sun Communicates What I’ve noticed lately is that writing statements by hand in a stylized way is a popular form of expression among young people. Letters imbued with artistry and personal meaning are perhaps an answer to an overly digitized society. Or maybe they’re just the most natural way to communicate the mind. The [...]
Sacramento – Sunshine and blue skies make this time of year perfect for camping and outdoor activities. With the Memorial Day weekend approaching, Cal Fire reminds all Californians about the increased fire danger this year and asks everyone of to be extra careful in the outdoors. “Holiday weekends are a great time for friends and [...]
I’ve checked out an interesting online discussion that’s been attracting a lot of noise this week. Why does God allow tornadoes that kill children and adults in Oklahoma? It’s not a new discussion of course. Why does God allow horrific events like the massacre at Newtown’s elementary school or Super Storm Sandy or Hurricane Katrina [...]
Editor’s note: Freelance journalist Jeffrey Weidel makes regular contributions to the Mountain Democrat during the winter season reporting on the various area ski resorts. Occasionally, Weidel provides writeups on spring and summer locales as is the case here with a trip he took to Carmel, the location Ponderosa golfer Corey Pereira will visit in early [...]
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 …
EDITOR: On April 9, 2013 three friends joined me riding our Quads in the National Forest when our adventure suddenly turned into a rescue. One of our riders slipped off the trail and down a 70-foot cliff resulting in numbness to his fingers and legs. I carry a SPOT (Satellite Personal Tracker) and as soon [...]
Gemini Energy of Optical Illusion Gemini is the prevailing energy as we head toward the full moon lunar eclipse at the end of the week: quick, bright, social and endlessly trendy. So much changes as the planets party in Gemini that it’s like there’s a swirl of energy all around us making it seem like [...]
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 [...]
SACRAMENTO — Attorney General Kamala D. Harris recently applauded Governor Jerry Brown for signing a bill that provides $24 million for a Department of Justice program that takes firearms out of the hands of individuals who are prohibited by law from owning them. “California is leading the nation in a common-sense effort to protect public [...]
The Fairbanks is a traditional large home, designed to provide plenty of living space for spreading out during long, cold winter months. The central section of its exterior has a symmetrical, almost colonial look. Handsome brick columns support an arched and gabled entry that creates a frame highlighting the front door, accented by sidelights and [...]
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 [...]
Homes are pretty versatile, as has been their transformation over the last 150 years. Housing has dramatically changed from its primary function of providing basic shelter and security. Today, homes offer something for everyone. We sleep at home but many of us also work from home. Homes can be an entertainment venue. They may make [...]
An accident left one man seriously injured and in need of rescue in the Eldorado National Forest on April 9. Sam White, Frank Showers and two other elderly gentlemen were riding quads, having gone about 17 miles into the forest by lunchtime. Around 3 p.m., disaster struck. They were riding along when “we came upon [...]
With the drier than normal conditions, the Amador-El Dorado-Sacramento Unit (AEU) of Cal Fire has geared up for fire season beginning with the staffing of four engines on April 29. As it continues to work towards “peak” staffing levels, Cal Fire AEU is currently in the second of three scheduled firefighter re-hire academies with four [...]
EDITOR: Mr. Garon criticized the Sheriff’s letter to Vice President Joe Biden on gun control and he made some senseless comment on the Sheriff’s refusal to accept the social scientists as experts in the field. Approximately 19 law enforcement agencies wrote to the V.P. and most were from Northern California. There were over 500 law [...]
The right guy in the right place at the right time,” is how Mark Divittorio was informally described by the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, May 14. The veteran kayaker was awarded a hero’s plaque by the board for his rescue of a Livermore family from the American River near Kyburz on April 4.
Divittorio described his role in the dramatic events in a bit …
STATELINE, NEV. — Lake Tahoe fire protection agencies all agree: defensible space isn’t a bunch of hot air. To back up the importance of defensible space, they’re organizing a free Wildfire Awareness Week kickoff event that includes free tethered Smokey Bear hot air balloon rides (weather permitting), firefighter photo opportunities, a pancake breakfast and more [...]
ELK GROVE — In the first minute of its CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division II title game on Saturday, the Ponderosa High girls soccer were dealt a major setback. Midfielder Corinne Tank, a team captain who scored the Bruins’ winning goal Wednesday, got tangled up with a Bella Vista player near Ponderosa’s bench and took a [...]