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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 [...]
By Sandi Bush Grizzly Flat Fire Safe Council It’s 96 degrees on Tuesday, Sept. 3, around 2:30 p.m. and there is a steady northwest wind blowing at 28 mph, with some gusts up to 40 mph. The end of the Labor Day Weekend finds many residents in Grizzly Flat at home adding one more day [...]
Where once was brush and overhanging branches along Sand Ridge Road, thanks to the Greater Sand Ridge Firewise Watershed Council, there is now open space. In 2005, the Nashville-Sand Ridge Fire Safe Council began the work of clearing defensible space in case of fires. Over the past decade, multiple fires have used the brush and overhanging branches [...]
The county’s rural fire districts returned to the Board of Supervisors on April 9 with dire predictions of their life expectancy, barring jaws-of-life fiscal relief from the county. The supervisors revived their Fire Advisory Advisory Committee, which will return to the well-studied problem of inadequate revenue streams in rural communities to support the independent fire [...]
El Dorado Hills Fire Chief Dave Roberts worries that the state Fire Prevention Fee will threaten the effectiveness of California’s vaunted Mutual Aid System, which plays out locally as a cross-boundary chess game of move ups, coverage and “auto-aid” (closest resource) responses overseen by Cal Fire’s Camino Command Center. The fee effectively played the one [...]
IMPORTANT STUDENT: Carlyn White forwarded the following “Children Are Quick” statement: “TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn’t have 10 years ago. WINNIE: Me!” UPCOMING ART FILMS: The Spring 2013 Art Film Series will be shown at the Regal Theater, 337 Placerville Dr., on the following dates at 1 p.m. [...]
ONGOING Gold Country Artists Gallery, 379 Main St. in Placerville, Feb. 4 through March 3, is featuring the popular “Love is in the Air” show with art work inspired by the theme Love and Romance. Above is Carlotta Tormey’s version of this theme in the form of her original watercolor painting entitled “It’s Raining Love.” [...]
Oral arguments were heard on Jan. 25 regarding a civil case on a local political consultant’s actions on a ballot measure. Dan Dellinger Consultants, run by Dan Dellinger, was contracted by the Pioneer Fire Protection District in “qualifying and then providing information on” the measure, a press release from the District Attorney’s Office stated. Measure [...]
With the Super Bowl between the Ravens and the 49ers happening on Sunday, Feb. 3, there is a lot of focus on Baltimore and San Francisco. Obviously the big game is a big deal but there are other noteworthy items about the two team’s homes. On this date in 1781, Maryland became the last of [...]
El Dorado County Supervisor for District 2 Ray Nutting got a visit from half-a-dozen Calfire engines, a bulldozer, two water tenders and nearly 50 inmates from Growlersburg Monday afternoon. Responding to 911 calls both from the neighborhood and from Nutting’s ranch in the remote south county, Calfire spent several hours trying to control about 5 [...]
ONGOING put gold 104 here Gold Country Artists Gallery, 379 Main St. in Placerville, through Feb. 3, is featuring the beautiful, elegant jewelry and fused glass works of Susan Preissner. Her sophisticated pendants, earrings, bracelets and fused glass pieces show a balance of design and color with spontaneity and reflect highly technical skills. The gallery [...]
ONGOING put sunburst 104 here Sunburst Clay and Glass, 429 Main St. in the Fairchild Building in Placerville, is open Saturdays and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p. m. and for Third Saturday Art Walk, Jan. 19 from 5 to 8 p m. Stop by to view raku pottery, fused glass jewelry, photography and [...]
TIED UP: My pal John Chapman provided the following T-shirt statement: “I’m so busy I don’t know if I found a rope or lost my horse.” COACH JIM MYERS REUNION: A reunion for former runners at El Dorado High School who ran for Coach Jim Myers during the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s is planned. The reunion [...]
In 1850, newly-appointed Postmaster T. Carr Nugent received a letter from the U.S. Postmaster General Nathan Hall, requesting the selection of a new name for Nugent’s community. It seems there were too many places called “Hangtown.” The name alluded, of course, to the fate of convicted claim-jumpers, horse thieves and murderers. Nugent agreed such a [...]
Supervisor-elect Ron Mikulaco won his District 1 seat in the June primary, giving him ample time to decide on an administrative assistant and fill a couple dozen appointments that go with the job. He named former manufacturing executive Michelle Elliston, 45, as administrative assistant and also announced Rich Stewart, 53, as his choice for the [...]
EDITOR: We support Veerkamp for District 3 Supervisor. If you were writing his story up to now, you could write “Local Boy Makes Good.” As a youth Brian was a successful story in sports. He married his high school sweetheart and raised a family with love. He had a 30-year career as a fireman rising [...]
The arrival of Fire Prevention Fee notices last week from no less a tax collector than the California Board of Equalization angered many tax-averse property owners in rural areas around the state. It also irked El Dorado Hills residents, about half of whom are subject to the fee. Local property owners argue that they already [...]
Brian K. Veerkamp, candidate for District 3 Supervisor, announced his broad based Campaign Endorsers list has expanded to now include nine current or past El Dorado County Board of Supervisors (Joe Flynn, William V.D. Johnson, Sam Bradley, Bill Center, Penny Humphreys, Helen Baumann, Rusty Dupray, Jack Sweeney and John Knight), five current or past City [...]
EDITOR: The BOE was so kind to send me a bill reminding me I owe them a bunch of money because I had the misfortune of being born in this state and I have a mortgage. That’s the only reason I can figure. Unless I’m being punished for living in El Dorado County. It’s not [...]
EDITOR: As we rapidly approach Election Day, Nov. 6, a day that may very well determine our future as a republic, there are important elections at the state and local levels. Since moving here almost 40 years ago, we have been very fortunate in District 3 to have had great representation over that time period. In these [...]