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Self-taught artist and muralist Jan Shepherd’s paintings hang in Rinconart Studio and Gallery in Placerville, Crystal Basin Bistro in Camino and in the American Visions Gallery in Folsom. Now her art decorates a wall of the New Morning Youth and Family Services’ Emergency Shelter in Placerville. The New Morning Shelter relocated to a brand-new shelter [...]
EDITOR: The Endangered Species Act was not ill-conceived in the beginning, but misuse by land developers, greedy conservation interests and the EPA’s Orwellian reverse speak, has transformed ESA into the most misused, unjust and unconstitutional abrogation of our civil liberties in U.S. history. How so? The EPA, with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has [...]
EDITOR: The reaction of some letter writers to President Obama’s reelection is nothing short of apocalyptic: It signals the death warrant of the United States — preceded by the bubonic plague, no doubt. I dug up a few letters from 2007 and the same people writing today, supplemented by MD columnist Larry Weitzman, predicted that Sen. [...]
Gambling for a good cause?The Placerville Rotary Club will be hosting a Casino Night at 6-10 p.m. on Nov. 10 at the New American Legion Hall, 4561 Greenstone Rd., Placerville. Roulette, craps, black jack and poker, along with hors d’oeuvres and a lot of fun will be offered at Casino Night with all proceeds benefiting [...]
Sept. 24 3:24 a.m. Deputies responded to a report of subjects allegedly smoking a controlled substance in a vehicle on Red Hawk Parkway in Shingle Springs. Following contact and an investigation, both individuals, Cody Pryor, 24, and Shawn-Scott Bernard, 23, were arrested on outstanding warrants and multiple drug charges. 4:58 a.m. Two juveniles, ages 16 and [...]
Sept. 11 8:55 a.m. A 48-year-old female victim reported vandalism by unknown suspect(s) on Flying C Road in Shingle Springs. 9:15 a.m. A 17-year-old male victim reported petty theft by unknown suspect(s) on Harvard Way in El Dorado Hills. 10:30 a.m. A crime report was taken regarding spousal battery on Du Ponte Drive in Placerville. [...]
Aug. 18 3:30 p.m. A female subject reported an argument with her boyfriend on Mother Lode Drive in Diamond Springs. 6:30 a.m. A 19-year-old male subject was stopped for suspected DUI on Highway 50 in Shingle Springs. The DUI was unfounded but an investigation revealed the driver was allegedly unlicensed. He was cited and released. [...]
EDITOR: On July 11, Fred Rouse cited the 2012 County Grand Jury Report concerning salary issues at the El Dorado Hills Fire Department during Brian Veerkamp’s tenure as Fire Chief. Rouse stated, “When [Veerkamp] was fire ‘Chief,’ he took extremely, lavishy (sic), extravagantly good care of all the braves in the firehouse. We’ll all be [...]
You would have thought someone had trapped, killed and eaten the very last unicorn in the world! “Oh no, string ‘em up!” The hysterical screams from the anti-hunting, animal-rights group Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) are squealing all over the place. And why? Because Dan Richards, president of the California Fish and Game [...]
Sean Mark misses his daughter whether she wants him to or not. Mark’s 16-year-old daughter, Bayleigh, walked out of her first-period class at Placerville’s El Dorado Adventist School on Jan. 5 and hasn’t been seen by her father since. Mark has contacted the authorities but is hoping that the community can help him locate Bayleigh. [...]
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series. Part 1 ran Monday, Sept. 26. Lacey Runik entered the California foster care system when she was just a year-and-a-half old. The court found “neglect and abuse” on the part of her biological parents, who separated before she ever knew them. She doesn’t know all [...]
Shelter: to cover, protect, defend; provide refuge. For 41 years, from host family homes to a tiny house to a beautiful, new 12 bed home, New Morning Youth and Family Services has been quietly sheltering the youth of El Dorado County, providing a safe place with a listening ear and an open heart to nurture the [...]
Bumper to bumper traffic, jockeying for a parking space and finding they’ve run out of something by the time you arrive — a familiar experience for American commuters, including those who traveled overland to California by covered wagon. Pioneer wagons shared the road, and the resources of the trail, with freight wagons, stage coaches, mail wagons, [...]
EDITOR: Economy in government is a goal we all wish for. Getting rid of the unenforceable, useless and downright wrong laws would save an untold amount of money. The first wrong law that comes to mind ins the Building Code requiring a permit to change your hot water heater. It’s so bad that 95 percent [...]
EDITOR: Once you get past the personal attacks on conservative talk show hosts and the gratuitous rant on English grammar that comprised the bulk of Mr. Longhofer’s latest rambling letter he does mention one real issue, the deficit. He asks what the Republicans would cut to help balance the budget, which is something the Democrats [...]
South Lake Tahoe EDITOR: As some of you already know, I helped start the ÒTahoe Victims of CPSÓ in 2007. We are a Child Protective Services reform group. CPS is a good organization of good people but due to funding cuts and high case overloads, they have been unable to keep pace with their required [...]
Special to the Democrat On June 12, 2008, it appears Mark MoodyÕs rapid bi-polar condition took control and societyÕs guardians, who were called for help, with their Òone size fits allÓ guidelines ended his anguish permanently. I strongly believe it did not need to end this way. I knew Mark Moody from the time he [...]
Placerville EDITOR: Concerning your recent editorial ÒPolice did their bestÓ regarding the shooting of Linda Clark, I just want to mention a couple points. Despite how the editorial referred to her, witnesses at the seen stated she looked frightened not mentally disturbed. I believe thereÕs a huge difference between someone being emotionally upset, and being [...]
Democrat staff writer What: Annual New Morning Jamboree Who: Brian Caldwell and Cathy Styles Where: Mother Lode Lion Hall Club, 4701 Missouri Flat Road, Diamond Springs When: Saturday, April 10, 3 to 10 p.m. Cost: $5 in advance and $7 at the door Information: (530) 621-1130 Make plans to attend the New Morning Jamboree. This [...]