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Horoscope, Friday, April 26, 2013

Taurus Sun Arbor Day Celebration Happy Arbor Day! Will you plant a tree? This holiday is celebrated in countries around the globe (although not all on the same day) as a time to honor these oxygen-making, life-sustaining, refuge-providing organisms by committing their roots to the ground. Venus, Mars and the earthy Taurus sun smile kindly [...]

Horoscope, Friday, February 8, 2013

Cosmic Question: Are You Smarter than an Elephant? In India, owners of baby elephants leash them to trees. The elephant accepts this restriction so fully that even after it has grown to full size and could uproot the tree with one good tug, he stays put. If you are accepting a limitation that is no [...]

Things to do: Feb. 8, 2013

ONGOING put pop 208 here Pop Art Gallery and Custom Framing, 254 Main St. in Placerville, is featuring artist Gary Houston. Known for his “gravelly and gritty” style, all of his work is hand made from the lettering to the drawing to the hand-pulled silkscreen print. His art is created in a variety of ways. [...]

Frank S. Fraga

March 25, 1925 — Jan. 18, 2013 Born in Oakland, Calif., Frank graduated from Castlemont High School and went on to honorably serve with the Navy Sea Bees stationed in the Pacific Islands during World War II. When he returned from active duty in 1945 he married his high school sweetheart, Lavonne, in 1946. In [...]

Support for Brian Veerkmp

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 [...]

Milan “Matt” Mathews

April 24, 1921 — June 19, 2012 Milan “Matt” Mathews, 91, passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2012. He was born on April 24, 1921, in Denver, Colo. His father, Matt Kosta Ninkovich (who changed his last name to Mathews after Milan was born), was an immigrant from Austria and his mother, Edna Thompson, was born [...]

Sweetheart tree is a foundation

When’s the last time someone carved your name in a tree? Is that the sign of true love? While some folks are trimming trees, Bob Gay had one built for Joan, his wife and sweetheart of 42 years. The Greenstone Country home now has a special tree built by Shane Grammer, theme park designer and [...]

Stepping out: Fresh ingredients and new recipes keep diners happy

“A nickel’s worth of goulash beats a five dollar can of vitamins.” — Martin H. Fischer Fountain Grill and Catering When I was talking with Alma Zildzo at Crepe Town Café, she mentioned that a friend of hers had recently opened Fountain Grill and Catering at Creekside Place, the quaint center at 451 Main St. [...]

Bruce Allen Morgan

Dec. 13, 1944 — Jan. 27, 2012 Bruce A. Morgan lost his battle with a rare form of cancer that took his life too early. His last day with his family was on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at 4:20 p.m. He had just turned 67. He was born in New Bedford, Mass., on Dec. 13, [...]

Jeanne Walker

June 7, 1926 — Nov. 2, 2011 Jeanne Walker, age 85 (pictured at age 84), passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, in Placerville, Calif., at her home surrounded by family, after a brief battle with liver cancer. She was born the third of seven children to Minta and Lloyd Lewin on a farm [...]

Publisher’s ink: Class warfare reaping agitation on Wall Street

Just prior to his death in 1895, Frederick Douglass, while speaking to the National Council of Women in Washington, D.C., exhorted the following: “Agitate! Agitate! Agitate!” His point of course was to rally the women in their just cause for equality, just as Douglass had done all during his lifetime as an abolitionist, social reformer, [...]

Criminal annals, part 127: Mail call, and close call

Continuing with the Sept. 25, 1852, edition of the Sacramento “Daily Union,” we find under “From the Interior” some information from Nevada County, by way of the “Nevada Journal.” “RENCONTRE.— Our town has been not a little excited for a day or two past, by a rencontre between a very well known and respected Methodist [...]

George Donovan Pierce

Sept. 26, 1930 — June 23, 2011 George Donovan Pierce, 80 of La Quinta, Calif., passed away on June 23, 2011. He was the only son of George L. Pierce and Hazel Kerr, and step-son to Harry Hanger (foreman of the Placerville Box Factory for many years). His mother was a mostly lifelong resident of [...]

Placerville’s colorful mayor dies

Jackson James Bailey, the longtime Placerville resident and former mayor who became famous for both his colorful outfits and cheerful demeanor, died last week at the age of 86. Bailey, born in October 1924 in Rio Vista. Even as a youth, he displayed the leadership skills that would one day serve him in his political [...]

Jackson James Bailey

Oct. 1, 1924 — July 15, 2011 Jackson James Bailey was born on Oct. 1, 1924, to parents Dagmar and James Bailey in Rio Vista, Calif. He passed onto another life on July 15, 2011. He died peacefully with his family by his side. Jackson attended Rio Vista High School and was senior class president, [...]

Too much negotiating can sour a real estate deal

Some people negotiate for sport. You know the type. The entrée comes with fries and they want to substitute a salad. The grocery store is out of the advertised sale item and they demand another brand. They shop garage sales and ask for discounts on 50-cent items. At craft fairs they ask the vendor to [...]

Barbara Ceccarelli

June 19, 1933 – February 23, 2011 Barbara (Bobbie) Ceccarelli passed away at age 77 on the morning of Feb. 23, 2011, from complications due to congestive heart failure – ironic since her heart was so big, her spirit so kind and her love for her family and friends so limitless. Born on June 19, [...]

Marcella Silva Crow

May 19, 1928 — Jan. 20, 2011 Marcella Crow, 82, passed away peacefully on Jan. 20, 2011, at Marshall Hospital in Placerville. Born in Sacramento, Calif., on May 19, 1928, she was the daughter of Ralph and Oralea Hamrick Silva, who also lived much of their married years in Placerville. Marcella married her high school [...]

Placerville Hardware and tradition go hand in hand during holidays

The holidays are a time of nostalgia and tradition, and there’s no better place than Placerville Hardware to mingle the new with the old. In this hardware and variety store at 441 Main St., there is a plethora of merchandise and presents for any family member. “There’s a bit of the past along with the [...]

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Grizzly Flat does ‘table-top’ fire drill

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Paper delivered on Memorial Day; offices closed

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Heard over the back fence: Dog talent show Sunday

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No winner in property dispute

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EID Water Quality reports online

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County honors kayaker’s life-saving efforts

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Kendall trial pushed back in favor of in limine motions

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‘Tree killer’ caught on tape

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Opinion

Massive Mello-Roos planned

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Belltower: Unique twins, unique churches

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Letters

Thanking the Pines

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Disrespecting traditions

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‘Go Blue or Go Home’

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Mr. Nutting, really?

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Willing to destroy America

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Sports

Lady Bruins fall short of D-II section title

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Under the Scoreboard: May 19, 2013

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Sipes sets school record; Trageser D-I record

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Golobic wins thriller

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Cougars win D-IV title

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Schedule: May 20-25, 2013

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Prospecting

Rummage sale to help finance camp

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New spring fashions on parade

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As we were: Politics, sports and more

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Car and motorcycle show to raise funds

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MORE annual meeting

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Crime Log: April 23-24

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Lake levels 4-16-13

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