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1 week ago | 
mtdemocrat.com | Shelly Thorene
A total of 1,319 students from 13 elementary schools in the county learned about soil, cultivation, food cycles, animals, nutrition, natural resources and stewardship of the land at Farm Day at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds on May 6.
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1 week ago | 
mtdemocrat.com | Shelly Thorene
After more than three decades of service in El Dorado County, Margaret "Maggie" Williams is ready to hang up the many hats she has worn as the part of the Health and Human Services Agency. Williams, now 61, joined El Dorado County government in 1993 as a health education specialist in the Alcohol and Drug/Tobacco Use Prevention Program.
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2 weeks ago | 
mtdemocrat.com | Shelly Thorene
Visitors from El Dorado County’s sister city, Warabi, Japan, came to El Dorado County this week to celebrate 50 years of friendship between the two communities. The eight visitors took part in activities in Placerville, Lake Tahoe and Folsom. A Sayonara Party is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, at Town Hall on Main Street in downtown Placerville.
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2 weeks ago | 
mtdemocrat.com | Shelly Thorene
Spectators enjoyed an engineering feat Wednesday night as crews installed a grade-separated overcrossing where the El Dorado Trail intersects Missouri Flat Road. This overcrossing will allow trail users to safely cross Missouri Flat Road, which averages nearly 30,000 vehicles per day, according to county Senior Civil Engineer Dustin Harrington. The El Dorado County Department of Transportation applied for a grant in 2014 to begin planning studies and design work for this project.
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3 weeks ago | 
mtdemocrat.com | Shelly Thorene
Children of all ages enjoyed collecting eggs at Easter egg hunts at Indian Creek Elementary School and Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park last weekend. Parents took advantage of a photo opportunity with the Easter bunny in Coloma and both events included coupons inside the eggs for special prizes.
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4 weeks ago | 
mtdemocrat.com | Shelly Thorene
The Fighting Oligarchy tour made a last-minute change of venue from the Gold Country Fairgrounds in Auburn to Folsom Tuesday. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) and Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D) attracted a crowd estimated around 26,000 to the athletic field at Folsom Lake College that spilled out onto surrounding streets. A small plane flew overhead towing a banner that read "FOLSOM IS TRUMP COUNTRY""Is this Trump Country? It sure don't look like it today," AOC said in her opening remarks.
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1 month ago | 
mtdemocrat.com | Shelly Thorene
Burly construction worker Steven Merry, 65, isn't your typical poet/author. In 2002, Merry self-published a book of poems titled "A Merry Heart doeth good like a medicine," the title referencing part of a quote from the King James version of the Bible, Proverbs 17:22. Many of the poems are an expression of Merry's Christian faith and how that faith turned his life around. Now, the proceeds from the book sales are helping people in far off places.
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1 month ago | 
villagelife.com | Shelly Thorene
Burly construction worker Steven Merry, 65, isn't your typical poet/author. In 2002, Merry self-published a book of poems titled "A Merry Heart doeth good like a medicine," the title referencing part of a quote from the King James version of the Bible, Proverbs 17:22. Many of the poems are an expression of Merry's Christian faith and how that faith turned his life around. Now, the proceeds from the book sales are helping people in far off places.
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1 month ago | 
mtdemocrat.com | Shelly Thorene
Spring has sprung and flowers and artists are popping up everywhere. The Placerville Arts Association hosted a plein air event at Saureel Vineyards on March 22 and small group of artists set up easels all around the picturesque property on Cold Springs Road. The 148-acre ranch venue features a French country estate, 9-acre lake, vineyards and horses with a barn and indoor riding arena.
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1 month ago | 
mtdemocrat.com | Shelly Thorene
Shingle Springs Subaru Vice President Bryant McCarver and his family gathered with staff members at the dealership on March 24 to present an $80,000 check to UC Davis Chair of Orthopedic Surgery Lor Randall. The McCarvers have a special relationship with Dr. Randall as he performed surgery on Kate McCarver, removing a lethal tumor in 2018 when she was 15 years old.
