Pancakes Breakfast for Harry Norris, Candidate for Supervisor, May 3, 2008

A Special Reception for Harry Norris Candidate, El Dorado County County Board of Supervisors on April 11, 2008 in El Dorado Hills @ Hang It Up Gallery (Across from Bistro 33) in El Dorado Hills Town Center

DefeatHumanTrafficking.com Launched and Maintained by Soroptimist SNR District 4 Director Sherri Lum-Alarcon

Get ready for another “spectacular” event. The Cameron Park CSD has confirmed that it will hold the 9th Annual Summer Spectacular on Saturday, June 28, 2008 at Cameron Park Lake in Cameron Park, California.

El Dorado County Supervisor candidate and local business owner Harry Norris has been endorsed by El Dorado Hills Community Services District board member Tony Rogozinski, library advocate Betty January, community leader Buzz Nunn, and El Dorado Irrigation District (EID) board members John Fraser, Bill George, George Osborne and George Wheeldon.

Wine tasting event hosted by Dolce Vino on March 15th to benefit El Dorado Dog Owners Guild (EDDOG) fund for the formation of a dog park in Cameron Park.

This image was uploaded with the post Effort to Resurrect Japanese America’s ‘Plymouth Rock’ Underway.

PLACERVILLE, Calif.  There is a relative calmness in these El Dorado Hills. It is far removed from the pandemonium of the Gold Rush that swamped the area a century and-a-half earlier, and a world away from the daily hustle and bustle of San Francisco’s Japantown.

Yet don’t let the lush rural surroundings and lack of chain stores fool you. Nestled between Placerville and Coloma the latter town just two miles north where gold was discovered by John Marshall in 1849 is a plot of land that has been referred to as the Japanese American Plymouth Rock. A literal gold mine of Japanese American history.

Next to the Gold Trail Elementary School lies the former site of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony, which although it lasted for only two years remains the first sizeable settlement of Japanese immigrants in the United States. For Japanese Americans, this is our Jamestown.

The California Public Employees' Retirement System approved a cost-cutting plan that would increase co-payments for some office visits and allow Blue Shield of California to exit El Dorado County.

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The CalPERS board on Wednesday also approved Blue Shield's proposal to withdraw from parts of El Dorado County, where the health maintenance organization's costs are 39 percent higher than CalPERS statewide average.

FMA invites you to participate in the 2007 Annual Conference, Sept 4-7, 2007 in South Lake Tahoe! The deadline for submission is May 31. Please visit our web site at www.floodplain.org to download the full details on topics and submissions guidelines.

Floodplain Management Association
Announces the 2007 Annual Conference Call for Presentations Due May 31!

I am at a K-12 site. Actually, I am in charge of Educational Technology at Charter Community School, under the aupsices of the El Dorado County Office of Education. My site spends a lot on technology -- I have a terrific lab with high

Entries Close: Friday, June 29, 2007 - 5:00 p.m. (NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE) Classes Include: DRIVING CLASSES, ENGLISH SHOW, HALTER & WESTERN CLASSES, TRAIL CLASSES, & REINING CLASSES

Placerville, CA…..Wildlife in the Eldorado National Forest will have a better place to live near Sly Park and Fleming Meadow when a habitat improvement project is completed under a PG&E powerline. Thanks to a grant

The El Dorado County Fair will be accepting commercial wine entries from April 23 through May 11 for the 19th Annual El Dorado County Fair Commercial Wine Competition. The competition is open to all California wineries producing less than 20,000 cases total production annually and to all Sierra Foothills wineries

Presentation from Marie Griffith requesting that horses be categorized as Agriculture, SMUD presentation from Scott Flake, Project Manager for SMUD’S Upper American River Re-licensing Project, Richard & Diane Stading requesting a special use permit to allow the expansion of a home based wine making operation that changes the nature of the grapes to wine but is limited to 250 cases, maximum per year, James & Karen Murphy: A request for a special use permit for a home occupation winery to make wine within an existing attached garage, Steven & Cynthia Anderson/requesting Administrative Relief from Agricultural Setbacks, rank & Patricia Matagrano/requesting Administrative Relief from Agricultural Setbacks, G3 Enterprises, Inc.: A request to change the zone district designation from MR to RE-10/PD,

Ultimate “Water Wise” Garden Makeover Contest. The contest, which ends May 31, is aimed at helping local homeowners save water and money by incorporating low-water use plants and trees into their landscaping. The grand prize is a front yard landscape makeover. Download an entry form today at http://www.rwah2o.org/rwa/educated/#UltimateWaterSmart.

The Iron Point Connector will add return service, by request, to the Fairgrounds Park & Ride on Armory Dr. in Placerville on its first loop of the day (7:18am). Passengers will now have a “reverse” commute option from Folsom and the Light Rail to the Government Center every weekday morning. The Connector will discontinue Saturday service effective 5/5

The book includes descriptions of public and private campgrounds including pet policies and restrictions. It tells you which parks have trails, beaches and activities that allow dogs so that you may select campgrounds that can accommodate your entire family. It includes highway guides showing campgrounds along the major Interstates by city and exit so that you can plan for each night's stopover. It includes off-leash dog park listings, pet-friendly beach listings and much more

With record low rainfall increasing the risk of wildfires statewide, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared May 6-12 Wildfire Awareness Week. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) will host public events throughout the state to educate Californians about wildfire safety and preparedness.

Student Map Drawing Contest, Netsmart, First 5 of El Dorado, Older Americans Month, Maxim Healthcare Services, Elder Protection Unit, Avigation and Noise Easements, Environmental Stewardship and Planning, Golden Bay Fence Plus Iron Works, Chris Charrette dba CDC Consulting, S&S Empire Trucking, vacating public utilities easement, Sophia Parkway Extension, Ridgeview West Unit 3, Long View Estates, Unit 3, Senior Traffic Civil Engineer, Zones of Benefit Advisory Committees, Dowling Associates, US Highway 50/Missouri Flat Road Interchange, Juvenile Accountability Block Grants, emergency replacement of security system at the South Lake Tahoe Jail, Youth Commission, Avaya, Department's prompt payment discounts taken or forfeited, receive and file the results of the audits, % invested in the commercial paper, 1.7 percent overall increase to rates for the County's Health Benefit Program, amending the Salary Range Schedule, Georgetown Divide Resource Conservation Districts, Location Technologies of Kansas City, MO, Noxious Weed program, Court Maintenance of Effort , California Strategies and Communications, Georgetown Airport Advisory Committee, Dr. Larry Beutler, PhD., sale of tax defaulted property, Digital Innovation, Administrative Relief from Agricultural Setbacks, Cobalt Crushing and Grant Disbursement, Foster Parent Recognition Month, redesign of a 56-acre recreation in Lake Tahoe, Winery Ordinance, cont.