The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services sponsors Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) in our county. CERT is a group of local residents who have volunteered many hours attending training to learn basic skills to save lives and protect property in the aftermath of a major disaster.

April 6, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…
CHP to support Wagon Train!

In a surprising and most welcome reversal of their previous position, the California Highway Patrol has Advised the Highway 50 Association Wagon Train of their intent to WAIVE the escort fees for the 2011 Wagon Train, scheduled to enter California on June 5, 2011!

Our camera club, El Dorado Camera Club , has been invited to show some of the members photos in the Cameron Park Library. I have the honor of being the first one to show my prints. There is room for 6-8 prints and so I have been poring over my photos trying to find a theme and some photos that would represent me as a photographer. I first thought that I would show my landscapes because it is a library, after all. But, I don’t think landscapes represent what my passion as a photographer really is. I love a beautiful landscape, but in the back of my mind I always think a person would really bring the landscape to life. With that in mind, I’ve chosen several of my portraits for printing and as is always the case, sometimes they look great on the computer screen, but when they are printed, I find things that I don’t like. So, I’m printing a few extra just in case.

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The Food Bank of El Dorado County is once again in need of volunteers.

We are putting together our Hidden Hunger, newsletter tomorrow, Thursday and Friday of this week.

And you guessed it, we need your help!

Do you have any time available you can come in and spend with us?

We are looking for volunteers for both Thursday and Friday, the 18th and 19th from 9-1pm.

Please reply to this email and let me, know if your teenager, aunt, mother, mother-in-law or yourself are available to spend a day with us prepping newsletters. Thank you for your ongoing commitment and support to the Food Bank of El Dorado County.

We couldn’t do it without you! Remember together we are making a difference!

“Graner House” was built in 1854 on the Gold Hill Ranch and will restored and become a museum. The big keyaki tree at right has been growing since the time of the Japanese colonists. (RYOKO OHNISHI/Rafu Shimpo)

By RYOKO OHNISHI
RAFU STAFF WRITER
The American River Conservancy, a nonprofit land preservation organization, announced last week that it has purchased the 272-acre Gold Hill Ranch, the former site of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony. The ranch in Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif., is known for being the location of the gravesite of “Okei-san,” the first Japanese woman buried on American soil.

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.

Placerville, CA . . . At its June 11 meeting, the El Dorado Irrigation District (EID) Board of Directors unanimously approved and authorized execution of a cost-share agreement to fund the process of applying for water rights that were reserved long ago for El Dorado County, but are currently held by the City of Sacramento. In initiating discussion of the matter, Board member John Fraser declared, “We need to send a message that it’s time to move forward.

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This image was uploaded with the post Angel Flight West Flies Iraq War Veteran from Cameron Park to Van Nuys Airport for Reconstructive Surgery.

This image was uploaded with the post Angel Flight West Flies Iraq War Veteran from Cameron Park to Van Nuys Airport for Reconstructive Surgery.

Angel Flight West did fly Michael Briggs, a wounded and disfigured veteran of the Iraq War, from Cameron Park, CA to Van Nuys Airport, CA. Michael will then receive a surgical reconstruction consultation. The volunteer pilot of the flight will be Charlie Finkel, fellow war veteran and burn survivor. Finkel says, "It means quite a bit to me. I was burned and know first hand how it affects people. I was treated by Richard Grossman at the Burn Center, so being part of this [Angel Flight West] mission is extra special."  Michael Briggs was hit by an IED while serving in Iraq in March of 2006, suffering burns over his face, shoulders, back and hands while defusing another IED just four feet away. Previous military-provided skin grafts on his nose and face crack and bleed when exposed to sunlight. The non-profit organization Iraq Star is arranging the consultation and surgery with the hope of allowing Michael Briggs to fulfill his dream of surfing.

Summer Camp Counselor Coloma Outdoor Discovery School

The Coloma Outdoor Discovery School (CODS), a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, has been providing a variety of outdoor education programs since 1990. CODS offers public and private school students a 1-4 day experience into the following areas: California history, science, and Team Discovery ropes challenge. Our campus is located on the banks of the South Fork of the American River in the town of Coloma, California.

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Argosy E-Cycling Holds Free E-Waste Recycling Event Electronic Recyclers: 

WHAT: Argosy e-cycling in Shingle Springs will hold electronic waste collection events on Saturday and Sunday, May 19th and 20th and on Saturday and Sunday, May 26th and 27th. The collections will run from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. both weekends. 

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.

Green Valley Community Church, a proud supporter of our local Boys & Girls Club, is offering your child a week of fun while the club is closed for vacation. Powerhouse Kids Camp (PKC) will be located at the Green Valley Community Church campus and is open to all students lst-8th grade. Each day your child will be offered an exciting day full of activities sure to make everyone smile. This will be a week your child won’t want to miss!

Administrator of the Estate of SIMON LEON SCHOENFELD, deceased, will sell at private sale subject to confirmation by the Superior Court, on or after June 1, 2007, at 3321 Cameron Park Drive, Cameron Park, the following real property of the estate: 1988 Cold Springs Road, Placerville, El Dorado County, California, Assessor’s Parcel Number 323-050-11.

Cha-Pa-Di Chapter

El Dorado District Meets on the second Thursday of each month at 7:30 PM at the Pacific Bell Office. Take Missouri Flat Rd. Exit Off US 50. Go south to Industrial Drive. Address: 281 Industrial Drive, Placerville (Across from “Stove and Stuff”)

El Dorado County Department of Human Services staff and El Dorado County Foster Parent Association members will be providing bulletin board and table displays about National Foster Care Month at the E

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