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many athletes, their team is their happy place ...” — ORHS junior Teagan Brown
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Troop 796 Girl Scouts Mackenzie Wilkin, Eliza Harell, Zoey Webb, Adilynn Seeley, Lily Thomas and Lily Weisner, seen here during their modified Bridging Ceremony, are using new techniques to sell their cookies this year.
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Girl Scouts change up sweet tradition
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Dozens of parents and student athletes gather at El Dorado Hills Town Center Friday to support the Let Them Play movement, which calls for state leaders to allow school sports to resume.
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High school athletes across the state gathered to appeal to the California Legislature to reassess guidelines for high school sports in more than 130 rallies Friday afternoon, with El Dorado Hills Town Center being the epicenter for one event. “Our goal is to stand together and show the state that we want youth to start immediately in a safe manner,” said Oak Ridge High School parent Kristen Roeder. “Thirty states played their basketball seasons and 35 states played their football season. The science shows that sports can be played
tradition many have come to love and expect around this time of year may be another COVID19 casualty. Girl Scout cookie site sales, the ones usually found outside grocery stores everywhere, may be sidelined this year as many supermarket chains are not allowing tables to be set up outside stores at this time. For fans of Thin Mints and Caramel deLites, don’t fret, in a memo released by the Girl Scouts Heart of Central California, Girl Scouts are adapting their sales efforts in order to get their delicious cookies out to the public. “By training girls to run virtual cookie booths on social media, facilitate online orders that ship directly
without spreading COVID.” Roeder was inspired by the Facebook group Let Them Play CA, a grass roots organization of coaches and parents in California. In under three weeks, the group garnered over 35,000 members. Roeder subsequently reached out to other parents and Town Center, who allowed the rally. “We started contacting area coaches, youth sport programs and student athletes.” Oak Ridge parent Rita Ferrero said she was eager to support the movement. “We’ve been watching and waiting for over 10 months while our n
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Union Mine theater teacher arrested
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Noel Stack Editor Union Mine High School theater arts teacher Ryan Pullen was arrested Jan. 14 on suspicion of possession of child pornography, eavesdropping and child endangerment, El Dorado County sheriff’s officials announced. The arrest came a day after authorities were contacted by Union Mine staff, who RYAN PULLEN reported Pullen was in possession of a video depicting students in various stages of undress. “An investigation began immediately with EDSO student resource officers and detectives, which culminated in the arrest of Ryan during a search warrant on Thursday,” a sheriff’s press release states. Pullen was not listed as being in custody at the El Dorado County Jail as of press time. “Detectives are reviewing the video to identify the victims and they will contact them individually,” the release continues. “This is still an active investigation as we process evidence from the search warrant.” Sheriff’s officials thanked Union Mine High School and El Dorado Union High School District staff for their diligence and assistance with the ongoing investigation. Pullen has taught at Union Mine since fall 2014. Prior to that he taught at Ponderosa High School for a year.
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A new medical office will begin construction near the West Coast Joint and Spine Surgery Center on Saratoga Way.
Medical facility to bring high-end services Sel Richard Staff writer With an eye toward bringing specialty care to El Dorado Hills and neighboring communities, Dr. Brian Kelly Hunt is building a two-story, 32,000-square-foot medical office to house what he calls “higher acuity services.” Hoping to break ground by next month, Hunt is targeting November for a completion date on the 2.5-acre parcel. The office will be located adjacent to his West Coast Joint and Spine Surgery Center on Saratoga Way.
“It’s just been a long time coming that we in El Dorado Hills and El Dorado County have higher levels of care locally, especially for the type of procedures we’re doing,” explained Hunt, a 20-year El Dorado Hills resident. “That’s the goal, to bring these services here rather than in Sacramento or Mercy San Juan or Roseville.” Half of the facility will be occupied by the Gastroenterology Medical Clinic and Kristine Burke, MD, medical director for True Health Center for Functional Medicine, along with Hunt’s n
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