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March 4, 2020
Lesson from above
Village Life photo by Jana Rossi
An Air National Guard Black Hawk helicopter lands at Marina Village Middle School last week. The crew came to campus to teach students about the importance of being respectful and avoiding harmful substances.
Black Hawk crew shares important message with middle-schoolers Vineyards plan
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The Vineyards project in El Dorado Hills has received approval.
given approval
dent Scott Corner said he wanted to jump in the helicopter like Jason Bourne. Unfortunately stunt jumps weren’t permitted. The helicopter’s arrival had a more serious purpose. The reason for all this showmanship? Drive home an important and meaningful message pertinent to tweens and teens today. The Air National Guard crew encourages all students to be respectful, be a team player and avoid harmful substances. Students in Marina’s technical and Project Lead the Way courses were the first ones to actually sit in the chopper during their scheduled class times and the rest of the students were given time during their lunch break to visit the aircraft and talk to the crew.
Jana Rossi Staff writer
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arina Village Middle School students had the unique opportunity to watch an Air National Guard Black Hawk helicopter land on the school field last week. The entire student body, along with students from neighboring Lake Forest Elementary School and neighbors lined the fences watching this utility machine circle the field and descend into a graceful landing before their eyes. “Very cool — once-in-a-lifetime experience,” said eighth-grader Jordan Lindemann. Student Arda Askin, who is considering joining the Navy when he is old enough, told Village Life this experience meant the world to him, while stu-
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Dylan Svoboda Staff writer The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors gave the go-ahead Feb. 25 to a hotly contested housing project in north El Dorado Hills. Dubbed the Vineyards at El Dorado Hills, the project proposes 42, 1-acre residential lots to the 114-acre site north of Malcolm Dixon Road and east of Salmon Falls Road. The developer has an existing entitlement on the property called Diamante Estates, approved in 2009, that called for a gated community of 19, 5-acre-plus lots in the area. The new application requested a density bonus and a
See Black Hawk, page A4
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Folsom Lake intake improvements OK’d
Heritage Village residents protest ‘unfair’ park fees
Dawn Hodson Staff writer Amid much anguish and gnashing of teeth, the El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors unanimously approved a $42.7 million project Feb. 22 that’s been on EID’s to-do list since 2011. Called the Folsom Lake Intake Improvement Project, EID plans to replace the existing pump station that has been in service since the late 1950s and considered to be at the end of its useful life. The casings are corroded, water demands are growing and the companies that originally provided the pumps have n
See Vineyards, page A4
Sel Richard Staff writer Heritage Village senior community residents hit with park fees attended a recent El Dorado Hills Community Service District Board of Directors meeting to voice concerns over the $362 annual fee they are asked to pay for what is being promoted as a public park in their 55+ community. Among the contested issues is that Heritage Village is the only development saddled with the Landscape and Lighting Assessment District fee even though Four Seasons as well as several commercial properties are in proximity. Heritage Village resident Bob Williams said the CSD made an agreement with the developer without
Photo courtesy of EID
Aging pumps take water from Folsom Lake to the El Dorado Hills Water Treatment Plant. The treated water is then distributed to some 20,000 customers in the area.
See Lake, page A4
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See fees, page A6
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