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Schmid ‘right person’ for CAO position Eric Jaramishian Staff writer The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors appointed Tiffany Schmid as the new county chief administrative officer June 27. Schmid, who is replacing former CAO Don Ashton, filled the role as interim CAO in March after becoming assistant CAO in November 2021. As CAO Schmid has the responsibility of setting the county’s budget and overseeing all county operations. The appointment goes into effect July 1. “I am honored and delighted to take on this challenge,” Schmid states in a press release. “My professional background of public service and my years with the county in so many different roles provides me with unique experience to successfully work with the board and
TIFFANY SCHMID all employees to do the business of the county on behalf of its residents.” Schmid began her career with the county in 2014 as a principal planner for the Community Development Agency before becoming a principal management analyst for the Chief Administrative Office in 2016. She would go on to serve as the director of the Planning and Building Department in 2018 before returning to n See SCHMID, page A9
Mountain Democrat photo by Eric Jaramishian
Cybele Holdings cannabis farm manager Bob Worrelo, a Somerset resident, tends to a cannabis plant on the south county farm May 30. Cybele Holdings is the first cannabis farm in El Dorado County approved for commercial cultivation.
County’s first cannabis farm
TAKING ROOT Eric Jaramishian Staff writer
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nside the office at cannabis farm Cybele Holdings is a framed image of hashish evangelist Frenchy Cannoli holding a chunk of hash in his
hand. Cannoli, who spent more than 20 years of his life living a nomadic lifestyle, learned techniques of hash making in Morocco, Mexico, Pakistan and India. Cannoli is an influence for cannabis grower Lee
Tannenbaum, owner of Cybele Holdings in south El Dorado County, who has done his own research and experimenting to master the science of how to create hash, even taking classes
n See CANNABIS FARM, page A8
High country thawing out along Highway 88 Krysten Kellum Editor
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After a winter that saw record snowfall, the white stuff is still sticking around at higher elevations in El Dorado County. El Dorado Irrigation District park ranger Denny Radford reported it was snowing in the Caples/ Silver Lake area off Highway 88 Wednesday afternoon. But the historic snowpack — 237% above statewide averages, according to the California Department of Water Resources — has melted away for the most part with EID’s recreation managers announcing Caples Lake was “finally free of ice and snow” Friday, June 23. The boat launch and day-use area are
now open for the season. At Silver Lake the boat launch opened Monday. When the storm-battered Silver Lake West Campground might be able to open is “a good few weeks out,” Radford said, as workers are “diligently cleaning up hazard trees.” Redford added there are still small snow drifts in the back of the campground. Eldorado National Forest officials announced June 26 Mormon Emigrant Trail is open all the way to Highway 88. The route in recent previous summers has been clear of snow by early-to mid-June. With nighttime temperatures in the mid40s and daytime highs in the 60s at
U.S. Forest Service photo by Matt Eister
n See HIGH COUNTRY, page A7
A U.S. Forest Service truck mounted with a plow clears snow from high-elevation stretches of Mormon Emigrant Trail.
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