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County fair attendance grows to 83,402 Eric Jaramishian Staff writer
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The 2023 El Dorado County Fair saw close to 10,000 more tickets sold than last year.
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It is fair to say the El Dorado County Fair was a hit this year, which experienced recordbreaking attendance again. Last year 73,675 people packed the fairgrounds in Placerville for summertime entertainment with carnival rides, livestock auctions, food and more. This year the four-day event added nearly 11,000 more for a total of 83,402 attendees.
“I know the weather played a big part, and this is very encouraging in this economy,” said Kathy Dunkak, El Dorado County Fair CEO. “This community loves the fair.” Every day was a record day. Thursday saw 16,762 people go to the fair, Friday brought in 22,508 to the fair, then Saturday experienced extraordinary numbers of 25,747 people and Sunday closed out the weekend with 18,384 people. Before COVID-19-related
shutdowns occurred in 2020, the fair had record numbers in 2019 with 67,000 people in attendance. Dunkak attributes growing numbers to the county’s increasing population and more out-of-town people visiting the fair. “This is a family-friendly fair and I think the word has gotten out about that,” she added. “We’ve cracked down on youth gangs causing trouble and doing crazy n See fair, page A6
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IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
he unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of n See Declaration of Independence, page A7
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Hikers take it all in as Bassi Falls cascades down cliffs and boulders in the Crystal Basin Recreation Area June 18. The 100-footplus falls are a sight to see in this high-water year. Find the falls off Ice House Road via the road to Millionaire Campground, where the trail to the falls begins. Due to the destination’s popularity, weekends and holidays see particularly congested parking along the road in and at the trailhead.
Placerville dips into reserves Odin Rasco Staff writer The Placerville City Council approved a 202324 budget Tuesday that will make use of a surplus accrued in recent years to spend more than $1 million on one-time expenditures and investments. Following multiple public presentations in the
past month that laid out the budget piece by piece, the council agreed 4-0 to approve both the 202324 operating and capital improvement program budgets; councilmember John Clerici was absent. The city’s overall finances appear in good order, with Placerville ranked 37 out of all 539 California cities in terms of 2022 revenue. Sales tax trends n See Budget, page A6
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