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MEET THE EDUHSD CANDIDATES Why are you running to serve as an El Dorado Union High School District governing board member?
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Crews with TJR Resources pour concrete into molds for a staircase at the Old Depot Bike Park Oct. 5. The bike park is expected to fully open by the end of the year.
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icycle riders ready to show off their flair, flatspins and half-cabs will get their chance when the Old Depot Bike Park opens at the end of this year. Construction ramped up in mid-July this year at the 2.2acre property at 40 Old Depot Road in Placerville, which was acquired by El Dorado County in May 2018 to develop the park. In February 2020 the county received a $2 million grant via Proposition 68 — the Parks, Environment and Water Bond Act of 2018 — to fund the project. “This is something the community has wanted for so long,” said Parks Manager Vickie
Sanders. The site is adjacent to the El Dorado Trail, making access easy for cyclists. Sanders told the Mountain Democrat the property perfectly fit her vision. “You see it; you feel it. It’s a bike park,” she said while standing at the construction site as crews poured concrete into one of the staircase railing forms. “I think it’s pretty ideal.” The bike park includes playground equipment for toddlers to older youth, climbing/ bouldering structures accessible to a wide age range, a BMX track for youth and adults plus a freestyle slope-style course that caters to youth and adults. The Caldor Lumber Company loading dock at the site has been incorporated in the design. The
lumber company at one time owned the property. Bathrooms, fencing and picnic tables are also in the works as is an art installation using Caldor rails pulled from the site. When the bike park opens parking will be available in the small El Dorado Trail parking lot off Missouri Flat Road or along Old Depot Road. A parking lot with 32 spaces will be built in front of the bike park along Missouri Flat Road at a later date. The county is currently using the future parking area as a storage site for dirt to be used during the next phase of Missouri Flat Road construction. Original bike park plans included an array of exercise ■
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FREE FALLING Local third-grader is state’s youngest skydiver Sel Richard Staff writer
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TIMOTHY CARY
was appointed to the El Dorado Union High School District Board of Trustees on Feb. 28. I am running to continue serving the families, students and community of our great county. My family moved from Chicago in ■
See VAN KOMEN, page A7
BROOKE VAN KOMEN
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am horrified by the damage Gov. Gavin Newsom and his progressivecorrect activists have done to our children with disruptive school closures, draconian mask mandates and divisive curricula like critical race theory ■
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RAY NUTTING
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am running for the El Dorado Union High School District governing board for my 2-year-old son Owen. I would do anything for him (as every parent would for their child). Education is very ■
See RODGERS, page A8
JESSICCA RODGERS
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ight-year-old Max Hook jumped out of a perfectly good plane into the big blue sky and in the process earned the title of California’s youngest skydiver. “It felt like I was jumping into a tornado,” exclaimed Max. “When
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am running for reelection to the El Dorado Union High School District Board because I have devoted my entire life to public service, including serving as a school board member in El Dorado County for the past 32 years and serving
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have a passion for public service. I started out as a military medic, then went on to become an EMT/paramedic and retired as a firefighter. I now wish to continue serving the residents of El Dorado County
Max Hook enjoys the rush of a tandem jump with Ben Lowe, Ultimate Skydiving Adventures owner/instructor.
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