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Turnboo’s assistant in limbo Mountain Democrat staff
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Candles are held high as El Dorado Hills teen Bryce Bazor, who lost his battle with cancer Oct. 12, is remembered in a vigil gathering Thursday night.
Candles light the night for
Bryce Bazor
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riends and family gathered around the El Dorado Hills rock Thursday night to share memories and to mourn the loss of a life taken much too soon. Eighteen-year-old Bryce Bazor, an Oak Ridge High School student and baseball player, lost his battle with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, Oct. 12. He had been fighting the disease, with the entire community rallied behind him and his family, since his diagnosis in July 2021. Oak Ridge JV baseball coach Wes Clanton addressed the crowd while standing in front of the rock painted in Bryce’s honor. The Oak Ridge baseball team stood by his side as he spoke. “If you only had time for more
Photo by Ashley Rossi
Bryce Bazor two things, what would they be?” Clanton asked the large group gathered around him. Recalling Bryce’s (#2) passion for baseball, Clanton said, “He left everything on the field, always playing ball the right
way.” Good friend Ethan Lepore shared, “The Bazors were my baseball family from a very younvg age and during that time Bryce and I were baseball brothers and good friends. We were connected through our dads’ love for the game. Most of my memories for that period of my life are on and off the field with B.” A whiffle ball tournament fundraiser was recently held to support the Bazors and a GoFundMe pages is still active at gofundme.com/f/35mqj3bryce-strong. Following his death an outpouring of support and many words of kindness were shared by Facebook groups. “Bryce was a courageous and exemplary young man — heart of a lion and fire in his soul,” n
See bryce, page A7
District 2 Supervisor George Turnboo’s assistant Todd White, placed on paid administrative leave Oct. 11, appears to be in employment limbo as he shared with the Mountain Democrat his requested public evaluation planned at the Oct. 25 Board of Supervisors meeting had Todd White been pulled. “On Oct. 21 the county delayed the open session, depriving the public the opportunity to know what is happening within their local government,” White states in a press release sent to the newspaper. “This delay means the county is continuing to pay me to stay home. Apparently the supervisors are comfortable with wasting taxpayers’ money; I am not. “I am proud of the work I have done at the county of El Dorado. I welcome a public evaluation of my work,” he continues. “The n
See Limbo, page A6
Share thoughts on Trip to Green Mountain Democrat staff The Placerville community has a chance to weigh in on the Trip to Green pilot program through an online survey, city leaders announced last week. Trip to Green switched Highway 50 traffic signals to green all day over three weekends in months that see higher tourist traffic — August, September and October. It was an experiment the city, Caltrans and the El Dorado County Transportation Commission partnered on to relieve traffic congestion. On Trip to Green weekends travel in Placerville saw detours for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians as passage across Highway 50 was prohibited. For highway travelers only right turns were allowed in downtown Placerville. City officials note this online survey is for community members; Placerville merchants should expect a separate survey directly. Take the survey at bit.ly/3eZ1084.
100% containment reached on Mosquito Fire Dozers dig in to repair fire lines constructed to fight the Mosquito Fire. These operators are working on the Placer County side.
Mountain Democrat staff The Mosquito Fire was reported 100% contained Saturday, Oct. 22. Officials with the U.S. Forest Service, the lead agency in the firefight, said crews will continue to patrol the fire from both ground and air. Smoldering fuels “well within the fire perimeter” may continue to produce smoke but “pose no threat to containment.” The 76,788-acre forest fire started in Placer County Sept. 6 and jumped the Middle Fork of the American River to charge up the canyon into the El Dorado County communities of Volcanoville and Quintette. n
Photo courtesy of U.S. Forest Service
See Mosquito fire, page A6
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