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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Tannenbaum time
Touching tribute to
John Hidahl Eric Jaramishian Senior staff writer
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Mountain Democrat photos by Odin Rasco
The tall tree will sit on Main Street through the holiday season, according to city officials.
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he city of Placerville has begun its preparations for the holiday season, with Main Street now aglow nightly with strings of lights criss-crossing overhead and a freshly-cut Christmas tree set in place next to the Bell Tower. City staff congregated on Main Street in the chilly morning hours Saturday, Nov. 16, to help install the tree that will adorn the center of the city for the holidays. Donated to the city by Sierra Pacific Industries and hauled from the forest to Main Street by a Doug Veerkamp General Engineering truck, the tree will be decorated with lights and ornaments in time for the city’s annual tree lighting event the day after Thanksgiving (Nov. 29 this year). The city has recently updated the infrastructure to keep the tree posted next to the Bell Tower, adding a coverable hole meant to hold the tree trunk when the holiday season rolls around. The city had to pivot its holiday plans away from using the landmark redwood at the corner of Bedford Avenue and Main Street after the tree sustained notable damage during heavy storms in early 2023.
t was a morning of grieving and remembrance at the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors’ chambers on Friday as family members, county employees and numerous peers packed the room to pay their respects to John Hidahl. Hidahl, who suddenly died in his home on Nov. 2, was wrapping up his term as the District 1 county supervisor and threw his hat in the recent election to obtain a seat on the EDH Fire Board once again. Now his supervisor seat, covered with memorabilia including his jacket famed for numerous pins, is empty, reminding the community of what it lost and what he left behind. “We never could have anticipated losing a strong, vibrant pillar of our family so tragically and suddenly; we knew John as a beloved and devoted husband, father, grandfather, son and brother, but we continue to learn more about the impact he’s had in your lives through all of your kind stories, and we thank you greatly ■ See HIDAHL, page A5
Mountain Democrat photos by Eric Jaramishian
El Dorado Hills Fire Department Chief Maurice Johnson and El Dorado County Sheriff Jeff Leikauf speak words of praise about John Hidahl, a respected colleague.
John Hidahl’s family, including daughter Kathryn Hidahl, wife Eileen Hidahl, daughter Maureen Lawrence, daughter Brittani Dahlson and daughter Christine Anderson, from left, express their gratitude to the community for their outpouring support and condolences after their loss. Rachel Pierotti, daughter, was virtually present via Zoom.
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Costco project evolves Eric Jaramishian Senior staff writer
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A new rendering shows what the proposed Costco in El Dorado Hills would look like should the plans come to fruition.
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Costco has submitted its new plan for a warehouse store on Silva Valley Parkway in El Dorado Hills, with notable changes to the project known as EDH 52. This past summer Costco purchased the property for more than $8 million, nearly five years after a proposal to build the warehouse store was included in a master plan that also included retail and multiresidential projects on the site south of the Serrano
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