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Seedling season’s greetings

U.S. Forest Service employee Harrison Kuuskvere inspects the seedlings being packaged at the Eldorado National Forest Placerville Nursery Dec. 20. The nursery has a set of standards that all seedlings must meet in order to be sent out.

Odin Rasco Staff writer The Eldorado National Forest Placerville Nursery (located in Camino) started winter packing operations earlier this month, an undertaking that will result in more than 3.5 million tree seedlings being sent to forests throughout California. A majority of those baby trees will go toward reforestation efforts following a decade of particularly devastating wildfires, according to nursery manager Gary Cline. In an average day more than 39,000 of the sprouting trees are prepared for transport, noted

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Harrison Kuuskvere, a U.S. Forest Service employee who has helped oversee packing operations over the past three years. The fields at the nursery can yield 10 million seedlings a year and current capacity for containergrown seedlings is around 3 million, said Cline. However, recent budget changes for reforestation efforts may lead to expansion of the nursery’s capabilities. Since 1980 national reforestation efforts were given a budget out of the Reforestation Trust Fund that was capped at $30 million a year. The money n

See Seedlings, page A7 Racers take a downhill corner on the indoor electric go-kart track at The Apex on Monday. Red Hawk Casino leadership hopes The Apex will be a draw for families looking for entertainment in the Sacramento area. Mountain Democrat photo by Odin Rasco

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Patty Borelli was elected four times to serve on the Placerville City Council.

Patty Borelli still plans to serve Andrew Vonderschmitt Staff writer After 16 years on Placerville City Council Patty Borelli is retiring from city politics but not from serving her community. When it came down to it her decision not to run for re-election was about family. “I just couldn’t commit to another four years,” Borelli shared. “Mostly it has to do with living by the calendar and not being as spontaneous sometimes as I would

like to.” With kids and grandkids from Connecticut to Hawaii, family travel is on her list for immediate plans. However, Borelli has not given up her dedication to the community. “I just can’t sit still,” she said, noting she will join the El Dorado County Fire Safe Council on which she has served as the city of Placerville’s representative. Borelli added that she also plans to continue her work with groups like Save the Graves and

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Red Hawk’s The Apex reaches finish line Odin Rasco Staff writer

ed Hawk Casino is angling to overtake its competitors by changing lanes. With the opening of The Apex, Red Hawk’s new multi-attraction entertainment facility, the casino

has introduced a draw for families and individuals who may not have an interest in slot machines or card tables. The new entertainment complex, located above the casino’s parking structure and connected to the main n

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Georgetown’s Irene Smith dies Editor’s note: Longtime Georgetown resident, real estate agent and Jeepers Jamboree and Jeep Jamboree USA organizer Irene Smith died Dec. 13 at the age of 96. Published in Sept. 2019, this article by former Mountain Democrat writer Pat Lakey tells the life story of Irene and her husband Mark, who pioneered off-road adventuring, including on the worldfamous Rubicon Trail. As Irene Smith’s modern-day swashbuckling husband Mark would head for the next jungle or remote mountain river he wished to conquer,

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