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Evi joined the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office in 2023 and works with her partner, Deputy Sheriff Walker Combs.
Fundraiser set to properly outfit K9 officer Evi News release Competition K9 in Placerville is working with the El Dorado County Canine Association to raise funds for a patrol vest for the community’s newest K9 officer. Evi is a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois from Germany. She joined the El Dorado County Sheriff ’s Office in 2023 and works with her partner, Deputy Sheriff Walker Combs. Together they patrol El Dorado County, keeping residents and visitors safe from the bad guys. Because of the dangerous work she does, Evi needs a patrol vest when she’s on the job. Evi is a small Malinois and the vests available don’t fit. They are either too small (she has trouble breathing;
it’s very tight) or too large (it rides up and exposes her to potential injury plus rubs chucks of her coat off ). She needs a custom-fitted patrol vest. EDCSO K9s are unique in that their partners/handlers ■ See EVI, page A7
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The Umiped family of Cameron Park and Folsom make holiday wreathes, one of many fun activities offered at Christmas in Coloma on Sunday. Left to right: Randy, Daniel, Erin and Mary.
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hristmas in Coloma featured 14 historical buildings decorated for the holidays, where each docent dressed in period attire shared the history of the building and its occupants at Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park this past Saturday and Sunday. Visitors to the park received a map with the $15 entry fee to locate the buildings, which included cabins, churches, shops and the old post office. Santa was on hand to hear holiday wishes and for photos both days and children and
Michelle Russell and Michael Norton of Iron Horse Ranch in Pilot Hill and their Percheron draft horses, Ike and Mike, front, and Steve and Sherry Souza of Placerville both offered carriage rides ■ See COLOMA, page A6 to park visitors for Christmas in Coloma last weekend.
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Kurt Brighton, Robert Farmer, Guillermo Vega, Arthur Torres and Antonio Sandoval, from left, are part of the program at Folsom State Prison that refurbishes used bicycles and donates them to community organizations.
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embers of the Cameron Park Rotary Club and partner organizations gathered last week at Folsom State Prison to distribute about 150 refurbished bicycles to five groups serving families in need, including homeless residents and refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine. The giveaway is the latest chapter in a program that Rotarians say continues to expand as donations remain strong. What began back in 1986 as a way to keep discarded bicycles out of landfills has grown into a regional effort linking service clubs, the prison, bike shops and community donors to put refurbished bikes under children, refugees and people trying to get back on their feet. “This program has been going on for years,” said
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