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Scaffolding has for many years supported the west wall at Placerville’s former City Hall and Confidence buildings on Main Street. Plans are in place to stabilize the building. Mountain Democrat photos by Shelly Thorene
Children dressed in their best costumes for the Cameron Park Community Services District’s Great Trunk or Treat event at the Cameron Park Community Center on Oct. 17. Perhaps the scariest offering? Broccoli! Above, Dr. Zach Sattler of Cameron Park Chiropractic offers broccoli to Porter Marlowe, 2, and her big sister, Sloane, 4, of Folsom in a sweet deal. If the children ate the broccoli, they got to pick out two treats from the cauldron. Bottom left, Moirae Brewing co-owner and Medusa Ariela Grinell, center, hands out candy to trick or treaters and coupons for beer to their parents at The Great Trunk or Treat on Country Club Drive. Bottom right, wicked witch Marilyn Davis with the American Legion Auxiliary, left, holds out her cauldron for sisters Ever T., 7, center, and Ellerie T., 2, of Cameron Park as their mother, Lyana, right, watches. The event was open to children ages 0 - 13 and included a costume contest, a Pumpkin King Plunge in the pool and a trunk or treat.
Old City Hall stabilization narrowly ok’d Andrew Vonderschmitt Features editor
The Placerville City Council voted 3–2 on Oct. 14 to approve a $59,450 amendment to the city’s contract with Architectural Nexus Inc., advancing long-delayed efforts to stabilize the city’s historical former City Hall and Confidence buildings on Main Street. The move brings the total contract amount to just over $204,000 and aims to prepare engineering plans that will allow removal of scaffolding that has supported the west wall of the buildings for several years. The buildings, dating back to the 1860s, have stood vacant since 2015 when city engineers deemed them structurally unsafe. Arts and Culture El Dorado occupied the space under a temporary permit. In 2022 Arts and Culture received an order to vacate due to the unsafe nature of the building. For years, a steel scaffolding system has braced the sagging west wall — an increasingly visible symbol of both
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EDSO Explorer Post earns first place at national competition Sgt. Kyle Parker
El Dorado County Sheriff ’s Office El Dorado County Sheriff ’s Office Explorer Post 457 earned top honors at the Riverside Police Department’s annual Explorer Competition held Oct. 11-12. Competing against 41 teams from across California and neighboring states, Post 457 secured 1st Photo courtesy of EDSO place overall, marking an El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Explorer Post 457 members pose with their trophies exceptional achievement for the local youth law after earning several honors at the Explorer Competition earlier this month.
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enforcement program. This is the third time that Explorer Post 457 has taken 1st place overall. In addition to their overall victory, the team earned multiple category awards, including: • Top Shot • 1st Place – Building Search • 2nd Place – Active Threat Response • 2nd Place – ICAT ■ See EXPLORERS, page A5
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