El Dorado County News for March 30 2012

HORSE RESCUED AFTER FALL DOWN EMBANKMENT IN SOMERSET -- Davis Veterinarian Emergency Response Team was asked for assistance rescuing a horse that had fallen down an embankment and into a small creek near the southern El Dorado County community of Somerset. The horse had been at the bottom of the embankment for four hours and was on its side, unable to stand. A veterinarian said she is optimistic that a horse (pictured) will make a full recovery after being rescued this afternoon by firefighters from Sacramento and El Dorado county
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"WILD WEST SLOPE": EPIC SIERRA LAUNCHES NEW GOLD COUNTRY ADVENTURE -- In its recent ‘Top Ten U.S. Travel Destinations', Lonely Planet Publishing rated California's Gold Country one of the top ten places to visit in 2012.
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FLOWERS TOOK PHONE COMPANY EXEC TO TV IN EL DORADO COUNTY -- Angie Zimmerman hosts a TV show detailing how to arrange flowers
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EL DORADO COUNTY PASSPORT 2012 COMING -- It is that time of the year again. The El Dorado County Wine Makers Association’s Passport event is only a few weeks away. The food and wine pairing event will be held on the weekends of
14-15 April and 21-22 April. The roads around Placerville will be buzzing with wine-o’s!
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BOEGER WINERY, PLACERVILLE, CA: THE AROMA OF HISTORY, THE BOUQUET OF FINE WINE
-- History exerts a strong influence on the day to day operations of Boeger Winery in the Foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains at Placerville, CA. The winery itself dates back to the 1860s. When the Boegers purchased it in 1972, it became the first El Dorado County winery to open since Prohibition.
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ANIMAL SHELTER COALITION FOR EL DORADO COUNTY -- We hope that the proposed evaluation of feasible alternatives to the current Shelter project site will yield a workable solution to the project’s estimated budget shortfall
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FISHING IN SMITH LAKE -- Smith Lake is a California Fishing spot. Smith Lake is located in El Dorado County in the State of California. Smith Lake has the latitude and longitude (38.85814182, -120.18872049) and the altitude is 8699 feet
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REMODELING BUSINESS BOOMING IN EL DORADO HILLS -- Sales of new houses and older homes may be down in a depressed market but that’s been a boon to the remodeling business at BI Design in the Montano de El Dorado shopping center in El Dorado Hills
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RAIL DAZE - RAILROAD EVENT ON THE PLACERVILLE BRANCH -- a major community event on the rails of the Placerville Branch will be held on May 12-13, 2012. The purpose of this festival is to raise the level of public awareness of the importance of protecting and preserving this rail corridor, considered to be the oldest railroad west of the Mississippi
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KEY COMMITTEE APPROVES GAINES' VETERANS TUITION BILL -- a big victory in the Assembly Higher Education Committee with a unanimous vote to help California Veterans afford education at state universities and colleges
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CLOCK IS TICKING TO CONVERT FACEBOOK PAGES TO TIMELINE -- Traci Townsend won't be caught off guard when she wakes up Friday morning. The owner of a Folsom sewing shop has already updated her business's Facebook fan pages to sport a new look. The social media network launched the new Timeline format in January, and gave users a choice of upgrading or staying with the older format
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