Mountain Democrat (Newspaper) - September 20, 2000, Placerville, California Historical Main Street special section Foothill Logging results Bruins win Gold Boot opener WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 20 2000 Vol 149 No 150 20 Pages 2 Sections 8 Supplements 33 publication strict 3 DIGIT 604 BAY AREA 1115 E AVE A Feds eye acres for frogs By DAVE Staff writer The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed the designation of acres of El Dorado County as critical habitat for the California red legged frog which is included in a total of 5.37 million acres statewide The land was chosen by surveying areas where the populations of frogs are located and then the Wildlife Service drew boundaries according to where it thought the frogs would have the best chance of recovery But we're not proposing that every inch of the land is critical habitat We just don't know where every pond is in California said Curt McCasland fish and wildlife for the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service According to the Federal Registry the frogs can use virtually any aquatic tem provided a permanent source of water These sources of water run the gamut of streams to watering troughs to drains Out of the proposed designated acreage which is located within the see FROGS Court won't hear Measure H appeal By HEATHER LAKE Staff writer El Dorado County's attempt to have the ruling that sent Measure H the Vehicle License Fee Initiative to the ballot has failed The Third District Appellate Court has denied the county's request for an appeal hearing Earlier this month visiting Judge Richard Haugner ruled against El Dorado County in its attempt to keep the Vehicle License Fee Initiative from going to the ballots The initiative which was authored by the El Dorado Builders Exchange if approved would earmark 50 percent of money county's share of vehicle ing fees to be used for road ments only The court's action leaves the measure on the Nov 7 ballot for the voters to decide Judge Haugner ruled that the tive did not pose a threat to the county's see MEASURER m B n overi driveway mishap A Cameron Park boy was seriously injured Sunday after his family's car rolled over him in the way according to California Highway Patrol officers Gabriel was in the front seat of the car parked in the driveway with the engine off and the keys in the ignition as his parents unloaded groceries from the car officers said The key was in the on position so the radio could play Officers said Gabriel moved the shift lever out of park and the car started rolling backward down the curved way heading for an embankment off the driveway's edge Gabriel's mother Diana Lyn Housel leapt into the right front seat and leaned over to steer the car away from the embankment Officers said Gabriel was ejected from the right side of the turning car which rolled over him in the driveway Gabriel was taken to the UC Davis Medical Center with several cuts and bruises a broken left femur and ble internal injuries He was listed in good condition there yesterday at press time EID staff present budget cuts By JACK CARREROW Staff writer At the last board meeting of the El Dorado Irrigation District the staff and employee cost cut proposal was ed and turned down as not having enough detail staff returned with a line item posal at Monday's meeting and were once again told that there was not enough information for the board to render any decision Even though EID general manager Wilkins said that the staff had gone over the budget very carefully the directors said that it still lacked details and nations as to what was cut and what long term effects these cuts would cause Board President Howard Kastan said We have to know the long term impacts because we don't want equipment and such to deteriorate and cost us more to replace I also don't want us to make arbitrary cuts in areas that may be ed In regard to what they felt was a lack of details board Director Dirk Gillmeister said I don't want us to make stupid Wilkins assured the board that he and the staff will once again go over the budget taking care to add more detail to make it easier for a board decision Whatever comes out stays Wilkins assured them Democrat photos by Adam Harju CHELSEA MCGINNIS AND MATHEW BATTERSHELL left to right Krystle Heaney and Ned Heaney Jack and Lewis Knight smashing and rending overripe grapes GRAPE STOMP The ripe grape stomp gobs of fun By Staff writer he 2000 El Dorado County Harvest Fair grape stomp final was a short five minute flurry of activity Four of victorious in one of the four preliminary rounds that were held on Saturday and Sunday The returning champion Ned Heaney's team went straight to the finals bypassing the sometimes all important warm-up round The five teams took their places for the five minute contest Standing below the barrels was the swabbie whose job it is to collect the juice and keep it flowing Inside the 50 pound barrel was the stomper who was prepared to run kick jump and pretty much the juice out of the not so fresh grapes by any means necessary The smell of vinegar that hung in the air around the stage didn't seem to affect them at all as the time started and grape innard projectiles were catapulted from the rels The swabbies took the brunt of the ing grape assault as well as a Hying knee here and there In the end the only thing to do was to turn a garden hose on them In the background the sound of laughter occasional outbursts of disgust and shouted encouragement came in from the crowd as see STOMP page HAVING FUN IN the heat of competition Chelsea McGinnis and Mathew Battershell stomp their way into second place seeks to represent self By MEGAN MARSHACK Staff writer Robert Rameses who has now spent his 44th and birthdays in the El Dorado County Jail was back in court Monday initially asking to represent himself or find retained counsel before any more hearings on his potential third strike Rameses was convicted of check fraud July 6 with the South Lake Tahoe jury asked to make a finding that Rameses a 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