Mountain Democrat (Newspaper) - October 5, 2000, Placerville, California Foothill For the love of it Sports Volleyball results Auto Spyder on the prowl THURSDAY OCTOBER 5 2000 Vol 149 No Pages 2 Sections 1 Supplement oldest Continuous publication DIGIT 940 604 BAY AREA SMITH 1115 E ARQUEZ AVE SUNNYVALE CA includes tax Democrat photos by Adam Harju SWINGING Richards resident project engineer from Harza Engineering Co walks across the swinging bridge in front of the diversion dam reconstruction site JACK Stall writer EL Dorado Irrigation customers and oilier members of the public ing to get a firsthand look at a major water notion project are now able to do so EID has established an overlook site foi those ing to view the tion of Project sion dam and we at EID are pleased to be providing a hands-on positive ence for the public said EID General Manager William L Wilkins see VIEWING page PIPES Above the intake pond at the head of the El Dorado Canal is being rebuilt Left the South Fork of the American River is diverted around the tion site temporarily through a pipe in front of a silt pond that col- con- struction site debris and keeps it out of the river Bears stealing honey from Apple Hill hives Choosy bruins leaving ruins By JACK CARREROW StalT writer With the celebration that is the annual apple harvest on Apple Hill there is one fly in the ment or should we say bear in the A few of the on the celebrated hill have that in the past feu months a bear or bears have their helping themselves to whatever or honey treats they could get paws on Eugene Lai sen of Larsen Apple Barn old the Mountain that he has lost apples and about 15 hives complete with bees and honey They've even gotten into the garbage dumpster about four times in the last few Larsen said And they don't bother with the fruit on the ground they pick it from the Ken Mathis of Family Orchards said that the bears have been taking out hives on his ranch for the past several years Asked what kind of ship this causes Mathis said When you consider that we only have 30 hives to supply all the honey for the ranch and then a bear takes out two or three at a time that can mean a few sand dollars to us Asked whether he had sought permission from the California Department of Fish and Game for a depredation permit which allows the invaded property owner to either destroy or trap the invading bear Mathis said Well now that it's bear season that pretty much takes care of that Larsen said that he obtained one of the permits from the DFG because he has had multi- ple sightings of bears on or see HONEY page By LAKK Stuff writer The U.S Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Board jointly served complaints on Sierra Rock which operates the Weber Creek Quarry off Lotus Road yesterday for numerous violations including failure to control dust emissions the past three years according to a statement released by the state ARB Contacted by the Mountain Democrat quarry owner Loring Brunius said he was that the complaints were tiled and said that the complaints aie distorted Brunius said lie was not prised by the fact that the com- plaints were filed It is lous they have been hounding me for five he said Today's announcement lows up on the initial notices of violation that the EPA and ARB had issued against the quarry in late April The quarry owner has not been providing the EPA and ARB with the information the two agencies have been ing they said The EPA and ARB filed the complaints in eral district court in Sacramento As a result of Weber Creek's lack of controls six homes in of a mile of the site ing one used as a day care center have been exposed to dust emissions the complaint alleges The complaints allege violation of the quarry's dust control mits that were issued to the ity by the El Dorado County Air Pollution Control District The quarry could face lines up to per day per violation with potential liability running in the For mote than a year the ARB monitored emissions around the quarry and found high levels of asbestos Public health is the major concern prompting this action It is important to ensure thai those living near the Weber Quarry are protected from those said Michael Kenny ARB executive officer The allegations that are made in the lawsuit and the press release false and we will that to a jury when we our day in said Freda attorney for B run ins We are confident that this enforcement action will redress long-standing dust emission problems at Weber Creek said Amy Zimpfer ing director of the Air Division in San Francisco We believe that this action will not only ensure current compliance but will translate into a safer environment for and surrounding residents for years to come Every violation the county has issued has been said The last one was January of this year and cally said no dust on the citation We went in and resolved all tions and offered to pay Pechner also said the state took a video of the quarry that she has been seeking for five months The video proves there arc no dust she said Pechner denied that there were any lack of controls or dust at the quarry At the quarry the Sierra Rock Co removes crushes and screens serpentine bedrock to see QUARRY page Former local resident offers cure for stuttering problem By JONATHAN SCHWARZBERG Staff writer For years Dave stuttered He couldn't speak publicly He had difficulty even saying his name And this hurt A man with a deep desire to help people had been left with a disability that made it very to do so But that didn't stop him liven with a stutter compromising his cation abilities McGuire worked on developing programs to help people In El Dorado County he founded the Wimbledon House a home for bled boys trying to get their lives back on track In Nevada he started Rite of Passage another program for tough cases that helped turn lives around But the stutter persisted There times when I could barely have staff meetings because 1 couldn't say what I wanted said The harder I tried the more difficult it became Even running a staff meeting was an improvement though When he was a child McGuire said it could take him up to five minutes to say his name In college he was able to cut down his impediment through a program at the University of California Los Angeles the problem was still there ended up leaving the United States and moving to the United Kingdom There he heard of an opera singer who was teaching breathing techniques to get rid of their stutters I gave it a McGuire said I pretty skeptical But it worked For the first time in his life McGuire was able to talk without his trademark stammer For a person who had tered all his life it was like he had been given a new life The breathing technique was so great but then my stutter came back and I was so McGuire said I was just trying to find a way to get it a technique that worked back So McGuire went back to what he see CURE page
