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Varsity Trojans win Delta River League title

The race is on —€” Trojan Dusty Armstrong finished sixth in 17 minutes flat, helping the varsity boys take the title. Village Life photo by Pat Dollins

FOLSOM — Saturday’s Delta River League cross country championship meet was full of side stories. The 2010 defending champion Oak Ridge varsity boys were on a mission after coming in second to Pleasant Grove in an earlier DRL meet. “We lost the first league meet and wanted to come back,” Ryan Prestegard said. The team [...]

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JV soccer dominates Delta League

The JV Trojan soccer team earned an impressive 9-1 record this season. Courtesy photo

The Oak Ridge High School boys junior varsity soccer team finished the 2011 season with a 9-1 record in the competitive Delta League. Oak Ridge’s only loss was at the feet of a strong Jesuit squad last week. The game ended with Oak Ridge losing 2-4 on a last second score by Jesuit.  After beating [...]

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EDH Crime Watch: Oct. 20-26

School zone Oct. 20: A male parent reportedly yelled at a female parent about the drop-off rules at a Francisco Drive school. What’s inside? Oct. 21: Deputies responded to s suspicious package call on Hillsdale Circle and determined the contents were harmless. Burgled Oct. 21: A home on Montrose Way was burglarized. Gimme Oct. 21: [...]

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People Talk: What issues got you interested in the EID race?

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Ryan’s Rockin’ Halloween Closet needs your costumes

Help 11-year-old Ryan Manriquez. No, he doesn't want you to help him break out of prison. He wants your Halloween costumes for Ryan'€™s Rockin'€™ Halloween Closet. Courtesy photo

Eleven-year old Ryan Manriquez loves Halloween and gets a huge kick out of dressing up each year. Putting on a costume is an annual treat he feels every kid should get to experience. So for his Rolling Hills Middle School sixth-grade community service project, the charismatic Manriquez is launching Ryan’s Rockin’ Halloween Closet to provide [...]

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Dr. Seuss stories come to life at Marina Village

"Seussical, Jr." actors at Marina Village Middle School include from left to right: Tyler Barth, Tom Janus, Delaney Kelleher and Jackie Limm. Photo by Diane Orciuoli

The Cat in the Hat will make a special appearance at Marina Village Middle School in El Dorado Hills on Thursday, Nov. 3, and Friday, Nov. 4, when “Seussical Jr.,” a fun-filled musical based on some of the stories by Dr. Seuss, is performed by 20 sixth- through eighth-grade students. The story follows the adventures of Horton the Elephant (Tom [...]

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Fall back

“It’s that time of year again, time to change your clocks and change the batteries in your smoke alarms. Set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed on Saturday,  Nov. 5, and while you’re at it, please take a few minutes and change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms; [...]

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