From Friday, April 27 2007 - 10:00am To Sunday, April 29 2007 - 5:00pm Each week
El Dorado County Home & Garden Show
April 27, 28 & 29, 2007. The El Dorado County Home & Garden Show has been producing successful shows for the past 26 years. Our organizers include Nancy Cavin; Ronna Kaye; Kathy Jurgens; and Kathy Witherow.
Adults: $2.00. Kids (18 and under): Free. Parking: $4.00. Directions from Sacramento - Take US Hwy. 50 East towards So. Lake Tahoe. Exit Right onto Forni Road. Follow Exit over bridge to the stop light at Fair Lane. Proceed through the stop light and you are now on Placerville Drive. Go past the Big Lots Shopping Center. Turn Right after passing the Fair Entrance just before the Shell Gas Station. Public Parking is available at the Fair Grounds. Directions from South Lake Tahoe - Take US Hwy. 50 West towards Sacramento. Exit Right onto Placerville Drive. Go past the Big Lots Shopping Center. Turn Right after passing the Fair Entrance just before the Shell Gas Station. Public Parking is available at the Fair Grounds. El Dorado County Fairgrounds, 100 Placerville Drive, Placerville. Admission is $2.00 and parking $4.00. For more information contact: (530) 622-7166
When Bill Gates gets worked up about something, his body language changes. He suspends his habit of rocking forward and back in his chair and sits a little straighter. His voice rises in pitch. Today the subject is America's schools.
Chinese students are enrolling in U.S. universities in record numbers, encouraged by aggressive recruiting combined with China's booming economy and growing middle class.
The total cost of going to a private four-year college rose to $34,132 on average for the 2008-09 academic year, according to a report released Wednesday.
A recent controversy at Baylor University has brought new attention to the widespread misuse of standardized college admission tests to rank the quality of America's colleges and universities.