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Margaret McDowell Manor
Graceful Aging By Julia McMichael
For 16 years, Margaret McDowell Manor on Merkley Avenue has been a refuge for aging residents in West Sacramento. Susan Tarleton opened the facility and still serves as the community administrator. Sue could be a model for graceful aging. She has a positive outlook on life and is unfailingly cheerful. That is only one aspect of Sue’s character. She is hard- working at the Manor and volunteers in the community. Sue is also a great conversationalist and book lover. Her background and education are in social work. She worked with teenagers for Yolo County until she decided to specialize in an older population. Sue believes that everyone deserves a “safe and clean place to live.� She feels there are not enough resources for elderly low
West Sacramentan to be featured artist at Blue Wing Art Gallery Photo courtesy of Susan Tarleton
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City Partners With West Capitol Ave. Businesses To Curb Alcohol Abuse The City of West Sacramento has launched a campaign encouraging local businesses to refuse alcohol sales to inebriated customers. The program, T.E.A.M. (Together Everyone Achieves More), is a partnership between West Sacramento Police, the West Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, and businesses with liquor-sales licenses. Its purpose is to promote cooperation and teamwork between businesses and law enforcement in reducing issues traced to careless alcohol sales and consumption. Fifteen businesses have signed up to join the T.E.A.M. program and have received official decals to post at their entrances. “We’re thrilled that so many businesses have joined police in this effort,� said City Manager Martin Tuttle. “Working together, the City and store owners can promote a clean and safe shopping environment built upon responsible alcohol sales.� Through the program, West Sacramento Police visits store owners to discuss alcohol sales to apparently intoxicated people. The T.E.A.M. targets liquor stores, mini marts, grocery stores and gas stations
along West Capitol Avenue frequented by a transient population. Aside from public intoxication incidents, the issue generates additional community problems, including trespassing, littering, loitering, public nuisance and criminal assaults. To alleviate these issues, the West Sacramento Police Department has already: Increased police presence in the form of routine foot and vehicle patrols of properties; Maintained regular contact and relationship-building with property owners and management; Reviewed responsible alcohol sales with owners and managers. In addition, the City is addressing such topics as lighting, clear and visible signage, and trash and graffiti at the store properties. The City adds that businesses engaged in selling alcohol assume a major responsibility in preserving public safety. Selling alcohol to minors and apparently intoxicated persons can result in serious liability including criminal citation, lawsuits, liquor license suspension or revocation, and jail time. During a six month trial run of the
Photos courtesy of City of West Sacramento
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T.E.A.M. program with several liquor stores participating, the City recorded a 92 percent decline in alcohol intoxication within the area. Source: City of West Sacramento online publication, CityiLights
You spend your life trying to perfect your technique, But you only make an impact when you find your own language. That’s when you start communicating your art‌ John Nichols will be the featured artist at Blue Wing Art Gallery, 405 Main Street, Woodland, Nov. 6 through Nov. 27. An artist’s reception for John will be held at Blue Wing Gallery on Nov. 6, between 6 and 9 p.m. John, a lifelong resident of West Sacramento, discovered his passion for creating art at an early age. Continued encouragement from family members along with a motivational art instructor while attending James Marshall High School (Mr. Clarence Locke) instilled his interest in painting with oils and acrylics. Further studies at Sacramento City College in the 1970s, focusing on art history and fundamentals of drawing, continued to inspire his early art. John has found his love for nature and the outdoors makes his landscape paintings a never-ending interpretation of the connection of nature as it translates into his art. His years of experience in creating art is evident in the realism of his California landscapes and still life subjects, capturing the beauty of light, shadows and a sense of tranquility in his works. Along with plein air painting, his method includes taking photographs or painting a small study on location. From these references he creates larger finished paintings in his studio. John continues to take advantage of several art classes and workshops offered by a variety of highly-acclaimed art instructors in the Northern California area. John has been able to showcase his artworks throughout the Sacramento area. He continues as a resident artist and teaching workshops at “Gallery 2110â€? in Sacramento. Select Exhibits and Galleries: August 2003: Guest Artist, Midtown Gallery, Sacramento 2002- 2004: Various art exhibitions in West Sacramento 2003 & 2005: Erwin Meier Yolo County Administration Building, Woodland February 2015: Red Dot Gallery, Sacramento 2014 to Current: Gallery 2110, 1023 Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento Selected awards include the “Peoples’ Choice Awardâ€?, See Nichols, page 10