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Arden Park Youth Triathlon promotes community, camaraderie and competition

By Laura Winn

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Six years ago, 115 kids lined up with paper plate race numbers to run, bike and swim in the first Arden Park Youth Triathlon. On Sunday, August 13, 250 kids ages 5 to 16 are expected to take the course with bib race numbers and belts attached to their bikes and official race-day t-shirts, as well as numbers written on their arms and legs in traditional triathlon body marking style. The upgraded duds are a sign of how far the entirely volunteer-run triathlon has come in a short time.

Don Fonseca, an experienced triathlete, founded the race to give his own children a chance to compete in their community and swim in the local Arden Park pool, as opposed to open water swimming, which is common in triathlons. He planned the event, which also benefits the Arden Park Dolphins Swim Team, and executed it with the help of about 60 volunteers. After the race was over, he returned home to find 20 emails from participants saying how much they enjoyed the event and couldn’t wait until next year. The following year, 125 kids signed up within the first two weeks of registration.

The event has continued to grow in popularity with each year. This year, Christina Joyce of Carmichael serves as the director. Joyce is a Dolphins Swim Team mom whose 9-year-old son has participated in the triathlon for three years.

“I love the idea of introducing children at a young age to a fun environment that encourages competition while still making it an attainable goal to reach the finish,” she explained.

That finish is attainable because the heats are adjusted for each age group. The youngest competitors will swim one lap in the Arden Park pool, bike once down La Sierra Drive and then run just one lap around the park baseball field. The oldest competitors swim five laps, bike two laps on an extended course and bring it home with four laps around the field.

The goal is for each kid to feel exhausted but accomplished by the end of the day. The older kids who have participated all six years push themselves to land atop the podium, while the youngest children are often just happy to finish. “Seeing the little 6-year-olds come roaring down the finish line brings tears to my eyes every time,” Joyce said. “There is this amazing

sense of accomplishment for something they think they can’t do.”

The triathlon serves as the first introduction to race competition for many children. In addition to the physical challenge, participants must come prepared to follow triathlon rules and procedures. On Sunday, August 6 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., volunteers will host a free clinic to help familiarize participants with the rules, offer nutrition and transition tips and give children supervised practice time in the Arden Park pool.

The yearly event is made possible by a committee board of eight, roughly 125 volunteers, including students from El Camino and Rio Americana High Schools, and the financial sponsorship of local businesses, such as title sponsor Swanson Cleaners.

“There are so many incredibly generous people in the community who have donated so much money to make it happen,” Joyce said.

That money funds rental facilities, permits and equipment, as well as the Fun Zone, a safe space to keep kids entertained between heats with a bouncy obstacle course and face painting. The Fun Zone will also have art supplies so competitors can create signs to cheer one another on.

Encouraging camaraderie among athletes and promoting healthy habits is what the race is all about.

For more information on competing, volunteering or spectating, visit aptriathlon.org. As of writing, triathlon registration is 99 percent full.

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When we were kids books were vital in summer, that three-month glut of liberty that allowed you to read what you wanted. We had the library, dispenser of riches.

Sheila Redd remembers checking out The Five Little Peppers, Beverly of Graustark, and A Tree grows in Brooklyn.

I remember those too, and Little Women and all of Louisa Alcott’s books, Tom Sawyer and thereafter all of Mark Twain’s. Today we bingewatch TV series, but then we binge read-authors. Another big fave: Charles Dickens.

I recall my sister, Eileen, saying once that she thought her daughter, Mary, would become a lifelong reader once she fell “in love with a writer.” She was right. Like us, Mary fell for Alcott and L. M. Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables, and entered into a perpetual fling with summer reading and, later, literature itself. Now an architect, she kicks back with novelist Edith Wharton.

Ray Brankline wears a shirt emblazoned with this Thomas Jefferson quote: “I cannot live without books.” His current passions sit in short stacks on his tables, in the back seat of his car, and he carries a couple with him when he heads out for appointments. One of the abiding terrors of his life is “being stuck somewhere without a book.” One boyhood favorite was Vince Gironda, Legend and Myth, a utilitari-

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an how-to-beef-up book. He didn’t seek out fiction until he picked up the book that changed his life: Martin Eden

by Jack London. Inspired by this one novel, he put himself through college and earned a Masters in Literature.

School Board trustee Ellen Cochrane recalls an unforgettable teenage summer experience with Shogun, as a “delicious, fun read.” When younger, seven or eight, she read The Happy Hollisters,“a family who solved mysteries in a moral way. Every chapter ended with a cliff-hanger,” she recalls. “I’ll never forget this one: a long-legged, hairy tarantula slowly crawled from the bunch of bananas.”

She also read and re-read a horse book named, King of the Wind, a dog book called, Big Red, and Where the Red Fern Grows. “I can’t read that book today without sobbing at the end,” she says.

“Anne of Green Gables and Caddy Woodlawn were my childhood favorites (and pretty much anything about redheaded girls),” says Suzi Byrd, still a natural red-head. “I used to watch Reading Rainbow in the 70s (long before LaVar Burton took over) and would run to the library to get whatever Reading Rainbow recommended.”

Barbara Ruona read the Nancy Drew Mysteries, a popular girl detective series written by the famed Carolyn Keene, who was, in fact, a conglom-

erate of ghost writers hired to appeal to girls who wanted to identify with a clever, active female protagonist.

Joan Cochrane recalls reading “The Five Little Peppers, anything by Alcott, short stories from Seventeen Magazine, and even classics from the lists the schools handed out.” However she adds that the books from the school list were “always a last resort.”

Owner of The Plant Foundry, Angela Pratt, read Anne of Green Gables, The Wind in the Willows. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, and, Are You There, God? It’s me, Margaret, by Judy Bloom. For the current adult summer she anticipates reading, Give a Girl a Knife, David Sedaris’s Theft by Finding, and Sue Grafton’s, Y is for Yesterday.

Growing up, I remember chronic chatter and giggling, running feet, slamming doors, a fair number of shrieks, and sometimes through it all, our brother Michael, serenely cloistered in a chair, reading.

Though he often participated in the mayhem, he could retreat like a monk and sink into

his book. Our mother observed this once and said, “Michael is deep, like his grandfather.” The very next evening I sat with a book amid the hubbub, and tried to be deep. No use. The chaos was irresistible.

Michael’s book choices were an intriguing mix: history and science fiction or fantasy.

When he was around 14 he read Winston Churchill’s four volume, Nobel Prize winning, Second World War. Later he became addicted to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, an epic, high fantasy novel which he says “everyone should read at least once a year.”

Recent college graduate, Elliot Minner, recalls childhood favorites, The Eragon Series, Lemony Snicket, Artemis Fowl and Inkletter. No Anne of Green Gables for this millennial who took his degree in computer science. But narrative matters to Minner who plans to pursue computer game development. And even in the most advanced of these, everything fundamentally comes back to story and the choices characters make.

Ana Lacasta was born and grew up in Spain. Her childhood reading memories include: The Adventures of Tintin, The Three Musketeers, King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, Treasure Island, Anne Frank, and, in a bow to the USA where she is now a citizen, Little Women.

Though this is an admittedly skimpy, unscientific sampling, books like these fueled imaginations and made life royal in those long summers.

We revered McKinley Library as a temple of adventure and lore. Would it ever run out of books? No, our mother said, because people were always writing new ones. And there were hundreds of old ones that we had yet to read. Hundreds? So our wealth was limitless. As we grew up books became good Christmas and birthday gifts. Much later we got Kindles and peered at small bright screens on long flights, absorbed, entranced perhaps, and carried into other worlds faster and farther than any plane could fly.

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MusicLandria, the library of musical instruments continues to grow, events in Sacramento continue to draw in the community

By Monica Stark

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were happier then. We see this in less consumptive communities and cultures today, and all the studies and movements are reflecting that we want to share, and it’s most efficient and socio-psychologically satisfying when we do. We see shared Zipcars, Portland’s

Car2Go, AirBnB style home sharing, cooperative housing… and the timeless institution of the Library. Sacramento Library has its “Library of Things” at the Arcade Branch (a small selection of musical instruments, hopefully to have Tools soon). AND NOW, more conveniently located in the downtown, we have the region’s largest public library of musical instruments in Buddy Hale and Rachel Freund’s Library of MusicLandria.” You can get your library card and/ or donate anything you like at www.MusicLandria.com, or contact Buddy@musiclandria. com.

Buddy Hale, the founder of The Library Of MusicLandria. described the mission of the library as follows: “To break down the barriers to musical exploration and inspire personal growth through hands-on learning.”

To that end, MusicLandria started as a class project at Sacramento State, Hale explained. “We dove in headfirst and have grown one step at a time. Over the last two years we’ve completed over 1,600 musical instrument loans, signed up over 200 members and have expanded our catalog to include over 350 musical instruments. We’ve forged partnerships with arts and culture organizations and helped lots of people in the community explore their creative potential.”

With events open to the public, the gatherings are either free of charge or donation based and no one is turned away for lack of funds.

Past events have includ-

ed Beginning Guitar, Build Your Own Washtub Bass, and Beginning Music Theory Workshops; Women and Allies Music Nights; Instrument Petting Zoos; Interactive Sound Healing; and Singing Circles. “Basically, if we come up with a fun idea, or if a member of the public has a fun idea, we’ll make an event out of it,” says Hale.

For example, this past Sunday July 23, MusicLandria hosted two workshops: Beginning Harmonica Workshop and “Unbridled Expression: freeing your creative self.”

The next Singing Circle will be on Sunday July 30 at Gold Lion Arts, and MusicLandria will host another Beginning Guitar Maintenance Workshop on Sunday Aug. 20.

Current goals are for organizers to make MusicLandria a full time career and build a strong team and innovative programming. Hale also says the group hopes to launch an all ages music venue, a museum of musical instruments, a practice space and a recording studio all housed within the Library Of MusicLandria.

“Our current needs include a permanent location to help us build the largest musical instrument lending library in the world,” Hale said. People can donate instruments, make a monthly contribution on our Patreon page, volunteer or help find a permanent location.

Visit MusicLandria online at musiclandria.com/.

The library’s Patreon page can be found at patreon.com/ musiclandria

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Back in 2015, freelance writer and famed local musician Dean Haakenson of Be Brave Bold Robot wrote the following introducing to readers MusicLandria, the library of mu-

sical instruments: “We used to share most all of our things all of the time. Back before we became whatever it is America has become, paranoid and constantly consuming, compelled to each own one of a thing that we may use only once and then store in a dark corner. I bet we

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Sticky Business: Burly Beverages Opens Doors on the Boulevard Ring the bell outside the doors of Burly Beverages at 2014 Del Paso Boulevard and the burly, bearded owner himself may show you into his art-deco styled gift shoppe and tasting room. In one corner of the store sits a fridge packed with 80 different bottles of soda from a variety of brands, some founded in the late 1800s. There’s all the traditional flavors plus combos begging to be tried: chocolatecovered maple-smoked bacon, butterscotch root beer, lime mint and honey lemonade, to name a few. Then there’s the gift portion of the shop: growlers, novelty ice trays, shakers and locally-sourced artisan snacks. But the main attraction is the old-timey shrubs: syrups made with real ingredients (grown within 50 miles whenever applicable) like freshly peeled and chopped ginger, lime, orange and pineapple, roots, bark, vanilla, molasses, Turbinado sugar and apple-cider vinegar.

Sit down at the bar and that same mustachioed owner will mix one of his syrups with house-made craft seltzer water, so you can have a taste before you buy a bottle to add to your own fizzy water or alcohol of choice at home. Each 16-ounce bottle he sells makes 16 to 20 sodas or up to 32 cocktails. From ginger beer to pineapple-nutmeg, these Burly Beverages are reminiscent of the medical elixirs doctors and carnival barkers of the Old West sold to cure what ails you. But the man behind the beverages, 38-year-old Gabriel Aiello, is no snake-oil salesman.

He’s not promising to aid an ailment (that would be an FDA no-no), but he is offering a healthier alternative to soda, one that better maintains its vitamins and minerals and doesn’t come with a sugar crash.

For Aiello, creating a healthier product and effecting change is at the heart of what he does. Serendipitously, it’s thanks to his service of others that he finds himself opening the doors to his much buzzed-about business.

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ployment Concepts, “job carving” or dividing traditional jobs into smaller tasks for disabled adults. One client, a non-verbal Autistic man named Dave, wasn’t equipped for the tasks available, but he wanted to make and sell his own salsa.

Aiello helped Dave through the process of growing the ingredients, packaging the salsa and selling it at the Orangevale Farmer’s Market. That first-hand experience sparked an interest that eventually led him to a job with Sun & Soil Cold Press Juice Company.

From there, Aiello began experimenting with his own syrup recipes at home, but he needed a bigger space to mix and bottle. His small crew, including his father Patrick, hustled in and out of commercial kitchens with never enough hours to meet the demand for his popular elixirs like his original ginger beer and root beer syrups. Boiling sugar to make syrups from simple, real ingredients is messy work, and they were spending about half their time just on prep and clean-up. “Soda business is sticky business,” Aiello explains.

With his Burly Beverages now carried at Coin-Op Game Room, Corti Brothers, Selland’s and the Golden 1 Center, Aiello was ready for his own space. He was thinking Midtown or Downtown.

Rick Eaton, the director of Sierra Service Project, a nonprofit youth organization where Aiello volunteers, had another idea: The space down the road on Del Paso Boulevard had everything Aiello needed.

At first, “It felt too good to be true,” Aiello says. But after moving into the space in November and opening the doors in May, “It’s been fantastic. It’s far better than I could have ever imagined.”

Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m to 6 p.m.,

the shop is open to the public for gifts, drinks and cool treats. You can pair any of the 80-plus sodas or syrups with ice cream or dairy-free gelato for a true old-fashioned float.

The freezer is stocked with cold, creamy flavors from locally-owned Devil May Care and Conscious Creamery.

Most days you’ll find Aiello inside. You might also catch his dad fulfilling orders in the back or filling in wherever needed. “He’s a jack-of-all trades,” Aiello says of Papa Burly. Citing the “retired” elder Aiello’s unmatched work ethic, he adds, “Working with him has caused me to admire him even more.”

Some might say the same of the younger Aiello man. Not only does he spend around 65 to 70 hours a week on Burly Beverages, he also cooks for the once-a-month Meatless Mondays at Old Ironsides, plays guitar in Drop Dead Red, is an on-call dog washer for Splash Hound and continues his volunteer work.

Juggling everything while running a thriving business would be an accomplishment for anyone, but it’s especially meaningful to Aiello given he was the young kid who was “in detention or suspended every other day.”

As a child, Aiello struggled because of ADHD and sensory defensiveness. He couldn’t stand for others to touch him, and he hated the sensation of certain foods and fabrics. He didn’t know how to communicate his needs to other children, so when they touched, he would respond violently.

After years of therapy, Aiello learned how to adapt and manage his conditions without the use of medication.

Now with his thriving business – he has made more in the first four months of 2017 than he ever has in one whole year in his life – he is proud

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Gabe Aiello, owner of Burly Beverages

of what that means to his parents. “I think it’s been good for both of my parents to see that I’ve found something in my life that works for me as a person who has these specific disabilities that have held me back – or I’ve allowed to hold me back – my whole life.” He adds, “I never thought I’d be doing anything like this.”

And although Aiello claims, “I’m flying by the seat of my pants and making it up as I go along,” he already has plans for when his production needs outgrow his current space. But for now, he invites the public to check out his storefront, try a healthier soda or float, and remember “everything in moderation.”

So, what’s your style? An urban loft Downtown where you can walk to the cafes? A home in a good school district with beautiful parks nearby? A lifestyle along the river where you can get out on your bicycle and breeze along the parkway every day? Tell me. Tell me what you want. It’s here. What you want is here in Sacramento.

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Locals offer variety of edibles to State Fair guests

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The California State Fair is once again a destination place for a wide variety of food, including dishes prepared by people who reside within the boundaries of Valley Community Newspapers.

As we wrote about last year, KD Profitt of Land Park and Barbara Ruona of East Sacramento– aka the Marmaladies – enter marmalade each year. This year, they won two blue ribbons and a red for marmalades they entered. As their friend Linda Hayward wrote in a message to Valley Community Newspapers: “It’s fun to watch with them, the judging process!”

Thai Spice For instance, from the Arden area – where the Arden-Carmichael News is circulated, and the State Fair is held – is Say Fuller, a 15-year veteran food vendor at the fair.

Fuller, who offers Thai food at the fair, is the former owner of the popular Thai Spice restaurant, which operates at 2721 Broadway, and had another location at 6835 Stockton Blvd.

She sold the Broadway location to her cousin about four years ago, but maintains her Thai Spice food stand in the fair’s Food Promenade area.

Prior to opening Thai Spice restaurant, Fuller opened another Thai cuisine eatery, Pattaya Café, at 5514 Watt Ave. in North Highlands.

Fuller commented about her longevity as a Thai food business owner.

“I have done (Thai) food for a long time, almost 30 years,” she said. “I started a business when I was 27 years old, a (Thai) restaurant.”

Fuller mentioned that she became very familiar with Thai food, considering that she grew up in Thailand, married another immigrant from Thailand, and had other connections to Thai food.

“I came from Thailand and I love to cook,” she said. “And my mom-in-law, she has a restaurant at an Air Force base in Thailand.”

Fuller said that her most popular dishes are garlic chicken with steamed rice ($8.78), spring rolls with peanut sauce ($2.77) and pad Thai noodles with fried rice ($10.16).

Altogether, she offers 12 other items, including orange chicken, Thai curry noodles, teriyaki chicken or beef, mixed vegetables, and papaya salad.

Fuller noted that she receives a lot of compliments for offering fresh, quality-tasting food at reasonable prices.

“My food is good, very fresh, and people like it,” she said with a smile.

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The State Fair has many bright and colorful food stands, including this Chinese food stand, which specializes in orange chicken.

Tempura, Inc. Mexican food

East Sacramento News, is no newcomer to the fair, as he has helped operate this stand at this annual event since 2009.

One of this business’s most popular items is the foot-long, “Monster Corn Dog.” Bressem commented about this item.

“The (all-beef hot dogs) are just a little under a foot before you put the batter on them, but once you put the batter on them, they’re a little over a foot,” he said. “So, they’re right in between 12 and 13 inches. We could call them longer, if you include the stick, but nobody eats the stick, right?

“Everybody loves the foot-long (Monster Corn Dog). They don’t always buy them, but they love to look at them.”

As for the stand’s hot dogs, they are longer than the bun they are served on.

And referring to that aspect, Bressem said, “Nobody wants too much bread.”

To wash down the edibles at this stand, Fraser’s Concessions also offers three flavors of soda, regular and strawberry lemonade and bottled water.

Although the owner of the stand was unavailable for comment when VCN visited the fair, Bressem was able to provide details about the business’s longtime existence.

“The guy that owns this (business), his dad (“Big Jim” Fraser) was doing this when he was born, and he’s like 46,” he said. “And I know these are his trailers now. His dad is retired.”

In addition to the stand where Bressem met with VCN, near BuildFraser’s Concessions – hot ing B, Fraser’s Concessions also opdogs and corn dogs erates two other stands at the fairAnother longtime State Fair vendor grounds, including the Dog House is Fraser’s Concessions, which features stand. corn dogs and hot dogs.

That stand features corn dogs made James Bressem, who resides in Ta- with different batters, with ingredihoe Park in the coverage area of the ents such as jalapeños and cheese.

Another food vendor at the fair is Carmichael resident Grace Wong, who operates a Mexican food trailer with Zachary and Tyler Jin, who are students at El Camino High School.

Tyler mentioned that this familyoperated business, Tempura, Inc., began with food trailers.

“My parents use to do all kinds of food trailers, (with) Japanese food, Chinese food, American food,” he said.

“And we used to own a restaurant, and (about six years ago) we decided to do Mexican food and it turned out really well and very successful.”

Inside this State Fair trailer, the workers make fresh, flour tortillas that are used with many of this eatery’s offerings, which include quesadillas, tacos and burritos.

The number one selling item at this stand is the Super 9, which features a large, open-faced tortilla that is smothered with cheese and topped with chicken, grilled peppers, onions, Mexican rice, black beans, salsa and guacamole.

The stand, which is located in the fair’s Food Promenade area, is also well known for its chicken quesadilla and chicken burrito.

Tyler said that customers of this stand are guaranteed to receive fresh food.

“Everything is made fresh here,” he said. “We make our own tortillas, we have the grill right there, and every single morni ng, we make fresh salsa, fresh guacamole.”

Prices at this stand range from $3.50 for cheese nachos to $8 for the beef burrito.

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Tahoe Park resident James Bressem of Fraser’s Concessions holds a foot-long corn dog at the California State Fair.

Arden area resident Say Fuller has been operating the Thai Spice stand at the California State Fair for 15 years.

Tyler Jin, right, and his brother, Zachary, hold food they prepared at the Tempura, Inc. Mexican food stand. They both live in Carmichael and attend El Camino Fundamental High School.

The other stand of this business serves items such as chicken fries, Philly cheesesteak sandwiches and curly fries.

Beyond these featured food vendors, other vendors fill out the concession areas of the fair, offering many of the usual fare, ranging from hamburgers, french fries, pizza and chocolate covered bacon to ice cream, cotton candy, funnel cakes and cinnamon rolls.

Monica Stark contributed to this report.

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State Fair pie eating contest Photos by StePhen croWLey stephen@valcomnews.com

Kids, teens, and adults tested their pie eating skills at the Promenade stage at the California State Fair on Tuesday, July 18. There could only be one winner in each category.

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Let’s Build Christian a Pirate Ship Christian is an energetic and adventurous 10-old-boy who loves to go to Renaissance and Adventure Faires with his family and get involved in the fun. He is also wheelchair bound and has been since of the age of 8. Christian has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a muscle- wasting disease that is fatal.

The average life expectancy for boys with DMD is 21. There is no cure for DMD. He visits UC Davis Medical Center Cancer treatment center often for experimental injections.

A few local “pirates” had the good fortune to meet Christian and see his love of adventure first- hand and have offered to build him a pirate ship he and his family can take on many more adventures.

Pirate Ann Ramirez of Carmichael explained they’ll need a custom hitch for their wheelchair-accessible van and a trailer to take Christian and his pirate ship on his future adventures. “We built a pirate ship for fun and the silly pleasure of making people smile. We want to do the same for Christian.

We hope you’ll join us,” she writes

on a GoFundMe page:www.gofundme.com/lets-build-christiana-pirate-ship Sink me! Bestow us hand mates and we can bestow this jim lad many more adventures in his very own pirate galleon. That’s pirate talk for, let’s make this happen for Christian!

In an interview with this publication Ramirez said it all started like this: “Once upon a time, we used to go to parades. We’d go to the Carmichael Parade and the Citrus Heights Parade and we had kids and thought, ‘this is boring.’ My husband (Damian Ramirez) came home one day after seeing the Ghandi bumper sticker, ‘Be the change you want to see in the world.’ And, I was like: ‘What is that supposed to mean?’

And he said, ‘Let’s build a float.’”

So, the following year (five years ago), he went to town and built a complicated 18-foot pirate ship on a flatbed modeled after a McDonald’s Happy Meal Captain Hook toy. They brought the float to parades, Race for the Cure, kids parties. But last fall a lady approached them, explaining the story of her

son. “He had seen a little tiny pirate ship for a wheelchair and asked if we could build him one. And we said, ‘yeah, let’s do it.’ He’s a real cute kid.”

The pirate ship in this photograph has made pit stops in the River Park with neighborhood children invited to play. Hostess

Brenda Jew Waters asked Damian Ramirez to bring the ship by on some days when Christian had to do his injections nearby at UCD. Brenda had known the “pirate family” for many years. Damian Ramirez purchased her father-in-law’s Shop Smith which was used to build this pirate ship.

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The Chautauqua School of Performing Arts presents Americana The 16 students of the Summer Showcase 2017 take you back to a simpler time with two short musical plays, My Darling Clementine (a western Cinderella tale) and Tom Sawyer Paints the Fence (based on a story by Mark Twain). Music, dance and humor make for a fun time with this production of Americana. Showtimes are July 28-30, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $8 all seats. http://www. cplayhouse.org/tickets or call 489-7529.

FreeFall Stage presents James Forsythe’s Screwtape Based on one of C.S. Lewis’s most well-known novels, James Forsythe’s Screwtape is about a mid-level satanic bureaucrat, Screwtape, who is training a young demon, Wormwood, to lure his first soul, Mike Green (aka “The Patient”), into their “Father Below’s” pit. Mike has very recently become acquainted with Christianity, but is still ignorant of its meaning and authority, a fact which Wormwood and Screwtape take advantage of as they attempt to get him back to his old ways of life. The demons seek to trip Mike up by way of his overprotective mother, a new boss, a demon possessed co-worker, as well as a new love interest, who comes with her own temptress. All sorts of Hell breaks loose as the demons do anything and everything to pop their patient into the pit. Showtimes are Aug. 4- 20, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m. Tickets available at www.FreeFallStage.com (not available through Chautauqua ticketing) All shows are held at the Chautauqua Playhouse, located at 5325 Engle Road, No. 110, Carmichael.

For more information, call 489-7529.

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From Mr. Oliver to Sup’r Oliver: Howe Avenue assistant teacher undergoes identity change

By Monica Stark

As an assistant teacher for 19 years going by the name Mr. Oliver, Oliver Young works now educating the public that he’s got another name: Sup’r Oliver. It was a daily performance for Mr. Oliver over at Howe Avenue Elementary School, but as of February he’s started a brand new business – Sup’r Oliver’s Children’s Entertainment– a transition, he thinks won’t be too trying. “Now, I have to take the time to educate the public that Mr. Oliver and Sup’r Oliver are one in the same which I think will work out quite nice for me in the future; at least that’s what I’m betting on,” he says.

What he enjoys most about children’s entertainment is that he gets to be a kid again and play kid games. “The problems that plague the adult world seem to melt away, and I am actually happy while I’m getting exercise or doing whatever. With the kids I run around with them, pull them in wagons, lift them up into the air, draw pictures for them to color and much, much more. Each party I will tailor towards the child’s age and their interests.”

Young began working with children back in 1997 when he took an ROP Careers with Children’s class in high school in which he got to go back to one of his elementary schools, Howe Avenue Elementary School. “I really enjoyed my time there so much that after the class ended I stayed there for five years, and eventually got a job there as an assistant teacher and a substitute teacher,” he said.

And, that’s where the idea for Sup’r Oliver came about as he played and entertained the children on the playgrounds. So as far as that is concerned, he worked as a teacher, assistant teacher, and substitute teacher with children for 19 years at various schools, daycare centers and after school programs.

“So a funny thing about me I suppose is I hate to exercise but I love to run around and play with kids.

It’s weird. When I exercise, I feel pain in my knees, my feet, my back etc. But when I’m running around with the kids playing tag, or sharks and minnows, I feel no pain. It’s fun. It’s exciting and it’s one of the things that I enjoy doing,” he says.

Not to toot his own horn, but Young says that when he worked with the children at just about every school that he went to, he got a lot of positive reviews and feedback from the children and the parents. “The welcoming reception that I usually got makes me feel like this will be a positive experience.”

Starting the Sup’r Oliver business has been a learning experience for the budding entrepreneur.

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Naïve in the beginning thinking he would get some business grants, he says every time he applied, they turned out to be scams. So about eight years ago, he realized the only way to make this a reality was to save the money himself, so that’s what he did. He cut back his spending, lived below his means, and soon he had enough to get started. He quit his job on Feb. 3 of this year and is on his way.

His transition from teacher to children’s entertainer comes after looking inside himself. “Now don’t get me wrong. My job wasn’t a bad one, it just had no future. I had reached the limits of how far I could go there. They weren’t going to pay me any more money. Besides there was a lot of other tasks that I had to do there that I wasn’t happy doing such as teaching, disciplining, putting up with the other adults who actually liked being teachers. I wasn’t so much a teacher as I was an actor playing a teacher to get where I need to go in life.”

So, he went to college twice, the first time for Early Childhood Education at American River College 1997-2002, though he didn’t graduate because he couldn’t pass the math and English classes, which he says is actually for the best because he realized in that time period that he didn’t want to be a teacher – he just liked playing and entertaining the children. The second time he went to college, he attended a local art school for film making, another of his many passions. After a hefty $300,000 worth of student debt and a lack of education, he says the school didn’t really teach him how to do anything. “They just taught me of things that were needed to do, so I got a very expensive lesson not to be so trusting I suppose.” So as far as being a film maker is concerned, he is still working on it. “I’m not going to let them steal my dreams from me, so I am going to learn the skills myself. So, that is still a work in progress. I’m working on branding my character into several other avenues to get my name out there, such as writing, acting, etc.””

You might see him driving around town in his 1998 Honda Accord LX sedan with a vehicle wrap advertising his entertainment business.

The children’s party business will take place where ever the customer wants it to. His motto is: “You provide the location, and I’ll provide the fun.

Customers or anyone can get a hold of me for the business at (916) 207-4096 or for other matters at (916) 718-5149, or go on my website which is still in construction at www.suproliver.com.”

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What’s SATURDAY, JULY 29 CARMICHAEL CONCERTS IN THE PARK: THE GOLDEN CADILLACS: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm: The Golden Cadillacs are lifelong friends from the foothills of Northern California who began playing music together back in high school. After going down different roads musically, their paths have led them back together to create a harmony that can only be founded in lifelong friendship. The band consists of past and present members of Jackie Greene, Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers, Dead Winter Carpenters, Jake Peavy and the Outsiders, Tim Flannery and the Lunatic Fringe and Merrygold. Concert is held at the Daniel Bishop Memorial Pavilion in Carmichael Park, located at 5750 Grant Ave. The Carmichael Concerts in the Park series is brought to you in part, by the generous support of the following sponsors: Access Dental, Sacramento County Supervisor Susan Peters, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Emigh Hardware, Arthur Murray Carmichael Dance Studio, California Family Fitness, Carmichael Creek Neighborhood

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Association, John and Susan Skinner, and the Kiwanis Club of Carmichael.

SATURDAY, AUG. 5 CARMICHAEL CONCERTS IN THE PARK: DAVE RUSSELL BAND: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm: Listed as one of the “CMA’s Who New To Watch”, National / Nashville Recording Artist Dave Russell is a “Down Home, good ole boy” from North Carolina that has toured the country, performing to sold out crowds in Nashville, Biloxi, Branson, San Antonio, Reno, Tahoe, and most recently all of Northern California. Making his home in Placer County, Dave and his band are constantly one of the “Most Booked Country Bands in California”. His vocal talent alone has landed him 2 “Top 40” hits on Country and Christian Country Radio. He also is an accomplished Studio Vocalist providing the voices of countries most recognizable voices for such games as “Time Magazine’s Video Game of the year”, (Karaoke Revolution), along with “CMT Presents: Karaoke Revolution Country”. Concert is held at the Daniel Bishop Memorial Pavilion in

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Carmichael Park, located at 5750 Grant Ave. The Carmichael Concerts in the Park series is brought to you in part, by the generous support of the following sponsors: Access Dental, Sacramento County Supervisor Susan Peters, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Emigh Hardware, Arthur Murray Carmichael Dance Studio, California Family Fitness, Carmichael Creek Neighborhood Association, John and Susan Skinner, and the Kiwanis Club of Carmichael.

HARVEST DAY 2017 FEATURING INSPIRING SPEAKERS: The UC Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of Sacramento County present three inspiring speakers at Harvest Day 2017 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Horticulture Center, 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks. The Green Acres Nursery tent will feature: Anne Fenkner, ISA Certified Arborist and UCCE Master Gardener, will start off the featured speakers at 8:30 with “Are Your Landscape Trees Healthy?” Greg Gayton, CA Certified Nursery Professional will speak at 9:45 on “Planting the Mediterranean Garden”.

At 11:00, learn about “Adventures in Edibles, Garden to Kitchen” from Bill Krycia, UCCE Master Gardener. Purchase your 2018 Gardening Guide & Calendar and pre-order spring bulbs (cash and checks only). For more information, call the UC Cooperative Extension at 875-6913, visit sacmg.ucanr.edu or facebook.com/sacmg

SUNDAY, AUG. 6 CARMICHAEL CONCERTS IN THE PARK: JOHN SKINNER BAND: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm: The John Skinner Band is a Sacramento institution. Audiences of all ages delight in a variety repertoire, ranging from big band to classic rock. Ensemble members include trumpet, sax, trombone, bass, keyboard guitar and drums.

Susan Skinner is the popular featured vocalist. Skinner repertoire caters especially for dancers with exciting swing, Latin and rock

beats. The band has provided concert programs for many Sacramento park districts and community events. Concert is held at the Daniel Bishop Memorial Pavilion in Carmichael Park, located at 5750 Grant Ave. The Carmichael Concerts in the Park series is brought to you in part, by the generous support of the following sponsors: Access Dental, Sacramento County Supervisor Susan Peters, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Emigh Hardware, Arthur Murray Carmichael Dance Studio, California Family Fitness, Carmichael Creek Neighborhood Association, John and Susan Skinner, and the Kiwanis Club of Carmichael.

ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL BRIDAL OPEN HOUSE AND FASHION SHOW: Known as the area’s premier wedding destination, Arden Hills is proud to present a very special Bridal Open House & Fashion Show from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Complimentary to attend, newly engaged couples, wedding planners and guests will be treated to delicious brunch bites, champagne and guided tours of the luxurious property complete with three elegant ballrooms, two lush wedding courtyards, amazing overnight Villas and the award-winning Spa and Salon. As an event highlight, a fabulous Bridal Fashion Show – presented in partnership with Enchanted Bridal Shoppe – will take place from 11 a.m. to noon that will highlight the latest in wedding fashions for brides, grooms and wedding party participants as well. Event attendees will also have the opportunity to visit with many of our preferred local wedding and service vendors who will be set up on-site for this special event. Plus, event guests are encouraged to enter for a chance win a variety of valuable raffle prizes (attendees must be present to win the randomly drawn prizes). Advance reservations are not required to attend this special Bridal Open House & Fashion Show. For more information about this event or Arden Hills in general, please call 916-482-6111 or visit www.ardenhills.club

SATURDAY, AUG. 12 DRAGONS AND DAMSELS: What’s the difference between a dragonfly and a damselfly? Which dragonflies feed on aerial plankton (and what is aerial plankton)? Who will be the first to catch a dragonfly this year?

Friends of the Riverbanks invite you to join them at 9:30 a.m. for one of their favorite events: Dragons & Damsels with Greg Kareofelas. The 9:30 a.m. meeting will give the insects time to warm up, but early enough to beat the heat. Greg will bring some live animals for you to see and even touch (and then release). This is a fabulous event for children of all ages, and their parents too. Nets will be provided so you can go on an Odonata hunt—it’s not easy to catch these speedy creatures. Meet at the Sutter’s Landing parking lot for a short presentation with live insects. Then we’ll go down to the river to see what is hanging out this year.

CARMICHAEL CONCERTS IN THE PARK: LATIN TOUCH: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm: The Latin Touch Band is considered one of Northern California’s best multi-genre dance bands. This cast of eleven versatile musicians puts their own spin on their interpretations of 80’s R&B, Funk, and Old School, and the occasional “unexpected surprise”. But it’s the infectious rhythmic sounds of “cumbia” that clearly defines their shows, and leaves you no choice but to embrace the “tropical” party atmosphere. Ladies and Gentleman, the “No Dancing” light has been turned off. Concert is held at the Daniel Bishop Memorial Pavilion in Carmichael Park, located at 5750 Grant Ave. The Carmichael Concerts in the Park series is brought to you in part, by the generous support of the following sponsors: Access Dental, Sacramento County Supervisor Susan Peters, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Emigh Hardware, Arthur Murray Carmichael Dance Studio, California Family Fitness, Carmichael Creek Neighborhood Association, John and Susan Skinner, and the Kiwanis Club of Carmichael.

SUNDAY, AUG. 13 ARDEN PARK YOUTH TRIATHLON: The 6th Annual Arden Park Youth Triathlon (ages 5-16) will be held on Sunday, August 13, 2017 at Arden Park. In partnership with the Arden Park Dolphins swim team and hosted by the Arden Park Recreation and Park District, the triathlon is held annually to grow the sport of triathlon among the youth of Arden Park and outlying areas and to promote health and wellness in the community. The event brings together more than 250 participants, 600 friends and loved ones, 150 volunteers, and countless residents and neighbors who support and promote the event. Swansons Cleaners returns as Title Sponsor for 2017! DJ Steve Buzzard returns as race announcer, emcee, and keeper of things rockin’ for 2017! 7-8 Bike course reduced to 1 lap in 2017. A free Arden Park Youth Triathlon bike bell offered to first 100 kids who register for the 2017 event. www.aptriathlon.org; 1000 La Sierra Drive.

TUESDAY, AUG. 15 CAMELLIA EMBROIDERS’ GUILD OF AMERICA MEETING: The Camellia Chapter, Embroiderers’ Guild of America welcomes the public to their meeting at 7 p.m. at the Rancho Cordova Library, 9845 Folsom Blvd., Sacramento. The program will be a presentation on tips to make your stitching easier. Guests welcome. Free.

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SATURDAY, AUG. 19 CARMICHAEL CONCERTS IN THE PARK: MUMBO GUMBO: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm: For over 27 years, Mumbo Gumbo had been one of Northern California’s top groups. Releasing 9 original-music cds and collecting numerous “Sammie” and “Best of Sacramento” awards. The 7-piece band tours the Western United States, bringing their “genre-bending Americana” music to their many fans. Their big musical stew contains elements of soul, zydeco, folk, blues, rock, cajun, Caribbean, and country all mixed into their uniquely festive roots-music sound.

Concert is held at the Daniel Bishop Memorial Pavilion in Carmichael Park, located at 5750 Grant Ave. The Carmichael Concerts in the Park series is brought to you in part, by the generous support of the following sponsors: Access Dental, Sacramento County Supervisor Susan Peters, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Emigh Hardware, Arthur Murray Carmichael Dance Studio, California Family Fitness, Carmichael Creek Neighborhood Association, John and Susan Skinner, and the Kiwanis Club of Carmichael.

MUSIC IN ARDEN PARK PRESENTS RONI & THE FLIGHT BAND: This band can get you moving and grooving with their big sound, powerful vocals and a great selection of music. Featured Vocalist, musician and singer-songwriter Roni Yadao is one of Northern California’s hottest. They have opened for big names in jazz “Velvet Fog”, Mel Torme and jazz violinist Stephan Grapelli during the UOP Spring Jazz Concert Series. She fronts the band Roni & the Flight with pro musicians that have been playing together for over 15 years. Music styles range from Old School, R&B, Country, Rock and everything in between. So hold on to your seat and get ready to take a ride with Roni & The Flight. Music goes from 7 to 10 p.m. at Arden Park, 1000 La Sierra Drive.

THURSDAY, AUG. 24 BBQ LUAU BEER & BOOGIE: A WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S FUNDRAISER: The Kiwanis Club of Carmichael invite you to join them in raising money for Alzheimer’s research by attending a “BBQ Luau, Beer & Boogie at Oakmont of Carmichael” from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

There will be food, live music from Todd Morgan & The Emblems, dancing, a silent auction, and a raffle. Proceeds go to the Walk to End Alzheimer’s organization. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased by contacting Virginia Stone, Executive Director of Oakmont of Carmichael, at 2083328. Oakmont of Carmichael is located at 4717 Engle Road, Carmichael.

SATURDAY, AUG. 26 CARMICHAEL CONCERTS IN THE PARK: ON AIR: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm: On Air, Sacramento’s premiere classic rock horn band, has entered its 32nd year of entertaining audiences throughout Northern California. Solid rock music, tight harmony, and white hot horns characterize the On Air sound. No fewer than five members are vocalists, both lead and backup. They perform a pleasing blend of classic rock, soul and funk, jazz and swing, with just the right amount of tasty ballads. On Air is family-friendly and a true crowd pleaser. Concert is held at the Daniel Bishop Memorial Pavilion in Carmichael Park, located at 5750 Grant Ave. The Carmichael Concerts in the Park series is brought to you in part, by the generous support of the following sponsors: Access Dental, Sacramento County Supervisor Susan Peters, Sacramento Municipal UtiliValley Community Newspapers, Inc.

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SUNDAY, AUG. 27 CARMICHAEL CONCERTS IN THE PARK: RIVER CITY CONCERT BAND: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm: The Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band began in 1990, branching off from the Sacramento Concert Band under the Sacramento Valley Symphonic Band Association (SVSBA).

The band will be celebrating its 27th anniversary in 2017 and Tom will be celebrating his 14th anniversary as the band’s musical director and conductor. The band began its association with the city of Rancho Cordova, CA in June of 2012, and continues to enjoy acting ambassadors for the city in promoting the arts through music and community service. Concert is held at the Daniel Bishop Memorial Pavilion in Carmichael Park, located at 5750 Grant Ave. The Carmichael Concerts in the Park series is brought to you in part, by the generous support of the following sponsors: Access Dental, Sacramento County Supervisor Susan Peters, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Emigh Hardware, Arthur Murray Carmichael Dance Studio, California Family Fitness, Carmichael Creek Neighborhood Association, John and Susan Skinner, and the Kiwanis Club of Carmichael.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 1 MOVIES IN ARDEN PARK PRESENTS ‘MOANA’: Young navigator Moana (voice of Auli’i Cravalho), the daughter of a Polynesian tribal chief, is chosen to find a precious artifact that could save her people.

She teams with demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) to locate a legendary island, and together the pair explore fantastical lands and encounter incredible sea creatures in this animated adventure from Disney. The film’s soundtrack includes contributions from Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Tony and Grammy-winning creator of the popular stage musical Hamilton. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. Film starts at 7:30 p.m., 1000 La Sierra Drive.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 16 MUSIC IN ARDEN PARK PRESENTS ‘2-Lit-2 Quit’: 2 Lit 2 Quit has been making great music together since 2004. They are a high energy entertainment party band that will put the FUN in your night. Playing Classic rock, funk, blues, southern rock and a little bit o’ country. You can sing and dance to all of their music. Music goes from 7 to 10 p.m. at Arden Park, 1000 La Sierra Drive.

ONGOING FARMERS MARKET: Carmichael Recreation and Park District hosts a weekly farmers market where you can buy farm fresh goods to take to your table. The market is operated by, Living Smart Foundation, a local nonprofit training organization specializing in financial and business education for youth in our community. Each week the market features certified Farmers locally grown seasonal fruits and vegetables, specialty gourmet foods, spices, sauces, nuts, dried fruits and honey. Local entertainment is provided for your enjoyment! 9 a.m to 2 p.m. at 5330 Gibbons Drive.

Sacramento Poetry Center Gallery presents A Box Is… featuring local women artists The public is invited to attend a special showing at SPC Gallery featuring three local artists who have each dedicated their lives to the arts – Susan Kelly-DeWitt, Gwen Amos, and Helen Plenert.

The Second Saturday art reception for “A Box Is…”, will feature 36 new pieces of art based on a box on Saturday, Aug. 12 from 5 to 8 p.m.

Helen Plenert: Using just paper, cardboard, and paint, Helen, jumped from her comfort zone and has created a series of mixed media pieces that reflect societies perceptions and how children imagine themselves.

The Sacramento Poetry Center and Gallery’s mission is to promote and advance the practice and application of poetry, the Susan Kelly-DeWitt: Susan interpret- literary arts, and visual arts in our comed “outside the box” as using non-art ma- munity, to enliven and extend the culturterials (mementos, artifacts, etc) she had al boundaries of Sacramento’s literary arecollected, re-purposing and sometimes in- na by creating and maintaining forums corporating her poetry-self with her visual for local writers; to support and empower art-self, which she rarely does. emerging and established poets, and artists to bring the best practitioners of the craft Gwen Amos: Loosely based in the tra- into the community. The gallery is used to dition of the Mexican Retablo, the “Cor- showcase the visual arts. rugation of the Madonna” series is about exploring how to use ordinary, everyday For more information about the art show “A material – corrugated cardboard in a less Box Is…”, call Helen Plenert at 599-2608 or than expected way. email Helen@hplenert.com

SACRAMENTO CAPITOLAIRES BARBERSHOP CHAPTER meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Christ Community Church, 5025 Manzanita Ave., Carmichael, CA 95608. Men who like to sing are always welcome; www.capitolaires.org; 888-8779806. The group is members of the Barbershop Harmony Society. www.valcomnews.com • July 28, 2017 • Arden-Carmichael News

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