East Sacramento News - Jan. 15, 2015

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East Sacramento News — B r i n g i n g y o u c o m m u n i t y ne w s f o r 2 4 y e a r s —

Come See Peter, Wendy and the Lost Boys dance at McKinley Library See page 2

On the Curbs.........................................................2 Janey Way Memories . ..........................................3 Lance Armstrong Feature ...................................10 Matías Bombal’s Hollywood ..............................12 Calendar..............................................................17

Fostering creativity in East Sacramento See page 8

Snow Bunny Rentals starts up in East Sac See page 13

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By MICHAEL SAELTZER

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East Sacramento News is published on the first and third Thursday of the month in the area bounded by Business 80 on the west, the American River on the north and east and Highway 50 on the south.

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Ah, January 2015. Happy New Year East Sac Curbians!

I hope 2014 was a good one for you all, and that 2015 will be even better.

Peter, Wendy, Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys and Captain Hook. Put them together and you have all the ingredients for a magic and fantasy. Even better put them all together at the Grand Hall of the Clunie Community Center on Saturday, Jan. 31 at noon. That’s right, the Sacramento Ballet and the Sacramento Public Library have teamed for a time now with the goal of bringing the beauty and wonder of ballet to life especially for the little ones.

And the shows are bringing them in by the droves.

Last November, a similar pared-down performance of the Nutcracker brought out hundreds to this location. Children saw firsthand a 20-minute performance by a small group of the dancers. Best of all, they got to ask questions and learn about the backstage ongoings that make the whole performance come to life. Now, imagine the exact same thing but with Peter Pan, Tinker Bell and a small team of other performers.

That is what you and your children will be able to do simply by showing up. See it up close, and in person.

What an amazing opportunity. Seeing is believing.

And believing is what this skeptical writer came to experience upon his first visit to a local esthetician. For those of us guys out there that is the name of the person who takes care of your skin and your face. You see I was assigned the project of going in and getting my first ever facial. But, as Cindy Ann Mendes Ravn of Maverique Style House explained to me I was about to walk out of the session feeling a whole lot healthier.

See many months ago, before the flurry of the holidays, Cindy was kind enough to invite me into her studio and perform a new cutting edge HydraFacial MD treatment. In simple terms, the treatment safely removes the toxins that build up in your pores and then infuses your skin with hydrating serums. Pretty straight forward, and if you want to know exactly why its different that most other treatments Cindy can explain it as she has a vast amount of experience in the health fields.

The treatment took about 30 minutes, was painless, and easy. I felt great right af-

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East Sacramento resident Cindy Ann Mendes Ravn of Maverick’s Style House working her magic with the HydraFacial MD treatment. Don’t underestimate the value of a great esthetician!

terward, but the truth is that over the next two weeks, I felt remarkable. I’d wake up in the morning and expect my puffy eyed self to be staring back at me in the mirror as I prepared to shave. Where was I? I had been replaced by some dude that looked refreshed, alive, rejuvenated. I’m not joking. A good friend of mine saw me about 10 days after the treatment and remarked that I looked better that I ever had, better than I did in college!

So, guys, ladies, if you get a chance, try a professional facial done by someone like Cindy. It works, and it really does make you healthier. Might not be a bad way to treat yourself to some pampering right off the bat in 2015!

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Janey Way Memories:

Starting Over

By Marty Relles

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When I returned home from my 2-year tour of duty in the U.S. Army in 1971, I had to literally start my life all over again. All I possessed was the cloths on my back, but fortunately my parents let me take up residence at their home on Janey Way. I knew I had to get some money fast, so I did what all the returning soldiers did back then: I applied for unemployment compensation.

That was easy. I took the bus down town to the unemployment office and stood in line with the other unemployed people. After a while, my name was called and I went to a desk to meet with a claims representative. He helped me fill out my application, and then told me, “You should receive your first check in about two weeks.”

Sure enough, on Friday, two weeks later, my check arrived. It didn’t seem like very much money. I knew I could not live independently on that paltry amount. However, my mom gave me a good suggestion. She said, “go down and apply for a job with the state, Marty. They always need new employees.”

So early next morning, I went down to the State Personnel Board and put in my application for an entry level position: Clerk I.

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Soon, I received a notice to come and take a test for that position. The test proved easy and I passed with flying colors. By December, I interviewed for a job with the Department of Justice.

The interview went well. The guy heading up the interview panel was Robert Scott. He told me right off that he knew and liked my parents. I got the job.

I began my career with the state of California on Dec. 26, 1971. Little did I know that it would become my life’s work. My goal had been to become a teacher, but circumstances beyond my control ultimately prevented me from obtaining that goal.

Things went well at the DOJ though. I got promoted to Clerk II a year later. I remember See Janey Way, page 4

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receiving the news from a supervisor named Marlene who ran my unit, the Record Analysis and Coding Unit (RAC). She did not like me much for whatever reason, but she was happy to advise me I placed number one on the list.

I soon left RAC and took a swing-shift job in the Folders Unit. That group filed criminal dispositions in a massive warehouse that held almost 5 million criminal records, encased in folders, stacked on shelves just like you find in the library.

We received a stack of about 700 criminal disposition forms every shift and had to file them by the end of the night. I finished early most nights, and then sat around pretending to look busy until the shift ended.

Working swing shift enabled me to return to Sacramento State College and resume my academic pursuits. A few years later, in June of 1975, I graduated from Sac State with a baccalaureate degree in Social Science, and the rest is history. I took a state job as a Research Analyst at the Department of Rehabilitation, where learned how to use a computer. Ultimately that led me to a career in Information Technology. I retired in 2002 as the Chief of the Bureau of Administration at the Stephen P. Teale State Data Center.

My mom’s suggestion to apply for work with the state in 1971 had led me to a career I had never even imagined back then. What did Forrest Gump say? “Life is like a box of candy, you never know what you are going to get.”

Now, my return home from the Army in 1971 is just another surprising Janey Way memory.

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Soroptimist of Sacramento announces winners of annual awards Soroptimist of Sacramento is pleased to announce the winners of their annual Violet Richardson Award, Live Your Dream Award and the Ruby Award.

Bridget McGinnis and Elisa Monroe, students at El Camino High School were selected as recipients of the Violet Richardson Award.

Erica Arashiro was selected to receive the Live Your Dream Award. Michele Steeb, Executive Director of St. Johns Program for Real Change is the winner of the 2015 Ruby Award.

Numerous deserving applicants participated in the annual programs, all deserving of being selected which made the judging a difficult task.

All four recipients will be honored at the club’s annual award luncheon on Friday, Jan. 16 at Casa Garden Restaurant.

The public is invited to attend and learn more about the contributions McGinnis and Monroe have made in their community and the obstacles Ms. Arashiro has overcome to begin rebuilding her life and that of her two young children.

The Violet Richardson Award recognizes young women (ages 14-17) who make a difference in the community and world a better place through volunteer efforts such as fighting drugs, crime and violence; cleaning up the environment; and working to end discrimination and poverty.

The Live Your Dream Award was created to as-

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sist women with expenses incurred while pursuing education and/or training to improve their lives and that of their family. Applicants must be the primary source of income.

Bridget McGinnis is a senior leader with the Girl Scouts. She attends El Camino High School and has a 4.0 GPA with honors classes. Very interested in environmental issues, Ms. McGinnis is president of her school’s recycling club and developed a program for teaching kindergarten teachers ways to work with their students about the environment. Her career goals include becoming a civil engineer focusing on making cities more livable and developing transportation systems that keep the environment in mind.

Elisa Monroe is also a student at El Camino High School with a GPA of 4.0.

She is involved in the El Camino Boosters, has volunteered at WEAVE, a local domestic violence agency, the Wind Youth Homeless Shelter, is president of her church class, coordinated blood drives and helped create the Keaton Raphael Memorial Childhood Cancer Organization. She hopes to attend BYU-Hawaii to play soccer. She is one of three students being considered to fill two available positions of goalie.

The Live Your Dream Award winner, Erica Arashiro is a single mom of two is studying to become a paralegal with a goal of ob-

taining a degree in Criminal Justice. Ms. Arashiro became interested in law during a personal experience in the court system.

Erica currently maintains a 4.0 GPA. Soroptimist of Sacramento is pleased to announce the winner of its 2015 Ruby Award, Michele Steeb, Executive Director of St. Johns Program for Real Change.

The Ruby Award honors a woman in the community who has worked to improve conditions for women and girls. Although not a Soroptimist, her work helps promote issues that are important to Soroptimists and offers an inspirational story about how to make a difference in the lives of women. The Soroptimist Ruby Award is named after the first fed-

eration President Ruby Lee Minar. Michele Steeb embodies the spirit of this award.

Michele Steeb has transformed the former St. John’s shelter into a continuum of care that addresses the root causes of homelessness through education, supportive services and employment training.

Under Ms. Steeb’s direction, St. John’s launched two successful Employment Training Programs, Plates Café and Catering/Plates2Go Cafe and First Steps Child Development Center, which provide the on-thejob training for women in the St. John’s program with the goal of helping them to become self-sufficient.

She also launched St. John’s Supportive Housing Program, which provides safe, stable housing for families

working toward self-sufficiency. Ms. Steeb has also served on the Policy Board to End Homelessness and she is a member of its steering committee.

Ms. Steeb will be honored, along with recipients of the Violet Richardson and Live Your Dream awards, at the club’s Award Luncheon to be held on Friday, Jan. 16, 11:30 a.m. at the Casa Garden Restaurant, 2760 Sutterville Road. Reservations are required and can be made through the Club’s website: www.soroptimistsacramento.com. Once on the website, the event calendar should be selected, then the date of Jan. 16. Payment may be made online or at the door. Information about Soroptimist of Sacramento may be found at www.soroptimistsacramento.com.

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Shown here are the David Lubin Elementary School RoboRaptors who competed on Nov. 16 at Intel Corporation.

David Lubin Elementary School to compete in FIRST Lego League champs On Jan. 24, David Lubin Elementary School’s Robotics team, the RoboRaptors, will compete in the FIRST Lego League Capital District Championships.

The David Lubin Robotics program is only its second year and the RoboRaptors team made a stunning showing at the local tournament in November. Their successful project and robot game allowed them to advance to the District Championships.

FLL is a global robotics program that ignites an enthusiasm for science, technology and engineering in kids ages 9 to 14. FLL brings theory and practice together. Working in an environment that encourages inquiry and hands-on experimentation, team members fulfill roles modeled after real world project teams.

The RoboRaptors coaches, Thomas and Jessica McLauglin, have spent many long hours guiding the team and encouraging team building, creativity and core values. Ms. McLaughlin said, “Our team of fourth through sixth graders has worked incredibly hard this season learning innovative

problem solving skills throughengineering and programming.”

The FLL Capital District Championships are open to the public. The tournament will be held on Jan. 24 at Inderkum High School.

For more information, contact Jennifer Aten at jraten@ surewest.net.

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Fostering creativity and design in East Sacramento

By Monica Stark

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The brain of East Sacramento’s Marc Foster is a scanner for three-dimensional abstract art pieces and industrial upscale furniture. To put simply, Marc explained: “I just start building.

I mean I have an idea, a conception in my head. I then try to transfer that into physical being.”

Marc produces custom designed and crafted furniture, fixtures and any home or commercial design embellishment you can begin to imagine. He asks, what are you dreaming of? It is that question that drives his business, Marc Foster Creative, an interior design and furniture store, located at 320 Alhambra Blvd., the former warehouse of Mary Ann’s Baking Company, and the building that housed the Pureta Sausage Factory.

Asked to summarize what his business entails, Marc explained, “We do all kinds of custom furniture, sculpture, functional art, nonfunctional art, and lots of fun.”

Marc’s work has made quite an impact on the Sacramento community, extending mostly in the private sphere, but in Midtown, at the MARRS building on 20th Street between J and K streets, Marc created a 10-foot-tall, 9,000-lb. steel and concrete sculpture in memory of the unofficial “Mayor of Midtown,” Andy Ekstrom, who died on Aug. 3, 2010. In a Sacramento Press article dated Aug. 4, 2010, Marc was quoted as saying: “I designed this sculpture as an abstract representation of Andy and his diverse and full life. The long steel spine

represents his role as the backbone in his community and among the many groups of friends he had. The layers of concrete are the many layers of his persona, relationships with friends and family, and the dynamic spirit of his life. Andy was truly larger than life, and 10 feet tall is only the beginning of how his presence felt in our lives and how he made everyone feel that met him. I only hope that this sculpture can be a touchstone for family and friends to remember and honor this incredible person that touched our lives.”

Besides the Mayor of Midtown sculpture, which reaches the public’s psyche and touches people’s hearts, Marc’s work is reaching countless others in a more intimate way. In addition to privately commissioned residential pieces, he’s designed several commercial projects. He’s created what Sacramento Bee food critic Blair Anthony Robertson says of the décor of Chocolate Fish on Folsom Boulevard as “most impressive,” adding that “it’s the best looking coffee shop (he’s) ever seen, thanks to the custom work of Marc Foster, a furniture maker and craftsman.”

From airplane wings that lay out behind the building, to the trunk of a large camphor tree, the historical warehouse stands the test of time and touring it is akin to experiencing a playground of three-dimensional banter. A mezzanine, that exists now unused, conjures up images of a Pureta Sausage Factory manager, working in his office, as staff worked in an assembly line below. A gun rack remains from the days of the bakery.

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Local artist Marc Foster is shown holding his baby boy Graeme before an interview with this publication last fall. Marc produces custom designed and crafted furniture, fixtures and any home or commercial design embellishment you can begin to imagine. He asks, what are you dreaming of? It is that question that drives his business, Marc Foster Creative, an interior design and furniture store, located at 320 Alhambra Blvd.

Standing in the entryway of the warehouse is Marc’s art piece, “Intersection”, which consists of steel panels and plates that intersect in an industrial and minimalistic way, which can symbolically represent the intersection of time that awaits in upon entering the historic site with Marc’s modern, industrial furniture pieces.

Additionally, wooden sculptures that show Marc’s more organic and abstractly figurative side, sit on tables throughout the factory.

Marc said some of the steel is purchased from a steel yard, and that others have been found. A client found the

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artist an airplane wing to be used as a conference table, but it was soon realized that the wing was too thick for that purpose. Pointing at the wing that has been sitting outside, Marc said, “That is just what is left over from what we couldn’t use. (The client) got it from that big airplane graveyard in (Tucson Davis-Monthan Air Force Aircraft Boneyard). (The ‘graveyard’) is huge; there are thousands of airplanes.”

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that basically all they do is make functional art out of airplane components.

“There’s one here on south Bradshaw (Faeth Aircraft, 5954 Bradshaw Road). They’ve gotten wings, drop fuel tanks, all kinds of stuff, seats.”

Growing up in Bryan, Texas with his mom, an interior designer, and his father, who owned a stained glass business, Marc has been around creativity for a long time. But while his parents are modest about their talents, Marc said he doesn’t know if they would classify themselves as artists, especially his dad. “He wouldn’t say he’s an artist at all,” Marc said.

Marc attended Colorado State, where he received a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts. From there, he traveled to Mexico for a bit and spent time in Seattle for four and a half years. He lived in Tahoe and then made Sacramento his home to be closer to his wife Ingrid’s family. Living in Elmhurst and working on Alhambra Boulevard in East Sacramento, Marc’s current commute is about three minutes long.

Asked to further explain how he’s developed his artistic skills, Marc chuckled, saying, “it’s because I can’t draw. I never have been a real good two-dimensional rendering type drawer with pencil to charcoal. If it’s gestural, I can do it with charcoal, but my brain isn’t wired that way. I have more of a spa-

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tial gift. It would be a hell of a lot easier if I could just draw it, but I can’t do it. I don’t get the depth and the scale and the overall impact.”

Recently in the last five or so years, Marc has developed more of a name for himself regarding the sculptural and figurative pieces. “There’s lots of slabs of oak over there that will turn into a table that’s on that rolling cart… that bench thing, that sculptural slab of wood over there – that could be functional. It could be sculptural,” Marc said, pointing in a direction to illustrate an example of his work in that style.

Interestingly, he said his first successful sculpture was actually a wood carving he completed in college. “I think it was successful in terms of my peers. It wasn’t very big, maybe 30 inches tall out of mahogany. My mom actually has it now. It’s very abstract figurative with lots of movement through with the arms wrapping around. It’s like two-thirds of a person from mid-thigh, north. It’s not too dissimilar to this one over there,” he said, again pointing at another one of his many pieces that help show his extensive collection.

Asked if his Elmhurst home is full of his creations, he modestly said his family has some, adding that it’s kind of hard to find the happy medium between supplying the homestead with functional art or furniture necessities in general when he is so busy doing it for other people. But in due time, it will surely be filled with Marc Fos-

ter pieces. He said he and his wife also have enjoyed amassing a collection from local artists. “It’s nice to give back. We have art because we like it. I think that’s the only reason you should buy it. There’s a lot of good art in Sacramento. I think Sacramento is full of great artists, either emerging or unknown as well as known.”

He said he’s been “super busy, mostly with functional art, and furniture commissions. I have very little inventory of sculpture now, which is not necessarily a bad thing. I have sold quite a bit of stuff. And I’ve had quite a few commissions (last) year. They’ve been really great. So hopefully I am trying to transition from mostly functional to maybe a 50/50 functional/ sculptural (workload) to the trend of leaning more to the sculptural side.”

He also hopes to create larger and more visible works.

“It’s a big aspiration. It’s like being a professional sports athlete. There are lots of people who want to do it, but in terms of how many who are trying and how many do it, it’s very skewed.

“It’s a lofty goal, but without lofty goals, you’re not challenging yourself necessarily. Some things that seem unattainable are always going to seem unattainable if you don’t try.”

Before opening up shop on Alhambra Boulevard, Marc said he worked out of a space in the Del Paso Boulevard and Marconi Avenue area. That is until he drove by the Alhambra location.“I drove

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A figurative sculpture by Marc Foster, an East Sacramento artist.

by years ago and I was all, ‘Huh, that’s empty. It has a for lease sign.’ So I called them and after months and months of negotiation, I (got the lease).”

Since then, he’s had curious passersby. “Some people were looking and going, ‘Ah.’ There were lots of people from the neighborhood who saw the open studio signs and the open door and came in. They said they’d always wondered went on here, and it’s great, the neighborhood, cruising through.”

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Greek church approaching groundbreaking for major project

By LANCE ARMSTRONG Lance@valcomnews.com

The Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, which has a rich history in East Sacramento, is nearing the groundbreaking for its new campus at its site across Alhambra Boulevard from McKinley Park.

The large, Byzantine-style church, which is the centerpiece of the site, will remain standing while other structures will be replaced.

A plan to build a new church on a 10-acre site in South Natomas fell short in 1993 and that property was subsequently sold four years later.

Through that sale, the property’s former owner, Angelo Tsakopoulos, gifted the church $1.1 million, which was used to purchase the remainder of the block at the Alhambra Boulevard site, with the exception of an area with a small building at the northwest corner of Alhambra Boulevard and G Street.

Prior to that latter land acquisition, the church owned half the block.

At a later time, for many years, members were split between the options of demolishing the present church building and constructing a new church in its place or building a new church on an 8-acre site in the 48-acre McKinley Village development, just east of the current church.

In speaking about the McKinley Village site, Sam Manolakas, capital campaign chairperson of the present project, said, “So, you know, in 2007, the economy just kind of fell out and the church was wondering, ‘Well, gosh, are we ever going to be able to build over in McKinley Village?’ And, you know, we decided to stay where we’re at and Angelo Tsakopoulos said, ‘I’ll give you the proceeds from that sale in McKinley Village.’ So, he’s doing that for us. (Tsakopoulos) has been very kind to the church. He’s been a great benefactor of Annunciation.”

Plans for the present church campus project were developed in 2011.

According to a document provided by the church, those plans call for an 18,000 square foot hall, new administration and education buildings, a group courtyard and a parking area with nearly 300 percent more spaces than the present parking lot.

In 2012, the city council approved the church’s plans for the site, as well as the church’s petition to abandon the alley in the center of the parcel.

During the following year, a special parish assembly approved the design and development plans of the building committee.

With an enthusiastic tone to his voice, Manolakas shared details about the project.

“So, we’ve been hard at this for (several) years now,” Manolakas said.

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This artistic rendition shows the planned Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation campus in East Sacramento. Funding for the $10 million project is presently about $3 million short, and a bank loan for the remainder of those funds is pending approval by the parish.

“And when I say hard at this, I mean (in 2007) we voted as a parish to stay where we’re at, to keep our existing church, to build a new family centerhall and a new administration building, which would house all the educational rooms and conference rooms, as well.

“We’re going to have a Monday through Friday preschool at the site. It is already existing in our current site.

I don’t know the number of children that they have there, but I think it’s around 50 to 60.

“Currently, our church is on the (southwest) corner of F (Street) and Alhambra (Boulevard) and to the south of it is our existing hall, and our existing hall, I think is about 5,000 or 6,000 square feet.

“Now, what’s going to happen is all the construction is going to be taking place south of the alley or to the left of the alley. So, we’re going to be able to utilize all of our current facilities while construction is going on.

“Eventually, what will happen is we’ll tear down our existing hall and we’ll tear down our existing administration building, which is going to create more parking for the church, as well as (the aforementioned) courtyard between the church and the hall.”

“Comstock Johnson is actually the architect of record (and) Lionakis has

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done some of the initial layout and design and planning of the project.

“Wood Rogers is doing all the civil engineering for us and Tim Crush is also a parishioner, (and) he’s the civil engineer at Wood Rogers. So, they’ve given us quite a bit of in-kind donations on their time.”

Manolakas added that the addition of new buildings at the present East Sacramento campus makes economical sense.

“The parish is ready,” Manolakas said. “Our buildings have really outlived their useful lives. Our current hall is well over 50 years old, the administration building is well over 50 years old and the maintenance and upkeep of the old buildings has just put a burden on the church.”

But certainly to save money in the future, the project itself will cost plenty – $10 million to be specific.

In regard to funding for the project, Manolakas said, “ We’ve done fundraising over the years for these different projects that we were going to be moving into, and so from all those other projects that we’ve done, we have about $3 million in the bank.

“Our current fundraising efforts, we’re right at about $4.2 million during the silent phase of the capital cam-

paign. And so, now we’re at about ($3) million that we still need to raise. “ The hopeful plan is that we will get a loan, so we can complete the construction of this project. The construction of this project is about a 12-month build-out. We’re hopeful that we’ll get our building permit from the city of Sacramento by the end of January.

“We still have to go to the parish and get approval for the loan and get the loan, so we’re hopefully going to break (ground) around March or April of this year.”

Manolakas mentioned that it was an important decision for the church to remain in East Sacramento.

“I think it’s important that we’re staying where we’re at,” Manolakas said. “We have got one of the premier locations in East Sacramento right across from McKinley Park. The venue is going to be fantastic, the new buildings will be a wonderful addition to East Sacramento and the architecture and the finishes that we’re using on the buildings are going to be encased in kind of in the same flavor of what East Sacramento represents.

Hopefully we’ll be talking in March or April of next year and saying, please come and join us for our grand opening.”

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Leo McElroy, ‘I Tell Stories’

By Leigh Stephens

I met Leo in the 1970s while teaching at CSUS in the Journalism/Communications Department. Through the years, Leo spoke to my writing and public relations classes a number of times. What stands out in my mind is the student response to his talks. They loved his true-to-life experiences. Here was a man who had lived their future aspirations as journalists. That guy knows what he’s talking about…much better than dry textbooks.

I remember sitting with Leo on the back steps of one of my student’s squatty rental, eating Top Ramen, and celebrating her coming graduation. Here was a man, whose every minute was filled with high-powered political tangles, taking the time to celebrate with a student and her classmates. He is a giver.

Astute political consultant, prolific playwright, songwriter, athlete; creative, affable, funny – a string of words that lack description of Leo F. McElroy.

He is a renaissance man. He has lived several lives in the eighty plus years of his time. And…he is your Sacramento neighbor, living in Campus Commons with his wife Judy.

Leo says, “I tell stories. That’s what I’ve done most of my life.”

Throughout his school life he says he drew cartoons. Finally in high school, he realized he needed to direct his career toward more earth bound dreams… probably a relief to his family.

In high school and college he ran student body campaigns for friends and they won. This gave Leo an interest in and taste for politics, marketing and public relations.

On finishing high school and with a friend’s recommendation, he applied to The Los Angeles Herald-Express. He says he was standing in the hallway waiting for the sports editor to get off the phone.

Wearing his only sports coat and with sweat forming on his forehead, he noticed an older woman coming toward him. It was famed city editor, Agness Underwood, the first woman in the country to hold a city editorship on a major metropolitan daily.

Underwood asked Leo why he was standing in the hall. He answered he was waiting for an interview with the sports editor. She handed him an info sheet and told him to write it as a news article.

When he gave it back to her she said, “Well, I guess it’s as good as most of the crap I get.” So she hired him as a writer but paid him a copy boy’s wages.

Throughout his career, Leo has worked for the advancement of women and minorities in journalism.

He attributes this to being hired by Underwood.

In the mid-fifties and enrolled at Loyola University in Los Angeles, Leo continued in the field of journalism. He studied Communications Arts for two

years but had to switch to an English major when the CA program was discontinued. At Loyola, they sent him straight to the school radio station.

A college friend asked him to act in a play. Leo asked, “Why would I do that?” The friend said, “Girls.” While in college he hitched a ride to classes with Michael Wayne, John Wayne’s oldest son, and in L.A. met many celebrities and also infamous people who gave him material for news stories and scripts plus connections in the future.

After a number of years writing, editing and news directing in the Apple Valley, Lancaster and Fresno, Leo got his big break. CBS Radio offered him a job.

He says, “I had two weeks to get my minor-league butt down to Columbia Square in Hollywood.”

From 1960 to 1981, Leo McElroy became one of Los Angeles’ best-known radio and television newsmen, anchoring and reporting for KABC-TV, KCET-TV, and radio stations KNX, KFI, KRLA, KABC, KFWB, and KROQ. Among the hundreds of stories he reported, he says the chilling Hillside Strangler case stands out. Because of his meticulous research for KABC-TV, McElroy was asked to be on the L.A. law enforcement task force. While reporting this story, he was threatened, disbelieved, and finally exalted for his work.

Although the L.A. Police Chief Ed Davis believed there was one strangler, Leo because of his interviews and data timeline believed there were two stranglers.

And time proved him right. Cousins Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi were eventually convicted of kidnapping, raping, torturing, and killing girls and women during a four-month period from 1977 to 1978. Buono died of a heart attack in 2002, and Bianchi is serving a life sentence in the Calipatria State Prison.

Leo talks about some of his celebrity interviews with Lucille Ball, Joan Crawford and others. When the Lucy interview aired coast-to-coast, a program director who had fired him called him and said, “Okay, you got your revenge!”

In addition to plays, Leo writes music. He wrote “The Wandering Song,” for the Christy Minstrels, which tells about an Irish farmer who goes to sea, leaving his wife and child to work the farm.

After working with various state and national politicians, he came to Sacramento in 1981, and founded McElroy Communications, a public relations/ public affairs firm. He consulted in a non-partisan capacity helping clients define issues and develop coalitions in politics and the environment.

From 1983-84, he worked for California Lt. Governor Leo McCarthy as his communications director, speechwriter, and spokesperson. He also provided consulting services to the California Air Resources Board, the Planning and Conservation League, GWF Power Systems, and numerous others. He is still on call as an on-air political commentator for several broadcast stations.

When he retired in 2003, McElroy came into his life as a playwright although he says all through the years he has created fiction as well as reporting news.

While in the Air Force he wrote his first play, “Mermaid Tavern.” Since, he has written 32 plays. He writes, produces and directs. In 2011, McElroy wrote an autobiography, …But You Can’t Report That! The book covers the Los Angeles years as a newsman.

In December 2014, Leo joined the Mission Avenue Players at a readers’ theater and directed “Spittin’ Image” at Harlow’s on J Street. He says his play is about sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll.

One of his actors, Betsy Reifsneider, former Director of Friends of the River and lobbyist says, “He’s a nice guy. He’s always volunteering his time and expertise to non-profit agencies that can’t afford it.”

Betsy’s husband, Bob Schlichting, a long-time friend who also acts in McElroy’s plays says, “He’s just fun to work with.”

One memorable community play that ran night after night in 2013 at the Sacramento Geery Theater was “Echoes in the Heart.” He co-wrote and co-produced the play with Susanne Sommer whose book, based on letters from 1938-41, chronicled her Jewish family’s fleeing Nazi Germany, living in the Philippines, and after many struggles, coming to America.

Susanne is a Sacramento writer and retired vocational counselor. She says, “Leo did a really creative job with the play. He read my book, and we met through a mutual friend. We worked well together.

It was an exciting time.”

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Matias Bombal’s Hollywood The Imitation Game The MPAA has rated this PG 13 The Weinstein Company brings us a story, based on a book by Andrew Hodges called “Alan Turing: The Enigma.” Mr. Turing was responsible for cracking a complex code with a machine called the Bombe, designed in top secret in England during World War II, to assist in decoding the daily changing coded messages sent out by the Nazis on their famous coding machine, called Enigma.

Benedict Cumberbatch plays Turning, assisted by Keira Knightley as the woman that understood and loved him.

The movie takes place in three distinct time periods: Alan Turing’s school days, the war period of cracking the code machine, and the early 1950s. I was impressed with the rich-

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ness of detail in this movie and excellent performances overall. One performance that stands out was offered by a non-adult actor who’s sensitivity and effective, beautiful presence was so engaging and soulful, I think he takes the picture. Alex Lawther, 19, plays Alan Turing as a young man in school. In these formative years Turnig’s later behavior is given some light and insight and made so believable and touching by this brilliant young performer, that you’ll long remember a scene where he’s called into see the head master to get some unfortunate news. Overall, this is a fine and fascinating movie about a brilliant man who was responsible for the saving of countless lives in the second world war, and yet his own life was one of quiet desperation and sacrifice, made more complex by his lack of polite social skills. This is a movie not to miss!

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Selma (2014) The MPPA has rated this PG 13 Dr. Martin Luther King comes to life in Paramount’s “Selma”, an intimate look at the Doctor’s heroic work for human equality specifically centered around the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. David Oyelowo plays Dr. King, and the cast includes a detestable George Wallace played menacingly by Tim Roth, and in a good but historically inaccurate performance, Tom Wilkinson as President Johnson. Coretta King is played by Carmen Ejogo.

As always happens with a historical biography, artistic choices must be made to make an entertaining movie which may not present history as you may have learned it from multiple perspectives.

For example, the movie about Chopin’s life “A Song To Remember” with Cornel Wilde and Merle Oberon from 1945 was a great musical movie. The resemblance to the actual historical life of Chopin was nowhere to be found.

In “Selma,” there are poor costumes incorrect for the period, and the historical inaccuracy of what has been presented in the story have been much discussed in media of recent. Leaving that aside, on the premise you just want to see a story told dramatically as entertainment, there are some intimate moments which are very well done. You’ll enjoy many fine performances. Of course, your heart goes out to the fellow human beings you see beaten before you by the depiction bigoted policemen, bringing home the horror that continues to weigh heavily on us all as the complex matter of racial injustice in the U.S.A. remains a current and not historic issue.

Until next time, this is your pal, Matías Bombal, bidding you a fond farewell.

-For more in-depth, complete reviews of these same movies and many more in theatres now, with scenes shown from the movie reviewed, you may see and hear “Matías Bombal’s Hollywood” at: www.mabhollywood.com. Find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter: @MABHollywood

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East Sac moms team up and start snow clothes rental business As soon as snow hit the Sierras, two Theodore Judah Elementary School moms, Paige Schulte and friend Kasie Wilson, teamed up and started a new business – a full service snow clothes rental called Snow Bunny Rentals. In one week of going live, Paige said, “it has been a quick ramp up but the market is already so excited, we sent our 18-month Snow Bunny outfit up to Tahoe recently, and boy did that little baby look adorable! She was warm and spent the day in the snow.”

Instead of driving around all of Sacramento looking for gloves, bibs, boots and hats, Snow Bunny provides it all.

Snow Bunny puts all the sizes under one roof.

For now, they carry children’s clothing starting at 18 months to 14 years old and boots starting with toddler size 5 to “ big kid” size 6. Snow Bunny Bundles include all the clothing items needed to keep your child warm. But, if you already have some items in your closet, you can purchase à la carte to fill the gaps you might have in your closet.

Kasie and Paige each have three children, spanning from age 2 to 15, and, as soon as winter hits, they beg for a trip to the snow. Every year, up until now, the parents worked to either purchase the next size up, scour stores for the best sales or borrow the next sizes needed for a few visits to the snow each year.

Discussing with this publication how quickly the business started, Paige said she sent Kasie an email on Monday, Dec. 29 right after Christmas and floated the idea. She immediately received a “YES!” They both thought for a moment if they had time for this venture, but thinking years ahead, Paige said, “We were going to have to do it for ourselves and we might as well help all of our friends and ourselves out for years to come. I couldn’t go another year without taking my kiddos to the snow; the memories are priceless. As moms of three, we know how to hustle.

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“With our husbands home to help with the childcare over the break and snow falling in the mountains, we decided to pull the trigger and make the investment.

We purchased clothes from every store in town and gently used clothes in pristine condition, because, let’s be honest, they were only worn once last season. Our friends came in full support of helping by donating their new clothes that they either wore one time or never wore, since the purchased at the end of last season on sale and their kids grew out of before they got a chance to wear them.

“On Day 3, Thursday night, we did inventory counts, created our adorable Snow Bunny Bundles (gloves, jacket, pants/bib and boots) and pulled a couple ‘college style allnighters’ to get a clean sophisticated website up and running all by Friday, Day 4, just in time for the weekend! By Saturday morning, we got our first (slightly frantic) phone call asking (desperately) for an 18-month Snow Bunny Bundle so they could head to the snow at 11 a.m. that day!”

Asked if they have a fun story to share about their kids and the snow, Kasie said: “Hands down, the best snow memory my kids and I have, is the time that my husband and I surprised them at school by pulling them out ( just a wee bit early) to head up for an afternoon of snow play! They couldn’t believe it and never saw it coming!

We found a great snow play area not even an hour up I80, it was so easy! Best of all, because it was a weekday, we had the place all to ourselves. We forget how close we are to the snow, we left Sacramento around 12:30 p.m., played for a few hours in the snow, and made it back home in time for dinner. My kids all say it was the best day of their lives.”

Asked the same question, Paige said her neighbor said one day: “‘Let’s do it, lets go to the snow’ on a Wednesday, without our husbands.

Just the thought of it made me tired, so I rounded up all the gear, borrowed from every one on the planet to outfit the three of us and we headed to Soda Springs Snow Park. I remember, Joey my little one cried when I put on my ski goggles and to him was unrecognizable and he thought he was for sure lost! Natalie was 3 and over the moon excited about walking, touching, eating and lying in the snow. The kids were in heaven for hours on the tubes down the little bunny hills, I had to remind them that the conveyor belt was for their inner tubes and not for them! Natalie cried every time the inner-tube carousel ride stopped because it was ‘so fun, mama’ and she didn’t understand that it had to come to an end and get in line again!

They tackled snow mountains with their friends and had the serious 5-and-under snowball fight. After all the hassle of tracking down the gear, it stands out as one of the best days ever: snow eating, inner tubing, lodge playing, sleepy car ride home goodness. It did help that they were bundled up properly, even if it didn’t all match! Now the real

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It’s snow time. These kids look forward to the snow every year.

truth is that I haven’t been back since then, now that I have three kids, thought of outfitting them all has been too much, until now! Kasie is so right, it is so close to Sacramento, a short ride up

the hill makes for some lasting family memories.”

For more information about Snow Bunny Rentals, call Paige Schulte and Kasie Wilson at 530-902-3767 or visit www. snowbunnyrentals.com.

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New beginnings:

New mother leaves six-figure income to run donation-based East Sacramento yoga studio

By Monica Stark

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In 2003, Nicole Sanoski felt that yoga was frustrating. Having worked in a fast-paced information technology environment for Fortune 500 companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Deloitte, Xerox, she said the practice of yoga was “too slow” for her. “I was there to be more athletic,” she recalls today. “I was so high strung.”

Slowly but surely, Nicole’s yoga instructor helped her embrace the practice. “She helped me sing in Sanskrit.

My ego kept on coming. My performance was better. My sleep was better. It worked and I never looked back.”

The mother of a 3-and-ahalf-year-old daughter, Juliet, and wife to engineer Dustin Sanoski, Nicole has recently left a six-figure income for starting up a donation-based yoga studio in East Sacramento. Much like the Yoga Seed Collective downtown, which embodies a sense of community, Nicole’s business

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is meant to reach even those who cannot afford yoga classes to participate and give what they can, when they can.

There are no suggested amounts for donating; there’s no “credit card thing.” There’s a box to put some money in, a sign-in sheet.

While excited about the new beginnings in her life, she does miss the hot job market of the IT world. But there’s something very humbling about being at ground zero in this new career, she said. “I went from being somebody to starting from scratch. I miss being desired and in-demand.”

Metaphorically and physically, perhaps the biggest change came with Juliet’s birth. When she sat in child’s pose, yoga helped her rehabilitate her body after her baby’s birth. “I had an awakening in yoga training that I was meant to (leave the IT field).

My husband said you need to quit and you need to teach. I was making the lion’s share of the income. I may not be the most experienced, but we want to take this chance.”

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Nicole Sanoski strikes a pose at Evolution Yoga, a donation-based yoga studio in East Sacramento she started at The Table United Methodist Church.

Aptly named Evolution Yoga, Nicole’s business reflects the changes so evident in her life. The phenomenon is talked a lot about in yoga circles, she said, harkening back to her early days in the practice. “Something suddenly clicks and vices suddenly fade away. You desire them less and it happens naturally. Something changes inside you.”

Sutras in yoga is “now” and being in the present. “It’s the breath within a breath,” she said. On the business’s Facebook page, Nicole encourages even the least fit to join her at Evolution Yoga. She writes, “If you think yoga isn’t for you because you, ‘aren’t flexible,’ it’s too expensive, or yoga just plain intimidates you, then you should come visit me! I teach Vinyasa-style yoga with a restorative twist. I promise you will feel safe and pampered. And a little extra bo-

nus, I always close my class with a Kirtan Chant (a song in Sanskrit).”

Additionally, she begins a class with an intention or a chant; she closes her classes with a shoulder massage in essential oils. “People leave her class saying they’re relaxed, that they liked the massage.”

Using space from The Table United Method-

ist Church, which is located at the corner of 52 and H streets in East Sacramento, Nicole said she has researched churches in the community but chose The Table because she liked their message and she wanted it to be okay to be able to sing chants during class.

In the current space, she can fit nine mats, but Nicole said the church also has a large gathering hall, so as her practice grows, she will be renting that space.

Having grown up in the Catholic faith, she remembers and appreciates the outreach to the community she experienced. So, she thought why not piggyback on an established church to rent some space.

Classes are held Mondays 6 to 7 a.m., Thursdays 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. and Saturdays 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the Table United Methodist Church, located at 5265 H St. Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.

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Ongoing Wanted: Grand Jurors Sacramento County Superior Courts are currently recruiting individuals to serve on the 2015-16 Grand Jury (GJ) for a one year term, starting on July 1, 2015. To qualify, you must be at least 18 years of age, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sacramento County for at least one full year. Grand jurors must be able to communicate in English, both verbally and in writing. Your name will be entered into a pool of screened and qualified applicants from which 19 residents’ names will be picked, at random, in the late spring.

Here is an opportunity to make a difference in your community. As a Grand Juror, you are part of a system of independent citizen oversight of county and city government and related agencies.

Grand Jury duties include: ·Investigating citizen complaints against county and city public agencies and officials ·Touring the prisons (six total) within the county, (and investigating them, if necessary) ·Participating in indictments of criminal matters when requested by the District Attorney, and ·Producing a report to the county’s citizens each June that summarizes the grand jury investigations, and includes recommendations to any problems found. This independent entity is one of the last bastions of citizen involvement in local government. Be part of a team that shines a spotlight on good and bad government processes and actions. Your Grand Jury involvement will result in better, more effective government, a more involved community, and a more educated populace. For further information and an application go to: http://www.sacgrandjury.org/ ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Free Young Adult Bereavement Counseling: The UC Davis Hospice Program and UC Davis Children’s Hospital Bereavement Program will offer an eight-week Young Adult Bereavement Art Group for individuals 17 to 24 who are coping with the recent loss of a loved one.

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Stretch, Strengthen, and Thrive!

This class is designed for the needs and abilities of active older adults, who are interested in gaining or maintaining mobility. The class consists of a mix of full body stretches, body weight exercises, strength training, and active stretching. 5:00-6:00 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. $5 per class if prepaid. Pre-registration and pre-payment is preferred, but drop-ins are welcome at a rate of $6 per class. Held at ACC Senior Services Center, 7375 Park City Dr., Sacramento, 393-9026 x330, www.accsv.org.

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Sacramento Zoo needs wheelchairs The Sacramento Zoo is looking for a few “gently used” wheelchairs, 808-5888. Your wheelchair can be a tax deductible donation, and four zoo tickets will be offered as a thank you.

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Support group for alienated grandparents Meeting is the last Friday of each month at 2717 Cottage Way, suite 4. Meeting is at noon. 761-9121.

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Tai Chi at Hart Senior Center Focuses on low impact form of ancient Chinese exercise, combining slow movements with relaxation. Mondays, 10:30 –11:30 a.m. at the Ethel MacLeod Hart Senior Center, 915 27 St. Try it once for free! Stop by the Hart Senior Center front desk or contact 808-5462. Cost: $23 for five classes.

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Register for city of Sacramento’s technology program for adults age 50-plus The winter/spring 2015 session of TechConnections, a comprehensive technology literacy program designed specifically for Sacramento’s residents age 50-plus, will begin at the Hart Senior Center and selected community centers in late January. Class descriptions, dates, times, and locations will be included in the “TechConnections Winter/Spring 2015 Class Catalog” on the city of Sacramento’s Older Adult Services website. Offerings range from oneon-one assistance sessions to six-part classes, with start dates through late April. Registration day for all offerings is at 1 p.m. on Jan. 16 at the Hart Senior Center, 915 27th St. Continuing registrations will be taken weekdays at Hart Senior Center until all classes are full.

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Zumba for Seniors at Hart Senior Center

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Zumba for Seniors incorporates physical exercise and dance steps to the rhythms of Cumbia, Merengue, Mambo, Salsa, Samba, and much more. Tuesdays 9:30-10:30am and Fridays 3 to 4 p.m. at the Ethel MacLeod Hart Senior Center, 915 27 St. Sacramento (27th and J streets). Try it once for free! For more information or to register, stop by the Hart Senior Center front desk or contact 808-5462. Cost: $20 for five classes; $40 for 10 classes.

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Each Wednesday from 8-11 p.m. at Queen Sheba in Sacramento, local talent makes it way to the restaurant for weekly open-mic events. $3-$5. 1704 Broadway.

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Visitors Welcome, weekly breakfast meeting on Fridays at 7 a.m. Topical weekly speakers and ‘first meal for visitors on us’. Meet at The Kiwanis Family House, (at UCD Med Ctr/ 50th St & Broadway) 2875 50th St. www.eastsacmidtownkiwanis.com. Meeting/Membership info: 761-0984, volunteers always welcome!

Active Yoga at Hart Senior Center Increase your strength and flexibility, improve balance, and enhance the ability to relax and release stress. Classes are Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the Ethel MacLeod Hart Senior Center, 915 27th St. For more information or to register, stop by the Hart Senior Center front desk or call 808-5462. Cost: $35 for five classes or $70 for 10 classes. Try the class once for free and see if Active Yoga is right for you.

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Singers with Hart Experienced and beginning singers age 50 and above are welcome. New sessions start every nine weeks and are held at the Hart Senior Center, 915 27th Street, Sacramento (27th and J streets). Pre-registration is required. For more information, visit the Hart Senior Center front desk or contact (916) 808-5462. Cost: $15.

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Run with a Recruiter Every Friday at 6 a.m., the public is invited to join the Sacramento Police Department.

This provides a unique opportunity for potential police candidates and those in the hiring process to run together.

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Emotions Anonymous Meets regularly Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Meeting information is available at www.emotionsanonymous.org. Free 12step program/support group for those who desire to become well emotionally healthy.

Acquire a new way of life, sharing experiences, and learning to live with unsolved emotional problems. Meets Tuesday 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Parkside Community Church 5700 South Land Park Dr.; Tuesday 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., Sierra Arden Church of Christ, 890 Morse Ave (at Northrup), Room F-4. Thursday 7 – 8:30 p.m. at Church of the Good Shepherd,1615 Morse Ave. (at Arden Way) left of choir room. An optional newcomer orientation occurs on Saturdays from 1 to 1:30 p.m. at Wellness Recovery Center, 9719 Lincoln Dr. Ste. 300. Also on Saturday from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., there will be a topic for discussion at WRC, 9719 Lincoln Dr., Ste. 300.

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Youth Connections Unlimited announces fundraising campaign Did you know that one Sacramento organization can reduce recidivism for crimes committed by youths by up to 70 percent? Youth Connections Unlimited has been providing mentoring and other services to incarcerated and probationary youth for over ten years that gives youth tools for staying outside the juvenile justice system. YCU works with the Sacramento County Probation Department with a focus on re-entry mentoring and preventative programming with a commitment to the principles of Restorative Justice. The support youth get from YCU and its volunteers gives hope to Sacramento County youth, make communities safer and save taxpayers money. For more information, call David Taft at 835-1147 or visit www.sacycu.com ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Women with Good Spirits monthly meeting Each second Tuesday of the month at Revolution Wines at 6:30 p.m., Women With Good Spirits invites a community non-profit to present on its mission work. The presenter will start their presentation promptly at 7:15 p.m. and will last 15-20 minutes with an open question and answer forum after. RSVP is appreciated as well as a $5+ donation per person that will go directly to the non-profit presenting that month. 2831 S St. Visit www.womenwithgoodspirits. com or find the group on Facebook.

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January ACC presents “Meal Planning for Your Body” workshop Jan. 16: Do you worry if you are eating too much or exercising too little? Then this workshop is for you. You will learn your nine body composition numbers. Discover what is a healthy meal and diet. Understand the different type of servings and much more. $15 preregistration fee/$17 drop in rate. Class will be held from 10 a.m. to noon at ACC Senior Services Center, 7334 Park City Dr. Preregistration is required. For more details, call 393-9026, ext 330, www.accsv.org.

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Troop 259 Eagle Scholarship Fund Crab Feed Jan. 16: Troop 259 of Elks Lodge No. 6 will hold an Eagle Scholarship Fund Crab Feed at the Elks Lodge, No. 6 (6446 Riverside Blvd.). All proceeds benefit Eagle Scholarship. No host cocktails will be available at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Dinner includes: Crab, pasta, green salad, antipasto, rolls and butter.

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Hands on History: Trappers, Trades and Treaties!

Jan. 17: Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park (2701 L St.) presents Hands on History: Calendar continued, page 18

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South Sacramento Rotary’s 33rd Annual Crab Feed Fundraiser

Continued from page 17 Trappers, Trades and Treaties from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with cannon firing demonstrations at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and musket demonstrations periodically throughout the day.

Visitors to the Fort will step back in time to the 1840s to learn why trappers were considered “jacks of many trades” and experience how they lived, worked, explored new territory and traded with local Native Americans.

Fort visitors will see, handle, and hear about many items that were commonplace in the middle of the 19th century but seem strange now. Guests will also learn about many fascinating aspects in the life of a trapper, see examples of game traps and how they work, plus learn about the important “barter process” Sutter used to hunt and trap on Native lands. Fort visitors will also have the opportunity to examine fur pelts, create souvenir documents with a quill pen and oak gall ink, string trade beads and watch how flint and steel can be used to start a fire. For more information about this event or Sutter’s Fort SHP, call 916-445-4422 or visit www.suttersfort.org. Cost is $7 per adult, $5 per youth (ages 6-17), free for children 5 years and under.

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Jan. 18: “Can you Handel this?” is a concert where the audience choice reigns supreme. Starting at 4 p.m., this concert will feature the Handel Concerto in Bb Op. 4 No. 6 conducted by Thomas Derthick with the Sacramento Chamber Ensemble featuring two very different and talented soloists...

Emily Mader on harp vs. Ryan Enright on organ. There has been a longstanding feud as to which instrument Handel wrote this concerto for, harp or organ. The audience will get to decide at this thrilling concert! $20 donation at the door is suggested. All Saints Episcopal Church is located at 2076 Sutterville Road.

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Genealogical Association meeting Jan. 21: The Genealogical Association of Sacramento will present Cheryl Stapp as the speaker for the January meeting, which will meet in the Belle Cooledge Library at 5600 South Land Park Dr. The doors open at noon.

Cheryl will talk about women and wagon trains. For any questions, call Melanie at 383-1221.

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ACC presents “One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Treasure” Jan. 22: The presentation covers the mental health diagnosis of Hoarding Disorder, including psychological theories about the origin of the disorder, current treatment options, the risks faced by those with the disorder, the value of community-based Hoarding task forces, and practical suggestions for intervention.

Free of charge; class will be held 11 a.m. to noon at ACC Senior Services Center, 7334 Park City Dr. Pre-registration is required. For detail, call 393-9026, ext 330, www.accsv.org.

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“Telling Our Story to End the Stigma of Mental Illness” Jan. 24: From 2 to 4 p.m. at the Guild Theatre, the event titled “ Telling Our Story to End the Stigma of Mental Illness” is intended to increase awareness about mental illness and reduce the stigma associated with mental illness among a diverse array of cultures. The event consist of skits, poetry, short plays, and other forms of culturally and linguistically appropriate expressions all presented by locals affected by mental illness. Seating is limited to the first 200 RSVPs. RSVP to infor@stopstigmasacramento.org with the requested number of seats and names of attendees.

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Jan. 24: South Sacramento Rotary’s 33rd Annual Crab Feed Fundraiser at the Scottish Rite Hall located at 6151 H St., Sacramento at 6 p.m. The event will include a raffle and silent auction. A majority of the funds raised this year will go to the YMCA Health Kids Program that promotes and educates healthy eating and physical activities to at-risk youth. Remaining funds will be donated to local charities within Sacramento. The South Sacramento Rotary Foundation is a 501(c)3 non profit organization. Tickets are $45 each, and can be purchased by contacting Michael DiGrazia at 396-7244 (michaeldigrazia@sbcglobal.net) or on line through the South Sacramento Rotary website (southsacrotary.org).

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Community Skill Exchange meeting and potluck Jan. 24: The meeting will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Colonial Heights Library 4799 Stockton Blvd. Exchange skills, where one hour of work equals one time dollar. For more information, visit communityskillexchange.timebanks.org ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Railroad Museum calls out for volunteers – Special Drop-In Volunteer Open House to be held Jan. 24: Fascinated by railroading history?

Interested in working on a train? Enjoy working with visitors, children and school groups?

California State Parks, the California State Railroad Museum and Old Sacramento State Historic Park (SHP) are now recruiting adults (18 or older) who are interested in volunteering to help communicate the West’s fascinating heritage of railroading and the California Gold Rush. For those interested but want to find out more information, a special, drop-in Volunteer Open House is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 24 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Stanford Gallery located at 111 I St. in Old Sacramento State Historic Park. Volunteer applications are being accepted now through January 30, 2015. After an evaluation and interview process, volunteer training will begin on Feb. 9. Volunteer training represents a serious commitment of 84 volun-

teer hours annually, but the hours are flexible and the rewards can be tremendous. Docents get perks such as a discount at the Museum store, preferential and/or early access to some special events and the pride of working at North America’s largest and most extensive railroad-related museum. Volunteer applications can be downloaded at http://www. parks.ca.gov/?page_id=25583. Completed applications can be emailed to volunteers. capitol@parks.ca.gov or mailed/delivered to the Volunteer Coordinator, Capital District, 111 I St., Sacramento. More information is available at 323-9280 or 475-7969.

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Writing with the Great 19th Century American Poets (featuring Edgar Allen Poe) Jan. 28: In this module-based class, participants will hear a brief lecture about Love, Obsession & Death: Edgar Allan Poe. They will read works by Poe together in class and write their own poems. Critiques are offered by the instructor and fellow classmates in a friendly and supportive workshop style environment. This is the first of six sessions.

Each session is its own entity, so that a participant may choose to attend one class or all six (or any number in between) and never feel lost. Writers at any level are welcome.

The classes are free and held in the lovely Reagan room of the Clunie Community Center at 601 Alhambra Blvd. All sessions are taught by editor and published poet Frank Dixon Graham and sponsored by the McKinley Library. Class will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Contact Frank at Frank.Graham@Goddard.edu for more information.

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SES Robotics second annual crab feed and dinner dance Jan. 31: For $48 per person or $270 for a table for six, enjoy crab, shrimp, pasta, antipesto, salad, bread, dessert and coffee, catered by Fins Market & Grill for a good cause – the School of Engineering and Sciences Robotics program. There are two ways to reserve your space now. Mail or drop your checks payable to SES Robotics, 7345 Gloria Dr., 95831 or pay online with PayPal. Tickets will NOT be available at the door. The crab feed and dance will take place at Park Terrace Swim

and Tennis Club, 5500 Parkfield Court. A no-host bar opens at 5:30 p.m. Dinner and a raffle will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and DJ Pete Ochoa will spin dance music from 8:30 to 11 p.m. Students and staff thank you for supporting the robotics program.

February Writing with the Great 19th Century American Poets (featuring Emily Dickinson) Feb. 4: In this module-based class, participants will hear a brief lecture about Emily Dickinson: Sentimentality & Seclusion.

They will read works by Dickinson together in class and write their own poems. Critiques are offered by the instructor and fellow classmates in a friendly and supportive workshop style environment. This is the second of six sessions. Each session is its own entity, so that a participant may choose to attend one class or all six (or any number in between) and never feel lost. Writers at any level are welcome. The classes are free and held in the lovely Reagan room of the Clunie Community Center at 601 Alhambra Blvd. All sessions are taught by editor and published poet Frank Dixon Graham and sponsored by the McKinley Library. Class will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Contact Frank at Frank.Graham@Goddard.edu for more information.

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Sing N’ Serve Crab Feed to benefit Sierra 2 Center Feb. 6: “Sacramento’s first ever Sing ‘N Serve Crab Feed” will be held at Sierra 1 Center, located at 2791 24th St. From 6 to 8 p.m., enjoy a mixed green salad, pasta with marinara sauce, garlic bread, fresh Dungeness crab and one beverage. Additional beer, wine and soft drinks are available for purchase. This even is designed to create a new and exciting way to experience a crab feed, all while raising funds that support the arts in our community. Tickets are $50 for an individual, or for a table, the price is $450.

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Chinese New Year Celebration Feb. 7: The Chinese New Year Celebration Association presents its annual event of dragon dancing, martial arts, cultural entertainment, community exhibits, arts and crafts, food vendors, children’s games.

The event will be held from noon to 5 p.m. at Hiram Johnson High School Auditorium, 6819 14th Ave. Tickets are available at the door: $6 for adults, $1 for children 11 years old and younger. For more information, contact Vicki Beaton 601-7511 or visit www.cnyca.net.

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Feb. 11: In this module-based class, participants will hear a brief lecture about The Fireside Poets: Longfellow, Whittier & Holmes. They will read works by these poets together in class and write their own poems.

Critiques are offered by the instructor and fellow classmates in a friendly and supportive workshop style environment. This is the third of six sessions. Each session is its own entity, so that a participant may choose to attend one class or all six (or any number in between) and never feel lost. Writers at any level are welcome. The classes are free and held in the lovely Reagan room of the Clunie Community Center at 601 Alhambra Blvd. All sessions are taught by editor and published poet Frank Dixon Graham and sponsored by the McKinley Library. Class will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Contact Frank at Frank.Graham@Goddard.edu for more information.

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Celebrating nature on New Year’s Day morning at Sutter’s Landing Friends of the River Banks took to Sutter’s Landing on New Year’s Day bright and early in the morning. They witnessed three rare and wondrous animal sightings and enjoyed homemade marshmallows and green hills to play on. Reportedly, it was a fabulous adventure to the start the year!

Laurie Litman, the organizer of the Friends of the River Banks events, said the morning began with warming up with cocoa and amazing homemade marshmallows, adding that the walk down to the river felt great in the crisp morning, and then they started seeing critters.

Describing the sightings, Laurie wrote: “First, a flock of goldeneyes in the water, then some disturbance upriver … a dog? With a flipper? It was a friendly sea lion playing with its salmon, breaking it up by repeatedly hitting it on the water. Several gulls gathered round to help pick up the pieces. The sea lion moved on after a while, and we continued up the trail. A lump on a log across the river turned out to be a beaver. He stayed in that position the whole time we were there, showing off his best profile. Then, who should swim by but a river otter! We’ve never seen all three celebrity mammals in one day—trifecta!

“In an embarrassment of riches, we also saw a northern flicker fly into the bailer building (and out again), a pair of courting Anna’s hummingbirds, an osprey, plus a female wigeon, spotted sandpiper, American kestrel, bufflehead, common goldeneye, common merganser, pied-billed grebe, great egret, many species of sparrows, yellow-rumped warblers, and a kingfisher.

“Meanwhile, a happy pack of kids moved beyond wildlife sightings; they climbed and slid down hills of sand, playing, exploring, and enjoying the wild terrain to the fullest.

“Our Sutter’s Landing stretch of the American River is fabulously rich in wildlife and their stories, and a place where kids can experience nature and wildness. Join us next month in this ongoing adventure.”

Next month the Friends of the River Banks will be celebrating Valentine’s Day with a fungus hunt. Join the group on Saturday, Feb. 14 and take a gander, looking for mushrooms and other fungi at Sutter’s Landing. Ryan LaPorte, the group’s favorite mushroom expert, will lead the group in a search on and under trees, in the grass, and all the other places fungi hide. The hunt starts at 10 a.m.

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Photo by JoEllen Arnold

An intrepid group of environmentalists visited Sutter’s Landing to celebrate nature on New Year’s morning.

Photo by JoEllen Arnold

Photo by Robert Sewell

Shown here is an adult beaver sunning in the afternoon on Jan. 2 on the American River.

Members of the Friends of the River Banks are shown here on New Year’s morning walking down to the American River.

Photo by Robert Sewell

Here’s a beaver pup on Jan. 2 in the American River. See how small it is in comparison to the green heron to the left?

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Shown here is a sea lion with fish on New Year’s morning.

Photo by JoEllen Arnold

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