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Neighbors enjoy egg hunt at Garcia Bend

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Faces and Places. ........................................4 Lance Armstorng history feature................6 Senior Services & Connections..................8 Sports.........................................................17 Calendar..................................................... 20

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“Salute Dinner” fundraising event postponed The “Salute Dinner,” a fundraiser for the California American Portuguese Veterans Memorial project at Capitol Park, was mentioned in the March 19th edition of this paper as having been scheduled for Saturday, April 11 at the SPHSS Hall at 6676 Pocket Road. The event has been postponed. For additional information, call Rod Rosa at 924-3000.

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Steve Kanelos installs the temporary sign for the future California American Portuguese Veterans Memorial at Capitol Park.

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Benefitting the C.K. McClatchy band, a mattress sale took place in the school gym on Saturday, Feb. 28. Custom Fundraising Solutions organized the funraiser. Waving signs, which read, “Mattress Sale: Up to 50 % off Fundraiser @ Mc Clatchy HS” band members in front of the school lead some passersby on Freeport Boulevard to the gym where 23 mattresses were for sale. In seven hours, 15 mattresses were sold, raising $1,500 for the school, said CFS owner Alex Pimentel who has organized many mattress sales at various schools. The company, as a

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New Local Territory, a local CFS franchise, has done five fundraisers in the greater Sacramento area and has 10 more coming up. On Saturday, April 11 a similar sale will be held at Mira Loma for the football program, and on Sunday, April 12, one will be held at Sam Brannan Middle School for the band program. On Saturday, April 18, one will be held at Foothill High School, benefitting the football program.

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Music to your ears and mind:

Revere Court started new music and memory program for its patients

By Christi Casillas

Editor’s Note: The Pocket News asked about the new Music & Memory program at Pocket area’s Revere Court Memory Care and Christi Casillas, the Director of Life Enrichment, wrote a lengthy and informative piece that we’ve reprinted in its entirety.

Music & Memory is all about bringing joy into the lives of people living with Alzheimer’s, and other forms of dementia. The approach is simple and effective. As certified Music & Memory specialists, our staff is trained on how to set up personalized music playlists. Musical favorites have the ability to tap deep memories not lost to dementia and has the ability to reawaken those suffering with the disease, enabling them to not only feel more like themselves, but promotes conversation, socialization and most importantly enables the individual to stay present, and in the moment.

The Music & Memory program was founded in 2006 by an executive director who came to the realization that none of the 16,000 long term care facilities in the U.S. used iPods for their residents. After volunteering at a local nursing home in New York where personalized playlists were created for residents, he saw that the program was a hit! Not only with residents but with staff and families as well. In 2012 a documentary about his work, Alive Inside, was released documenting the success that was already being witnessed by these communities that have adopted the program and Revere Court had to be a part of this movement. Music is profoundly linked to personal memories, as we all know from hearing a song associated with a first love! Our brains are hard wired to connect music with long term memory. For those suffering with Alzheimer’s more recent memory for things –names, places, and facts-is compromised, but memories from our teenage years can be well-preserved. Favorite tunes associated with personal events can trigger memory of lyrics and the experience connected to the music.

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time and again the transformation from residents who are withdrawn and unaware of their surroundings, to becoming present, in the moment and re-connecting to others. One of the testimonies we have collected from a family member states: “My wife has a brain tumor which causes a condition known as Trigeminal Neuralgia. The nerve controls facial muscles, ears and mouth including the teeth. She takes medication to keep this nerve calm, but occasionally it will cause sharp pain in her lower right jaw. When this happens she is given extra medication to stop the pain. She also closes down, she will not open her mouth, swallow, nor want to be touched thus making it difficult to give her the extra medication. One day, it was decided to see what happens if she was given a headphone connected to an iPod and playing music instead of the extra medication. Instantly she relaxed, opened her mouth and the pain appeared to stop. She no longer needs the extra medication; music has replaced it.”

I myself recently had a breakthrough with a resident who has been bed bound and receiving hospice services for well over

a year. Her husband approached me and asked if I could load some of her favorite Rod Stewart songs onto an iPod, as he was always her favorite musician to listen to when she exercised at home. When we went into her room she was sound asleep, the way most of us have seen her for months and months as she is bed ridden. Her husband attempted to wake her up by raising the back of her bed up. I let her know that I was going to play some music for her.

Over the course of the next 40 minutes, we watched her transition from being sleepy to completely wide awake! She was focused, engaged and clearly stimulated. She also spoke four different times. She stated “it’s terrible,”“I don’t know,” “it’s wonderful,” and “it’s very, very nice.”

She held my hand and swayed it back and forth to the tune of the music, and even brought her other hand out of the covers to hold my hand with both of hers!

She smiled at her husband, and when I removed the headphones and he asked her if she liked the music she replied with “yes” and nodded her head!! It was so amazing to have that connection with her that I personally have not had in at least a year. It seemed as though she continued to “wake up” the entire time she listened. She would takes deep

breaths and it looked to me as if she was wanting to sit up, or get up and go!

The benefits of this form of music therapy have been well studied and documented by distinguished researchers, including Music& Memory board member Dr. Connie Tomaino and Dr. Oliver Sacks, author of Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, co-founders of the Institute for Music and neurologic function.

With this particular type of music therapy, there are no instruments that the residents “play” as with other music programs we have incorporated into our monthly activities. The individual music playlists that are created for our residents are done so on the iPods that have been generously donated from family members and volunteers in the community who would like to be a part of this very special program. The music is then played for the individual through the use of headphones. Generally, we suggest our caregivers play the music for 30-40 minutes at a time,

periodically throughout the day. The time of day we incorporate the iPods relies entirely on the personal preference of the individual and how we can best coordinate it with the care they are receiving. For instance someone who may have been refusing meals we would play music before meal time, in hopes that they would be more alert and receptive to eating.

Here, at Revere Court, we make every attempt to bridge the path between an individual’s current ability, and past interests, to finely tune an individualized plan of care, that meets the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of our residents and Day Club participants. Music & Memory is proving to be another method in which we can use to reach the seemingly unreachable, and is helping us to arrive at our ultimate goal of providing the best quality of memory care in the Sacramento area!

Christi Casillas is the Director of Life Enrichment at Revere Court Memory Care.

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Little Pocket’s Kobasic’s Candies has century-old roots Candy store’s building originally housed grocery store

By LANCE ARMSTRONG Lance@valcomnews.com

Among the more successful businesses of the Little Pocket area of the city is Kobasic’s Candies, which has roots dating back to 1906.

It was in that year that Lebanese immigrant Joseph Sayklly (1881-1943) began operating a grocery and homemade candy store in Escanaba, Mich. The business also had a soda fountain and served handcranked ice cream in its early years.

With his wife, Mary (18921969), Joseph would eventually have nine children.

As a longtime family business, Sayklly’s Confectionery & Gifts continues to be operated in Escanaba by descendants of Joseph “Joe” and Mary Sayklly.

The business also has outlets in Escanaba and Marquette, Mich.

While meeting with this publication last week, Kobasic’s owner Jim Kobasic, a grandson of Joseph and Mary Sayklly, said that he brought an extension of the Escabana-based business to Sacramento in the late 1970s.

And Jim added that prior to that time, he came to the capital city by way of his military involvement.

“I came out here in the military (to) McClellan (Air Force Base) in 1964,” Jim said. “I was there for about a year. I went to Vietnam in January of 1966, and I was in Okinawa ( Japan) until December of 1968. I got out of the military alive and I came back here (to Sacramento).”

In 1978, Jim purchased an old grocery store building at 5324 Riverside Blvd., at Casilada Way. The 12,000-square-foot building, which originally

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Kobasic’s Candies specializes in handmade chocolates.

served as the site of Popular Market, as well as College Cleaners, was built in 1956. A joint construction effort on the structure was performed by Erickson Construction Co. and Lee & Smith Construction Co. The architect of the project was Earl John Taylor.

Additionally, other work on the building was performed by Sacramento area businesses, Bobo Sheet Metal, Weisbart Painting Co., Del Paso Glass Co., Joe Sarmento Plumbing Co., Merrill Smith (paving and cement work), Gerald R. Freeman (masonry work)

and Cahill Plastering Co. (lathing and plastering).

The completely air conditioned building was built at a cost of $250,000 for Lawrence Lee and Willam Janson Dere and Associates.

Popular Market was not a new grocery store at that time, as it had previously been located at 3171 Riverside Blvd. from about 1941 to 1956.

Various members of the Lee family, including Lung Pon Lee and San Ton Lee, owned and operated the store at its original location.

And Stephen Lee, by way of

research for this article, appears to have possibly been the market’s first manager.

Schuetzle’s Radio & Television Service relocated from 3228 Riverside Blvd. to 3171 Riverside Blvd. in 1957.

The original owners of Popular Market at its second location were Lung Pon Lee, Lung Foo Lee, Philip Lung Gan Lee and William Janson Dere. Lung Pon served as that location’s original manager.

The 1972 city directory recognizes a different grocery store – Bonanza Market – at 5324 Riverside Blvd. The ownership of that business is recognized in the directory as Dick Low, Philip G. Lee and Lawrence Lee. Low was recognized as Bonanza Market’s sole owner in the 1976 and 1977 directories, and Abu Khdair is listed as the store’s owner in the 1978 directory.

By 1981, the old Bonanza Market was being advertised as Jim’s Market.

In speaking about the grocery store years of his Riverside Boulevard building, Jim said, “We bought this place in 1978. I bought the building (and its property) from Lawrence (Lee).

The store had been pretty favorable until (Interstate) 5 came in. When I-5 came See Kobasic’s, page 7

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in, the business just went south. We tried several different things in here. A grocery store is what we started with and we couldn’t make it work. As a matter of fact, Lawrence worked with me.

We finally gave up on (the grocery store) and then we changed the shop and put all the storefronts facing Riverside (Boulevard), and even with that, that didn’t work. We tried remodeling it and that didn’t work. And then we ended up sectioning it off and putting in a very small (grocery) store, and then we brought in a butcher from Corti Bros. and he took over the meat department. We had a very large meat department. It was almost like a convenient store size-wise, and that worked rather well. We cut it down to about 2,500 feet and put the storefront in. We had beef hanging in the coolers, where you could see the beef hanging. It was right here (in the same portion of the building that now house’s Kobasic’s Candies).

And when (VHS) videos first came out, we had a video rental place, and we opened up a little diner on the end of the building, where I now have the candy factory. (The diner) was opened on Wednesday and

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Friday nights. You couldn’t get into the place. It was absolutely packed.”

As a third generation candy maker, Jim found offering handmade candy at his grocery store to be a natural fit.

Jim said that in about the late 1980s, he began offering his chocolates through Price Club stores.

“We closed ( Jim’s) Market and the restaurant and the meat shop, everything in October of 1986,” Jim said. “We quit the grocery store and were (making chocolates) for Price Club.

Costco was Price Club at the time, and we did chocolates for them for several years. We did all the Sacramento Price Clubs. There were 12 of them that we did in a certain radius. After they switched over (in 1993 to PriceCostco, which was later rebranded as Costco Wholesale), it kind of fell through the cracks. They brought us back in, but they wanted so many changes made. We were used to working with a dozen stores and they tacked on another three dozen on top of that and it was just way beyond what our capabilities were.”

Kobasic’s Candies, which will be featured in the second article of this series, opened at its present address of 5324 Riverside Blvd. in 2003.

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Jim Kobasic, a third generation candy maker, shows off a tray of chocolate turtles at Kobasic’s Candies.

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Pocket area Easter church services announced The following are select Easter church services from the Land Park/Pocket area: Parkside Community Church will hold a Palm Sunday service on March 29 at 10:30 a.m., a Maundy Thursday at 6:30 p.m. and an Easter service at 10:30 a.m., followed by an egg hunt.

Additionally, there will be a Holy Humor Sunday on April 12 at 10:30 a.m. On April 2 at 6:30 p.m., they will hold a Maundy Thursday service. Parkside Community Church is located at 5700 South Land Park Dr. Greenhaven Lutheran Church will hold holy week services. A Maundy Thursday service will be held on April 2 at 7 p.m. and will include worship with Holy Communion. The Good Friday service will be held on April 3 at 7 p.m. The Sunrise Easter Sunday service with Holy Communion and Easter Breakfast will be held at 8 a.m. and an Easter Worship service with Holy Communion will be held at 10:30 a.m. Greenhaven Lutheran is located at 475 Florin Road. For more information, call 428-8449.

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Faith Presbyterian Church will hold a Maundy Thursday Service on April 2 at 7 p.m., followed by a Good Friday Prayer Vigil on April 3. There will be a self-guided worship available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and a service of Healing and Wholeness at 7 p.m. Easter Sunday is April 5 and a SunSaint Anthony Parish will hold Easter Sun- rise Service will be provided at 7 a.m., folday Masses at 8, 9:30, and 11:15 a.m. There lowed by traditional services at 9 and 11 also will be an Easter Vigil Mass at 8 p.m. a.m. Faith Presbyterian Church is located Saint Anthony’s is located at 660 Florin Road. at 625 Florin Road. For more information, For more information, call 428-5678. call 428-3439 or visit www.faithpresby.org On Easter Sunday, Riverside Wesleyan Church will hold a 6:30 a.m. sunrise communion service, and 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Easter celebrations, which include children’s ministry.

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Dr. Seuss birthday celebration at Pocket Library Photos courtesy of Kathi Windheim

The Pocket Greenhaven Friends of the Library gave out 75 new books after Seussical Story Hour on Saturday, March 7, and a good time was had by all! Shown here are dignitaries and friends, including: former Councilmember Robbie Waters, former Senate pro Tem Dar-

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Food trucks coming to Garcia Bend on April 17 Photo by Monica Stark editor@valcomnews.com

It’s food truck season and that means the first SactoMoFo event of the year will be held on Friday, April 17. These folks at the McKinley Park food truck event all seemed to have a good time, enjoying good food, bounce houses, music, friends and dog friends. So don’t miss the first food truck event in the neighborhood on April 17 from 5 to 8 p.m.

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Longtime local florist Al Balshor, is shown in this photograph taken last November.

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Sacramento native Antonio Alberto “Al” Balshor, who operated one of the city’s oldest floral shops, the family-owned Balshor Florist, died last Thursday, March 19. He was 90.

Born on Nov. 22, 1924, Al grew up in a large family in a home at 315 U St., near Southside Park. And he remained connected to the Southside area for the remainder of his life, thus earning himself the nickname of “Mr. Southside.”

In speaking about that title, his wife, Marie, 87, said, “(Al) was a Southsider through and through until his dying day. He always felt so proud to own the home that he was born in. That was 90 years ago.

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with the Southside Improvement Club.”

Additionally, Al was a charter member of Southside American Legion Post 662 and a member of the Sacramento Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Portuguese Club and the Portuguese Historical and Cultural Society.

Al’s family, which also includes his surviving children, Judie, Al, Jr. and Jerry, was a cherished part of his life.

And, of course, there was his Portuguese-born mother, Grace (Secco) Balshor, who was one of Al’s greatest loves. A large photograph of Grace hangs on a wall at Balshor Florist at 2661 Riverside Blvd., just south of Broadway.

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of his Portuguese-born father, Arthur, on Dec. 15, 1929.

Marie, who met Al in 1934 and was married to him on New Year’s Day in 1948, added that with Arthur’s death, Al “became an instant man.”

And with added responsibilities as the “man” of the family, Al began working during his youth.

His jobs included selling programs for boxing matches at the old L Street Arena at 223 L St., pitching watermelons at the Sacramento Farmers Market at 2630 5th St., just south of Broadway, washing bottles at Jones Howell pickle works at 315 T St., and working as a motorcycle courier for Willis & Martin Co. at 1001-1003 K St. Additionally, while attending the old Lincoln Junior High School at 4th and Q streets in the late 1930s, Al delivered newspapers on three routes for The Sacramento Bee. In an interview with the Land Park News last May, Al spoke about one of those routes, saying, “I used to go out and get the first papers off of The Sacramento Bee’s press, and that was at 7th and I (streets). I would take the first papers. There would be 25. They would come up the chute and I would run down the hallway, get on the bike and I had 10 minutes to get over to the (Southern Pacific) depot and catch the train going to San Francisco.

The papers would come out at 12:15 (p.m. and) the train left at 12:25 (p.m.). Many times, I caught (the train) on the go.”

After graduating from Sacramento High School in June 1942, Al obtained a job as a flower wholesale worker for Lino Piazza at 1328 7th St., before accepting a position delivering ice for the Consumers Ice & Cold Storage Co. at 831 D St. Like many young men in the 1940s, Al served his country during World War II. In speaking about that time in Al’s life, Marie said, “He was so proud of being in the service for 23 months, and he was under Gen. George Patton’s army. He served in the European campaign.

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“He wasn’t exactly in the Normandy invasion, but he came in to clear the path, they built the beaches and they were able to drive their ambulance right off of the boat.

“And he was definitely in the Battle of the Bulge. (Many) Americans got killed, and he picked up dead bodies.”

Although Al was given official clearance to return home after his brother, Joe, died in the war on Jan. 13, 1944, he opted to remain in the Army.

Al spent six months in Wales before D-Day and was on the border of Poland when the war ended.

After returning to his hometown, Al went to work at Relles Florist at 2220 J St. by way of the GI Bill.

And on Nov. 4, 1950, Al opened the original location of Balshor Florist at 730 O St. Twenty-two years later, a plan to redevelop the site forced Al to relocate his business to its present location at 2661 Riverside Blvd.

Until recently, Al continuously went to work every day, six days a week.

While sitting in his office at his floral shop a few months ago, Al commented about his continuous run of working that dated back to his childhood.

“A little hard work never hurt anyone,” Al said, with a gentle smile that was part of his endearing demeanor.

It was his kind-hearted, soft spoken nature and knack for listening that drew people to seek his advice and friendship.

And as a longtime icon in the community, Al attracted many friends throughout his life, as was evident by the constant flow of visitors who stopped by his shop four months ago to wish him a happy 90th birthday.

Al’s many friends attended his funeral service at St. Elizabeth Portuguese National Church at 1817 12th St. on Monday, March 30 at 10 a.m.

A viewing was held at Klumpp’s funeral home at 2691 Riverside Blvd. last Sunday at noon, and a rosary was held at the same site that day.

Al was buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery at 6700 21st Ave. on Monday, following the funeral services.

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Free art for seniors Older adults are invited to celebrate their creative sides with eight-week art classes in the Pocket In Creative Company is a series of art classes for older adults (55-plus). Learn from professional teaching artists in this series of multi-week visual arts courses that will help you discover and express your inner talents through painting and drawing.

If you are interesting in attending, please note: To register for a class series, visit the Sacramento Public Library’s events page which can be found off the main web page, http://www.saclibrary.org/ All levels of experience welcome. Art supplies will be provided. Class sizes are limited.

Participants are expected to be able to attend all eight class meetings. Creative Aging in America’s Libraries is supported by a National Leadership Grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services in collaboration with Lifetime Arts, Inc., AARP Foundation, Ameri-

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These classes will culminate in an art show at the Central Library on Sunday, Aug. 2 at 1 p.m. inside the Central Library Galleria, 828 I St. Watercolor Classes with Kathy Lemke Waste at the Pocket Library Artist Kathy Lemke Waste will demonstrate wetting and stretching paper, how to create a basic wash, how to set up your palette and more in this introduction to watercolor, which will be held at the Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library.

Registration is required to attend. This class will be held Fridays, May 1 to June 26, at 9:30 a.m. There will be no class May 22. The Robbie Waters PocketGreenhaven Library is located at 7335 Gloria Dr. Kathy will demonstrate wetting and stretching paper, how to create a basic

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wash, how to set up your palette and more in this introduction to watercolor. Kathy teaches workshops for the Crocker Art Museum and is an Artist in Residence for the Sacramento County Office of Education. She has taught Communication Studies in California’s state college and or blending, and drawing techuniversity system. niques during these hands-on sessions. Free art supplies will Drawing classes with Lynn be provided. Lynn is a gradMorrison at the Ardenuate of California College of Dimick Library Arts & Crafts with a BFA Artist Lynn Morrison will Degree in Environmental Deteach color theory, proper- sign. She has been an interior ties of graphite pencils, color designer and college instrucblending, and drawing tech- tor. Her artwork graces the niques at the Arden-Dimick walls of homes and businessLibrary. Registration is re- es both locally and nationally. quired to attend. The classes will be offered on Tuesdays, Watercolor Classes with May 5 to June 23, starting at Susan Recely 10 a.m. Arden-Dimick LiArtist Susan Recely will inbrary is located at 891 Watt corporate color theory, art hisAve. Artist Lynn Morrison tory and painting demonstrawill teach color-theory, prop- tions, while helping students erties of graphite pencils, col- create their own artwork at

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On Saturday March 14, St. Anthony Parish sponsored a “Bike for Mike” ride in memory of Deacon Mike Crowley, who passed away three years ago. In addition to being a memorial ride for Deacon Crowley, the event served as a fund raiser for the South Sacramento Interfaith Partnership emergency food locker. Deacon

Crowley was a volunteer and ardent supporter at the food locker, which provides food to people residing in the south Sacramento area. The 8-mile ride through the Greenhaven/Pocket area, contributed $650 to the food locker to help support its ongoing operations. To either contribute, help or volunteer at the South Sacramento Interfaith Partnership emergency food locker, contact Frank Allen at 392-8180

or fgallen@hotmail.com. To contribute, bring a check made out to SSIP when you come to the ride. If you cannot ride, but would like to donate, you can bring a check by to the parish or send the check to: SSIP Food Locker, Bethany Presbyterian Church, 5625 24th St., 95822.

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Pickleball A sport for all comes to the Pocket

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The CBS “Early Show” called it a sweet sport with a sour name. Pickleball. What is it? According to the USA Pickleball Association, it’s a paddle sport created for all ages and skill levels. The rules are simple and the game is easy for beginners to learn, but it can develop into a quick, fast-paced, competitive game for experienced players. A fun sport that combines many elements of tennis, badminton and ping-pong, pickleball is played both indoors or outdoors on a badminton-sized court and a slightly modified tennis net. It’s a game that’s played with a paddle and a plastic ball.

And ask Pocket resident Heman Lee all about it. He’s hooked. The lifelong tennis player picked up the pickleball paddle in January and is now teaching lessons at ACC Senior Services. Heman welcomed the start of spring, teaching an outdoor pickleball lesson, the first of hopefully many in the Pocket area.

About 20 people signed up for the first lesson and Heman is hopeful to come up with a schedule soon.

Because of the sport’s growing popularity, Linda Revilla, program director at ACC Senior Services, described the excitement regarding the courts at ACC as follows: “When Heman approached us, we jumped on it because, here we have this (basketball) court. We have outdoor lights, too. And we knew there’s a growing demand and it’s very exciting to be the first outdoor pickleball courts in Sacramento.”

Heman and some friends painted new lines on the pavement and brought out portable nets when they got the green light.

Though Heman had never heard of the sport as of January, he’s come to really enjoy it. Speaking about how he got started playing, he said, “I heard about it from my friend Jennie (Fong). I’m an avid tennis player and I never heard of pickleball, so she Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.

just mentioned there’s some game that’s like mini tennis.

And I said, ‘Oh, that sounds really good, mini tennis.’ So, I went down (to the Wackford Community and Aquatic Complex in Elk Grove) the first week of January and I think after that day, I was hooked. It’s really fun,” Heman said with a chuckle.

“You see, I love playing tennis, but I can’t with my elbow,” Heman continued. “After 50 (years of age), you can’t serve like you used to. And then, I play pickleball and I don’t even have to wear my wristband or my elbow pad or my knee brace or all this stuff that all my other senior friends wear because they still play tennis. Pickleball is so much easier because the racket weighs half of a tennis racket.”

He also said the sport is much easier on one’s knees because of the smaller size of the court and because the distance a plastic ball travels is a lot less than that of a tennis ball. “The court is only half the size of a tennis court.

If they serve it underhanded, they only have to run 15 feet and they are only covering 10 feet on each side, so it’s a lot easier on your knees and joints and stuff.”

Having played tennis almost his entire life, Heman said he has noticed a lot of tennis players convert to pickleball. “Some aspects of the game are the same, like the forehand and the backhand; the strokes are similar. But, it also has aspects that are more like ping-pong. What we’re teaching (at the time of the interview) is something that’s a soft shot. You don’t have to hit it hard to win.

There are a lot of good players that just use soft shots.

There is more strategy involved than tennis now because tennis now is more of a power game. (Pickleball) has more of a mental aspect to it, which I like. Seniors can play and husbands can play with their wives.”

Karen Alfsen is the USA Pickleball Association ambassador in Elk Grove. Besides getting a following

Players give a high-five after a pickleball match at ACC.

there, she’s facilitated the start of the sport at ACC. She spoke with the Pocket News about the reasons why the courts got started at the Wackford Community and Aquatic Complex in Elk Grove. “In our area, there are few public courts. One has to travel to Auburn, Folsom, Discovery Bay, Modesto, or Rio Vista to find a public court. For that reason, the Cosumnes Community Services District agreed to stripe three public indoor courts at the Wackford Community and Aquatics Complex.”

Further describing the distance some people drive to play pickleball, Heman said, “There are a lot of seniors that will go all the way from Grass Valley, Auburn, Cameron Park, all down to Folsom just to find people to play with. It’s a whole social community and there are groups of seniors that get into an R.V. and go to different tournaments, like Florida is a real hotbed. But, the closest on the West Coast is probably Arizona with the senior communities. But I started it here because there’s really no public place to play pickleball within the city of Sacramento. Mondays I go to Elk Grove; Sundays I go to Folsom. The only other place you can play pickleball is if you belong (to a senior community).”

So if you are interested in learning more about pickleball at ACC, call Anna Su at 393-9026, extension 330.

ACC is located at 7334 Park City Dr., www.accsv.org.

Photos by Monica Stark

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Ongoing “Stretch, Strengthen, and Thrive” at ACC: This class is designed for the needs and abilities of active older adults, who are interested in gaining or maintaining mobility, 5-6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. $5 per class if pre-paid; drop-in fee is $6. ACC Senior Services Center, 7375 Park City Dr., 3939026 x330, www.accsv.org.

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Senior Fitness at St. Anthony’s Senior Fitness meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:45 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Memorial Hall at 660 Florin Road. Cost is $2 per class. Do not have to belong to the church. Class incorporates dyna bands, small hand weights, balls, and rubber bands plus cardio. Chair and standing exercises for flexibility, strength and balance accompanied by music of “the good ol’ days.” Participants do not have to get down on the floor!

Paula has a Masters in Exercise Physiology and has been in the fitness business over 25 years. Equipment supplied if needed.

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Riverside Wesleyan Church offers older adult fitness class Oasis, a fitness class for older adults, is held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Wesleyan Church, 6449 Riverside Blvd., in the Pocket/Greenhaven area. The charge for each class is $2. Participants do not have to be affiliated with the church. The class has about 40 regular members, but the area used to exercise is large and can accommodate more.

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Learn the history and basics of Taiko which refer to the various Japanese drums. Wear comfortable clothing. $16 per month or $5 drop-in class. For schedule call 393-9026, ext 330, www.accsv.org. ACC is located at 7375 Park City Dr. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Stretch, strengthen and thrive This class is designed for the needs and abilities of active older adults interested in gaining or maintaining mobility. These exercises will help participants maintain their cardiovascular health, muscular endurance, and vitality, enhancing their range of motion and increase energy with a mix of full body stretches, body weight exercises, strength training and active stretching. 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., Wednesdays and Fridays at ACC Senior Services Center, 7375 Park City Dr. Pre-registration is preferred but drop-ins are welcome. For detail, call 393-9026, ext 330, www.accsv.org ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

ACC presents Senior Yoga Enjoy movements designed to maintain joint mobility, muscle strength, and flexibility. This class is gentle, easy to follow and uses the floor and chair. 10:30-11:30am Wednesdays at ACC Greenhaven Terrace, 1180 Corporate Way. Pre-registration is preferred but drop-ins are welcome. For detail, call (916) 393-9026, ext 330, www.accsv.org ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Tai Chi/CQ Gong Learn the simplified 24-forms of Tai Chi, plus Qi gong exercises, a healing art combining movement, meditation, and visualization. Ideal for students new to Tai Chi. 9:00-10:00am, Thursdays at ACC Greenhaven Terrace, 1180 Corporate Way. Preregistration is preferred but drop-ins are welcome. For detail, call (916) 393-9026, ext 330, www.accsv.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. The sessions will be held on eight consecutive Monday evenings from Sept. 29 through Nov. 17. Each session will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the UC Davis Home Care Services Building, 3630 Business Dr., Suite F. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Sunday Jazz with the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society at the Elks Lodge Every second Sunday of the month from noon to 5 p.m., enjoy Jazz bands in the Main Ballroom (nominal fee), Emblem

Room (free) & Lounge (free) at the Elks Lodge No. 6, 6446 Riverside Blvd. There’s always plenty of food available for purchase.

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Sunday breakfast at the Elks Lodge No. 6 Come and enjoy a great breakfast with your family and friends every Sunday morning from 8:30 to 11 a.m. for a cost of $9. Specials include: Eggs Benedict & Corned Beef Hash. In addition, eggs as you like them, pancakes, waffles, biscuits & gravy, juice & coffee.

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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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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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Mahogany Urban Poetry Series – Queen Sheba – poetry readings 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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Brain Gymnasium Exercise your mind and have some fun at this on-going Brain Gymnasium class! Inviting all seniors to Eskaton Monroe Lodge, 3225 Freeport Boulevard, 9:20 a.m. Thursdays. $6 per class. Call 441-1015 for more information.

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Gentle Qi Gong Learn powerful relaxation techniques reduce stress, reduce physical pain and emotional suffering, lower blood pressure, increase immune response and improve balance. Inviting all seniors to Eskaton Monroe Lodge, 3225 Freeport Boulevard, 3 to 4 p.m., Wednesdays. $7 per class. Call 441-1015 for more information.

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The Sacramento Capitolaires meeting A men’s Barbershop Harmony group, meets every Tuesday night at Christ Community Church, 5025 Manzanita Ave., Carmichael. Rehearsals are Tuesdays at 7 p.m. For more information, visit www.capitolaires.org or call (888) 877-9806. Men who love to sing are welcome!

Men come from Elk Grove, Davis, El Dorado Hills, Roseville or the greater Sacramento area. The group is 40 men who love to sing and wants to encourage more men to join along.

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Soroptimist International of Sacramento South meetings

A service organization dedicated to insure the status of women and girls, the group meets at Aviator’s Restaurant, 6151 Freeport Blvd. for lunch and to discuss the day’s topic. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 12:15 p.m.

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South Sacramento Rotary club meetings Every Thursday from noon to 1:30 p.m., South Sacramento Rotary meets for lunch at the Iron Grill located at 2422 13th St. (near Broadway). Rotary is one of the largest service organizations serving local, national and international charities through community service and good fellowship. For more information, contact Michael DiGrazia at 396-7244.

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‘Meditation and More’ at Eskaton

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Every second Monday of the month starting at 1:30 p.m. (session begins), enjoy a meditation session at Eskaton Monroe Lodge, 3225 Freeport Blvd. Studies consistently show that even a semi-regular practice of meditation increases immunity, while lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, risks of heart disease and stroke. Meditation and More sessions are non-denominational and all ages are welcome. Participants sit comfortably in chairs and no special poses are required. FREE for residents and their families, $4 for guests. Call 441-1015 or email scott.okamoto@eskaton.org to reserve your space today!

April 3: Knitting fun starts at 1 p.m. at the Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library, located at 7335 Gloria Dr. Don’t forget to bring your knitting needles and yarn!

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April 4: Interested in community service leadership opportunities and fun? TAB is all about teens creating their own service projects--whether that means organizing fun programs for teens (think gaming tournaments and movie nights) or other community outreach projects. The group meets at 10 a.m. at the Robbie Waters PocketGreenhaven Library, 7335 Gloria Dr. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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Baby/Toddler Stay & Play (No Storytimes in April) at Pocket Library (Early Childhood (0-5)) April 2: Fun starts at10:15 a.m. at the Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library, 7335 Gloria Dr. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

AARP Tax Aide by appointment @ Pocket Library (Adult) April 2: AARP is providing free tax help to senior citizens by appointment only. Call 2-1-1 to make your appointment. Starts at noon at Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library, 7335 Gloria Dr. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

April 4: The title for discussion this month is All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Group meets at 1 p.m. at the Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library, 7335 Gloria Dr. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Read to a Dog at Pocket Library (School Age (6-12))

April 4: Looking for a way to boost schoolage reading skills? Join us for our Read to a Dog program and practice reading out loud to a registered therapy dog. Kids are invited to bring their own books or borrow one from our fabulous collection then read aloud to Cleo, who is accompanied by her trained adult volunteer.The program starts at 2 p.m. Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library is located at 7335 Gloria Dr. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

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Parkside Community Church expands while promoting diversity within its mission statement

By Monica Stark

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The East African region has overcome incredible challenges to be where it is today. Now 24 children are traveling the world telling this story. The Asante Children’s choir is made up of 24 very talented children ages 9-12. Most of the children in the choir are orphans. Some come from homes devastated by HIV/ AIDS. The choir presentations are a great source of healing and encouragement for the children. The children perform in churches, schools, and other public places raising awareness about the issues that Africa faces today and giving thanks for the great steps that have been made. – Asante Traditional African worship music and folk songs with drumming and vibrant dance filled Land Park’s Parkside Community Church on Saturday, Feb. 7 as the Asante Children’s Choir from East Africa executed a joyous and moving performance.

Speaking about the group in an interview for the Land Park News, Parkside Community Church Pastor Elizabeth Griswold said it would be wonderful if Asante returns next year. “ They had so much energy and they were emissaries. Each one was representing other kids.

They showed their talents, despite the struggles they go through back home, and they were really talented too. They were really good dancers and singers.”

In the foyer of Parkside Community Church, Asante’s chaperones displayed photos of children in need of financial assistance. Parkside parishioners Jenn Kunkle and Tracey LaPierre were at the Asante show and sponsored Ugandan child, Pavine Muwanguzi. Speaking about how they chose Pavine from the group of children to sponsor, Jenn said, “I chose him because I am a math teacher (at Sacramento Charter High School) and he said his favorite subject was math. Also, he lives in Uganda and I have a few friends from college who were from Uganda, so it’s kind of a connection, I guess. And, who could resist that face? I’m so excited.” Through out the year, Asante will send updated pictures and Jenn expects to receive letters from Pavine. “He can send letters, and I am looking forward to doing that as well.”

Elizabeth showed appreciation for the sponsorships made by members of her congregation, stat22

ing: “Why make it a one day experience, but to have it ongoing and a lasting relationships with some of the children.”

Elizabeth Griswold, who became the pastor in July 2013, previously was an associate pastor at Irvine United Congregational Church, UCC. Community involvement, youth programs and alternative worship were her top priorities in Irvine, where she launched a children’s garden and composting program. Reflecting her social justice commitment, she helped her church toward becoming a Global Mission Church, and organized service trips to Guatemala and Mexico.

As an associate Pastor, Elizabeth was seeking to lead a congregation and her dream came true in Land Park. According to a statement provided by Elizabeth, “Parkside is a church where there is diversity in beliefs and backgrounds, yet unity in striving to love neighbors and God with our whole hearts, souls and minds.”

Elizabeth said that perhaps her connection to youth is due to having a daughter of her own. During the Asante concert, Elizabeth kept looking at her little girl, Lilah, who hadn’t turned 2 years old yet and noticed her daughter wanted to mimic the dancers. “She would do their movements and sing along. I was feeling this love for her and then I’d look back up to the front at the sanctuary and see these other kids dancing and feeling like how proud their own mothers and fathers and family members must be of them and what a sacrifice they are making. Some of these kids are orphans, too. But for the families back home and for the kids here to be away from their families for a month at a time, they are really serving their communities by being on this tour. And, so seeing them and their joy and what they are offering to all of us, was such a blessing. It’s not just my own desire in terms of reaching out to children in need. The congregation actually went through a listening campaign and we found that in the Sacramento area, there’s a need to have stronger programs with youth.”

Parkside Community Church has also renewed its focus on youth ministries, providing social and emotional learning for socially disadvantaged kids in the public schools as well as offering volunteer opportunities with the South Sacramento Interfaith Partnership

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Shown here are chaperones of the Asante children’s choir.

food closet, which serves about 8,000 families in need of emergency food assistance.

Elizabeth, the former pastor at large for SSIP, said members of Parkside’s congregation currently serve on the SSIP board and many volunteers run the food closet. “So, we’re very active and engaged with the volunteering and donating of food, donating money as well as serving educational outreach for healthy babies,” Elizabeth said.

Elizabeth’s devotion to diversity of beliefs is centered within her most personal daily life. Her husband, Seth Castleman is a rabbi at Congregation B’nai Harim in Grass Valley and works in the education department at Congregation Bet Haverim in Davis. The family of three resides in a cohousing development in Davis.

Speaking about the reaction she receives when people learn her husband is a rabbi, Elizabeth said, “ The United Church of Christ is a very progressive, liberal denomination. I like to tease my more conservative friends that not only is my pastor a woman, she’s married to a rabbi. (She says that) just to see people’s reactions. Within the Church itself, they’ve been incredibly welcoming and accepting of me to preach, teach Sunday school and to teach lessons on Judaism. We see (Seth) as a real asset. In the Jewish world, it’s been a little bit more difficult, which is understandable.

Christianity is a much more dominant religious force in this community and this society, so it forces other religions to have to be a little bit more exclusive to maintain

survival. So, it’s pretty unheard of for a rabbi to be married to somebody not Jewish, and especially a Christian minister. We actually don’t think there are any other couples like us. It can present some challenges, but not necessarily. We are choosing to raise our daughter Jewish and that was a decision we made very early on in our relationship. I personally have a real heart for Judaism and have loved it since a young age, way before I even met Seth. We both wanted (Lilah) to have one identity and one community she belonged to. Obviously, the Church loves her too, but it was more important to (Seth) that it be Judaism.”

Within Parkside’s denomination, United Church of Christ, there are more women than men pastors, so when asked what it’s like being a female pastor, Elizabeth said, “I don’t even think twice about it. I do notice that when I do introduce myself to someone, I think twice maybe because I am a woman or also because I’m 36 (years old); I’m not that young anymore, but people think that’s very young and they’re surprised that I’m the pastor.

“I do talk to friends of mine in seminary how different it is just in my generation. My mother is a registered nurse, but her career wasn’t as much of a focus. And there’s the privileges that I’ve had in terms of education, empowerment as a woman, in terms of my own relationship with my husband and how we pretty much do everything 50/50. He’s also ordained as a clergy member.

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He’s a rabbi, so we’re an interfaith clergy family and also very dedicated raising our daughter together and sharing all of that work.

I’ve never felt such incredible support.”

Since Elizabeth became the pastor, the congregation has steadily grown to about 100 people who attend the weekly 10:30 a.m. Sunday service. Speaking about her time as the pastor at Parkside, she said, “It’s been wonderful. We have a lot of things going on, meeting the needs of our church community and also the community, community. Some of the things that we’ve adopted since I’ve been here is the new tag-line and that’s: ‘Parkside Community Church: A caring community, pursuing justice, practicing diversity, and promoting spiritual journeys.’ So, in everything we do, we try to live that out.”

Of course hosting the Asante children fit in with the new “tag-line,” as members of the church were excited not only to welcome the children, but also to pursue justice and support what they’re doing in Uganda.

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Elizabeth, Lilah and Seth make up a multi-faith family. Elizabeth Griswold is the pastor at Parkside Community Church. Seth Castleman is a rabbi at B’nai Harim in Grass Valley. Their daughter Lilah is being raised Jewish. They live in a co-housing development in Davis.

about spiritual journeys too – that people are on different paths. And the way that they are expressing their faith is a gift to our church too, to be able to learn from one another.”

With the congregation’s commitment to serve the community at large and by welcoming diversity, Parkside Community Church will undoubtedly continue its steady growth.

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