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CARMICHAEL CUL-DE-SAC Original owner did beautiful upgrades! 3 OR 4 bedrooms 2½ bahts, 2334 square feet. Real hardwood Àoors, granite counters, 3-car garage and all on one level! Quiet cul-de-sac location too. Open, spacious Àoor plan will appeal to everyone. $445,000 CARMAH HATCH 765-6210

ELEGANT 5 BEDROOM HOME In private community of homes, 5 bedrooms, 4½ baths with two master suites. Two ¿replaces, family room with built-in entertainment center, beautiful kitchen, Sub-Zero refrigerator, breakfast nook. Deck overlooking pool, spa, and built-in barbeque! $849,000 JOHN BYERS 607-0313, CHRISTINE BALESTRERI 966-2244

DEL DAYO RIVIERA Wonderfully updated home in Del Dayo Riviera, open Àoor plan with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and master bedroom suite. Granite kitchen counters, big family room with ¿replace, 2-car attached garage. Located in a cul-de-sac, access to American River levee for biking or hiking, great schools, $479,000 PATTY BAETA 806-7761

A TRUE MASTERPIECE Elegant 5 bedroom home with 3 full baths and 2 half baths located on just over ½ acre in gated community. Grand entry with dramatic two story ceilings and Italian marble. Gourmet kitchen, huge island and breakfast nook. Family room with custom entertainment center. Pool, spa, and pizza oven. $765,000 JOHN BYERS 607-0313

TUCKED AWAY ON PRIVATE LANE First time on the market! 4 bedroom 2½ bath on a private, gated lane, this original owner home is a delight to see! Just a short distance to Ancil Hoffman Park, this home has an open Àoor plan, spectacular gourmet kitchen, huge family room, study and large detached 3-car garage. $765,000 CARMAH HATCH 765-6210

ARDEN PARK HOME 4 bedrooms 3 baths, private spacious master suite with sitting area, gas ¿replace, fabulous bath, walk-in closet. Updated kitchen, stainless steel appliances, granite counter and cherry cabinets. Bonus family room, private bed and bath. Beautiful yard, deck and hot tub. $568,000 CHRISTINE BALESTRERI 966-2244

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WHISPERING OAKS Wonderful family home and Àoor plan. 3 bedrooms and bonus room upstairs; downstairs of¿ce room could be bedroom as well! Very open, light and bright with high ceilings. Gourmet kitchen open to family room. Ample back yard and patio area with trees and natural shrubs. Private. $449,900 PATTY BAETA 806-7761

CLASSIC CARMICHAEL RANCH 3 bedroom 2 bath home in a wonderful neighborhood. Long term owners have meticulously maintained this home. Vaulted ceilings, bay window, plantation shutters, built-in cabinetry in family room and of¿ce, 3-car garage, large gardening shed in serene backyard, tile roof! $380,000 REBECCA JANICKI 212-2825

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BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS COMMONS Just one block from American River Parkway access, this spacious 2 or 3 bedroom 2½ bath unit is warm and cute. Beautiful wood Àoors, extra-large master suite and guest bedroom, cozy of¿ce/den and songs! Music system throughout and in court yard. Relaxing patio and water feature. $459,000 DAVID KIRRENE 531-7495

Next Gen! Have you noticed the change in Arden Park over the last several years? So many young families have moved in to the neighborhood. It’s fun to see babies and toddlers. The park’s full of activity— softball and kickball on Sundays. They’re keeping our neighborhood young and vibrant. The next generation is here and they’ve brought a great energy. I love Arden Park more than ever!

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Sound Off on Crying Foul READERS WEIGH IN ON THE ANIMAL NOISES AND ANIMAL BYPRODUCTS

BY DUFFY KELLY OUT AND ABOUT ARDEN

ast month I wrote in this column about the chickens, roosters, turkeys and peafowl that live in the rural neighborhood of Arden Park Vista, also called Mariemont. The county had temporarily banned these birds (specifically “crowing fowl”) after receiving dozens of complaints about their noise and nuisance.

The question hit a nerve with area residents from Sierra Oaks Vista to Carmichael and Fair Oaks. Letters: We quoted Arden resident Bette Burrows as saying: “The county got 93 complaints. Can you imagine how many people who love these birds didn’t call to tell the county about that?” The question hit a nerve with area residents from Sierra Oaks Vista to

Carmichael and Fair Oaks. We received dozens of letters, phone calls and emails from readers about the issue, so we decided to print them here. Well, if the county decides to ban live fowl, I say we also need a ban on noisy barking dogs and yowling cats. Holy cow, some people just need to have something to ban or make a noise about. I live in Arden Park and have never been irritated except for barking dogs, but I have never reported them to any authority. Live and let live. Phyllis B. The article “Crying Foul …” was of particular interest since I drive Stewart Road where the fowl are located on several occasions each week. I particularly choose to drive this route from the local Bel Air Market to my home in Arden Park. Why this route? To enjoy the rural ambiance and to count and view the chickens and now to marvel at the additional number of peacocks. It is such a pleasure to drive slowly and to watch the chicken antics, count their numbers and view their colorful costumes. Also, I have loved finding and watching the peacocks leisurely cross the road as if they own it. On my most recent drive I was stunned to see maybe a dozen peacocks in a neighbor’s yard. Beautiful!

THE PUBLISHER'S DESK COLUMN WILL RETURN NEXT MONTH livestock and fowl will lose out. So sad! What was the County Planning Department thinking when it approved this house? Over the past couple of years I have experienced 17 wild turkeys in the front yard roaming the neighborhood for bugs. There are two huge and beautifully coated skunks that come in the backyard every once in a while, and there is a local possum that makes himself known by the persimmons he loves to eat. I’m for the animals and the birds. Without them in our lives, it would be all freeways and cement. Animals and birds are something wonderful to observe and they, nature, feed the soul. Dianne Smith, Arden Park Count me as loving the livestock in the area—ponies, horses, dogs, cats and so forth. A recent McMansion has been built on Stewart Road that is completely out of character with the rural area. I suspect that the new McMansion owners will cause much grief in the neighborhood. First, it will be the horseflies from the nearby horse properties. And, of course, the chickens and peacocks will not be something beautiful, but only noisy pests. My goodness, neighbors living around Stewart Road have experienced chicken and rooster noises for many, many years. I also suspect that complaints will hit the powers that be in the county and the

I’ve lived in the Carter/Stewart/ Rand/Mariemont/Lynndale neighborhood since 1987. According to a neighbor who has even more “seniority” here than I do, there was a population of feral chickens here for about 20 years before we arrived. Until about 12 years ago, the main nesting site for the entire flock of 15 to 20 chickens was in a roadside area shaded by a large willow tree on a property at the southwest corner of Stewart and Berrendo. These were a fixture here and my children enjoyed seeing them during our frequent neighborhood walks. The nearby “chicken trees” were a particular delight. These were smallto medium-sized trees in which the OUT AND ABOUT page 12

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OUT AND ABOUT FROM page 11 chickens would roost for the night. At dusk the chickens in them were almost invisible, but we could hear them clucking as we passed. … I now hear the roosters in the morning, but they’re not near enough to be anything but a pleasant sound, like songbirds. The peacocks and pea hens are a more recent phenomenon. ... They’re beautiful, yes, but they’re champions of scattering mulch and plant bedding, and they poop a lot. The seed dregs under my bird feeder seemed to attract them, so I stopped filling that. … And while they do seem pretty fertile, I’ve seen at least three generations of small chicks whose numbers would rapidly drop from five to two or so within a few weeks, probably from predation by some combination of skunks, raccoons, owls, hawks and coyotes, all of which are part of our neighborhood’s natural ecosystem. I wonder how many of the “93” complaints to the county were repeat

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calls, since there are no more than about 50 homes in the chicken and peacock zones. And while I was annoyed by the pea-birds’ messiness, I got used to their loud calls, and so was curious to learn that there were supposedly many who complained about the noise. I’m wondering if any of these folks ever complained about the daily noise pollution from numerous leaf-blowers in the neighborhood, occasionally before 7 a.m. and after 10 p.m., or about the occasional very loud outdoor parties and music performances in “Birdland.” I guess everyone has his or her own idea of what defines a nice neighborhood. I suspect when the area is sterilized by removing all of these offending critters, the next generations will be too transfixed by their smartphones and computer screens to notice. Harvey Edber We have lived on Stewart Road for 36 years and have always enjoyed the country feel that the chickens and peacocks give the neighborhood.

Birds are not the problem—skunks are! If the county wants to help, get rid of the many skunks that exist in this neighborhood and leave our birds alone! Ben and Adrienne Wright I would like to sound off on backyard birds! And in particular to Bette Burrows. I lived in a lovely home in Arden-Arcade for 12 years. It was not a McMansion. It was a humble home of less than 1,800 square feet built in 1959. I liked roosters until I had to live next door to them. My neighbor loved baby everything. It was partly her religious views that “God will always provide.” She bred dogs, cats, finches, goldfish and chickens, nonstop. At one point she had 14 roosters (she told me the number herself) and her daughter convinced her to turn them loose in Old Fair Oaks (she also told me this). Roosters have no time to crow. They crow at any time of day or night. The big roosters started picking on the little Spanish rooster so he decided to take up residence in my

yard. At one point he went berserk under my bedroom window at 5 a.m. This might all sound funny and cute, but I worked full time and needed my sleep. My yard was a pathway for raccoons, skunks and possums. They were mainly drawn to the baby chicks and eggs next door— oh, and the fish. Cooper’s hawks started picking off the chicks and my neighbor had the boy who worked for her shoot pellets at them. Once he shot into my yard and I was in my yard. I talked to my neighbor and explained that it wasn’t legal to shoot at Cooper’s hawks, but she didn’t stop until her daughter told her how much the fine would be. Then she got a turkey to take care of the chickens. That actually worked until the turkey started coming over to my yard and pooping on my lawn furniture and patio. So no, roosters don’t belong in a residential area. Chickens can lay eggs without a rooster and as long as the neighbor is a responsible owner I don’t have a problem with chickens, OUT AND ABOUT page 14

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OUT AND ABOUT FROM page 12 but absolutely no roosters. And I’m 68 years old and grew up in the Arden-Arcade area and have always been around farm animals, but I’ve never seen such a problem with roosters as there seems to be now. I no longer find roosters charming and I plain don’t like them. I sold my home last year because it was time to stop being a homeowner and let someone else take care of the maintenance. There are no roosters around here and I don’t miss them a bit! Betty Wilhelm I absolutely agree with Bette Burrows. I live in Sierra Oaks Vista. We didn’t buy just a house on a piece of land, we bought our home because it was as close to being country without moving to the country that we could find. We bought a neighborhood. Quail, pheasants, horses, chickens raccoons, possums and the occasional coyote lived (live) here. Turkeys are relative newcomers and we love them. No peacocks now but there used to be. Quail and pheasants are gone as well. Our neighborhood is undergoing drastic change. Singularly good for county coffers, not for many of us “old-timers.” I echo her lament: “Why do people buy here and then want to change our unique neighborhood? Leave us alone.” Sara Hunt

STRIKE UP THE BAND The 19th Annual El Camino Middle School Band Clinic will be on Saturday, Jan. 30, at El Camino High School. All students in sixth through eighth grade are invited to participate. Young musicians will get a taste of high school band under the direction of renowned band director Kevin Glaser. Glaser will be working directly with the students—beginners to advanced alike—to introduce them to the high school’s program. Glaser is known for delivering a high-energy, inspirational program that allows high-schoolers the

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El Camino High School Band director Kevin Glaser is holding the school’s 19th annual Middle School Band clinic on Jan. 30. The all-day event is open to any middle-schooler interested in music.

opportunity to pass along the gift of music to younger hopefuls. In the process, middle-schoolers will have the opportunity to sample the high school’s program. For more information, contact El Camino High School.

BOY SCOUT TROOP ONE SEEKS ALUMNI Boy Scout Troop One will celebrate its 100-year anniversary, known as 100 Years of Troop One, with a party this June. Popularly believed to be the oldest continuously running Boy Scout troop west of the Mississippi River, Troop One is reaching out to alumni to attend the celebration.

The troop held its first meeting in 1916 at First United Methodist Church at the corner of 21st and J streets. Current Scouts and anyone who has ever been associated with Troop One

are invited to attend the celebration at The Center at Twenty-Three Hundred on Saturday, June 11, from 6 to 9 p.m. Alumni can join the troop’s mailing list to receive information and updates on the event. Over the past century, Troop One is one of the few Midtown institutions to have endured. The troop held its first meeting in 1916 at First United Methodist Church at the corner of 21st and J streets, where its meetings are still held today. In 1955, Troop One nearly folded as membership dipped to only nine scouts. However, by 1976, the troop was back to making history as Eagle Scouts H.J. and Robert McCurry became the first

pair of brothers in the nation to win the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. Today, Troop One alumni make up some of Sacramento’s most successful business and community leaders. The troop typically rosters 70 registered Boy Scouts from all over Sacramento and the surrounding areas, and its Alumni Club boasts 170 former Troop One scouts, with members from as far back as the 1930s. To be added to the mailing list and for more information on the anniversary celebration, go to Troop-1.com/100ofOne Duffy Kelly can be reached at dk@ insidepublications.com n

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Shopping Cart Blight BUSINESSES IN COUNTY MUST HAVE ABANDONED CART PREVENTION PLAN

BY SUSAN PETERS COUNTY SUPERVISOR

he Board of Supervisors recently took steps aimed at reducing the unsightly nuisance and blight of abandoned shopping carts, and thereby reducing Sacramento County’s cost of retrieving them. The new ordinance requires business owners who provide shopping carts for customers to submit an Abandoned Cart Prevention Plan that outlines measures to be taken to eliminate the removal of carts from their premises. More than 300 carts are picked up each month; carts not picked up interfere with vehicle and pedestrian traffic and are subject to theft. Having businesses submit an Abandoned Cart Prevention Plan and focus on steps to prevent the theft of carts will help reduce these problems and help maintain property values in the unincorporated area. The ordinance, similar to those in many cities and counties, requires businesses to submit a plan that will include an outline of how they will prevent carts from being removed from their property and retrieve them if they are removed. Plans must include these elements:

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The Board of Supervisors recently took steps aimed at reducing the unsightly nuisance and blight of abandoned shopping carts by requiring business owners who provide shopping carts for customers to submit an Abandoned Cart Prevention Plan outlining measures to be taken to eliminate the removal of carts from their premises. More than 300 carts are picked up each month – and carts not picked up interfere with vehicle and pedestrian traffic and are subject to theft. Please call 311 to report an abandoned cart.

Carts must be identified with the name and address of the business. A notice to customers must to be posted that explains removal of the carts is prohibited. Stores must provide a description of measure that will prevent cart removal such as disabling devices on carts, posting of a security guard, locks on carts stored outside when the business is closed, etc. An effective daily procedure must be in place for retrieval of abandoned carts. Prior to adoption of the ordinance, input was sought from a variety of stakeholders to ensure the

ordinance is workable, including the California Grocers Association, local business organizations, chambers of commerce, and Property and Business Improvement Districts. To report an abandoned shopping cart in the unincorporated area, please call 311 or 875-4311.

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PETERS FROM page 16 improve traffic flow in congested corridors and on major roadways. The heart of Sacramento County’s traffic management system is the Traffic Operations Center, and this state-of-the-art facility enables DOT staff to monitor traffic conditions and make adjustments as needed to keep traffic flowing safely and smoothly, especially during heavy commute hours. The operations center is able to monitor 16 major unincorporated area transportation corridors and 300 signalized intersections, 116 of which are equipped with cameras communicating on both fiber optic and copper interconnected cable.

From the control room, staff can monitor multiple signal locations and adjust signal timing as needed to improve the flow of traffic. The control room is filled with screens showing live camera feeds and telemetry from traffic signals throughout the unincorporated area. From the control room, staff can monitor multiple signal locations and adjust signal timing as needed to improve the flow of traffic. In addition, staff can respond to collisions, hazardous spills and other emergencies by changing signal timing and posting messages on any of four changeable message signs located on the corridors. For more information about the Traffic Operations Center, go to sacdot.com

CALL 311 A BIG SUCCESS Dialing 311 continues to be a popular number for residents of the unincorporated area to call to connect with county services. No guess work is involved to figure what department

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Staff at Sacramento County’s Traffic Operations Center can oversee traffic conditions and make adjustments signal timing as needed to keep traffic flowing safely and smoothly, especially during heavy commute hours, by monitoring 16 major unincorporated area transportation corridors and 300 signalized intersections, 116 of which are equipped with cameras communicating on both fiber optic and copper interconnect cable.

to ask for; all you have to do is call this single number: 311. More than 2,700 calls a week are being received in addition to email and phone app reports. You can use 311 to report illegal dumping, potholes, code enforcement issues, loose animals and more. For more information, go to 311.saccounty.net

Not only will the young people participating in First Tee be rewarded by this generous contribution, but we as a community will also benefit through the development and shaping of our youths that they can carry with them into adulthood. For more information about First Tee, go to thefirstteesacramento.org

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Last year we all experienced pride when the Del Paso Country Club hosted the 2015 U.S. Senior Open. More than 115,000 people attended the championship, seeing great golf and making the tournament one of the biggest and most successfully managed sporting events in our region’s history. Also monumental: For the first time in Senior Open history, a championship recognized a local charity as a partner, resulting in $100,000 being presented by Del Paso Country Club to The First Tee of Greater Sacramento. First Tee introduces youngsters to the great game of golf and helps instill the program’s nine core values: honesty, respect, courtesy, judgment, perseverance, confidence, sportsmanship, responsibility and integrity. Each contributes to productive and responsible citizenship.

A new law allows a veteran to apply for a California driver’s license or identification card with a designation that clearly identifies the individual as a veteran. To obtain the designation when applying or renewing for a driver’s license or identification card with the DMV, a veteran verification form must be obtained from the county’s Veterans Office. Having the designation on a driver’s license or identification card will help with retailers that offer discounts to veterans with a picture ID identifying them as veterans. It will also help law enforcement as it will provide more information about the person they are dealing with in almost any situation. An added benefit to this legislation is that it will bring veterans into the Sacramento County Veterans Services Office who may not have any knowledge about the benefits to which they may be entitled. The county

Did you know there’s a lot you can do online? Sacramento County’s website and its online services let you avoid the hassle of driving downtown, parking or waiting in lines. Popular online services include: Fictitious business name search Marriage appointment scheduling Business license applications Recreation and leisure Pay property taxes Flight information Jail and inmate information Garbage pick-up day calendar Sheriff’s online reporting system Neighborhood cleanup appointment Events calendar Pay your utility bill Search for lost pets Apply for a county job Birth and death certificates Report a problem or request service Plus you can stay informed on what is going on in the unincorporated area by signing up to receive electronic updates. To date, more than 60,000 subscribers have signed up. You can choose items of interest and the frequency of notifications. Among the selections available are press releases and county news blasts, construction and transportation alerts, land use updates (including notices about your Community Planning Advisory Council), various public meetings such as the Board of Supervisors and information about our Regional Parks. Find it all at saccounty.net

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The Department of Regional Parks recently unveiled its automatic fee machine on the American River Parkway at William B. Pond Park which allow visitors the convenience to choose between credit card and cash for purchasing daily parking and boat launch passes. The new machine will save administrative time counting cash and reconciling the old fashioned envelop system that has been traditionally used in the Regional Park System.

This month I will be holding three community meetings throughout the Third District, and you’re invited. Sheriff Scott Jones will be the guest speaker and he will unveil his concept of “Intelligence Led Policing” that is being implemented in the North Division. Residents of Arden Arcade are invited to attend my first community meeting for 2106 and hear Jones at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Sacramento Suburban Water District’s Board Room, 3701 Marconi Ave. The next community meeting featuring Jones will be at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 21, at the Carmichael Park Clubhouse, 5750 Grant Ave. Jones also will be at my first Community Coffee Meeting for the 2016, which will be held at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at the Fair PETERS page 20

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NEW PARKWAY PARKING MACHINES The Department of Regional Parks recently expanded its automatic fee machines on the American River Parkway. The fee machines allow visitors the convenience to choose between credit card and cash for purchasing daily parking and boat launch passes. A new machine recently was installed at William B. Pond Park and additional machines will become operational at parkway access points at Sunrise, Sacramento Bar and River Bend. A machine also will be installed for Mather Regional Park.

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Those locations join the original pay machines at the parkway’s Watt Avenue access and Howe Avenue access. The move to having automated systems will save administrative time counting cash and reconciling the old-fashioned envelop system that has been traditionally used in the regional parks system.

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the Carmichael Recreation and Park District board and the Sacramento County Public Health Advisory Board. “My county supervisor, Muriel Johnson, placed me on those boards,” Tateishi recalls. “She saw something in me, even at that young age. When I was 20 and on the park board, the district administrator had served longer than I’d been alive. It was intimidating, but a very good learning process because I didn’t let it phase me.”

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ay no attention to the man behind the curtain,” Peter Tateishi says with a laugh but in all seriousness. “I really like being that person: the person making things happen but not in the spotlight.” Carmichael native and resident Tateishi has been making things happen in Sacramento for much longer than his youthful 35 years might suggest. When he was hired last January as the president and CEO of Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce, he was no stranger to public service. He’d already spent two years as the CEO of Sacramento Regional Builders Exchange (the oldest and largest building association in the region), as well as six and a half years as an aide to former Republican congressman Dan Lungren, serving as Lungren’s chief of staff from 2009 to 2012. “I’ve always wanted to be involved in local government,” says Tateishi, who earned a bachelor’s degree in government at Sacramento State University and a master’s degree in public administration at the University of Southern California’s satellite Sacramento campus in 2004. “I’ve always been attached to the idea of serving, of how you can impact your community in ways that your neighbors feel, in ways that your family feels. I had that passion at a young age, partly because my father was a county worker.” By the time he was 19, Tateishi was serving on a county board. By 24, he was serving on nine boards, including

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NEIGHBOR FROM page 23 jobs. I worked my way from field representative to intergovernmental affairs director to chief of staff, with a few years off in between when I started my own company so I could court my wife while she was stationed in Hawaii. I truly enjoyed working for Mr. Lungren and being able to help my community and see the impact on a federal level.”

“From the beginning, I’ve always been working toward setting the stage for my future family—even when I had no idea what that would look like,” Tateishi says. This new perspective has proven even more valuable in his new capacity at the Metro Chamber. “I came in with a strong understanding of how to manage all three levels of government—local, state and federal—as well as with really great relationships,” Tateishi says. “And because Lungren’s district covered half of Sacramento County—some of which is outside of the chamber’s territory—I could understand the issues on multiple levels.” Tateishi tried taking tackling those issues at the state level when he ran against Democrat Ken Cooley in a very close race for the 8th Assembly District in 2012. Tateishi ultimately lost, but the young mover and shaker doesn’t regret his decision in the least. “It was the right thing to do at the time,” he says. “I’m proud of the campaign we ran, but it’s never been my intention to be an elected state official. I want to make things happen, but I don’t want to be the focus. I think I’m right where I need to be.”

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Who Needs Water? LOCAL STUDENTS HONOR BEAUTIFUL DROUGHT-TOLERANT DESIGNS

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Sacramento recently announced the winners of Beauty Without Water, a design contest to find the best drought-tolerant front yards in Sacramento. The winners were Mike and Joan Zeglarskis of Elmhurst for best overall design; Isaac Gonzalez of Tahoe Park for best use of space for beauty and function; Barbara Legacy of South Land Park/Greenhaven for best use of nonliving amenities; and Holly Wunder Stiles of East Sacramento for best use of native plants.

They wanted to spotlight pioneering Sacramento residents who have responded to the drought with landscaping creativity and ingenuity. The idea for the contest came about last spring, when 19 seventh-grade students in teacher Jed Larsen’s design and technology class proposed a drought landscape competition as a class project. They wanted to spotlight pioneering Sacramento residents who have responded to the drought with landscaping creativity and ingenuity.

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East Sacramento residenty Holly Wunder Stiles was recognized for her use of native plants

They announced the contest in May and accepted submissions until Sept. 1. The contest was open to residents of East Sacramento, Land Park, Curtis Park, Midtown, the Pocket, Greenhaven, Arden and Carmichael. The students, now eighth-graders, got together with Larsen earlier this fall to select four winners based on photographs and written descriptions from the contestants. They notified the winners in October and explained the reasoning behind their selections in a written statement. According to their submission, the Zeglarskis replaced their lawn with drought-tolerant plants such as

French lavender, lantana, heavenly bamboo and blue fescue. The landscape includes gravel pathways and decorative rocks placed according to the principles of Zen garden design. There’s also a fountain made from an old millstone, a bench and low-voltage lighting. About the Zeglarskis’ winning design, the students wrote, “This yard made a great first impression, yet grew more beautiful as we began to appreciate the balance between design and function. The yard is both beautiful and welcoming. It balances so many characteristics of drought-tolerant yards without being overwhelmed by any of them.”

For his winning design, Gonzalez removed the grass from the front yard and replaced it with rocks, ground wood chips, cacti and succulents. He also constructed a raised-bed vegetable garden. “We were struck by how much this yard was both a place to be looked at and lived in,” the students wrote. “Each angle provided a new experience. It was easy for us to imagine coming home to a yard like this, enjoying the craft of it, but also experiencing it with friends and family. It’s a yard, garden and living space in one.” Legacy’s winning front yard features a rock path designed to look like a dry river bed and droughttolerant plants that look like they

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could have grown on an embankment or along a river. “This beautiful yard, a self-described ‘Japanese rock garden,’ found beauty with very minimal water,” wrote the students. “We were impressed by the willingness to create a yard that ignored many of the traditional characteristics of lush beauty. Its beauty made it one of our favorites. Its minimal water use made it a winner.”

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Neighbors Who Care CITY PROGRAM MATCHES AGING RESIDENTS WITH PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP

BY TERRY KAUFMAN

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s the American population ages, more people are confronting the challenge of living independently with diminishing physical and mental capacities. In Sacramento, few families live in multigenerational households, and neighborhoods have become the glue that binds us to one another. Yet many of us are so focused on our daily activities that we don’t stop to think about the people behind closed doors in our very midst. Sacramento’s Caring Neighborhoods program was hatched in 1997 as a college student’s senior project. Its mission was to create connections between older people and their neighbors, reducing isolation and depression among the elderly. When federal grant money ran out in 2001, the Sacramento city council voted to continue the program by providing funding. But the economy took a hit, funding dried up and the program was discontinued in 2009. With the passage of Measure U two years ago, Caring Neighborhoods was relaunched. Martha PatersonCohen oversees the program, which falls under the auspices of the city’s Older Adult Services division. “We do

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outreach through the media as well as relationship. “I didn’t want to just newsletter, Marez decided to sign on. through neighborhood associations,” show up on her doorstep,” she says. “I was already doing things for people she says. “I meet with individuals “I’m a stranger to her. She needs to I knew, but I felt, Wow! There are and groups, and I talk with them get to know me first over the phone. people out there we don’t even see.” about how to identify people in their I’d like my daughter to come along She chose to connect with an elderly neighborhoods who need help.” with me when I visit, but I also want woman, even though there were a This is a big challenge. “It’s a her to remember to be careful of number of men on the list. “I’m not tricky thing, trying to identify seniors strangers.” as comfortable visiting men,” she out there who could use support,” Marez had been doing her own says. “We need to get more men says Paterson-Cohen. Eskaton uses a version of Caring Neighborhoods for involved with this.” telephone assurance program to call a long time. When a neighbor fell in Although the holidays can be a isolated seniors every day to check in his yard and had to drag himself into particularly difficult time for older on them. Through Eskaton, she gets the house to call an ambulance, she people, the need for connection spans eople who would like to visited him in the hospital the names of people the entire year. rhood buddy, “It not about the have a neighborhood “It’s hol and she plays holidays for me,” say Marez. “I matchmaker. says pla to continue “I look at plan the ZIP code to reach out to he and become and call to her fr ask if they friends, to visit her ev would like a every week. This is visitor. I try to isn’t about being h match people here to help her. I more about together.” It’s One of friendship.” those people is PatersonStacee Marez, Cohen says a city employeee that her most who lives in important Natomas. role is as an y across the ctl re di ed liv Marez recently educator. “A lot ve and Angie ha or tasks such as in the middle. Joe m in y th th wi ro y th Do ro th reached out to of what we do l s Do h lp ides A giie wi Joe and An years. Joe he e occasional rid thy for the last 14 uple also provid co e Th s. rie “Miss Norma,” an is an awareness tte street from Doro changing ba r house. g the clocks and e on her and he tin ey et an -s re ep ke d . elderly woman in campaign,” she for Dorothy an rhoods program Caring Neighbo her neighborhood Photo courtesy of says. “We want who was all alone people to think about who their and for the Thanksgiving neighbors are, what has changed for then shopped for him when he holiday. “I made my first phone call them. Older people are more detached returned home. For other neighbors, to Miss Norma on Thanksgiving, and and isolated, and family supports she brought meals when their it was a little crazy,” says Marez. “I daughter was in the hospital. “This is aren’t there. We need to connect had to find a quiet place to talk to with them. Older people are largely just what we do,” she says. “We look her, because I had 20 people to my invisible.” out for each other.” house for dinner.” It isn’t a big commitment. “We’re When she read about Caring The phone call was the first step in Neighborhoods in her work not asking for people to go in deep,” what Marez hopes will be an ongoing she says. “Just go in once a week,

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BY SCOT CROCKER INSIDE DOWNTOWN

ith all the excitement about the new downtown arena and the surrounding development, Old Sacramento could literally be overshadowed by glitz and glitter. But Old Sac supporters and promoters plan to keep pace.

Old Sac wants more. It wants locals to make Old Sacramento a place for regular visits, dining, entertainment and activities. Old Sacramento is a unique place. It has long been a go-to destination for out-of-town visitors and an attraction for locals when family and friends come to town seeking a taste of the Gold Rush, souvenirs, museum excursions or riverboat rides. But Old Sac wants more. It wants locals to make Old Sacramento

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a place for regular visits, dining, entertainment and activities. “We need to show off how unique Old Sacramento is,” said Terry Harvego, owner of Ten22 restaurant. (His family also owns The Firehouse.) “The history here is unlike anything you’ll find anywhere in the world. But it’s more … There’s a high concentration of retail, local shops and restaurants.” Harvego thinks Old Sacramento has great opportunity for growth, given all the development occurring nearby. In time, the district will be in the middle of a hot entertainment district filled with exciting destinations. “I think we will be back in the minds of locals,” he said. “We have a growing boardwalk

and riverfront on one side, the new arena on the other, and railyards development right next door. Plus, a new connector is being built.” The I-5 Riverfront Reconnection Project, at a cost of $13.5 million, will consist of upgrades to Capitol Mall and O Street, with a new two-lane street on a new bridge connecting Capitol Mall with Second Street in Old Sacramento. The bridge will go north from Capitol Mall from a new intersection a block away from Tower Bridge. City officials are hopeful the project can be completed before the arena, Golden 1 Center, opens in October. Old Sacramento merchants and stakeholders are hoping the bridge, with a pedestrian sidewalk and bike

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To help bring a new vision of Old Sacramento to life, DSP has hired a district director who will start in April, bringing 15 years of experience in public space planning to the job. Old Sacramento is unique because of the many stakeholders who operate there. There are 46 property owners and many businesses, with a retail density greater than many areas. The property owners include private owners, the city of Sacramento, California State Parks and numerous nonprofit groups. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are lots of visions for Old Sacramento out there,â&#x20AC;? said Biller, referring to the diversity and number of property owners and stakeholders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we can get everyone on the same page. What we have is unique and valuable. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of passion. We need a unified vision.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really optimistic a new vision will be created,â&#x20AC;? Harvego said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to work together. I think it will be an evolution â&#x20AC;Ś a constant motion

of change. We want to be ready in the short term with the arena opening. But also have a longer-term vision of three to five years. â&#x20AC;? Harvego said things are coming along with the connector in construction and new lighting in the pedestrian tunnel on K Street linking downtown and Old Sacramento. The old fluorescent lighting has been replaced by colorful LEDs, lightemitting diodes. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been reported they look a bit like Christmas tree lights. Proponents of Old Sacramento are hoping that better and more attractive access from the tunnel and new bridge will entice people leaving the arena to visit Old Sac for food, shopping and fun. Other changes are also in the works. The city is in the midst of a parking modernization project designed to make street and garage parking more convenient and easier through technology. Also, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hope that Old Sacramento can be home to more than merchants, museums and restaurants as businesses look for other options for office space. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think there will be growing demand for quality Class B office space. Many buildings have second-floor space available,â&#x20AC;? Biller said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quirky but good for the creative class and others.â&#x20AC;? To help bring a new vision of Old Sacramento to life, DSP has hired a district director who will start in April, bringing 15 years of experience in public space planning to the job. It will be challenging to corral the stakeholdersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; multiple visions for Old Sac into one. Harvego and Biller think it can be done. In fact, they say, it must be done if Old Sac is to grow and prosper. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to put together a plan and a vision and then execute,â&#x20AC;? Harvego concluded. Scot Crocker can be reached at scot@crockercrocker.com n

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ife is sweet for Cameron Diviak. Literally. The owner of two Nothing Bundt Cakes outposts (one in Roseville, one in Loehmann’s Plaza on Fair Oaks Boulevard) didn’t exactly plan for a career in baking, but he’s loving it just the same. “It wasn’t like I woke up one morning and said, ‘I want to bake for the rest of my life,’ ” Diviak admits. “Even though the first cake I ever made as a kid was a bundt cake and I do lots of cooking at home, everybody’s always looking for this quaint story of how I got into the business. “The truth is, I’ve owned different businesses over the years and when I was introduced to Nothing Bundt Cakes, I liked the brand, I liked the vibe, it felt good and was something I knew I could do.” Diviak’s decision to open his first storefront in Roseville four years ago was a natural fit: the Napa native lives in Roseville with his family. As the years went by and he found his groove, he realized there might be another location in the cards. “What attracted me to having a store in Sacramento was the density— it’s a tight-knit community,” Diviak explains. “You can throw a rock from the bakery and hit a professional office or home and the area is diverse, with smaller neighborhoods and pockets to explore. “We also have plenty of complementary competition. There’s another bakery across the street, there are cupcakes down the road, and I always say that’s good for our

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customers. We’re here to give people another option. It’s a fun challenge to see what we can do.” While Diviak wasn’t a complete stranger to the area—he was a student at California State University, Sacramento, 20 years ago—it was his friendship with the former owners of the Loehmann’s Plaza location that ended up sealing the deal. They were intent on selling the business to Diviak and only Diviak, making the business owner’s dive into the Sacramento scene complete. “A big part of our business is trying to be part of the community,” says Diviak, who regularly donates cakes to events, nonprofits and schools (he

handed out 7,500 samples during the Run to Feed the Hungry this past Thanksgiving). “Part of choosing the Sacramento location was figuring out where we needed to be, what groups we needed to be involved with. “We try to help as many people as we can and I always joke that I want to bump into people at the grocery store and feel good about my business.” Diviak needn’t worry. Between his charitable instincts, his business acumen and his stellar staff, being liked is just icing on the cake. “Our focus is on developing and maintaining such good quality that landlords like having us in their

shopping centers and customers like having us in their neighborhoods,” he says. “It’s not like we have a changing menu every week. Our focus is production: We bake the same things and keep it simple because simplicity helps with quality.” So does hiring the right people. “Your staff makes or breaks you, and I’m very fortunate,” Diviak says. “We have a pretty good-sized operation of 10 to 12 employees at each location. The front of the store might be cute, but all the action is in the back. We bake every day, so what you’re seeing is only about 10 percent of what goes on.” It probably helps that Diviak is the kind of boss who believes so much in his staff that he takes a hands-off approach unless they truly need his help (a skill he may have picked up in his previous career as a bank sales manager for 10 years). “I don’t have to be there to hold their hands,” he says of his 20-plus employees, many of whom are college students. “I trust them to make the right decisions and 99 times out of 100, they do what I would have done. We hire smart people. I always tell them to do for a customer what you would want done for you.” And while Diviak isn’t averse to the idea of opening a third location in the future—“I don’t want to pigeonhole myself,” he says—his current gig making cakes that have a “certain nostalgia” to them for residents of Roseville and Sacramento is pretty darn sweet. Check out Nothing Bundt Cakes in Loehmann’s Plaza at 2511 Fair Oaks Blvd., For more information, go to nothingbundtcakes.com n

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recent ride on the Ueda Parkway bike path made me both happy and sad. I was virtually alone out there. Almost no one knows about the parkway, which lies about a half mile east of Northgate Boulevard. I encountered just one other cyclist on the 4-milelong path from the Arden Garden Connector to the path’s end just north of Main Road. The parkway extends another two miles from there beside the virtually trafficfree East Levee Road. The Ueda Parkway bike path is not as attractive or natural as the Jedediah Smith Memorial Bicycle Trail in the American River Parkway (even considering the spate of fires along the American River). If the American River Parkway is a wellknown and frequently visited jewel, the Ueda Parkway is more like a hidden, tarnished semiprecious stone. The Ueda path runs atop a levee next to Steelhead Creek, which used to be called the Natomas East Main Drainage Canal. Though its watershed is quite large, extending well into Placer County by way of Dry Creek and other tributaries, the manmade channel with its desultory

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Besides being good for wildlife observation, the Ueda Parkway path is a great place for fitness training.

flow is far different from the scenic American River. The Ueda bike path, instead of having intriguing curves and gentle rises and falls, runs straight and level—a north/south beeline. The steep levee sides are featureless and treeless, so the path

is without shade. The high path is exposed to strong, buffeting winds. Though there’s little water in the channel this year, the parkway is habitat for waterfowl and other wildlife. On my ride, I saw ducks, Canada geese, great egrets, a great blue heron and a pheasant. I saw a

It’s a shame more people don’t enjoy the Ueda experience. There was never a grand opening for the parkway path, and it has never had much publicity. Many, including those who live close by, are probably unaware of its existence. Others who do see it as they drive by on West El Camino Avenue, Silver Eagle Road,

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While riding, I’ll inevitably continue thinking about how to improve the parkway. There are other reasons why the Ueda Parkway sees such little use. The parkway path doesn’t connect directly to the well-used Jed Smith trail in the American River Parkway. It stops a scant hundred yards or so away, but a bridge across Steelhead Creek is needed to connect the two. As is, it’s out of the way and a bit sketchy getting to Ueda trailheads at the west ends of the Arden Garden Connector and West El Camino bridges. Along the length of the parkway, access points are too few and far between. It can be reached from Gardenland Park and other points, but though the path runs right behind Fry’s Electronics off Northgate

gopoolguy.com Boulevard, there’s no connection from the levee top trail to the busy store or to nearby North Market Boulevard. The steep levee sides prevent commuters and neighborhood walkers and joggers from reaching the path easily. Then there are the other things I saw on the ride. There were overturned shopping carts, abandoned clothes, a blackened backyard grill, discarded tires, lots of paper trash and graffiti on the trail and bridges. There were homeless people with their bikes and other belongings sheltering under bridges. There were more tents and makeshift shelters on the far bank of Steelhead Creek than I have ever seen in years of riding the parkway. The campsites were surrounded by piles of waste. These conditions, along with the remoteness of the area, don’t inspire more use, especially by families or lone female cyclists and joggers. I’ll continue to use the Ueda path. It offers a change of scenery from the American River Parkway and the opportunity to ride a big loop around the airport. While riding, I’ll inevitably continue thinking about how to improve the parkway. I already know Sacramento needs to create better connections by building more bicycle/pedestrian bridges. Sacramento also has to solve what’s been an intractable homeless problem. For now, I can still enjoy the Ueda’s wildlife, solitude and the chance to exercise. Walt Seifert is a bicyclist, driver and transportation writer. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net n

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A Campus Solution PARKWAY ADVOCATES WANT TO PUT SERVICES FOR THE HOMELESS IN ONE SPOT

a dangerous place to go.” Rushford says that population has directly contributed both to violence and arson within the parkway. While ARPPS helps maintain the parkway, they are not “in the homeless relocation business,” explains Rushford. “So we did some research to determine the most costeffective and efficient way to deal with the homeless problem.” That research led ARPPS to focus on a San Antonio organization called Haven for Hope.

BY JORDAN VENEMA BUILDING OUR FUTURE

onsider any great city, and a great park is never far from reach. New York has Central Park. San Francisco has Golden Gate Park. Sacramento has the American River Parkway. While the parkway doesn’t exactly fit the mold of other great city parks, it does have one thing in common with them: proximity to a large urban center. But with that proximity come urban problems. Here in Sacramento, one such problem is illegal camping by homeless people. The 23-mile stretch of parkway along the American River belongs to more than just Sacramento, creating something of a federation of parks that includes Discovery in Sacramento, Ancil Hoffman in Carmichael and River Bend in Rancho Cordova. Tying these riverside parks together is the scenic Jedediah Smith Memorial Trail, a popular destination for bicyclists. With so many miles tying it together, the parkway is bound to experience traffic, and a good park is ultimately a used park. Thriving public places are also evidence of healthy communities, which is why the nonprofit American River Parkway Preservation Society calls the park “our community’s natural heart.” Since 2003, ARPPS has taken steps to preserve our community’s natural heart. According to the organization’s president, Mike Rushford, “its object and purpose is to protect and enhance the entire American River Parkway”

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While ARPPS helps maintain the parkway, they are not “in the homeless relocation business,” explains Rushford.

and make it “an accessible and successful destination for Californians to go and have recreation and fun.” But the concentration of homeless people who camp there illegally is

complicating accessibility for others, says Rushford. “The area closest to downtown, and closest to the new sports arena, is filled with homeless and is pretty much undeveloped. It’s

With Haven for Hope as its model, ARPPS released in September a proposal suggesting Sacramento turn the old Army Depot, located at Depot Park within the parkway, into a safe courtyard and transitional campus. Rushford would like to see current homeless services such as Loaves & Fishes relocate to a single location to offer more convenient services to the homeless population. “There’s really no one place where the homeless get their services,” he says. If somebody is sleeping where they shouldn’t be sleeping, continues Rushford, “the police and park rangers will need a place to take [them] … They take them one mile

over to Loaves & Fishes. Big deal. They walk right back.” Rushford wants the city to provide a safe place like Haven for Hope for the homeless to sleep, without condition. “Turn [the Depot] into a campus park with outhouses. If these guys want to sit outside there with their dog and don’t want to go through any treatment or whatever, and they just want a couple meals a day, they can sleep out there. It’s a safe location. They can come and go as they please,” he says. Complementing the “campus park” would be a transformation campus, where homeless people with mental health problems or addictions can receive treatment—if they want it. Again, like Haven for Hope, this would mean a shelter and program where participants who “conform to some rules would get more intense treatment,” says Rushford. After ARPPS released its September proposal, Rushford learned that the city had sold the Army Depot. But he still believes Sacramento and its homeless population would benefit

by having a single campus where homeless services are located. The proposal was not immediately well received by existing homeless services like Loaves & Fishes, but ARPPS wants to “float the idea and see if it sticks,” says Rushford. “Until we can deal with this problem responsibly, I think we’ve got to at least offer up some suggestions.” San Antonio’s Haven for Hope opened in 2010 and currently works with different agencies and services, 32 of which have physical presences on the campus. According to Allison Greer, an employee with one of its partnering programs, Haven for Hope also wasn’t immediately accepted by homeless services. “There was similar opposition in San Antonio, and some groups chose not to participate. Our mayor and chair/vice chair of this project just kept reiterating that San Antonio could do a better job servicing this population if services were consolidated in one location,” says Greer. Though it was an uphill battle to bring services under one roof,

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Greer says the program’s success has since made Haven for Hope a model for other cities.

With so many moving parts (finding a location, gaining city approval and relocating existing agencies), it’s anybody’s guess if a single-stop campus could work here in Sacramento. With so many moving parts (finding a location, gaining city approval and relocating existing agencies), it’s anybody’s guess if a single-stop campus could work here in Sacramento, let alone ever see the

light of day. Some might even object that this proposal isn’t as concerned with resolving the underlying problems of homelessness as it is with simply removing the homeless from sight. It’s also important to consider that the city currently invests resources into existing agencies, and Sacramento Steps Forward’s Navigator Program is working directly with homeless people to place them into housing that is specific to their needs. That homelessness is a problem is beyond debate, though some may differ on the problem’s definition. But ARPPS’s proposal reminds all Sacramentans to continue striving for a solution. ARRPS’s call to action is also a reminder that our community’s natural heart belongs to all its members, even the homeless. In Rushford’s words, “taking care of the homeless is the issue, and we really want to do a good job at it.” Jordan Venema can be reached at jordan.venema@gmail.com n

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and enduring: honesty, integrity, sportsmanship, respect, confidence, responsibility, perseverance, courtesy and judgment. Incorporating these values into a physical education curriculum allows The First Tee program to help its adaptive-class members gain momentum toward independence and self-reliance.

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olfers love to talk about the unique virtues that make their game special. They have lots to talk about. Golf can be played by people of all ages and sizes and genders. Skill diminishes with age, but the most obvious declines are gradual and serene compared to many other sports. Injury isn’t an inevitable consequence of golf. It can be a good workout if you walk and carry your clubs. The playable season stretches almost year-round, with interludes for rainstorms and lightning. Golf lends itself to social interaction. And the wardrobe possibilities are extensive, from head to toe. These days, golf’s attributes extend to a unique program at Land Park Golf Course. The program, run by The First Tee of Greater Sacramento and Sacramento City Unified School District, incorporates golf as a physical education component for students in adaptive-learning programs. The rewards go far beyond golf for First Tee youngsters.

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The adaptive students appreciate the joys of golf that have nothing to do with yardage.

Students in the First Tee Program at the Land Park Golf Course

“With golf, students can learn core values and life skills without really knowing they’re learning core values and life skills,” says Angie Dixon, First Tee executive director. “It’s amazing to watch the process on the golf course.” The young people who participate in the First Tee adaptive program represent a diverse range of learning opportunities. Each class includes between 15 and 25 students. Several use wheelchairs to get around. A few others rely on walkers. Some have mental disabilities.

“Everybody is a little different,” Dixon says. The educational mission is built around not just the physical aspect of golf: hand-eye coordination, strength and the timing that allows a ball to be struck long or short, left or right. Critical to the program are the community attributes: the part of golf that requires every player, from touring pro to newcomer, to demonstrate the highest levels of citizenship. The First Tee maintains a “core values” list followed by all students. The list is what makes golf unique

“It’s all about learning how to relate,” Dixon says. Some students relate with special golf equipment: drivers with extralarge heads and tennis balls in place of the Volvik S4s or Top Flite Bombs that might otherwise be seen launched around Land Park’s nine holes. And the students focus on basic skills. They use The First Tee’s dedicated driving range and putting green built especially for kids, facilities that allow fun and success without the frustration that golf can sometimes provide. “One of the great things about golf is that you can do it on your own and you can stop and focus,” Dixon says. “It’s unlike so many other sports, where you’re relying on other people or teammates. With golf, everything has a different degree of difficulty, SPORTS page 43

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SPORTS FROM page 40 but you can enjoy the game whether you’re the kind of golfer who hits 300 yards off the tee or 40 yards.” The adaptive students appreciate the joys of golf that have nothing to do with yardage. Dixon enjoys watching as the youngsters thrive in the lovely Land Park setting. Amid the oak trees and green grass, The First Tee students work multiple muscle groups and improve their focus and mental concentration, Dixon notes. “They just hone in on the task and get really excited when they hit the sweet spot,” she says. “It feels different and you can just tell. It’s a beautiful thing to see.” Adaptive golf is broken into three-week sessions during the fall and spring semesters. When the youngsters aren’t on the golf course each semester, they are enjoying three weeks of swimming and three weeks of bowling. Getting to the golf course can be a challenge. Some students ride

Regional Transit buses to Land Park. But most buses can accommodate only two wheelchairs, which left some First Tee golfers stranded while they waited for room on the next bus. A solution was found in buses that roll under the flag of United Cerebral Palsy—vehicles that can fit up to 10 wheelchairs. The UCP buses can be in short supply during peak-demand hours. Fortunately, The First Tee golf program is scheduled during nonpeak hours, which lets UCP drivers ensure our young golfers won’t miss a tee time. Once on the course, The First Tee can deploy another vehicle that ensures everybody gets to play. The organization has a special cart that supports a golfer who requires a wheelchair, lifting the athlete into position to strike the ball. From there, the virtues and values of the game take over, and the golfer does the rest. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com n

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ost of us don’t begin thinking about growing vegetables until later in the year. But a glance at the Sacramento County UC Master Gardeners’ seasonal guide to growing vegetables shows that we can grow many of them in the middle of winter. Peas? Fava beans? Lettuce? Onion sets? Radishes? You can plant their seeds in the garden now. Some other cool-season crops, such as broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower, can be sown indoors and planted outside next month.

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in stores, you are limited to what their suppliers have chosen to grow. Sometimes you can’t find your favorite varieties, or you don’t discover more interesting, productive or flavorful ones. Growing from seed, you can choose from an overwhelming array. How hard is it to grow a vegetable from seed? In the fairy tale, Jack’s magic beans grew into a giant beanstalk overnight after his mother tossed them onto the ground. My mother didn’t throw seeds onto the ground, but she made growing her own tomatoes look easy. She’d save seeds from the previous year, punch drainage holes into juice cans and milk cartons, fill them with clean potting mix, poke a little hole into the soil and plant the seeds. She’d put the containers on a south-facing windowsill, water them well and

cover them with plastic wrap until leaves emerged. There they’d grow, as magically as Jack’s beans. Seeds really are a bit of a miracle. Each contains an embryonic plant and a food source to sustain its growth until leaves develop for photosynthesis. Given some soil, light, air, water and enough space to develop roots and top growth, the plant will grow. Will it survive to maturity? It depends. Daisy Mah, former gardener at the WPA Rock Garden in William Land Park, cautions that “a lot can go wrong.” She starts most seeds outdoors, using garden flats lined with newspaper and filled with a good seed-starting soil. “It’s important to grow seeds at the proper depth, not too deeply,” says Mah. You also need to protect your tender new plants from predators like snails, slugs and

squirrels and from frost damage. Mah covers her seedlings with a garden flat and goes out every night to look for marauding slugs. She gradually gives her seedlings more and more light, essential for strong growth. Master Gardener Kim Brady is part of the Fair Oaks Horticuture Center vegetable team. “We do our planning for summer vegetables in January, which gives us time to order seeds if needed,” she says. “We actually pick our first planting date and adjust when we will start which types of seeds,” says Brady. “We start peppers, tomatoes and eggplants eight to 10 weeks before we plan to plant. ” She sows most vegetable seeds indoors. “Melons are usually started about two weeks before planting as they don’t like their roots disturbed,” she says. “I usually start squash seeds about a month before planting. If

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Tomato Growers Supply Company, Kitazawa Seed Company, Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company, Burpee and Renee’s Garden. With all of these choices, it’s easy to get carried away. “Don’t overdo. Start slowly,” Mah advises. “Be realistic about what you need and can take care of”—something she ruefully admits is hard for her to do. Still, seeds don’t cost much, and they offer you a chance to experiment with new varieties and experience your own gardening magic. Despite possible pitfalls, Mah encourages gardeners to give it a try. “It could grow on you,” she says. Anita Clevenger is a Sacramento County UC Master Gardener. For answers to gardening questions, call 876-5338 or go to ucanr.edu/sites/ sacmg, where you will find extensive information on vegetable gardening. The seasonal guide to growing vegetables is included in the 2016 Gardening Guide and Calendar, which can be ordered online or purchased at several retail outlets. n

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everal of my friends are wine connoisseurs. As they pour, swirl and inhale, they debate nuances, profiles and top notes. I nod appropriately while politely sipping whatever is in my glass. When it comes to olive oils, though, it’s a whole different ballgame. I can pour, swirl, sniff and debate color with just as much enthusiasm as my wine-swirling friends have for a cabernet. Knowing that, you’ll understand why I was so excited to discover bottles of Frate Sole extra-virgin olive oil produced in Woodland, displayed on the counters at Masullo, a pizzeria on Riverside Boulevard in Sacramento. Owner Robert Masullo is a very picky chef, which is an excellent endorsement. “I use only top-grade, locally produced products at the restaurant,” says Masullo. “This oil is produced from olives grown on a family farm in Woodland.” Several things about Frate Sole captured my attention. First there’s the name, which means brother sun in Italian. Like wine labels, labels on olive oils are often beautiful works of

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art. This one certainly falls into that category with its warm sunset colors and smiling sun. Most important, there’s the oil itself. The bottle is dark green to preserve the color. With a nod to my wine connoisseur friends, I would describe it as deeply golden and slightly green. The flavor is fresh and grassy but mellow, like butter with a peppery kick at the end. Wow. Perfect for dipping bread, drizzling on fresh mozzarella or floating over minestrone soup. Jim and Andrea Mayer along with their two college-age children grow the olives and bottle the oil at their

family farm in Woodland. The farm is 20 acres with nine acres planted in olives. The family moved there 20 years ago from Land Park with a plan to farm the land. They just didn’t know what they wanted to grow. “We went through a trial-and-error phase, planting different things,” says Jim. “Then we gave olives a test. We had such good success we began planting different types until we finally settled on Tuscan varieties: Frantoio, Leccinio and Pendolino. They produce a high percentage of oil and flavors our customers seem to enjoy.”

According to the Olive Oil Commission of California, California produces just 3 percent of the olive oil consumed in the United States. It’s a bit unusual to find an active farm so close to Sacramento. “Olives require a Mediterranean climate,” Mayer explains. “The Sacramento region is perfect. As a bonus, they are a drought-tolerant crop. We do irrigate with a drip system, but our water use is far lower than many other crops.” Frate Sole is not certified organic, but that certainly is the way the

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Mayers approach their farming practice. “We do not use artificial chemicals or fertilizers,” says Mayer. “We plant cover crops to naturally increase the fertility of the soil. And we judiciously irrigate with a drip system. Our orchard has been graded to restore seasonal wetlands.” As we walk through the orchard, jackrabbits dart between the trees. Hawks circle overhead, and Abigail, the family rescue dog, is on the hunt for something to chase. Mayer explains how the family handpicks the olives beginning in October and finishing up in December. They use an electronic rake-style tool to pull the olives from the trees. Because olives don’t all ripen at the same time, all 836 trees are picked several times before the end of the season. Knowing when to harvest is the tricky part. “If they are picked too early, the flavor can be sharp. When picked too late, they might be too mild. Most connoisseurs want a balance between the two flavor profiles,” Mayer explains. “We do most of the work ourselves. But there are times when

we need to hire temporary help. We can harvest 4,000 pounds or more in a day.” After the harvest, the olives are taken to a processing plant where they are cold pressed, producing extra-virgin olive oil. Cold pressing is a chemical-free first press of the olives, which produces a natural, low-acidity oil, the finest and fruitiest of olive oils. After pressing, the oil is returned to the farm, where the family bottles it and attaches labels. Their orchard produces 400 gallons a season, and they have many repeat customers. Since 2004, Frate Sole has captured a number of prizes at the Los Angeles International Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Competition and the Yolo County Fair, including quite a few gold medals. It is sold through Masullo restaurant and Davis Food Co-op and can be ordered online at fratesole.net. For more information about California olive oil, visit the Olive Oil Commission of California website at oliveoilcommission.org. Gwen Schoen can be reached at gwen.schoen@aol.com n

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Lucky Charm A PRAYER IS NOT A MAGICAL SPELL

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’m not a superstitious person, but I’ve occasionally been passed off as the spiritual equivalent to a rabbit’s foot. One of those occasions happened at Patrick Air Force Base while I served as the launch crew chaplain at nearby Cape Canaveral (19992002). In that role, I gave the official prayers for most launches, which included shuttles and satellites. In military tradition, my prayers were more ceremonial than a legitimate attempt to court God’s favor. They were generic in nature,

seeking good weather, safety and success. It’s normal for technical difficulties to delay launches, but in the late months of 1999, we had favorable results in launching on our first attempt. Crews began to tie these successes with the arrival of their new chaplain. Their thinking became so ridiculous that one superstitious commander actually checked with my boss to confirm that I’d be the chaplain delivering “their prayer.” These were the same folks who, in good fun, wore something for good luck on every launch day. They brought everything from lucky socks to coins or even a piece of a failed rocket. Now I’d suddenly become their “lucky charm chaplain.” But my luck wasn’t going to hold. One evening, after I’d been there for about six months, I composed a fervent prayer for a 2 a.m. launch. At the last minute, the mission was scrubbed because of weather and rescheduled for the same time the next morning.

“God speed,” I said, with a dismissive assumption that my job was done. The ground crew looked at me as if I’d hung them with their lucky necktie. “You’re coming back tomorrow night, aren’t you, Chaplain?” “Uh, sure.” The next morning, I reported for duty, bleary-eyed, hoping to pass off the same crumpled prayer from the previous evening. Same result. No launch. As I offered condolences to the disappointed crew, Brig. Gen. Donald Pettit, the wing commander, barked at me. “Chaplain, your prayer didn’t work! You need to write a new prayer.” It’s possible that what I said next might explain why I had to finish my military career in the reserves. “You’re kidding, sir.” He assured me in general-like terms that he wasn’t kidding. I still thought he was ribbing me, but I was too new to our spacey business to be sure. So a few days later, I brought a new prayer. Unfortunately for all concerned, I was forced to repeat the rewrites for the next three weeks. When our rocket finally soared on our sixth attempt, I reached across the consoles to exchange handshakes with the ground crew. One engineer in his lucky sweater slapped my back and said, “You finally did it, Chaplain.”\ “Did what?” I wondered as I drove home on that early morning. I wasn’t the lucky horseshoe in this arrangement. I simply offered a prayer—not as a magical incantation

but as a reminder that God comes where he is invited. It’s the same idea I share in premarital counseling. “I’m not the lucky god charm,” I tell the couple. “I don’t bring God’s presence into your marriage. You must do that.” The next morning, I was walking across the base courtyard when Gen. Pettit motioned me over to him. I offered him a salute weakened by fatigue. “Your prayer didn’t work!” he said. “But, sir, I saw it launch.” “We launched it, but it never reached the intended orbit.” he said. “That’ll be all,” he added before returning my salute with a smirk that told me he really was ribbing me. Nevertheless, that was the day their lucky chaplain lost his lucky charm. Norris Burkes is a chaplain, syndicated columnist, national speaker and author of the book “Hero’s Highway,” about his experiences as a hospital chaplain in Iraq. He can be reached at ask@ TheChaplain.net n

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Looking Back DISTRICT ATTORNEY GIVES A YEAR-END REVIEW

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s I begin my second year as district attorney, I am proud to look back at what our office has accomplished during my first year. Working across a number of bureaus, divisions, special units, teams and prevention programs, we have implemented a number of changes and new initiatives to better serve the citizens of this county. The following are highlights of what we have done in the past year.

IN THE COURTROOM We have successfully prosecuted cases across all units, including homicides, gangs and hate crimes, career criminals, child abuse, sexual assaults, domestic violence, human trafficking, elder abuse, major narcotics, insurance fraud, public integrity, consumer and environmental protection cases, and misdemeanors. Some of the cases have attracted public interest, including the convictions of Ryan Roberts for the murder of 13-year-old Jessica FunkHaslam, Amandeep Dhami for the Sikh Temple festival shooting death

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of Parmjit Singh, former Sacramento police officer Gary Dale Baker for multiple sexual assaults against a woman in her 70s, and Kenneth Anderson for the brutal sexual assault of a Subway female co-worker.

FOCUSED EFFORTS With the surge in Internet crimes, we formed the Cyber Crimes Unit. This unit prosecutes crimes committed against children through the Internet or social media, and those who possess or traffic child pornography. It also handles financial crimes committed through computer devices. I introduced our new Community & Government Relations Unit in the beginning of the year. This unit brought all of the officeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s community and legislative outreach efforts under one umbrella. CGR has since developed new programs and taken a proactive role in shaping laws that affect public safety.

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organizations requesting to learn about the criminal justice system. There are more than 135 staff members and 35 topics available. As of Dec. 1, 2015, we have had 50 speakers present to a variety of groups across the county. We were able to bring several more programs to the community by expanding our partnership with our law enforcement, academic and community partners. The District Attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Youth Academy is a partnership with the Sacramento County Sheriff, Probation and Sacramento Police Department. Students learn about the criminal justice system and engage in open communication with law enforcement. The program started in October with

the participation of 135 students from 46 high schools. The Criminal Justice Youth Shadow Day pairs high school students with prosecuting or defense attorneys, probation officers, investigators and judges to get a firsthand look at the criminal justice process and the different roles within the system. Students can also learn about our Laboratory of Forensic Services. The program was launched in June with 75 students from 38 high schools in attendance. With support from the Sacramento County Office of Education, we have reached students from across the county with these programs.

Our newest program, #iSMART (Internet, Social Media Awareness, Resources & Training), addresses the challenges, risks and threats students face from the Internet and social media. The interactive presentation uses pictures depicting common scenarios, with questions posed to students throughout each scenario. The scenarios include sexting, cyberbullying, online predators and stalking, and sextortion. In addition to reaching high school students, we must children and young adults, who are often unseen, silent victims of human trafficking and exploitation. In June, I announced an unprecedented coalition of local, state and federal law enforcement agencies along with the Public Defender’s Office, probation, local and state public agencies, and communitybased organizations in an anti-human trafficking and exploitation effort called Sacramento Together. Working with roughly 30 partner agencies and organizations, the coalition is cracking down on the demand side with massage parlor and john stings, aggressively prosecuting traffickers and implementing specialized courts that provide treatment and resources to victims, distributing care packages and resource cards to children and young adults on the street, and providing online resources with a mobile app, website and Facebook page. There is also a public awareness poster and billboard campaign. Sacramento Together will continue to rescue and prevent victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

PROSECUTORS IN NEIGHBORHOODS The Community Prosecution Unit focuses on neighborhood quality-oflife crimes. Community prosecutors step outside their traditional role by working proactively with law enforcement, code enforcement, other public agencies, businesses, various private organizations and community members to prevent crime from occurring or escalating.

There are prosecutors working in neighborhoods throughout the county and city of Sacramento. As a result of their collaborative work with law enforcement and public agencies, a number of residential and commercial abandoned and nuisance properties have been cleaned up and secured; property owners have made changes to resolve drug activity and other problems their properties attracted; serial graffiti taggers are being prosecuted for vandalism; and we are reaching out to chronically homeless people to get them into supportive housing.

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With our office sitting in the capital city, I felt it was important we take an active role in legislative decisions that impact the safety of our county and state. Since last January, our office sponsored Assemblyman Jim Cooper’s AB 390, which sought to restore DNA sample collection for crimes that were previously felonies but reclassified as misdemeanors by Proposition 47. We provided testimony at public safety hearings and met with legislators to urge them to support the bill. AB 390 will be taken up again by the Senate Public Safety Committee early this year. We also actively supported or opposed eight pending bills, one of which was AB 666. This bill sought to seal the public records of juvenile offenders after they complete probation. It was amended after we provided valuable information concerning how the sealing of records would adversely affect minors within the delinquency and dependency programs. The amended bill was approved by the governor in September. CGR will continue to monitor pending legislation, attend committee hearings and meet with legislators to ensure we have a voice at the Capitol to protect public safety.

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affects public safety and ensures public trust. Early this year, we developed new officer-involved-shooting and incustody-death written protocols and made them available on our website. We also began posting reports with our findings on these reviews, which continue to be maintained and updated. We recently began posting on our website information about so-called nonviolent second-strike offenders who have been granted early prison release. I think it’s important the public is aware of the type of offenders being released into our neighborhoods.

As we start 2016, our office will build upon the programs and partnerships we have established and will continue to focus on a community approach to public safety. I look forward to new ideas and developments in the coming year and beyond. For more information, go to sacda. org. Anne Marie Schubert is the Sacramento County district attorney. She can be reached at daoffice@sacda.org n

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4701 NELROY WAY $367,000 1601 ARDEN BLUFFS LN $797,000 2721 HOFFMAN WOODS LN $215,000 6501 GRANT AVE $275,000 3305 MCCOWAN WAY $361,000 6231 MINERAL WAY $370,000 6964 LINCOLN CREEK CIR $549,000 5132 VON WAY $209,000 6412 STANLEY AVE $672,300 2532 GABRIEL CT $245,000 4656 OAKBOUGH WAY $245,000 5778 HASKELL $287,500 4231 CALLANAN CT $515,000 3711 CLAIRE DR $949,000 2398 VIA CAMINO AVE $155,000 6429 SAINT JAMES DR $235,000 3604 AZELL RD. $608,000 1446 MEREDITH WAY $682,000 4147 SHERA LN $142,800 6438 GRANT AVE $355,000 3855 MISSION AVE $390,000 4233 ABRAHAM WAY $455,000 4932 SAINT LYNN LN $299,000 6000 NATALEE LN $402,500 5117 MARTIN WAY $252,000 6348 RAMPART DR $360,000 5246 NYODA WAY $375,000 2420 VIA CAMINO AVE $163,000 5212 WHITNEY AVE $290,000 4239 STOLLWOOD DR $346,000 6031 ROSWITHA CT $361,300 5141 KEANE DR $899,000 3004 PARAGON $314,950 1713 CARMELO DR $559,000 6305 MEADOWVISTA DR $335,000 5548 LINDA LN $1,140,000 4535 CAVALLO REAL WAY $582,000 3652 HOLLISTER $210,000 5242 WHITNEY AVE. $260,000 4856 HAZELWOOD AVE $349,000 4340 MAPEL LN $442,000 5312 VALHALLA DR $465,000 2009 CLAREMONT RD $820,000 4949 CLEAR CIR $300,000 2701 DORIS CT $290,000 4019 TRIPLETT CT $365,000 3321 MCCOWAN WAY $425,000 6342 TAMI WAY $282,500 5400 KIRKLAND WAY $385,000 5901 OAK AVE $401,500 1501 GARY WAY $430,000

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95816 E SAC, MCKINLEY PARK 3124 N ST 902 33RD ST 317 26TH ST 2328 N ST 1311 32ND ST 2815 SOLONS ALLEY 1974 36TH ST 521 30TH ST 857 33RD ST 515 25TH ST 1743 35TH ST 1615 34TH 2201 L ST

95817 TAHOE PARK, ELMHURST 3333 37TH ST 2759 64TH ST 2643 43RD ST 2444 SAN JOSE WAY 6272 TAHOE WAY 3216 SANTA CRUZ WAY 3700 6TH AVE 5030 Y ST 3019 6TH AVE 2736 59TH ST 2130 48TH ST 3211 4TH AVE 4077 8TH AVE 4217 12TH AVE 6247 4TH AVE 3636 BRET HARTE CT

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95818 LAND PK, CURTIS PK 1828 CARAMAY WAY 1871 9TH AVE 3316 CUTTER WAY 2713 5TH AVE 1760 8TH AVE 741 4TH AVE 2416 MARSHALL WAY 2720 21ST ST 2660 28TH ST 2026 CASTRO WAY 1817 LARKIN WAY 2152 6TH AVE 620 6TH AVE 2025 VALLEJO WAY 2025 BIDWELL WAY 2559 FREEPORT BLVD 3080 24TH ST 2536 2ND AVE 2733 7TH AVE 2912 24TH ST 2230 MARKHAM WAY 817 3RD AVE 2549 10TH AVE

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95819 E SAC, RIVER PARK 433 LA PURISSIMA WAY 1343 LOUIS WAY 117 44TH ST 1315 58TH ST 4138 MCKINLEY BLVD 1525 49TH ST 91 43RD ST 301 SAN MIGUEL WAY 1621 47TH ST 645 41ST STREET 3822 BREUNER AVE 641 46TH ST 816 47TH ST 1051 42ND ST 5190 MODDISON AVE 1147 43RD ST 5535 J ST 1014 53RD ST. 1614 52ND ST 3806 BREUNER AVE 3909 R ST 512 55TH ST 101 45TH ST 900 56TH ST 941 53RD ST 872 42ND ST 264 40TH ST

95821 ARDEN-ARCADE 2248 RALSTON RD 3425 VON BAUER WAY 4537 AMBERLEY WAY 2124 RASSY WAY 3621 DOS ACRES WAY 4401 BRIARWOOD DR 2335 GRANITE WAY 3813 PASADENA AVE #20 3062 YELLOWSTONE LN 2106 RED ROBIN LN 2113 BLUEBIRD LN 2431 ROLAND RD 3817 WEST WAY 3620 E COUNTRY CLUB LN 2306 GRANITE WAY 3025 BERTIS DR 4240 ALVA CT 3309 CHENU AVE 3480 EDISON AVE 3409 LERWICK RD 2911 WHITNEY 2212 RALSTON RD 3728 FONT ST 4501 ROBERTSON AVE 2711 TIOGA WAY

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7048 21ST ST 2301 THOMPSON WAY 941 SAGAMORE WAY 7370 NELMARK ST 1230 NOONAN DR 2445 39TH AVE 1432 SHIRLEY DR 5617 LA CAMPANA WAY 31 PETRILLI CIR 6955 HOGAN DR 7201 TAMOSHANTER WAY 2231 VALKO AVE 2425 40TH AVE 4120 MOSS DR 2178 KIRK WAY 2212 63RD AVE 6137 VENTURA ST 7290 AMHERST ST 5210 HARTE WAY 6589 DEMARET DR 5612 RICKEY DR 6521 HOGAN DR 4651 23RD ST 7519 24TH ST 2435 34TH AVE 1433 STODDARD ST 2381 KNIGHT WAY 1133 WEBER WAY 2457 26TH AVE 2612 51ST AVE 6464 ROMACK CIR 1219 41ST AVE 2701 YREKA AVE 2733 TOY AVE 1550 BELINDA WAY 1541 ZELDA WAY

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1207 VANDERBILT WAY 3241 VIA GRANDE 2021 TERRACE DR 979 FULTON AVE #495 2280 HURLEY WAY #56 1933 RICHMOND ST 2122 UNIVERSITY PARK DR 2539 EXETER SQUARE LN 2408 DARWIN ST 2113 WINAFRED ST 534 HARTNELL PL 607 COMMONS DR 1019 DORNAJO WAY #156 1509 HOOD RD #A 2230 JUANITA LN 1909 WOODSTOCK 3220 STREVEL WAY 2128 JUANITA LN 2204 LLOYD LN 104 HARTNELL PL

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907 GULFWIND WAY 6745 STEAMBOAT WAY 38 BLUE WATER CIR 6380 SURFSIDE WAY 75 ANGEL ISLAND WAY 1179 ALDER TREE WAY 7681 WINDBRIDGE DR 6 GREENWAY CIR 1160 SILVER LAKE DR 995 COLEMAN RANCH WAY 1139 ALDER TREE WAY 12 SHADY RIVER CIR 6971 WESTMORELAND WAY 1407 SAN CLEMENTE WAY 55 HIDDEN LAKE CIR 21 MOONLIT CIR 565 LEEWARD WAY 644 BRICKYARD DR 7737 PARK RIVER OAK CIR 6472 OAKRIDGE WAY 7191 HAVENSIDE DR 7609 AMBROSE WAY 26 MARINA GRANDE CT 210 ROUNDTREE CT 7524 DELTAWIND DR 6861 TRUDY WAY 7095 RIVERSIDE BLVD 1112 SILVER LAKE DR

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Words To Live By PITHY PHRASES THAT OFFER BASIC ADVICE FOR A GREAT FUTURE

BY KELLI WHEELER MOMSERVATIONS

e have a number of sayings around our house that we use as guidelines for keeping our family on course. Some have fallen to the wayside as the kids have matured and the positive directive has become habitual. Like: Remember a “Please” and “Thank you” go a long way. Nobody likes a biter. If it’s brown flush it down. Think before you act. As we were molding respectful, thoughtful, likable young children, sayings such as these could not be repeated often enough. Especially,

“Think before you act,” with our son who was building up quite a track record of injuries to his sister while we were waiting for this sage advice to become firmly rooted. (A knockedout front tooth and trip to the emergency room because he hadn’t quite thought out the repercussions of swinging a punching bag at your sister or jumping off a teeter-totter mid-flight). Though the early adages no longer needed daily reinforcement, they continued to be general good rules for life. We added to the collection as the kids grew and took on more responsibility. Moving beyond solidifying good habits and hygiene, the family sayings became a road map for being a good citizen. Things like: The number one rule is to first respect yourself. If you do this, all of the other rules are unnecessary. Nobody likes a bully. Don’t make someone have to ask you twice. You gotta be a friend to make a friend. Measure twice, cut once.

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Of course, “Measure twice, cut once” was just another way of saying “Think before you act,” but when you have a contractor for a dad who also loves a good analogy, he’s going to come at you from all angles until you get it. (Hence, “No one likes a biter” segueing to “No one likes a bully.”)

Moving beyond solidifying good habits and hygiene, the family sayings became a road map for being a good citizen. Then, with the new era of social media, our parenting mantras became different from that of our parents. New sayings developed trying to steer our media-savvy kids through an allconsuming instant gratification digital world. And because they can’t seem to see beyond the moment to how their online habits will affect their future, we tried to get through to them by speaking their generation’s language: Think before you send. Delete doesn’t mean delete and the Internet is forever. Today’s Likes are tomorrow’s regrets. It’s a fine line between putting up a post you think is funny and being a cyber-bully. (Put down the phone and) Be present.

Now that our kids are teenagers, letting go of our hands to navigate their own waters, we find our family mottos becoming reminders of the groundwork we’ve laid in instilling good morals and values, and basically—to not be stupid. Rarely do they leave the house without these reminders: Make good choices. Nothing good happens after midnight. You can’t un-ring a bell. You lie down with dogs you’re going to get fleas. You’ve got our good name on your back. Wear it proud. Lately, the kids are so quick to leave out the door with their friends that all we have the chance to say is, “Remember …” before our 16- and 14 year-olds and their herd of friends all yell back before taking off, “We know! Make good choices!” But of all the sayings we’ve had over the years, we could probably boil it down to just one—one that communicates the meaning of life in a simple sentence. A life philosophy modeled every day by a great man who is no longer with us, but who left a legacy of funny sayings, good advice, and lots of love and laughter— my father-in-law, Floyd Wheeler. This day and every day the Wheeler family lives by this saying and urges everyone this new year to give it a try as well: Enjoy the journey. Kelli Wheeler is an author, family columnist and freelance writer. For weekly Momservations or to contact her, visit Momservations.com n

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She Digs Her Job CAROLE CONTINUES IN HER FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS—AND AGAIN AT HIS SIDE

and the dynamic duo was back together again. “When my dad joined me, it gave me more security knowing there was someone else to help pick up the slack,” Detherage says. “I could make more commitments and take on more clients and we could market ourselves a lot more.

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hen Carole Detherage talks about her “growing” business, she could be referring to either her steadily increasing bottom line or the beautiful outdoor landscapes she creates as co-owner of The Garden Tutors, the garden design and education company she has run since 2006. And when she talks about having “roots,” she could be referring to the varietals she plants as well as her family history in the gardening business. “My family has worked with plants for more than 60 years and three generations,” says Detherage, who grew up in the Central Valley. “We had a retail garden center and nursery in Modesto starting in 1949, so I grew up learning from my grandparents as well as my father. Because of that, we’re uniquely able to offer the best advice and service available because we have such a deep and expansive knowledge of plants and gardening.” When Detherage moved to Sacramento for her husband’s job in 2004, she decided to start doing smallscale garden design work that allowed her schedule to stay flexible so she could take care of her school-age kids, including her developmentally disabled youngest daughter. “It’s been difficult to work for anybody else since she was born,” Detherage says, “so I started The Garden Tutors as a way to continue helping people create their vision of a usable and enjoyable outdoor space.

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Ever the optimist, Detherage enjoys the design dilemmas the drought has created, which allows the fine arts and horticulture major to really flex her creative muscles.

Carole Detherage and her father improve gardens as part of The Garden Tutors

But as my kids have gotten older, it’s been easier to focus on growing the business. My daughter is in a really good adult program now and as she’s needed me less and less, I’ve found myself wanting to do more and more.”

Lucky for Detherage, just around the time she was itching for more involvement in the industry, her father closed the nursery in Modesto and moved to Sacramento in 2010—

“We even have a new partner, Gabriel, who has an impressive background in construction. So what started as a father-daughter team to tutor clients about the best plant choices for their needs has now expanded into a full-service landscaping firm.” Not surprisingly, Sacramento residents need Detherage’s expertise now more than ever in the current climate. “The drought has been a gamechanger,” she says. “It’s had a major impact on the direction of the entire industry. The palette of plant material that people want to use has completely changed—we focus

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on efficient water usage and plant diversity with an emphasis on native plants—which is exciting, but also creates some challenges. “For example, California native plants don’t transplant in the same way as other plants do, so you have to be a little bit more particular about the size (they’re harder to transplant when they’re larger), you have to be very careful about how much water they get and you have to pay a lot more attention to what’s around them. In the past, you didn’t need to group plants with similar water needs together because they could tolerate a wider range of watering levels.” Plant care isn’t the only thing that’s gotten more complicated. Finding plants to buy in the first place can often be quite difficult. “A lot of wholesale nurseries were completely unprepared for this,” Detherage says. “There are shortages, so it can be very hard to get a lot of these specific native plants. You have to really scramble to find things, so we’ve ended up using different

wholesale growers than we’re used to and developing new relationships.” Ever the optimist, Detherage enjoys the design dilemmas the drought has created, which allows the fine arts and horticulture major to really flex her creative muscles. “There’s an element of trust in the entire process,” Detherage says. “When you plant appropriately, you have to leave a lot of open room for the plants to grow. As time goes on, everything moves into scale, but it’s often hard for people to visualize that at the beginning. But I love the creation and transformation that help our clients realize their vision—it’s very rewarding to see the look of joy, wonderment and appreciation on their faces.” A similar look to the one we assume her father must get as he helps his daughter continue growing the firmly rooted family business. Need to spruce up your space? Call Carole Detherage and her Garden Tutors team at 606-6029 or go to thegardentutors.com n

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cott Gregory’s Arden residence has a dual personality: From the outside, it’s a sedate Cape Cod. Inside, however, it’s a fresh take on California modern, with dramatic accents geared toward a single guy

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“This house would be beautiful naked, without any furniture or art. Its beauty is in its materials and its organic, earthy feel.”

who enjoys entertaining. Gregory’s longtime friend, interior designer Dominique Lutes, recently helped him remodel the bedroom, bath, dressing room and laundry room of the 3,650-square-foot home, which was built in 1982. “What is

black crown moldings that give the room height and sophistication. Lutes convinced Gregory to replace the ceiling fan, which he disliked, with a spectacular “killer” gold-chain chandelier from Hobrecht Lighting. The pair obviously worked well together, with Lutes often suggesting the unexpected. “I feel very privileged to work with Scott because he gives me carte blanche,” she says. “He always says he doesn’t know what he likes until I put it together.” For his part, Gregory has complete confidence in her work. “Dominique and her husband Todd and I have been dear friends for over 20 years,” he says. “This is the third home we have done together. She has made them all amazing.”

Lutes notes that even without any adornment, the house is striking.

interesting to me about this house is that the interior is so unexpected,” she says. “That’s what people like about this house: It is so different.” For the bedroom and bath, Lutes wanted a plush, upscale, masculine look—“like you are staying in a luxurious hotel,” she

explains. Construction was executed by Cortland Koerwitz of CLK Construction. A large, ornate Mexican mirror sets the tone for the master suite. Super-wide bleached oak floor planks give the space a rustic yet chic look. Billowing ball gown-style curtains,

made from silk panels with stripes of moss green and dark chocolate, add a sophisticated elegance, while touches of black bring drama and a masculine feeling. Lutes incorporated lots of black into the room, with one matteblack wall, black baseboards and

The bathroom got new Italian tile, custom cabinets and a mirror reaching to the ceiling. Raising the ceiling in the shower as well as the bathroom opened the space up. Vintage etched-glass block tile was removed from the shower area and replaced with a large window. “There is so much privacy here,” says Lutes. “And the view framed by the window is like a beautiful piece of natural art.” In the dressing room, smoked-glass drawers adorned with small metal studs stylishly store small essentials. There’s plenty of additional storage for shoes and clothing. Lutes notes that even without any adornment, the house is striking. “This house would be beautiful naked, without any furniture or art,” she says. “Its beauty is in its materials and its organic, earthy feel.” The floors are concrete with light-colored wood inlays. Trim is painted the same color as the walls. HOME page 62

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HOME FROM page 61 Sixteen windows reaching to the ceiling surround the large living room fireplace. Large windows in the dining room allow unexpected views and lots of light.

The spacious kitchen opens to the backyard, which features 10 stately columns, an infinity pool, fireplace, outdoor kitchen, seating area, hot tub and fountain. The spacious kitchen opens to the backyard, which features 10 stately

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columns, an infinity pool, fireplace, outdoor kitchen, seating area, hot tub and fountain. Gregory is active in local community groups and opens his home for events such as WIND Youth Services’ Summer Soiree and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Man and Woman of the Year party. “I am grateful that this property was designed so well for entertaining and that we have been able to leverage it to raise a lot of money for great community causes,” he says. Gregory appreciates the home’s relaxed, cool vibe. “It’s kind of a tie between feeling like I live in a Sonoma resort bungalow and being surrounded by the art of local artists and friends,” he explains. His support of and delight in the work of local artists is evident throughout the house, with a solid

collection that includes works by Micah Crandall-Bear, Kyle Lawson, Tim Collom, William Ishmael, Isabelle Truchon and Eric Lutes. Lutes derives satisfaction from her work when her client’s personality is reflected throughout the home. Working with Gregory over the years has been especially satisfying. “No other of my clients could live in this house but Scott. I feel Scott in here,” she explains. “This really is his house.” If you know of a home you think should be featured in Inside Publications, contact Julie Foster at foster.juie91@yahoo.com n

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Fulton Avenue Looking Better Than Ever IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SCORES SUCCESS

Each month The Taylor Center will be presenting a feature story saluting Sacramentans who are making a big difference in the lives of others. If you would like to nominate a Sacramentan or a community group, please email dk@ insidepublicaitons.com

ake a drive along Fulton Avenue and you’ll witness just how sweet it is when businesses and area leaders pool a vision and work together to make things better. The once declining strip of car dealers, auto repair shops and a hodgepodge of storefronts has seen a bright, bold turnaround over the last several years. Gone are unsightly power poles and sagging electrical lines. Storefronts and car dealers are big, bold, shiny and clean. New artwork, plantings, monuments, fencing and medians tell the story of a street of shopkeepers who care about the community came together to form the Fulton Avenue Association. It’s mission: to improve and distinguish Fulton Avenue as one of the most attractive in the area. The Association was formed in 1998 when a group of property owners wanted to effect change on the Avenue. Once known as “The Miracle Mile,” Fulton Avenue declined after decades of neglect, both on the part of the County of Sacramento, and property owner, said Melinda Eppler, director of the association. Property owners made the decision to “take things back” and entered into a partnership with the County to form a Property and Business Improvement District. After months of discussion with owners, and the surrounding community, a plan for improvement was developed. Since the beginning, the association has raised over $9 million in private funds, leveraged that to $25 million and used the funds for major infrastructure and esthetic improvements. Funds paid for upgrading the water line and removed unsightly utility cables, running them underground. They built and landscaped 13 medians and installed landscape and tree lighting. The association

created and installed district identifying monuments. The group also created a “clean and safe” program, insuring that customers both old and new, can come to a place that is both safe and clean. “The Fulton Avenue Association is committed to continue to bring Sacramentans a lovely shopping experience. Whether an individual is looking for a new or previously owned car, needs car repair, is searching for the best chocolate Sacramento has to offer” said Eppler. “If you’re looking for a fabulous restaurant, need a vacuum repaired, or need of a new power mower, Fulton Avenue is here for you, and offers a vast array of shops and services. From Arden Way to Auburn Boulevard, the Fulton District is a place that welcomes you.” If imitation is the most sincere form of flattery consider this. The improvements along Fulton have caught the eye of Carmichael’s Allan Davis who is actually studying Fulton’s improvement model, with an eye toward replicating some of the same changes and creating a similar district along Fair Oaks Boulevard in Carmichael. For a list of shops and services on Fulton Avenue visit www.fultonavenue. com, or call the office at 916-978-1288.

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Off to a Good Start THERE ARE PLENTY OF WAYS TO HELP OUT IN 2016

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f your New Year’s resolutions included a commitment to make a difference in your community or the world at large, you have no excuses for procrastinating. The calendar is full of opportunities to start fulfilling your charitable resolutions.

HELPING YOUNG VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING Courage Worldwide has a bold mission: to rescue children around the world from sex trafficking and completely restore their lives.

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Courage started in Sacramento in 2005 and now operates Courage Houses in Northern California and Tanzania, where victims are given the resources and opportunity to rebuild their lives. The nonprofit has a vision to build a Courage House in every city that needs one so that trafficked children will have a safe place to call home. “We want to eradicate sex trafficking altogether,” says the Courage website. In order to do this, the organization relies on volunteers who are passionate about this cause. Volunteers must attend a three-day certified training program to work or volunteer at Courage House. The next informational orientation session will be held Tuesday, Jan. 12, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Fremont Presbyterian Church, 5770 Carlson Drive. For more information, go to courageworldwide.org.

HONORING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. On Monday, Jan. 18, Northern Californians will come together for a

march, rally and exposition to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March for the Dream! is organized by MLK365, a nonprofit organization that advances King’s vision through values-based advertising campaigns, civic, work and educational challenge grants. This highly interactive one-day event attracts a diverse crowd of more than 28,000 participants to downtown Sacramento for civic engagement, reflection and enrichment. It will begin at 9 a.m. at Sacramento City College, in the parking area of Hughes Stadium, with a march for civil rights, social justice and human value. The Marade (march and parade) will wind through some of Sacramento’s most historic neighborhoods, pausing only briefly as the marchers pass by a reviewing stand at the State Capitol before concluding at Sacramento Convention Center. Those who want to go the extra mile or carry an extra load in the service of others can sign up for the Extra Mile, a special preliminary leg of the march. Participants can register to march as banner groups. The march will be followed by a Diversity Expo at Sacramento Convention Center. It will offer music, art, education, health, employers and vendors in one location. The Education Experience features activities for students from kindergarten through high school, including arts and crafts, face painting, movies, singing and educational resources. At Employment and Health Pavilions, attendees will be able to connect with

employers and get health screenings and information from human services agencies. Attendees can enjoy the Multicultural Talent Showcase of Stars on the main stage, visit The Art Village to see works of local artists or volunteer their talents as a cast member of a Dramatic Arts Ensemble to educate and entertain. At the Wisdom Corner Stage, those who need a place relax after the six-mile march can relax and hear poetry or music, see videos, and listen to speakers who lived the civil rights movement. For more information, go to mlk365.org.

FRIENDS OF SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY Friends of the Sacramento Public Library operates the Book Den, which sells gently used quality books and media. Proceeds benefit all 28 library branches by funding the purchase of new materials and systemwide programming efforts like Summer Reading. By selling previously read books at low prices, the Friends make them available for others to read while enriching the community. The next book sale will be held Friday, Jan. 8, and Saturday, Jan. 9. Friends members are given early admission from 5 to 8 p.m. on Jan. 8, while everyone is welcome from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Jan. 9. The Book Den is at 8250 Belvedere Ave. Learn more at saclibfriends.org. Terry Kaufman can be reached at terry@1greatstory.com n

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The Music Man AS CHRISTIAN BROTHERS’ BAND DIRECTOR, HE CALLS THE TUNE

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ever has the word “instrumental” been more apt to describe someone. Travis Maslen, the band director at Christian Brothers High School, oversees every instrumental program the school offers, from beginning band to honors band and everything in between. “Our program is unique because the school lets me teach beginners as well as advanced students,” Maslen explains. “Kids can start at the bottom—they don’t have to have any experience at all—and play anything they want.”

“Kids can start at the bottom—they don’t have to have any experience at all—and play anything they want.” The flexibility and breadth of CB’s music program can pretty much be traced back to their fearless leader Maslen, who’s been with the school since 2004 and taught for nine years before that at St. Charles Borromeo School off Mack Road. The Elk Grove native plays several instruments: flute while he was a student at Mira Loma High School, piano while earning his bachelor’s in music at Sacramento State, saxophone and French horn

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in the Elk Grove Community Band, trombone in the Dixieland jazz band the Elder Creek Stompers and bass guitar with the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society. Anything he

doesn’t currently play, he’s more than willing to pick up. “I believe in grabbing an instrument and showing the kids how to play it,” Maslen says. “It shows them that I wasn’t born playing

lots of these instruments—just like them—so they can figure it out with me.” This can-do spirit has earned Maslen a legion of admirers over the years and grown the programs at both St. Charles and CB to never-beforeseen proportions. “I’m all for getting as many people involved as possible. There’s strength in numbers,” Maslen explains. “If you can fill the room, the more the merrier. At St. Charles, I ran their choir program, too, and after nine years, half the school population was involved. Here at CB, our string ensemble class started with six kids, and now we consistently have 20 to 25 kids. That’s a good amount to have in one class. That means you can give them a little more attention.” The consistent popularity of his classes must convince Maslen that he made the right decision to pursue music as a student at Mira Loma. “I did band and choir in high school,” Maslen recalls. “I loved music, but I was also in the ROP firefighting program. When I was making the decision about what to study in college, my friend asked, ‘What are you going to be happy doing for the next 40 years of your life?’ The answer was music, and I never looked back.” Maslen runs a packed instrumental program that includes beginning band, concert band, drumline, jazz band, string ensemble, honors band, a ukulele club and even opportunities to play in the pit for the annual school musical. “Compared to other high schools, we don’t have a huge marching band,” Maslen admits, “but that’s because

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This can-do spirit has earned Maslen a legion of admirers over the years and grown the programs at both St. Charles and CB to never-before-seen proportions. Though scheduling the shared student body might sound like the stuff of nightmares, the smaller class

size has allowed Maslen and his fellow instructors to offer CBers some pretty dreamy opportunities. “We always try to keep adapting,” Maslen says. “For example, we have all of the music on iPads, which means that if we play outside, we’re not dealing with wind anymore. On field trips, everyone has all their music. We can even play in the dark if we need to. The kids like it, too, because they have a new toy with all these cool apps for practicing.” Maslen makes sure his students get the most out of their music education by introducing them to a wide variety of material—from Jimi Hendrix to Miles Davis, Tito Puente to Michael Bublé—as well as age-appropriate crowd pleasers. “When we play sports shows, we play what’s current on the radio,” Maslen says. “Sure, we play formal concerts with marches, but 15,000 kids at the Holy Bowl football game want to hear Nicki Minaj, not John Philip Sousa. You have to adapt. Band’s not what it was in the 1950s. You have to connect well with today.” n

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Museum Mystique CROCKER MIXES IT UP FOR THE NEW YEAR WITH JAN. 14 CELEBRATORY EVENT

are $6 for museum members, $10 for students, youths and Capital Public Radio members, and $12 for nonmembers. For tickets and more information, call 808-1182.

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tart the new year off right with a trip to the region’s best art museum. See what’s hip and happening at the Crocker Art Museum all January long. First up is Art Mix “Mystique” from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 14. Featuring “wanderlust and fairy dust,” the event will have participants grooving to the exotic tones of San Kazakgascar and the Crocker’s DJ-in-residence, Larry Rodriguez; belly dancing their way into the night with UNMATA (how’s that for your New Year’s fitness resolution?); or discovering their fortune by tarot, palm or tea leaf. Get ready to be wowed by an interactive photographic performance by Jesse Vasquez and create a spirit mask with Beatnik Studios. Keep all your memories of the evening fresh at the photo booth by Etsy sensation Sasha Soukup. Art Mix is free for museum members and free with general admission for nonmembers. Happy hour will feature food and drink discounts from 5 to 6 p.m., and the drink specials will be $5 all night. What a way to ring in 2016!

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Prepare yourself to be awed by “Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads,” the Crocker’s newest exhibition opening Jan. 24 and running through May 1

For a soothing soundscape, don’t miss Amber Yui-Hsuan Liao on piano as part of the Classical Concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 24. The accomplished musician will use her stunning technique to draw out the richness of works by composers Frédéric Chopin—whose polonaises

and mazurkas celebrate his Polish heritage—and Manuel de Falla, who honors the Spanish Folk tradition in his “Fantasía Baética.” The concert is inspired by the opening of the exhibition of Chinese artist and political activist Ai Weiwei (more on that in a moment). Tickets

Prepare yourself to be awed by “Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/ Zodiac Heads,” the Crocker’s newest exhibition opening Jan. 24 and running through May 1. The internationally acclaimed Chinese artist’s monumental zodiac animal heads reinterpret those that once adorned the famed 18th-century fountain-clock of the Yuanming Yuan (Old Summer Palace), an imperial retreat outside Beijing. In 1860, the Yuanming Yuan was ransacked by French and British troops and the heads were pillaged. In creating contemporary versions of these 12 Chinese zodiac animals on an oversized scale, Ai Weiwei focuses attention on issues of repatriation while exploring what constitutes Chinese art and identity. This is an exhibit not to be missed. For more information on all Crocker goings-on, call 808-1182 or go to crockerartmuseum.org

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CALLING ALL ARTISTS! Do you know a talented artist who should display work in the KVIE Gallery’s upcoming Fine Art of Public Television Group Show? Are you one such artist? Don’t miss the public television station’s Call for Artists; the deadline for entry is 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 10. Entered work must be relevant to public television in one way or another (yes, Big Bird counts) and all artists must be 18 or older and living within the KVIE viewing region to enter. Can’t figure out if you’re in the region? Turn on Channel 6. If you’re now watching “Rob on Road,” “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” or “The PBS News Hour,” you probably qualify. For further information about the viewing region, go to kvie.org All works will be curated by a jury that includes Heath Buckmaster (the mastermind coordinator behind the KVIE Art Auction), KVIE General Manager David Lowe and everyone’s favorite local host, Rob Stewart. Selected works will be displayed in the KVIE Gallery from March 10 through May 10, with a reception on April 13. For more information on the KVIE Gallery’s Fine Art of Public Television Group Show, go to kvie.org/gallery/ group_show.htm Good luck!

‘PRINCE OF DARKNESS’ If you’re anything like me, you love bread. (“Love” might be an understatement. “Adore,” “need” and “covet” bread might be more accurate.) No one does bread quite like internationally renowned chef and baker Sim Cass, who will grace Les Baux Bakery on Folsom Boulevard with his impressive presence this month for a series of events and classes that are sure to be delightful—and delicious. The United Kingdom-born founder of Balthazar Bakery (long considered one of New York City’s best and most popular restaurants), Cass’ deeply toasted, crusty loaves of bread have earned him the nickname “The Prince of Darkness,” and introduced a benchmark for the city’s aspiring bakers. Seventeen years later, Balthazar Bakery continues to inspire the country’s now widespread passion for hand-crafted, naturally fermented loaves and Cass serves as a bread consultant for some of the world’s most respected restaurants and bakeries. He’s also been featured in The New York Times, Food Arts Magazine and on Martha Stewart’s TV show, to name just a few. When asked what it takes to succeed in the field of bread baking, Cass explains: “The Spanish bakers say that once you’ve touched and worked with the dough, you have to go back and touch it again, the feel of it. You’ve got to do the practice—the repetition—and the real joy is in the end result that comes from that repetition.”

The Sacramento Vegetarian Society (SVS) is here to make your mom’s favorite quip the most delicious proposition imaginable. Don’t miss the group’s first 100-percent plantbased vegetarian festival, SacTown

VegFest, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Sacramento City Unified School District’s Serna Center. The event will feature freshly prepared food and plant-based merchandise as well as free samples, information on the many benefits of plant-based eating (from delicious recipes to how our diet can reduce both water usage and our carbon footprint) as well as fun activities for the kids and an impressive lineup of speakers, including keynote speaker Kristie Middleton, food policy director for the Humane Society of the United States; Hope Bohanec, author and PREVIEWS page 73

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HAVE “INSIDE,” WILL TRAVEL 1. Scott, Sarah, Ryan, and Abby Clark in the Swiss Alps in Disentis, Switzerland 2. Bob and Doris Beckert aboard the steamboat American Empress on the Columbia River 3. Lily & Ella Dall’Era on a ferry in Sydney, Australia 4. Peace Corps volunteer Casey Hooten enjoying some Sacramento news at her mudhut near Kabwe, Zambia 5. Sisters Heidi Turpen & Lisa McCart in Naples, Italy celebrating Lisa's son getting married in Assisi 6. Keith and Libby Porter visiting granddaughter Ivy in Waikanae, New Zealand 7. Mark and Andrea Ainsley visiting Inveraray Castle in Argyll, Scotland on the shore of Loch Fyne

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executive director of Compassionate Living; Timaree Hagenburger, “The Nutrition Professor” from Cosumnes River College; Nora Kramer, founder of Youth Empowered Action Camp; and many more. The event is free and open to the public, so come get your veg on! For more information, go to sactownvegfest.org The Sacramento City Unified School District’s Serna Center is at 5737 47th Ave.

YOUNG AT ART Banish the weary winter chill with a concert that’s sure to warm your heart: The Premier Orchestra of the Sacramento Youth Symphony will perform their Winter Concerto Concert at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 31, at the Sacramento City College Performing Arts Center. Eighty young musicians under the direction of Michael Neumann will tackle such complex compositions as “Danse Macabre” by Camille SaintSaëns, Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished) by Franz Schubert and Toccata and

Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, arranged by Leopold Stokowski. The program will also feature two violin concertos by young soloists. Brandon Luong, a ninth-grader at Christian Brothers High School, will perform “Ziguenerweisen (Gypsy Airs)” by Pablo de Sarasate. Ayana Jaycox, a sixth-grader at Sacramento Waldorf School, will perform Allegro from Violin Concerto in G, K. 216, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. For tickets and more information, go to sacramentoyouthsymphony.org The Sacramento City College Performing Arts Center is at 3835 Freeport Blvd.

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SHALL WE DANCE? Who can resist tapping their toes to a concert so aptly named? “Shall We Dance?” will be performed at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 31, at the All Saints Episcopal Church and will feature two of Sacramento’s premier harpists, Dr. Beverly Wesner-Hoehn and Emily Mader, in a fanciful concert that’s sure to inspire. Accompanied by a chamber ensemble conducted by Thomas Derthick, Dr. Wesner-Hoehn will present the “Malagueña Concertino” by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and her award-winning, college-age student Emily Mader will perform the shimmering “Dances Sacred and Profane” by Claude Debussy. There is a $15 suggested donation for those over age 12 at the door, and a reception where you can hobnob with the talent directly following the concert. For more information, go to allsaintssacramento.org All Saints Episcopal Church is at 2076 Sutterville Road. PREVIEWS page 74

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(ART)SPACE CADETS Where can you see accomplished artists from Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco without leaving Sacramento? Swing by artspace1616 starting on Jan. 9 and get an eyeful. Los Angeles-based visual, conceptual and performing artist and photographer Joe Lewis received his bachelor’s degree in 1975 from Hamilton College, where he was a Thomas J. Watson Fellow, and his master’s in fine arts in 1989 from Maryland Institute, College of Art. Lewis is also the co-founding director of Fashion Moda in New York, where he has curated and mounted numerous exhibitions and performance events. New York painter Jane Dickson received her bachelor’s at Harvard University in 1976 and is known for her dark images that utilize unusual materials such as AstroTurf, vinyl, sandpaper, felt and carpet, which evoke her “fascination with the power of artificial light, as well as ... surreal and sexually transgressive environments.” San Francisco-based Tomas Nakada is a multimedia mastermind—he works in paint, paper, wax, ink and sculpture—and has shown all over California, where he’s also an instructor at Humboldt State University. Don’t miss the opening reception at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 9. For more information, call 849-1127. Artspace1616 is at 1616 Del Paso Blvd.

EAT. WATCH. REPEAT. Free films in exchange for good food? Sounds like the one and only second annual Eat on K presented by the Crest Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 9! The event features a free screening of “Gone With the Wind” at 7:30 p.m. in exchange for the presentation of a receipt from a participating K Street restaurant and your email address. (Bring your appetite: the event is sponsored by Mother, Empress Tavern, Pizza Rock and K Bar.)

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Can’t get enough classic films at the Crest? Check out the Noir Nights Film Festival on Jan. 15 and 16. This two-day festival will kick off on Friday with a speakeasy soiree—noirinspired clothes encouraged—hosted by Empress Tavern in the theater’s own Wide-Angle Lounge from 6 to 7 p.m. The first movie to hit the giant screen will be Orson Welles’s “Touch of Evil” from 1958 at 7 p.m., and at 9:15 p.m. the evening will conclude with a special 35-millimeter film presentation of 1945’s “Mildred Pierce.” Saturday’s films will begin around sunset with a 5 p.m. presentation of Stanley Kubrick’s crime thriller “The Killing” from 1956, and continue at 7 p.m. as Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas star in “Out of The Past” from 1947. The festival will finish with a 35-millimeter film Technicolor presentation of “Leave Her to Heaven” (1945) with Gene Tierney and Cornel Wilde. For tickets and more information, go to crestsacramento.com The Crest Theatre is at 1013 K St.

A NIGHT AT THE PHILOPERA They’re back! The Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra and Sacramento Opera are performing again, much to Sacramento’s delight, with their collaborative Classics Series at 8 p.m. at the Community Center Theater on Jan. 16 and 23. The concert on Saturday, Jan. 16, will feature conductor Andrés Cárdenes on violin playing rousing tunes such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s overture to “The Marriage of Figaro” and Violin Concerto No. 3, as well as Felix Mendelssohn’s “The Hebrides” overture and Symphony No. 4 (the “Italian”). The following week, treat your ears to the Mozart’s Requiem performed on Saturday, Jan. 23, by the Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera Chorus under conductor James Feddeck. In addition to the title piece, the concert will include Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 4 and a slew of similarly stunning compositions.

The Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra and Sacramento Opera are performing again, much to Sacramento’s delight, with their collaborative Classics Series at 8 p.m. at the Community Center Theater on Jan. 16 and 23.

For tickets and more information, call 808-2000 or go to sacphilopera.org The Community Center Theater is at 1301 L St.

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January is MOZART MONTH! MOZART & MENDELSSOHN’S “ITALIAN” Saturday, January 16 • 8:00 pm • Sacramento Community Center Theater Andrés Cárdenes, conductor and violin MOZART Overture to The Marriage of Figaro MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, “Italian”

MOZART REQUIEM Saturday, January 23 • 8:00 pm Sacramento Community Center Theater James Feddeck, conductor Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera Chorus SCHUBERT Symphony No. 4 MOZART Requiem

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Soup’s On A GUIDE TO THE BEST STEAMY GOODNESS IN TOWN

BY GREG SABIN RESTAURANT INSIDER

hen I was a young boy, the only soup I would eat that did not come out of a red-and-white can was the sizzling rice soup at The Mandarin at Arden and Eastern. A steaming bowl of salty broth redolent of green onions and garlic, it turned from dinner to dinner-and-a-show when the waiter would slowly slide a brick of dehydrated rice into the overheated bowl, generating a jet of steam and delightful sizzling that could be heard throughout the wonderfully tacky space. That soup of my childhood is still pretty incredible (and the interior decorations at The Mandarin are a bit more up to date), but I’ve branched out in my tastes (to the surprise of my mother’s friend Janice) and can give you a pretty solid rundown of some of the best noncanned soup in town. Let’s start with ramen. Not the packaged stuff you remember from college, with the tiny foil sodium bomb packed thoughtfully in each unit. I mean the real stuff, the honestto-goodness Japanese delicacy that sets people searching the world over for the perfect bowl. The best I’ve found is at Ryujin Ramen House. Owned by the folks who previously owned Akebono Sushi (my favorite sushi in town), this midtown restaurant is an unpretentious outpost of good tastes and good smells. The black garlic pork ramen is absolutely divine. It’s an enormous bowl packed with roasted pork, onions, cabbage, bamboo shoots, a soft-boiled egg and

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Owner George Muntean makes all his soups, chilis and stews from scratch daily

a voluminous mess of chewy ramen noodles, steeped in a pork broth that takes nearly 24 hours to simmer and topped with delicate droplets of black garlic oil. The flavors are front and center, delivering body blows of richness and warmth. And at less than $10, it’s a steal on a cold, windy night. Farther afield, you might stumble upon Viet-Ha, a small Vietnamese restaurant on Florin Road. Small and divey, it has some of the best soup around. Try the #8 chicken noodle soup. Served with a side of fresh basil, sprouts, limes and ginger sauce, it’s a lovely bowl of happiness. It starts with slender rice noodles and shredded chicken, then as many or as few of the add-ins as you want. With a blindingly rich cup of Vietnamese coffee, it’s a perfect cold-weather treat.

If you’re looking for something a bit more stick-to-your ribs, you can’t beat Muntean’s, the heavyweight champion of soup slingers in the 916. With at huge downtown lunch clientele, at least eight soups every day and a selection that goes well beyond the standard fare, it’s a soupstravaganza from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. On a recent visit, the soup lineup included beef and vegetable, Romanian onion (the Munteans are originally from Romania), mulligatawny, spicy lemon chicken, split pea and (no kidding) frog stew. That’s right, a cauldron of Kermit. Delicious all, but the standouts were the frog stew for its uniqueness of flavor and the split pea because you could stand a spoon in it and it’s the best I’ve had in recent memory.

If you’re looking for more sophisticated flavors and delicacy in presentation and service (because, trust me, that’s not what you get at Muntean’s, a place where the fine china is made of Styrofoam), then park your sophisticated keister down at a cafe table at Brasserie Capitale. The authentically appointed downtown brasserie serves a splendid French onion soup. The richness, sweetness and depth of flavor of the onion broth are a testament to long, slow cooking and a truckload of gently treated fat. The dish comes with a hearty cap of cheesy ecstasy, melted mercilessly under the broiler and served at a temperature unfit for human consumption. In other words: perfect. Lastly, I’ll direct you to La Bonne Soupe Cafe, the small downtown cafe that, years ago, rocketed to fast

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fame on the skill and deliberateness of former owner Daniel Pont. His soups and slow and steady pace were both famous and infamous. He has since moved on, selling the enterprise to new owners. The menu and vibe haven’t changed much, however. The pace is still slow and deliberate, the offerings simple and hearty, and the ingredients fresh and chosen with care. The soups range from traditional (cream of mushroom, crab and shrimp bisque) to Gallicly indulgent (roasted duck and dumplings, saffron clam chowder). Nearly every offering is worth the (sometimes considerable) wait. Whether it’s rich broths or creamy chowders, pho or frog, soup is something we crave when the days turn short. Cook up a pot in your own

kitchen or drop in on one of these restaurants to get your fix. It’s that time of year. The Mandarin is at 4321 Arden Way; 488-4794; themandarinrestaurant.com Ryujin Ramen House is at 1831 S St.; 341-0488; ryujinramen.com Viet-Ha is at 6534 Florin Road; 424-5685 Muntean’s is at 1225 J St.; 4989350; munteansoups.com Brasserie Capital is at 1201 K St.; 329-8933; brasseriecapitale.com La Bonne Soupe Cafe is at 920 8th St.; 779-9754 Let us know where you get your favorite soup in the Sacramento area. Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com n

Gloria! JANUARY 31, 2016, AT 7:00 P.M.

St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1701 L Street, Sac Sacramento

Featuring Cappella & Cantoris Lynn Stevens, Conductor with Special Guests El Camino High School Madrigal Choir under the direction of David Vanderbout

Presenting excerpts from Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria and songs to warm the heart TICKETS $30 Preferred, $17 General, $12 Students

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INSIDE’S

Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions.

ARDENCARMICHAEL

Jack’s Urban Eats

2535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 481-5225 L D $ Full Bar Made-to-order comfort food in a casual setting • Jacksurbaneats.com

Andaloussia

1537 Howe Ave. 927-1014 L D $-$$ Authentic Moroccan cuisine, lunch & dinner specials, belly dancing weekends • bestmoroccanfood.com

Bandera

The Kitchen

2225 Hurley Way 568-7171

D $$$ Wine/Beer Five-course gourmet demonstration dinner by reservation only • Thekitchenrestaurant.com

2232 Fair Oaks Blvd. 922-3524

La Rosa Blanca Taqueria

Bella Bru Café

L D Full Bar $$-$$ Fresh Mexican food served in a colorful family-friendly setting

D Full Bar $$-$$$ American Cooking served in an all-booth setting. • Houtons.com

5038 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883

B L D $-$$ European-style cafe serving espresso, omelettes, salads, sandwiches, dinner entres, full bar, table service from 5 p.m., patio dining bellabrucafe.com

Café Vinoteca

3032 Auburn Blvd. 484-0139 2813 Fulton Ave. 484-6104

Leatherby’s Family Creamery

Asian Cuisine: Delicious, Fresh and Healthful, Since 2700 B.C.

2333 Arden Way 920-8382

L D $ House-made ice cream and specialties, soups and sandwiches

Lemon Grass Restaurant

3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 487-1331

L D $$ Full Bar Italian bistro in a casual setting • Cafevinoteca.com

Café Bernardo

601 Munroe St. 486-4891

L D $$ Full Bar Patio Vietnamese and Thai cuisine in a casual yet elegant setting

The Mandarin Restaurant

Pavilions Center

B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio Casual California cuisine • paragarys.com

Chinois City Café

4321 Arden Way 488-47794

D $$-$$$ Full Bar Gourmet Chineses food for 32 years • Dine in and take out

Matteo's Pizza

3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-8690

L D $$ Full Bar Asian-influenced cuisine in a casual setting • Chinoiscitycafe.com

Ettore’s

5132 Fair Oaks. Blvd. 779-0727

L D Beer/Wine $$ Neighborhood gathering place for pizza, pasta and grill dishes

Roma's Pizza & Pasta

2376 Fair Oaks Blvd. 482-0708

806 L Street

Sacramento 916-442-7092 www.FrankFats.com

Ristorante Piatti

Willie's Burgers

L D $$ Full Bar Contemporary Italian cuisine in a casually elegant setting

L D $ Great burgers and more

571 Pavilions Lane 649-8885

6530 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-9800

Jackson Dining

Roxy

L D $$ Wine/Beer Creative cuisine in a casual setting • Jacksoncateringevents.com

B L D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine with a Western touch in a creative upscale atmosphere

L D $$ Traditional Italian pizza & pasta Family Friendly Catering + Team Parties • romas-pizzaand-pasta.com

5050 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-5050

2500 Watt 482-2175

EAST SAC

L D $$ Wine/Beer Fresh quality meats roasted daily • thehofbrau.com

3301 Folsom Blvd. 455-2233

Sam's Hof Brau

Thai House

B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio European-style gourmet café with salads, soup, spit-roasted chicken, and desserts in a bistro setting • Ettores.com

1120 Fulton Ave. 483-7300

Frank Fat’s

527 A Munroe in Loehmann's 485-3888 L D $$ Wine/Beer Featuring the great taste of Thai traditional specialties • sacthaihouse.com

33rd Street Bistro

B L D $$ Full Bar Patio Pacific Northwest cuisine in a casual bistro setting •

Burr's Fountain 4920 Folsom Blvd. 452-5516

B L D $ Fountain-style diner serving burgers, sandwiches, soup and ice cream specialties

Thai Chef's House

2381 Fair Oaks Blvd. 489-2000

2851 Fulton Ave. 481-9500

L D $$ Thai cusine in a friendly, casual setting

Simply Great M Mexican Food!

Six Course Platter for Two S $19.95 Beef Tacos, Cheese Enchiladas, Chile Rellenos, Rice/Beans, Chips & Salsa

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2813 Fulton Avenue • 484-6104 Live music Fridays

Folsom

402 Natoma Street, Folsom • 673-9085 Live music Fridays & Saturdays

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New Happy Hour! Monday – Friday 5 - 7 pm 2801 Capitol Av Avenue (916) 455-2422 www.biba-restaurant.com Cabana Winery & Bistro

Les Baux

5090 Folsom Blvd. 739-1348

5610 Elvas 476-5492

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LD $$ Wine tasting and paired entrees. Sunday Brunch 10 - 2. • cabanawine.com

Clubhouse 56

Opa! Opa!

723 56th. Street 454-5656

BLD Full Bar $$ American cuisine. HD sports, kid's menu, beakfast weekends

Evan’s Kitchen

Family owned and operated

Arden’s Best Neighborhood Pizza for 22 Years!

4215 Arden Way (Arden and Eastern)

482-1008 Open 7 days a week

Mon - Sat 11am-10pm; Sun 12-9 Dine in,Take Out or Delivery

5644 J St. 451-4000

L D Wine/Beer $ Fresh Greek cuisine in a chic, casual setting, counter service

Nopalitos

855 57th St. 452-3896

$4 off any large pizza $3 off any medium pizza

BLD $ Wine/Beer Unique boulangerie, café & bistro serving affordable delicious food/drinks all day long • lesbauxbakery.com

B L D Wine/Beer $$ Eclectic California cuisine served in a family-friendly atmosphere, Kid’s menu, winemaker dinners, daily lunch specials, community table for single diners • Chefevan.com

5530 H St. 452-8226

B L $ Wine/Beer Southwestern fare in a casual diner setting

Selland's Market Cafe 5340 H St. 473-3333

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B L D $$ Wine/Beer High quality handcrafted food to eat in or take out, wine bar

5723 Folsom Blvd. 457-3679

L D Full Bar $-$$ Classic Italian cuisine served in a traditional family-style atmosphere

Star Ginger

3101 Folsom Blvd. 231-8888

Formoli's Bistro

Asian Grill and Noodle Bar • starginger.com

3839 J St. 448-5699

B L D Wine/Beer Patio $$ Mediterranean influenced cuisine in a neighborhood setting

Hot City Pizza 5642 J Street 731-8888

D $ Wine/Beer Fresh made to order pizza served in a cozy dining room; or to take out

La Trattoria Bohemia 3649 J St. 455-7803

L D Wine/Beer $-$$ Italian and Czech specialties in a neighborhood bistro setting

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This Month at the Market

A LOOK AT WHAT’S IN SEASON AT LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS IN JANUARY

BROCCOLI

CABBAGE

MEYER LEMON

This healthful cruciferous vegetable is available much of the year, from September through June. It’s a member of the cabbage family. To eat: Steam or roast at high heat in the oven with olive oil and salt.

This leafy green-, purple or white-colored plant is low in calories and can be pickled, fermented, steamed, stewed, braised or eaten raw. To eat: For a fresh slaw, slice thinly and toss with poppy seed dressing.

This citrus fruit is yellower and rounder than a regular lemon, and its flavor is much sweeter. To eat: Use the juice to make a sweet curd or a nicely flavored vinaigrette.

RADISH

SWEET POTATO

These are grown locally year-round, but they are particularly crisp, juicy and mild in flavor when grown in cool weather. They come in multiple varieties, including daikon, watermelon and white icicle. To eat: Serve with butter and salt for a French-inspired hors d’oeuvre.

This large, starchy, sweet-tasting root vegetable is a great source of beta-carotene. To eat: Roast the flesh and use instead of pumpkin for a delicious Southern pie.

BLOOD ORANGE

This lovely orange has beautiful crimson flesh and a pitted skin. It makes a spectacular juice for drinking plain or adding to cocktails. To eat: Segment and use in a salad.

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DOWNTOWN

Mikuni Restaurant and Sushi Bar

400 L St. 321-9522

L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Japanese cuisine served in an upscale setting • Mikunisushi.com

Foundation

L D $$ Full Bar American cooking in an historic atmosphere • foundationsacramento.com

Chops Steak Seafood & Bar 1117 11th St. 447-8900

1530 J St. 447-2112

Paragary’s Bar & Oven 1401 28th St. 457-5737

L D $$ Full Bar Outdoor Patio California cuisine with a French touch • Paragarys.com

L D $$$ Full Bar Steakhouse serving dry-aged prime beef and fresh seafood in an upscale club atmosphere • Chopssacramento.com

Parlaré Eurolounge

Claim Jumper

D $$ Full Bar Relax with drinks and dinner in this stylish downtown space

L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American in a clubby atmosphere

Rio City Café

Downtown & Vine

L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Seasonal menu of favorites in a setting overlooking river • Riocitycafe.com

1111 J St. 442-8200

1200 K Street #8 228-4518

Wine Bar, Event Center & Retail Sales, 36 wines by the glass, beer on tap • downtownandvine.com

Ella Dining Room & Bar

Esquire Grill 1213 K St. 448-8900

L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Outdoor Dining Upscale American fare served in an elegant setting • Paragarys.com

Estelle's Patisserie

901 K St. 916-551-1500 L D $$-$$$ French-inspired Bakery serving fresh pastry & desserts, artisan breads and handcrafted sandwiches. EstellesPatisserie.com

Fat City Bar & Cafe 1001 Front St. 446-6768

D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine served in a casual historic Old Sac location • Fatsrestaurants. com

The Firehouse Restaurant 1112 Second St. 442-4772

L D $$$ Full Bar Global and California cuisine in an upscale historic Old Sac setting • Firehouseoldsac.com

Frank Fat’s

806 L St. 442-7092

L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Chinese favorites in an elegant setting • Fatsrestaurants.com

Il Fornaio

400 Capitol Mall 446-4100

L D Full Bar $$$ Fine Northern Italian cuisine in a chic, upscale atmosphere • Ilfornaio.com

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1110 Front St. Old Sac 442-8226

Ten 22

1022 Second St. 441-2211

L D Wine/Beer $$ American bistro favorites with a modern twist in a casual, Old Sac setting • ten22oldsac.com

1131 K St. 443-3772

L D $$$ Full Bar Modern American cuisine served family-style in a chic, upscale space • Elladiningroomandbar.com

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B L $ Award-winning baked goods and cakes for eat in or take out • Freeportbakery.com

Iron Grill 13th Street and Broadway 737-5115

L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Upscale neighborhood steakhouse • Ironsteaks.com

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Riverside Clubhouse

2633 Riverside Drive 448-9988

L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American cuisine served in a contemporary setting • Riversideclubhouse.com

Taylor's Kitchen

2924 Freeport Boulevard 443-5154

D $$$ Wine/Beer Dinner served Wed. through Saturday. Reservations suggested but walk-ins welcome.

AWARD WINNING NEIGHBORHOOD ITALIAN BISTRO!

Tower Café

1518 Broadway 441-0222

B L D $$ Wine/Beer International cuisine with dessert specialties in a casual setting

Willie's Burgers

2415 16th St. 444-2006

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Grange

926 J Street • 492-4450

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B L D Full Bar $$$ Simple, seasonal, soulful • grangerestaurant.com

Hock Farm Craft & Provision 1415 L St. 440-8888

L D $$-$$ Full Bar Celebration of the region's rich history and bountiful terrain • Paragarys.com

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COLDWELL BANKER IS OPENING NEW DOORS IN SIERRA OAKS Honoring Community, Pioneering the Future

#ThisIsHome Coldwell Banker is proud to announce the unveiling of its second Sierra Oaks location on Fair Oaks Boulevard in Spring 2016. As the #1 real estate company in Northern California and the trusted real estate choice of the Sacramento-Sierra Oaks community for generations representing thousands of buyers and sellers, Coldwell Banker looks forward to serving you in the future with even greater innovation, resources and continued success. For assistance with your real estate needs, contact Coldwell Banker today. 440 Drake Circle | 916.972.0212 2277 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Suite 440 Opening in Spring 2016

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