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Digging a Hole The jury's still out on the downtown arena development
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rom former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown’s column in the San Francisco Chronicle,
July 28: “News that the Transbay Terminal is something like $300 million over budget should not come as a shock to anyone. We always knew the initial estimate was way under the real cost. Just like we never had a real cost for the Central Subway or the Bay Bridge or any other massive construction project. So get off it. “In the world of civic projects, the first budget is really just a down
payment. If people knew the real cost from the start, nothing would ever be approved. “The idea is to get going. Start digging a hole and make it so big, there’s no alternative to coming up with the money to fill it in.” When I read this, my mind immediately went to the sports entertainment complex the city has proposed for downtown—part of the effort to keep the Sacramento Kings from moving. Funny that it took an out-of-office politician like Brown to speak the possible truth about the cost of civic projects. Could this be the case here? Regarding the arena, I am solidly in the camp of ambivalent. I am thrilled as a civic supporter that the Kings will stay in Sacramento with new deep-pocketed owners from the Bay Area. Having a major league basketball team is a great asset to our city. I know many folks who love basketball and are over-the-moon excited that a rejuvenated Kings NBA franchise is staying put. Personally, I have been to exactly one Kings game, and I have no
desire to return. My son, on the other hand, attended several games, had a ball and would go again in an instant. Our whole family has enjoyed concerts over the years, so an entertainment venue downtown is most appealing. Mayor Kevin Johnson deserves the lion’s share of credit for the againstall-odds save. He performed at his absolute finest when all looked lost— the right man with the right skills and connections at just the right time. There are quite a few things to be grateful for with the city’s plans. A big swath of important downtown property will move off the city’s property rolls and into private hands for development. Hopefully, the owners will start paying property taxes, helping to fill the city’s coffers. Lord knows we could use it. The construction of a state-of-theart arena creates numerous shorterterm construction jobs, which in turn will pump money into the local economy. And the design possibilities are very exciting! I felt a huge sigh of relief that developer Mark Friedman was appointed liaison between the city and
the development team. He thoroughly understands design and has one of the most impressive development track records in town. We have one shot to get the arena design right and fix years of mistakes. The arena must fit seamlessly with historic Old Sac and the new developments planned and approved for K Street. More importantly, it needs to reflect the best of what Sacramento has to offer and be a truly spectacular public space. The design process certainly could help the new out-of-town Kings owners learn to appreciate our fine—but often humble—city. Studies show that an arena of this type is likely to enhance development for a block or maybe two around the site. But this is conditioned on whether the downtown development is already making forward progress or not. I don’t think K Street really meets this qualifier, despite the city’s expenditure of hundreds of millions of redevelopment dollars over the past 40 years. The city’s self-sabotaging
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that problem at the same time, so it’s understandable why the downtown interests are pleased as punch. The location, however, looks to face huge hurdles in terms of traffic congestion—enough to have provoked State Senate pro Tem Darrell Steinberg to shamelessly push forth state legislation to exempt the arena development from a good portion of the state’s onerous environmental review regulations. I say shameless because every other developer in the state is normally subject to these regulations. Indications are that the traffic congestion created on I-5 could come back to haunt the city at a cost of potentially hundreds of millions of dollars for Caltrans to mitigate. Caltrans policy has required the locality to pay mitigation costs of its own developments—dollars that are absent from the arena costs prepared by the city and presented in its term sheet.
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Citizens who want a vote are not necessarily antiarena. Most love the idea of a new arena; they simply don’t want city tax dollars subsidizing billionaire professional sports team owners.
Publisher continued from page 9 housing policy has kept Single-Room Occupancy zoning downtown, which sadly brings mentally ill persons onto the streets. That in turn scares away prosperous customers for shopping and dining. So the jury is definitely out on this point. Another disappointing point about the arena proposal is that the whole thing was so rushed. I understand that the threat of the NBA allowing the team to move put in place serious deadlines that were miraculously met by Mayor Johnson et al. But to make major land use and development decisions in that type of time frame can’t possibly be helpful to a decent outcome. From the beginning of this effort, there appeared to be just one arena location considered: the downtown mall. (There had been, however, years of discussions on various arena locations.) Downtown Plaza was dying on the vine, with no options in sight, and certainly needed something to happen. This solution took care of
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Lastly, there is the issue of whether voters have a right to have a voice in whether the city contributes (at the very least, according to Willie Brown) $258 million in public subsidies, financed mostly from future parking revenue. (Note: City watchdog Eye on Sacramento’s analysis puts the total city subsidy at $350 million before interest costs.) I wish city leaders had embraced and taken the lead on an advisory vote from the beginning. This could
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have been part of a process to extend the discussions and make the case to city voters. Instead, many arena supporters shamelessly continue to attack at every turn the group circulating petitions to place the matter on the ballot. Even The Sacramento Bee, an ardent arena proponent from the get-go, continues to refer to those wanting a public vote as “anti-arena.” Citizens who want a vote are not necessarily anti-arena. Most love the idea of a new arena; they simply don’t want city tax dollars subsidizing billionaire professional sports team owners. A reliable pollster released a survey last April (mostly ignored by The Bee) stating that more than 78 percent of those surveyed want their voices to be heard on any matter involving a public subsidy of this magnitude.
Support for a public vote was across the board: those who support the project and those who oppose it; Republicans and Democrats; men and women; young voters and old; and every ethnic group. Questions regarding specifics of the proposed arena project showed that people were almost evenly divided on the public subsidy. My guess is that it would have passed after a campaign. So will Willie Brown’s estimation predict the future in Sacramento? Only time will tell. But don’t say that the possibility hasn’t been raised by those closely studying the details and not caught up in the hype.
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cKinley Rose Garden has a beautiful new wroughtiron gazebo. The gazebo was the artistic creation of East Sacramento iron artist Bill Kuyper and installed in August. The gift follows other improvements to the garden, made by Friends of East Sacramento, including the replacement of 700 rosebushes, the installation of eight perennial gardens, massive nut grass eradication, a new brick monument sign and the refurbishment of 26 park benches last year. “Since the first stages of the planning of the rose garden restoration with Councilman Cohn six years ago, the city and the community had talked about the addition of a gazebo. Given that there was little shade in the garden, a central structure was a natural addition,” explained Cecily Hastings, who oversees the care of garden for the nonprofit Friends group. The structure also creates a new location for weddings and special events. “We are most grateful to Ron and Shirley Watkins, who donated the funds to make this dream come true,” added Hastings. The gazebo is now officially called the Watkins Family Pavilion. The gazebo is constructed of wrought iron with a black powdercoated finish. It incorporates the original design of the rose arbors that were installed a decade ago by another artist. But Kuyper added his own touch: dogwood blossoms on the side of the structure. “My wife Mary
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Bill Kuyper designed and built the new gazebo in the McKinley Rose Garden
and I were married in the rose garden years ago in the month of May when the real dogwood trees are in bloom,” he said. The gazebo also features two long benches on each side for a spot to sit in the shade. “This fall, our volunteers are planting vines that will cover the gazebo with foliage and create shade by next spring,” said Hastings. “But no more roses. With 1,200 bushes, we have more than enough roses to care for!”
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River Park photographer Julian Elias with photos of McKinley Rose Garden
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Visit mckinleyparkcenter.org or call 452-8011 to donate, adopt a garden or book a wedding or special event in the garden.
And Give the Gift Of Roses River Park photographer Julian Elias has taken hundreds of photos of McKinley Park and its rose garden. Now he has framed some of his favorites and is now offering them for sale. Elias has also created notecards from the photos. To order framed prints or notecards, email jcelias2008@gmail. com or call 617-8753. A portion of the proceeds will go to help maintain McKinley Park Rose Garden.
McKinley Village Update Earlier this year, Sacramento developer Phil Angelides submitted an application to the city to build homes on the controversial former Centrage site.
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Riverview Capital Investments, headed by Angelides, hopes to build its McKinley Village project on the 48-acre site, just north of East Sacramento between the railroad tracks and Capital City Freeway. The plan includes 328 new homes, urban parks, a recreation center and pool. The city is reviewing the project and expects to release a draft environmental impact report in midOctober. The draft EIR will include results of a traffic study. But some neighbors are already fearful of the project. More than 200 people were at a “No as Proposed” community meeting in August, co-hosted by East Sacramento Preservation and Boulevard Park Neighborhood Association. At the meeting, attendees expressed concerns about a number of issues, including the project’s density and its traffic impacts to East Sacramento and Midtown. The proposal calls for two entrances to the development: one from Midtown over the Capital City Freeway at A and 28th streets and one in East Sac through The Cannery
near Tivoli Way and 40th Street and under the railroad tracks. According to Angelides, the project’s density is higher than East Sacramento’s but less than Midtown’s. At 328 homes, the project would have approximately onequarter the number of homes in the River Park neighborhood. There were also questions about the potential danger of opening the levee under the railroad tracks. While the Sacramento Regional Flood Control Agency does not consider the railroad embankment a flood levee, many local residents see it as a flood deterrent. The plan calls for floodgates at the new opening in the levee similar to the floodgates on H Street under the railroad crossing. East Sac residents were also concerned about the impact the new homes would have on the outdated storm drains and sewers in the McKinley Park area. The McKinley Village plan calls for drainage and sewage from its homes to be held back in surge tanks during big storms. The proposal also reserves space for the city to build a drainage
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sump to alleviate East Sacramento storm-water flooding. The August meeting was the third community meeting on the project. While some neighborhood groups have already voiced their opposition to the project, many are waiting until the city releases the draft EIR and the traffic study. Councilmember Steve Cohn said he will hold a neighborhood meeting on the proposal as the project moves forward. Riverview Capital hopes to begin construction in spring 2014. The website for the project is mckinleyvillage.com.
Fashion Fun on Folsom The annual Uptown Fashion Night will be held Thursday, Oct. 17, from 5 to 8 p.m. The event, sponsored by Krazy Mary’s, Sparkle Bridal Couture and The Pink House Shoe Boutique, will include a fashion show, wine, appetizers and gifts. It is designed to
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Taylor, the city’s urban design manager, will be on hand to discuss the city’s new planning and development code. The meeting will also feature updates from Nextdoor.com on neighborhood security. The meeting will be held Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. in the Alhambra Room of Clunie Community Center (601 Alhambra Blvd.). The meeting is open to the public. For the meeting agenda or more information, go to eastsacimprovement.org or call 4515271.
Fall Festival at Caleb Greenwood Caleb Greenwood Elementary School in River Park will hold its annual fall festival on Friday, Oct. 25, from 5 to 8 p.m. Activities will include carnival games, face painting, balloon art, a pumpkin patch, food from Drewski’s Food Truck and ice cream pops by POPcycle Creamery.
The Cougar Sheriff will be on campus to “arrest” students, parents and teachers, who will bail themselves out to raise funds for the school. The festival is presented by the school’s Parent Teacher Student Organization. The school is at 5457 Carlson Drive. For more information, call Tamara at 804-9034.
And a Fall Festival at Sacred Heart Sacred Heart School and Parish will host its 72nd annual fall festival on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. There will be children’s game booths, live entertainment and a craft fair. There will also be a farmers market booth, bounce house, slides, food for sale, and a beer and wine garden. Dinger, the River Cat’s mascot, is expected to make an appearance between noon and 2 p.m.
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The festival takes place on the school playground at 856 39th St. For more information, call 4561576.
Turn Verein To Hold Oktoberfest Sacramento Turn Verein will host its 46th annual Oktoberfest on Friday, Oct. 11, from 6 p.m. to midnight, and Saturday, Oct. 12, from 3 p.m. to midnight. There will be dancing and authentic German food and beer. Entertainment will be provided by local traditional German bands, including The Gruber Family Band. AKAlive, a local rock-’n’-roll band, will perform in the upstairs banquet hall both evenings. Tickets are $20 general admission, $15 for students with an I.D, $5 for children 6 to12, free for children younger than 6.
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Steve Harriman Photographer to the East Sac Stars
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arlier this year, while volunteers spent seven days helping to rebuild the playground at McKinley Park, many of these moments were being captured in photos by Steve Harriman. In fact, during the past 10 years, almost every community event in East Sacramento, including the Pops in the Park concert series, the Run to Feed the Hungry and the River Park Fourth of July parade, has been photographed by Harriman, an amateur photographer who works for the city as general manager for integrated waste.
two years. “It is a great way to meet new people,” he says. Harriman also has photographed a number of the bands that play at the Friday night concerts in downtown’s Cesar Chavez Park. A few of the bands have used his photos on their websites or in their promotional materials.
While Harriman’s profession may not be photography, it is one of his longtime passions.
During the past 10 years, almost every community event in East Sacramento has been photographed by Harriman. While Harriman’s profession may not be photography, it is one of his longtime passions. His father, who was involved in organizing the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee in the 1970s, gave Harriman a camera to shoot photos during the festival. In high school at Rio Americano, he dropped chemistry to enroll in photography, eventually becoming the lead yearbook photographer. “I
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learned a lot and had a great time,” he says. Harriman, who lives with his wife, Julie Lincoln, in River Park, joined the board of River Park Neighborhood Association in 2008 and started taking photos of events for the association’s newsletter, River Park Review. “Neighborhood associations play a vital role in improving the quality of
life in communities,” says Harriman. “In my years on the board, we have helped to keep the Glenn Hall pool open, organized events such as the July Fourth festival and fall picnic and created a volunteer group to help maintain the park.” Harriman has photographed most of these events and served as president of RPNA for
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When the Rebuild McKinley committee was planning the new playground, Harriman volunteered to take photos. “It was a significant community event in so many ways, and I wanted to record it with photographs. I met dozens of amazing people and was happy to participate in a small way,” he says. One of the playground volunteers said that, no matter how tired he was, he always found time to look at the photos Harriman had taken that day. “It’s a history of the work we as a community did and of the new friendships that were made on the playground.” To view Harriman’s photos of community events, go to pbase.com/ steve1h. To suggest someone for a volunteer profile, call 441-7026 or email eastsaclife@aol.com. l
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East Sac continued from page 14 There will be free parking at Sutter Middle School. Turn Verein is at 3349 J St. For more information, call 442-7360 or go to sacoktoberfest.com to purchase tickets.
It’s All About the Birds Dr. Edward Pandolfino, author of “Birds of the Sierra Nevada,” will give a special presentation at the Tuesday, Oct. 8, meeting of East Sacramento Preservation.
Pandolfino will take attendees on a virtual tour of the Sierra with art, photos, video and audio to help urban dwellers appreciate the amazing bird diversity and ecosystems of the Sierra Nevada. He will also give tips on where to find and how to identify the most common species and suggest locations that showcase the variety of birds in the mountains. He will be available after the talk to sell and sign his new book. The meeting will held from 7 to 8 p.m. at Clunie Community Center (601 Alhambra Blvd.). The meeting is free and open to the public. For more information, go to eastsacpreservation.org.
children on Thursday, Oct. 31, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. There will be trick-or-treating for candy out of decorated car trunks, games and a bounce house. There will also be food available for purchase. The church is at 5770 Carlson Drive. For more information, call 4527132.
A Taste of Jazz To Raise the Roof Mix, mingle and munch while enjoying live music with the Beth Duncan Jazz Trio, delicious appetizers made by local chefs and wines poured by local vintners in the luscious garden of a private estate on Friday, Oct. 4, from 6:30 to 9:30 pm. River Life Covenant is a community church located in East Sacramento at 4401 A St. Having served the community for more the 50 years, the church is in need of a new roof. All proceeds from A Taste of Jazz will benefit River Life’s new roof fund. Tickets are a suggested donation of $30. For more information and to purchase tickets, email riverlife@mac. com or call Laura Elkins at 601-7236.
And a Rummage Sale for the Windows On Saturday, Oct. 12, River Life Covenant Church will hold a rummage sale to raise money for windows in the children’s classrooms. According to Michele Scarberry, the church children’s director, the existing single-pane windows are in very bad condition. The rummage sale will take place at the church (4401 A St.) from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The students will sell doughnuts and coffee. They are also looking for donated items for the sale. For more information or to make a donation, contact Scarberry at michelerene70@gmail.com.
Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan Fremont Presbyterian Church will host a free musical celebration featuring the Sacramento Bagpipe Band on Sunday, Oct. 27. At 8:55 a.m., there will be a classic Kirkin’ and at 11 a.m. a modern Celtic concert. A reception that will include shortbread, tea, Scottish music and dancing will follow each service. The church is at 5770 Carlson Drive. For more information, call 4527132.
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Shepard Garden and Arts Center in McKinley Park will hold its fall sale on Saturday, Oct. 5, and Sunday, Oct. 6. The sale, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, will feature plants, handcrafted items, harvest food items and other merchandise. All proceeds will benefit the center and the nonprofit garden and art clubs that meet there. Vendor booths are available for rent. Contact mjkelly72@yahoo.com or 929-3541.
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Puppet Art Theater will present a spooky version of “Hansel and Gretel” on Halloween Day at McKinley Library. The program will be on Thursday, Oct. 31, at 11 a.m. and is for children of all ages. McKinley Library is at
601 Alhambra Blvd. For more information, call 264-2920.
Check Your Change Last month, some rare and valuable U.S. coins were put in circulation through local merchants, including East Sacramento Hardware. If you think you might have found one of these coins, the place to learn more about coins is at Sacramento Valley Coin Club Fall Show on Friday, Oct. 4, and Saturday, Oct. 5, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. There will be more than 35 rarecoin dealers on hand to buy, sell, trade and appraise coins. The show will be at Sacramento Elks Lodge (6446 Riverside Blvd.). Tickets are $3 and can be purchased at East Sacramento Hardware (4800 Folsom Blvd.). For more information, go to sacvalcc.org or call (530) 757-1262.
Win a Shopping Spree Shoppers in East Sacramento will have a chance to win prizes this holiday season in a special Shop East Sac program organized by East Sacramento Chamber of Commerce. “We want to encourage people to check out all the wonderful stores we have right here in the neighborhood,” says chamber board member Peggy Orr, owner of The Pink House. “For two weeks in November, some of our local businesses will be offering discounts or small gifts to those who are taking part in the program. After the program, everyone who visited each of the participating stores will be entered into a drawing to win a $1,000 shopping spree,” says Orr. According to Janet Mason, owner of ideas by design and co-chair of the East Sac holiday shopping program, “While no purchase is necessary to enter the drawing, we do think that folks will find lots of unique items for themselves and for gifts in our local shops.” The program will run from Nov. 4 to Nov. 24. The winner of the East
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(2528 Yorktown Ave.) or at Golden Pacific Bank (980 9th St.). All books collected will be given to children at Sacramento area schools, shelters and clubs. For more information about the league, go to sacramento. assistanceleague.org.
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East Sac continued from page 17 Sac Shopping Spree will be announced on Dec. 4. For more information, email eastsacchamber@aol.com or call 4528011.
Eat Armenian! The annual Armenian Food Festival will be held on Saturday, Oct. 5, at Greek Hellenic Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. There will be traditional Armenian food prepared by members of St. James Ladies Society. Food is available to eat at the festival or to take out. The festival will also feature live music and folk dancing. The music will begin at 5 p.m. The event is one of the longestrunning food festivals in the Sacramento area. It is sponsored by St. James Armenian Church. Admission is free before 5 p.m., $3 after.
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Greek Hellenic Hall is at 614 Alhambra Blvd. For more information, call 4433602.
German Shepherds Need Homes Greater California German Shepherd Rescue will hold an adoption day on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Pet Food Express in Loehmann’s Plaza (2531 Fair Oaks Blvd.). Dogs that will be available for adoption can be viewed online in the days immediately preceding the event at gcgsr.org. All the dogs are spayed or neutered before being adopted. For more information, call 4879999.
Books for Kids Assistance League of Sacramento is collecting new and gently used children’s books. The books can be dropped off at the league’s thrift shop
During American Diabetes Month this November, the American Diabetes Association is rallying local Sacramento residents to take action in the fight to stop diabetes. The association will host the Get Involved with Diabetes, Health & Community event, which is free to the public, at Clunie Community Center’s Grand Hall on Saturday, Nov. 16, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will include information on healthy living, community volunteer and advocacy opportunities, individual medication consultation, diabetes educator consultations and health screenings. Jay Hewitt, an Ironman triathlete with Type 1 diabetes, will share his story and be available for questions throughout the event. According to Kelly Hartin, associate manager for the association, nearly 26 million children and adults in the United States live with diabetes, including 3.9 million in the Sacramento region. An additional 79 million Americans are at high risk for Type 2 diabetes. “Recent estimates project that as many as one in three American adults will have diabetes in 2050 unless we take the steps to stop diabetes,” she says. Visit diabetes.org/sacramento or call 924-3232 for more information or to volunteer.
Chamber Seeks Business of the Year Nominations East Sacramento Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for its annual awards recognizing outstanding businesses in East Sacramento. The awards will be presented at the chamber’s holiday party in December.
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Last year, the business of the year award went to Train Hard or Go Home/Action Boot Camp for the numerous events it supports and for the volunteer work owner Megan White does in the community. The new business of the year award went to Caverna 57 and its owner, Jeff Boucher. The A Special Place award, presented to businesses that add attractive design elements to East Sac streetscapes, went to The Pink House. “Our neighborhood benefits from having a variety of commercial activities, including locally owned retail stores and shops, nationally known enterprises and a full range of professional services. Local businesses provide residents with convenience and friendly help as well as goods and services close to home,” said chamber president Jason Smith. This will be the 13th year the chamber has honored businesses serving the neighborhood. Send your nominations to eastsacchamber@aol.com or to East Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, 3104 O St., # 222, Sacramento, CA 95816. Include a short paragraph about why the business should receive the award. The deadline for nominations is Oct. 31.
McKinley Park Volunteers Needed In 2010, in the face of city budget cuts, East Sacramento residents Patty Wait, Richard Clowdus and Steve Swindel joined with Friends of East Sacramento to create a volunteer corps to help with landscaping maintenance in McKinley Park. Their next volunteer day will be Saturday, Nov. 2, from 9 a.m. to noon. “There is a list of long-term projects and regular maintenance that the city needs volunteer help on,” says Wait. “We could use everyone’s help.” The group will provide snacks, water and coffee to volunteers. While some equipment and garden supplies will be provided, volunteers are asked to bring a pair of garden gloves, pruning shears and rakes if they have them.
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Fire Stations To Hold Open House Two local fire stations will hold open houses this month. On Saturday, Oct. 5, from 2 to 4 p.m., Fire Station #8 in River Park will host an open house. The station houses an engine company that doubles as a boat company on the American River when needed. The fire house is at 5990 H St.
On Saturday, Oct 12, from 2 to 4 p.m., Fire Station #4 in East Sacramento will host an open house. The station, the oldest working fire station in the Sacramento area, was built in 1902 on 26th Street between L Street and Capitol Avenue. In 1933, it was rebuilt at its current location, 3145 Granada Way, just off Alhambra Boulevard. This year it celebrates its 80th anniversary in East Sacramento. The public can meet firefighters, tour the station and learn about fire safety and emergency preparedness. For more information, call 8081347 or go to sacfire.org.
Fencing Classes The Grand Hall at Clunie Community Center will soon be filled with the sounds of clashing metal and
rapid footwork when Olympic sport fencing classes begin in October. George Biery, a competitive fencer and United States Fencing Coaches Association certified coach, will offer beginner and advanced classes. A new introductory class will start at the beginning of every month. The classes will be on Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 6:45 p.m. Students ages 8 to16 will learn the history of the sport, proper movements and competition rules. All fencing gear is provided. For more advanced fencers, classes and drills are held Tuesday and Thursday from 5 to 5:45 p.m. with open bouting afterwards. Those students will train for local competitions. For more information, contact Biery at 201-4885 or gmbiery@ pacbell.net.
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East Sacramento now has its own Internet video broadcast. EastSacTV. com (formerly kzubnews.com) recently launched a newly formatted website, which features a video news show as well as an ever-changing set of videos of East Sacramento events, organization happenings, good-news stories, East Sacramento business profiles and more. In 2006, Buz and Laurlynn Evicci founded an East Sacramento-based video production company that films, edits and produces original, creative video for businesses and organizations. KZUB Productions, Next, they launched kzubnews.com, a
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newspaper-style Internet publication featuring news stories and video coverage of events taking place in East Sacramento. According to Buz, “We’re keeping the good-news stories and video of KZUB News but adding all the bells and whistles of a local television news station in a lighthearted way. The new format will be much more video oriented, although we’ll continue to have a newspaper-style news page also. We’ll also keep several of our most popular features such as the monthly ‘East Sacramento Planting Guide’ and ‘Night Sky Video.’” To watch the station or sign up for email updates, go to EastSacTV.com.
Catholic Schools To Hold Open Houses Local Catholic high schools will hold their annual open houses for prospective students and their families in October. It is an opportunity for interested families to tour the campuses and speak with administrators, teachers, current students and parents about the schools. Christian Brothers, a co-ed school, will host an open house on Sunday, Oct. 6, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The school is at 4315 Martin Luther King Blvd. For more information, call 7333690 or go to cbhs-sacramento.org. East Sacramento’s St. Francis High School, a college preparatory school for girls, will hold its open house on Sunday, Oct. 13, from 1 to 4 p.m.
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East Sac continued from page 19 The school is at 5900 Elvas Ave. For additional information, call 452-3461 or go to stfrancishs.org. Cristo Rey High School will host its admission information night on Thursday, Oct. 17, from 6 to 8 p.m. The school is at 6200 McMahon Drive. For more information, call 733-2660 or go to crhss.org. Jesuit High School, an all-boys school, will hold its open house on Sunday, Oct. 27, from noon to 3 p.m. Jesuit is at 1200 Jacob Lane in Carmichael. For information, call 4826060 or go to jesuithighschool.org.
Don’t Rush To Flush Those Drugs Flushing unused medications down the toilet or pouring them down the sink drain is the wrong thing to do. When medications are disposed of through the sewer system, many pass right through the wastewater treatment process because most
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treatment plants were not designed to specifically remove all drugs from wastewater. Even today’s most advanced treatment technologies have a tough time eliminating all of the active chemical compounds in the thousands of different medications in use today.
Using a drop-off bin ensures unused medications are quickly removed from the home to prevent accidental poisonings or abuse.
safest and best way is to dispose of medications in designated drop-off bins. Using a drop-off bin ensures unused medications are quickly removed from the home to prevent accidental poisonings or abuse, plus the drugs will be securely collected and properly disposed of. Prescription medicine, over-the-counter drugs, medicated ointments and lotions and pet medications can be disposed of in a designated take-back bin.
There is a collection bin in the Student Health Services Pharmacy at Sacramento State University. The pharmacy is on campus at The Well, 6000 J St. For more information, call 2786040 or go to dontrushtoflush.org. Sunday, Oct. 27, from noon to 3 p.m. Jesuit is at 1200 Jacob Lane in Lisa Schmidt can be reached at eastsaclife@aol.com. The deadline for inclusion of items in this column is the fifth of the month preceding the month of publication. l
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Failed Policies What’s so affordable about affordable housing?
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discussion of what the city should do to increase the availability of affordable housing all too often turns into an argument between builders and low-income housing advocates. It’s the kind of discussion that opens up a gulf of ideologies and yields little common ground. But there is common ground on one point: The city’s existing low-income housing policies are, by any measure, failing. Look to North Natomas. It is one of several designated “growth areas” where the city requires builders to set aside 15 percent of all new houses and apartments for low-income residents under the city’s inclusionary housing ordinance (also known as the mixedincome housing ordinance). The ordinance’s goals were idealistic: 15 percent of all new houses and 15 percent of all new apartments in North Natomas would be built for the subsidized poor who would live happily side by side with their unsubsidized neighbors, who would pay the full market rate for their houses and apartments.
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The reality turned out to be dramatically different. It turns out that it’s exceedingly difficult to make subsidized low-income single-family homes work in the real world. It’s hard for such folks to get financing, even at subsidized home prices. It’s very expensive for builders who must incur the same cost to build a subsidized house as one they sell at market prices. Once a subsidized home is bought by an eligible buyer, it turns out they can’t sell it in the future for a profit: They have to turn any profit over to the government and the home must be sold to another qualifying low-income buyer. Such a limitation on resale lasts for 45 or 50 years. How would you like to buy a home, take on all the risks of a mortgage, but never be able to benefit from the appreciation of your property? So North Natomas builders of large subdivisions, being rational actors, decide to meet their 15 percent low-income housing mandates by building less expensive low-income units in apartment houses with 200 units or more, where 80 percent to 100 percent of the residents would end up being low-income tenants— exactly the sort of environment that created no end of social pathologies in large-scale public-housing projects in cities built throughout the country over the past 60-plus years. Most of these big, federally financed, highdensity monstrosities are long gone and now only a memory attesting to the wholesale failure of federal housing policy in the mid-20th century. (Anyone remember CabriniGreen?) Stunningly, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
aided and abetted these concentrated poverty traps by offering up generous redevelopment subsidies to make it easier for the big apartment projects in North Natomas to pencil out for builders. So the city’s inclusionary housing ordinance has, in practice, led to precisely the sort of housing that everyone acknowledges is a major mistake. The de facto projects in North Natomas are nowhere close to regular transit, job centers, school transportation or other public services. North Natomas residents
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living nearby are plenty fed up with the social costs associated with the projects and made the city council aware of their angst at its Sept. 3 hearing on the housing element of its general plan. Their North Natomas council representative, Angelique Ashby, has long been a vocal critique of the current policy and a major advocate for changing it. Ashby brings a unique perspective to the issue: She lived in low-income housing as a single mom at one point in her life. She has a passion for fixing the problem for the sake of those in need, as well as for her very peeved North Natomas constituents. The mandates on builders to set aside 15 percent of their product for low-income residents is just one aspect of the city’s crumbling affordable-housing policy. There are three other shaky legs to the city’s affordable housing policy: public housing units that are actually owned and operated by SHRA (like the Seavey Circle and New Helvetia projects near Broadway), which SHRA says it can no longer afford to maintain due to a reduction in federal funding of maintenance costs; city, state and federal subsidies for privately owned and operated multifamily housing projects; and the Section 8 housing voucher program, funded by the federal government but run by SHRA, which helps pay for a big portion of the monthly rent of private apartments selected by the voucher holder. City subsidies for new private developments have largely evaporated
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with the demise of redevelopment agencies under state legislation passed two years ago. Federal and state housing funding sources have been drying up with constricted federal and state budgets (i.e., the sequester). So even if the city wanted to keep its current inclusionary housing ordinance in place, it doesn’t have the redevelopment cash to help the builders construct any more highdensity, low-income housing projects to satisfy its mandates. (And without the subsidies, builders can’t afford to build them.) Tom Pace, the city’s long-range planning manager, is the fellow with the unenviable job of trying to mediate a politically acceptable, workable fix for the city’s troubled inclusionary housing ordinance. In classic Sacramento fashion, he’s promised a series of stakeholder meetings. Since June, the city has been floating a possible fix: Allow builders the option of satisfying their housing mandate by paying an in-lieu housing impact fee. The city would then pool the fees it collects and use them to fund subsidies for, most likely, private housing projects with a sizable component of low-income housing, essentially taking the place of lost redevelopment dollars. To supercharge the housing fund and avoid geographical distortions in the market, the fix proposes that the new in-lieu fee apply to all new residential construction in the city, not just in the city’s designated growth areas. The suggested fee: $3 per square foot for new homes. This would add $9,000 in additional cost to a 3,000-square-foot house built in the city. (In the designated growth areas—the only parts of town where the inclusionary ordinance currently applies—the fee is designed to roughly match the costs builders currently incur in complying with the 15 percent set-aside requirements.) Under the proposal, a builder could claim a substantial credit toward this new fee if he or she builds homes or apartments that are “affordable by design,” meaning that they are
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smaller units that are likely to be appealing and affordable to lower income people anyway, without the need for a 45- or 50-year restrictive mandate. Sacramento Housing Alliance is opposed to the proposed fix, saying it won’t result in much low-income housing being built. They are also doubtful that the affordableby-design units will be truly helpful to low-income residents. Given the failure of the city’s current inclusionary housing ordinance, it may be time to take a hard look at whether a system of housing mandates and in-lieu housing impact fees makes any real sense for Sacramento. Does it really generate net additional affordable housing? Does it cause more social and economic harm than social good? Are there more efficient ways of providing low-income housing? Any economist will tell you that the cost of building a below-market house or apartment or paying an in-lieu housing impact fee will be passed along to the buyers (or renters) of market-rate homes and apartments, making such units less affordable. Whenever you make a product more expensive, fewer people buy it. So families that have, say, an older, smaller home in a less appealing neighborhood—the kind of folks who typically buy new homes—end up increasingly priced out of the newhome market by the cost of such mandates and fees. Their inability to afford a higher priced newer home clogs up the classic housing ladder, in which families who move up to larger, nicer, newer homes end up selling their old homes to folks just starting out. It is those older “starter homes” that are the true affordable homes in every real estate market. But when the move-up market stalls out because pricey mandates and fees make new homes unaffordable, the working poor can’t find their first rung on the housing ladder to grab onto. By eliminating the housing mandates and hefty in-lieu housing fees entirely, new homes will cost less, and more move-up families will buy them, freeing up their old homes for
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489-3600 City Hall continued from page 24 the working poor. Every new home built increases the housing stock and helps lower the cost of an older home for someone of more modest means to purchase or rent. I don’t know where the crazy idea originated that a low-income family should somehow be entitled to a new home with all of the modern amenities, ahead of those with somewhat higher incomes who scrimp, save and sacrifice to be able to acquire their first new home. Incidentally, city staff informed me that total impact fees on new houses in North Natomas now reach an eye-popping $60,000 per new home, twice the state average of $31,100, according to an annual survey by Duncan Associates. The $31,100 state average is, according to the Duncan survey, nearly 90 percent higher than the next most expensive state and 265 percent higher than the norm among jurisdictions that levy such fees, which typically pay for capital improvements, like water and wastewater facilities, required
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by a new development. Many states and localities on the other side of the Sierra don’t levy such fees, according to noted California demographer Joel Kotkin. Is it any surprise that the median price of a home in California is 108 percent higher than the median cost of a home in the rest of the county? Then there is matter of the inclusionary housing ordinance’s impact on Sacramento’s anemic economic recovery. What industry generates the greatest number of jobs in our region and is still suffering the most from the weak recovery? The residential construction industry and the thousands of local businesses that depend on home construction. What’s our greatest current problem in Sacramento? High employment. Probably the single most effective move our city council could make today to increase employment in Sacramento is to make new homes cheaper to build and more affordable to buy by dropping costly low-income
housing mandates and avoiding new in-lieu housing impact fees. It will help kick-start the residential construction industry, which is indispensable to a real economic recovery. It’s also a big economic mistake to impose the cost of low-income housing entirely on homebuilders and buyers. The old adage is true: The more you tax something, the less of it you get. If there is political support for
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Changes Afoot New instruction standards and funding will affect local schools
community members must begin
Second, the state recently enacted the Local Control Funding Formula,
period. We have a tremendous
surrounding spending priorities,
which dramatically changed the way
opportunity to lay a strong
new curriculum standards, changes
California finances schools. Simply
foundation for the future of our local
to our accountability system,
put, the new funding formula gives
schools. With new monies arriving,
testing, teacher development and
our district (and other districts) a
new academic standards being
how our community manages new
specific amount of money for each
implemented and an IB high school
educational opportunities.
student. Then, additional monies
one year away, our community must
will be given to districts for specific
begin to think about and answer
Standards are being implemented in
student groups: English language
an important set of interrelated
every classroom. The new standards,
learners and low-income students.
questions.
which have been designed to ensure
Without getting into the intricacies of
all students are college and career
the formula (for it cannot be summed
spending priorities? Teacher
ready at the end of high school, are
up in one paragraph), our district
training is essential to the successful
a giant step in the right direction.
should receive more money from the
implementation of both the Common
We live in a globally competitive
state because of our high populations
Core Standards and the IB program.
world. And as I have stressed as
of classified student groups. The
At the same time, classes have grown
a board member, our district’s
infusion of state money will assist in
in size over the past few years and
primary job is to ensure children
educating these populations and bring
have become too large. Essential
receive an education that prepares
additional resources to the district
educational services and programs
them for college and gives them the
from which every child should benefit.
such as custodians, librarians,
First, the Common Core State
T
his is an exciting time for our local schools. Sacramento City Unified
School District is beginning to implement two major changes to our local education system: Common Core Standards and Local Control Funding. In our community, two schools are embarking on a new academic program—the International Baccalaureate program—that will change the relationship between our local schools and community. And parents and
tools to be successful in life. Their
Locally, the International
What should be our district’s
music and art classes, and Gifted
implementation will introduce
Baccalaureate program has begun at
and Talented Education have been
a measure of rigor and clarity.
both Caleb Greenwood (K-6) and Kit
cut. New monies should be spent
Students, teachers and parents will
Carson (7-8). This new pathway will
on teaching and learning. But with
have an opportunity to begin a robust
serve our community well and provide
a variety of educational needs, the
discussion and find common ground
additional educational opportunities
questions and ensuring debate center
around academic standards and
for our families. Starting in the
around exactly where new spending
curriculum development.
2014-15 school year, Kit Carson
should be directed.
will add a ninth grade and begin its
A new accountability model is
development to a local high school.
essential. LCFF gives our district
How we handle the transition to the
greater flexibility to spend money
IB program at both schools and the
consistent with local priorities
accompanying expansion of the high
in exchange for the creation of a
school program at Kit Carson will
comprehensive accountability system.
affect our community for some time.
With the implementation of new
Kit Carson has already seen a jump
curriculum standards, we cannot
in enrollment with local children and
continue to spend money absent an
families understanding the benefits of
understanding about the efficacy
an IB education.
of programs and people. Currently,
With all of these changes,
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to discuss and debate questions
the district has a haphazard and
leadership over the next few years
incomplete system to properly
is essential. We have collectively
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failures) of our local education
Construction will take place in the
system. Should the district implement
near future to transform the Kit
a new accountability system? What
Carson campus to one consistent with
measurements should be included?
its new academic program and high
How should we judge success? Should
school configuration. How should
teacher and principal performance
the community be involved in this
be reviewed? If so, how do we ensure
process? Extracurricular activities
that our teachers and principals are
will need to be provided to students.
fairly evaluated?
What types of activities are most
As a community, we need to think
important to children and their
about how the new IB pathway fits in
families? Finally, how can we leverage
with the rest of our high-performing
the talents, skills and resources
elementary and middle schools.
present in our community to lift up
Should students in other schools be
the new high school?
able to take IB classes? Although
As your elected representative, I
enrollment in IB primary years is not
will be involved in discussions and
a prerequisite for the middle and high
ultimately will make decisions about
school programs, how can we ensure
these important topics. I want to hear
that all children are prepared? Does
your opinions. You can reach me at
the IB pathway give our community’s
jeff4schoolboard@gmail.com.
children and families a sufficient number of educational options? Or are there gaps in the educational opportunities afforded our families? And how does the new high school
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raig and Teresa Higgins’ unofficial motto is, “Don’t ask us what we have, tell us what you want,” and for more than 16 years, the owners of Capital Confections have been living by that delicious creed, creating chocolate confections that would make Willy Wonka’s head spin. “Where else can you order a life-size chocolate leg?” asks Teresa. Her husband—who is the chief chocolatier—adds another layer. “Someone was having a ‘50 Shades of Grey’-themed party,” he recalls, “so we made gray chocolates and chocolate ties and handcuffs—I guess there are handcuffs in the story.” (He professes to have never read the racy book.) “We have more than 800 different molds. I’ve made a chocolate brain for a psychiatrist, and a guy came in wanting to buy his secretary a gift,” Craig continues. “He said she was always talking about her dog, who was a half-black, half-chocolate Lab. I made a dog mold that was half dark chocolate, half milk chocolate. We’ve even done a curling sheet”—the playing space for the obscure Olympic sport—“complete with stones!” It’s clear that Craig is very proud what he and his wife do, and it’s no wonder, considering how much work they’ve put in to make Capital Confections what it is today. “When I was working as a litigation supervisor, I wasn’t seeing my kids as much as I would have liked,” Craig explains. (He and Teresa have two daughters, both of whom are in
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college.) “We decided that if we ran our own business, we could raise our family and be our own bosses.” Teresa, a former legal secretary, chimes in. “There was a small sandwich shop in the building where I worked,” she recalls, “and every day I would think, ‘I have better people skills and know
about better local products. I could do a better job running this deli.’ ” It didn’t take long for the Higginses to take the leap. They found a chocolate shop for sale in the paper and decided to jump in feet first. “The first day, the key to the front door of our house opened the back door of the store,” Craig says. “It was destiny.”
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The determined duo bought the shop in Town & Country Village from a company that let them operate under the original name for 10 years, and they did so happily for a decade. But when the 10 years were up, they were forced to change the name to Capital Confections, which they’ve been operating under ever since. “It was unfortunate that when we changed the name, people thought that we’d sold the business,” Teresa says. “Then the original owners opened a new chocolate shop nearby under the old name and people thought it was us. It wasn’t! We were still in the same place we’d always been. We just had a different name. The old owners even went so far as to say that our shop ‘went by the wayside,’ instead of that they’d sold it to us. Customers were confused for a while, but now people know that we’re still the award-winning chocolate shop we’ve always been.” Capital Confections won the Outstanding Retail Award from the Fulton Avenue Association, and it’s not hard to see why. It makes 80 percent of what it sells in-store, with Craig heading the confectionary and Teresa tackling the marketing. They host birthday parties, conduct trufflemaking classes, lead hands-on tours, make custom wedding and party favors, create client gifts complete with company logos, and are always looking for new and exciting ways to feed their clients’ chocolate cravings. “New this year we’re going to be making hard candy masks for Halloween,” Teresa says. “It’s a large lolly on a stick with a skull face you can eat! We also do homemade gelato and sorbet, so we’re looking at putting
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“Raising the kids here and being a family within our business and becoming well-known in Sacramento for doing great work has been one of our greatest joys,” Teresa says. Second only, maybe, to making a life-size chocolate leg. Need a sweet something to make your senses sing? Head to Capital Confections at 2605 El Paseo Lane in Town & Country Village, or check out the online offerings at capitalconfections.com.
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“It’s an everevolving situation, and a lot of responsibility.” “I’d had a website for three years as an offshoot of (Indoff),” Welborn says. “They encouraged us to do that with certain lines of products. I was crazy for this one particular line of furniture. I’ve always enjoyed midcentury and modern styles. So my friend and I started building a website.” Welborn’s business is no longer literally “2women.” She’s been flying solo, with significant help from her husband, since she devoted herself full time to this endeavor. The former criminal justice student is always up for a challenge.
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Money Raisers Sacramento school district turns to philanthropists for help
By Jan Ferris Heenan
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acramento Unified Education Foundation was created several years ago to support the Sacramento City Unified School District, and the fundraising tool is being revived in part to help the school system combat a costly and inconvenient insult: arson. Two playground fires were set on consecutive days earlier this summer, at Caroline Wenzel Elementary School in the Greenhaven-Pocket area and at South Sacramento’s John D. Sloat Elementary School near Freeport Boulevard and Meadowview Road. Law enforcement officials determined both were the result of arson, and an arrest has since been made. The two fires consumed most if not all of the play structures, and the school year started in early September without them. Sacramento Unified Education Foundation (formerly Kids First) has launched a donation drive to help offset the $50,000 insurance deductible for both campuses so that the money doesn’t have to come out of SCUSD’s general fund, said foundation president and Sacramento attorney Marty Carr. Carr, schools superintendent Jonathan Raymond and other public officials accepted the first $4,000 in donations at a news conference at Wenzel Elementary School on the first day of classes. The donations included $1,000 apiece from Caroline Wenzel’s PTA; Rebuild McKinley, which led the reconstruction campaign for McKinley Park’s playground, destroyed in a
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July 2012 arson fire; $1,000 from SCUSD board of education vice president Darrel Woo; and $1,000 from City Councilmember Bonnie Pannell. Additional monies have come in since, according to Carr. And while the focus is currently on the playground fires, he said he and other board members plan to heighten the foundation’s profile so that funds can be raised on an ongoing basis to help cover costs of before- and after-school programs and other district resources.
“After-school programs are incredibly powerful in keeping kids out of trouble and keeping them on the right path. But there’s just not enough money for that sort of thing in today’s school budgets,” Carr said. “We’re working hard to try to raise money, to be a vehicle that lets the Sacramento community be supportive in our schools in the same way that communities around the country are doing. “This is the start of something that should make a meaningful difference
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in the lives of Sacramento students for years and years to come.” The foundation balance was approximately $15,000 before the renewed fundraising efforts, Carr said. Once the all-volunteer group starts one-on-one appeals to community philanthropists and other donors, he expects the figure to rise. “My hope is that we’re going to run from the $6,000 we’ve made this
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hen an organization has a successful fundraiser, what’s next? A bigger and better fundraiser, of course. Take The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. This year, it raised $389,000 through its Man, Woman & Student of the Year campaign. The group hopes to raise $450,000 in 2014. Participants vie for the title by raising money for the group. Each dollar raised counts as a vote. This year’s winners were Pat Henry, Hanson McClain Advisors (man of the year); Gloria Torres, Cup With Love (woman of the year); Walker Durant, Jesuit High School, and Cody Barnes, Elk Grove High School (students of the year). Campaign manager Jennifer Pear has already started work on the 2014 campaign. (You have to start early when the goal has been upped significantly.) Interested candidates should contact Pear. For more information, call 929-4720 or go to lls. org. The society is forming a junior board of youth and young adults. Board members will raise money and advocate on behalf of LLS. To join the
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The Sacramento chapter of National Coalition of 100 Black Women has awarded more than $100,000 in scholarships over the past 12 years. The group will hold its next fundraiser, the Women of Excellence awards lunch, on Saturday, Nov. 23, at the Sacramento DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel. Political columnist and MSNBC host Joy Ann Reid will give the keynote address. For more information, call 888-722-6229 or go to sacncbw.org. Sacramento Life Center, which offers resources and free medical services to women facing an unplanned or unsupported pregnancy, will hold a fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 9, at the Hyatt Regency. The theme of the dinner and auction is Salute Life. For more information, go to saclife.org.
Shooting for a Good Cause HomeAid Sacramento, which builds and renovates transitional housing facilities for homeless people, raised $85,000 at its annual trap shoot in August, held at Coon Creek Trap & Skeet Club in Lincoln. More than 450 people attended the sold-out event. Team winners were Production Framing (first place); Ames-Grenz Insurance Services (second); and Carson Homes (third). Next year’s trap shoot will take place on Aug. 22.
Los Niños Service League, which raises funds for Sacramento Children’s Home, will operate a gift boutique on Friday, Oct. 25, and Saturday, Oct. 26, at Casa Garden Restaurant. Called Gala at the Garden, the event will offer the opportunity to shop for one-of-a-kind gifts. There will be an opening-night party from 5 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 25. Tickets are $25. The boutique will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 26. Admission is free. Casa Garden Restaurant is at 2760 Sutterville Road. For tickets and more information, call 452-2809 or go to casagardenrestaurant.org.
Teatime With Teddy Teddy bears will be busy this holiday season. At least two teddy bear tea parties will be held, with proceeds earmarked for nonprofits. Friends of the Sacramento Crisis Nurseries will sponsor a teddy bear tea on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Del Paso Country Club. There will be music, dancing, magic and a visit by Teddy and friends, plus food: children’s style for the young set, high tea for the older. Each child will go home with a teddy bear. Tickets are $50 for children, $65 for adults. For more information, call 452-3981 or go to kidshome.org. Roseville Home Start will hold its teddy bear tea on Sunday, Dec.
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1, from 2 to 5 p.m. at The Flower Farm in Loomis. New teddies will be distributed at the tea, which will include age-appropriate refreshments, performances from “The Nutcracker” ballet, a holiday raffle and more. Roseville Head Start provides programs for homeless families. Tickets are $30 for children 12 and younger, $45 for adults. For more information, call 782-6667 or go to rosevillehomestart.org.
Artistic Honors Kingsley Art Club, founded in 1892 to promote art knowledge and appreciation, recently presented $500 merit awards to deserving art students from area community colleges. The 2013 merit winners, chosen by the college faculty, were Nancy Z’Berg-Jennings (American River College); Frank Mendosa (Cosumnes River College); Kelsey Bowen (Sierra College); Kiere Paris (Sacramento City College); Brian Perry (Folsom Lake College); and Kristine Wheeler (Yuba College). For more information about Kingsley and its monthly programs, field trips and future events, go to kingsleyartclub. org.
Grants The Yocha Dehe Community Fund recently gave a $32,370 grant to UCP of Sacramento and Northern California to help support Woodland Community Options adult day programs and Yolo County Family Respite Service for those with developmental disabilities. The fund
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caboose for young children to climb on. The structure was made possible through gifts from the Ken Stieger family, William A. Brown Jr., Raley’s, Otto Construction and Lionakis. “‘The Little Engine That Could’ reminds us that seemingly impossible tasks can be accomplished with a positive attitude and hard work,” said Fairytale Town executive director Kathy Fleming. “And that message deserves to live on in the minds and imaginations of children in our region.” For more information, go to fairytaletown.org.
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is the philanthropic branch of the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation. The California Wellness Foundation gave $100,000 to Women’s Empowerment to fund health programs for homeless women and their children. Women’s Empowerment also received a $10,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente for its wellness and recovery substance abuse education and support programs. “Women and children who are homeless have numerous health needs,” said executive director Lisa Culp. “We are grateful to the Wellness Foundation and Kaiser for recognizing these important needs that are often barriers to women finding jobs so they can support their families.”
All Aboard Fairytale Town recently installed a charming new play structure inspired by the classic book “The Little Engine That Could.” Local artist Shane Grammer designed and fabricated the new feature, which includes an engine, train car and
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B Street Hits the Road B Street Theatre is taking its shows on the road again to campuses across the region. The lineup this school year is part Dickensian and part medical science—the latter set to music in B Street’s trademark and inimitable style. The Sacramento-based theater company created by actor Timothy Busfield in 1986 has toured local schools throughout Northern California since its inception. The featured productions for this school year include a medley of pieces based on the works of Charles Dickens. The show, called “What the Dickens?,” will tour Nov. 4 through Dec. 20. B Street’s brief “Twelve Days of Christmas” spoof, an annual tradition, will be included at the end of each December show. “Medical Mayhem,” billed as “the history of medicine from leeches to lasers” and in musical form, will be
performed between Jan. 13 and Feb. 28, followed by Fantasy Festival XXVIII, which showcases the works of student playwrights. The 28th annual Fantasy Festival will be performed at schools between March 17 and June 6. The five student plays will be selected from B Street’s annual contest for third- through eighth-graders.
The lineup this school year is part Dickensian and part medical science— the latter set to music in B Street’s trademark and inimitable style. Schools pay $500 for a single show, $900 for two shows in one day and $1,300 for three shows in one day.
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Each accommodates a maximum of 450 children. “We’re going to kids who would never have the opportunity to have arts exposure. This helps keep that arts culture alive,” said Alison Whismore, B Street’s school tour administrator. Buck Busfield, B Street’s artistic director, believes this year’s productions are a good mix of entertainment and education. “It’s one thing to entertain, but you do also want to affect people in a lasting way,” he said. “Some of the programs we do on the school tour are purely to introduce children to professional theater and wow them by showing them how inspirational it is. The other part is the teaching part.” For more information or to book a performance of the B Street Theatre School Tour, contact Alison Whismore at 442-5635. For contest rules or other information, go to bstreettheatre.org. Jan Ferris Heenan can be reached at jan@surewest.net. l
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Thinking Outside the Box Smart development is the goal for Urban Land Institute
By Jan Ferris Heenan
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he Urban Land Institute got its start in 1936 as the National Real Estate Foundation for Practical Research and Education, and its mission has remained fairly constant for 77 years: to help create better places for people to live and work. Members of the organization’s Sacramento District Council put that credo to use locally, on development projects ranging from the Broadway corridor south of the state Capitol to revitalization efforts in downtown Roseville. “We look to create forums in regards to real estate that allow for an open exchange of ideas and information, (and the) ability to talk about best practices among industry leaders and policymakers,” explained Gladys Cornell, principal of AIM Consulting and chair since July of ULI’s Sacramento District Council. The district council boasts more than 300 members, a mix of developers, real estate agents, urban planners, economic development specialists and others from both the public and private sector. Its agenda is a busy and varied one, with subgroups of members dedicated to studying infrastructure needs, transit planning and other elements of local development in addition to the needs of specific geographic areas. The Sacramento district recently received funding from the national Urban Land Institute to create a vision for downtown Sacramento as the possibility of a new sports arena
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Gladys Cornell, principal of AIM Consulting and chair of ULI’s Sacramento District Council
takes shape. “Our district council is really aggressive about going after grant dollars so we can work on cool projects,” Cornell said. “In this case, we are looking at the public spaces
around the entertainment and sports center, and how to … make sure that everything fits in the context of the downtown core and maximize the public spaces for the community.”
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The district council recently helped lead a similar study of Broadway, the commercial corridor that runs from north of Land Park into Oak Park. It undertook the endeavor in conjunction with the Greater Broadway Partnership. Business owners met with ULI members, city planners and others, coming up with a host of recommendations such as tree plantings, public art, outdoor restaurant seating and a plan to make the thoroughfare more pedestrianand bike-friendly. “We create a really good report, almost a how-to manual that an agency or whoever we’re working with can look to implement,” said Cornell, whose firm specializes in public engagement services. The district council also conducted a study, funded by the land institute, of the 240-acre Sacramento railyards. A panel of urban designers and planners from across the country, along with a local host team handpicked by Mayor Kevin Johnson, spent several days touring the site, then issued recommendations a year ago. Chief among the suggestions: that the city consider a transit district as opposed to a single facility, build complete neighborhoods instead of isolated projects and create a strong open-space network and do so in phases. “With the railyards effort, even though the arena part went away, the city is looking at a lot of the other recommendations that were made,” Cornell said. In September, ULI members were expected to meet with Sacramento Municipal Utility District officials to
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The place to be... weigh in on SMUD’s redevelopment plans around its 59th Street headquarters. Other initiatives include a possible forum with the city of Roseville as it continues its efforts to revitalize its historic downtown, and similar dialogues in Rancho Cordova and Folsom, Cornell said. In the meantime, Sacramento— particularly Midtown and downtown—has kept the district council busy as the city has evolved in recent decades. Cornell acknowledged
that Sacramento is far from the same place she knew as a college student several years ago. “Just from a development perspective, the condos and the lofts, it’s bringing kind of a 24/7, seven-days-a-week livelihood to downtown and Midtown, and yet still working at preserving the great neighborhoods that are around here as well, and really trying to find that balance,” she said. Even though development slowed during the recession, the economic
downturn allowed both ULI members and their public-sector allies to spend time on what Cornell calls “creative thinking,” such as how to continue with infill development now that local redevelopment agencies—a common funding mechanism for decades—have been dismantled. For general information on the Urban Land Institute’s Sacramento District Council, go to sacramento. uli.org. Upcoming events include
an October “think tank” on West Sacramento’s Bridge District and a December forum on the proposed 328home McKinley Village project in East Sacramento. The council will host its inaugural Vision Honors dinner at The Citizen Hotel on Thursday, Oct. 17. For more information, contact Mary Sater at 853-7401 or mary. sater@uli.org. Jan Ferris Heenan can be reached at jan@surewest.net. l
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Reaching Out to the Homeless Local group provides shoes, sandwiches and more
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t’s amazing how a tiny seed can produce a mighty redwood. When Danielle Williams held an outreach event for the homeless in 2011 as an assignment for her debate class at Sacramento City College, she could not have envisioned the forest that would sprout from that lone seed. She started by handing out two essential items—shoes and sandwiches—to the homeless. Two years later, her nonprofit group, Shoes & Sandwiches, provides food and clothing to the needy and operates a Midtown store that provides the funding for those efforts.
The organization decided to raise money by recycling items back into the community. “I wanted to do something for the homeless as a community member at the street level,” says Williams,
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Danielle Williams operates a nonprofit group, Shoes & Sandwiches, which provides food and clothing to the needy and also runs a Midtown store that provides the funding for those efforts
“and that one outreach turned into this organization. Now it has become a huge effort that benefits the community as a whole.” S&S volunteers lend their time and their sweat to projects such as American River Parkway cleanups and the McKinley Park playground rebuild. “If other organizations need volunteers, we pull from our team to provide people to fill the slots,” says Williams. The group distributes clothing, shoes, hygiene products and undergarments to those in need and provides blankets and sleeping bags to those who regularly sleep outdoors.
The group achieves a lot with very few resources. “We can feed 400 people on just $100,” says Williams. “Philanthropy doesn’t have to be expensive if you do it right.” Because it does not solicit money donations, the organization decided to raise money by recycling items back into the community. In 2012, it opened The Firefly Exchange at 19th and P streets. Donated clothing and other items are sorted, and the very best items are reserved for the store. The profits go to fund community outreach. People can bring in unwanted clothing and receive store credit,
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which makes it possible for those on a tight budget to upgrade their wardrobes. The store takes items that nobody wants and gives them a second chance at life by “upcycling,” or altering them to have greater value. It also serves as a showcase for local artists. The store, which is open seven days a week, attracts serious shoppers looking for quality goods. “We get a lot of foot traffic and word of mouth,” says Williams. “We’ve evolved from an accidental stumble-upon shop to a destination. It’s really flattering and exciting.”
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With minors in administration of justice and corrections, Williams is a full-time pre-law student at UC Davis taking five classes a semester and working part time District 3 City Councilmember Steve Cohn. Her turf includes the river district, where many homeless camp. She is also at The Firefly Exchange six days a week and runs S&S. How does she do it? “Magic,” she laughs, adding, “A lot of people help, and we’re so well organized, we keep things really simple and consistent.” She has her sights set on a top-tier law school in another two years. “The organization will have to run without me,” she says. “That’s what this is all about: building a foundation so solid that I can step away and it will run itself.” Williams foresees a time when The Firefly Exchange will move to a bigger, or a second, location. She dreams of office space for S&S and of building more teams for community service and outreach. For herself, she sees a future in politics, perhaps at the city council level, where she can continue to touch the lives of
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rchimedes the owl, Spirit the bald eagle, an elk named Tule and a lynx with the moniker of Mukluk will journey to Carmichael’s Effie Yeaw Nature Center in Ancil Hoffman Park on Oct. 6. Their sagas—along with those of bats, snakes, a raccoon called Radar and various raptors—are aimed to educate visitors during the center’s annual Nature Fest event. The celebrity presenter is Gabe Kerschner, a regular guest of NBC’s “Tonight Show.” Kerschner, 59, runs Wild Things Inc. at a 35-acre animal sanctuary in Placer County. He and 60 species of rescued animals annually present hundreds of school programs geared to educate and entertain. Kerschner’s critters constitute a multinational cast. He has shown alligators, lemurs, a kangaroo named Steve (after Australian naturalist Steve Irwin) and Pook—a whiteheaded Thai gibbon—on national television. Nature Fest supporters will view a more regional ménage. “For this event, we’ll show North American animals,” Kerschner says. “An elk, a rattlesnake, a raccoon and a lynx. My bald eagle is Alaskan, so she’s bigger than local ones. Spirit would have a wingspan of over 6.5 feet—if she had both her wings.” The magnificent bird demonstrates a common wilderness travesty. Explains Kerschner: “Since they’ve been protected, bald eagle numbers have rebounded. (But) some fishermen don’t want competition. She was only a year old when she was shot. With one wing, Spirit could not have survived. She’s gentle and awe-
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An Oct. 6 open day at Effie Yeaw Nature Center will feature a 15-pound bald eagle among educational ambassadors. “Tonight Show” veteran Gabe Kerschner (pictured) will present the raptor and other rescued wild animals.
Who? Archimedes the owl is an esteemed teacher despite his own unhappy college experience.
inspiring. When I show her, people get emotional. Children are amazed at her size. They love hearing how eagles dive and use talons to prey.
“Adults often cry. She’s our national emblem. They’re appalled to see what an American maliciously did to her.”
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The 2013 Nature Fest represents homecoming weekend for another wild ambassador. Kerschner’s great horned owl was rescued six years ago at nearby American River College. “He broke a wing falling from a nest in the oaks on campus,” says the naturalist. “We figured he must be an extra wise owl; he went to college. So we called him Archimedes” after the ancient Greek ‘wise one.’” Kerschner’s talks promote serious issues, but punch lines—often of baldeagle/bald-naturalist genre—fly thick and fast. “I try to be entertaining,” he says. “A laugh keeps interest going. You want people to experience a full range of emotions; it makes learning memorable.” Kerschner’s critters are not the only educators at the 2013 Nature Fest. Resident Effie Yeaw raptors and reptiles will interact with visitors. The “Twilight” generation will be open-fanged by bat encounters. Spreading wings under the aegis of Sacramento “bat lady” Corky Quirk, megachiropterans are rescued specimens who improve understanding of gothic fiction’s most maligned mammal. The Effie Yeaw facility is a center for Native American studies. Fine basketry and abalone pendant-making will be demonstrated in the replica Nisenan village at the center on Oct. 6. Children’s crafts, activities and guided walks through the 80-acre wildlife preserve will be conducted. The fundraiser runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is $3 for visitors ages 13 and older; younger ones are admitted for free. Parking is included. For more information, go to sacnaturefest.com or call 489-4918. Learn about Gabe Kerschner’s Wild Things Inc. at wildthingsinc.org. l
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Eating Well This organic produce fan runs a CSA pickup site in East Sac
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eter Richter has lived a rich life, and if he continues on his current path he’s likely to help many others live rich lives. His East Sacramento residence at 54th and L Streets (“near the boccie ball courts”) is a local pickup point for freshfrom-the-farm organic produce from Eatwell Farm, a community supported agriculture operation in Dixon. “Every Thursday, they stack packages in my side yard, and the neighbors come and get it,” he says. Participants sign up for the farm’s weekly bounty. They never know what they’ll find until they open the boxes. Inside the box, along with the produce, are recipes to help them make sense of it all. Richter has been involved with the local farming culture for many years, working on farms, manning tables at farmers markets and preparing meals that showcase the season’s harvest. He met Eatwell Farm’s Nigel Walker in San Francisco several years ago and signed up for the service. When the local family that hosted the pickup site discontinued the service, he was ready and willing to step in. “Nigel is quite a character,” says Richter. “He’s a British guy who learned to grow things organically in England, where that was looked down upon, so he came here to do it. That was more than 20 years ago.” Eatwell Farm cultivates 100 acres and delivers 700 boxes of produce weekly to locations in Sacramento and the Bay Area. It hosts a variety of events,
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from tomato canning parties to chili days, that serve to connect consumers with their food source. Richter loves the farm’s produce, such as eggs with intensely orange yolks and strawberries that melt
on your tongue. He also works for a conventional farmer in West Sacramento, and he devotes several hours a week to the farmers markets. It’s both a step away from and a step back to his prior life. Richter
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didn’t quite finish his studies at Berkeley but liked the community well enough to stick around for many years, running a sandwich shop near the campus and trying his hand at hydroponic gardening. In Healdsburg, he cultivated 18 acres of grapes and raised chickens and pigs. He was simply following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, both of whom gardened, as well as his mother, who owned sandwich shops. Reality intervened when he began his own family. He traded in his coveralls for cover letters, moved to Sacramento to work for Great Western Securities and spent the next 15 years as a stockbroker. “I put on my first tie at the age of 30,” he confesses. It was a rude awakening. “I became the West Coast marketing director for Sun Life America and was on the road constantly. My wife was at home with our three boys.” The stress of that schedule likely played a role in the end of their marriage. Before it ended, however, they owned and operated Kerried Away, a successful catering business on H Street. Now remarried, Richter has returned to a slower pace of life and refocused his time and energy on his original passion: the process of growing food. He spends as much time as he can on the farm, at the farmers markets and in the kitchen. He indulges his love of rugby, which he played until he was 40, by coaching, and he works summers at Lair of the Golden Bear, a retreat for UC Berkeley alumni and their families near Yosemite. A few years
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ARTober is a month-long celebration of the arts that puts a spotlight on the talent and creativity of artists throughout the region. As part of National Arts & Humanities Month, the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission (SMAC), the Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau (SCVB), Sacramento365.com, and For Arts’ Sake (FAS) collaborate to bring attention to over 150 art events taking place during the month of October. Throughout the month the public can experience and participate in art events, performances, and free family activities including exhibitions, poetry slams, art festivals, concerts, musicals, and plays.
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Birthday Surprise Taking fear out of the equation
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s I approach my 56th birthday, I can’t help but recall some unforgettable birthdays, like the surprise party my wife planned for my 50th or the dozen cupcakes I devoured and threw up just prior to my 7th birthday party. But the birthday I’ll never forget was my 45th, when my Air Force supervisor came into my office at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, wearing a strained expression. “I’m sorry to have to tell you this,” he said, “but your name didn’t appear
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on the Air Force promotion list to major.” I was unsure how to interpret the news. The pessimist in me said I’d just been fired. If my optimist was saying something, I couldn’t hear it because the pessimist was screaming too loudly. I knew that I had only six months before I would be unemployed and stranded 3,000 miles away from my California home. The only reaction I offered my supervisor was, “And this is my birthday.” It was about that time that a colleague presented me with a helpful book entitled “Who Moved My Cheese?” The author, Spencer Johnson, M.D., seemed to be proclaiming that change was the only certainty in life, so deal with it. The book uses a parable format to depict talking lab mice that work to outsmart the scientists who are constantly moving their cheese into an unfamiliar part of their maze. Somebody had indeed moved my cheese. The military maze I’d
known for eight years had become an unfriendly place. I spent the next hour hunting through the book’s pages for help. Then, about halfway through the book, I stopped, taken aback by a particularly evocative question that the mice characters found written inside their maze.
“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” I stopped and looked away, asking the question aloud in a slow and thoughtful repetition. “What would I do if I weren’t so afraid of change?” I asked myself. It was abundantly clear what I normally did when I felt afraid. I got upset, I fretted and I acted rudely toward those who loved me. But the authors were insisting that I answer a very different question: “What would I do if I weren’t afraid?” I stood and went to the copy machine, where I enlarged the quote into a mini poster that I placed above my desk. A few weeks later, as fear melted from the equation, I came to know exactly what I would do. I would return to my California home and to the most rewarding ministry of my life. I decided to resume my previous career in hospital chaplaincy. No, the question didn’t work magic. It didn’t totally suspend my fears. I
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was still scared, but I was determined to keep fear from obscuring my goal. I printed my résumé, scheduled hospital interviews and kept pressing toward the goal. Three months later, I had six job offers and returned to part-time military life as an Air National Guard chaplain (twice since promoted). Eleven years have passed since that harsh announcement. But that day continues to remind me that whenever I’m uncertain, fearful or just plain indecisive, I can reach into my resiliency repertoire for the refrain of that birthday question. When I think about it long enough, the answer usually floats to the top. “What do you do if it doesn’t work?” you ask. That’s easy. I eat a dozen cupcakes. Norris Burkes is a chaplain, syndicated columnist, national speaker and author of the book “No Small Miracles.” He can be reached at ask@thechaplain.net. l
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They gained additional space in the kitchen by pushing the door opening into the laundry/pantry area. A new 10-foot-wide sliding door in the dining room provided additional light and access to the backyard and pool area. Cleaning, staining, and sealing the concrete around the pool with a nonslip compound made the area safe for the small, wet feet of 4-year-old Ellie and her 10-month-old brother, Asher. Two pendant light fixtures from Lumens Light + Living add style to the commodious covered patio. The couple contemplated the idea of redoing the kitchen for some time. The floors were “funky” white
linoleum. The original cabinets were functional yet uninspiring. Because they planned on replacing them at some point, they experimented by painting them random colors, getting a feeling for what they wanted. All the appliances were old. Several of the electric stove’s coils didn’t work. “We were cooking with a toaster oven,” Eben says. The final straw came when the dishwasher malfunctioned and shot water across the kitchen. “We had talked about replacing just the appliances, but that would have meant we would have to run new lines to everything anyway,” Eben says.
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“We decided to just bite off more than we could chew and do this.” Their design inspiration came from a photograph of leaf-patterned tile they saw in a Sunset kitchen magazine. The tile was created by Heath Ceramics in Sausalito in tandem with Dwell magazine. “Once we picked out the tile for the backsplash, all our ideas were built on that,” Eben says. The couple yo-yoed on the layout six times. “Paige was thinking about practicality and how a kitchen should
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work with the traditional triangle shape and making it really functional for us as a family,” says Eben. “I was thinking about the aesthetic perspective. This was one of our major discussion points.” They settled on a simple, elegant Caesarstone-topped island, running nearly the length of the kitchen, as a stylish yet informal place for congregating. The couple wanted a playful feel for the cabinets that would work with the rest of the house, rather than a hard-edged, industrial look. The straightgrain white-oak cabinet frames match the flooring, and the door and drawer colors complement the Heath tile backsplash.
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1 & 2. The remodeled kitchen is open and light and offers views of both the front and back. 3. The living room is cozy and comfortable, perfect for spending time with family and friends. 4. The dining room is large enough for a big crowd, but also the right size for a more intimate gathering. 5. Built-ins keep this den neat and organized while offering storage and room to display collections. 6. Homeowners Paige and Eben Drucker. 6.
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The cabinet pulls and the light over the island, a custom design by Rob Zinn of blankblank in Clarksburg, were powder-coated to ensure a perfect match. “This is a great way to take hardware and make it custom,” says Eben. The couple worked with Kevin Frederick of the local firm Hoosier Home Improvement; Popp Littrell Architecture & Interiors provided design help. “The three- month process went incredibly well,” Eben says. “We are so happy. There isn’t a single thing we would change.” I would like to thank Gretchen Sternberg for help with this story. If you know of a home you think should be featured in Inside Publications, contact Julie Foster at foster.julie91@yahoo.com. l
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They Meet To Eat This group’s members love to cook food and talk about it
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on preserving heritage foods, the locavores who strive to eat only things grown within their region and the Farm-to-Fork groupies who hunger to know the origin of their food. Add the vegans and the vegetarians, mix them all together in a big bowl and out comes Vira Eison-Hughes, a true foodie who loves it all. At her office job at Morgan Stanley financial services, she’s the first one
Elk Grove Epicurious members share meals and their passion for food
to jump up and volunteer whenever there’s an event or party that needs
“I wanted to meet other people who
French fries but with a crunchy crust.
apples) and Black Forest cake. Before
The meeting was a great success.
serving, everyone talked briefly
planning. “I just love event planning,
get excited about discovering new
cooking, learning about food and
spices, foods and flavors and are open
trying new recipes and techniques,”
to exploring new cultures through
in September, they decided to have
the challenges of finding recipes and
she said. She dreams of owning her
food,” says Eison-Hughes. She posted
a potluck at Eison-Hughes’ home in
appropriate ingredients along with
own restaurant or catering business
an invitation on the Meetup website
Elk Grove. The theme was traditional
the difficulty of preparation. Sticking
one day, and she has taken classes at
and instantly 18 people joined. Their
German cuisine. Each member
with the evening’s theme, Eison-
culinary schools in hopes of making it
first meeting was held at LuLu’s
brought a dish to share including
Hughes’ husband, Charles, served
all happen. Until then, she is happy
Kitchen in Sacramento. Eison-Hughes
German-style Brussels sprouts,
German wine, beer and mineral
to organize the Elk Grove Epicurious
invited chef Annicette Benson to
Bavarian sauerkraut, schneller
water.
club, which held its first meeting last
teach the group how to make Belgian-
rotkohl (red cabbage), wiener
August.
style frites, which are similar to
schnitzel, potato dumplings, himmel
brave bunch since one of the members
und erde (mashed potatoes and
is Helmut Kopleck, a retired chef
For the group’s second meeting
about the dish they had prepared,
Personally, I thought they were a
trained in Düsseldorf who worked
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combination of beef with a dill pickle,
and had once owned his own German
he looked a tad confused. “Pickle? I
restaurant in Palo Alto. Koplek’s dish
must have liked it because it’s gone,�
was beef rouladen, thin slices of beef
he said with a laugh.
rolled around dill pickles, then braised
Next month, the group will focus
in a thick sauce. I was skeptical, but it
on Asian cuisines, specializing in
was actually quite tasty.
salads. After that, chef Koplek will
Once everyone was served and settled around a big table on the Hugheses’ patio, the real meeting
teach them how to bone and roast a turkey. “We’d really like to stay small
began. There was lots of talk about
enough to continue meeting in
preparation techniques and flavors.
members’ homes,� said Eison-Hughes.
“I had a challenge making the
“We like the idea of having potlucks
potato dish,� said Eison-Hughes.
and cooking together, but we’ll just
“The recipe said to season to taste.
have to see how it goes.�
But since I didn’t know what it was
One thing they do need to figure
supposed to taste like, I had no idea.�
out is who does the dishes. For now,
Teri Lewis had problems figuring out
Charles Hughes has stepped up to
how to run noodles through a grater
the sink. He doesn’t seem to mind, as
because she didn’t have one that
long as he is well fed. With this group,
seemed the appropriate size. “I ended
that’s certainly not a problem.
up forcing the dough through my
For more information about Elk
colander and that seemed to work,�
Grove Epicurious, go to meetup.com
she noted.
and search for Elk Grove Epicurious.
beef rouladen. “It was very good,� he said. When asked how he liked the
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Name That Tune The hills are alive with the sound of misheard lyrics
By Stephanie Riley
J
imi Hendrix once said, “Music is my religion.” In my childhood home, there was always music. It was our religion, too. My earliest memories involve curling up next to the stereo, singing along with The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Paul Simon, even Jimi Hendrix. As with any religion, we kids were expected to know the words. We had the liner notes, after all. As they say, “Ignorance of the law is no excuse.” After baseball, our favorite sport was Name That Tune. It was a tough crowd. You could easily get laughed right out of a moving vehicle if you belted out the wrong lyrics.
I really can’t blame the kids. Somehow, I have failed my children by not providing the same musical education. Sure, there have been piano and guitar lessons, but the liner notes are harder to find these days. It shows when we’re all singing together, and a song like Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’” gets skewered. My apologies to Jesus, who got beat out at the dairy case: “She’s a good girl, loves her mama/Loves cheeses/ and America, too.” It doesn’t stop there. Bon Jovi gets a helping hand: “Shot through the heart/And you’re to blame/You give love a band aid.” Perhaps she’s considering a career in nursing?
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From Joan Jett and the Blackhearts: “I love rock and roll/put another dime in the juicebox, baby.” Although R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe took a fun turn on “Sesame Street” singing “Shiny Happy People” with The Muppets, few of the band’s songs actually reference monsters. Except maybe this one, which I now call “the cyclops song”: “This one goes out to the oneeyed love.” In this day of being able to google everything from recipes to history facts, there are still some song lyrics that defy explanation. Even the older kids get confused. Like this one from “Over You” by Chris Daughtry. “And now I’m picking up the pieces/Singing with the Bee Gees/Putting my heart back together.” Keep your eyes peeled for the American Idol alum’s remake of “Saturday Night Fever.” Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats” references a Louisville Slugger, which any self-respecting sports fan knows is a baseball bat. My oldest, however, never did take to the game. Which may explain this one: “I took aluminum soda to both headlights/slashed a hole in all four tires/Maybe next time he’ll think before he cheats.” That’s double blasphemy right there. I really can’t blame the kids. Some of the actual lyrics are so ridiculous that we might prefer the misheard variety. Husband-and-wife musicians Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale apparently get some of their best inspiration in the kitchen. Stefani shared these words with the world in her song “Sweet Escape”: “Cause I’ve been acting like sour milk all on the floor/It’s your fault you didn’t
shut the refrigerator/Maybe that’s the reason I’ve been acting so cold” Her hubby followed up with “Love Remains the Same,” which includes lyrics that sound strange, even if you have the liner notes: “I find a place where we escape/Take you with me for a space./A city buzz that sounds just like a fridge.” A buzz like a fridge? Is it buzzing because you left it open, right before your wife spilled the milk? Even adults get confused. When I told my friend Melissa about “the one-eyed love,” she confessed that she had the first line of Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl” wrong for years. She thought he was talking to his gringo friend with the opening line “Hey, white amigo.” Darn it if I don’t sing those words every time I hear that song, even though I know that he’s singing “Hey, where did we go.” Thanks, Melissa. At a Bryan Adams concert last year, the musician told the crowd that his hit song “Summer of ’69” is popular in Japanese karaoke bars. Although the words are on the screen, they belt out, “I got my
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first real sex dream” instead of “six string.” Thank you for that bad visual, Bryan. I may need an aluminum soda and a Louisville Slugger to get that out of my head. Now that I’m getting older, there are some days when the lyrics to songs I’ve committed to memory just escape me. My kids know better than to laugh me out of a moving vehicle, though. I’m the one driving. l
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The United States has one of the highest BAC limits in the world. During the decade-plus of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, 5,087 U.S. service members lost their lives in hostile action. In that same time, about 140,000 U.S. citizens were killed in alcohol-related driving crashes. Currently, about 10,000 Americans die in automobile crashes caused by alcohol-impaired drivers each year. According to the National Traffic Safety Board, in 2011 alone another 173,000 people received nonfatal injuries in alcohol-involved
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crashes. More than 27,000 suffered incapacitating injuries. A study of 2006 data estimated the annual economic costs of these crashes to be $129.7 billion. The emotional costs of the deaths and injuries are incalculable. In May of this year, the NTSB recommended a number of actions to reduce the toll of drunk driving. A central recommendation was for all states to reduce the blood alcohol content (BAC) limit from .08 to .05. BAC is the percentage of alcohol in the blood. The NTSB estimates the lower BAC limit would save 500 to 800 lives a year. BAC depends on gender, weight, time, food consumption and other factors. It typically takes the average 195-pound U.S. male three drinks to reach a BAC of .05. For the average woman (166
pounds), it takes two drinks. The United States has one of the highest BAC limits in the world. More than 100 nations have a BAC limit of .05 or less. The European Union adopted a BAC of .05 as one of its measures to reduce traffic fatalities by half and successfully reached its goal. Regrettably, and perhaps predictably, the “beverage” industry response was that the recommendation was “ludicrous.” Sarah Longwell, managing director of the American Beverage Institute said, “Moving from 0.08 to 0.05 would criminalize perfectly responsible behavior.” Apparently driving fatalities are OK, but the possibility of reduced alcohol sales is not. Industry worries about income loss are probably misplaced. The French still drink wine and the Germans still drink beer. Scandinavians, Spaniards, the Dutch and Italians are all known to imbibe. The NTSB notes that alcohol consumption in Europe declined little after the new BAC limit was in place while road deaths decreased dramatically. Research has shown that some drivers are impaired with a BAC as low as .01. While individuals may
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be affected differently, there’s no question that impairment and crash risks increase as alcohol in the blood increases. Alcohol consumption increases reaction time, degrades judgment and makes drivers less vigilant and less likely to use a seatbelt. As a result, most countries in the world find the risk of having drivers with a BAC higher than .05 to be unacceptable. Just as it’s not wise to drive after drinking, it’s not smart to bike while tipsy. Though inebriated bicyclists primarily endanger themselves and not other road users, they always need their wits about them. While there are pub crawls by bike, biking is not the best alternative to avoid a crash or a DUI ticket. It’s better to walk, take public transit or have a designated driver. Those are the ways Europeans avoid what can be enormous fines and prison terms for drunk driving. The NTSB recommendation is just that: a recommendation. The NTSB has no regulatory authority. The last time it recommended a lowering of the BAC, from .10 to .08, it took all 50 states more than 20 years to adopt the recommended limit through legislation. For the sake of us all, I hope a lower BAC limit can be put in place in California (where there were 774 alcohol-related traffic fatalities in 2010) quickly. We shouldn’t have to wait 20 years to prevent needless carnage. Walt Seifert is a bicyclist, driver and transportation writer. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net. l
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or rained upon will establish good root systems before next year’s parching heat. It’s ironic that some nurseries have already reduced their plant inventories in preparation for the holidays when people should be clamoring to buy plants. If you can’t find what you need, there are a few opportunities to buy plants well suited for our climate.
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eople who live in colder climates often say that they prefer to live where there are four seasons. California is reputed to have just two. We are the land of extremes: wet and dry; brown and green; fire and flood. Gardeners know that Sacramento does indeed have spring, summer, fall and winter. Our change of seasons is more subtle than in lands that are frozen and brown from November until April. The seasonal changes happen on a different schedule that is influenced from year to year by rain. California also has a unique time when native plant life seems suspended. Judith Larner Lowry, in her book “The Landscaping Ideas of Jays,” says that the period between summer and fall is a fifth season. Plants are in a holding pattern, waiting for rain to push new growth. Seeds that have scattered on the ground are ready to germinate. Shrubs and trees are poised to send out new roots. Brown grass will soon turn green. Lowry says that people who arrived in California in the spring were “generally delighted with the place,” while summer and fall newcomers were not thrilled by the dry brown hills. That was certainly my experience. Sacramento seemed like a tropical paradise when I moved here from Ohio at the end of March more than 30 years ago. I watched in dismay later that spring and summer as everything that wasn’t irrigated artificially seemed to die. Then, in late autumn, the hills came back to
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Many of the arboretum allstars are natives of California, but others are from Mediterranean climates throughout the world.
life. The plants weren’t dead. They were simply waiting. People who learned to garden where rain and snow fall throughout the year and where ground freezes hard, or who rely on books written for other parts of the world, have to forget the idea that this is the time of
year of final harvest and putting the garden to bed for the winter. For us, October is a time of renewed energy. Fall’s time of renewal is ideal planting time. During the fifth season, the ground is still warm and welcoming, but the days are cooler and shorter. Plants that are irrigated
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The UC Davis Arboretum will hold two plant sales in October. The first is Saturday, Oct. 5. There is a special members-only sale from 9 to 11 a.m., and the public is welcome from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The sale on Sunday, Oct. 20, is open to the public. Members get a 10 percent discount, and new members get an additional $10 coupon. The arboretum has developed a list of 100 Valley AllStars. This selection of perennials, grasses, shrubs, trees, groundcovers and vines provides relatively easy, water-efficient beauty in Sacramento Valley conditions. You can see many of them in the arboretum’s gardens and in the water-efficient landscape at Fair Oaks Horticulture Center.
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Many of the arboretum all-stars are natives of California, but others are from Mediterranean climates throughout the world. Another valley source for terrific perennials and herbs is Morningsun Herb Farm in Vacaville. Elk Grove’s Cornflower Farms offers native plants, and will be open for retail sales on Saturday, Oct 12. There is still time in October to start a winter vegetable garden. This is a good time to plant trendy kale and other nutritious greens, leeks, onions and cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage and Brussels sprouts. Check the Sacramento County Master Gardeners’ Gardening Guide and Calendar for information about the best times to set out plants or directly sow seeds. Will ample rains come this year? A surprise rainstorm passed through on Labor Day. Only a 10th of an inch was recorded, but it cleared the air, freshened the foliage, awoke some seeds and made us hope that it was a sign of a wet winter. This rainfall
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wasn’t unusual. We average a third of an inch of rain in September and an inch in October. If we’re lucky, steadier, soaking rains will follow in November and throughout the winter. California is more than a land of extremes. It’s a land of incredible diversity in people, geography and plants. We scoff at the idea of a mere four seasons. We have five! Anita Clevenger is a Sacramento County UC Master Gardener. For answers to gardening questions, call 875-6913 or go to ucanr. edu/sites/sacmg/, where you will find information about vegetable gardening, how to order a copy of the 2014 Gardening Guide and Calendar, and details about Fair Oaks Horticulture Center’s final open garden of the year on Wednesday, Oct. 16, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For information about the UC Davis Arboretum All-Star plants and upcoming plant sales, go to arboretum.ucdavis.edu. l
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Shelly Willis Her job is helping art to thrive in Sacramento
of my career. I felt like I was coming home when I was hired to manage the public art program. Shortly after I was hired, the county broke ground on the airport’s new Terminal B. I managed the artist selection, fabrication and installation of the project.
In Sacramento, you encounter art as you move through the city.
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he famed red rabbit sculpture at Sacramento International Airport may be the city’s best-known public artwork, but it’s far from our only piece of public art. According to Shelly Willis, director of Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission and its Art in Public Places program, art in Sacramento is alive and well. The commission keeps the city vibrant through arts education and grants and is poised to enrich new development with engaging works of art. Tell me about the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission. The arts commission was established in 1977 to support artists and arts organizations and is overseen by an 11-member commission. It has three major programs: arts education; public art, which funds art in the public realm; and grant program. It really makes a difference to the 55 arts organizations we fund. What’s your background? Before coming to Sacramento, I worked for the University of Minnesota, directing the university’s
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Shelly Willis, director of Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission and its Art in Public Places program
public art program throughout the state. I’ve worked in government and nonprofit organizations for more than 25 years in the city of Fairfield, Sonoma and the city of Columbus. I studied art history and business
administration at Chico State, and my first “real job” was right here in Sacramento at the California Arts Council. I remember thinking the public art position at the arts commission would be the capstone
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We all know about Sacramento Airport’s red rabbit. Tell me about other projects of the Art in Public Places campaign. The public art program was the brainchild of former Sacramento Mayor Phil Isenberg. He was a visionary. Something that’s near and dear to my heart is caring for the hundreds of works that are in the collection. Art must be maintained like anything else. We just conserved 11 sculptures by Dennis Oppenheim (the flying birds) at the airport. And for months we’ve been restoring a beloved work of art located on the west side of the Macy’s parking garage. This piece, by Fred Ball, will be reinstalled in celebration of ARTober—national arts awareness month—along with the Cesar Chavez Memorial. There’s also a new mural by John Pugh on the Elkhorn water tower, and a sculpture by Jenny Hale for Burberry Park.
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900 UNIVERSITY AVE., SUITE 101 SACRAMENTO, CA 95825 Why is public art important for a community? You really feel the difference in a city that has invested in a public art program. In Sacramento, you encounter art as you move through the city. It provides a reference for the past and helps us better understand who we are. It uniquely identifies a community and makes it a more interesting place to visit. It can engage us in ideas and inspire us to think. It makes a city more beautiful. Arts Day of Giving was quite a success this year. How much was raised and what are the goals for next year? This was our first year. The day was spearheaded by the Sacramento Region Community Foundation in partnership with Mayor Johnson’s For Arts’ Sake initiative, Give Local Now and the arts commission. It was the first “online” day of giving in our community. The success of the event depended on the arts organizations using social media—and they did! Over $525,000 was raised. The 2014 Day of Giving is May 6. There is a great opportunity to build on last year. What are your goals for SMAC and Sacramento? With the development that’s planned in the next 10 years, it’s exciting to think about how we might look at our city in terms of art. As the community develops over time, we don’t want to just react to development. To help us be proactive, we are working on the city’s first cultural plan. We are currently engaged in partnerships with business
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districts to produce public artworks. I hope to continue to expand and grow this program. We also will focus attention on growing and supporting the multicultural arts community and education programs, particularly in the schools. There are incredible leaders in Sacramento, all poised to help advance the arts agenda. I am motivated every day by these leaders and thrilled to be in a position to take the arts and cultural community to the next place. Kellie Randle can be reached at kellier@me.com. l
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Noses for Crime A writer’s real dogs inspire fictional ones
bloodhound, would make the perfect sidekick for my human sleuth, Elsie “Beanie” MacBean, and be easier to follow on steep Tahoe trails. Unlike their taller hound ancestors, which ran with hunters riding horseback, the short-legged basset was specially bred in France to be followed on foot when out on the hunt. It was the Marquis de Lafayette who introduced the basset hound to America, as a gift to President George Washington after the American Revolution.
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In my first book, “Howling Bloody hen a writer and lifelong
Murder,” Cruiser sniffs out the
dog lover has been owned
first victim while he and Beanie are
by a barker’s dozen of
walking along the Tahoe Rim Trail.
dogs, it’s reasonable to assume
He’s been helping Beanie track bad
that they might end up being
guys (and gals) at Lake Tahoe ever
written about. If that person is
since. Cruiser also offers some comic
also a mystery author, one of her
relief in these tales of murder and
dogs might end up as a character
mayhem in the High Sierra. My own
in a book, like Cruiser the canine
dogs have never failed to provide me
sleuth in my Beanie and Cruiser
with endless material for my books.
Mystery Series. I decided the basset
They are always doing something
hound breed, whose keen scenting
amusing or remarkable that finds
ability is second only to that of the
its way into the plot. Fictional dog Cruiser is most like my first male
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basset hound, Bubba Gump. Bubba was a great dog and lived 14 years, which is pretty old for a basset. Like Cruiser, he loved running along the flapping in the breeze. He liked to play Frisbee with a mini bagel and could fling it like a Wham-O master clear
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in my mind, fun and easygoing but
across a room. Bubba became Cruiser always ready to defend his territory or his mistress if need be. Bubba once chased a paramedic and ripped the seat of his pants as he leapt to safety
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most challenging adopted dogs, Daisy
So was the paramedic. Bubba wasn’t
and Peaches. Crazy Daisy, as I still
about to let that guy take his mom
refer to her, left a lasting impression
away. Who’d ever have thought a
on me, and I’ve written a lot about
funny-looking basset could be such
her. She was paws-down my worst
a fierce guard dog? Bubba was a
dog ever, but it wasn’t her fault.
wonderful, protective companion
Daisy was the unfortunate product
to me, just as Cruiser is for Beanie,
of a puppy mill. My current adoptee,
a widow who lives alone in her
Peaches, also has issues from her
mountain cabin.
past, though not as bad as Daisy’s
In my latest mystery, “Braced for
shores of Lake Tahoe, ears and jowls
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over our picket fence. I was shocked!
Murder,” I introduce another canine character to the series. Calamity,
were. Their shenanigans have become a gold mine for Calamity’s character. For example, Calamity is constantly
a female basset, is Cruiser’s new
getting into trouble eating things
partner in crime. Calamity is aptly
she shouldn’t, like Beanie’s secret
named because she’s the polar
stash of chocolate or her earrings.
opposite of Cruiser. She’s trouble with
Daisy once devoured an entire pound
a capital T. Like all but one of my
of fudge, and she was a champion
own bassets, Cruiser and Calamity
counter surfer. We could never leave
are both rescue dogs. Calamity’s
a stick of butter too near the edge
character is a composite of my two
of the kitchen table. I discovered
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she also had a fetish for jewelry when my earrings kept mysteriously vanishing. She sure wasn’t wearing them, although those long ears of hers would have been perfect for multiple piercings. Finally, I discovered the Jewels of the Pile in our backyard one day. Truth is stranger than fiction, unless you’re referring to a Beanie and Cruiser Mystery. It’s all fodder for my books. After nearly 40 years of living with those wonderful hounds of mine, I doubt I’ll ever exhaust the wealth of inspiration they have provided for Beanie’s canine companions. My dogs and I have never solved a crime together, but just as with Cruiser and Calamity, you never know what trouble those keen noses of theirs might encounter. Sue Owens Wright is an awardwinning author of books and articles about dogs. “Braced for Murder” is her latest book in the Beanie and Cruiser Mystery Series from Five Star Publishing. She can be reached at beanieandcruiser@aol.com. l
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in his head and sculpt it. “You don’t see this very often,” said Osborne, who estimated he has taught a few hundred artists in the Sacramento area. “Having an idea of something and being able to create it—that’s the sign of a good artist.”
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hile taking down his recent show of bronze sculpture at the Barton Gallery, David Alexander paused for a few moments to talk about his work. “From the front, this piece looks like a beautiful woman, but if you walk around to the back, it’s something completely different,” he said about a work titled “Beauty,” which depicts a woman’s face framed by long hair in the front, an abstract spiral in the back. As he discussed his work, Alexander, 48, was reflective, recalling the ins and outs of his life, the disappointments and the challenges. He’s worked at numerous jobs in electronics and biotech during his career, and he wistfully recalled not having enough money for art school after spending four years in the Army. But all the while, a quiet energy surfaced as he talked about his sculpture. Alexander has exhibited his work in group shows at galleries throughout the region, including The Brickhouse in Oak Park, Blue Line Arts in Roseville and Kuumba Collective Gallery on Del Paso Boulevard. His recent show of 12 bronze pieces and six paintings was his first solo show, and it was the Barton Gallery’s last. Greg Barton, an artist and sculptor who passed away in 2006, founded the gallery and gave many upstart and midcareer artists the chance to show their work. A lively chapter in Sacramento’s art history ended when the gallery closed on Aug. 31 after 18 years.
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Alexander has an innate ability to make sculpture.
Sculptor David Alexander at work on a piece
While he has been making art most of his life, Alexander renewed his creative focus three years ago. “I was in a near-fatal car accident in 2009, and it really changed me,” he explained. “For the longest time, I was the most negative person. But now I have a different outlook.” While recovering from the accident, which left him with a broken vertebra in his neck, Alexander discovered
that he had time to work on his art. In 2010, he enrolled in a bronze workshop with sculptor Alan Osborne at Art Foundry Gallery. He hasn’t stopped working since. “It’s like turning a corner and knowing you’re going down the right street,” he said. Alexander has an innate ability to make sculpture, said Osborne, noting that he can develop an image
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In 2011, Alexander began working with sculptor Adam Reeder, which helped take his work to another level. One especially vivid piece of Alexander’s depicts actor Vin Diesel as the science-fiction character Riddick. The finely sculpted bronze head captures the age of the 46-yearold actor as well as his intensity. “My son likes those Riddick movies,” Alexander says by way of explaining how Riddick landed in the show, which includes sculptures of jazz artists and Barack Obama. While he didn’t sell anything at the show, Alexander said people were interested in his work, and he got an inquiry about a potential commission to do a portrait of Muhammad Ali for a traveling exhibit showcasing the former heavyweight boxer. Alexander has received other commissions, including the creation of a helmet and sword for the Sacramento Kings. The real highlight of the Barton show, he said, was an art talk with Sac State’s Allan Gordon, a professor emeritus in art history. “A person of his standing at my event really gave
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Alexander plans to continue making sculpture while working full time at Morgan Technical Ceramics in Auburn. “I want to do something worthy of bronze,” he said. “I want to do something important that people will see generations from now and think, ‘Wow, that’s great.’” He stood up to load his bronze sculptures in the truck parked in front of the gallery. “Now the real work begins,” he said. l
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Get Your Art on! Performances, exhibits, concerts, festivals and more crowd the calendar
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s many Sacramentans know, it’s time for ARTober—a monthlong celebration of all things artistic in California’s capital. The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau, Sacramento365. com and For Arts’ Sake have teamed up to remind local art lovers of more than 150 local arts events happening each day in our fair city. Check out artobersac.com for up-tothe-minute listings of performances, exhibits, concerts, festivals and more during the month of October. Now get your art on!
Stranger Than Fiction If you’ve never heard of Anne Sexton, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, you’ll be glad you have now. KOLT Run Creations presents “My Own Stranger,” a theatrical production featuring Sexton’s compelling prose at various venues throughout Sacramento during the month of October. Acclaimed as our capital’s favorite fringe theater, KOLT Run Creations has assembled an artistic team of
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KOLT Run Creations presents “My Own Stranger,” a theatrical production featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Anne Sexton's prose. Photo courtesy of TBrindisi Photography.
three adept actresses to represent Sexton’s struggles with family, love, loss and mental illness—culminating in the writer’s untimely suicide at age 47. Adapted from Sexton’s poetry, interviews and letters by Linda Laundra and Marilyn Campbell, “My Own Stranger” is sure to awe, inspire and even tug a few heartstrings—The New York Times describes the piece as “a life’s work celebrated with genius, urgency and humor.” Performances will take place in art galleries across the city, starting on the weekend of Oct. 3 at the Alex Bult Gallery (114 21st St., Suite B), followed by a one-night performance on Oct. 7 at the Sacramento Poetry
Center (located at the R25 complex at 2509 R St.). Performances will continue on Oct. 10 and 11 at Sol Collective (2574 21st St.) and on Oct.17 and 18 at Gallery 2110 (2110 K St.), which will also be featuring the artwork of Stephanie Gardner. The final performance will take place in the historic ballroom at the Crocker Art Museum (216 O St.) on Oct. 24. Due to the intimate nature of these venues, advance ticket purchase is highly recommended. For tickets and more information, visit koltruncreations.com.
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Rhapsody in Two By now you’re probably aware that the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra and the Sacramento Opera have joined forces to become Two in Tune, a performance group featuring the masterful music and opera singing that you’ve come to expect from both organizations. Lend an ear to their first tandem performance at “Here to Stay: The Gershwin Experience” at 2 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19 at the Community Center Theater. This multimedia concert will feature the song stylings of soprano Sylvia McNair, the kinetic conducting of Maestro Michael Morgan (in tie and tails, no less), rare Gershwin family
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archival material and, of course, the iconic music of George and Ira Gershwin, including “I Got Rhythm” and “Rhapsody in Blue.”
Lend an ear to their first tandem performance at “Here to Stay: The Gershwin Experience” at 2 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19 at the Community Center Theater. For tickets and more information, call 808-5181 or go to 2intune.org. The Community Center Theater is at 1301 L St.
Feet of Fire A mythic tale of a mysterious creature. A primitive ritual revisited. A jumpin’ jazz score dripping with jewels. These are just a few of the splendors to be expected at the Sacramento Ballet’s performance of “The Firebird” with “Rite of Spring” Oct. 24-27 at the Community Center Theater. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the iconic and riveting “Rite of Spring,” co-Artistic Director Ron Cunningham retells and reimagines this sensational, sensual ballet. Sharing the program is the tantalizing Russian tale of “The Firebird”: the otherworldly Firebird springs to life to help Prince Ivan rescue a captive princess and establish a royal empire—all with stunning costumes and choreography. Then comes George Balanchine’s ribald “Rubies:” sizzling steps set to a redhot jazz score. Don’t walk, run—or pirouette, if you’re so inclined—to get your tickets to this exciting program. For tickets and more information, call 808-5181 or go to sacballet.org.
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If you’re looking for something a little out of the ordinary, don’t miss the Montana Skies concert at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17, at Crocker Art Museum
The Community Center Theater is at 1301 L St.
Heart of Glass It’s that time of year again: the Sacramento Choral Society presents the first performance of its Stained Glass Concert series at Fremont Presbyterian Church on Saturday, Oct. 26. The “Inspiring Masterworks” program will feature soprano Yoo Ri Clark, mezzo Amy Stevens, tenor Matt Hidalgo and bass John Martin lending their tremendous vocal talents to compositions that include George Frederic Handel’s Organ Concerto in B-flat (with organist Dr. Ryan Enright), Franz Joseph Haydn’s “Missa Cellensis (Mariazellermesse)” and more. For tickets and more information, call 452-7132 or go to fremontpres. org. Fremont Presbyterian Church is at 5770 Carlson Drive.
Woz Up? Whether you prefer PC or Mac, Microsoft or Apple, both camps can agree that there are few computer connoisseurs as influential as Apple Inc.’s Steve Wozniak. The inventor, engineer and programmer will open the new season of the Sacramento Speakers Series on Oct. 1 at the Community Center Theater.
The son of an engineer at Lockheed Martin, Wozniak—known affectionately as Woz—was elated by electronics at an early age (as a kid, he would build electronics from scratch). During a brief stint at UC Berkeley, Woz met a young fellow computer programmer named Steve Jobs—the two co-founded Apple Computer on April 1, 1976, and the rest is history. The self-described “computer geek” will download all the fascinating details of his life as a revolutionary visionary in an engagement you won’t want to miss. For tickets and more information, call 388-1100 or go to sacramentospeakers.com.
Full House Crocker Art Museum is full of fantastic festivities this month: Read on to figure out how you’re going to welcome the arrival of autumn at the museum. First up is a performance at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3 of Ross Hammond’s “Humanity Suite,” an original piece performed by Hammond and his sextet to honor the ongoing exhibition “Kara Walker’s Tales of Slavery and Power.” Hammond— the founder of the In the Flow music festival and award-winning guitarist—and his talented troupe are sure to inspire and delight. The next week, check out Art Mix and the launch of the Architectural
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Festival from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10. The Crocker is teaming up with the American Institute of Architects (Central Valley Chapter) to present this one-of-a-kind celebration of structures. Chat with local architects and designers, groove to live music by the instrumental fusionist group Keys on Plastic, participate in a PechaKucha session on architecture and agriculture, ogle building models by local designers, take in a film, and interact with SacDigiFab’s installation Pixel City. The event is free for members and is included in general admission. At 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13, soothe your spirit at the Crocker Classical Concert featuring sopranos Leslie Sandefu and Sheryl Counter singing spirituals and select works by Frederic Chopin, Giacomo Puccini and Oscar Peterson, with Theresa Keene on piano. You can even start the day with a Prelude Tour at 1:30 p.m. before you settle in for some moving music. If you’re looking for something a little out of the ordinary, don’t miss the Montana Skies concert at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17. This crazy-cool duo, composed of a guitar and an electric cello, has been called everything from chamber rock to psychedelic strings—their program contains everything from Pink Floyd to Antonio Vivaldi and original compositions combining classical, jazz improv and rock ’n’ roll. Sound confusing? Listen to the boundarybreaking tunes and suss it out for yourself. The latter part of October marks the start of three very different, dynamic exhibitions at the Crocker. First is the Collaboration of the Arts, a community program dedicated to promoting fine art in the greater Auburn area. This exhibit, opening Oct. 17, features fascinating artwork from artists ages 4-21—photography inspired by music, 21st century oil paintings that reference Rembrandt and whimsical watercolors. Shake hands with the creative youngsters at the special reception from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20.
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Previews continued from page 75 To see where this creativity goes as it grows, check out “Sky is Falling: Paintings by Julie Heffernan,” on display from Oct. 20 through Jan. 26. The Yale University School of Art graduate tells various fantastical tales about self and society with versions of her own self-portrait using European oil painting techniques. The result is imaginative and innovative—an exhibit not to be missed.
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Hoping to get your hands on something sensational and unique? You can’t take anything off the Crocker walls, but you can shop at its Art and Antique Show & Sale being held Oct. 25-27 at the Scottish Rite Center. More than 50 dealers from across the country will be showcasing one-of-a-kind collector items, from vintage jewelry to antique furniture. Have a question about a piece you have at home? Specialists will be on hand to answer conservation and restoration questions throughout the event. Admission is $8, parking is free and lunch will be available for purchase. For more information, call 807-0158. The Scottish Rite Center is at 6151 H St. For more information on all Crocker events and exhibits, call 8081182 or go to crockerartmuseum.org. Crocker Art Museum is at 216 O St.
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common? Find out at the Saddle Up & Paint event from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5 at La Raza Galería Posada. This unique fundraiser will raise money and awareness for a variety of causes. The Sacramento Police Mounted Association will present demonstrations to raise funds to support its horses—the saddles currently in use are too old and don’t fit the horses properly—and other SPMA outreach programs. The association will in turn present scholarships to low-income students for English classes at the Casa de Español school in Midtown. La Raza Galería Posada will be hosting workshops for kids to create Día de los Muertos sugar skulls and paint masks as well as organizing the silent auction of a Carmen Lomas Garza print and a tour of the La Raza complex. The event will include live music by the Josh Macrae Band and the College Fun Band to get you in the mood to groove and give generously. For more information, call Mindy Giles at 447-6508 or go to lrgp.org. La
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Saturday, Oct. 12 at the Sacramento City College Performing Arts Center. Maestro Christian Baldini will lead the opulent orchestra through classical folk compositions that are more than just music for him.
“I have chosen composers who are very close to my heart, and the audience is really in for a treat with a concert program that offers variety, energy, colors from the world and very sensual atmospheres.”
“‘Folk Inspirations’ is a very special program that features four works that borrow musical material from sources outside the concert hall,” Baldini says. “I have chosen composers who are very close to my heart, and the audience is really in for a treat with a concert program that offers variety, energy, colors from the world and very sensual atmospheres.” The program also will include soprano Carrie Hennessey singing the stunning “Bachiana Brasileira No. 5” by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. The piece is written for only the orchestra’s cello and a solo soprano voice—a sound that is sure to be pure magic. For tickets and more information, call 929-6655 or go to camelliasymphony.org. The Sacramento City College Performing Arts Center is at 3835 Freeport Blvd. Parking is available in lots F and G with shuttle service to the PAC.
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Check out Riverfront Plaza’s Art on the Plaza open house from 2 to 5 p.m. on Oct. 12 during Second Saturday and enjoy some beautiful artwork
Raza Galería Posada is at 2700 Front St.
Art at Home If you’re looking for a place to call home—or simply want to take a peek inside some pretty condos and take in some sensational art—check out Riverfront Plaza’s Art on the Plaza open house from 2 to 5 p.m. on Oct. 12 during Second Saturday. The 90-unit downtown condominium development describes itself as “art friendly”—which is especially fitting considering it’s right next door to the Crocker Art Museum and is the only condo community in the country that has committed funds to purchasing local and regional art for display on the grounds. The complex recently acquired a slew of new artwork by the likes of John Collentine, Stephanie Taylor, Phill Evans, Alan Osborne, Taylor
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institutions. The artifacts will be on display for free viewing at the California State Archives, the California State Library, the Center for Sacramento History and the Sacramento Public Library—a free shuttle service will be provided among the locations in a 1950s-era transit bus. As you visit each location, get your “passport” stamped to receive a
Painter Jay Welden has a way with a paintbrush. Be wowed by his watercolors at Alex Bult Gallery from Oct. 8 through Nov. 2. Welden works his wonder with watercolor landscapes as well as a new series he’s entitled “Muse.” Inspired by 15th century artist Francesco Laurana’s “Bust of a Lady,” Welden’s latest series is a study of the colored marble sculpture on display at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna—only, in the hands of Welden, rendered in vibrant watercolor. Wave to Welden (or shake his hand) in person at the preview event from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10, or at the Second Saturday reception from 6 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 12. For more information, call 476-5540 or go to alexbultgalley. a Maestro ny Orchestr pulent com. The Alex Bult Gallery o h p ym S Camellia ad the o aldini will le lk compositions is at 1114 21st St., Suite B, in Christian B fo l a ic rough class Midtown. orchestra th limitededition set of commemorative coasters depicting reproductions of a Whether you’re an ardent archivist Japanese Sen Nin Bari vest, the first or a curious curio hunter, don’t miss Sacramento City Seal, the California A Passion to Preserve, the third State Seal and the earliest known annual Sacramento Archives Crawl image of Sacramento. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, If you’re new to the archive scene, Oct. 5 in celebration of National stop by the Preservation Fair at the Archives Month. Tsakopoulos Library Galleria to chat Crawl participants—the event with preservation professionals, who is open to the public—will get the will be on hand with suggestions for chance to view rarely seen archives preserving precious family papers, from 23 Northern California
photographs, art, textiles, home movies and more. For more information, go to sacarchivescrawl.blogspot.com. Archives will be on display at California State Archives (1020 O St.), California State Library (900 N St.), Center for Sacramento History (551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd.) and the Sacramento Public Library’s Sacramento Room (828 I St.).
Time for Storytime Surely you’re familiar with the strange little man who helps a maiden spin straw into gold. Watch the actors of Storytime Theatre do the same with the words of a play when Sacramento City College presents “Rumpelstiltskin” from Oct. 12 through Nov. 3. This timeless tale of desperation, deceit and one very unusual talent has been adapted by Doug Lawson and is directed by Matt K. Miller. Bring the whole family. Admission is only $5 for all. For more information, call 5582174. All performances will take place in the Little Theatre at Sacramento
August in October “Fore!” Stay alert and keep your eyes peeled when Celebration Arts brings August Wilson’s riveting drama “Radio Golf” to Sacramento, now playing through Oct. 20. The final play in Wilson’s 10play cycle chronicling the African American experience in the 20th century, “Radio Golf” pits politics and real estate against ethics in Pittsburgh in 1997. The compelling cast features William “Patric” Council, Zarati Depaz, Romann Hodge, Kelton Howard and Jeanette Taylor in this thought-provoking and passionate play. For tickets and more information, go to mycommunityevents.com. For more information on Celebration Arts, go to celebrationarts.net. Celebration Arts is at 4469 D St. Jessica Laskey can be reached at goldman.jr@gmail.com. Please e-mail items for consideration by the first of the month, at least one month in advance of the event. l
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Beyond Sushi Nagato provides a beautiful break from the commonplace
By Greg Sabin
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ave you ever found some element of modern life so ever-present that you no longer notice it? Or even worse, has a new trend or product become so commonplace that it doesn’t stands out? Remember when seeing a Toyota Prius was a strange and exciting occurrence? Similarly, remember when going out for sushi was a unique and special dining experience? Now, you can find an unremarkable sushi restaurant tucked into every strip mall and shopping center. The menus are eerily similar. The omnipresent Hoshizaki refrigerated sushi bars, the saran-wrapped blocks of tuna, the Tupperware containers of day-glo fish eggs all speak to a dull sameness that cheapens a delicate and rare cuisine that should be held to a higher standard. It is a shame, then, that Nagato Japanese Restaurant looks, at first glance, like so many of these common establishments. It is a shame because the culinary skill, precision and history that go into each dish is something to be admired and not overlooked. First of all, Nagato is not a sushi restaurant. Sure, it serves sushi, but more to keep up with expectations and trends than as a focus. Nagato’s true place is as a purveyor of traditional Japanese dishes, those soups, stews, curries, grilled meats and fried goodies that have become underwhelming afterthoughts at the neighborhood sushi joint.
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Rainbow roll from Nagato Japanese Restaurant
Let’s start with tempura. Sure, dipping shrimp and veggies in batter and giving them a swim in the fryolator seems like an easy task. But Nagato uses a 40-year-old batter recipe that gives its fried treats a special zing and a toothy crunch, raising it to a level rarely seen in the deep-fried arts. Next, a simple cucumber salad. My expectations are always low when I order this dish, expecting limp cucumbers and overly sweet dressing. What Nagato serves, however, is a petite and visually beautiful dish that combines crisp cucumber slices with a delicate relish of pickled vegetables
and a light, bracing vinegar dressing. The care obviously taken with this frequent letdown is an obvious sign of thoughtful preparation in the kitchen. How about soup? Once again, at most Japanese establishments, the complimentary miso soup at the beginning of a meal brings with it very little effort or, for that matter, taste. Nagato’s offering gets your attention. It’s a crystal-clear broth with the flavor of a several-day simmer, a pinch of whisper-thin noodles and an overall warmth that speaks of great things to come. Let’s move on to Nagato’s signature dish, sukiyaki. Before my
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first visit to Nagato, I was unfamiliar with this Japanese delicacy. It took an in-depth conversation with my good friend, Pete, to educate me on the finer points of sukiyaki-ology. A Tokyo-trained sushi chef, former Nagato employee and incredible jazz drummer, Pete is a wealth of knowledge. He informed me that sukiyaki is a traditional Japanese hot pot dish, sometimes served with great ceremony and elegance in Japan, but more of a comfort dish here in the States.
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Insider continued from page 80 It’s part stew, part soup, with special attention given to the finely sliced meats and vegetables added to the amazingly flavorful broth that holds the whole thing together. Nagato’s version is a savory, onionheavy, meaty broth with thinly sliced beef, cabbage, bamboo shoots and a handful of delicate noodles. It is better than almost any French onion soup you have ever had, with more body, more variety of texture and more suggestive moaning noises than you typically make while slurping up soup. The broth has that rich, velvety mouthfeel that one only gets from a not ungenerous helping of butter or meat fat. It’s a hearty meal by itself, but Nagato’s full dinner includes all the items listed above (soup, salad, tempura) as well. Other than the sukiyaki, the simple teriyaki dishes are well prepared
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L D Full Bar $$$ Modern American cuisine in an upscale historic setting
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B L D $ No table service at this coffee roaster and bakery, also serving creative artisanal sandwiches
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1806 Capitol Ave. 447-8646
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Frank Fat’s...an American Classic
and generous. The traditional
space on Fulton Avenue—was
Japanese curries (typically more
recently closed down so that
savory and more gravy-like than
developers could build that other
Thai or Indian curries) are nearly
banal omnipresence of suburban
Midwestern in their heartiness,
living, the chain pharmacy.
perfect for a winter’s day feasting.
It’s also a little sad that Nagato
Really, anything that comes out of
changed its name during the move.
the kitchen is wonderfully prepared
For those nearly 40 years, it was
and faithful to the Japanese recipes
known as Nagato Sukiyaki, proudly
Nagato’s owners brought with them
stating its expertise in that fine
when they opened in the 1970s.
traditional dish. Now, its signage
It’s a shame that Nagato appears
reads “Nagato Japanese Restaurant.”
from the outside to be another
Sure, it has lost some of its identity,
common sushi place. Perhaps,
but thankfully none of its expertise.
even more shameful, is that it did not appear this way until recently. Nagato’s former home of nearly 40 years—a fun, funky, wood-paneled
Nagato Japanese Restaurant is at 2820 Marconi Ave.; 489-8230; nagatosukiyaki.com. l
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806 L St. 442-7092
L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Chinese favorites in an elegant setting • Fatsrestaurants.com
Il Fornaio
400 Capitol Mall 446-4100
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B L D Full Bar $$$ Simple, seasonal, soulful • grangerestaurant.com
Hock Farm Craft & Provision
L D $$ • D with minimum diners call to inquire $$ Wine/Beer. Elegantly presented American cuisine. Operated by volunteers to benefit Sacramento Children's Home. Small and large groups. Reservations recommended • casagardenrestaurant.org
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Freeport Bakery
2966 Freeport Blvd. 442-4256
B L $ Award-winning baked goods and cakes for eat in or take out • Freeportbakery.com
Iron Grill
Have Lunch at McDonald’s Saturday, Oct. 5 Noon to 2 p.m.
13th Street and Broadway 737-5115
L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Upscale neighborhood steakhouse • Ironsteaks.com
1415 L St. 440-8888
L D $$-$$ Full Bar Celebration of the region's rich history and bountiful terrain • Paragarys.com
Mikuni Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar 1530 J St. 447-2112
L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Japanese cuisine served in an upscale setting • Mikunisushi.com
Ten 22
1022 Second St. 441-2211
L D Wine/Beer $$ American bistro favorites with a modern twist in a casual, Old Sac setting • ten22oldsac.com
LAND PARK Casa Garden Restaurant 2760 Sutterville Road 452-2809
3006 K Street 33% of all sales will be donated to restore CLUNIE
Jamie's Bar and Grill
427 Broadway 442-4044
L D $ Full Bar Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Dine in or take out since 1986
B L D $$ Wine/Beer International cuisine with dessert specialties in a casual setting
Leatherby’s Family Creamery
Riverside Clubhouse
Willie's Burgers
2415 16th St. 444-2006
L D $ House-made ice cream and specialties, soups and sandwiches
L D $ Great burgers and more. Open until 3 on Friday and Saturday • williesburgers.com
Lemon Grass Restaurant
2633 Riverside Drive 448-9988
L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American cuisine served in a contemporary setting • Riversideclubhouse.com
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Taylor's Kitchen
2924 Freeport Boulevard 443-5154
D $$$ Wine/Beer Dinner served Wed. through Saturday. Reservations suggested but walk-ins welcome.
Bella Bru Café
5038 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883
B L D $-$$ Full Bar Espresso, omelettes, salads, table service from 5 -9 p.m. • bellabrucafe.com
Tower Café
1518 Broadway 441-0222
Café Vinoteca
2333 Arden Way 920-8382
601 Munroe St. 486-4891
L D $$ Full Bar Patio Vietnamese and Thai cuisine in a casual yet elegant setting
Matteo's Pizza
5132 Fair Oaks. Blvd. 779-0727
L D Beer/Wine $$ Neighborhood gathering place for pizza, pasta and grill dishes
The Mandarin Restaurant 4321 Arden Way 488-47794
D $$-$$$ Full Bar Gourmet Chineses food for 32 years • Dine in and take out
3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 487-1331
L D $$ Full Bar Italian bistro in a casual setting • Cafevinoteca.com
Roxy
Esther's Cupcakes
B L D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine with a Western touch in a creative upscale atmosphere • roxyrestaurantandbar.com
2600 Fair Oaks Blvd. 481-4800
Traditional and unusual flavor combinations • estherscupcakes.com
Ettore’s
2376 Fair Oaks Blvd. 482-0708
B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio European-style gourmet café with salads, soup, spit-roasted chicken, and desserts in a bistro setting • Ettores.com
Jackson Dining
1120 Fulton Ave. 483-7300
L D $$ Wine/Beer Creative cuisine in a casual setting • Jacksoncateringevents.com
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
The Kitchen
2381 Fair Oaks Blvd. 489-2000
Ristorante Piatti
571 Pavilions Lane 649-8885
L D $$ Full Bar Contemporary Italian cuisine in a casually elegant setting • piatti.com
Sam's Hof Brau
2500 Watt 482-2175 L D $$ Wine/Beer Fresh quality meats roasted daily • thehofbrau.com
Thai House
427 Munroe in Loehmann's 485-3888 L D $$ Wine/Beer Featuring the great taste of Thai traditional specialties • sacthaihouse.com
Willie's Burgers
5050 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-5050
L D $ Great burgers and more • williesburgers. com l
2225 Hurley Way 568-7171
D $$$ Wine/Beer Five-course gourmet demonstration dinner by reservation only • Thekitchenrestaurant.com
La Rosa Blanca Taqueria 3032 Auburn Blvd. 484-0139 2813 Fulton Ave. 484-6104
L D Full Bar $$-$$ Fresh Mexican food served in a colorful family-friendly setting
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