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Seeing the Future THE DEMISE OF THE PRINTED WORD HAS BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED

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recently attended a magazine conference in Southern California for publishers of niche magazines—small and/ or specialty-focused magazines, as opposed to magazines that serve the national market. While the conference attracted about 50 publishers from all over the country, the event organizers—the owners of Niche Media—happen to live down the street from us in East Sacramento. Earlier last year, I attended the company’s larger niche magazine conference in Phoenix and walked away with a number of great ideas that we have incorporated into the running of our business. I credit this experience for our plan to expand next month with a fourth edition to The Pocket/Greenhaven neighborhood. Running a business like ours is always a learning experiment. So much of how we do things is based upon the cumulative experiences of my husband and myself, and our staff. There’s no school or training in this business, just trial and—gratefully for us—not too much error.

The wonderful thing about these conferences is that I get a chance to talk to other publishers running similar businesses. This is something I don’t have an opportunity to do locally. While I have good relations with several local publishers, in effect we all compete for the same advertisers and so are somewhat guarded with each other. The highlight speaker at the Southern California event was Michela O’Connor Abrams, president and publisher of Dwell Media. Dwell is a magazine devoted to modern architecture and design that was launched in 2000 with a national circulation of 360,000. But the magazine accounts for only about a third of the company’s annual revenues. Abrams has successfully taken the company in numerous nonprint directions to create a modern media company. Dwell has an enormously successful website and produces everything from architectural tours to events featuring modern experiences and products. The company has an online store and designs products for manufacturers seeking Dwell’s community of young, affluent lovers of all things modern. Dwell has been hired to help Lincoln Motor Company, Mercedes-Benz and BMW design vehicles that will appeal to this demographic. The message from Abrams and the other conference speakers was the need for us to diversify our source of revenues beyond print. This is to help us small publishers focus on a future when print may become obsolete.

Abrams and the other forwardthinking speakers told us that print newspapers and magazines will likely be history within five years. To a room full of print publishers, this was troublesome news. While I appreciate their perspective, I am a bit skeptical. Five years ago, this same predication was being made. It hasn’t happened yet. And I am old enough to remember that 20 years ago some genius declared that paper as we knew it would be obsolete in 10 years. While the trend is definitely toward digital, I really doubt that paper will ever go away. The conventional wisdom also says that as older people—those who read the most in terms of print newspapers, magazines and books— die off, the younger readers who replace them will strictly consume digital information. But the Dwell publisher said that their largest growth in magazine subscriptions is now from those younger than 30. While I am a dedicated Kindle electronic book reader, in recent years I have come to see its limitations. It’s great for novels you read only once, but not so good for nonfiction. I recently read Malcolm Gladwell’s excellent “David and Goliath,” as did my husband. It sparked much conversation between us, but I was lost trying to find key passages I wanted to recall. In a print book, I could have found them in an instant. So from now on, we both agreed, our nonfiction reads will be real books. I also love magazines, especially on home and travel, and have more than a dozen subscriptions. They are all available in digital formats, many

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of women, Louanne Hensley of Land Park and Moonyene Lew of Arden. They were taking a break from the rush of Christmas to share lunch with each other. Hensley and Lew were minding their own business eating lunch at the new Cafe Bernardo at the Pavilions when I was packing up to leave. I stopped to admire the ruffles on Hensley’s scarf. They began telling me about the scarf and how it was sewn with elastic to make it ruffle up. I didn’t want to disturb them and was about to move on, but they gently engaged me with their sweet conversation. There was something palpably magical, happy and spiritually rich about them. They

seemed to know a secret about how to live. I yearned to know more. I learned that Hensley is 74 and a Jazzercize dance teacher with her own studio, Jazzercise Sacramento. She’s been dancing regularly for more than three decades. Lew is 81 and doesn’t dance, but loves to walk. Their joie de vivre and appearance makes them look and seem at least 20 years younger than they claim to be. Somehow they sparkled. “Please tell me your secrets to such happy lives,” I just had to ask, remembering that just moments before I met them I had felt forlorn. They both smiled and exchanged a wink. Then they began to share. That’s when I pulled out my iPad and

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such as knitting, growing African violets, watercolors, photography. Like exercise, make sure it’s something you like so you will stick to it. 5. Keep current. Stay up on current events in the news and newspapers and in your community. And stay up on the latest events that are going on in society and your community. Take a computer class to learn how to use it. 6. Volunteer. “You have to like the activity you volunteer for, so you may need to try a few things,” Lew said. 7. Accept yourself as you are. “Enjoy being yourself. Don’t think you have to follow the latest trend to be like everyone else. Just enjoy being you. Life is too short to chase trends, so just have fun,” Hensley said. 8. Don’t worry. “You can spend all your time worrying and stressing, and in the end where does it get you?” Hensley said. Ninety-nine percent of what you worried about never

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happens anyway, so you wasted your time. Instead, make a conscious, active decision to be happy, she said. 9. Be open to what is offered you. It just might surprise you. It may not be what you wished for or wanted, but it might be exactly what you need. Stay open to that notion. 10. Find the gifts of emotion in people all around you. “I want to say something about people who give to you,” Hensley said. “They don’t have to give you a physical thing. It’s the emotion they give you. It’s the time they took to smile or chat or be with you, the emotional connection. And it works both ways. When someone extends themselves to us, we reciprocate. That’s how we survive.” It was hard for me to leave the restaurant and the cocoon of their friendship. Something inside me felt changed and decidedly different, and I hoped that feeling would never leave. Where earlier my world had seemed so silent and I was so lost in my own thoughts and worries, now I heard laughter and music playing in the restaurant and I saw a rush of perfect

strangers smiling at each other and at me. Some even stopped to make a quick, cute comment. I realized so many of those strangers were extending themselves happily to one another. I got this sure sense that despite our separate lives we are all deeply connected even if we can’t readily see that connection. And I got a deep sense that we all want the same two things: to love and be loved. It’s strange what happens when you say “Hello” to a stranger. Stranger still how the smallest connection with a stranger can so dramatically change the beholder’s eye. Hensley, Lew and I exchanged phone numbers. And as I walked out the door, my news friends said, “Happy New Year.” Happy New Year.

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little deeper and talk to the owners of Arden’s newest spa, the New Happy Day Spa that opened Dec. 9 at 1337 Howe Ave., just north of Hurley Way. It’s clean, pretty, smells good and the people there (such as Gina Liu) are exceptionally sweet and skilled. New Happy Day Spa is the sixth massage spa for owner Peter Liu; four others are in the Sacramento area and he has one in Los Angeles.

It’s unnatural for the body to maintain any one posture for long periods of time. Liu estimates his other low-cost massage studios in the surrounding area (Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Natomas) bring in about 300 clients per day. That’s a lot of massage for one company. Just think what the numbers would be if the tally included the number of people getting massages at local franchise spas or the scores of mom-and-pop shops dotting three strip malls. So what gives? What makes all these above-board massage businesses so popular and how are they staying in business? How are we affording such luxury? For Liu the answer is simple. “We all need massage,” he said. “Muscles get into tight knots especially with repetitive tasks.” It’s unnatural for the body to maintain any one posture for long periods of time. From nurses to checkers who are on their feet for hours on end to surgeons or desk workers who must maintain a steady posture for extended periods, the negative effects can take hold and cause pain, eventually even disease, Liu said. But the Chinese have always had an answer for this: “The ancient secret of massage,” he said. Liu came to Sacramento from northern China, bringing with him a cultural message that massage should be an affordable part of everyday life for the masses, not strictly a luxury

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El Camino High School band director Kevin Glaser will hold the 17th annual Middle School Band Clinic at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1 at the school on El Camino and Eastern avenues

More than 450 students from schools throughout Northern California turned out Dec . 7 at Churchill Middle School for a science Olympiad. The day featured 23 science competitions in events ranging from engineering to health care to music to environmental science. Students created the concepts behind each exhibit and built all sorts of devices, including things that fly, light up, make music and spew gas. A few area businesses pitched in their support. Tim’s Music sponsored the music competition and Professional Village Pharmacy sponsored the epidemiology event’s “Disease Detective.”

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market extravagance. That’s why, he says, he created a business model that offers relatively inexpensive massage and reflexology packages so that Sacramentans can appreciate the value of massage in everyday life the way the Chinese have for hundreds of years. Liu says he hopes Westerners see for themselves what the Chinese have long believed: Massage can prevent disease and is as necessary for wellbeing as good nutrition. “It shouldn’t be a treat reserved for the idle wealthy, but accessible to the working class,” he said. East is meeting West deep in the muscle. “In American culture most massage is relaxation massage focusing on the top layer of muscle, not the deep tissue or the pressure points that affect disease or pain in other parts of body,” he said. “According to ancient history, 3,000

years ago, research found out that this is the secret to preventing disease. If you have pain and knots in your body, you can’t balance your life and disease can set in. “We want people to realize that so our cost is different from a lot of spas. But lower cost doesn’t mean our quality is any different. It means our beliefs are different.” So why did Liu choose to set up shop in Sacramento? He started in Los Angeles, but once he found Sacramento, he says, the friendly people made him want to stay here. It’s clear his clients appreciate him by the stacks of gifts they brought in for him and his workers. Liu attributes that to his focus on customer service and to the fact that when people are touched, they develop a unique type of trust and bond with the masseuse. Liu offers both private massage and group massage for such things as

El Camino High School band director Kevin Glaser will hold the 17th annual Middle School Band Clinic at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1 at the school on El Camino and Eastern avenues. The clinic is designed to provide individual and group tutoring, practical skills, techniques and music education aimed at encouraging students to be confident and proficient with their instruments. Glaser and El Camino band members will teach everything from proper breathing to fingering to counting rhythms to the chromatic scale. Breakfast and lunch will be provided as part of the registration fee. Parents are encouraged to attend a public performance in the cafeteria at 2:30 p.m., when students will demonstrate what they learned in the one-day clinic. For more information and registration, call 971-7449.

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hen the Board of Supervisors adopted the final budget for fiscal year 2013-14 in September, we made a deliberate decision to invest more in public safety. As a result, the board added funds to the Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department that will allow four more problem-oriented policing (POP) deputies. And, for a second consecutive year, the Department of Regional Parks also received an increase to add rangers to its force to assure public safety and maintain our regional parks, which include the American River Parkway. Now there is a force of 20 rangers. Last year, the Board also addressed infrastructure needs that included adding speed-control devices on several residential streets as well as installing a much-needed pedestrian signal light at Howe Avenue near Bellview Park. In 2014, street paving will be high on the improvements list.

PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE Last year the Sacramento County Department of Transportation conducted a workshop before the

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Last year, the Sacramento County Department of Transportation spent $8.1 million paving streets in the unincorporated area. Projects for 2014 include portions of Fulton and Marconi avenues.

On Halloween, a new pathway through Santa Anita Park was dedicated with the help of several young trick-or-treaters dressed in costume

Board of Supervisors about road maintenance that examined the current approach to pavement management, the status of our

infrastructure, maintenance methods, etc. The workshop was helpful but also sobering, because SACDOT reported

Notwithstanding the formidable challenge, SACDOT continues to tackle the problem and last year spent $8.1 million in pavement repair work on 41 streets. That work included placement of rubberized or conventional asphalt overlay, installation of ADA curb ramps, and roadway restripingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all of which should provide a smoother driving surface for thousands of motorists who are on the road every day. Marconi Avenue from Howe to Fulton avenues, and Morse Avenue from Hurley Way to Arden Way, were among our local streets paved last year. The board also approved several paving projects for 2014 and beyond. Fulton Avenue from Arden Way to Auburn Boulevard is one of the streets targeted, but the entire length of the project is expected to be divided in segments and spread out over a two- to three-year period. Marconi Avenue from Highway 80 to Howe PETERS page 18

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SANTA ANITA PARK PATH On Halloween a new pathway was formally dedicated by the Fulton-El Camino Recreation and Park District, and I had the pleasure of helping to cut the ribbon, then taking an enjoyable stroll on the new walkway. Joining me on the walk were young trick-or-treaters in their costumes. The pathway starts at the border of Santa Anita Park on Hernando Road (you can also access it via Fiellen Court) and meanders through the park, crossing over Chicken Ranch Slough to Bell Street, where Howe Park is located. Sacramento County assisted the park district in securing a grant for the path from the Housing Related Parks Program administered by the California Department of Housing

and Community Development. The district became eligible for the grant as a result of the county’s approval of the Varenna Apartments for lowincome seniors on Wyda Way.

CARMICHAEL BEAUTIFICATION In October approximately 75 individuals helped to spruce up Carmichael through an effort initiated by the local chamber of commerce in what is planned to hopefully become an annual event. Designated as “Beautify Carmichael Day,” the cleanup ran simultaneously with the Fair Oaks Boulevard Brush-Up, for which volunteers picked up litter along Carmichael’s main street. Besides cleaning up Fair Oaks Boulevard and a portion of Manzanita Avenue, volunteers painted all park benches, tables, trash cans and yellow guard rails at Carmichael Park. Another momentous accomplishment was improving the landscaping at the triangle where Fair Oaks meets Manzanita, which is home to the El Mana restaurant. The new look

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provides a welcoming view when you come to the central business district of Carmichael. Organizers estimated a total of 275 hours were donated in this united community effort that had a wide range of support from neighborhood groups, service clubs, businesses, schools, youth organizations and government, including the Barrett Hills Neighborhood Association, Carmichael Colony Neighborhood Association, Carmichael Creek Neighborhood Association, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Elks, Kiwanis, Rotary, Soroptimist, Carmichael Chamber of Commerce, Home Depot, Lawman Inc., Atlas Carmichael, St. John the Evangelist School, Arcade Middle School, Carmichael Recreation and Park District, Mission Oaks Recreation and Park District, and Sacramento County. Thanks to the volunteers and the participating groups, there is no doubt that Carmichael is looking prettier.

REDUCING SPEEDING Slowing down speeders on county roadways is a top priority of the Board of Supervisors and last year several residential streets in Carmichael and the Arden Arcade area were made safer with the installation of speedcontrol devices. In Carmichael, California Avenue between Palm Drive and Van Alstine had speed tables installed. Also receiving devices was Gibbons Park Way between Engle Road and Salem Way. Speed bumps were installed on Arden Park’s San Ramon Way between La Sierra Drive and Fair Oaks Boulevard, and the intersection of Castec Drive and El Sur Way got an all-way stop installed. Other locations receiving devices were Montclair Street between Whitney and Marconi avenues, Morse Avenue between El Camino Avenue and Ellington Circle, Mission Avenue between El Camino and Marconi avenues, Robertson Avenue between Eastern and Mission avenues, and McClaren Drive between Arden Way and Gary Way, which also received a speed bump near Shelley Way. The installations were the result of the Department of Transportation’s Neighborhood Traffic Management

Program, which involves residents submitting a petition request. That triggers the department performing an evaluation using objective criteria such as volume, speed and collision history. Each request is ranked by SACDOT and the Board of Supervisors authorizes which streets to include. Once the work is authorized, residents on each street come up with a traffic-management plan that can include calming devices such as speed bumps, traffic circles, raised traffic islands, etc. Such devices add restrictions to maneuverability of motorists that should result in slowing vehicle speed. After a plan is developed, the neighbors are surveyed on the proposed devices. To move forward, majority approval is required with at least 50 percent of the households participating in the survey. For more information about the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program, go to sacdot.com and click on Projects-Programs.

KEEPING THE PARKWAY SOBER Beginning with the 2006 Labor Day weekend, the Board of Supervisors has imposed an alcohol ban in the American River Parkway for that holiday as well as for Independence Day and Memorial Day. The ban applies to alcohol consumption and possession both on land and in the water between Hazel and Watt avenues, with an exception for Ancil Hoffman Golf Course. This reasonable restriction has been working well to keep the parkway safe for those holidays, but party-going advocates attempted to encourage excessive alcohol consumption via social media on other weekends, so in 2012 the board delegated authority to the director of regional parks in consultation with the county executive the ability to prohibit alcohol in the parkway on any additional days between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Last summer the county had to implement the additional ban once it was discovered a boozing Saturday was being promoted through social media. By implementing the

restriction, parkway rangers were able to corral the unofficial party so it did not become a dangerous day on the river. In years past, the parkway partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alcohol consumption has fueled fights, public nudity, littering and the loss of life.

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OFFICE HOURS, NEIGHBORHOOD VISITS I started holding “office hours” in 2005 and now it is an annual tradition that involves my setting up a table at various community events where residents can drop by and talk about items of interest with no appointment necessary. Last year again was a busy time as I moved my “office” around the Third District to a total of six community functions in addition to all the other events I participated in during 2013. My first “office hours” last year was in March at the annual trout fishing derby at Howe Park, which is sponsored by the Fulton-El Camino Recreation and Park District. Next I moved to the Carmichael Egg Hunt later that month. In May I was over

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in Fair Oaks during Fiesta Days as well as in North Highlands for the annual kickoff to summer fest at Freedom Park, sponsored by the North Highlands Recreation and Park District. After a summer break I returned to Fair Oaks, being available to chat during the first summer concert in the park held in August. My last “office hours” was in Old Foothill Farms during October at the annual concert at Pioneer Park that featured the John Skinner band. I also held five community coffee meetings throughout 2013 plus attended neighborhood association gatherings, homeowners association meetings, neighborhood watch meetings, service club meetings, and local chamber of commerce functions. All in all I enjoyed the numerous opportunities throughout last year to visit with you and to learn about your concerns and interests. For 2014 I’ll be starting up again with my first community coffee meeting at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at the

Fair Oaks Water District’s conference room, 10326 Fair Oaks Blvd. near Winding Way. That morning’s topic will be the state of our local water supply, presented by the San Juan Water District. I hope you can attend.

SIGNAL LIGHT FOR HOWE AVENUE Last year a new midblock pedestrian signal was installed on Howe Avenue near Bellview Park under the first phase of the Howe Elementary Safe Routes to School Project. The next phase includes new sidewalks on the east side of Howe Avenue between El Camino Avenue and Shaw, which is just past Bellview Park. Sidewalks also will be installed on the west side of Howe between El Camino and Red Robin Lane. Construction is expected to begin in spring 2014 once the environmental review and engineering design processes are completed.

ADDING SIDEWALKS AND MORE Pedestrian safety and sidewalk continuity contributes to alternate modes of transportation. During 2013 Sacramento County filled sidewalk gaps for sections of Panama, Marconi and El Camino avenues. Filling the gaps along Panama Avenue from Palm Drive to Stanley Avenue in Carmichael was part of the Mary A. Deterding Elementary School Safe Routes to School Project, which was based upon grant funding approved by Caltrans. Marconi Avenue from Walnut to Garfield avenues also received new sidewalks as well as resurfacing and restriping to both enhance roadway safety and pedestrian mobility. In addition to providing continuous sidewalks, the project enhanced roadway drainage by removing the unsightly roadside ditches with the installation of new drainage facilities. Bicycle lanes and curb ramps were IN TUNE page 22

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Last year Sacramento County was identified by the federal government as one of 10 counties in the nation that significantly reduced the total number of children placed in foster care from 2002 to 2012. During that period, foster care placements in the United States reduced by almost a quarter (23.7 percent). The Department of Health and Human Services reported the overall decline in foster care placements by child protective services agencies was also notable for African American children. The report states that “just 10 counties accounted for one-half of the national decline, both overall and among African American children.” Sacramento County’s decrease of 2,656 placements made the top 10 list.

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American Dream to openly live one’s faith. Our country’s broad religious freedom allows for all beliefs and nonbeliefs. It gets a little messy at times, and it’s not perfect, but we defend that freedom.

Everyone is welcome to visit the grounds and enjoy the gardens. When I stopped by the temple a number of times recently, people were either in the temple praying, or there was no one in sight. I didn’t want to intrude on the monks’ private dwellings in the rear of the property. When I finally found someone, I was told to come back on a Saturday

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morning, but no one was there. Later that day when I stopped by, I spoke to one of the two monks. He was all bundled up in the cold, so our conversation was short, but he told me to come back at 9 that night. I thought that was odd, but thanks to Google, I learned that their last chants for the day are at 9 p.m. I arrived just before 9, with my car thermometer registering 32 degrees, all bundled up just as the monks and their lay leaders were leaving. They apologized. Saturday school was canceled that day, and none of the people in this small group was comfortable enough with English to give me more information. Would I return the following Saturday at 9 a.m. when their school is back in progress and there would be people I could talk with? I thanked them and gave them a traditional bow with hands together at my chest, which loosely translated means “the spirit in me acknowledges the spirit in you.” Here is what I learned. Kim Quang Buddhist Temple offers a meditation and Dharma class for English speakers every Friday

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evening from 7 to 9 p.m. I have been part of a group for a while now that practices centering prayer, a form of meditation. Buddhist prayer is very similar, and I think it would be good to broaden my horizons a little. Everyone is welcome to visit the grounds and enjoy the gardens. I used to have a small shop where I sold topiaries, and it tickles me to see the small boxwoods they are training into dragon shapes. In the garden, there are several statues of Buddha and some bodhisattvas (people who attained the goal of nirvana but, out of their compassion for the world, stayed behind to help others grow spiritually). The large cement Quan Yin statue is an example. Quan Yin is a bodhisattva associated with compassion. Buddhism places a high value on peace and compassion, which is sorely needed in our complicated world. I hope you’ll visit. Maybe I’ll see you there on a Friday night. Pat Cole lives in Del Paso Manor. She can be reached at pat@ writepatwrite.com. n

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It Gets Better BETTER SOLUTIONS HELPS PEOPLE GET THROUGH DIVORCE ‘CONTENT,’ OR BETTER

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o one likes to fight with a loved one, but never is it more painful than when those fights occur during a divorce. Kimberly Strand, owner of Better Solutions Mediation, knew there had to be a better way. “Divorce is such an emotional time for people,” Strand says from her East Sacramento office, which she opened in March 2013. “Litigation tends to be very acrimonious and filled with tension. I saw so many people get caught up in the cycle—I’ve seen it destroy a lot of families.

Strand saw the destructive side of divorce firsthand in the family law litigation practice she ran for five years in Sacramento after moving here from her hometown of Rochester, N.Y., in 2006. “I’ve always really wanted to work with people,” Strand says. “I worked for a family law practice in law school (at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law) and continued in family law after graduating. After litigating for five

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years, I saw the cost—both financially and emotionally—of families battling over divorces, so I’ve been working toward this goal of exclusively mediating for years.” Making good on her goal to find a better way to help families through trying times, Strand attended her first mediation training session in 2011 and has since completed 80 hours of training to make herself the best mediator she can be. Along the way, she came in contact with instructor Gillian Brady, a fellow family law practitioner and mediation specialist who owned a company called Better Solutions Mediation in Davis. After

learning Brady’s methods and processes, Strand decided that she wanted to bring those solutions to Sacramento. “My style is very similar to Gillian’s,” Strand says, “and I believe our process is the best we can offer. Being a sole practitioner can get very lonely. You’re not interacting with ‘the other side’ because there is no other side. This way, Gillian and I can co-mediate cases if they’re especially complicated or need a good balance.” Brady and Strand strive for one common thing in all of their mediation: that everyone leaves the room content, if not happy.

“I say ‘content’ instead of ‘happy’ because no one’s really happy to be going through a divorce,” Strand says. “But it’s really important to me to treat each person as an individual. I might have a process I take them through, but it’s completely driven by the individuals going through it. I’ll gather the couples’ interests and figure out what’s important to both of them and we go only as quickly as the person who needs the most time. That way, both parties end up content and the hope is that they won’t have to come back.” Strand noticed during her litigation years that there was a disheartening

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television or hear from others. Rather, it’s a very personal, professional process. “When people think they know what mediation is based on TV shows or horror stories from friends, it’s called ‘water cooler law,’ ” Strand says with a wry chuckle. “The problem with water cooler law is that people aren’t getting the full picture. Facts change, everyone’s different, no situation is the same. I love being able to break down what the law says and help people understand.” Most of all, Strand is committed to making good on what her practice’s name promises: “better solutions” is what her business is all about. Questions on quarrels for Strand? Contact her at 944-1554. Better Solutions Mediation is at 836 57th St., Suite 403.

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he fact that her last name sounds almost like “heartfelt” is particularly appropriate when you consider what she does for a living. Kathy Herrfeldt is the

owner and operator of Home Care Assistance Sacramento, a company that provides high-quality care to the elderly in the comfort of their own homes. “We call it ‘aging in place,’ ” Herrfeldt says. “We allow people to live independently wherever they choose, whether that’s in their own house or in an assisted living community, and continue their independent lifestyle.” Herrfeldt and her team achieve this delicate balance by offering the best care they can, which includes assessing a house for potential pitfalls and remedying any problems that arise. “I’ll walk through a house and look for throw rugs that someone can trip on, especially people who’ve just had hip replacement,” Herrfeldt says. “I’ll look for bars in bathrooms and showers with glass doors and make recommendations for how to make the environment safer. Part of being safe is having someone come in and check things out. People come to me and tell me, ‘Kathy, I need help.’ ”

Lending a helping hand is what Herrfeldt does best, but she’s quick to point out that she doesn’t do it alone. “I refer to our caregivers as Care Partners,” she says. “They truly are my partners in this business. There are no shortages of care givers. However, a true Care Partner is hard to find. “Many candidates feel that they’re qualified because they’ve taken care of their grandmother for two years. There’s so much more that is required to be a good Care Partner. Of the 75 people we interview, I hire one—maybe. I recruit people from the Sac State nursing program, other colleges, St. John’s Shelter for women who are trying to get back on their feet. All of my employees are paid a decent wage and have opportunities to develop their skills and to grow professionally.” Herrfeldt is particularly proud of her staff considering how many companies can offer “in-home care services” without the necessary skills.

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FROM page 27 “The state of California doesn’t require a home healthcare provider to have a license—you can just slap a sticker on your car,” Herrfeldt says. “These groups have no license, no workers’ compensation insurance, no training—it’s scary. I spend a lot of time telling people the questions to ask before they hire anyone so they know what they’re getting into.” What clients are getting from Herrfeldt is more than just excellent care; they’re getting someone who has made staying on the cutting edge her priority even before she got into home care. Herrfeldt is a certified Project Manager Professional who has worked in information technology, international software marketing and, most recently, in developing technology specifically for the senior community with Care Innovations, an Intel and GE company headquartered in Roseville.

“There is a big effort among the IT companies to introduce technology into the senior market,” Herrfeldt says. “The demand (for senior care) will outpace the resources, and the only way to bridge the gap is through technology.

“Many seniors live in isolation and we want to provide resources that will make their world a little brighter.” “With my background in this area, I continue to research technology options that will allow people to stay safe and comfortable in their homes. I act as a kind of consultant to help people get connected. How

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ost stores try to stay on trend, but imagine the pressure when the word “trends” is in your name! The proprietors of Davis Home Trends, Patti and Ralph Sparks, are more than up to the challenge. “We work hard to always have the newest and most advanced products on the market,” Patti says proudly. “We still take training classes and travel (to trade shows) regularly to keep ourselves current and on the cutting edge of what’s going on in the world of flooring, windows and spas.” What began as a mom-and-pop paint store in the late 1960s has since morphed into a home-goods mecca in the hands of Patti and Ralph. The dynamic duo had always been interested in owning their own business, since Patti grew up in retail—her parents owned a Hallmark store when she was growing up in Davis. When the paint store’s original owner approached them about buying his business in 1983, the couple jumped at the chance to build upon their vision, and they’ve been growing ever since. The Sparks stock an impressive array of high-quality home products, including hardwood flooring, carpet, house paint, pool supplies, custom picturing framing and garden accessories, and they exclusively carry Hunter Douglas window fashions and Coast Spas. “We want to sell things that improve your quality of life,”

Patti explains. “Hunter Douglas is developing the technology that everyone else copies. Coast is also very progressive—they were the first ones with a patent for a vanishing edge spa. These two companies offer what nobody else can.” What these products also offer is reliability, a key factor when you’re dealing with items that should age gracefully—and functionally—with your home.

It’s because of their dedication to client care that Davis Home Trends has successfully survived and thrived in even the toughest economic times. “You don’t buy a spa and then we never see you again,” Patti says. “Twenty years later we might get a call saying, ‘The little red light is on, what does that mean?’ We’ll go out and check it out. We’re very serviceoriented. It’s the only way to survive.” It’s because of this dedication to client care that Davis Home Trends has successfully survived and thrived in even the toughest economic times. But Ralph is quick to point out that there’s an even more important reason that he and Patti are able to continue doing what they do. “We have the greatest customers,” he says. “We really work with the best people, and we love that.” “Our customers are our friends,” Patti agrees. “We’re kind of oldfashioned in that way.” It seems that even for the innovative Sparks, customer service is the one area where it pays to be un-trendy. Ready to outfit your home with some stunning supplies? Visit Davis Home Trends at 2300 Fifth St. in Davis, give the Sparks a call at (530) 756-4187, or go to davishometrends.com n

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iorah Singerman has seen her name in lights. From an early age, she acted in musical theater at Genevieve Didion Elementary School. Later, she performed with Sacramento Theatre Company and Best of Broadway. In 1988, at the age of 14, she was one of 20 young peace ambassadors from the United States who participated in an international celebration of music and dance in Poland. She pursued her passion for acting at Sacramento High, the magnet school for the performing arts; took classes at San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater; earned a degree in musical theater at Syracuse University; spent a semester in London immersing herself in classical drama; and reached the ultimate theater destination, New York City, where she studied dance with Tony-winning choreographers, learned from top vocal coaches and acted in regional theater up and down the East Coast, including an Off-Broadway production of “Kerouac.” So why would someone who has performed in proximity to the Great White Way choose to move to

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Sacramento? “We were living in a 250-square-foot apartment, and we knew that we couldn’t stay there if we wanted to start a family,” she explains. “We decided to come back to the West Coast, moved to L.A. and found that it wasn’t for us. So we came back to Sacramento.”

“We” is Singerman and her husband, Josh Plaza, with whom she has been friends since high school. He had completed his degree in film at Emerson University and decided to travel to New York City in the hope of finding her. In a twist of fate that Singerman calls “storybook,”

Plaza was unable to get her contact information after arriving in New York, boarded a subway and serendipitously bumped into the love of his life right there on the train. They became engaged in Los Angeles and are now the proud parents of 20-month-old Elliot. They are also the proud parents of Sacramento’s Young Actors Stage, an innovative program that brings musical theater to schools throughout the city as an after-school elective. Founded in 2008, the program began with a single elementary school and 11 students. This spring, it will have expanded to five schools and will involve dozens of students and their parents. “My mother was a teacher in the Sacramento school district,” says Singerman, “so I knew how much performing arts were suffering in the schools. It was just horrible.” That first season, she spent 90 minutes a week for 10 weeks with students at Caroline Wenzel Elementary School in Greenhaven. They produced a review that was a huge success. Five years later, Singerman is juggling shows at five schools— Didion, Crocker Riverside, Sutterville, Holy Spirit, and Shalom School—as well as a production of “The Wizard of Oz” at Sierra 2 Center for the Arts and Community in Curtis Park. That production will be taken to the participating schools, which simplifies the logistics of sets, lighting, costumes and choreography. Singerman— relying on her husband’s skills—has introduced the use of film to project the stage sets. “We rearranged HEROES page 32

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Sacramento program,” says City Councilmember Kevin McCarty. “I’m very excited about this revolutionary public-private partnership, which will incentivize businesses and homeowners to go green. Lots of communities talk about clean energy and green jobs, but this effort is really making it happen.” McCarty worked for several years to lead the effort to create Clean Energy Sacramento. He notes that more than $15 million worth of projects are in the pipeline to lower energy costs, reduce the city’s carbon footprint and create jobs. Thanks in part to Sacramento’s ambitious conservation goals, the city emerged as the prime location for the launch of the Niagara Green City program, says Greg Wisner, the marketing director for Niagara Green City in Fort Worth, Texas. “California in general, and Sacramento in particular, are on the leading edge of sustainability products and programs, so that came into play,” Wisner said. “And there’s the availability of PACE as a

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Filling the Clubhouse SUCCESSFUL CLUBS KNOW HOW TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN MEMBERS

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or several years now, I’ve been writing The Club Life column. I’ve visited clubs for kayakers, turtle fanciers and everything in between. I’ve met metal detectives, quilters, doll collectors, whittlers, even fairies and clowns. Some clubs are so much fun I’ve actually ended up joining. A few others, however, have been so boring and others even rude that I wonder how they ever attract new members or hold onto their core members. So, after sitting through all of these meetings, I’ve put together a list of observations that I hope will help turn struggling clubs into fun, thriving ones that attract new members.

HAVE A GREETING TABLE The clubs where I feel most welcome are those with a check-in or greeting table near the door. This table should be staffed by the club’s most gregarious member. The greeter’s job is to give a warm welcome to everyone as they arrive, introduce guests and explain the meeting format. This

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Pooh, Densmore & Melodee are members of Klown Alley, Inc., a local clown club

happy encounter sets the tone for the meeting and helps visitors and potential new members feel welcome. This is also where you should have sign-in sheets, sell tickets for drawings, distribute handouts and have sign-up sheets for future events. Passing all of these items around after the meeting begins is disruptive. At one club meeting at which there was no greeting table, members filtered in and wandered around looking for their friends. Not one person bothered to ask me who I was or why I was there. I left wondering

how they ever find new members and decided not to include that club in my column.

HOLD SHORT BUSINESS MEETINGS Granted, meetings to discuss club business are sometimes necessary. But clubs that have long, drawn-out, dull sessions before the program suffer attendance problems. After a while, members learn to arrive late. Keep business meetings short or schedule the program first and

business last. People who are interested will stick around. The club I visited that does this best is River City Peggers, a cribbage club. Club business is printed on fliers for members to take home and read later. The night I attended, they sang just the first line of the happy birthday song to one member—they were too anxious to get the program started to sing the whole thing. This format might not work for some clubs, but at least the Peggers understand why people are there: They want to play cribbage.

KEEP PROGRAMS FRESH, NEW AND ON TOPIC The kiss of death for any club is the statement “This is how we’ve always done it.” You will quickly run off new volunteers, new ideas and new members. Clubs need to respond to current trends and the interests of their members. When River City Quilters’ Guild noticed that more of its members were doing machine quilting instead of hand quilting, it added programs on that technique to its agenda. When members wanted to know more about appliqué quilting, the club responded again with programs on appliqué. The club now has more than 200 members; about half attend every meeting. At one garden club meeting, I sat through a 45-minute narrative of one man’s experience with hipreplacement surgery. Egad. Couldn’t someone shut him up? I left before the speaker’s program on native plants, which I really wanted to hear.

COMMUNICATE ELECTRONICALLY Recently, I met with a group that still prints and mails its newsletters and membership lists. The expenses are draining the club’s resources, and the club is too slow getting information to its members. People today—especially young people— communicate via electronic media. If your club is not using Facebook, email, texting, Twitter, Pinterest or Meetup, you’ll have a difficult time attracting new members who work or have busy family lives. Instant communication is the way the world works these days.

REACH OUT TO THE YOUNG The most frequent concern I’ve heard from clubs is how to attract younger members. A few years ago, Sacramento Valley Coin Club realized that its membership was in decline, primarily because of aging members. Today, the club thrives with more than 300 members, half of them young adults or teens. Two changes worked magic for this club:

First, they invited club members’ grandchildren to a special show-andtell with a spotlight on the history of coins. Members all brought pennies to donate to the kids. Upon arriving, each child received a penny and a list for a scavenger hunt among members. Each child left with about 15 unusual pennies, an album to keep the pennies in and a great bond with grandparents. Even better, many of the elder club members now have a family member who will inherit their coin collections one day.

When the club hosts its annual open house, they set up a table just for Scouts and invite kids to show their coin collections. The coin club also contacted Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of the USA and asked for help in organizing programs that would appeal to Scouts. Now, coin club members are often invited to attend Scout meetings and present programs on the history of coins. When the club hosts its annual open house, they set up a table just for Scouts and invite kids to show their coin collections.

SCHEDULE MEETINGS STRATEGICALLY You know the saying “Out of sight, out of mind”? I recently visited a club for people interested in textile arts. This club appears to be in a serious decline. One major problem: It holds meetings just four times a year. In “off months,” several satellite groups with specialized interests such as spinning, weaving or beading meet on their own. Because the larger group meets so infrequently, members forget about it. One large garden club I visited meets on Thursday mornings. When I asked how that affects attendance, I was told that the club’s attendance is higher now than ever before. The reason: They took a survey

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QUIET THE KNOW-IT-ALLS Every club has a few know-it-alls. Last year, I joined a gardening club. I love growing succulents and have a nice collection of unusual plants. I am basically self-taught and can’t rattle off the scientific names of my plants. At the club meeting, every time I mentioned a plant in my collection by its common name, such as my Ming Thing, someone would tell me the correct name (in this case, Cereus forbesii monstrose). I hated having my ignorance constantly pointed out, so I finally dropped out of the club. At one craft club meeting, the know-it-all interrupted the speaker so

often that finally the poor woman just gave up her demonstration. I don’t know how to squelch the obnoxious know-it-alls, but I do know that these people discourage participation and run off new members (and columnists) quickly.

USE MENTORS In an effort to help beginning quilters, a few years ago River City Quilters’ Guild organized a mentor program. New members or members looking for one-on-one help sign up to work with an expert guild member. (This might be a good way to keep those know-it-alls busy!) Mentors not only help with a project but also introduce beginners to established members and give them tips on how to find materials and references. This firmly establishes membership in the guild and creates friendships and networks. If you know of an interesting club in the area, contact Gwen Schoen at gwensclubs@aol.com. n

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Ready, Set, Prune NOW’S THE TIME TO CUT BACK TREES, BUSHES AND ROSE PLANTS

BY ANITA CLEVENGER GARDEN JABBER

hen Sacramento residents voted to require that yard waste be containerized, it was with the understanding that the exceptions would be one scheduled pickup a year and regular loose-in-the-street pickup during November, December and January. This is the leaf season, when we can dump excess leaves and trimmings along the curb for “the claw” to scrape up and dump into garbage trucks.

There are very few leaves left on the trees by mid-December. As the New Year begins, it’s pruning season. I believe in producing as little loose green waste as possible, using leaves and trimmings as mulch and compost and putting woodier, thorny and diseased materials into the big bin that the city provides. However, this

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time of year, it’s a relief to be able to make big piles of prickly rose canes, stalks of bamboo, oleander branches and tree trimmings and let the city haul them away. Why prune now? There is more than one reason. For most of our plants, this is the time of maximum dormancy. Growth above the ground is in a hold pattern. Plants use very little water or sugar until active growth resumes in late winter or early spring. You can better see the shape of a plant when the leaves are gone. Cutting a dormant plant reduces the shock of the wounds and guides the shape and productivity of new growth when it breaks dormancy. Pruning

can encourage more flowers and fruits and fuller, more shapely plants. Pruning can also promote the health and safety of plants. It’s good to remove dead, diseased and broken branches whenever you see them throughout the year, and to remove diseased foliage and rake it away from around the plant. You need to prune to keep plants from rubbing against your buildings and out of the way of people walking past. If you can’t see past your plants when backing out your driveway, you need to cut them back. What happens when you cut back a plant? A pruned plant is generally shorter and fuller. Growth usually

occurs at the top of a branch. If you shorten it, a few buds below the cut will be stimulated to send out new growth. You can usually spot healthy buds on the upper branches. While you can’t see them, there are latent growth buds further down on limbs that will also activate if growth above is removed. We’ve all seen the mass of twiggy growth that trees and shrubs develop if “topped” or chopped back severely. In general, it’s better to prune using “thinning cuts,” trimming above a bud or cutting out a dead, diseased, crossing or unhealthy branch altogether. Use sharp, clean tools.

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If you’ve had frost damage on your citrus or other plants, wait to cut it off until all risk of freezing is past. The damaged foliage provides some protection to the rest of the plant, and you don’t want to encourage new growth that might get frozen again. However, if you have dead annual plants, go ahead and remove them. They won’t be coming back. I have about 60 roses at home and 500 heritage roses under my care in the Historic Rose Garden in Sacramento Historic City Cemetery. Sacramento rose growers try to have their pruning done before new growth begins around Valentine’s Day. Every now and then, somebody says to me, “What are you doing with yourself now that it’s winter and there is nothing to do in the garden?” That’s a rather silly question. A gardener’s work is never done, but in pruning season, it’s a mad race to the finish. Anita Clevenger is a Sacramento County UC Master Gardener. For answers to gardening questions, including how to identify and care for your trees, call them at 875-6913. n

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Starring Sacramento FIRST-TIME NOVELIST’S MYSTERY IS A COMMERCIAL FOR THE CITY

Evangelist School while keeping the writing bug alive. “I’ve been practicing it for a long time,” she says. “But life gets in the way and you have to make a living.” Garner was born with a love of the written word. “I come from a family of crazy readers,” she says. Her mother was an English teacher, and her younger brother, Thomas Roche, makes a comfortable living writing zombie novels, such as the recently published “The Panama Laugh,” as well as other popular genres.

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id you know that Sacramento is a hotbed of murder and mystery? Thanks to the well-honed writing skills of first-time novelist Elizabeth Garner, the whole world now knows about Sacramento’s landmarks, music scene and sexy police officers. “Love, Music, Murder” recently debuted as an Amazon Kindle ebook selection and is available in paperback at local bookstores. It’s the story of Alise Kelly, a Midtown restaurateur and former musician who is attempting to build a new life for herself after ending her marriage to a popular French singer but finds herself instead caught up in a puzzling whodunit. Garner’s novel uses familiar locations—some thinly disguised—to tell what she calls an “almost cozy” mystery. “This is a commercial for Sacramento,” she says. “I think of this as the biggest small town in California.” Garner, who lives in Carmichael, grew up in Arden Park and spent her high school and college years in Midtown, has been writing for as long as she can remember. “I’ve wanted to write since I was a kid,” she says. “I’ve written short stories, screenplays, you name it, but I never took the time to finish a novel. I’d get maybe 2,500 words and then quit.” Mysteries were always her favorite, particularly those of Agatha Christie, whom she was reading “before I was

“This is a commercial for Sacramento,” she says. “I think of this as the biggest small town in California.”

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probably old enough to understand them.” She majored in chemistry and psychology in college, a not uncommon progression for a mystery lover. “A lot of mystery readers became interested in chemistry because of Agatha Christie, who was

extremely accurate in her descriptions of poisons,” says Garner. A book on poisons sat beside her organic chemistry textbooks while she was in college. She dabbled with writing after graduation but learned that she could make an actual living as a teacher, so she became a math and science teacher at St. John the

Garner and her husband, who was a navigator in the Air Force and now works for the state, raised two daughters and kept a roof over their heads, but she couldn’t cure herself of the writing bug. One day, she realized that her youngest was in college and the time was right. She had a first draft done within three months and a finished novel within a year. Her favorite comment that she’s heard is that the book is an easy read. “I think of this as a treadmill book, a beach book,” she says. “I never wanted to write a book that people didn’t want to read.” It’s a page-turner with a Celtic accent. NEIGHBOR page 44

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The protagonist is both a cook and an accomplished singer of Scottish ballads, many of which tell violent tales of women wreaking vengeance upon the men who have wronged them. Garner did a lot of research and listened to a lot of Celtic music both before and during her writing. “This music is heartbreakingly beautiful, but the lyrics are violent,” she says. “The murder ballads always seem to be sung in a woman’s voice.” She admits that the novel reflects parts of herself: “I love both music and cooking, but I’m not a good enough musician or cook to be professional.”

Garner was born with a love of the written word.

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ots of people say they’re connected to their roots, but Lisa Armstrong means it literally. The founder of Local Roots Food Tours was raised on a farm, and she is one of Sacramento’s most active ambassadors for fresh, locally grown food. “Growing up, my grandmother was adamant that we use everything fresh,” Armstrong says from her home in North Auburn, a 14-acre hobby farm where she, her husband, Eric, and their three children raise livestock and produce. “I just really bought into that philosophy.” It might seem fitting that the Indiana native married someone who is just as passionate about farming as she is, but that was only one serendipitous similarity. “We actually went to the same high school in Indiana,” Armstrong says, “but we didn’t know each other until we met in college in Colorado.” Once united, the pair embarked on a slew of worldwide adventures thanks to Eric’s job as an Air Force pilot, which he held for 22 years. Armstrong credits all that time traveling for sparking her appreciation for all things culturally culinary. “We were connected to so many different cultures and cuisines,” says Armstrong, who worked as a private chef in England and Hawaii. “I really learned why food is what it is, and I wanted to bring that back [to the United States].”

The company offers intimate guided tours of local farms and fare in the foothills, downtown Sacramento, East Sacramento and Calaveras County.

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The Armstrongs have been settled in California for 12 years now. It has proven to be an ideal location for Armstrong’s budding business.

“I was on a food tour in Chicago, and everything seemed to be all about the bounty of California,” Armstrong says. “I thought, ‘I want to go back

“At the start, I put together a business plan and approached the restaurants to form partnerships,” Armstrong says. “I was very focused on working with farm-to-fork restaurants, but also restaurants where the food is consistent and the customer service is excellent. I patronized different restaurants to check them out before I approached them for the tours. It was almost a year before I hired our first tour guide, so up until that point, it was all me.”

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FROM page 46 The tours are not just foodfocused—they also offer fascinating facts about our region and its history. I do a lot of research,” Armstrong says. “I talk to people, I go to the Sacramento Room [at the Sacramento Public Library], vaults. I make dotto-dot connections about the food and the history of the area. It all adds up to one really cool story.”

The tours are not just food-focused—they also offer fascinating facts about our region and its history. But whatever you do, don’t call her any of her tours a “grub crawl”—an event that hops from eatery to eatery and focuses more on fullness than finesse.

“This is not a grub crawl,” Armstrong says emphatically. “It’s a very personal and intimate tour. We have relationships with the chefs and respect for the food. It’s not a chance to see how drunk you can get in an hour and a half. It’s not a food frenzy.” While Armstrong is very clear on what Local Roots Food Tours are not, she’s even more inspired by what they are and can become. “Before, it was about me educating the restaurants on what the food tours are. Now they’re asking me if they can be involved,” she says proudly. “We draw people from all over—Fresno and the Bay Area particularly. And we’re hoping to expand with a new urban wine and art tour this fall—wine tasting coupled with viewing public art all over Sacramento. I thought it would be a unique way to get people into alleys to see all the art there.” You might imagine that at the end of a hectic day coordinating

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7. 4. Vanessa Gonzales (center) and friends contended “There’s No Song Like a Show Song.” 5. Singer Kathryn Skinner donned flapper fringes for a number from “Miss Spectacular.” 6.Director David L. MacDonald welcomed singer Teal Wicks. Starting her career on his stage, she graduated to the Broadway lead in “Wicked.” 7. Dina Morishita was a Best of Broadway kid. The national “Miss Saigon” star mugged backstage in Fair Oaks with singer/dancer Randy Solorio. 8. Thousands of children have enhanced 40 Best of Broadway shows. Junior troupers clowned for the 2013 finale.

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4741 WILMER ST 3627 AFFIRMED WAY 5144 LOCUST AVE 2336 GUNN RD 6442 COYLE 2779 JULIE ANN CT 3010 MERRICK SAN WAY 4549 FOSTER WAY 5234 GRANT AVE 2700 GARFIELD AVE 5209 WILLOW PARK CT 6435 LANDIS AVE 4736 MELVIN DR 5140 LOVE WAY 5510 DELROSE CT 2412 UPHAM CT 5933 SUTTER 4920 OAK LEAF AVE 84 RIVERKNOLL PL 4904 MELVIN DR 6329 NEW SALEM CT 6303 SUTTER AVE 4135 HOLLISTER AVE 5348 NYODA WAY 5517 SAPUNOR WAY 4701 COURTLAND LN 4105 GEYSER LN 5340 NORTH AVE 5936 ELLERSLEE DR 6625 PALM AVE 5325 AGATE WAY 4507 JAN DR 6493 PERRIN WAY 4747 COURTLAND LN 4708 HAZELWOOD AVE 5797 CADA CIR 4046 MCCLAIN RD 6121 COYLE AVE 5793 CADA CIR 3529 SERRAMONT CT 6604 NORTHBROOK WAY 6357 TEMPLETON DR 3155 GARFIELD AVE 6045 DENVER DR 4726 PAXTON CT 4767 CRESTVIEW DR 4918 OAK LEAF AVE 5921 MARLIN CIR 5978 VIA CASITAS 4662 OAKBOUGH WAY 3925 OAK VILLA CIR 4809 FAIR OAKS BLVD 4702 ELI CT 6158 RUTLAND DR 5925 HELVA 5812 WOODLEIGH DR 5141 VON WAY 6237 PALM DR 6320 RIO BONITO DR 4212 MARL WAY 5620 NICHORA WAY 3045 WALNUT AVE 2000 LAMBETH WAY 3612 CASA ROSA WAY 6119 MERRY LN 5207 VALE DR 7220 WILLOWBANK WAY 5909 SARAH CT 5436 TREE SIDE DR 4811 ENGLE RD 2505 LOS FELIZ WAY 4213 TYRONE WAY 3624 MARSHALL AVE 6207 HILLTOP DR 81 COVERED BRG 6130 VAN ALSTINE AVE

$285,000 $275,000 $380,000 $188,000 $203,000 $380,000 $280,000 $165,000 $186,000 $220,000 $398,000 $290,000 $237,500 $215,000 $415,000 $226,000 $210,000 $380,000 $350,000 $223,000 $209,000 $355,000 $210,000 $252,500 $224,900 $182,130 $325,000 $114,000 $211,000 $340,000 $164,000 $304,000 $236,500 $157,500 $210,000 $204,000 $250,000 $240,000 $227,000 $805,500 $245,000 $195,000 $417,000 $255,000 $315,000 $289,000 $257,000 $240,000 $73,000 $289,000 $50,000 $450,000 $230,000 $284,500 $237,500 $175,000 $187,000 $475,000 $810,000 $340,000 $400,000 $270,000 $600,000 $350,000 $225,000 $280,000 $350,000 $175,000 $530,000 $220,000 $349,900 $545,000 $375,000 $200,000 $728,000 $1,475,000

95816 EAST SACRAMENTO, MCKINLEY PARK 1116 35TH ST 430 34TH ST 521 26TH ST 3808 S ST 2526 CAPITOL AVE 554 37TH ST 711 33RD ST 925 33RD ST 2618 E ST 2325 D ST 1344 39TH ST 632 SANTA YNEZ WAY 1840 41ST ST

95817 TAHOE PARK, ELMHURST

2729 42ND ST 3405 TRIO LN 2717 60TH ST 4225 2ND AVE 3406 TRIO LN 2108 36TH ST 2956 34TH ST 3501 37TH ST 5132 T ST 3709 7TH AVE 2863 58TH ST 4225 8TH AVE 3530 10TH AVE 6015 2ND AVE 2524 51ST ST 5024 2ND AVE 3524 SANTA CRUZ WAY 4809 U ST 3108 SAN JOSE WAY 3408 TRIO LN 4133 3RD AVE 3409 12TH AVE 2729 KROY WAY 2489 SAN JOSE WAY 3617 33RD ST 2548 52ND ST 2948 38TH ST

95818 LAND PARK, CURTIS PARK

1208 7TH AVE 1861 9TH AVE 2159 PORTOLA WAY 1875 8TH AVE 1829 BEVERLY WAY 2450 5TH AVE 529 FREMONT WAY 2540 LAND PARK DR 2676 18TH ST 1090 PERKINS WAY 2709 22 ST 2160 MARSHALL 2183 6TH AVE 2702 DONNER WAY 900 FREMONT WAY 2029 18TH ST 3628 19TH ST 2609 MARSHALL WAY 524 FLINT WAY 948 3RD AVE 2840 CASTRO WAY 3325 CUTTER

$525,000 $920,000 $284,000 $310,000 $715,000 $735,000 $949,000 $395,000 $375,000 $355,000 $1,215,000 $491,000 $393,000

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95819 EAST SACRAMENTO, RIVER PARK 840 MISSION WAY 400 PICO WAY 5324 L ST

$379,000 $425,000 $211,000

1601 42ND ST 5310 D ST 227 SAN MIGUEL WAY 5021 REID WAY 5412 SANDBURG DR 5132 T ST 1301 43RD ST 318 LAGOMARSINO WAY 560 40TH ST 208 40TH ST 4809 U ST 260 SAN MIGUEL WAY 76 FALLON LN 1323 60TH ST 1409 52ND ST 424 LAGOMARSINO WAY 1332 57TH ST 1870 50TH ST 1200 56TH ST 5137 T ST 701 41ST ST 1656 48TH ST 1201 46TH ST 664 55TH ST 4401 G ST 1840 41ST ST 55 46TH ST 295 TIVOLI WAY 5400 AILEEN WAY

$587,000 $396,308 $290,500 $265,000 $634,250 $579,000 $1,300,000 $419,500 $443,500 $390,000 $410,000 $400,000 $542,500 $317,000 $447,000 $335,000 $335,000 $309,000 $320,000 $396,225 $500,000 $529,950 $1,280,000 $349,900 $250,000 $393,000 $292,000 $499,000 $315,000

95821 ARDEN-ARCADE 3568 LARCHMONT SQUARE LN 4409 ROBERTSON AVE 3028 VICTORIA DR 4431 LOCKWOOD WAY 2571 FULTON SQUARE LN #68 3506 LARCHMONT SQUARE LN 2109 JULIESSE AVE 3307 LYNNE WAY 3536 LEATHA WAY 2518 CASTLEWOOD DR 4661 PASADENA AVE 3601 SEAN DR 3230 FREDERICK WAY 2831 RHONDA WAY 4231 SILVER CREST AVE 3009 HOWE AVE 2436 EDISON AVE 3016 TAMALPAIS WAY 4316 HAZELWOOD AVE 3012 FAIRWAYS CT 2425 WULFF LN 2551 FULTON SQUARE LN #52 2300 HIGHRIDGE DR 3197 MOUNTAIN VIEW AVE 4438 PARK GREEN CT 4519 BARON AVE 4208 HORGAN WAY 4131 WHEAT ST 4501 EDISON AVE 3921 HILLCREST LN 3745 BECERRA WAY 3551 GREENVIEW LN 4100 MARCONI AVE 2516 MORETTI WAY 3345 BECERRA WAY 2549 CASTLEWOOD DR 3172 DELWOOD WAY

$115,000 $195,000 $220,000 $325,000 $81,000 $105,000 $139,900 $290,000 $162,000 $265,000 $735,900 $182,500 $155,000 $452,000 $207,000 $155,000 $165,000 $225,000 $355,000 $137,000 $145,000 $92,000 $220,000 $880,000 $262,500 $165,000 $320,000 $280,000 $320,000 $235,000 $215,000 $195,900 $130,000 $145,500 $250,000 $243,000 $385,000

95822 SOUTH LAND PARK

1424 64TH AVE 6920 DIEGEL CIR 2433 50TH 5632 EL ARADO WAY 5617 LA CAMPANA WAY 4104 CANBY WAY 2256 FLORIN RD 1276 NEVIS CT

$172,500 $127,500 $115,000 $135,000 $150,000 $456,500 $162,800 $399,900

7551 SKELTON WAY 2105 FRUITRIDGE RD 1433 ATHERTON ST 7500 BALFOUR WAY 7274 AMHERST ST 6420 ROMACK CIR 2179 BERNARD WAY 7607 W ADDISON WAY 7454 21ST ST 7537 COLLINGWOOD ST 87 QUASAR CIR 6082 ANNRUD WAY 1461 LONDON ST 2624 57TH AVE 7438 19TH ST 5408 DANA WAY 7048 27TH ST 5411 ASHLAND WAY 6812 23RD ST 1714 POTRERO WAY 2736 WAH AVE 7270 LOMA VERDE WAY 1430 KITCHNER RD 3501 23RD ST 2368 GLEN ELLEN CIR 7430 CANDLEWOOD WAY 2229 FRUITRIDGE RD 6801 GOLF VIEW DR 2154 ONEIL WAY 2411 ARNOLD CT 4661 22ND ST 6328 VENTURA ST 5200 ELMER WAY 4933 CARMEN WAY 7489 CANDLEWOOD WAY 2230 50TH AVE 1454 KITCHNER RD 5811 14TH ST 5609 ROSEDALE WAY

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1100 COMMONS DR $435,000 2024 ROBERT WAY $126,000 503 DUNBARTON CIR $335,000 2280 WOODSIDE LN #3 $165,000 2440 LARKSPUR LN #302 $77,000 1426 COMMONS DR $435,000 639 WOODSIDE SIERRA #2 $125,000 2904 EMERALD CT $142,000 2229 WOODSIDE LN #3 $75,000 2300 HIGHRIDGE DR $220,000 3157 ELLINGTON CIR $315,000 640 WOODSIDE SIERRA #3 $82,000 1342 VANDERBILT WAY $260,000 1505 WAYLAND AVE $145,000 2270 SIERRA BLVD UNIT C $172,000 902 COMMONS DR $270,000 607 DUNBARTON CIR $336,000 3421 ARDEN CREEK RD $860,000 2248 EL CAMINO AVE $129,500 317 HARTNELL PL $290,000 2232 MORSE AVE $277,500 2000 FLOWERS ST $240,000 706 HARTNELL PL $282,000 2450 LARKSPUR LN #320 $85,000 126 E RANCH RD $395,000 2113 TEVIS RD $150,000 736 BLACKMER CIR $363,000 1191 VANDERBILT WAY $275,000 2430 PAVILIONS PLACE LN #303 $517,500 2088 UNIVERSITY PARK DR $299,000 2430 PAVILIONS PLACE LN #507 $530,000

95831 GREENHAVEN, S LAND PARK 8018 LINDA ISLE LN 392 AQUAPHER WAY

$360,000 $310,000

230 AUDUBON CIR 1195 ROSE TREE WAY 410 CEDAR RIV 635 RIVERCREST DR 7972 COLLINS ISLE LN 9 FOX OAK CT 286 RIVERTREE WAY 741 CECILYN WAY 7040 13TH ST 14 BAJIA CT 9 GARCIA CT 612 CORIANDER WAY 7954 COLLINS ISLE LN 6924 13TH ST 1061 L ALOUTTE WAY 6583 WILLOWBRAE WAY 7671 MARINA COVE DR 22 PAYNE RIVER CIR 6961 RIVERBOAT WAY 5 ALSTAN CT 528 RIVERGATE WAY 7045 GLORIA DR 88 LAKESHORE CIR 53 YUBA RIVER CIR 7340 RUSH RIVER DR 819 PARKLIN AVE 7741 POCKET RD 7345 DURFEE WAY 1101 SILVER LAKE DR 7401 DURFEE WAY 719 RIVERCREST DR 80 SPRINGBROOK CIR 79 CAVALCADE CIR 1254 SUNLAND VISTA AVE 6261 S LAND PARK DR 7521 MONTE BRAZIL DR

95864 ARDEN

3233 WINDSOR DR 4110 LUSK DR 4011 LAS PASAS WAY 1811 MAPLE GLEN RD 919 SIERRA PARK LN 1705 DEVONSHIRE RD 1811 EASTERN AVE 2409 IONE ST 3113 WINDSOR DR 1728 DAPHNE 4284 N RIVER WAY 3124 CHURCHILL RD 2660 MORLEY WAY 4064 CRESTA WAY 3555 LAS PASAS WAY 1222 FITCH WAY 1409 GLENWOOD RD 937 TUSCAN LN 4424 MORPHEUS LN 1852 NEPTUNE WAY 4424 JUNO WAY 3540 EL RICON WAY 3710 LAS PASAS WAY 3321 ARDENRIDGE DR 1017 HAMPTON RD 1542 ARROYO GRANDE DR 1160 CASTEC DR 1409 MORSE AVE 2434 CATALINA DR 3187 BARBERRY LN 3013 SIERRA MILLS LN 1457 EL TEJON WAY 3409 WELLINGTON DR 2309 GILA WAY 1014 ENTRADA RD 4155 LOS COCHES WAY 1160 GREENHILLS RD 3208 CHURCHILL RD 4400 ULYSSES DR

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$260,000 $235,000 $415,000 $1,220,000 $599,500 $260,000 $165,000 $161,000 $161,000 $322,500 $375,000 $157,500 $510,000 $518,000 $340,000 $395,100 $165,000 $1,100,000 $295,000 $257,500 $355,500 $435,000 $405,000 $220,000 $138,000 $405,000 $540,000 $162,500 $335,000 $2,400,000 $530,000 $440,000 $165,000 $346,100 $430,000 $1,225,000 $173,000 $120,000 $310,000

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ecently, my wife started a new teaching assignment with a considerable commute. So now we find ourselves shopping for a new car. The problem is, we can’t quite agree on what matters in a car. I’m hoping for an auto with a good safety record and great fuel economy, but Becky simply wants a sky-blue-colored car with audio control buttons on the steering wheel.

Becky’s still feeling a bit traumatized from my 1999 pennypinching purchase of a salvaged darkgreen station wagon. She and our kids found the color so humiliating that they dubbed the car The Pickle. Four years later, when my eldest daughter totaled the car, I thanked God for its safety record. My family simply thanked God. (Rest in peace, my little green friend.) Discounting her trauma, I took her to a European dealership that boasted cars with impeccable safety records and great gas mileage. In the showroom we met Dave, a sport-coated man, well matched to me in age, build and thinning hair. For the next hour, he took us on a quiet test drive, absent the usual sales chitchat. However, at some point in our drive, Becky made a random mention of the church we attend, Impact Community Church. That remark awakened our salesman enough to say that “loving Jesus is the most important thing.” Assuming that loving Jesus involved

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accountability to a local congregation, Becky asked about his church. “My church is Jimmy Swaggart,” he said, referring to the defrocked Assemblies of God televangelist who was twice caught with prostitutes. “I watch Swaggart on TV and send him my tithe,” he said. That prompted Becky to begin reading the freeway signs aloud, looking to exit both the conversation and the test drive. Undeterred, he added, “I’m a Media member.” Unfamiliar with the term, I googled “Media member” on my smartphone. Sure enough, if you pledge 10 percent of your earned income, you can join Swaggart’s virtual church. Our new friend seemed unoffended by my preoccupation with my phone, because he just kept repeating, “Loving Jesus is the most important thing.” I finally looked to see if he was wearing a “Just Love Jesus” colored wristband. He wasn’t. Strangely enough, a smart-alecky professor once asked Jesus what he thought the most important thing was. Jesus replied that there were actually two important things: 1. Love the Lord your God with all your heart. 2. Love your neighbor as yourself. The Just Love Jesus theology (JLJ for short) stresses the first part but stumbles a bit with Jesus’ second expectation. The problem is that Jesus saw the two commandments as inextricably bound; you can’t follow one commandment to the neglect of the other. So no, Mr. Salesman, you can’t just love Jesus. You must love your neighbor, too. And your “neighbor”

isn’t just the nice lady sharing the backyard fence of your nice neighborhood. Loving your neighbor includes loving sinners as well as Swaggarts. But most of all, you have to know yourself well enough to admit that if God loves you, he must certainly love us all.

And your “neighbor” isn’t just the nice lady sharing the backyard fence of your nice neighborhood. Loving your neighbor includes loving sinners as well as Swaggarts. At the end of our test drive, the salesman told my disheartened wife that the car didn’t come in blue. Becky, wanting to salvage at least a part of the day, handed the man a card from our church, inviting him to come visit sometime. I wanted to add my best impression of a used-car salesman by saying, “I promise our church can save you some money,” but I thought that probably wouldn’t be very loving. 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. n

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Cabin Charm THIS CURTIS PARK COUPLE NEVER WANTS TO LEAVE THEIR TRANSFORMED GARAGE

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A playful room that makes you smile: That’s how Kathy Ebert describes her garage. HOME page 62

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1. 1. An unusually shaped mirror offers a different perspective of the garage. 2. Homeowners Kathy and Dick Ebert outside their Minnesota cabin.

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ver the years, the 400-square-foot space has taken on numerous personalities, serving as a cabin in the woods, a hobby and family room, and a showroom and studio for Ebert’s business ventures. But when she and her husband, Dick (the well-known wine expert at Taylor’s Market in Land Park), moved into their 1929 Curtis Park cottage 30 years ago, the garage was similar to others in the neighborhood. Made from corrugated metal, wood and stucco, it had an unattractive pull-up door, ugly cabinets and three small, nonfunctioning Plexiglas windows. Still, Ebert knew it had great potential. “It was a spectacular space,” she says. Twenty-one years ago, she emptied the garage, chopped up the cabinets with a hatchet and hauled the entire mess to the street. Then she spraypainted the interior white to get a sense of what she had to work with. The garage’s first transformation sprouted from the Eberts’ memories of growing up in Minnesota. “We thought it would be so wonderful to

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have a Minnesota cabin, so that’s what we turned it into,” she explains. Creating their cabin in the woods involved some work. Because the garage floor was beneath ground level, flooding was an issue. So the couple poured six inches of concrete over the existing floors, installing strips of redwood painted green for visual appeal. They added cottage-style windows and new French doors that open onto a reconfigured garden. Self-venting skylights in the sloping ceiling provide additional light and air circulation. A fire-engine-red ceiling fan cools the room and adds a splash of color. Ebert attributes her love of bright colors, evident throughout the garage, to her Scandinavian heritage and the long, dark Minnesota winters of her youth. Ebert painted the new carriagestyle garage doors a lively spruce green. Inside, tongue-and-groove knotty-pine paneling was primed with a hint of gray to coordinate with the floor. In one corner, a window seat also serves as a cozy bed for an overnight guest.

Ebert designed the two built-in storage areas lining one wall. Topped with spruce-colored ceramic tiles, they mimic the garage door color. Gray grout complements the concrete floor. Ebert used chenille-covered furniture and placed a black-and-red kilim rug on the floor.

“The space was filled with wintery things like a cabin would be,” she says. The cabin was the pivot point around which the couple’s social and private lives rotated. Friends commented that they never went inside their house anymore. “We just lived out here all the time,” says Ebert. “Dick would read and listen to jazz or classical music and I would knit.” Two sets of shelves, supported by hand-forged brackets resembling twigs, display the couple’s interests:

books for him, family memorabilia, birdhouses and folk art for her. The room is devoid of television, phone or computer. “And it always will be,” Ebert says. The cabin, though not in the Minnesota woods, gave the couple a soothing way to enjoy peace and quiet and connect with nature and their garden. “Living in a small house, it is important to have a space to retreat to,” Ebert says. “Everyone needs that.” Ebert has worked for Dorris Lumber and Moulding Company and Burnett & Sons, selling custom doors, Marvin windows and paint. Her interest in old homes served her well when she started her own business supplying and designing custom doors and windows. That’s when the cabin became a showroom for Kathy Ebert & Co. Architectural Specialties. “When I would bring clients here, they would be looking at their plans and then say, ‘We would rather do something like this,’” she says. As the construction market waned, Ebert used her love of color and

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knitting to start a business producing hand-knitted scarves and accessories and felted handbags. The space then became a studio for her creative venture, Kathy Knits. “As my life and career altered,” she says, “it was perfect that I had this space.” For those considering a garage remodel, Ebert offers a few tips. Use surfaces and fabrics that are easy to clean. Cotton is durable and almost maintenance free. Concrete floors are a snap to clean and develop a warm patina. For walls, paneling is better than painted drywall. “The tongueand-groove paneling hasn’t required any upkeep in the 21 years it has been here,” she says. Then, fill the space with music, fun, friends and memories. “This is one of the best things I ever did in my life,” she says. “I would do it again in a heartbeat.” If you know of a home you think should be featured in Inside Publications, contact Julie Foster at foster.julie91@yahoo.com. n

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Fear, Not Fun WHEN THE CIRCUS CAME TO TOWN

BY SUE OWENS WRIGHT PETS & THEIR PEOPLE

was 8 years old when my thirdgrade teacher announced that our class was going to the circus. What excited me most about the circus was seeing the performing animals, especially the dogs. I loved dogs! I even tried teaching my own dog, Dusty, how to perform like a trained circus poodle, though I don’t recall his learning any tricks. Weeks ahead of our excursion, our teacher read us stories about circuses, played Bozo the Clown records on the phonograph and had us draw elephants, lions and tigers with our Crayolas. We painted gaudy clowns in poster paint and created circus-themed collages with colored construction paper and paste, which she displayed for all to see. The anticipation was building. By the time Ringling Bros. finally rolled into Sacramento, our classroom looked like the circus had already staked out Room 8 at Woodlake Elementary School. Every kid in the class was vibrating with excitement as we

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boarded the school bus. Hooray! I was finally going to see my first circus. It was the last time I would ever want to see one. From the bus window, my first glimpse of the Big Top sent chills and thrills through me. I heard the merry jangle of a calliope and the cheering crowd as I eagerly waited in line to enter the vast red-and-whitestriped tent. What wonders and feats of derring-do lay in store for us once we were inside? I’d long heard how spectacular the circus was with its funny clowns, daring trapeze artists and performing animals, but I had

no conception of how the animals could possibly do all those amazing tricks advertised on the colorful circus posters. How in the world did they ever train huge elephants to dance on their hind legs? I couldn’t even teach my dog to do that! Once I was inside the circus tent, the first thing that impressed me was the smell. The air was permeated with a scent I have never forgotten: a pungent mixture of popcorn, roasted peanuts, sawdust and raw fear. I soon discovered that was because the lions, tigers and elephants were whipped, poked and prodded to obey

commands. Wild jungle cats never meant to live in captivity or perform for an audience were forced at the snap of the lion tamer’s whip to leap through flaming hoops, despite their natural fear of fire. Though only a little kid, I felt profound pity for these unfortunate creatures as I witnessed them being tormented for our pleasure. The assortment of costumed dogs I watched twirl on their hind legs, climb ladders and traverse a tightrope looked anything but happy, which was easy to tell from their worried expressions and the notable

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absence of wagging tails. Elephants balanced their enormous weight on small pedestals while being jabbed repeatedly in sensitive flesh of the neck, armpits or groin with bull hooks. I never forgot the misery so apparent in their sad eyes. I think I saw an elephant cry that day.

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first circus be remembered as one of kindness. Sue Owens Wright is an awardwinning author of books and articles about dogs. “Braced for Murder,” her latest book in the Beanie and Cruiser Mystery Series from Five Star Publishing, is nominated this year for a Maxwell Award for Best Fiction by the Dog Writers Association of America. She can be reached at beanieandcruiser@aol.com. n

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Stop and Go LOOKING AT MCKINLEY VILLAGE THROUGH A TRANSPORTATION LENS

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he proposed McKinley Village residential development is located in one of the most visible vacant lots in Sacramento. Every day, thousands of cars on Capital City Freeway stream by the former orchard just south of the American River. The 49-acre site has tantalized developers for a long time. In 1992, the massive Centrage proposal, with a 15-story office building, hotel and high-density housing, galvanized neighborhood opposition because of its size. Over the years, other proposals (for big-box stores, for 500 housing units, for a church plus housing) have come and gone. Developers’ dreams don’t always turn into reality. While the site is very visible, it’s not very accessible. It’s entirely surrounded by the freeway and railroad embankments. There is only one way to reach the property now, taking 28th Street across the Union Pacific tracks and then A Street across the freeway. Plans for McKinley Village include constructing two new ways to reach the site. One is a wide vehicle access, also open to bikes and pedestrians, through the railroad embankment. It would

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connect to C Street between 40th Street and Tivoli Way. The second is a 12-foot-wide bicycle/pedestrian tunnel connecting to the north end of Alhambra Boulevard. Not everyone thinks McKinley Village is a good idea. Most objections relate to transportation. There are concerns about a potential bottleneck at the 28th Street crossing of a busy rail line, increased traffic on neighborhood streets and the lack of direct transit service. There’s no doubt that building McKinley Village will result in more traffic on neighborhood streets. But there are fundamental questions related to that traffic. Will the traffic be significant? Are there better locations for growth—locations that

would result in shorter trips or more trips by foot, bike and bus than by car? The traffic analysis in the draft environmental impact report for McKinley Village suggests the impacts of the added traffic are fairly minimal. The traffic model estimates the project would generate 3,507 total vehicle trips a day. The busiest single hour would be during the afternoon, with 341 trips. The totals include trips both into and out of the site. The peak-hour trips, like all trips, are split between the two access roads. Outside the site, traffic disperses over the East Sacramento and Midtown street grids. Generally, the added volume on any one street is small. The analysis focuses on the impacts of the project’s traffic on the level of service (LOS) at 32 nearby neighborhood intersections. LOS

is a measure of drivers’ comfort, convenience and delay. (LOS is far from a perfect metric, since it doesn’t measure impacts on nondrivers, including residents.) At a few intersections, LOS could drop below city standards. To mitigate these expected impacts, a new traffic signal is proposed at McKinley Boulevard and 33rd Street. In addition, signal timing, lane striping and parking changes are proposed at Alhambra Boulevard and E and H Streets. With those changes, the traffic’s environmental impacts are deemed not significant. Access to McKinley Village wouldn’t be too different from existing conditions around River Park. Like McKinley Village, River Park has two access streets (Carlson Drive and Camellia Avenue) and a bike

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connection. Camellia Avenue is not a full access since it is limited to one way in and one way out. In addition to the streets, there’s a paved connection to an American River Parkway bike trail. According to its neighborhood association, River Park has 1,700 households. That’s more than five times the number of houses (328) slated for McKinley Village. Generally, traffic around the River Park entries flows freely, even with almost 9,000 vehicle trips a day on Carlson Drive. But the situation is different in that River Park traffic immediately winds up on busy H and J streets. A demand for housing will still exist if McKinley Village is not built. If the proposed site is not used, the demand will be met elsewhere. That could mean more sprawl and “green field” development. The regional transportation authority agrees that McKinley Village is consistent with its state-mandated “sustainable communities strategy,” which calls for building within existing urban areas in order to reduce trip lengths, congestion and greenhouse gases.

A development dream of my own is a bicycle pedestrian bridge over the American River near Capital City Freeway. McKinley Village could someday provide access to such a bridge and to a planned new multipurpose trail on the south bank of the American River. That would be a recreational and transportation boon not only for residents of the village but for everyone living in East Sacramento. McKinley Village has provisions for a trail on the east end of the project site (the west end already connects to Sutter’s Landing Regional Park) that would connect to the parkway and a new bridge. For the dream to become a reality, a bicycle/ pedestrian crossing of the freeway would also have to be funded and built. McKinley Village appears to be a reasonable use of a prominent but problematic site. Despite the added traffic, it offers a smart way for the region to grow and some potential benefits to the surrounding community. Walt Seifert is a bicyclist, driver and transportation writer. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net. n

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My Year of Daily Gratitude JOURNAL CONTINUES THROUGHOUT 2013—BY ONE FAMILY MEMBER, ANYWAY

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appreciate the sweet spots in life was just what we could use—a way to keep the foundation of appreciation intact. I didn’t force anyone to write in the book. It would defeat the Daily Gratitude Journal’s purpose if they went into it with a negative attitude. I simply wanted to make it a positive daily habit, like brushing teeth or dinner together around the table, for our family to validate what we truly appreciate, value and treasure. To remind us that despite media-saturated doom and gloom hype, the scales of simple pleasures, breathtaking beauty, and human goodness tip positive. My daughter, Whitney, was the first to abandon the journal. Jan. 22 was her last entry. After appreciating things like warm soup on a cold day, fuzzy, warm pajamas right out of the dryer, hot showers (there was a cold theme going on in January), music, our dog Darby, family and friends, it all came to a screeching halt when she broke her arm for the third time (later in June, a broken finger would make it four arm casts in

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four years). She was not feeling very appreciative after that, but I was left with a glimpse of what an 11-year-old appreciates and this classic entry: “I love how purely happy a head massager makes me feel.” My son, Logan, was the next to fade away. His last entry was on Jan. 28 after becoming spotty recording his gratitudes the week prior. With things like being appreciative for being outside, playing with his friends, being outside and playing with his friends, playing sports, the 49ers, playing sports with friends, and playing with the dog, it was easy to see where a 13-year-old boy’s happiness was found. As if it wasn’t clear enough, his last two entries were: “I love sports” and “I love being outside doing whatever.” On the last day of January, hubby fizzled out, too, probably content that he accomplished a month of daily gratitude. From our family’s primary breadwinner, there was a definite theme of enjoying the weekends. Sunrises, his family, his friends and bacon were also frequently appreciated. His sense of humor showed through with this post on my birthday: “I’m glad Kel gets younger every year!” and this when the 49ers clinched a Super Bowl berth: “Some days are good and some days are great. Today will be better than both if the 49ers win (I’ll let you know after 5 p.m.). … It’s 6:27 and the 49ers are going to the Super Bowl! This day has become great!” I was OK with my family not continuing to write in the Daily Gratitude Journal. It was enough

for me to keep it constantly on the kitchen counter, a pen always by its side, available at any time to flip through in joint appreciation and reflection. But mainly I hoped that by my taking the time every day to record, without fail, something worth appreciating, this would become a virtue and value my family embraced as part of their own daily life. Keeping a gratitude journal for 365 days makes it hard to pick just one entry to share with you. But I can tell you how all my entries commonly began. With these gratitude phrases: I love… It makes me happy… I am blessed… It feels good… What a gift… I’m grateful… It’s so fun… It makes me proud… Being able to… Spending time together… For 2014, I plan to continue recognizing each day with these thoughts of appreciation, though not necessarily in writing. I hope my family (and others) will adopt this ritual of gratitude and shift in perspective—recognizing life for the amazing journey and gift that it is, because tomorrow is not promised. Because nothing beats simple pleasures like this one I recorded: “I love being the first one to put a knife in a brand-new jar of peanut butter.” Kelli Wheeler is a Sacramento mother of two and author of “Momservations—The Fine Print of Parenting.” She can be reached at Momservations.com. n

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Carmichael Emblem Club No. 355 members spread their volunteer activities here, there and everywhere. Last month, members baked cookies for the Elks’ annual children’s Christmas party. “This is a win-win situation,” says Emblem’s Norma Pippig. “The members enjoy seeing the sparkle in the children’s eyes as they munch on yummy cookies and work on crafts.” Emblem members also worked with Ronald McDonald House to help set up and decorate trees in eight bungalows used by families of children receiving care at nearby Shriners hospital. Throughout the year, members donate crayons, coloring books, activity and puzzle books, pencils and storybooks, as well as magazines for the adults. The club also works on the Twin Vision project, which transforms books for blind children. (The books are taken apart, a Braille interpretation is inserted and the book is reassembled.) For more information about Emblem, call 346-5079.

CLASSES FOR NONPROFIT DIRECTORS The Nonprofit Resource Center conducts training sessions for executive directors and volunteers. A five-week program called Executive

Director Boot Camp will be held on Fridays beginning Jan. 17. U.S. Bank sponsors the boot camp. Upcoming one-day workshops include Business Planning: The Right-Brain Style (Jan. 14) and Good Governance: Updating Your Bylaws (Feb. 19). For more information, go to nprcenter.org or call 285-1840.

A DAZZLING FUNDRAISER KidsFirst held its inaugural Denim & Diamonds fundraiser in October at The Flower Farm in Loomis. The event included line dance instruction, food from Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, an auction, raffle and assorted contests. KidsFirst, an organization devoted to ending child abuse and neglect, will celebrate its 25th anniversary on April 3. The group accepts donations, including vehicles. For more information, go to kidsfirstnow.org or call 774-6802.

NEW YEAR BRINGS A NEW DIRECTOR InAlliance begins 2014 with more than a new year: It will have a new executive director. Diana DeRodeff, who has been serving people with developmental disabilities at InAlliance for 30 years, is leaving. Her replacement hasn’t yet been named. But InAlliance will continue its valuable programs, including LA BOUtique Cafe at 2241 Harvard St., one of DeRodeff’s accomplishments. There, three adults with developmental disabilities make espresso, bag pastries, stir soup and

help out where needed. The cafe operates in partnership with La Bou Bakery & Cafe. For more information, go to inallianceinc.com.

THE FIRST 17 Sacramento Crisis Nurseries, a program of Sacramento Children’s Home, is marking 17 years of creating what it calls Better Tomorrows for more than 14,000 children and 9,000 families. In the past, Crisis Nurseries has received $183,000 a year from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. However, the group no longer qualifies for the funding, so financial support is especially welcome right now. For more information, go to kidshome.org.

HOPE FOR A CURE The fifth annual Hope Gala on Sept. 14 raised $175,000 for the American Cancer Society. Three hundred people attended the event, which was held at the Arden Oaks home of Kim and David Saca. Simi Chehrazi was the honorary chairperson, and Assemblymember Richard Pan was honored at the gala, which was sponsored by Wells Fargo. The 2014 gala will be held on Sept. 13. To get involved, contact Pam Gunning at pam.gunning@cancer.org.

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Jan 3 – Jan 25 Jean Henderson Performing Arts Center 607 Pena Dr, Davis 95618 Dmtc.org Descend into the decadent world of the Kit Kat Klub, circa 1930, where chanteuse Sally Bowls enchants the crowd nightly. Follow her doomed romance with young American writer Cliff Bradshaw as Germany succumbs to Nazism and political insanity. The colorful characters of Davis Musical Theatre Company’s Cabaret are eager to entertain you with beloved musical numbers.

Jan 3 – Jan 26 Broadway Stage 2791 24th St, Sac 207-1226 A wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Frankenstein legend based on Mel Brooks’ classic comedy masterpiece, the story follows young Dr Frankenstein (that’s Frankesteen) as he attempts to complete his grandfather’s masterwork and bring a corpse to life. Young Frankenstein is scientifically-proven to be monstrously good entertainment!

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Closer Than Ever Jan 8 – Feb 16 Pollock Stage 1419 H St, Sac 443-6722 Sactheatre.org This is a contemporary musical about love, friendship, security, happiness and the value of those important little things as we are pulled in different directions when we grow older. Music by David shire, Lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr. this show will take place in the Pollock Stage at Sacramento Theatre Company.

The Real Thing Jan 22 – Feb 23 Capital Stage Company 2215 J St 995-5464 Capstage.org Tom Stoppard combines his characteristically brilliant wordplay and wit with poignant insights about the nature and mystery of love, commitment and authenticity creating a multi-toned play that challenges the mind while searching out the innermost secrets of the heart and asks that question.... when it comes to love how do we know when it’s the “real thing?”

The Trojan Women Jan 17 – Feb 15 California Stage Theatre 2509 R St, Sac Resurrectiontheatre.com Troy has fallen. The city has been destroyed and its people slaughtered. The few survivors are prisoners of the Greek Army which is waiting to sail back to Greece. This army is disintegrating in the wake of its victory, but the killing continues. The fate of the women hangs in the balance. The Trojan Woman is a play by Seneca, adapted by Howard Colyer and directed by Margaret Morneau.

Jan 17 – Feb 23 Celebration Arts Theatre 4469 D St, Sac 455-2787 Celebrationarts.net Gee’s Bend is the story of the Pettway women, quilters from the isolated community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Beginning in 1939, the play follows Alice, her daughters Sadie and Nella, and Sadie’s husband, Macon, through segregation, family strife and the Civil Rights movement. Throughout their lives, the women’s extraordinary quilts provide a respite from the turmoil around them. In the last act of the play, it is the year 2000; the quilts have been “discovered” as folk art and have become very valuable. Sadie is pleased with the recognition, but she returns to Gee’s Bend and continues to quilt. Wilder’s play explores the resilience of the human spirit, especially as it is expressed in art.

When the Rain Stops Falling Jan 10 – Feb 8 Big Idea Theatre 1616 Del Paso Blvd, Sac 960-3036 Bigideatheatre.com It’s raining. Gabriel York is anxiously awaiting the arrival of the son he abandoned decades ago. “I know what he wants. He wants what all young men want from their fathers. He wants to know who he is. Where he comes from. Where he belongs. And for the life of me I don’t know what to tell him.” Thus begins this compelling family saga that brings us on an intricate, heart-breaking journey from one generation to another, from 1959 to 2039, from London to Australia. Telling the story of four generations of fathers and sons, their mothers, lovers and wives. The play is epic in its scope, yet at the same time extraordinarly intimate.

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Susan Bitar THIS NONPROFIT HEAD BELIEVES WOMAN POWER CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS

mothers and daughters to learn more about NCL. This year, NCL will be celebrating its 20th anniversary. We’ve been in Sacramento 20 years! During that time, hundreds and thousands of mothers and daughters have come through the door. With their NCL experience, it’s my hope that they are still doing great things in the community. It’s a great

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training opportunity for daughters

CONVERSATION PIECE

to see how you make an impact in

usan Bitar, the president of

the community—how you contribute

the Sacramento chapter of

locally and really make a difference.

National Charity League, is

WHAT PROJECTS DOES THE LEAGUE WORK ON?

a big believer in “woman power.” Bitar leads a group of mothers and daughters who participate in a

NCL works with 20 nonprofits

six-year program of philanthropic

in Sacramento—organizations that

work. Here, she talks about the

allow young women to participate

benefits to the community when

and volunteer. Some examples of

two generations of women work

what we do: We make pillowcases for

together for the common good.

ConKerr cancer. We make lunches for

WHAT IS NATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE?

Mustard Seed School. We wrap gifts for Christmas Promise. We play bingo with the residents at Albert Einstein

NCL is a nonprofit organization

Center, and we do trash pickup

of mothers and daughters who join

for the American River Parkway

together to do philanthropic work,

Association.

educational activities and have cultural experiences.

WHAT SORT OF PERSON JOINS THE LEAGUE?

Susan Bitar is the president of the Sacramento chapter of National Charity League

It gives them an opportunity to work

leadership, social skills, professional

and can commit to doing 30 hours

side by side during a time in the

skills and life skills.

a year in philanthropy and chapter

girl’s life when they are growing and

service.

changing emotionally, physically and

Anyone who wants to get involved

PHILANTHROPIC GROUP TO INVOLVE MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS? What’s unique about NCL is that it involves mothers and daughters.

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developmentally. The girls generally join in the sixth grade and stay in NCL until they graduate from high

HOW CAN MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS GET INVOLVED IN NCL? Our prospective-member question-

school. During that time, there’s

and-answer evening is on Jan. 13 from

a six-year program that addresses

5 to 6 p.m. at Sacramento Country

educational components such as

Day School. It’s an opportunity for

TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. There are 186 chapters in the United States and 50,000 members. National Charity League is in 22 states. In the Sacramento region, there are four chapters: Davis, Granite Bay, South Placer and Sacramento. In Sacramento, we have 100 mothers and 120 daughters. It’s easy when you do work in your own community not to realize

the impact you have nationally. But

is certainly based on socioeconomic

National Charity League chapters

levels, but there is also need among

across the country have worked

other nonprofit organizations like

more than 1 million volunteer hours

the Sacramento Tree Foundation.

last year alone. It gives you a great

Planting a tree makes a difference in

sense of pride to know that what

the community. There a lot of things

we’re doing in our own community

that kids can do.

is also happening nationally. That’s

Within our own philanthropies,

the biggest thing I want the girls to

we’re looking at how we can spend

understand. It means a lot in their

our time more purposefully. We’re

own community, but it means so

the workhorse behind a lot of

much more on a national level.

great nonprofits. We want to have

WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE ORGANIZATION? Growth is certainly not important

an impact. The wonderful thing about NCL is we get to join forces with many successful, established

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nonprofits. We aren’t necessarily creating something new. We’re just

for us because we limit the size of

adding our “woman power” and

the classes of girls so that they have

volunteer time to assist them and

their own sense of community. What

their mission. I’m proud to lead a

I’d like to see is NCL having a bigger

group of mothers and daughters who

impact in the community. Right now,

positively impact our community’s

we serve a lot of at-risk mothers and

nonprofits.

children. But there are a lot of other

For more information on

needs in the community. There are

National Charity League, go to

needs among seniors, the arts, the

NCLsacramento.org.

environment and athletic endeavors

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Watercolor Warrior THIS OLD-SCHOOL VETERAN BRINGS A FRESH ATTITUDE TO HIS ART

ago, still in Elk Grove, where he resides today. Just six years shy of being a century old, with varied interests that span a multitude of subject areas, Baker is a present-day Renaissance man. His arsenal of pursuits and accomplishments is filled to the brim: proud patriarch, artist, Pearl Harbor survivor, farmer, hunter, fisherman (he’s very proud of that 25-pound salmon he caught), churchgoer, athlete, hiker, bridge designer, airplane builder (yes, he built two of them!) and teacher.

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emember that Lay’s potato chip slogan, “Bet you can’t eat just one”? Well, if you saw the watercolor paintings of Louis Baker, you might think something similar: Bet you can’t like just one. His love for painting began when he was 16. “In high school, I got an A in physical education and two A’s in my two art classes,” Baker recalls. “I liked getting those A’s, and I thought, ‘Maybe I can do this!’” He’s been doing it ever since, quite beautifully. “I just love the outdoors,” says Baker, an avid fisherman, accomplished hunter and ex-farmer who raised Angus cattle and pigs. It is that love of all-things-nature that informs and inspires his bucolic landscapes. Baker has a story to tell about each of his pieces, like the painting he made from a photograph he took of two old men trolling on a Minnesota pond many summers ago; or another that he titled “Beyond the Bells,” which shows two people walking down a verdant hill toward the blue of Bodega Bay. The bells refer to The Children’s Bell Tower Memorial honoring Nicholas Green, a young boy from Bodega Bay who was killed while in Italy with his family in 1994. Baker has painted many watercolors of ducks flying over Klamath River, one of his favorite fishing spots. While the majority of his paintings are landscapes, he has done a few still

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Louis Baker is a Pearl Harbor survivor and watercolorist

lifes—like the painting of persimmons he did some 20 years ago. “I was talking on the phone to a friend one day, and I saw these persimmons laying on the counter, and I just had to paint ’em,” he explains. “I never used so much orange in my life,” he says with a laugh. His very first painting was of “a train caboose, of all things,” he says. It is now proudly displayed in his son’s Sacramento home.

But Baker is much more than an artist. A devoted family man, he married the love of his life, also a native Sacramentan, after the war while working for the Navy as an aviation machinist. After coming home to Sacramento, he went to work for the state, designing substructures for bridges throughout California. He and his wife raised their family on a small farm in Elk Grove before moving to “the city” 30-plus years

Baker, 94, was born and raised in Sacramento. Except for the seven years he was in the Navy—during which time he survived the attack on Pearl Harbor—Sacramento has always been his home. Although he earned a California teaching credential, his teaching career was short-lived. About 40 years ago, he gave six women private painting lessons. “I couldn’t stand it,” he says. “They wouldn’t do what I wanted them to do. It was so frustrating.”

As for America’s seminal event that is Pearl Harbor, Baker remembers with clarity the poignant details of that fateful day. At 7:55 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941, before reporting to duty as a hangar watchman, clad in his all-white uniform and polished black shoes, he heard planes overhead. “I thought somebody was practicing on our base or something,” Baker recalls. “I saw these strange emblems on the side of the planes and thought, ‘Oh, I bet they’re from India.’” On his way to report to duty at 8 a.m. sharp, he noticed officers hurriedly driving around in cars but didn’t think much of it. To his chief he said, “Reporting to watch duty, Sir.” “Watch, hell,” said his boss. “We’re at war!” After the fighters came the bombers, about a half hour later. He and his comrades took shelter on the floor of a hangar. One of his buddies stood up to look out the window. At that moment a bomb hit, and his friend lost his life. “That was tough,” he says.

Baker’s small in-home art studio is full of visual treats: a handwritten note to him from then-Gov. Ronald Reagan, innumerable ribbons won in past art competitions, family photos from yesteryear and old bridge blueprints. It is also packed with nine decades of memories and an abundance of potential. After his wife passed away four years ago, Baker gave his paintbrushes a rest. “But I think I’m going to start back up again,” he says. What’s next? A few miles away from his home is a eucalyptus tree. He has been eyeing it for years. “It’s just so majestic out there in that field,” Baker says. “And I think I’ll add a couple of bales of hay at the base of the tree.” Bales of hay or not, it will indeed be a captivating work of art. University Art (2601 J St.) will have a storefront gallery showcasing Louis Baker’s work in January. n

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This Is Our Youth MUSICIANS SHOW OFF THEIR EARLY, IMPRESSIVE SKILLS AT JAN. 25 CONCERT

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hey may be young at “art,” but the musicians of the Sacramento Youth Symphony’s Premier Orchestra are mind-bogglingly talented, even though they’ve yet to hit middle school. Check out their Winter Concerto Concert at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25 at Hiram Johnson High School. The program will include Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 1, and Edward Elgar’s “Enigma Variations,” as well as a command performance by 11-yearold Roger Xia, an accomplished pianist and violinist and the current concertmaster of the orchestra. Hear this Elk Grove native tickle the ivories with the skill of someone much older—though he’s only in elementary school. For tickets and more information, call 731-5777 or go to sacramentoyouthsymphony.org. Hiram Johnson High School is at 6879 14th Ave.

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Sacramento Youth Symphony’s Premier Orchestra will perform on Saturday, Jan. 25 at Hiram Johnson High School

MOD SQUAD If your ear is hoping to hear something classical but decidedly modern—it’ll make sense in a minute—don’t miss the Sacramento Philharmonic Classical Concert “Traditionally Modern” at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11 at the Community Center Theater. Under the direction of maestro Michael Morgan, the Sac Phil will introduce audiences to a man most known simply as DBR: Daniel Bernard Roumain, a new-media violinist and composer who’s turning the tables on traditional classical music. His multimedia musical approach has been riveting listeners across the country, and now he’ll take to the stage in Sacramento with his unique “Woodbox Concerto.” Also presented in the program will be Johannes Brahms’ “Variations

on a Theme by Haydn” and Igor Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite,” sure to set the stage ablaze. For a little background before you listen, arrive early for the 7 p.m. presentation “Speaking of Music,” a pre-concert talk that will lend important insights on the evening ahead. For tickets and more information, call 808-5181 or go to 2intune.org (the Sac Phil’s collaboration with the Sacramento Opera). The Community Center Theater is at 1301 L St.

October 1, 2007, to September 30, 2011, when he served as the 17th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As such, he was the principal military adviser to the president, the secretary of defense, the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council. Talk about an admirable admiral! For tickets and more information, call 388-1100 or go to sacramentospeakers.com. The Community Center Theater is at 1301 L St.

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At ease. But keep an open ear when Admiral Michael Mullen, a retired U.S. Navy admiral, appears as part of the Sacramento Speakers Series at 8 p.m. on Jan. 7 at the Community Center Theater. Mullen was the highest-ranking officer in the Armed Forces from

It actually takes even more people than that to make a show like Luis Bravo’s “Forever Tango,” being staged Jan. 3-5 at the Harris Center. Fourteen world-class tango dancers, one vocalist and an 11-piece PREVIEWS page 82

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January will feature works by artists Don Tackett and Shannon Raney. Shown above is Raney’s “Quiet Little Mouse.” Artistic Edge Gallery at 1880 Fulton Ave. Visit artisticedgeframing.com.

This coming year marks EFG’s 15th anniversary and to celebrate they are showing one painting from each of their current artists and a few others that have shown at the gallery along the way. Shown here is Christopher Stott’s “Stories We Like,” an oil on canvas. Elliott Fouts Gallery is at 1831 P Street. Visit efgallery.com David Post’s “Skyline and Harbor” is among the artist’s impressions of European towns. Ports, rivers and cityscapes are featured in his “Passing View” show. Opening Thursday, January 9 at 6 p.m. with Temp Talk hosted by David Sobon and runs through January. The gallery also features six other separate shows and 18 artists this month. The Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Gallery is at 1616 Del Paso Boulevard. Visit tempartgallery.com

75th Northern California Arts, Inc. Anniversary Membership Exhibition “Art Deco: 1939 to Present”runs January 2-25. at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center, 5330B Gibbons Drive in Carmichael. Visit sacfinearts.org. George Hargrave’s oil is shown above.

Tim Collom’s lush colorful paintings that echo the vineyards, landscapes and local scenes are shown in January. The Tim Collom Gallery is at 915 20th St. Visit timcollomgallery.com

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Sam Francis artwork is on displayat the Crocker Art Museum starting Jan. 25

orchestra make up the exciting and sensual performance that has taken Broadway by storm in recent years. The show’s director/creator Bravo says: “Tango is a feeling that you dance, a story you tell in three minutes. It’s passionate, it’s melancholic. It’s tender, violent. You dance it with somebody, but it is so internal, you dance it by yourself. More than just a dance, the tango is a music, a drama, a culture, a way of life.”

"It’s tender, violent. You dance it with somebody, but it is so internal, you dance it by yourself. More than just a dance, the tango is a music, a drama, a culture, a way of life." On the opposite end of the spectacle spectrum, sometimes just a single person can capture an audience’s attention, especially if that person is the offspring of crooner king Dean Martin. Martin’s daughter Deana will perform “A Tribute to

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Dean Martin” at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 12 at the Harris Center. Although she certainly has those songster genes, she’s a star in her own right: Martin has enjoyed a career in film, theater and television and has had three CDs on the Billboard chart since 2006, starting with her debut “Memories Are Made of This,” which stayed in the Top 10 for 40 consecutive weeks. It clearly runs in her blood: Regis Philbin once remarked, “Not only does Deana look like her dad, she has his way with a song.” The cast of “Menopause: The Musical” also has a way with a song, but of an entirely different, and hilarious, variety. The show, which plays Jan. 15-17 at the Harris Center, brings together four women who are all in the throes of The (Not-So) Silent Passage—that magical time of night sweats, hot flashes, hide-andseek libido and much, much more. Author Jeanie C. Linders says: “Most women know intuitively that every other woman is experiencing hot flashes or night sweats … but when they are sitting in a theater with hundreds of other women, all laughing and shouting ‘That’s me! That’s me onstage!’ they know what they are experiencing is normal. They aren’t alone or crazy. It becomes a sisterhood.” And a raucously funny one at that.

For something of a slower nature, join Jon Weber for “From Joplin to Jarrett: 100 Years of Piano Jazz” on Jan. 23, 24 and 26 at the Harris Center. Weber recently was selected to fill the legendary shoes of Marian McPartland on her “Piano Jazz” show on NPR, but that was hardly Weber’s first brush with fame. By age 19, his jazz quintet had opened for Pat Metheny, Buddy Rich, Freddie Hubbard and Stanley Turrentine. He’s now a favorite at the 92nd Street “Y” Jazz Series in New York. This star is certainly on the rise, so be sure to catch him now. For tickets and more information for all Harris Center events, call 608-6888 or go to harriscenter.net. The Harris Center (formerly Three Stages at Folsom Lake College) is at 10 College Parkway in Folsom.

NATIVE SON It’s always nice when a local guy makes good, and Sam Francis is no exception. The California native is one of the state’s most celebrated artists, and his work is on display at the Crocker Art Museum starting Jan. 25 during “Sam Francis: Five Decades of Abstract Expressionism from California Collections.” Francis started honing his artistic eye in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1940s and since then has had studios in Palo Alto, Point Reyes, Santa Monica and Venice. The show surveys his work all the way through the 1990s and includes highlights from his oeuvre, including pieces he created while living in New York, Switzerland and Japan. The exhibit is presented as collaboration between

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the Sam Francis Foundation, the Pasadena Museum of California Art and the Crocker. It will be on display through April 20. Light up the night at the Crocker’s January Art Mix “Neon Nite” from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 9. Enjoy the eclectic, electric evening featuring live music by ZuhG, aerialists clad in neon, psychedelic lightscapes by John Sonderegger, neon face painting by Whimsy Body Art, glass and sculpture on display as part of the “Glass on the Grid” exhibit and Art Mix featured artist Lily Moon. You can also enjoy drink specials under $5 all night long, just don’t get lit. Take a moment out of the Art Mix festivities to drop in on the “Glass on the Grid” reception on the same from 6 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 9. Glass and sculptural work from artists living, working and “arting” on the downtown/midtown grid will be on display. In conjunction with the ongoing “Passion and Virtuosity: Hendrick Goltzius and the Art of Engraving” exhibit, David Rubenstein will present a piano Classical Concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 12. Rubenstein will be playing pieces by composers who used sheet music created through engraving, the same process that artist Goltzius used to gain international renown. The program will include music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and other classical notables. Space is limited, so be sure to reserve your tickets early by calling 808-1182.

Hungry for some female friendship? Pull up a chair at the “Women on the Rise Dinner” from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 16 and enjoy a delicious dinner presented by the Crocker Café and the Supper Club, an exclusive art workshop and a tour of the museum to spark your inspiration. Rise to the occasion by calling 808-1182 to reserve your seat. Get some “Sound Advice” from the hosts of the Capital Public Radio program of the same name at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 23. Host Beth Ruyak and jazz aficionado Gary Vercelli will discuss rare recordings and the up-and-coming artists to keep an ear out for at this intimate, exciting event. If blues music is more your style, don’t miss Myra Melford in concert at the Crocker at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30. The pianist-composer has crafted a signature sound, and all-original pieces, that combine classical music and traditional blues piano from her native Chicago. See how Melford’s translates the work of Don Reich, an artist featured in the Crocker’s permanent collection, in this one-of-a-kind performance. For tickets and more information for all Crocker events, call 808-1182 or go to crockerartmuseum.org. The Crocker Art Museum is at 216 O St.

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Real Estate Minute By Viki Benbow, The Real Estate Huntress

2013 IN REVIEW – WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2014 This time of year I’m always asked, “Where do you think real estate is going in the new year?” A few of us were having that discussion and one of my colleagues piped up that a fortune teller proclaimed that inventory is up, interest rates are still low; it’s going to be a great year to buy real estate! We all laughed, but as I reÁected on her prediction, I think it’s right on. Here’s why: • We entered 2013 with record low inventory. At the same time in response to Warren Buffet’s statement that if he had a means to manage them he would buy thousands of single family homes. Enter the era of Blackstone and other investors who gobbled up houses causing what I call an industrial appreciation. • This trend continued through the 2nd quarter with record-setting appreciation giving the feds the sense that the overall economy was healthy enough to start “Quantitative Easing”. Wow!! Did that backÀre! After the negative back lash of that initial easing (100 basis points – which led to a 1%+ increase in rates) the market came to a screeching halt. • In 4th quarter of 2013, we saw home buyers back in the market, prices leveled out if not retreated some making for much healthier balance for both buyers and sellers. In December I helped several Àrst time buyers as well as clients making move up purchases! We are entering 2014 with good inventory and interest rates; I think the fortune teller’s crystal ball is right on! So, if you are thinking about testing the market, I think the time is right. Give me a call and let’s talk. Let me put my 44 years of experience to work for you and prove Experience is not expensive, it is priceless!

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Standing Tall SELLAND’S MARKET-CAFE SETS THE STANDARD FOR CASUAL DINING

BY GREG SABIN RESTAURANT INSIDER

t wasn’t that long ago that chef Randall Selland and his partner, Nancy Zimmer, were just aspiring restaurateurs, doling out tasty morsels from an unassuming little business in Carmichael. That unassuming little business became The Kitchen, the award-winning culinary institution that is, more often than not, dubbed the best restaurant in the region. The Selland Family Restaurants group now includes another highclass award winner in Ella Dining Room & Bar, as well as the casually inviting Selland’s Market-Cafe in East Sacramento (and a second, newer location in El Dorado Hills). For such a successful restaurant group, four restaurants don’t seem like that large of a footprint, but the relatively small size of the undertaking means that quality never suffers from diffusion of talent or resources. While most Sacramento residents might judge the Selland group on the fine-dining standouts of Ella and The Kitchen, it’s probably Selland’s Market-Cafe in East Sac that they’re most familiar with.

Let’s face it: It’s affordable, convenient, quick and, for the most part, delicious. What makes Selland’s work is its casual, order-at-the-counter system and seemingly endless list of special

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Pork Banh Mi sandwich from Selland's Market Cafe in East Sacramento

events, deals and offers. The menu, a combo of soups, sandwiches, pizza and hot dishes, hasn’t changed much in the 13 years since the restaurant’s opening. But seasonal specials and weekly offers attract curious diners without nudging out the favorite dishes that keep East Sac residents coming in week after week. Of those old classics, it’s hard to choose a favorite. Selland’s busy kitchen has figured out a range of simple, hearty dishes that hit the spot every time. The chicken breasts smothered in mushroom gravy ($7.95) rarely disappoint, offering a slightly muscular American version of the classic chicken Marsala. Paired with a

side of hand-mashed potatoes ($2.95) and a rather amazing helping of Brussels sprouts and bacon ($2.95), it’s a wonderfully satisfying plate of food. It you’ve got a hankering for barbecue, grab a hearty serving of beef brisket ($7.75). A heavenly chunk of braised beef topped with house-made barbecue sauce, it’s a moist, flavorful serving of meat that forces you to reevaluate your favorite barbecue joint or roadside smoker. Pair it with a serving of perfectly competent mac ’n’ cheese ($3.50) or potato salad ($2.95) and life will be fine indeed.

When it comes to sandwiches, it’s hard to beat the carnitas with cheddar, salsa, red onion and mayo ($8.95). A warm, sloppy sandwich, it’ll cause you to do more finger licking than finger washing. A roast pork bahn mi ($8.75), served with pickled vegetables and Sriracha mayo, is a delicious yet safe interpretation of the wonderful French/Vietnamese classic. But what draws the locals in night after night and week after week are the clever specials and events always going on at the cafe. On almost any night, you’ll stumble upon a beer tasting, wine tasting, spaghetti feast or other raucous good time. There’s a wine tasting every Wednesday night in El Dorado Hills

and every second Wednesday in East Sac. The price is normally $10 to $15, but it costs only $5 for those with a Selland’s frequent buyer card. This is no quiet, contemplative wine affair. Rather, it’s a loud-voice, big-smile, frequent-spillage type of wine party that goes well past the posted ending time of 8 p.m. If you’re looking for something quieter, try Selland’s weekly $25 dinner for two, which includes two entrees and a bottle of wine. It’s hard to find a better deal for two people anywhere else in town, and it won’t leave you hungry. If you want to feel like you’ve stepped into Nonna’s kitchen, drop in for Spaghetti Sunday, when a full spaghetti dinner, including salad and bread, costs $10.95 for adults and $7.95 for kids. Selland’s Market-Cafe has raised the bar for casual comfort food and neighborhood dining. The only thing that could be improved upon is the slightly awkward flow during busy hours. With too many people saving tables while others in their party

The dining room at Selland's Cafe

order at the counter, it creates a situation where hardly any tables are being used, yet they’re nearly all “taken.” If we could all just agree to not sit down until we’ve finished ordering

and paying, there’d be enough tables for everyone. So, as a favor to me and your fellow diners, don’t leave your purse, jacket or grandmother at the nearest empty table before you even

look at the menu. It’ll be a happier world for all. Selland’s Market-Cafe is at 5340 H St.; 736-3333; sellands.com. Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com. n

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Aioli Bodega Espanola 1800 L St. 447-9440 L D $$ Full Bar Patio Andalusian cuisine served in a casual European atmosphere

Biba Ristorante 2801 Capitol Ave. 455-2422 L D $$$ Full Bar Upscale Northern Italian

Lucca Restaurant & Bar 1615 J St. 669-5300 L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Patio Mediterranean cuisine in a casual, chic atmosphere • Luccarestaurant.com

Buckhorn Grill

Mulvaney’s Building & Loan 1215 19th St. 441-6022

L D $$ Wine/Beer A counter service restaurant with high-quality chicken, char-roasted beef, salmon, and entrée salads

L D Full Bar $$$ Modern American cuisine in an upscale historic setting

Café Bernardo

1501 16th St. 444-5850

B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio Casual California cuisine with counter service

Centro Cocina Mexicana 2730 J St. 442-2552 L D $$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cooking served in a casual atmosphere • Paragarys.com

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D $$ Full Bar Chicago-style pizza, salads wings served in a family-friendly atmosphere • Chicagofirerestaurant.com

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B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Outdoor Dining Crepes, omelettes, salads, soups and sandwiches served in a casual setting

Ernesto’s Mexican Food 1901 16th St. 441-5850

B L D $-$$ Full Bar Outdoor Dining Fresh Mexican food served in an upscale, yet familyfriendly setting • Ernestosmexicanfood.com

58 Degrees & Holding Co. 1217 18th St. 442-5858 L D $$$ Wine/Beer California cuisine served in a chic, upscale setting • 58degrees.com

Fox & Goose Public House 1001 R St. 443-8825

Old Soul Co. B L D $ No table service at this coffee roaster and bakery, also serving creative artisanal sandwiches

Paesano’s Pizzeria

B L $ Italian food in a casual grocery setting

1401 28th St. 457-5737

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Kasbah Lounge 2115 J St. 442-4388 D Full Bar $$ Middle Eastern cuisine in a Moroccan setting kasbahlounge.com

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4920 Folsom Blvd. 452-5516 B L D $ Fountain-style diner serving burgers, sandwiches, soup and ice cream specialties

3020 H Street 448-2334 L D $ European and American Frozen Confections, sandwiches, soups and espresso

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Paragary’s Bar & Oven

3649 J St. 455-7803

5641 J St.

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

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D $$ Full Bar Outdoor Patio California cuisine with an Italian touch • Paragarys.com

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29th and P Sts. 455-3300 L D $ Classic burgers, cheesesteaks, shakes, chili dogs, and other tasty treats • suzieburger.com

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855 57th St. 452-3896 B L D Wine/Beer $$ Eclectic California cuisine served in a family-friendly atmosphere, Kid’s menu, winemaker dinners, daily lunch specials, community table for single diners • Chefevan.com

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3839 J St. 448-5699

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

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Tapa The World 2115 J St. 442-4353

2431 J St. 442-7690 L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio Housemade curries among their authentic Thai specialties Thaibasilrestaurant.com

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3101 Folsom Blvd. 231-8888

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Zocolo 1801 Capitol Ave. 441-0303 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cuisine served in an authentic artistic setting • zocolosacramento.com

Jack’s Urban Eats 1230 20th St. 444-0307

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

Istanbul Bistro 3260 J Street 449-8810 L D Wine/Beer $$ Mediterranean-inspired cuisine in cozy neighborhood bistro setting

DOWNTOWN Foundation 400 L St. 321-9522 L D $$ Full Bar American cooking in an historic atmosphere • foundationsacramento.com

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1200 K Street #8 228-4518

10th & J Sts. 448-8960

Educational tasting experience of wines by the taste, flight or glass • downtownandvine.com

Ella Dining Room & Bar 1131 K St. 443-3772

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

Esquire Grill 1213 K St. 448-8900 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Outdoor Dining Upscale American fare served in an elegant setting • Paragarys.com

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

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

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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

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

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Mikuni Restaurant and Sushi Bar 1530 J St. 447-2112 L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Japanese cuisine served in an upscale setting • Mikunisushi.com

Morton’s Steakhouse 621 Capitol Mall #100 442-50 D $$$ Full Bar Upscale American steakhouse • Mortons.com

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Taylor's Kitchen

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

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

We look forward to cooking for you in 2014.

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Tower Café

1415 L St. 440-8888

As a member of Sacramento’s incredible Farm-to-Table community, we are proud to offer a fresh menu that changes with the daily availability of the marketplace.

427 Broadway 442-4044

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

926 J Street • 492-4450

Come join us and enjoy Chef Lance Carlini’s market-driven menu of rustic Italian specialties.

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

Jamie's Bar and Grill

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