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SERENE RIVERWOOD Country living in the heart of Carmichael. Gated, near river front. 2 master bedrooms, 2 full baths and a half bath. Over 2200sf. Huge Àoor-to-ceiling windows look out at a family of deer grazing across the creek. Total kitchen remodel, new fresh paint, new laminate Àooring and more. $539,000 MIKE PUENTE 395-4727

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Lost and Found STOLEN PARK TRELLIS TEACHES US MUCH ABOUT OUR SOCIETY

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t started with a simple idea to enjoy a few minutes alone in the McKinley Rose Garden on an early Saturday morning to take in the lovely atmosphere and help center me for the busy week ahead. For the past four years, our small nonprofit Friends of East Sacramento has fully restored and now manages the garden’s care and rental events. As I walked the grassy paths, my calmness was shaken when I saw

piles of freshly cut red rose bouquets strewn on the lawn in several locations. In May, the garden provides a colorful backdrop for photographers, especially on prom nights. While this may sound harmless, we have found it is not. On spring evenings, prom couples—many orchestrated by their parents—barge into scheduled events at the garden and routinely step into flower beds, risking damage to the bushes. When our staff gently asks them to be less obtrusive, we often get lectured by the parents about the importance of their beloved child’s big night. After cleaning up the mess and heading out for a day out of town, I noticed out of the corner of my eye what looked like a fallen branch in one of the beds. I texted our staff person Lyn and asked her to check it out when she arrived to train volunteers that morning. When she got there, she was shocked to discover one of the garden’s 16 majestic wrought-iron

trellises had been stolen. What I thought was a fallen branch was instead a 15-foot length of climbing rose cane strewn over other rosebushes. Shocked by this brazen theft, we reported it to the police. Joe Pane, our facility manager at Clunie Community Center, which our nonprofit also manages, is a retired police officer. We posted some photos on our Facebook page and shared them with other groups we are affiliated with. By that night, our post had reached more than 3,000 people. A few days later, a call came in from an anonymous tipster who reported that he had seen the trellis being used at a wedding in a Natomas backyard. He was upset because the family had bragged that it had been stolen from McKinley Park. He led us to the family’s Facebook page, where photos of the smiling couple under the trellis had been posted. After a little cyber-sleuthing, we were able to provide the family’s information,

including the rough location of their home, to the police investigator. Crisis rarely comes at a convenient time. But despite a pretty tightly packed work schedule the following week (design deadline for our upcoming book), I somehow managed to do numerous television interviews in the garden, four before it was found and four after recovery. The last two were on my porch at 9 p.m. when it was pouring rain. We also took our own photos and issued several press releases to the media. My stepson, who lives in San Francisco, called to say he’d heard me interviewed on his local news talk station! Talk about a slow news day. Quite obviously the media loved the story, especially the happy ending brought about by social media. You can imagine how irked we were that when the family was exposed, they all claimed to know nothing about the origin of the huge, distinctive trellis PUBLISHER page 13

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The Living Is Easy SUMMERTIME, AND THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF FUN THINGS TO DO

BY DUFFY KELLY OUT AND ABOUT ARDEN

hoices, choices, choices. Summer is here along with its promise of plump, ripe peaches and hot August nights. But what does that mean to those of us who live in Arden and Carmichael? What are we up to this summer? Let’s say we plan a “stay-cation” this year but want to pack it with all manner of memory-making new activities, the kind we thought were reserved for exotic vacations. Why not look to our very own neighborhoods, the resources at our own fingertips, to make the summer of ’16 something to remember? With a little help from my friends in the community, I came up with a list of summer activities you might want to try. If nothing else, this list might help you come up with your own ideas!

FIND PEACE OF MIND Topping the must-try list of activities for the summer is something that will set the stage for us to truly enjoy the summer (and life!) in a whole new way: Learn to meditate at Lion’s Heart Counseling.

The search for joy, ease and good rejecting exactly what we thought we memories often involves packing our wanted in the first place. He offers schedules and wish lists with all types the public a drop-in workshop at 5:30 of earthly physical delights. Things p.m. every Tuesday, when he guides laces we must we must do, places go or things we must have. Whether it’s a chocolate bar, a moonlit serenade or a Hawaiian hole-in-one, we seem to be grasping outward for something that “if only” we could have it, we’d be eternally happy. Such grasping, according to Arden area psychologist drop-in guided art Counseling offers He n’s Lio of yer James Meyer Me James fulness training meditation and mind ), (MSW, LCSW), founder of ti i t participants Lion’s Heart in meditation and mindfulness, Counseling near California State focusing attention and actively University, Sacramento, is actually choosing our state of mind. one of biggest obstacles to happiness The meditation guidance also and inner peace. He points out that revolves around studying various the thing we “grasp” and obsess professionals’ teachings on love and about is invariably not enough, falls and tranquility. short, remains out of reach or hurts “What we focus on becomes our us in some way. reality,” Meyer says. “So we can But Meyer can help us unlock either focus on our frustrations, this vicious cycle of grasping then

difficulties and blame. Or we can focus on the joy that is here in life, the things that are amazing to experience. “We have a choice in our state of mind.”

“Being less emotionally reactive can be a gift not only for ourselves, but for everyone around us.” Most recently his group has been studying Thich Nhat Hanh’s “Teachings on Love,” which center on the power of loving speech and being present in the moment, rather than judging or being emotionally reactive. “Being less emotionally reactive can be a gift not only for ourselves, but for everyone around us,” Meyer says. “How many of us have experienced some traumatic life event, or even major social embarrassment, and vowed to never allow that to happen again? “We find masterful ways of walling ourselves off from the rest of the world and protecting ourselves. Then, later in life, we find ourselves overreacting to people who criticize us. We find this old wound and react out of fear and self-preservation. “Oftentimes this can lead to us feeling bad and self-judging, which

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PUBLISHER FROM page 11 that magically showed up in their yard. The mother of the bride placed the blame on a “crazy” uncle who just happened to be homeless. Yet he managed to coordinate a vehicle to transport a 500-pound iron structure in the middle of the night without being detected. One reporter actually asked me if I felt a little bit sorry for the family. I won’t repeat my response. What struck me was that, for less than $500, the family could have rented the entire garden for three hours and enjoyed a ceremony under any one of the trellises amid 1,200 blooming rosebushes tended lovingly by almost 200 volunteers. It also dawned on us that if we didn’t manage the garden and work it with volunteers almost daily, the theft may have gone unnoticed by the city. I’m told that park theft and vandalism are rampant. In the initial report, the police asked us to estimate the value of the trellis. For guidance, we turned to one of our garden volunteers, Bill

Kuyper. He’s an iron sculptor who a few years ago created a beautiful companion gazebo in the center of the garden that we funded with private donations. Bill was willing to make and install a replacement for $6,000, so we reported that value to the police and the press. Then we got a call from the iron artist who originally made the trellises for the city about 18 years ago. He was upset because the city paid him $15,000 apiece, and he thought he should be hired to replace it. By this time, however, it was a moot point because the trellis had already been found. I am grateful for the attention to our beloved garden, but it certainly came at a cost to those of us who volunteer in terms of time, worry and management of the repair. Let’s hope the publicity keeps this from ever happening again.

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ARDEN FROM page 12 can lead to avoidance, anxiety and depression.” A good example of something that keeps us from being happy is judgment, Meyer says. “Judgement creates separation,” he explains. “Anytime we end up judging somebody, we create the same yardstick to be judged ourselves.” On the contrary, Meyer continues, “loving speech in relationships is so powerful. What are the intentions of the words we use? Are we creating a soft landing space for others, are we criticizing in order to change behavior? Are we comforting, lifting people up? How are we saying the words we say?” Meyer’s guided meditations teach awareness of these subtle yet powerful nuances of behavior. “Ultimately, through meditation practice we develop a deeper peace of mind and become less judgmental of ourselves and others,” he says. “We learn to become more present with discomfort and uncertainty. This leads to increased confidence and a deeper sense of well-being and satisfaction.” Each class has a specific theme while the art of meditation is taught. The class is offered from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at 25 Cadillac Drive. No reservations are necessary and there is no charge for the program, but a $5 donation is recommended.

For more information, go to lionsheartcounseling.com or call Meyer for a 20-minute complimentary consultation.

KAYAKING ON THE AMERICAN RIVER Now that we’ve learned to choose happiness and true joy, why not venture out and experience the beauty of being on the water of the American River? The cool, clear waters of the American rush in some spots and shimmer in others along Arden and Carmichael, offering boaters of all ages a view of Sacramento you can only get while on the water. Islands, inlets, egrets, beavers, river otters, fish, ducks, birds and hundreds of species of plant life await the senses. There are several very well-quipped canoe and kayak outdoor stores in the Arden area, including California Canoe and Kayak, Adventure Sports Kayak City, R.E.I. and Big Five, where would-be boaters can learn the basics, rent gear and get steered in a safe direction. Some offer kayak trial programs where buyers can test as many boats as they like before choosing to buy.

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TAKE A SWING AT GOLF Maybe this is the summer you’ve been waiting for to learn how to play golf! Arden and Carmichael are bounded by the American River to the south and golf courses to the east, west and north. From a topographical point of view, golf seems like an obvious choice! Duffers can try the nine-hole executive course at Campus Commons. Or for the avid golfer there’s Auburn Boulevard’s Haggin Oaks and Carmichael’s Ancil Hoffman Park. No matter which you choose, you won’t have to travel far to sink a putt. All of the courses offer lessons, cart and club rentals, and golf programs for all ages. Haggin Oaks is so popular in the summertime that the 100-stall driving range stays open 24 hours a day. If you’re a bargain hunter, check out the offerings at Campus Commons, where nine holes of golf

are $10 on Mondays and Thursdays, and 18 holes are $19.50, including carts. Every weekday morning, early birds get the worm and a $6 round of golf. Seniors at Campus Commons get the royal treatment every day with discount cart rentals.

TRAIN FOR LUNAR LUNACY Setting your sights on being physically fit enough to participate in a particular event is a big step to motivating change and trying something new. Coming up July 23 is Lunar Lunacy, an annual bike ride fundraiser benefitting children in the community. And with the American River Parkway bike trail snaking along Arden and Carmichael, your readymade training facility is just waiting to show you a new way to relax and enjoy the sights and sounds of our riparian paradise. ARDEN page 18

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armichael gardener Robin Miller has created a yard that belies the idea of droughttolerant gardens as austere patches. Artist by training and scientific editor by profession, Miller, husband Chris Shanks and many birds and butterflies rejoice in a yard that might grace Sunset magazine. While botanical kaleidoscopes brightened their street, the savvy green-thumbers were able to hold off watering their yard until late April. When high summer comes roasting, a brief sprinkle every week will keep the plot hydrated. “We tore out our lawn some years ago,” says Miller. “I’m a plant person. I love succulents and I had hundreds in pots. I wanted them in the ground. They’re easy to grow and hard to kill. When the droughts came, it might have seemed we were prescient. Actually, what we did was self-serving. My garden allows me to enjoy my plants. They also let me be a lazy gardener.” Miller’s planting blends color on a conscious palate. If neighbors first shook their heads when aloe and echeveria rosettes began replacing grass, they now admire the results. Miller, who studied painting in

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Robin Miller’s study of flowering aloe reflects a passion for color and for gardening

Flowering succulents and wild flowers color Robin Miller and Chris Shank’s Carmichael yard

Vermont, has watched her floral art take root. “I love flowers; I’m also attracted to contrasting leaves and foliage,”

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green in the mix; silver-gray leaves are a bonus from gazania daisies. “I’ll often stick in a plant whose height adds a new level or a different crescendo of color,” she explains. Some drought-tolerant exponents swear by native species. Miller is not regionally confined. Beneath a preexisting Asian camphor, Californian wildflowers thrive. New Zealand hebes and old world lavender, both at home in dry soil, delight the bees. “Wherever people have migrated,” she explains, “they’ve always taken plants with them. I’m not a purist; I grow the plants I like. They don’t have to be native, they just have to be right. It makes sense to augment natives with species from areas with similar climates. “I would love it if all natural places only had native vegetation,” adds the gardener. “But cultivated gardens are created by people, for their own reasons. That’s why each person’s garden is so interesting. “I don’t recommend establishing invasive plants in your garden,” Miller continues. “Controlling them makes more work. They can also displace native species, where natives belong.” For information on plants best suited to regional yards, Robin Miller recommends going to davesgarden. com/guides/author/palmbob.

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IN TUNE FROM page 20 preempted by an even more delectable prize. Ten-pound baby Jerry James was born March 23. “Of all the hard work and accomplishments of my career,” summarized the new mom, “nothing compares with having a child. He’s healthy and perfect. For my husband Nathan and me, our baby is the cherry on top of our lives.” Roseville-born and Rocklineducated Knighten, 34, has worked for State Farm Insurance for 15 years. In 2012, she founded her own Carmichael agency. That it is one of the fastest-growing State Farm agencies in the area belies personal hurdles for its owner. Three years ago, she was diagnosed with myxoid liposarcoma, a rare form of cancer. After two years of treatment, she got a green light and is now considered a cancer survivor. The episode was a second big test for the Knighten marriage. During their courtship, a serious vehicle accident required months of therapy for Jennifer. As she recovered from head injuries, success in her own business seemed against the odds. “I had to learn to speak again,” she recalls. “Nathan never left my side. He made me believe I’d never be alone and that we’d succeed together.” Life, she feels, teaches people to be willing to do whatever it takes. “Once my cancer was considered gone, we had to wait two years before trying to have a baby,” she says. “Through our journey we discovered a support system of family, friends, employees and clients that boosted my positive attitude. They all got us through.” As with most entrepreneurs, paid maternity leave is an unknown luxury for Knighten. “I was in the office till I was too big to drive,” she confides. “Then I worked from home. I was phoning my team the day before I delivered. Afterward, Nathan cooked and did laundry while I nursed, stared at my baby’s face and tried to get some sleep. It’s hard to recall how I ever got out of the house in five minutes flat. We can’t remember what life was like before our baby got here.”

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Angela and husband Dr. Jim Sehr, owners of Advanced Home Health, Hospice and Advanced Infusion Centers, made a winning bid in a Carmichael Chamber of Commerce fundraiser auction. The prize was a 2006 photo of Vlade Divac and Peja Stojakovic, shot as the athletes fundraised for their charitable foundation with an all-star bowling tournament. The high bidders, who paid $1,300 for the 20-by-30-inch photo, took it to the final 2015-16 Sacramento Kings game and managed to get it signed by a dream team of Kings veterans; including Scott Pollard, Doug Christie, Bobbie Jackson, Brad Miller Jennifer Knighten’s award as Carmichael Chamber of Commerce Young Professional of the and coach Rick Adelman. Part of the year was preceded (just) by another prize: baby son Jerry James. At the awards banquet, prize was a one-on-one meeting to get KFBK radio star and event emcee Kitty O’Neal congratulated the family. signatures from Divac and Stojakovic. The basketball rock stars were Kings players and best friends during the team’s glory days a decade-plus ago. Their partnership was rebuilt last year with appointments to Kings front office jobs. Divac, 48, is now general manager vice president of operations for the team. Stojakovic, 38, is director of player personnel and development. Both of Serbian origin, the athletes have a Carmichael link through Divac’s former residence in the Kingsford Way neighborhood. The friends still bring family to eat Greek at Yiannis’ Restaurant on Fair Oaks Boulevard. Longtime Kings fans Angela and Jim Sehr use their season tickets in between running health centers in Sacramento, San Diego and Posing with a photo shot by Susan Maxwell Skinner in 2006, Vlade Divac and Peja Vallejo. Angela has carried a torch Stojakovic met Carmichael fans Angela and Dr Jim Sehr for Stojakovic since his time as a famous Kings small forward. “I told Carmichael employees held down “I was nursing so it was hard to him he was my secret boyfriend,” she her office in post-natal weeks. Her leave him at home,” she explained. confessed after meeting her towering Chamber of Commerce award was “Besides, he and my husband earned heroes. another reminder of a beckoning part of the award. Everything I Newly returned from a visit to career. achieve is because of them and for China, the 6-foot-10 Stojakovic was “I was honored and awed to be them.” able to share a few words of Mandarin among the other achievers” (NBA Contact Jennifer Knighten’s office with his Chinese-born fan. legend Vlade Divac, Realtor Ben Tiner at jenniferknighten.com. “Peja and Vlade were kind and and the Carmichael Kiwanis Club), friendly,” Angela reported. “They ‘ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME’ she said. even signed caps for my sons.” At the April awards banquet, baby PERK Meeting the two stars, she considered, made a surprise appearance in his A Carmichael business couple was “a once-in-a-lifetime experience.” father’s arms during Knighten’s recently won a chance to meet two “I’ll have their picture framed for acceptance speech. NBA stars and turned a vintage photo my office,” she predicted. “So I can into an historical sports treasure. look at them all day.”

METAL MEN SCRAPPED Carmichael has lost two prominent personalities. Decreed irreparable after ravages of climate and vandalism, the library’s landmark metal musicians were recently hauled away for scrap. Their departure marked a sad day for Arcade artist Max Stockinger, 69, who created the cheerful duo for Carmichael Library’s 2006 rededication. “Along with my sculptures, I felt decimated,” he admits. Installed on the library frontage, his figures began a local heavy metal fashion: Rancho Cordova and Arcade Libraries and the Sacramento Children’s Museum also acquired Stockinger’s work. Private homes all over Sacramento still host his trademark bandsmen. Creating a drive-through gallery for metal a-la-Max, his home street neighbors decorated Moretti Lane yards with cavorting musicians and animals. “I took stuff people wanted to get rid of—propane tanks, hot water boilers, plumbing pipes—and reshaped it,” Stockinger explains. I slapped paint on and everybody wanted it. My art is a statement: We waste our resources. If I began with a sow’s ear, I still ended up with a sow’s ear. But it was a more attractive one. My figures are joyful. Exuberant.” Installed on the Carmichael library frontage, his saxophone and drummer were a benign presence for 10 years. “Parents and children loved them,” said a former library staffer. “You could tell their creator loved the world. Max’s work encouraged creativity.” Decayed by vandalism and climate, the statues were restored by their creator for some years. The library and Friends eventually took over maintenance but, as repairs got more difficult, a decision to end the expense ended the music. Now retired from metalwork and working mainly with stone, the biblically bearded Stockinger is now philosophic about his lost art. “My whole purpose was to encourage recycling through sculpture,” he says. “But I understand things wear out. We all

get old. They played their happy tune as long as they could.” Contact Stockinger at rockmagemax@gmail.com.

RESERVE OPENS GATES New generations will soon enjoy a preserve named for Carmichael naturalist Earl “Ranger Jack” Koobs. A legacy of the beloved La Sierra High School teacher, the Koobs Nature Area is now open one day a month. The next open day is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 11. Second Saturday openings will follow through summer and fall. In the shade of trees that Koobs planted, former students, their children and nature lovers of all ages can learn about their community’s natural environment. Though used for Memorial and Veterans Day observances for many years, the gated reserve remained a well-kept Carmichael secret until recently. In the 1970s, Koobs and friends successfully campaigned to save the 5 acres, separating Garfield and La Sierra Schools, from development. Until his death at 94, the educator toiled at improvements and fostered nature study in the reserve. As a docent, he guided hundreds of schoolchildren around paths and ponds. An energetic Kiwanian, Koobs involved his Carmichael club, and local Scout troops, in maintaining the land. Echoing the habit of a naturalist who planted acorns all his life, friends last year memorialized their hero by establishing a Jack Koobs Oak Grove at the reserve. Through the Carmichael Kiwanis Club’s drive to maintain and open the reserve to visitors, other riparian features are now viewable. A self-guided tour book is available on site. Birders are welcome. “We’d love families and students to come here to enjoy and interact with nature,” says Kiwanian spokesman Wayne Lang. “We feel it’s what Jack Koobs would have wanted.” The California Montessori Project School, Carmichael Park District, Foothill and Del Campo High School Key Clubs and local Scouting troops are project supporters. The reserve is

Sculptor Max Stockinger orchestrated metal bandsmen that kept music playing at Carmichael library for 10 years. The sculptures were recently removed.

Ranger Jack Koobs explains pond life to Carmichael children. Koobs, who died in 2014, left a community nature preserve as his legacy.

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s business owners, we work hard to ensure that our customers are happy, our employees productive and our businesses profitable. We worry about threats to our regional economic stability and health, despite knowing that we have little or no control over either. One of the constant threats to our region is flooding. Over the past 30 years, we’ve seen portions of our region flood and know how perilously close we have come to catastrophe. While we cannot control the weather, we can protect ourselves. The Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency has managed more than $2 billion of levee improvements since the 1990s, but there is more work to do. With changing federal and state standards, SAFCA also must change. The agency updated its flood control plan to better ensure we are protected from catastrophic flood. What was once deemed safe—a 100year flood standard—has been revised to a more rigorous 200-year standard. These changes better protect our community but come at a cost. Ballots were mailed to property owners last month seeking approval for an assessment district that will support this necessary, more comprehensive flood control plan. By voting yes, property owners can ensure that the consequences of a catastrophic flood are avoided.

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While we understand the risk to life and property that flooding presents, the economic disaster is also terrible. A levee breach in Sacramento would cripple our regional economy, seriously affecting 2.4 million people. Even after our region deals with the health and safety impacts, the local economic impacts would be devastating and long lasting. Supply and distribution routes would be broken, manufacturing would largely stop, businesses would close and jobs would be lost. Merely getting from one point to another would be difficult long after a flood, as we struggle to repair and rebuild.

SAFCA’s proposed assessment offers us the best chance to avoid what no one wants to experience. And we aren’t in this alone. For every dollar that Sacramento property owners contribute, state and federal agencies contribute approximately $8. But this is contingent on Sacramento contributing its share. We must do our part. If the proposed assessment fails, state and federal portions will become unavailable. That cannot happen. Property owners would have to pay very expensive flood insurance premiums. Inevitably, the lack of progress on flood safety would lead

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his is the digital age. We all get our news, entertainment and reading materials on our portable mobile devices. Correct? Wrong. We still love books: those things that you hold in your hands, lovingly turning the pages as you tangibly connect with the people and stories within their covers. The Sacramento Public Library system gives everyone within its 28-branch radius the opportunity to explore foreign lands, distant galaxies and intriguing ideas for no greater investment than the time it takes to fill out a library card application. Tax dollars pay for everything that we find at our libraries, correct? Wrong again. Although public funding supports library operations and infrastructure, a huge portion of what happens at your local library is made possible by the time, effort and financial contributions of individuals who love libraries and want to keep them vibrant and relevant for years to come. Friends of the Sacramento Public Library is a volunteer, communitybased organization that raises funds for programs such as summer reading and family movie nights, outreach to local schools, improvements to library

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facilities and their collections, and advocacy on behalf of the libraries. Every branch has its own dedicated Friends group, and the systemwide Friends organization provides muchneeded support for branches large and small throughout the community. The Book Den is central to that support. Housed in a large warehouse on Belvedere Avenue at Power Inn Road, The Book Den holds more than 100,000 books at any given time and employs the talents of more than 100 volunteers to sort, shelve, clean, categorize and sell the books. Every

person who contributes is a volunteer, starting with Book Den manager Jo Anne Marie, a former banker who returned to Sacramento after a few years in Texas and discovered the den when she brought boxes of books to donate. “I became a cashier at the store for a couple of months,” she says. “I had never heard of the Friends before, but I’ve always taken responsibility for things. So when they asked me to be the co-manager and then the manager, I said yes.” Marie started off doing everything herself but soon

recruited a team of volunteers capable of handling the various Book Den tasks. The work is never-ending. Weekly, hundreds of books—library discards and private donations—come in. A team of first sorters moves the books onto category-labeled shelves. The second sorters determine the fate of the books: bookstore, warehouse sale, online sales, antiquarian book sales or donation. “Nothing goes to waste,” says Karen Wilson, who manages communications for the den. Wilson, like Marie, happened upon the den and the Friends after retirement and never left. “We’re taking in books all the time, and volunteers are working every day except Sunday.” The majority of volunteers are retirees who love spending their time among the classics, but the den also attracts high school students earning community service hours, Girl Scouts working on badges and disabled adults who want to be productive. “This is a fun place to work,” says Marie. “There’s no drama, and it’s a good crew.” Diane Sabo is the volunteer coordinator. Like the others, she stumbled onto the den, decided it was a great place and stayed. She oversees the sorters and the warehouse sales folks, making sure that everyone is where they need to be. Wednesdays are the busiest, with 50 to 60 people working shifts. Although they aren’t paid, volunteers are allowed to take one book per hour worked, up to three in any shift. The return is substantial. “We give about $50,000 to the library each year,” says Marie. Her fondest dream HEROES page 28

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Dr. Ernie Bodai is a world-renowned breast cancer surgeon who advocated for the development of the breast cancer postage stamp, which has raised over $90 million for research.

LeVar Burton is a Sacramento-raised actor, producer and director known for his roles in the miniseries Roots, Star Trek: The Next Generation and the children’s series Reading Rainbow.

Debbie Meyer is a threetime Olympic gold medalist and the only woman ever to win three individual freestyle swimming Olympic gold medals.

Gregory Kondos is a Sacramento–raised artist and one of the world’s most prominent and award-winning California landscape artists.

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Grow Your Own URBAN AGRICULTURE AND COMMUNITY GARDENS CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE

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here was once a time when you could peek into almost anyone’s yard and you’d find fruit trees, vegetable gardens and perhaps a mini farm. With great soil and weather, it was common for folks to grow their own. That waned for a time as Sacramento prospered. There were restrictions on ag gardens and farming in the city, and the local grocery store had all the fruits and vegetables you ever wanted at a pretty good price. Now, the pendulum is swinging the other way and personal urban-ag gardens and community-ag gardens are flourishing in the city. For residents and property owners who wanted to grow and sell their goods, the city council got on board last year by passing an urban garden ordinance. Adding to that, the city’s parks and recreation department is opening more and more community gardens, allowing residents to rent a plot and grow their own fruit and vegetables. You could call this a movement. It’s certainly synergy with Sacramento’s promotion as a farm-to-fork leader combined with sustainability, educating people about better nutrition and providing fruits and

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Bill Maynard is the community garden coordinator with the city’s parks and rec department

vegetables in neighborhoods that might not be served by a grocery store or market. Maybe it’s just the fact that there’s nothing better on a BLT than a freshly picked tomato from your own garden and a bagful of sweet peaches your neighbor just dropped off on your porch. As part of the city ordinance, property owners can get tax

incentives when they allow their properties, including vacant lots in residential, commercial, industrial and manufacturing zones, to be turned into mini farms. “This is a movement that’s catching on,” says Jim McDonald, a principal planner with the city who works on urban-ag gardens. “We expect it to grow over time.”

He says there were many advocates pushing this ordinance and they are now monitoring the program to evaluate its success with plans to report back to the city council. So far, he thinks the program is working well with few negative impacts. One proponent for the urban-ag garden movement is Chanowk Yisrael, who advocates for the necessity of teaching communities and youth about what they eat, how food can be the center of community and how to gain life skills. Some call him an ecolutionary or gangster gardener. Others say he is transforming the “’hood to good.” “I see a time when every student has access to an ag garden at home, at school or in the community,” Yisrael says. “They will learn about food, healthy eating, how to cook and other life skills from carpentry to electrical.” Yisrael sees vacant lots in Oak Park and other neighborhoods as learning grounds for youth and community. Lots can be transformed into gardens and opportunities for education, understanding and bonding. The city is allowing residents to grow gardens up to 1 acre in size at their homes. Products grown can be sold at on-site farm stands two days a week as long as operators get a business operations tax certificate and comply with city water restrictions. “There’s a lot of work to develop an ag garden and farm stand,” says McDonald. “We are hoping to see more vacant land turned into gardens because it’s a good use until the land

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lots, we had to have a lottery. People were very excited when they heard they got one. It’s also great to see the joy on people’s faces when they are actually growing food that they can use or give to co-workers and neighbors.” Unlike the urban agriculture program, there’s no selling from city community gardens. People use what they grow, give it away to friends and family or donate it to a community program like a food bank. Plots do change hands at community gardens. People get busy, move away or decide to construct a garden at home and don’t need the city garden anymore. According to Maynard, these city gardens are a result of community and neighborhood collaboration. The city might designate an area for a park. Through community discussions, the city can determine what’s wanted and needed. It can range from a traditional park to a dog park to a community garden. And just like all city parks, the department takes care of and maintains

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Food Hero FOOD LITERACY CENTER FOUNDER EMBRACES THE FARM-TO-FORK ETHOS

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When Stott first shopped at a

n a recent Saturday, Amber

farmers market in Sacramento,

Stott sat at the desk in her

she couldn’t believe the diversity of

home in River Park writing

produce. Farms around her childhood

a grant proposal. She had no clue that

home grew mostly corn and soy crops.

evening had already arrived until two

“I was blown away by it,” she says.

friends—the founders of Chocolate

“It also shocked me that so few people

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were taking advantage of it.”

door and urged her to take a break, hop on her bike and join them at Twelve Rounds Brewing nearby.

“I created a job out of all the things I’m passionate about.”

“I didn’t even realize it was 6 o’clock!” Stott says, laughing loudly, as she often does. The 38-year-old tells this story while wearing a black dress covered in bright yellow lemons. She also owns a pair of shoes accented with a pineapple design. On that weekend evening, Stott

She started a blog, Awake at the

had been, as usual, completely

Whisk, to chronicle her experience

immersed in her work. “I created

“living la vida locavore” and hungrily

a job out of all the things I’m

consumed nonfiction books about

passionate about,” explains Stott, who

food, like Jane Goodall’s “Harvest for

founded the Food Literacy Center in

Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating.”

2011 to teach low-income elementary

As she learned about the food system,

schoolchildren about cooking and

she recognized a big problem not

nutrition and inspire them to eat their vegetables. The program targets kids because of their pliability in changing their behavior for the better. “Before, the only influence I could have on the food system was my personal diet,” Stott says. “Now, I can influence 5,000 kids a year.” Growing up on 2 acres in rural Illinois, Stott ate food canned by her mother and homemade applesauce that was pink because the skins had been left on. She didn’t realize that eating locally grown, freshly prepared food wasn’t the norm for

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“We were throwing tomatoes at the problem of obesity,” she says,

many American children. Her family’s

religion forbade her from eating meat

but failing to teach people how to

property had fruit trees, grapevines,

during that time of the year, except

actually eat better. If all you’ve ever

raspberry bushes and a large garden.

for fish: “Vegetables entered my

known is how to take a bag of veggies

“I never understood why I hated

life! Sausages left it!” She remains a

out of the freezer and warm it up in

salads at school, with iceberg lettuce,

pescatarian today.

the microwave, then what happens if

but when my mom would pick fresh

Stott earned a bachelor’s degree in

someone hands you a raw eggplant?

rhubarb from the garden, I would

comparative literature and women’s

“I was like, why isn’t anyone doing

crave it,” she says.

studies, and later a master’s degree

this?” Stott recalls. “And then I was

in African studies and women’s

like, hey, why don’t I do this?”

When she was 16, Stott studied in Denmark for a year. Thirty pounds

studies at University of Illinois at

of pork and potatoes later, she fibbed

Urbana-Champaign. She and her

experience working in nonprofit

to her host parents, telling them her

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When she needs a break from her all-consuming work, Stott can be found walking on the levee along the

Nicole Rogers, director of the Farm-

American River and fantasizing about

to-Fork program of the Sacramento

future plans for the Food Literacy

Convention & Visitors Bureau. “She’s

Center. She expresses thanks to the

smart, business savvy and her vision

chefs, educators, business owners,

for what is possible is unparalleled.

elected officials, farmers and others

Amber raises others around her to

who have supported her work.

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“When I look at the community

joy and whimsy be channeled into

that surrounds us and made this all

incredible results. She leaves others

possible, I’m constantly pinching

around her inspired to do and be

myself,” Stott says. “I’m always

better.”

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uss Fuller knows what it takes to be a one-man band. Or, in his case, as the owner and sole operator of Garage Door Center Sacramento, a one-man garage door installation team. He’s more than cut out for the job. “In this industry, you can be one of two things,” Fuller explains. You can be the owner and also wear the tool belt, or you can run a big machine. Because I’m so meticulous, I keep steering the ship myself. After 32 years, I feel like I’ve got it figured out.” Fuller’s more than three decades in the garage door business started when he was a teenager. His mother worked as a scheduler for a garage door company and he started going out to job sites during the summers when he was only 15. By unloading the trucks and hanging out around industry pros, he got to know the products well enough to be an apprentice starting that following summer. By the time he got to college, he was attending classes at night so he could work full time as a garage door technician by day, a gig he’d pretty much prepared for his entire young adulthood. “Everyone older than me in the industry told me not to get into it,” Fuller says with a chuckle. “It’s a tough job and your body takes a beating, but I love it.” Eight years ago, Fuller struck out on his own and he now focuses his expertise on track work, doors for custom builders and, his favorite, unique doors for homeowners.

can see the potential of different styles. The garage door is the second return on investment in your home, second only to the front door. It takes up an average of 30 percent of the front of your house! So by changing the garage door, you can change the look of your house.” Luckily for Fuller’s customers, he’s well-versed in the latest innovations coming down the industry turnpike, like garage doors designed to look like old-fashioned carriage house doors or barn doors that actually roll up with ease. Or the newest faux-finish products on the market that make it look like your cars are protected by stunning wood panels when in fact the door is made from hearty steel that requires little to no maintenance, and will run you an average of $2,000 versus $8,000 for real wood. “It’s exciting to see new things coming out, to see how our industry is making better products,” Fuller says. “Also, because I’m independent, I can buy from any manufacturer I want, which allows me to give the client the best product available for each project." Thanks to Fuller’s decades in the business, clients know that they’re getting the best tools, and wielder of those tools, for the job. “I take great pride in my work,” Fuller says, “and I think it shows.”

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Champion of Sports HIS JOB IS TO SELL THE CITY TO ATHLETIC GROUPS, BIG AND SMALL

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hree names, maybe four, pretty much summarize Sacramento sports history for the past half-century: Solons, Kings, River Cats and maybe Republic FC, though time will tell. By any measure, much less the yardstick of a city always eager to declare itself on the verge of something big, that isn’t much to brag about. But true sports fans know there’s more to the game than major-league affiliations and a season or two of boxoffice success. It’s not membership in the big leagues that determines a city’s sporting credentials, as our friends in Oakland have begun to realize. It’s the appreciation for athletic competition in general, large and small, that identifies a great sports town. These days, it falls to a man named Mike Sophia to translate Sacramento’s long history of sports enthusiasm into a definable asset: a scalable product that builds upon the city’s love of sports and attracts revenue without help from the spillover effect enjoyed by major-league markets. Sophia runs the Sacramento Sports Commission, a branch of the Sacramento Convention & Visitors

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Bureau. He’s been on the job for three years but hasn’t exactly become a household name. It’s likely most sports fans in Sacramento have never heard of him, and that’s partly by intent. Fans don’t need to know Sophia. But they should know what he’s up to.

His job is not to sell himself, but to sell the city—and to a lesser degree the region—to youth, college and amateur sports groups that bring lots of visitors to town for several days of athletic competition. If these groups stay in Sacramento hotels, eat in Sacramento restaurants and drink in

Sacramento bars, tax revenue grows. Sophia has done his job and can sleep soundly at night. He begins by recognizing that despite its slender big-league credentials (back to those three names and that half-century), Sacramento is an excellent community for sports, far more enthusiastic and sophisticated than other towns with grander sports histories. “It’s an amazing city,” Sophia says. “People here really care about sports, are loyal and respond to a product well presented. Look at the support the Kings have maintained over the years. And look at what Republic FC has done. Their story is textbook.” Sophia has several goals each day when he arrives at the convention bureau’s offices on I Street, one block from Memorial Auditorium. For starters, he focuses on economic development, which involves creating and preserving jobs in the hospitality industry. When more people visit Sacramento, more people take care of them. There’s an entrepreneurial aspect to Sophia’s work. He wants to create and operate events that will attract fans and participants to town with money to spend. And there’s the idea Sophia calls the “community piece.” This is where the sports commission serves as a booster for local promoters. Republic FC is a good example. “We advocate for sports in the community,” Sophia says. “We champion sports that are doing cool things.” There are challenges to running the sports commission, and one big challenge involves history. When SPORTS page 43

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return to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament lineup next year. Sophia believes the city will become a regular stop for major college tournaments, including volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling and swimming. “When I mention swimming, people wonder where,” Sophia says. “We don’t need an aquatics center, because they build temporary pools now.” Pools may come and go, but the sports commission still cares about permanent facilities. Sophia is trying to convince nearby communities to spend their athletic facility funds strategically, so the region can attract soccer, lacrosse, softball and baseball tournaments. “Sometimes, the city of Sacramento has to compete with neighboring cities for hotel business,” he says. “Sometimes, we lose out. That’s OK. Ultimately, we’re all better off when we work together.” R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com n

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hen Sally Ly moved into her house near Sacramento High almost five years ago, the backyard was full of weeds. Once she cleared it out and installed a new fence, she felt desperate. Ly didn’t have the budget to hire a landscaper, and she lacked a vision for what to do in the yard. “I kept looking at all the dirt and wondering what are we going to do,” she recalls. “Decorating is easy for me, but first you need the basics. Coming up with a foundation for what to do is hard.” Today, her garden is a certified wildlife habitat. It’s an inviting place for humans, too, filled with art, interesting plants and cozy places to sit. How did it evolve? It’s been a constant process of learning and trial and error. Ly began to read about composting and decided that she first needed to improve her compacted soil. She dug trenches around the edge of her yard and buried organic waste into them. Later, she started a compost pile. “I’ve gotten obsessive about composting,” she says. “It’s amazing what you can put into it—even lint!” As the soil improved, Ly began to rescue plants and put them along the

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home. Another retiree abandoned a dracaena in the office. When it was clear that nobody wanted this orphan, Ly adopted it. A friend had a forlorn palm tree growing in a pot. Ly decided she needed to incorporate

it into her yard. A neighbor shared pieces of geraniums with her. Says Ly, “You just need to stick them into the ground and they will grow.” That’s how she propagated most of the succulents growing in pots and throughout the garden, too. The plan for the yard grew along with Ly’s accumulation of plants. She established a seating area for outdoor dining. Next, she added a concrete patio for a place for her dogs to hang out and for entertaining. At last, she had a vision for the rest of the yard. With the extra dirt from the patio construction, she built mounds and made more planting space for succulents. She picked out big rocks at an excavation site to put behind the mounds. “That was expensive,” she says. “They had to take down the fence to get the rocks into the yard. I made sure that they put them in the right place, because they aren’t moving!” She left a pile of large branches near the fence while she pondered her next move. Many of the plants that Ly selected attract bees, butterflies and birds. “I get so much joy from watching animals,” she says. She began to add other items to feed and shelter them. Any edibles in her yard, such as berries, are there for creature, not human, consumption. She crammed a wine barrel into her sedan and brought it home to make a water garden for birds to frequent. She hung bamboo houses for bees and butterflies and built a bug hotel made of sticks, shells and little decorative items. “Bugs need nooks and crannies to hide in,” she observes. “Friends say that it looks like a shrine.”

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ever give up on your dream,” advises Ismael Pantoja. “If you’re not afraid of hard work, you’ll make it happen.” His own story is proof. The Mexican-born restaurateur takes four vacation days per year (Easter, July 4, Thanksgiving and Christmas). Every remaining day for the past 11 years, he has opened and closed his Rey Azteca taqueria on Fair Oaks Boulevard. He manages; he cooks; he waits tables. The one-time builder also handles in-house carpentry, plumbing and electrical glitches. “There is more to a restaurant than serving food,” he confirms.

“Seeing how hard I work has given them the attitude to work for their dreams, too. They know you pay a price for success.” Pantoja recently extended Carmichael’s Aztec Empire with casa numero dos. If he anticipated a “soft” opening for the new venture at Fair Oaks Boulevard and Palm Drive, such plans were immediately whacked like birthday piñatas. On opening day, eager eaters mobbed the Rey Azteca Breakfast and Juice Bar. Day 2, its kitchen ran out of food. Day 3, the

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Ismael Pantoja (center) shares the success of two Carmichael restaurants with staff and sons Johnathon (left) and Moises

boss closed shop, restocked the pantry and finished training for 20 new staffers. The entrepreneur gives thanks that breakfast and lunch hours now run as smoothly as a blended margarita. “My manager, Jorge Gonzalez, and I worked together in restaurants for 15 years,” says Pantoja. “He put in 20-hour days to get my kitchen staff trained.” Veteran server Leticia Gamez groomed wait staff for action and smoothie bar genius Benny Chavez now has all the juices running. “Customers have always been interested in the healthy juices I drink,” Pantoja explains. “So I wanted a juice bar for the new place.”

He recommends his blood-red “Vampiro” mix of beets, oranges, carrots and celery. “Delicious Detox” blends apples, cucumber, celery, spinach and ginger for a morning pick-me-up. “I don’t guarantee it cures hangovers,” he says, grinning. “But believe me, it helps.” Each afternoon, Pantoja closes up shop and heads down the block to welcome faithfuls to his original Rey Azteca. “Some of my regulars came there the first day I opened, 11 years ago,” he recalls. “Later, their children brought dates to eat my food; now they bring their own kids. It’s a family business. Families like that.”

Born in Zamora, Mexico, Pantoja came to California as a teenager. Now a U.S. citizen, he treasures his heritage and makes his restaurants party central for Cinco de Mayo. He cites his mother, Atanacia, as his culinary inspiration. “When she visits, she cooks for me,” he says. “Her dishes are so good; I sometimes add them to my menu.” For example: Quesadillas de Mama. “It’s simple,” explains her disciple. “Tomatoes, cheese, avocado, green sauce. Mom never complains that there’s no food in the house; she makes a delicious meal from almost nothing.” In time-honored tradition of family businesses, Pantoja’s sons

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Meet the Maestro HE’S CONDUCTED GENERATIONS OF YOUNG MUSICIANS

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hen you’re a Sacramento Youth Symphony musician playing under the baton of conductor and artistic director Michael Neumann, you’re not just learning to perfect your technique or traveling the world to perform in places like China, England, Scotland, Wales, Russia, Estonia, Finland, Brazil and Costa Rica. You’re also learning life lessons like accountability, responsibility and punctuality that will serve you as a human as well as an artist.

“Ever since the age of 14, I’d been interested in conducting.” “I like to incorporate ‘Neumannisms’ into rehearsals,” says Neumann, who took over the symphony of young musicians in 1979. “For example, I talk to them about their definition of intimacy. I get a few giggles, and then I explain to them: My definition of intimacy is ‘into me you see,’ which means you have to look deeper than the façade of a smile. You have to try to know how someone feels inside. I like to give the kids philosophical food for thought. Many conductors just stick to the music, but part of what I do is give them tidbits to think about.” He has plenty to share with his students, if his own life story is any

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indication. After emigrating from South Africa to San Francisco with his family at age 13, Neumann entered Lowell High School and almost immediately got involved in the music program, becoming concertmaster of the junior high and high school orchestras and of the San Francisco All City Honor Orchestra. He had

been studying violin—the instrument of all concertmasters, he explains— since he was about 7. After high school, he received a full scholarship to University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in music with a focus on violin performance and a master’s in orchestral conducting.

“Ever since the age of 14, I’d been interested in conducting,” the Curtis Park resident explains. “It seemed like the next step after playing an instrument.” After graduation, Neumann worked for five years as assistant conductor with Alabama’s Birmingham Symphony. While there, he took over the Birmingham Youth Symphony as part of his daily duties and discovered another natural talent: working with children. “Young people resonate very well with me,” Neumann says. “They really keep me going. I feel like I’m making a positive impact.” When a position as assistant conductor of the now-defunct Sacramento Symphony opened up in 1978, Neumann jumped at the chance to return to California. He took over the attached youth music group, Sacramento Youth Symphony, the next year. He has now overseen it for the better part of four decades. “I instigated the independence of the SYS when I saw the writing on the wall” about the impending demise of the Sacramento Symphony, says Neumann, who also served as the founding music director of Folsom Lake Symphony from 2004 to 2014. “I saw that we could be a very viable, stand-alone organization with our own board of directors, which would allow us to chart our own course and be masters of our own destiny.” Under Neumann’s leadership, the youth symphony has grown from a single orchestra of 60 young musicians to five ensembles and chamber music workshops with 400 participants. The symphony began traveling internationally in 1984 with a trip to

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More than 1,000 musicians performed in the largest concert of its kind to date. “My intention has been to establish high standards and maintain them while we slowly but surely grow in numbers,” says Neumann, who now conducts only the Premier Orchestra so he can oversee the artistic and administrative sides of the organization. “Everyone has to re-audition to get in every year, which keeps them on their toes instead of resting on their laurels. I feel very honored and grateful to work with such high-quality young people who are talented and intelligent in so

many ways in addition to music. They’re an inspiration to me.” As the youth symphony celebrates its 60th season this year, Neumann is working on bigger and better things to stretch the organization, like the Symphony of 1000 he orchestrated in 2014. More than 1,000 musicians of all ages performed at Memorial Auditorium in the largest concert of its kind to date. (The Guinness Book of World Records took notice.) Neumann plans to top that this year with the Symphony of 2000, adding 1,000 singers to the mix. “I like to attempt things outside of the traditional box,” he explains. “Classical music speaks the same language no matter where or who you are.” For more information about the Sacramento Youth Symphony’s 60th anniversary season, visit sacramentoyouthsymphony.org. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com n

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He Saw an Opening ROMANIAN NATIVE ROLLS OUT HIS ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT

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here’s a reason that the color scheme of Sac’s Garage Door Repair is red, white and blue, and it’s not just because owner Nick Toporiste uses only American-made parts in his 3-year-old business that installs and services garage doors all over the region. The colors have an even more personal meaning. “I love this country,” Toporiste says from the road, on his way to service clients in Sacramento, El Dorado Hills, Elk Grove, Folsom and Granite Bay. “Not only has it rescued my family, it’s given us a nice start on life.” Toporiste was born in Romania and, in March 1989, fled with his family to Florida before the Communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceauşescu came to a bloody end in December of that year. His mother had her teeth knocked out when she refused to turn spy on her church, and the family was given three days to sell their possessions before being put on a train to seek asylum in the United States. “I watched the revolution from Florida on our first color television,” Toporiste recalls. He was only 8 years old. After bouncing back and forth between Florida and California in his ensuing adolescent and teen years, Toporiste and family finally settled in Sacramento in 1995. The city proved a welcome, leafy change from the concrete jungle of their hometown of Bucharest. A job in marketing introduced him to the garage door business peripherally—the firm he worked for counted a few garage door

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didn’t want to pay one of my invoices. I suddenly thought, I know this business, I know the profit margins. I’m going to do this myself.”

“I geek out on garage doors even when I’m not at work,” he says. “I love this job.” Toporiste learned the trade from other established garage door practitioners before he was comfortable enough to strike out on his own three years ago as an allaround garage door guru. You name it, Sac’s Garage Door Repair does it: garage opener installation and repair, spring replacement, cable and track installation and repair, panel replacements, new door installation and, just for good measure, he brought on a contract locksmith. “A door is a door, whether it’s a garage door or a door for a person,” Toporiste says. “They’re all locking devices, so the transition was pretty easy. It’s something to have in my back pocket, a way to diversify. I’ve got to keep myself busy.” That’s something that Toporiste is very, very good at. He’ll drive anywhere between 100 and 200 miles a day on any given workday. “It’s the nature of the beast,” he Sac’s Garage Door Repair owner Nick Toporiste with his wife Jessica and daughter Hannah says with characteristic calm clarity. companies among its clients—but the back of my mind. Eventually I opened “I have to travel. I go where the work is.” field piqued his interest. my own marketing company, selling Ninety percent of that work is “It was this unique niche market,” leads to other contractors, and I had a service on residential doors and the Toporiste says. “It just stuck in the bad break with a garage door guy who

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rest is installations and commercial work, such as firehouse doors. He even has his fair share of celebrity clients, such as Sacramento Kings star center Demarcus Cousins, whose 1,500-pound mahogany garage doors require a fair bit of maintenance to keep his impressive car collection safe. But Toporiste isn’t in it for the celeb sightings: He’s the first to admit he just really loves the industry. “I geek out on garage doors even when I’m not at work,” he says. “I love this job.”

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A Fine Mess PURPOSE LOST LEADS TO PURPOSE FOUND

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oes everything happen for a purpose? Or is God able to give us a purpose in spite of the messes we get ourselves into? These are questions I pondered in 2011 when the Peace Corps sent my daughter’s best friend, Ruth Bennett, to Catacamas, Honduras. Several months after her arrival, escalating violence caused the Peace Corps to transfer Ruth to La Florida in Opatoro, Honduras—a town so small, few of you will find it on a map. Ruth found such purpose in the small-town goodness of La Florida that she extolled its virtues to Sara, saying it had “chispa.” Pronounced cheez-pah, the word is Spanish for “spark.” Ruth was using it to describe a town that had the tenacity and drive to want to improve itself. Sara was so inspired by Ruth’s descriptive zeal that she flew to Honduras to see for herself. However, within days of her Christmas arrival, another Peace Corps worker was shot in a random bus robbery outside of San Pedro Sula. As a result, the Peace Corps ordered 158 volunteers to evacuate Honduras.

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Both Ruth and Sara took an immediate flight home, feeling they’d lost their purpose. However, I was secretly relieved. They’d dodged a bullet and come home without a scratch. But maybe not so much. Sara was working through her own lost purpose. Her four-year marriage was failing. She felt like she needed a break. So the following summer, she returned to La Florida to volunteer as a teacher in the rural, one-room school. As Sara’s dad, I feared for her safety, but I was more concerned with the personal despair that weighed her down and threatened to rob her of purpose. In the weeks that passed, something happened in Sara’s heart. God gave her a taste for helping people. She went with a thirst to make their lives better, even if it meant placing herself in jeopardy in a place abandoned by the Peace Corps.

Sara spent the summer teaching and raising money to buy children’s books, a rare item in the Honduran economy. She also organized efforts to build school classrooms, bathrooms and hand-washing stations for students.

Sara spent the summer teaching and raising money to buy children’s books, a rare item in the Honduran economy. Coinciding with her efforts, Sara’s church, Highlands Church of Denver, reviewed places where they might send their humanitarian dollars. Sara

suggested (her pastor might even say “badgered”) them to consider La Florida, Honduras. The good news came just as the bad news threatened to eclipse it. The church said yes to Honduras even as Sara’s marriage crumbled. Just when it seemed Sara had lost her purpose, she found the spark to start a nonprofit organization called Chispa Project inspired by her friend’s passionate description of La Florida. The project solicits book donations, inspires teacher development and sponsors international volunteer projects to Honduras. On the project website, chispaproject.org, Sara says the project gives direct ownership of the books to local schools and then trains the teachers and the PTA (padres de familia) to jointly manage the books. So far, donations have allowed her to send more than 7,000 books to more than 40 different schools. So what do you think? Was God able to help her find purpose in her mess? I think Sara put it best when she told me, “When we turn our ‘mess’ over to God, he makes the most of our mess.” This week, Sara returns to Honduras after several fundraisers in her home state of Colorado. As I put her on the plane, a Laurel and Hardy paraphrase came to mind: “Well, this is another fine mess God’s gotten you into.” Norris Burkes is a chaplain, syndicated columnist, national speaker and author. He can be reached at norris@thechaplain.net n

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for unusual coat colors, some breed snakes. If the thought of breeding snakes for fun freaks you out, NCHS members argue that the best way to overcome a fear of snakes is to learn more about them. Alexandria Fulton, events and programs director for NCHS, says, “Most of the ‘scary’ behavior of a snake is just them trying to protect their lives despite their small size and the rather large size of a human.”

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knew this was an unusual community science event when the announcer asked the audience, “Does anyone have a reptile on you?” The Northern California Herpetological Society, a group of Sacramentans interested in the conservation, care and breeding of “herps” (reptiles and amphibians), meets the first Friday of every month at Arden Manor Community Center. The meetings are open to the public, and even though I’m not a snake owner, I was intrigued. I’d heard that UC Davis Ph.D. student Donnelly West was slated to discuss the genetics of color and pattern in ball pythons—with live examples. And so I met Peter the Piebald Python and discovered people committed to learning the latest herpetology science for the benefit of their zero-legged friends. According to NCHS president Linda Boyko, “Science is a very big part of NCHS.” At the time of NCHS’s first meeting in 1982, technical information about health and genetics for captive snakes and lizards was hard to come by. Longtime member Sue Solomon says,

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“Most of the ‘scary’ behavior of a snake is just them trying to protect their lives despite their small size and the rather large size of a human.”

“Herpetoculturists generally caught and kept wild snakes because there were very few captive breeders and sellers. As far as I know, nobody had lizards except for chuckwallas, which were relatively easy to capture in southern California and Mexico, and iguanas in Mexico and Arizona.” (Nowadays, to conserve wild populations, NCHS promotes the acquisition of captive-bred animals.) In those pre-Internet days, NCHS was

formed to help owners learn from one another and from experts. Experts, many of them from UC Davis, give lectures at NCHS every month. Recent topics include the ecology of California’s red-legged frogs and fungal diseases of snakes. The day I attended, I got an excellent overview of dominant and recessive genes and learned that, just as some people breed dogs or horses

Is it true that if you meet a snake in person, you’ll find they aren’t as intimidating as you thought? I confess that I was surprisingly charmed by West’s ball pythons. These mediumsized, mellow reptiles traveled in a big plastic tub, each snake inside its own pillowcase-like bag, where they seemed perfectly content to ball up and keep warm. When lifted out to meet the crowd, each python had its own personality, wrapping around its handler’s arm and raising its head to say hello. (I expect I have failed to

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convince the skeptics, but believe it or not, they were actually cute.) Reptiles and amphibians besides snakes are also part of the club. At the meeting I attended, a bearded dragon (a type of lizard) clung to its owner’s shoulder. NCHS members also work with the Sacramento Zoo on a nationwide citizen science project called Frog Watch. In this program, people monitor the frog calls from a local water source and record the information in a national database. This helps scientists monitor amphibian populations, which are considered a marker of environmental health. NCHS is committed to rescue and rehabilitation. Members provide foster care and adoptions of abandoned animals. Boyko says, “We rescue many discarded reptiles that come to us or are found outdoors despite being nonnative species. It’s sad that many think it’s OK to just put your pet out with the trash.” Released pet herps usually perish, but even worse, nonnative animals might establish a breeding population in the wild. The red-eared slider

turtle and the common water snake are examples of invasive species that threaten California habitats as a result of people releasing their pets. Education is another club priority. NCHS strives to provide quality live-animal education presentations to the public through schools and youth and civic groups. They participate in many public animal outreach events. Members use live animals to teach about care and husbandry procedures for reptiles and amphibians. If you’re intrigued, NCHS invites you to attend a monthly meeting. Visit norcalherp.com or the group’s Facebook page for the latest news. The website also offers suggestions of local herping spots: places in the Sacramento Valley where you can spot reptiles and amphibians in the wild. To bring Donnelly West’s friendly ball pythons to your party or educational event, visit papayapythons.com or Peter Pied Python on Facebook. Do you have a story idea for Science in the Neighborhood? Email Amy@ AmyRogers.com n

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95811 MIDTOWN 1818 L ST #410 1818 L ST #305 1713 G ST 1818 L ST #407 1705 P ST

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95816 E SAC, MCKINLEY PARK 1137 38TH ST 1541 35TH ST 1433 36TH ST 862 38TH ST 515 22ND ST 2814 G ST 2605 T ST 1341 39TH ST 3141 O ST 1918 28TH ST 1616 SANTA YNEZ WAY 341 32ND ST 3560 P ST 310 36TH WAY 2508 D ST

95817 TAHOE PARK, ELMHURST 4000 2ND AVE 2947 39TH ST 2942 LA SOLIDAD WAY 3224 44TH ST 6269 3RD AVE 3217 32ND ST 2040 36TH ST 3531 40TH ST 2609 51ST ST 3883 7TH AVE 3121 SANTA CRUZ WAY 3501 33RD ST 2914 59TH ST 5000 Y ST 4024 3RD AVE 3052 8TH AVE 3217 SAN CARLOS WAY 2640 SANTA CRUZ WAY 2729 42ND ST 3945 U ST 4337 3RD AVE 2927 35TH ST 3211 32ND ST 3548 43RD ST 3140 X ST

$1,085,000 $570,000 $439,000 $755,000 $489,000 $690,000 $365,000 $1,250,000 $406,000 $409,000 $415,000 $423,500 $422,000 $686,000 $451,000

$259,500 $203,000 $241,000 $149,000 $335,000 $270,000 $365,000 $143,000 $391,000 $193,000 $147,000 $174,900 $309,500 $305,000 $325,000 $368,000 $175,000 $305,000 $340,000 $460,000 $255,000 $372,000 $140,000 $202,000 $260,000

95818 LAND PK, CURTIS PK 650 6TH AVE 605 SWANSTON DR 2708 17TH ST 3640 W CURTIS DR 2216 PORTOLA WAY 2667 21ST ST 2715 FLORENCE PL 3656 24TH ST 2783 LAND PARK DR 2416 27TH ST 520 MERKLEY WAY 2312-2314 4TH AVE 1828 BEVERLY WAY 1100 TENEIGHTH WAY 2755 25TH ST 2770 MUIR WAY 1759 8TH AVE

$452,000 $367,000 $499,000 $512,500 $560,000 $490,000 $396,000 $350,000 $502,000 $310,000 $356,000 $420,000 $410,000 $880,000 $472,000 $420,000 $830,000

2706 U ST 2566 16TH ST 983 VALLEJO WAY 618 4TH AVE 1230 7TH AVE 3169 CROCKER DR 2964 MUIR WAY 1062 PERKINS WAY

$329,900 $347,000 $445,000 $585,000 $735,000 $772,828 $460,000 $541,500

95819 E SAC, RIVER PARK 1864 53RD ST 1524 40TH ST 440 SANDBURG DR 1433 41ST 5911 NEWMAN CT #1 1438 51ST ST 911 42ND ST 1230 40TH ST 5328 ROGER WAY 4800 C ST 540 45TH ST 1473 51ST ST 130 TIVOLI WAY 522 LOVELLA WAY 5412 AILEEN 5526 CARLSON DR 109 51ST ST 4100 FOLSOM BLVD #6A 5809 CALLISTER AVE 63 PRIMROSE WAY 468 PALA WAY 4001 MCKINLEY BLVD 5323 SANDBURG DR 601 46TH ST

95821 ARDEN-ARCADE 2950 MARCONI AVE #109 2912 EDISON AVE 4020 HANCOCK DR 3044 BERTIS DR 2809 IONE 2831 CARSON WAY 2528 ETHAN WAY 3601 EASTERN 2143 RED ROBIN LN 3200 LERWICK RD 4601 EDISON AVE 3429 LEATHA WAY 4198 DENA WAY 4400 WHITNEY AVE 3602 LARCHMONT SQ LN 3001 GREENWOOD 3439 DEL MESA CT 3807 ANNADALE LN 4624 WYMAN DR 3349 EASTERN AVE 2611 BELL ST 3450 BEN LOMOND DR 2225 PYRAMID WAY 3012 FAIRWAYS CT 3940 SCOTTY WAY

$380,000 $813,000 $498,000 $821,500 $120,000 $480,000 $549,500 $795,000 $432,500 $700,001 $855,000 $336,000 $684,868 $404,900 $420,000 $361,000 $675,000 $555,000 $430,000 $515,000 $610,000 $630,000 $477,500 $560,000 $95,000 $220,000 $330,000 $222,000 $302,000 $346,000 $136,000 $295,000 $162,000 $300,000 $345,000 $249,000 $435,000 $319,900 $134,900 $249,000 $400,000 $125,000 $290,000 $275,000 $238,000 $439,000 $302,000 $280,000 $435,000

95822 SOUTH LAND PARK 39 QUASAR CIR 925 BELL AIR DR 4633 SUNSET DR 7425 TROON WAY 1420 SHERWOOD AVE 7338 SPRINGMAN ST 2625 51ST AVE 7311 STRATFORD ST

$101,000 $408,900 $505,000 $199,900 $775,000 $171,200 $199,000 $230,000

2132 56TH AVE 7567 29TH ST 4641 MEAD AVE 2347 IRVIN WAY 1237 43RD AVE 2241 62ND AVE 2354 MURIETA WAY 7031 DEMARET DR 7573 LEMARSH 2008 NEWPORT AVE 2100 BERG AVE 2224 18TH AVE 7339 21ST ST 7561 19TH ST 7490 18TH STREET 6884 23RD ST 1781 68TH AVE 4666 CABANA WAY 1466 KITCHNER 7444 AMHERST ST 51 QUASAR CIR 7090 16TH ST 4920 HELEN WAY 2171 MONTECITO WAY 2429 YREKA AVE 2233 HOLLYWOOD WAY 7561 21ST ST 1984 68TH AVENUE 1240 35TH AVE 7291 15TH ST 1818 WENTWORTH AVE 4510 CAPRI WAY 2716 53RD AVE 1733 65TH AVE 4340 CONSTANCE LN

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End of a Summer Romance A FAMILY TRADITION OF ‘FUN WEDNESDAYS’ FADES AS THE KIDS GROW UP

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t was initially an act of desperation and self-preservation. But then we fell in love. School was out for the summer and we should’ve all been happy to be free from homework, reading logs and nagging to get it done. But instead it was replaced with nonstop sibling bickering, whines of being bored, kids underfoot stifling productivity, and threats of endless chores if there was one more moan of, “What are we going to do today?” I found myself cursing summer and her endless, unstructured days, and I hated myself for doing it. It was summer, for goodness’ sake!

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Everybody loves summer! But I was secretly starting to hate her. Suddenly, I realized what my problem was. I was looking at summer as a grownup instead of as a kid. As I grew into an adult summer we grew apart—we were no longer playmates. We went our separate ways as responsibility claimed my time while the children of summer continued to occupy her days. Seeing summer as my adversary wasn’t very fun. And my constant state of irritation and anxiety certainly didn’t make me a good parent. It was time to change my perspective and fall in love with summer and her boundless possibilities all over again. So I started Fun Wednesdays. Thinking of all the exciting things I’d love to do if I were a kid, I planned a fun outing for every Wednesday of the summer. There was quintessential summer fun such as water parks and water slides, miniature golf, going to the beach at Folsom Lake, and a full day at the California State Fair. For those

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days when the Delta breeze wasn’t doing her job, indoor air-conditioned fun was planned with bowling, ice skating, roller skating, laser tag and trampoline play centers. And because everything is more fun with friends, we invited everyone we knew to join us in our celebration of summer. The love affair with summer rekindled as I found myself giddy with anticipation for Fun Wednesdays. I’d get my adult commitments done Monday and Tuesday, excited to relive the joys of summer with the kids midweek. Then it was only two more work days until Daddy could join us in summer fun on the weekend. Some weeks we would have a huge entourage reveling in our Fun Wednesday summer celebration. Some weeks it was just me and the kids. But every week the kids and I would excitedly look to the calendar to see what summer fun we had scheduled for Wednesday. Our Fun Wednesdays love affair began about a decade ago when my kids were just starting school. As they grew and their summers started to become filled with sporting commitments, I thought we might not need one more thing scheduled on our calendar. “We have to keep doing Fun Wednesdays!” they protested. I was glad they weren’t ready to give them up, too. When my preteens hit middle school and wanted to spend more time with their friends than their mom, I considered abandoning our summer tradition. But my kids and their friends (and my friends!) would have

none of it. “You have to keep doing Fun Wednesdays!” they said. The summer love affair continued. When my kids became teenagers I thought for sure they would be over our weekly summer celebrations. True, schedules were harder to coordinate with increasing responsibilities and our activities needed a higher level of adventure, but everyone was still in. And I couldn’t be happier trucking a car full of kids to indoor surfing, paint ball, and night slides at the water park. Now our best gal summer is back. Ready for another round of Fun Wednesdays, I asked my 16-year-old driver what we should do for this year’s weekly adventures. “Night slides again? Wake Island? River rafting?” He simply nodded. I felt my heart squeeze, realizing the breakup was finally here. “I forgot all your friends are drivers now,” I said, trying to hide my disappointment. “Time to let you guys be in charge of your own adventures?” “Yeah,” my son shrugged apologetically, but he was obviously appreciative that I understood. We had a great run, Fun Wednesdays and I. It was a great summer love affair while it lasted. I don’t hate you for moving on with my kids and their friends. I guess I should move on, too. Friday Concerts in the Park at Cesar Chavez Plaza, anyone? Kelli Wheeler is an author, family columnist and freelance writer. For weekly Momservations or to contact her, visit Momservations.com n

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ublic health officials plead with people to get more physical activity. They suggest parking farther away from destinations instead of hunting for the closest spot in the lot. They tout taking the stairs instead of the elevator. I guess every little bit helps, but come on. Unless you park a quarter mile away or work in a high-rise office tower, those are literally tiny steps indeed. It shows how far expectations have fallen about people’s ability and willingness to be physically active. Our culture seems to be built on avoiding exertion, not embracing it. A tennis colleague told me he drives the three quarters of a mile from home to work instead of walking or biking. He plays tennis for hours at a time, so avoiding exercise on his commute probably doesn’t hurt his health, but why drive when the alternative is so simple? Far too many people get far too little exercise when healthy physical activity could easily be part of daily life. Active transportation—walking and biking— is an astonishingly convenient way to make exercise routine without setting aside lots of extra time.

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The health and economic consequences of the American lack of physical activity have been catastrophic. Diabetes is epidemic. Heart and vascular diseases are rampant killers. All of us share in the resulting skyrocketing costs of health coverage. Meanwhile, it’s been evident for quite a while that exercise is better than any drug. Not only does it help prevent and treat diseases; its side effects tend to be positive instead of frightening. Weight loss, stress relief and increased longevity all are related results. That’s a lot better than the litany of the scary, and

sometimes horrific, side effects that can accompany popping a pill. Instead of avoiding exercise when getting around, I seek it out—an attitude that makes a difference. I seize the opportunity that short trips provide to be active. A national survey indicates 40 percent of trips are less than 2 miles. I welcome the chance to walk or bike in my beautiful East Sacramento neighborhood. I bike to the gym (2 miles) and arrive in 12 minutes already warmed up. It’s been many years since I drove there. My wife and I usually bike to the varied fine restaurants in Midtown

and downtown, including Biba. It’s satisfying for me to see bike racks (some provided free through a city program) now featured at many restaurants and coffee shops, though Biba hasn’t yet gotten one of the green SacRacks on offer. (Biba told us after lunch, when we mentioned the need for bike parking, “My customers don’t ride bikes.” It was a puzzling response since we were holding our bike helmets, and a guy in a bike jersey was dining at a table nearby.) Still, even without nice-to-have racks, it’s easier to get close and to park a bike than park a car. The difference in total travel time is negligible. It might even be faster to bike. Going home after a dinner out in the spring, summer and fall, it’s a delight to be riding on our dark, cool, quiet, mostly empty neighborhood streets. Short neighborhood trips are an especially convenient way to get exercise. You don’t have to don special athletic gear; just go. A trip to the drugstore, post office or soccer practice shouldn’t take too much out of you, but it does take a car off the road, which is good for everyone. Another tennis colleague lives several blocks from his club. He drove to the club, discovered a special event was going on and there was no close by parking. He wound up driving back home and walking. Why not walk in the first place? Technology offers a new way to get into the habit of exercising. Humorist and author David Sedaris wrote a piece about how a Fitbit bracelet incentivized his walking around his home in England. He started doing 10,000 steps a day to

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el and Shane O’Brien were married 11 years ago. Ten years ago, they began collecting nostalgic collectables for their home. Two years ago, they moved into a 1959 South Land Park ranch-style house. Today, every room of their 1,700-square-foot home is filled with the bounty of their searches. “If there is an empty spot, we fill it,” Shane says. It took the couple a bit of time to discover their preferred style. They settled upon midcentury kitsch or atomic style. Pieces tend to rotate in

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“WHEN YOU COME HOME, IT FEELS LIKE DISNEYLAND.” and out of their home since they are on the lookout for new treasures all the time. “We were collectors and became dealers because we had so much stuff,” Shane explains. “We love to shop, and as we find better pieces for us, we pass along pieces from our collection.”

Initially they frequented local antique stores. Now they find many items on eBay and Etsy. They began collecting modern style pieces, then art deco, then sleek midcentury modern with a Danish feel. In 2011, they fell in love with the kitsch/atomic look.

Though they extensively remodeled their home, they have made numerous changes. Repainting was a necessity. The previous owner’s color palette ran to chartreuse, yellow and orange. The master bedroom was oxblood red. They prefer turquoise and aqua tones. All the kitchen appliances, with the exception of the oven, were replaced with Big Chill retro-style appliances in the Pink Lemonade color. New vinyl composition tile in the kitchen spiffed up the room. The new custom front door has three diamond windows. They found starburst escutcheon plates on

eBay for the door handle. Double-paned windows in the lanai, a space Shane speculates was once a breezeway, help boost the energy efficiency. The exterior was freshened up by replacing fencing and gates and adding a sprinkler/ drip watering system. Mel’s stepdad made the vintage shutters, and they helped install them. A local welder made the cool entryway feature out of a repurposed mental room divider. The driveway and brick planters were redone. The pair loves light fixtures. Their collection includes Moss, Reglor, Continental Art Company and Heifetz Rotaflex lights. Other treasures include HeywoodWakefield, Brown Saltman and Paul Frankl furniture pieces and many Carlo of Hollywood watercolors. The lanai boasts a rare Witco tiki bar. Everything in the house works, including an original NuTone intercom, five vintage televisions, five record players and three jukeboxes. Shane has restored or refurbished 90 percent of the items in their home. When they first started collecting as a young couple, money was tight. When they found midcentury modern pieces that needed work, Shane began restoring them for much less than if they hired the job out. “After a while, I discovered I had a knack for it,” he says. “We gained a real appreciation for these pieces and started seriously collecting.” Wanting to share their passion for wares from the 1950s and ’60s, as well as DIY restoration techniques, led the pair to start a blog, hepcatrestorations.com. “We try to be a resource to inform our readers of the history of our pieces, and we try to be an inspiration for others who decorate in the midcentury style,” Shane explains. “People email with questions all the time about a piece’s value, history or how to restore it,” Shane explains. Mel’s hectic schedule involves traveling for a large corporation, limiting their time for socializing. When

she’s not working, she prefers being at home with Shane and enjoying what she sees around her. “When you come home, it feels like Disneyland,” she says. Their decorating process doesn’t follow a set pattern. It just evolves based on the space and their needs. “We don’t have a vision of the room when we step into it,” Mel says. Everything they own is not designer. Mel prefers to buy new things like couches and rugs. “Who made the piece is not as important to us as how the piece makes us feel when we’re around it,” Shane says. Shane loves the cowboy-centric rancho style, but Mel isn’t keen on the look. A few rancho items did make it into the laundry room. Mel explains she was slow in HOME page 54

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HOME FROM page 53 appreciating the tiki style in the lanai. “Because I am Filipino, I thought how cliche to have a tiki room,” she says. Now it’s her favorite room. “We do add other things that are not tiki in here. It is pretty eclectic,” Shane says. “I just love being surrounded by all this stuff. It makes me happy.” The O’Briens’ home will be featured on the Sacramento Midcentury Modern Home Tour on Saturday, June 18. For tickets and more information, go to sacmcmhometour. blogspot.com. 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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Wild Things LOCAL GROUP WANTS HELP CARING FOR INJURED, ORPHANED ANIMALS

BY TERRY KAUFMAN

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t’s starting to get hot in Sacramento, and that means a few things. First, it means that all creatures great and small will be coming out of hibernation and populating our region with an abundance of colorful wildlife. But it also means that the competitive juices that lay dormant through the long, wet winter are starting to percolate. You what’s happening on the national political front, but did you know that there’s an equally exciting campaign going on in our own community? Read on.

WILD ABOUT WILDLIFE Now is the time for all good animal lovers to come to the aid of the vulnerable wildlife in our region. The nonprofit Wildlife Care Association is asking for volunteers to help injured, orphaned or displaced wildlife recover for release back to nature. At this time of year, the need for feeding and maintenance of wildlife in recovery is particularly urgent as the season brings a surge of babies of all types to WCA’s McClellan Park facility. WCA is kicking off a regular volunteer event on the third Saturday of every month at the wildlife center.

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Beginning at 10 a.m., volunteers for Spruce UP Saturday will clean, clip and transform the former USAF radar facility into a real home for wildlife care. Volunteers with construction experience are needed to help build permanent squirrel caging at WCA. Anyone can help with hands-on assistance or make a donation to the nonprofit to help pay for wildlife nesting, food and medicine. WCA puts 88 cents of every dollar directly into wildlife care, with volunteers providing 98 percent of the labor. Call 965-9453 to leave a message about found or injured wildlife or visit wildlifecareassociation.com to make a donation or volunteer your time. Spruce UP Saturday volunteers must register with Laura at wcavolunteers@yahoo.com.

WILD ABOUT VIDEO The Wildlife Care Association is inviting young people to observe and record—but not to disturb—wildlife. Students with a good eye and a creative spirit are encouraged to capture in a 30-second video the birds or critters they see. With the help of their parents, boys and girls can go out into nature, film a summer safari video and send their clips to the WCA’s summer video safari challenge. The top videos will win prizes, but all who participate will learn about the outdoors and the wildlife that lives in our region. Ten entries will be chosen to be shown on Sacramento Access Cable Television. The 10 winners will receive a WCA T-shirt, and one finalist will be chosen at random to receive a year of free

martial arts training from Robinson’s Taekwondo.

Students are encouraged to capture in a 30-second video the birds or critters they see. Participants should send their name, age, phone, email, where the video was taken and what type of wildlife was observed, along with the video entry, to the Wildlife Care Association Facebook page. Click on Message to enter your information and attach the video as a paper clip file. Entries must be 30 seconds or less and taken by the entrant. Videos will be posted on the WCA Facebook page throughout the contest, which ends Aug. 15.

PEOPLE OF THE YEAR The competition is heating up for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Man, Woman and Student of the Year titles. While raising funds for LLS blood cancer research, candidates compete in honor of children who are local blood cancer survivors. Every dollar raised counts as a vote for that candidate, and titles are awarded to the man, woman and student team with the most votes at the end of 10 weeks. Top local fundraisers then become eligible to win national titles. The campaign

ends in June, so there is just time to weigh in with your vote. The field boasts strong candidates in each category. Jeffrey Anderson of Coldwell Banker, Josh Palmer of Colliers International, Patrick Harbison of Patrick Harbison Public Relations and Rick Fergerson of Fergerson Financial are competing for Man of the Year. Woman of the Year contenders are Kachet JacksonHenderson of The Lipstick Giraffe, Lauren Kimzey with state and local government affairs at The Internet Association, Lucy Garcia of Keller Williams Realty and Nolana Mymka Daoust of Kaiser Permanente. High school teams competing for LLS Student of the Year include Allston Segale and Brian Bauer from Rio Americano and Jesuit High Schools; Andrew Guillen and Sean Woods from Folsom High; Anya McHugh and Shasta Fields from Davis Senior High; Cheryl Chen and Zahraa Ahmad, Debby He and Kathy Liu, and Bella Vallejo-Wolff and Haley Cogburn, all from C.K. McClatchy High; Jamila Kamara and Vanessa Herrera of Natomas Pacific Pathway Prep; and the teams of Jessica Gianulias and Natalie Woodruff, and Kate Caraska and Kate Haines, both of St. Francis High. The awards will be presented at the Grand Finale Gala on Saturday, June 11, at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento. The gala will also be a celebration of the LLS’s 20th anniversary. For more information, contact Kathy Severson at Kathy.Severson@ lls.org or visit mwoy.org/sac. Terry Kaufman can be reached at terry@1greatstory.com n

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Carmichael Park’s 41st summer concert season kicks off with a two-day concert band festival on Saturday, June 4, and Sunday, June 5. This event features volunteer ensembles from throughout Northern California. Over the following summer months, free performances are scheduled most weekends. Food will be available for purchase at all locations.

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June 11: On Air (classic rock) 6:30 p.m. June 12: The Swing Masters (big band hits) 5 p.m. June 18: Mick Martin & Blues Rockers 6:30 p.m. June 25: The Fryed Brothers Band (country, blues) 6:30 p.m. June 26: Red’s Blues and Rusty Zinn (blues) 5 p.m. July 9: Cherry Bomb (John Mellencamp tribute) 6:30 p.m. July 10 Carmichael Kiwanis Swing Band (big band) 5 p.m. July 16: Latin Touch (Latin rock) 6:30 p.m. July 23: Todd Morgan and the Emblems (rock) 6:30 p.m. July 30: Group Therapy (rock-R&B) 6:30 p.m. Aug. 6: Z.O.O.M. (Mardi Gras jazz) 6:30 p.m. Aug. 7: John Skinner Band (dance music) 5 p.m. Aug. 13: Dave Russell Band (country rock) 6:30 p.m. Aug. 20: Peter Petty & Titans of Terpsichore 6:30 p.m. Aug. 27: The Hucklebucks (blues). 6:30 p.m. Aug. 28: Capitol Pops Concert Band 5 p.m. Visit Carmichaelpark.com

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Side by Side HE EMBRACES BOTH PAINTING AND GRAPHIC DESIGN

BY JESSICA LASKEY ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

o many, a picture is worth a thousand words. But to Lotfi Zennadi, that same picture is made up of thousands of dots of color balanced and layered just so to create the image in front of him. In short, the graphic designer and painter doesn’t just see: He visually excavates. “Graphic design is different than other artistic mediums because it’s so technical,” Zennadi explains. “The first time I was introduced to it, I knew it was exactly what I wanted to do.” Zennadi could have had pretty much any kind of artistic career he wanted. Growing up in Annaba, Algeria, he was often told he would become a famous painter—probably because he always found an excuse to incorporate drawings into his school projects and continually won the districtwide school art contests. But as gifted as Zennadi was, he always felt there was more to life than drawing. “I went to college to do science technology. My dad wanted me to go into medicine, but I didn’t like it,” says Zennadi, now 43. “My cousins were going to architecture school in Algiers, so over vacation one year, I went to visit them and met people from the fine arts programs. They all admired my drawings and told me I should come to school there. So I put together a portfolio and ended up studying graphic design.” His time at school proved to be a crucial learning experience both in and out of the classroom. Zennadi

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credits his rapid growth to his “brilliant” colleagues, who often “helped me more than the teachers.” (One friend even tried to encourage him to drop graphic design in favor of painting, but Zennadi held fast in his

love for the more technical medium.) Teachers took notice of Zennadi’s extraordinary eye for design, and soon he was working on paid projects outside of school all over Algeria with other students to decorate the walls

of nurseries, cafeterias and preschools on petroleum bases. “It was a constant learning process and hard work, but we were making money, spending time outside and having fun,” Zennadi says. “It was a great time to be young.” During his five years in school, Zennadi had his work shown at high-profile exhibitions in Italy, Finland and the south of France, and he founded his own graphic design company. He started working under a pen name, Beeblu, so he could work on edgier projects like posters for rock and jazz festivals. He wanted to “shake things up” and make changes in his native country, but he felt stuck. “I felt like I couldn’t express myself,” Zennadi admits. “It was challenging because the customers want what they want, and you have to give it to them. I suddenly started thinking, ‘Is this it? Am I stuck here?’ I really wanted a challenge, to push myself and others and be a real designer.” Zennadi sought his next challenge in Germany, working with an entrepreneur who was revolutionizing the screen-printing world with new machinery and software, as well as with two top printing companies in France for whom Zennadi designed school supplies. He also decided to earn his master’s degree, but the school he enrolled in in Nice happened to need a teacher with his skill set, so he found himself teaching as well as pursuing his studies. The south of France never managed to seduce him, however, and his lifelong dream of working for Paris’ top advertising company, Publicis, still gnawed at him, so he started traveling

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When the dots align, life becomes more colorful than you can imagine. Around the time Zennadi found work encoding and digitally remastering photos from several of the biggest Parisian magazines to republish them online, he also met a young woman named Elizabeth—a Sacramento native working in Paris— through mutual friends. The next few years were a whirlwind of activity for the artist: He finished school in Nice,

landed a few more freelancing design jobs in Paris and married Elizabeth at their local mairie, or city hall, in 2007. (In fact, he and Elizabeth have had three weddings: one civil ceremony in Paris, one traditional Muslim ceremony in Algeria and one Catholic ceremony at Sacred Heart Church here in Sacramento.) Since moving to California to be closer to his in-laws in 2008, Zennadi has continued designing and has been painting up a storm, even with the birth of his son in May. But through every continent and country, one constant remains the same for Zennadi: When the dots align, life becomes more colorful than you can imagine.

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Musical Mantras BAND FROM NEW ORLEANS AT NEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

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he E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts (casually known as CLARA to those “in the know”) is already hopping with performances from the Sacramento Ballet, so keep the party going with the Mantra Music Concert featuring Sean Johnson and the Wild Lotus Band at 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 5. Hailing from New Orleans, Sean Johnson and the Wild Lotus Band (aka Alvin Young and Gwendolyn Colman) are celebrated as some of the leading voices in western kirtan—music meant to both reflect and inspire spiritual devotion in the listener—through their dynamic sound that merges mantras, rock, funk, gospel and world grooves. The band is a favorite headliner at festivals nationwide and was the first kirtan band to ever play the New Orleans Jazz Festival. This concert’s kirtan experience will draw from the group’s newest release, “Unity,” a collection of 10 soul-stirring songs that explore spiritual mantra music through the guts and authenticity of the musicians’ own American roots. For tickets, go to wildlotus2016. brownpapertickets.com. Check out at the band at

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Sean Johnson and the Wild Lotus Band will be performing at The E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts

seanjohnsonandthewildlotusband. com. The E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts is at 2420 N St.

HEART OF GLASS Dale Chihuly aficionados already have been treated to the arrival of the renowned glass sculptor’s stunning “Golden Teal Chandelier” in the entryway of the Crocker Art Museum’s Teel Family Pavilion, but brace yourselves for some even more exciting news: This month kicks off the museum’s Summer of Glass, featuring three exhibitions highlighting glass from the ancient to the present.

First up is “Little Dreams in Glass and Metal: Enameling in America, 1920 to the Present,” which runs June 19 through Sept. 11. As the first nationally traveling exhibition to survey the art of enameling in more than 50 years, the show has been organized by the Los Angelesbased Enamel Arts Foundation and includes 121 works by 90 artists, including the late Sacramentan Fred Uhl Ball, considered a pioneer in the field. Objects range from jewelry and vessels to large enamel-on-steel wall panels. Another cool Crocker exhibition opens this month as well, “Ourselves Through the Lens: Photography From

the Ramer Collection,” on display June 19 through Oct. 23. By training the camera on individual personalities and circumstances, photographers such as James Van Der Zee, Graciela Iturbide and Luis Gonzalez Palma sought to capture the emotional lives of others. This exhibition of 44 images examines our very human impulse to look and the ways photography directs such visual encounters. Photographers included in this exhibition include Arnold Genthe, Leonard Freed, Edward Steichen, Flor Garduno, Raul Canibano, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Shelby Lee Adams,

Artwork by Cherie Hacker will be on display at Beatnik Studios

and cello to celebrate the final week of the “Andy Warhol: Portraits” exhibition. This unique ensemble will highlight new works by contemporary composers and rarely performed classical works, including the 2015

work “Miscellaneous Music” by Durwynne Hsieh, commissioned by the group itself.

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Jamie Davis will perform during Jazz Night at the Crocker. Photo courtesy of Mary Gray.

Saturday, June 11, at Steve Jones Park in South Sacramento. This free community event is a Crocker initiative that focuses on Sacramento City Council districts 2, 5 and 8 to strengthen connections between the museum and its broader community. It will feature food, artists, musicians, community groups, dancers, DJs, urban gardeners, poets, performers, culinary artists and all kinds of creative souls for a party you won’t want to miss. The project is funded by the James Irvine Foundation and is presented in partnership with the Sol Collective and Sojourner Truth Museum. Steve Jones Park is at 2331 Casa Linda Drive. Get back to basics with the Classical Concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 12, featuring Black Cedar, a performance of guitar, flute

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Sebastião Selgado and Jennifer Karady. Be loud and proud from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 9, at ArtMix “Pride.” Follow the rainbow to the Crocker for a fabulous celebration of LGBTQ Pride Month, featuring live performances, art from socialjustice activist Moe Otanez, dancing, a drag show, mix-and-mingle games and much more. The event is for guests 21 and over and it’s free for museum members and free with general admission for nonmembers. Enjoy food and drink discounts during happy hour from 5 to 6 p.m. and $5 drink specials all night. Ready to party hearty in your very own neighborhood? The Crocker’s new Block by Block program started last month to much excitement, so jump on the next block party bandwagon from noon to 7 p.m. on

PREVIEWS FROM page 75 Tickets are $6 for museum members, $10 for students, youths and Capital Public Radio members, and $12 for nonmembers. Craving some jazz? Don’t miss Jazz Night on Thursday, June 16, when the Joe Gilman Quartet and Jamie Davis perform on the Cafe Stage at 5:30 p.m. and on the Main Stage at 6:30 p.m., respectively. The Joe Gilman Quartet, led by acclaimed jazz pianist Joe Gilman, will delight with a performance of “Summertime” from the George Gershwin songbook, and Davis’ rich baritone repertoire will feature music from Cole Porter to Stevie Wonder to Charles Mingus. Online tickets are $7 for museum members, $12 for students, youths and Capital Public Radio members, and $14 for nonmembers (tickets are an additional $3 at the door). Is the heat making you thirsty and ready to test your artistic mettle? Then Summer Crafts and Cocktails from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 30, is right up your alley. Join the Crocker in the courtyard for an evening of refreshing cocktails and festive crafting. You’ll be provided with a variety of supplies to create summer treasures and 4th of July decorations. Each ticket includes one cocktail or two nonalcoholic refreshers, and a no-host cash bar will be available throughout the evening. Museum admission is included. 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.

Last season, the WCA took in 6,000 creatures, everything from hummingbirds to coyotes, for rest and eventual return to the regional environment. As economic development and human impacts are greater and greater every year, every extra pair of hands helps the group that has aided displaced wildlife since 1975.

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ambitious project, “Bridges,” which is now on display at Beatnik. “Creating art connects us to each other and to our true selves. It’s who we are,” Hacker says. This show represents the bridge that brought the two artists together: love and art. DeVore’s acrylic paintings of figurative landscapes tell stories of the human experience and Hacker’s mixed-media abstractions reveal the experience felt in nature via shape, line, layers and motion. And the collaboration is not in name only: Each artist began three paintings and passed them on to the other to complete the process, resulting in six stunning examples of what happens when you work well in tandem. Meet the terrific twosome in person at the opening reception from 6 to 9

p.m. on Friday, June 3, or at a second reception from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, July 1, featuring the Riverrun Jazz Quartet. For more information, call 400-4281 or go to beatnik-studios. com. Beatnik Studios is at 723 S St.

LEND A PAW Helping hands needed! The nonprofit Wildlife Care Association (WCA) is asking people in the Sacramento region to become part of its valued volunteer corps to help injured, orphaned or displaced wildlife recover for release back to nature. The need for community volunteers for the care, feeding and maintenance of wildlife in recovery is urgent, as the spring always brings a surge of youngsters in need of assistance at the WCA’s McClellan Park facility.

A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Talk about a dynamic duo. See paintings by real-life couple (and a couple of fantastic artists) Cherie Hacker and Jeffrey DeVore from June 3 through July 21 at Beatnik Studios and see what brought them, and keeps them, together. Following a joint exhibition last summer at Ardgillan Castle in Ireland, Hacker and DeVore returned to Sacramento to create another

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But people need help, too! The 2-acre former radar dome at McClellan (now home to the WCA) is also in need of ongoing care and maintenance. If you have skills with landscape or facilities maintenance, you can be of great service at the WCA’s monthly volunteer event on the third Saturday of every month, Spruce UP Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m. You’ll help clean, clip and transform the former radar facility into a real home for wildlife care. This season’s focus is building permanent squirrel caging. Interested in pitching in? Spruce UP Saturday volunteers must register with Laura at wcavolunteers@yahoo. com. For more information, call 965WILD (965-9453) to leave a message about found or injured wildlife or go to wildlifecareassociation.com. The Wildlife Care Association is at 5211 Patrol Road at McClellan Park.

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Registration is now open for the 2016 Senior Summer Camps at Camp Sacramento

The need for community volunteers for the care, feeding and maintenance of wildlife in recovery is urgent.

For Francophiles and film lovers alike, the Sacramento French Film Festival is an event not to be missed. Help the cinematic sensation celebrate its 15th anniversary on June 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26 at both the Crest Theatre (the festival’s original

“game changer” in the industry for its body style reminiscent of a Corvette), a 1974 Hilux (a small and fuelefficient import) and a Modern Ford F150 (with its modern technology, aluminum body and energy-efficient engine). The exhibit also will include storyboards that highlight the origin of the trucks and societal influencers during various time periods, and museum guests can participate in interactive elements such as “selfie stations” (where you can dress in period attire) and a matching game. For more information, call 4426802 or go to calautomuseum.org. The California Auto Museum is at 2200 Front St.

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Laurence Harding's artwork is on display at Red Dot Gallery starting June 1

home) and a new, one-day-only venue, the Esquire IMAX Theatre. Take in rare classics, fresh shorts, new releases and the most Cesar Award-winning (the French equivalent of the Oscar) films straight from the land of chic ennui. You can catch screenings all day long on all of the event days, but don’t miss the 15th anniversary opening reception on June 17 immediately following the opening screening, around 9 p.m.; the special IMAX screenings on Sunday, June 19, only; or the closing reception featuring a champagne fountain (what else would you expect?), dessert and live music. For tickets and more information, call 476-3356 or go to sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org. The Crest Theatre is at 1013 K St., and the Esquire IMAX Theatre is at 1211 K St.

TRUCK MONTH(S) Are you a truck lover? Then drive yourself down to Old Sacramento to the California Automobile Museum ASAP to revel in its ongoing exhibit “The Pickup Truck: Where Utility Meets the Everyday,” on display now through Sept. 11. With 12 trucks on view dating from 1935 to the present, the exhibit aims to demonstrate the evolution of the iconic pickup truck from an everyday work vehicle to its place in today’s culture as a popular recreational vehicle. The collection includes a 1925 Dodge (from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife), a 1931 Model A (the first mass-produced pickup), a 1951 GMC and a 1956 Ford F100 (two of the world’s most famous working trucks), a 1957 Chevy Cameo (considered a

Relive the childhood fun of summer camp with your peers and your very own grandkids in the majestic Sierras during Grand Camp, held Aug. 15-19, or Arts in the Sierras, held Aug. 22-26. Each day will include joint activities for grandparents and kids, as well as structured kid-only activities, all led by camp staff. Grandparents have lots of opportunity to relax on their own or join programs especially designed for adult campers. For rates and more information about Grand Camp or Arts in the Sierras, call 808-1593, email fiftypluswellness@cityofsacramento. org or go to cityofsacramento.org/ seniorsummercamp.

It’s been said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if that picture is literally made of them? That’s the case at ARTHOUSE on R’s current exhibition, “See It With Words,” on display from June 10 through July 5. This unique exhibit features abstract works by Sacramento artists Michelle Andres and Judy Jacobs, both published authors as well as artists, which might explain their use of poetry, prose and haiku in their abstract and mixed media large format diptychs. Meet both artists and see where they work at the opening reception from 5 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, June 11, that will also feature an open studio tour. A closing reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, July 1, during the R Street Art Walk. For more information, go to arthouseonr.com, michelleandres.com and judyjacobsart.com. ARTHOUSE on R is at 1021 R St.

RETURN TO SUMMER CAMP Registration is now open for the 2016 Senior Summer Camps at Camp Sacramento, part of the 50+ Wellness Program run by the city of Sacramento’s Older Adult Services.

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree for Dijana and Laurence Harding. See works by the artistic mother and son—the first exhibition for 31-yearold Laurence—at the Red Dot Gallery from June 1 through July 2.

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree for Dijana and Laurence Harding. The exhibition (organized by Sacramento-based artist/curator Robert-Jean Ray) will feature Dijana’s poetically expressive paintings that guide the viewer through life’s journeys and her son’s figurative, representational and abstract compositions rich with space, contour, line and gesture. Congratulate them in person at the private viewing reception from 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 4. For more information, call 267-8100 or go to reddotgalleryonj.com. The Red Dot Gallery is at 2231 J St., Suite 101. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Please email items for consideration at least six weeks before the event. n

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In June Artspace1616 will exhibit photography by Richard Gilles, paintings by David Hollowell and sculpture by Tom Bills Shown above: A Bills sculpture and a Hollowell painting. 1616 Del Paso Boulevard

The b. sakata garo gallery will exhibit paintings by Gail Chadell through July 2. Shown above: “Of All Things Lovely,” oil on canvas. 923 20th St.; bsakatagaro.com

Tim Collom Gallery will exhibit a new series of work by Margarita Chaplinska (shown above) through June 28. 915 20th St.; timcollomgallery.com

John Natsoulas Gallery will feature works of Pat Mahony through July 2. Shown above: “Purple Iris” 2015, oil on canvas, 60” x 48.” 521 First St. in Davis; natsoulas.com

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Archival Gallery presents the sculpture of Cindy Wilson during the month of June, along with lush landscapes of Bruce Leavitt (shown above). 3223 Folsom Blvd.; archivalframe.com

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BY GREG SABIN RESTAURANT INSIDER

t’s easy to take for granted a restaurant that’s been around for decades. We’re sometimes overly concerned with what’s new, innovative and hip. Restaurants that go about their business, year after year, decade after decade, frequently filled with diners, can get overshadowed by the newest entrants onto the dining scene. Many of the restaurants in the Paragary restaurant group fail to fall under the heading of “new and exciting.” Yet Esquire Grill and the multiple Cafe Bernardo outlets are every bit as good as many of the newest restaurants in town. Centro Cocina Mexicana, one of the many Paragary restaurants that opened in the 1990s, falls under that umbrella as well. For more than 20 years, Centro has put forth a full-throated celebration of regional Mexican cooking, highlighting flavors and preparations one normally does not find at basic Mexican restaurants throughout town. It’s easy to forget, in a town where Mexican cooking is everywhere from taquerias to white-tablecloth joints, how much of a standout Centro was when it first opened, and how consistently excellent it continues to be. I recently visited Centro with my good friend Patrick, who is not only an excellent chef but also a veteran of Paragary’s kitchens. I thought it’d be good to get an insider’s view of whether Centro is still bringing the good stuff.

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The dining room at Paragary's Centro Cocina Mexicana

“I love this place,” Patrick said as soon as we arrived. “They haven’t changed some of these recipes in 20 years. And why should they? They’re great.” This is an unusual reaction for Patrick. He normally picks out the small errors and witheringly shames any kitchen that would dare make them. I’ve seem him shake his head in disgust at underdone beets, loudly voice his displeasure at items cooked too long in a too-hot fryolator and predict the demise of a restaurant within 12 months. He is not an easy critic.

But he loves Centro. So I went in with eyes open and ready for anything. He was right. The flavors were bright and the menu’s variety outpaced many Mexican restaurants in town. Simple items were handled well. The guacamole was spot on. “They used to make it tableside,” said Patrick, “but it’s still just as good.” Drinks, mostly margaritas, were made with flair and a variety of combinations. Tequilas infused with fruits and herbs made for a large variety of flavorful drinks. Starters, like the ceviche, were done well but were not show-stopping.

But simple-sounding items, like the quesadillas and the empanadas, nailed more complex flavors. The quesadillas married puffy fried masa with roasted chilies and the traditional Mexican herb epazote. The empanadas brought together marinated pork, plantains, almonds and raisins. Neither was standard taqueria fare, not even close. “I told you,” Patrick said. “They’re still doing great stuff here.” We tried a variety of entrees and found several standouts. The shrimp tacos were amazing, mixing crispy shrimp, mango salsa, cabbage slaw and chipotle cream. The chorizo and potato burrito also hit the spot,

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stole the show. Topped with toasted almonds and freshly grated and toasted coconut, and served with ice cream, it was a fantastic end to the meal. “What did I tell you?” Patrick said when we were done. “This place still holds up, right?” He is right. After two decades, Centro Cocina Mexicana still holds up, still puts out quality food and still packs in the crowds. I’ll try not to take it for granted in the future. Centro Cocina Mexicana is at 2730 J St.; 442-2552; paragarys.com. Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com n

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2232 Fair Oaks Blvd. 922-3524

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

Bella Bru Café

5038 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883

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3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 487-1331

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

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3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-8690

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2376 Fair Oaks Blvd. 482-0708

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2225 Hurley Way 568-7171

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

La Rosa Blanca Taqueria 2813 Fulton Ave. 484-6104

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Roma's Pizza & Pasta 6530 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-9800

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

2381 Fair Oaks Blvd. 489-2000

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

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571 Pavilions Lane 649-8885

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

B L D $-$$ Full neighborhood bar serving dinner nightly 5 - 11pm. Open 11am daily. Weekend breakfast 8:30am - 2 pm. • bellabrucafe.com

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2851 Fulton Ave. 481-9500

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

Willie's Burgers

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

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

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3301 Folsom Blvd. 455-2233

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

33rd Street Bistro

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Burr's Fountain 4920 Folsom Blvd. 452-5516

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Hot City Pizza 5642 J Street 731-8888

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La Trattoria Bohemia Cabana Winery & Bistro 5610 Elvas 476-5492

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Evan’s Kitchen 855 57th St. 452-3896

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3649 J St. 455-7803

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

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5090 Folsom Blvd. 739-1348

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

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5644 J St. 451-4000

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

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

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Star Ginger

3101 Folsom Blvd. 231-8888

Asian Grill and Noodle Bar • starginger.com

DOWNTOWN Foundation

400 L St. 321-9522

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

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

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

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1111 J St. 442-8200

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

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

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

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

The Firehouse Restaurant 1112 Second St. 442-4772

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

926 J Street • 492-4450

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

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

Mikuni Restaurant and Sushi Bar 1530 J St. 447-2112

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

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

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

Parlaré Eurolounge 10th & J Sts. 448-8960

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

Rio City Café

1110 Front St. Old Sac 442-8226

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

Ten 22

1022 Second St. 441-2211

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

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2966 Freeport Blvd. 442-4256

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

Iron Grill 13th Street and Broadway 737-5115

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

Jamie's Bar and Grill

427 Broadway 442-4044

L D $ Full Bar Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Dine in or take out since 1986

Riverside Clubhouse

2633 Riverside Drive 448-9988

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

Taylor's Kitchen

2924 Freeport Boulevard 443-5154

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

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

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

806 L St. 442-7092

Il Fornaio

400 Capitol Mall 446-4100

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This Month at the Market

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

CORN

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CHERRIES

There’s nothing that says summer like an ear of fresh corn. It has high concentrations of antioxidant carotenoids and is a good source of fiber—not to mention it’s delicious! To eat: Remove the husk and silks, then char the corn over a hot barbecue grill before dousing with seasoned butter.

This beautiful golden-orange-colored stone fruit is full of betacarotene, fiber and vitamins A and C. To eat: Perfect for making jam, a tart or ice cream.

Cherries have a lower glycemic index than many fruits, making them a great choice for a fruit snack, especially for diabetics. To eat: Remove the pits and toss into the blender for a smoothie.

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This very low-calorie vegetable has lots of vitamin A and antioxidants such as beta-carotene and lutein, and it’s a good source of folates. To eat: Use in a Southern gumbo or Caribbean stew.

Figs supply potassium, which controls blood pressure, and dietary fiber, which can help you lose weight. To eat: Add quartered figs to an arugula salad, or poach in wine for dessert.

Eggplant provides dietary fiber, plenty of vitamins and minerals and phytonutrients such as nasunin and chlorogenic acid. Many of its nutritional benefits come from the vegetable’s skin. To eat: Cut into thick slices, brush with olive oil and grill.

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