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A TRUE MASTERPIECE Elegant 5 bedroom home with 3 full baths and 2 half baths located on just over ½ acre in gated community. Grand entry with dramatic two story ceilings and Italian marble. Gourmet kitchen, huge island and breakfast nook. Family room with custom entertainment center. Pool, spa, and pizza oven. $899,000 JOHN BYERS 607-0313

TUCKED AWAY ON PRIVATE LANE First time on the market! 4 bedroom 2½ bath on a private, gated lane, this original owner home is a delight to see! Just a short distance to Ancil Hoffman Park, this home has an open Àoor plan, spectacular gourmet kitchen, huge family room, study and large detached 3-car garage. $845,000 CARMAH HATCH 765-6210

CARMICHAEL CHARMER Large .34 acre lot on a wonderful court. 4 bedrooms 2½ baths, large family room with ¿replace and view of stunning backyard. Kitchen features high end appliances. Master bedroom is located downstairs and three good sized rooms upstairs. Gorgeous white oak hardwood Àooring. $775,000 SUSAN BALDO 541-3706

ELEGANT 5 BEDROOM HOME In private community of homes, 5 bedrooms, 4½ baths with two master suites. Two ¿replaces, family room with built-in entertainment center, beautiful kitchen, Sub-Zero refrigerator, breakfast nook. Deck overlooking pool, spa, and built-in barbeque! $875,000 JOHN BYERS 607-0313, CHRISTINE BALESTRERI 966-2244

PANORAMIC ANCIL HOFFMAN VIEWS Elegant yet casual home for entertaining or enjoying peace and privacy behind your own gates. This Santa Barbara inspired beauty has soaring ceilings, walls of glass, stone patios and intricate wrought iron gates and railings. 2 bedroom guesthouse with its own patio and garden. $1,965,000 CARMAH HATCH 765-6210

CLASSIC ARDEN OAKS Quality built 1980s home; 2-story, 4 bedroom 4 bath, 3631sf. Open Àoor plan invites entertainment. Enjoy upstairs privacy with huge master suite and of¿ce with new carpet. Big backyard with pool is perfect for enjoying Sacramento summers! $950,000 PAULA SWAYNE 425-9715, KELLIE SWAYNE 206-1458

REMODELED ARDEN PARK Spacious open concept Àoor plan, complete with 4 bedrooms, plus of¿ce or 5th bedroom, and 3½ baths. Family room features a large stoned entertainment center and gas pebble ¿replace. Private master suite with spa bath and his/her vanities, dual shower stations, sunken tub. $799,000 CHRISTINE BALESTRERI 966-2244

BEAUTIFUL ARDEN BLUFFS Custom 5 bedroom, 4½ bath home in a gated community on Arden Bluffs Lane. Top of the line appliances and granite counters. Master suite includes ¿replace and sitting area. Downstairs has 2 remote guest rooms with private baths, large game room and swimming pool just steps away. $899,000 CHERYL NIGHTINGALE 849-1220

WHISPERING OAKS Wonderful family home and Àoor plan. 3 bedrooms and bonus room upstairs; downstairs of¿ce room could be bedroom as well! Very open, light and bright with high ceilings. Gourmet kitchen open to family room. Ample back yard and patio area with trees and natural shrubs. Private lot. $459,900 PATTY BAETA 806-7761

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organized by seven neighborhoods. Each place is described with a small write-up, but more importantly by a large collage of beautiful photos. After coming home, I could not stop thinking about the book and the visual impression it left on me. In my heart, I knew that Sacramento desperately needed something like this to help tell the story of our wonderful locally owned businesses and historic places.

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he job of defining a city in order to share its joys with others is a really tall task. Places have been attempting to do this for decades as they market themselves in an attempt to shape the perceptions of their particular locations. Just thumb through any number of travel magazines and you’ll see cities large and small pitching themselves as attractive places to visit. Sacramento is no different. A recent branding as America’s Farmto-Fork Capital was a much-welcome focal point to changing the perception of Sacramento to one in tune with its rich agricultural heritage. Ideas like this sometimes come from expensive marketing consultants. But this one came gratis from my friend Josh Nelson, CEO of Selland Family Restaurants, who presented the idea to the city’s visitors bureau. I loved the idea from the get-go. Last year, we decided to feature a monthly column to help tell the local stories behind the farm-tofork movement. Earlier this year, I visited the Ferry Building in San Francisco, a farm-

As corporate downtown development takes off so must the businesses of our creative local entrepreneurs who are the heart and soul of our city.

Jessica Laskey is the project manager of a new book on Sacramento's local treasures. She is holding the book that inspired our efforts.

to-fork mecca in the Bay Area. The historic building at the foot of Market Street features artisan shops and restaurants that celebrate food in all its forms. Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a book on a merchant’s table called “This Is Oakland: A Guide to the City's Most Interesting Places.” I flipped through it, then went on my way to meet my husband for lunch. All through lunch, I was distracted by what I had seen. Jim sensed it and

finally asked what I was thinking. I told him about the book, and he suggested I buy it to take home. “This Is Oakland” is a gorgeous, photo-driven, paper-bound book created last year by two pros: a public relations agent and a photographer, both very passionate about the city they call home. The book profiles 90 of the most interesting places to visit in their city—from cafes to boutiques—and the entrepreneurs who own them. The places are

The timing is perfect for this effort. With our dramatic downtown development in full swing, so is the opportunity to change the perception of our city—not only for tourists visiting from out of town but also of our own residents. Our publications, and others, regularly feature interesting places in our city to visit. But what struck me about the “This Is Oakland” book is that they are all assembled in one place. The sheer magnitude is most impressive! And that, I believe, is the power to dramatically change perceptions. PUBLISHER page 12

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An example of a photo collage that will be the created for each individual place featured in our new book "This Is Sacramento: The Most Interesting Places in America's Farm-to-Fork Capital." These photographs are from various places we've recently covered in our publications.

PUBLISHER FROM page 7 Once I was convinced that no one else was tackling such a project, I worked with my staff on a plan to publish such a book about Sacramento. A few months ago, “This Is Sacramento: The Most Interesting Places in America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital” was born. Based upon the Oakland book model, we have been busy curating

selections for our own city insider’s guide. We have identified more than 150 places and will soon whittle the list to a select 90. This is the part that is the most challenging, and it’s likely some places we chose may not want to participate for their own reasons. We are also organizing the book around the city neighborhoods of Downtown, Old Sac, Midtown, R Street, Land and Curtis Parks, Oak Park and East Sacramento. While

there are plenty of qualifying places beyond these boundaries, we just do not have room in this book to include them. In my own experience living and publishing here, there is no doubt that the best part of Sacramento is our distinctive neighborhoods. But Sacramento has never been marketed from this perspective and that, in my opinion, needs to change. Our longtime writer, Jessica Laskey, is managing the project for us. She’s young and excited and busy contacting businesses we’ve chosen and writing the copy. Our food writer, Greg Sabin, is advising on our food-related selections, which will be a major part of our book. Our staff photographers, Linda Smolek, Michael McFarland and Aniko Kiezel, are hard at work capturing the best visuals of our selected places. The final design will be evolving as we begin to see the unique Sacramento story our photographs tell.

In order to have the freedom to curate a credible collection and not be financially influenced, places in the book do not pay to be featured in the book. They only need to agree to be part of our distribution strategy and resell a small number of books at their locations when it is published early next year. We will also have them available at regional shops and bookstores, and make them available to hotels. We plan an initial print run of 4,000 books. We are also working on a plan to distribute the book content to a much wider audience. And with rapidly unfolding development downtown, especially around our new arena, we plan to update the contents in subsequent editions. Costs to produce and manage a book of this quality are fairly high, so we are approaching sponsors to help defray the cost. We’ve found there are many civic and business organizations PUBLISHER page 14

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Sound Thinking FATHER’S BRAIN TUMOR INSPIRES ARDEN GIRL TO SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY

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hen Sami Koire was in middle school, the unthinkable happened. Her father, Steve Koire, developed a brain tumor. It was benign, but doctors needed to surgically remove the mass. During surgery, however, he experienced a stroke. Initially, some simple tasks were rendered impossible. For a family man who had spent his days delivering gentle care to his dental patients and his free time enjoying his wife, Linda, and their three children, life took a sudden and complicated turn. But while Steve worked to recover, his youngest daughter, Sami, was doing something else. She was thinking. Could she figure out a way to help her father recover? Could she repair how his brain communicates with his body? That was about eight years ago, and all that thinking has more than paid off. Sami Koire’s scientific mind has proved that sonic waves may help paralyzed limbs regain movement and earned her a spot at Stanford University this fall as well as a $10,000 Davidson Fellows Scholarship for her project, “A New Mechanism

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Arden’s 18-year-old Sami Koire has been awarded a $10,000 Davidson Fellows Scholarship for her research proving sonic waves may help restore limb movement and potentially cure cancer. Koire is attending Stanford University this fall after graduating from Rio Americano High School as class valedictorian.

for Protonic Communication: pH Signaling Via 2D Sound Waves.” Her work revolves around reversibly altering the internal pH of cells so they will can communicate with each other once again. The potential applications of her research are many, including interrupting the communication of tumor cells

and enhancing the effectiveness of chemotherapy drugs. The Rio Americano valedictorian has an easy-breezy way of explaining it. She says to think of cells as two households whose members need to communicate a message to each other. You can either walk from one house to the other, or have somebody in

one house call a person in the other. Obviously, the phone call is faster and more efficient. Koire says normally cells communicate by moving ions from long distances. But changing the pH by sonic waves is like a quick phone call to the cell. “It is much more efficient to have a conversation by telephone call,” she says. “In this research, a coupled pH/ pressure pulse is akin to a telephone signal. The pH/pressure signal would ultimately reach embedded proteins or enzymes, and their structure and function would be affected as a result of the changing pH. “This mechanism would allow distant regions in a lipid membrane to communicate rapidly by transmitting commands via local ions rather than by moving ions the entire distance.” More simply, she says, the old way of cells communicating is slow, energy-inefficient and irreversible, but her method is reversible and efficient, and messages travel at the speed of sound. Just the sound of her wheels spinning seems to have worked wonders on her father. He’s doing extremely well. Oh, and in case you thought Koire was only book-smart, consider she founded a recycling program that raised thousands of dollars for school programs at Rio Americano, was president of her local KEY Club chapter, and was a four-year varsity springboard diver. While at Stanford she hopes to continue scientific discovery.

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GAME-CHANGING PERSPECTIVES Four Sacramento heavyweight political minds have converged to pen an award-winning and critically acclaimed book on state politics. “Game Changers: 12 Elections That Transformed California,” by married couples Steve and Susie Swatt, and Jeff Raimundo and Rebecca LaVally, has a launch event set for 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 at Sacramento’s Campus Commons Nepenthe Clubhouse, 1311 Commons Drive. “Game Changers’ ” range extends from graft at the highest echelons in the 1800s to today’s storied battles over the influence of monied interests, term limits, and do-ityourself democracy. With an insiders’ perspective, the authors masterfully integrate the decisions of voters and the actions of political players with archival materials, oral histories, and interviews.

Critics say the book is a “rollickingly lively journey into California’s political history, impeccably researched and delightfully literary.” “We were on vacation together in Seattle over the Fourth of July holiday in 2013 when it suddenly dawned on us that together we had more than 150 years of experience as political journalists, public policymakers and political consultants,” Steve Swatt says. “Susie suggested we write a book about it. We expanded it to include California history going back to Leland Stanford’s election in 1861.” Steve Swatt, a political analyst, filed daily reports with KCRA-TV for the better part of 20 years. His journalism career also includes stints with the San Francisco Examiner and United Press International in Los Angeles. The Swatts are Arden residents (you’ll see them shopping for veggies at Bel Air). Susie Swatt, a member of the National Advisory Council of the

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brokers by offering agents incentives to come aboard.

Institute of Governmental Studies

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at UC Berkeley, worked nearly 40

honest, ethical real estate agents

years as a key staff member in the

build a lifelong career,” he says. “I

California Legislature and as special

am approachable and available 24-7

assistant for the Fair Political

to work with my agents, and I intend

Practices Commission.

to help them every step of the way to

Raimundo is a political consultant

build a successful business. I don’t

who for two decades was a political

charge desk fees, nor hidden, add-on

reporter for The Sacramento Bee.

fees for agents to work here. I don’t

LaVally is an adjunct professor

think agents should have to pay to

at California State University,

work. They should work to get paid.”

Sacramento, and former UPI Capitol

Waterman has moved into the

bureau chief and editor of the

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California Senate Office of Research.

restaurant and across the street from

They live in Carmichael.

Lyon’s Arden office. The 34-year-old

The California Historical Society

father of four also has an office in El

along with publisher Heyday

Dorado Hills. Khaki’s moved next

awarded “Game Changers” their top

door in the former Adamson Gallery

prize, which included an advance

space.

along with publication in print and e-book formats. “We hope Californians will be

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intrigued by the stories behind the

Jesuit High announced the

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completion of its fully renovated

in their everyday lives,” Steve Swatt

Hanson McClain Advisors Stadium

says.

in Carmichael. The $5.4 million project was part of the school’s

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Dr. Ernie Bodai soon will be

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and American Disabilities

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first-ever postage stamp to raise money for medical research. Back in the mid-1990s Bodai began

Husband and wife teams Steve and Susie Swatt and Jeff Raimundo and Rebecca LaVally have co-authored “Game Changers: 12 Elections That Transformed California.”

lobbying major politicos, taking more than a dozen trips to Washington, D.C., to drum up the support needed to get a bill drafted and introduced to Congress. In 1997 President Bill

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is now measured in meters rather than yards, and its restrooms have been updated. Other improvements include the installation of a more tech-friendly press box and a videoscreen scoreboard. “I am grateful beyond words for the generosity of so many who have made this stadium renovation project possible,” said the Rev. David J.

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Suwalsky, Jesuit’s president. The AstroTurf field surface is ballasted with a tire-free infill material called ZeoFill, which has a consistency similar to sand that holds (but does not require) water, thereby creating an evaporative cooling effect. The field can be as much as 20 degrees cooler when compared with a typical field with crumb rubber.

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robust products which would allow the year-long use” of the stadium. Hanson McClain Advisors, an

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domestic violence to be held Sundays

sanctioned track and field meets. It

in October at Gethsemane Lutheran

also will be used by all levels of Jesuit

Church, 4706 Arden Way.

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football and lacrosse teams, and even

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occasionally by Jesuit’s varsity soccer

problem of domestic abuse is one

team.

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In addition to the display of

WINE TASTING AND SILENT AUCTION The 24th Annual Beaujolais Plus Wine Tasting and Silent Auction will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 8 at the Carmichael Presbyterian Church, 5645 Marconi Ave. Sponsored by the SacramentoSuburban Kiwanis, the events includes appetizers and a dinner

10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3 at North

solve and understand on their own.

fabulous cars, the event will have live

Yet help is available and healing

music by Proxy, food stations, cigar,

is possible for both victims and

vodka and bourbon bars, and wine

perpetrators, he says.

and beer tasting. The $75 per-person

The schedule:

cost is all-inclusive, with $50 from

Oct. 4: “Biblical Witness on

each ticket going directly to the Crisis

Violence” Oct. 11: “Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence”

Nurseries. Auction items include a Sacramento Kings “back stage”

Oct. 18: “Human Trafficking”

experience, a one-week stay in

Oct. 25: “Forgiveness and

Carlsbad, a visit to southwest France,

Reconciliation”

a two-night stay in Carmel, golf

Discussions begin with morning

packages, a case of Pruett wine, and a

Events. The fine artwork, donated

worship at 10 a.m. and a forum at

Ferrari electric car. Sacramento Kings

by artisans from around Northern

11:30. Coffee and light snacks will be

dancers will be at the event to meet,

California, includes pottery,

served during the forum hour.

greet and pose for pictures.

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ody painting contests, confides Sue Lomolino, are like those culinary TV

shows where chefs race to complete devilish dishes. “You have six hours with your model,” explains the Carmichael artist. “In the last minutes, you go crazy. When time’s up, you drop your brush or you’re disqualified.” When Lomolino is not daubing clients with FDA-approved makeup, she is on the road competing or at master workshops. Though skin painting has been around since the Stone Age, modern application is a whole different can of kohl. “Techniques and ideas evolve,” she says. “You’ve got to stay on top of it. If there’s a new movie superhero, you’re going to be inundated with requests. When I saw ‘Frozen,’ I knew every little girl would want to be Elsa. By now, I’ve done a million snow queens.” After studying with a Cirque de Soleil makeup master, Lomolino now uses airbrushes to save time. A full body job, like her Medusa creation, takes a whole day.

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“The client must be as committed to the process as you,” she explains. Two on-call models willingly share her studio

Lomolino’s daughter Rainey models a trompe l’oeil mask. Photo courtesy of Paul Lomolino.

Artist Sue Lomolino (above left) begins transforming client Athena Kearney. An eight-hour head-to-toe makeup job with prosthetic eyebrows (right) preps the Carmichael banker for Halloween as mythical vixen Medusa.

process.

lunch to bare natural canvases when

Rainey stood for six hours and

Daughter Rainey, 25, and son

Mom itches to create a masterpiece.

agonized with Mom when, in final

Marshall, 32, need only a promise of

In a recent San Francisco contest,

contest minutes, body and facial details were incomplete. “I prioritized and finished her face,” recalls the artist. “We took first place. When she heard the announcement, my daughter started crying. I told her: ‘don’t cry, honey. You’ll ruin my makeup!’ ” For an Earth Day celebration in Arkansas, Lomolino created three body designs in five hours. Painting chickens, pigs, barbed wire and picket fencing on three models, the artist was applauded by a standing-roomonly nightclub crowd. “It felt more like Manhattan than Arkansas,” she says. Other recent trips included contests in Las Vegas and Dallas. “Flying models to competitions is expensive,” she admits. “But I love to stretch my creative muscles. I never

Pioneer Charles Deterding (kneeling left) and hunting party, circa 1920. The Deterding family photo is among historical vignettes to be shared in upcoming author events.

do the same thing twice; my work is always fresh and exciting.” Since moving from Tracy to Carmichael, Lomolino has found a steady market for her talent. She books Halloween clients as early as July. As a staple, she still paints for children’s events. “It’s wonderful to see kids’ faces light up when they see themselves,” she enthuses. “I don’t offer a menu; I ask what children want. Their answers often surprise me. A shy little boy saw his superhero face in the mirror. I sensed he was empowered. Kids crave attention. A full-face design sure gets that!” A mother and grandmother, Lomolino has worked as a child

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birth coach and adores pregnant women. Delivering belly art (as endorsed by superstar moms Maria Carey and Hillary Duff) is a natural diversification. “I love to feel a baby moving under my brush,” says the artist. “With pregnant moms, you must complete work in a shorter time. You change her body position often and provide snacks and potty breaks. I custom the art to what inspires parents. Stars, flowers, fairies—the only limit is imagination.” Such work ends up photographed for nursery walls. Photos are the extent of her art’s lifespan.

“I’ve been told I should do tattoos but I’m my worst critic,” she explains. “The idea of permanency on skin scares me.” “At a fair, a little girl wanted wings and halo on her arm. I added the word ‘angel.’ She came back later; she said her dad said I’d written ‘angle.’ If you mess up with paint, you can correct it in seconds. Good thing it wasn’t a tattoo.” Learn about artist Sue Lomolino at theothercheek.com

TALES OF TWO TOWNS I will share my discoveries about Carmichael lore at two upcoming events. The first talk serves hearty portions of history on Friday, Oct. 23 at the Carmichael Cafe. Established last year, Burnie Lenau’s popular eatery features a gallery of early Carmichael photos. What better place to dish on our fascinating past? One of my subjects is our illustrious founder, Daniel W. Carmichael. Five score and six years ago, this forefather brought forth upon our county a new colony. I might add that

it was dedicated to the proposition that Daniel might be enriched and immortalized. But that would be cynical. Daniel Carmichael achieved great things is his roller-coaster career, but more kudos are owed to his pioneer colonists. On rock-hard soil, they planted orchards; they built roads, established a water district, founded schools and fostered enduring community pride. Stone-cold broke, Carmichael died in San Francisco before World War II. Meanwhile, many of his pioneers prospered; immortalized by street names such as Coyle, Barrett, Dewey and Gibbons. To this immigrant’s joy (I arrived here only 30 years ago), some of these old families supplied photographs for my historical l archive. I am honored to share these. My free talk, accompanied by scores of on-screen images, starts at 2:30 p.m. Burnie Lenau’s will comp coffee or iced tea for the event. Reservations are advised. At 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7, I will present a second history talk at the Carmichael Park Clubhouse. This event also offers a review of Lodi history from Toni Christman. My fellow historian recently published an illustrated book on her native Lodi’s past. Our research overlapped when we found Daniel Carmichael’s boot prints in both towns. Emigrating from Georgia in his teens, “Bud” Carmichael labored in San Joaquin County before conquering Sacramento. When he made his fortune, he descended on Lodi relatives like a nabob. Some still recall Uncle Bud’s chauffeured car; his gold watch and cane. They say his wife, Myrtie, “dripped diamonds” in their dusty farmyards. My archive photos of the great man in Sacramento and in Lodi are valuable to the historical record but, confound it, I have never seen Daniel Carmichael photographed in the town he gave his name. Burnie Lenau and I would buy lunch for anyone who produces that snap. Though lacking this holy grail, Christman and I still promise an illuminating talk on our two towns. IN TUNE page 24

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IN TUNE FROM page 23 Christman’s book “Our Time to Shine” and my “Carmichael— Americana on the Move” will also be available. Students of any age are welcome. Carmichael Cafe is at 4314 Marconi Ave. For information, call 235-9973. The Carmichael Park Clubhouse is at 5750 Grant Ave. For information, call 481-0334.

CARMICHAEL COMES CLEAN OCT. 17 Now in its third year, Carmichael’s big tidy-up day encourages merchants and residents to take pride in their turf. Previous Beautify Carmichael projects established flowerbeds at the problematic Fair Oaks and Manzanita triangle. “Because of the drought, we’ll do maintenance rather than planting this year,” predicts program founder and Chamber of Commerce President Cathryn Snow. The activist hopes citizens will roll up sleeves. “Apartment dwellers can band together to pull weeds,” she suggests. “Home owners can tidy frontages. If you live near a vacant lot, call the owners and have them clean it up. Prettier neighborhoods enhance property values and keep small businesses profitable. Everybody needs to get on board to achieve this.” Beautify Carmichael Day coincides usefully with the community’s thrice-annual Boulevard Brush Up. Marshalled by the Carmichael Creek Neighborhood Association, its workers subject Fair Oaks Boulevard to a sweep that extends from Stanley to Manzanita avenues, turning at the Fair Oaks triangle to scour roadsides down to California Avenue. Volunteers should assemble at 9 a.m. beside the tennis courts at Carmichael Park’s north end. Beautify Carmichael Day projects will concentrate on Arcade Creek Park (Omni Drive), Mission Oaks Park (Gibbons Drive) and the grounds of the La Sierra Center (Engle Road).Volunteers should show up at project locations by 9 a.m. Beautify Carmichael Day participants include the County, Boy Scouts,

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Maintenance staffer Mark Dexter waters 60-year-old redwoods in Carmichael Park

posturing. Others may move faster but, in his signature fedora, Ike moves way cooler. “We hear the music and we just want to move,” says his wife. Born in Arizona in 1912, Isaac Ortiz lost his coal miner father as a toddler. He was raised by his mom, who later brought her family to California. After high school, he picked fruit and learned the floral trade. Construction work followed; then he volunteered for the Navy in World War II. He served in the Pacific, flagging fighter planes onto aircraft carriers. After 1945, he began a long civilian career in hydraulic engineering at McClelland Air Force base. Family and friends helped celebrate his century-plus milestone at Saint Rose Catholic Church, Roseville. The uber-centenarian then proceeded to trip the light fantastic all over town. He attributes his long life and resilient health to “a good wife who never lets me sit still.”

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Hot to trot. Century-old Isaac Ortiz boogies into his 104th year at Carmichael Park. Dance partner is his wife, Isabel, 88.

Rotary, Elks and Kiwanis Clubs, the Carmichael Chamber of Commerce, Victory Christian School and other neighborhood groups. To assist Beautiful Carmichael day, call 481-1002. For information on the Boulevard Brush Up, call 944-1042. Both projects qualify for student community service hours. Gloves and stout shoes are recommended.

IKE’S 103-YEAR DANCING FEAT Dancing man Isaac “Ike” Ortiz turned 103 on Sept. 3. After a birthday dinner at his church, he celebrated on the tiles.

He and his favorite partner danced all summer to live bands in Carmichael Park. “It’s what we love best,” says his 88-year-old wife, Isabel. “It keeps us young. When Ike doesn’t feel like waking from his nap, I remind him we have a concert to go to. That gets him up and shaving. The minute the music starts, he wants us to dance.” For over three decades, the Foothill Farms couple has starred at area dances. Often in matching outfits, the Ortizes let no dust settle on their 20 twinkling toes. Former delivery room nurse Isabel dazzles with smiles and south-of-the-border jewelry; Ike is a debonair foil to her flamenco

Thanks to the generosity of a Carmichael churchgoer, a single mom’s life just got much easier. Wonder-Land Christian Preschool teacher Markisha Jackson calls herself “so blessed to be able to reach work every day.” A member of the American River Community Church, which houses and runs the school, donated her 1999 Toyota Camry. Arcade-based Jackson previously depended on friends and on public transport for getting to work, and for outings with her 4-year-old. “God’s people are blessed to be blessers,” said Pastor Rich Reimer as he and church moderator Randy Holland handed over keys and ownership papers. They noted that the vehicle was recently smog-tested, and that it had four new tires and a full tank of gas. “It’s a blessing to be loved by my employers, my fellow employees and the children here,” said a tearful Jackson. “My daughter and I are so thankful.” Learn about American River Community Church at arcconline.org IN TUNE page 26

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for compromises unexpected from

week. We provide supplemental water

residents.

around roots. We recognize our trees’ importance for shade, air quality and

“We can’t let sports fields die,”

as habitat for small animals.”

explains Smith. “We know how

Park districts, reports Smith,

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field complaints from both ends of

gardens green; they bring visitors to

the conservation spectrum: Some

the area. Community gardens produce

patrons resent brown grass, while

food, so they must have water.”

others scream unfair when a sprinkler disperses much-needed H2O.

High-use zones such as the

“Like everyone else, we have strict

Carmichael Park Farmers Market location and play areas in

requirements for water saving,” says

neighborhood parks are also favored.

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Goodwill Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada is doing pretty well today. The local Goodwill has a $72 million annual budget, employs 2,800 people and operates 26 stores across the region from headquarters near Sacramento State University. But unlike other successful nonprofit organizations, Goodwill Sacramento isn’t busy establishing a foundation-based war chest to hoard its revenue. No, the local Goodwill wants to take success and spread it around. The more successful Goodwill becomes, the more money and resources it gives away. “The critical point for us is to return the investment back to the community,” says Sacramento Goodwill CEO Joseph Mendez. “The foundation model, which is used by most nonprofits, doesn’t appeal to us. What good is money if it just sits there?” The way Goodwill has chosen to repatriate its good fortune across the region is almost revolutionary—a

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diagnoses where the business plan has gone wrong, wraps its arms around the sick patient and provides one of three (or sometimes all three) essential services: infrastructure, leadership and capital. The process, which is standard procedure for corporate America and management consultants who feast on marketplace turmoil, is like a foreign language in the nonprofit world. All of which makes Goodwill of Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada a big, untold story. The organization has strengthened its core mission—helping people overcome barriers to employment—by

Sacramento Goodwill CEO Joseph Mendez

becoming the go-to responder for responders in trouble. “It was the Great Recession that inspired us,” Mendez says. “We’d turned things around for ourselves but saw all these nonprofits really struggling. They were all calling on the same small handful of wealthy people in Sacramento and asking for money, begging for capital to keep the doors open. Since they were competing for dollars, they weren’t helping each other. They were in silos, hoping they’d have cash flow to meet payroll.” Mendez, his staff and board recognized the pattern and knew

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A Practical Approach NEW SCHOOL FOR ADULTS ON AUTISM SPECTRUM TEACHES THEM REAL-LIFE SKILLS

BY TERRY KAUFMAN

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hen Englishman Oliver Cheney looked across the pond for a site for the first U.S. Meristem campus, he considered the obvious places: the East Coast, Seattle, other large metropolitan areas. What he ended up with was the perfect location: Fair Oaks.

“We want to educate the whole person.” Meristem, on the grounds of Rudolf Steiner College on Fair Oaks Boulevard, is a unique postsecondary transition program for young adults on the autism spectrum. It is the culmination of more than 30 years of educational research and collaboration in the United Kingdom by the Ruskin Mill Trust under the guidance of founder Aonghus Gordon. The seed of the program was a threestudent college in southwest England that spawned seven colleges across England and Wales with a staff of 950 and an annual operating budget of $15 million, all dedicated to teaching

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Meristem students work in the garden with Jim Bowen, horticulture and landwork tutor, providing guidance

students on the spectrum how to engage with the world at large. Cheney, Meristem’s president, had worked in the health system in England and had seen the difficulties of placing developmentally challenged adults in independent living. He believed there had to be a better option. “I came across Ruskin Mill Trust and saw what Aonghus was doing,” says Cheney. “He started it because he saw the need. Then, he went to the school district and the regional center and got students.” At Glasshouse College in West Midlands, one of the seven UK campuses, Cheney saw students

in a learning environment where they were being taught two or three at a time, working in a commercial kitchen, serving others. “They had commercial businesses on campus and were engaging in social enterprise initiatives and community HEROES page 32

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The students learn independent living skills such as money management, self-care, use of public transportation, cooking and laundry. They also participate in creative endeavors including performing arts, organic farming, metalworking, woodworking and culinary arts. Because the campus is shared with Steiner and open to the public, it gives young adults with developmental challenges the opportunity to interact with the broader community to develop the social and cognitive skills they need to operate in society.

“The practical work they do has immediate tangible results. They’re building social skills in a practical way.” “We want to educate the whole person,” says Cheney. “There is a

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real benefit to being around other adult learners and having access to events and conferences on campus that provide work and social inclusion opportunities.” Through practical work and visualization, students develop important executive function skills. “It’s a fairly unique method to use practical skills to develop executive function,” notes Cheney. “Traditional behavioral therapy stresses motivation and rewards systems. Here, the practical work they do has immediate tangible results. They’re building social skills in a practical way. It’s a vehicle to help them learn how to work with a team, how to work with a boss, how to problem solve.” Meristem’s program is closely aligned with the interests and skills of its students. “When the student begins here, we ask what he wants to do when he leaves,” says Cheney. “We begin with their own interests, and then we take them to a point where they can help someone else. It takes them outside of themselves by being of service to others.”

Shana Murray, Meristem’s vice president, calls the program “contextual.” “There’s a link between what they’re doing and what they’re learning,” she says. “Our location in the heart of Sacramento means that everything is accessible.” Currently, the administrative buildings are undergoing renovation; additional buildings are in the planning stages. The first class is limited to 15 students, with an additional 15 being added in succeeding years, for a total student body of 45. The school is undergoing review by Alta Regional Center for inclusion as an approved service provider, which will help offset a portion of the tuition for Alta clients. Meristem’s immediate goal is to raise $2.5 million. Its capital development campaign, which will target long-term funding, officially launches with an opening gala on Oct. 3. For more information about Meristem, go to meristem.pro Terry Kaufman can be reached at terry@1greatstory.com n

The Parking Equation THE CITY LOOKS TO CHANGE HOW PEOPLE PARK DOWNTOWN

BY SCOT CROCKER INSIDE DOWNTOWN

s if finding a place to park in downtown Sacramento isn’t tough enough, the city wants to completely revamp its parking program. City parking officials are looking at several options, including an increase in parking fees, extending the days and hours when metered parking is in effect and allowing drivers to pay for parking in new ways. The proposed changes are the result of a multiyear analysis of how to better utilize city parking while opening street parking to visitors and business patrons. City parking officials and Councilmembers Steve Hansen and Jeff Harris have been holding community meetings to build awareness about the proposals and solicit input from residents. The parking options are scheduled to go before the city council this. “This is really about greater flexibility,” says Harris, “and ultimately could lower costs for parking. I’m a consumer, and I’ve had more than several parking tickets. That’s cost me a lot of money.” The city wants to move long-term parking off the streets and into parking garages, particularly during the evening, when city garages are

New city meters now accept credit cards in addition to coins. The city is about to test a program called SPOTZone (Special Parking Over Time) metering. This new technology allows drivers to add payments to a parking meter through their smartphone or other mobile device from a remote location.

often nearly empty. That would open up more street parking to people who patronize local restaurants and stores. “There’s a perception issue,” says Matt Eierman, Sacramento’s parking manager. “People who look for street

parking between 6 and 9 p.m. don’t think there’s any parking.” Altering that perception will require some changes. Some will be popular, others not.

One of the big changes going before the city council will be an increase in the cost of metered parking, which hasn’t been raised since 2008. The council will consider a 40 percent increase, from $1.25 per hour to $1.75 per hour. Eierman says the increase is needed to offset the cost of labor, maintenance, credit card fees and new technology. New city meters now accept credit cards in addition to coins. The city is about to test a program called SPOTZone (Special Parking Over Time) metering. This new technology allows drivers to add payments to a parking meter through their smartphone or other mobile device from a remote location. Drivers will be able to continue with their activities, whether they are in a meeting, eating or shopping, without having to run to feed the meter or face a parking ticket. The city may also increase metered parking rates for special events and other activities. It’s likely that parking rates around Golden 1 Center will be higher during Kings games and events. Under one option, there could be three different parking zones around the arena. The closer you park to the arena, the more it will cost. Higher parking costs could also apply to the areas around Memorial Auditorium and Wells Fargo Pavilion, home to Music Circus. As Eierman explains, the goal is to use cost as a means of controlling traffic and parking congestion and ensuring that parking is dispersed throughout city garages and other key locations. He points to East End Garage on 17th Street between DOWNTOWN page 35

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Dog’s Best Friend LOCAL DESIGNER USES SOCIAL-MEDIA SAVVY TO SAVE UNWANTED ANIMALS

BY JESSICA LASKEY

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ou might not think that fashion and animal welfare go hand in hand, but Bobby Mann sees it differently. As public relations ambassador for the Front Street and Bradshaw animal shelters, Mann has used his unique knowledge of the design industry and the power of social media to help triple the number of animals adopted over the past two years. Just a few years ago, the 27-yearold didn’t know the first thing about animals. “I always had a dog growing up, but it wasn’t really my thing,” the Pocket resident and Turlock native admits. “When I was 15, my parents relocated us to Elk Grove, and I ended up going to the International Academy of Design and Technology to study textile design. My life was supermaterialistic. It was all about designing clothes, driving fast cars, partying.” But his life changed direction in two shakes of a puppy dog’s tail— literally. “I was going to a grocery store by my school and I saw a gentleman with a box,” Mann says. “There was a pit bull puppy inside. The man said he was selling it, that if he couldn’t get rid of it, he was just going to dump it by the river. I wasn’t in a position to have a dog, but I felt empathy for the animal. So I scrounged in my pocket, paid him $80 and went back to school with the puppy.” What Mann didn’t realize about his momentary act of mercy was how much responsibility he’d also acquired. His first visit to the vet cost more than the dog itself, so when it came time to neuter his new

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Bobby Mann with a furry friend, one of many dogs available for adoption at the Front Street Shelter

addition, he looked up low-cost clinics in the area. He found a local shelter that offered a pit bull spay/neuter program. “When I started researching the program and the shelter, I thought that volunteering there might be fun,” Mann says. “So I filled out a super-extensive application and got called in for an interview. That’s when I knew it was serious.” Mann was not called in as a volunteer: He was being considered for a full-time job based on his impressive application.

“I figured I needed interview experience, so why not?” Mann says. “At this point in my life, I was 20 years old and I’d never touched a cat. I had to take a quiz at the interview about animal knowledge. I thought it was a huge joke, that there was no way they were going to hire someone my age. But they offered me a job one month later.” Nothing could have prepared him for what lay ahead. “I showed up the first day and saw hundreds of dogs in the back,” Mann remembers. “I thought, this can’t

be right. People lose their pets and then they come and pick them up, right? I had no idea people weren’t coming back to their pets. I had no idea animals were being put down in my community. My whole life I’d been concerned about clothes, and there were animals dying in my backyard. It was life altering.” Shocked, Mann decided to do something. He figured that if he could educate the people who were giving up animals, he could slow or even stop the surrenders. Through studies conducted with the help of local nonprofits, Mann discovered that the vast majority of shelter animals were coming from Del Paso and South Sacramento, so he targeted schools in those areas for an animal welfare campaign. “Education and awareness are the keys,” says Mann, who started a humane education nonprofit called Not Just Animals. He also teamed up with an organization called Lend A Heart Lend A Hand Animal-Assisted Therapy to bring certified therapy dogs into schools, where kids could read books aloud to them. “In eight weeks, all the kids saw an increase in literacy. Their attendance was better. Their behavior was better. It was a win-win.” The savvy activist sought out grants to expand the program into other Sacramento schools. He recently rebranded his efforts as Pawsitive Impact to include internships that teach animal care skills in local juvenile detention facilities. “These kids feel like these animals: stuck in a bad situation,” Mann says. “We need to empower them.” Despite all the good he was doing, Mann missed using the skills he’d

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honed at design school. He decided to write a memoir and include photos of shelter animals, so he contacted Gina Knepp, the manager of Front Street Animal Shelter, to see if he could come by. “Gina replied in 20 minutes and said I could come down right that minute,” Mann says. Knepp was in the middle of a major rebranding of the city’s municipal shelter from “the pound” to Front Street. Knepp had doubled the shelter’s save rate in her first year on the job. Mann joined the Front Street team first as a volunteer, then as a part-time employee to help grow the shelter’s social media presence. Front Street now has up to 2.4 million unique views of its Facebook page each week and more than 52,000 followers. With that increased Internet visibility came tangible results: The save rate has tripled over the past two years to around 80 percent. “It’s a lot easier to get from 20 to 40 percent than it is to get from 70 to 90 percent,” Mann says. “We

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need more funding to get over that next hurdle, so we have to be smart fundraisers.” Enter Mann’s first love: design. He created a collection for his clothing line, The Problematic, called Team Front Street, which features T-shirts declaring “Adopt Don’t Shop” and clever twists on iconic high-end brands (like “Furmes” for Hermes and “Fursace” for Versace). The collection debuted at Sacramento Fashion Week last year and continues to rake in funds for Front Street. For Mann, it’s been nothing short of a full-circle success. “I took the lifestyle I lost and turned it into what I love now,” Mann says. “I get to walk down the street and see people wearing our shirts and know that we’re changing people’s perception of shelter animals. But I have so much more to do. I’m excited to wake up every day and do what I do.” For more information about Bobby Mann’s Team Front Street apparel, go to teamfrontstreet.com n

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“I’m hoping this is going to be a win-win for businesses and their customers,” says Strati. “But I could be completely wrong. We just don’t know.” City officials having been meeting with business organizations like Sacramento Downtown Partnership and Midtown Business Association regarding the proposed parking changes. Individual business reaction has been mixed. “I hear a lot of complaints from my customers who drive around and around and can’t find a place to park,” says Felicia Strati, who owns a high-end women’s boutique by the same name at the corner of 19th Street and Capitol Avenue. Strati hopes any changes will improve the parking situation as a whole. She has a couple of off-street parking spots. But the property owner plans to build in those spots, and Strati will lose them when she renews her lease. She leases a spot about a block away on the train tracks for $50 per month and expects to use that when her off-street parking is gone. “I’m hoping this is going to be a win-win for businesses and their customers,” says Strati. “But I could be completely wrong. We just don’t know. I’m concerned about any increase in parking costs. I don’t mind if they extend metered hours, but they should really keep Sunday free.”

During the nine years she’s been in Midtown, Strati has seen the neighborhood grow. “There are some nice restaurants by my business,” she says. “Parking is hard to find. I know there are employees parking in unmetered spots who simply move their car every two hours. I’ll be happy if we can free up parking for customers.” City parking officials are considering other changes to parking in the central city, including more parking meters, different time limits for nonmetered parking, new permit parking and turning some loading zones to parking zones. “ It doesn’t mean we will be putting meters all over town,” says Eierman. “But there could be some meters added and other changes when new retail or residential development is constructed that change street parking conditions.”

“I’m hoping this is going to be a win-win for businesses and their customers,” says Strati. The city could shorten the free parking times for metered areas. Currently, parking is free Monday through Friday after 6 p.m. and on Sundays and holidays. The city could extend metered parking to 10 p.m. or later and eliminate free parking on Sundays and holidays. In Old Sacramento, paid meter parking has already been extended to 8 p.m. all week long, and parking is free on only some holidays. “We need a functional system,” says Harris. “We’re changing. There’s a lot more vibrancy and a lot to think about. It’s not just the arena. We have more than 60 different construction projects going on (in the city) right now. Parking is one thing, but we need to discourage people from driving their car and look to public transportation, riding bikes and using alternative transportation.” Scot Crocker can be reached at scot@crockercrocker.com. n

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No Accident WE SHOULD CHANGE THE WAY WE TALK ABOUT CAR CRASHES

BY WALT SEIFERT GETTING THERE

ne reason the public is so blasé about traffic deaths, injuries and property damage is because vehicle crashes are perceived as inevitable. There are so many cars on the road with so many bad drivers doing so many unwise things. Collectively, we throw up our hands and believe that’s just the way it is. There’s nothing we can do about it.

Use of the term accident suggests all parties involved are blameless—no one is responsible. That perception of helplessness and inevitability is part of the problem. When we describe a vehicle crash as an “accident,” we are reinforcing the notion of inevitability. The thought is: Accidents happen and always will happen. They simply can’t be avoided. While traffic crashes may be unintended, they are preventable. (It’s true the literal, dictionary

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definition of accident mentions only lack of intent, but over time the word accident has come to suggest something that is not preventable.) Crashes may be unintended and unpredictable in time and place, but they are the logical, predictable consequence of people’s actions. They are also far more serious than dropping a plate while doing the dishes or stepping on someone’s toe. When vehicle crashes are described as accidents, it diminishes the impetus to search for a precise cause. Without accurately identifying a cause, it’s impossible to make the right response to prevent reoccurrences. Use of the term accident suggests all parties involved are blameless—no

one is responsible. To call the results of a drunk driver going the wrong way on a freeway and then running headon into another vehicle an “accident” ameliorates blame and responsibility. If a driver speeds down a residential street at 50 mph and hits a child, is that an “accident”? When a driver takes his or her eyes off the road and looks down at a cell phone to answer a text and then rear ends another car, is that really an “accident”? Drivers and bicyclists should be responsible for their choices—and they should feel guilty when those choices harm others. When bicyclists or pedestrians are the victims of crashes, you can be sure motorists’ defense attorneys (in the somewhat unlikely event a motorist is actually

charged) will describe the incident as an accident that could happen to anyone. Most insidiously, the use of the word accident influences policy. There are many ways to prevent vehicle crashes. But if crashes are deemed accidents and are viewed as a regular result of daily life, lawmakers and government officials will be less likely to lower speed limits, further restrict drunk driving, ensure drivers are not distracted or increase enforcement. Others have noted that aircraft crashes aren’t called accidents. Collapses of construction cranes aren’t called accidents. These events are rigorously investigated so they GETTING page 39

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It Takes a Village ORGANIZATION EMPLOYS A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO HOMELESSNESS

BY JORDAN VENEMA BUILDING OUR FUTURE

city is only as strong as its community, the network of businesses and churches, services and gathering places where every individual has a place. A healthy city is a vibrant village. But even the healthiest city has residents that have slipped through the cracks. As Sacramento develops and its buildings grow taller, there’s a small but noticeable population becoming increasingly displaced. In 2015, Sacramento’s homeless population has exceeded 2,600 on a given night. Homelessness poses a unique problem since its causes range from mental and physical health issues to drug abuse and poverty. And if a person living on the street has burned bridges with family, friends and clergy, how can a city step forward to offer help where it was already given—and failed? Local nonprofit Sacramento Steps Forward might have the answer. It employs a holistic approach to homelessness that involves the entire village. In 2011, SSF was created to administer $16.4 million in funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for various client-based services that make up what’s known as Continuum of Care. The continuum is a network of nine agencies in Sacramento, such as Lutheran Social Services, Volunteers of America and Next Move, which collectively oversee 26 programs that provide services like transitional and permanent housing. “We make sure the money gets to them and is spent appropriately,”

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Sacramento Steps Forward executive director Ryan Loofbourrow

explains SSF executive director Ryan Loofbourrow. Before joining SSF, Loofbourrow worked as a security guard for Downtown Sacramento Partnership PBID (Property and Business Improvement District), where he formed relationships with people who are homeless. “You definitely learn the plight of the person experiencing homelessness,” he says, as well as “the frustration of property owners, mom-and-pop businesses. Homelessness isn’t good for anybody.” So in 2006, while still working with DSP, Loofbourrow helped develop the Navigator Program, which places

caseworkers in specific Sacramento regions in order to build relationships with people who are homeless and ultimately place them in housing. After Loofbourrow became the executive director at SSF in 2014, he expanded the reach and number of navigators, forming an integrated outreach team to include law enforcement and “specialists” from other local agencies. “I have a generalist that goes out and builds a quick, solid relationship with trust, who is then partnered with a specialist,” explains Loofbourrow. “We partner with agencies like TLCS and Wind Youth, and Veteran

Resource Center, and they come out with us.” Specialists, who themselves may have experienced homelessness, have backgrounds that equip them to relate to particular subpopulations in the homeless community, like veterans and transitional youth. Before the Navigator system, Loofbourrow admits, “there was no real way to estimate the size of [the homeless] population … If you were homeless, you’d knock on all these doors [of shelters] and try to get in. It was kind of like a hospital without triage.”

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Call Me Today! 698-1961 3rd Generation East Sac Resident A person who approached one shelter might be placed on a waiting list, and then go to the next shelter, and then another, consequently inflating the estimated number of homeless. So in early 2015, the Navigator Program adopted a software program called the Vulnerability Index and Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool (VI-SPDAT), which served as a virtual front door for each service on the Continuum of Care, and through which individuals would be processed and matched according to their need. “We created this central intake, like a front door, [which] is a standardized interview that places people on a spectrum of highest need to highest function,” Loofbourrow explains. “The principle that we’re now using is to serve the highest need first.” He continues, “If they’re a falldown drunk, I’m going to give them a house. And I’m not going to tell them they have to quit drinking either.” Following Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, SSF first addresses an individual’s most basic need: shelter. Once that need is met, he or she can be connected with “an outstanding outreach worker or case manager who has that weird ability to reach into a person’s soul and just kind of crimp it a little bit to get them to look at life differently,” Loofbourrow says. Loofbourrow knows this kind of care goes against the grain of America’s pull-oneself-up-by-thebootstraps culture, and that some find it controversial. “But look at the price tag,” he says. “He’s more expensive curbside than he is in [housing].” In this instance, permanent housing will save booking fees, nights in the ER, street-side cleanup. “I get it,” he says.

“This is a hard pill to swallow. But I’ve looked at every other scenario, and without it, I don’t know how you can address homelessness for this population that is so chronically ill.” Before the VI-SPDAT program, it wasn’t impossible for higherfunctioning people to be matched with services that exceeded their need. With VI-SPDAT, navigators connect people directly with services that best suit their specific needs. Plus, Loofbourrow says, the program “is very data driven, so I’ll get my first report in September” based off the interviews conducted by navigators. “It will give me a snapshot of recidivism rates, and who is accessing our system and who is not accessing our care, and most importantly, what compilation of housing and services we need to develop to match the need of this population.” By cooperating with different agencies and programs, and by continually adapting to the specific needs of the homeless population, by assessing data gathered through the VI-SPDAT, SSF ultimately wants to put itself out of business: It hopes to end homelessness in Sacramento by 2021. While the acronyms and standardized tests might make the system seem somewhat bureaucratic, don’t doubt that Sacramento Steps Forward is operating like a village, with a place for every resident. Says Loofbourrow, “This is where businesses, PBIDS, law enforcement, social services, churches and faithbased community fit into a solution.” But ultimately, “a system is only as good as the one contact you make with one person.” Jordan Venema can be reached at jordan.venema@gmail.com n

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GETTING FROM page 36 don’t happen again. Fatal incidents are not shrugged off as a routine part of life due to a pilot’s bad day or a worker’s wrong estimate of the weight of a crane load. In 1997, the National Highway Traffic Safety Agency decided to discontinue the use of the term accident for traffic crashes. The British Medical Journal followed suit and no longer uses the term. The California Highway Patrol has collision reports, not accident reports.

Most people, I believe, still use the word accident in everyday conversation. Not everyone has made the change in terminology, though. The Sacramento Police Department still has accident reports. The Sacramento Bee’s reporters still use the word accident occasionally, while more often using the word crash when describing a traffic collision. The Bee’s headline writers, though, don’t seem to be using the same stylebook as reporters and still use the longer word accident when titling stories. Most people, I believe, still use the word accident in everyday conversation. I hope you think about whether that is accurate or appropriate. I hope that politicians and government staff discontinue use

of the word. I hope the Sacramento police change their report’s name. Ultimately, I hope we prevent crashes. Changing the way we think and talk about them would help. Walt Seifert is a bicyclist, driver and transportation writer. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net n

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Filling the Stadium SAC STATE’S HORNETS FOOTBALL TEAM HAS A NEW CHEERLEADER

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ur legacy football team turned 61 this season but doesn’t look its age. The years have been kind. The squad is fast and strong and lean and filled with youthful energies that ripple across the landscape each Saturday. Which makes me wonder why it’s always been such a hard sell. After all, no sports team in town—not the Kings, not the River Cats—can match Sacramento State Hornets football for market longevity and potential fan base. But life is never easy in the ticket booths at 6000 J St. Despite years of history, despite being surrounded by generations of Sac State alumni members, despite instant name recognition among sports fans spread over six counties, filling seats at Hornet Stadium is tough. Same as it was in 1954. “Nothing beats winning,” says Markus Jennings, the Sac State associate athletic director whose job is to sell those tickets. Winning—the magic elixir that turns indifferent sports fans into T-shirt buying, flag-waving bandwagon jumpers—has always

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Markus Jennings is the associate athletic director at Sac State

been elusive for Sac State’s football program. The 1954 team, coached by Dave Strong, lost all seven games that inaugural season. The schedule was not exactly creampuff: Opponents included ringers from Naval Air

Stations at San Diego and Alameda, plus Chico State and San Francisco State, two schools that eventually abandoned football. In a rivalry that endures today, UC Davis beat the Hornets 14-0.

From those uninspired beginnings (Sac State won just one game in 1955 and didn’t have a winning season until 1957), the Hornets have returned each year with high hopes, only to see them collapse in the mad scramble that follows fumbles and interceptions and missed tackles. Such disappointments have made it difficult to build alumni support, much less attract ticket buyers from the community. While the product can be immensely entertaining (few games are more spirited that college football), we remain a community of front-runners. Everybody loves a winner. Or, as John F. Kennedy put it, victory has 100 fathers and defeat is an orphan. “What people really want is a plan. They want to know what we’re doing to promote Sac State football,” says Jennings, who joined Sac State’s front-office athletics staff last year from Valparaiso University. He previously worked at Kent State. Jennings has a plan. He began by talking to various department leaders on campus, taking measurements of what was being done—or not—to market and sell the football team to its most immediate audience: current students, faculty and staff and their families. His next step, presently underway this season, is to spread the gospel across the Sacramento region among the legion of Sac State alumni members. From there in future years, Jennings will trumpet the joys of Hornet football statewide. “It’s really all about fan engagement and the experience of Sac State football,” he says. “We know we SPORTS page 43

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references to the importance of athletics.

“It’s hard to be a student and an athlete at the same time, so it’s important for us to support students who participate in our athletics programs. We’re making a difference in their lives.” It wasn’t always that way. Previous campus leaders showed up for football games but focused their energies and enthusiasm elsewhere on campus. Many Sac State departments likewise regarded football as a trifle

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purred by the drought and financial incentives, an increasing number of our neighbors are tearing out their lawns and installing less thirsty alternatives. I’ve watched with great interest. Some of the new front yards promise to be beautiful when the plants grow bigger. Unfortunately, not all have been a success. Spring and summer are difficult times to establish new plants in our climate, and it shows. Many of the plants have struggled or died. Often, the replaced lawns were mostly Bermuda grass. Unless it was killed completely, Bermuda grass quickly grew through the mulch, turning the new landscapes into a weedy mess. If you haven’t yet planted a water-efficient landscape, how do you avoid these problems? Fall is the best time of the year to plant in our Mediterranean climate. With luck, we will get winter rains that will help new plants to get established. While many plants slow down or stop growth in the winter, roots continue to grow. By the time spring arrives, your new landscape

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will have a much better chance at survival. How do you increase their chances even more? Make sure that conditions are right for your selected plants. Many less thirsty plants come from Mediterranean regions where the soil drains freely. A few parts of Sacramento have deep, sandy loam, but soil in much of our city is a poorly drained combination of dense silt and clay or a thin layer of topsoil over impervious dense hardpan. Read about how much sunlight, water and drainage plants need and make

sure that you give them the right conditions. Don’t let new plants dry out during the winter and during their first two years of growth. Even the most drought-tolerant plants need regular moisture when they are young. Once their roots are well established, you can cut back on the water. Take the time to plant them well, in holes at least twice as wide but no deeper that their root mass. Don’t add compost or other amendments to the backfill because it will discourage roots from penetrating the surrounding native soil. Be sure to spread several inches

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ugar cane was not on my shopping list when I strolled through the Sacramento farmers market under the freeway. And yet, there was David Thao standing next to a huge pile of canes, explaining what it was to shoppers at the Sunday market. “What do you do with sugar cane?” I wanted to know.

“I don’t know what happened,” he said. “One day, I realized how bored I was. So I left school and came home. I’ve been here ever since.” “Chew it,” he said. “Just chew it.” Well, that didn’t seem very dainty. I mean, a strand of lemon grass, maybe. But a cane the size of a fat cigar didn’t seem like the kind of thing you’d want to stick in your

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David Thao of Thao Farm in Elk Grove. The Thao family grows a variety of vegetables in addition to sugar cane and flowers.

mouth and walk around with in public. Thao laughed. “Kids love it,” he said. “Do you grow this here?” I asked. “Sure,” he said, sounding as though he were surprised I asked. I’ve seen sugar cane growing in Hawaii, but it never occurred to me that it could be grown in Northern California. Plus, there’s the question of why? As a kid growing up in North Sacramento, I was all too familiar with the odors of sugar beet processing. Thankfully, that no longer seems to be an issue. But I

don’t recall sugar cane refineries in Hawaii having an odor problem. So if it’s possible to grow sugar cane here instead of sugar beets, why wouldn’t farmers have done that? I had a lot of questions, so I took a drive out to Elk Grove to visit Thao Farm. Thao is 34. His family has been farming as long as anyone can remember. “Generations, stemming back to the old country,” said Thao. “My grandparents were immigrant refugees who came here after the Vietnam War. My parents and my auntie worked as farm laborers.” Thao, however, had other plans. He

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;We keep rotating crops all year,â&#x20AC;? said Thao. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That way, we always have something to sell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, my grandmother wanted to grow it because it reminded her of home,â&#x20AC;? Thao explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It grows wild in Vietnam. When my brother and I were kids, Grandmother used to cut canes and give them to us to chew. But my brother and I were fans of Bruce Lee movies so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d use it for fighting.â&#x20AC;? So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sentimental then? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I guess so,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to start juicing it next year. We think people who are looking for natural sweeteners will really like

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of extracting machine. I found ones ranging from industrial contraptions costing a lot of money to converted, old-fashioned washing machine rollers. Neither seemed like an option I wanted to explore. Eating it, though, is fairly simple. You just cut off the woody covering to reveal the fibrous inside. Chew the fibers until they are no longer sweet, then spit them out. (Definitely not dainty.) Gwen Schoen can be reached at gwen.schoen@aol.com. n

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A Focus on Youth DA’S OFFICE OFFERS PROGRAMS TO KEEP TEENS SAFE

BY ANNE MARIE SCHUBERT COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY

ince I took office in January, my priority has been to both prosecute offenders and

implement innovative programs that work to prevent crime and better our community. I remain guided by my belief that the blueprint to public safety is prosecution, prevention and innovation. Since the formation of our new Community & Government Relations (CGR) Unit, we have expanded our

Job shadow day at the Community & Government Relations Unit

prevention and education outreach efforts, increased accessibility and community engagement, and improved communication between our office and the citizens we serve. With a focus on early intervention

OVERVIEW OF YOUTH PROGRAMS While our programs cover a range of issues, they are all designed

and education, CGR has worked with

to deter criminal activity among

law enforcement agencies, schools

students, educate them on the

and community organizations to

criminal justice system and motivate

implement three new youth programs.

them to pursue career opportunities

As a community, there is much more

in public safety.

we can do to keep our kids safe today

Gun Violence Information for

and encourage them to think about

Teens (GIFT): GIFT educates teens

their future.

about the lifetime legal consequences

As a new school year begins, I’d like

of gun possession, gun use and

to share information about several

gun-related violence. The program

programs we have available to high

is a collaboration between the

school students and youth groups in

District Attorney’s Office, the Public

our county.

Defender’s Office and the Probation

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Department. This interactive

campuses. This program conducts

presentation utilizes slides, photos,

sentencing hearings with a judge,

case scenarios, personal stories and

prosecutor, defendant and defense

group discussions. Presenters talk

counsel. The hearing is followed by

about the laws and penalties that

a number of speakers including the

apply to unlawful possession of a

judge, prosecutor and a representative

weapon, assault, manslaughter and

from Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

murder. The curriculum encourages

Real DUI Court in Schools is part

teens to consider other options and

of the District Attorney’s Alcohol

make positive choices to prevent their

and Drug Impaired Driver Vertical

involvement with guns.

Prosecution Program. Funding for

Real DUI Court in Schools:

this program is provided by the

The District Attorney’s Office,

California Office of Traffic Safety

in partnership with the Law

through the National Highway Traffic

Enforcement Chaplaincy of

Safety Administration.

Sacramento and the Sacramento

Parents Against Chronic

Superior Court, brings real-life DUI

Truancy (PACT): The District

court hearings to local high school

Attorney’s Office, in partnership with

the Juvenile Court, Public Defender,

of force, gun violence, gangs, dating

Department of Human Assistance and

violence, stalking, human trafficking,

Sacramento County school districts,

marijuana and the law, Laboratory

organized PACT to help parents of

of Forensic Services, crime scene

chronic truants understand why they

investigation (CSI) and distracted

must keep their children in school.

driving. There is also an optional

Parents of chronically truant students are invited by the DA to attend a PACT meeting, where they

one-day field trip to the Sacramento Superior Court. Criminal Justice Youth

learn the legal requirements of school

Shadow Day: The Criminal Justice

attendance and how the lack of an

Shadow Day is a new program

education impacts a student’s future.

that gives high school students a

Schools also provide resources at

unique opportunity to job shadow

the meeting, including counseling

professionals from various criminal

services, mentoring programs,

justice agencies.

parenting classes and school nurses.

Based on their area of interest,

PACT has received national and state

students are paired with prosecuting

recognition for its cost efficiency,

attorneys, defense attorneys,

effectiveness and innovation.

probation officers, investigators

Luther Burbank Youth

and judges to get a firsthand look at

Academy: The District Attorney’s

the criminal justice process and the

Office continues to partner with

different roles within the system.

Sacramento City Unified School

Students also have an opportunity to

District to bring a Youth Academy

learn about the District Attorney’s

course to Luther Burbank High

Laboratory of Forensic Services.

School. Derived from the District

Launched in June, the program was

Attorney’s Citizens Academy for

a great success with more than 75

adults, the Youth Academy provides

students in attendance.

an overview of the criminal justice

#iSMART (Internet, Social

system, increases understanding

Media Awareness Resources &

and improves relationships between

Tips): #iSMART addresses how the

students and members of the criminal

Internet age and the rise of social

justice system. This year, the academy

media have created new challenges,

will also include several of our

risks and threats for students in

prevention programs, including GIFT,

their homes, at school and online.

Before the Impact and social media

This interactive presentation uses

safety. There are a number of in-class

video clips and common scenarios,

speakers from various public safety

with questions posed to students

agencies and several field trips.

throughout the unfolding of each

District Attorney Youth

scenario. Students will take an active

Academy: In partnership with

role in the presentation and guide

the Sacramento County Sheriff’s

much of the discussion and learning

Department and Sacramento Police

process. Scenarios include sexting,

Department, the District Attorney’s

cyberbullying, online predators,

Office created a new Youth Academy

sextortion and online gang activity.

program for all high school students throughout the county. This program will be offered at two locations in the evenings starting in October. Like the Luther Burbank program, students will learn about the criminal justice system, hear from our criminal justice partners and engage in open communication with law enforcement concerning issues that affect youth. Topics include anatomy of a criminal case, race as a factor in the criminal justice system, law enforcement use

A COMMUNITY APPROACH Aside from our grant-funded programs, staff from the DA’s office, partner agencies and community organizations work together to facilitate these programs on a volunteer basis. These valuable programs are free for organizations and participants.

It is the responsibility of our entire community to protect and inspire our youth to be the best they can be. By working together and using all of our community resources, including parents, schools, law enforcement, prosecutors, our justice partners, community organizations, child advocates and citizens, we can help kids thrive and succeed. We are excited about these new partnerships and programs we have brought to the community. I will continue to find new ways to provide our youth with positive influences and instill in them a sense of commitment to public safety. For more information on these youth programs or to request a speaker, go to sacda.org and click the Community Relations tab for the Youth Programs and Speakers Bureau webpage.

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6123 ORSI CIR 4217 OAK KNOLL DR 2603 GUNN RD 2221 WALNUT AVE 5113 VALE DR 5517 WHITFIELD WAY 2630 LA FRANCE DR 2008 CLEARFIELD WAY 3516 LANI LN 4286 WILD WAY 1181 JACOB LN 1214 MACAULAY CIR 6205 WILDOMAR WAY 5317 ANGELINA AVE 2950 WHITEWOOD DR 1670 DEL DAYO DR 5716 FAIR OAKS BLVD 3120 TERRY WAY 3620 VOLEYN ST 5643 HASKELL AVE 4242 MARSHALL AVE 3401 WINFIN WAY 6124 RUTLAND DR 5404 HOME CT 1316 GARY WAY 1709 PARK PLACE DR 4451 STONEY WAY 2382 VIA CAMINO AVE 3513 GRANTWOOD WAY 6451 REXFORD WAY 4135 SHARWOOD WAY 6625 TEMPLETON DR 3116 MURCHISON WAY 6426 RAMPART DR 6848 GOOT WAY 1218 GARY WAY 1785 LAMBETH WAY 5039 NORTH AVE 2311 MISSION AVE 5329 HESPER WAY 3845 HENDERSON WAY 2236 BOYER DR 6435 ORANGE HILL LN 5543 LOCUST AVE 4920 FOSTER WAY 3025 MISSION AVE 5712 JEFF WAY 4218 PUEBLO ST 2736 GARFIELD AVE 4650 OAKBOUGH WAY 5012 KENNETH AVE 4730 CAMERON RANCH DR 3136 LINES LN 4125 POPPLETON WAY 4048 KNOLL TOP CT 2619 KNABE CT 5531 TIERRA GARDENS LN 4230 PROSPECT DR 1505 MENDOTA WAY 3912 HENDERSON WAY 4909 ENGLE RD 4040 MARSHALL AVE 6127 STANLEY AVE 5024 ENGLE RD 1100 MCCLAREN DR

$270,000 $358,000 $449,000 $241,000 $253,000 $279,000 $304,000 $325,000 $329,000 $477,000 $675,000 $690,000 $235,000 $318,000 $365,300 $957,000 $245,000 $295,000 $310,000 $330,000 $355,000 $599,000 $263,000 $350,000 $405,000 $423,000 $399,000 $110,000 $269,000 $277,500 $280,000 $287,000 $325,000 $340,000 $375,000 $455,000 $745,000 $199,950 $230,000 $245,000 $280,000 $319,000 $795,000 $375,000 $255,000 $350,000 $358,000 $360,000 $479,000 $345,000 $389,000 $400,000 $450,000 $525,000 $160,000 $378,500 $538,000 $585,000 $454,900 $283,000 $255,000 $295,000 $355,000 $363,000 $595,000

95816 E SAC, MCKINLEY PARK 2623 I ST 3126 S

$560,000 $425,000

2804 F ST 3129 CARLY WAY 620 23RD ST 537 38TH ST 732 36TH ST 2500 H ST 3151 I ST 1300 35TH ST 363 33RD ST 3566 C ST 1617 28TH ST

95817 TAHOE PARK, ELMHURST 3338 41ST ST 4041 V ST 3441 33RD ST 3011 4TH AVE 3653 3RD AVE 2738 60TH ST 3456 38 3916 MILLER WAY 2611 41ST ST 2975 KROY WAY 4424 U ST 2342 33RD ST 2763 63RD ST 3972 2ND AVE 3330 10TH AVE

95818 LAND PARK, CURTIS PARK 1612 3RD AVE 1008 FREMONT WAY 581 SWANSTON DR 2220-2220 1/2 19TH ST 2959 17TH ST 1804 COMMERCIAL WAY 2620 U ST 2629 16TH ST 940 VALLEJO WAY 2021 U ST 3220 24TH ST 1273 8TH AVE 2841 CASTRO WAY 2733 COLEMAN WAY 1360 VALLEJO WAY 2809 LAND PARK DR 2256 9TH AVE 2605 16TH ST 2942 24TH ST 2864 2ND AVE 2649 13TH ST 956 VALLEJO WAY 1738 3RD AVE 1160 ROBERTSON WAY 3435 LAND PARK DR 2801 FREEPORT BLVD 2010 BURNETT WAY

$445,000 $369,000 $450,000 $745,000 $547,900 $580,000 $549,950 $450,000 $785,000 $365,000 $600,000

1315 42ND ST 5050 TEICHERT AVE 5847 O ST 1047 56TH ST 1733 40TH ST 1430 52ND ST 274 36TH WAY 1130 47TH ST 5911 NEWMAN CT #5 1740 40TH ST 4425 I ST 1704 50TH ST 560 45TH ST 4317 F

$105,000 $275,000 $209,000 $170,000 $260,000 $338,000 $182,000 $277,500 $290,000 $297,000 $405,000 $335,000 $305,000 $230,000 $169,000

95821 ARDEN-ARCADE

$475,000 $358,900 $375,000 $250,000 $366,111 $395,000 $458,000 $355,000 $415,000 $675,000 $481,800 $510,000 $515,000 $551,000 $604,000 $855,000 $415,000 $380,000 $594,000 $295,000 $345,000 $603,000 $655,000 $760,000 $599,900 $380,000 $544,900

95819 EAST SACRAMENTO, RIVER PARK 1423 63RD ST 1345 57TH ST 4817 A ST 800 41ST ST 1624 41ST ST 1047 46TH ST

$370,000 $689,000 $515,000 $400,000 $545,000 $975,000

$1,166,000 $412,000 $390,000 $405,000 $501,000 $410,000 $770,000 $800,000 $119,000 $457,000 $640,000 $450,000 $729,000 $840,000

3712 THORNWOOD DR $270,000 3524 VALWOOD CT $399,000 2540 ANDRADE WAY $305,000 3049 MONTCLAIRE ST $281,300 2830 STAFFORD WAY $400,000 3709 GRATIA AVE $225,000 3000 SANDHURST CT $227,000 4261 ANNETTE ST $270,000 3221 FIELDCREST DR $595,000 2531 FULTON SQUARE LN #30$104,500 2377 RAINBOW $222,500 4324 MARLEY DR $365,000 2551 FULTON SQUARE LN #52$106,000 3445 LERWICK RD $160,000 4270 DE COSTA AVE $310,000 2924 LETA LN $399,000 2852 VERNA WAY $205,000 2908 EDISON AVE $200,000 4200 BOONE LN $252,000 3214 NORRIS AVE $335,000 3532 LARCHMONT SQ LN $130,000 3708 MERRILY WAY $259,000 4020 HILLSWOOD DR $321,000 4320 RIO VISTA AVE $323,500 4094 NORRIS AVE $485,000 2106 MEADOWLARK LN $110,000 2134 JULIESSE AVE $180,000 2348 SAINT FRANCIS DR $267,000 4101 HORGAN WAY $265,000 3200 CARNELIAN CT $435,000 2571 FULTON SQ LANE #63 $94,000 3805 WHITNEY $221,000 3333 POPE AV $575,000 4321 LOCKWOOD WAY $400,000 3005 LETA LN $415,000

95822 SOUTH LAND PARK 7366 22ND ST 2031 MANGRUM AVE 51 PETRILLI CIR 1721 POTRERO WAY 4625 CABANA WAY 2457 26TH AVE 67 QUASAR CIR 1601 BELINDA WAY 1380 42ND AVE 6079 13TH ST 2300 67TH AVE 5012 MONTEREY WAY 5657 CAZADERO WAY 5604 NORMAN WAY 2212 20TH AVE 2112 STOVER WAY 1916 MEER WAY

$188,000 $192,000 $290,000 $395,000 $502,500 $110,000 $135,000 $165,500 $362,000 $405,000 $200,000 $440,000 $230,000 $250,000 $355,000 $374,000 $437,000

1930 MATSON DR 7329 BENBOW ST 7501 21ST ST 1511 AKRON WAY 7374 21ST ST 819 SEAMAS AVE 6140 VENTURA ST 95 QUASAR CIR 1830 HARIAN WAY 4444 PARKRIDGE RD 4230 EUCLID AVE 7201 TAMOSHANTER WAY 7290 AMHERST ST 2362 67TH AVE 1048 WOODSHIRE WAY 1525 TIVERTON AVE 1521 WAKEFIELD WAY 7422 19TH ST 5644 DANA WAY 2301 KNIGHT WAY 1940 65TH AVE 4511 CUSTIS AVE 2120 22ND AVE 5401 ROSITA WAY 1125 25TH AVE 7489 24TH ST 7711 ADDISON WAY 4109 LOTUS AVE 3200 69TH AVE 1530 GLIDDEN AVE 2436 BRENTLEY DR 1271 35TH AVE

95825 ARDEN

1019 DORNAJO #205 2376 LLOYD LN 3267 VIA GRANDE 1117 BELL ST #11 1015 DUNBARTON CIR 2270 WOODSIDE LN #4 1137 VANDERBILT WAY 2414 LARKSPUR LN #236 535 WOODSIDE OAKS #4 22 ADELPHI CT 800 COMMONS DR 875 COMMONS DR 2416 LARKSPUR LN #234 790 WOODSIDE LN #2 2323 SWARTHMORE DR 812 DUNBARTON CIR 1019 DORNAJO WAY #247 520 WOODSIDE OAKS #1 2449 BRENTWOOD RD 128 HARTNELL PL 2470 NORTHROP AVE #7 540 WOODSIDE OAKS #3 2209 BYRON RD

95831 GREENHAVEN, SOUTH LAND PARK 1190 56TH AVE 111 ROUNDTREE CT 717 MELANIE WAY 123 PARKSHORE CIR 58 HERITAGE WOOD CIR 6244 RIVERSIDE BLVD 6508 BENHAM WAY 809 HARVEY WAY 7315 RUSH RIVER DR

$149,500 $205,500 $180,000 $265,000 $210,000 $352,000 $60,000 $130,000 $249,500 $675,000 $680,000 $151,000 $157,500 $230,000 $380,000 $180,000 $175,000 $185,000 $220,000 $400,000 $235,000 $280,000 $306,000 $375,000 $387,500 $152,000 $296,500 $115,000 $155,000 $210,000 $218,000 $629,000 $99,000 $175,000 $158,000 $108,500 $484,000 $143,000 $366,000 $110,000 $165,000 $299,000 $368,000 $305,000 $114,000 $151,500 $341,000 $430,000 $94,000 $235,000 $360,000 $340,000 $130,000 $210,000 $195,000

$417,500 $135,000 $312,000 $333,000 $350,000 $300,000 $525,000 $241,500 $311,000

1322 PALOMAR CIR 339 ZEPHYR RANCH DR 6341 GRANGERS DAIRY DR 419 WINDWARD WAY 65 STARLIT CIR 7677 RIVER VILLAGE DR 6611 BENHAM WAY 1351 TUGGLE WAY 107 HIDDEN COVE CIR 7551 SAILFISH WAY 7624 RIVER RANCH WAY 30 ZEPHYR COVE CIR 279 BREWSTER AVE 2 SAGE RIVER CIR. 1235 GILCREST AVE 415 NASCA WAY 444 LITTLE RIVER WAY 1381 LAS LOMITAS CIR 6299 GRANGERS DAIRY DR 104 STARLIT CIR 22 HERITAGE WOOD CIR 402 MARINER POINT 6880 ANTIGUA WAY 7665 AMBROSE WAY

95864 ARDEN

3624 CODY WAY 1901 EASTERN AVE 670 LAKE WILHAGGIN DR 1332 SHADOWGLEN RD 1342 GLENWOOD RD 2029 CERES WAY 2347 CATALINA DR 310 CLAYDON WAY 1840 MARYAL DR 2105 EDITH ST 4416 ARDEN WAY 4636 AMERICAN RIVER DR 605 REGENCY CIR 4361 ASHTON DR 848 PICCADILLY CIR 4067 CRESTA WAY 1600 LA SIERRA DR 3124 ARDENRIDGE 4513 OXBOW DR 3845 LAGUNA WAY 1281 LOS MOLINOS 2804 ROXBURGH LN 3824 ARDEN WAY 3309 WEMBERLEY 412 CLAYDON WAY 3720 LUSK DR 1329 GREENHILLS RD 1301 SHADOWGLEN RD 2921 SIERRA MILLS LN 1131 RIVARA CIR 1804 NEPTUNE WAY 3001 BERKSHIRE WAY 714 N WATT AVE 2740 MAISON WAY 2904 LATHAM DR 1720 MERCURY WAY 4625 MORPHEUS LN 1821 MERCURY WAY 1737 ORION WAY 804 LAKE OAK CT 3630 MAPLEWOOD LN

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License to Drive the Crash Car OH, WHY KID YOURSELF: ACCIDENTS HAPPEN WITH YOUR CHILD’S FIRST VEHICLE

BY KELLI WHEELER MOMSERVATIONS

ave you bought the Crash Car yet?” my neighbor, Donna, asked me. “What’s a Crash Car?” She gave the laugh of jaded experience. She gave the head shake reserved for idealistic mothers who have no clue their carefully laid plans are about to be drop-kicked. I halfexpected her to pat me on the head and say, “You poor, poor dear.” Instead she clarified: “Your son’s first car.” Before I could protest, pointing out that my soon to be 16-year-old son, Logan, seemed to be an excellent driver so far, she read my thoughts. “You know he’ll crash

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Logan Wheeler is ready to be able to drive on his own

it, don’t you? The first car for a new driver never comes out unscathed.”

“Lindsay’s?” I asked about her daughter’s car. “Crashed twice in a year.” “Jeff’s?” I asked about her son. “Ran into the neighbor’s garage the first day.” As this unsettling theory settled over me, I applied it to my first car: a red 1968 Volkswagen Bug my brother handed down to me when he went into the military. I gasped in bubble-bursting dismay as I pictured my first car with its bumper tied back on with a rope, a casualty of a four-way stop collision. (Not my fault. I swear! I won in court!)

Donna laughed and said, “See?” As she walked back to her house after getting the mail she called over her shoulder, “Don’t spend a lot of money on the Crash Car!” Even though the evidence seemed to confirm her theory I decided to conduct an unscientific poll myself. “Hey, did you ever get in an accident in your first car?” I asked everyone I ran into. “Hit my mom’s car in the driveway.” “Scraped up the side on a light post backing out of a parking space.” “Backed into a dumpster.” MOMSERVATIONS page 59

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n a quiet room at the corner of Morse Avenue and Fair Oaks Boulevard, ordinary people sip

juice and munch on cookies. For this snack, they paid in blood. This month of the year when vampires and other bloodthirsty creatures of legend get so much attention, it’s good to be reminded that human blood really is a magic potion. According to Alexander Sigua of BloodSource, our region’s largest blood bank, every two seconds someone in the United States needs a transfusion. Blood and medicines made from blood save lives. There is no artificial substitute for human blood. Scientists have experimented with “growing” human blood in genetically engineered pigs, but for the foreseeable future, the only source of this vital substance is the generous people who are blood donors. While donors do earn “points” that can be redeemed for prizes, blood donation in Sacramento is just that: a donation freely given with nothing in return.

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So far this year, more than 2,500

Kings blood drive,” says Sigua.

Mercy, Sutter and UC Davis hospitals.

of these everyday heroes have passed

“They wanted to donate on the court

In cases of special need, BloodSource

through the doors of BloodSource’s

at Sleep Train Arena—and they

shares with other blood banks. “We

Sierra Oaks donor center. Most

got free tickets to a Kings game.”

were called on 9/11,” says Sigua, “and

healthy people 16 years or older,

Another successful event is the

after the movie theater shooting in

who weigh at least 110 pounds and

annual Causeway Classic blood drive,

Aurora, Colo.”

aren’t pregnant, are eligible to donate

a competition between UC Davis and

Blood banks also collaborate

blood. The majority of donations come

Sacramento State University. Public-

with a kind of library of hard-to-

from committed, repeat donors. But

spirited Aggies and Hornets compete

find donation types. For example,

because the need for blood products

for a trophy awarded at the football

a Sacramento donor might have an

is ongoing, recruiting new donors

game of the same name.

unusual profile of certain red blood

is always important. BloodSource

Blood collected at the Sierra

cell proteins. BloodSource will freeze

works with the community to run

Oaks location and elsewhere in the

that unique donation and record it in

mobile blood drives that reach out

Sacramento region is used locally,

its “catalog.” If a patient in another

to new donors. “A lot of first-time

with much of the donated blood

part of the country needs that

donors came out for the Sacramento

products going to help patients at

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In Sacramento, BloodSource can use special techniques to take only plasma or only platelets from a donor.

or centrifuging, the blood to separate the components by density. The desired fraction is removed, and the rest of the blood is continuously returned to the donor. The No. 1 goal at the Sierra Oaks donor center is safety, both for the donor and the recipients of the donor’s gift. Safety begins by asking potential donors a lot of questions about their health, where they’ve

Most donations are of whole blood. Drawing a “unit” (roughly 2 cups) of blood takes about 10 minutes. Normally, blood clots outside the body, so the sterile collection bag contains an anticoagulant. Whole blood is a complex mixture of red and white blood cells, a protein-rich liquid called plasma, and platelets, tiny cells whose job is to stop bleeding. Each of these components has a particular medical use. Because not every patient needs red cells, plasma and platelets, a single donation can be separated into these parts and distributed to help more than one recipient. Plasma taken from whole blood donations is sent to a special manufacturer to turn it into medicines that treat hemophiliacs and people who don’t make enough antibodies. In Sacramento, BloodSource can use special techniques to take only plasma or only platelets from a donor. Because these blood components are replaced in the body faster than red

traveled and certain behaviors that affect the risk of unknowingly carrying an infectious disease. Donors are then given a quick physical exam: Vital signs are taken, and a finger prick yields a few drops of blood to test for hemoglobin, an ironcontaining protein that gives blood its color. One common reason a willing donor might be turned away is if she doesn’t have enough hemoglobin to spare. A blood donation could put her health at risk. Often, this deficiency can be corrected by increasing the iron in her diet. Donors are carefully screened to minimize the chance of their blood transmitting an infection, but a lot more needs to be done before their blood is ready to give to a patient. Next month, we’ll follow a donation to BloodSource’s laboratories at Mather Field and learn some cool science. Amy Rogers is a novelist, scientist and educator. To invite her to speak at your book club or public event, email Amy@AmyRogers.com n

MOMSERVATIONS FROM page 56 “Flipped it on a freeway off-ramp.” With each confirmation the excitement for getting my son his first car and having him relieve my burden of being the family chauffer got gobbled up by a growing pit of anxiety in my stomach. I started asking my friends who had older children now driving around town if their kids had been in any accidents yet. “Flipped their first car. Thank god everyone was OK.” “Clipped a car when traffic came to a stop at Watt and Fair Oaks.” “Crashed into a light post in the Bela Bru parking lot.” “They got rear-ended.” “Said they don’t know what happened and how that long scratch down the driver’s side got there.” The results were in. The first car is indeed the Crash Car. With Logan’s 16th birthday this month and him ready to trade in his learner’s permit for a driver’s license, two things had become evident: It was time to downgrade what we were willing to spend on a car, and upgrade our insurance. It was already bad enough that for the foreseeable future I wouldn’t be able to sleep until I heard my son’s car pull into the driveway at night; that I would always worry about the temptation to text and drive; that his freedom to drive would also come with the perils of bad drivers, distractions, and bad ideas that seemed like a good idea at the time. And now I had to live with the knowledge that come Logan’s 16th birthday and his license to drive it is

not if, but when, he will crash his first car. All the fun has been sucked out of the excitement of buying my son his first car because it will be a Crash Car. I guess we’ll get him a minivan. Nobody cares if those things get banged up. Kelli Wheeler is a Sacramento mother of two and author of “Momservations—The Fine Print of Parenting.” She can be reached at Momservations.com n

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Small Is Beautiful BUILDING OUT, NOT UP, WAS THE ANSWER FOR THIS FAMILY-FRIENDLY HOUSE

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small redecorating budget didn’t stand in the way of a stylish remodel for Amy Muraki and her husband, Douglas. In 2010, the East Sacramento couple felt their 1,000-square-foot home needed freshening up. Built in the 1970s as an infill project, the house sits on a deep, narrow lot. “We had a limited budget, so first we only redid the kitchen, main bath and repainted,” says Muraki. “We

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“It’s all about using the space you have to get the storage you need.” tried to do everything we could to make it nice and not be house poor.” While her husband gutted the kitchen, Muraki assembled the white

IKEA cabinets, which have a glossy finish to hide fingerprints. They added white subway tiles, installed new appliances and changed the

layout just a bit. Built-in seating near the front window saves space and adds additional storage. The couple removed a wall near the front door, carving out enough space for a charming entryway and opening up the front of the house. “It’s all about using the space you have to get the storage you need,” Muraki explains. “And minimalizing the stuff you have.”

“Apparently pregnancy makes me want to redo things,” she says. Muraki designed the addition herself, hiring a draftsman so that her plans would meet city code. Not wanting any additional loan payments, the couple opted for building out rather than up. That meant incorporating the existing pool house, which earlier had been converted from a detached two-car garage.

“I spent many nights trying to figure out how to make this space work.” Muraki, a bargain hunter, favors a clean, modern look with vintage accessories. The result is a refreshingly stylish and uncluttered family-friendly home.

“There aren’t any rules,” she says. “Do what makes you happy and you will love your end result.” The couple completed the project when Muraki was pregnant with their

first child. When their second child was on the way, the “redo bug” hit Muraki again. This time around, the pair decided to add 850 square feet to the house.

The original master bedroom and petite half bath became the children’s playroom, which now opens onto an

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HOME FROM page 63 outdoor play area containing a salsa garden and a pint-sized picnic table. The couple added a spacious laundry room that, Muraki notes, is larger than her childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bedrooms.

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It replaced the tiny laundry room in the kitchen, which Muraki transformed into a walk-in pantry. Colorful flowered wallpaper lines the walls, while a built-in drying rack Muraki found online saves space

and adds convenience. Custom-made cabinets keep the space neat and tidy. The window-lined hallway leading to the master bedroom suite provides a full view of the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play area. The durable polished-concrete floor is heated, keeping toes toasty all

winter. (It also cools the home during Sacramento summers.) Muraki divided the master bedroom by installing a floating wall behind the bed to create an additional 14 feet of storage area.

“I spent many nights trying to figure out how to make this space work,” she says. “You can’t just put a bed against a wall and have a huge open space. Dividing it up makes it cozy.”

“We love the community, riding our bikes to dinner or coffee, our neighborhood market, Compton’s, and our neighbors too much to leave.” The sumptuous master bath boasts two sinks, a dressing table and a super-sized shower. Illuminated with a skylight, it’s large enough for the entire family. Gleaming white

Calacatta marble with gold streaks tops the custom cabinets by Marc Foster. Redoing the backyard meant enlisting the help of a landscaping professional, Donna Dowson of Dowson Design, whose work can be seen on the television show “Yard Crashers.” “I had no idea what to do with plants back here,” Muraki says. “I am not a gardener, so everything we did was low maintenance and low water.” They resurfaced the pool and converted it to saltwater. They removed the grass and replaced it with a patio, stonework and decomposed granite. Cabinets in the built-in kitchen and dining area were constructed from reclaimed wood. Muraki’s husband built a shed with a living roof of grasses and succulents. An intimate amphitheater with a fire pit is the perfect spot for visiting with friends. The couple once considered leaving East Sacramento, even entering into a contract on a Sierra Oaks home.

“But there is something about East Sac that we just couldn’t leave behind,” Muraki says. “We love the community, riding our bikes to dinner or coffee, our neighborhood market, Compton’s, and our neighbors too much to leave.”

CORRECTION The East Sacramento home profiled in August (“Spanish Style: A Young Couple Falls in Love With an

Old Charmer”) was renovated by Minerva Properties, Inc. and GRC, Inc. Due to an editing error, those firms were not credited for their work. We apologize for the error. 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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CASINO NIGHT BY TERRY KAUFMAN DOING GOOD

f you haven’t yet made plans for Saturday, Oct. 3, you’ve got a virtual smorgasbord of events and activities to choose from. How often do you have the opportunity, in a single day, to support several good causes while having a great time? Here are a few of your options:

WALK FOR ALZHEIMER’S Alzheimer’s Association invites Sacramento area residents to unite in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s at the south steps of the State Capitol. The walk is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Participants will enjoy emceeing by KNCI’s Tom Mailey and CBS13’s Tony Lopez, along with music, great company and a special tribute to those who have experienced or are experiencing Alzheimer’s. The 3,200 participants in the Sacramento area will learn how to get involved with this critical cause, from advocacy opportunities and clinical studies enrollment to support programs and services. They will also honor those affected by the disease with a Promise Garden ceremony. Registration is

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Stanford Settlement Neighborhood Center’s Monte Carlo Night is an evening of casino gaming, festivities and fun. It starts at 6 p.m. at California Automobile Museum, 2200 Front St. Tickets are $60 and include dinner, drinks and $500 in starting chips. There will also be a silent auction and raffle. Cocktail attire is encouraged. The event will raise funds for ongoing services and support for those in need in our community. To purchase tickets, call 927-1303. Stanford Settlement Neighborhood Center, founded by the Sisters of Social Service in 1936, offers programs for children, teens, seniors and families in the GardenlandNorthgate, North Sacramento and Natomas communities. Stanford volunteers help the elderly enjoy hot meals, provide safe places for teens to go for mentoring and counseling, and distribute Christmas baskets to needy families. For more information, go to stanfordsettlement.org.

BIG BLOCK PARTY The R Street Block Party, which takes place from 3 to 8 p.m., will showcase live music, a curated Makers Mart of 30 vendors selling handmade goods, and live art demonstrations to provide an opportunity for community members to watch Sacramento artists at work. It will also feature food trucks and a beer garden to showcase

local restaurants and breweries, along with a children’s play area donated by the nonprofit organization Sol Collective, Casa de Espanol and Crocker Art Museum. The 1100 block of R Street has recently undergone a makeover. It is home to a variety of local businesses such as Casa de Espanol Center for Language and Culture and Warehouse Artist Lofts. R Street businesses are excited to introduce R Street as a new center for culture and community with this inaugural event, which takes place on R Street between 11th and 12th streets as well as down 12th Street between R and S. For more information, go to rstreet.info. Gala Opening Meristem, the newly opened school for young adults on the autism spectrum, will host an opening gala from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at its beautiful new campus at 9200 Fair Oaks Blvd. in Fair Oaks. This is an opportunity to learn about the Ruskin Mill and Meristem philosophies, which promote a holistic learning experience through arts, crafts, commerce, agriculture, nutrition, living skills and the environment. For more information, call 827-5257 or go to meristem.pro.

A NEW THRIFT STORE If you missed the September grand opening of Fabulous Finds, you’ll want to visit the new thrift store benefiting Assistance League of Sacramento. Located at 2751 Fulton Ave., the store features highquality used merchandise such as clothing, jewelry, furniture, artwork, collectibles and household items. The Assistance League has been serving children, seniors, women and

families in the region since 1968. For more information, go to sacramento. assistanceleague.org

CHAMBER GIVEAWAY Local nonprofits are encouraged to submit their applications for the next round of funding from Inspire Giving, the philanthropic arm of Sacramento Metro Chamber. At the chamber’s annual dinner in January, Inspire Giving will announce its 2016 grant recipient, selected from this fall’s pool of applications. Past projects have included River City Food Bank, Soil Born Farms, Roberts Family Development Center, St. John’s Program for Real Change and 916 Ink. For more information, call 5526800 or go to metrochamber.org.

SWEET VOICES Sacramento Valley Chorus, a chapter of Sweet Adelines International, is a women’s singing group specializing in four-part a cappella singing in the barbershop style. The group received its highest score ever at the recent Region 12 competition and will be a wild card competitor at the 2015 International Competition in Las Vegas. The 100-plus group includes women from all walks of life and offers a wide variety of music and styles from jazz, blues and ballads to Broadway show tunes, complete with costumes and choreography. For more information, go to sacramentovalleychorus.com. Terry Kaufman can be reached at terry@1greatstory.com n

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GALLERY ART SHOWS IN OCTOBER

Atelier 20 presents “The Crow Show” featuring local artist’s interpretation of cows. Shown above: “Crow Theivery” by Abigail Van Cannon. Atelier 20 is at 915 20th St.

B. Sagato Garo Gallery presents a retrospective show of the work of sculptor Peter VandenBerge. The show opens Oct.6 and runs through Oct. 31. Shown above: VandenBerge and his work. 923 20th St.; bsakatagaro.com

Red Dot Gallery presents Common Threads: Variations on the Landscape with new work by Timothy Mulligan, Susan Ballenger and Abigail VanCannon. Shown right: “River Road” by Tim Mulligan. The show runs through Oct. 31. 2231 J St.; reddotgallery.com

Elliott Fouts Gallery features new work by painter by Samantha Buller. Shown above: “Holy Guacamole” by Buller. The show runs through Nov. 5. 1831 P St.; efgallery.com

Tim Collom Gallery presents Craig Martinez: New Works, a collection of mixed media sculptures through Nov. 7. Shown right: “Horse” by Martinez. 915 20th St.; timcollomgallery.com

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Artistic Experimenter ARRESTING WORKS OF ART USING DISCARDS AND EVERYDAY OBJECTS

BY DEBRA BELT ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

ou always hear that less is more—what about more is more?” This is only one of sculptor Robert Ortbal’s many artistic philosophies. But that’s not to say that Ortbal takes himself too seriously. On the contrary, his ability to constantly question and challenge himself and his notions of artistic media makes him one of the region’s most fascinating artists.

Ortbal is nothing if not a compelling storyteller with his artwork. Sculptor Robert Ortbal in his Land Park studio. Several other of his creative sculptures are shown.

“When you’re going after challenging subject matter, you’re always grasping for the best way to go about conveying thoughts about intangible, ineffable things,” says Ortbal, an associate professor at Sacramento State. “Instead of a linear thought process, it’s more of an elliptical orbit around a core. There are times when you’re closer and times when you’re further away. It depends on where you’re at philosophically, but I’m of the belief that there’s something before language. It’s a never-ending thing, asking, ‘What is it?’ I think that’s the privilege and responsibility of being an artist: cultivating a real sense of curiosity and living a considered life.”

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Ortbal has done just that his entire career, even as a young man growing up in the small Bay Area city of Campbell. “My parents were raised during the Depression, so the option of being an artist was not really available to me,” Ortbal recalls. “None of our neighbors were artists. My parents were from working-class backgrounds. My dad picked cotton in the South and then went to work for the airlines. We never went camping because sleeping outdoors was not for fun. But I was very fortunate to be in California at that time, because the public school system was still very much intact. You

could still pay your own way without getting into too much trouble.” So that’s exactly what Ortbal did, making his way from community college to San Francisco State to UC Davis while still managing to develop his artwork. “I took two years off after undergrad,” Ortbal says, “and moved back home to save for grad school. I was young and very passionate, so I got myself a full-time job and a studio. I think it was during that time that my father came to appreciate the energy, effort and commitment I put into my work.” His father’s job with the airlines contributed to Ortbal’s early artistic education. “One of the things that my parents instilled in me was a sense of travel,” he says. “I got to do lots of trips with the airline, and that’s a huge education for being an artist. It opens your eyes to the fact that, whether you’re consciously aware of it or not, there’s another story being told where you are.” Ortbal is nothing if not a compelling storyteller with his artwork. Take his large-scale chandelier piece entitled “February’s Song,” a feat of artistic engineering incorporating animated songbirds that was displayed at Berkeley Art Museum in 2005.

raised Catholic, so I couldn’t allow myself the indulgence. I thought if I substituted song for light, I could make it happen. Well, be careful when you get an idea. I figured if I was going to make a chandelier, I’d have to understand them in context, so I got a residency and grant to go to Europe, did all this research, came back and built a huge piece. It was one of the first times I’d ever taken on a research project for myself.” It wasn’t long before he was experimenting with other artistic forms.

“I’m super excited about bringing work into and out of the spaces,” Ortbal says. “There was a shift after ‘February’s Song’ when I started making work that incorporates materials that you’re taking through a metamorphosis,” Ortbal says. “I use domestic materials from the hardware store, but I also shop at thrift and

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dollar stores, discards from consumer culture that I give a second or third life.” His visually arresting art pieces

“I got to do lots of trips with the airline, and that’s a huge education for being an artist. It opens your eyes to the fact that, whether you’re consciously aware of it or not, there’s another story being told where you are.” “I’d always wanted to create a chandelier,” says Ortbal. “But I was

have caught the eye of galleries: He shows both in the Bay Area and locally at JAYJAY on Elvas Avenue. Recently, he received a grant from the Leff-Davis Fund for Visual Artists to help support two simultaneous solo shows at JayJay this month and at Beatnik Studios in September. “I’m super excited about bringing work into and out of the spaces,” Ortbal says. “There will be an interesting dialogue between the two shows: the large and expansive Beatnik space versus the intimate gallery. It’s exciting and terrifying.” Jay Jay Gallery is presenting a show of Ortbal’s work called "Musical Chairs" that runs through Oct. 24. Jay Jay Gallery is at 5520 Elvas Ave. Go to jayjayart.com for more information. n

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Cultural Jam EVENT-PACKED PARTY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS

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re you ready to “pARTy” with the Friends of the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission? Boogey down and raise funds for local art education programs at “Art Jam: A Modern pARTy” from 6 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, at an industrial warehouse at 14th and C streets. This eclectic evening is guaranteed to entertain. Attendees will be treated to interactive art, artisanal food and drinks, pop-up art installations and live music to help you dance the night away. But having fun is only part of the event’s aim. More importantly, all proceeds from the night will go to funding arts education, which is sorely lacking in Sacramento County. According to SMAC, only five of our 13 school districts currently have an arts lead—an administrative staff person whose job it is to develop and coordinate arts learning for the district. Without an arts lead, there is often no one person in the district charged with ensuring that students have access to art classes. One of the goals of the Friends of SMAC nonprofit is to advocate for

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an arts lead in every school district and to help find ways to fund those positions. In the meantime, SMAC provides arts residencies and exposure experiences using regional artists and arts organizations. We’ll raise a glass to that! For tickets and more information, go to friendsofsmac.org Art Jam will take place at 1401 C St.

IN A SNAP “Dracula.” “Carmen.” “A Streetcar Named Desire.” “Etosha.” If any of these titles conjure an image of breathtaking ballet, you’ve got Ron Cunningham, co-artistic director of the Sacramento Ballet, to thank. Take a look at some of his most brilliant choreography to date during the ballet’s first production of their 2015-

16 season, “Snap Shots,” running Oct. 9-24 at its K Street studios. Since this season marks the ballet’s historic move from its studios at 1631 K St. to its new permanent home at the E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts, this month also heralds a bright new era of artistic expression and unparalleled audience access. The ballet will transform its studio space into a theater with raised PREVIEWS page 77

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Sept. 11 observances included civic honors for Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler. The Carmichael and Rancho Cordova natives earned world acclaim for thwarting a terror attack on a French train. Here are highlights from their day of hometown kudos.

Alek Skarlatos (above left), Airman First Class Spencer Stone and Anthony Sadler board a hero-mobile and travel Capitol Mall in a hail of confetti. Bands and boosters escorted the pageant.

After receiving keys to the city from Mayor Kevin Johnson, the heroes rejoin their families. CSUS student Anthony Sadler embraces his father, Anthony Sadler Sr.

At the Capitol, the longtime buddies thank more than 10,000 cheering Sacramentans

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Sacramento County Supervisors Roberta MacGlashan, Susan Peters, Patrick Kennedy and Phil Serna offered citations

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Del Paso High School students (below) were vociferous. Their school is the alma mater of Stone and Skarlatos.

PREVIEWS FROM page 74 seating, which will allow audiences a better chance to catch the dynamic dancers over multi-week runs. The aptly named “Snap Shots” will include curated snapshots from Cunningham’s most compelling work over his decades of direction, as well as intimate personal dance solos specially choreographed for each of the ballet’s star dancers by Darrell Grand Moultrie, a Julliard-educated Broadway dancer-cum-choreographer who’s created dances for the likes of Beyoncé as well as American Repertory Theater, Dance Theatre of Harlem and Smuin Ballet, among many others. For tickets and more information, call 552-5800, ext. 2 or go to sacballet. org

DORA, TE ADORO Surely you’ve heard of Pablo Picasso, but have you ever heard of Dora Maar, his lover, muse and model who was a talented artist herself? Let KOLT Run Creations’ production of playwright Lojo Simon’s play “Adoration of Dora,” playing Oct. 23 through Nov. 14 at the Sierra 2 Center for the Arts and Community, let you into the fascinating, fractured and sometimes frightening world of Dora Maar. Already an accomplished photographer when she met Picasso in 1936, Maar is perhaps best known for posing for Picasso’s “Weeping Woman,” the subject of numerous portraits painted during and after the Spanish Civil War. Maar also photographed Picasso’s

Let KOLT Run Creations’ production of playwright Lojo Simon’s play “Adoration of Dora,” playing Oct. 23 through Nov. 14 at the Sierra 2 Center let you into the fascinating, fractured and sometimes frightening world of Dora Maar

progress as he painted his anti-war masterpiece, “Guernica,” but Maar’s own accomplishments are mostly overshadowed by her prolific lover’s. The play, which won the Kennedy Center ACTF David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award, uses an all-female cast, including KOLT co-founder Kelley Ogden, and is directed by KOLT Associate Artist Kellie Yvonne Raines. Due to nudity, lewdness, profanity, smoking, violence, alcohol, fascism, surrealism, hedonism and interest in the scatological, this show is only for audience members 18 and over. For tickets and more information, go to koltruncreations.com The Sierra 2 Center for the Arts and Community is at 2791 24th St.

WONDER WOMEN If you missed the sold-out premiere of “SEVEN,” the groundbreaking documentary theater piece celebrating the power of women, in February, don’t miss your second chance to take it in at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4 at the Center at Twenty-Three Hundred on Sierra Boulevard. The play, which has been translated into 25 languages and performed all across the United States, is a collaboration of seven acclaimed playwrights who have woven together the words of seven women who have faced lifethreatening obstacles to bring about change in their native countries. Whether they have rescued girls from human trafficking in Cambodia, protected others from domestic violence in Russia, given voice to the poor in Guatemala, fostered peace in Northern Ireland, empowered women in rural Afghanistan and Nigeria, or educated women in Pakistan, these remarkable women prevailed to tell their stories in the face of seemingly impossible odds. The National Council of Jewish Women Sacramento, which is sponsoring this reprise performance, chose to remount “SEVEN” in observance of October’s Domestic Violence Awareness month. “The global concerns (“SEVEN”) addresses are reflected in local issues of concern to our organization, which

is dedicated to improving the lives of women, children and families,” says NCJW board member Claire Lipschultz, who was instrumental in bringing this hard-hitting play to Sacramento. The work of local organizations serving women facing violence and disempowerment will be highlighted at the event, which will include a post-performance discussion and reception featuring one of SEVEN’s contributing playwrights, Paula Cizmar. For tickets and more information, go to ncjwsac.org/seven The Center at Twenty-Three Hundred is at 2300 Sierra Blvd.

HOPE FLOATS Have you been feeling out of sorts lately, or inexplicably down? Let the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra (SCSO) lift your spirits with its performance of John Rutter’s “Requiem,” A Message of Hope and Comfort at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24 at Fremont Presbyterian Church. Let your soul soar while listening to Rachel Laurin’s “Fantasy for Organ and Harp,” performed by harpist Beverly Wesner-Hoehn, organist Ryan Enright, soprano Beth Ann Homoleski and the SCSO Chamber Ensemble. For tickets and more information, call 536-9065 or go to sacramentochoral.com Fremont Presbyterian Church is at 5774 Carlson Drive.

TIE AND TAILS Help Fifi and Fido raise funds while gallivanting in your most elegant get-up at the Sacramento SPCA’s Black and White Fur-Ball from 6 to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17 at the SSPCA campus. The animal rescue organization’s annual fundraising gala will get the fur flying with food and wine tastings, a live and silent auction, live music and eye-popping entertainment courtesy of Circosphere. You’ll even be able to meet and greet some of the SSCPA’s cutest residents and get a PREVIEWS page 79

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This Month at the Market

A LOOK AT WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S IN SEASON AT LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS IN OCTOBER

BUTTERNUT SQUASH

QUINCE

This long squash is one of the tastiest winter squashes, with a subtle flavor similar to pumpkin. Eat it: Roast the flesh and use in a simple risotto.

This knobby golden fruit looks like a pear and is generally too hard and sour to eat raw. Eat it: Stew in water or wine, then bake in a tart.

SUNCHOKE

HEIRLOOM TOMATO

BLOOMSDALE SPINACH

Also known as a Jerusalem artichoke, this tuber has a fresh, nutty taste. Eat it: Roast in the oven with other vegetables, or puree for a soup.

Summer may be over, but you can still find heirloom tomatoes at the farmers market. They come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors. Eat it: Slice and drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper.

This old spinach variety (from the 19th century) has a crinkled leaf and a deep, interesting flavor. Eat it: Sautee in olive oil with garlic and hot red pepper flakes.

ARUGULA

This leafy green can be used as an herb, a salad or a vegetable. It has a peppery, spicy flavor. Eat it: Dress lightly with fresh lemon juice and serve on top of grilled steak or chicken Milanese.

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PREVIEWS FROM page 77 sneak peek of the organizations plans for the not-too-distant future. For tickets and more information, go to sspca.org/furball or email events@sspca.org The Sacramento SPCA is at 6201 Florin-Perkins Road.

AUDIO BOOKS Hear the words on the page come alive at Stories on Stage Sacramento at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30 at the Sacramento Poetry Center, featuring excerpts from Davis resident Naomi Williams’ debut novel “Landfalls.” Williams, who earned a master’s degree in creative writing at UC Davis, was born in Japan and spoke no English until she was 6 years old. After receiving a Pushcart Prize and a Best American Honorable Mention in 2009 for her short fiction, Williams’ first novel, “Landfalls,” a fictionalized account of the 18th century Lapérouse expedition, was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in August. She’s already hard at work on her second book, a novel about the early 20th century Japanese poet Yosano Akiko. Sharing the stage with Williams’ work will be a short story from emerging writer Elise Winn, whose stories have been published in American Short Fiction, the Indiana Review, Granta Online and elsewhere. The Missouri native was a writer-in-residence at Hedgebrook in April 2014 and she now lives in California, where she’s at work on a collection of short stories and a novel. Now in its sixth season, Stories on Stage Sacramento continues to bring the best in literary fiction to life by having it read by talented local actors. To get in on the action, visit storiesonstagesacramento.wordpress. com The Sacramento Poetry Center is at 1719 25th St.

WEAPONS OF MASS INSTRUCTION See the divine juxtaposed with the destructive in the Crocker Art Museum’s newest exhibition, “Divine

Ammunition: The Sculpture of Al Farrow,” on display Oct. 10 through Jan. 3.

Using guns and ammunition, Farrow creates sculptures of reliquaries, cathedrals, synagogues, mosques, mausoleums and other devotional objects. Using guns and ammunition, Farrow creates sculptures of reliquaries, cathedrals, synagogues, mosques, mausoleums and other devotional objects. The surprising inventiveness and technical tour de force of his craftsmanship are exactingly realized, perfectly scaled and just as fascinatingly jarring as they sound. For the softer side of artistic expression, don’t miss “Back to Life: Bay Area Figurative Drawings,” featuring the work of David Park, Elmer Bischoff, Richard Diebenkorn, James Weeks, William Theophilius Brown, Paul Wonner, Frank Lobdell, Nathan Oliveira, Manuel Neri, Joan Brown and Wayne Thiebaud on display Oct. 10 through May 1, 2016. In 1953, Park, Bischoff and Diebenkorn began meeting weekly in a Berkeley studio to draw from live models. Who knew they would inspire the Bay Area Figuration movement, an offshoot of Abstract Expressionism, with their paintings of figures, still lifes and landscapes? In this collection of 30 drawings, see the evolution of Bay Area Figuration and why the work of this particular group of artists is still so influential. Ready to have your mind blown? Hit up Neo-Crocker from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. (yes, you read that right) on Saturday, Oct. 10 for an epic evening of supersensory, mind-blowing, high-volume entertainment featuring performance art, live bands, an absinthe bar, DJs and lots of dancing.

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Tickets are for $40 for museum members and $55 for nonmembers. Calm your throbbing head the next day with the soothing sounds of the Classical Concert featuring the Mirror Visions Ensemble at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11. The program will include the the voices of soprano Vira Slywotsky, tenor Scott Murphree and baritone Jesse Blumberg (accompanied by pianist Grant Wenaus). Tickets are $6 for museum members, $10 for students, youths and Capital Public Radio members, and $12 for nonmembers. Your toes might already be tapping in anticipation of the Calidanza Dance Company’s presentation of “¡Mi Mexico!” from 7 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22. Led by their award-winning executive and artistic director Steven Valencia, the 20-member troupe’s performance will include live music by the trio Orgullo

Regional and a restaging of “Noche de Muertos,” Valencia’s modernistic piece commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony in celebration of Dia de los Muertos. Tickets are $12 for museum members, $14 for students and youths, and $16 for nonmembers. Tickets for all Crocker events can be purchased by phone at 808-1182 or online at crockerartmuseum.org The Crocker Art Museum is at 216 O St.

LEAD BY EXAMPLE Calling all professionals! The Center of Innovation for Leaders will be hosting its annual interactive personal leadership conference for business owners and their teams from

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PREVIEWS FROM page 79 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Guild Theater. Ten speakers, including writer Michael Bianco-Splann, entrepreneur Laura Hansen, culture expert Rajkumari Neogy and empowerment coach Billy Wroe, will each take on an essential part of personal leadership and help hopefuls thrive. “We sincerely want to help the 70 percent of professionals who, according to a 2013 Gallup report, are unhappy in their job,” says Mooniek Seebregts, the director of the Center of Innovation for Leaders and the event’s organizer. That dissatisfaction “influences businesses and organizations negatively. “Learning more about leadership skills and leadership qualities is the key to feeling more engaged. This conference will give business owners great ideas and easy takeaways for themselves and their teams to implement immediately.”

For tickets and more information, call 812-8012 or go to centerofinnovationforleaders.com The Guild Theater is at 2828 35th St.

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SERIOUS FUN It might sound contradictory, but the Sacramento Symphonic Winds are into serious fun, which is in fact the title of their concert at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 18 at Crowne Plaza Sacramento Northeast. The 60-piece adult symphonic band will perform selections from Malcolm Arnold, Camille Saint-Saëns, Thomas Kahelin and more with guest conductor Timothy M. Smith, as well as euphonium soloist George Preston. Get in on the fun (and get tickets) by calling 489-2576 or going to sacwinds.org Crowne Plaza Sacramento Northeast is at 5321 Date Ave.

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Live Animal Shows Kids AcƟviƟes Guided Nature Hikes DemonstraƟons & Exhibits and Much More!