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COVER ARTIST LESLIE TOMS Leslie Toms is a painter living and working in Sacramento. Color and light have long characterized her artwork. Toms is featured in this month’s Artist Spotlight. Shown: “Sol Sisters,” oil on linen. Visit leslietoms.com. 3104 O St. #120, Sac. CA 95816 (Mail Only)

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Nationally Renowned, Humble at Home ICONIC LOCAL ARTIST GERALD WALBURG HAS A HISTORY FEW NEIGHBORS KNOW

erald Walburg is one of Sacramento’s most talented and notable artists. The trouble is that over his long and productive career his local profile hasn’t k kept up with his national one. I’m hoping to c change that. While you might not know Gerald—or Jerry, as he is known—you have undoubtedly seen his monumental public artworks. His largest and most prominent local sculpture is the 40-foot “Indo Arch,” located at 4th and K streets. It was Sacramento’s first art installed under the Art in Public Places program, established more than 40 years ago. The “Indo Arch” was controversial from the start. People called it phallic. Some said it was Islamic. They feared it would further endanger U.S. hostages then being held in Iran. I I’ve always loved the arch, and am grateful the c community now embraces it. Then there is Walburg’s larger-than-life, ni nickel-rich bronze that he donated and installed ou outside the entrance to the Crocker Art Museum in 201 2013. As is often the case with Walburg sculptures, the elements form an open frame through which to see th the world as well as the work. Cro Crocker Art Museum curator Scott Shields explains the pie piece was an important addition to the museum because on either end of the Crocker are sculptures by Bay Area artists. Shields felt it was important to have a Sacrament Sacramento-based artist represented. “I made this piece with this site in mind,” Walburg says. I first met W Walburg a year ago when my friend Cheryl Holben introdu introduced us. We were planning a 40th anniversary

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In 2007, San Jose State published a book on Walburg. event for the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission. Walburg’s extensive East Sac home, garden and studio property were the perfect venue for the private event. I quickly discovered that Walburg, at 82, is an amazing talent, artist, craftsman, designer and thoughtful conversationalist—a true American renaissance man. The day we first met, Walburg was dealing with his contractor and completing a full basement of the third home on his property. It turns out my husband and I had built a full basement in our new home in 2007. We had contracted it ourselves, so I knew all the details involved in construction. We hit it off by sharing basement design and building knowledge! I was delighted to visit with him several times in the past year when attending small, private art shows he hosts for artists he admires. Walburg is an East Bay native. While attending Oakland High School, he pursued a vocational rather than academic path. He was attracted to shop and drafting classes. After high

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school, he followed a friend to California College of Arts and Crafts. His father had been killed in World War II, and the funds from his father’s military survivor benefits paid the tuition. Walburg was drawn to industrial design. He lacked the math skills for architecture, which was his first love. When his girlfriend became pregnant, Walburg dropped out and worked to support his marriage and child. He was 20 years old. Living in San Francisco, he eventually resumed college and focused on academics while continuing to work. Two more children were born, and the Walburgs moved to Petaluma to be near his wife’s family. He pursued a variety of machine-shop jobs, with an emphasis on metal forming, sheeting, rolling, bending and lathing. These skills would later serve him well. In addition, he worked nights at an architectural office, drawing and drafting. Working hard, Walburg eventually bought a home for his family. There was no time for art. With every experience, Walburg impressed his employers. He became a skilled draftsman, praised for his

ability to visualize and depict threedimensional objects and details. After a divorce, Walburg moved back to San Francisco to pursue a degree at San Francisco State College. He also worked in engineering for Standard Oil. A summer college class in ceramics transformed his career objectives. “Clay got into my veins,” Walburg says. Still without a degree, he switched to art, minoring in industrial design. Walburg was 29 when he finally graduated. Immersing himself in art, he gave up the idea of teaching, and began a master’s degree art program at UC Davis in 1965. “It was a very exciting and energetic time at the art school with some impressive newly hired teachers, including Wayne Thiebaud, William Wiley and Bob Arneson, just to name a few,” Walburg says. “I was placed in a situation where I learned to question, challenge and develop philosophies and ideas of my own. This was truly education at its best.” His ceramic work went beyond function and explored a connection to his love of drafting. His work trended geometric and minimal. He explored a wide variety of materials, including corten (or rusty finish) steel that has been a mainstay of his sculptures. After graduating, he invested time and money into his own large-scale works. They were quickly purchased for permanent collections of prestigious museums. He considered, but later dismissed, the idea of moving to New York City. Instead, he accepted a teaching position at Sacramento City College. He continued to create art and experimented with sculptural illusions and materials, including watercolor. His work was praised by critics and became commercially successful on the world stage. When offered a faculty position at Sacramento State, he moved and taught there for 37 years. One can only imagine the thousands of students his ideas and approaches influenced. He continued to produce dozens of major commissions from around the world. In 2007, San Jose State published a beautiful book on Walburg to accompany a major exhibition of his work. On a recent visit, Walburg shared with me one recollection that was a bit shocking. In his early years, he explained, he had various relationships with Bay Area galleries to represent his artwork. Some worked out better than others. But one gallery owner made him a proposition he had to refuse.

“She wanted us to have a personal relationship, and then she’d represent me and promote me to stardom,” Walburg says. “I was single at the time, but wasn’t attracted to her. So I nicely told her I didn’t want to mix business with pleasure. I thought that would be the end of it.” Walburg was wrong. The gallery owner became bitter and blackballed him among other major gallery operators. He was left with no viable gallery representation. “I managed to create a vibrant career despite this,” he says. “But when the #metoo movement came into focus last year, it made me realize that it isn’t always just men using their power to abuse women. It sometimes happens the other way around. It clearly happened to me.” Many decades later, the woman moved to Sacramento and he encountered her at an event. She admitted coolly that what she did to him was not fair. “It did make me wonder how my career might have been different without that unfortunate experience,” he says. These days, Walburg and his lovely wife, Deborah, keep making improvements to their property. They grow vegetables, tend their garden, cook and produce (and drink) their own wine. With age, he has given up sculpture, but focuses now on painting and drawing. The couple have good health and a solid and joyful partnership. But for a man whose early years were spent working so diligently with both his head and his hands, my hope is that Jerry Walburg is able to stay active and productive until the moment he leaves this earth. Sacramento is a much richer place because this artist made our community his home.

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MORE ON THE BEE In last month’s column, I mentioned the possibility of The Sacramento Bee ceasing print operations at some point in the future. Elaine Lintecum, the McClatchy Company’s vice president of finance and chief financial officer, took exception to my prediction and insisted the newspaper has no plans to curtail or eliminate its print editions. I consider this good news, as I would mourn the day if The Bee were to ever cease print operations. Lintecum is an East Sac resident and longtime Inside reader. She has generously put two of her own homes on the Urban Renaissance Home Tour, which I organize to raise funds for the nonprofit management of the McKinley Rose Garden. We are thrilled that her beautiful, remodeled home will be featured on our 2018 tour Sept. 23. Lintecum says there is no truth to “industry rumors” that The Bee’s print operations will wind down in the next year or two. She says McClatchy and The Bee are committed to serving print customers over the long term (as they have since 1857). She offered to send me annual circulation audits for The Bee, although these are not made public. Additionally, Lintecum explained the role of McClatchy regional editor Lauren Gustus, who I described as “the regional corporate editor.” Gustus edits The Sacramento Bee, plus five other McClatchy papers. Finally, Lintecum offered to help me get the digital access I pay for with a print subscription. For all of which I say thank you.

HOME TOUR, ART STUDIOS, SOIL BORN, COVER ART This month we are partnering to sponsor three great community events. On Sept. 23, we will sponsor the Urban Renaissance Home Tour featuring five lovely new and remodeled homes in East Sacramento. Proceeds will benefit Friends of East Sacramento, a nonprofit I co-founded to manage for the McKinley Rose Garden and Clunie Community Center. Visit sacurbanhometour.com or East Sac Hardware to purchase tickets. We are also sponsoring Sac Open Studios, the 13th annual, monthlong art event in September showcasing more than 150 emerging and established artists in their studios. The event is organized by Verge Center for the Arts. Tours take place over two weekends, Sept. 8-9 and Sept. 15-16. Visit vergeart. com. Additionally, we will sponsor the Autumn Equinox Celebration fundraiser for Soil Born Farms with great food, wine and beer tastings on Sept. 15 at the farm’s historic American River Ranch. Visit soilborn.org. Some of our cover art in coming months will feature the Inside Publisher’s Awards that we selected from artwork in the 2018 California State Fair Fine Art Competition. We are happy to support these great events that truly reflect Sacramento at its best. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com. n

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Urban Revival POPULAR HOME REMODELING TOUR RETURNS

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he Urban Renaissance Home Tour will return Sunday, Sept. 23, after a hiatus of a few years. The tour will feature five lovely new and remodeled East Sacramento homes, including the extensive property of Gerald and Deborah Walburg with a renovated guest house and artful gardens over three city lots. Also on the tour will be a beautiful remodel of a mid-century-design home and a family-style Craftsman, both in the Fab 40s, and two homes near McKinley Park. One features a complete interior remodel, while the other is a newer home with an interior design featuring contemporary art.

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Proceeds will benefit Friends of East Sacramento, a nonprofit founded to manage the McKinley Rose Garden and Clunie Community Center. This year’s funds will help establish an innovative Butterfly Habitat Garden, a project by artist Daniel Tran, in the rose garden. Tran designed and constructed a sculptural structure for the garden and added butterfly-friendly plantings. Tour attendees are encouraged to visit the new garden. To purchase tickets, visit sacurbanhometour.com, East Sac Hardware at 48th Street and Folsom Boulevard or #Panache at 5379 H St. Presale tickets at the stores are cash and check only. On tour day, tickets are available at 1229 45th St. and will include credit card sales. The tour runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information or to volunteer as a docent, email friendsofeastsac@aol.com.

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was recently awarded the Girl Scouts’ highest honor, the Gold Award, for her outstanding service to the community. Evidence is also easy to spot at Rio Americano High School where two Arden-area young men have completed their Eagle Scout projects by installing murals and beautifying the grounds of the campus. The Gold Award is only given to 5 percent of all Girl Scouts nationwide and is the most difficult distinction to earn. Girls are challenged to change their corner of the world by identifying a need in the community, then formulating and executing a plan that succeeds in solving the problem. Artz recognized the need to promote volunteerism in the community. She created informative and enticing brochures aimed at inspiring folks to sign up for different types of volunteer efforts. Then she stocked the brochures all over town—libraries, schools, waiting rooms, hospitals, bookstores and other places where the public gathers. Meanwhile, she kept up her own volunteer work of helping in school kindergartens, teaching at Fairytale Town, rescuing unwanted rabbits, volunteering at UC Davis Medical

Center, working with the National Down Syndrome Congress and the list goes on. She spent close to 1,500 hours volunteering over the last three years. In her spare time, Artz sang in her school choir and competed in the Miss America Outstanding Teen Pageant. Upon her graduation from St. Francis High School this past spring, she was awarded the school’s Pillar of Service Award. As for the boys, David Davini and Michael Lee, both of Troop 53, noticed the outside walls and garden spaces at Rio Americano High School were drab and in need of care. Davini, being a math whiz, came up with detailed plans to design and install two murals on the math quad’s exterior walls and to beautify the planter beds. “Math is my passion and I want to do what I can to get more students interested in understanding the beauty behind math and what they can do with it,” says Davini who relied on math, English and art teachers to advise him on the project. Davini raised more than $2,000 in private donations, as well as from Emigh Hardware, Lowe’s and a local rotary club.

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Gorgeous Private Sanctuary - Country living at its Ànest - just a walk away from amenities. Imagine coming home to this secluded, gated sanctuary on 1.3 wooded acres. 4 bed/4 bath & 2513 sq.ft. $1,200,000 Angela Dougan #01947670 916.756.5709

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oin your neighbors for the Great American River Clean Up on Saturday, Sept. 15, from 9 a.m. to noon. Choose from 20 cleanup sites along the American River Parkway. Sponsored by the American River Parkway Foundation, the annual event is one way to help maintain the natural habitat that comprises the 23-mile stretch along the American River. Volunteers may register online and students can earn community-service credits. Check-in sites will include Alumni Grove at Sacramento State, Ancil Hoffman Park and William Pond Park. For more information, visit arpf. org.

GAS TAX ACCOUNTABILITY Sacramento County Department of Transportation has been in high gear over the summer managing road-paving projects in the unincorporated area. Several of the projects are funded by the Senate Bill 1 gas tax, which already has provided Sacramento County with $7.3 million, with another $21 million expected in fiscal year 2018-19. It is estimated that the county will receive an average of $24 million per year over the next 10 years. To track the road projects funded by the gas tax, visit sacdot.com, then “Service/Topics.” The site identifies current and future projects, as well as where crews are working and lane closures to help the public avoid traffic delays. The gas tax funds will go a long way in halting deterioration of the unincorporated area’s roadway system, which accounts for 2,650 painted-lane miles. The gas tax also is funding curb, gutter and sidewalk repairs, traffic-

SP Help preserve the American River Parkway by volunteering at this year’s annual cleanup day on Saturday, Sept. 15.

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Department of Regional Parks utilized roughly 5,000 goats and sheep this summer as part of a multi-pronged plan to reduce ﬁre risk along the American River Parkway. signal upgrades, streetlight installation and bridge replacements. Project costs range from $475,000 to $4.1 million. The passage of Proposition 69 in June ensures the gas tax funding will not be diverted to non-transportation projects. I will host three community meetings that will focus on the road projects underway and planned as a result of SB 1 funding. Speakers will be Mike Penrose, deputy county executive for infrastructure and public works, and Ron Vicari, county transportation director. The meetings will be Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 7:30 a.m. in the conference room at Fair Oaks Water District, 10326 Fair Oaks Blvd.; Thursday, Oct. 11, at 6 p.m. at Swanston Park Community Center, 2350 Northrop Ave.; and Thursday, Oct. 25, at 6 p.m. at Mission Oaks Community Center, 4701 Gibbons Drive.

FOUR-LEGGED FIRE PROTECTION Sacramento County Department of Regional Parks is using goats and sheep to graze along the American River Parkway this summer as part of a multi-pronged plan to reduce fire risk. The herds have proven to be an effective and environmentally friendly means for vegetation management by eating down weeds, bushes and grass. Grazing occurs from May to the end of summer with roughly 5,000 animals staged at various locations. Approximately 625 acres will be subject to this four-legged fire-protection effort. Each herd is enclosed within a specific area and under continuous supervision

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WORK ON WATT AND FAIR OAKS Sacramento County Water Agency has started to install 38 miles of water pipeline and more than 3,000 water meters in the Arden service area. A 2004 state law requires the installation of water meters to all homes and businesses by Jan. 1, 2025. The project will be conducted in seven phases with the first occurring along Fair Oaks Boulevard near Watt Avenue and adjacent residential streets. The work is being done at night to help minimize the impact on traffic. However, traffic-control measures, including lane closures, speed reductions and detours, will still need to be implemented during construction. During the first phase, the water agency will install more than 3 miles of pipeline and 105 water meters.

Delays will also take place during the day as work progresses on residential and minor roads. Streets affected are Drakes Circle, Hopkins Road, Crocker Road, Morse Avenue, Mills Road, San Lucas Way and La Brea Way. For more information, visit waterresources.saccounty.net, then “Sacramento County Water Agency,” then “Capital Improvements,” and then “Arden Service Area Distribution System Pipe Realignment and Meter Installation Project.”

SHERIFF COMMUNITY MEETINGS The Sheriff’s Department holds regular community meetings to share information about trends in crime and recent criminal activities. The sessions are open to the public and residents are encouraged to attend. The Arden-Arcade meeting will be held Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 6 p.m. in the

Skyroom at Country Club Lanes, 2600 Watt Ave. The Carmichael meeting will be held Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 6 p.m., in the library at Del Campo High School, 4925 Dewey Drive.

DINNER IN THE PARK Experience an enchanting evening at the second annual Dinner in the Park, a gourmet affair on Saturday, Sept. 8, in Sutter Park and Jensen Botanical Gardens in Carmichael. This must-attend event, sponsored by the Carmichael Parks Foundation, will benefit youth scholarships and recreation activities offered through the Carmichael Recreation and Park District. A reception begins at 5:30 p.m. with appetizers by Carmichael’s finest restaurants, followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. featuring fare by celebrated Chefs Mike and Molly Hawks of Hawks Restaurant and Hawks Public House. For more information and tickets, visit carmichaelparksfoundation.org.

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rental services. Approval of a permit also requires the applicant to apply for a business license with Sacramento County Department of Finance. Vacation-rental services must remain an accessory use to full-time occupancy of the home and cannot become the primary use of the property. For more information, go online to saccounty.net and enter “Vacation Rental Permits” in the search box.

The U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds will offer plenty of high-ﬂying excitement during the California Capital Air Show this month. donate, contact the Carmichael team at carmichaelhart.org.

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Carmichael will celebrate Founder’s Day on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., honoring the legacy of Daniel Webster Carmichael who established the community in 1909. The party, which will include vendor and craft booths, food trucks, live music and a classic car show, will be held in Carmichael Park. For more information, contact the park district at (916) 485-5322. Susan Peters represents the Third District on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. She can be reached at susanpeters@saccounty.net.

The Arden-Dimick Friends of the Library will hold a two-day Community Book Sale on Friday, Sept. 7, from 1 to 6 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 8, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be plenty of reading material for both adults and children, plus DVDs and CDs. Friends of the Library members will receive a 20-percent discount. Membership information will be available for those interested in joining this volunteer community-based organization dedicated to the library. Arden-Dimick Library is located at 891 Watt Ave. Funds from the sale will be used for local library programs.

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HELPING HOMELESS FAMILIES Carmichael HART (Homeless Assistance Resource Team) and Citrus Heights HART are teaming up with San Juan Unified School District to host a resource event Saturday, Sept. 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., for families in transition. The event will offer services and resources, including medical, dental, vision and mental health care, as well as clothing, hygiene items, school supplies and counseling. The event will take place at Advent Lutheran Church, 5901 San Juan Ave. The HART groups are raising funds to cover the administrative costs associated with this event. To

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2. 1. Siblings Isabella and Matthew Ramirez visit the Carmichael Park Farmers Market Peach Festival. 2. Good Day Sacramentoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tina Macuha (third from left) performs with the Iola Rose Band and Hawaiian dancers in Carmichael Park. 3. At a Carmichael Chamber of Commerce fundraiser, board member Katie Pexa lands a dessert on fellow board member Joe Green. 4. Assemblyman Ken Cooley serves pancakes during a Police Activities League program at San Juan High School.

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1. Dozens of antique lanterns are house and garden accents. 2. Remote from the main house, a cottage provides sleeping, bathroom and kitchen essentials for guests. 3. Moroccan tiles embellish stairway risers. Allan handpicked designs so no two risers look the same. 4. Allan and Nancy Davis' additions to the compound include outdoor entertainment space and a pool cabana (at left) that doubles as a guest house 1.

ne of the most intriguing homes in Sacramento hides on a quiet Carmichael lane. Once called Quizas (Spanish for “perhaps”), the compound belongs to Milagro Centre developer Allan Davis. After more than 30 years, Allan is selling his home. Casa Quizas has a history. In 1920, an Armenian physician selected a block of Daniel Carmichael’s Edwardian colony. He brought in Mexican braceros to craft an adobe hacienda. He planted a two-acre garden of exotic specimens. Visitors to Sacramento braved miles of dirt roads to see this botanic oasis. By the 1980s, the property was foreclosed and neglected. Allan and his late wife Nancy (formerly

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Nancy Benvenuti) discovered the home in 1988. They spent three decades restoring and expanding the 6,000-square-foot casa. By Nancy’s death in 2014, the couple had created a showplace that beautifully merged the ambience of Spain with Italy. There are fountain-splashed courtyards. Palms and magnolias shade dainty paths for visiting deer. Vines creep over romantic loggia and salvaged balusters trim every entrance. The main casa is cooled in summer by two-foot adobe walls. Stair risers are patterned with Moroccan tile. Windows allow terracotta rooftop views. Antique lamps and chandeliers are ubiquitous. Reflecting Nancy’s love for glitter, one room is completely walled in mirrors. Allan once owned an antique store, so conversation pieces pop up everywhere: a lion-armed Abyssinian throne crouches in a dining room; a rococo cherub roosts on a kitchen shelf; a Turkish rug brightens the wine cellar. Outbuildings include a guest cottage and generous pool cabana. To visit the estate is to tread—gawping—through wonderland.

4. The property that Nancy and Allan bought for a song is now on the market for an operatic $1.95 million. “We poured our hearts and imagination into it,” reflects Allan. “Our home was central to our happiness. We loved its solitude and gardens, but our kitchen was its heart. When Nancy cooked, the whole house smelled wonderful.

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rank Sinatra is singing “The Way You Look Tonight.” At least I think it’s Sinatra. The music has a decidedly Italian vibe, which makes sense because I’m here this evening to learn how to make an Italian dinner. What makes this meal Italian? It could be the dried oregano or fresh parsley in the veggie burgers. It could be the homemade basil buns, herb-and-ricestuffed tomatoes or raspberry Italian sodas. Or it could be the instructor— Lucia Oliverio—as her parents are Italian immigrants. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

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For those who haven’t taken a class at the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-Op, I’ll set the scene. The school is upstairs in a light-filled space that could double as a set for a cooking show. In front of the kitchen island, with large commercial stoves, are rows of tables holding bottles of cold water, along with cubed cheese and crunchy breadsticks. Monitors above project images of the wooden cutting boards below, in preparation for the cooking demonstration to come. For $5 you can purchase a glass of wine. Sip it while you read through the recipes and the shopping list. Imagine how you’ll spend the $5 coupon after class (no, you can’t use it to purchase another glass of wine). There’s a complimentary glass offered with your meal, so pace yourself. You haven’t started cooking yet. The Co-Op opened its Cooking School about 15 years ago, offering pasta- and sushi-making classes and teaching knife skills. Instructors still

teach the same “tried and true” classes, according to Julia Thomas, the CoOp’s outreach manager, but have also added new ones. Vegan and Thai are popular. How about Indian, Caribbean or a gnocchi workshop? Take a French cooking class by longtime instructor Jill Simmons. Learn how to make soup this fall with Rick Mahan (chef-owner of The Waterboy and OneSpeed Pizza) or sharpen your knife skills with Mayumi Tavalero. It’s difficult to judge the Cooking School’s impact on the community, but it fulfills a need and occupies a niche. “There are so many people who don’t know how to cook at all,” says Thomas. There’s another way to measure the school’s influence. It offers more classes than most food co-ops in the United States, according to Thomas. The only requirement for each class is that the ingredients come from the Co-Op. Back in the hands-on Italian veggie burger class, we have divided into teams

and tackled three of the four recipes. In my group there were experienced and novice cooks. We diced, measured, mixed, sautéed, and then formed and cooked the patties, while Oliverio supervised, answered questions, and kept everything and everyone moving. When the veggie burgers were done, we made raspberry syrup for the sodas. Staff whisked away dirty bowls and pans. While they plated our food in back, Oliverio demonstrated how to make the basil buns up front. The monitors sprang into action. Gliadin and glutenin “are curly in structure and don’t get along,” she says, so you have to kneed the dough. I’ll never look at dough the same way again. I may never purchase frozen veggie burgers again either. Oliverio’s never had a class that was a food disaster. Recipes always work out. “I learned everything [about cooking] from my mother and grandmother,” she tells me later. At a

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eventually started her own catering business and she’s been teaching at the Co-Op since 2008, drawing inspiration

from her Italian heritage, as well as her mother’s and grandmother’s recipes. She likes talking about food science and what to eat for good health, perhaps because she believes that her diet (along with her faith) have helped her fight multiple sclerosis. She was diagnosed when she was 21. “My mother never cooked anything from a box or a can,” she says. Oliverio follows her example. When I ask her why someone might want to attend a cooking class at the CoOp she says, “I think most people come because they’re intrigued. There’s only so much you can get by watching the Food Network.” Soon she will be taking a trip to Italy with her dad. He’s in his 80s and has attended her class. Her mother and grandmother have as well. She’s hoping her aunts will show her some new recipes while she’s in Italy. “I like to learn from everybody,” she says. For more information about the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-Op’s Cooking School, go to sac.coop/ cookingschool. Angela Knight can be reached at knight@mcn.org. n

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Live and Learn GARDENING GOOFS CAN BE HALF THE FUN

t was our first visit to our son’s new townhouse. Kurt and his girlfriend Shelly had purchased a strawberry pot, filled its little openings with blue lobelia, scarlet salvia and white alyssum, and put it on the front stoop. The plants were drooping woefully in the blazing sunlight. As soon as Kurt and Shelly opened the door, I blurted, “These plants need water now!” I tried, more diplomatically, to explain that their roots needed more soil and space to grow, and it would be very hard to keep them moist enough to survive in that pot. In my heart, I was lamenting that they were making the same mistakes I made when I began gardening. Why didn’t they consult me, the Master Gardener in the family? Does each generation need to repeat the last’s gardening goofs? My heart sunk further when I learned they had bought a fuchsia. They confessed that “she” was not looking good. I explained that fuchsias need

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indirect light and moisture, and are not easy to grow in Sacramento. My husband and I have a long, shameful history as fuchsia torturers. A northfacing wall seemed like a perfect place, but they clung to life there in a straggly sort of way until they expired. When we went on a two-week summer vacation, our neighbor Bill took care of our garden. Upon our return, we were amazed at how good the fuchsias looked, complimented him on his green thumb and tried for years to match his success. He confessed much later that they died while we were gone and he had secretly replaced them. This bit of news ended our fuchsia futility. Kurt and Shelly chose wisely as well. They purchased a bougainvillea for their balcony, where a neighboring cork tree will shelter it from winter cold. At the top of the strawberry pot, they planted lavender, a woody, drought-tolerant plant that does well with sun and good drainage. As predicted, the other plants in the strawberry pot died in short order. The fuchsia is doing better in a more protected spot, but not looking good. Kurt and Shelly are undaunted. “Finding out on your own is some of the fun,” Kurt told me. “We’ve really enjoyed trying things out.”

There’s a lot to be said for learning from experience, although it can cost money and time and be very frustrating. You can’t just buy a plant that catches your eye and assume that it will grow well. You must be aware that not all plants on the shelves are suited for Sacramento or your particular growing conditions. The plants themselves can be problematic, too. As a sales strategy, commercial growers push their plants with fertilizer and put them into stores when they are flowering at their showy peak. Such over-stimulated plants will need continued fertilizer and plenty of water to keep them going. They probably have very crowded roots which need to be loosened and spread out before planting. Plants are offered in the stores when people are planting, whether or not it is the right time of year. For example, you often find parsley and cilantro among herbs sold in late spring, despite the fact that these cool-season plants will bolt (send out flowering stalks and go to seed) as soon as it gets hot. Perennials and woody plants are offered in the spring, too, even though the best time of year to plant them is the fall. Gardeners also learn is that location is very important. Kurt tried for years to grow cactus and succulents in various dark apartments with limited success.

In the filtered bright light on the townhouse’s balcony, his collection is now thriving and increasing. When I began gardening in Sacramento, my main resources were Sunset’s “Western Garden Book” and my friends and neighbors. Today’s beginning gardeners can also find a huge amount of information on the internet. In 1980, a couple of years after I moved into my East Sacramento home, Sacramento County started the first Master Gardener Program in the state. New and experienced gardeners can attend workshops and open garden days at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center; contact the UC Master Gardener Office for advice; and visit sacmg.ucanr.edu for scientifically based information tailored to our local area. Kurt and Shelly will continue to learn on their own, but they’ve begun asking me for advice, which I’m delighted to give. Isn’t that what mothers (and Master Gardeners) are for? Anita Clevenger is a Lifetime Sacramento County Master Gardener. For answers to gardening questions, contact the UC Master Gardeners at (916) 875-6338 or mgsacramento@ ucanr.edu. The next Open Garden is Saturday, Sept. 8, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd. n

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Sky’s The Limit CROCKER MUSEUM REIMAGINES PARK FROM GROUND UP

Crocker Park, which is owned by Crocker Art Museum, will be completely transformed in the future. Photo courtesy of THINair Professional Aerial Imagery.

his summer, the Crocker Art Museum made a $40-million announcement to lift people’s spirits, literally and creatively. The museum named Seattle’s Olson Kundig, in partnership with San Francisco-based Surfacedesign, Inc., as the lead architect to develop the underused Crocker Park, the open expanse just north of the museum. Although the Crocker purchased the park in the early 1960s, communications and marketing director Christine Calvin says the site’s development is “good timing for everybody with the current renaissance of Sacramento.”

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Olson Kundig, a leading international design firm, will transform the open space between Second and Third streets, and design a multi-use structure the museum hopes will address the lack of storage, parking and recreational space. There may even be room for weddings. Surfacedesign will focus on landscape architecture. Last year, the Crocker had approximately 275,000 visitors. But the museum shares about 200 parking spaces among permits parkers, visitors and its 94 fulltime employees. The new structure will introduce about 400 new parking spots, approximately doubling current space. Plans also include space to display work from the Crocker’s collection. Of the 18,000 pieces in the museum’s care, only about 5,000 are on public display at any given time. More than providing practical solutions, Calvin believes the development of Crocker Park is an opportunity to create one of America’s great park spaces.

“We do envision that,” Calvin says. “And the hope is that it will provide a multi-use space where we can have additional programing, whether it’s films or parties, or a space to share with other entities out in the community.” Thanks to the unique and diverse nature of the project, Calvin says the Crocker had applications from firms around the world. The design will reflect changing modes of transportation— notably, autonomous and ride-share cars. “The reason we got so much interest from other architects is that we need that garage to park vehicles, but maybe someday not park vehicles, if they decline in use,” she says. “This space has to modify itself maybe to someday not be a parking garage, while it also has to host events and art.” Calvin adds, “So there will be a building, but it will also very likely house our ceramics collection on view, or you very likely can get married in it. It’s also possible that it will have staff offices.”

Thirty architects, landscape designers, board members and donors from the community comprised the panel that ultimately narrowed 50 applicants to three firms, among which Olson Kundig was unanimously selected. The firm recently completed a redesign of the Seattle Space Needle. “They spent a lot of time here,” Calvin says, “and they knew us inside and out. Without us even prompting them, they talked about a future that doesn’t rely on vehicles.” Olson Kundig’s principal owner and lead designer on the project, Alan Maskin, told Inside Publications that the park and structure “will allow the museum to literally spill outside the museum walls. From the design perspective, it’s one of the most interesting, compelling design challenges you can ever be given. In that regard, this will be one of the top projects I ever work on.” According to Calvin, one reason for Crocker’s attraction to Olson Kundig is its reputation for working on “projects in the sky.” In Sacramento, she says,

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SARA R AU D E LU N A S “We don’t have enough activation up, with the ability to see the river, the skyline or city-to-city.” “We are just beginning the design process,” Maskin says. “But one initial idea we have is to include a rooftop park or other kinds of elevated spaces. It would be amazing for people at Crocker Park to be able to see the river nearby, the relationship to the Capitol and the urban configuration of Sacramento.” With the design process in its initial stage, Crocker Museum plans to host public town hall meetings. Dates will be announced through social media and the museum website. The Crocker posted a link in a July 12 blog on its website where community members can share ideas for the park. “We are still in the imagination space, and there will be a lot of community engagement around this,” Calvin says. “We’ll be sure to let media know when that happens. This isn’t meant to be a surprise for the community or an isolated project.” The museum hopes to break ground Oct. 10, 2020, which would mark the 10year anniversary of the opening of the Crocker’s Teel Family Pavilion. Jordan Venema can be reached at jordan.venema@gmail.com. n

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Sweet Dreams FROM BODY LOTION TO BBQ, CONTEST BRINGS OUT BEST IN BUSINESSES

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ive entrepreneurs with dreams and visions of business success are battling to win the Calling All Dreamers competition sponsored by the Downtown Sacramento Partnership. The contestants honed their business plans, found a marketing direction, and displayed passion and fortitude. Now their success depends on a panel of judges and an online public vote. The Dreamers competition has picked up steam since its inception six years ago. Early iterations attracted entrepreneurs whose ideas primarily relied on the substantial cash and support services that come with winning first prize. The 2018 finalists have wellconceived ideas, and many already have their business up and running.

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“We are seeing much more vested and dedicated concepts than before,” says Valerie Mamone, the Downtown Sacramento Partnership’s business development senior manager. “We are still focused on storefronts and retail, but less in the food and beverage category.” The champion Dreamer will get up to $10,000 in cash and about $90,000 in support services from more than a dozen businesses. Support comes in many forms and includes advertising from Inside Publications, telecom through Consolidated Communications, legal services from Smith, McDowell & Powell and billboards from Marquee Media. “I think we’ve set the bar pretty high over the years,” Mamone says. “The concepts we’re seeing are very aspirational and a very good retail mix.” The five finalists will go before a panel of judges, all entrepreneurs themselves. Their scoring will be combined with online public voting at downtownsac. org. The winner will be announced in September.

The final five Dreamers are unique in their business approaches, but similar in their drive to succeed. They include:

BLOSSOM BATHHOUSE Developed by Jazmine Bonnett, the concept features a retail store specializing in handcrafted bath bombs, body butters, lotions, shower gels, hand-poured soy candles and body/ facial scrubs. Blossom Bathhouse embodies the “farm-to-tub” movement with fresh, natural and local ingredients. Bonnett believes what goes onto your body is just as important as what goes into it.

KINDRED CRAFT COLLECTIVE Jen Kesler developed a creative workshop and curated-goods space for people who seek stylish, high-quality, handmade local products and modern craft activities. Kindred Craft Collective is a retail storefront and community designed to support local artisans and makers. The crafts on display include a wide spectrum of mediums.

MOONSHINE & CO. NAIL BAR Lien Glankler applied her experience in the nail industry to reinvent the concept for Sacramento consumers. Her nail salon, Moonshine & Co. Nail Bar, provides time for self-indulgence and dedicated customer service in a fun and warm environment. Glankler arrived in Sacramento from Laos as a child. Her work in the nail business convinced her she could provide an experience more appealing than most salons. “We had a concept and idea and it made sense, but we need some validation,” Glankler says. “I just knew we were on to something.”

NEO ESCAPE ROOMS Acme Lee and Gabriel Berzamina created an immersive, new form of reality entertainment that builds camaraderie and fully engages everyone’s creativity in multidimensional ways. At NEO Escape Rooms, players work as teams to solve puzzles before time runs out.

Lien Glankler of Moonshine & Co. Nail Bar.

NASTY SAUCE Naashon Corbett delighted family and friends with his special sauces. They suggested he take his talents to market. Nasty Sauce produces handcrafted, uniquely flavored sauces perfect for any BBQ with locally sourced ingredients. Corbett plans to expand into chips, slaws and other side dishes. “It was a personal thing for me, but now that I’m in the competition, I’m glad to be a part of it,” Corbett says. “They helped formulate my business plan.” The Downtown Sacramento Partnership has seen various startups, new ideas and business ventures throughout the years vying for top honors in the Calling All Dreamers competition. But there have been some consistencies. “Many of these business owners are putting a twist on national concepts,” Mamone says. “We see millennials seeking artisan shops adding an

experience into retail concepts. They are marketing to other millennials who relate to local ownership and local art.” The overarching goal is to bring retail business Downtown to a local level, where service and products are personalized to a regular clientele. As residential development increases in the Downtown core, consumers seek out convenient shops, unique offerings and a little style from people they appreciate. It’s an experience that will attract customers from outside Sacramento who want something local, new and different—and not available at the local strip center. The Downtown Sacramento Partnership’s Calling All Dreamers competition is open annually. More information is at downtownsac.org.

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Lost & Found Rescue dog Xica ﬁnds her place in the world.

TWO LIVES COME TOGETHER IN A HEALING CONNECTION

arly in 2017, an unaltered female terrier mix with silky red hair was picked up as a stray in Woodland by Yolo County Animal Services. When shelter staff evaluated her for adoption, she failed the behavior test. She was too frightened to walk on leash or to be handled. When they reached for her, she cowered at the back of her kennel. When they attempted to leash her, she struggled against the harness. “This is a gentle, sweet girl who’s a little intimidated by the world,

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most especially the scary kennel environment,” reported the Yolo County SPCA, which works closely with the shelter. However, when the SPCA staff brought her into the office for downtime, she quickly warmed up and “inched forward to give us little licks.” That is the moment the homeless mutt’s life changed for the better. One month later, after being transferred to a Sacramento-based animal rescue group, she finally found her permanent place in the world. “She’s marvelous,” says Janine Mapurunga, who named her new animal companion Francisca, or Xica (pronounced Sheekah) for short. “I don’t remember how life was before her.” Mapurunga, a documentary photographer who grew up in Brazil, has had her own struggles. “I had a very difficult childhood,” she says. “I didn’t have a connection with people. I didn’t

have any adults I could trust. But I always connected with animals.” Thus begins the story of a woman and a dog, and their journey to find each other.

ROOTS IN SACRAMENTO Mapurunga first came to Sacramento in 1997, but she also split her time between Europe and Brazil, where her family still lives. “I was always on the go. I felt there was no way I could incorporate a dog into my lifestyle.” She earned an associate degree in photography at Sacramento City College and a bachelor’s degree in cultural anthropology at UC Davis. Graduate school took her to the University of Barcelona in Spain. Now residing at the Warehouse Artist Lofts in Midtown, Mapurunga is self-employed as a documentary photographer and recently became certified as a tax professional. “I set

roots in Sacramento. I’ve been able to build my own little existence, my own little space, my own little universe. Sacramento has treated me very well over the years.”

HEALING CONNECTION In January 2017, while recovering from hip surgery, Mapurunga was housebound for weeks. For company, a friend brought over her feline for an extended stay. “That cat was with me for two weeks and we bonded. When that cat left, I was heartbroken. I felt so lonely. That’s when I realized I had been waiting way too long without a dog in my life. “I said I’m going to get a dog, and when I have to travel, the universe is going to give me an answer of what to do and who’s going to take care of it.” As soon as she was up and walking again, Mapurunga began her search for

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Living in an apartment with a fourlegged friend results in at least three outings a day. “We walk around the neighborhood, which is lovely because it hasn’t been completely gentrified,” says Mapurunga. “There are still a few people who have been living here for generations. People say hi to Xica and ignore me,” she adds with a smile. Because Mapurunga does not have a set routine or work schedule, she and Xica have come to an understanding. “She trusts that I’ll be there and I’ll do certain things. It’s kind of a symbiotic relationship. She just learns so quickly.”

BOX ART PROJECT Xica is one of Mapurunga’s favorite subjects to photograph. Catch a glimpse of the cute canine at the corner of 16th and E streets, where she is part of the Capitol Box Art Project, a joint effort by Capitol Area Development Authority and Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission to beautify various sections of Sacramento. Mapurunga, one of 22 area artists selected for the project, has five displays around town where her photos are featured on traffic utility boxes.

100% LOVE Xica’s purple harness sports a stainless-steel heart-shaped tag that displays her name and the words “I’m 100% love.” Such is their bond. “She’s more than my buddy, she’s there for me,” says Mapurunga. “There is so much to learn from animals—you learn to love, you learn to trust.” Cathryn Rakich can be reached at crakich@surewest.net. n

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Simple Sharing ARE ELECTRIC-ASSIST SCOOTERS THE NEXT NEW THING?

UMP, the bike-share company, is still filling out its fleet of 900 electric-assist bikes in the Sacramento region. Are swarms of electric-assist scooters lurking around the corner, waiting to invade as well? The scooters entering the national scene are the small-wheeled, stand-on variety that made a splash with kids and some adults years ago, not the Vespa-style motor scooters. San Francisco had so many shared scooters on its sidewalks that it banned them in June and instituted a permit system for a pilot program. Only five permit holders will be allowed and the total number of scooters is capped at 1,250. Prior to the ban, scooter company Bird alone scattered 1,600 scooters in

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San Francisco. Rivals Lime-S and Spin added hundreds more. Those three companies were joined by Uber, Lyft, scooter manufacturer Razor and bikeshare company Ofo in the competition for the five permits. In the prior unregulated freefor-all, Bird ruffled feathers by not asking permission for its dramatic foray into the San Francisco market. The city received many complaints about scooters operating on sidewalks (they can go 15 mph). The scooters threatened pedestrian safety and, when left carelessly unattended, interfered with pedestrian travel. Bird in particular came on strong with an in-your-face attitude that mimicked Uber’s initial brash approach in its ride-hail business. Bird has been called the “Uber of scooters.” Despite problematic public relations surrounding scooter rollouts, there are powerful reasons to expect that many more scooters will be coming to cities across the U.S. They might not be coming right to your neighborhood, but for “last mile” trips in central cities, they occupy a niche that no other form of mechanized mobility quite fills.

The economics of the scooter business has proven irresistible to market entrants. The same scooters that Bird uses are available for $500 retail. If rented four or five times a day, companies can recover equipment costs in a month. The potential profits have induced Uber and Alphabet (Google’s parent company) to invest in Lime-S, LimeBike’s scooter subsidiary. It now has a market valuation of $1 billion. Bird is valued at $2 billion. Those are astonishing figures for businesses that didn’t even exist a couple of years ago. There are questions about scooter safety, durability and maintenance, as well as liability issues. Their use can endanger riders, as well as pedestrians. The scooters’ small wheels mean hitting a crack can more than just jar a rider, it can cause a crash. According to a Wired report, Spin says that 2.5 percent of its fleet disappears each month. They can wind up in trees, underwater and in homes. Bird batteries are recharged by gig economy contractors. Bird hunters are paid to find GPS-equipped scooters with low batteries, recharge them at their homes and release them to Bird “nests”

by 7 a.m. the next morning. Reports suggest this work, while having the entertaining aspects of scavenger hunts and Pokémon Go, can be difficult and sometimes cutthroat. Bird hunters have gotten into conflicts with each other. Some try to game the system. But the scooter positives seem to overwhelm the negatives. The consensus is that they are fun to ride. They avoid the delays of car-clogged streets, are more convenient than transit, eliminate parking worries and costs, and are less expensive than ridehailing services such as Uber and Lyft. They can be the right tool for the job. A city worker can get from her workplace to a restaurant for lunch or a meeting off-site up to five times faster than walking. Who knows where exactly we’re headed with this new scooter wrinkle in transportation. Right now, other cities are experiencing and experimenting with this first generation of shared electric scooters. We can expect scooter design and operations to evolve over time—and we can expect them to come here. Lime-S approached West Sacramento earlier this year about putting scooters on the Sacramento River’s left bank. According to transportation analyst Chris Dougherty, the city is working with Lime on potential terms to see if its operation would be the right fit for West Sacramento. No scooter company has yet asked Sacramento for a business permit. Currently Sacramento’s application process has provisions only for bikeshare companies, a category that doesn’t quite apply to scooters. Uber, Lyft and even Ford and General Motors seem to be redefining themselves more broadly as mobility companies, rather than narrowly as car-sharing or auto-manufacturing businesses. After many years of the biggest news in transportation being the look of the latest model of a Ford or Chevy, disruptive changes are occurring at a dizzying pace in how we get around. Scooters (a one-time kids’ toy), bike sharing and ride hailing are in the mix. Autonomous cars and trucks are not quite yet waiting in the wings, but they’ll be rolling down the road one of these days too. Walt Seifert is executive director of Sacramento Trailnet, an organization devoted to promoting greenways with paved trails. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net. n

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’m too young to be an empty-nester. Sure, the dyeing of my gray hair, hormone-replacement therapy and reading glasses sprinkled throughout my house say otherwise, but let’s just play along. Wasn’t it just January when I challenged a complete stranger at Target to come to my house for 3 a.m. feedings if she really wanted to cherish those fleeting days with me? Yes, I know. The days are long and the years are short. But the nights are really long when you are painfully sleep-deprived and have a husband playing dead at diaper-changing and feeding times. And wasn’t it February when I had two kids under 2 and became a champion potty trainer out of self-

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preservation? Who needed Zumba when I was hoisting an infant carrier in and out of shopping carts and cars with a toddler on my hip while lugging a diaper bag that doubled as an Emergency Preparedness Kit? I’m sure it was March when I was planning hits on the people in front of us on the preschool waiting lists. I already had a bribery plan to get my kid into the coveted a.m. kindergarten class. FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) was kicking in and if it had a sign-up date, we were signing up: Camp Have a Lot of Fun, Kidz Love Soccer, T-ball, swim team, Challenger Sports Camp and, of course, Buzzardball. In April we were busy planning and executing over-the-top birthday parties that would rival an Olympics opening ceremony for a crowd of kids too young to remember them. By May we had burned ourselves out, hyping instead a sleepover with two kids—tops—a cheese pizza and the Quiet Game. June was a haze from catching Competitive Sports Fever (save yourselves time and money—get inoculated!) where our lives, holidays

and travel choices were taken away by soccer, baseball and volleyball. Suddenly we were shouting things like “Offside!” “That’s a strike all day long, Blue!” and “Side out!” even if it was just to pass the ketchup at the dinner table. By July we settled back into sports just for fun, but now were so busy shuttling kids like their own private Uber, taking selfies, friending and unfriending people, LOLing and liking posts, trying to keep SnapChat streaks going and taking phones away at 2 a.m. from under glowing covers that we forgot to notice that we had suddenly become parents of teenagers. And it was just last month that my kids stopped needing me (especially for math homework), started driving, only came home to shower and leave wet towels on the flour, blew through four years of high school, with one going off to college and one starting her senior year at Rio Americano. How is this possible? Isn’t it still 1999? Aren’t I still 28 rubbing my pregnant belly; envisioning what having a family will look like; imagining all the fun adventures we’ll have; thinking

how crazy it will be that by the time I’m 48 my kids will be grown and out of the house? Are you going to make me go look in the mirror at the gray hair, laugh lines and weathered face (I really should have applied more sunscreen) to make me actually believe that the chapter of raising my kids is almost over? Hang on a second. I’m going to need to sit down for a minute and make a phone call. “Hello, officer? I’d like to report a hit and run on my kids’ childhood. We’re going to need some backup here. Because if one more person tells me the days are long but the years are short as a way to make me feel better, that it all went too quick, I’m going to blow up on them like a two-story inflatable slide for a 4-year-old’s birthday party with 30 kids hopped up on cotton candy and Capri Sun.” Kellie Wheeler is an author, family columnist and freelance writer. For weekly Momservations or to contact Wheeler, go to momservations.com. n

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erald Walburg is a gentle, unassuming man with an extremely large perspective on life. His multiple homes, backyard art studios and sophisticated gardens are proof. But nothing conveys this man’s vast talent for great endeavors more than his art—his really big art. Examples include the 40-foot-tall corten steel “Indo Arch,” installed in 1980 outside of Macy’s on the K Street Mall, and a striking bronze sculpture at the entrance of the Crocker Art Museum. While art lovers can access Walburg’s public creations at any time, the community now has the opportunity to view his private collection during this year’s Urban Renaissance Home Tour on Sunday, Sept. 23. Sponsored by Friends of East Sacramento, the event raises funds to support the McKinley Rose Garden. Behind an expansive wall of cinder blocks, adorned with a charming array of rusty metal cutouts (an art piece unto itself), sits Walburg’s three homes, side by side on one large parcel of land in East Sacramento. Also on the property are two art studios, one with a separate rental unit upstairs. Walburg purchased the main house, which he shares with his wife, Deborah, 38 years ago, and completely renovated the home. Ten years later, he bought the house next door and turned it into a guest house and gallery for other artists to showcase their work. When the third house in the lineup came up for sale two years ago, Walburg grabbed that one too and went to work creating a modern, three-story, living and work space he meticulously designed himself. When finished, he and Deborah plan to move two doors down to the new residence.

In addition to the 800-square-foot guest house/gallery, tour attendees will be able to wander the gardens, also methodically designed by Walburg and filled with his larger-than-life metal art sculptures. Most of pieces are bronze and steel, cast and fabricated either in the warehouse-like studio on his property or at Sac State where he was an art professor for 37 years. Walburg, now retired, points to one of the smaller artworks. “This little piece is the oldest in the yard—it goes back to 1970.”

Everything in the garden was either planted or carefully chosen by Walburg. Fast-growing bamboo, deciduous ginkgo and redbud trees, and elegant Japanese maples fill the landscape. A flowering wisteria drapes over an arbor and creeping fig vines decorate the path. The Colorado spruce came from the now-closed Capital Nursery and a magnolia tulip tree with black flowers was acquired at Green Acres. There is a Japanese black pine, a blood orange and a ruby-red grapefruit that is more

than 30 years old. Deborah oversees the vegetable garden, which includes tomatoes and peppers. “I used to do a lot of landscaping, but now I have a young man who is one-third my age,” says Walburg. For the guest house/gallery, Walburg chose rosewood for the floors, sustainable bamboo for the kitchen and bathroom cabinets, and slate for the countertops. His propensity for all things contemporary goes back to his childhood. “At a very early age, I was

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always interested in modern,” he shares. Walburg’s smaller art pieces, such as an assortment of glazed ceramics, can be found throughout the home. Also important to Walburg: music and wine. Both of his studios are wired for sound. The artist’s preference? “Straightahead jazz or classical jazz,” he says. And Walburg has been making wine for more than 30 years. His bare bottles are stored according to the varietal. “I purposely never designed or use a label,” declares Walburg. “I think a lot of bad wine is sold by fancy labels. My attitude is: It’s not what’s on the bottle, its what’s in the bottle.”

Five East Sacramento homes will be featured on the Urban Renaissance Home Tour, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 23. To purchase tickets, visit sacurbanhometour.com, East Sac Hardware at 48th Street and Folsom Boulevard, #Panache at 5379 H St. or Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters at 2940 Freeport Blvd. Presale tickets at the stores are cash and check only. On tour day, tickets are available at 1229 45th St. and will include credit card sales. For more information or to volunteer as a docent, email friendsofeastsac@ aol.com. To recommend a house or garden for Home Insight, contact Cathryn Rakich at crakich@surewest.net. n

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he rule was professional boxers paid half price for meals at Georgian’s. Amateurs ate free. But the truth was more generous. No fighter ever paid for lunch, dinner or breakfast at Georgian’s when Sid Tenner was around. Sid grabbed all the checks. And Tenner was always around, a constant presence at the card room, restaurant and bar at 19th and J

streets, wandering the dingy halls with a toothpick dangling from his mouth, hustling tickets from a cigar box for upcoming fights at Memorial Auditorium or Arco Arena. For almost 40 years, Tenner was the heart of boxing in Sacramento—a fight manager and publicist. He helped guide the careers of Bobby Chacon, Pete Ranzany, Tony and Sal Lopez,

Loreto Garza, the Savala brothers, Bill McMurray, Henry Clark, Stan Ward, Willie Jorrin, Diego Corrales and more, a generational production line of fistic talent. “Sacramento was a great, great fight town,” says Don Chargin, the renowned Los Angeles boxing matchmaker. Now 90 and still promoting fights, Chargin

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and Tenner partnered to present the city’s biggest boxing shows. Those days are gone. Boxing was on its heels and headed for the ropes when Tenner died in 2004 at age 81. Georgian’s, headquarters for the local fight game, closed in 1990 after police claimed the joint harbored drug dealers. The building was demolished. Today, it’s hard to believe that the loss of a rumpled figure like Sid Tenner and the padlocking of a marginal place like Georgian’s could foretell the death of the city’s proud boxing legacy, but that’s what happened. The local fight game hasn’t recovered. “Diluted is the word for it,” says Jim Jenkins, retired executive sports editor and boxing writer for The Sacramento Bee. Jenkins is the closest thing the city has to a boxing historian. “There are still a couple of people promoting fights locally, and there are a couple of cards a year, but we don’t have the fighters and we can’t compete with the casinos, who pay upfront money.” A South Sacramento boxing show in June demonstrated the game’s diminished status. The main event was limited to eight rounds because the headlined fighters weren’t experienced enough to handle the classic 10 rounds. Jenkins wrote a story for fightnews.com, a boxing website, that put Sacramento’s status as a fight town into bleak perspective. He wrote: “The card, by Thompson Boxing Promotions, was held outdoors in the back lot of a commercial business. Portable lighting and seating, plus live streaming via Facebook still attracted several hundred fans to the makeshift venue featuring several Northern California fighters.” Jenkins was trying to be positive. He respected the promoter’s effort. But boxing has faded across the country, overtaken by the popularity of mixedmartial arts, an amalgamated circus

that holds no interest for aficionados of the sweet science. “People are turned on by that streetfighting crap,” Jenkins says. “I’m not enamored of it. If they have to stand and fight with a real boxer, they don’t have a chance. They don’t have the chins and they don’t have the defense. They fight on the floor like a barroom brawl.” The exception to boxing’s downfall is Las Vegas, where casinos and TV dollars attract the world’s best fighters. One of Sacramento’s greatest boxers, Tony Lopez, plans to move to Vegas this winter to train fighters and relocate his bail bonds business. Lopez, who ran for mayor in 2016, never left the fight game. The threetime world champion has maintained a side job training boxers at Center Ring Boxing on Franklin Boulevard. But finding a young Sacramento star—the next Tony Lopez—is frustrating. “I have guys who won’t show up, won’t train hard, and I tell them, I don’t have time for this,” Lopez says. Lopez is a hard man to knock down, and his mood soars when he speaks about his latest teenaged amateur prospect, Alex Miller, a Guatemalan raised in Nevada County. “I don’t train amateurs, but I made an exception,” Lopez says. “He hits hard and he’s not afraid, which is half the battle. He can be a champion at 125 pounds.” Chargin would love that. He says, “You’ve got to latch onto the local guys to make Sacramento a fight town again.” With Lopez moving to Nevada, Miller’s progress may require longdistance tracking. The fight game in Sacramento awaits the next Sid Tenner, the next Georgian’s, the next Lopez. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com. n

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arbara Dow put the final touches on the pet portrait just in time for Christmas. The custom oil painting of Tank, a 10-year-old Great Dane, was a surprise present for her client’s nephew, the owner of the silver and black senior dog. What made the artwork so special was that Tank passed away the day after Barbara took his photo from which she created the heartfelt gift. “When I showed the painting to her, she started to cry,” says Dow. “It is so fulfilling to capture an animal’s personality in a painting. It makes me feel good if I can pull the pet’s soul out in my artwork.” Barbara Dow’s love for art and animals has helped her shape her life and give back to the community, not only as an artist, but as a volunteer and teacher as well. After moving to Sacramento from Wisconsin in the early 1980s, Dow took oil and watercolor classes at American River College. Her artwork began to evolve under the guidance of instructor Gary Pruner, an accomplished artist recognized for his dramatic use of color, and bold and provocative subject matter. “Gary taught me so much about color,” Dow emphasizes. “I love to exaggerate with lots of different colors. Why not use violet on the tree trunks? This is what makes it exciting.” Dow was inspired to continue her art when friends began to purchase her work. But her biggest inspiration came when one of her large oil paintings sold at a local gallery. At the time, Helen Jones of the Helen Jones Gallery (then located at Town & Country Village) hung student artwork in her shop window. Dow’s painting, titled “Anticipation,” of three ballerinas waiting to perform sold in just three weeks. Dow’s style varies from interpretive with an impressionistic flair to what she calls “photo real.” Her subjects have included flowers, vegetables, Aspen trees, European fishing villages and a California mission, among others. One of her photo-realistic paintings of an old-fashion ice cream soda with a

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“it is one of the few mediums that is easy on little hands.” Dow retired in 2003 after 17 years as an administrative assistant and data manager with the University of California Davis Medical Center. She has shown her artwork in several local galleries, including Kennedy Gallery and Barton Gallery in Downtown Sacramento, the now-closed 20th Street Art Gallery in Midtown, Sacramento Fine Arts Center in Carmichael, Artistic Edge in the Arden area and Blue Line Arts in Roseville. She took first place in the 2014 juried Northern California Aspiring Artist Debut for her oil painting titled "Heirloom Tomatoes." “I enjoy the challenge and excitement of creating something on the canvas that represents my heart and soul,” she says. “My challenge is to interpret what I see and produce a permanent visualization to be shared and enjoyed with the viewer.” Dow and her husband, Bob, of 15 years live in the Arden-Arcade area. For more information on Dow’s artwork or to commission her for a pet portrait, visit www.barbaradow.com. Cathryn Rakich can be reached at crakich@surewest.net. n

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Leslie Toms in her home studio.

eslie Toms’ business card tells you a lot about her as a painter. It’s a 2.5-by-2.5-inch square— an unusual size and shape, but that makes the card stand out. The front features a high-gloss image of two sunflowers in a vase with her name printed across the bottom in bright red letters. The colors are so vibrant that you can’t help but stare. The card is the epitome of Toms’ artistic style: a little different, a lot colorful and always pleasing to the eye. When I visit her home studio in Campus Commons, where she’s lived for almost a year, Toms is preparing for her first private showing and open house.

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It’s a big deal that Toms finally has a space she can host in—she moved three times in two years following a divorce and a subsequent move out of her longtime home in East Sac looking for a new place to call her own. The property off Commons Drive not only fits her “even better than East Sac,” it’s also a mere 3.8 miles from her childhood home in Arden Park—a fact that might have shocked her younger self. “I’ve loved to travel since I took the train to San Francisco with my grandmother at 5 years old,” says Toms, seated at a glass table in front of one of her large California landscapes done in rich purples, pinks and blues—a palette that perfectly complements her beachhouse-meets-French-farmhouse interior aesthetic. “I went to college as far from home as I could (at Chapman University in Southern California) and I managed to travel around the world before the age of 21. I still love to travel, but now I find myself really slowing down and embracing Sacramento. Living somewhere so beautiful means I don’t have to travel far to get subject matter.”

Always artistic—she remembers painting on grocery bags as a kid to pass the time—Toms was living on a houseboat in Holland during a year abroad in college when a visit to a museum sparked her career trajectory. “I was sitting in front of Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’ at the Rijksmuseum and I suddenly went, ‘I’m going to go home and be an artist,’” Toms recalls. She did just that. When she changed her major at Chapman—she had previously planned on becoming a U.N. translator—she lost many of her scholarships, so she transferred to Sacramento State and ended up studying under the tutelage of Wolf Kahn, Gregory Kondos, Charles Sovek, Harrold Gregor, Joseph Raffael, Ann Toulmin Rothe, Jerald Silva, Wayne Thiebaud and others. “Wolf had the biggest influence on my style,” Toms says. “I’d never felt so free—I paint from the gut, not the head, and color is very emotional for me. He and I were on the same wavelength. I discovered that I love to paint in a way that’s fun and different. It’s how I see.”

Toms spent years working as a graphic designer and printmaker following her studies, but when she took a part-time job managing the museum store at the Crocker Art Museum in 1985, she was reminded of her love of painting. She made a point to pass by pieces by Thiebaud, Kondos, Elmer Bischoff, Richard Diebenkorn and Manual Neri on her daily breaks and, inspired anew, she returned to the medium and never looked back. Since then, Toms’ subjects have ranged from landscapes of California wine country to vistas of Tuscan village life (which got her “discovered” in Sacramento when the Piatti restaurant group commissioned pieces for all 17 of their eateries) to close-up studies of sunflowers, which hold particular meaning. “I was recovering from cancer surgery five years ago and people kept sending me flowers,” Toms says. “My surgeon suggested that I start painting at the table to speed my recovery and get me working again, so I started painting the flowers people had given

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me. I now do a series of sunflowers every year—often inspired by different artists—to celebrate the fact that I’m still here.” This is a philosophy that informs much of Toms’ work nowadays. She often reflects on the fact that the career she chose perfectly suits the person and artist she’s become. “I’m so happy that I made the choice to be a painter,” Toms says. “I’ve never

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Art Preview GALLERY ART SHOWS IN SEPTEMBER

The annual open watercolor exhibition, “Go With The Flow,” runs Sept. 4–30 at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center. Shown top right: “Portuguese Fishermen,” watercolor by Steve Walters. Sacramento Fine Arts Center, 5330 Gibbons Drive, Carmichael, sacﬁnearts.org. The September show at Tim Collom Gallery features new works by Tim Collom. Shown bottom left: “Lake House,” oil on wood panel, by Collom. Tim Collom Gallery, 915 20th St., timcollomgallery.com. JAYJAY gallery presents a three-person show featuring paintings by Mark Emerson and Michaele LeCompte, and sculptures by Dean DeCocker. The show runs Sept. 6 to Oct. 20. Shown bottom left: “Near and Far,” painting by Emerson. JAYJAY, 5524 Elvas Ave., jayjayart.com. The ARTHOUSE presents “Alchemy,” a show of new cyanotypes by Linda Clark Johnson. Cyanotype is an alternative photographic process where prints are exposed to UV light and are typically a deep shade of blue. The show runs Sept. 7 to Oct. 5. Shown middle left: cyanotype print by Johnson. ARTHOUSE, 1021 R St., second ﬂoor, arthouseonr.com. To celebrate Farm-to-Fork month in Sept. Elliott Fouts Gallery presents paintings by Teagan McLarnan. Shown top left: “Tomatoes and Chard,” an egg on tempura by McLarnan. 1831 P St.; efgallery.com

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“Visions of Excellence” Koi Show Camellia Koi Club Saturday, Sept. 1, and Sunday, Sept. 2 Old Sugar Mill, 35265 Willow Ave., Clarksburg • camelliakoi.org At this free show, visit vendor booths, talk to Camellia Koi Club members, win raffle prizes, purchase koi and enjoy Old Sugar Mill’s wine-tasting rooms.

“Color, Light and Form” Tim Collom Gallery Sept. 5–Oct. 4 Opening Reception: Saturday, Sept. 8, 5:30–8:30 p.m. 915 20th Street • timcollomgallery.com This show features a fresh array of new seascapes, landscapes and figurative art by artist and gallery owner Tim Collom. The gallery will also show a selection of Cindy Wilson’s ceramic figures, abstract paintings by Jessie Hyden Maker and new work for sale by resident jeweler Erin Kahuluikeao Jenny.

World Music Series: GYANI Indo Jazz Sacramento State School of Music Thursday, Sept. 6, 7 p.m. Sac State, Capistrano Concert Hall, 6000 J St. • csus.edu/music/worldmusic This California-based Indo Jazz group combines Indian raga, jazz, Arabic melodies and global rhythms to make a unique brand of music blending classic Hindustani forms and cutting-edge improvisation.

“Telling Stories” Sacramento Ballet Sept. 27–30 The Soﬁa, 2700 Capitol Ave. • sacballet.org The season opener of “Roots and Wings,” the ballet’s 65th anniversary under new artistic director Amy Seiwert, will feature four short ballets inspired by the written word: Ron Cunningham’s “Incident at Blackbriar,” Adam Hougland’s “Cigarettes,” Seiwert’s “Instructions” and a world premiere by Penny Saunders.

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Sac Open Studios Verge Center for the Arts Launch Party: Thursday, Sept. 6, 6 p.m. Open Studios: Sept. 8–9 and Sept. 15–16, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Various locations • vergeart.com This 13th annual art event showcases more than 150 emerging and established artists in their studios across Sacramento County and West Sacramento. For studio locations, visit the Verge website.

“Reaction of Rhythm,” “Non Linear” and “Distant Shores” JAYJAY Gallery Sept. 6–Oct. 20 Reception: Thursday, Sept. 6, 5:30–7:30 p.m. 5524 B Elvas Ave. • jayjayart.com This group exhibit will feature new paintings by Mark Emerson and Michaele LeCompte, and sculptures by Dean DeCocker.

Dinner in the Park: A Carmichael Gourmet Dinner & Auction Carmichael Parks Foundation Saturday, Sept. 8, 5:30–9 p.m. Sutter Park & Jensen Botanical Gardens, 6141 Sutter Ave. • carmichaelparksfoundation.org Enjoy a gourmet dinner by Hawks Restaurant, wine, music and a live auction. Proceeds benefit the Carmichael Parks Foundation, which supports youth scholarships, recreation programs, park beautification and special events.

“The Viewing Room” Howe Avenue Theater Sept. 14–16, Sept. 20–23, Sept. 28–30 Howe Avenue Park, 2201 Cottage Way This new play by local playwright Mark Smith follows stern patriarch Chester Dumbrosky on the day he’s finally decided to make amends with his dysfunctional family—during his own wake.

Backyard Composting Workshop UCCE Master Gardeners of Sacramento County Saturday, Sept. 15, 1–2 p.m. North Highlands-Antelope Library, 4235 Antelope Road • sacmg.ucanr.edu The UC master gardeners will teach you how to turn yard and food waste into “gardener’s gold.” This free class will cover the basics of composting, including how to set up a compost bin and tips for success.

15th Annual Monte Carlo Night Stanford Settlement Neighborhood Center Saturday, Sept. 22, 5:30 p.m. California Automobile Museum, 2200 Front St. • stanfordsettlement.org Get ready for an evening of casino gaming and entertainment—including a buffet dinner, complimentary champagne, silent auction and raffle—to raise funds for Stanford Settlement, an agency that offers programs for children, teens, seniors and families in Gardenland-Northgate, North Sacramento and Natomas.

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Fairytale Town Saturday, Sept. 29, and Sunday, Sept. 30, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

625 S St. • vergeart.com This series of immersive videos and installations by Yoshie Sakai are inspired by “KOKO’s Love,” an original East-Asian/Asian-American hybrid soap opera series written, produced, directed and performed by Sakai.

3901 Land Park Drive • fairytaletown.org Enjoy readings and presentations by children’s book authors and illustrators— including headliner Steve Antony, author and illustrator of the “Mr. Panda” series— storytelling performances, hands-on literacy activities and play time at the largest early childhood literacy festival in the region.

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30th Annual Wines of Clarksburg Wine Tasting & Fine Art Auction Friends of the Clarksburg Library Sunday, Sept. 16, 1–5 p.m. Heringer Ranch, 37375 Netherlands Rd., Clarksburg • facebook.com/clarksburgartwineevent This elegant afternoon of gourmet food samplings, local wines, live music, garden art and a fine art auction featuring Sacramento and Delta artists will raise funds for the Clarksburg Library, the only community-owned public library in California.

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