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SPACIOUS ELEGANCE Unique 3 or 4 bedroom 3 bath home with a lovely garden and pool; that also includes an additional lot in rear. Downstairs master with sitting area, ¿replace, walk-in closets. Large separate family room marvelous sunroom and remodeled kitchen with great storage. $1,200,000 PAMELA RICHARDS 716-3615

EXCEPTIONAL PROPERTY The “Didion House” in Poverty Ridge! 4 bedrooms 2 full baths and 2 half baths with 3rd Àoor media room that features state-of-the art equipment. Turn of the century woodwork and detailing; new kitchen and full basement. Beautifully updated! $1,650,000 SHEILA VAN NOY 505-5395

ON THE RIVER Private levee and Sacramento River in your back yard. Boat dock possible. 3 bedrooms 2 baths, French doors to pool/waterfall, spa. Granite countertops in kitchen and handscraped wood laminate Àoors. RV parking, walking distance to Didion School. Vacation living every day! $449,000 CARLA HONEY 719-3319

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WALK TO DIDION SCHOOL A rare opportunity to live close to Didion School. This spacious home, 2264 square feet, has all new interior paint, Àooring, light ¿xtures, granite counter tops in kitchen and all 3 baths, new dishwasher, and new gas range. Huge family room is just waiting for fun and games! $355,000 PAULA SWAYNE 425-9715

CURTIS PARK Feels so Good! Separate of¿ce/art studio over new garage (2006) has a full bath and is beautifully done. Main house oozes with pride of ownership. 3rd bedroom has been opened up and Àows so well. French doors open to spacious backyard. One of a kind! $449,500 SHEILA VAN NOY 505-5395

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GREENHAVEN CUL-DE-SAC Welcome to a relaxing 3 bedroom 2 bath home on a court near the greenbelt. New carpet throughout and in impeccable condition. Friendly curb appeal, light and airy, large breakfast nook and spacious master suite. 3rd bedroom is at front of home and would make a perfect of¿ce. $250,000 PAULA SWAYNE 425-9715

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S LAND PARK HILLS DUPLEX This is a wonderful duplex in a great location! Spacious 1500+ square feet units, 3 bedrooms 2 baths with formal living room, family room and master suite on each side. Central heat and air, dishwasher, disposal, garages and small yards. $400,000 PAULA SWAYNE 425-9715

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4 BEDROOM LAND PARK Super clean, close in, and ready to go! Hard to ¿nd 4 bedroom home with 2½ baths in Land Park! Energy ef¿cient and beautifully maintained. Conveniently located, an easy walk to Land Park, Vic’s Ice Cream and Crocker Riverside Elementary School. $339,000 SHEILA VAN NOY 505-5395, ERIN STUMPT 342-1372

GREENHAVEN HALF-PLEX Quality Parker built half-plex in highly desired neighborhood. Nice Àoor plan with 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 2 car garage. Dual pane windows, covered patio and spacious family room. Down the street from the greenbelt for biking or walking. Close to shopping, freeway and downtown. $175,000 MONA GERGEN 247-9555

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

BY CECILY HASTINGS PUBLISHER’S DESK

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

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

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

for free if you subscribe to the print version. But since I spend most of my working day at a computer, I like to read print magazines. I pass them on to friends, then donate them to McKinley Library, which uses them to raise funds for its Friends group. As for newspapers, I read the Wall Street Journal on my iPad and the Bee in paper, mostly so my husband can complete the crossword puzzle each day. We have taken a few steps to serve folks who want to read online. We offer all our stories on our website, insidepublications.com. They aren’t organized into neighborhood editions like in print, but all are posted by type of story. They are easily shared with others via email. We also offer a digital edition of the printed paper for reading on either a computer, tablet or smartphone. When I first bought an iPad years ago, I dreamed of a digital edition of our publications. But the cost at the time was in the thousands of dollars. We held off, and now it costs us about $20 a month. It will be interesting to see how many people read us in the digital format as long as we continue to direct-mail them a print copy each month. Another message from the conference was that the real long-term threat to us small local publishers comes from big media companies, including Google and Yahoo. They all want to reach deep into the smaller communities we serve. Last month, we wrote about a new national car-hire service called Uber. I think its arrival in our city PUBLISHER page 8

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&MWBT "WFOVF t 4BDSBNFOUP $" t XXX TUGSBODJTIT PSH FROM page 7 presents a good transportation option. But guess what? According to the Dwell publisher, Uber has plans to launch local print publications with local advertising in each of its markets. It will distribute the publications in its carsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; back seats. I certainly never saw that coming! A contrarian in the print-versusdigital saga, The Orange County Register recently announced plans to begin publishing a daily newspaper in Los Angeles early this year. The new seven-day-a-week paper will be called The Los Angeles Register. The paperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parent company, Freedom Communications, also plans to launch a number of Los Angeles weeklies. This follows its launch of a daily newspaper in Long Beach and the purchase of a daily newspaper in Riverside County. While newspapers all over the country are cutting, retracting and receding, Freedom Communications is expanding and focusing on print. Publisher Aaron Kushner says his

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focus is on the local communities his papers serve, rather than the national focus of the Los Angeles Times. He plans to beef up local reporting at his papers. My husband and I are lucky; we only have to satisfy ourselves as we run our business. Large media companies work on five- and even 10year plans that stress expansion above all. We take it a year at a time. And as we have prospered, we made the decision give back to our community by supporting local arts and charities. We have a following among our readers and developed the INSIDE brand as one that people depend on for their local neighborhood news. Our writers are the â&#x20AC;&#x153;boots on the groundâ&#x20AC;? in our communities, and that will be very tough for the giant media companies to duplicate. But while many can spot trends, what the future holds is still a mystery. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com. n

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Declaring War PHONY LAND VALUES AND EARLY ARENA BOND SALES

BY CRAIG POWELL INSIDE CITY HALL

n Dec. 10, the city of Sacramento effectively declared war on the arena initiative, the measure that would give voters the final say on any taxpayer subsidy of a sports arena. A mere six hours after supporters of the initiative submitted 34,000 petition signatures to the city clerk to secure a spot for the initiative on the June 3 primary ballot, city treasurer Russ Fehr appeared before the city council to reveal a stunning new city strategy to unhorse the measure. Fehr said that the city now intends to accelerate the sales date of the proposed

$300 million arena bond from next summer, as originally planned and long touted, to just 14 days before June 3 election. Why is the city now rushing to sell the bonds in May and not this summer as originally planned? Because under California law, a ballot initiative cannot dislodge a preexisting obligation of the city, even if the initiative qualifies for the ballot before the city incurs the obligation. The plan, if allowed to stand, would disenfranchise Sacramento voters (assuming the initiative qualifies) from exercising their voting rights on the measure. Under pointed questioning by Councilmember Kevin McCarty, an opponent of the current arena subsidy plan, Fehr frankly admitted that the acceleration of the bond sale date was in response to the arena initiative. I was present in the council chambers that night and was about to present Eye on Sacramento’s critique of Fehr’s arena financing plan when Fehr made his announcement. Not a single member of the seven-member

council majority that supports the current arena subsidy plan expressed an objection. When my time came to address the council, I discarded my notes and informed the council that, for the first time, I was appearing before the city council angry. I then issued a warning, not to the council, but to the media and the public: “This city is about to steal an election.” I challenged each member of the council to publicly pledge to oppose a May sale of the arena bonds, which would cheat Sacramento voters out of an election on the arena initiative. I added that their failure to issue such a pledge could only be viewed by the public as evidence of their support of the city’s plan. On a personal note, I’ve always considered Russ Fehr to be a friend and one of the city’s “good guys.” (There are a number of them.) When he told me, EOS executive vice president Greg Hatfield and EOS director of research Dennis Neufeld three weeks previously that he would never be a party to a scheme to accelerate the bond sale date to May and cheat voters out of an election, we believed him. We digitally recorded his statements. (We record all our meetings at city hall on technical matters—with city staff’s consent, of course.) He said he was just two years from retirement and didn’t need to play such games. Again, we believed him. I’d taken to asking Fehr the schedule for sale of the arena bonds at all my meetings with him of late because we were aware that other city bureaucrats, specifically assistant city manager John Dangberg—whose

sole job is to push through the arena deal—recently accelerated the timetable for council approval of definitive final agreements with the Kings owners on the arena subsidy, as well as approval of a final environmental impact report on the project. From March, when the council approved the term sheet on the arena deal, until a little over a month ago, the city consistently stated that a final EIR wouldn’t even be completed until late spring of 2014, with council action sometime thereafter. Fehr has consistently stated that the bonds wouldn’t be sold until the summer and perhaps the fall of next year. So with Dangberg and other city officials pressing for early council approval of the deal, we knew that perhaps the only thing preventing the city from trying to kill the arena initiative by selling the arena bonds before the June 3 primary was Fehr’s unblemished reputation for integrity and the pro-subsidy council majority’s basic respect for fundamental principles of democratic self-governance. Both were lost on the evening of Dec. 10. Only councilmembers Kevin McCarty and Darrell Fong, to their credit, responded promptly with pledges to oppose an early bond sale. Regardless of where one stands on the arena subsidy or on allowing voters the final say on arena subsidies, it is difficult to comprehend how anyone, let alone an elected official, could have such contempt for democracy

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FROM page 10 and self-determination as to support a scheme to use the timing of a bond sale to deprive voters of their constitutionally protected right to vote on a qualified ballot measure. The pro-subsidy majority on the council is losing its moral legitimacy on this issue and, I suspect, the respect and trust of a large numbers of city voters. As I noted in my column last month, one of the seven properties that the city hopes to give away to the Kings owners is a 60-acre parcel of undeveloped freeway frontage, commercially zoned land adjoining Haggin Oaks Golf Course. I noted that the city has been publicly claiming that the land has a value of just $3.9 million (or $65,000 per acre) while two prominent and respected local developers have privately estimated its value at $15 million to $18 million (or $250,000 to $300,000 per acre). The city has refused to obtain appraisals of the seven parcels that would protect taxpayers from an excessive giveaway. Instead, the city has been relying on a “broker’s estimate” of values for the properties, which together are worth tens of millions of dollars. In researching this matter, we discovered that a four-acre parcel of developable property on the other side of Business 80 from the 60 acres, along Auburn Boulevard, is listed for sale by Ken Noack Jr. for $4.2 million, or more than $1 million per acre. Well, the charade has been exposed. On Dec. 17 (after this story went to print), the council was to be asked to approve the sale of 9.15 acres of land adjoining the 60-acre parcel to Rapton Investment Group LLC. The Mel Rapton auto dealership currently leases the 9.15-acre property. Its affiliate company has now agreed to buy it from the city for $4,305,000. How was the price determined? According to a city staff report, the city obtained an appraisal that found the site has an unimproved land value of $4,280,000—$467,760 per acre, or more than seven times the phony value placed on the 60 acres of land the city wants to give to the Kings owners.

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Wanting to sell the Rapton land for a fair price, but knowing that public disclosure of the Rapton deal at the Dec. 17 council meeting would reveal the city’s phony undervaluation of the adjoining 60 acres, city staff apparently decided to do what wrongdoers do when they’re about to get caught. It appears that they are trying to cover up their deception by modifying the term sheet with the Kings owners and stripping out the 60 acres (claimed value: $3.9 million) from the giveaway program and substituting in its place three smaller parcels of property downtown that staff claims is worth only $3 million (again, with no appraisals). Our Eye on Sacramento research uncovered another city sale of a parcel of land immediately adjoining the 60 acres in February 2011, this time to Chrysler. The city sold a 5.12-acre parcel of commercially zoned vacant land to Chrysler for $2,336,224, or $456,293 per acre. The council approved the sale on Feb. 22, 2011, and the staff report at the time noted that the city obtained an independent appraisal. So city staff knew two years before they included the 60 acres in the arena deal that the fair-market value of this freeway frontage, commercially zone land, as established by the city’s 2011 land sale to Chrysler, was more than $450,000 per acre, not the $65,000-per-acre phony value city staffers placed on the land for the arena deal. Values in the area have, if anything, risen since 2011 as the recent $467,000-per-acre appraisal obtained in connection with the sale of the Rapton parcel demonstrates. While city staff’s cover story is that the change will foster quicker reuse or development of the three underutilized city-owned parcels, the circumstances and timing of the change strongly suggest that the city is actually playing a classic shell game of hide-the-pea to hide the actual land values from the public. What does all this mean for the public? It means that city officials, upon whom we should be able to rely to faithfully and fairly disclose the true costs of the proposed taxpayer

subsidy for the arena deal, appear to be engaging in an ongoing and evolving plan to deceive the public and significantly understate the nature and extent of the subsidy costs to the city and its taxpayers. Meanwhile, the 34,000 petition signatures for the arena initiative have been subject to a “raw count” by the city clerk and delivered to the county registrar of voters to validate. To qualify, the registrar must find that at least 22,027 of the signatures are from registered city voters. Results of the count are expected in mid- to late January. The mayor announced the formation of a new campaign committee to oppose the arena initiative, dubbed The4000. Two grass-roots groups—STOP (Sacramento Taxpayers Opposed to Pork) and Voters for a Fair Arena Deal—are at work retooling and reorganizing for what is sure to be a spirited campaign ahead, provided the city council backs down from its effort to derail local democracy by holding an early sale of the arena bonds. The first salvo in the post-filing phase of the arena initiative campaign was fired by the opponents, who urged the city clerk and registrar to conduct a full count of the initiative signatures, as opposed to the standard, less expensive 3 percent sampling of the signatures, while simultaneously insisting that the STOP campaign pay for the resulting higher costs. STOP declined the offer while noting that the mayor filed more than 40,000 signatures for his

initial version of the strong-mayor initiative five years ago, which was ruled unconstitutional by a court, without facing a demand that he pay for either the city’s validation costs or its legal fees incurred in the ensuing litigation. If you would like to register your views on these issues to members of the city council, here is their contact information: Mayor Kevin Johnson (kjohnson@cityofsacramento. org; 808-5300); Angelique Ashby (aashby@cityofsacramento.org; 808-7001); Allen Warren (awarren@ cityofsacramento.org; 808-7002); Steve Cohn (scohn@cityofsacramento. org; 808-7003); Steve Hansen (shansen@cityofsacramento. org; 808-7004); Jay Schenirer (jschenirer@cityofsacramento. org; 808-7005); Kevin McCarty (kmccarty@cityofsacramento.org; 808-7006); Darrell Fong (dfong@ cityofsacramento.org; 808-7007); Bonnie Pannell (bpannell@ cityofsacramento.org; 808-7008). I’d like to thank Dennis Neufeld, EOS’s director of research, for his investigative assistance in the preparation of this column. Craig Powell is a local attorney, businessman, community activist, a member of Voters for a Fair Arena Deal and president of Eye on Sacramento, a civic watchdog and policy group. He can be reached at craig@eyeonsacramento.org or 7183030. For more information, go to eyeonsacramento.org. n

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CONTRIBUTED BY SUSAN MAXWELL SKINNER The Best of Broadway musical production recently staged its 40th anniversary season at Fair Oaks Village Amphitheater. With a cast of 150, the show spotlighted Broadway professionals revisiting the stage where they first learned their craft.

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5. 1. Tenor Rashad Jahi (right) fronted a vignette from “Five Guys Named Mo.” 2. For the show’s circus theme finale, cruise ship dancer Sydnie Kinderman turned aerialist.

3. Former child star of a “Les Misérables” tour, Chris Carlson offered a lament from the same show.

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

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718-3030 or email him at ckpinsacto@ aol.com. Want to get even further in on the action? The LPCA board of directors and all eight of its standing committees are made up entirely of neighborhood volunteers. Up to 15 board members serve two-year staggered terms. Elections are held once a year at the membership meeting in March. For more information on throwing your hat in the ring, email vicepresident@ landpark.org. For more information on the LPCA and its volunteer opportunities, go to landpark.org.

BY JESSICA LASKEY LIFE IN THE CITY

an you believe it? 2014 is here. We may not have flying cars yet (at least none we can actually use for our daily commute), but with the New Year comes a lot of exciting advancements. So the question is: What will you do to advance yourself and others in 2014? Everyone has New Year’s goals: lose weight, get a promotion, find a mate, keep in better touch with family and friends. But what about the goals that impact more than just your own life? Why not pledge to make a difference not only for yourself but for those who need your help? There’s a veritable—and variable— mélange of volunteer opportunities in Land Park and the greater Sacramento area, so we’ve gathered some to help you hit the ground running this January. From animal shelters to food shelters, there are places aplenty where a helping hand can make all the difference. 2014 is going to be your best year yet.

LAND PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION You can stay close to home and still make a major impact by volunteering

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Anne and Jason, the dynamic duo that make up The Poodlums, will sing interactive songs with English, Spanish and American Sign Language components, focusing on teaching numbers, letters, animals, movement, and following directions. Photo courtesy of Samantha DeLeon Photography.

with Land Park Community Association at a variety of events throughout the year. Events include the Annual Spring Egg Hunt, usually held in mid-April; the Taste of Land Park Fundraiser scheduled in June; PicNic & Flick, the group’s movie nights in the park during the summer; and the Land Park Home Tour, held each September. If you’re looking for a more regular commitment, don a pair of work gloves

and get down and dirty with LPCA’s Land Park Volunteer Corps, a group of dedicated volunteers who meet the first Saturday morning of each month from February through November to perform landscape maintenance and upkeep around Land Park to keep it accessible for all. Volunteers get breakfast and lunch as well, so your tummy can be as full as your hands. For more information, call Craig Powell at

Just like its Land Park counterpart, Sierra Curtis Neighborhood Association has yearround events (hosted at the beautiful, historic Sierra 2 Center for the Arts and Community at 2791 24th St.) and a volunteer board. As a volunteer, you can participate in events that include the SCNA Spring Egg Hunt in March, the Home & Garden Tour in late April, the Neighborhood Yard Sale held each May, Music in the Park held throughout the summer, Curtis Fest in August, the Curtis Park Wine Tasting & Silent Auction in the fall, the Jewelry and Holiday Ornament Fair in December and year-round festivities like Dinner and a Movie and First Fridays (a delicious monthly dinner hosted in Curtis Hall). For more information on all SCNA happenings, go to sierra2.org.

HARVEST SACRAMENTO To really dig in deep, sign up with Soil Born Farms and their urban agriculture and education project, Harvest Sacramento. The project feeds into the community (literally) by assigning armies of volunteers to pick fruits and vegetables from area trees, gardens and small orchards for donation to local food assistance programs and food banks—produce that might otherwise go bad.

The initial grass-roots campaign that year engaged 30 volunteers to pick the extra fruit and resulted in 3,000 pounds of fresh fruit donated to Sacramento Food Bank. The idea “germinated” in 2009 when two East Sacramento residents noticed that their neighborhood streets were filled with rotting oranges from untended trees every spring—oranges that might otherwise go to feed a hungry human. Soil Born Farms launched Harvest Sacramento to connect even more volunteers to the overflowing produce supply of local homeowners in neighborhoods all over the city. Visit soilborn.org and click on “Food Access” to find out how to get involved in your area and add your email to receive updates about food access volunteer opportunities. You can also contact the food access coordinator, Dominic Allamano, directly at (530) 204-8082.

SACRAMENTO AREA ANIMAL COALITION If providing for pups gets your tail wagging, throw a bone to any of the dozens of local animal assistance programs, starting with the Sacramento Area Animal Coalition. The nonprofit group, founded in 1999, is committed to eliminating companion-animal overpopulation

in the Sacramento area through aggressive spaying/neutering efforts, humane education, community outreach and networking. You can volunteer year-round by working the spay/neuter hotline (you can even do this from home, provided you have a phone, computer and Internet access) or specifically on Spay Day, which is usually a Sunday in March. In fact, most of the group’s volunteer needs occur in the months and week leading up to Spay Day, so visit sacanimal.org and click on “Get Involved” to add your email to the volunteer database. Tasks related to Spay Day include appointment scheduling, paperwork assembly, fundraising, delivery and publicity and media outreach. Inspired to lend a paw? Other animal groups in need of volunteers include the City of Sacramento Animal Care Services(2127 Front St.; 808-8166); Sacramento County Animal Care and Regulation (4290 Bradshaw Road; 875-5848); and Sacramento SPCA (6201 FlorinPerkins Road; 383-7387).

SACRAMENTO ZOO Do you look good in yellow? Even if it’s not your best color, the Sacramento Zoo is looking for volunteer docents—those yellowshirted folks who roam the grounds full of fascinating facts—to fill out its team for 2014. Know more animal information than you care to admit? Love the idea of handling zoo artifacts while leading tours, teaching kids and talking to the zoo’s hundreds of patrons per year? Zoo docents need to be 18 or older, have a love of wildlife and people and be comfortable participating in live presentations, leading school field trips and giving tours both on and off zoo grounds. To receive an application, email the Education Department at sromero@ saczoo.org or call 808-5889. If you pass inspection, you’ll take a nineweek mini-course in zoology every Saturday through mid-March. Then you can don your yellow shirt with pride. For more information, go to saczoo.org.

OTHER RESOURCES As you can tell, volunteer opportunities abound. For a listing of other programs and groups that need your helping hand, check out Hands On Sacramento, a fullservice volunteer action center, at handsonsacto.org; Volunteer Center of Sacramento, which lists ongoing and one-time volunteer opportunities (including a Youth Volunteer Directory) in support of Sacramentoarea nonprofits, at volunteersac.org; and the city’s volunteer portal, which connects locals with short- and longterm opportunities at city-supported organizations and local government projects, at cityofsacramento.org/ volunteers. So what are you waiting for? Roll up your sleeves and help make Sacramento a place you’ll be proud of for many, many New Years to come.

EDUTAINMENT AT ITS BEST Do your kids love to sing and clap along to entertaining, educational music? Then be sure to catch The Poodlums performing at Belle Cooledge Library on Thursday, Jan. 2, from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Anne and Jason, the dynamic duo behind the group, sing interactive songs that are designed to both enthrall and educate young minds. Combining components of English, Spanish and American Sign Language, The Poodlums teach numbers, letters, animals, movement and how to follow directions through a thrilling program that’s sure to have your tots dancing in their seats. For more information about the concert, call the library at 264-2700 or go to saclibrary.org. For more information on the group itself, visit thepoodlums.com. Belle Cooledge Library is at 5600 South Land Park Drive.

AGING GRACEFULLY Do you know anyone “of a certain age” who needs assistance or some good old-fashioned companionship? Check out Caring Neighborhoods, a program that’s part of the city’s Older Adult Services division.

Caring Neighborhoods builds awareness of issues facing aging Sacramentans by spreading the word within our communities—like the greater Land Park area—by encouraging neighbors to participate in the collaborative effort of promoting independence, reducing isolation and ensuring the safety of elderly neighbors. That can be as simple as stopping by someone’s house to say “hi,” bringing by a meal or two or connecting a neighbor in need with city services. OAS supports Sacramento’s aging population by offering enrichment and fitness classes, opportunities to socialize and other important experiences through programs like Caring Neighborhoods, the Triple-R Adult Day Program, the 50+ Wellness Program and other special events and activities offered at Ethel MacLeod Hart Senior Center (915 27th St.). To find out how to help in your area, visit the OAS website at cityofsacramento.org/ parksandrecreation/ohs/senior.htm.

FAIRY TALES CAN COME TRUE Wondering what to do when the kids are out of school for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 20? Why not mosey on over to Fairytale Town from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for holiday admission and a park-full of fun? Weather permitting, everyone’s favorite fairy tale frolicking zone will be open for just $5 for adults and children ages 2 and up. (Kids 1 and younger enter for free.) Carouse on the Crooked Mile, read a story with Mother Goose or just let them run around and burn up some of that pent-up school energy before they go back to the grind on Tuesday. For more information, call 8087462 or go to fairytaletown.org. Fairytale Town is at 3901 Land Park Drive.

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you’ve had some hair o’ the dog and crawled out from under your party hat? This month also marks the return of regularly scheduled programs like Animal Encounters and Keeper Chats. Meet some of the zoo’s animal ambassadors up close on the Reptile House Lawn and ask the docents your doozy of a question at Animal Encounters every Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m. from Jan. 4 through Feb. 9. If you’re still nosing around in the afternoon, check out the Keeper Chats at 2:15, 2:30 and 2:45 p.m. at various animal exhibits, available every weekend from Jan. 4 through Feb. 9. Wondering which animals they’ll be covering in the chats and which give a behindthe-scenes sneak peek at how the zookeepers take care of the animals? Check out saczoo.org to see what— and who—is coming up next. If you have a wild question of the more human variety—namely, what to do with your will or other monetary matters—don’t miss the zoo’s Estate Planning Seminar on Thursday, Jan. 23, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Local attorney and estate planning specialist Mark S. Drobny will walk you through the “jungle” of the money maze in this free informational seminar. For more information, contact Lisa Clement at 808-8815. For more information, call 808-5888 or visit saczoo.org. The Sacramento Zoo is at 3930 W. Land Park Drive.

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LEAF ME ALONE Did you know that the city has dubbed November, December and January “leaf season”? Though it’s not exactly a season to celebrate with leaf wreaths, leaf lights or leaf carols, it is a special time of year: During leaf season, the city will pick up leaf piles left on the street in addition to its year-round yard-waste collection. But get those rakes ready: The last leaf pickup day is Friday, Jan. 31.

During leaf season, the city will pick up leaf piles left on the street in addition to its year-round yard-waste collection. The city sends out “the claw”— that delightfully menacing-looking machine that makes quick work of soggy tree bits—on a variable schedule dictated by weather and leaf volume. If you’re wondering when you might get service in your neighborhood next, go to sacrecycle. org or call 311 for an up-to-date claw schedule. As with anything, there are a few ground rules to keep in mind during this very special season: • Place the pile six feet from any obstruction (cars, boats, basketball hoops, etc.)

• Make sure there is space between the curb and pile to allow water to flow to storm drains. Do not place piles in bike lanes. • Do not put pet waste in any yard waste pile or container. Pet waste goes in the garbage container. • Christmas trees will be accepted in piles. • Yard waste piles that are on the street after Jan. 31 may be tagged by code enforcement as illegal dumping and property owners may be subject to fines. So don’t be silly and “leaf” your piles out after the deadline. Until then, rake away! For more information, go to sacrecycle.org.

HEY, BATTER, BATTER Do you have a little Tim Lincecum or future Brandon Belt in your family? (Can you tell which team I root for?) Don’t miss the last day to sign them up for Land Park Pacific Little League at walk-in registration on Tuesday, Jan. 7, from 5 to 8 p.m. at California Middle School. Now in its 60th year, LPPLL prides itself on teaching kids to develop life skills that are useful on and off the field: honesty, loyalty, courage, respect for authority and good sportsmanship. Through practice and play, LPPLL players will gain a firm foundation to help them grow into the next generation of happy, healthy Land Park natives. Interested in signing up? Make sure you’re “in bounds” for the LPPLL, which are determined as follows: north boundary: P Street; south boundary: 56th Avenue/ Freeport Boulevard/Fruitridge Road; east boundary: Business 80/ Franklin Boulevard; west boundary: Sacramento River/Highway 5, plus the “Little Pocket” bounded on the west by the Sacramento River. Schools within these boundaries include William Land Elementary, Leataata Floyd Elementary, Crocker Riverside Elementary, Brookfield, Holy Spirit, California Middle, John Cabrillo Elementary, Leonardo da Vinci, Sam Brannan Middle School, C.K. McClatchy High School, Alice Birney Waldorf Methods, Bret Harte Elementary, Hollywood Park Elementary, Sutterville Elementary,

St. Robert School and Merryhill School. So what are you waiting for? Get swingin’! For more information, go to lppll.com. California Middle School is at 1600 Vallejo Drive.

FAMILY TIES Ever wondered where you really come from—and from whom? Meet up with the Genealogical Association of Sacramento for its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 15, from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at Belle Cooledge Library and start digging into your own family dirt. Janice Sellers—a professional genealogist who conducts specialty research on California, Illinois, Iowa, Texas, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Russia and residents of the Ukraine—will present “They Died in San Francisco: A Little Known Source of Pre-1906 Deaths and How to Use It.” For more information, go to gensac. org. Belle Cooledge Library is at 5600 South Land Park Drive. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n

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dible Pedal—a bike shop, food delivery business and promoter of locally grown food—is located on Midtown’s Liestal Row, the coolest alley since Harry Potter’s Diagon. It’s a unique gathering spot, right next door to Old Soul Coffee. The owner is John Boyer. I like to call Boyer a “road scholar” because he’s been all over the world on his bike. In 2009, Boyer was working as a waiter at La Bohème in Fair Oaks when he began Edible Pedal, using a bicycle to deliver to-go food for two local restaurants, Steamers and OneSpeed Pizza. A year later, while in Spain to visit his son, he began dreaming about how to stop being a waiter “and just do bike stuff full time,” he recently recalled. As Boyer toured the Spanish countryside on his bike, he had an epiphany: “I’m going to go back to Sacramento, open up a bike shop and get a feel for what people want and need.” He saw bike shops that were all the same. He wanted to offer something different.

John Boyer getting ready for another delivery

Back in Sacramento, he opened Edible Pedal bike shop. He sells bicycles mostly on consignment for their owners and takes a 20 percent cut. “People come to us looking for the cool vintage stuff,” said Alvin Holbrook, one of the store’s mechanics. Edible Pedal definitely has cool vintage stuff, including bikes by Peugeot, Raleigh, Schwinn, Bianchi and more. There’s a large turnover, since people are always bringing in bikes to sell. “It keeps things fresh,” said Holbrook. Some customers come in regularly to see what’s just arrived. Boyer is an expert at putting together custom bikes. There’s an art to it. A few of his creations are

for sale at the shop. Local resident John Erhart recently came to the shop with an abandoned bike that had been locked up at 20th and I streets for many months. It had been picked away by thieves. The only parts left were the frame, handlebars and U-lock. “It’s a blank slate waiting for your expertise,” Erhart told Boyer. I think he was buttering Boyer up. Of course, he was also hoping to get a little bit of cash out of the deal. There is a sense of camaraderie at Edible Pedal. It’s where people gather. A lot of people drop by the shop just to shoot the breeze with Boyer and his employees. He’s usually busy but always seems to have time to talk to his fellow bike enthusiasts.

“I just came by to bug John,” said one woman who came by twice in one day with her dog. Jim Brown, executive director of Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates, drops in regularly to scope out the bikes and visit with Boyer. “When it’s warmer, there are folks standing outside chatting,” said Brown, who calls Edible Pedal “The Clubhouse.” Another Edible Pedal patron I met at the shop is a regular visitor. “I go to Salvation Army, Edible Pedal, Goodwill and then Luigi’s for the cheap $2 Tuesdays,” he said. I had to throw in my two cents’ worth about cheap eats by bringing OUT page 18

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Edible Pedal is an advocate for sustainability and healthy eating. Every Friday, a local fruit stand sells fresh produce outside the shop. Farmer Fred Blum was there the day I visited, setting out green peppers, strawberries, chilies, pickles, butternut squash and purple carrots. I sampled them; they tasted just like orange carrots. I guess they can pretty up a salad fit for a Kings fan. A woman and her family were having coffee at Old Soul next door and walked over to check out Farmer Fred’s stand. The woman took one

look at the fruits and vegetables and said, “Beautiful. I love Mother Nature.” She added, “I’m gonna teach my kid how to grow things.” Edible Pedal still operates a bike delivery service for local restaurants. Its roster of clients now includes Magpie Cafe, Thai Basil, Hot Italian, Capitol Garage, The Porch and Tequila Museo Mayahuel, a high-end Mexican restaurant on K Street. Edible Pedal also delivers pet food from Western Feed. “I like to be an advocate for good living,” Boyer explained. “We’re in the business of making people have a better life through the biking world and the food world.” “John cares about the community,” said Charis Hill, a frequent visitor to Edible Pedal. “This is a community store more than a bike store. John is an idealist. He sees the world through a different lens and wants to make it a better place through bicycles.” Edible Pedal is at 1712 Liestal Row. For more information, call 8225969 or go to ediblepedal.com. n

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

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

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

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Kimberly Strand of Better Solutions Mediation

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

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

“But it’s really important to me to treat each person as an individual. I might have a process I take them through, but it’s completely driven by the individuals going through it. I’ll gather the couples’ interests and figure out what’s important to both of them and we go only as quickly as the person who needs the most time. That way, both parties end up content and the hope is that they won’t have to come back.” Strand noticed during her litigation years that there was a disheartening rate of return: Couples would come back when things changed, like children getting older, or their finding new perspectives on old wounds.

What Strand strives for in mediation is an agreement both parties can grow into. “The number-one thing for people to realize is that in mediation, they will be in charge of the outcome,” Strand says. “There’s no judge and I don’t represent one side or the other, so the agreement is created by the individuals themselves.” Strand sees herself as a guide more than anything, one who’s in charge of helping the couple move forward as kindly as possible. “Litigation is very focused on the past, but that’s not always productive,” Strand says. “In mediation, we don’t do a lot of rehashing; we focus on the future. It can be helpful to look at what has occurred, but if it starts to get heated, we’ll take a time out and say, ‘Is this productive?’” Strand also insists that people recognize that what she does on a daily basis isn’t what you see on television or hear from others. Rather, it’s a very personal, professional process.

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

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FROM page 21 owner and operator of Home Care Assistance Sacramento, a company that provides high-quality care to the elderly in the comfort of their own homes. “We call it ‘aging in place,’ ” Herrfeldt says. “We allow people to live independently wherever they choose, whether that’s in their own house or in an assisted living community, and continue their independent lifestyle.” Herrfeldt and her team achieve this delicate balance by offering the best care they can, which includes assessing a house for potential pitfalls and remedying any problems that arise. “I’ll walk through a house and look for throw rugs that someone can trip on, especially people who’ve just had hip replacement,” Herrfeldt says. “I’ll look for bars in bathrooms and showers with glass doors and make recommendations for how to make the environment safer. Part of being safe is having someone come in and check things out. People come to me and tell me, ‘Kathy, I need help.’ ”

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

sticker on your car,” Herrfeldt says. “These groups have no license, no workers’ compensation insurance, no training—it’s scary. I spend a lot of time telling people the questions to ask before they hire anyone so they know what they’re getting into.” What clients are getting from Herrfeldt is more than just excellent care; they’re getting someone who has made staying on the cutting edge her priority even before she got into home care. Herrfeldt is a certified Project Manager Professional who has worked in information technology, international software marketing and, most recently, in developing technology specifically for the senior community with Care Innovations, an Intel and GE company headquartered in Roseville. “There is a big effort among the IT companies to introduce technology into the senior market,” Herrfeldt says. “The demand (for senior care) will outpace the resources, and the only way to bridge the gap is through technology. “With my background in this area, I continue to research technology options that will allow people to stay safe and comfortable in their homes. I act as a kind of consultant to help people get connected. How great would it be for a grandparent to actually see their grandkids rather than talking on the phone? Well, setting up Skype is simple, inexpensive and easy."

“Many seniors live in isolation and we want to provide resources that will make their world a little brighter.” Whether it’s through technology, her Care Partners or her meticulous attention to detail, Herrfeldt is putting the heartfelt care back in “home care.” Do you have an aging loved one who needs assistance? Contact Herrfeldt at 706-0169 or go to

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“We have the greatest customers,” he says. “We really work with the best people, and we love that.” What began as a mom-and-pop paint store in the late 1960s has since morphed into a home-goods mecca in the hands of Patti and Ralph. The dynamic duo had always been interested in owning their own business, since Patti grew up in retail—her parents owned a Hallmark store when she was growing up in Davis. When the paint store’s original owner approached them about buying his business in 1983, the couple jumped at the chance to build upon their vision, and they’ve been growing ever since. The Sparks stock an impressive array of high-quality home products, including hardwood flooring, carpet, house paint, pool supplies, custom picturing framing and garden accessories, and they exclusively carry Hunter Douglas window fashions and Coast Spas.

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“We want to sell things that improve your quality of life,” Patti explains. “Hunter Douglas is developing the technology that everyone else copies. Coast is also very progressive—they were the first ones with a patent for a vanishing edge spa. These two companies offer what nobody else can.” What these products also offer is reliability, a key factor when you’re dealing with items that should age gracefully—and functionally—with your home. “You don’t buy a spa and then we never see you again,” Patti says. “Twenty years later we might get a call saying, ‘The little red light is on, what does that mean?’ We’ll go out and check it out. We’re very serviceoriented. It’s the only way to survive.”

It’s because of this dedication to client care that Davis Home Trends has successfully survived and thrived in even the toughest economic times. But Ralph is quick to point out that there’s an even more important reason that he and Patti are able to continue doing what they do. “Our customers are our friends,” Patti agrees. “We’re kind of oldfashioned in that way.” It seems that even for the innovative Sparks, customer service is the one area where it pays to be un-trendy. Ready to outfit your home with some stunning supplies? Visit Davis Home Trends at 2300 Fifth St. in Davis, give the Sparks a call at (530) 756-4187, or go to davishometrends. com. n

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Way Off-Broadway THIS ACTRESS NOW HELPS LOCAL KIDS FIND THEIR INNER PERFORMER

They became engaged in Los Angeles and are now the proud parents of 20-month-old Elliot. They are also the proud parents of Sacramento’s Young Actors Stage, an innovative program that brings musical theater to schools throughout the city as an after-school elective. Founded in 2008, the program began with a single elementary school and 11 students. This spring, it will have expanded to five schools and will involve dozens of students and their parents.

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

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Singerman choreographs, directs and produces every show, with help from husband and assistant director Michelle Petro.

Liorah Singerman with a few young actors

250-square-foot apartment, and we knew that we couldn’t stay there if we wanted to start a family,” she explains. “We decided to come back to the West Coast, moved to L.A. and found that it wasn’t for us. So we came back to Sacramento.” “We” is Singerman and her husband, Josh Plaza, with whom she has been friends since high school.

He had completed his degree in film at Emerson University and decided to travel to New York City in the hope of finding her. In a twist of fate that Singerman calls “storybook,” Plaza was unable to get her contact information after arriving in New York, boarded a subway and serendipitously bumped into the love of his life right there on the train.

“My mother was a teacher in the Sacramento school district,” says Singerman, “so I knew how much performing arts were suffering in the schools. It was just horrible.” That first season, she spent 90 minutes a week for 10 weeks with students at Caroline Wenzel Elementary School in Greenhaven. They produced a review that was a huge success. Five years later, Singerman is juggling shows at five schools— Didion, Crocker Riverside, Sutterville, Holy Spirit, and Shalom School—as well as a production of “The Wizard of Oz” at Sierra 2 Center for the

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Arts and Community in Curtis Park. That production will be taken to the participating schools, which simplifies the logistics of sets, lighting, costumes and choreography. Singerman— relying on her husband’s skills—has introduced the use of film to project the stage sets. “We rearranged our living room and set up a green screen, just like they use for weather reports,” says Plaza. “The kids came over and we shot footage.” Singerman choreographs, directs and produces every show, with help from husband and assistant director Michelle Petro. Parents do everything from selling tickets and refreshments at the shows to ensuring that Young Actors Stage has a home at their children’s schools. “The parents have been great,” says Singerman. “This is a community project. We have needed all their help. Without the parents, we wouldn’t be in a lot of these schools.” Plaza says that at every cast party, invariably at least one parent is in tears. “They can’t believe what they see in their kids.” The

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Stop and Go LOOKING AT MCKINLEY VILLAGE THROUGH A TRANSPORTATION LENS

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GETTING THERE

he proposed McKinley Village residential development is located in one of the most visible vacant lots in Sacramento. Every day, thousands of cars on Capital City Freeway stream by the former orchard just south of the American River. The 49-acre site has tantalized developers for a long time. In 1992, the massive Centrage proposal, with a 15-story office building, hotel and high-density housing, galvanized neighborhood opposition because of its size. Over the years, other proposals (for big-box stores, for 500 housing units, for a church plus housing) have come and gone. Developers’ dreams don’t always turn into reality.

While the site is very visible, it’s not very accessible. While the site is very visible, it’s not very accessible. It’s entirely surrounded by the freeway and railroad embankments. There is

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only one way to reach the property now, taking 28th Street across the Union Pacific tracks and then A Street across the freeway. Plans for McKinley Village include constructing two new ways to reach the site. One is a wide vehicle access, also open to bikes and pedestrians, through the railroad embankment. It would connect to C Street between 40th Street and Tivoli Way. The second is a 12-foot-wide bicycle/pedestrian tunnel connecting to the north end of Alhambra Boulevard. Not everyone thinks McKinley Village is a good idea. Most objections relate to transportation. There are concerns about a potential bottleneck at the 28th Street crossing of a busy rail line, increased traffic on

neighborhood streets and the lack of direct transit service. There’s no doubt that building McKinley Village will result in more traffic on neighborhood streets. But there are fundamental questions related to that traffic. Will the traffic be significant? Are there better locations for growth—locations that would result in shorter trips or more trips by foot, bike and bus than by car? The traffic analysis in the draft environmental impact report for McKinley Village suggests the impacts of the added traffic are fairly minimal. The traffic model estimates the project would generate 3,507 total vehicle trips a day. The busiest single hour would be during the afternoon, with 341 trips. The totals include trips both into and out of the site. The

peak-hour trips, like all trips, are split between the two access roads. Outside the site, traffic disperses over the East Sacramento and Midtown street grids. Generally, the added volume on any one street is small. The analysis focuses on the impacts of the project’s traffic on the level of service (LOS) at 32 nearby neighborhood intersections. LOS is a measure of drivers’ comfort, convenience and delay. (LOS is far from a perfect metric, since it doesn’t measure impacts on nondrivers, including residents.) At a few intersections, LOS could drop below city standards. To mitigate these expected impacts, a new traffic signal is proposed at McKinley Boulevard and 33rd Street. In addition, signal timing, lane striping and parking

Today’s Legal Issues Can Be Very Complex. changes are proposed at Alhambra Boulevard and E and H Streets. With those changes, the traffic’s environmental impacts are deemed not significant.

A demand for housing will still exist if McKinley Village is not built. If the proposed site is not used, the demand will be met elsewhere. That could mean more sprawl and “green field” development. Access to McKinley Village wouldn’t be too different from existing conditions around River Park. Like McKinley Village, River Park has two access streets (Carlson Drive and Camellia Avenue) and a bike connection. Camellia Avenue is not a full access since it is limited to one way in and one way out. In addition to the streets, there’s a paved connection to an American River Parkway bike trail. According to its neighborhood association, River Park has 1,700 households. That’s more than five times the number of houses (328) slated for McKinley Village. Generally, traffic around the River Park entries flows freely, even with almost 9,000

vehicle trips a day on Carlson Drive. But the situation is different in that River Park traffic immediately winds up on busy H and J streets. The regional transportation authority agrees that McKinley Village is consistent with its statemandated “sustainable communities strategy,” which calls for building within existing urban areas in order to reduce trip lengths, congestion and greenhouse gases. A development dream of my own is a bicycle pedestrian bridge over the American River near Capital City Freeway. McKinley Village could someday provide access to such a bridge and to a planned new multipurpose trail on the south bank of the American River. That would be a recreational and transportation boon not only for residents of the village but for everyone living in East Sacramento. McKinley Village has provisions for a trail on the east end of the project site (the west end already connects to Sutter’s Landing Regional Park) that would connect to the parkway and a new bridge. For the dream to become a reality, a bicycle/ pedestrian crossing of the freeway would also have to be funded and built. McKinley Village appears to be a reasonable use of a prominent but problematic sitew. Despite the added traffic, it offers a smart way for the region to grow and some potential benefits to the surrounding community. Walt Seifert is a bicyclist, driver and transportation writer. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net. n

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

BY GWEN SCHOEN THE CLUB LIFE

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

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

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One of the ways to keep membership numbers strong is to respond to current trends and the interests of members

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

HOLD SHORT BUSINESS MEETINGS Granted, meetings to discuss club business are sometimes necessary. But clubs that have long, drawn-out, dull sessions before the program suffer attendance problems. After

a while, members learn to arrive late. Keep business meetings short or schedule the program first and business last. People who are interested will stick around. The club I visited that does this best is River City Peggers, a cribbage

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

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

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

REACH OUT TO THE YOUNG The most frequent concern I’ve heard from clubs is how to attract younger members. A few years ago, Sacramento Valley Coin Club realized that its membership was in decline, primarily because of aging members. Today, the club thrives with more than 300 members, half of them young adults or teens. Two changes worked magic for this club: First, they invited club members’ grandchildren to a special show-andtell with a spotlight on the history of coins. Members all brought pennies to donate to the kids. Upon arriving, each child received a penny and a list for a scavenger hunt among members. Each child left with about 15 unusual pennies, an album to keep the pennies in and a great bond with grandparents. Even better, many of the elder club members now have a family member who will inherit their coin collections one day. The coin club also contacted Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of the USA and asked for help in organizing programs that would appeal to Scouts. Now, coin club members are often invited to attend Scout meetings and present programs on the history of coins. When the club hosts its annual open house, they set up a table just for Scouts and invite kids to show their coin collections.

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

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club’s members are retired and don’t like to go out in the evening. The group decided to cater to these core members and moved meetings to weekday mornings. The club still has occasional Saturday morning events for its few working members but has found that it’s still the nonworking people who attend.

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

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

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

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Homestretch Honors DISTRICT ATTORNEY SCULLY NAMED 2014 PERSON OF THE YEAR

and judicial agencies under one roof. “So victims escaping family violence can easily access services to make them safe,” she explains. “I’ll keep working for that in my retirement. It’ll be a holistic approach to meeting the needs of families in crisis.”

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he Carmichael Chamber of Commerce has named Sacramento District Attorney Jan Scully Person of the Year for 2014. The honor heralds her last year in the G Street building where she has spent most of her life. “I entered the DA’s office straight out of law school,” she says. “I’ve been here for 36 years. “When I retire, I’ll have to take deep breaths. I’ll still serve on a board or two, but I want to enjoy myself and my family. I’ve been working solidly since high school.” Since earlier, in fact. Young Jan sold cookies and did good deeds as a Blue Bird and Campfire Girl. In her teens, she was a Mercy Hospital candy striper. She formed a choral group that regaled her church (St. Ignatius on Arden Way) with Peter, Paul and Mary songs. “We also did tunes people didn’t expect in church,” recalled the parishioner. “But it was standingroom-only when we performed. “Through the Catholic school system, community service was a big part of my upbringing. Studying law, I didn’t envision myself as a prosecutor. But after two weeks working for DA Herb Jackson, I realized the prosecutor is the only advocate in the courtroom for crime victims and the community.” The chamber’s Person of the Year banquet, Dinner With the DA, stands the lawyer beside fellow community champions. Past honorees have included County Supervisor Susan Peters, Sheriff John McGinness, broadcaster Kitty O’Neal and sports figure Jerry Reynolds.

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“When I lost my husband (lawyer Steve Scully) soon after I was elected, I felt the community wrapped its arms around me."

For 36 years, justice, community and family have been career priorities for Sacramento’s district attorney. Jan Scully will retire at the end of 2014.

“Carmichael holds a special place in my heart,” says Scully, an Arcade resident. “When I first ran for DA in 1994, it was like, ‘Jan who?’ But this area was supportive. When I lost my husband (lawyer Steve Scully) soon after I was elected, I felt the community wrapped its arms around me. “I’ve spoken for more meetings out there than I can count on fingers and toes. I rode in the Elks’ July 4 parade in a red Mustang with my kids. They formed a better opinion of my job that day; they thought the parade was the best thing ever.” She is now married to oral surgeon Brian Royse. The DA and the dentist have a cat called Taz, three adult children and two step-

grandchildren. In her working mom years, Scully has served Jesuit and Loretto carpools and fundraisers. “I was the biggest cheerleader at sport competitions,” she recalls. “No one thought of me as DA. I was just somebody’s mom. “And nobody thinks of me as DA at home. “When I finish work, it’s like: Let’s eat. Did my laundry get done? My husband and I walk a lot, talk a lot. He supports me and I support him. We share time.” Sacramento’s first woman DA has run unopposed for five terms. She was the first female president of the state and national district attorney associations. Her future baby, the proposed Sacramento Family Justice Center, will shelter up to 40 social

U.S. Rep. Ami Bera, state Sen. Jim Nielson, state Assemblyman Ken Cooley, Sacramento County Supervisor Susan Peters and Sheriff Scott Jones will attend. The chamber’s 2014 president, Connie Aaron, will preside over the celebration, and Honorary Mayor Virginia Stone will emcee. A portion of the proceeds will aid the Sheriff’s Community Impact Program. Sponsors include Dignity Health, Milagro Properties and Sacramento Municipal Utilities District. La Sierra Center is at 5325 Engle Road. Celebrations kick off at 6 p.m. Tickets are $60 per person in advance, $75 at the door. Admission includes dinner and a no-host bar. For more information, go to carmichaelchamber. com or call 481-1002. n

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the sparkle in the children’s eyes as

sponsors the boot camp. Upcoming

the Hungry, Pops in the Park and

they munch on yummy cookies and

one-day workshops include Business

Movember, a men’s health charity.

work on crafts.” Emblem members

Planning: The Right-Brain Style (Jan.

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supporting the community that

families of children receiving care at

call 285-1840.

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sponsored the Kids Sweatshirt Event,

the year, members donate crayons,

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sweatshirts to kids at its store on

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Mack Road. “Every child who visited

as magazines for the adults. The club

& Diamonds fundraiser in October

our store with a parent got one

also works on the Twin Vision project,

at The Flower Farm in Loomis. The

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event included line dance instruction,

says store manager Ken Nguyen. “We

children. (The books are taken apart,

food from Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, an

pride ourselves on our spirit of giving

a Braille interpretation is inserted

auction, raffle and assorted contests.

back to the community.”

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KidsFirst, an organization devoted

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355 members spread their volunteer

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

BY ANITA CLEVENGER GARDEN JABBER

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

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

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

Pruning can also promote the health and safety of plants. It’s good to remove dead, diseased and broken branches whenever you see them throughout the year, and to remove diseased foliage and rake it away from around the plant. You need to prune to keep plants from rubbing against your buildings and out of the way of people walking past. If you can’t see past your plants when backing out your driveway, you need to cut them back. What happens when you cut back a plant? A pruned plant is generally shorter and fuller. Growth usually occurs at the top of a branch. If you shorten it, a few buds below the cut will be stimulated to send out new

growth. You can usually spot healthy buds on the upper branches. While you can’t see them, there are latent growth buds further down on limbs that will also activate if growth above is removed. We’ve all seen the mass of twiggy growth that trees and shrubs develop if “topped” or chopped back severely. In general, it’s better to prune using “thinning cuts,” trimming above a bud or cutting out a dead, diseased, crossing or unhealthy branch altogether. Use sharp, clean tools. Grapes and almost all deciduous fruit trees can be pruned now. An exception is apricot trees, which may develop a bacterial infection if winterpruned. You can shape shrubs and

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Grapes and almost all deciduous fruit trees can be pruned now. Roses also benefit from pruning. Opening up the plant to air and light, removing unproductive old or twiggy canes and shortening the plant by no more than a third to half of its height promotes more blooms and strong new growth. Be sure to cut about a quarter inch above a bud. Don’t leave a longer stub because it will die back. If you’ve had frost damage on your citrus or other plants, wait to cut it

off until all risk of freezing is past. The damaged foliage provides some protection to the rest of the plant, and you don’t want to encourage new growth that might get frozen again. However, if you have dead annual plants, go ahead and remove them. They won’t be coming back. I have about 60 roses at home and 500 heritage roses under my care in the Historic Rose Garden in Sacramento Historic City Cemetery. Sacramento rose growers try to have their pruning done before new growth begins around Valentine’s Day. Every now and then, somebody says to me, “What are you doing with yourself now that it’s winter and there is nothing to do in the garden?” That’s a rather silly question. A gardener’s work is never done, but in pruning season, it’s a mad race to the finish.

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ast Sacramento homeowners Kevin and Alexandra Goldthwaite knew their house, built in 1925, offered opportunities for efficiency upgrades that would save water and energy. So the couple, who both work in real estate, enrolled in a new program called Niagara Green City to get a free audit of their home. Under this city-backed program, homeowners can upgrade to ultra-efficient technology to conserve water and the energy used to heat it. That means they also save money on utility bills and add value to their home with—here’s the kicker—no upfront cost. “We were interested in replacing our old, dated water heater with a solar water heater, which can cut our water heating costs by up to 80 percent,” says Kevin Goldthwaite. Launched in October, the program comes at a great time considering California’s severe water concerns, and as the city of Sacramento transitions from fixed water rates to meters. Homeowners will save on utility bills as rates continue to climb to accommodate rising costs of fuel, energy, chemicals and labor. Niagara Green City is a partnership between Texas-based Niagara Conservation, a company that manufactures water-conservation products such as low-flow toilets, and Green Plumbers USA, a trade association and training organization based in Sacramento. The program offers high-efficiency toilets, showerheads, faucet aerators, outdoor

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Fear, Not Fun WHEN THE CIRCUS CAME TO TOWN

BY SUE OWENS WRIGHT PETS & THEIR PEOPLE

was 8 years old when my thirdgrade teacher announced that our class was going to the circus.

What excited me most about the circus was seeing the performing animals, especially the dogs. I loved dogs! I even tried teaching my own dog, Dusty, how to perform like a trained circus poodle, though I don’t recall his learning any tricks. Weeks ahead of our excursion, our teacher read us stories about circuses, played Bozo the Clown records on the phonograph and had

was the last time I would ever want to

tricks advertised on the colorful circus for an audience were forced at the

us draw elephants, lions and tigers

see one.

posters. How in the world did they

snap of the lion tamer’s whip to leap

ever train huge elephants to dance on

through flaming hoops, despite their natural fear of fire.

with our Crayolas. We painted gaudy

From the bus window, my first

clowns in poster paint and created

glimpse of the Big Top sent chills

their hind legs? I couldn’t even teach

circus-themed collages with colored

and thrills through me. I heard the

my dog to do that!

construction paper and paste, which

merry jangle of a calliope and the

she displayed for all to see. The

cheering crowd as I eagerly waited in

the first thing that impressed me was

creatures as I witnessed them

anticipation was building. By the

line to enter the vast red-and-white-

the smell. The air was permeated

being tormented for our pleasure.

time Ringling Bros. finally rolled into

striped tent. What wonders and feats

with a scent I have never forgotten: a

The assortment of costumed dogs

Sacramento, our classroom looked

of derring-do lay in store for us once

pungent mixture of popcorn, roasted

I watched twirl on their hind

like the circus had already staked

we were inside? I’d long heard how

peanuts, sawdust and raw fear. I

legs, climb ladders and traverse

out Room 8 at Woodlake Elementary

spectacular the circus was with its

soon discovered that was because

a tightrope looked anything but

School. Every kid in the class was

funny clowns, daring trapeze artists

the lions, tigers and elephants were

happy, which was easy to tell from

vibrating with excitement as we

and performing animals, but I had

whipped, poked and prodded to obey

their worried expressions and the

boarded the school bus. Hooray! I was

no conception of how the animals

commands. Wild jungle cats never

notable absence of wagging tails.

finally going to see my first circus. It

could possibly do all those amazing

meant to live in captivity or perform

Elephants balanced their enormous

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Once I was inside the circus tent,

Though only a little kid, I felt profound pity for these unfortunate

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weight on small pedestals while

Our teacher unwittingly taught

being jabbed repeatedly in sensitive

at least one of her students some

flesh of the neck, armpits or groin

indelible lessons at the circus. I

with bull hooks. I never forgot the

learned that animals are not meant

misery so apparent in their sad eyes.

to perform unnatural feats for

I think I saw an elephant cry that

public amusement. I learned that

day. I wondered how those trainers

wild animals belong in their natural

would feel if they were prodded with

habitat, not in a cage, on a stage or

instruments of torture to perform

inside a circus tent. Most important,

tricks for an audience. And how

I learned that circuses are not

were the animals treated when they

enjoyable for anyone who cares about

weren’t performing? Was this what

the welfare of animals.

the circus was all about? This was not what I had so long

Circuses have been around since Roman times. The circus will come

anticipated. And, oh, the noise! The

to town again. May your child’s

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Sue Owens Wright is an awardwinning author of books and articles about dogs. “Braced for Murder,” her latest book in the Beanie and Cruiser Mystery Series from Five Star Publishing, is nominated this year for a Maxwell Award for Best Fiction by the Dog Writers Association of America. She can be reached at beanieandcruiser@aol.com. n Contractor Lic# 971065

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

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95822 SOUTH LAND PARK

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

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

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

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95825 ARDEN

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

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

$360,000 $310,000

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

95864 ARDEN

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

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very excited about this revolutionary

City program, says Greg Wisner, the

or PACE, in which the cost of the

new irrigation system. The products

public-private partnership, which

marketing director for Niagara Green

retrofit is added in installments to

are installed by a local, licensed Green

will incentivize businesses and

City in Fort Worth, Texas

the homeowner’s property tax to

Plumber at a price that is lower than

homeowners to go green. Lots of

be repaid over the long term. “The

retail. The homeowner can also get

communities talk about clean energy

amount of money saved in utilities

rebates and tax credits available for

offsets the cost of improvements,”

these types of home improvements.

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and green jobs, but this effort is really making it happen.” Under this city-backed program, homeowners can upgrade to ultraefficient technology to conserve water and the energy used to heat it. That means they also save money on utility bills and add value to their home with—here’s the kicker—no upfront cost. McCarty worked for several years

“California in general, and Sacramento in particular, are on the leading edge of sustainability products and programs, so that came into play,” Wisner said.

Wisner said. “And that’s to be paid

Homeowners will clearly see the

with a loan term of 10 to 15 years. So

double benefits of saved water and

it’s pretty painless.”

energy, Wisner says. They will also

The city of Sacramento has PACE

recognize that these ultra-efficient

legislation in place. To qualify, a

technologies don’t constitute a

homeowner must have at least 15

sacrifice.

percent equity in the house and be

“There’s a difference between

current on mortgage payments and

conservation and increased

property taxes.

efficiencies,” Wisner said.

This financing option appealed

“Conservation usually denotes ‘I’m

to Kevin Goldthwaite. “(The PACE

going to have to do with less.’ (But)

financing) is very important,” he

when you talk about installing

more than $15 million worth of

says. “With no money out of pocket

high-efficiency fixtures in the home

projects are in the pipeline to lower

and having the costs added on to our

or business, it’s ‘How can I do more

“And there’s the availability of

property taxes, it makes this a much

with less?’ And that’s an important

PACE as a unique financing tool, so

more realistic option for our family.”

difference.”

to lead the effort to create Clean Energy Sacramento. He notes that

energy costs, reduce the city’s carbon footprint and create jobs. Thanks in part to Sacramento’s

that was an advantage.”

Once a house is audited, a proposal

ambitious conservation goals, the

Niagara Green City offers 100

city emerged as the prime location

percent financing for conservation

switching to energy-efficient products

for the launch of the Niagara Green

upgrades through the Property

such as a solar hot-water heater or a

Assessed Clean Energy program,

shows the potential savings from

For more information on Niagara Green City in Sacramento, go to greencitysac.com or call (888) 7330197. n

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Test Drive TALKING ABOUT LOVE IN A BORROWED AUTOMOBILE

BY NORRIS BURKES SPIRIT MATTERS

ecently, my wife started a new teaching assignment with a considerable commute. So now we find ourselves shopping for a new car. The problem is, we can’t quite agree on what matters in a car. I’m hoping for an auto with a good safety record and great fuel economy, but Becky simply wants a sky-bluecolored car with audio control buttons on the steering wheel. Becky’s still feeling a bit traumatized from my 1999 pennypinching purchase of a salvaged darkgreen station wagon. She and our kids found the color so humiliating that they dubbed the car The Pickle. Four years later, when my eldest daughter totaled the car, I thanked God for its safety record. My family simply thanked God. (Rest in peace, my little green friend.) Discounting her trauma, I took her to a European dealership that boasted cars with impeccable safety records and great gas mileage. In the showroom we met Dave, a sport-coated man, well matched to me in age, build and thinning hair.

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For the next hour, he took us on a quiet test drive, absent the usual sales chitchat. However, at some point in our drive, Becky made a random mention of the church we attend, Impact Community Church. That remark awakened our salesman enough to say that “loving Jesus is the most important thing.” Assuming that loving Jesus involved accountability to a local congregation, Becky asked about his church. “My church is Jimmy Swaggart,” he said, referring to the defrocked Assemblies of God televangelist who was twice caught with prostitutes. “I watch Swaggart on TV and send him my tithe,” he said. That prompted Becky to begin reading the freeway signs aloud, looking to exit both the conversation and the test drive. Undeterred, he added, “I’m a Media member.” Unfamiliar with the term, I googled “Media member” on my smartphone. Sure enough, if you pledge 10 percent of your earned income, you can join Swaggart’s virtual church. Our new friend seemed unoffended by my preoccupation with my phone, because he just kept repeating, “Loving Jesus is the most important thing.” I finally looked to see if he was wearing a “Just Love Jesus” colored wristband. He wasn’t. Strangely enough, a smart-alecky professor once asked Jesus what he thought the most important thing was. Jesus replied that there were actually two important things: 1. Love the Lord your God with all your heart. 2. Love your neighbor as yourself.

The Just Love Jesus theology (JLJ for short) stresses the first part but stumbles a bit with Jesus’ second expectation. The problem is that Jesus saw the two commandments as inextricably bound; you can’t follow one commandment to the neglect of the other.

Your “neighbor” isn’t just the nice lady sharing the backyard fence of your nice neighborhood. Loving your neighbor includes loving sinners as well as Swaggarts.

the backyard fence of your nice neighborhood. Loving your neighbor includes loving sinners as well as Swaggarts. But most of all, you have to know yourself well enough to admit that if God loves you, he must certainly love us all. At the end of our test drive, the salesman told my disheartened wife that the car didn’t come in blue. Becky, wanting to salvage at least a part of the day, handed the man a card from our church, inviting him to come visit sometime. I wanted to add my best impression of a used-car salesman by saying, “I promise our church can save you some money,” but I thought that probably wouldn’t be very loving. Norris Burkes is a chaplain, syndicated columnist, national speaker and author of the book “No Small Miracles.” He can be reached at ask@thechaplain.net. n

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Art Preview

GALLERY ART SHOWS THIS MONTH

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

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

75th Northern California Arts, Inc. Anniversary Membership Exhibition “Art Deco: 1939 to Present”runs January 2-25. at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center, 5330B Gibbons Drive in Carmichael. Visit sacfinearts.org. G H ’ il i h b

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

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HAVE â&#x20AC;&#x153;INSIDEâ&#x20AC;? WILL TRAVEL 1. Patty Roth, Donna Carrig, Joan Hawkins, Suzie Cavner and Marilyn Ferrigno at Versailles Garden 2. Jesse and Cristina Myers in Pamplona, Spain for the Running of the Bulls 3. Ted Nishio at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia 4. David and Coco Hurd at the ancient city of Smyrna in Izmir, Turkey 5. John Nicolaus at the Nakalele Blow Hole on Maui, Hawaii 6. Toni Pezzetti and Leah Pezzetti Horner stop at the Eiffel Tower on their European vacation

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THEATRE GUIDE Cabaret

Young Frankenstein

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Immortal

THE GREAT FLU-SHOT CONTROVERSY OF 2012

BY KEVIN MIMS WRITING LIFE

ne Sunday in October 2012, the church where my wife worships and I warm a pew gave notice in its weekly bulletin that flu shots would be available that day in the library to all who desired one. When the service ended, my wife and I wandered over to the church library to receive our shots. The announcement in the bulletin had made no mention of a fee for this service, but when we arrived at the library we discovered that a $20 payment was expected. This did not deter me. I had never before been immunized against the flu and, as

a result, nearly every year I found myself contracting a nasty virus. This time I was determined to avoid that fate. I had no health insurance back then (I am now a beneficiary of Obamacare), and a bad case of the flu can be scary when you’ve got no ready access to a doctor’s care. So I ponied up the $20, rolled up my sleeve and let the nurse jab a needle in my arm. My wife, on the other hand, opted out when she learned of the $20 fee. In part she did this from annoyance that the fee hadn’t been mentioned in the bulletin. But mainly she did it out of a desire to save money. As usual, we had little disposable income at our disposal. I tried to reason her into getting a shot. (“If you end up having to visit an urgent-care facility because of a bad flu, it will cost a lot more than $20.”) And then I tried to shame her into getting a shot. (“Think of all the people you might infect if you get sick.”) But my wife rebutted these attempts with the following nonsensical assertion: “You know me. I never get sick.”

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This is partially true. My wife never gets sick—except when she does. Just one year earlier, a sinus infection (probably related to an earlier bout with the flu) had sent her to the Mercy urgent care facility at 3000 Q St., where she was relieved of both her sinus infection and $150. Finally, I tried to terrify her into getting immunized. I did this not by reminding her of the fate of Gwyneth Paltrow’s character in the film “Contagion” (a miserable death from some sort of superflu epidemic) but by informing her of just how smug and triumphant I was likely to be if she came down with a flu that winter. “Do you really want to put up with all those I-told-you-so’s?” I asked her. But by now she was far too committed to her act of defiance to back down in the face of potential spousal humiliation. “I’m not worried,” she told me. “I never get sick.” “If you do get sick,” I said, “don’t expect me to offer any sympathy or to wait on you hand and foot the way I usually do.” “You have never waited on me hand and foot when I was sick.” “Aha!” I said, pleased to see that she had stepped into my trap. “So you acknowledge that you do get sick on occasion?” “On very rare occasions,” she said. “And since I was sick last winter with a sinus infection”—she neglected to mention the flu that precipitated this infection—“it will probably be another few years, at the very least, before I am sick again.” “You’d better hope so,” I said. “I plan to be quite insufferable if you catch the flu this winter and I don’t.”

The nurse who administered the shot refrained from entering this spousal debate. But when, after the mandatory 10-minute postinoculation waiting period had passed (to make sure I hadn’t suffered a negative reaction to the shot) and I prepared to leave the church library, the nurse patted me on the back and said, “Congratulations on getting your flu shot, Mr. Mims. It was a very smart thing to do.” This was clearly intended to be a criticism of my wife’s decision to forgo a shot. For the rest of the day, Julie stewed over the nurse’s implied put-down of her intelligence. “Who does that nurse think she is anyway, trying to shame me into getting a flu shot?” “She probably thinks she’s a trained medical professional who knows a lot more about the prevention of viral infection than you do.” But Julie would have none of that. “You realize that in order to inoculate you against a disease, they have to inject you with a small dose of it. You’re likely to not feel very good for the next day or two.” To be honest, I did feel a bit queasy for the remainder of the day, but wild horses couldn’t have pulled that information out of me. The queasiness was gone the next day, replaced by a sense of invulnerability. “Nothing can hurt me,” I boasted to Julie. “I’ve been inoculated.” “You’ve been inoculated against the flu,” she responded. “There are 800 zillion other things in the universe that can still hurt you.”

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their NCL experience, it’s my hope that they are still doing great things in the community. It’s a great training opportunity for daughters to see how you make an impact in the community—how you contribute locally and really make a difference. What projects does the league work on? NCL works with 20 nonprofits in Sacramento—organizations that allow young women to participate and volunteer. Some examples of what we do: We make pillowcases for ConKerr cancer. We make lunches for Mustard Seed School. We wrap gifts for Christmas Promise. We play bingo with the residents at Albert Einstein Center, and we do trash pickup for the American River Parkway Association.

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usan Bitar, the president of the Sacramento chapter of National Charity League, is a big believer in “woman power.” Bitar leads a group of mothers and daughters who participate in a six-year program of philanthropic work. Here, she talks about the benefits to the community when two generations of women work together for the common good.

Tell me more about the national organization. There are 186 chapters in the United States and 50,000 members. National Charity League is in 22 states. In the Sacramento region, there are four chapters: Davis, Granite Bay, South Placer and Sacramento. In Sacramento, we have 100 mothers and 120 daughters.

What is National Charity League? NCL is a nonprofit organization of mothers and daughters who join together to do philanthropic work, educational activities and have cultural experiences. What sort of person joins the league? Anyone who wants to get involved and can commit to doing 30 hours a year in philanthropy and chapter service. Why is it important for a philanthropic group to involve mothers and daughters? What’s unique about NCL is that it involves mothers and daughters. It gives them an opportunity to work side by side during a time in the girl’s life when they are growing and

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

changing emotionally, physically and developmentally. The girls generally join in the sixth grade and stay in NCL until they graduate from high school. During that time, there’s a six-year program that addresses educational components such as leadership, social skills, professional skills and life skills. How can mothers and daughters get involved in NCL?

Our prospective-member questionand-answer evening is on Jan. 13 from 5 to 6 p.m. at Sacramento Country Day School. It’s an opportunity for mothers and daughters to learn more about NCL. This year, NCL will be celebrating its 20th anniversary. We’ve been in Sacramento 20 years! During that time, hundreds and thousands of mothers and daughters have come through the door. With

It’s easy when you do work in your own community not to realize the impact you have nationally. It’s easy when you do work in your own community not to realize

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the impact you have nationally. But National Charity League chapters across the country have worked more than 1 million volunteer hours last year alone. It gives you a great sense of pride to know that what we’re doing in our own community is also happening nationally. That’s the biggest thing I want the girls to understand. It means a lot in their own community, but it means so much more on a national level. What are your goals for the organization? Growth is certainly not important for us because we limit the size of the classes of girls so that they have their own sense of community. What I’d like to see is NCL having a bigger impact in the community. Right now, we serve a lot of at-risk mothers and children. But there are a lot of other needs in the community. There are needs among seniors, the arts, the environment and athletic endeavors like races and charity fun runs. Need is certainly based on socioeconomic

levels, but there is also need among other nonprofit organizations like the Sacramento Tree Foundation. Planting a tree makes a difference in the community. There a lot of things that kids can do. Within our own philanthropies, we’re looking at how we can spend our time more purposefully. We’re the workhorse behind a lot of great nonprofits. We want to have an impact. The wonderful thing about NCL is we get to join forces with many successful, established nonprofits. We aren’t necessarily creating something new. We’re just adding our “woman power” and volunteer time to assist them and their mission. I’m proud to lead a group of mothers and daughters who positively impact our community’s nonprofits. For more information on National Charity League, go to NCLsacramento.org. Kellie Randle can be reached at KellieR@me.com. n

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Mrs. Clean SHE TURNED A GROUP OF MOMS INTO MAIDS FOR HIRE

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he website captures it perfectly. On a screen mocked up to look like a page from The Sacramento Bee, a photo of Big Foot—mop in one hand, bucket in the other—appears next to this headline: “‘News flash!! Finding a good house cleaner is a lot like spotting Big Foot! You’ve heard she’s out there somewhere— brightening corners, cleaning baseboards, vacuuming under sofa cushions and fluffing pillows. But if she really exists…You’re gonna need some proof! And that’s exactly what our Mothers bring…’” This clever copy is from the brilliant business brain of Betty Nicholson, the founder and owner of Mothers Cleaning Co-op, a profitsharing cleaning cooperative made up of mainly stay-at-home moms. “I saw this huge demand for good housecleaning,” Nicholson says, sipping coffee at a Bella Bru Cafe not far from her home. “I thought if I could just multiply myself, I could make this business work.” Nicholson has been a lean, mean (not really, she’s very sweet) cleaning machine since she was 21, when a friend’s brother-in-law hired her to work for his construction cleanup company. Armed with her newfound skills in scrubbing, Nicholson wrangled her friend into opening their own cleaning business, Nicholson Cleaning Company, soon thereafter. “I could see so many things lacking if I wasn’t the one doing the

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Betty Nicholson, fourth from left, and her crew

cleaning,” Nicholson admits. “I’d have to redo jobs, we got so many complaints. I felt stuck, like there was nothing else I could do.” Fast-forward some years and Nicholson was married and a mother and wishing she could stay home with the kids while still contributing to her family’s bottom line. She put an ad for her cleaning services on Craigslist and was soon back on her old stomping grounds, swabbing and shining like a pro. “The idea came when I was cleaning for one of my friends who was having a Brownie meeting at

her house,” Nicholson recalls. “I was cleaning the toilet and thinking about all the untapped clientele in the next room. I thought why hasn’t anyone thought of this? I went into the next room—after turning around about 30 times—and asked if any of the mothers would be interested in cleaning. At first, they thought I was soliciting my services, and things got kind of quiet. But I explained, ‘No, do any of you want to be hired to do the cleaning?’” The response was slow at first, but soon, with the help of her Brownie mom friend and email, Nicholson had

developed a small cadre of dedicated moms who were interested in becoming maids for -hire. “For a lot of mothers, their education has gone on the back burner or they’ve quit their jobs to be with their children,” Nicholson says. “They need something to fit their own schedule, and our system works perfectly. Whatever you put into it, you get out of it.” Mothers are on a commission system in which they’re rewarded for referrals and growing their clientele. NEIGHBORS page 59

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

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

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emember that Lay’s potato chip slogan, “Bet you can’t eat just one”? Well, if you saw the watercolor paintings of Louis Baker, you might think something similar: Bet you can’t like just one. Baker, 94, was born and raised in Sacramento. Except for the seven years he was in the Navy—during which time he survived the attack on Pearl Harbor—Sacramento has always been his home. His love for painting began when he was 16. “In high school, I got an A in physical education and two A’s in my two art classes,” Baker recalls. “I liked getting those A’s, and I thought, ‘Maybe I can do this!’” He’s been doing it ever since, quite beautifully. “I just love the outdoors,” says Baker, an avid fisherman, accomplished hunter and ex-farmer who raised Angus cattle and pigs. It is that love of all-things-nature that informs and inspires his bucolic landscapes. Baker has a story to tell about each of his pieces, like the painting he made from a photograph he took of two old men trolling on a Minnesota pond many summers ago; or another that he titled “Beyond the Bells,” which shows two people walking down a verdant hill toward the blue of Bodega Bay. The bells refer to The Children’s Bell Tower Memorial honoring Nicholas Green, a young boy from Bodega Bay who was killed while in Italy with his family in 1994. Baker has painted many watercolors

Louis Baker is a Pearl Harbor survivor and watercolorist

of ducks flying over Klamath River, one of his favorite fishing spots. While the majority of his paintings are landscapes, he has done a few still lifes—like the painting of persimmons he did some 20 years ago. “I was talking on the phone to a friend one day, and I saw these persimmons laying on the counter, and I just had to paint ’em,” he explains. “I never used so much orange in my life,” he says with a laugh. His very first painting was of “a train caboose, of all things,” he says.

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

Although he earned a California teaching credential, his teaching career was short-lived. About 40 years ago, he gave six women private painting lessons. “I couldn’t stand it,” he says. “They wouldn’t do what I wanted them to do. It was so frustrating.” As for America’s seminal event that is Pearl Harbor, Baker remembers with clarity the poignant details of that fateful day. At 7:55 a.m. on ARTIST page 59

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

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

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

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

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

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FROM page 57 Dec. 7, 1941, before reporting to duty as a hangar watchman, clad in his all-white uniform and polished black shoes, he heard planes overhead. “I thought somebody was practicing on our base or something,” Baker recalls. “I saw these strange emblems on the side of the planes and thought, ‘Oh, I bet they’re from India.’” On his way to report to duty at 8 a.m. sharp, he noticed officers hurriedly driving around in cars but didn’t think much of it. To his chief he said, “Reporting to watch duty, Sir.” “Watch, hell,” said his boss. “We’re at war!” After the fighters came the bombers, about a half hour later. He and his comrades took shelter on the floor of a hangar. One of his buddies stood up to look out the window. At that moment a bomb hit, and his friend lost his life. “That was tough,” he says. Baker’s small in-home art studio is full of visual treats: a handwritten note to him from then-Gov. Ronald

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

NEIGHBORS page 56 In order to join the group, you must first apprentice with another mother to learn the tricks of the trade. “It’s very important to me to keep the integrity of the work,” Nicholson says. “The biggest thing in the recipe really is the fact that we’re all mothers. Something happens to you when you become a mom. Cleaning becomes an incredibly important thing. It makes you miserable to be in a dirty house.” To make those houses spic ’n’ span, Mothers Cleaning Co-op uses only eco-friendly products by Method and steam cleans wherever possible. The website also offers a Mothers Don’t Do list, which mimics other cleaning services’ lists of things they won’t

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Call 243-8292 clean. Instead, Nicholson’s reads like this: “‘Mothers do not drag your décor across beautiful wood surfaces… Mothers do not vacuum up the end tassels of Oriental rugs, pulling them out…Mothers do not use the same sponge to clean the whole house with. Eeek…! Did you just use that sponge in my toilet bowl?!’” What started with a few moms has now grown into a cleaning collective of 57 women who hail from Sacramento, Carmichael, El Dorado Hills, Roseville, Lincoln, Placerville and Tracy. Not surprisingly, their client base is equally widespread. “If people want it, it grows—and people call and ask for our services,” Nicholson says. “But I’ve still managed to maintain the quality of the work. The moms can clean better than I do now!” Somehow, we doubt it.

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FROM page 58 performance that has taken Broadway by storm in recent years. The show’s director/creator Bravo says: “Tango is a feeling that you dance, a story you tell in three minutes. It’s passionate, it’s melancholic. It’s tender, violent. You dance it with somebody, but it is so internal, you dance it by yourself. More than just a dance, the tango is a music, a drama, a culture, a way of life.” On the opposite end of the spectacle spectrum, sometimes just a single person can capture an audience’s attention, especially if that person is the offspring of crooner king Dean Martin. Martin’s daughter Deana will perform “A Tribute to Dean Martin” at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 12 at the Harris Center. Although she certainly has those songster genes, she’s a star in her own right: Martin has enjoyed a career in film, theater and television and has had three CDs on the Billboard chart since 2006, starting with her debut “Memories Are Made of This,” which stayed in the Top 10 for 40 consecutive weeks. It clearly runs in her blood: Regis Philbin once remarked, “Not only does Deana look like her dad, she has his way with a song.” The cast of “Menopause: The Musical” also has a way with a song, but of an entirely different, and hilarious, variety. The show, which plays Jan. 15-17 at the Harris Center, brings together four women who are all in the throes of The (Not-So)

Silent Passage—that magical time of night sweats, hot flashes, hide-andseek libido and much, much more. Author Jeanie C. Linders says: “Most women know intuitively that every other woman is experiencing hot flashes or night sweats … but when they are sitting in a theater with hundreds of other women, all laughing and shouting ‘That’s me! That’s me onstage!’ they know what they are experiencing is normal. They aren’t alone or crazy. It becomes a sisterhood.” And a raucously funny one at that. For something of a slower nature, join Jon Weber for “From Joplin to Jarrett: 100 Years of Piano Jazz” on Jan. 23, 24 and 26 at the Harris Center. Weber recently was selected to fill the legendary shoes of Marian McPartland on her “Piano Jazz” show on NPR, but that was hardly Weber’s first brush with fame. By age 19, his jazz quintet had opened for Pat Metheny, Buddy Rich, Freddie Hubbard and Stanley Turrentine. He’s now a favorite at the 92nd Street “Y” Jazz Series in New York. This star is certainly on the rise, so be sure to catch him now. For tickets and more information for all Harris Center events, call 608-6888 or go to harriscenter.net. The Harris Center (formerly Three Stages at Folsom Lake College) is at 10 College Parkway in Folsom.

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

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

Let’s face it: It’s affordable, convenient, quick and, for the most part, delicious. While most Sacramento residents might judge the Selland group on the fine-dining standouts of Ella and The Kitchen, it’s probably Selland’s Market-Cafe in East Sac that they’re most familiar with.

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

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

cheddar, salsa, red onion and mayo ($8.95). A warm, sloppy sandwich, it’ll cause you to do more finger licking than finger washing. A roast pork bahn mi ($8.75), served with pickled vegetables and Sriracha mayo, is a delicious yet safe interpretation of the wonderful French/Vietnamese classic. But what draws the locals in night after night and week after week are the clever specials and events always going on at the cafe. On almost any night, you’ll stumble upon a beer tasting, wine tasting, spaghetti feast or other raucous good time. There’s a wine tasting every Wednesday night in El Dorado Hills and every second Wednesday in East Sac. The price is normally $10 to $15, but it costs only $5 for those with a

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1800 L St. 447-9440

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1804 J St. 498-1388

5723 Folsom Blvd. 457-3679

Aioli Bodega Espanola L D $$ Full Bar Patio Andalusian cuisine served in a casual European atmosphere

Biba Ristorante 2801 Capitol Ave. 455-2422 L D $$$ Full Bar Upscale Northern Italian cuisine served a la carte • Biba-restaurant.com

Buckhorn Grill 1801 L St. 446-3757 L D $$ Wine/Beer A counter service restaurant with high-quality chicken, char-roasted beef, salmon, and entrée salads

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2708 J Street 441-4693 L D $$ Full Bar Modern Italian/California cuisine with Asian inspirations • Harlows.com

Italian Importing Company 1827 J Street 442-6678 B L $ Italian food in a casual grocery setting

Jack’s Urban Eats 1230 20th St. 444-0307 L D $ Full Bar Made-to-order comfort food in a casual setting • Jacksurbaneats.com

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Kasbah Lounge

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

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2115 J St. 442-4388

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

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Tapa The World 2115 J St. 442-4353 L D $-$$ Wine/Beer/Sangria Spanish/world cuisine in a casual authentic atmosphere, live flamenco music - tapathewworld.com

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

The Waterboy 2000 Capitol Ave. 498-9891 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Fine South of France and northern Italian cuisine in a chic neighborhood setting • waterboyrestaurant.com

Zocolo 1801 Capitol Ave. 441-0303

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

2028 H St. 443-7585 D $$-$$$ Eclectic menu in a boutique neighborhood setting

L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cuisine served in an authentic artistic setting • zocolosacramento.com

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1730 L St. 444-1100

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

1215 19th St. 441-6022 L D Full Bar $$$ Modern American cuisine in an upscale historic setting

Negril 2502 J Street 440-1088 L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Food with Carribean Flair

33rd Street Bistro 3301 Folsom Blvd. 455-2233 B L D $$ Full Bar Patio Pacific Northwest cuisine in a casual bistro setting

Burr's Fountain 4920 Folsom Blvd. 452-5516

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

Old Soul Co. 1716 L St. 443-7685

B L D $ Fountain-style diner serving burgers, sandwiches, soup and ice cream specialties

58 Degrees & Holding Co. 1217 18th St. 442-5858

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

Clark's Corner Restaurant

L D $$$ Wine/Beer California cuisine served in a chic, upscale setting • 58degrees.com

Paesano’s Pizzeria 1806 Capitol Ave. 447-8646 L D $$ Gourmet pizza, pasta, salads in casual setting • Paesanos.biz

1401 28th St. 457-5737 D $$ Full Bar Outdoor Patio California cuisine with an Italian touch • Paragarys.com

5641 J St. L D Full Bar $$ American cuisine in a casual historic setting

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La Bombe Ice Cream & More 3020 H Street 448-2334 L D $ European and American Frozen Confections, sandwiches, soups and espresso

La Trattoria Bohemia 3649 J St. 455-7803 L D Wine/Beer $-$$ Italian and Czech specialties in a neighborhood bistro setting

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Opa! Opa! 5644 J St. 451-4000 L D Wine/Beer $ Fresh Greek cuisine in a chic, casual setting, counter service

Nopalitos 5530 H St. 452-8226 B L $ Wine/Beer Southwestern fare in a casual diner setting

Selland's Market Cafe 5340 H St. 473-3333 B L D $$-$$$ Wine/Beer High quality handcrafted food to eat in or take out, wine bar

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Thai Palace Restaurant 3262 J St. 446-5353 L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Authentic Thai cuisine in a casual setting

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McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant 1111 J St. 442-8200 L D $$ Full Bar Upscale seafood, burgers in a clubby atmosphere • Mccormickandschmicks.com

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

Parlaré Eurolounge 10th & J Sts. 448-8960

Downtown & Vine 1200 K Street #8 228-4518

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1131 K St. 443-3772

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Esquire Grill 1213 K St. 448-8900

1110 Front St. Old Sac 442-8226

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Fat's City Bar & Cafe

Casa Garden Restaurant L D $$ • D with minimum diners call to inquire $$ Wine/Beer. Elegantly presented American cuisine. Operated by volunteers to benefit Sacramento Children's Home. Small and large groups. Reservations recommended • casagardenrestaurant.org

1001 Front St. 446-6768

Freeport Bakery

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Riverside Clubhouse 2633 Riverside Drive 448-9988 L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American cuisine served in a contemporary setting • Riversideclubhouse.com

Taylor's Kitchen 2924 Freeport Boulevard 443-5154 D $$S Wine/Beer Dinner served Wed. through Saturday. Reservations suggested.

Tower Café 1518 Broadway 441-0222 B L D $$ Wine/Beer International cuisine with dessert specialties in a casual setting

Willie's Burgers 2415 16th St.444-2006 L D $ Great burgers and more. Open until 3 am weekends

ARDENCARMICHAEL Andaloussia 1537 Howe Ave. 927-1014 L D $-$$ Authentic Moroccan cuisine, lunch &

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Leatherby’s Family Creamery 2333 Arden Way 920-8382 L D $ House-made ice cream and specialties, soups and sandwiches

Lemon Grass Restaurant 601 Munroe St. 486-4891 L D $$ Full Bar Patio Vietnamese and Thai cuisine in a casual yet elegant setting

Matteo's Pizza 5132 Fair Oaks. Blvd. 779-0727 L D Beer/Wine $$ Neighborhood gathering place for pizza, pasta and grill dishes

The Mandarin Restaurant 4321 Arden Way 488-47794 D $$-$$$ Full Bar Gourmet Chineses food for 32 years • Dine in and take out

Roma's Pizzeria & Pasta 6530 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-9800 L D $$ Traditional Italian pizza & pasta Family Friendly Catering + Team Parties • romas-pizzaand-pasta.com

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Café Vinoteca 3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 487-1331 L D $$ Full Bar Italian bistro in a casual setting • Cafevinoteca.com

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2381 Fair Oaks Blvd. 489-2000

Ristorante Piatti 571 Pavilions Lane 649-8885 L D $$ Full Bar Contemporary Italian cuisine in a casually elegant setting

Sam's Hof Brau 2500 Watt 482-2175 L D $$ Wine/Beer Fresh quality meats roasted daily • thehofbrau.com

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