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GREAT GREENBELT ACCESS 3 bedrooms, 2½ baths, an oversized pool/spa combo for summer fun and RV access and storage. Lower level has a great circular Àoor plan that includes living and dining rooms, kitchen and adjoining family room. Upper level has 3 good sized bedrooms. An extra deep garage has additional work area. $385,000 CHRIS BRIGGS 834-6483

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WONDERFUL S LAND PARK Sharp 3 bedroom features new roof, Àoors, granite counters and master bath remodel. Nice location close-in, with easy access to both 99 and I-5. Screened-in Florida room for relaxing with those Delta breezes. Family room / kitchen / dining area, and generous sized living room with ¿replace. $345,000 MIKE PUENTE 395-4727

CONVENIENT ROUNDTREE Cute 2 bedroom, 1.5 baths. Tile Àoor, fresh paint, new hot water heater. Two patios. Covered spot is right in front of the back door patio. Laundry facilities are just at the side of the carport. Grounds are well maintained with a beautiful pool area. Great little starter place! Easy commute to downtown $102,000 LISA McCAULEY 601-5474

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Police and the Community IMPROVING RELATIONS BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CITIZENS

BY CECILY HASTINGS

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nowing that our son is in law enforcement, our friend Robbin Ware recently invited my husband and me to a forum on policing sponsored by the local chapter of the NAACP and Mayor Kevin Johnson. This event was a follow-up to Mayor Johnson’s Sept. 28 op-ed in The Sacramento Bee: “Views on Race: Ferguson doesn’t need to happen in Sacramento.” The forum, held at the impressive St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Oak Park, attracted about 175 people. About a quarter of those present were law enforcement officers from the city’s police force, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department and the CHP. After the top brass and officers were introduced, the crowd was broken up into eight groups to discuss problems and perceptions in minority communities regarding police interactions and to come up with solutions. My group included four officers, a few young people and some middleaged folks like me. Several people in the group talked about their experiences with law enforcement. Some recalled getting pulled over

while driving for what seemed like no good reason. They felt they’d been profiled because of their skin color. One woman said she thinks lack of respect is a problem. When treated disrespectfully, she said, law enforcement may respond in kind. It’s a vicious cycle. Another thoughtful gentleman said that misunderstanding of the justice system leads some people to confront law enforcement, rather than understand they have to argue their case in front of the district attorney and judge. As the mother of a law enforcement officer, I said I worry that the media and some members of the community tend to paint all law enforcement with racist motives, rather than focus on the bad apples that are sadly found in practically every line of work. The law enforcement officers in our group expressed frustration at their agencies’ lack of success in recruiting more officers from minority communities. They spoke at length about the ongoing diversity and sensitivity training they receive. The “solutions” part of the discussion was fairly fruitful. Several in our group thought things would improve if officers actually lived in the communities they serve. One man said it used to be this way decades ago, before police unions put a stop to residency requirements. I suggested developing a ridealong program so that members of the public can sit in a police car with officers and observe their interactions with the community. My husband rode along with our son Alex during two 12-hour shifts (morning and evening), and he was blown away

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at what the job entails. Alex did several of these rides with different agencies before enrolling in the police academy. Another citizen suggested having officers at community and school events so they can interact with citizens in positive settings. Video cameras that record officersuspect interactions are being considered nationwide. Sacramento city cops already have cameras in

their cars. Now, police forces across the country are looking at officer body cameras, which tend to dramatically reduce claims of police brutality. At the conclusion of the meeting, the eight groups presented their top concerns and ideas. There were lots of great ideas. More forums are being planned in future months. We look forward to participating.

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Keep Out ILLEGAL BARRICADES ARE STILL UP, BUT MAYBE NOT FOR LONG

locks on the new gates, so that only the residents themselves could access the levee at Chicory Bend and Rivershore. Second, they installed official-looking signs warning about “no public access” to the levee at the cul-de-sacs. They created their own private little wonderland. Fast-forward to this summer, when I made the acquaintance of

BY R.E. GRASWICH

Gary Buzzini, a retired Cal Fire chief, who was outraged by the fences the

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instant he saw them. Inspired by ne lesson from the

the populist fury of Chief Buzzini,

Sacramento River

I wrote about the barricades, citing

Parkway private-fence

official city documents that proved the

fiasco at those Chicory Bend and

gates were illegal and built on public

Rivershore cul-de-sacs is that it’s

property with no permits. George

much easier to build an illegal

Warren, ace reporter for KXTV News

barricade than tear one down.

10, picked up the story and helped put pressure on the city to set things

To build an illegal fence, all you

right.

need is an abundance of arrogance

Summer ended. Kids went back

(or “brass,” as my father called it) and enough money and connections

to school. Autumn arrived. And the

to find a general contractor who will

illegal fences endured. Even after the shame of widespread

dig holes and pour concrete on public lands without bothering to obtain a

public exposure, the fences stood

building permit.

there, mocking every citizen who pays taxes and plays by the rules

What I’ve just described is against the law in California. Apparently, it

and doesn’t make up stories about

still happens.

building gates on private property when everyone knows it’s public

As a matter of fact, it happened in the Pocket, near the Sacramento

land you’ve barricaded for your own

River Parkway levee, about five years

pleasure and benefit. And with that, it’s time for an

ago. A few residents got together, pooled their money and hired a contractor to build fences and gates

Gary Buzzini has been outraged by the illegal fences from the moment he saw them

They didn’t waste time pulling permits, which would have been a neat trick anyway, since the land under the fences is a parkway owned by the city.

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calling people who might help explain the delay in tearing down the fences

along the public easement near the road.

update. A few weeks ago, I started

Cleverly, they made a few calls to

true. Several gullible city officials took

at Chicory Bend and Rivershore.

city officials, mentioned what they

the residents for their word and did

Why wasn’t the city opening those

were up to and said not to worry, the

no further investigation.

gated levee access points to everyday

fences were being erected on private

To this impressive bit of brass the

taxpayers—the rest of us who own,

property, which made everything

neighbors added two inspired touches:

maintain and visit the river levee?

OK—and might have, had it been

First, they had the contractor install

I called Alison Tang, who runs the

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Chicory Bend and Rivershore. She

enforcement section for the Central

said the city “will be notifying the

Valley Flood Protection District,

property owners of our intentions

a state agency that does what its

to remove the fences on public

name suggests and is responsible for

property.”

making sure illegal structures don’t

The flood protection district has

materialize along levees. And I went

given the city until Dec. 31 to remove

to Linda Tucker, who’s tracked this

the illegal fences, a tight deadline by

mess for the city.

bureaucratic standards. Unlike the

The relationship between the

brassy neighbors and their contractor,

flood protection district and the city

the city and flood protection district

is important. Technically speaking,

actually follow rules and procedures,

the district doesn’t care who built

which can slow things down.

the illegal fences. All Tang and

In an ironic touch, the city hopes to

her colleagues know is the city is

preserve the cute bits of landscaping

landlord of the parkway along the

placed at the levee base by Chicory

Sacramento River levee. The landlord

Bend and Rivershore residents. The

is responsible for illegal stuff built

neighbors installed the landscaping

there.

for their own pleasure, along with the

“Before the fences can be removed, a survey must be completed to

gates and fences. Now that the public is storming the

establish the exact property lines,”

gates and reclaiming its property, we

Tang said.

might as well enjoy a little reminder

Tucker confirmed the news about the survey. She said the city wants to

of neighborliness run amok, and made right.

make sure it knows exactly where the city property line runs in relation to the property lines of private homes

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At the end of the meeting, one young attendee said that what was really needed was police outreach and engagement with his generation. He suggested that outreach be conducted through Facebook, Twitter and other social media. It’s obvious that there is a great deal of work to be done. But with law enforcement, schools, churches and community groups working together, we can help to improve relations between law enforcement and Sacramento’s minority communities.

MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION On Friday, Nov. 7, the U.S. Marine Corps will celebrate its 239th birthday. Here in Sacramento, present, former and retired Marines join together each year for a festive lunch at the Sutter Club. My husband, a Marine captain during the Korean War, was asked to attend several years ago by Brig. Gen. Jack

Hagan. Last year, my husband invited active Marine reservist Tony Ulep, a city park supervisor we know through his work in nearby McKinley Park. This year, he invited Tony’s father, also a former Marine. Attorney, Rotarian and former Marine Tom Knox asked us to help spread word of this year’s event, hoping to invite even more Marines to the party. “We have a great lunch and an interesting speaker, but we also have our own birthday cake,” says Knox. “We let the oldest and the youngest Marine in attendance cut the cake. “Even though many of us have gotten a little soft in our middle age, we all enjoy the company of the local recruiters who join us. They remind us of what the best of the Corps looks like these days,” he says. If you would like more details about the lunch or would like to attend, contact Knox at 498-9911 or tknox@ klalawfirm.com Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com n

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Stars in His Eyes LOCAL SOCCER PLAYER WANTS A CAREER IN THE SPORT

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eet Max Pantoja, a 2014 John F. Kennedy High School graduate and another local young person who’s giving back to his community. Pantoja is a Sacramento State University student with a passion for soccer—so much passion that he hopes to make a career in the game. Pantoja, it seems, was born into soccer. It dominates his earliest memories. “I was born and raised in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, and for everyone there, one of the first things you learn to do as soon as you start walking is ‘futbol,’” he says. Pantoja immigrated to the United States as a teenager. He’s come a long way. “When I was 13 years old, I came to the U.S. and I didn’t know English, only the basic greetings: ‘Hello, my name is … Nice to meet you, etc.,’” he says. Pantoja attended Martin Luther King Jr. K-8 School off Little River Drive before moving on to JFK. “I played in middle school and four years in high school at Kennedy,” he says. “I also played three years with Greenhaven Soccer Club, and in the summer of 2012 I played for the Sacramento Soccer Alliance Under-23.

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A John F. Kennedy High School graduate, Max Pantoja is passionate about soccer and hopes to make a career in the game

This last year, I played for a team called Alpine Demolition. It was formed by my stepfather’s boss, and it was comprised of my stepfather’s co-workers and friends. We played in the Mexican Valley League here in Sacramento. During a game for that

team, I was tackled and completely tore my ACL (major knee ligament). I’m in my recovery process from the surgery and I hope to get back on the pitch as soon as possible.” At Sac State, Pantoja is studying athletic training and hopes to become

a trainer for a professional soccer club. A life in soccer would be a dream realized for the young man. “I love how it connects people from around the globe,” he says. “In fact, futbol was my way of communicating when I first arrived in the United States. I love the feeling I get when I have a ball on my feet. It takes my worries out. It improves my mood. It clears my mind. Those are the best minutes of my day. Too bad I can’t play yet. I know I’m not the best player on the pitch, but I assure you that I’m the one who is enjoying those five or 90 minutes the most.” On a personal note, away from my day job as an attorney, I coach a boys’ under-11 team in the Sacramento Soccer Alliance. Pantoja became our assistant coach this summer. “What I like about coaching is to share my love for the game with new people, to be able to help kids improve their game and understand it,” he says. “To learn new things and to improve old techniques are among the things I like about coaching. To have kids look up to you for help and advice is one great feeling I get when I’m coaching.” But there are challenges. Of his young players he says, “They’re very stubborn, I’m telling you. I’m a very patient person, but kids can find a way to get under your skin.” Yet the experience is always rewarding. “They remind me of the days when I was a kid and the only thing I would worry about all day was to be on time to practice and to do my best at it,” Pantoja says. “They remind us that it is OK to stay a kid at heart and to be creative.”

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COPS DEBATE

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Inside Publications columnist R.E. Graswich recently moderated a spirited debate between State Assembly candidates Jim Cooper and Darrell Fong. The race pits cops against cop, as both come from law enforcement backgrounds: Cooper with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, Fong with the Sacramento police department. Both reached the rank of captain. Cooper challenged Fong for not having the support of local law enforcement unions. Fong highlighted his independence. It will be interesting to see which counts most with voters.

Pocket residents eager for a savory, quick, European-style breakfast have been frequenting Le Croissant Factory next to Grocery Outlet on Florin Road and Riverside Boulevard for generations. Owner Peter Kuo bought the business, which has been around for about 45 years, in 1997. As the name indicates, croissants are the foundation. Says Kuo, “We sell over 25 different flavors, including various meat and cheese combinations. We feature custards, spinach dip, several fruits and even Nutella. The ham-and-Swiss is our best-selling croissant, with almond custard a close second.” In addition to croissants, Le Croissant Factory bakes specialty cakes for custom orders. The fruit basket cake is a recent addition. “The coffee crunch cake is our best selling,” says Kuo. “We sell over 200 per month.” Macaroons are also popular at this family-run business. And if this item doesn’t make you hungry, you must have just eaten.

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LEAF PILES Autumn in Sacramento means leaf piles. While we sometimes long for the days of weekly, year-round “Claw” service, with the nimble yellow tractors scooping up yard waste and other debris, the modern era means we only see the Claw certain times of the year—like now. From Nov. 1 to Jan. 31, city residents can place yard waste piles on the street for collection. City officials ask residents to fill their yard waste container before piling those leaves on the street. “We collect 75,000 tons of yard waste a year,” says Steve Harriman, the city’s integrated waste general manger. “More than one third, about 27,000 tons, is picked up November through January. By using the container first, along with a street pile for excess yard waste, city crews can clear streets faster.” Leaf pickups will occur typically every two weeks, with the schedule determined by storms, loads and demand. For more information, go to sacrecycle.org or call 311.

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NAILS IN THE BUFF Buff Nails is an interesting name for a manicure shop. It opened last winter at 257 Florin Road. We asked owner Bill Tran about the name. “My wife and I were sitting around thinking about the name for our new shop, and we came up with Buff because no one else had that name

and buffing is a process that we use in the nail shop,” says Tran. Tran would like neighbors to know it’s cheaper to get their nails done on certain days of the week. “You can receive a $25 pedicure and manicure or a $15 full set from Monday to Wednesday,” he says. Business is good. The Trans recently opened a second location in West Sacramento.

Seeing how our community can’t get enough soccer, we’ll finish where we started, with an item on a local young person excelling at the world’s most popular game. C.K. McClatchy High School senior Micaela Mercado began playing soccer in Greenhaven at the age of 4 on the Under-6 Hornets. She moved to the select level of competition and joined the Extreme, coached by Marvin Jackmon, whose daughter Jasmine, a couple of years older than Mercado, is currently playing top-division collegiate soccer at Santa Clara University. Now Mercado is getting all the attention from college recruiters. She visited Texas, Utah and Sacramento State but verbally committed to University of San Francisco, where her sister studies nursing. “Aside from the beautiful hilltop campus and the small class sizes, I feel that Coach (Jim) Millinder develops a family atmosphere with the team, and that is something I value,” Mercado says. “Along with the atmosphere, the high level of soccer was something I definitely wanted for my college experience. Playing Division 1 was important to me when committing. I’ve worked so hard to be a great midfielder, and to be able to play for USF against teams like Stanford is so exciting!” Best of luck to our talented young people! Shane Singh can be reached at shane@shanesingh.com n

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A Look at Measure L STRONG-MAYOR PROPOSAL SPARKS BROAD PUBLIC DEBATE

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easure L is a very big deal, marking the most ambitious effort to modify our city government since a failed ballot measure in 1990 to consolidate city and county governments. And responsible Sacramento voters are paying very close attention. The number of public forums devoted to discussion of the measure has surely set an all-time Sacramento record. Our Eye on Sacramento forum on Measure L on Oct. 2 at Clunie Community Center in McKinley Park drew a standing-room-only crowd of more than 150 people. After a robust two-hour-long discussion of EOS’s findings, responses from campaign representatives, commentary by an academic expert and audience Q&A, they were still people with further questions to ask and comments to express. (If you missed it, you can view the forum on Access Sacramento cable channel 17 on Nov. 2 at 10 p.m., Nov. 3 at 2 p.m. or Nov. 4 at 6 a.m.) We convened the forum to brief the public on the findings of EOS’s independent assessment and report on Measure L. (You can view or

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download the 32-page report at eyeonsacramento.org). If you are looking for EOS’s position or recommendation on how to vote on Measure L, you won’t find it. In addition to acting as a watchdog over local government, we put a great deal of effort into independently researching and analyzing selected major local issues and informing the public of our findings and the results of our research. However, we trust informed voters to make up their own minds on ballot measures based on their own values and priorities. They certainly don’t need us telling them how to vote. A word on EOS’s independence. Our 15-member all-volunteer board is beholden to no one and to no interest group. We decline opportunities to serve on local government boards to avoid the appearance of bias or undue influence. At times, EOS has been labeled as being irretrievably in the pocket of Mayor Kevin Johnson. At other times, we’ve been tagged as being implacably opposed to whatever the mayor happens to support. Both conclusions are far from the mark. We look beyond who is supporting or opposing a proposal and examine the merits (and demerits) of the proposal itself. And we don’t spend time fretting about the potential political fallout of our actions or positions. We have viewpoints like everyone else. We place very high value on local democracy, on effective and efficient government that provides real value in exchange for taxpayers’ dollars, and on honest, clean and transparent local government that respects its citizens’ rights, freedoms and aspirations for a better life. We

are always wary of the improper and illegitimate influence that powerful special interests can have on elected officials and local government. This marks the fourth time Mayor Johnson has tried to bring a strongor executive-mayor proposal before the voters. His first effort, introduced in his first days in office back in 2009, was supported by initiative petitions signed by more than 32,000 registered Sacramento voters. Johnson’s first effort was shut down by a court ruling, and his second and third efforts were sidelined by an uncooperative city council. EOS has consistently supported the public’s right to vote on these proposals. When more than 30 percent of regular Sacramento voters request the opportunity to decide for themselves how their city government should be governed, we believe that real (small “d”) democrats on the city council, including even those who may be stridently opposed to the proposal, should accede to the voters’ wishes, not stand in their way. Voters can lose respect for elected officials who support voters’ rights only with respect to measures that they themselves support while opposing voters’ rights on measures that they themselves oppose—the recognized pattern of a cynical “situational democrat.” Here is a summary of EOS’s findings on Measure L: 1. EOS believes that the Sacramento city charter should not be overhauled without a showing by proponents of good cause and strong justification for doing so. The campaign literature of the “Yes” campaign argues that the current

charter is “outdated” and that, while the city is not broken, Measure L “is just better.” We find such justifications to be exceedingly weak. 2. The proponents’ core justifications are that the measure will improve government accountability, responsiveness, efficiency, effectiveness and transparency. 3. While direct election of the city’s chief executive officer is an important indicator of accountability, we believe that real accountability involves being held to account for performance. On that score, we find that a city manager is subject to far greater accountability than an elected executive mayor. 4. Governmental responsiveness comes in several forms: responsiveness to citizens’ needs, responsiveness to the policy preferences of citizens and, importantly to Sacramento, responsiveness to opportunities for economic growth. We find that Sacramento’s current councilmanager system is likely to be more responsive to the needs of citizens, but that there would likely be no appreciable difference in each system’s responsiveness to the policy preferences of citizens. An executive mayor may be more responsive to opportunities for economic growth. 5. Research clearly demonstrates that cities that employ city managers are more efficient and effectively managed than cities run by executive mayors. 6. Components of Measure L will increase the transparency of city government, but the details—and CITY HALL page 14

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dreamerswelcome.org CITY HALL FROM page 12 thus the effectiveness—of such components are left largely to the future discretion of the city council. 7. Measure L would likely reduce the power and influence of councilmembers to a considerable degree. Since the influence of neighborhoods depends tremendously on the power and effectiveness of councilmembers, we conclude that Measure L will significantly reduce the influence of neighborhoods on city policy. The possible creation of a neighborhood advisory committee will likely do nothing to arrest a decline in the influence of neighborhoods under Measure L. 8. Measure L may politicize the appointment of senior city managers and result in a loss of manager professionalism and potential difficulties in management recruitment. At the same time, Measure L may open up management positions for dynamic and actionoriented managers from the private sector.

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9. Measure L may weaken the bargaining position of city government in labor negotiations due to the political influence of publicsafety unions on an executive mayor, potentially leading to higher taxpayer costs and/or reduced service levels. 10. Measure L may very well lead to an accelerated processing of development projects through the city’s environmental and planning processes, and could possibly lead to a lowering of environmental and planning review standards. 11. It is highly uncertain whether a sufficient pool of qualified candidates for mayor will run for office following adoption of Measure L. If qualified candidates do not run for mayor, the city will almost certainly experience a deterioration in the quality of city management. 12. The creation of an independent redistricting commission and a strong code of ethics, as called for by Measure L, will improve the integrity and transparency of city government. However, the city council must truly commit to creating an ethics

commission with the authority to enforce a code of ethics. 13. The increase in mayoral powers under Measure L will likely lead to increased political fundraising by the mayor and greater risks of corruption and “pay to play” abuses involving private interests seeking taxpayer subsidies for private projects, increasing the importance of a strong and effective ethics code and ethics commission. 14. EOS has major concerns over the steady erosion of democratic values and democratic practices in city government in recent years. We encourage voters to evaluate Measure L, in part, on whether they believe it will enhance or diminish our collective ability to democratically govern our city now and in the future. Measure L is not exclusively the mayor’s proposal. The city council insisted on some tweaks of its own to Measure L before they agreed to place it on the ballot, few of which have received much public attention. For example, the council inserted a provision that drops the current requirement that the city council

meet every week (when not on its annual one-month vacation). They changed it to require that the council meet a minimum of just two times per month—without any corresponding reduction in councilmember pay, of course. Last year, EOS reported on the frequency and duration of city council meetings and found that the council is now spending half as much time in public session as it did under former Mayor Heather Fargo. If Measure L passes and the council elects to cut its meetings down to twice monthly, the council may end up spending 75 percent less time in public session than it did under Fargo, further reducing the opportunities citizens have to express their views to their elected officials at council meetings. The council also dropped from Measure L a provision that imposed term limits on city councilmembers but kept a provision imposing a three-term limit on mayors (not counting terms served wholly or partly before passage of the measure). CITY HALL page 17

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Sacramento’s Hispanic community was atomized by the council’s 2011 redistricting plan, while many residents of Oak Park were outraged by the removal of UC Davis Medical Center from the Oak Park council district in which it had been located.) EOS researched the options and helped prepare the proposal for a redistricting commission. However, the effort lost political steam when the mayor adopted the idea himself and bolted it onto his strong-mayor proposals (plagiarism being the highest form of flattery). All of the good-government provisions of Measure L are meritorious and broadly supported by the public. They should be implemented by the council if Measure L passes. If it doesn’t pass, they should be placed before the voters by the council for a separate public vote at a future city election. To that end, folks on both sides of the Measure L debate have suggested that EOS take a role in flushing out these reforms and helping develop concrete legislative proposals for their implementation in concert with other community groups. The EOS board will be taking up the idea very soon. If anyone has an interest in participating in such an effort, please contact us. And don’t forget to vote on Nov. 4! Craig Powell is a local attorney, businessman, community activist and president of Eye on Sacramento, a civic watchdog and policy group. He can be reached at craig@ eyeonsacramento.org or 718-3030. n

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Care, Not Cure HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE AT THE END OF LIFE

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my Schweitzer still gets emotional when she recalls watching the man take his last breath. He was a hospice patient who had been homeless and had no one to see him through the last moments of his life. “When I got to the facility, I saw that he was actively dying, so I held his hand while he passed away,” she says. “I remember leaving in tears, then sitting in my car for a long time. I was so grateful that I was able to be there with him. Otherwise, he would have died alone.” Schweitzer had been looking for meaningful volunteer work when she happened upon hospice about three years ago. “I went to the hospice training and was immediately convinced that this was the right fit,” she says. A lawyer for the state as well as a new mother, she visits patients of the Sutter Hospice program in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, which gives her more flexibility than home visits that have more rigid scheduling requirements. The visits are the high point of her week. “You sit down and get to know them. Sometimes, they don’t have family nearby or they don’t get a lot

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Sutter Hospice volunteers Amy Schweitzer and Fred Harrold

of visitors,” she says. She’s always nervous going in for the first time. “But once they welcome you in, it’s great,” says Schweitzer. “It’s an honor being with a person at the most vulnerable time of their life, getting to hear their stories, seeing their pictures. You get to skip past all of the small talk and just be there for them. There’s no other agenda, and they’re so grateful to have a new person that they can talk to and share stories with.” At 88, Fred Harrold has been a hospice volunteer since retiring from his Ford dealership more than 13 years ago. “I wanted to volunteer somewhere, but I didn’t want to lick stamps,” says Harrold. “This clicked

for me. I always seem to have a new experience. The people are interesting and varied.” Over the years, Harrold has seen an increase in the number of Alzheimer’s patients in hospice, and he finds himself working more often with patients younger than himself. “I’m older than most of them,” he says with a chuckle. He loves hearing their stories, like that of a World War II navy aviator who discovered where a fleet of Japanese ships was hidden. But he also enjoys helping in other ways. “The caregivers are on duty 24/7, they don’t get a break,” he says. “So I tell them to get out of the house or take a nap while I’m there.” He once snuck a patient’s dog into

a facility to cheer her up. He took another patient to the hardware store so that he could walk the aisles and pick through the bins. “When they come into hospice, there is nothing more that can be done to cure them, but there’s a lot that can be done to enhance the quality of their life, to help them live better and longer,” says Cindy Dunning, manager of Sutter Hospice’s volunteer program. Dunning has been with Sutter Hospice for 29 years. When she began back in 1985, she says, “I never thought this would be the job from which I would retire.” She came to hospice from a position with the American Cancer Society, and it was a perfect fit. “Hospice

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“Our volunteers come from a range of socioeconomic backgrounds, but they all have a ‘hospice heart’ in common.” “Hospice is one of the best-kept secrets,” says Harrold. “The day will come when I’ll trade places with my patients, but I expect to be around for a while yet and will do this until I burn out. Emerson wrote, ‘What is an important man? Someone who leaves the world a little bit better than he found it.’” To learn more about Sutter Hospice, go to suttercareathome.org or call Cindy Dunning at 388-6255. Terry Kaufman can be reached at terry@1greatstory.com n

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utrimost is a revolutionary approach to weight loss and improved health,” says Dr. Kit Langstroth, who has a 28-year practice in Arden. “People cannot believe that with this approach there are no cravings or hunger, it is perfectly safe, and this has been proven with the experiences of people all over the country.” “The key is that we help our patients balance their hormones naturally,” he explains. “This in turn brings about the most efficient weight loss possible.” Langstroth assesses each patient by putting his or her palm on a special scanning hand cradle. “It is a bio-communication tool that shows each body’s unique biological preferences,” he says. The report that is generated lists individualized specific nutrition requirements and prescribes supplements needed to maximize the body’s fat-burning potential. Combined with a body composition analysis, an individual health plan is customized to each patient. “All kind of factors slow metabolism, including hormonal imbalances, dehydration, toxicity from the chemicals we encounter that are left behind, and even hidden microbial invaders including bacteria and viruses.” he says. “We get at the root causes as to why your metabolism has slowed down.”

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Dr. Kit Langstroth assesses a patient with a special scanning hand cradle

Langstroth says it’s not just about the food, but about healing the organs of metabolism on a cellular level. Once the patient’s unique profile is established, the patient follows a prescribed healthful, whole-food diet. “Because this is a true ketogenic— or fat-burning—diet, a person will not be hungry or have cravings because the body burns its own deep-seated fat for energy,” Langstroth says. “In fact, patients report they have more energy than ever. The weight loss is fairly dramatic—20 to 30 pounds in 40 days, especially in areas where fat tends to be typically resistant to

loss, including the midriff, thighs and arms.” Langstroth says the program is safe, healthy and is reversing many serious health conditions, including diabetes and high cholesterol, among his patients. Plus, he says, the program has been proven to reset the body’s base metabolic rate to help avoid weight regain. “Nutrimost is a great program that I personally used myself,” he says. “So we know the importance of offering daily coaching and support every step of the way for our patients.”

or Jonathan Marquardt, this year’s 10th anniversary as the owner of Haus Home Décor and Specialty Gifts marks a significant milestone in a storied retail journey that has taken him clear around the country. “Prior to starting Haus,” Marquardt says, “I did retail consulting, was an operations manager for a high-end design showroom in San Francisco, managed a variety of retail stores in Texas and California, managed design showrooms in both Dallas and California, and was a customer service manager and inventory planner for some major companies in Dallas.” Needless to say, Marquardt knows his stuff, as anyone who’s ever stopped into his beautifully appointed home-and-gift store on H Street can attest. The inventory is an eclectic, elegant mix of furniture, artwork, accessories, gift items and textiles from around the world that Marquardt personally sources to provide his clientele with a one-stop shop for all things “haus” and home. “My partner and I love to travel and our travel experiences are often reflected in the merchandise we offer,” the River Park resident says. “In a world of chain and box stores, we strive to offer items not found elsewhere. They may cost more, but they’re special.”

Jonathan Marquardt is the owner of Haus Home Décor and Specialty Gifts in East Sacramento

Case in point: This month, Marquardt and his staff will transform the shop for Christmastime with a series of themed trees and merry decorations galore. “The whole store gets a makeover,” Marquardt says. “The various themes will include a vintage toyland tree, complete with an oversized toy train on display, a candyland tree, a red-and-white tree, a silver tree, a gold tree and a kids’ tree. We’ll also continue to showcase authentic mouth-blown, hand-painted glass German ornaments that we specialorder from cottage operations in small German villages.” The ornaments are the perfect example of Marquardt’s attention to detail when stocking his store. Whether it’s candles from a niche brand such as Nest, clean-lined furniture from Barclay Butera or limited-edition giclée prints to spruce up a wall, Marquardt’s years of experience seeking out the chic is reflected in the store’s impressive and ever-expanding array. Check out the store’s recently expanded children’s section

(“everything from books to bibs,” as Marquardt puts it), tempting jewelry and accessories and the new bedroom floor display that’s sure to have you dreaming. “Having worked in the wholesale, retail and design industry for many years, I saw the industry changing and wanted to put all the best parts of those businesses under one roof,” Marquardt says. “We wanted to offer a unique boutique shopping experience, which is why we offer specialty seasonal gifts and home furnishings along with professional design services.” Those design services allow customers to achieve the interesting interior they desire. Marquardt’s two in-house designers work with clients to reimagine or refresh any room in the house, from the fixtures to the fabric to the finishings, to create livable, luxurious living spaces. Who wouldn’t want Haus to be their home? Come see what Haus has to offer at 5601 H St. Questions? Call Marquardt at 448-4100 or go to haushomeandgift.com

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unning this business is almost like playing house,” Gaby Sizemore says. This sentiment is particularly apt when you consider Sizemore and her husband, Warren, run The Window and Door Shop Inc. in ArdenArcade, but she means something more than merely outfitting homes with windows and doors. “I find myself doing a lot of things that I didn’t care about back when I worked in the corporate world, but that I find useful in my own business now,” Sizemore says. “All that experience carries over.” Sizemore is referring to her 18 years working in the contracting

department at the University of California, San Francisco, Medical Center, a job that required a level of detail orientation and focus that she finds incredibly helpful in her current line of work. “I specialized in data analysis at UCSF, so I can review anything and it doesn’t scare me,” Sizemore says. “But the corporate world is very different from the small business one. Before, I had the stress of meeting with doctors, but it’s a different kind of stress now. I do all the operations here—accounts payable, receivable, Quickbooks—and I also started selling full time this year. It’s a whole different kind of ballgame.” Sizemore is good at keeping her cool, however, which is kind of what got her into this business in the first place. Her brothers founded the original Window and Door Shop in their native San Francisco in 1987 and Sizemore helped get them get up and running with Quickbooks when she was barely out of high school. But it wasn’t just the financial future of the company that interested her. “I liked to go over to the shop with my girlfriends because there were always lots of guys there,” Sizemore admits—guys who included Warren. Sizemore met and married her now-husband at her brothers’ shop, where Warren worked for seven years before accepting a job with a window manufacturing company that took the couple to Colorado. “Warren is incredibly knowledgeable,” Sizemore says proudly. “He started very young working in hardware stores and he knows the name of every little screw. He can talk to architects, builders, homeowners, anybody. He has a good visual understanding about how things come together and can come up with ideas that nobody else thinks of. That’s why I married him.” The couple didn’t stay long in Colorado—“Moi didn’t like it there,” Sizemore admits—and upon returning to California, they decided to open up a sister shop in Sacramento in 2009. “All four of us are partners, which is why we were able to use the name,” Sizemore explains. “The Window SHOPTALK page 22

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for $450,000 to $650,000 in one of

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Sacramento’s largest infill projects. After decades in residential real estate development, Paris has

faded blue front loader tells

become an infill guy. You won’t find

the story of Curtis Park’s

him on land where the roads stop

newest revival on this fine

and tomato fields begin, building

sunny morning.

suburban subdivisions. He prefers

Trundling slowly down 10th

to take a neglected and abused site,

Avenue and making a cautious right

bordered by urban expectations and

turn onto 24th Street, the tractor

wary neighbors, and create something

inches along with its stack of oriented

that blends well and enhances the

strand board—OSB, the modern

community.

builder’s choice in undercoat sheeting

In Curtis Park, he’s exceeding

for wood-frame construction. Homes

expectations with three variations of

are going up fast here, ready for

homes, identified in real estate sales

occupancy before Thanksgiving.

pitches as Cottages, Brownstones

Political arguments over the shape,

and Expressions, the latter being the

size and attributes of the Curtis

largest and most expensive. These

Park Village housing development

are high-density residences that

have dragged on for years. But the

range from tiny (1,500 square feet)

presence of construction workers

to abundant (more than 2,500 feet).

pounding nails signals the fight is

Paris sold six of the first 12 homes

over. New homes sprout from the

before the structures were framed

wasteland between Curtis Park and

out.

Sacramento City College on dirt that

“Our customers know what they

once belonged to Western Pacific

want,” he says. “They are looking for

Railroad.

the amenities of city life, and they can

“It hasn’t been easy, but we’re

afford to wait until they find exactly

excited to be where we are,” says

what they’re looking for.”

Mike Paris, founder of BlackPine

Paris doesn’t provide data about

Communities, developer of the first

his buyers, but informal conversations

86 lots in what will eventually be a

with potential customers at Curtis

collection of 267 homes, shops and

Park Village reveal exactly the sort

offices in the old railyard.

of people you might expect to live in

Paris came to Curtis Park late, acquiring a strip of land along the western fringe of the development,

Mike Paris is the founder of BlackPine Communities, developer of the first 86 lots in what will eventually be a collection of 267 homes, shops and offices in the old railyard

between 24th Street and newly paved Crocker Drive, in 2013. This was

72-acre brownfield site and acquiring

time. This summer, his sales trailer

about a decade after the primary

entitlements from the city to build

bustled at the Village site, off 10th

Curtis Park Village developer, Paul

there.

Avenue. Eager customers signed

Petrovich, began the astonishingly adversarial work of cleaning the

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Paris, tall and lean with spiky silver hair, isn’t a man who wastes

contracts. Crews poured concrete and built frames for homes that sell

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“When Curtis Park was originally developed, builders bought one lot,

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built their home, sold it and that was

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that,” he says. “There was no thought

going, especially on that Safeway,”

given to master planned communities

Paris says. “The sooner the better.”

like today.” The result, he notes, is a perpetual “revivalism” of architecture in

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named Dan Murphy, who published Curtis Park.” The book charts the transformation of farm, dairy and stockyard into homes, using the phrase “mosaic” to describe the development. Murphy helped Paris understand how Curtis Park came to be a mosaic, and how new cottages and brownstones could be made to fit, especially along the periphery of the neighborhood on 24th Street. “Twenty-Fourth Street has always been a sort of stepchild to Curtis Park,” Paris says, pointing to homes vastly more eclectic and humble than those two blocks east. “Hopefully, our project helps pull it all together.” It’s important to note that Paris is not Petrovich. Their projects, closely linked, are separate. Says Paris, “It was a very tough deal we did with Paul. But he fights hard because he believes in the project. I admire his tenacity.” While Paris nears completion of the first new homes in Curtis Park

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Two Cops, One Debate CANDIDATES FOR ASSEMBLY SEAT SHARE THE STAGE

BY R.E. GRASWICH

hey both worked the streets, handling calls for service, breaking up fights, arresting drunks, relying on their command presence each time they walked into a scene of human chaos, misery or stupidity. For three decades, Jim Cooper and Darrell Fong cleaned up other people’s messes, which makes the race for the Ninth State Assembly District remarkable: two cops from a common generation suspending their mutual interests and selling themselves to voters from South Land Park to Lodi. About 100 people witnessed this process up close in early October, when candidates Cooper and Fong participated in a debate at John F. Kennedy High School’s Little Theater, sponsored by Inside Publications. I had the honor of moderating the debate. The observations that follow come from the middle seat, by a guy who has known both Cooper and Fong for years. I first met Cooper when he was a sergeant in the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office. Today he’s a captain, running the downtown jail. I’ve known Fong since his days as a Sacramento police lieutenant. Fong retired as a captain in 2009. An uninitiated audience member at the JFK debate would have had trouble picturing either Cooper or Fong as a law enforcement officer. They didn’t act like cops. They didn’t talk like cops. In its most elementary sense, police work comes down to three steps:

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First, a cop asks you to do something. Second, the cop tells you. Finally, the cop makes you comply. That’s basic police work: enforcing the law. The two candidates displayed little of that, befitting their contemporary status as politicians. While directing questions at the debate, I fell back on the formal ranks, calling them “Capt. Fong” and “Capt. Cooper.” But the candidates themselves made only passing references to their careers. Cooper said he worked undercover. Fong mentioned setting up drug buys and working for internal affairs. Other references to police work were almost benevolent. Cooper noted that as jail commander, he sees firsthand the failures of our education system and the desperation of drug addiction. Fong said he would hold himself to a higher standard than is normally expected in the Assembly, because higher standards are expected from police officers. The law enforcement connection became a political traffic ticket several times in the debate, when Cooper reminded the audience that he had overwhelming support from local police labor organizations. Cop labor groups have disliked Fong since his early days on the Sacramento city council three years ago, when he supported budget cuts that resulted in police department layoffs. Fong took the criticism in stride. He avoided negative references. Fong veered into personal distinctions once, when he asked if Cooper would refuse the generous legislative per diem and

not accept junkets paid for by specialinterest groups. Cooper said he would not take the per diem, which he noted is designed for legislators who live far from Sacramento. And Cooper said he would accept junkets if they obviously benefit the Ninth Assembly District. The geography of the Ninth District provided an interesting distinction between the two candidates.

The law enforcement connection became a political traffic ticket several times in the debate, when Cooper reminded the audience that he had overwhelming support from local police labor organizations. Cooper, who has served 14 years on the Elk Grove city council, said he lived practically in the center of the Assembly district and demonstrated familiarity with a wide range of issues, from the agriculture economy of Northern San Joaquin County to the gang violence of South Sacramento. By contrast, Fong was more provincial, as if he believed the JFK

debate audience was dominated by city residents. He spoke of his efforts to be fiscally responsible as a Sacramento city councilmember and noted his work to open privately gated suburban sections of the Sacramento River Parkway. Fong discussed his opposition to the proposed state water diversion tunnels in the Delta and said he had the political support of Sacramento County Supervisor Don Nottoli, who represents the rural expanses that lead to the Delta. Beyond that, Fong’s reference points were firmly rooted in the city of Sacramento. Neither Cooper nor Fong displayed the glibness of a seasoned politician. While they have obviously made adjustments from the nights of asking, telling and making, both men retain the aura of duty and action—as if they would be happy to prove a point with a live demonstration rather than by talking around the issue. Given their backgrounds and perspectives, both cops would be interesting to watch in the Assembly, where glad-handing and empty promises dominate the culture. But here, too, stands a major difference between Fong and Cooper: While Cooper plainly enjoys the political life, Fong seems downright miserable around the superficialities of elected office. From this perspective, I can’t help thinking that those of us who like Capt. Fong would be righteous if we encourage him to tackle something nonpolitical with his talents. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com n

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The Gloaming FRI, NOV 14 • 8PM Evocative of the spare serenity of the Irish countryside, the music of The Gloaming is both deeply familiar and consistently surprising. Merging Irish tunes, sean nós singing, and instrumental explorations over a backbone of spare minimalism, these five accomplished musicians—New York pianist Thomas Bartlett, Chicago guitarist Dennis Cahill, fiddle master Martin Hayes, hardanger innovator Caoimhin Ó Raghallaigh and Irish singer Iarla Ó Lionaird (Afro Celt Sound System)—carve new paths connecting the Irish folk tradition and New York’s contemporary music scene.

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“The finest jazz violinist working today” (The New York Times) explores the folk songs and spirituals her paternal grandfather, a coal miner, would have heard as he toiled in Alabama.

Jeremy Denk, piano WED, NOV 5 Musical America’s 2014 Instrumentalist of the Year, pianist Jeremy Denk returns to Mondavi Center in a solo performance featuring a new composition by Brad Mehldau and works by Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart and Schumann.

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra SAT, NOV 8 Jiří Bělohlávek, chief conductor and music director Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Academy of Ancient Music THU, NOV 13 Richard Egarr, music director Johann Sebastian Bach’s complete Orchestral Suites.

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go to support the RAHS band program.) For more information, go to rioband.net Rio Americano High School is at 4540 American River Drive.

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his month marks an exciting opportunity for lovers of the Sacramento Ballet. On Nov. 8 and 9, the ballet’s popular Inside the Director’s Studio series will feature “Conversations with Barbara Crockett,” the founder of the Sacramento Ballet, at the company’s studios in midtown. As the second-oldest ballet company west of the Mississippi, the Sacramento Ballet boasts a rich 60-year history that all started with Crockett’s ambitious artistic vision and continues today under co-artistic directors Ron Cunningham and Carinne Binda. Former Crockett student and ballet company member Robert Kelley will moderate an evening that’s sure to be full of fascinating revelations and reminiscing. Don’t miss it! Inside the Director’s Studio will take place at 6 p.m. on Nov. 8 and at 5 p.m. on Nov. 9. For tickets and more information, call the Sacramento Ballet at 552-5800 or go to sacballet. org The Sacramento Ballet studios are at 1631 K St.

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Sacramento Ballet’s popular Inside the Director’s Studio series will feature “Conversations with Barbara Crockett,” the founder of the Sacramento Ballet this month

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intended to showcase the tremendous musical talents of Rio’s seven jazz and Do you have music-minded tykes concert bands, which have performed at home? Let them sit in with the all over the world. big kids on Friday, Nov. 7 at Rio If your kids are more interested in Americano High School Band’s snacks than sonatas at the moment, Playathon event on the RAHS don’t miss the accompanying campus. Playathon carnival from 3 to 8 p.m., Elementary and middle school featuring games and free food, as students are invited to sit in with well as free concerts open to the Rio’s internationally recognized bands community from 5:45 to 9 p.m. from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. during the All events are free, but donations exciting 17-hour musical marathon. are gratefully accepted. (All proceeds Now in its 34th year, Playathon is

The Sacramento Youth Symphony’s Premier Orchestra has cooked up something special for Veterans Day. Its Saluting Our Veterans concert will take place at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at the Community Center Theater. The talented youngsters will be joined by the City of Sacramento Pipe Band and composer Isaac Smith under the baton of Maestro Michael Neumann for a rousing, patriotic program that’s sure to put a pep in your step. The performance will include “The 1812 Overture,” “Armed Forces Salute,” “Victory at Sea,” “Adagio for Strings,” “Amazing Grace,” the premier of “The Power of Freedom” and more to salute and serenade those who have served. Tickets are free and available to reserve online at sacramentoyouthsymphony.org or to pick up at the Community Center Theater box office (limit four per person). The Community Center Theater is at 1301 L St.

COOL CROCKER, BRO The Crocker Art Museum is hopping this autumn with music, men and market shopping that are guaranteed to make you glad. The Classical Concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9 will feature virtuoso flutist Laurel Zucker and Grammy Award-winning harpist Jacquelyn

Jeff Myers has a new solo exhibition, “The Nature of Droids and Machines,” at the Alex Bult Gallery from Nov. 6 through Dec. 6.

Venter as part of the Festival of New American Music presented by California State University, Sacramento. The nationally recognized musicians will not only pluck the harp strings, but your heart strings, too. For tickets, call 808-1182. From 5-9 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, the Crocker is calling all dudes for Art Mix BroVember. The museum will offer a “bro-asis” of grooming goodies, fashion finds, music and other hot commodities for the male population (and their gal pals, of course). Attendees can pick up etiquette, style and interiors tips and tricks from the Denim Spot, watch a live barber demonstration by Anthony’s Barber Shop, rock out to live tunes from The Nickel Slots and guest DJ Billy Lane, get artistic details on the “manliest men” in the Crocker’s collection, participate in beard and mustache contests, and more. Add to that $5 drinks and a $2 discount for college students, and the evening is sure to be a slam dunk.

Hoping to get a jump start on your holiday shopping? Don’t miss the Crocker Holiday Artisan Market, now in its ninth year, on Nov. 28-30 at the Scottish Rite Center on H Street. More than 100 artists will be on hand to offer one-of-a-kind handmade and decorative gifts that are guaranteed to get you a high-five come holiday gift-giving time. The event is free for museum members, $6 for nonmembers and $3 for students and seniors. Market hours are from noon to 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 28; from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 29; and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 30. The Scottish Rite Center is at 6151 H St. For more information on Crocker events, call 808-1182 or go to crockerartmuseum.org The Crocker Art Museum is at 216 O St.

GET ORGANIZED Are you ready to hear a master organ soloist take to the keys? Don’t miss Jack Miller perform at 4 p.m. on Nov. 2 at All Saints Episcopal Church. Following the performance of a Choral Evensong for All Saints Sunday, renowned Sacramento organ soloist Jack Miller will tickle the sizeable ivories of the church’s large pipe organ for the second concert of the 2014-5 season. Miller is the founder of the women’s vocal ensemble Chanteuses and music director of the Bravo Bach Festival— and soon to be your new favorite organ soloist. For tickets and more information, go to allsaintssacramento.org All Saints Episcopal Church is at 2076 Sutterville Road.

DON’T RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Do machines think? Do droids feel? These are the kinds of questions artist

Jeff Myers explores in his new solo exhibition, “The Nature of Droids and Machines,” at the Alex Bult Gallery from Nov. 6 through Dec. 6. Myers’ exhibition, dedicated to his father, Tom, who died in April, continues to expand on themes he started to examine in his first exhibition “The Land Series,” then continued to explore last year in his show “The Secret Life of Machines.” The artist uses his paintings to examine the relationship among land, technology and humans and where exactly consciousness comes from. Heady stuff, to be sure, but the vibrant canvases tell you all you need to know: Myers is one very talented painter. Meet Myers in person at the preview reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 6 and at the opening reception from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8. For more information, call 476-5540 or go to alexbultgallery.com The Alex Bult Gallery is at 1114 21st St., Suite B. PREVIEWS page 32

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MERCY ME! If you’re looking for that perfect something to give that special someone, look no further than the Mercy Guild’s annual Christmas boutique and luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at the Dante Club. Mercy General Hospital’s volunteer-run guild has put together an impressive collection of various vendors offering everything from handbags and jewelry to jams and jellies, hair accessories and Christmas decorations. With this kind of inventory, you’re sure to wow your gift recipients this year! For more information, call BeBe Wright at 424-2628. The Dante Club is at 2330 Fair Oaks Blvd.

GALLERY GOODIES Gallery 2110 is full of newness this November, with two new exhibitions opening in both gallery spaces on Nov. 5. In the Main Gallery, check out “Languages of Color,” a showcase of artwork by James Gasowski and Ilya Mokhov. Gasowski takes inspiration from geometrical abstraction and the line and color of calligraphy to create powerful paintings that delight the eye. Mokhov’s expressive pieces are done in the fauvist tradition, with plenty of bold brushstrokes and catchy colors to excite art aficionados and newbies alike. In the Loft Gallery, Kathy Dana’s exhibition of “Sidewalk Moment” celebrates exactly what the title implies: fleeting moments of light and shadow on the sidewalk inspired by the artist’s early-morning and lateafternoon walks in our fair city. Both exhibitions are free and open to the public through Dec. 6, with the exception of the VIP reception from 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8. Join the fun during the Second Saturday public reception from 6 to 9 p.m. and you might even get to rub elbows with the artists! For more information, call 4765500 or go to gallery2110.com Gallery 2110 is at 2110 K St.

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Don’t miss Jack Miller perform at 4 p.m. on Nov. 2 at All Saints Episcopal Church

SHORT AND SWEET Celebrate 35 years of the artistic achievements of artists with developmental disabilities at “Many Happy Returns: a 35 Year Retrospective of Short Center North,” on display from Nov. 6 through Dec. 21 at the Verge Center for the Arts. With more than 200 pieces dating all the way back to the founding of

Short Center North (SCN) in 1978, this is the center’s largest exhibition of its kind. The show will provide a chronological survey of more than three decades of work since the SCN’s inception in mediums that include painting, sculpture, animation, assemblage and fiber arts. SCN was founded by the Developmental Disabled Services Organizations (DDSO) as one of the first day centers in the Sacramento

area to employ professional artists as arts mentors for adults with developmental disabilities. Clearly, the mentoring paid off: SCN artists have shown their work around the Sacramento region as well as at national institutions, including the National Folk Art Museum in Washington, D.C., the Outsider Art Fair in New York City, and the Ames Gallery in Berkeley. The exhibition will be accompanied by a live performance by client artist Ellen Bourdreaux at the opening reception from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6; a Verge-hosted pop-up shop offering artwork for sale for the holiday season; and an online version of the retrospective hosted by the DDSO’s Virtual Feast website at ddsoarts.org For more information, call 4482985 or go to vergeart.com The Verge Center for the Arts is at 625 S St.

GIGGLES DO GOOD If you’re a fan of stand-up comedy and helping improve the lives of others, don’t miss the TLCS Comedy Showcase fundraiser at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4 at the Crest Theater. TLCS is an award-winning, nonprofit social rehabilitation agency that for 32 years has helped psychiatrically disabled adults avoid becoming homeless, or get back on their feet after becoming homeless. Local comedians are donating their time and talent to this second-annual showcase to help raise awareness and funds for the organization. The VIP Reception and Silent Auction begin at 5:30 p.m. (tickets are $100). General admission for the Comedy Showcase is $20; doors open at 7 p.m. For more information, call 441-0123 or go to tlcssac.org The Crest Theater is at 1013 K St. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Please email items for consideration by the first of the month, at least one month in advance of the event. n

Kathy Dana’s exhibition of “Sidewalk Moment” is on display at Gallery 2110

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Handyman Special A LOT OF SWEAT EQUITY WENT INTO THIS ELMHURST REMODEL

BY JULIE FOSTER HOME INSIGHT

fter Steven Maviglio moved to Sacramento from the East Coast, it took him nine months to find the right place to land. Proximity to downtown and being able to ride his bike to work were top priorities. In 2001, Maviglio found what he wanted in Elmhurst. The 1927 Craftsman bungalow had been a

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“They had destroyed the feel of the house but not the character.”

rental for a long time, and former occupants hadn’t been kind to the 1,100-square-foot home. “They had destroyed the feel of the house but not the character,” he says. “There was a generally funkiness, but I could see past that.” The kitchen lacked charm. The layout was inefficient. There was an old refrigerator and a hot water

tank in the small mudroom off the kitchen. “The kitchen was completely backward from what a functional kitchen should be,” Maviglio says. The bathroom also needed updating. Three concrete steps provided the only access to the backyard. Art deco lights clashed with the home’s Craftsman style. Maviglio remodeled the house in three phases: the kitchen in 2002, a bed-and-bath addition in 2006, and the small bath in 2009. He cut costs by offering a bit of sweat equity to the contractors, D & J Kitchens & Baths. “They are meticulous cabinetmakers and at first were a little nervous about letting me help out,” he explains. Maviglio doesn’t want anyone to think he is Joe Handyman, but HOME page 36

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HOME FROM page 35 he grew up doing a lot of this kind of work, including painting, ripping out floors and walls and installing insulation.

Maviglio loves cooking and entertaining, so updating the kitchen was paramount. D & J would provide a list of jobs and the necessary tools. With a bit of training, Maviglio was able to work evenings and weekends at his assigned tasks. “When someone shows you how to rip apart stuff, it is pretty easy,” he says. “I could come home from work

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and get rid of the stress of the day ripping apart floors and walls.” Maviglio loves cooking and entertaining, so updating the kitchen was paramount. Custom cherry cabinets with glass inserts replaced the drab originals and opened up the small space. Oak flooring was installed. Stainless steel appliances including a Thermador oven, dishwasher and refrigerator added a bit of luster. “This is nothing fancy but it really works,” he says. The master bed-and-bath addition added approximately 275 square feet. In the bathroom, Maviglio installed new fixtures along with beadboard, subway tile in the shower and chicken wire tile on the floor. A luxurious glass-enclosed shower and custom cherry cabinets and mirror complete the scene.

worked my remodel around my furniture.” He worked with SMUD to increase the home’s energy efficiency, installing new windows, a tankless water heater, a highefficiency furnace, new insulation in the walls and attic and an upgraded electrical system “It is so tight I hardly need to turn on the airconditioning,” he explains. French doors off the mudroom and master bedroom provide access to the backyard. A barbecue sits steps from the kitchen. A new deck, pergola, fountain and outdoor speakers create a welcoming place for guests. Maviglio created an orchard that produces blood oranges, Meyer lemons, figs and persimmons. An olive tree provides a link to his Homeowner Steven Maviglio at the entrance to his Italian roots. urban orchard Maviglio loves to travel, and his home contains In the second bathroom, Maviglio numerous pieces, paintings and installed more cherry cabinets and artworks collected on his trips to a large claw-foot tub rather than a Italy, Chile, Laos and Thailand. shower. His preference for cherry Local artist Mark Emerson is also a stems from memories. “I spent most favorite. of my life in New Hampshire, and it “Every morning when I walk reminds me of home,” he says. through the house, I take a trip around the world,” he says. Maviglio concedes his style of remodeling isn’t for everyone. He felt lucky finding Darius Baker, co-owner of D & J Kitchens and Bath. “We had an immediate bond,” he says. “And they were willing to have me do some of the work.” He stresses the importance of hiring craftsmen who pay attention to Maviglio’s interior reflects his details and not just the bottom line. appreciation of fine craftsmanship “You must be brutally honest and woodworking. His collection of about what you want accomplished,” furniture includes pieces by Stickley, he says. “We had some very frank Thomas Moser and cabinetmaker conversations about this project.” Loran Smith, a friend. “If you aren’t building the Taj If you know of a home you Mahal, you have the budget to buy think should be featured in Inside nice furniture,” he explains. “I Publications, contact Julie Foster at

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The Running Man MANAGING A SHOE STORE FOR SPORTS FANATICS, HE’S ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD

BY R.E. GRASWICH SPORTS AUTHORITY

here’s an excellent reason why customers aren’t encouraged to wander up the stairs and into the corporate suites above Fleet Feet’s tidy store on J Street in Midtown. The second floor is a mess. Boxes of running shoes, T-shirts and product samples of healthy-lifestyle accessories crowd the halls and sit stacked in office warrens. A cluttered desk reveals a black bowl of halfconsumed noodles, suggesting lunch interrupted. The jumble is no big deal to Fleet Feet employees. They navigate around the stacks of inventory like mountain goats headed for green pasture. In this sense, the Fleet Feet machine operates like an artisanal sausage factory, producing savory results from a process best left unobserved by outsiders. Dusty Robinson, general manager of Fleet Feet, makes no reference to the chaos as he welcomes a visitor into the belly of the beast. After poking his head into several offices, he finds sanctuary at the end of the hallway. He waves an arm and says, “We won’t be interrupted here.” He is right.

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Dusty Robinson is the general manager of Fleet Feet

Sacramento is a running town, a place where many thousands of residents brave car traffic and broken, uneven sidewalks, potholes, mud, heat and rain in the pursuit of local trails and pathways, relentlessly placing one foot in front of the other, mile after mile. For the most serious runners, Fleet Feet is not a store but an extension of the lifestyle, a place where no explanations are necessary. Fleet Feet employees aren’t sedentary souls who spend their off-hours playing video games. They run. And they know more than might be expected about the anatomical intricacies of ambulation, training and recovery, having learned the hard way: by going out and doing it.

“We are a running store, yes,” Robinson says. “But our real goal is a healthy lifestyle for our customers. That’s why we can talk to you about proper insoles and muscle massage, and why we have items for yoga and swimming.” Sacramento’s flat terrain and mild weather mean people can run yearround. Running paths line the rivers. Many parks in urban neighborhoods feature decomposed granite, the runner’s friend, alongside concrete sidewalks. “There is something going all the time,” Robinson says. “It’s difficult to find a weekend in the Sacramento area when there isn’t a race scheduled.”

So the feet beat never ceases. The Sacramento race calendar has no single peak but a series of peaks. October’s Urban Cow half marathon and 5-kilometer events give way to December’s California International Marathon, which yields to the Shamrock’n half marathon in March and the Women’s Fitness Festival in June. Those are marquee events. Add smaller races, triathlons and gimmicky goofs like The Color Run, and the chaos in a running store becomes understandable. September 2014 saw 17 unique running events in Sacramento. Unlike golf, tennis, cycling and water sports, running requires SPORTS page 41

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Waiting for Rain WHAT IF WE HAVE ANOTHER DRY WINTER?

BY ANITA CLEVENGER GARDEN JABBER

ast year, I wrote about the “fifth season,” the time when California waits breathlessly for rain and the precious awakening of late fall and winter. When our usual rainy period begins, the hills and roadsides turn emerald, seemingly overnight. Flower seeds sprout under changeable skies filled with clouds and the occasional rainbow. We were teased this year by September rain. That happened last year, too, but the early promise was followed by yet another year of drought. Hillsides stayed a patchy brown most of the winter. Snow in the Sierra was scant, not nearly enough to fill our reservoirs. Our water districts set varying degrees of watering restrictions. Passing through our neighborhoods, you see the results. Most lawns are less green than usual, although many are a vivid shade that only lavish amounts of water and fertilizer could produce. A few lawns are totally brown. Some people have given up on all or much of their turfgrass with considerably variable results. Their front yards may look like the desert, covered with rock

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and spotted with a few plants. Others are colorful and relatively lush, filled with drought-tolerant plants. Then there are the unintentional deserts, where plants have died or look very stressed because people have confused “low water” with “no water.” Even the most drought-tolerant plants must be watered in their first season or two, with periodic deep watering throughout their lives. The trees also tell of drought. Many of them are dead, dying or stressed. New and young trees will die without regular water. Most of our mature landscape trees need occasional deep watering, penetrating at least a foot down, throughout the dry season. If you’ve reduced or stopped your lawn sprinklers, your trees are thirsty.

Many of our landscape trees come from locations with ample rainfall and milder temperatures than our saunalike summers. Redwoods, elm trees and red maples are among the varieties that simply have to have a good, long drink periodically. Sacramento Tree Foundation offers great tips at sactree.com/water I’m hopeful that by the time you read this, the weather will have changed and that rain and snow will have begun falling. But what if this winter is just as dry as last, or even drier? Your plants still need water throughout the year. Horticulturists talk about evapotranspiration rate, or ET. In layman’s terms, less water evaporates and transpires (passes

through the pores on a plant’s leaves) when the days are shorter and cooler. The Sacramento Valley’s ET drops from July’s high of 7.9 inches to 1.6 in November, and it begins to increase in March as the days get longer. There are smart irrigation controllers that measure the daily ET and adjust watering accordingly. Less sophisticated controllers may have a seasonal-adjustment setting for you to apply a smaller percentage of watering. If it hasn’t begun to rain, about 40 percent would be appropriate for November. At this point, it’s probably better to water no more than once a week, making sure that the water soaks to the root zone. The city limits irrigation to one day a week during winter months, starting

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SPORTS FROM page 38 no expensive equipment beyond a modestly priced pair of shoes. A few bold runners don’t even bother with shoes, believing the naked, wellcalloused foot is a propulsion device impossible to improve upon. For customers who prefer shoes, Robinson and his crew take extra steps to consider proper fit and lifestyle. “Even if you’re running a couple of hours every day, there’s probably eight or nine hours a day when you’re wearing something else at your job,” Robinson says. “What you do on the job becomes very important in terms of avoiding injuries while running.” This is where the holistic approach to running and lifestyle comes in. By any measure, running is hard on the body. A human foot has 26 bones and 33 joints, held together and launched by more than 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments. The morass of cartilage and marrow means much can go wrong. Which is why smart shoe people converse in esoteric languages: the vernacular of stretching, self-massage, hydration and insole support.

“We have podiatrists who come to the store, and they will ask our employees questions, because they know we see more runners’ feet than anybody,” Robinson says. They don’t spend all their time looking at feet. Beyond the retail confines of Midtown, Robinson and his crew sponsor and organize multiple races, handling signups, course management and results. On the marketing side, they juggle new product releases, struggling to keep pace with shoe and apparel manufacturers who follow byzantine shipping schedules. “They all try and get the edge on their competitors. There is no one season,” Robinson says. He points to a white board covered with multihued dates and shoe names, each color indicating when new models will be shipped. The silent, solitary act of running is like that: mesmerizingly complex, one step at a time. R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com n

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Ask and Receive HE LIT A FIRE FOR CHANGE BENEATH A BALKY CONGREGATION

BY NORRIS BURKES SPIRIT MATTERS

was a freshly minted minister in 1984 when I preached an “audition sermon” before 26 parishioners at First Southern Baptist Church of Brentwood, Calif. After the sermon, the church voted unanimously to hire me, certain that my youthful enthusiasm would increase church membership. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the glamorous Brentwood of O.J. Simpson fame. This was an unincorporated hamlet on the fringes of the San Francisco Bay Area with only one traffic light and one ATM. Progress

wasn’t a speeding bullet for Brentwood businesses, much less a church. During my first year, I proposed improvements to spur church growth. For instance, I suggested that removing “Southern” from our name might attract people from other cultures. “Not in our lifetime,” the parishioners said. I recommended we hire a secretary. Nope. But mostly, I lobbied for building improvements. “Paint, remodel and landscape!” Not likely, they told me. One day, however, I got a helpful phone call from the Brentwood fire chief asking to schedule the church’s annual fire inspection. “What does that mean?” I asked, alarmed at the unlikelihood of passing inspection. The chief assured me that his was a routine inspection for fire hazards. I smiled at the possibilities. I was more than willing to hang our proverbial dirty laundry for him to see.

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“You mean like the hole in the foyer ceiling?” “Yes, I suppose so,” he said, his tone shifting suspiciously. “You’ll want to see the faulty wiring in our fellowship hall?” I asked. “Sure, I guess so.” When the chief arrived the following week, I was ready with my laundry list. For two hours, he dutifully recorded my dictated prompts onto a three-page form addressing blocked exit doors, overstuffed classrooms and faulty wiring. Afterward, as he pushed the form toward me for my signature, he generously offered a few extra months to complete the list. “Nope,” I said, dotting the “i” in Norris and crossing the “t” in Pastor. “This is long overdue.” The following Sunday, I presented the repair list to the deacon chairman. He stared long at the list before releasing a low whistle. “We’ve never had so many violations!” Then he fixed his stare onto me. I took sudden interest in the chipped tile beneath my feet. “I sort of helped him find those things,” I said. “You what?” “I was just following James 5:16,” I said with a wink. The Bible says, “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed.” His furrowed forehead and bushy eyebrows told me he needed more elucidation. “Haven’t we been praying that our church building would be ‘healed’?” I asked.

He nodded with slow understanding. “So you just did the confessing part?” “Precisely.” I said. “I confessed that our walls need patching and painting. Our electrical outlets need covering and our doors need replacing.” The old deacon seemed a bit stunned by my creative exegesis of scripture, but eventually he was pleased that I’d found a way to light a fire under the congregation. Over the next several weeks, our parishioners painted, hammered and plastered that building from one end to the other, until finally, after a summer of Saturday workdays and sumptuous potlucks, we finished the chief’s “honey-do” list. By year’s end, we saw our lowly membership of 26 people climb to 56. And by the following year, 56 souls approached 100. Amazingly, numerical increases and building improvements weren’t even the best things that happened. The best things came from the spiritual growth we experienced from confessing our shortcomings to one another—shortcomings like the holes in our hearts and the faulty wiring in our thinking. Only after we did that were we able to grow as people and pastor, as shepherd and congregants, and even as sons and daughters of God. 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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The Perfect Turkey GIVE THANKS FOR THE WAY SCIENCE AND COOKING GO TOGETHER

BY DR. AMY ROGERS SCIENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

uch of what happens in a chemistry lab resembles cooking. Chemists

measure volumes and weights. They mix, heat and transform one substance into another. Much of what happens in the kitchen is chemistry: Salt crystals dissolve. Water changes phase from liquid to gas. Runny, clear egg white stiffens into meringue. I love the science-y aspects of cooking. I like knowing that olive

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leg muscles get a lot more exercise

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of myoglobin pigment explains the

than the breast. The more a muscle is

dissolves into gelatin, which is tender

peanut oil, and that enzymes in

bleaching of fresh red meat when

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meats are delicious when stewed.

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of the proteins collagen and elastin,

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to pull against. Turkey breast doesn’t

muscle gets used, but the way it is

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to a section titled “The Challenge of

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used. White muscle fibers are adapted

dry—I sought advice from Harold

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legs have quite a bit: two to four times

for fast, brief spurts of activity. Red

more collagen than breast meat.

muscle fibers specialize in sustained

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turkey is hard. The problem is, breast

meat from a low-collagen one by

muscles to fly for hours at a time, have “red” breast meat.)

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activity. Ducks, which use their breast

meat and leg meat are chemically

cutting or chewing it. Collagen

kitchen scientist could want to know

very different and have different ideal

protein is solid and tough. Meats

about cooking meat. He reveals that

cooking conditions.

with little collagen in the muscle

turkey legs should be to cook the meat

are naturally tender. A tough cut of

a long time. Unfortunately, muscle

meat can be made tender by cooking.

fibers respond to cooking the opposite

McGee explains everything a

meat gets juicy at about 140 degrees, when shrinking protein fibers release

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In general, turkeys don’t fly much. They walk. So in life, the turkey’s

So the chef’s solution to tough

of connective tissue. Collagen gets

to 4 tablespoons of salt per quart; you

softer; muscle gets tougher. (Think

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of what happens to a low-collagen

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meat like beef tenderloin when it’s

of muscle, tenderizing it and allowing

overcooked.)

the fibers to absorb more water. (For

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you chemists out there, this is an

cook who is preparing a whole turkey.

effect of protein-salt interactions,

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not osmosis, which would do the

degrees to get rid of the collagen. But

opposite.) With that extra water on

above 155 degrees, breast meat dries

board, brined meat can tolerate some

out and loses its natural tenderness.

overcooking before it dries out. In the

What to do?

case of a whole turkey, this translates

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into moister breast meat and fully

roast the legs and breasts separately. Another is to try to physically slow

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Brining meat does leave a slightly salty taste, and the absorbed water

McGee suggests covering the breast

dilutes the meat juices, making

with foil, or draping it with strips of

them less flavorful. But a proper

pork fat, or before cooking to chill

Thanksgiving dinner ought to include

the breast with an ice pack while

other foods to balance this out.

temperature.

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cooked legs.

down the cooking of the breast.

bringing the rest of the bird to room

H A P P Y

That’s a task for the art of the kitchen, not the science.

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Piecing It Together ARTIST ENJOYS A COLORFUL, INSPIRATIONAL LIFE DESPITE HEALTH CHALLENGES

BY JESSICA LASKEY ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

urely you’ve heard people talk about the healing power of art, but few artists are more familiar with that concept than Mary Dignan. “Anything you’re passionately and enthusiastically interested in is going to be something you will find the energy for,” Dignan says. She should know. Her journey from an attorney practicing water and natural resources law to a prolific mosaic artist has been exceptional not only because of her work ethic, but because of just how much she’s overcome to be where she is today. Dignan was born with moderate to severe deafness but was not diagnosed until the age of 5, when she had already been misdiagnosed as having mental disabilities. When Dignan explains that though “a normal visual field is around 160 to 180 degrees,” and hers is 4 degrees, it becomes even more remarkable that she’s had such a varied and successful career. “My visual field was about 8 degrees when I started law school (at McGeorge School of Law) in 1990 and I was down to less than 4 degrees when I finished and passed the bar exam in 1994,” Dignan says. “But with reading glasses, I could handle the reading. “My deafness was more of an issue. I wore two high-power hearing aids and I was lucky to have good study buddies. They’d lend me their lecture notes, and I’d check my own notes against theirs to make sure I heard things correctly.

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Mosaic artist Mary Dignan works on a project in her studio

“It was a good system. We all made it through law school”—Dignan even made the dean’s list—“and we all passed the bar exam. It was sheer determination and discipline that got us through.” Those qualities have served Dignan well throughout her working life, which has included stints in

newspaper reporting, legislative work for the U.S. House of Representatives and the California State Assembly Committee on Agriculture, public relations, her own consulting business and practicing law with the Sacramento firm of Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard. But even all the determination in the

world couldn’t stop the progress of her waning sight. “Giving up my professional and legal career was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done,” Dignan says. “I loved my work in water and agricultural resources management and development, and I wanted to be a significant player in that professional and political arena. But today I’m happy practicing art instead of law. I don’t think I’d be any happier if I were still able to practice law, and I’m grateful for the good life I have.” Dignan now spends her days creating beautifully complex mosaic art and teaching classes through Spirit in the Arts, a community outreach project. “I’ve always liked ceramic tile and mosaic work,” Dignan says. “I made my first mosaic for a college art class back in 1973, which today hangs in my mother’s apartment. When Andy”—her husband—“and I bought our first house, we taught ourselves how to lay ceramic tile floors and counters in our home. It wasn’t until my brain tumor surgery in 1997, though, that I really started making mosaics. They were a big part of my healing, and still are.” Even while managing her myriad health issues, Dignan has managed to keep her spirits up, in more ways than one. “In my advanced class, I encourage my students to use the mosaic process to explore the therapeutic, spiritual and creative messages the process has for them in their lives,” Dignan says. The artist’s local students are not the only ones who benefit from her spiritual and artistic know-how. She also teaches children in India how to

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This willingness to say yes to the world has given Dignan not only the strength to overcome hardship, but also the appreciation of the artistry that flows through her veins. “I’ve always been an artist at heart,” she says, “and always made room for creative outlets, whether it was in the kitchen, in the garden, on the sewing machine or in my mosaic studio. And I’m lucky to have my husband, Andy, and my friends to share my life with.” Her family and friends probably feel just as lucky.

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Follow them with the farmers market salad ($10) or with fried green tomato BLT ($10). The salad is a heaping pile of the season’s bounty. The fried green BLT is a giant stacked beast of a thing, ripping with strong flavors and crunchy textures. The pan-fried catfish over hoppin’ john (a combo of black-eyed peas and other fixin’s) is an indulgent plate of food aimed at making the tummy happy.

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t’s not easy to rebrand, to reboot, to reinvent, especially in the restaurant biz. Starting a restaurant takes vision, capital and a metric ton of hard work. It’s not easy to take your baby and turn it into something else, something quite different than the original concept. Two notable grid-based restaurants performed significant turnarounds in the last year, one to silence the critics, one to reopen the doors. I had written about both of the restaurants previously, but we here at Inside Publications felt like each place needed a checkup to see how the reboot was going. Capital Dime—Original review, November 2013: “At the helm is Noah Zonca, former chef at The Kitchen. For a near-celebrity-level chef, I can’t imagine that this [menu] is acceptable, and I hope he takes a tighter hold of the reins to bring his undertaking up to the level that so many thought it could achieve.” One year later finds Capital Dime transformed. Gone is front man Noah Zonca. Gone are the dishes using Guy Fieri-style naming conventions. Gone are the sometimes-inedible items coming out of the kitchen. Also gone are the local celebrities filling up the front windows. Gone are the articles singing Zonca’s praises. In their place are a homey menu, impeccable service and a low murmur of appreciation from almost the entire food establishment of the area.

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Nearly every change has been an improvement. The first step in the transformation was to replace Zonca’s bigger-thanlife personality. New partners Chris Jarosz and Matt Chong, co-owners of Broderick Roadhouse in West Sacramento, came in and immediately made an impact. They subtly redid the interior, making it a bit more

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with mushrooms, celery, onions and rich turkey stock

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Creamy Mashed Potatoes

hand mashed buttered russet potatoes

Housemade Roast Turkey Gravy from roasted turkey pan drippings

Brussels Sprouts

with sautĂŠed bacon and onion

Fresh Housemade Cranberry Sauce with a touch of orange zest

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Alfredo Castenada, Port of Veracruz, 1993. Oil on canvas, 39 x 39 inches. Courtesy of Bond Latin Gallery.

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MEXICANO

T H R O U G H F E B 1, 2 015 Organized by the Crocker Art Museum, this must-see exhibition offers fresh perspectives that both expand and challenge popular conceptions of Mexican art. Featured are stunning works that showcase the ideals, individualism, and intertwining artistic lives of 20th-century Mexican artists. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss it.

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Buy one entrée and get a second entrée FREE! $16 maximum value. Seniors 55 and older. Must present proof of age. Coupon required. Offer valid 9-1-2014 through 11-26-2014. Tax and gratuity not included. May not be combined with Fat Tuesday or any other discount. 1001 Front Street, Historic Old Sacramento 916-446-6768 www.fatcitybarandcafe.com

Enjoy a fried chicken sandwich from Blackbird

RESTAURANT FROM page 48 cooked fare: oysters, chilled lobster and crab, and gorgeous plates of sashimi-style kampachi and Arctic char. These latter plates are true standouts, melding smartly chosen herbs and pickled vegetables with the delicate flavors of impeccably fresh fish.” Slightly more than one year after I wrote those words, Blackbird suddenly closed its doors, citing business concerns and a host of behind-the-scenes issues. Diners like me bemoaned the loss of this unique, seafood-centric destination. But like another well-known avian, the phoenix, Blackbird rose from the ashes and reopened less than six months later. The new Blackbird Kitchen + Beer Gallery is a less-focused enterprise. As the name suggests, beer is a centerpiece of the establishment. With more than 40 taps and a wellcurated, diverse beer list, it’s doing a

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good job at balancing the rare and the common, the drinkable and the exotic. The food, however, lacks the focus of the beer selection. A few favorites can still be found from the former seafood menu—chowder, cioppino, oysters, etc.—and they still maintain their high standards. But several new additions to the menu miss the mark, by a lot. A “little gem” salad ($10) was overdressed and more reminiscent of a basic Caesar than anything gemlike. Mussels ($12) were not great—too garlicky and bitter. And two pieces of fried chicken ($12) were burnt and otherwise unremarkable. Chef Carina Lampkin is undoubtedly a culinary talent. Her first attempt at Blackbird proves that. Let’s just hope that this iteration of her restaurant can tighten things up and get back to its former glory. Blackbird Kitchen + Beer Gallery is at 1015 9th St.; 498-9224; blackbirdkitchen.com n

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Thanks Pies

Pumpkin • Pecan • Berry • Apple

Cranberry Cheesecake Pumpkin Cheesecake Apricot Almond Torte Harvest Ginger Spice Cake Acorn-Shaped Marble Cake Breads and Dinner Rolls

Leaf Shaped Dinner Rolls

2966 Freeport Blvd. 442-4256 Ask for a menu or visit freeportbakery.com Please order by Sunday, Nov. 23

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3 bd, 2.5 bth with remote controlled gate for privacy! Kitchen remodeled in approx. 2008 with custom cabinets & quartz countertops, laminate Àooring thru-out, large living and family rooms, tile roof, HVAC in 2013, 3 car garage and so much more! $399,000 LYNN LUK LEE 916-628-2843

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Classic 3 bd, 1.5 bth. Family room with ¿replace and built ins, bedrooms freshly painted, whole house fan, rare 2 car garage, spacious covered patio, RV/boat parking possible all on a larger corner lot! $399,500 NICK LAPLACA 916-764-7500

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