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URBAN COYOTES ADDRESSING THE MISCONCEPTIONS OF COYOTES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SEE PAGE 2

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Still going strong at 101: Carmichael resident shares memories of a century of living See page 4

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Addessing the misconceptions of coyots in our neighorhoods

By Charlotte Sanchez-Kosa

Concerns from residents over the apparent mutilation of cats in the Arden area of Sacramento have led to meetings with wildlife officials and the district attorney’s office in an effort to find out just what exactly is going on.

According to posts on NextDoor, the social networking site for neighborhoods, several area pet cats have gone missing only to be found mutilated and in some cases beheaded. Others have found only the tails of cats on their lawns.

Pet owners are alarmed and some think the deaths could be caused by someone in the area, however, recent sightings of coyotes may be the answer to what has been going on.

Philip Hollenbach saw some coyote pups playing in his backyard. At night he can hear the coyotes walk on top of the tarp.

Philip Hollenbach, who lives off of Jonas Avenue, has had his own run-ins with coy- munity of about 11 homes, “I happen to live on the larg- Rhodesian Ridge Back, would otes on his property. Hollen- said coyotes at times have ap- est property in the neighbor- start barking. bach, who lives in a gated com- peared on a nightly basis. hood,” he said.“The creek kinda “I’d end up shining a flashcomes onto the road in front of light from our upstairs balmy house and it goes under this cony into the yard area and Make yourself at home with bridge and then comes out on I would usually pick up anymy property and follows along where from one to three sets an Experienced Realtor the side of my property.” of eyes,” he said. “Eventually Hollenbach said he and his they’d move out and I wouldn’t family have been living in the see them in the daylight.” home for about a year and He’s also seen them playing soon after they moved in, they in his yard and said that they would leave their sliding win- seemed to keep pretty much dows open with just the screen. to themselves and were not to Serving the Sacramento Area for over 30 Years OUTSTANDING LIFE MEMBER SAR MASTERS CLUB Every night between midnight much of a problem. He added and 4 a.m., the family dog, a the sightings tapered off, but in (916) 838-1763 • narndorfer@GoLyon.com CalDRE# 00443547

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May, the family started to hear and see them again and it was while taking care of a neighbor’s small dog that Hollenbach had an encounter he will never forget.

“I let my dog and the little dog out at about 6:15 a.m.,” he said. “I believe it was at the very end of May or the beginning of June. I let the dogs out. They had their food and I was in the kitchen making my wife a sandwich before she went to work, and all of a sudden, I heard a commotion out in the yard.”

Hollenbach said he ran out and there were two large coyotes. His dog ran back to where he was standing but a coyote was biting the little dog on the back. They backed off when they saw Hollanbach but went to the back of he property and stood watching him.

He also said that his neighbor has three dogs that are fenced in and two are small and bark. The coyotes started running along the fence line trying to figure out how to get to the two barking dogs.

“I was watching and they started trying to dig under the fence to try and get to them,” he said. “I went over and chased them away.”

Hollenbach said the activity continued, and later in the day, one of the coyotes sat in the middle of his property as if waiting for something.

“At some point we left our house and when we came back, we found that the screen door on our patio had actually been pulled off,” he said. “The sliders were locked. You can tell that it wasn’t a burglar because the sliding door wasn’t locked and you could slide it open.

The screen door was actually pulled off. I’m guessing a coyote came up around here and the little dog started barking and they were trying to get into my house. So I had to have my screen replaced.”

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many years. Although the area is chock-full of houses and is a couple of miles from the American River, the land was originally fields and river bottom.

Guy Galante, Intercinnection Mentor with Project Coyote, said in the last couple of years coyote sightings in urban areas in Sacramento have raised the concerns of residents about safety and the safety of pets.

“Mainly the issue that seems to arise with the coyotes in the neighborhoods is that are taking pet cats and killing them,” he said. “So that obliviously is a cause for concern among the pet owners and the neighbors.”

He added he feels there is a general misconception about

coyotes that happens when they are seen wandering down the street. The public’s level of fear rises.

“So what I’ve observed during personal communications and on social media is that people are reacting versus responding to the situation, and there’s a lot of misinformation going around,” he said.

Galante, a Carmichael resident, works with Project Coyote, which is based in Mill Valley. Project Coyote has a program called Coyote Friendly Communities that teaches the public basic coyote ecology and understanding of why coyotes are entering residential areas. The group also teaches the public how to deal with them humanely.

Galante said the program suggestions won’t work overnight but they do help with the

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situation and it takes the community as a whole to implement the strategy.

“What we need to do is get entire communities together to be speaking the same language of using terminology of how to talk about and respond to coyotes,” he said. “Everyone needs to be on the same page to gradually, over time, get the coyotes to move on. Now the question is, ‘Where will they go?’ So, that’s why we need community by community to do this. Basically what people want in Sacramento County, particularly those who live near American River Parkway and some of the creek corridors, is they want the coyotes to stay in that tight little box. But there are other pressures happening in our parks that are essentially forcing the coyotes out into urban and

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He added people want agencies to deal with the issue but what really needs to happen is people need to work together to take action and audit their

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Still going strong at 101 Carmichael resident shares memories of a century of living

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Bingo is one of Carl Holland’s favorite pastimes. He holds an oversized bingo card in his Carmichael home last week.

At 101, Carl Holland is assuredly one of Carmichael’s most senior residents. But based on his ability to remember, many people would believe he is much younger.

While visiting with the Arden-Carmichael News last week, Carl proudly spoke about how simple it is for him to recall past events.

He noted that his ability to remember well dates back to his childhood.

“When I was going to school, I never had to take books home to study or anything like that,” he said. “I would study at the schoolhouse. Remembering was just so easy. As a result, reading and spelling were the two things I was so adept at, and I spent a lot of time doing both of those. It really helped in later years.”

Despite being able to remember things well, Carl often said during his interview for this article that many answers to questions about the first 35 years of his life were available elsewhere, as they have been captured in book form.

That book, which is titled “Beyond the River Bend,” was authored by his eldest son, Phillip.

Carl mentioned that he is one of various characters in this book.

“In the book, my name is C.T. Barton – Toby Barton – and every name in there is not the real name, except for one person and his name is Procedo, and he lives on the East Coast. Everything is true (in the book) up to a point.”

Altogether, Carl and Phillip spent a year collaborating on details for this book.

Growing up in Texas The book’s title derives from part of Carl’s past.

Carl said that he spent the first 10 years of his life living in the Red River Valley in Texas, where he excelled in the games of tops and marbles.

“You’ve heard of (Red River Valley), if you’re a cowboy,” he said. “It’s on the line between Texas and Oklahoma – Red River – and there was a bend in the river there, and there’s the little community Preston Bend. There was nothing much there, except a Methodist Church and a hay and feed barn, a grocery store, a blacksmith shop and a harness shop.

“There weren’t too many people there (in Preston Bend), but that’s where I was born. But it’s not there anymore, because (in the 1940s), the federal government put a dam across the Red River (called the) Denison Dam, and Preston Bend, Texas now is under about 40 feet of water.”

Life in Oklahoma Carl said that when he moved to Oklahoma in the late 1920s, that place was still fairly young as a state.

“In 1907, Oklahoma became a state,” he said. “Before that it was an Indian territory. Directly across the river, the Indians, they lived almost like they used to be 250 years ago, easily. They would have bonfires and I could see (the fires), and you could hear (the Indians), but you never did get to see them.”

The Holland family then included Carl, his parents Howard and Pearl, and his brothers, Glen and Jimmy. Carl had another brother who died when he was a week old.

Carl recalled living in Oklahoma during the Depression.

“Nobody had any money,” he said. “There wasn’t any Social Security or major medical or anything like that.

“Up until, I guess, 1939 or 1940, most people just then started making enough money to get out of the Depression that they were in. But nobody had anything.”

Carl added that his father suddenly left his family during the Depression, in about 1931.

“He just left us,” he said.

“I never knew what a father was.”

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war and they wouldn’t let me.

We were tied to the job and we worked six or seven days a week.”

sold copies of the Ada Evening News, first on the streets and then as a home delivery newsboy.

Oklahoma was additionally special to Carl, considering that it was there that he met his thenfuture wife, Elwood Johns.

Carl said that he met Elwood – who was named after her male doctor – in Ada, Oklahoma, where he was operating a portable roller rink. They were later married, on Jan. 1, 1938.

Regarding the skating rink, Carl said that he would travel to different cities with others, who also operated the rink.

“In those little towns, if you bring something in there that’s different than what they’re used to, they think it’s a great thing to do,” he said. “They participate in it until it gets to be a little old. So, that takes about two months, and then we would pick up the skating rink and we went to another little town.”

While still living in Ada, Carl and Elwood had their first child, Barbara, on Dec. 8, 1938.

With his family still residing in Ada, Carl took a construction job in Dallas in about 1939.

It was that job – building a Procter & Gamble Co. facility – that led to his 35-year career as a Procter & Gamble employee.

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Under government orders

Carl said that because of his employment, he received a deferment from military service in World War II. “At that time, I was working for Procter & Gamble, in essential the war industry,” he said.“We were producing glycerin for dynamite, and everything we produced, the federal government told us what to do with it. We were shipping glycerin to Russia, because Russia was our ally at that time in fighting Germany.

“I couldn’t quit the job. In fact, I volunteered to go to Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.

Carl and his family came to Sacramento in 1952, when Carl relocated to the Sacramento Procter & Gamble plant at Fruitridge and Power Inn roads.

By that time in their lives, Carl and Elwood had two other children: Phillip and Jim. All three of the Holland children would eventually graduate from El Camino High School, with Beverly graduating in 1957, Phillip in 1959 and Jim in 1968.

After three years of living in a home at 39th Avenue and 44 Street, the Hollands moved to a residence at Arden and Eastern avenues, in the Garden of the Gods neighborhood.

The Hollands spent 13 years living off Madison Avenue, near American River College, before moving to Oklahoma City in 1976.

That was a short-lived experience, however, since Elwood wanted to permanently return to California.

In 1978, Carl and Elwood moved to Carmichael, where they continued to live together until Sept. 16, 2000, when Elwood died. Carl has maintained homes in Carmichael since that time.

Although Carl is legally blind, he said that he still finds ways to entertain himself, including following the San Francisco Giants, a team that he became a fan of in 1958, when they relocated to the Bay Area from New York. He also enjoys listening to music and playing bingo with oversized cards.

With his continued zest for life, Carl said that he is looking forward to celebrating another birthday – his 102nd – on Oct. 9.

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Carl and Elwood Holland are pictured in about 1940.

Carl Holland is shown in an official Procter & Gamble Co. photograph in about 1968.

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dents, coyotes also eat the fruit.

If someone has a bird feeder, that brings squirrels and birds and coyotes eat those too.

“We’re actually creating a pretty healthy food and water source in neighborhoods which are easy for coyotes to get,” Galante said. “That’s why they are getting really comfortable coming into neighborhoods. That’s why I’m working on this. There is not one central agency in Sacramento County that says, ‘Here’s the problem and here’s how to deal with it.’”

He added, when people have a problem, they really don’t know who to call.

“Wildlife services in California, Fish and Wildlife, will only respond to calls if there is a human, coyote conflict. They will not respond to the loss of a pet,” Galante said. “So people feel that they aren’t getting any help and what I’m saying is, ‘Here’s

how you can help yourself. You can be part of the solution.’”

Peter Tira of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife echoed Galante’s statement.

“Coyotes are managed locally by local governments,” Tira said.

“We provide governments with education. We have resources on our Website. Our roll is really education. We do provide local agencies with maximum flexibility in terms of managing their coyote populations. Coyotes have very little protections under state law. Where we see the most success is where communities get together and develop a good strategy. They don’t represent a public safety threat at all. We want to keep those animals in the wild. We want to keep them doing their job eating all the rodents and keeping those populations down.”

He added if a coyote bites a human, Fish and Wildlife will become involved.

Galante sees increasing development in Natomas, El Dorado, Folsom and other areas as a reason why coyote sightings

are more numerous. Add to that, people are utilizing parks and trails more.

He suggests that residents be more aware of the situation and take preventative measures that include not leaving pet food bowls outside, pick up dropped food, don’t over water lawns because that water that runs down the gutter is an easy water source for coyotes. He also said to put small pets in at night and check to see is you have anything in your yard that would be attractive to wildlife.

“People need to look at their home first to see what they are doing that might be contributing to the problem and then look around their neighborhoods to see if that’s happening too,” he said. “They need to understand what is the closest water source-a natural waterway. Whether its a controlled irrigation canal or a creekjust to get a better knowledge of the place. They have to understand that they live in a very bio rich area.”

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Philip Hollenbach stands on the bridge near his home and points out the creek that he believes the coyotes follow to his property.

He added that education is the key and emphasized that everyone has to work together.

“What I’ve learned through research is coyotes perceive cats as competition so when a coyote is in the neighborhood, they are not going in to find cats, they are going in to find all the easy foods,” he said. “There are other things that kill cats. Hopefully not some deranged human but people do do that. Depending on the size of the cat, there are raptors, great horned owls that

can take cats and sometimes a cat may have been hit by a car. What people see is that a coyote may be carrying the carcass off and they assume the coyote killed the cat when coyotes eat dead things too.”

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This year marks the 30th Year for the “Stand Down” Event.

The event will be held on Friday, August 9th and Saturday August 10th.“We are taking action to end the atrocity of Veteran Homelessness. We ask that you stand with Stand Down to help our community veterans”.

The McClellan Conference Center, at 5411 Luce Ave McClellan Park, CA is the location for this event. “Stand Down” is anticipating more than five hundred Veterans and family members to be in attendance.

This annual event works to offer the homeless or marginally housed veterans “a hand up, not a hand out”. Multiple services are available. These services include a court where you can clear up minor warrants. Veterans’ Affairs officials will be on hand to help veterans who have lost their proof of veteran’s status obtain a replacement needed for veterans’ services.

Hundreds of homeless veterans will be provided with a broad range of services and goods, including food and clothing. They will also receive medical, legal, and mental health assistance. There will be onsite job counseling and employment re-

ferrals. Veterans can make some new friends. This event creates a place to connect with other members of the homeless veteran population.

This homeless crisis affects each and every town, city and state in our country. The philosophy of “Stand Down” is carried out through the work of hundreds of volunteers who want to “give a hand up, not a hand out”.

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Congressman Ami Bera’s office is happy to be a resource for Veteran’s. His website has an entire page dedicated to this: https://bera.house.gov/ helpforvets Congressman Beri shared, “As a doctor who has helped care for Veterans, I’ve seen firsthand how much they’ve sacrificed for us,” said Rep. Ami Bera, MD (CA-7). “The high rates of unemployment and

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The lowdown on the uptick of feral cats and what to do about it

By Charlotte Sanchez-Kosa

For proponents and those against the Trap, Neuter and Release program in Sacramento County, there is a fine line to walk when it comes to dealing with the common problem of what to do with all the stray and feral cats. Some experts believe that by neutering, spaying and releasing the cats, the population will eventually decrease. However, others do not see the advantage of the program and they feel that euthanizing the cats is the best course of action.

According to information posted by the The Wildlife Society, numerous scientific studies have found that trap-neuter-release operations don’t work and that feral cats that are released back into area ecosystems after being vaccinated can still greatly affect people and animals living in the area.

The post also states that feral cats and other free ranging cats, will lower the amount of wildlife in an area especially species that nest on or near the ground like the Ovenbirds, Quail and Killbirds.

“In addition, free-ranging and feral cats can cause serious harm to populations of

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rare or endangered wildlife, especially when human-supported cat colonies concentrate large numbers of feral cats within the range of an atrisk species.” the post states.

The article also emphasizes that feral cats do spread diseases such as rabies, toxoplasmosis, bar-tonellosis, and salmonellosis which can all be transmitted to humans.

On the flip side those who support the program, say it does work and feral, stray and domesticated cats need to be spayed and neutered.

According to information on the Sacramento County Animal Control Website, spaying and neutering of all cats is very important. The cats can become pregnant repeatedly and have five to seven kittens in each litter.

“An unaltered female cat can produce hundreds of kittens in a lifetime, and if those offspring are not spay/neutered, the population explodes,” the information states. “Our shelter receives hundreds of feral cats and kittens every year.

Please do everything you can to make sure that every cat is spayed or neutered.”

The Website also states that catching and euthanizing is an endless proposition and doesn’t work.

“Feral cats choose a location because there is a food source and shelter,” the site states.

“Removing feral cats from a location is very ineffective as it opens a territorial void for more unaltered cats to move in, starting the breeding cycle all over again.”

According to Sacramento Feral Cat Resources, there are an estimated 100,000 to more than 200,000 feral cats in Sacramento County.

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“We came into existence in 2012 when the county decided that they would no longer euthanize and Not all those cats were born feral,” said Linda Morgan, of SacFerals. “Some of them are simply pets who have been left behind for one reason or another. But the bottom line is that it all comes down to controlling the population in a humane way and they decided to have a Trap, Neuter and Return program.

Then they realized that people didn’t have any knowledge of these cats and what was going on or anything. So they developed Sacramento Feral Cat Resources as an offshoot so that we are an information clearing house for people.”

She added the resource group provides information that people might need to get through the process of trying to control the cats in their neighborhood.

“Over seven years, we’ve had probably 3,600 colony reports and a good 20,000 plus cats that have come through the system,” Morgan said. “Lots of them are not altered because there is simply not the volunteers or people who are willing to do this. The other major issue is that you don’t have the shelters that are set up with the capacity or the program to handle the spay and neuter of these cats.”

Morgan added, however, that there are low cost programs for residents who do want to participate in TNR. Mary, a volunteer in Sacramento County, has been taking care of several colonies for about 10 years.

“After I retired I joined a gym and as I’m driving through the parking lot, I no-

ticed all these mangy-looking cats,” Mary said. “They looked like they were starving to death so I went back home to get some cat food for them.

So every day when I went to the gym, I fed the cats first.”

One day while she was feeding a woman came up to her and asked if she was feeding the cats. When Mary admitted to it, the woman told her that she was also feeding them and not only that, other women from the gym were doing it.

The woman suggested that they all get together and work together on feeding so that the burden of buying food didn’t just land on one person.

“We’ve all become friends,” Mary said. “We call ourselves the crazy cat ladies.”

For Mary and others like her, taking care of the cats is not crazy at all. She is simply trying to help curb a growing problem and she hopes that through education, others will do the same. On any given day, Mary feeds and waters several colonies in the Arden area. All the cats have names and all come when she calls them. In addition, she keeps track of them. She also watches for health issues.

At one of the locations that she feeds, the property owner is thankful because the cats help curb the rat and mouse population.

Another cat caregiver who lives in the Arden area but did not want to be identified said that when she first saw a female feral in her yard, she had no clue what to do. She was irritated that it had taken up residence in her yard and had even considered not feeding the cat or relocating it. Then the kittens came.

“Once I saw them, I just couldn’t harm them,” she said. “I couldn’t just let them starve.”

Nor could she, according to a county ordinance, it is against the law to trap and relocate the cats.

So after contacting SacFeral, she became involved in the TNR program. Last year she had a total of five cats, this year, she has only two. The three cats have either wandered off or have been hit by cars. The two remaining are the kittens, now grown into adults.

All have been neutered or spayed. All have the tip of one ear clipped as a sign that they have been neutered or spayed.

But not everyone is as cooperative when it comes to the cats and not everyone who has domestic cats will get them neutered or spayed.

The cats that are wandering outside come in contact with the ferals and the mating cycle starts all over again.

According to Morgan, cats can have a territory of several blocks to about a mile depending on how populated the area is and it’s not just feral cats. People who own domesticated cats need to be responsible and have them neutered and spayed as well.

But the TNR Program would not be available if it wasn’t for funding support from Sacramento County.

There are also companies in Sacramento who contribute funds and time as well.

During a 2019 and 2020 budget meeting of the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors on June 11, there was discussion of decreasing see CATS page 11 Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.

Homeless Outreach Offers the Area’s Homeless One Day of Fellowship

By Jan Dalske

If you know of someone who needs one day of fellowship once a month, you can pass this information along to them. This Homeless Outreach Program is offered once a month in Carmichael at the Christ Community Church.

They are located at 5025 Manzanita Avenue in Carmichael, CA. You can reach the church by phone at 916--3442382. Or, you can email Fred Green at fvgdflawless76@ gmail.com, This local outreach program includes clean clothing, a hot lunch, and a shower. Participants also receive a baggie with soap, deodorant, shampoo, and a toothbrush, that they can keep.

The Church Community is working on getting more services provided, such as dental, hearing and vision.

The next Day of Fellowship is scheduled for July 27th.

The August date is the 24th.

The September date is scheduled for the 28th, and these dates are scheduled for the next months: October 26th, November 23rd, and December 28th.

The purpose of this day of fellowship is to reach those in our community who are in need. They will experi-

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the funding of the spay and neuter programs for the feral cats as well as cutting back on funding for on-call veterinarians for cats that need help after normal business hours.

“We get people all the time who say, ‘here’s a sick cat. I found it. What do I do with it?’” Morgan said during the meeting. “Before, you could call and someone from Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.

ence love, acceptance and forgiveness. The Homeless Outreach is held from 10 AM to 2 PM in the multipurpose room, the two story building off the back parking lot.

The men and women, between the ages of 30 and 40, both men and women, who participated in this event last Saturday, in June, were very happy with their meal, and a chance to get clean clothing and a hot shower. If you would like more information you can contact Jason Thornberry by email at jason@ cccnow.com.

During the winter months, all five of the HART groups, which include Carmichael, Elk Grove, Rancho Cordova, Citrus Heights and Folsom, provide what they call Winter Sanctuaries for the homeless people in their areas. They served an average of 130 homeless people a night.

Their cost to do this was about $20,000. This cost is much less than the $400,000 that the County spend for their shelters, according to Ken Bennet of Sacramento Self Help Housing.

New HART groups are being formed in different areas of town. North Sacramento and Arden Arcade are recruiting new members and

South Sacramento and Midtown are also in the process of getting established. The number of people in these communities that are stepping up to be involved is noteworthy. There are collaborations of many local churches, as well as schools. And, law enforcement as well as business groups, such as the Carmichael Improvement District are interested in helping.

A Winter Sanctuary Committee will be holding its first meeting on Monday, August 12th, but the location has not yet been determined. There are plans to operate the Winter Sanctuary for a time frame of at least eight weeks, and possible longer, perhaps an additional two more weeks, if they can get help from the churches in the Arden Arcade area.

The Sacramento County homeless figures will be published soon by a statistician at Sacramento State University. This number will let our elected officials know how serious the problem of homelessness is in our county. In the meantime, many of our local churches are doing what they can to provide the homeless people with a hot meal, clothing, and a temporary place to stay and clean up.

animal control would make sure the cat was picked up and taken care of or you could take it there.”

After the supervisors held their discussion, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals TNR program was fully funded for $110,000, the TNR program was funded at $70,000, the emergency veterinary services was funded at $68,000 and the community outreach programs was funded at $30,000.

For Morgan and other proponents of the program,

getting the word out about ways to deal with the problem is very important.

According to Sacferals, “feral cats are a neighborhood issue. They are not just the responsibility of whomever is feeding them or the neighbor who doesn’t want them around Those who get involved and actively participate can make a difference and help control and reduce the population.”

For more information on dealing with feral cats in your area, visit SacFerals at http://www.sacferals.com/.

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Arden-Dimick Library Events Bilingual Storytime/Hora de Cuentos Bilingüe – Enjoy 30 minutes of fun stories, songs, rhymes, and movement in English and Spanish.

For ages 0-5 and their caregivers.

Habla, canta, lee, escribe, y juega con nosotros. Disfruta de 30 minutos de cuentos divertidos, canciones, rimas, y movimiento en inglés y español. Para niños de 0 a 5 años. Mondays August

What’s FREE MOVIES IN THE PARK: Arcade Creek Recreation and Park District is offering FREE movies in the park during the summer months. Starting on Friday June 21, movies will be shown at Hamilton Street Park [4855 Hamilton Street] starting at 8:30 pm or dusk, whichever comes first. All movies are family friendly. Bring your sleeping bags, low chairs munchies and flashlights! Movie titles can be found the week prior to the movie at www.acrpd.com under special events or check ACRPD Facebook page.

SATURDAY, AUG. 10 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES GROOVE THANG 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm The Groove Thang band is dynamic well rehearsed multi-genre variety band performing all across California Carmichael Park, 5750 Grant Ave, Carmichael

MONDAYS, AUG. 12, 19, 26 BILINGUAL STORYTIME/HORA DE CUENTOS BILINGÜE– Enjoy 30 minutes of fun stories, songs, rhymes, and movement in English and Spanish. For ages 0-5 and their caregivers. Habla, canta, lee, escribe, y juega con nosotros. Disfruta de 30 minutos de cuentos divertidos, canciones, rimas, y movimiento en inglés y español. Para niños de 0 a 5 años. Mondays August 12, 19 and 26 from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m. at ArdenDimick Library, 891 Watt Ave., Sacramento.

SATURDAY, AUG. 17 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES - JOHN SKINNER BAND: A top professional variety band with over 600 tunes in the library. The group has a reputation of musical excellence. 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Carmichael Park, 5750 Grant Ave, Carmichael

SATURDAY, AUG. 24 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES - MUMBO GUMBO: Mumbo Gumbo is a septet from Sacramento that has been playing to-

12, 19 and 26 from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m. at Arden-Dimick Library, 891 Watt Ave., Sacramento.

Code.kids – Come learn and create free programming websites. Feel free to bring your own laptop. Please register if you need to borrow one so we know how many to provide. For kids ages 8-12.

Thursday, August 15 from 5:30 to 6:30

p.m. at Arden-Dimick Library, 891 Watt Ave., Sacramento.

Walt Whitman: America’s Poet of the Open Road – Tim Holt takes on the role of Walt Whitman, presenting his life and work in poetry and prose. Whitman’s saga includes his early years growing up on Long Island,

happening gether for 30 years! With nine albums they have made a name for themselves mixing rootsy grooves, great songs and powerful playing that you can shake your booty to!

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm, Carmichael Park, 5750 Grant Ave, Carmichael

SATURDAY, AUG. 24 and SUNDAY, AUG. 25 SACRAMENTO’S COMMUNITY CANNABIS FESTIVAL: There will be a celebration of the harvest of the cannabis flower on August 24th and 25th, 2019 at Cal Expo. It’s kinda like going to the county fair except the theme is weed. You can buy some pot or weed edibles, you can smoke grass and you can learn more about the current issues surrounding the marijuana debate at this festival. There will be cannabis vendors, a cannabis competition, the chance to meet the cultivators, special guest speakers, THC and CBD cooking demonstrations, two music stages, a comedy stage, shaded chill seating areas, funnel cake eating contest, live and interactive local art and cannabis themed art instillation’s, DJ’s, games, a Ferris wheel, weed mower races, 4:20 smoke out, a hemp museum, joint rolling contest, free filtered cold water station, chronic costume contest, petting zoo and whatever else comes together between now and August. This event is being produced by a local event promoter with over 15 years experience in street fairs and festivals who wants to create a fun and safe atmosphere to enjoy and celebrate cannabis.

Ages 21 and older.

SATURDAY, AUG. 31 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES - DAVE RUSSELL BAND: CMA and Cupit Records National Recording Artist. Named by the CMA as being “Who New To Watch”, performing at some of the largest Music Festivals on the west coast, and continually performing to packed venues, Dave Russell is hitting his stride as one of Nashville’s Newest Recording Artists & showstopping entertainer. Carmichael Park, 5750 Grant Ave, Carmichael, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

his newspaper career, his encounters with Abraham Lincoln and Ralph Waldo Emerson, and his heartwrenching visits with suffering and dying soldiers during the Civil War. Join us to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birth. For adults.

Saturday, August 24 from 3 to 4 p.m. at Arden-Dimick Library, 891 Watt Ave., Sacramento.

Yoga Class – Come to the library for a free yoga lesson and experience its grounding, calming effects, while increasing your strength, flexibility and balance. All skill levels, beginner to advanced, are welcome. Please wear loose clothing and bring a yoga mat. Instructor Joan Howell has been teaching yoga for 20 years.

Open to adults. Saturdays, August 10 and 24 from 1 to 2 p.m. at Arden-Dimick Library, 891 Watt Ave., Sacramento.

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SUNDAY, SEPT. 1 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES -KIWANIS SWING BAND: The Kiwanis goal is to serve the children of the world.

Their 18 piece Kiwanis Swing Band has been in existence since 1986 and is made up of 19 musicians from Carmichael and the Sacramento area, who volunteer their time and talent. 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm, Carmichael Park, 5750 Grant Ave, Carmichael

ONGOING NEW SACRAMENTO AREA ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE:: Great news for those who live relatively close to central Sacramento! The Sacramento Country Dance Society is adding a second monthly English Country Dance, on the third Sunday afternoon of each month beginning October 21. Lovely hall and floor, easy parking, and on the American River Bike Trail. Come join to Camp Pollock, just 5 minutes from downtown/midtown Sacramento, from 2:00 to 5:00 pm. Each dance is preceded at 1:30 pm by an Introductory Workshop for newcomers. This is in addition to our long-running dance in Roseville that continues on the first Sunday afternoon of each month. Beginners welcome, no partners necessary, always live music. Details about both dances, including callers, music, locations, and date changes, can be found on our Web site: sactocds.org/english-country-dance/ LITERACY LITTLE LEAGUE IN NEED OF READING TUTORS: Reading tutors are needed for 40 minutes per week on either Mondays, Tuesdays, or Wednesdays from 1:55 to 2:35 p.m. starting in mid-September, continuing through May, 2019 (with the same child for the entire academic year, if you wish ). Training/scheduling coffee occurs in late August. Literacy Little League, an award winning tutoring program, lets you get to know a third grade student in need of help with reading comprehension. Tutors work together in the Resource Room with a credentialed teacher present and all materials provided. Substitutes are available if you can’t make it, or you can sign up as a substitute. Tutoring takes place at the Edison Language Institute

(at the site of the former Jonas Salk Middle School) at 2950 Hurley Way near Morse Avenue. Contact Dorothy Marshall, retired psychologist, San Juan Unified School District, at 916-488-2578., dorothymarshall@comcast. net for date/time of training session.

FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF SURVIVORS SUPPORT GROUP: Every first Monday of the month from 6 to 7 p.m. Location: Sacramento. Call 916-428-3271 for exact location. Description: Is your friend or family member in a domestic violence, sexual assault, or human trafficking situation? This free, drop-in group is for you. Learn how to support your loved one, and receive some support yourself among people who are in the same situation. Feel free to call My Sister’s House for more information: 916-428-3271. #METOO SUPPORT GROUP: Every third Monday of the month from 6 to 7 p.m. Location: Sacramento. Call 916-4283271 for exact location. Description: This drop-in support group is free, confidential, open to all genders, and available to sexual assault survivors at any point in their healing. Feel free to call My Sister’s House for more information: 916-428-3271.

FAMILIES LEARN ENGLISH – ESL students and their children are welcome at this weekly program. Designed for beginning learners. Tuesdays from 9 a.m.

11 a.m. at Arcade Library, 2443 Marconi Ave., Sacramento.

CAMP POLLOCK VOLUNTEER DAY: From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays help improve Camp Pollock! Join the Sacramento Valley Nature Conservancy at the 11acre, former Boy Scout Camp, located on the American River in the American River Parkway. Every Saturday volunteers team up with SVC staff to accomplish tasks including: painting, planting, weed eradication, construction, fence building, outreach, native plant garden maintenance and more.

Volunteer days are held every Saturday from 9am-1pm at Camp Pollock. Please wear sturdy, closed toe shoes, hat, dress in layers and bring a water bottle, snack and li-

ability form. All youth must be accompanied by their guardian. Please register below, so we can plan our volunteer projects accordingly. Volunteers will be notified by email if the event is canceled. Rainy conditions will also cancel Service Project.

Important Documents: Directions to Camp Pollock Liability form - please print and bring (http://www.sacramentovalleyconservancy.org/admin/upload/Adult%20Release%20of%20Liability.pdf ) Additional information about SVC’s events, outings and volunteer opportunities.

If you would like to coordinate a group service day or have questions, please contact us at camppollock@sacramentovalleyconservancy.org FARMERS MARKET: Carmichael Recreation and Park District hosts a weekly farmers market where you can buy farm fresh goods to take to your table.

The market is operated by, Living Smart Foundation, a local nonprofit training organization specializing in financial and business education for youth in our community. Each week the market features certified Farmers locally grown seasonal fruits and vegetables, specialty gourmet foods, spices, sauces, nuts, dried fruits and honey. Local entertainment is provided for your enjoyment! 9 a.m to 2 p.m. at 5330 Gibbons Drive.

SACRAMENTO CAPITOLAIRES BARBERSHOP CHAPTER meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Christ Community Church, 5025 Manzanita Ave., Carmichael, CA 95608. Men who like to sing are always welcome; www.capitolaires.org; 888-8779806. The group is members of the Barbershop Harmony Society.

AFTER SCHOOL RETRO GAMING – Retro video games after school. Hang out, make friends, and have fun. Recommended for 3rd through 6th grade. Crafts will be available for younger children. 2 p.m., every Thursday at the Arcade Library, 2443 Marconi Ave., Sacramento.