Arden-Carmichael News - January 26, 2018

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Carmichael Recreation and Park District announces unique classes for 2018 The start of the new year brings fresh beginnings and aspirations to try something new.

Have you checked out Carmichael Recreation and Park District’s line up of adult class offerings? Register for one of our special interest classes in 2018. Upcoming Adult program offerings include Tennis (both Beginning & Intermediate), Tai Chi, Beginning Tap, a variety of Fitness classes, Jazz Dance, Cardio Dance and even Hoop Dance Workshops, to name a few.

You can even sign up to get certified in First Aid and CPR and save a life. For more information on our upcoming class offerings or to register online visit http://carmichaelpark.com/programsclasses/adult-senior-classes/

Free after school activities on Tuesdays

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How to register: Register online at carmichaelpark.com. Click online registration and search Cardinal Oaks Park After School Activities.

Email: Your registration form to lsoffice@ carmichaelpark.com Fax your registration form to 483-7861 In person: At the La Sierra Community Center, 5325 Engle Road, Suite 100

President’s Week Kids Camp Come “rock out” at Kids Hang Out during President’s week! The theme for President’s week camp this year is The History of Rock ‘N’ Roll. Who says George Washington wouldn’t have wanted to groove with Elvis, rock out with the Beatles or surf some waves to the tune of the Beach Boys?

Camp will run February 20-23 (TuesdayFriday) from 7 a.m. To 6 p.m. Come and enjoy music-themed arts, crafts and games. Learn about bands and singers that shaped the world of music as we know it today. Use your newly learned rock ‘n’ roll skills to participate in karaoke, an air guitar battle, and a scavenger hunt.

The Carmichael Recreation and Park District, in partnership with the Kiwanis Club of Carmichael, is offering free after school activities for youth (ages 5-14) at Cardinal Oaks Park. Beginning Jan. 30 staff and volunteers will be at the playground every Tuesday from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. with games, arts and crafts and sports. Kids are encouraged to come and get creative, get active, make some new friends and refuel with a healthy snack.

Cardinal Oaks is a beautifully developed park featuring plenty of grass, trees, a ball field, picnic How to register: table and playground. It’s located on El Camino Online: carmichaelpark.com/programsAvenue near Garfield Avenue, though it’s best ac- classes/kids-hang-out/ cessed from Kenneth Avenue across from MarIn person: At the La Sierra Community Cenvin Marshall Preschool and Children’s Center. ter 5325 Engle Road, Suite 100 All participants need to pre-register for the Phone: 916-483-7826 program, download the registration form at Fax at 916-483-7861

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If you’ve ever visited La Sierra Community Center for a program or event, chances are you’ve seen Maintenance Supervisor, Ron Shilliday on campus. After a 29 year career with Carmichael Recreation and Park District, Ron retired just a few days ago.

Originally hired as a Maintenance Worker I in 1988, Ron worked his way through the ranks and served as the Maintenance Supervisor- Facilities for the District for several years.

When asked about Ron’s retirement and work with the District, Park Services Manager, Keith Maddison commented, “Ron and I have worked on countless projects for almost 30 years, there’s so much we accomplished together...Ron was essential in the maintenance and opera-

tions of La Sierra Community Center. He will be missed.”

When asked why Ron spent so many years doing what he did, he replied, “ I wanted to help the community...provide safe spaces for the community to use parks and facilities.

Over the years, I strived to do the best job I could with the resources I had available.”

One of Ron’s most fond accomplishments is the work that was put in at La Sierra. The overall remodeling and conversion of the high school to make it a functioning center for the District and community.

An avid golfer, Ron can be found out on the green and hopes to be able to spend more time golfing now that he has retired. He also enjoys woodworking and going to the theatre with his wife Kari. Ron

Carmichael Recreation and Park District recognizes Maintenance Supervisor Ron Shilliday for long-time career.

Congratulations on the retirement!

hopes to explore some opportunities for volunteer service so he can keep his connection to the community and continue to give back. It was quite a run, Ron, you will be missed here in Carmichael! The District thanks you for your 29 years of service.

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Give wildlife another chance to live to get fabulous prizes with ‘Nuts & Berries’ Help the volunteer heroes of nature at the non-profit Wildlife Care Association of Sacramento and give small animals and birds brought to them injured, orphaned and displaced across our region that second chance by participating in the annual Nuts & Berries fundraiser.

The event will be a raffle for more than $10,000 in prizes.

The Nuts & Berries event will be held on Sunday, February 25, 2018 from noon to 3 p.m. at McClellan Conference Center located at 5411 Luce Blvd., McClellan.

The festivities will begin at noon when Wild Things Inc. will hold several presentations with exotic animals such as a Capuchin Monkey, an African Crested Porcupine, and a Crocodile.

This will be a casual event which will include door prizes and refreshments.

The event is open to the public $5.00 at the door, admission is included with raffle ticket purchase. In addition, we will live stream the raffle draw, so you can watch to see if you won, even if you can’t make the event. The raffle draw will begin at 2 p.m. and will be live streamed on Facebook @wildlifecareassociation.

These regional volunteers in wildlife rehabilitation need your support to help thousands of small birds and animals recover to return to the environment. The Wildlife Care Association depends on your donation of time and money to save them.

Visit www.wildlifecareassociation.com to learn more about Nuts & Berries tickets. $75.00 each or 2 for $140. If you’ve found injured wildlife call 916-965-WILD. Wildlife Care Association of Sacramento serves the public 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week year-round at 5211 Patrol Road, McClellan Park.

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Leading Texas musician to rock Stoney’s Rockin’ Rodeo on Feb. 3 Critically acclaimed Texas music artist Josh Ward will perform at Stoney’s Rockin’ Rodeo, located at 1320 Del Paso Blvd., on Saturday, Feb. 3. Josh has scored yet another No. 1 hit single in the Texas Regional Radio Chart with “You Don’t Have To Be Lonely.” This makes nine consecutive No. 1 hit singles to date. This is truly as milestone for Josh.

All six singles off his latest album “Holding Me Together” (produced by GRAMMY Award Winner Greg Hunt) hit No. i1, and three off his latest album “Promises” did as well. That is almost unheard of from a newer Texas artist and it has distinguished Josh as a new generation heavy weight champion of old school country music.

Josh got his start while playing in the parking lots of the rodeo circuit between rides.

With the encouragement of his fellow riders and passersby, he decided to start a music career and now he is one of the most celebrated music artists in our “scene.” He has been featured on the nationally syndicated Texas Music Scene TV with host Ray Benson and was recently featured in Cowboys & Indians Magazine.

When taking a retrospective look at Josh Ward’s precipitous rise into the very coveted Texas music scene, it seems like his music is plugged into a perpetual power source that few newer artists are able to harness.

His collective body of work spanning two full length albums has functioned like an inexhaustible machine amassing NINE consecutive #1 hit singles on the Texas Regional Radio Chart. His latest album “Holding Me Together” picked up perfectly where his previous album left off with all five singles

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snagging the #1 spot, distinguishing him as a new generation heavy weight champion of old school country music.

With the release of his new single “You Don’t Have To Be Lonely,” Ward continues his pace of #1 hit singles. Adding to his success at radio, his live show reputation has similarly turned hordes of music fans in his direction, and his peers have taken notice. Josh will be back in the studio in December to start recording his brand new album slated for release in early 2018.

After a few years of cutting his teeth on the touring circuit, Ward truly found his stride in 2012 with the release of his first full length album “Promises,” produced by GRAMMY Award-winning producer, Greg Hunt. It seemed clear that radio had discovered their new banner artist in Ward with all five singles hitting the Top 20 on the Texas Music charts, three

of those scoring #1’s-almost unheard of for a debut artist. Ward wrapped up 2013 as the Texas Regional Radio’s New Male Vocalist of the Year. When it came time to get back in the studio for his next album, Ward knew just where he was going… back to Rosewood Studios in Tyler, TX with the return of Greg Hunt behind the sound board. Their work on Ward’s third full length album “Holding Me Together” proved yet another triumphant collaboration. All

five singles went to #1 on the TRRR Chart starting with “Highway,” and continuing with TRRR’s Song of the Year, “Whiskey & Whitley,” then “Somewhere Between Right & Wrong,” “Broken Heart” and finally with “Change My Mind.”

To date Josh Ward has seen over 1 million views on YouTube and over 500,000 streams on Spotify.

Through tenacity and hard work Josh Ward has grown into one of the most respected and appreciated musicians in the state. A well versed songsmith with a hauntingly traditional voice, his honest and visceral delivery of every song compels audiences to feel his lyrics with him as he takes them on his musical journey. From start to finish his latest album gives you the white-knuckle roller coaster ride Ward intended you to have. A thrill that translates meticulously to the stage with live performances that not only mirror the studio versions, but as a whole, has only one singular motive…to hold you hostage on the dance floor.

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Iceland ice show brought Disney favorites to life with accomplished skaters Photos by Joe Perfecto

Camille Zhang executes an exquisite Biellmann spin during the Moana song “How Far I’ll Go.”

By Joe Perfecto

At the lower end of Old North Sacramento, for nearly eight decades the king-sized, neon-faced letters I-C-E-L-A-N-D have stood, slender and stately, above the front entrance to what for many years was arguably among the country’s most-loved ice skating rinks. They survived the 2010 five-alarm, million-dollar arson blaze that reduced the structure’s roof, glass-block façade and most of its contents to piles of charred rubble, molten glass and crumbled tile. Although scorched and blackened, and their neon fixtures destroyed, those seven tall, angular forms held fast in the symbolic statement Iceland Is Still Here.

The story of post-fire Iceland is akin to that of the mythological phoenix—although its rise from the ashes, after almost eight years, is not yet complete.

The sign’s neon was replaced, a rink-side trench was filled with dirt, a concrete floor was installed, one glass-block window has been restored (with the second on the way) and a new roof will be in place before the skating season ends in late February if the plans are approved by the City—but there is more work ahead.

The overarching task, though, has been the ongoing effort to raise funds for the reconstruction process (as the structure lacks a sprinkler system, fire insurance could not be obtained). The most recent benefit effort was a pair of holiday ice shows on a weekend in mid-December, presented to capacityplus crowds under the open sky. (While the attendance figures of 157 and 186 (Saturday/Sunday) don’t approach the maximum capacity of 300, the rink has only 150 seats—so practically speaking, 6

both performances saw SRO crowds.) The shows carry on a tradition dating back to April, 1941.

It must be said that this reporter, having little interest in ice skating, either as spectator or— heaven forbid—participant, was hard pressed to work up much enthusiasm upon entering the rink Sat. evening. The prospect of spending several hours on a cold, blustery night under an open sky whilst being buffeted by an unrelenting, biting jetstream-class gale that freight-trained through the passage from the open-air backstage and coursed over the ice, picking up additional frigidity along the way, just didn’t hold much appeal. And prior to the show, the sound system broadcast a mix of vintage musical selections that, frankly, seemed a bit dated. The set props were typical: A “North Pole” signpost, a handful of wrapped gift boxes. This, it appeared, would not be a night at the opera. But, as it happened, this setting was altogether misleading.

When at last the theatrical lighting came up, the first musical selection began to play and the performers glided onto the slippery stage, in a New York minute the less-than-optimal conditions faded from awareness. For it was then that all who had gathered within the walls of that time-tattered, firescarred, roofless shell of a building were transported to a grand palace in ice skating’s golden era. This little, modest arena on Del Paso Boulevard was transformed into the Boston Garden of generations past—and what proceeded to transpire was on a par with the famous ice follies of the time and worthy of no less than Florenz Ziegfeld himself.

The show featured 30 musical selections from two dozen animated films presented in two acts,

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and a cast of 29—including seven award-winning/ professional/national-level skaters—supported by a crew of about 20. There were a half-dozen chorus numbers, three routines featured pair skating and the remainder featured soloists, with four of the cast making second appearances.

The program, designed and largely choreographed by director Janelle Loberg-Cardoso, opened with two selections from Beauty and the Beast, wending its way through other films such as Aladdin, Frozen, Polar Express, The Little Mermaid and The Lion King, with a handful of holiday titles like Charlie Brown Christmas and Toy Story thrown in for good measure. “Circle of Life” (The Lion King), “Rumor in St. Petersburg” (Anastasia) and “Under the Sea” (The Little Mermaid) were especially popular.

“All skaters participating in the chorus routines must have strong basics such as crossovers, good quality of edges, speed/power and a very good entertainment value,” said Loberg-Cardoso. These requirements were clearly met by all who traversed the stage—chorus, soloists, pairs. There wasn’t a single element—to the smallest detail—about the presentations that was short of stellar. Costumes, skating form, coordination, timing—all embodied exacting precision and finesse. The performers displayed an abundance of electric energy, focused intensity and genuine enthusiasm fully on a par with commercial productions many times this size. It was difficult to say who enjoyed the performance more—the audience or the cast.

But then, those figures in the spotlights are not new to this. The cast roster included competitive See Iceland, page 7 Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.

The enchanting Darya Kovalenko takes a knee during “Journey to the Past” from Anastasia.

Haylie Ferreira performs a graceful layback spin during “Almost There” from Princess and the Frog.

During a chorus number, in the spotlight are from left Debi Gold; Evan Mullins; Abigail Stout; Grace Hartman; Haylie Ferreira; Heidi Herbon.

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skaters, professionals and skating coaches both current and past. Among them: Samantha Mapes and Melanie Hern were with Disney on Ice; Hern also performed with Magic on Ice and Holiday on Ice. Sara Maretti was a pro skater with Magic on Ice—Mexico.

Shannon Mullins is a US National Ladies competitor.

Evan Mullins is a 2018 US National ice dancing competitor.

Reese Lashinski is a US Figure Skating National Showcase Junior Champion.

Evelyn Zhang is a Crystalline Classic, Gold Rush and Spring Preview Overall Showcase winner.

The Iceland Chorus earned the 2017 US National Showcase Silver Medal in the Production Ensemble category, ranking second out of 12 teams.

Without a doubt, these people like to skate. This is a good thing, too, as rehearsals began at the end of October and the cast skated for two hours twice a week, for a total of 10 rehearsals.

Cast members were selected by Loberg-Cardoso, who spent 16 years as a competitive ice skater, and for several decades has applied her training in ballet, jazz and modern dance in the capacity of choreographer for more than 20 shows in Sacramento and Stockton. She first performed in an Iceland show in 1986, at the age of eight.

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As the chorus revolves around them, Debi Gold and Josh Dickinson break into a little Lindy Hop action.

stage, on the lighting rigs, at the ticket table, in the parking lot and on the Zamboni (is that a fun job, or what?). Directing the stage lighting was Cathy Wilshusen, an Iceland show veteran who also works the UC Davis Whole Earth Festival. And that fellow who was standing behind the curtain, struggling to keep it upright in the heavy wind for the entire Sat. show, was former Sacramento City Council Member Rob Kerth, grandson of Iceland founder William J. Kerth, Sr. And all this at no expense to the rink; to maximize fundraising, all crew mem-

bers donated the performance of their unglamorous but essential jobs.

Based on the sheer effort alone of all involved in the weekend’s productions, attendance was easily worth the $10 admission ($20 for VIP seating on the ice); the technical and artistic value was ice-ing on the cake. If past is prelude, the next holiday show promises to be a similar bargain and equally spectacular—something any fan of ice-based performance might not want to miss. What’s more, there should be a roof by then.

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with Pat Lynch

Weighing Consequences Someone in San Jose slipped the candy bar into my purse. This was no ordinary candy bar, but I forgot about it until, home again, I emptied the purse the day of the party. Out tumbled the candy in its thin cardboard box. I opened it. It was the size of half a Hershey bar though the chocolate squares were smaller.

Jeff Sessions notwithstanding, I decided to bring it to the party.. In fact, maybe I decided to bring it because of Jeff Sessions.

It was a small game-playing party. No, not computer games where you race down winding paths shooting tiny zombies whose heads blow off in squishy green splats, but old-fashioned games like Charades. It was a pretty good night. We were a mixed crew of mostly retired professionals, including a geologist, an executive and a smart, methodical genealogical researcher who could

track your lineage through your DNA. I presented the candy bar midway, placing it atop its box labeled, Cannabis. “Legal weed,” I said. “ The voters have spoken.”

In the old days we called it Pot and it came in fivedollar see-through baggies and it made us laugh till tears rolled down our faces. Then we’d go out and eat a wedding cake.

But this wasn’t the old days.

Everyone eyed the candy bar but nobody reached for it.

“What are the dosing instructions?” the researcher asked.

Dosing instructions? “Just break off a piece and eat it,” I said. Dosing instructions. As if the marijuana industry, once composed in part of armed felon/guards crouched in the Mendocino woods, would take the time to daintily prescribe the exact nibble needed for liftoff.

But these party-goers were deliberative. They wanted to know the dosage based on weight, and brought forth their phone calculators. The geologist studied the cardboard box that had previously contained the product.

“Cannabis. 180 mg THC,” he read.

“That’d be the strength,” the executive said. “But how do you measure out the right portion?”

Now the researcher took the box, and read aloud: “THC tolerances vary. Start with five mg. Wait two hours for full effect before increasing your dose.”

“Five milligrams,” the researcher and executive said at once.

“There’s your dosing instructions,” I said, trying to stay in the conversation but largely unheeded because of a known math impediment.

But how much of the chocolate would lead to a five-milligram, two-hour stoned journey into new perceptions?

“The net weight is 50 g or 1.7 ounces,” the geologist said.

This launched another flurry of computation. How many squares of the present dark chocolate would one need to consume to enter Jeff Sessions’ legions of not “good” people?

At some point it was determined, after much ear-

nest mumbling and sharing of data, that five small squares would give you the required amount.

“That seems like a lot,” our hostess said. She presented a worried grimace.

Five squares seemed like a lot to me too. But I still hadn’t found the calculator app on my phone, so remained silent.

The researcher turned to me. “Did you get this from M?” She told the others that M (not her real initial) used the highest grade of the strongest marijuana, weed so potent that people not used to it ended up in the hospital. On a few memorable occasions even M herself had had to visit the ER because she took too much of her own powerful blends. If what sat on the table before us came from M, we should not eat five squares of it.

“Maybe just two or three squares,” I said.

A retired teacher who had been silent during the quest for dosing, took the box, read its printed information, scribbled numbers on the back of a charades paper, and looked up. “One square gives you five milligrams,” she said. “One square.”

We gazed at one another, each thinking, I’m sure, of the poor victim who might have gobbled down five squares.

“You need to do the right volume units conversion,” the teacher said pleasantly.

There came a little silence.

Then the genealogical researcher said, “Does everybody remember that phrase— If you can read this, thank a teacher?”

We remembered.

We thanked the teacher and clapped for her. We came up with new slogans too: If you’re not sitting in the ER because five squares of marijuana chocolate convinced you your hair had developed a mind and was trying to strangle you, thank a teacher. If you’re not hiding upstairs because your overdose made you think that Kim Jon Un was lurking in your kitchen, thank a teacher.

None of us ate any of the candy bar that night. But a few vowed to meet again for coffee and one chocolate square apiece. I left early enough to catch the late TV news. There, again, was Jeff Sessions, Attorney General of the United States, saying, “Good people don’t smoke marijuana.”

Oh Jeff, Jeff. You don’t have to smoke it anymore. You can eat it. Just be sure to do the right volume units conversion. And, Jeff, if this information helps you to live a fuller and more fun life, thank a teacher.

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SATURDAY, JAN. 27 FROG OR TOAD: Effie Yeaw Nature Center (California Ave & Tarshes Dr, Carmichael), at 10:30 a.m.

SUNDAY, JAN. 28 SPECIAL OLYMPICS – Learn more about Special Olympics in Northern California and how it impacts the local community and how you can become involved.

This program will feature Special Olympics athlete, volunteer and messenger Jonathon Sparks and Tyler Krochmal, Special Olympics Communications Manager. Sunday, Jan. 28 at 1 p.m. at the Carmichael Library, 5605 Marconi Avenue, Carmichael.

TUESDAY, JAN. 30 NEW YEAR, NEW YOU GUEST OPEN HOUSE starting at 7:45 p.m. at Arthur Murray Carmichael (4141 Manzanita Ave, Suite 200, Carmichael)

FRIDAY, FEB. 2

SUNDAY, FEB. 4

AN EVENING WITH THE GHOST OF MARK TWAIN: McAvoy Layne has entertained audiences for 30 years from Russia to Germany and continues to preserve the ‘wit and wisdom’ of Mark Twain in Nevada and California. McAvoy plays the ghost of Samuel Clemens in the Biography Channel’s episode of ‘Mark Twain’ and in the Discovery Channel’s Cronkite Documentary, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Enjoy and evening of the humor and stories of the beloved Samuel Clemens at Rudolf Steiner College, 9200 Fair Oaks Blvd. at 7 p.m. Show is $25 by paying cash or check at the door (checks payable to SAC FunEd), seating limited. Make reservations with SAC FunEd by calling 916407-0123. For more information, visit www.sacfuned. info or email learn@sacfuned.info. Please do not contact Rudolph Steiner College for information or reservations. McAvoy, of Incline Village, not only looks like Mark Twain he is a walking ‘book’ of Mark Twain’s quips and quotes. He performs for private functions as well as events such as Genoa Cowboy Festival, theaters and even at the Nevada Governors Mansion. He spent several years at Piper Opera House in Virginia City and on the paddle boat on Lake Tahoe. He is a legend in Nevada and loved by all that see him. He works a lot with the youth. His show is done as if he is Mark Twain talking, telling stories and quoting the great humor. He is one-of-a-kind historical entertainment. Samuel Clemens would be 183 years old this year so McAvoy does take you back in history as related in many of the books Twain wrote. SAC Fun Ed is new offering Fun and Educational Adult Learning Classes.

FUN FACTS ABOUT OTTERS AND BEAVERS, starting at 1:30 p.m. at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center (California Ave & Tarshes Dr, Carmichael)

THURSDAY, FEB. 8 SAC STATE SEPTET CONCERT: A septet of Sacramento State music instructors presents a Faculty Recital of Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale). The presentation, which includes a narrator, is based on the tale of a soldier who sells his violin to the devil in exchange for riches. It starts at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, in the Capistrano Hall 151 on campus, 6000 J St. Tickets are $10 general, $7 seniors, and $5 students, available at www. csus.edu/hornettickets or (916) 278-4323.

Contact: (916) 278-5155.

SATURDAY, FEB. 10 TUESDAY, JAN. 31 FRANKENSTEIN – Celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Frankenstein. Meet Stephanie Taylor, a Sacramento based artist, who is the illustrator of special illustrated edition of Frankenstein and join a lively discussion of this unorthodox science experiment that explores the boundaries of humanity. Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 6:15 p.m. at the Carmichael Library, 5605 Marconi Avenue, Carmichael.

THURSDAY, FEB. 1 PARK, REC & EAT IT: Thursday, February 1, 5 to 8 p.m. at Carmichael Park.

FRIDAY, FEB. 2 AN EVENING WITH THE GHOST OF MARK TWAIN: McAvoy Layne has entertained audiences for 30 years from Russia to Germany and continues to preserve the ‘wit and wisdom’ of Mark Twain in Nevada and California. McAvoy plays the ghost of Samuel Clemens in the Biography Channel’s episode of ‘Mark Twain’ and in the Discovery Channel’s Cronkite Documentary, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Enjoy and evening of the humor and stories of the beloved Samuel Clemens at Rudolf Steiner College, 9200 Fair Oaks Blvd. at 7 p.m. Show is $25 by paying cash or check at the door (checks payable to SAC FunEd), seating limited. Make reservations with SAC FunEd by calling 916-407-0123. For more information, visit www.sacfuned.info or email learn@sacfuned.info. Please do not contact Rudolph Steiner College for information or reservations. McAvoy, of Incline Village, not only looks like Mark Twain he is a walking ‘book’ of Mark Twain’s quips and quotes. He performs for private functions as well as events such as Genoa Cowboy Festival, theaters and even at the Nevada Governors Mansion. He spent several years at Piper Opera House in Virginia City and on the paddle boat on Lake Tahoe. He is a legend in Nevada and loved by all that see him. He works a lot with the youth. His show is done as if he is Mark Twain talking, telling stories and quoting the great humor. He is one-of-a-kind historical entertainment. Samuel Clemens would be 183 years old this year so McAvoy does take you back in history as related in many of the books Twain wrote. SAC Fun Ed is new offering Fun and Educational Adult Learning Classes.

SATURDAY, FEB. 3 GROUND SQUIRREL DAY, starting at 10:30 a.m. at Effie Yeaw Nature Center (California Ave & Tarshes Dr, Carmichael) Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.

SI SACRAMENTO SOUTH CRABFEST: The Soroptimist International of Sacramento South chapter is hosting its annual CrabFest Fundraiser on Saturday, February 10th, Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento, 2425 Sierra Blvd., Sacramento. All-you-can-eat crab, pasta, green salad, French bread and butter……as well as sodas, beer and wine for purchase. Doors open at 6PM. Your $50 ticket helps fund awards, scholarships, and grants to women and children’s organizations in our local area. In addition to all-you-can-eat crab there will be Silent and Live auctions for goods and services including a Dessert auction! Our exciting Golden Ticket opportunity is available for only $25, allowing the lucky winner to select the Grand Prize from 6 choices. Choices range from a weekend in Pajaro Dunes to a 4K Quadcopter Drone to iFLy Indoor Skydiving to 49er tickets, and more! Only 100 Golden Tickets will be sold, and winner does not need to be present! Meal and Golden Tickets must be purchased in advance, so please call (916) 5483754. The mission of the Soroptimists is to improve the lives of women and girls through programs leading to social and economic empowerment.

DUCK, DUCK GOOSE at 10:30 a.m. at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center (California Ave & Tarshes Dr, Carmichael).

SUNDAY, FEB. 11 CRITTER CORNER - VALENTINE’S DAY EDITION at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center (California Ave & Tarshes Dr, Carmichael) at 1:30 p.m.

ed Porcupine, & a Crocodile. This will be a casual event which will include door prizes and refreshments. The event is open to the public $5.00 at the door, admission is included with raffle ticket purchase. In addition, we will live stream the raffle draw, so you can watch to see if you won, even if you can’t make the event. The raffle draw will begin at 2 pm and will be live streamed on Facebook @wildlifecareassociation. These regional volunteers in wildlife rehabilitation need your support to help thousands of small birds and animals recover to return to the environment. The Wildlife Care Association depends on your donation of time and money to save them. Visit www.wildlifecareassociation.com to learn more about Nuts & Berries tickets. $75.00 each or 2 for $140.00. If you’ve found injured wildlife call 916-965-WILD. Wildlife Care Association of Sacramento serves the public 10am6pm seven days a week year-round at 5211 Patrol Rd. McClellan Park.

Program is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2018 - 2019 academic year. The program offers 14 categories of scholarships ranging from $1,000 - $2,500 each with varying eligibility requirements.

Categories include: agriculture, art, academic excellence, business, culinary/hospitality/event management, education, international relations, trade school, viticulture and enology. Applicants may apply for one scholarship category of their choice per year and will be evaluated based on academics, community service, quality of es-

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SUNDAY, FEB. 25 NUTS & BERRIES: NON-PROFIT WILDLIFE EVENT FEBRUARY 2018 MCCLELLAN PARK: Give Wildlife Another Chance to Live to Get Fabulous Prizes with Nuts & Berries. Help the volunteer heroes of nature at the non-profit Wildlife Care Association of Sacramento and give small animals and birds brought to them injured, orphaned and displaced across our region that second chance by participating in the annual Nuts & Berries Fundraiser! The event will be a raffle for more than $10,000 in prizes. The Nuts & Berries event will be held on Sunday, February 25, 2018 from 12pm-3pm at McClellan Conference Center located at 5411 Luce Blvd, McClellan, CA 95652. The festivities will begin at 12 pm when Wild Things Inc. will hold several presentations with exotic animals such as a Capuchin Monkey, an African Crest-

say and recommendation. Top scholarship winners in select categories may be invited to compete for the $5,000 Ironstone Concours Foundation Scholarship Scholarships are not renewable; however, students may reapply each year as long as they continue to meet the eligibility criteria. The Friends of the California State Fair Scholarship Program is a collaboration between the Friends of the California State Fair, the California Exposition & State Fair, the

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What’s Continued from page 9 California State Fair Agricultural Advisory Council, the Ironstone Concours Foundation, Blue Diamond Growers and Western Fairs Association. International Scholarship and Tuition Services, Inc. (ISTS), an independent scholarship management company, hosts the online application process and disburses awards for the program.

The deadline to apply is March 2, 2018.

Learn more at CAStateFair.org/scholarship. For questions about the Friends of the California State Fair Scholarship Program, please email scholarship@calexpo.com.

FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF SURVIVORS SUPPORT GROUP: Every first Monday of the month from 6 to 7 p.m.

Location: Sacramento. Call 916-4283271 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,

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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 11-acre, 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 9am1pm at Camp Pollock. Please wear sturdy, closed toe shoes, hat, dress in layers and bring a water bottle, snack and liability 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.

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Liability form - please print and bring (http://www.sacramentovalleyconservancy. org/admin/upload/Adult%20Release%20 of%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; 888-877-9806. 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.

READ TO A DOG – Specially trained therapy dogs are waiting for children to come read to them. This program is for school age children that can read.

We supply the books or you may bring your own book to read to the dogs. The books should be able to be read in 5 10 minutes. After 10 sessions, the reader is awarded a free book. Every Tuesday from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Carmichael Library, 5605 Marconi Avenue, Carmichael.

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME – Join Ms. Kathy for storytime! We will share books, songs, make a simple craft and have loads of fun! All children must be accompanied by an adult. Every Thursday from 10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. at Carmichael Library, 5605 Marconi Avenue, Carmichael.

TODDLER STORYTIME – Come and hear stories and sing songs with Ms. Kathy! All children must be accompanied by an adult. Every Thursday from 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at Carmichael Library, 5605 Marconi Avenue, Carmichael.

KNITWITS – Do you knit? Crochet? Do needlework? Want to learn? Are you an expert in knitting or crocheting who can help others? Bring a project to work on and a snack to share as we learn together! This adult program is every Friday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Carmichael Library, 5605 Marconi Avenue, Carmichael.

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Sacramento’s Palace of Fantasy to premiere on Feb. 21 at the Tower Theatre The Center for Sacramento History, in partnership with Matías Antonio Bombal, Chad E. Williams and executive producer Wendell Jacob, are proud to present the world premiere of ALHAMBRA: Sacramento’s Palace of Fantasy at the Tower Theatre (2508 Land Park Drive) on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. Screenings will take place at 7 p.m. and 8:20 p.m.

Over a year in research and production, using multiple assets in the collections of the Center for Sacramento History and the community, this documentary examines why the Alhambra Theatre (1927-1973) captured the imagination of all who entered and how its demise still sparks controversy nearly 50 years later. Advance tickets are $30 each and available online only at www.centerforsacramentohistory.org. With limited seating available, tickets are expected to sell-out quickly for this fundraising event.

The 55-minute documentary film ALHAMBRA: Sacramento’s Palace of Fantasy is highlighted with com10

pelling interviews, pictures and newly-found movies that tell the story of Sacramento’s beloved and lost Alhambra Theatre, a 1927 million-dollar temple to movies, music, and art for 46 years. The film’s trailer can be viewed at https://vimeo.com/242839790.

Matías A. Bombal, 50, director and co-producer, has been a master of ceremonies and art-house film exhibitor at several theaters on the west coast for most of his adult life, including four in Sacramento. Following the arrival of digital cinema, Bombal moved on to writing and talking about movies via Matías Bombal’s Hollywood, his current cinema reviews on multiple platforms including radio, newspapers and online video content. With Chad E. Williams they supply DCP trailer and onscreen announcement services for theaters world-wide. He has directed and produced, with Williams, three documentary features, the first for the Center for Sacramento History, The Sacramento Picture in 2015.

Chad E. Williams, 46, has been a Sacramento musician and perform-

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The premiere of “ALHAMBRA: Sacramento’s Palace of Fantasy” will be held at the Tower Theatre on Wednesday, Feb. 21 with two showings, one at 7 and the second at 8:20 p.m.

er. He was writer, talent and co-producer of 1997’s RAW-TV airing on Sacramento’s KCRA and has produced commercials for all local television stations and Comcast via his Williams, Etc. Productions, which also produces all of the web and screen content for Matías Bombal’s Hollywood. He has co-produced and edited three documentaries with Bombal, including The Sacramento Picture (2015) and The Story Behind Your Radio Dial (2016).

Williams assists the Center for Sacramento History with the preservation and organization of its remarkable film collection. His heart may be found in the production of and participation in local poetry, literary and multi-media presentations and Outsider Art.

Part of the Center’s ongoing Speakers Series, this special evening is presented in partnership with the Sacramento History Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to supporting the Center through exhibitions, education, and programs. The Center educates and enriches the public by collecting, preserving and making accessible the region’s vast cultural heritage. Founded in 1953, the Center for Sacramento History is administered by the City of Sacramento and is jointly funded by the City and County of Sacramento. Funds from this event will go toward preserving and making available the moving image collections held by the Center. For more information, please visit www.centerforsacramentohistory.org.

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