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Silent Sleigh event brought Santa’s magic to the hard of hearing....

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Faces and Places: Silent Sleigh Photos by Stephen Crowley

Deaf and hard-of-hearing children got to experience Christmas magic with Santa communicating by sign language and enjoying arts and crafts as well as treats with their friends.

The event, known as the 28th annual Silent Sleigh, was held on Dec. 10 at La Sierra Community Center.

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Baby Baskets Needed for Low Income New Moms at Sacramento Life Center Through December Diapers, clothes, formula and more needed for low-income new moms

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Local residents can help low-income new moms in Sacramento this holiday season through the Sacramento Life Center’s annual Baskets4Babies drive running through Dec. 31. The drive stocks the Sacramento Life Center’s baby needs closet so the nonprofit can provide a basket of needed items to every patient who gives birth in 2020. Donations can be made in any increment, but $50 guarantees a new mother has everything she needs to bring her baby home from the hospital, including diapers, clothing, bottles, formula, homemade blankets, bibs, bathing supplies and more. A pledge of $50 per month guarantees a mother can return each month for additional necessities as

her baby grows. Donations can be made online at www. saclife.org or by texting saclife to 56651.

“One of the most overwhelming feelings is learning that you’re pregnant and fearing you won’t have the resources to care for your vulnerable baby,” said Marie Leatherby, executive director, Sacramento Life Center. “Sometimes something as simple as a gift of diapers and newborn clothes can give expecting mothers the confidence that they have a support system to help raise their child. Baskets4Babies gives expecting mothers proof that they will always have a family here at the Sacramento Life Center and supporters out in the community rooting for their family.”

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Produce with a Purpose: Handmade Holidays Rich Chocolate date Truffles

By Kerin Gould

Once a growing-season, I ask my wonderful neighbor, Dave, to come over and till a couple of garden plots. It’s a clean slate for new plants. I wish I could go no-till, but the Bermuda grass is relentless. The tractor is big and loud and diesel-scented. He loves his machines and knows how to maneuver and maintain them, doing a lot of the mechanic work himself. I don’t possess these skills, probably couldn’t even point out the carburetor in my riding mower (my only gas-powered tool), but in return for the tractor work, I can cook homemade treats.

My main tools are the broadfork, the wheel-hoe, a batterypowered weed-whacker, and the Japanese hand-hoe. I bend a lot, get my hands in the dirt and feel the soil structure, look at which bugs and how many earthworms are present, and close-up check for pests and little predators and interpret different holes in the leaves. Cabbage worms will go away in winter, but the sparrows will eat any green leafy crop, if they are hungry. I have a homemade pest-repellant recipe I use to give my cabbage-family plants a fighting chance, but picking off worms also helps. I won’t ever just spray some toxic stuff on there.

It’s more work. But it’s personal. It’s quiet. It’s tactile. It takes a serious scrub to get the soil out of my skin. Organic farmers who don’t use mass spraying to get rid of weeds and pests have to do this close-up work by hand. This extra labor is part of why organic strawberries and greens cost more. But on the other hand, pickers aren’t getting exposed to toxins. Worth it!

As a person who does a lot of chores by hand, I want to encourage folks to consider handmade gifts this season. Just like the farm chores, they require genuine engagement and visceral interaction, even – dare I say? - love. I often wish I knew how to knit, but honestly, noValley Community Newspapers, Inc.

Ingredients for the truffle base: • 1 1/2 cups of dates • 6-8 tbsp cacao (unsweetened, of course) adjust to make a workable consistency • 3 tbsp of grated coconut.

body wants a misshapen, irregular mess of a scarf. My niece, on the other hand, is talented with the needles, and I love wearing a big, earthy-colored scarf she made. I’m not recommending we all sew our own clothes and mill our own wheat and become an Amish community, but I am all for specialness and realness when it counts.

What if you really aren’t artistic? What if you regularly burn the holiday cookies or can’t decorate to save your life? Honestly, my decorating skills would have shown up on that now defunct web site “Regretsy” (Google it) or on Pinterest as a tragic, cautionary tale to others. At my house, we’ve gotten around that by cutting out cookies in a sweater shape and making uglysweater cookies to decorate.

Let’s say you are artisanally challenged, over-worked or uninspired…There are so many outstanding local artists, crafters, and makers out there and fairs going on at the Crocker, the State Indian Museum, and many more, where the quality is exceptional and the ideas unique.

Ideas are the hardest part, aren’t they? Of course there are those craft items that are a bit cheesy, too, and there’s a gift recipient for that genre on your list, ironically or unironically.

Farmers’ markets have gift ideas this month too. Fill up a local treats gift basket for somebody! We revive our connection to other human beings by patronizing local growers, makers and creators, and we can find gifting freshness rather than stale box-store burnout, generic gift cards, and click-click-clicking our way through big shopping sites. And we boost our local economy when we buy from local makers.

Even if you aren’t a great cook or decorator, you may be roped into a cookie exchange, need a hostess gift, have to bring something to a work party, need to thank a neighbor for tilling your field, and you don’t want to embarrass yourself or just give up and buy something. I have you covered! This is stupid-easy, madly-tasty, secretly healthy, vegan and gluten free. Option one is to make

these and put them into paper candy-cups and then put an assortment into a festive gift tin. A second option is to pre-make the basic truffles and then put out little bowls of toppings for people to make their own, sort of like a flight of wines/craft project. Either way, people will be delighted with your handmade delights and amazed at the quality and deliciousness.

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Pre-soak the dates and chop a little if needed. Use a food processor or immersion/ stick blender to grind the three ingredients into a paste, going little by little, so you don’t overheat your blender.

The mixture should be about thick cookie-dough consistency, firm enough to hold the round shape. Form little spheres with a melon-baller.

Roll in coating until well covered. Serve in festive paper candy cups.

Coating options: • grated orange zest • chopped roasted almonds • chopped hazelnuts • chopped walnuts or pecans • cinnamon and chili • sesame seeds • more coconut • smashed candy canes if you don’t have a problem with sugar • whatever you like!

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Former Sacramentan, husband worked for 49ers legend Joe Montana Couple has longtime success in equestrian sport of cutting

Photo courtesy of Nicole Coates

The Coates family, shown from left to right, is Talon, Andrew, Nicole and Riley.

By LANCE ARMSTRONG

As a competition, cutting consists of riders and their Pocket native Nicole horses demonstrating their (Nevis) Coates and her abilities before a judge or husband, Andrew, are no panel of judges, who evalstrangers to success in uate the athleticism of each the equestrian sport of horse and its ability to hancutting, having won var- dle cattle. ious awards and worked Although both Andrew on the ranch of the leg- and Nicole are longtime endary San Francisco competitors in the sport, 49ers quarterback Joe Andrew is the most accomMontana. plished rider, having won

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Nicole Coates competes in a cutting show.

and placed high in many competitions en route to being named to the National Cutting Horse Association Hall of Fame.

However, during an interview with the Pocket News last week, Andrew stressed that Nicole, a 1995 graduate of Kennedy High School, plays a significant role in his success.

“We work side by side,” he said. “We have just an incredible relationship. We work together every day.

“Nicole is the one that manages (the clients’) horses, whether they’re at the stalls, whether she’s warming horses up or she’s making sure they’re getting the right medication or the right feed. She’s an incredible manager. I could not do what I do and be good at it without her doing what she does.”

Nicole, whose father, Bill, was a custom home builder, has been interested in horses since her childhood. And

she earned money to pay for her own riding lessons in the Freeport area for nearly eight years.

“I earned the money, paid for my riding lessons, bought my own riding clothes, (went) to shows, everything,” Nicole said. “I (began doing these things) when I was in the fourth grade at (Genevieve) Didion (Elementary School, which later became a K-8 institution).

“My mom (Claudina Nevis) will tell you that she literally thought that would not last for very long and that I would grow out of it and give up, and I didn’t.”

Nicole eventually bought a horse, which she kept on a ranch in Wilton, where she assisted a cutting horse trainer named Ed Murphy.

While accompanying Murphy at a cutting horse show in Rancho Murrieta, in 1997, she met Andrew.

After speaking about that moment in her life, Nicole

concluded, “And the rest is history.”

Fast forwarding to their current life, Nicole and Andrew ride horses together on a daily basis, and they have been showing horses around the country and in Canada for many years.

They also own the Southern Cross Ranch in Esparto, and are raising their two children: Talon and Riley.

As a professional horse trainer, Andrew currently shows in the open division, while Nicole shows in the nonprofessional division.

Andrew mentioned that prior to meeting Nicole, he was raised on a cattle ranch in a remote area of Australia, where he eventually became a professional horse trainer.

In 1995, Andrew was offered a job to work on a ranch training horses in California.

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in Australia that knew this guy (named Luke Bakey) in California,” Andrew recalled. “He lived in the Elk Grove-Wilton (area) and he gave me the job, and I finished my apprenticeship under him training horses for him.”

After his time working for Bakey, Andrew worked for two years for another trainer, Gary Gonsalves, in Paso Robles.

Andrew noted that it was through Gonsalves that he was hired to work for Montana.

“Joe called Gary looking for an up-and-coming trainer to hire, and Gary recommended that he talk to me.”

Andrew and Nicole were married in 1999 and moved to Montana’s ranch in Calistoga three years later. They spent the next three and a half years training his horses on that ranch, and an additional six years working with his horses at their ranch in Esparto.

Having grown up in Australia and not following the National Football League, Andrew was far from star struck when he was hired to work for Montana.

“I wasn’t into (football),” he said. “I had no interest in the (sport). I lived and breathed training horses and running cattle. So, when (Montana’s agent) called me and asked if I could have a meeting with Joe Montana, I heard the name, but I had no idea the fame that came with him.”

Nicole, however, was well aware of the fame of Montana, she noted.

“I was (aware of it), but I could keep it in check,” she said. “(But) being around Joe a time or two, he quickly became just a guy to me.

He was very much like a little kid around the horses. I absolutely love that.

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“My favorite part about being around Joe and the horses is when he would come to the barn to ride with us.

(When he) got out of that car, he would get the biggest smile on his face. He would kind of jump out of his car and say, ‘OK, let’s go ride.’”

Nicole added that Montana enjoyed showing cutting horses as often as he could, and won the Pacific Coast Cutting Horse Association’s Amateur of the Year Award in 2004.

Among the things that Andrew recalled about working for Montana was a lack of discussions about football.

“The funny thing about the relationship with Joe and I, and Nicole, in all the years that we trained for Joe at his place, we never one time talked about football,” he said.

“And I think, honestly, that’s what he loved about the horse shows and the horse people, because no one bothered him about it. They treated him like he was just a guy that was showing horses.”

Andrew referred to his hiring to work for Montana as one of the luckiest breaks in his career, which includes working for various influential people in the equestrian world. “(Working for Montana) was the biggest opportunity I’ve ever had in the horse business,” he said. “It was the greatest opportunity that I could ever have at that stage, because the horse training world is extremely competitive.

“You have to have owners that are willing to basically give you all the tools you need. You can be a very good showman and a very good trainer, but if you don’t have the right horses and the right tools, everything is very difficult.”

Andrew noted that Montana had quality horses and gave him all the tools that he needed to be competitive.

Although Montana had the financial means to as-

Photo courtesy of Nicole Coates

The Coates family is pictured near their Southern Cross Ranch in Esparto.

sist him in his work, Andrew noted that he acquired something much greater from this NFL Hall of Fame quarterback. “ The greatest thing that Joe gave me, I would say, is he taught me how to win,” he said. “He taught me the importance of being mentally prepared to show and not be afraid to lose, taking a chance and to not play it safe all the time. I was just so (fortunate) that I got to spend time around him and work with him, because he is the most positive person I’ve ever been around in my life.

“In his eyes, there was never a negative thought.

(If ) you didn’t do good, he would shake it off in a heartbeat (and) wait for the next show we were going to go to. If I did bad and I felt bad, he would pick me up and make me feel positive again.”

Andrew concluded that it was his experience with Montana that “shaped” him into the type of cutting horse showman that he is today.

With his success in cutting, Andrew was inducted into the Hall of Fame last year.

Andrew noted that riders must earn $1 million in the sport to become a member of that Hall of Fame.

In speaking about he and his wife’s achievements in the sport, Andrew mentioned that they have been “very fortunate.”

“We’ve done well,” he said. “We’ve just been very fortunate, just very blessed that we had the right owners, with Joe there at the start. And over the last 15 years, we’ve had an incredible group of people that we’ve trained and shown horses for.”

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Faces and Places: Yule Ball at the library Photos by Stephen Crowley

Witches, wizards and even muggles dressed in their finest robes, living out their Hogwarts dreams, as they danced the winter night away at the sixth-annual Yule Ball at the Central Library on Saturday, Dec. 21. The night came along with a healthy dose of magic and live DJ and dancing. Included in the event were several spine-tingling activities fit for any mystical creature, including professional face painting for any muggle striving for an above average appearance, tarot card reading for those who dare to glance into the future, button making to sew on your new invisible cloak and, of course, Dungeons & Dragons.

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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.

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS FOR IMMIGRANTS - CONTINUES: Find Out What You Can Do. Act Your Conscience. Learn about the appalling conditions of confinement for migrants and refugees. Hear Anna Molander Hermann give an eyewitness account of the situation in San Antonio, and from other advocates working to support asylum seekers, immigrants and the children and families in Northern California and in detention camps. · The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) · Abuelas Responden, the Sacramento Overground Railroad · NorCal Resist · SacACT (Area Congregations Together) Find out about volunteer opportunities and how you can help.

January 5, 2020, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Congregation B’nai Israel, 3600 Riverside Blvd.

RSVP by December 30, 2019, is suggested. $5 donation at the door appreciated. For more information, contact info@ncjwsac.org or RSVP online on the events page of www.ncjwsac.org.

“Humanitarian Crisis for Immigrants – Continues” is a part of the Speakers Series Call to Action presented by National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) Sacramento. Next event is GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION on March 1, 2020, Find Out What You Can Do. Act Your Conscience.

#METOO SUPPORT GROUP: Every third Monday of the month from 6 to 7 p.m. Location: Sacramento. Call 916-428-3271 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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 20TH ANNUAL DIVERSITY EMPLOYMENT DAY CAREER FAIR AND ROUNTABLES: From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the O’Club at The Lions Gate Hotel Conference Center, 3410 Westover St., McClellan. The ongoing mission is to provide the most candidates from the city, county and state’s diverse communities. With the understanding that diversity is a good business strategy, the opportunities for employer and candidates are endless. The diversity event is the most significant career fair presented today. Its outreach includes multicultural, veterans, women, LGBTQ, mature workers and people with disabilities. Each employer is actively committed to getting America back to work, diversity and equality in the workplace.

The event features the “ The Diversity Spirit Achievement Award” presented by the Diversity Recruiters Network and The Diversity Practitioners Roundtables. For more information, visit facebook.com/citycareerfair and www.citycareerfair.com Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.

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