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Ramirez told the Arden-Carmichael News that he has a goal of filling a financial void for Sal Ramirez and Diana Shockley are cur- the foundation. rently fundraising for the opportunity to earn “They had to postpone two fundraising the title of honorary mayor of Carmichael for events, because of COVID(-19), so I have 2022. my personal goal that I would like to raise for A suburb of Sacramento, Carmichael does them to try to help them recoup what they not have an official mayor. would have made had the pandemic not efThis election, which is presented by the Car- fected their financials,” he said. michael Chamber of Commerce, is unlike typHe added that there is an increasing numical elections in which candidates are elected ber of “boomers” that are aging into the demoby voters. graphic where they need assistance.

Instead, the candidates choose a charity, Ramirez, who served as a Peace Corps volraise funds for that charity, and the top fund- unteer in Kazakhstan, and is a published auraiser wins the election. thor, avid tennis player and painter, said that Each dollar raised represents a single vote he also hopes to serve as the honorary mayor and 100% of the funds will be distributed to to reflect the Latino and LGBT communities the charity for which those funds were raised. in this leadership role.

The role of the honorary mayor is to represent and support chamber programs, proj- Diana ects, and activities, attend and assist in chamber events, and ride in Carmichael’s 4th of July Shockley parade.

S h o c k l e y, who owns the Carmichael arSal Ramirez tisan pie busiRamirez, who ness, I Love serves as the diPie Bakeshop, rector of comis currently munications raising funds for Sanctuary for the CarmiHospice, selectchael Recreed Adopt an Elation and Park der Foundation Foundation. as the chariAccording to Diana Shockley ty that will rethe foundation, ceive the funds its purpose is he raises during to “generate funds for the acquisition, conhis campaign. struction, erecting and maintaining of pubHe shared Photos courtesy of Carmichael Chamber of Commerce lic recreation facilities, programs, special details about Sal Ramirez events, park land development and open the foundation, space for the benefit of neighborhoods” which assists many elderly people in the Sac- within the district. ramento region.

Shockley mentioned that her background “Some low-income, frail, elderly residents includes baking as a hobby, baking profesare being diverted into skilled nursing facili- sionally and working in the corporate world. ties prematurely, due to the shortfall of a few She recalled opening an at-home bakhundred dollars per month that would af- ery and selling her products on the weekford them assisted living options,” Ramirez ends, while working as a project manager wrote in his candidate statement. “This pro- for Sutter Health. gram provides the funds that help fill that “About a year and a half later, I combined gap, so that seniors can afford a more inde- my business experience with baking and, pendent, dignified lifestyle in a home-like voila, I opened a brick and mortar bakery environment.” (in August 2019),” she wrote in her canIn addition to helping high-risk elders ob- didate statement. “My first pop-up was at tain safe housing, the foundation also as- Carmichael Park at the Carmichael (certisists them in acquiring proper nutrition and fied) Farmers’ Market. health care access. see Candidates page 6 Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.

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Faces and Places: El Panteón de Sacramento Photos by Stephen Crowley

El Panteón de Sacramento, the Greater Sacramento region’s biggest and most exciting Día de los Muertos celebration, returned this year in person from Oct. 28-31.

The centuries-old tradition of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) was recognized this year on the grounds of the Latino Center of Art and Culture, featuring the recreation of a candlelit Mexican cem-

etery and chapel accompanied by live performances from The Lico Music Academy, a 24-piece music group from Los Angeles. This year, El Panteón featured three stages offering traditional Mexican music and dancing. This community event is open to the public free of cost to encourage families to learn, live and experience the inherited tradition.

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Julie DePrada-Schott, the chamber’s executive director, told the ArdenCarmichael News that with the service that Izzy Delancey, the current Carmichael honorary mayor, has given to Carmichael, the new honorary mayor “will have big shoes to fill.”

A resident of Carmichael since 1960, Delancey recalled days when people rode horses down California Avenue.

Delancey, who attended the now-defunct La Sierra High School, and American River College, would ride her family’s horse to Ancil Hoffman Park, where she would meet her friends and ride along the park’s 3-mile walking path.

Although she eventually left Carmichael and spent 20 years in Texas, Delancey returned to Carmichael and became a Realtor.

She currently serves as the committee chair of regional meetings for the Sacramento Association of Realtors.

DePrada-Schott, in a statement provided to the chamber, wrote about her charity of choice: How2LoveOurCops (H2LOC).

“Sometimes it seems the entire world is against police officers and, by extension, their families,” she wrote. “Saturation of a mad, bad and sad career

culture is overwhelming.

Injury, death and the emotional toll become a reality in their lives.

“H2LOC aims to be positive in the midst of trouble. The H2LOC is about learning, keeping up with the latest research and listening to the hearts and thoughts of the law enforcement families across the U.S., Canada and beyond.”

A longtime tradition DePrada-Schott noted that having an honorary mayor in Carmichael is a longtime tradition.

Research for this article revealed that the first honorary mayor of Carmichael, Ross Davidson, was elected in 1976. He was also then-serving as the chamber’s president.

It is noted in the June 23, 1976 edition of The Sacramento Bee that Carmichael’s honorary mayor’s race initiated as an attempt to “spark community involvement and rivalry among the various clubs to raise funds for charity.”

The chamber’s website lists past winners back to 2002, when Margie Smith held that title.

DePrada-Schott mentioned that, at one time, Carmichael also had an “honorary dog catcher.”

“I don’t know what that position entailed, because all it says is ‘Are you applying for honorary dog catcher or honorary mayor,’” DePrada-Schott said.

Although DePradaSchott told this paper that the chamber does not have a plan to reinstate the honorary dog catcher title, she remains open minded. “(The honorary dog catcher title will not be reinstated), unless I found out it was something really cool and you have to have it,” she said.

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