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r te a w r o e r fi , th r a e r e th e h W this East Sacramentan has always been a dancer See page 3

Life in the Village ..................................................2 Around the Hood ..................................................6 What’s Happening ..............................................10 Home Improvement Guide .................................12 Classifieds ...........................................................13

38th Street Blood Drive continues to grow See page 5

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May 1955 Today was moving day. I was wide awake.

Even though they were talking quietly, my parents had interrupted my sleep. I could hear their voices from their double bed in the next room. I tried to listen, being very careful not to awaken my little sister, Linda, who slept quietly next to me. As usual, she had all of the sheets and covers wrapped around her tightly, even though it was warm in the house.

My dad’s friends from work would be here soon with their pickup trucks. My dad was telling my mom that he had asked them to be sure to get to our rental house early, so we could get all of our belongings moved in one day. With the large truck my dad already had, and a few pickup trucks, he was convinced they could get everything loaded and delivered in one trip.

I sighed deeply. The anticipation was about to burst out of me. I would finally get to see our new house. We had all been waiting for the builders to finalize the last details for what seemed like forever. But, at last, everything was completed, and today was moving day.

Being the oldest girl had its drawbacks. I was always having to help my mother with what-

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ever task she assigned me to do. I had an older brother, Rodney, but we all know how useless boys are, especially around the house. I think that they just try to act helpless so they don’t get asked to do anything. Boys are smart that way.

Well, here it was, the day I would finally get to see where we were going to live. But, of course, I still had to help my mother with the last of the clothes and toys that would need to be put into boxes for moving. I guess I could be patient a little longer. After all, I would be sleeping in my new room tonight.

Room by room, the furniture and boxes seemed to be disappearing. Finally, my mom asked me to sweep out the last room. As I picked up some forgotten articles of clothing, a couple of shoes, and a few more neglected toys, mom washed the windows for the last time and pulled the threadbare curtains across the rods to close them.

The house seemed sad now with so many empty rooms. My brothers and sisters, all four of them, had been playing with the few remaining toys, while they waited to get in the car. Wayne, the baby, was almost nine months old, and could not walk yet. He had been in his playpen all day, his cries for attention echoing through the bare rooms.

Tuesday, July 19 (Shooting): 5600 block of Stockton Boulevard at 9:36 p.m.

Officers responded to the call of shots fired in the above area. No injuries were reported. When officers arrived on scene, they canvassed the area for evidence. Damage was located to a nearby vehicle as

sponded to process the scene and a canvass was conducted.

A report was generated. No arrests have been made.

(Vandalism): 3000 block of P well as a building. The inves- Street at 5:29 a.m. tigation remains active.

Officers responded to a nearby business where a winMonday, July 25 dow had been smashed. A re(Bait Bike Arrest): 5000 block of port was generated; no arrests Stockton Boulevard at 1:43 a.m. have been made at this time.

Officers responded to the area regarding the theft of a (Vandalism): 1400 block AlSPD bait bicycle. Upon ar- hambra Boulevard at 5:36 a.m. rival, officers spotted a womOfficers responded to a nearan riding the stolen bike and by business alarm. Upon arrivdetained her without incident. al, they located a window that Officers cited the woman for had been smashed. Officers petty theft and released her. conducted a canvas of the area for witnesses. A report was (Assault Investigation): 2300 generated and the investigation block of Stockton Boulevard at remains active; no arrests have 3:34 a.m. been made at this time.

Officers responded to an area hospital after a stabbing (Vandalism): 3000 block of N victim arrived in the emer- Street at 5:42 a.m. gency room with a non-lifeOfficers responded to the threatening injury. Officers location where a subject threw contacted the victim and de- a brick through the front termined he was assaulted by door. A report was generated an unknown suspect. A crime scene was identified. CSI reSee Police logs, page 14 Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.

Whether earth, fire or water, she’s always been a dancer Although she didn’t call herself a dancer at first, East Sacramentan Dell Richards always has been a dancer.

“I didn’t think of myself as a dancer because I didn’t teach dance or dance professionally,” said Richards.

Over the years, Richards not only danced on a dance floor, but she also “danced” in water and with fire.

Her father, Raymond Fitzgerald, taught her to foxtrot before she even started school.

“We’d dance around the living room to Big Band music with me standing on his feet,” said Richards, who runs Dell Richards Publicity, a Sacramento public relations firm.

Because Fitzgerald was in the military, they followed his career, moving until Richards started school.

With the orange groves, palm trees and swimming pools of Southern California, Richards’ family was ready to settle down.

Her mother, Elizabeth, taught her to swim.

“She loved to swim and taught me as soon as we moved there,” said Richards. “It was wonderful growing up with such an emphasis on the outdoors.”

Like many children, Richards took ballet, folk dance and gymnastics, but she also swam competitively.

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“When I was training, I swam a mile a day.”

In high school, Richards discovered synchronized swimming and joined a team that performed across the region.

“Once I found out you could do patterns in water to music, I was there.”

After traveling herself and living for five years in London, Richards moved to Sacramento.

At the time, she worked as a freelance journalist for Gannett News Service, California magazine, Sacramento magazine and others.

She also wrote for trade journals such as California Grocer.

She currently does public relations for clients such as Witherell’s global online auctions and Sacramento nonprofit developer Mutual Housing California.

“Because I’m a trained journalist, I pretty much know what’s newsworthy—what journalists want,” said Richards.

Since 2008, she also has done fire performance art.

“I was so drawn to it, I just had to learn it,” said Richards.

A local fire artist—Sequoia, the founder of Obsidian Butterfly—became her teacher.

“Sequoia really helped build the fire culture here,” said Richards.

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Dell Richards, East Sac resident, fire dances at annual show in William Land Park.

Richards has performed at Obsidian Butterfly’s annual Fire Spectacular in Land Park, the Callson Manor Halloween Show and local festivals.

She no longer performs with the group, but she dances twice a week—Latin, standard ballroom and social dances such as West Coast Swing, Night Club Two Step and Bolero.

“It’s great exercise for the mind and the body,” said Richards. “And foxtrot is still my favorite dance.

“I love the way you can glide across the floor if you have a good partner,” said Richards.

Whether fire, water or “earth”, Richards even calls herself a dancer today.

“I finally became comfortable enough to say it’s what I love and what I can do.”

For information and tickets to this year’s Fire Spectacular Aug. 13 at William Land Park Amphitheater, go to: http://www.brownpapertickets. com/event/2560503.

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Sactown Union Brewery: Cold Beer & Friends

by Leigh Stephens

Dreams do come true!

Quinn Gardner and Michael Barker conjured up magic with the opening of their Sactown Union Brewery in East Sacramento. It’s a place “where everybody knows your name;” a relaxing place for a cold beer and budding friendships. It’s motto, “Passion is our most important ingredient!”

Customer Jason Kelley says about the new craft brewery, “Quinn and Michael had a dream and didn’t quit. Look at this place; you want to be part of that dream and help it grow.”

The brewery had their “soft opening” during Sacramento Beer Week in February 2016. They are planning the grand opening this year as they wait for several beers to ferment.

Quinn and Michael are co-owners of the brewery.

Quinn serves as CEO and Michael as Brew Master.

Quinn previously worked in sales at a Central Val-

ley large domestic beer distributer. Michael worked at Santa Cruz Ale Works for twenty years before he came to Sacramento. He and Quinn met in Santa Cruz before partnering in bringing Sactown Union to our community.

Michael says “Our ultimate goal is to bring national recognition to our products.

We are ahead of production, and our goal this year is 1,000 barrels. Next year it’s 2,000. Our next step is to get cans to the retailers. We

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want to be the prime craft brew in Sacramento.

“When I was a firefighter I developed a love for craft beer, but my interest was ignited because my grandfather brewed beer. When I was 16-years-old, my friend and I convinced his mother to let us make a batch of beer in the bathtub. I have to admit it wasn’t very good. “ Available brews are award-winning (four gold medals)#Kolsch (Koln-style Ale), Carpe Noctem (Coffee Oatmeal Stout), Centenni-

al Falcon (West Coast Pale Ale), Nitro Noctem (Oatmeal Stout), Risen City (Double IPA), Something Wicked IPA, The Catalyst (Sacramento Common), First Responder (Helles Lager), and Jeff ’s Hefe (Bavarian Hefeweizen).

The price of beers range from $5.50-$6.50, with tasters at $2.-$3. Larger quantities such as crowlers and growlers can be purchased to take off site.

The brewery is open on Wednesdays and Thurs-

days 4 p.m.-10 p.m., Fridays 2 p.m.-midnight, Saturdays noon-midnight, and Sundays noon-8 p.m. They are closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Each evening the brewery is open, a different food truck is invited. Customers have a relaxing eating area in front where trucks such as Cali Love, Burgess Brothers, North Border Taco, Arlington Brothers and others set up their trucks and offer yummy foods such as barb-qued ribs, burgers, chicken, tacos, and Asian grill specialties.

Community activism is very important to the owners and staff. In addition to promoting the craft beer culture, the brewery supports: education, environmental sustainability and protection; veterans, police and firefighters; research for Cancer, Alzheimer’s and AIDS; and shelters and food for the homeless (both twolegged and four-legged).

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community is a joy and an honor.”

An exuberant Britany Eason after attending a special event for Barley’s Angels said, “The Sactown staff has a wealth of knowledge in beer, brewing, and the history of beer and is eager to share information with customers. The beer is delicious and some of the best craft beer in the area.”

In Mesopotamia, early evidence of beer is a 3,900year-old Sumerian poem honoring Ninkasi, the patron goddess of brewing, which contains the oldest surviving beer recipe, describing the production of beer from barley.

Sactown’s The Catalyst originated from a recipe the owners found in the Sacramento history archives. This comes from the Union Brewery that existed in the 1800’s, therefore honoring the city history with the Sactown Union Brewery name.

The brewery is located near CSUS at 1210 66th St., Unit B, in East Sacramento. For information on events call 916-272-4472 or contact them online info@ sactownunion.com for sales or event planning questions.

The business supports the Sacramento Food Bank and the Firefighters’ Burn Institute among other community groups.

On each Sept. 11, the brewery plans to offer 50cent beers to military, police, firefighters, and EMT’s. Community charities are invited to hold their non-profit fundraisers at the site.

The brewery plans to book local artists monthly to display their art in the tasting room. A community music get-together is also planned to start once a month in August. Bring your guitars, fiddles and whatever.

Peter Wisham is one of the brewery part-time staff of 12. Peter’s interest in beer began when he started making home brew. He eventually took the Beer Judge Certification Program and now represents Sactown Union Brewery at the State Fair and at festivals and fairs over Northern California. He recently worked the Make a Wish Foundation Gala and Brew for a Cure ( Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation).

He says of his work, “Being able to work for a brew- Leigh Stephens is a retired Jourery with such passion for the nalism Professor from CSUS.

38th Street Blood Drive continues to grow

By Pat Lynch

“Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood, and one in seven of us will need a transfusion at some point in our lives,” says Alice McAuliffe. McAuliffe is the originator of the unique and successful 38th Street/ East Sac Blood Drive, the only neighborhood sponsored blood drive in the city. East Sacramentans have been lining up on 38th Street between J and M to donate on the third Thursday of July for eight years. Why July? July is the month when the Blood Source receives the fewest donations. This year East Sacramento neighbors plumped up the July dip by 49 pints. Also, over the years, they have collected almost 400 pints.

For McAuliffe the yearly drive is a living and life-giving memorial to her mother, Rosemary Lonczak, who benefited greatly from blood transfusions during her long battle with myelodysplasia. McAuliffe watched the

Alice McAuliffe and Rosemary Lonczak

transfusions repeatedly enhance her mother’s spirit—her humor, her generous-hearted optimism, the quality as well as the length of her life. When her mother ultimately succumbed, McAuliffe, bereft, cast about for a suitable way to honor a life beautifully lived. What better than a blood drive?

She spoke with a friend who had worked with the Blood Source and learned that drives could be sponsored by neighborhoods. “I spent that first year on my feet, going to people I know,” she said. Neighbors responded. In 2009, 43 pints of blood were donated. “The East

Sacramento Community embraced this,” she said. “This year we got 49 pints, and I met 10 donors I hadn’t met before.

New people come all the time,” she adds. “This is a lovely way to foster community. Over the years we’ve collected more that 400 pints of blood.”

If you go next July to donate, you’re likely to get a Giants tshirt, and, even better, a sense of the thriving good will that animates a neighborhood. The drive attracts the generous and the helpful. It’s a safe bet that, were this drive to have taken place decades ago, Rosemary Lonczak would be first in line.

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Around the Hood - August 2016

By Corky Oakes

DDSO’s Uncork for the Arts will be held August 27th. Join the Developmental Disabled Services Organization at Harper Alumni Center at CSUS for a wine pairing dinner, art exhibits, auction and a festive award celebration. For more information visit DDSO. org or call (916) 456-5166.

Speaking of DDSO Arts, DADAS Art Gallery and Boutique is hosting a DDSO Students Exhibit during the entire month of August. There will also be a Second Saturday promotion of Uncork for the Arts at DADAS where volunteers will be acknowledged as well as a special exhibit of DDSO instructors’ artwork.

East Sac novelist Zoe Keithley’s new novel, Jophiel’s Story, is scheduled to be published mid-September from Balboa Press. Keithley’s latest work is a “fictional autobiography of an Englishman from Exeter, a blacksmith who, in early manhood, signs up for the Second Crusade after a life catastrophe and lives for some years in a Middle Eastern community before returning to England.” Keithley’s last novel, The Calling of Mother Adelli, was published in 2014. Keithley leads monthly Story Workshop (R) meetings at the Sacramento Poetry Center in Fall, Winter & Spring. For more information e-mail zkeithley@gmail.com.

What’s cooking at 38th and J Streets????

House of Fashion’s outlet (the main store is still open at 21st and J) closed over a year ago. At the time the property was sold, HOF manager Jennifer Davis-Murai was told that the new owners might convert the property into a hair salon. Currently the interior is being gutted and the exterior is being stripped down to the

The gutted House of Fashions.

wood. A worker at the site told me they are preparing the building for stucco but he couldn’t tell me what’s coming! Stay tuned....

Coffee afficianados...want to REALLY impress your coffee-loving pals? Visit Pachamama’s the last Sunday each month to learn how to make your OWN cold brew!!! Manager Cruz Conrad says the “home brewing” course teaches “how accessible it can be.” Three methods are presented: toddy, mason jar and french press.

Photo by Linda Pohl Class starts at 10 a.m. and ends 10:45 a.m.

Free sample tastings are included. This free course is “our way of doing something for the community” says Conrad.

In passing....July 2016...Ann Menebroker, long time East Sac resident and poet, featured in East Sac News November 2015. In a FaceBook post, Ann’s daughter said there will not be any services (per Ann’s wishes), however, “What I do know The Sacramento Bromeliad and Carnivorous Plant Society she would want is that you live your life held its annual show and plant sale at the Shepard Garden and fully, love without judgement and always Arts Center in McKinley Park on Saturday, July 23 and Sunbe kind.” RIP Ann. day, July 24.

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Little Shop of Carnivorous Plants

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The Perfect Craft Beer Destination: Sacramento

By Gary Baker

Craft beer lovers, you may not know this, but Sacramento has steadily become the quintessential craft beer town, rivaling Portland, Austin and San Diego. This town’s love of craft beer is stirring nostalgic memories of gold rush era beers from the past and inspiring a new generation of beer makers.

While the Sacramento region is a classic spot to grow hops in its warm sun and fertile soil, the fun only begins after the beer is brewed and the tasting gets started.

There are now 26 breweries in the city alone and 58, if you include the nearby four county region. But Sacramento is not the place for craft beer lovers to visit just because it has a lot of local breweries. It has become a destination because of its great beer producing history, soil, and climate coupled now to tremendous attention to superb quality through creative experiments in craft beer making. All these conditions have helped fuel the explosion of craft beer making in the capital city.

A Little Bit About the History In the 1850’s Sacramento was a mecca of artisanal and European style beer breweries for the 49ers. Stellar standouts of the times included the Columbus Brewery, circa 1852, located at 16th and K streets, produced lager in the German tradition; in 1854, the Phoenix, located at the corner of 28th and M, followed the Prussian beer making tradition; and later the Tiger in 1857, located at 31st and K, featured cream ales. This gold rush era was Sacramento’s first renaissance in basic beer making history. However, these European styled beers were formulaic, fundamental, time tested, yet based on uninspiring recipes intended for mass consumption. Really not the same beer as that Sacramento’s craft beer industry is making today.

Sacramento may have the same climate and soil available for growing hops locally as was there in the region 160 years ago, and even the same time tested techniques of brewing by hand, but something has definitely changed.

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In the Gold Rush days, conventional beers were quickly produced for mass consumption at the local saloons. Today that method has been replaced by a new enthusiasm and the passionate creativity of modern day craft beer makers to meet the demands of a more appreciably discerning audience.

Beer makers now are experimenting with more varietals and flavors to appeal to a broader consumer base and having a lot of fun in the process. This experimental effort has changed Sacramento into a renewed destination for craftsmanship and consumer appreciation. Beer makers have nurtured this change by enhancing the taste of beer by virtue of their sheer delight in the process and excitement in the final product. You can taste the difference from the old style lagers and ales of yesteryear to the newer crafted styles of today. For example, Ruhstaller has “The Sauce”, a dark, earthy type of newly crafted beer with Ole Soul coffee infused flavor. Track 7, “Nukin Futz” is an Imperial Porter style that is creamy and nutty with a slight chocolate flavor. Bike Dog, however, provides another example of craft beer experimentation in their limited release “Mango Mosaic Pale Ale”, with mango puree creating a zesty sensation along with a subtle suggestion of crackers.

California Craft Beer Summit and Tasting Festival Perhaps it’s the city’s beer making history or its excellent hops growing soil and climate, or the enthusiastic, handson, devil may care creative approach to making beer that has made Sacramento such a craft beer destination. Whatever the reason, last year it brought the California Craft Beer Summit and Beer Festival to Sacramento. A mustattend 3 day event for beer makers and beer lovers, this event is state wide and is again scheduled for Sacramento in September, 8th -10th 2016.

Thursday, 9/8 and Friday 9/9 events are at the Sacramento Convention Center. These initial two days of indoor events include classes, lectures, and conferences. For industry in-

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siders, craft beer connoisseurs and novices, this educational component of the Summit provides a unique opportunity for information sharing and networking for all participants interested in learning about the renaissance of beer making currently happening in California. Saturday’s Summit Beer Festival will be held on September 10th and is scheduled for 3-7 pm outside on Capitol Mall. It will offer tastings of 450+ rare and specialty craft beers brewed by 160 California craft breweries and is expected to draw more than 4000 beer lovers. For fans of the local breweries here are just a few of the participating Sacramento based craft beer representatives that will be pouring at the Beer Tasting Festival on Saturday: Track 7, Bike Dog, New Helvetia, 12 Rounds, and Sactown Union Brewery. However, many other popular, local breweries will be there as well.

Last year the Summit brought more than 3000 attendees including loyal fans, homebrewers, industry representatives, and craft beer making legends. It turned out to be the biggest craft brewery event in California – over 400 beers were tasted in front of the State Capitol by beer aficionados from all over. For Sacramento to be chosen two

years running for this event is a testament to the city as a destination that includes not just a resurgence in brewing, but also the emergence of both quality in and culture of craft beer making and consumer appreciation. In addition, local brews, bottle shops, and taprooms have recently proliferated regionally as well as in the city making Sacramento all the more clearly a modern mecca for great craft beer creation and enjoyment.

This year, the California Craft Beer Association (CCBA), a non-profit organization which sponsors and coordinates the Summit, is offering a range of ticket price options that include tickets to individual events such as the Beer Summit Festival ($45), single day Summit entry ($99), or full weekend packages ($219). For additional information on the Summit or to purchase tickets, visit: CaCraftBeerSummit.eventbrite. com. CCBA Managing Director, Leia Ostermann shares this advice in regard to Saturday’s event, “It’s very important to us for this to remain a premier tasting event and we will cut off tickets sales if we reach a head count that would create undue lines or crowds at the venue. We truly want attendees to taste their way through See Craft Beer, page 15 www.valcomnews.com • August 4, 2016 • East Sacramento News

Legendary KZAP radio station debuted with free-form programming in 1968

By LANCE ARMSTRONG Lance@valcomnews.com

Editor’s Note: This is part one in a series about the history of radio station KZAP 98.5 FM. An article about the one-year history of K-ZAP (KZHP) 93.3 FM, a station inspired by KZAP, can be read at www.valcomnews. com.

Nearly a half-century ago, Sacramento area radio listeners were introduced to KZAP 98.5 FM, a station that would become an institution that continues to be reminisced about by many people today.

KZAP, which made its debut on Nov. 8, 1968 and remained on the air for nearly a quarter century, drew a very early following due to its existence as a free-form radio station.

The free-form movement in radio, which was born earlier that decade, presented listeners with a new experience that differed from

previous structured radio program formats.

An article in the Dec. 16, 1968 edition of The Sacramento Union describes KZAP’s offerings at the time as “65 percent progressive rock and 35 percent casserole – ethnic, folk, jazz, classical and spoken word.”

In an interview for the same article, Ed FitzGerald, KZAP’s original general manager, commented about the then-new station and pioneering efforts to introduce free-form radio to Sacramento.

“There’s been a definite need in Sacramento for a station like ours,” he said. “This town is three years behind San Francisco in progressive FM. Plus all the AM rock stations here are strictly formula rock.”

KZAP’s first music director, Jeff Hughson, who was the third person hired by the station, described the approach to the station at that time.

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“We prided ourselves on taking the listener on a journey,” he said. “What I always thought of when I was doing it and when I look back and discuss it, I’m always reminded of that (1966 Beatles’) lyric that says, ‘Turn off your mind, relax and float down stream.’ And that’s what free-form was.”

In reminiscing about the establishment of KZAP as a free-form station, Hughson said that the “timing was perfect.”

“It was not just the bands that were coming up – Steppenwolf and Steve Miller and the (Grateful) Dead and ( Jefferson) Airplane, Sopwith Camel,” he said. “It was that (music), plus koto music – Japanese music – ethnic music, tribal chants, jazz, blues, folk, country, Doc Watson. All that got exposure and it all started selling.”

Hughson described the station’s free-form programming as being “all about the flow.”

“When you do a good segue way, nobody even notices the segue way,” he said.

“It’s like, ‘Oh, it’s a different song. We listened to that, now we’re listening to this.’

Seamless, that’s what it’s all about. And that’s where the art came in.”

Hughson has the notoriety of having been the only KZAP employee to work for the first Sacramento station to debut on 98.5 FM. Known as KXRQ, the station made its first official broadcast on Nov. 1, 1959.

Broadcasting from the 13th floor of the 226-foottall Elks Building at the northeast corner of 11th and J streets, KXRQ originally played classical, semiclassical, operettas, fulllength operas, dramatic plays, Broadway musicals and symphonies.

The station, which was owned by Dale Flewelling, a professor at American River Junior College (today’s American River College), began its operations with 3,500 watts of power and a schedule of noon to midnight daily.

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Jeff Hughson was one of the original staff members of Sacramento radio station, KZAP, which made its debut on Nov. 8, 1968.

In addition to Hughson and Flewelling, others associated with KXRQ were Bob Jones, program director, and disc jockey Ken Strawn.

In 1968, KXRQ was replaced by KZAP, which was originally owned by Lee Gahagan and initially operated at the same power wattage as its predecessor.

Hughson said that there is more than one version to the story of the acquisition of the KZAP call letters for the thennew Sacramento station.

And in explaining his own version, he said, “My version of the call letter story is that we’re pounding nails,” he said. “We’re building the station and all call comes in from our Washington, D.C. attorney and (FitzGerald) takes the call and the attorney tells Ed, ‘Ed, out of the entire list you submitted, only two call letters are available – KZAP and KPOT.’ “(FitzGerald) came in and told us (the KZAP staff ), ‘I knew , of course, you wanted KPOT, so that’s what I told him, KPOT.’ We went, ‘No, no, that’s so stupid and obvious. KZAP, that’s magic. We’ll take KZAP.’ So, he had to call (the attorney) back and say, ‘We want KZAP.’” Among the original staff of KZAP were the aforementioned FitzGerald and Hughson, Paul Merriam, program director, and DJs Fred Gaines, Charlie Weiss and Cary Nosler.

Hughson commented about the original KZAP employees.

“The guys that started KZAP were on the (Sacramento State College/now California State University, Sacramento) radio sta-

tion, KERS, but I had actually done this all-night jazz show on KXRQ. But we knew music.”

It was that knowledge of music by the KZAP staff that was essential to the success of the station, Hughson explained.

“You had to have a broad and deep knowledge of music to pull this off,” he said. “If you’re knowledge is limited to songs that your friends play at parties, that ain’t going to work. You can’t just play the hit tracks off of the contemporary albums. You had to have depth and knowledge.

“Everyone who ever got a job at KZAP and other good free-form stations, you had to know your music. You had to know folk, country, rock, jazz, ethnic music, which is now called world music. You had to know all that stuff.”

Although the staff of KZAP was very serious about its presentation, Hughson recalled the party atmosphere of the station.

He said that listeners were allowed into the studio and that KZAP DJs would accept invitations to parties in the area and show up as sort of “minor celebrities.”

Hughson fondly described the KZAP experience during its free-form era as a close-knit, family-like experience.

“It was community, it was family,” he said. “That was the great thing about it. Everybody was brothers and sisters.

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EAST SACRAMENTO FARMERS’ MARKET: East Sacramento Farmers Market and Farm to For Capital present a neighborhood certified farmers’ market under the trees in McKinley Park. The market showcases organic produce, farmstand products, artisan and fair trade crafts. Now in its second season, the market is held on Saturday mornings through October. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. 35th St. and McKinley Blvd.

THURSDAY, AUG. 4 KID STUDIO: CIRCLE & DOT MURAL @ COLONIAL HEIGHTS (SCHOOL AGE (6-12)): Starting at 3 p.m., stretch your creativity and discover the fun of process art at Kid Studio. This week we’ll be exploring circles just like Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky! Contribute to a collaborative mural that will be displayed at the library. All supplies provided. Artists younger than 8 years old require adult supervision. Colonial Heights Library, 4799 Stockton Blvd.

COLORING WITH DENA: Join neighbors from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Public House Theater in Tahoe Park for coloring with Dena 5440 14th Ave., 662-7262. For more information, email jackien1111@gmail.com

FRIDAY, AUG. 5 MAD SCIENCE @ MCKINLEY (FAMILY/ALL AGES): Come experience science like never before! Join McKinley Library as a Mad Science demonstrates the awesome side of physics aerodynamics and air pressure in their Up Up and Away Show. Come watch as

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SUNDAY, AUG. 7 LEMONADE STAND FUNDRAISER – MISTER COOPER MUSIC PROGRAM AT THE COLONIAL HEIGHTS LIBRARY: On Sunday, Aug. 7, join local parents and children for a lemon-infused fundraiser at 4932 10th Ave. (Tahoe Park) from 9a.m. to 2 pm. The lemonade stand proceeds hope to keep the children’s Mister Cooper educational sing along program funded at the Colonial Heights Library. All cups will be poured by the cutest “Coopies �

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KARAOKE WITH K.J. BETHY AT PUBLIC HOUSE THEATER: Join your neighbors at the Public House Theater in Tahoe Park for family karaoke night, starting at 5 p.m. 5440 14th Ave., 662-7262

TUESDAY, AUG. 9 DONATION-BASED YOGA AT THE OAK PARK HEALING ARTS CENTER: Join Amy Byerhoff for a session in

MONTHLY VEGAN POTLUCK: SOLAR COOKING DEMO: On Sunday, Aug. 14, learn how easy it is to cook with the sun! Get the heat out of your kitchen and let the sun do the cooking. Ilsa Hess, SVS board member and volunteer from Solar Cookers International (www.solarcookers.org), will demonstrate different ways to cook with the sun. Solar cooked food will be available to taste as part of the potluck.

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THURSDAY, AUG. 11 SINGING WITH MISTER COOPER @ COLONIAL HEIGHTS (EARLY CHILDHOOD (0-5)): Starting at 10 a.m., children ages 0-5 and their caregivers are welcome to join local favorite Mister Cooper for singing and freeze dancing. After the music families are invited to Stay & Play with the library’s developmental age-appropriate toys or visit in the library garden. Colonial Heights Library, 4799 Stockton Blvd.

OHANA DANCE GROUP @ COLONIAL HEIGHTS (FAMILY/ALL AGES): Starting at 3 p.m., join Colonial Heights Library for family-friendly Summer Reading performances all summer long!

This week the Ohana Dance Group will be performing traditional Hawaiian dance.

Learn about Hawaiian history and culture through this interactive performance! Library programming is brought to you with the generous support of the Friends of the Colonial Heights Library. Colonial Heights Library, 4799 Stockton Blvd.

FRIDAY, AUG. 12 RANDALL MCGEE AND GROARK @ MCKINLEY (FAMILY/ALL AGES): At 3:30 p.m., join McKinley Library as ventriloquist Randall McGee introduces visitors to his hilarious puppet dragon Groark.

This internationally acclaimed storytelling duo will entertain us with songs tales and a hilarious comedy act that will be fun for all ages. McKinley Library, 601 Alhambra Blvd.

PUBLIC HOUSE THEATER PRESENTS “THE REMAINDERS”: Band to perform from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Public House Theater in Tahoe Park, 5440 14th Ave. 662-7262.

SUNDAY, AUG.14 MONTHLY VEGAN POTLUCK: SOLAR COOKING DEMO: Learn how easy it is to cook with the sun! Get the heat out of your kitchen and let the sun do the cooking. Ilsa Hess, SVS board member and volunteer from Solar Cookers International (www.solarcookers. org), will demonstrate different ways to cook with the sun. Solar cooked food will be available to taste as part of the potluck.

Potluck. Bring: • a vegan (no animal products, including no eggs, dairy products, or honey) dish to feed at least eight; • your plate, bowl, cup, eating and serving utensils; • a list of ingredients.

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TUESDAY, AUG. 16 ICE CREAM SOCIAL WITH MAGICIAN TIMOTHY JAMES @ MCKINLEY (FAMILY/ALL AGES): Starting at 6 p.m. come celebrate the end of summer reading at McKinley Library’s annual ice cream social. Start the evening face painting and free ice cream for everyone!

Then stay for a spectacular magic show with award winning illusionist Timothy James as he makes bowling balls appear from nowhere makes drawing comes to life and has the audience predict the future. McKinley Library, 601 Alhambra Blvd.

DONATION-BASED YOGA AT THE OAK PARK HEALING ARTS CENTER: Join Amy Byerhoff for a session in vinyasa yoga from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Oak Park Healing Arts Center, Address: 3101 33rd St, Sacramento, CA 95817.

LEMONADE STAND FUNDRAISER – MISTER COOPER MUSIC PROGRAM AT THE COLONIAL HEIGHTS LIBRARY: On Sunday, Aug. 7, join local parents and children for a lemon-infused fundraiser at 4932 10th Ave. (Tahoe Park) from 9a.m. to 2 pm. The lemonade stand proceeds hope to keep the children’s Mister Cooper educational sing along program funded at the Colonial Heights Library. All cups will be poured by the cutest “Coopies ” (Mister Cooper groupies) in the neighborhood and will be on a donation basis with all proceeds going towards the program. The library hosts around 30 children during the energetic educational sing-alongs, where popular nursery rhymes and original compositions are strummed to a modern beat on an acoustic guitar. Kids follow along with their peers to their own gestures and dance moves that they have adapted for each song over time. Parents have said that the Mister Cooper sing along program is one of the most educational and entertaining activities for their children. Mister Cooper plays every Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Colonial Heights Library. The program is currently funded only until Oct. 15 . Please show your support for our neighborhood children’s beloved club by visiting the lemonade stand or by donating to the GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/mistercooperclub. Hosted by: Marwa Helmy Co-Hosted by Melissa Shelley. Contact Melissa at 916-213-9460. Visit www.MisterCooper.com to learn more about the kiddo rock-star.

SATURDAY, AUG. 20 AUGUST KIDICAL MASS TO OKI PARK: Ride to swim! Meet at the Guy West Bridge for a ride along the American River Parkway to Oki Park swimming pool. Meet at Guy West Bridge (Sac State) at noon.

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SCREEN ON THE GREEN AT GLENN HALL PARK: Bring the kids to the park to see “Hook” with free popcorn hosted by Sacramento City Councilman Jeff Harris and Pops in the Park. Sandburg and Carlson drives. Free. 8:15 p.m. screening. 808-5240.

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Widely lauded artist, Marsha Schindler, once commissioned by former California First Lady, Maria Shriver, to create a 35foot mural for the governor’s office, is moving to East Sacramento. Here, at 814 Alhambra Blvd., across from McKinley Park, she will conduct workshops and classes at the clayARTstudio814. “We are thrilled to be part of the East Sacramento community,” she said. “We should be up and running by mid-August.

My desire is to provide an artistic space for people to take classes at various levels, primarily in ceramics.

There will be events that showcase local artists with gallery exhibits, workshops and demonstrations.”

Currently teaching at the Art Institute of California and the Crocker Art Museum, Schindler’s work has focused on the inextricable link between humans and the earth and its other spe-

cies. “I find I am still having this affair with nature in the tree form, the birds, the bones and nests that occupy my work.” The “continuously transforming female figure” is a subject that also commands her attention.

It’s not surprising that Schindler, who took a degree in biology from Cal Poly and worked as a marine biologist in Southern California, finds inspiration in the immense dynamism of nature. After acquiring a Master in Art from Cal State Long Beach, she painted, illustrated and worked as an independent muralist. Presently she explores the “3-D work of ceramic sculpture” which “combines the elements of shape, color, value, texture and line with space.”

Ceramic art, as Schindler observes, “has a presence.”

The local community welcomes opening a studio for this work in East Sacramento. “I’m excited to learn she’s coming,” says East Sac

resident, Kathleen Pandolfino. “I’ve heard about her and read about her. It’d be wonderful to work with her.” Another neighbor, East Sacramento Preservation Association president, Janet Maira, says, “ I adore Marsha’s work. Were lucky to get an artist with her remarkable gifts and reputation to base her operations here. She’ll have terrific success and we’ll be part of it.”

Schlinder’s studio will be open to the public during events or by appointment.

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(Vandalism): 3000 block of O Street at 7:19 a.m.

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was generated and the investiga- smoking when a subject rode tion remains active. No arrests up and began talking to them have been made at this time. from the sidewalk. The male was mumbling and they could (Robbery): 2900 block of Stock- not understand him. The male ton Boulevard at 12:15 a.m. got off his bicycle, walked up Officers responded to a near- to the victim, grabbed him by by bank robbery that had just his shoulder, pulled him tooccurred. The suspect ap- wards him, and walked away proached an employee and back to his bicycle. The victim handed over a note demanding walked back inside the house money. The teller gave the sus- and realized that he had been pect an undisclosed amount of stabbed in the stomach area. money before the suspect fled. The victim was transported to The investigation remains very a local hospital for treatment. active, no arrests have been The victim was found to have made at this time. two non-life threatening stab wounds to his stomach. A re(Stabbing): 5100 block of 15th port was generated and the inAvenue at 10 p.m. vestigation remains on-going.

The victim and his girlfriend No arrests have been made at were on their front porch this time.

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3rd Annual Farm to Every Fork Event Sacramento Food Justice Organizations Unite to Fight Hunger in Capitol Region For the third year in a row, a coalition of food justice advocates, farmers, food banks, and urban gardeners kick off Sacramento’s Farm to Fork Week with Farm to Every Fork at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept.

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While the Sacramento region is blessed with one of the most fertile agricultural regions in the Country, many communities still face anxiety and hunger due to food insecurity. Ironically surrounded by fresh local produce, Feeding America released a study this year that found that nearly 17 percent of Sacramento County residents experienced food insecurity in 2014, including 24.4 percent of children.

The mission of Farm to Every Fork--”to develop an informed community, raise funds for deep rooted, local organizations and build a network of community members seeking positive change as it relates to hunger, homelessness and the movement to fight poverty through food access”-is therefore central to truly create a sustainable food system for all.

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