Land Park News - September 10, 2015

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StoryCorps Now at Belle Cooledge Library

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Faces and Places.......................................... 4 Lance Armstrong feature............................. 5 Over the Fence............................................. 6 Arts. ............................................................ 16 Calendar..................................................... 21

Curtis Fest drew large crowds See page 4

Hollywood Park Elementary gets red carpet treatment for first day of school See page 12

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RIP Howard 2000-2015

Sir Howard Cunningham Morr, an AKA Registered Scottish Terrier, born in Lake Leelanali, Michigan moved to 7th Avenue in Land Park at 10 weeks old where he guarded against cats and squirrels in his yard. A graduate of the Sac City Dog Training program, he remained fiercely independent all his life, enjoyed walking the neighborhood, checking the duck population in the park and enjoyed traveling in the car and shopping with his mistress in San Francisco where he received many treats from the sales staff. His cremains will be placed with his mistress in Odd Fellows Lawn, Sacramento.

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Smoke on the River: A beer and BBQ festival comes to William Land Park to raise money for art and music programs The Sacramento Artist Council, Inc. in partnership with The Grid Agency, is hosting the 2nd annual Smoke on the River at William Land Park on Saturday, Sept. 19.

Smoke on the River is a fundraiser for The Sacramento Artists Council and will raise money for art programs that assist at-risk children and children of homeless families. Proceeds will also be used for adopt a school art programs for Sacramento Regional Schools. Smoke on the River is a state championship and Kansas City Barbecue Society sanctioned event.

The event will feature a People’s Choice BBQ award and tastings, People’s Choice award for Best Beer and Best Cider, live entertainment from Danny Morris & the California Stars and The Twilight Drifters. Beer tastings will be provided by over 20 confirmed breweries including Negra Modelo, Drake’s Brewing Company, 2 Towns Cider House, Knee Deep Brewing Co., Track 7 Brewing Co., No Name Hard Cider, Gordon Biersch, Lagunitas, and 21st Amendment Brewery. The festival will feature bike valet and is dogfriendly. There will also be over 50 Pitmasters competing.

Founder and Executive Director of the Sacramento Artists Council Susan Rabinovitz said, “ We are really thrilled to have over 50 pitmasters coming in from various areas of the west coast, over 20 breweries and everybody coming together to help make this fundraiser spectacular, raising money for art and music and keeping it in public schools. It is nice to have so many people from around the country coming together for the love of art and music for kids.”

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Sponsors of this event include Sactown Magazine, Welk Resorts, Negra Modelo and Sysco. Meat for the People’s Choice category is generously being donated by Sysco.

Event tickets vary in cost. Designated Drivers presale tickets are $20 plus a 2.75 percent convenience fee and include BBQ tastings, beer only ticket pre sale tickets are $20 plus a 2.75 percent convenience fee and BBQ and beer tasting tickets are $35 plus a 2.75 percent convenience fee. Tickets increase by $5 at the door. Children under 5 are free, and children over 5 are $20 plus a 2.75 percent convenience fee.

Tickets for Smoke on the River are available for purchase online here and in-person at Little Relics located at 908 21st St. For more information regarding Smoke On The River, please contact Emily Griggs at emily@thegridagency.com or visit the official Facebook page.

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Curtis Fest Artisan Fair Photos by Monica Stark editor@valcomnews.com

This year’s ninth Annual Curtis Fest was another exciting event where local artists exhibited and sold their work at Curtis Park. There was local music and a petting zoo as well as food trucks and face painting and bubble time with a local fairy, Ashley Blossom.

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William Land Golf Course has brought enjoyment to locals, others for decades

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Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a series about the history of the William Land Golf Course.

William Land Golf Course at 1701 Sutterville Road in William Land Park has been the site of many enjoyable times for golf enthusiasts.

Its existence as a nine-hole course dates back to its opening in May 1924.

However, there was a time very early in its history when an effort was made to have the course substantially increased in size.

During a Sacramento Golf Club banquet at Hotel Sacramento at 10th and K streets on Sept. 30, 1925, W.G. McMillan, the club’s president, stated that Land Park golfers were determined to have the course expanded to an 18hole course.

McMillan explained that the concentration of golfers on the course at that time was so great on Sundays that it required about six or seven hours to complete an 18-hole, regulation game.

In addition to McMillan’s speech, the banquet also included a speech by L. Stuart Upson, who was referred to at the gathering as the community’s “granddad of golf.”

The theme of that speech was the history of golf in Sacramento.

Upson told the banquet’s attendees that the area’s first golf course had been laid out in Oak Park about a quarter century earlier.

The next local golf course, which Upson mentioned, was a course that had been constructed in East Sacramento.

Additionally, Upson recalled the development of Del Paso Country Club, as well as the construction of the area’s first municipal course – the Arcade course in Del Paso Park.

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nized by the Sacramento Golf Club in celebration of the successful team match that was held at the Land Park course on Sept. 27, 1925.

In that match, the “Tough Roughers” defeated the “Sand Trappers.” And in being that the “Sand Trappers” lost the match, they were the guests of the victorious team at the gathering.

Certainly, there are many stories to tell regarding the various competitions and golfers that have been a part of the William Land Golf Course’s history.

Many notable golfers, including Al “Mr. 59” Geiberger, Bob Lunn, Dick Lotz, Barbara Romack and Kevin Sutherland, have played on this local course.

And of those players, Al achieved the greatest success as a golfer.

On Sept. 6, 1999, in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the William Land Golf Course, Al participated in a four-person scramble at the Land Park course.

The event, which raised funds for the Sacramento Area Youth Golf Association (presently The First Tee of Greater Sacramento), brought back many memories for Al, who had played on the course from 1943 to 1953.

Al, who was born in Red Bluff in 1937 and grew up at 1118 Cavanaugh Way in the Land Park area, would ride his bicycle while carrying his clubs to play golf at this course during his youth.

In 1952, as a Land Park junior club member, Al won the boys’ junior golf championship.

Al’s mother, Mabel, was also a successful golfer, as she was a multiple winner of the Land Park Women’s Golf Club medal play tournament.

Mabel was also a charter member and past president of that club, which was later known as the Bing Maloney Women’s Golf Club.

The Geibergers moved to Santa Barbara during the spring of 1953.

After turning professional in 1959, Al won 11 tournaments, including the 1966 PGA Championship.

During the second round of the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic (now FedEx St. Jude Classic) in 1977, Al earned his nickname, as he became the first player to post a score below 60 in an official PGA tour event. And in obtaining his record, he shot a 59, with 11 birdies and one eagle.

Al, who also finished second in the U.S. Open on two occasions, later won 10 Senior PGA Tour (now Champions Tour) titles.

In a recent article in The Sacramento Bee, Al, whose son, Brent, also became a professional golfer, was recognized as “clearly the best golfer in Sacramento history.”

During a recent visit to the Land Park course by this paper, several golfers spoke about the course and what it means to them.

Bob Suber, Jr., a third generation Sacramentan, said that he is no newcomer to the William Land Golf Course.

“I’ve been coming out here since the late 1950s, Bob Suber, Jr. said. “Everybody in Sacramento came out here.

This was the old nine-hole course before the big country clubs came around like El Macero and Valley Hi. “I grew up across the street, basically, in high school and my dad and I used to come over here early in the morning. We would go up across Sutterville (Road to the) course.

“It’s (a) fun (course). About the ninth hole, you figure, ‘Let’s do one more nine.’ But it’s just enough. But for a public course, in all seriousness, they do a good job. And since (the aforementioned golfbased youth development organization, The) First Tee, started here, they double cut the fairways. We used to call it the goat ranch. It was kind of rough.”

In further commenting about The First Tee, Bob Suber, Jr. said, “One of the old-

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Former professional golfer Al Geiberger, who regularly golfed at William Land Golf Course during his youth, eventually became known by the nickname of “Mr. 59.”

er guys who started First Tee here, George Tinseth, he’s got George Tinseth Plaza here.

He’s been putting here for years. He’s an old neighbor in the area. The driving range is (primarily) for the kids. It’s not (always available) for the grown ups. That’s all for teaching the First Tee (kids), and I think they need all the (instruction). That’s the future.

(First Tee is) teaching them

the discipline and everything that goes with the game. And obviously, it works. You see them coming out here with their teachers and everything.

We just kind of say, ‘Well, I guess we’re not putting today.’

But that’s ok. It’s for the kids, and I think it’s wonderful.”

Bob Suber, Jr. also recalled another change to the See Golf, page 9

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Mahoroba featured on public television Locals know all about Mahoroba Bakery in Land Park.

But now, the secret is out.

Mahar­­oba Japanese Bakery was recently featured on Public Television’s A Few Great Bakeries. I caught it the other night on KVIE. Yes, I’m a supporter of public television and local businesses.

Maharoba in Sacramento was prominently featured along with some of the finest bakeries in the United States, from the Columbus Baking Company in Syracuse, New York to the Minerva Bakery in Mckeesport, Pennsylvania.

We now have a bona fide star along Freeport Boulevard!

I paid a visit to Mahoroba Bakery on a Thursday morning and they had a steady stream of customers in the cool octagon shaped building.

In fact, the bakery has been busy non-stop since the TV show aired on Public Television. They have been flooded with customers.

When I dropped by, the owner/baker Naruske Monguchi was furiously rolling dough to bake the famous kobe creams. He does it all with a smile.

Lauren Okamoto, who has worked at Mahoroba for six years, said, “He’s a one man army. It’s hard for him to stop moving.”

The bakery has been getting a lot of first timers ever since “A Few Great Bakeries” aired. Tim Burns was driving through town from Lake Tahoe on his way to Walnut Creek when he decided to stop by. He saw A Few Great Bakeries on KQED in the Bay Area and decided to try almost everything in the bakery. He had two big pink boxes of Japanese baked goodies to take home.

He said, “If I don’t try it all, my wife and kids will say, ‘You didn’t get the Chocolate Hat?’” His wife will be thrilled!

Last Saturday at 6 a.m. there were actually quite a few people waiting in the parking

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lot for the bakery to open. It opens at 7 a.m.

Lauren Okamoto told me the bakery has been getting calls from all over the country, including from people wanting the baked goods shipped cross country overnight express. Lauren said, “The quality control would be hard.”

People gotta have the kobe creams!

A lot of people must have seen the program, because the weekend after the show aired, there were lines out the door and a long wait for kobe creams and chocolate hats, which are among two of their specialties.

What food tourists don’t know is Mahoroba has an outdoor patio with a great view of Freeport Boulevard — a great place to watch the weird that occurs along Freeport.

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Customers crowd around the baked goods at Maharoba Bakery

cape building that shut down after a devastating fire.

Rafi Rozbahani, the owner of Café Dantorels in Curtis Park, is busy completing construction on the new spot on Freeport Boulevard in Land Park.

I ran into Rafi a couple weeks ago at Dantorels and he told me the name of the new restaurant will be “Meet & Eat.” His wife even showed me the new logo on her smartphone.

And no, it’s not Meat and Eat. It’s Meet and Eat. Like friends meeting up to eat.

When I spoke with Rafi last October he told me the New dining at old Crepe new restaurant will offer caEscape location sual, healthy food like salads Last October I wrote about and sandwiches. They’ll have the new restaurant that will burgers, too. A variety of difbe taking over the Crepe Es- ferent foods will lean more to-

wards a healthy direction like a signature salmon burger.

They will also offer a variety of local craft beer.

They also spent some money on the building to make it look nicer. It’s basically a whole new building. The patio will be used year round for outdoor dining and…meeting and eating.

Look for the new casual dining spot to open in October.

Land Park porch swing locked up There’s nothing like a good porch sittin’, right? In William Land Park they have a metal porch bench swing that is near the WPA rock garden. It has a great view of the park.

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It’s also a good place to sit back, relax, and swing.

I went to sit and swing and…what? I didn’t notice until I started to swing that the bench swing had been chained up and locked.

According to the Land Park Volunteer Corp’s Forrest Neff, “Some city employee ground off the safety stop which made it very unsafe. I am in the process of getting it fixed.”

Let’s hope the cool bench swing near the WPA rock garden is back in business, soon.

Land Park trees on the chopping block Another thing I noticed while enjoying William Land Park is all the trees that were marked for death with a big orange flat line across the trunk. I thought an orange frowny face would be more appropriate.

There were quite a few marked for death. Seemed to be an astounding number of them.

City spokesperson Marycon C. Razo sent a press release stating 66 trees were scheduled for the Department of Urban Forestry wood chipper.

She added, “The trees slated to be removed are in poor health and structural conditions. Due to the drought, trees are more predisposed to disease, and are more susceptible to problems. Trees that are dead or dying, in poor structural condition, poorly placed, or are otherwise unsustainable are being removed. Of course, public safety is a primary concern.”

Last week there was a big tree NOT scheduled for removal that had a giant limb smash the roof of a car. An enormous eucalyptus tree near Funderland also lost a big limb that crushed the roof of a car.

Nobody was injured. That tree was actually removed.

It is unfortunate to see trees marked for removal and ultimately taken down, but it’s something that needs to be done for the health and safety of the remaining trees in Land Park and the people who enjoy it.

It’s the worst kept secret in the neighborhood! I kid Raley’s, but it’s true.

They filed paperwork with the city to start the process of building a new store. No word on how long that will take, but the neighborhood should be excited about a new modernday Raley’s Supermarket.

I first found out about it through the Raley’s Land Park Facebook page. They posted a message along with a new store design using the hashtag #LandParkRising According to Raley’s Chelsea Minor, the new Raley’s will be expected to have “abundant outdoor seating areas, pedestrian and bicycle friendly access, and a mix of retailers catered to serve the neighborhood.”

Oh yeah. And no gas station. Which means no controversy.

Some people have asked, why build a new Raley’s a few blocks away? Chelsea told me “That location has its limitations and we’ve made some improvements to the store, but we’ve kinda hit our peak there and are looking forward to bringing a whole new fresh feel to the neighborhood.”

When I spoke to Chelsea over the phone I told her Raley’s is my family’s neighborhood grocery store and we’ve “spent quite a bundle over there.” She was a good sport and said, “Well we appreciate the support! That store has been an integral part of the community.”

And she was right. The Land Park Raley’s has been serving customers for 57 years. Raley’s is an old-school Sacramento institution.

Photo by Greg Brown

Quite a few trees in WM Land Park headed to the wood chipper.

The press release stated, “Raley’s is collaborating with MO Capital to develop a facility with design elements and landscape plans that tie the project to the unique feel of the Land Park residential community.”

Sounds like Raley’s is open to feedback from the neighborhood about the feel and design of the project. Lis-

tening to neighbors/customers who have supported the Land Park Raley’s all these years is probably a good thing.

The neighborhood was greatly affected by the closure of Capital Nursery. It was a local gem. It left a gaping hole in the community.

A new Raley’s will fill the empty gap and make that

spot bustle again along Freeport Boulevard.

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Land Park Raley’s officially announces move to Capital Nursery site The Land Park Raley’s has finally, officially, declared they are moving over to the Old Capital Nursery location on Freeport Boulevard.

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StoryCorps now at Belle Cooledge Library

By Barry Wisdom

Like so many Californians of Japanese descent, Carl Watanabe’s family was sent to an internment camp during World War II in the interest of national security.

For Watanabe, who was just 3, those years meant more than a loss of freedom, it was a devastating, life-altering experience as both his mother and sister died before being released at the close of the war.

The impact of that experience is just one of the many possible topics the 74-year-old Watanabe is considering to touch upon during the Capital Public Radio-sponsored StoryCorps event which runs Sept.

10 through Oct. 9 in the parking lot of Sacramento Public Library’s Belle Cooledge branch (5600 South Land Park Dr.).

“We went in as a family of four,” said Watanabe, who serves as CPR’s station manager and in-house ombudsman. “It had a profound effect, certainly on my father, as well as myself. My life would have been a lot different.

It’s not necessarily my purpose to say something for the benefit of the world, but to share my story with those important to me.”

Archiving an oral history of “everyday Americans” has been the mission of Dave Isay since he founded the nonprofit in 2003. Now, with more than 65,000 interviews culled from residents of all 50 states – largely through the efforts of a threeperson “MobileBooth” team – StoryCorps has gathered one of the largest single collections of human voices ever recorded.

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Community outreach is essential in getting the word out in each of the 10 cities the tour visits annually, said Emily Janssen, who, as site manager of the mobile tour, works extensively with National Public Radio partners throughout the United States in securing hosts for the tour’s Airstream trailer. The trailer serves as both office space and soundrecording studio that emulates the comfortable atmosphere of a local diner, rather than a sterile, high-tech control room.

Typically, 145 stories are collected during each stop’s fiveweek stay, said Janssen.

Currently celebrating its 10th anniversary of year-’round operation, the mobile tour process is quick and easy. As the StoryCorps model is geared toward conversation, pairs of interested volunteer storytellers are invited to make their reservations via phone (800-850-4406) or web (storycorps.org). While the first round of Sacramento appointments filled early, a second spate of reservations will be made available at 10 a.m. Sept.11.

The tour team consists of two facilitators. One acts as a greeter and briefs the participants on the process, as well as on the multitude of directions their conversation may undertake – from a traditional interviewer-interviewee format concerning personal history, to a mutual reminiscence of a shared event or era, to a memoir of a loved one.

“It can take the form of whatever works best for that pair,” said Janssen.“What’s most important, is that if they’re not having an actual conversation, that the person talking has someone who’s listen-

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ing to what they’re saying, and who’s asking questions.”

The entire process takes an hour, said Janssen, which includes some paperwork, an overview of the process and 40 minutes of recording.

While well-known local and national personalities have participated in the StoryCorps process (President Barack Obama recently sat down with a White House intern for a casual conversation that will join other such recordings in the Library of Congress), Janssen said the mission is definitely not intended only for high-profile people.

“People will often say, ‘I don’t have a story to tell,’” she said.

“A lot of us don’t think of ourselves as natural storytellers, talk about whatever is important to you, it might be you want to remember someone who you loved and passed away, or bringing someone you’re interested in and want to know more about. For instance, you may not know much about a grandmother when she was in her 20s, and you want to know more about that time in her life

– a story someone in your family can listen to years down the line, or family members you’d like to share it with now.”

What makes a story interesting doesn’t have to be of global interest, she reiterated. But many are initially hesitant to participate because they haven’t cured a disease, haven’t climbed Mt. Everest, haven’t walked on the moon.

“They see those things in other people, but not themselves,” Janssen said. “But we’re all living history right now.

Even if we’re not curing cancer. All those mundane things that make up the bulk of our lives matter to people we know – things they’ll cherish. They’ll hear your voice, your personality, as you share stories of remembering how you fell in love, or when you lost a job. These stories are being stitched together and are going to be archived in the Library of Congress, and will make a history of who we are as a community.”

A select number of these 40-minute sessions will be edited for broadcast on NPR’s “Morning Edition,” which

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Janssen said participants have the option of remaining anonymous, and that StoryCorps does not require a release for public archiving or broadcast – that decision is left to those interested in having their story recorded. People can simply tell their story and leave with it on a CD with no public archiving, she said.

Of course, StoryCorps staff would like all who participate share their stories for the national archives.

“There’s something about a voice that’s not carnival barking,” said Watanabe, who is bringing along his daughter Hiroko, 25, as his conversation partner, “but is simply telling you a story. And you can get a sense of a person you don’t get from the printed word either. With the sound of the voice, there’s genuine contact, there’s a genuine person behind a voice.

“Words can mean anything on paper, but add inflections and nuance, there’s a sense of presence that comes with a voice.”

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grounds: the late 1950s elimination of the old clubhouse in the area of today’s Fairytale Town.

The present clubhouse is located just north of Sutterville Road.

Ninety-seven-year-old Sacramento resident Jim Hayes, who has been playing golf since about 1941, also spoke favorably about the Land Park course.

“I came up from L.A. in 1959, and I (started golfing) here (in Land Park) in 1962,” said Hayes, a former golf partner of Bob Suber, Sr. (1925-1999) and a present golf partner of Bob Suber, Jr. “The (course) is about the same, really. Well, it’s in better shape now. (The course is) easy to get to and they take care of it very good. Anyway, the only thing bad about it is I can’t hit the ball.”

But that was not always the case, as Hayes added, “I hit a hole-in-one on the seventh hole at par-3 (at the Land Park course). That was in about 1982.”

Another local resident who has fond memories of the course is Pocket area resident Eric Pohl, whose wife Linda Pohl is a longtime Valley Community Newspaper employee.

In 1973, Eric won his second consecutive William Land Park Men’s Golf Club title.

Following that victory, Eric, who was best known for his tee to green game, was presented that year’s trophy by Ed Sabonge, who was then serving as the club’s president.

In regard to the Land Park course, Rocklin resident Betty Wicksted, who enjoys golfing at the course with her husband, Tom, said, “It’s beautiful out here and the people are so nice out here. (They are) like family.”

Also commenting about the course was East Sacramento resident George Wagner. “ The course is very forgiving,” Wagner said. “It plays slow, because you get a lot of young people and older people. You have to come out here with the attitude that it’s not going to be a fast round of golf. But it’s going to be leisurely and you’re not going to lose that many balls out here. We like to play nine holes, because it (takes) two (to) two and a half hours.”

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Don’t miss the Sacramento Century and Oktoberfest, Oct. 10

By Monica Stark

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A beautiful, fun and flat bicycle ride will be making its way through the Sacramento Delta Wine Region on Saturday, Oct. 10. From a family-friendly ride to a serious 100-mile-long adventure, the Sacramento Century promises to be a ride for all levels of biking skills.

The event is two-fold. Not only is it a bike ride, riders and non-riders alike are welcome to come celebrate and have fun at Oktoberfest, which will be held where the ride starts and ends – Capitol Mall.

For the riders out there, there are four choices – the full century, a 65-miler, a 40-miler or a 20-miler. Non-riders can attend Oktoberfest for just $10. At that event, there will be music

by Mumbo Gumbo, City of Trees Brass Band, The Mock Ups and Playback. Additionally, there will be great food, local beer, wine and fun for the entire family with kids activities like bounce houses.

Together, proceeds from the Sacramento Century and Oktoberfest benefit two local nonprofits – Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento and Team RWB (red, white and blue), whose stated mission is “to enrich the lives of America’s veterans by connecting them to their community through physical and social activity.”

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Sacramento Century participants from last year.

Both nonprofits pull at the heart strings of members of the Rotary Club of Sacramento. Speaking about RWB, “They are people so close to my heart,” said Frank Cook, president of Cook Realty and Rotary member.

This is the second year the Rotary has put on the event and organizers hope it will continue to grow into a big community event. They hope to raise more than double the amount of money from last year – with the goal of $150,000 split in half between both nonprofits. Last year, Habitat for Humanity was the only beneficiary, but had enough money for the construction of one home for a needy local family, which will be the goal again this year. As of last Friday, See Oktoberfest, page 11

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Cook said 800 bike ride tickets have been sold and the Rotary is hoping for another 400 by the day of the event.

The full century, or 100-mile ride starts between 7 and 7:30 a.m.; the metric century, or the 65-mile ride, starts between 7:30 and 8 a.m.; the half century, or the 40-mile ride, between 8 and 8:30 a.m. and the fun ride, the 20-mile ride, between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m.

According to the event website, sacramentocentury.com, all four rides start and finish in front of 500 Capitol Mall with the following description: “With the sun rising over the State Capitol, all rides cross the Sacramento River on the Tower Bridge and head south towards Isleton. The Full Century rides as far as Isleton, while progressively shorter loops create the Metric Century, ½ Century and Easy Fun Ride. The Full Century Includes 6 Delta Islands and a Ferry Crossing. This is a fun and flat ride to end your ride season! The Full Century ride is less than a 1,000-foot elevation change, mostly going up and down island levees.”

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With about 200 volunteers from the Rotary Club of Sacramento and volunteers from the Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates, known colloquially as SABA, the event is reaching its goal of becoming more of a community event than in the past.

Read the next issue of this publication to hear more about the community effort in putting on this grand event.

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Photos by Monica Stark

Shown here is a collection of photos from the first day of school red-carpet celebration at Hollywood Park Elementary School.

SCUSD celebrated start of school with Hollywoodstyle ‘premiere’ Lights! Cameras! Backpacks! Sacramento City Unified School District threw an early morning red carpet bash – complete with life-size award statuettes, paparazzi and autograph hounds – to celebrate the first day of school on Thursday, Sept. 3.

The event at Hollywood Park Elementary School (home of the Hollywood Park Stars) kicked-off a year of honoring SCUSD’s 76 neighborhood and specialty schools, campuses that have launched the dreams of Sacramento residents for generations.

“The first day of school is our district’s big debut and our students, parents, teachers and staff are the superstars of our production,” said Superintendent José L. Banda.“The event at Hollywood Park is our way of showing our appreciation for our community, an appreciation that begins on the first day of school.”

The district provided a selfie station for parents to pose for first-day photos with students. In addition, a local college camera crew conducted red carpet interviews.

One of the oldest school districts in the state (established in 1854), Sacramento City Unified serves about 43,000 students on 76 campuses.

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ScholarShare Children’s Book Festival comes to Fairytale Town Join Fairytale Town for the 15th annual ScholarShare Children’s Book Festival, the largest early childhood literacy event in the Sacramento region on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Enjoy back-to-back readings and presentations from authors and illustrators on the Mother Goose Stage, then shop at our official bookseller, Time Tested Books booth, to purchase your favorite story. Authors and illustrators will be available to sign books immediately following their presentations.

The festival also features storytelling performances, hands-on literacy activities, a Scholastic book fair and more! Plus literacy and arts organizations will be on hand to provide information about early childhood literacy programs offered in the region.

Admission to this two-day festival is freeof-charge thanks to the generous support of ScholarShare College Savings Plan.

Melissa Abramovitz Presenting: Helping Herbie Hedgehog Time: Sunday at 10:15 a.m.

Kids will delight in helping Herbie get places, shop, do chores, play sports, and navigate other everyday activities. Should Herbie ride his bicycle to cross the ocean?

Will his TV set cook a meal? Yikes, he needs these kids’ help!

Jen Barton Presenting: If Chocolate Were Purple Time: Saturday at 1 p.m.

When chocolate is purple and things turn topsy turvy, one thing your little one can count on is your love. Full of delightful rhymes and whimsical imagery this fun bedtime story will warm hearts and ignite imaginations.

JaNay Brown-Wood Presenting: Imani’s Moon Featured authors and illustrators Time: Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and Sunday at Laura Numeroff 11 a.m.

Presenting: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Imani is a young Maasai girl with a lovTime: Saturday, at 11:30 a.m., 3 p.m. and Sun- ing mother and a desire to do something day at noon and 3 p.m. great. When she decides she wants to touch If a hungry little mouse shows up, you might the moon, she works hard to reach her goal, want to give him a cookie. And if you give even in the face of teasing from the naysayhim a cookie, that mouse might take you on ers around her. a whirlwind adventure where you never know what will happen next!

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Janet Ann Collins Presenting: Slime & All Time: Saturday at 10:15 a.m.

The other farm animals all run away from Lump, the giant, talking worm. Lump escapes to town and meets a boy who helps him make friends. This 2nd grade reading level chapter book can help kids accept people with differences.

Andy Domek & Stephen Green Presenting: Our Garden Time: Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Our Garden lets readers experience the entire arc of a summer gardening season, where loyal garden dog Snuffles covers himself in compost, stinky shoes keep raccoons away and Scarecrow Bob proves quite unsuccessful at scaring crows.

Kate David Presenting: McKay and the Magical Hat Time: Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

As the reader begins the imaginative journey in McKay and the Magical Hat, they explore just some careers little girls dream to have.

What will McKay decide to be when she grows up?

Sammy Ginni Presenting: Mario’s House Time: Sunday at 1 p.m.

Charming forest characters learn valuable lessons of kindness and sharing.

Captivating and detailed illustrations capture the changes in the forest from spring through winter and will delight readers as they are taken through the seasons.

Erin Dealey Presenting: Deck the Walls Time: Sunday at 2 p.m.

Deck The Walls takes the classic carol and turns it on its head. In this riotous, raucous rendition of a family meal gone hilariously awry, you’ll find food hockey, vegetable sculptures, crashing dishes and grown-ups wondering what has gone wrong.

Tim McCanna Presenting: Teeny Tiny Trucks Time: Saturday at 1:30 p.m. and Sunday at 11:30 a.m.

Teeny Tiny Trucks hits the road with a convoy of microsized rigs as they trek through a garden, down a grassy landscape, across a stretch of sidewalk and beyond. Will they deliver their teeny tiny cargo in time?

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Musical Robot (Jason Adair & Scott Namanny) Presenting: If You’re a Robot and You Know It Time: Saturday at noon and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

It’s the classic song as you ’ve never seen (or heard!) it before. Sing along to the free downloadable song as you turn the pages of this pop-up book showing the robot characters going through all of the call-out movements.

Michael Slack Presenting: Wazdot?

Time: Saturday at 11 a.m.

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Zot, wazzzzzdot? Earth!

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“Undaunted” by Mary Kercher.

Sac Open Studios showcases Land Park artists

By Bonnie Osborne

Special to the Land Park News

Sac Open Studios, a two-weekend tour of 134 artist studios and galleries throughout Sacramento County, will treat guests to a packed schedule of exhibits, performances, demonstrations and interactive events—as well as the too-rare opportunity to visit and interact with artists where they live and work. The self-guided tour will take place Sept. 12-13 and Sept. 19-20, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Elaine Bowers (elainebowersart.com) and Bob Thompson, who transformed the garage of their Land Park home into Butterfly Studios, both are long-time participants in Sac Open Studios, Bowers for nine of the tour’s 10 years.

She divides her time between fine art and a successful art therapy practice, and in recent years has enjoyed national recognition for her watercolors, winning an award at the 2013 American Watercolor Society show in New York.

Her paintings depict the region’s agricultural landscapes made from aerial photographs she shoots from planes while flying over the terrain, with any pilot she can cajole into giving her a ride. One of her best adventures was flying in a 1940s-era Piper Cub. “We took off in a field and landed in a field,” she says. “ The plane flies low and slow, and we flew right over the agricultural landscapes, right down the river like it was a road.” Once she has the aerial photos, she uses the computer to get a good image, enlarges it and paints from the image in a super-realistic style.

“I really enjoy doing Sac Open Studios, because we get to educate people about how art is created,” she says, “how to bet from point A to point B, from blank paper to finished work.”

Thompson got into art by taking pottery and ceramics classes at Sacramento City College then branched out into multiple genres, including photography, computer drawing, encaustics, wood-cut printing, screen printing and plate printing. He has made a number of clay sculptures for this year’s Open Studios tour. Like Bowers See Arts, page 17

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he likes the opportunity Sac Open Studios affords to interact with visitors. “You can get ideas and feedback from people you don’t know.

I try to engage people and find out more about what they like and why.

It’s always fascinating to see how people react.”

Thompson uses his photography to capture images from his surroundings that people may walk or drive by every day but never notice.

“I try to get a lot of close-ups of flowers or plants that people may see every day as they walk through their neighborhood or gardens, but when you look at it closely it’s like you are in a different world…. With photography you think about the composition, the different colors, the direction of the light, all things you don’t consider when you’re just out walking your dog.”

The two-weekend tour is organized geographically. Weekend One, Sept. 12-13, features artists located west of I-80 and Highway 99; Weekend Two, Sept. 19-20, features artists east of 80/99, plus one each in Galt and Herald.

Also joining Bowers and Thompson at Butterfly Studios on Weekend One of Sac Open Studios, Sept. 12-13, will be jewelry artist Mary Bartels—entries 120 A, B and C in the Sac Open Studios Guide (http://vergeart.com/sacopen-studios-2015/guide)—and one additional artist.

Participating in Sac Open Studios for the first time this year are Tim McHargue (122B in the catalog) and Lynnette Diem (122A).

McHargue creates light sculptures from hollowed bamboo grown and harvested from his own backyard, near his studio in the garage of the couple’s Land Park home. McHargue hollows out the bamboo, then runs LED lights inside it. Marbles and other materials are added, and the pieces are usually made to move or rotate. For the tour, his sculptures will be displayed in a darkened room in his and Diem’s home, where she also has her studio.

McHargue’s work often has an environmental theme. His entry for the Verge Preview Exhibit, “ Tree in Three Sections: Deconstructed/ Reconstructed,” is made from a Polonius tree, one of two he planted there himself. He reluctantly removed this one after it grew into the overhead power and phone lines. “I had some remorse from taking it down, so I decided to reconstruct it as art,” he says. “Something told me it still wanted to be a tree.”

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(above left) “Undaunted” by Mary Kercher. (above right) “Mochi Man” by Bob Thompson.

nual show of art by disabled students from Los Rios Community College District.

Diem (lynettediem.com) teaches art at Davis Senior High School and works in many different mediums, primarily painting. She has several series in progress now, including a series of sunsets and sunrises in landscapes; a series of portraits and free-standing head sculptures made from recycled cardboard; and a series influenced by Sacramento River rocks. Diem lived for years in Indonesia, an experience she says influences all of her work.

She and McHargue travel each year to a different part of the world and pretend to live there for a month, painting in the mornings and exploring the local environment. Currently they are visiting different regions of Spain and have previously done the same in Australia and Indonesia.

Mary Kercher (123 in the catalog) paints in a variety of styles, most recently a series titled “Undaunted,” which she describes as “natural abstracts, influenced by nature.” The series title was inspired by her experiences as a cancer survivor. She also creates sculptures using the ancient Japanese Raku method of fiving stoneware, known for yielding unpredictable, one-of-a-kind results.

Kercher (marykercherart.com) has participated in Sac Open Studios for five years and usually has lots of visitors. “ The way I am situated in my studio, with my converted garage behind my home, people walk down the driveway through the gate, and it’s great to see people coming to see you and the art,” she says. “No one would know you are there unless they were to find you in the guide and walk into your

space. It’s encouraging for me to see them react to the artwork.

“I just like to make things, and I think people really like to see how things are made…. For me it’s important just to share my art. You make art; you share art. If you just make it and pile it up in your garage and never share it, then why make more? If you make it and share it, the cycle is complete.”

Established in 2006 by Center for Contemporary Art Sacramento (CCAS) as a woman-focused exhibition at the California Museum, Sac Open Studios has grown to become the largest open-studio event in Sacramento County. For the second year, the tour will be produced

by Verge Center for the Arts following its merger with CCAS in 2014.

“One of the most exciting aspects of Sac Open Studios is the opportunity it provides visitors to meet and interact with the artists where they work and live,” says Verge Founding Executive Director Liv Moe. “It gives people a chance to buy art directly from the artists and maybe even discover and explore parts of Sacramento County where they’ve never been before.”

Verge will kick off 2015 Sac Open Studios with a Launch Party at its gallery and studio project at 625 S Street on Thursday, Sept. 10, 5 to 9 p.m., featuring the Preview Exhibition, a “teaser” display of art from each of the 134 participating artists. A prize wheel and art supply giveaways from Event Partner Blick Art Materials will add to the fun.

Free special events include a reception at Warehouse Artist Lofts on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2 to 5 p.m., featuring live performances and exhibits by WAL residents; Sac Open Studios Nightcap, Saturday, Sept.

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nik Studios and featuring performances by Capitol Dance Company and Aerial Evolution and music by Honyock and Alison Wonderland; and Art Quad by DISPLAY: California Saturday, Sept. 19, which will transform an empty parking lot into an “interactive quad of activities” celebrating Sacramento’s robust design scene. Beatnik Studios will host a special project, “Musical Chairs by Robert Ortbal,” the collective title for two exhibitions of sculpture, drawings and installation works opening simultaneously in September at Beatnik and JayJay Galleries. Tour hours for Musical Chairs are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13.

University Art will feature juried selections from the tour by Manager Dave Saalsaa at its 2601 J Street location during September, and Blick Art Materials will feature interactive art activities led by Verge studio residents and teaching artists Interval Press and James Angello at its Sept. 19 Grand Opening at 905 Howe Ave. Would-be artists will find lots of ways to get involved, including demonstrations of letterpress printing, digital drawing, monotype, Raku firing, sculptural welding, portrait sitting, recycled papermaking, encaustics, and kids and adult gourd projects.

The mission of the non-profit Verge Center for the Arts (vergeart.com) is to expose the Sacramento art region to internationally recognized contemporary art, while providing vital resources to local career and emerging artists. For more information and a full schedule of exhibits, demonstrations and special events, visit http:// vergeart.com/sac-open-studios2015/guide.

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Dr. Bernice A. King to be keynote speaker at Sacramento dinner On Sept. 26, Sacramentan Dr. Carroll Cooks will be hosting a very elegant business dinner with a special guest appearance from Dr. Bernice A. King, daughter of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Bernice A. King will be a keynote speaker at the dinner as well as dedicating our newly renamed educational center to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Center.

Valley Community Newspapers spoke with Dr. Carroll Steven Cooks regarding the dinner. What follows is a biography of Dr. Cooks and a brief interview with him.

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the Los Rios School District, Sacramento State, and UC Davis support by providing programs for High School, Middle School, and Elementary School Students is a great honor for Dr. Bernice a King to be present for the ribbon cutting day for the Educational Center and it will be showing appreciation to all of our college students supporting a vision of her father’s dream, No Youth Left Behind Foundation of America, and our

capital city setting the example Tell us about the current for the 58 counties our capital use of the center. How city represents. many people use it, and for what purposes.

Can you find out what her Currently we are waiting for keynote message will be our community colleges to reabout? open so the use of the educaDr. Bernice A. King’s mes- tional center will begin after sage will be about the im- the ribbon cutting ceremony portance of education, unity for our volunteer sign ups, for among all nonprofit organiza- our intake forms, and introtions, providing different ser- ducing the programs and services, and the importance of vices we will be providing. working together for the solution of the youth crisis we Can you provide the details have in America while encour- of the dinner? When? aging that we all rise to meet Where? Cost? Can the the challenge. general public attend?

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lies to host boys and girls between the ages of 15 to 18 from a variety of countries: Norway, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Japan, to name a few.

ASSE students are enthusiastic and excited to experience American culture while they practice their English. They also love to share their own culture and language with their host families. Host families welcome these students into their family, not as a guest, but as a family member, giving everyone involved a rich cultural experience.

The exchange students have pocket money for personal expenses and full health, accident and liability insurance. ASSE students are selected based on academics and personality, and host families can choose their student from a wide variety of backgrounds, countries and personal interests.

To become an ASSE Host Family or to find out how to become involved with ASSE in your community, please call 1-800-7332773 or go to www.host.asse.com to begin your host family application. Students are eager to learn about their American host family, so begin the process of welcoming your new son or daughter today!

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Rotary Club South meeting The Rotary Club of South Sacramento meets at noon for lunch every Thursday at Iron Grill, located at 2422 13th St. (Broadway and 13th Street). Rotary is one of the largest service organizations in the world dedicated to community service both locally, and internationally. Please call JR Springer at 425-9195 for additional information.

September Fire Station 20 Open House Sept. 12: Fire Station 20, located at 2512 Rio Linda Blvd., will have an open house

from 2 to 4 p.m. Meet firefighters and possibly mascot Sparky.

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Third Annual Sacramento Play Summit Sept. 12: Fairytale Town, the Sacramento Public Library and ScholarShare Speaks will present the third annual Sacramento Play Summit on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Tsakopolous Library Galleria in Downtown Sacramento. The daylong conference aims to highlight the important role of play in child development and is geared for all adults who work with children, from parents and grandparents to educators and school administrators.

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Continued from page 21 The highlight of the conference will be three keynote addresses by play experts and advocates. Dr. Peter Gray, research professor of psychology at Boston College and author of “Free to Learn,” will explain what exactly play is and why it is such a powerful vehicle for learning.

Singer-songwriter-guitarist Tom Chapin will speak on his five-decade-long creative musical career. Louse Glaser, MD, a pediatrician for more than 25 years, will speak on the value of play and how adults can support children by creating ample time and space for play. Early bird registration is available through Aug. 31 and is $40 per person and $30 for students, seniors, members of Fairytale Town, Friends of the Sacramento Public Library, and Schol-

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arShare account holders. General registration begins Sept. 1 and is $50 per person and $40 for students, seniors, members of Fairytale Town, Friends of the Sacramento Public Library, and ScholarShare account holders.

This year’s Play Summit schedule also includes an evening presentation at Fairytale Town. At 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12, Dr. Peter Gray will give a second talk called “Play Deficit Disorder: A Worldwide Crisis and How to Solve It Locally” in which he’ll explain how play is essential to children’s healthy emotional and social development and suggest possible ways by which families, neighborhoods and communities can restore children’s opportunities for outdoor play. Doors open at 6 p.m. The evening presentation is included with admission to the Sacramento Play Summit, and tickets are also

available to the public. Advance tickets for the evening lecture are $10 for adults and $5.50 for children ages 2-12. Day-of tickets are $20 for adults and $5.50 for children ages 2-12. Children ages 1 and under, Fairytale Town members, Friends of the Sacramento Public Library and ScholarShare account holders are free.

For more information and to register for the conference or evening presentation, visit saclibrary.org/playsummit. The Sacramento Play Summit is sponsored by ScholarShare College Savings Plan and Sutter Health.

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Debut of new Railroad Museum exhibit, “California Railroad Landscapes: Original Oil Paintings by Rod R. Aszman” Sept. 12: California State Parks and the California State Railroad Museum are proud to debut a new exhibit titled “California Railroad Landscapes: Original Oil Paintings by Rod See Calendar, page 23

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Continued from page 22 R. Aszman” in the Lobby Gallery. This all new exhibit showcases 16 original oil-on-canvas paintings by California railroad artist Rod R. Aszman who specializes in painting scenes that highlight the Golden State’s fascinating and picturesque railroading heritage. The majority of the paintings in the visually-exciting exhibit depict scenes within California, while a few showcase other railroads and landscapes in the West. Subjects include Southern Pacific’s mighty cab-forwards, and the railroad’s colorful “Daylight” passenger trains rolling along the California coastline pulled both by steam and diesel locomotives. Rounding out this beautiful exhibit, guests will see paintings of Santa Fe’s “San Diegan” passing through orange groves plus a station scene at Del Mar, Union Pacific’s “Big Boy” locomotive in operation and a shiny “City of Los Angeles” passenger train.

Artist Rod R. Aszman’s award-winning paintings have been seen at numerous shows and exhibits throughout the West, including a memorable show with Mr. Aszman and the late railroad photographer Richard Steinheimer at the Museum in 1983. Also of mention, was Mr. Aszman’s participation in shows featuring a number of railroad artists during Railfair ‘91 and Railfair ‘99, which were large-scale railroad heritage festivals held at the California State Railroad Museum. In addition, his paintings have been reproduced as covers for railroad books and within publications of railroad history. The “California Railroad Landscapes” exhibit will remain on display at the California State Railroad Museum through March 12, 2016. Railroad Museum admission is $10 for adults, $5 for youths (ages 6-17), and children ages five and under are free. More information about the California State Railroad Museum is available at 916-323-9280 or www.csrmf.org ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

tions are being accepted through September 15, which will be followed by an interview process.

Each year, approximately 600 men and women volunteer for the California State Railroad Museum’s programs — including weekend excursion train operations, track construction, restoration and maintenance, even clerical work. A background in history is not required to become a volunteer. In fact, most of the volunteers in the popular program began with little knowledge of railroads or the Gold Rush.

As individuals become more familiar with the Museum’s varied and frequent programs, many volunteers take on additional responsibilities, such as conducting research or giving talks to community organizations. New docents can choose to work in the Museum interacting with visitors from around the world, working in the railroad restoration shops on rare and unique railroad equipment, work on the Sacramento Southern Railroad, or other jobs in this dynamic and fun environment.

Volunteering represents a serious commitment of at least 84 volunteer hours annually, but the hours are flexible and the rewards can be tremendous. Docents receive perks such as a discount at the Museum Store, preferential and/ or early access to selected special events, and the pride of working at North America’s finest and most visited railroad museum. Volunteer applications can be downloaded at http://

www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=25583 and completed forms can be emailed to allaboard. csrm@parks.ca.gov or mailed/delivered to the Volunteer Coordinator, California State Railroad Museum, 111 I St., Sacramento, CA 95814. For more information, please call 916323-9280 or 916-445-0269.

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The Sacramento Ballet Nutcracker 2015 auditions Sept. 12-13: Auditions for the children’s cast of The Sacramento Ballet’s 2015 production will be held at The Sacramento Ballet Studios, 1631 K Street, Sacramento (corner of 17th and K streets). Children must be 6 years old by Dec. 1 to participate. Children may audition for more than one role if they meet the height and skill requirement. However, once they are cast in a part they may not audition for a second role. Various times depending on age and level. www.sacballet.org/auditions ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Railroad Museum calls out for volunteers — Special drop-in volunteer open house Sept. 12: Fascinated by railroading history? Interested in working on a train? California State Parks, the California State Railroad Museum and Old Sacramento State Historic Park (SHP) are recruiting adults (18 or older) interested in volunteering to help communicate the West’s fascinating heritage of railroading and the California Gold Rush. For those interested, a special, drop-in Volunteer Open House is scheduled for Saturday, September 12, 2015 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Stanford Gallery at 111 I Street in Old Sacramento. Volunteer applica-

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